(THE STAR PUBLICATIONS ARE THE ONLY WIRE SERVICE OF ANY DESCRIPTION y*»» Weather Fair and a Little Cooler ... Today Full Lay and Night Sendee ef the Associated Press. 100 PER CENT AMERICAN FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CXU-No. 165, OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE, WILMINGTON, N.C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1923, Ninety-Five Bodies Token | From Kemmerer Mine As Thirty-Seven A. re Rescued Mine One of Deepest in U, S.: Bodies Found Mile Under Ground . Vv'- ■ ‘ "«! ' ' ""1 'T V •-> *,* PICKED CREWS STILL CONTINUE SEARCHING One of Rescued Says Explosion Was Followed 6y Rush •of Air i KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 15.—(By Associated Press.)—Keihmerer tonight was in mourning for the miners . . . . P 7 of them.who are known, to have lost their lives in the explosion at Kemmerer coal company mine nuo fcer one at Frontier, near het% yester day. Throughout the day and the night hundreds of relatives and, friends thronged to the I. O.. O. F. hall, which has bfen turned into a temporary morgue and also to a local undertaking establishment where about half of the bodies are being keptN Tonight, however, there were but few people congregated at the portal of the mine where last evening hun dreds crowded for news of those there amoeared in workings. The latest official report is 97 miners dead; one missing and 87 rescued alive and unhurt.. \ v ilex c luv. ** ••— vet been determined, but officials of the company announced that the pumps were not damaged and. that work will be resumed as soon as possible. The mine is considered one of the deeDest In this ‘ section if not in the United States. The main shaft goes down at an angle Of sixteen de grees to point of about 6,000 feet, and :■ was on the lower levels or about one mile underground, that most of the bodies were found. Search for the one’ missing minea is being conducted by picked crews of mine workers. Shortly after dark last night the task of removing the bodies from mine began. The last body of S7 recovered late, last night was Identi fied shortly after 2 a. m.. and imme diately upon arrival in Kemmerer to day they were prepared for burial. Henry Niska, a youth in his early twenties', who with several companions was -rescued from one of the lower levels nearly eight hours after the ex plosion occured, said today. "We were-just starting to. dig coal when we heard a shot and immediatev, ly afterwards^ there was a dearenlng rush of air. ‘Realizing that we were in danger, my companions and I Immediately searched for water and wetting pieces of canvass we held these to Our noses and mouths. We kept up this process for several hours before the air finally beared, but we did not dare move un ;il the rescue workers arrived.’’ The story told by Niska is typical of those of many others of the -miners rescued. There ate tales of some of the entombed men being overcome in a mad frenzy to reach the surface and still others who died trying to reach other levels upon which they had rela Lives or friends. P. J Quealy head of the Kemmerer Poal company stated today that the widows and orphans of the dead miners wculd be provided for, and would need no outside aid. * , Late tonight nothing definite had been decided regarding funeral ar rangements. ... Ku Klux to Take Over Valparaiso University INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. .15.—Negotia tions have been completed for the tak ing over of Valparaiso University, lo cated at Valparaiso, Ind., by the Ku Klux Klan organization, it was an nounced here tonight by Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross, official pub lication of the klan. It will be called The National University, Mr. Effrod said. CALVIN COOLIDGE,' JR. GASOLINE WAR GROWS IN ATLANTIC STATES j Winchester Buys Carload and Sells at Cost Plus Special I ' ■ Tax I > ! ' NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—(By the | Associated PresA)—The gasoline I cutting w^.r that has been under way for several days in mid-west ern and southern states, where re tail prices# were reduced in some stales 6.6 cents a gallon, spread to day to the entire Atlantic Seaboard. Led by the Standard Oil company, ) of New Jersey, four large oil com: , denies announced* cufs ' oiF1'cme'-ti»-^i‘ two cents a gallon in the tank wagon price of gasoline. , , The wholesale price after the re ductions will average 19 1-2 centB a gallon and the retail prices 23c. The cuts do not bring prices in the Seaboard states to the pre-war level of 15 cents a gallon as has been the case In western and southern states, but further reduc tions are expected if the price of I crude oil drops as has been pre dicted in many quarters. / —-—— Winchester Buys Carload f WINCHESTER, Va„ Aug. 15.—A citi zens’ committee, .headed by State Sen ator Harry Flood Byrd, announced late today that they !had arranged to buy one or more carloads of first-grade gasoline at 14 cents per gallon, deliv ered here, to be sold to consumers at not more than 20 cents per gallon. The j6 cents difference between the whole i sale and retail price, it was explained, would pay the special state tax of 3 cents a gallon and allow the retailers h profit of 3 cents. ;—‘ Georgia Governor Acts ATLANTA, Ga„ Aug. 14.—Oov. Clif ford M; Walker, of Georgia, today signed the Mann bill, increasing the tax on gasoline from 1 to 3 cents a gallon, and called on the state attor ney gieneral to take energetic action in investigating the price of motor fuel oils in Georgia. R. N. Reed, of the Reed Oil corpora tion, declared that the price of gaso line in Atlanta and. subsequently throughout the state is expected to drop 2 or 3 cents a gallon during the next few days. WIFE SEES DOUBLE TRAGEDY -COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 15.—Mrs, Alex Harris, 75, was shot and instantly killed here eary tonight by Charles Wilder, 42, her son-in-law, who later committed suicide. Wilder's wife, .from whom ' he was separated, wit nessed the double tragedy. Nomination of Slemp Starts Fight on Coolidge For Faitt With Republicans Critical \sr r •_:_:_;_ Democratic Committee Makes Statement Charging Exposure on Floor of House -y - WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Appoint ed nr of c. Ba§com Slemp as secretary to Pr-sident Coolidge was the occasion ’ jfiay of the Democratic national com to tee’e first attack on. the executive Ainr.e he took over hie new duties. in a statement issued through its Publicity department, the committee said the selection of Mr. Slemp, who, to: years represented the ninth Vlr - nia district in the House of Kepre ■—ntatives, was "tantamount to an of ' 3l announcement that President r candidate for the presidential " .nation in 1924, and that the ap' -nfment is the first step to, round up "Estates from the southern states for . '"'didge.” , ■ ; • •declaring that Mr. Slemp was’ “ex ?r"rod on the floor of the house Decem ,r,-r 15. 1922, in connection with tfye al' dtraffickipg in offices by Repub •cans in southern states,” .the. state njent said that hie appointment as sec retary to the president ‘‘came both as a surprise and a shock to the whole country because it carries with it necessarily an endorsement of office jobbery in the south.” "Bascom Slemp,” said the Statement Issued tdday, "is not only the moet im portant Republican in the state of Vir ginia, hut he is the most important Re publican in the south, especially in the matter of dispensing federal jobs and controlling southern delegates to Re publican national conventions. “The expose by Congressman Harri son is one phase of the man whom President! Cbolidge has named as secre tary to the president, an office consid ered by many to be the most important and carrying with it m°re influence than a cabinet portfolio,” . At another point the statement said! "The Democratic national organiza tion recently announced that it would only .judge Present Coolidge^ in the light of events as they happen. It con strues -this appointment as inviting criticism not only from Democratic sources but fro mthe better element of lources dul uv ~- -_ . , the Republican party, as already evt danced in the Republican press,' ONE DEAD, ONE llRT AS CAR TURNS OVER FROM: BROKEN $0 "y __/ Mrs. Lessie McCumber f aid bourn Expires Wh7 ,0 ing To HospiK. / ' V- f... PACKARD, BUM SUSPECf BAILED AT LUMBERTON Posse Near Lumberton Bridge • • Shoots Negro Suspect V Now In Jail BY R. M. NORMEXT (LUMBERTON, Aug., 15.—Mrs. Ees sle McCumber of Chadbourn, received injuries from which; she died while being brought to a hospital here when a Dodge car driven by J. H. Carter, her brother-in-law, overturned on the Wilmington-Charlotte highway be tween Chadbourn and Evergreen this afternoon. Mrs. McCumber was picked up by a party of passing motorists and rushed the the Baker’s sanatorium, but died within a few miles of Lum uermn. me Doay was turned over to Coroner Biggs. Mr. Carter who owns a meat mar ket at Chadbourn was received as a patient at the sanatorium. His injuries are not considered serious but he was said to be suffering from shock and bruises. A baby in the ca.r ■ also was injured but he >was taken, to Chad | bourn and the extent of hie injuries could not be learned here. Two or three persons in the car escaped injury. The dead, woman was not identified until nearly an hour after she was taken to a.n undertaking establishment. The' car was coming in this direction, trav eling at a moderate speed acording to the driver when the steering gee., became deranged and the car turned over. Mrs. McCumber’s death was due to a fracture of the skull a.t the base of the -brain. C. M. Grady, M. B, Pearsori, A. J. Bronson, of Fayetteville, were return ing home and passed the car a minute after it turned over. They were asked to bring Mrs. McCumber to the Baker sanatarium. Mr. Carter followed in a mucn slower car. Hyman Mendeloff was released from jail this afternoon on a cash bond of 1800 following his conviction. in re corders court this morning on charges of transporting possessing and having! jathiskgy. for tha .pSaroae of: sale. Heath, negro, convicted oh like dhargeil' remains in jail in default of bond. Both were captured Friday when a Packard touring car loaded. with Scotch whiskey and .which they were dirving was wrecked between here amt Fayetteville. They entered pleas of nol contenders today through their counsel, E. S. Smith, of Southport, and W. H. Klnlaw, of Lumberto.n, Follow ing conviction notice of appeal was entered and their bonds fixed at $1,000 This was reduced later to $800 by Re corder- Ivey. Each was sentenced to 12 months on the roasts, four months in each case. The car was ordered con fiscated and sold and the whiskey poured out by the proper authorities. Andrew Hamer, negro, who nas been in the tolls on numerous ocaslons, was shot through the left arm last pight as he was returning to a house near Lumberton Bridge where it was believ ed he had stored goods stolen from the Lumberton Bridge Trading Co., which he is alleged to have robbed twice recently. The shot was fired by a mem ber of a posse watching the house after he had attempted to pull out His pistol. He was brought to jail hero last night. The big' banner warehouse ,the larg est one here, was opened for the auc tion sale of tobacco today. This makes the third house here selling in that manner. Sales, today approxmated 175-. 000 pounds. / Hundreds Pay Tribute to Hero William Wells Wallace’s Beloved Son By R- H. MELVIN Secretary. Wallace Chamber of Com merce. WALLACE, Aug. 15.—When William N. Wells, better known to some of his best friends as “Goon,” left for James Walker Memorial hospital last Tues day night, little did we think he would return to us other than a living man, congenial and happy as he had always been. Goon was In his 25th year. He ginia Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3. 6. Ward. of Wallace. He leaves his wife arid infant child, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wells, of Teachey, and two sisters and four brothers, all of Teachey, N. C., and hundreds of friends here to mourn his loss.’ . The body was brought through the country from Wilmington Sunday morning in probably the most beautiful casket that ever came into Duplin , county and the jtuneral at Rockfish cemetery Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock was witnessed by the largest crowd that ever assembled at the cenretery for. a funeral. The writer had known Goon for many years. He believed in treating all men squarely. I never Knew him to be in a controversy. _ I join the community in sympathy for his parents, brothers, sisters and wife, yet they have the greatest consolation that could be had, that , he was a good husband, a loving brother and obedi ent son. He teas a .congenial pal, a i-loyal friend, a true American that ! marched under the-Star Spangled Ban ner in* the fields of.Praij.ee. . J # -* . ■ ' v-v NORFOLK BOSS GETS *20,000 , y NORFOLK, Va., Aug.. IS.-j-Col. Wm. B Causey, an engineer and executive of international reputation, was elect ed today by unanimous*vote of the city council as cit ymana* r of Norfolk at a salary of $50,000. WAVE OF PROSPERITY Keeping south has Wakened merchants they Hear About it At Coitven tion at Richmond and Prepare < ———— - j-,'RICHMOND, Va., Aug:. 15.—Mer chants attending the'Tth annual, meat* mar Of the Southern Retail Merchants Conference in session here today were Admonished by Norman H. Johnson, secretary of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods association and editor of She Merchants Journal .of Commerce to « back home, brush, u their stores; ‘‘grtt ready for the biggest fall bust* ness you have had fn the ast three years.” Reviewing the business situation in the southern states, Mr. Johnson de clared there is amle justification fbr otlmism and insisted that the busi ness men of the country have been “mislead by a wave of essism.” This state of affairs, he said, was due to tX/ Uto Cotji**ny,. wUlch transac tion “the company admitted, but It r« j peatedly dishonored drafts made by Mr. Lybrand. Others named to the warrant Issued by W. S. Rabon, mag istrate at Aiken, S. C., are Thomas Barrett, 3rd, Julian Barett and Thomas Qetaen members of the firm of Barrtett & company and the firm itself. De Valera Arrested While Making Speech ENNIS, Aug., 16.—(By Associated Press).—Eamon De Valera, president of the Irish republic, was arrested here today as he wae starting an ‘election speech to constituents. The crowd had given De Valera a tumultous reception an dhe had just started hie address in. Gaelic when a shout arose “The soldiers are coming.” The crowd fled as the soldiers Area several volleys over their heads. Many women fainted. De Valera was seen to swa^ and yien collapse- It was thought lie had been shot but It turn ed out that he had only fainted, prob-, ably in conspquence of a blow re ceived during the stampede. Governor Morrison Will Address Veterans Today ASHEVILLE Aug. 16.—Governor Morrison will spend Friday arid Satur day in Raleigh, returning to Asheville Sunday to spend another ‘ week. before going back to Raleigh to stay. Governor Mbrrlson spoke last night in Marion before Klwapis club. He will go to Newton to speak at a vet erans’ reunion today, leaving In the afternoon for Raleigh. He cancelled an engagement to speak at the dedication of +he Mecklenburg-Tork county bridge over the Catawba river, between Nrrth and South Carolina; to go to Raleigh. * - German Mob Storm Jail and Liberates Prisoners . ?/ BERLIN, Aug. 15.—-A dispatch to the Deutsche AUgemenin Zeitung from Halle says that a mob today stormed the jail' at Zeitz, smashed the doors, opened the cells and liberated all the prisoners, most of whom are declared by the dispatch to have been ordinary criminals. - ■ FLORISTS' OF STATE \ TO EXHIBIT AT FAIR ASHEVILLE, Aug. IS.—-Annual con vention of,-the Nofcth Carolina Florists association, will be held In Raleigh, [ September 12-13. Decision also was reached for a floral exhibit at the state fair. ■ j. . . ■ 1 c James :1. McCallum, : of Charlotte, president; - Otto Buseck. Asheville, sec retary-treasurer; Will Rehder, Wilt mington; J3>; W. Holey, Raleigh, and C. N. Hlbberd, Durham, were the directors attending: ' 't - ■ * NORTH CAROLINA JURIST DIES WINSTON-Salerp. Aug. 15.—Erastus B. Jones foi* years a circuit court judge and member of the legislature from Forsythe and adjoining counties, died at his home' here this morning after a long'illness, aged 70 years'. Re was a native of Forsythe, son of the late Dr. Beverly-Jones; of-Henry coun ty. Virginia..^ ^^ SAVANNAH BANKERS IN BOOTLEGGER RAID THAT TAKES IN WHOLE TOWN Indictments Made After 30 Agents Had Obtained Evi dence Covering Smuggling AUTOMOBILES SIEZED • FOR CARRYING BOQZE Bribing of Sheriff Charged and Rum Running in Florida Yachts SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 15.—Nearly two score Savannah business men and ctilzens were arrested today and to night In what was declared to be tbe biggest round ur pf alleged liquor law wtnlofnra In tho blfltnrv nf th#» f'itv. The arrests were made on federal warrants based on charfces running from common bootlegging to con sprlacy to violate the national prohibi tion law and • thse arrested included some of the best known business of the city, a banker, a lawyer, several merchants and a former sergeant of police. The arrests with prlmises of more to follow has created a sensa tion. Among those taken into custody tonight are: John J. Powers, vice resident and cashier of the Exchange $>ahl$ of. Savannah; Joseh B, Berner, merchant; Samuel Berner, former ser geant of police; A. Carlson, merchant; C. Graham Baughn, lawyer, and Prank Balcon, grocer and many others. *• The arrests are the result of the work under cover of 30 or more men during, several weeks. Tonight automobiles valued at $15, 000 had been seixed by federal agents as liquor carriers. Bond Find At *10,000 ' The flrst indictment the new federal grand jury rendered and upon an im mediate arrest was made against Wil liam H. Haar, charged specifically with conspiracy to violate the national pro hibition act. The defendant 'gave bond of $10,000. The indictment charges that Haar and other defendants, who have not yet been apprehended since July 1. 1922, to the present date committed one hun dred offenses against the United State that the deefndants with intent to de fraud the revenue of the United States smuggling into the country at points -within ‘the mjuthejm dlstrrct of, Geopgl at Femandiha, Jacksonville, West Paln^ Beach, and Miami, Fla., Wil mington, N. C., Charleston, S. C. and divers other places .from France, Italy Cuba, Great Britain, and her colonies and insular possessions. Dominion or Canada, Jamacl*, Berniuda, and the Ba hama Islands, a quantity of apparent ly 15i000 gallons of liquors consist ing of brandy, whiskey; gin and other distilled spirits, cordials, liquors, ab sinthe.: hitters, still and sparkling wines, champaigne and beer. Bribery of Sheriff. Charges They are accused of transporting from storage and distributing points, such as Louisville, Ky., Chicago, Cin cinnati, Philadelphia and New York City, quantities of intoxicating liquors where they have been first smuggled to without obtaining any permit for removal, these offenses being of the number of one hundred. The Indictments alleged that fifty of fenses committeed and that they con ducted a business of wholesaling in toxicating liquors without paying the p->«ciflc, tax for revenue as required by law. a fourth count recites that fifty of fenses have beein committed because they acted as retailers In the selliirg of liquor. The Overt acts charged are that dur ing each month at each of the points along the coast enumerated, thousands of cases were smuggled, that the same was transported to storage points and that on June 4, 1923, at Rldgeland, ». C„ there was made' a propiise to pay one, Langford, the sheriff of Jasper county, South Carolina, $250 a month to permit without lritereference on his part the shipping in the transporting o fsuch merchandise as was smuggled. LYNCHERS FAIL TO GET BOY KIDNAPER HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 15.—Wil liam Burke; 65, arrested in connection with the disappearance of four-year old J. B. Huggins Monday and said to have been identified by the child as the man who kidnaped him and kept him locked in a deserted shack until his cries attracted a passerDy, was hur riedly talcen out of the city this after noon when a crowd began to'gather at the Jail, * •* WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Virginia fair and slightly cooler Thursday; Fri day fair. North and South Carolina generally fair Thursday and Friday; not quite so warm In Interior. Georgia, Florida, extreme northwest Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, local thun dershowers Thursday and Friday. CAROLINA MEN KILLED NORFOLK, Aug. 15.—Three men were killed early today in an automobile accident on the Weeksvllle turnpike, four miles from Elizabeth, City, N. C. They were: ■■ Joe Abbott,: of PortsmoujHi, Va. Joe Barrett, of Easton, C. , John Seymour, of Elizabeth City, N. C. The automobile in which they were rld'ng skidded, went .into a ditch, struck a tree and turned over. • - ——--h he started the war riERRE, S. D. Aug. 15.—v. W. H. McMaster, who precipitated the present gasoline price “war" more than a week 'ago when he Instructed the state highway commission's supply depot at Mitchell to sell gasoline to the public at 16 cents a gallon, today ednsented to Increasing the price to 20 cents at a conference with a committee repre senting independent oil Jobbers. i-i-:-:. V>- U. r Treaty With M With Americt But Paying h 1* JOH& COOLIDGE | UNION ABANDONS ITS CHECK-OFF DEMANDS TO STAY STRIKE SEPT. 1ST Miners and Operators Will Get Together Today With Com mission for Settlement NBKW YORK, Aug. 15.—Officials of the miners’ union proposed to the com mission today to abandon their demand for “checkoff’ of union dues if the operators cease their practice of col lecting explosive and fuel accounts by the same method and after conference tonight the operators agreed to the | proposal in full. j .Wa#a negotiations, .which broke off I two weeks ago /between the operators I and miners now may be resumed, the j operators said, in accepting the union proposal. Both miners union officials and operators representatives however, will meet again tomorrow with the coal commission to confirm the situa tion before going ahead. Gastonia to Send Two Pitchers to Athletics CHARLOTTE, Aug. 15.—A deal was closed here this afternoon for the sale of Roy . Meeker and Howard .Kelly, southpaw and right hand pitchers, re spectively, for the Gastonia club in the Sohth Atlantic league, to the Philadel phia American club. It was announced that Meeker was sold outright but that Kely goes up on an optional agree ment. The deal Was consummated be tween W.- H. Walsh, president of tie South Atlantic league. Which is oper ating the Gastonia club, and Mike Drennan, scout of the Athletics. ‘ £ EXPLOSION BURNS EIGHT COVINGTON, Ky.. Aug., 15.—Eleven persons were injured and onehalf of a two story brick building was wreck ed by an explosion of gas today on Madison avenue. The Injured were bruised or burned but will recover. QUARANTINE ON FRUIT ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—A quaran tine on all fruits and vegetables of fered for import into the United States, except from Canada, effective Novem ber 1, was announced today by the department of agriculture as a step to ward keeping certain inurious fruit and melon flies out of the country. WHTE : SUAVE ACT ARREST NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—Glen C.J Tobias of Los Angeles, said , to be a wealthy real estate promotor was ar rested for the federal authorities in Portland, Oregon on a charge of violat ing the Mann white slave act. I exico Signed m Rights Safe >rU. S. invasion Diplomatic Relations to Be Re sulted When Both Senates v Approve Terms OIL LANDS GUARDED AND CLAIMS ALLOWED Property Acquired Since 1917 Under Constitutional Pro visions of Country v , ' ' • " ■■■ ■ ■ ' -vJ MEXICO CITY, Aug. XB.—(By Associ- :■ ated Press).—The records of the Con ference between the representatives of thC United States and Mexico relative to an.agreement designed to»make pos sible the resumption of diplomatic re lations between the two nations, were signed here at 2 -15 o’clock this after noon. * The American delegates will leave shortly for Washington for submission of the'records, together with the ac companying claims of the convention* to President Coolidge and Secretary of State Hughes. I It is expected that the Mexican gov ernment’s interpretations of the subsoil petroleum action and agrarian laws contained in the record signed today wiU be acceptable to the American,ad- j ininlBtra,tlon and the appointment of an £ American ambassador to Mexico will !J not long be delayed. * j H/lghts Guaranteed Indications are that th« two Ameri can conventions, which intimately re late to the United States and seoure i| guarantees for American rights in Mexico, will likewise soon be submit ted to American and Mexican senates for approval, contingent upon ths 3 tension of recognition. \ The conference records contain the | Mexican government Interpretations of .the subsoil—petroleum and agrarian legislation acceptable to the American delegates and an expression of the government’s intention, to follow these 1 interpretations in good faith. Under i the subsoil-petroleum section Ameri- . can- oil companies’ rights to subsoil, acquired prior to the going.into effect > of the Queretaro constitution on May ; X, 1917, remail intact. After that date i the provisions of the Queretaro consti- i tutlon relating to the subsoil prevail, ; although the non-retrowMAjity .these provisions, notably .the *inuclf-moo'ted article 27, is firmly established. ' Under the agrarian, section of the ; understanding, American rights ac- . quired prior to the 1917 constitution V>f 1857, but lands acquired since 19X7, it is agreed, are subject to the pro- , visions of the latter constitution rela- . tlve to the division of huge estates, - - and also to subsequent agrarian farm laws. Compensation May be Delayed While the American delegates have been disposed not to press their view point regarding immediate cash com- '■ pensation for American-owned lands which the government is expropriating in pursuance of its policy of restoring communlal lands to towns and villages from which they were taken, a strong Btand -has been maintained against ex propriatlons illegally made under< “color of law.” It is understood assur ances were secured that the govern ment will make immediate and just - cash payments for lands Illegally.1, taken, or make immediate restitution, drive oft squatters and annul the de crees of local agrarian commissions. The mixed claims conventions are intended to play a most important part in settling American claims for lands unjustly expropriated. The claims conventions provide, first -, for settlement of American clafms for : damages suffered in the revolutionary period from 1910 to 1920, and, second,f for- . settlement of Mexican claims' against the United tSates resulting front the Pershing expedition and the Vera Cruz occupation, and American claims from 1858 to the present, ex cept revolutionary claims, especially those involving damages suffered through application of the Mexican agrarian policy. ' • 'V _ 1 ' '>/’ 1 SASH AND DOOR MEJT COJTVBJfB ASHEVILLE, Aug. 16.—Adoption of g. code of ethics, decision to keep head quarters in Atlanta, Ga., and reports of officers featured the opening session of the quarterly meeting of the South ern SasR, Door and Mill Work Manu facturers association at Kenilworth Inn today. 1 Approximately 60 members., from all parts of the south sre pres- . ent. The climax of the opening se«-,': sion was a hoo hoo concatenation to-’ night. • . m-i District Convention '‘iM f - Col. is ■ Preparations Complete to En tertain Four Hundred ~ Guests at Beach This is .the day of Kiwanis—the daj( of the chiefs and the tribes; of mak ing medicine and making merry; the 1 day of the invasion of Wilmington. [ All through yesterday, and late last night, Kiwanians were arriving in the city from all points of the Carolinas to attend the district convention which is to open here today. Local members were preparing to receive their guests with open arms and to use every effort I toward affording the visitors _ a treat i which shall not be forgotten. ‘ [ Among, the prominent arrivals of ■ r -V:, A ' tX yesterday was Alva M. Lumpkin, gov ernor of the district, who came in from Columbia, ,S, C. Mr. Lumpkin con ferred with the committees on affairs and arrangements to help perfect lastv minute plans. Nearly four hundred members are expected to attend. ' ‘ The program for 'the day will open ) with registration of the delegates^ which will be followed by addresses Of welcome by Qeorge I* Peschau and Mayor James-H. Cowan. Reports of of*, fleers and other routine business will' Occupy a good part of .the day. The' feature of the “evening session wil be the address ' of 'Col. T. L. Kirk patrick, of Charlotte, district governors of the Lions club. The history ot the speaker shows his ? connection. with progressive * organise- - flop: in North Carolina. *i . .. *.«* ,Vi¥ it.".» '