at R'vERS 0F
1 FOR ten
u roc;,
Ml^s
. Dismay
Parms Afe
as Their
r?s
Destroyed
*Dt
Etna
laying wasU0
? ? sav
?n | violent
the sur
<iospatche8
I rive:
, $
from
>fSelmiDS
couDtr.vs:,l?
He mainlantl.
s ^ molten rock, pour
steep sides of the
numerous fissures,
all before them
>Ilam3 of the surround
eDts 'are fWing in despair
aDJ homes disappear
JjjjsiQg
crater of Etna, after the
/last wtvk. suddenly open
^ i noise like the firing of
^ cannons. There were
l3 rumblings, flames shot
^ and the populations of
(oirns about the base of the
1 1 j the plains.
a# cracks opened in the
? side of the mountain and
ge mouths, several kilo
the old crater, came
i of lava
udj of tons of rock and
w hurled to a height of
a i? SO fe^t from both the old
-f craters' and the lava
I advancing on a frontage estl
500 yards laid waste the
forests in their paths
ssed at a speed of a mile
garter an hour.
io;:ses left early by their
Ion? acquainted with
Itiiirs were speedily devastat
. important railway station
[lie:? was destroyed.
which is seme ten
jtcx the central crater, was
tec by Lava. Several houses
!d?t collapsed, and most of
_,&??? in the neighborhood
Jphi'.y deserted. The sky was
|r:i strove, and cinders and
fa twily over a large area,
f s:gh: of the first fugutives
ItS? ciES'-r zon.* coming into
. coupled with the tearing
?acin no.S"s heard there,
::K:e(Is of citizens of that
to & seashore for safety.
J loss of life has been reported
t dispatches received.
itens to Discharge Officers.
iicsvn ? Confident that the
en will finish the twelve
ipiod eniinsr .Tune 30 with a
of President
told zov.rr.ment officials at
ac-jr" riveting that he ex
p?at?r economies to be ef
durir.e the next fiscal year.
Ijdiey of "e.onomy with effi
averted. must be pressed
for the benefit of the tax
1 exocutiv-. taking official no*
Irf reported attempts by some
to influence Congress to
t larger appropriations that had
llKoamended by tho bndget bu
I *a:n?d against repetition of
I activities . Departing from his
*r?l address and shaking his
emphatically at his audience,
Bounced he was re?*dy to give
Iteration to recommendations
"le dischars? of officials who
congressional committees to
Iteyond the budget figures in ap
Triations.
do not hesitate to ?ay." Mr.
% declared, "that a repetition
ie acts of any government offioei
t?re congressional committees in
'Appropriations in excess of tha
e's recorcmpndation wfll be re*
^ *3 sufficient reason to cause
SivinR of con si deration to the
'eranc* of such officials from the
Eminent service "
E*d Crush ng Total lncro*??*> ?
MMnR4on,?Cf)tton seed crushed
"n? th ten-month period August
t0 May 21. totaled 3.193,524 tons
Beared with" 2.062.849 for the same
?flod a year ago and on hand al
Is May ?,i. 2o,09S. compared with
^0 a ye.'r ago. the Census Bureau
bounced.
Cottonse* d products manufactured
ten-month period and on hand
51 included:
' oil produced 982,756,658
compan-d with 916,025,098,
* on hand 24,195.802 pounds, com
bed with 23.70X.854.
IjJl4h Capture Turkish Transport,
Constantinople ?The British de
Splendid has seized in the
* 01 Marmora, a Turkish transport
^ & tar^c of guns from
irace.
1The capture is the result of plan*
? British authorities wbo had
inform atio nthat the Turk*
endeavoring to remove from
i Runs ;>rid troops clandestinely
F there m violation of the Mu
ll arTri'sti"o when the resumption
^re#^e wa8 threat-.
T" ?. ;?
DRUMM CONFESSES TO EMB&Z*
ZLEMENT TO DEAL IN OIL
SECURITIES.
BftNK CLOSED BY BIG THEFT
Criminal Action is Deferred While
the State Conduct! An
Inquiry.
Witchia, Kans. ? The American
Slate Bank, one of the strongest
State banks . in ICansas, closed its
doors, following the discovery of the
defalcation of $1,500,000 by Phillip. A.
Drumm, cashier, the Wichita Clear
I ing House announced.
The cashier used the banks funds
to Invest heavily in oil properties,
bank official stated. Drumm con
fessed, according to clearing house
I officials. The American State Bank
is 21 years old and has a capital of
$150,000. Drumm has been with the
, institution 17 years, the last one as
cashier.
I The relatively large defalcation
was explained in part by the fact that
the bank held what was said to be
In excess of one million dollars in
Wichita school bonds. Drumm is al
leged to have used these and other
? bonds as collateral to float personal
lofcns for investment ventures. He
I was in charge of the^ bond depart
ment of the bank.
Criminal action was deferred pend
! Lag an investigation by the State
, Bank Commissioner.
| The bank's surplus is listed at
i $250,000. Its surplus, undivided prof
its and an equity in the bank build
ings are said to be $475,000.
I W. N. Richards, president' of the
; institution, expressed belief that de*
! posltors would suffer no. loss.
Wholesale broom corn interests of
Wichita were said to be the heaviest
i depositors. The bank held State
deposits of nearly $25,000.
The alleged defalcation was dis
covered when ofTicers of the deposit
ory checked Drumm's accounts.
Drumm, who was said to have in
vested considerable sums in the
Sayer oil fields of northern Oklaho
! ma, could not be found after the de
falcation was announced. His moth
er said he wa3 spending the night
with friends. , According to clearing
house officials- Drumm eaid that all
personal properties would be turned
over to tfce bank.
Sheriffs and Rum Runners Fight.
New York.? Federal prohibition
enforceemnt authorities, electrified
by two of the wildest bootlegging
stories that have yet reached their
ears, ^began planning a campaign to
mop up Long Island which it was
disclosed has been adopted as the
newest scene of operations of run
ners plying to and from the 'off-shore
fleet.
The wildest of the stories, almost
Incredible to the ears of the authori
ties, although vouched for by Sheriff
Amza Biggs, of Suffolk county, invol
ved a - pitched battle between eight
deputy sheriffs and some 50 or 60
rum runners and New York gunmen,
in which the depirtfes finally were
driven to cover, while armed patrons
convoyed a fleet of trucks with near
ly 600 cases of liquor to New York.
The other sfrory, vouched for by
the police, was the story of a battle
at Baldwin between two contending
factions of bootlegger's for possession
of 1,000 sacks of whiskey from the
rum fleet, in which the police, acting
as armed mediators, captured the
liquor and four men.
The fight at Greenport, according
to Sheriff Biggs, was the culmination
of two days of skirmishing, which
started when an unidentified vessel
slipped into Oreenport and unloaded
her^ liquor cargo on to waiting trucks.
Insane Mother Ktf Is Children.
Owensboro, Ky. ? Mrs., Cleveland
JDaugherty who killed her two daugh
tres, three and five years old, with a
razor, is expected to recover from
the effects of poison which she took
after slaying the children, according
to reports received here. Mrs.
Daugherty, wife of tf "Breckinridge
county farmer, suddenly became in
sane and attacked her husband with
out warning at their home near Glen
dean. The husband, according to an
account of the tragedy received here,
disarmed his wife, receiving a deep
gash in his neck in the scuffle. He
went to the home of his father, a
mile away, for aid and when he re
turned with help found, the children
dead and the mother suffering from
poison.
Qlves $160,000 To Hospitals.
New York. ? A gift of $150,000 to be
distributed among 15 hospitals in the
United States and Canada to promote
the ase of insulin in the rteatment of
diabetes was anncutoced by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. The hospitals are Id
all sections of the country.
The purpose of i.he gifts, Mr. Rock
efeller said, would be to increase the
number of free-vird patients who
could be treated irith insulin and ta
teach physicians in general practice
the proper methods of employing in
?ulln In the treatment of diabetes
WILL SEIZE ALL
MPS UP
< .
TREASURY TO STAND PAT AND
I BREAK SEALS ON BRITISH
SHIP.
WHEN THE 8EBEN6ABU DOCKS
1
Kftor Transferring Alcohol to Bond
ed Warehouse Master of Vessel
to Get Receipt.
Washington. ? Beverage liquor
brought into American territorial wat
ers under foreign government seals
.will be seized. >
This policy was announced at the
treasury, and when the liner Beren
garia docks at New York customs
agents will break the British seals
that guard her beverage liquor stores
and take charge of ?hem. Any other
attempts tc/ bring intoxicating bev
erages inside the three mile limit,
it was declared, will be dealt with
in the^same fashion.
Announcement of the treasury's
determination to stand pat on its reg
ulations, Issued to carry out the re
cent supreme court ship- liquor decis
ion, was made after a day of confer
ences between Secretary Mellon and
his advisers and officials of the state
department. It came after Mr. Mel
lon had made It known that the de
cision of the treasury would remain
confidential until an occasion arose
requiring action. It was nevertheless
made clear that the decision was un
qualified and positive.
The procedure to be followed in the
case of the Berengaria, and it is as
sumed In respect to other ships mak
ing .like efforts to retain beverage
liquors sufficient for the seizure of
sealed stores, their transfer to bond
ed warehouses, and the issuance of
receipts to masters of the vessels in
volved. No trouble is anticipated,
for, in the cases of the Berengaria
and the liner Olympic which is now
on the seas bound for New York, the
American agents* of the lines operat
ing the- vessels have been fully in
formed of what the treasury .intends
to do.
Assistant Collector Stuart, of the
port of New York, conferred with the
lines' agents and advised Assistant
Secretary Moss of the treasury de
l partment by telephone that each
| shipping representative will file a
formal protest against the American
government's action as soon as it is
I taken. Such protests, in the natural
course, will be forwarded to Washing
! ton for consideration. Neither Mr.
i Mellon nor Mr. Moss would discuss
I possible action by the treasury on the
! protests, the former explaining that
such a course was the objvious one for
| thp shipping companies to take under
i the circumstances.
I
?
Prices Decline Figures Indicate. I
Washington. ? Wholesale prices de
clined appreciably in May from the
April figures, according to informa
tion gathered by the labor depart
ment in representative markets. On
404 commodities a drop of near two
I per cent from April was indicated.
Foodstuffs and house furnishing
goods, however, remained unchanged.
Fuel and lighting materials, the
department's statement said, were
five per cent lower, due to continued
declines in bituminous coal, coke,
crude and refined petroleum and
gasoline. Clothes and clothing de
clined two per cent resulting fronk
declines in cotton goods and raw
silks. Farm products and chemicals
and drugs averaged approximately ,
one and one-half per cent lower,
while smaller declines were reported
in groups of building materials, met
al products and miscellaneous com
modities.
Comparing prices in May with
those of a year ago, the general level
had risen five and onethalf per cent.
Metals and metal products showed
the largest increase, 27 3-4 per cent,
and building materials were next ,
with an increase of 26 1-4 per cent.
Cloths and clothing had increased !
14 3-4 per cent, Chamicals nad drugs
9 3-4 per cent.
i
Garvey is Given Five-Year Term.
New York. ? Marcus Garvey self
elected provisional President of Afri*
ca was sentenced t:> the Atlanta pen
itentiary for five years for fle'ecing
the public through sale of Black Star
Line stock.
Garvey, who waf convicted of hav
ing ilsed the mail3 to defraud, was
led into court by a heavy guard plac
ed around him to prevent attempts at
rescue and protect him from duped
investors.
Ten Ar? Dead in Flames.
Chicago. ? Ten negroes are known
to have been killed and at least 2
were injured in a fire which swept a
three story teneme nt house at Twen
ty-second and Federal streets here.
Approximately 10 negro tenants oi
the building were out off from escape
by the destruction of the main stair
way' and a number jumped to ? the
streets from windews.
The fire started in a furniture store
on the ground flon* and quickly de
stroyed the wooden tenement. Fire
men made many heroic rescues
' CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DE.
CLINES TO INTERFERE IN
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
NOTE FROM THE MM
No Provision in Custom Law Under
Which They Could Refuse Clear
ance to Ships.
Washington. ? Canadian government
has informed the state department,
through a note from the British am
bassador here, of its inability to
adopt the suggestion put forward by
| the department last March that clears
a nee papers be declined to vessels
' with cargoes of liquor destined to
ports in the United States unless a
permit authorizing its importation
was presented.
The department in announcing re
ceipt of tlie not explained that it had
addressed a note to the British am
assador for transmission to the Can
adian authorities drawing their atten
tion to the difficulties experienced In
enforcing the prohibition laws of the
United States along the Canadian
border. It was pointed out that the
Canadian authorities permitted small
motor boats to take on cargoes of
liquor and to make regular customs
clearances to ports In the United
States, thus complying with the Can
adian law, which prohibits the sale
of liquors to persons in Canada, but
allows the exportation to a foreign
country. ,
It was suggested that since the im
portation of liquor into the United
States without a permit was illegal
the Canadian officials might be dis
posed to decline clearance papers to
vessels with cargoes of liquor des
tined to ports in the United States
uftless permits authorizing importa
tion were presented.
The reply of the Canadian govern
ment through the British ambassa
dor, said it had carefully investigated
the matter and had ascertained that
the provisions of the law were being
properly observed. It was further
stated that the export of liquor from
Canada was not prohibited and there
existed no provisfons in the customs
laws qt regulations warranting refus
al of clearance papers to vessels
carrying liquor destined for a foreign
port simply because its entry, with
out special permit, is prohibited.
End of Etna's Rampage Seen.
Catania, Italy. ? For the first time .
since Mount Etna became violent, a
ray of hope has dawned for the much j
triei! inhabitants of the volcanic re- !
gion. The danger is not yet ended j
for the crater of the mountain js still j
belching molten streams of lava and 1
great rocks which threaten the com
plete destruction of nearby communis
ties, but undoubtedly the vilonce of ,
the eruption is decreasing.
A relatively small number of fresh
craters ? about twenty in number ? i
opened during the night, indicating I
that the pressure within ,the moun
tain is ^ess.
Volcanologists say it is impossible
to prophesy how long Etna will con
tinue active, but they expect a re
turn to more normal conditions with
in a short time. Meanwhile, although
the loss in property has been enor
mous, the present eruption of Sicily's
great fountain of terror has claimed
no human victims. Even physical
Injuries have been extremely rare.
Ship In Battle Becomes Problem.
New York. ? Registry of the schoon
er Mary Beatrice, on which a bloody
battle between fifteen Chinese trying
to smuggle themselves into America
and four members of the ^rew was
fought June 10,' has created an inter
national problem for immigration of
ficials. It has yet to, be decided
whether Gfreat Britain or the United
States Government will defray the
cost of ultimate deportation.
Another batch of 102 Chinese cap
tured .recently in a raid in a Long
Island City factory, where they were
said lo have been sold for employ
ment by smugglers, will be deported
soon.
Tennessee Aviator Killed. ?
Pensacola, Fla. ? Lieutenant 1 Char"
les B. Burke, Jr., of Knoxville, Tenn.,
a naval aviator, died as the result of
injuries received several hours pre
viously when a seaplanje he was pilot*
ing went into a tailspin over Pensa
cola bay and crashed fronT an alti
tude of 1,000 feet into shallow water.
He never regained consciousness.
I
German Ship Gets Big Sendoff..
Bremerhaven. ? Thousands of cheer
ing persons witnessed the departure
?or New York of the North German
Lloyd's new liner Muenchen on her
maiden trip. The liner, of 18,325 tons
gross, 'was built at Swinemuende and
was brought here early this month
after a successful trail voyage.
Before the Muenchefl sailed a lar
gely attended reception was held on
board at which speakers referred to
the vessel as a model type of Ger
mariy's modem shipbuilding.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIAN?.
\* . ''?** . -A. 1 K", 4; ' ?* - ?' - ' ? # d
Thoinasville. ? Mrs. AlicV Adai?:a
.Ward, wife of Nathan Ward, promin
ent farmer of the Bowers section,
two miles southwest of town, died at
a High Point hospital at the age of,
63 years. Mrs. Ward wis highly es
teemed and a useful woman.
Henderson. ? A mooting of the
board of directors of the Golden Belt
Fair has been called for Thursday,
/une 30, for the purpose of acting on
the resignation of C. M. Hight as sec
retary-treasurer and the election of ft
successor to Mr. Hight.
Goldsboro. ? A. A. Joseph, promin
ent merchant of Goldsboro, was elect
ed president of the local Merchants'
Association at a meeting of that or
ganization. Ben Lewis was elected
vice-president; L. E. Pearson, treas
urer, and Miss Grace Warrick, re
elected secretary.
Rocky. Mount. ? Fifteen hundred
members have been secured for the
local Y. M. C. A. as a . result of the
recent campaign which, jus^ closed.
The close of the drive was featured
with a big rally and .addresses by
leaders in the community.
Hamlet. ? Work has begun on the
new Sunday school annex of the
First Methodist churcfc. The new
building will be three stories in height,
will contain a large number of class
roms and a large auditorium, and
will be the last word in Sunday
school architecture. v ,
Chapel Hill,? The North Carolina
Board of Pharmacy heldjts examina
tions for license to practlce pharm
acy at Chapel Hill June 15 and 16.
Out of a class of twenty-two twenty
one whites and one negro were sue-,
cessful.
Raleigh.? For the purpos^* 6f 'de
veloping and advertising the educa
tional, climatic, religious, natural and
other advantages of western North
Carolina, Secretary of State W. N.
?Everett granted a charter of incorp
oration to a company to be known as
Western North Carolina, Inc., with
head offices at Asheville.
Sylvia.? Miss Dorothy Gower, of
Clayton, was drowned in the Tucka
seegee river while in bathing. Miss
Gower, who is a senior at Meredith
College, was visiting her friends and
school mate, Miss Nita Garratt, here,
'and she and a party of young people
were In bathing.
Dunn. ? A fine buggy horse belong
ing to Gaston Barnes, of Dunn, was
?o badly injured when struck by an
automobile driven by J. C. Barber,
Johnston county farmer, that he was
later killed. The horse was pulling
a brand new rubber-tired buggy and
I it was demolished, though the occu
pants escapft with only minor injury.
Raleigh.^? The decision to expend
between $100,000 and $200,000 for the
I erecting and equipping of five build
| ings was, decided upon at a? meeting
of the trustees of the Methodist Or
I phanage here. A cottage for babies,
i two for older boys, a modern* kitchen
and dining rooi? building, and an In
dustrial training building were auth
I orized.
Hamlet.? The school commission
ers of Hamlet have elected Prof.. F.
L. Ashley, of Washington, N. C., as
superintendent of the Hamlet public
schools for the coming year. The
new superintendent has for the past
five years been the superintendent of
I the Washington' ,N. C., schools, and
comes to Hamelt with an elcellent
reputation. ?
Greensboro. ? All of the 81 appli
cants who stood the examination of
the state Aboard of nurses' examiners,
given Raleigh on May 24, 25 and 26,
successfully passed the test, a report
made by Mrs. Dorothy Hayden, of
this city, secretary of the board,
shows. In addition to the SI, seven
certificates were given by reciprocity
and two by recognition.
Winston-Salem. ? The coroner's
jury investigating the deatlfc of Wal
ter McGee and Fred Enscore, whose
bodies were recovered from a pond
at the Winston-Salem water works,
returned a verdict that the two men
came to their deaths by accidental
drowning, there being no evidence of
foul play. j * j * '?
Raleigh ?Secretary or State W. W.
Everett granted an amendment in
the charter of the Hanes Hosiery
Mills of Winston-Salem, increasing
the capital stock from $500,000 to
$2,000,000.
. Smithfleld. ? A report comes from
Selma that two negro boys have died
there during tyie past week and two
more are deeperatly ill as a result of
drinking white 'lightning whiskey
which it is safd the men obtained in
the vicinity of the brick yard which
is located on the outskirts of West
Selma.
Waynesville.? Alderman Clem S.
Smathers has sold to the Champion
Fibre Co. the timber on 3,000 acres
In White Oak township which mains
that this company will remain at
work in Haywood at least 10 or 15
years more.
Oxford. ? Miss Maggie Burnett, of
Providence, while driving on Main
street, lost control of I her car and
ran in the front window of J. Robt.
Woods' store breaking the plate
glass and going three feet into the
store Where the car damaged three
hundred dollars' worth of furniture
heftre stopping. ?
GASES ALMOST
RED HER
. 8p*>
Mrs. Settlemyer Couldn't Even
Eat Bread and Milk With
out Suffering.
When a medicine produces results
Its praise is sure to be heard. That it
why Mrs. J. L. Settlemyer, residing
at Kings Mountain, so r&tdlly speaks
out for Tanlac.
"Tanlac is such a grand, good medi
cine an^has done so much for me,"
said Mrs. Settlemyer, "that I am al
ways glad to tell others about it.
After an operation, which kept me In
the hospital for some time, it seemed
I could never get back to normal
again.
"My stomach was in such a bad fix
that even milk and bread caused me
misery and pain. Qas would form to
badly I often felt like I was going
to smother. This happened after
nearly every meal, but at night I
I could scarcely breathe and would U*
awake for hours almost scared wt
! of my wits. #
"In my case Tanlac has more than
come up to every ^ood word I ever
I heard about it. It has done away with
my stomach trouble entirely and built
me up until I feel like a new person."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 8T
! million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills are nature's
own remedy for constipation. For sale
everywhere. ? Advertisement.
' Domestic Discords. ' ,
Kriss ? "I heard your wife picking
on a banjo last night." Kross ? Ton
should hear her when she is picking
on *me !"
Baby's Stomach
Was Puffed Up
Tight With Gas
"I was fearful we were going to loie
our little boy. He couldn't eat any
I th^ng and his little stomach was all
puffed up with gas and felt tight and
hard. * A neighbor told mfe about
Teethlna and I stopped everything
else and gave him that and now he
has 16 teeth and is the jolliest little
fellow In the world," writes Mrs. O. B.
Grimes, Colquitt, Oa.
Here is another striking Instance
where much suffering and anxiety
could have been avoided had Mr^
Grimes known of Teethlna and had
given it at the first sign of trouble.
Teethlna Is sold by leading drug
gists or send 30c t.o the Moffett Labo
ratories, Columbus, Ga., and receive
I a full size package and a free copy
j of Moffett* s Illustrated Baby Book.?
I (Advertisement.)
'bell many centuries old
Connecticut Community Has One That
Was Cast In Spain as Early as
the Year A. D. 815.
One of the most ancient and inter
esting bells In the country is in
Moodus, Conn. It stands on a stone
platform near St. Stephen's church,
where It Is examined curiously by
many visitors.
This bell was originally hung In
some old Spanish church, f<$r which it
had been cast. When Napoleon sacked
Spain this was part of the spoil of
the French army. After the defeat of
"The Little Corporal" It fell into
English hands, by some means not
altogether clear ; and, according to
tradition, It was brought, In 1834 or
1835, to this country for use In
American churches.
William Wyllls Pratt, a New York
ship chandler, whose wife was the
daughter of an East Haddam man,
purchased the bell and presented it to
the church In Moodus. When the pres
ent church was built the old bell was
preserved and placed where it now Is.
The inscription cast in the bell, In
Spanish, reads:
"The Prior being the Most Rev.
Father Miguel Joseph E'Stivan. Cor
rales made me. Made In year A. D.
815."
The year 815 Is a good way back,
when you come ^to reckon up in the
calendar.
Most of the things that are to be had
for the asking benefit the giver more
than the receiver.
About two-thirds of the average
woman's sympathy is curiosity.
If coffee 1
disagrees j
J ? 1
drink.
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