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ASHBVILLB N. C, TUESDAY MORNING JULY 25, 1935
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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SUCCUMB WHILE
ROGERS GIVES
A LARGE BOND
WILL STAMP
LOOKING INTO .
ASHEVILLE MAY SECURE A
1 1 ' f
OUT DISEASE
COTTON LEAKS
FIGHTING OIL WELL FIRE
LARGE FOREIGN FACTORY
' 4 ' ,
TWELVE
Y
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Eleven Tanks aro Wrapped In
'Flames and aro Beyond
all Control
.
LEVEES OF EARTH KEEP
--BACK BURNING LIQUID
Losses Will Probably Reach
Two and One half Mil
lion Barrels
Houston, Teg. July S4. The fire I
th Harabl oil fields which Blurted
last night la a 1 1 1 1 burning fiercely, bu
It ' rrraalna confined to the tanks
of
tht Texas company. While no name
are ascertainable. It Is believed that
12 person lost their lives, Bo far
as can be learned these were all ne
J roes who were employed In trying
tn prevent the spread of the flamt-a.
Forty-throe anials are known to hav
perished.
The manaaera of the. Trxxaa com
pany .state lhl the tanks contained
proximately !.;.000 barrels of oil,
which waa valued at uboul 25 cent
per barrel and that none of the oil
will be saved.. In addition they say the
. big pumping plant at the tanks was
entirely destroyed, makng a total loss
of moie than1 IfOO.Ot
" Build Levee.
Today the efforts of int. Are fighters
hava been confined to throwing up
earthen embmnkmcnts between the
burning tanks, of which there are 11
and those In which 4.000.444 b-irrets of
oil bclona-tna- to other cotnpanlees Is
stored. These 'tanks arc 1000 ai
4000 feet away from the Die, but
the , water which oovers the fields as
a result of the rain of Sunday has
floated the burning oil to the first
level and a sudden "boll over" may
send Hhte . burning fluid to the sec
ond embankment, which would place
the other tanks In greit danger. The
Are, Is not spreading toward the pro
ducng field an It is not expected that
It will. r
Hundreds of men . are engaged to
nlghtm strengthening the levee,
building , them higher and In throw-
in ud .additional ridges. Scores of
people have tost " their temporary
-'lwwetn TBrfl'to. Marty of these have
already gone to Houston :o seek shel-
. Lata 2,500,000 Barrsls. 1.
Th hjssegi accordng to 8. J. 8. Oil
llnan. prerkient of the, Texas, Oil
company, who is on the scenybf the
fire at Humble.. will aggregat at, least
J.BOO.000 barrels of oil onl Inciden
tal damage to the 'anks .which can
not be eatmaed until toe fire sub
sides. Mr. Cullinan says II will be
necessary to repair th" tanks exten
sively. . but he does aot know how
much will reaq.ulrjfar each tank
He further stated thnJjfr'ths area of the
fire was so grest tnat It wis practi
cally ImpossitiV to arcuntely esti
mate the dange In dollars and cents.
As to J.nsiiihce, Mr. Cullinan st-ited
that thwas practically no Insur-
"nwrtti policy of the owners being
to pro rate the loss amonsr tne pro
ducers who had oil stored In the
,inks. This will fall heaviest on the
Texas company, as tne lanns
con
tained the greater part or tne com
pany's oil. Among the companies who
had ol stoned In the Texas Company s
tanks are gtetrasen and Anttt, su.uvu
barrels; Brooks OH company, 100.000
barrels: ' Landslide Ol! company, 125,
000 tarrela. , ' '
MANN WILL HELP
PUT MEN IN JAIL
. New Tork July 24 Colonel W. D.
Mnn. pi Inclpal owner of Town Topics
was a passenger pri the Liner Bealand
which arrived tonight from European
ports. Colonel Mann was asked con
eerong the district attorney's Inves
tigation. of the publication known as
"Fads and Fancies." " He said:
"If any of Town Topics men have
been guilty or blaekmil! I hope they
will all go to tall and"! will help to
put them there.", s
The colonel woulJ not make any
statement about Justice Deuel's con
nection with "Fads and Fancies, or
with. Town Topic-
ENGINEER KILLED f ;
' WHILE AT HIS POST
(Special to The Cltlsen.)
Spencer. N. C. July 24.-FI reman Ne
on, aged . whoae run I on the South
ern rallwriy between Spencer and
Oreenrllls 8. O,, waa.lnafantly killed
today at Air Junction, near Chartot'e.
by th crown sheet of-lne locomotive
blowing out with terrific force. Nelson,
who was n the loromotlr. waa en-re!-oped
In re and am and was cald-d
to death. It Is If irned that a flagman,
who waa sitting on tank of the en
gine, waa blown about flfty feet, fall
ing among the care and being seriously
Injured. et?on waa making hla first
pifcj trip, having been learning the
road. . -... r- ',-'
PUT ON TRIAL.
Taldoeta. Oa.. Julyy !. Jejise and
Ipnard Rawllnr" wer put upon Irial
this morning for the murder, of the
Carter children.
CZAR AND KAISER
SPEAK OF PEACE
Emperor William Advising
Nicholas to Make Terms
and Grant Reforms
Berlin, Jul 24. -The foreign office
hne Is udvlsid tin u Hireling be
tween KmiKTur William and Emperor
Nicholas tonk place eariy toils)' off
the Swedish coast, near the Island of
BJomkoc. The inciting Is a sequence
to a correspondence that has been go
ing on between the two emperors eo li
cet n lug peace, In which Emperor Wll
lam urgei Kinpctor Nicholas to 'take
steps toward peace. Emeror Wil
liam was then co-operating with Pres
ident Ruosevelt in seeking to bring
he belllgerants t a discussion of the
erins of eaec and in the present
meeting the Associated Press Is au-
horltatlvely Informed Kmpetor Wll-
lain will continue o advise peace.
should the Russian empeior ask for
hiffuriluT vies a and it would be very
natural tha; Emperor .Nicholas should
do so as a development of the corres
Dondeiice which has already taken
place.
Emperor William wuit to the meet
ng, as the Associated rress is trai
lally Informed, prepared to say If he
peror Nicholas could attain a full un
frstandlne and reconciliation ' with
he discontented portions of his peo
pie only through reforms, The Her
man government is Interested In hav
ing the neighboring country peaceful
nd prosperous, for, it Is toward the
Russian empire that Germany's man
ufacturers look for great
panslon In the future.
trade ex-
OFFICERS FORCE
GATES TO TRACK
Squad of 100 Men Enter Del-
mar Park to Prevent Bet
ting on Results
St. Louis, Mo.. July Z4. unaer oroer
Governor Folk 100 ' policemen under
command of Captain McNamee today
forced entrance into Delmar race Lrack,
just outsld-:- the city limits, to see thu:
there, was no violation or me iaw
gainst, pool selling, and to arrest any
persons making ,be:s. No arrests were
ade.
With a squad of thirty policemen
Captain McNamee appeparett at tne
race track entrance at the time or me
first nee and demanded admittance.
This was not granted and the police
men marched In, meeting with no re-
sisiance. Fearing attempts might be
made to resist th? offlers If arrests were
be made, Captain McNamee ordered
second squad from the reserves, und
the quad has Just arrived when Con
stable Lenti. ith a posse and a war
rant charging trespass and destruction
of property, endeavored to arrert Cap
tain McNamee. Chief of Police Klely
had ordered that none of the officers
should submit to arrest and Captain
MoNamee 'refused to allow Constable
Lents to take him into custody, his
own men surrounding him tn protection
until Lent zdeststed.
The races were run on schedule and
when the Hist race had been finished
everybody departed.
YELLOW FEVER
Mi
ALSO IN MOBILE?
Mobile, Ala.. July 24. There ta a ru;
mor current' that two of the crew of the
Columbia.- which unlaid ed fruit last
night and returned Immediately, wer;
taken off she vessel when she arrived
Inward bound at the quarantine tt
tlon, thirty mile below Mobile,- wl ib
yellow fetrtr. Dr. Henry Ooldthrwalte,
hearth and executive officer of the quar
antine board of Mobile Bay, went down
there today, but ha not returned. Dr.
Ooede, president of the board, wh"n
asked for IrvforrmMlon tonight, said he
had heard nothing ' from Dr. ' Gold
thwat'.e a to the nature of the Illness.
It I reported that one ef the "men
died, but this lack confirmation.
TWELVE KILLED.
Pslermo.. Blcllr. July Zl. By the -plosion
of a coal mine today twelve
men wer killed and many wounded. -
F0AD8TOLL8 KILL FOUR.
Philadelphia. July 24 Toadstools
mixed with mushroros and eaten at
birthday party has caused the death
of four of nix members of tht family
of Joseph Fransor. farmf r. who re
sided near Landisrllle. N. J. -
Man Charged With Murderous
Assault on Dochery Now
at Liberty
SELF DEFENSE TO BE
DEFENDANT'S PLEA
Claimed That DocKery As
saulted Rogers Before
the Shooting
Ste. itt -o The Cltlsen.)
Halelgh, N. ., July St. There was
hearing here today of the notable
ciiS' of tn 8tnte against Policeman
Isac Hugos, who a month ago shot
and wounded Du;nrty Tutted 8ta es
Marshal John C. IXKkery. Attorneys
for Kogers moved he be admit ed to
bail.
Only one witness wis Introduced. Dr.
Hubert A. Koyster, who wild Dockery
was sitting up I'.wo-thlrda of th- day
His temperature and pulse are normal.
his condition good, and as far as the
wo bullet wounds were concerned he
war out of danger. The state asked
mm warrant against Kogers De so
m nded as to charge him with secret
ssault.
.. Self -Offense tha Plea.
The defense announced that Rogers'
plea would be self-defense, rind this
would be proved, and Insisted that the
first assault was made upon Kogers by
Dockery as Rog rs came from the of
fice of his physician, whom he had con
sulted regarding a member of his fam
ily. The iniiglstrate allowed the war
rant to be amended so as to charge se
cre assault and fixed the ball at r,000.
trough, h - state wanted It made $10,000.
The state announced It wit not ready
to now go Into a hearing because of
the absence of James H. Pou, Its most
material witness. The preliminary hear
ing was set for August 15, and Rogers
gave bond un:ll tlit dat".
PETITION FOR LEAVE
TO APPEAL DROPPED
Washington. July !4.-Mr. McMast-r,
Canadian counsel for the United States
government In It!-' ruse against Green
and Oaynnr, has cabled the department
of Justice from London that the two
men have withdrawn their petition for
1 ave to appeal to the privy council
at London, and that on Wednesday the
council will formully dismiss the ap
peal. This leaver pending In the courts
onl ythe habeas corpus proceedings,
which will come up before Judge Oul
mot at Ottawa August T.
War on Yellow Jack Begins
In Earnest In the Cres
cent dty
ALL PATIENTS FLACED
UNDER MOSQUITO BARS
Transmission of the Disease
by Insects Is to he Thus
Avoided
New Oilcans. Jul :'l -Tonight-Mayor
Hehrmao, In view of the presence
of y How fever In New Orleans, Issued
n proclamation to the people of New
Orleana urging Ih. m to heed the ad
vice of tha health u hoi I ties relative to
tha sanitation of their premises and
calling special attention to the neceslty
of Screening their houten and pla ing
nets over cisterns mill all pools of wa
ter which ' might breed innsqultdes.
This proclamation wan J so signed by
the president of the state board of
health,' by the pr sldeut of the ol:y
board of health, by Surgeon White, of
the marine hospital enice. and by the
advisory committee of the New Or
leans parish medical socle y.
At 'i meft-lng of th state board of
health today It was decided In re
sponse to. the numerous requests for
Information, from the parish heal h offi
cer to iprepare-xind send out a detailed
s ar ment of the situation.. This will
Include an official -tatemen thit up to
date there have been seveneen cases
of yellow fever In New Orleans and six
d aths from yellow fever. The quaran
tine regulations suggested by the race -Ing
o cltlsen requiring six days' de
tention for all vessels from pnr s sub
ject to yollow fever were adopt d ifler
a heated discussion. No'lficatlon was
received at noon from Dr. Hunter, of
the Mississippi board, tha' he had pro
claimed quarantine against the whole
state of Loulsrtna. b cuise Louisiana
had not quarantined again New Or
leans. This question was discussed and"
It wa decided iyt o quarantine the
state against, the city.
The 'New Orleans Parish Medical So-
clo y ha sent, out a circular to all
physicians Urging them to mak lm
media report, to the board of health
of. all- fever cases, whether yellow fe
ver or not. and that Immediately on
discovering disease th pr'ient be put
under a mosquito net.
Surgeon White Is perfeMlnit nrrange-
mnn's for estiihllhment of detention
ranrp for the different railroads. li u-
tenant Colonel Maus. I'nltei Plates
army, came today to Investigate the
situ Ion at Jackson' barracks. He
found no rases of Illness apd recom
mended against r . 'moving the troops at
he present time. He urged, however.
that the men be kept within the
grounds.
FOH SAFETY.
Political Prisoner (on let; Hello What your crime?
Political Prisoner (on rifht I'm a Csar!
Federal Grand Jury Investi
gation Begins at Wash
ington. D. C.
NEW YORK BROKERS TO
APPEAR AS WITNESSES
Interesting Developments are
Promised During the Next
Few Days
Washington, July It. Tin- Investiga
tion of tie li'n k t jg In the cot on re
r s of the department of agii ultuie
was lienun today before the Federal
grand Jury. In aivordanrc with the
all of Dlstfli Attorney Iteai h the Jur
ors assembled promptly at 11 o'clock
and ntered upon the work before
them. As Mr. Heich en'eted the room
ho ile ilned to ex-ires an opinion as
to how long the Inquiry would con
tlnue or slate how many wi nossea
would be (ailed, or to give any Infor
mation what ver, except that lie would
personally conduc the Investigation.
There was no witness presen; when the
Jury wa called to order.
SUBPOENAS SERVED ON
LEADING COTTON MEN
New York. July 2t. Subpoenas re
quiting the presence of several local
cotton brokers before a Federal grand
Jury In Washington, where t'he Fed ral
authorities are making an Invesllga-
of the cotton report leik scandal, were
received In this city :oday. More sub
poenas are In the hands of th' FeVra!
officers here and they will be sefved
ns soon as he persons named In them
can be located. The attendance of thos '
named In the subpoems Is required In
Washington before the end of the pres
ent month
; A Federal official h re said toduy that
all the men upon whom subpoenas have
been served have made abatements,
both signed and sworn, In whit h they
tell til chey know of the so-cnll d Ct)t
ton scandals. It was upon these state
ments forwarded to Washington that
Dt-tiict Attorney Beach caused the
subpoenas to be Issued. When, where
and befor? whom the statements were
made could not be learned.
"We hive ascer, alned enough," said
the official, who declined to permit the
use of his name, "no Justify Mr. Hcach
In instituting th- proceedings already
begun by him in Washington. That the
disclosures to follow will be In the na
ture of a turprlse goes without saying.
MINISTERS WILL
NOT YET RESIGN
rjairour Makes statement o;
Position Taken by Him and
His Colleagues
London. July -'t The government hns,
no luteal Ion of resigning In consequence
of Thursday' advers' vole. This was
the gls of premier Halfoui'e eagerly
initl'ipnted stutem nt In th House of
Commons this afternoon. Although It
had lice n generally recognised that such
would be the decision of the premier,
there waa feverish -agernees on all
sides to hear the exact terms of his
statement. The houe was ll.erally
packed. Kveiy gillery available to the
;i ers nnd public was crowded and there
had not been such an attendance of
members during the life of the present
parliament.
Mr. Malfour. who was heartily
ih ered by hi supporters on rising.
tried the patience of his hearers some
what by a long dl-qulsl ion on how
former adminl-tratlona had ignored de
feats similar to thati of Thursday. He
declared that such Incidents iiad nev
er be n regarded as ground for resigna
tion or dissolution, and announced that
he government did not propose either
o resign or dissolve parliament be
cause of Thursday's occurrence. The
premier hop d the practice would never
prevail of allowing a government united
In ltelf and .posei'slng the confidence
of the majority of the house, to abm
dnn Its post merely In consequence of
such a vot .
HERO'S BODY ON
AMERICAN SHORE
Remains of John Paul Jones
Now In the Possession ol
His Adopted Country
AiinaiMIs, Md., July 24. The body of
Paul Jones Is now In the posesslon ot
the rnlted States. Today It rests upon
American soil, homed temporarily In an
uupreten.lous vault In the center of the
grounds of the naval academy and nest
the unfinished chapel In whose crypt
later It Is to find honored repose, a
perpetual Inspiration to the young men
of the na lon here trained to th arts
of nav.il warfare.
The body was removed from the
Brooklyn to the tug 8tandlsh, which
came alongside nnd made fast to the
Brooklyn shortly before V o'clock.-, The
body of the dead admiral was hoisted
from i'.r position on the "half deck" by
a boit crane, carried to the starboard
side, where another crane lowered It
to the deck of the tug. U,
Hear Admiral 8lgbee and his ship
officers crime aboard the tug and the
stnrt for the shore was begun. The
tug took Its course down between the
two columns of cruiser and tU:le-
shlps. and a It was making this run
minute guns from every ship gave the
fifteen-gun salute. A hearse, drawn by
four black horses was In waiting, on
either side of which were the honorary
pi 11 bearers.
When the procenslon began to move
a shore battery fired minute guns to
the numb r of fifteen around the
vault a huge square was formed on
three sides by the sailors and murines,
the fourth being occupied by the hearse
and mldfhtpmen. .After the body had
been removed from the hearse and.
placed oa a par which rested on a tem
poral wooden track loading to ibe
vault. Chaplain Clark, of the naval
academy, assisted by fleet chaplain
Biyard, read a portion of the episco
pal funeral service and offered prayer.
The car was moved to the vault, the
band playing a funeral march. After
It had been pi iced In position a squad
of marines fired three volley and taps
wer sounded by the buglers. . The cor
tege was then dlstnlssed,
'A
SOUTHERN PLANTERS
CONFER WITH WILSON
Washington. July 24. The delegation
from the American Cotton Mannfactur.
era . Association appointed at 4h re-.
cen meeting at Charlotte; N. C. .1
take up w'th Secretary Wilson the
question of Isiulng a ucw June cotton
acreage reiMjrt called nt the depart-
m nt of agrh'Ut ure today and were In
leng hy conference with the secretary..
At the conclusion of the conference
Hoeretary Wilson gave out the follow
ing riaiement: ' '' -
"The d par ment of agriculture has
determined that the statistical board
shHll meet Wednesday. July it. to con
sider whether revblon of the June cot
ton acreage should be made from -list
ing da a or from a new Inspection, and
to make public their finding or esti
mate at 12 o'clock on that dite, or
the earliest convenient dat thercaft-r.''
WILL NOT QUARANTINE.
Memphis, Tcnn., July 24. The Mem-
ohls board of health at a meeting to
night derided not to establish a quar
antine against New Orleans, t
Negotiations Now Under Way
for Capture of Rich In
dustrial Plum
PARTICULARS LAGKINO. ; ,
BUT PROSPECTS ROSY
i ;4V.
Several Southern Cities Have
Made Effort to Secure In
d us trial Enterprise
Negotiations are now pending for
bringing to Asheville large Industrial
enterprls . now Incited In Belgium and
one for which several American title
hav - made frantic bid. . The loci I gen.
tlemen who have th deal In hand ar
loath o publish par. irulars at tha prea-
ent time, but they state that ihta city
has every pros pec of capturing; th .
plum. One of .the g-rrtlemen Interested
jld yesterday: "We ar not yet quit
ready to give out particular, for th
reason that a .premature publication '
might upae.1 our plans. I tan say, how
ever, that Ashevlll.- I being favorably
considered and, unless there Is .t hitch,
we will have a factory her which will
employ several hundred people. ' Th
site under consideration la Juat outsld
the city limits, but 'the city prop?
would reap the benefit. New Orlean,
Memphis, Dallas and Atlanta put up
strong fight for It, but I beltav w
hold the .trump card."
When asked if could nam U
sp clfie Industry Th Cltlsen' Inform,
ant said: "Not yet; but It won't be long
before we can give you full particu
lars. You know It I not sat to ihoirt
befor ytu ar out of the wods.".
ANOTHER SENATOR ,
HELD FOR BRIBERY
Little Bock, Ark., July H glatt Ben.
ator F. (X Butt wa arested at Berry
vllle today on a bench wannt from Lit.
tie Rock charging him with bribery In
connection with the bill appropriating
lsoo.0000 for the completion of th new
stat capital.' T,h indictment allege
that Senator Butt paid 1100. und prom.
Ised 1400 more ta Senator R. H, Adams,
of Orint county, for th latter- vot In
favor of ihe bill, ji ,
Penator Butt gave bond today In th
sum of t.1,000 for his appearance at ,th
September term of the Pulaski county
Circuit court to answer to th charge.
goodlake fined
Mga1l1g
MAN CHARGED WITH OPERATING
ROOM GETS THE v "'.
LIM i.
Police Much Gratified at 8ueful
Outeem of Test Cass..' Cam- "
-' i paign t b Bgun. ' 1
lleotge Ooodlake, said to b the pro.
prletor of gambling room, In th
Dhrumor dullding, . who wasarrested
Saturday afternoon, was given a hear.
Ing before Judge -Jones It) police eourt
yeaterday.' morning toii the charge, and,
being adjudged guilty, was given the
limit, a fine of 60 and costs. . .
The police depat ment is much grat.
Ifled over; this conviction. It being in'
the nature of a test case. Heretofore
much trouble has been experienced
In getting sufficient evidence t con
vlct a defendant of gambling owing
to the fact that witnesses must teti
fy that they saw the defendants gam
bllng. Jn ;.he preset Instance the
plan was tried of allowing some of
the Inmates of tiie raided room to "go.
free and calling them ,as witnesses
against th others,' . In' this manner
the necessary, testlmonywas' secured
and the man convlcfed, , , . ... . .
It Is understood that an active cam
paign, agalnt all forms of , gambling .
will at one be. begun by tn police
department. nd that no games, pub
Ho or private, will be spared. ;'. "
BENNINGTON MEfl ;
' tut . f 1?
ACCOUNTED M
San Diego, t'a!.. July Stl. Ail inert
connected witb the gunboat Bennington
at the time of the faMI boiler explos
ion In San !lgo harbor wer account
ed for today. Exploration of th ves
sel's hold continue as It Is rapidly
mptled of . water. v
The summary of ?iie situation 1:
Dead, fifty-eight; wounded, forty-slxi
uninjured. 2: dewerter. 1. Total number
of crew before accident, 197.
The Bennlng on'a Interior present a
less disordered appearaac today. A
board has been appointed, consisting of
Commander Toung and Lieutenants
Tate and Wade, to attend tie woilc
of condemning the stores. Commander
Toung and the officers of tiie ih p ro
gan sn lnvesigation Into the caj3 o
the explosion this sf erpoon.
A