North Carolina Newspapers

Bi; ' I [an Confers With jtderson.—Money lining for Imme* ►building. RROW MONEY l EMERGENCY Building Will Be proof Construe-; ■'here Were Noj ■Hb Casualties. lialeigh Bureau of Encord Daily Tribune |ii! 12.- Tin' mirneuloußl I pin male inmates of f r 'he insane while l t’H y were housed J Kbotit their heads Satur-| g vied with the problems L done with the patients f r of T lie only home they j I: to occupy a* theprin* |r discussion in Raleigh ! Ijcsterday. i , I' balked in their elfort jli,' entire structure by I' liiuuan efforts ofi I L (ire fighters, bad I ’ k all night long on tlie 1 luttedj west wing, until < f by pc flood of water 111, ,.!s of hose and then iyesterday morning. Isti'l | smouldered last 1 ■err was no live fire. ■ and stone, stood black- 1 t tottering upon their i Initiations. The more i If be towering masonry Ji liny' pulled down by a j It to long ropes, and j' I with dynamite yester-j’ ■under directions of the j < Kal, to prevent injuries | ■sers-by when they fell,] ■ntinent at every slight; fcor walls praeficalb' all - n lay in huge heaps of! i Kry inside. ■ I I W. McLean conferred ] ■A, Anderson, superin- .* ■ institution, immediate-j ] ■governor's return from j < Bestmlay morning. The f \ Klt>;l his T .ieart-felt con-1 j Kid praise t» Dr. An- j ■he noble work done by j ‘ Kioii in emptying the j ■of its helpless human j ( But a single casualty [ , Kim that money would 1 j K for immediate rebuild- ] ■ the emergency now ex lot passed by a recent t ■ council of state is em- 1 ■row up to $500,000 for | ■nprovements in such j I ■ntieipating the action)] ■ legislature undoubtedly < I Bet who has drawn the 1 Kit additions to the hos- 1 ■insane was expected at i ■ this morning and will 1 ■ on plane for til i re- < Kructure. ' Just what 1 Be made in the arehitee- 1 ■derson has not deter-., 1 lie thing is certain—the < lor wing, will be of fire- Irtion. lof tire in the old build- 1 las erected in 1565. was l Iml several appeals have j < I the legislature for an i I with which to install a 1 pm. At the last ses- i nVade. eonvmissioner of ■ fated that fie had made h I for spreading the j liioh a system over ape-j [years, by far the best) k:ule up to that time, but' I refused. hoii declared yesterday w of no insane hospital pmgnitude in the history |ul conflagrations in which P serious casualties. He| stint the work of Dr.! p. his assistant, who was h'iiig his absence, and of Its who jeopardized their I the hist of the inmates It was. heroism and fault n in the fullest sense of P asserted. r* caught in a burning tber it the mentally un bent.s. further crazed by resisted efforts to force ! p I, PV» and safety. They he l) ( 'd's; they wrapped t> bedclothing and crawled frinost recess of closets in ' to remain in the only knew. One man barri i in a room, directly in t 1,1 sweeping flames, and i>ten to attendants who t> cajole him into coming fIHHH '. - :im, aimed JBBKm 1 ; H "i.'t'in ti na I - ' ai.d carried flHjjjH 1, '• v:tic* to safe- xccaming. SjSSBS alter report- H a Saturday |§|§|B • 't*■, r t’aat one IgBS ‘.ad slipped MggM . ieiiiding and fIHHH; The victims BB|H‘ aees blit, ill- Slllß 'tie inmates fp-B '■ to a fiery H| ' e-terday eve -IBHB : ' l 'h U P showed ■BB, , ! he records as J i -‘ " •*’ ui accounted THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. TRAFFIC DEATHS 111 SOUTH SHOWED BIG INCREASE IH WEEK Two Oil Ship Disasters at New Orleans Respon sible For the Majority of the Deaths. AUTO ACCIDENTS SHOW DECREASE Nine Deaths in This State Were Reported—Louisi i ana Held the Lead Dur ing the Past Week. , (A 3 ) —Greatly augmented by the two ; oil ship disasters in the Mississippi ! River near New Orleans, traffic toll in 11 states last week soared to 65 dead and 236 injured, it was shown by a survey conducted by the Asso -1 ciated Press. The survey was of all forms of traf fic casualties, whether highway, rail road or river, including those by an tomob'le. trolley, motorcycle, boat or otherwise. The Louisiana death toll was exact-1 ly half that of the entire South. The ! sub state suffered no deaths from other traffic erftises, but 22 were injured in I various forms of traffic iccidents. The state’s total injuries was 80. of which 07 were due to river diasseers. Arkansas reported no deaths ,wliat cver. while South Carolina with 0 hurt held the low record for the! South. Despite the -balmy weather of the j week which has lured thousands of: automobiles to the roads, the survey showed remarkable falling off in auto mobile accidents. A tabulation by states includes: [ Virginia 2 dead, 4 19 injured ; North ! Carolina 0 dead. 12 injured; South j Carolina 2 dead, G injured. Minister Expelled. South Manchester, Conn., April 12. — ( A 3 )—The charges of conduct unbe coming a clergyman, preferred against the Rev. Guy Willis Holmes of New Bedford, Mass., were sustained by the special investigating committee re lHirting to the New Orleans Southern Conference of the Method : st Church today and the pastor was expelled from the ministry. .!■ I « fc » ' i j for. * As a matter of course, a look out will be kept for human bones when the ruins cool enough for work men to start removing the debris, but j no gruesome finds are expected. When the word spread that the in- j sane hospital was on fire. Raleigh townspeople had terrifying visions of liberated maniacs running amuck through the streets, endangering the lives of all who crossed their paths. Nothing could have been further from the actual occurrence. All the dan gerously or criminally insane were kept in heavily barred quarters on the second floor of a new. fireproof build itiy to the rear of the wing which burned. As soon as it became decid edly uncomfortable, these inmates were loaded into huge moving vans and moved, uhder ample guards, to the State’s prison. Not a one es caped. _ Some of the patients not afflicted with dangerous delusions were, in ' normal times, given the run of the | grounds. It was ievitable that some j of them would escape in the excite ment, and "few did. Three of what are known as “happy chases,” for in stance, did heroic work in caring for the disabled inmates, put them to bed and comforted them into quietness, then took French leave. They were found later in the evening and were back under the watchful eyes of their guards last night. One of them, for a time, was reported as a casualty, but denied it indignantly when he was discovered, several hours later, in the store of a friend far down town. All but a very few showed no inclina | tion to take advantage of the situa- I tion and leave. The insane patients, routed out of their secluded quarters, attracted al most as much attention from the huge crowd of spectators that gathered Sat urday afternoon as did the fire it self. The men first were placed in a blockade several hundred feet to the rear of .the* burning building. There, they comported themselves, for the most part, as if nothing out of the ordinary were happening. Scant ily clothed, as there had been no time to get them into outdoor garments ! before they were hurried from I’aeir ! indoor rooms, and with the stamp of idiocy upon their features, they made a pitiable exhibit. A few’ of the in mates. who retained their sense of propriety, did their best to prevent their fellows from performing acts which might shock the spectators, many of, whom were Women. Twenty incapacitated inmates were housed in the male wing when the fire | broke out. They were carried to the open on mattresses, then taken to Rex Hospital in ambulances. * The fire is believed to have started from a blow torch used by tinners in making repairs in the attic of the burned section. So complete is the destruction that it is doubtful if the truth of this deduction will ever be ascertained. The entire building was valued at about $050,000. Exactly what the loss in the single wing will be has not been figured, but estimates run from $350,000 to $600.00. The build ing as a whole was insured for $445,- 000, which means tfiat approximately half the loss will be recoverable. The Prettiest and the Next Prettiest v ■ IE \ y j j jB ... j m ' Th Z,TjX T.r,*, at a WM i V ‘ rgtala Un'venmy the other day. and m- Mary Latterly of Mound* • ille, at the left, won it. Second place was won by Miss Betty Morris of Clarksburg, at the richt. ( INCOME TAXES COLLECTED TO DATE IE $5,523,812.41 j Estimate of Budget Bureau Seems to to Be Assured. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, April 11. —With a total oft $5,523,842.41 in income taxes collect- * ! ed to date, there is no question but j that the estimated collections used j by the budget bureau in figuring its 1 appropriations for the fiscal year will be reached and a balanced budget for the current period seems assured. The budget bureau used an esti ! mate of $5,730.00 in income taxes ns one of the bases for its year's figures last spring. Had that proved far off. and there were many who thought it would prove so, a deficit would have been inevitable, for income taxes provide nearly one-half of the total revenue of the state. With only some $200,000 to go t 6 reach the fig ure demanded, ther. is be? an L*wig nificant chance of failure, R. A. Doughton. commissioner of revenue, said today. Extensions/ were granted prior to I March 15th to some large concerns in J the state. A few of them have paid ! since, but there are enough still out standing to make the estimate unless unforseen surprises should occur. About the only eventuality now that could bring about a deficit at the close bf the fiscal year would be a falling down in collections on sched ule B, which takes in license fees from the various processions and businesses subjected to tax. Such fees become payable June Ist, but the payers have until August Ist to pay up. If enough of them choose to hold off un til the last month of grace, a deficit might result, but it would be only a paper deficit and not serious, since the money needed to balance would be collectable under all ordinary circum stances. . The revenue department this year will collect approximately $11,000,000 i of the total revenue of $12,000,000. Much hard work still is ahead, with both schedule B and the automobile license fees to come in. The combined report of the auditor and treasurer will be out soon and will show a neat surplus in the gen eral fund, due to income tax collec tions. after several months of mount ing deficit. THE COTON MARKET I Opened Steady at Advance of 5 Points to Decline of 6 Points. New York, April 12.— (A 3 ) —The j cotton market opened steady today at I an advance of 5 points to a decline of 6 points. Near months were rela tively firm on further covering by May shorts while there was selling of new crop positions on prospects for better weather in the South aud easy Liverpool cables. After selling to 18.99 May eased off ’ to 18.88 or 2 points net lower, and new crop months showed net losses of ’ about 4 to 7 points at the end of the first hour. There was continued de mand for May. however, and the main -1 tenance of the near month premium * seemed to hold selling in check, the | market showing a fairly easy under- tone at the decline. Cotton futures opened steady : May 18.99; July 18.36; October 17.60; December 17.25; January 17.18. At last work on the new passen ger station in Greensboro has begun iu dead earnest. As the Southern Railway has undertaken this work itself without calling on anybody for help, the prospect is that it will be pushed to speedly completion, with out any more haggling over details. A teacher, trying to impress on her pupils the rightness of kindness to a'l animals, took them for a walk to bring the lesson home to them. Hearing a scream from little John nv, she asked; “What’s the matter, Johnny?” “I’ve been sitting on a hornet.” was the tearful response, “and I’m afraid I’ve hurt the- poor thing.” Dr. R. Matt PatteVson has gone t, Richmond, Va., for a week to attend i clinic 3. / CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, APRII2, 192t5 Witness Applauded As Drys Offer Testimony In Debate On Liquor ♦ GEORGE W. MEANS TO BE BURIED HERE TOMORROW Prominent Citizen and Former May or of Concord Died Early Sunday Morning. George W. Means, former mayor of Concord and for two score years a prominent citizen of this city, died early yesterday morning at a private sanatorium in Morganton where he had been undergoing treatment for -two weeks. Death came as a rw.uk of a heart malady which developed about a year ago and which confined Mr. Mearns to his bed for several weeks. His condition became critical Saturday and Mrs. Means. George B. Means, Victor A. Means, and Mr. and Mm. Leslie Bell were with him when the end came. Tlie deceased was n son of the late William G. and Catherine Barringer Means, having been born at the old Means home near this city. He moved to Concord when still a young man and soon became actively identi fied with the life of the city. He was 67 years of age. Mr. Means served Concord &s Mayor in 1899 and 1900 and for 20 years was in the federal internal revenue and postal service, having recently retired on pension from the service- While Mr. Means was best known locally for his public work he was internationally known as a breeder of fine game chickens. About 30 years ago Mr. Means imported some Cuban games and soon built up a strain of Red Cuban Games that have gained reputation as fighters in all parts of the world. Mr. Means was married 46 years ago to Miss Lula Bikle, daughter of Dr. L. A. Bikle, and she and the fol lowing children survive: V. A-, and George Ifi Means and Mrs. Leslie Bell, of Concord and Dr. Paul B. Means, of Trenton, N. JC Tlie body was brought to Concord yesterday afternoon and taken to the Means home on South Union srreet. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow morning at 10:30, conducted by Dr. J. C. Rowan, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church of which the deceased was a mem ber. Interment will be made in Oak ivood cemetery. Active pall bearers at the service will be: C. H. Barrier, A. R. Howard I. I. Davis. Richmond Reed, Cameron Macßae and P. B- Fetzer. Honorary pall bearers will be: H. I. Woodhouse, W. L. Bell, C. F. Ritchie, C. W. Swink, C B. Wagon er, J. L. Hartsell, L. T. Hartsell, George F. Barnhnrdt, W. S. Bing r ham and C- J. Harris. With Our Advertisers. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. has three floors overflowing w.th j good furniture and house furnish ings. Yon will find the hoys’ department at Parks-Belk Cofl running over with specials. They will give free with every boys’ knee pants suit for J 4.98 and up a $1.25 watch. Don’t miss the grocery department in the rear of the second floor. No Review on Gifts Tax Question. Washington, April 12.— (A*)— -The recent decision of the Supreme Court holding invalid and unconstitutional State laws imposing inheritance taxes upon gifts made within a .specified time of death will not be reviewed, the court announced today in refus ing a rehearing sought by Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. ( Colored prisoners in the county jail at MihVaukee have been found using raw potatoes, lamp sugar, and cubes of salt in games of “African golf.” t . 1 J £ Mrs. Henry Peabody First Witness Called by Dry Leaders Before the Sen ate Committee. SALVATIONARMY OFFICER SPEAKS He Says That Conditions Among the Poor Better Than They Were Before Prohibition Came. Washington, April 12. — (A 3 ) —In- terrupting the presentation of the case of the wets a corps of 65 dele gates from civic, temperance and other women’s organizations passed before the senate prohibition committee to day urging enforcement of the Vol stead act. and opposing any modifica tion of national dry laws. “We represent the homes, the church and the school” was the slogan con tained in testimony of the first wit ness, Mrs. Henry Peabody, of Bever ly, Mass., chairman of the Women’s National Conference for Law Enforce ment, which is meeting here. “We stand for enforcement and no modification. We have a strong feel ing that the women ought to be rep resented by the men who hold our views.” Mrs. Peabody was questioned by Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, and she told him in reply to his first interrogation that the only change in the Volstead act to which the women would agree would be a move to give it more power. “We stand for the strengthening of the Volstead act rather than its mod ification,” she said. “We want it enforced by officials who are in sympathy with it.” “Are you satisfied with Section 28 of the Volstead Act?” asked Senator Reed. “I am not acquainted with that section,” Mrs. Peabody said. “That is the section about fruit juices,” put in Senator Ilarreld, re publican of Oklahoma. tr We stand for the strongest thing in enforcement, and the weakest thing in liquor,” Mrs. Peabody replied, and the crowded committee room broke in to applause. Martha Hamon. of New York, a lieutenant colonel in the Salvation Army, appearing as tlie representative of Commander Booth, said conditions among the poor had improved under prohibition. “The children wear better shoes and < stockings now than they did, she said. . . She added that fewer cases of in toxication were handled by her or ganization than formerly. “Do the children you come into contact with explain to you about bootlegging?” asked Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana. . “Well, yes,” was the reply. "Their mothers complain to them and tliej tell us about .it.” “Don’t you know that liquor can be obtained in thousands of places in New York City?” asked Senator Reed. “That is true,” Col. Hamon replied. “Then if a man wants to drink he can do so.” “Yes, if he has money enough.’ Mrs. Nell G. Berger, of Springfield. Mo., spoke for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. “The W. C. T. U. is mobilizing half a million of women for the law enforcement,” she said. “The work ing men may demand the return of light wine and beer, but the wives and children of the working men who for the first time have decent clothing and ROBBERS BLOW TO SAFES AND SECURE CASH IN CHARLOTTE ... v ( Safes in Ivey’s Store Were Blown and $6,000 in Cash W T as Taken by the i Yeggmen. * j CHECKS LEFT BY SIDE OF SAFES | ! Police Think the Robbers j Climbed on Fire Escape to Gain Entrance to the Building. Charlotte. April 12. — UP) —Yegg- men operating early yesterday blew two safes at Ivey’s department store here, and escaped with more than $6 000 in currency. This became known today when it was announced at police headquar ters. The burglars also left more than $13,000 in cheeks scattered about on the ffoor near the vault. Police are working on the theory j that the men entered the building by climbing on top of the five-story struc ture on the rear fire escape and came down to the third floor on a freight elevator. The general officers are located on that floor. Tracks of two men were plainly discernible but officers expressed the opinion that four were in the party. The loot was taken from the store ina suit eas purloined from the build ing. Nothing else was missing. HAXIFAX TABLET TO BE UNVEILED Exercises Tomorrow’ ,in Honor of Anniversary of Independence Re solves. New’ Bern, April 10.—Hon. W. L. Long, of Roanoke Rapids, will make the principal address Monday after noon at the unveiling of the bronze tablet in front of the Constitution House at Halifax by members of the Elizabeth Montford Auhe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev olution. Although the proposed sesqui eentennial state-wide celebration of he Halifax resolutions of independ ence had to be indefinitely post , poned, appropriate exercises will be held at 3 o’clock at he old Constitu ! tion House by the D. . R. Chapter. Mm. E. L. Travis, chairman of the Halifax Day program, in charge. Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salis bury, states D. A. R. regent, Mrs. C. M. Parks, of Tarboro, vice-regent, and others will take part in the exer cises. A number of visitors are ex pected from various parts of the Staet. At the request of Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Travis, practically every D. A. R. Chapter in North Carolina will celebrate during the week a Halifax Dap Program. Some will have historical papers and exercises at D. A. R. meetings; others are , planning public programs at schools. Believe Twx> Are Lost in Dismal Swamp. Norfolk, Va., April 12. —( A *)—Sher- iff A. A. Wendel, of Norfolk County, ; led a searching party info the Dismal mal Swamp today to try to find Po lan Banks, author of “Black Ivory,” and E. Cameron % Shipp, nephew of ■ Melville E. Stone, councilor of the • Associated Press. 1 Banks and Shipp tvent into the 1 Swamp irr search of “local color” for their writings, and are believed to have been lost in the/wilderness dur ing the absence from camp of their guide. 1 Borno Re-elected. Port Au Prince. Haiti, April 12. * (A 3 ) —Louis Borno was re-elected Pres ident of Haiti on the first ballot/ to day. The hour for the funeral service of George W. Means has been changed from this afternoon at 4 o’clock to tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 10:30. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Row’an, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and will be held from the home on South Un ion street.^ food will not join in that demand.” Looking straight at Senator Reed she added that “prohibition has been immeasurable benefit to my home state of Missouri.” She quoted from a news paper that from 6 a. m April 7 to 6 a. m. April 8 there was not a sin gle arrest in St. Louis, “That was so startling that it real ly became news,” interjected Senator Reed. “Do you know whether that results from the fact that the police were off duty or from the great moral wave sweeping across the city?” “I hope it was due to the moral wave,” said Mrs. Burger as the crowd laughed. Mrs. Burger agreed with Senator Reed that there was a large amouAt of crime in St. Louis. “The h : P flash trade is rather a heavy trade in St. Louis, is it not?” asked Mr. Reed. T don't know about that. “Isn't it so bad that your organi zation has taken cognizance of it?” any more than w.e have of other problems.” Mrs. Burger told the committee that the dry law could be enforced in St. “With the present force.' asked Senator Reed. „ “No, we would need a larger force. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Wins Hat SSL .jjjp - ISiSisE! \ vr 7 Laura Willis, 17. of Youngstown, 0.. wanted a new Easter hat. So when a Youngstowm paper offered to give a hat to the girl who sketched the best one, she went to work and won the prize. But then, she doesn’t need a new hat to look charming— does sha7 WANTS TO OPERATE BUSSES WITH SLEEPERS Peition Submitted by W. A. Watkins Denied by State Corporation Com mission. Raleigh. April 12.— (A 3)—Applica tion of IV. A. Watkins to operate a line of motor busses fitted out with compartments between Wil mington and Charlotte was denied to day by the State Corporation Com mission. The matter had been pend ing before the Corporation Commis sion for several months. Brantley Womble, attorney for Mr. Watkins, announced that he would appeal the case to Superior Court. Operation of the sleeping compart ment busses was opposed by the Car olina Coach Company, .according' to Attorney Womble. The corporation commission is said to 'have given its reason for refusing the petition that “the time is not ripe” for the operation of such busses in North Carolina. BANK HYSTERIA IN CUBA HAS PASSED Arrival of $43,000,000 From United States Sets Depositors at Rest. Havana, Cuba, April 12. — (A 3 )— With the arrival here of 43,000.000 dollars from the United States Sat urday's hysteria among small bank depositors apparently has passed. Officials of the Royal Bank of Can ada said the run on their bank was dying out. A moderate amount of de posits were made, and the withdraw als were of small amounts. Their branches ,in the interior reported ev erything quiet with no sign of un usual Withdrawals. The National City Bank wiich also experienced a slight run Satur i day reported its usual Monday morn ing business with no abnormal with drawals. W’estem Newspaper Union to Quit _. Charlotte Field. Charlotte, April 12, —The Western Newspaper Union will not reopen a branch office here, it was learned to day. On April 2nd the practically new plant of the company on Graham street was destroyed by fire, the third fire in four years to strike the local plant of the company, and officials today said that the company would no longer continue its office here. W. M. Harper, of Omaha, Neb., assistant general manager of the company, an nounced that henceforth business that had been handled here would be handled from the company's branches in Baltimore and Atlanta. Quartet Mentioned For Jackson’s Job. Asheville, April 10.—Western North Carolina Republicans are di«- eussing four men a s possible suc cessors of Brofniow Jackson as United States marshal it was learn ed today. Mr. Jackson ix expected to resign because of his election this week as Republican state chairman. The four men being proposed for the marshal’s poet are Frank Patton, of Morgnnton, assistant United States district attorney; Charles A- Jonas, of Lincolnton; Charles E. Green, of BakerAville; John Isenbour, former sheriff of Catawba county, and Jim Bailey, of Asheville now a deputy marshal. > Three Hurt in Auto Accident. Statesville, April 12. —( A *)—Three persons were geverely injured today when an automobile in which they were reding overturned near Barium Springs. C. B. Lee. his wife and Mrs. E. S. Lee, his mother, were injured; while his two children escaped with only minor scratches. $85,000,000 For Naval Aviation. Washington, April 12.— (A 3 )—A bill embodying an $85,000,000 five-year building program for naval building in the naval air service was approved by the. House today and sent to the Senate. J." 1 HULL Os puiL TANKER RIOi WATER 00IETLY NOW Tanker'Gulf of Venezuela Was Wrecked by Gaso line . Explosion Which Killed 25 Men. CREWS SLEEPING QUARTERS WRECKfeD No One in the Quarters at Time of the Explosion Escaped.—Captain Had Narrow Escape. Port Arthur, Texas, April 12.—(/W —The blackened hull of the oil tank er Gulf of Venezuela today rode quiet? ly on the waters of Port Arthur Bay where early yesterday a gasoline ex plosion abord her tore out her vitals and killed twenty-five men, climax ing a week of oil disasters in the southwest. The buckled plates, scorched sides, and twisted superstructure of th£ tanker tell a mute story of how the metal of the ship was heated to a glaring whiteness in a two furioua hours, during which the twenty-fice men were incinerated. Rending the quiet night with a terrific detonation, whil the men slept in t’jeir quarters aft. the explosion as sudden as mysterious, shot a flame of burning gasoline 150 feet into ft* air. The blast took several mem bers of the crew with it, and left others imprisoned in a shell of hun gry flames. None who slept in the quarters of the crew escaped, but several of thoee who were on deck were saved with more or less serious injuries. toll of the injured today stood ate ten in the hospitals, with two missing. About fifty men were dismissed from the hospital after receiving emergency treatment. While the flames seemed to envelop the entire ship, only one of her tanks was ignited, and the gasoline in ad joining compartments remained un disturbed, though some ofter bulk? heads were white hot. The cause remains undetermined, but it was tte opinion of refinery men that the explosion was due to the overflowing of a compartment, the gasoline coming into contact with I steam pipes. One of the injured men in the hospital is quoted as saying a compartment overflowed as it was being filled. The disaster is the seventh serious loss to the oil industry in the last week, including two oil tank, fires in Texas resulting from lightning. A tank far mat Han Luis Obispo, Calif., burned with a loss of millions of gal lons of oil and two deaths. A sim ilar fire occurred at Brea, Calif. The Duth tanker Silvanus collided with the steamer Thomas H. W’iieeler in the Mississippi River forty miles be low New Orleans Thursday, and on the same day an explosion rocked the tanekr O. T. Waring in a dry dock at New Orleans. Thirty or more lives were lost' on the latter two ships and the damage to the three ship* is estimated at more than $3,000,- 000. Further Decline in Textile Stocks. Gastonia, April 12. —Accordiftg to southern textile milletao2B 1.*)3 .3 t"he average of twenty-five active southern textile mill stocks as com piled by R. S. Dickson & Co. there was a further decline of 40 cent* per share, bringing the average down from $118.56 of last week to SIISJ6 fqr the week just ended. The pres ent averuge is $4.88 per share higher than as of July 15. 1925, which is the low market for four years. Trading was more active through out the week than during the previ ous week, even in the face of the de clining market. Decide Brookhart-Stock Today. Washington, April 12.— (A 3 ) —Thn Senate was under agreement today to wind up its debate on the lowa senatorial contest, and made its de cision before nightfall. The agreement provided for tba shutting off of unlimited debate which consumed all of last week at 3 p. m. with senators limited to fifteen min utes each thereafter, and the begin ning of the roll call at 5 o'clock. ; Bank Cashier Take* Own Life. Ludlow. Ky.. April 12. — (A 3 )— Thos. B. Balsly. cashier of the Farm ers & Merchants Bank of this city, who admitted that he was between $30,000 and $40,000 short in his ac counts, shot and killed hinrwelf in the basement of the bank today. SAT’S BEAR SAYS: - Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, with showers tonight and probably on the coast Tuesday. Continued cool fol-| lowed by rising temperatures in nortl portion Tuesday. Fresh to strong northeast winds. NO. 81