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VC U-: THE TRI-CITY DAILY GAZETTE :i; XIL NO. 199 LF.AKSVU LE, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1923 TWO CENTS PER COPY Record-Breaking Haul of Fish A record-breaking net haul on the Million Dollar pier at Atlantic City brought in over two tons of iish, valued at $2,000. They were mostly weak fish. Some of which weighed as much us fourteen pounds each. Ei'IUE-ritC 'OF CHOLERA THREATENS. TO.vIO . Tol.'o, ..eptember, 10. OP)- -Re ports ih . threatened epidemic oi cholera . the region devastates by the earthquake are unfounded ac cording .j authorities. Sixty thous and LoJ-Oj have been recovered in Tokio and Yokohama up to and in cluding today and police esti: .ate a hundred thousand have been treat ed for wounds and sickness as a re sult bi the earthquake. Landing from the. United States destroyer Huron buried dead from the Ameri can Naval Hospital at Yokohama. SHOOTS WIFE AND MOTHER IN-LAWi WOUNpS POLICE Bellesvjlle, 111., September 10. (. ?)— Hurry Keitler, 27, shot his wife and mother-in-law and when a score of policemen surrounded" the house ha opened rive t»n the officers serf vasty wounding two of them. Local police appealed to St. Louis for reinforce ments and a gun squad from there is enroute. o •.V ONE KILLED AND 7 INJURED WHEN N. & W. JUMPS TRACK Roanoke, Va., September 10 CP)— Fireman Tolley was killed and seven persons were injured, two seriously, when a Norfolk and ^Western south bound freight train left the trades a few miles north of here and plun ged into a car on which several men were loading lumber. The injured were rushed to a hospital here. TREASURY BUILDING DAMAGED liY BLAZE LAST NIGH1 Via. king-on, September 10.—Fire Irene ov - in the treasury building .i.it. bringing out all available fire High In ^apparatus. " The blaze was discovered in a piU broom,, on the basement floor near .largo vaults. It was brought un der control in about 10 minutes al < ’■ when the fire department ar id-. o ’ it had a good start. The dam age was estimated at about $1,000, Two other blazes have threatened ho l ig building the last year, both of which, occurred during repairs to he roof. As a ‘ consequence of these outbreaks stringent regulations had 'been .issued to guard the safety of the building. Tonight’a blaze was discovered by one of the departments firemen. Be ore il v;as,controlled it filled the ■' ■ •orvidor?' of the large structure with • / use smoke. RTFf.UAKE SHOCKS HIT CALCUTTA KILLING FIFTTt ' London. Sept. 10 OP)—Fifty per ' >jK !.rr> reported killed or injured an earthquake which shook Cal •’in today, nays an exchange tele ~—r\'n ‘ !.'•••• H>. from that . JJriLah* Indian rV-r. The reporter! cne;-pltie3 ; o-'eurre- in the Nynensijv.rh district t-! ere - ny hoards colb.p-.ed. vr'G ;; "ve -•*- -T T ir'r lirp ville. visitor in *•»» > M.if it ,V.A .-v v’- V. 3CRACOKE IS EXCITED OVER STANGE WOMAN Ocracoke, September 10.—The lit :c town of Ocracoke is having quite a hit of excitement over the appear an.o of a strange woman. She made her appearance one night near the Pamlico Inn and wqs seen by soma one having a suit case in one hand. The next night she was seen up in a section north known as Trent or ' ."ayo ’Till. She travels with a suit va. e in one hand all the time. Two who had been floundering up on the plnins north said she had a suit car.! in one hand and in the oth> ar hand she had a largo knife. The mutes were very much excited about t ■•h’X her. ; Some of the citizens suggest that bunch of politicians whq were here last week left a lot of evil spirits at different points asthey picnicked at several places. And some of the :■ dior. a. o beginning to*-, .relate some of the stories of old of travel ing the road at night and a lady ap pearing to them with a white shroud on end who walked along the road with them. One good effect it is, la the yare returning from their trips around the creek at 8:30 oclock now and they are very quiet ift their walks homeward. Their sweet voices with songs until 11 oclock are heard ■to more. If the excitement continues for the next week the community may have to ask for a good detective o f'nd out who this mysterious wo man is. . AMERICA HAS RAISED MORE i; T IAN TWO-THIRDS OF QUOTA Washington, September 10.—Mors ha two-thirds of the five million ’oil rs asked of the American people or he stricken Japanese people has -eon raised. V. !th donations still pouring in, the Ar. vrican Red Cross executive com ithae annaunced today the total "gi es had reached $3,547,900 and jfi1 ts ould be made to swell the ■on -ibution to the maximum within he current week and to go further peed the purchase and shipment of supplies. 'J he third relief cargo to be sent fro 1 the United States is expected to p;e' un-’ r way tomorrow and five ad' difci nal ships are loading at various por'.s. )'-Y. 3. II. Marshall and Dr. Ray 'of-- Sunday for New York to be ■ several days. I :sses Dorothy 2 Hodges, Ruth | Tr-ie and Lillie Gilley left this .;k 'ling for Greensboro where thejl r ,<•!’! enter N. C. C. W. ' N. H. McCollum find mother, ‘ ri Johnson arc spending the day ■ .’reenshoro. i/Ysses Lillian 2 and , Marguerite R-' ' sdale returned home Saturday Burlington and Mr. and Mrs. C Donne! accompanied them home. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hopper were ’visitors in Danville Sunday / — | Mr. M. L. Heiner is a business vis i itor in Danville this evening. I V ■ • ■ . , FORD MOTOR COMPANY BUYS .LARGE MICHIGAN PROPERTIES ji?ich., September 10 .— Nt.v ■ : were closed yesterday .or ;.c p*'- ' ■ .1 e l y the Ford Mbto» >jiy ft :..e o.'.tijor. known as Pequ—.-i.;*;. ..araga county i icluding the saw mill, luiiroad towing outfit, water system, lumber, logj, logging equipment and timber lands and sub stantially all of th interests of Char les Hcbard and sons, Inc., of Baraga Ontonagon, Iloughto nand Marquette The consideration was known to be large but was not made public. The Ford Motor Co., will takek possession immediately. The purchase includes 400,000 acres of land having betweeh 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 feet df standing hardwood and hemlocks timber as well as 5 to 6 million fegt of logs and 20-million feet of lumbar. -o BOG CARRYING HUMAN HAND LEADS TO DISCOVER* Alma, Ge., September 10.—A dog carrying a human hand in its mouth here this afternoon led to the discov ery of the bodies of Luther Knowles. 17, and Ms brother, Estell, 15, on the tracks of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. The boys had been instructed to watch a broken down automobile for their father, but apparently left !he car and sat down on the railroad : racks being hit by a Brunswick Atlanta fast freigh* train. Ti.ero v: be an inquest tomorrow. -o TRIAL OF MACON’S ALLEGED FLOGGERS TO BE HELD TODAY Macon, Ga., September 10.—Bibb county’s effort to clean up a situa tion that has thrown the community ;nto a turmoil for many months and 'hat has resulted in a number of per sons being severely flogged and some of them being driven out of Macon, is slated to get its first alr :ug in court. Trials of four of the eight men now facing charges of he implicated in various floggings are scheduled to be called in the city court when it opens for the Septem ber term. These cases of S. R., J. F. and H. Hudson, brothers charged with at ’•emptasg to whip Emory Roberts, a ■ Mrro are expected to be called dh6rt !y after court opens. The case of J. Alexander also is due to be called tomorrow. -o PASSIVE RESISTANCE CEASES London, Sept. 10 C/P)—Populations in the occupied areas of Germany have been ordered to discontinue their passive resistance to French and Belgian authorities, according to a Central News correspondent in Berlin. -o i. LOWED GRADES SELL WELL Kinston, September 10.—The re markable increase in prices of raw -obt.cco is causing growers in this vi cinity to give more attention to the marketing of these grades than leaf of the better kind. Some grades now bringing figures well above produc tion costs would hardly have been worth selling last year, large planters ay Good tobacco is bringing prices nominally higher than last fall. The j increase for the poorer grades is much more pronounced. FRED KNIGHT IS INJURED AS AUTO GOES IN DITCH Danville, Va., - September 10,— Fred Knight of Sehoolfiotd is in a local hospital with a dislocated shoulder as the result of an accident . which took place or, the Greensboro ro.:d yesterday evening when his cm* left ti e road and turned over in i. .-fitch. 3i - other person:., three of them women and one an infant in arms escaped with scratches, though one of the women had most of her clolhing torn off. Knight says that a car overtaking him struck his front wheel directing his ear off the road before he had time to stop it. The driver of the car he claims is responsible for the ac cident did not stop, he says. Passing motorists brought the injured man and his companions back to Danville. The overturned chr was not serious ly damaged. 1 _„_ ANOTHER ARREST MADE MACON FLOGGING CASE | • . Trier \ fioplernV-r 10.—Eight : oiv ha e been .■vc‘‘d on war 's i rue 1 on 110 d fvardftt aecusa is • i < ■>:>:!•; with the investi of activities of a flogging I sand here during the past year it was announced at the office of Sol icitor Roy Moore of the city court last night. One new arrest was made today, J. E. Blocdvorth traveling salesman against whom two accusations have been made. -o TINCHOT ASKS COOLIDGE TO SAFEGUARD CONSUMER AGAINST INCREASED PRICES Harrisburg, Pa., September, 10. (A>) —Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania tonight made public a letter to Pres ident Coolidge suggesting that, with an anthracite coal supply assured for the coming winter as a result of the agreement reached by represen tatives of operators and miners her» ,iast night steps to be taken to safe guard the consumer against increas ed prices. The governor proposed that the Interstate Commerce Commission in vestigate coal transportation rates with a view to reducing them. He - also told the President he was pre paring to invite the governors of anthracite using states to go into ••he matter of margins and profits '.f wholesalers, brokers, jobbers and •etailers with him. COTTON JUMPS IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press) New York, Sept. 10.—Within th-. first half hour of trading Octobei ,’oton advanced ninety points to •28.50 or five dollars a bale above Saturday’s closing. ! Washington, Sept. 10.—The theory was expressed by high officials that the tidal wave or other seismic dis turbances reacting from the Japan ese earthquake caused the disaster to destroyer division 11, off the Cai ifronia coast. Washington, Sept. 10 —The total world supply of cotton on August 1 was 27,508,000 bales as compared with 29,602,000 bales on August 1 ot last year, according to a survey by the Department of Commerce. Scene of Disaster in Calcutta Without warniSg, the Mohammedan orphanage in Calcutta collapsed, kill ing 88 und Injuring 33: Photograph shows rescuers at work just after the disaster occurred. Free F/rAe’s Martyrs Honored While* hundreds looked on, President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State unveiled tins cenotaph in Dublin, Ireland, erected to the memory of Michael Collins and Arthur Urifiith. IRELAND VOTED INTO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS NO Geneva, Sept. 10.—Ireland was un animously elected to membership the Leagu eof Nations by the As sembly. Santa Bai-bara,, Cal., Sept. 10. UP) —Twenty-three dead and fifteen in jured, and seven destroyers of the Pacific squadron of the battle fleet held fast between the rocks of Point Argueilo light, between San Fran cisco and Los Angeles, are the out standing consequences of the navy’s major marine disaster in the Paci fic waters. The injured are being nursed at a hospital here and a train load oi survivors is headed for San Diego while the seven ships are fast ap proaching total wrecks by the in cessant pounding of the surf. The destroyers went ashore while cruis ing from San Francisco to San Die go Saturday night in a dense fog. A mistaken position in relation tc the coast line is believed to have caused the crash. Mrs. J. T. Barksdale, L. M. Barks dale, Mrs. John Barksdale, Mr. and Mrs. C. A Donnell went to Danville ;o see Mr John Barksdale who is in Edmunds hospital and found him to ae getting on nicely. Smith’s Greater Shows arrived ast night, which will be the midway .ttvaclions at the Rockingham court y i.i'air and from all observations he best fair ever is expected this year. Everybody attend and there is no doubt that it will be a rousing !UC:( ess. 701 SALE!—$15.00 each. Llcwllin setter puppies. Best of breeding. C. W. McMohan, Ridgeway, Va. -o Husband Never Took Bath in 12 Years Kansas City.—Because, she avers In her petition, her hus band did not take a bath In their twelve years of married life, slept until 4 o’clock every after noon, then arose, bought a nickel’s worth of candy and a Mx-cent novel, and went back to bed, Mrs. Louisa Van Kanegom, Is suing her husband, Carl Van Kanegoin, for divorce. She said she gathered sticks in the park to keep the home fires burning. BARS RADIO IN SALOONS Law Saya Proprietors Can’t Sell Beer and Hold Concerts at Same Time, Public houses In England—the sur viving representatives there of the saloon—have been forbidden to Install radio sets and regale their customers with concerts, and beer simultaneous ly.* Tho Information came to Washing ton for use of American manufac turers of radio apparatus, whose mar ket Is to be thus circumscribed. Itadlo sets In public houses, ac cording to the reports, turn them Into a different type of entertainment places thnn the liquor-selling license allows the owner to maintain. He must either get a special license, th« dedstux ran, or quit selling lntoxfr cants. T. F. NOBLE OF CHAPEL MILL DRIVES CAR IN SHOW WINDOW Danville, Va., September 10.—T. i'\ Noble of Chapel Hill, N. C., a i'uest at the wedding of Miss Anne -ipcncer to Lee Overman Gregory here yesterday drove his car last night into the plate glass window of i Main street retail store when a rowd of shoppers were on the side walk. No personal injuries resulted from the accident which happened oon after the reception. Mr. Noble was turning to pass thru a street car safety zone when he states the steering mechanism >f his car jammed and the front wheels mounted the sidewalk and struck the window just as the ma chine was stopped. Witnesses said hat Mr. Noble did all that he could -o stop the car but itsmomentum vas too great to be stopped between he curb and the store front. --o OLEMAN DODSON IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT Durham, N. C., September 10.— Coleman Dewey Dodson, a young married man of Orange county, 24, years old, suffered a broken neck md died before he could be brought '.o (he hospital here late yesterday evening whe na Ford roadster in which he was riding left the Durham .dill iboro road near University Sta .ion and1 turned over twice down an embankment. In the car with young . -tod.ion were his brother, Hugh Dod ; son who was driving and Willie j Hicks a brother-in-law of the two j Dodsons. It was learned here that the road ster was following a larger can, which raised a cloud of dust and that Hugh Dodson that as a result c: the dust cloud lost control of the car win. i it left the road and pin g_-d ■ ov, ,i the embankment. Coleman Dodson was a son o’ 31". u’ci Mrs. Sam Dodson of 0. age or, tty and is survived by one , 'did. .'hr funeral services will be he. . : > my i either of the other two j a ne i in the car with the vict. . f he fatal accident was injured. (OTTON GAINS STRENGTH ow Orleans, Sept. 10 (.4*1- ~ • - o:, showed renewed strength a., ill .norths in the contract market . it to new high levefe for the sc . a. ieiober rose almost a hundred ; , ;3 r five dollars a bale from an . y iov. A private crop estimate on . y i 0,150,000 bales, including 1 ;, wa.i responsible for much of he buying. ; WILLS EFFORTS*™ BLOCK " 3 DEMPSEY-FIRPO FIGHT FI ILE (Cy Associated Press) New York, Sept. 10—Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, failed in h i ef forts to block .the . Dempsey-Firpo championship .bout .at .the .Polo grounds next Friday. .The sup re .3* court justice Hagarty in .Brooklyn denied his application for a w;it of Mandamus. . -O Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Matlock spent Sunday in Roxboro.
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