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Dedicated to the —————% ^ n n 0 ■ ■'■■■ _ _ M ^ Served by Leased Wire of the PROGRESS TUF .ilCUfC ASSOCIATED PRESS Southeastern N. C. ■ ■ W ■ ■ ■ ___1^1 k W V 4j With Complete Coverage of - - • _^iTWE g>©lST <SIIW ©F P>IS©®Ciilgg8 AME) [PILgA§iu>'i3B frg State and National Nona -----WILMINGTON, N. C„ SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1910__*_*_PRICE FIVE CENTS 44 ENTOMBED, FEARED DEAD IN OHIO MINE BLAST ± + ★ + + + a. * . .... ... Two Killed In Attempt At Rescue 113 Willow Grove Miners Escape Death As 44 Seem Doomed BEHIND ROCK WALL Desperate Attempts Made To Push Through To Entombed Men ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O., March 16.—UP)—Forty-four men entombed in the explosion-torn Willow Grove coal mine were feared dead tonight. Two men were killed trying to rescue them. Rescue crews saved 113 other miners, most of whom were affected by the death-dealing “black damp” which followed a noonday blast. Tt .. 1 *_I Officials of the Hanna Coal Co., owners of the mine three miles south of here, declined to speculate on the miners’ fate. The 44 were cut off from fresh air and entomb ed behind a. rock barrier. “But they’re all dead — they couldn’t live through that blast," said Frank Opatrny, one of the rescued men. This view was shared by his fellow workers. Desperate attempts to contact the imprisoned men failed. While rescue crews battered at the rock wall — some thought it would take all night to break through—efforts were made to force fresh air to the men down a 90-foot shaft. A revised check by R. L. Ireland, company president, showed that 157 men were in the huge mine when the accident occurred. Many gained safety through the air shaft located at the end of the three-mil* long "drift,” or horizontal mine. “On the way we saw men scat tered all over the lot,” said John Howoroski, 33, of Neffs. Harry Stanley declared, "It looks bad.” George Strain asserted that the length of time the men lived de pended on the amount of air avail able in the area where they were trapped. Strain, state director of industrial relations, was in charge of Ohio mine rescue crews. John Richards, mine superintend ent, and Howard Sanders, tipple boss, lost their lives in a daring (Continued On Page Three; Col. 3), FINNSANDREDS TO DEFINE BORDER Finnish Commission Will Take Plane To Moscow Monday Morning By MAX HARRELSON HELSINKI, March 16.— VP) —A Finnish commission will fly to Mos cow Monday to iron out details of the new borders imposed on Finland under last Tuesday's peace treaty while at home the nation tackles rehabilitation and the building of new defenses. Dr. Juho K. Passikivi, minister without portfolio, will head the com mission. As he disclosed these plans and the fact that negotiations for a commercial treaty would begin soon, (Continued On Page Three; Col. 1) Most Modern Homes Seldom Available To Renters... A new opportunity is avail able to today’s discriminating family who appreciates the lat est innovations in home build ing with a nominal cash pay ment. You can purchase a more modern home i.han the one you are now living in, and paj off the balance with no more per month than you are spending for rent. Present day liberal terms permit you to finance your home over a long period of years. Investigate the many fine homes advertised In today’s Classified Real Estate and Building Page and the regular Classified Section. * ^ XT XXX XXX XXX 3 Neutral Ships Are Sunk Yugoslavian And 2 Greek Vessels Lost Netherlands Ships Given Orders To Take New North Sea Route BRITISH PLANES BUSY London Says Scouts Fly Over Helgoland And Polish Area BV DREW MIDDLETON LONDON. March 16.—</P>—A new prtg in German mine warfare * claimed two British naval and several merchant ships Britain wrote its own war liiijtstcript to a week of siege by jmmicing flights by her bombers '.-..•a German-occupied Poland uii Helgoland Bight. He trawlers sunk were the Peri h and the Maida, both by mines. He commander and five crewmen il the Maida were believed lost. He crew of the Peridot was saved. 18 Of Crew Missing The 1.5S9-ton British steamer Melrose sank in the North Sea after an explosion, with IS of her crew of missing, and two Greek ships, ihe Panachrandos, 4.661 tons and the Flora. 2.9S0 tons, were s unk mysteriously. Late tonight it was reported th 1,511-ton Yugoslavian steamer SI"'/a lad gone down off the Welsh coast today from an unexplained cause One man of the crew was lost. British officials said they could a confirm German claims that one (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) SOCK WORKERS GET PAY RAISE ILA Vice-President Says Longshoremen Here To Get 5 Cents More , tesloremen loading and unioad % deep sea and tramp coastwise ®amers in Wilmington will receive •* additional five cents per hour fe the next year, under an agree between shipping agents and • E, Townsend, vice-president of (Continued On Page Three; Col. 3) IWEATHER ,. forecast Carolina: Fair and continued StnM^rS'. -'£onday generally fair. Iltl. Larolina: Fair, warmer along ""osst Sunday. Monday fair. Mb?.*.0®*'81 ('a£l1 for the 24 hours & -a) p. m. yesterday). ion Temperature 7:30 a. m. 43; 1:30 p. Oinimiim "i. P' m-J5(1: maximum 65; “ «. mean 53: normal 53. j.v, Humidity 37 : 7:30 a. m. 57; 1:30 p. *'' M [>. m. 51. Ism . Pr«'ipitation 4% total" .'"",rs.Fiidins? 7:30 p. m.. inches3 Slnce £'rs£ o£ ££lu month. 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Proponents predicted that the senate audit and control committee would approve next Wednesday a resolution by Senator Green (D-RI) to provide 625,000 for an inquiry by the interstate commerce committee. They said speedy senate action then would be urged to get the investi gation under way. It was disclosed that tentative plans have been made to summon numerous state and federal officials, as well as officers and employes of some private detective agencies. They would be questioned about what some senators described as an apparent “network” of political espionage in several state capitols. States mentioned by committee members as likely to figure in the inquiry included Rhode Island, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and California. The committee has received re ports, it was learned, of the surrep titious hanging of a microphone in a governor’s office, the tapping of the telephone lines of a state attor ney general and the use of record ing discs to reproduce the conversa tions of public officials. If it is given the “go ahead” sig nal, the committee also is expected to inquire into the use of listening devices by government agencies, particularly the fede/*: bureau of investigation and thp .alcohol tax unit, in obtaining on criminal eases. Green said his chief interest in the inquiry was centered in h'ls home state of Rhode Island, where a federal grand jury investigation of alleged tapping of state officials wires was ordered recently. Johnson to Insist Senator Johnson (D-Colo) said he would insist, if the inquiry were ordered, that certain Colorado citi zens be 'called for testimony con (Continued On Page Three; Col. 3) itazi Planes Again Bomb Scapa Flow British Admiralty Silent On Berlin Claims Heard Here Over Radio TWO U-BOATS SUNK Western Front Activity Picks Up Following Quiet Week NEW YORK, March 16.—VP)— The Columbia Broadcasting System tonight reported picking up a short wave broadcast from Berlin which asserted that German warplanes had bombed British warships and air fields. CBS engineers said the Berlin station, DJB, declared that a gen eral headquarters communique stat ed: “Powerful detachments of the German airforce proceeded to the northwest and attacked units of the British fleet stationed at Scapa Flow in the evening of March 16. “Severely Damaged” “A number of heavy battleships and cruisers were hit by the bombs and were severely damaged. In ad dition, a number of airports were bombed. “In spite Of powerful resistance put up by British chasers and anti aircraft artillery, the German fight ing machines were capable of car rying through their orders success fully and returned to their home bases without any losses whatso ever.” LONDON, March 12.—(Sunday)— (fP)—The admiralty declined to com ment early today on a short wave broadcast picked up in New York purportedly from Berlin to the ef fect that German fliers last night raided Scapa Flow naval base north of Scotland and bombed a number of British warships. (First Lord of the Admiralty Win ston Churchill told the house of commons Feb. 27 that the British navy had not had the use of Scapa Flow since the battleship Royal Oak was sunk there by a German sub marine Oct. 13 with a loss of 810 lives.) PARIS, March 16.— W —French scouts reported today that Germany (Continued On Page Three; Col. 3) WELLES FINISHES TALKS IN EUROPE F. R.’s Envoy Will Visit Pope Today To Talk Peace Prospects BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK ROME, March 16.— (A1) —Sumner Welles concluded his talks with Eu rope’s statesmen today during a second entry into Italy s highest councils which coincided with a for eign office visit by the German am bassador. and awaited Monday s farewell audience with Pope Pius XII to discuss the prospects of peace as well as continuing war. President Roosevelt’s fact-finder had long talks with King Vittorio Emanuele, Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Ciano, bringing to a close a tour of Eu rope’s chancelleries to sound them (Continued on Page Ttvo; Col. 5) Income Tax Collections Show 30 Per Cent Gain (By The Associated Press) Reports of sharp increases in in come tax collections in many key cities indicated yesterday, that the treasury may be pleasantly surPri®^ when it totals the annual big March y Up until midnight Friday, when the deadline for making returns was reached the unofficial guess was s“1'. crease over the tax take a je - might be attained But tallies from several important collection districts showed increases well in excess of that *gure ah though in others the Percentage of increase was comparatively ate. The Michigan district, home of tile giant automobile industry, report ed unofficially that collections were running 80 per cent over a year ago. Oregon reported a 42 per cent in crease and the Washington-Alasl a district noted that collections in ti e first two months of this year ran about 40 per cent ahead of a year ago. The first California district had a 38 per cent boost. Here are some samples of increases elsewhere: Kentucky, 37, Ohio 35, Illinois 30; Missouri (Kansas City district) 29, Tennessee 26, Massachusetts It, Western Pennsylvania 21, Florida 20, (Continued On Page Three; Col. 2) • vft V ** ■ —— ■ •* Glamor Girl Takes Back Seat As Harvard Steals Beauty Show Kuth Allen (above), leader of Boston's professional models, pouts on a bench in the Boston Common, where she fled after refusing to compete with Back Bay debbies for glamor crown recently. Miss Allen charged that judges of the contest, staged for Finnish relief, were “packed’’ in favor of the debs. It didn’t matter much, because win ners were four Harvard university “models” from the Hasty Pudding club. County Elections Board Members Reappointed CARNEY IS CHAIRMAN Robert Strange, J. H. Nig gel Are Other Members; Campaigns To Open The state board of elections meeting in Raleigh yesterday, re named New Hanover county’s elec tion board—thereby paving the way for the opening up of the local campaign for the May 25 primaries, John R. Morris, former sheriff and veteran secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Sheriff’s associ ation, who served as one of the county's two representatives in the house of representatives last year, has declared that he will file for renomination “as soon as the local election boards are appointed.” Carney Is Chairman The state board renamed H. G. Carney, chairman, Robert Strange, secretary, and J. H. Niggel, the re publican member. Boards named for other counties in this portion of the state follow: (The first two named in each case are democrats, the third republi can : Bladen—W. R. Whitted, Eliza bethtown; Sloan Council, White Oak; G. W. Hester, Clarkton. Brunswick—G. T. Rourk, Shal lotte; R. S. Milliken, Ash; McKin ley Hewett, Shallotte Columbus—W. C. Oliver, White continued On Page Three; Col. 5) CONTRACflSlET FOR INLET WORK Inland Canal To Atlantic Channel To Be Dredged At New River Major General J. L. Schley, chief of the U. S. army engineer corps, yesterday authorized the awarding of a contrac t to the Delaware Dredg ing company, of Philadelphia, for the dredging of two channels on New river inlet, the office of Lieut. Col. George W. Gillette, Wilmington district army engineer, reported. The project calls for the dredging of a channel 90 feet wide and six feet deep from the inland waterway through Cedar Bush marsh to the beach, a total distance of about 10, 200 feet, and a channel 90 feet wide (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) TOBACCO MARKET PLAN SUPPORTED Cooper And Senator Bailey Promised Backing Of Capitol Leaders Pledges of co-operation from North Carolina congressmen in a move to secure funds to study means of ex ploiting Latin American markets to the benefit of United States tobacco growers have been received here by Mayor Thomas E. Cooper. Cooper, a candidate for governor, last Sunday night "suggested” the Latin American markets as a means of aiding the tobacco farmers who now face the opening of markets without British tobacco buyers. Later in the week Senator Josiah W. Bailey introduced a bill in the senate asking an appropriation of $50,000 for a study of means of ex ploiting these markets. Cooper immediately wired the North Carolina delegation, asking the congressmen to back Bailey's bill. "I certainly will be glad to co operate with Senator Bailey or any one else in behalf of new export territory for our tobacco crop,” wrote Rep. Lindsay C. Warren. “I can see no objection to this bill. What the tobacco growers of this country need now is to unlock the British Empire restrictions, which take about 75 per cent of pur export tobacco and stop allowing our seed to be taken to the four cor ners of the world to grow a ciga rette tobacco as a substitute for American tobacco,” John H. Kerr, representative, wrote. Other letters relative to the bill were received from Rep. Carl T. Durham, Rep. Harold D. Cooley, and Senator Robert R. Reynolds. Charlotte Apartment Fire Toll Reaches 8 CHARLOTTE, March 16.—bTl— The death toll of the Guthery apart ment building fire reached eight to day when Miss Mabel Rocketts of Morganton died in a hospital of in juries received after she plunged from the inferno-like structure. Miss Rockette, employe of a chemical concern here, never re gained consciousness. F. R. Seeks Moral Basis For Peace President Broadcasts Aims To World, Lists Bars To Lasting Peace RIGHT WILL TRIUMPH Queen Wilhelmina Has Part In Program; Asks Christ Like Viewpoint WASHINGTON, March 16. — <£>)— President Roosevelt, speaking on a world-wide broadcast, set forth to day a list of ideals of international organization without which, he said, no peace can be made on a lasting basis. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland also took part in the program which was held in connection with the Chris tian Foreign Service convocation in New York. “A Real Peace” "Today we seek a moral basis for peace,” Mr. Roosevelt said. "It can not be a real peace if it fails to recognize brotherhood. It cannot be a lasting peace if the fruit of it is oppression, or starvation, or cruelty, or human life dominated by armed camps.” "It cannot be a sound peace if small nations must live in fear of powerful neighbors. It cannot be a moral peace if freedom from inva sion is sold for tribute. It cannot be an intelligent peace if it denies free passage to that knowledge of those ideals which permit men to find common ground. It cannot be a righteous peace if worship of God is denied.” The President’s statement of what he considered some of the essen tial elements of a peaceful world organization suggested to some ob servers here that these might form the basis of administration thinking should the opportunity come for an attempt to bring about peace. Whether such an opportunity may develop in the near future is be lieved to be one of the questions to which Sumner Welles, undersecre tary of state, is seeking an answer on his confidential mission for the President in Europe. Mr. Roosevelt made clear that he thought an end would come to use of force in international relations. "Today we seem once, more to be in a temporary ear where organized force is seeking to divide-men and (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) HAWFIELDTAKES WCEA PRESIDENCY Penderlea Teacher Ranks Teacher Pensions As . First Objective RALEIGH, March 16.—(IP)—A “fair and reasonable" retirement plan for teachers was given the No. 1 position in the program of the North Carolina Education associa tion today, at the closing session of the group’s three-day convention here. Immediately before closing their 56th annual meeting, the school teachers and administrators install ed S. G. Hawfield of Willard as president, succeeding Dr. J. Henry (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) ‘ DIES AT 82 SAMUEL UNTERMYER UNTERMYER DIES; JEWISH CRUSADER Noted N. Y. Lawyer Known For His Championing Of Underdog PALM SPRINGS, Cal., March 17 —(.ZP)—Samuel Untermyer, 82, New York corporation lawyer and crusad er for Jewish rights, died at his win ter home today. Untermyer had been ill for several weeks. Death came in mid-afternoo... Palm Springs for years had been his winter residence. With the com ing of cold weather in the east, he would come here to, as he put it, "sit in the sun and not worry.” He had not been as active in re cent years as formerly, although periodically he came out with a de nunciation of German treatment of Jews and a prediction that Hitler’s policies would bring economic ruin. He protested, as president of the non-sectarian anti - Nazi league, against German participation in the New York World’s fair. He long had campaigned for labor and the underdog, wherever found, but, wealthy, indulged his tastes for dapper dress. He seldom was seen without an orchid in his lapel. Untermyer died in his luxurious home in the heart of Palm Springs, a desert resort frequented by Holly wood film stars and wealthy east erners. With him were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs- Al vin Untermyer, who flew here from New York 10 days ago. Untermyer, whose legal fees some times ran into millions of dollars, had a varied interest in the world about him! He found equal pleasure in raising rare flowers in the hot house of- his Westchester estate and in arguing the city’s case for uni fication of New York’s subway sys tems. Headed Nazi Boycott He organized and headed the first widescale boycott of German goods, and at one time he called Secretary of State Hull “spineless” in the gov ernment’s attitude toward Germany, and former German Ambassador Lu ther a “quasi-propagandist.” With the same enthusiasm with which he denounced or supported politicians or social and economic legislation, Untermyer exterimented with flowers and other plants. Only three months ago he rubbed his hands gleefully and announced that he had been successful in infusing various wine and brandy flavors in his melon yield. His home, his town apartment and his office alike were literally banked with flowers when ever he was around. Several years ago Untermyer sold his $F,000,000 estate to his chil (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Bayard Clark Unopposed; Seven Seek Governorship RALEIGH, March 17—(^-Forty seven democrats and twenty-three republicans will seek nominations for 21 state and congressional offices in the May 25 primaries. Those numbers qualified before the arrival of the filing deadline today, when W. A. Lucas of Wilson, chair man of the state elections board, rais ed his hand and brought it down to signify that the preliminaries were over and the races should start. "Gentlemen”, he said to fellow members of the board, newspaper men and a handful of interested spectators, "the polls are closed.” Two aspects of the list of candid ates are unusual. *>. 4 First, there is an unprecedented number of democratic candidates for the gubernatorial nomination. Seven are in the race, whereas previously no more than four had ever entered. (Two men, Bryant Thompson of Hamlet and Edwin P. Hale of Leaks ville, announced they would run but did not file.) Second, three republicans are seeking the gubernatorial nomina tion, and the republicans have at least one candidate entered for each office except that of U. S. represen tative in the second district. • The presence of three republicans (Continued on Page Two; Coi. 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