Editor and Publisher. j. B- ~ - —■ VOLUME XLVHf. Three-Fourths of City of Tokio Completely Burned rri:-Estimate Made by Cou- Has Just Made "journey to the Stricken City. vnKOHJMA ( ENTER 50K OF EARTHQUAKE w* in^Li Toki w Filled M ith Indies— Army i s Restoring the Means of Communication. _. v ,.,,, .if tin' Japanese disclosed in • direct " ' , , < 1 i-[*;tt«-!i«-s now coin . fhc radio station con \ _... turd other points >" ‘ ~ , \ l-t.ljlal tCgioll. , i| liti-nilly engulfed. .• i,in ti"ii covering aot only more than 100 i,jin<; Tokio and four , :.,v. This i> one of the !' i' .’*,q iioitiilafed sections of Ja -7.1 Kmi.iMH t people in the hvaka station, with 1 -T.l-v --,.vtablished courier con tin- .Japanese home office l; , .1 . d at Tokio, 100.000 •_-iiiiiiii homeless., Osaka • ''rent port of Yokohama i. and thatTonly one . ~ , ~a , ;-;ij i it\ <>f Tokio re ] . ]■ i*sl:::i;ife> iliaf 7*• per cent, of ,,|ij tuwtis in i radius of 100 Vi.k'di: ::;:i at:d Tokio are de :l> i**stored in 'l\>kii>. [An tiin’i-: | i'H’> nf, homeless people are . iiarks,:.nd other ope* spae . .v.rimioi.; i*. feeding them p.. \v.;>*lf's Station. Japan. Sept. j|,H A'sociati'd l’ressi. —A eou> r today from Tokio de yrr„; t | : , .y.astiT a> unspeakable. The r jj T j„ w;is throe fourths burned. j ... jt ; | lit* .:k> he found charred, j L j bi'ili*floating “like lisli.". W a nitain area all tilings had j., rv' ~' d to a-in’s except iron frames !.,:ret*fl wreck* of street ears and a !.;;i- 1.. gged tjie streets. The ai.f’Ti'rs ivri aath red in public squares awi parks, lying under sheets on mats. !iiii.n the M-anty food supplied by Ts. , r.y ua restoring the means • .tlOl,. V The •■■mrii’r rejiorfed that pr ivisions ;u <|lanfiri*' .were expected from the Dorrlsastorn and north western regions * few days. TTe* entire country, along which he i.uiitiilMitiiig to lin* relief fad. Earthquake lAtemled More Than 100 Miles. "s ! s:. Sept, (i i lly rhe Associated* I l —A limiev in the Hank of Japan ! r s. -e s’veil fruin destruction imthe .'■!) f"!i"\ved rhe earthquake and t« xiua*. it_ iH-i aiue known today-. A apitu ation of the earthquake and ituo, show* d Yokohama as its'center. north ami south about 1(K) “A and about 140 miles east and tha* city. . ’C iucliidc! comities, five large' [' ' •; !l ' T.00y.000 people who 1 y," i' disaster. It is es- ! d* per cent, of the cities j “'" I,N "itlim the stricken area •’ *'!’* Veil. # ,! ' according to reports re „ totally destroyed and; " ■ ""■ fourth of Tokio remains. % of,i "* S: ‘>'* Died in Tokio. v,.,. H.-r-1 By the Radio Cor i . . "tii' o today took the first ■' 1 ’ ll !'' mg H' clear up eon i. ,j I; ition on the number in Tokio when it ,liat 30.000 an* dead. Ik, ’ 1 • ;,,| d •I.iO.IMKI were lionie- Jaifriciiiu KcporJul Dead Are Alive. of \ M \ "“cl Samuel Reber, 1 r,- p ' '“"■ -Major William (’. ! "ttaauge officer of the ■ aid Mrs. Jr* , :; V ; , r ' mining at Tokio— ".u learned today. p N |;" Island \ppears. i’. *' I Cv the Associated -ao ■;!’ I’liibndt. at the 3 !>•.«• ;| .,• ' *■ ! l."kio Day, report ■ - , . '' peninsula, while 1 of (ishiina which i: b fi-ai,',] .' '' r>^ frano * i* invisible ‘ ’ "* 1.1 ,' j'.vc gone down with Tie r *. Nt jj,‘ uihahitants. I' i: V • ~,j t j' : " n "' vs from the Bonin " ri ’ ;ir, ‘ft.i|..'i] ' •*'“"trophic changes I , j J lstlma tf of Damage. ■>- . . .} 11 < orporation " i. ' '1“ in age sonth ■ 'd up by reports y.-. , ; aiiliiliilated ' 1 • neioss the sea j, F : '"' l «**«*atly to - an "pulatimi lQO.tl or j| Tokio. eol jj'. :i bar}) : i „ " ' villas about J 1 rau,;; ;a """rt. lost. ' ■’'Yaini "4u . ' seashore T ■”■>. iii.^ ri . from Tokio re- Ni. Spl(l| , °'" ! • T, f“tsd iy ll \j o | P q S,,oolis Felt . ‘ ", ' 1 1 II.V the Asso !,.. ' - '"''ven new earth •■.a- ' : -b'- 11iij ‘hiving the night, k,j\ ’Trthi.j ''pressed the view truetive ones were 'I I '1- dp,., !, *’ r, ‘“ks of fires vi ' ,r ;lr ‘‘ not danger -mi,,. iy ■ tab*;.| , ' hgli!i n „ M1 " maintained. M ill the o. V >mS lia ' e heeH OS * where thousands I HE CONCORD TIMES. ***** * * * * * * * T COTTON SPINDLES £ * CANNOT OPERATE & -h London. Sept. U* (By the Asso- < iated Press). —Thirty per cent, of *!■ the spindles of Japan are unable to * operate, and the output is suffering % & accordingly, says a dispatch from d- Kobe reo,- 01 !> extra were aM persons specifically exempted from the provisions of the act. as well as b yimmigration from Canada and Mexico, which countries do not come within the provisions of the quota law. How well the Knifed States is appre ciated as a land of opportunity by the citizens of war-torn Europe is shown by the fact that last year's immigrants ex ceeded those of the year before by 213.- 3t>3, whereas the number of aliens who departed fell from 198.712 in 1921-1922 tot 5i.47,0 in 1922-1923, the net increase of the immigrant population of this couli tre being 110.844 in 1921-1922. as against 441.4(59 in 1922-1923. Os the new comers this year 53.57>2 were classed as laborers, while 100,213 were skilled workers and 191.583. including women and children, were listed as of no occu pation. Misses Elizabeth, Fay and Margaret Xussnian. Master Harry Nussman and Frank and Alary Foil, of Alt. Pleasant, spent Tuesday here at the home of Airs. E. S. Foil. are encamped under crude shelters. The weather remains warm and bright. Missionary Party Safe. Nashville. Tenn., Sept. o.—Dr. AY. A\\ Pinson, secretary in charge of the Ori ental fields Southern Methodist Alission Board, received a message this morning from the mission station in Shanghai re porting that the mission party aboard the steamer President Madison which ar rived in Yokohama August 31st had reached Shanghai -in safety. Southern Presbyterian Missionaries Safe Nashville. Tenn.. Sept, ft.—-All South ern Presbyterian missionaries in .Japan are safe, according to a cablegram re ceived today by the church's foreign mission secretary from L. (\ Smytlie. a missionary, dater Karuicawa, and read ing: “All missions safe. Notify fami lies.’’ Missionaries of the Southern Presby terian church and their wives in Japan number about 50 persons, representing various Southern states. Among the number .is the Rev. I. S. Mcllroy, Jr., whose wife, formerly Aliss Alice Wilson, is a niece of ex-I’resident Woodrow Wil son. List of American Dead. AA*ashington, Sept. 6.—Consul Dickov er reported today to the State Depart ment, the following list of dead, missing and probably dead in the Yokohama dis trict : Dead —Pharmacist Paul R. Cannon. IT. S. Navy; Pharmacist A. Igogolia, V. S. i Navy. Airs. H. C. Burnell. San Fran cisco; 11. A\\ Morse, of the International Banking Corporation. Captain Stinson of the S. S. Steel Navigator. ' Robert Swain, of Yokohama. Alissing and probably dead —Air. Shel ly. cf the Standard Oil Co. McHenry Holbrook of the International Banking Corporation. Mrs. M. Mendelson, of Princeton, N. J. Consul Dickover further reported that about 2.0(H) foreign refugees bad arrived in Kobe from Yokohama and Tokio and several hundred were Americans. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ROTARY MEETING Plea For Support of High School Ath letics Made.—Committee to Help. Reports from the various committees and a plea for enthusiastic support of the business men of the city for high school athletics featured the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club yes terday. L. I). Coltrame. chairman of the pub lic affairs committee, was in charge of the program. Following a song, Air. Coltrane introduced Air. Aloore. teacher of science and director of athletics for the Concord High School. Air. Aloore declared athletics aided in scholarship and all round developed and made a-n earnest plea for the support of the busi ness men of the city. Following his talk, the chairman, upon motion ap pointed AY. A\\ Flowe, M. L. Cannon and A. R. Hoover to assist the high school students in their athletic work. Following Air. Aloore, Rev. Dr. Plyler, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, who was the guest of Mr. I). B. Coltrane, was introduced and made a brief response. ; Dr. Doyle, director of music in the public schools, who was the guest of Prof. A. 8. AYebb, was in troduced and responded briefly but hum orously. Next week’s program will be in charge of the fellowship committee. WASHINGTON HAS NO CHILD LABOR PROBLEM Capital Fins Remedy For tiie Evil in Solving Home Problems. AA’ashington, Sept. (5 (Capital News Srt'viec).—The nation is agitated about an anti-child labor law, and some legisla tion which will stand a Supreme Court test is to bo looked for. Aleamvhile. the capital has solved its own problem. According to statistics just made pub lic there were only twenty-oix permits to work granted last year for children 1 under fourteen years of age. Such per-1 mits are given by the Juvenile Court in AA’ashington only when an absolute need for a child's earnings to keep a home together, is clearly demonstrated. The j majority of applications are refused and some means taken through some board | of relief to supply the needed small ’>11111! to maintain the home. Child welfare agencies, anxious to do 1 away with this type of work permit, de- 1 dare the passage of a mother’s allow- ■ a nee law would be a step in the right direction. Judge Kathryn Sellers, of the Juvenile Court, believes that some form, of allowance which would enable the mother or the father in some cases | tot keep the children in school and the i family together and insure nil the chil dren in the district proper food, cloth ing. and shelter, and opportunity for ed ucation is the final solution of the prob lem. PRESIDENT APPROVES HRA'M E EDU CATION 1 Coolidge Endorses Harding’s Belief in Kindergarten. j AYashington. Sept. (5 (Capital News Service). —AYriting to Major Bradley Martin, president of the National Kind-, ergarten Association. President Conlidge | quotes from his predecessor, in favor of ■ juvenile education. The letter reads, iu part : "In President Harding's last message j he said. ‘AA’e need . . . more of the Christ j spirit, more of the Christ practice, and a new and abiding consecration to rev- ■ erence of God.’ “I heartily endorse this sentiment, and favor extension of kindergarten educa tion as one means of promoting brotherly love and reverence; for in the kinder garten such traits are cultivated at the time when habits of thought and action are formed for life.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Finn Totfay at Advance of From I 16 to 35 Points. New York, Sept. 6.—The cotton mar ket opened firm at an advance of 1(5 to 35 points on a continuation of the gen eral buying movement which had develop ed late yesterday. Cotton futures opened firm. Oct. 25.75; Dec. 25.68; Jan. 25.45 j March 25.51 ; Afay 25.55. Animals Electrocuted When Ground Charged. Laurinburg, N. C., Sept. 3. —At Stewartville gin here, which is run by electricity, this afternoon two IVrelieron horses and two mules were electrocuted near the cotton stalls. The ground in an area was charged. AYill Arnter was owner of the horses. AA’hen he drove on the charged zone they began to pranee and lie held them until they fe'l dead. A negro boy went to help quiet the team and could not get off the tongue. He was shoved off with a shovel and drag ged to safety. The mule team lmd no driver. AA’hen the current hit them they ran around, coming back to a charged place, and were killed. There was another team at the time which ran off to safety. People’s National Bank is to Be Re- Organized. Salisbury, Sept. s.—Stockholders of the People's National Bauk, which has been closed •since June 8, have decided definitely to reorganize and open up for business. Over .$70,000 of the 100,000 required as an initial step towards re opening have been secured and a com mittee was out today raising the re mainder of the needed capital. The comptroller of the currency has notified the stockholders of the old bank to come across with an amount equal to 100 pol ecat. of their stock, and to do so in 30 days. Mayor H.vlan Much Better. Saratoga Spriugs, N. Y\. Sept. 6. — Alayor Hylan. of New York, who suf fered a relapse yesterday, was much bet ter this morning, relatives said. Symptoms of pleurisy developed yes terday with some indications of bron chial pneumonia, which, according to the family, disappeared during the night. With Our Advertisers. t The Citizens Bank and Trust Company is ready to handle all shipments of eot | ton to the N. C. Cotton Growers’ Co-op ' erative Association, and to make the cash advance on each bale shipped. CONCORD, N. C., THURS DAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 | Interest in Proposed Creamery For County is Showing Increase A\ith the announcement yesterday that banns. AA’e are spending between SI,BOO plans are being formulated here for the! and $2,000 a year now sending the organization of a creamery, interest in' cream from this county, and if we had the project is increasing. The first pub- 1 the creamery this would be saved." lie meeting for the purpose of discuss-j AYhile definite plans for the creamery ing the advisability of organizing the probably will nor be perfected until af compauy will be held at the court house ; ter the meeting on the 15th. tentative on Saturday of next week at 2 o'clock, plans call for the raising of about $lO.- and the great amount of interest already 0000 to put the project over, it is under shown in she proposition indicates that stood. If suitable quarters can be found the meeting will be widely attended. j for the building, this amount probably A majority of the business men of the will be sufficient to put the proposition city who have been approached on the over but if a home lias to be erected it subject think the creamery will be a big will take more money to finance the proj asset to the county, one of the promoters ect, one* promoter stated, stated this morning. "It is strictly a The meeting on the 15th will begin business proposition. he stated, “and at 2 o'clock and will be held at the court will save* money for the farmers of (’a- house. ! U. S. INTERVENTION ADVOCATED BY UPHAI | Treasurer of Republican Na | tional Committee Thinks Unitted States Should Help in Reparations Tangle. Chicago, Sept. 6 ( By rhe Associated Press). —American intervention , in the Franco-German reparations tangle was advocated by Fred AA\ T’pham, treasurer of the Republican national committee. He> expressed the belief that Congress ' should give President Coolidge the au ! thority to appoint a commission of Amer ican business men to determine quickly what reparations the Germans should pay. It’s largely a business proposi- I tion. In* said, and should J>e settled by business men. Air. Fpliam before going to Europe j where lie spent three months, was asked | by the late President Harding to give j liis impression of the European situa tion. The President died before he re turned. Ah-. Fpliam is going to AA’ash ingto next week and expects to see Pres ident Coolidge. who it is expected, will receive Air Cpham’s impressions first hand. CHOKED WITH DEAD First Direct News From Tokio Since Saturday Tells Horrible Story. Tokio. Sept. 5. —Tokio and Yokohama, separated by only a few miles of water, today . lie crushed by the overpowering j forces of an earthquake-—a series of up- Iteavals— -that came warning and brought crashing (Town the homes and business places of these great cities. All around for many miles other cities, towns and villages have been dashed from their foundations, and what the vi brations of the earth failed to accomplish was completed by fire and tidal wave. AYhile entire sections of the capital have been obliterated —all but the ruins —a very considerable extent of the. city remains. Not so with Yokohama, refu gees from which arc becoming to find their way into Tokio. They tell of the terrific desruetion wrought at that p'ace. which has been for years of vast import ance to the, commerce of the western world. Choked With Dead. The streets and water courses, the canals and seat front are filled with dead, and among the dead arc doubtless many injured, to which it has been im possible. to take succor. In Yokohama, far more than in Tokio, foreign resi dents and visitors suffered loss of life or injury. It is estimated that no fewer than 206 foreigners perished in tin* treaty port, but even yet no comprehensive ac count can be extracted from the refu gees. who reached here in an almost ex hausted condition. The overwhelming effects of the first shook may be realized when it is told that thousands of Japanese, caught by the flames that swept through the city almost immediately, driven by the high winds, leaped into the canals and finding no safety in any direction were dorwned. or overcome by the debris which soon choked the waterways. The shopping district downtown was overwhelmed, and here many thousands of shoppers and business workers died. To add to the dangers immense crev ices opened in the streets ; in some places isolating entire blocks and making it absolutely impossible for those within the sections to find safety from the fire. Fire Raged Two Days. For two (lays the fires of Tokio raged, destroying possibly 200.000 houses and property, the value of which cannot be ascertained, cremating the bodies of many of the dead and probably ending the sufferings of scores of injured. The casualty list will be very great ; estimates at present vary from 50.000 upwards in Tokio alone. How many were killed in the outlying districts is not known because for a long time Tokio was cut off from communication with the. out side world. Immense difficulties are being en countered in forwarding the news of Ja pan's great disaster to the countries of the world. Couriers have been sent out with special press dispatches; the Japa nese naval radio is being utilijed. and details have been forwarded by airplane to Nagoya ' and thence to Iwaki. about* 150 miles from Tokio, for transmis sion abroad. The foregoing is the first direct news dispatch received from the Japanese cap ital since Saturday when the earthquake occurred. Tokio was for a consisder able time shut off from all communica tion with the outside world; then cour iers bearing dispatches were sejit out. for the nearest radio stations which had escaped destruction and meager dispatch es giving brief details began to filter through from points, such as Osaka, which lay outside the zone of destruc tion. The condition of Air. P. G. Cook who is critically ill at his home on Simpson Street, is reported today as improved. AGAIN CONSIDERING | FORDSSHOALOFFER Detroit Manufacturer Is In Washington to Confer With President Coolidge and Secretary Weeks. AYashington. Sept. (5 (By the Associat ed Press). —Negotiations were resumed | today between the government and Hen ■ ry Ford on the latter’s offer to acquire r the Aluscle Shoals. Ala., power plants ‘ and nitrates properties, j Accompanied by his son Edsel and j one of his engineers Air. Ford came to : AA’ashington to confer with Secretary , AA’eeks and later with President Cool jidge regarding the project. OLD SOL TO APPEAR IN T?HE “MOVIES” Complete Motion Picture Record to Be Made of the Eclipse. I Los Angeles, Calif.. Sept. 6. —A cotn ! plete motion picture record will be made jof tin* solar eclipse next Monday. It J will be the first time in astronomical his- I tory such a photographic feat has been ! attempted . The work will be done, on ! Catalina Island, off the coast of South ! ern California, by an expeudition from ! the Yerke« Observatory. A site has | been selected for the observing station ; on a plateau 1.300 feet above sea level. ; Here the necessary equipment has been i erected, dark rooms installed, and other | apparatus provided for. Owing to the ! importance of the eclipse elaborate prep ! a rations are being made. ! Tin* A’erkcs expedition Aviil be one of the largest that it coming to this section !to observe the phenomenon. The pro gram includes a variety of angles from i which the work will be approached—this ' because eclipses of the importance of the | forthcoming one are very rare. Os special interest to the natural sci entific world, as well as the laity, will j be the operation of two motion picture | equipments. One of them will be used J to record what is known as the "flash spectrum." an entirely new use for the i motion picture camera. The other tna- J chine will be used to take an actual I "movie” of the entire eclipse. The staff j will also be filmed "in action" during the ! hiost intensive part of the observation, as ! it is believed there will be widespread ! news interest in this picture subsequent : ly. ! The expedition will be in charge of Dr. j Edwin B. Frost, director of the Yerkes Observatory. William J. AA’rigley, Jr., financed it. with a gift of $5,000 to the ! University of Chicago, of which the Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay is tlie department of practical astronomy. Air. AA’rigley is the owner of Catalina Island. I Dr. Oliver J. Lee will be in charge of the direct photography of the corona. Observations for the rotation of the corona will be made by Dr. Frost in co operation with Professor Philip Fox. di rector of the Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University. Another not able member of the Yerkes expedition will be I)r. Clifford Crump, director of the new Perkins Observatory of Ohio AA’esleyan University. Under the leadership of Dr. AA’alter S. Adams, tiie staff of the Alt. AA’ilson Solar Observatory is also making extensive preparations to study the forthcoming eclipse. Besides studying the ec.ipse from Alt. AA’ilson, which will not be en tirely in the shadow, this observatory will have two stations iu tiie direct path of totality. The chief one will be at Poina Loma, near San Diego, and the other will be at Ensenada, in Lower Cal ifornia. All important part of the Alt. AA’ilson program will be a detailed investigation of the cornoa. This r unexplained phe j nomenon will he studied by means of two 1 new methods devised by members of the observatory staff. Astronomers regard the corona as one of the most impressive characteristics at tending a total eclipse of the sun. It lias been described by watchers of the skies as far back at 100 B. C., as an object of wonder and mystery. As late as the eclipse of 1842. when the corona was unusually beautiful, its investiga tion as an aid to the study of the sun was not considered seriously by astron omers. Only in recent years lias it been de cided definitely that the corona is a part < of. or due to, the sun's atmosphere. Be cause of its extremely delicate charac ter. all attempts of observers to analyze its content and to account for its pres ence during an eclipse, or to determine whether it exists at other times, have failed. To Reqyire Watchmen at Crossings. Durham, N. C., Sept. 6.—The Durham city council has passed au ordinance, ef fective September 15. designed to the wet climatic conditions of the latter part of July and the early part of August. At this time too. the third generation of weevils put in its appear ance, adding to the live weevils remain ing from the first and second genera tions to such an extent that they were present in sufficient numbers to punc ture the top squares in most fields with in a week, it is reported. “About August IS.” said Dr. Leiby. "the weevils began to migrate from one field to another and equalize their dis tribution. This dispersal habit is char acteristic of the weevil and has been responsible for the gradual spread of the weevil northward from the southern states of the cotton belt. "It was at the time when a few of the bolls in a field first opened in the southern counties when the weevils be gan working on the middle crop in the fields which had not been .protected by dusting with calcium arsenate when the worst damage was effected. At this time I the planters who were fighting the wee- I vil by dusting already had made two to four applit (ttirins l of poistm and by this ; means had protected a goodly percentage j of the top squares and %11 of the young j and immature bolls. Two of three later | applications continued to check the wee- I vils. and those hereabouts who have dusted thoroughly and timely are ex pecting to pick well over three-fourths of a bale to the acre in fields which oth erwise would have produced 'only a half crop. “t'otton planters in this section are convinced that the dusting method is profitable. These planters now feel that they can grow cotton in spite of the weevil if they put up an intelligent fight, i With them it has been either a success ful fight against this pest or ceasing to operate their cotton plantations. “The weevil is now being rejtorted in increasing numbers north of a line from j Charlotte. Unrthage-Smithfield to Wa.sh- I ington. Most of this territory was in ! vaded for the first time during the lat ter part of 0!>22. In 1!)24 this section will experience its. first heavy damage by the weevil and if history repeats itself ; as it has each year in the case of the : weevil in all the southern states, the ! cotton planters in that section will do i well to prepare to fight the pest.” j Dr. Leiby and his assistant, Mr. Har ris, are now supervising the picking of 1 the cotton in their many experimental j fields in this sect ion t As soon as the I yields of the experimental fields are as | eertained they expect to publish the re -1 suits of their experiments and investi gations concerning weevil control sos the | benefit of the cotton farmers of the . state. Woodmen Plan Extension of Philan thropic Activities. Omaha, Sept. ti. —Expansion of the philanthropic activities of the Woodmen of the World through the establishment • of an old people's home for members of ! the order near San Antonio, Texas, has 1 been announced by W. A. Fraser. . sovereign commander of the society. The new home will be located, n is 1 believed, close to the Woodmen of the ! World War memorial sanitarium re ! cently erected near San Antonio for | members of the fraternal organization afflicted with tuberculosis. “The new home,” said Mr. Fraser, “will be buillt as soon as'suitable plans I can be drawn up. Old men of the so ■ ciety whose families have died, married, moved away or lost interest in them will be cared for in the home. Every state in which the Woodmen have mem bers will endow and maintain a cer tain number of rooms in the home and these suites will be named after the states. The o’d meji will spend their j last days in the mo t pleasant surround ins in a homey atmosphere.” i ; Kiwanians Present Swimming Pool to City. 'Winston-Salem, N. C\, Sept. (>.— A large swimming pool, constructed in Skyland Park, has been presented to the city of Winston-Salem for the use of the public by the city’s Kiwanis club. M. L. Cannon Takes Over Mill. Charlotte. Sept. 4. —Martin L. Can non and associates will take over the operation of the Delburg-Linden cotton yarn mill at Davidson about October 1, it is reported. The mills recently were sold to Mr. Cannon-and his associates at a price, said to be in the neighborhood |of $250,000. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Iffliffn a*' "u ’"on UK I ION SEEMS LESS SERIOUS NOW Greeks Have Moved Part of Their Fleet to Avoid a Chance of Any Clashes at Sea. ASSASSINS ARE BEING RUN DOWN Unconfirmed Reports State That the Italians Have Taken Over Three More Islands. Athens, Sept. (> (By the Associated Press). —The (Ireck fleet has received or ders to retire to the (lulf of Yolo to avoid * contact with the Italian licet, it is learn ed on good authority. (The tiillf of Volo, nn arm of the Aegean Sea, is on the eastern side of the Greek peninsula, and approximately 5)0 miles north of Athens). Milan, Sept. (» (By thd Associated Press).—The' Popolo Italtea, organ of Premier Mussolini, has received a dis patch from Trieste saying: “Telegrams from various sources con firm the news that the Greek government is on tin' track of the assassins of the Italian mission. Many suspects have been arrested at Jauina, and also along the Graeco-Albanian frontier, and among , them are two of the assassins. The au thorities are hunting the others and hope srtlyot oah(L ißrr etaoin nu nu nu shortly to arrest them”. After Assassins. Italians Said to Have Seized More Islands. London. Sept, fl (By the Associated Press).—A Central News dispnfeh from Rome says that reports are current there that Italian forces occupied the islands of Merlera, Fano and Mathraki, north west of Corfu. HOTEL AT NAKAGANSKT PIER DESTROYED BY FIRE Imperial Hotel Destroyed and Hotel Mas sassoit Damaged by Fire Early To day. Xarragansett Pier, R. 1.. Sept. ft.—- The Imperial Hotel here was destroyed by fire early today, the forty guests escaping scantily clad. The loss was sstM>.oho. The hotel Massassoit also caught fire. The tire in the Massassoit was confined td the roof. Private bouses nearby were dam aged. The tire started in the attic of the five story wooden Imperial Hotel. RESUME CONFERENCE WITH COAL MEDIATOR Operators add Miners Conferring Again Now With Governor Pinchot. Harrisburg, I’a., Sept. 6. —Anthracite mine operators and officials of the min ers’ union who today resumed confer ences with Governor Pinchot for dis cussion of possible terms of settlement of differences which caused suspension of operations September Ist adjourned at 12:50 till 2:30 this afternoon. Lead ers of both sides reported little change in the situation. COTTON I P October Delivery Today Sold at 26.79, 78 Points Above Yesterday’s Closing. New York. Sept. (J.—Cotton for Octo ber delivery today sold at 20.70, 7K point® above .'Yesterday's ‘<*l()sing quo tation. This is more than $lO per bale above the price ruling shortly before the government rejsirt published last week. Candidate For Carolina’s Freshman Team Asheville, N. Sept. O. —Gage Kirk patrick and Ralph Dalton, star backfield ers last year on the Bingham Military Academy’s eleven, will attend the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year and have announced their in tentions of being candidates for Caroli na’s freshman team, according to infor mation received! here. Kirkpatriric, whose home is at Lowerville. S. made the all-star western North Carolina con ference team last year. Dalton is an all round athlete, playing football, basket ball and baseball. Will Pay Fine Under Protest. New York, Sept. <5 (By the Associat ed Press). —Max Straus, President of the Baltic American Line, Inc., oiip of the steamship companies fined s2t)t) per passenger for bringing immigrants into quarantine-a few minutes before the Sep tember quota was opened, today anounc ed that his company would pay the fine under protest, and then appeal to tin* courts in an effort to have it refunded. Next P. O. S. of A. Meeting at Salisbury. Salisbury, N. (’., Sept. fl.—The next biennial meeting of the National coun cil of the Patriotic Order, Sons of.Am erica, will be held here in 1!)25, accord ing to J. C. Keesler, of this city, who recently returned from a meeting of the order at Philadelphia and reported that he had secured for Salisbury the next gathering of the organization. Williams Is Let Off With Payinent of the Costs- Salisbury'. Sept. 5. —In county court today thp case against C. B. Williams, for scooting Frank Brown, Spencer merchant, which was sent up to superior, court yesterday, was re-opened, and the indictment changed from assault with intent to kill to one charging assault with a deadly weapon. In this form the county court bad jurisdiction and Mr. Williams was let off with payment of the costs. The shooting occurred when Williams, a Southern railway engineer, caught Brown in the Willliam’s home. NO. 17.