i PRESSr - % t DISPATCHES $ t®®s © « « z - —I VOLUME XXIII Death List at Camden Increased Now to 75 . • * About Sixty Bodies of Uni ' dentified Dead Buried in One Grave Friday Near Scene of Awful Holacaust. FORTY-ONE CHILDREN /PERISHED IN FIRE Were Also 16 Women and 17 Men Among Dead.—Today Most of Bodies of Identifi ed Dead Will Be Buried. Camden. 8. C„, May Ift (By Hie As sociated Preps).—The death list in the Cleveland schoolhou.se Are of Thursday night was definitely fixed to day at 75. Tom- B. Humphries. of Camden, died of injuries in a hospital here during the night. . Approximately (to bodies of the un identified dead late yesterday were buried in the Beulah ehurohyard with in u few hundred yard* of the seer.e of the ( flre, nnd today most of the iden tified dead will lie interred. Two oth er funerals were held In the same churchyard after the unidentified had lieen buried. Some confusion over the exact num ber of dead was caused yesterday by the condition of the bodies of the dead, it was stated here today. The commit tee in charge of the burial of the uni dentified dead announced that 02 lmd ies had been buried in Che one big grave, Including several thi# had been identified. Undertakers paid they could state positively thut more than 50 bodies were in the grave, with pos sibly others. The committee announcement stated that 10 women, 41 children and 17 met. were known to have perished, making the death list, up to the time of Humphries' death. 74. With the dead ae<*ounted for and most of them buried, thoughts today turned to the relief of the survivors. Gov. last night issued a proc lamation to the people of the state, asking thnt financial aid lie extended. Offers to aid from throughout the na tion yesterday were declined tty Mayor Garrison, of Camden, who heads the, committee in charge of this work. The ; American Red Cross has notified offi- 1 elals thnt funds in at.y a mould needed . nre available. A 'total of $1,244 was —lSlJtesd locally yesterday jind aqreraL aewwiUijieTS throughout' the ’ state' are raising funds in addition to the fuhd lieing raised as a result of the GrtV- 1 ernor’s proclamation. The Cleveland schoolhouse, located in the sparsely-settled rural commun ity’. wus one of the Itest school liuild ' Inga in K'eridiaw county, according to n statement made last night by Alien , M. Murchison, County Superintendent of Education, lie said it was to have been .abandoned after Thursday night in favor of a modern constructed high school. The Superintendent said that 6.000 out of every 10.000 children in the county attend just such schools, in il that if he could help It there would not lie another opportunity for such an oc currence. "I will never permit, if I can prevent it, the holding of auother such gathering in any of the school houses—and the Cleveland school was aliove the average—until adequate fire protection has been provided,” the Superintendent said. Sixty-Two Buried, in One Grave. Camden, S. C., May 18.—Bathed in the g.ory of a setting South Carolina sun, 62 bodies, that less -than 24 hours before had been fun-loving men, women and children, late today were placed in one ibig grave in Beulah 'Methodist church yard. Three thou sand South Carolinas, led by gov ernor Thomas G. McLeod, gathered from all parts of the state to pay a last .tribute to those who had perish ed in the burning of the Cleveland school’ house last night, stood with Commencement at Mt. Pleasant Starts Tomorrow at 11 A- M. Commencement at Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute nnd Mont Arnoona Seminary, the two Lutheran schools located at Mt. Pleasant, will begin to morrow morning at 11 o’clock, when the iMiccalaureate sermon will lie preached to the members of the grad uating classes of the two schools by Rev. George ,T. Gongawnre, D. D. I>r. Gongaware is pastor of. St.* John's E. li. Church, of Charleston,- S. C„ nnd is recognized as one of the most scholarly divines in the Lutheran Church. Sun day night Rev. H. Brett Schaeffer will address the Y. M. C. A. Monday morning at 10:30 a. m. the Declniiner's Contest will lie held by students of the Institute nnd Monday afternoon Dr. Ashley Chapi>el, of Ashe ville, will deliver the literary address. Dr. Chapell is pastor of the Central Methodist Church, Asheville, nml Is much In demand as a commencement shaker. Monday evening the utnnnl drama will be presented by students of the two schools. This year the drama, will lie “Esmeralda.” , • Tuesday will be Alumni Day and Rev. L. A. Thomas, of this city, will dellVer the address before the .alumni at 10:30 a. m. In the afternoon the students of the Institute will hold their annual debate, the question this year being, “Resolved, That the United States Should Enter the league of Nations.” ' , Tuesday morning at 10 O’clock Jibe The Concord Daily Tribune bared heads throughout the brief, sim ple funeral service. The bod es were those of me 73 dead which could not be idenrmed They were buried within a few uun dred yards of the spot where on last night they hnd gathered for the com mencement exercises of .the com munity school nnd where, an oil lamp, dashed* from its hanger on the cei ing over the auditorium stage, had Turn ed the lit: e country school m a funeral pyre. Last night was to have been me last use of the structure as a school building. There were reports today that it hnd lieen condemned, out County Superintendent of Education Murchison said that the building was being abandoned because of con solidation of three schools and mat it had not been declared unsafe. The school was to have held its annual picnic today. Sheriff Weich, of Kershaw coun ty, late, today anouneed that owing to the fact that there were so jnany eye witnesses und that the"cause of the deaths was established without duubt, there would be no inquest. "Sometimes wi‘h tearless eyes we’ll see anti sometime we'll under stand,” the ■choir composed of the best voices from the churches in Camden and other parts of the coun ty sang. Tears stood in the eyes of many. Strong men wept, holding in their arms little tots orphaned liy the lire some of them sleeping. Banked high with flowers the freshy made grave, 46 by 12 feSt in freshly made grave, 40 by 12 feet lr. the qiiiet peace of those who a scant 20 hours ‘before were planning with joyous antlcljiation the visit to the little schoolhouse to see the comedy playlet, “Miss Topsy-Turvy,” pre sented as part of the eommeneeme. : exercises of the Cleveland (giad ; school. Relief Worker is ,Scnt to Camden. Greensboro. May IS.—Summoned from his sCat in the conference cliani lier. of tin* Red Cross State conference, lieitfg held in tills city today, Joseph C. ixigtin. manager of the Southern division of the American Red Cross, rereiveil over long distance telephone detailed information of the Camden fire with its toll of 73 dead. Mr. laigan stated that the Red C“s« would co-operate with the local peo ple in every way to relieve the suffer ing and distress which confronts relo .tives of the dend and injured and. iui-, mediately dispa telied Carter Taylor! director of disaster relief, to the scene. Mr. Taylor left on the train for Camden a nth will represent the divis ion manager in extending aid to the stricken people. ’ Is Second Greatest Disaster on Record Columbia, S. C„ May 18—The Cleveland school house fire with its death toll of more than 70 ranks as the second greatest disaster m the history of South Carolina and first, in point of number of immediate deaths, according to records searched out hjre today. The Charleston earthquake nr 1886 rankk first with i total of 83 deaths. but( on'y 27 of these perished Immediately, the others dying at inter vals over a period of several days. A coincidence remarked today was thnt the Cleveland fire occurred within three, miles of the scene of another great diseaster, in which 24 persons lost their lives. This was the capsiz ing of a raft -at Boykins pond du ; ing a celebration (May p. 1800. The Char leston hurricane of'l9ll resulted in 15 deaths and* the/e has been a number of instances where storms have killed a dozen or more. Special Permission for 399 Immigrants i To Enter. Washington, May If).—Special per mission for the entry into the United States from Halifax, of 30ft immi grants from the United Kingdom, who arrived on the steamer Cameronin, was granted today liy Commissioner General Husband. Board of Trustees of the Institute will meet. Special interest attaches to this commencement as the board is ex pected at the meeting to make definite arrangements for the erection of a new dormitory, the first unit in the en larged and modernized plant design ed for the Institute, nnd because of the size of the class to gradtiate. There are 30 Seniors and there will lie the largest graduating class thnt has ever gone oiW from Mt. Pleasant. The Session has been a successful one, both ns regards the attendance and work done. With an enrollment Os 101 representing jiatronage from Maryland to Florida, the Institute has been greatly handicapped or. account of limited dormitory capacity. The new dormitory promised will, there fore, relieve a situation thnt has lieen an embarrassment and n/hind ranee to growth. . It is hoped that «U who have made pledges to the building fund, es pecially Cabarrus County folks, will make It a point, to liquidate the same at filr early date. The Institute can be an even greater asset to Cabarrus apd Piedmont Carolina! If It is pro vided with the necessary equipment. The usual large attendance at com mencement Is expected. Already a goodly number of alumni, gnd former students have Indicated that they w<mld be present, and many former students and friends of the two schools passed through Concord today en route to Mt. Pleasant to attend all of the t exercises. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923. THE YIC.II. Fill KUO* IK SIGHT Os THE DESIRED GOHL Total of $18,832 Was Reach ed at Friday Night’s Meet ing of Workers When Their Reports Were In. ALL EXPECTED BY MONDAY NIGHT When Compaign Will Close, Was Originally Praise Service to Be Held Monday Night * ' » * ONLY ABOUT SI,OOO fa. * SHORT OF Y. M. C. A. GOAL fa * —; * fa At the meeting held at noon to- fa fa day of the captains and teams of TIT fa the Y. M. (\ A. campaign, it was ?!: fa foni.d when the /reports were & fa turned in thnt tlie amount sub- fa fa scribed now is only SI,OOO short fa fa of the goal, whidh is $21(500. This is a fine showing. Everyone KS Who has not yet subscribed and Tfc fa. who will do so, is urged to hand fa fa in the subscription before noon & fa Monday. fa fa fa + fafafafafafafafa fa fa fa fa ■+ The high totaf of $18,832 was reach ed Friday as the corps.of workers as sembled in the Y gymnasium for their report at the end of the third day of the $21,500. campaign. Enthusiasm ran high as the reports from the va rious captains were made, and each re port swelled the total until tin* filial figures of $18,832 were reached. No one a few days ago dared dream that a campaign for the Y in Concord would reach so near the goal on the third day. However, no more loyal corps of work ers lins-ever assembled in Concord for a campaign of any sort. Scores of men have practically sacrificed their busi ness nearly all week in an effort to make the drive a success on schedule time. For a while) Friday it looked 11s if the drive would lie completed by noon today but there are so many folks .ja*t to he I ?eCz why. are considering their subscription that at a meeting of all the campaign lenders, captains and colonels, it was decided to run the campaign through to Monday night as originally planned. It was also evi dent, that the total will be reached at that time and Mondav night will lie a praise service for nil the men -who linve labored hard to make the cam ’iaign a success. Captain Caswell, of Team No. 1. started the ball rolling agniu Friday night nnd added $203 to the total Contain Rldenhoiir and A. F: Hart sell. division teammates, added $230 and $21)0, resectively, as tlieir report Gaptnl/is Love. Pharr and Jarrett of the Navy, reported $l2O. $220 and $35. and $35 was added by inendiers of the Hi-Y elnli. r The Air division reported onnsider abe difficulty in making a landing but were delighted to report a total of $1,072. the high score of the day. Os this nmounf Captain Odell got $777 Richmond S2OO nnd A. S. Webb SOS. The executive committee reported n total of $545 making the grand total of $2,728.50 for the day, or $18,,832.50 for the week. Lnncji Avill again lie served todnv. The Trinity Church ladies deserve ,secial credit for the wav they are per forming their port of the program. TOBACCO MEEN WARNED OF DRIVES BY ANTIS A Goiod Flve-Cent Cigar Is Also Said to Be a Possibility Once More. Washington, May 19.—Cigarettes made in America in Jammy, Feb ruary and March of this year number ed 15.000,000,000, compared "with 10,- 000.000,000 in the same months of 1922, Dr. Julius Klein, Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce, said today in an address to tim annual union of the Tobacco Mer chants’ Association. Intensive drives against all forms of tobacco has been inaugurated in all parts of the country, “iw'th tlrs avow ed object of burying toliaco in the same grave with John Barleycorn,” Jessq A. Bloch of Wheeling, W. Va„ President of the association, told the 400 members who met in convention here today. Every attack, upon tobacco. Mr. Block said, “brings forth an addition al flood of. scientific authority testify ing to the harmlessness of tobacco. But whi’.e our victory In recent anti-tobacco war has been almost complete, the menace has not yet passed, and it is not likely to pass so able to pass their hats and collect the coin.” Hope was he’d out to the American smoker to day that he again may *n poy a good five-cent cigar. Advocating a reduction in tobacco taxes, Henry G. Wemnner of Lima, Ohio, said an. effort would be made to have the the next Congress d«fcrease the taxes. If relief is afforded, he added, the pub ic will benefit in lower prices. Tobacco taxes today, Mr. Wemmer declared, are high as at any time dur ing tho war. Despite this and the fact that cigar manufacturers are obliged to pay more for leaf than be ore the war, and wages have more than doubled, retail prices, be added, are at least 20 per cent below the war peak. ■' ' 1 ' « .. THE KTWANJS MEETING Committee Appointed to Take Up the Matter of Having All Trains Stop Here. Kiwnninns at their meeting at the Concord Y.'M. C. A. on Friday evening took up several matters of business, among them being the matter of get ting the Southern Railway Company stop all trains at- Concord. This mat ter was brought up at the meeting two Weeks ago, nnd tlie Secretary wns in structed to present the matter to the Railway, asking that Concord lie made n regain r stop for trains 37 nnd 34 which do not hOw stop. The reply re ceived from the railway officials was not favorable, nnd. at the meeting o:i Friday evening a committee was ap pointed consisting jif Will Foil, John B. Sherrill and . Fred Shepherd, to con fer with General Superintendent R. E. Simpson, at Charlotte, and se what Can lie done. / The coming Kiwinis International Convention, which will convene in At lanta, Georgia the last four drtys of May was called to file attention of the memliers. and ft was urged that every Kiwoniun who'can possibly do so at tend this great event. A letter from District Governor Lumpkin, at Colum bia, South Carolina, advises that al ready nearly 7.0(K) persons have made reservations for this occasion) and it is prolinfile that more than KMMK) will lie in attendance. Messrs. R. E. Kerr and \V. L. Barns were present at guests of Caleb Swink. while Mr. (’has. J. Harris, of this city, was the guest of ids nephew, Bre vard Harris. Major Will Foil, Captain of Team 7. which on next Friday evening, an-i pounced that he is planning now to put! on at the meeting tLjls week. guileoriTcounTy leads IN NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES Car For Every 7.9 Inhabitants in That County.—Cabarrus Ranks Sixteenth in State. The University News Letter has just made public' statistics showing the manlier of autos in each county in the State nnd the ratio of cars to inhabi tants. According to the figures Guil ford has the largest manlier of cars and Graham the smallest manlier. Ca barrus ranks sixteenth in the State. Guilford has an nuinmohile for ev ery 7.!) persons nnd) Graham bus an auto for every 16H.4* persons, tin Ca barrus there is a cyr tor every 11.7 jiersons. Mecklenburg county ranks second in the number of autos lint {bird in the ratio of cars to Inhabitants. There ore 8.976 autos in that county, or an auto for every ft.s persons. Guilford has 10,777 cars anti Davidson with 4,081 cars, or a car for every 0.1 per son. ranks second lit the State. Rowan has 4,854 ears and a car for every 0.7 persons baton .Uasi_Lhsft Cars and a car for every 11.2 persons: Iredell pas 3,274 cars and a "car for every 11.0 persons: Montgomery has 1,168 cars and n car for every 12.4 persons; Stanly has 2,041 and a car for every 14.6 persons. There are 3,086 cars in Cabarrus county*. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES SCOTIA WOMEN’S COLLEGE, To Embrace This Year From May 20 to May'23, Inclusive. The commencement exercises at Sco tia Women's College will embrace this year Miry 20-23. inclusive. The fol lowing will he tlic program: Baccalaureate Sermon. Sabbath May 20, 4 :00 p. m. Senior Preparatory Entertainment, Monday. May 21. 7:00 p. m. Class Day Exercises, Tuesday, May -22, 1 :30 p. m. Annual Address. Tuesday evening. May 22, 7:3o—Rev. Geo. Lnccockr I). D„ Wooster, Ohio. Commencement Exercises, Wednes da.v, May 23, jjj :3<l a. in. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at an Advance of from 8 to 13 Points. (By the AMociatcd Press. 1 1 New York. May 10.—The cotton nmr 'ket opened steady at ah advance of 8 ‘to 13 points with active months seil 'ing 11 to 23 points net higher right af ter the eall on trade inlying of July 'and covering inspired by prospects of 'unsettled and showery, weather in the ((South over the week end. After the 'ihitia! buying orders had been sup plied there apparently was little delay 'ami prices soon eased off under scat tering liquidation, making net'declines of abont 8 to 16 points on the more ac tive positions. 1 Cotton futures opeijbd steady . Mav 26:85; July 25:35: Oct. 23.11: Dec. 22*08 ; Jan 22:38 hid. American (infers Defeat British. St. Andrews, May 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) —The American ama teur golf team retained possession of the Walker cup by defeating the Brit ish team In the second day tournament ending today, 0 matched to 5, with one halved. The enn was won' only on the 35th green of the 12th match, when Dp. O. F. Willing, of Portland. Ore., playing W. A, Murray, of the British team, sank a 3-.vard put to Wlr. his watch by 2 and 1. New Judge in Higginbotham Case. <Br tSc AunriaM Press.) Tallahassee, Fla.. May Ift.—Govern or Hardee today assigned Judge A. G. Campbell, of tbe first judicial circuit, to preside over the i rial at Cross City, of Walter Higginbnrliam. charged with murder in connection with the death of Martin Tabert, of North Dakota. Judge Cainpliell was appointed to take the place of Judge Mallory Horne, dis qualified by the defense yesterday. Four Cars Derailed. Greenwood. S. C.. Miy 17;—Express nnd iwiggage ears mid one passenger coach of Southern Railway passen ger train No. 18, Greenville to Colum bia, were derailed near Ninety-Six at 11:30 today. Railroad men srald no one was injured. ULTIITUN BEHALF OF CHINESE BAITS TOTHEGOVERIENT Marcel Berube, Who Was Re cently Released by Ban dits, Now on Way to Pe king to Present Ultimatum -A TIME EXPIRES NEXT TUESDAY After Which, Unless Troops Besieging the Bandits Are Withdrawn, Two Anglo- Americans Will Be Killed. London. May Ift. (By the Associated ( Press.}.—Mu reel Berube, recently re leased by the Snciiow train bandits, is journeying to I’ekii g to present an ul- Ijiimlmn to tlie Chinese government on behalf of tlie bandits, says a Reuters dispatch from Tsnocliwtuig. The ulti matum, according to the dispatch, is that Hiq government troops beseiging | the bandits Ik- withdrawn by next [Tuesday, failing which, two of the Anglo-American captives will be killed. May Abandon Negotiations for the Re lease of Hostages. Peking. May Ift. (By the Associated Press.)—Telegrams from Tsaoehwang, near which 15 foreign captives were held by the mountain outlaws of Shan tung. indicate that tlie government’s representatives are no the point of abandoning negotiations for tlie re lease of the hostages because of the bandits' extravagant demands. Soldiers Selling Ammunition to the Bandits? Washington, May Ift.—A situation threatening defection of the govern ment troops sent in pursuit of the ban dits in Shantung province, China, was reported today in Slate Department -advices, it was said tlie soldiers had pot been paid for 18 months and were reported to be replenishing tlieir peck ers by selling ammunition to the ban dits. As a result of this and other compli cations the foreign diplomatic consul in Peking has decided to make new and stronger representations to the Chinese government for release of the foreigners still Weld enpt lye iu ( the, bandit Camp. In their efforts to placate the ban dits. the Peking officials are said to have granted a demand that Suen Mei Yne and other leaders of the band In given army commissions, nnd to have f greed to withdraw the government roops gradually in return for tlie re lease of tlie captives. McBRAYER INVESTIGATION Dr. Rankin Says Or. McPrayer Is tlie Only Man in the State Who Could Have Made the Successful Adminis tration He Has. ißy )bt- AMMoclnlpil PrpN,.) Raleigh. May !!>.—-Declaring on cross examination (lint in his opinion Dr. 1,. B. Mcßrnyer is the only available man in tlie state who could have made the successful administration of tin- State Sanatorium for the treatment of tu berculosis as had in the past eight years. Dr. Wntkin S. Rankin, secretary of the State Board of Health today tes tified before the half day session of the legislative committee making the investigation of the institution. “The Sanatorium from its liegin ing,” l>r. Rankin said in a prepared statement to the committee “has been the source of much trouble. Its found er died prematurely from a crushed ambition aid a broken heart. It is located on a hill that was once, a vol cano and ail evil genius set-ms to haunt the place and distrub the serenity of the place.” With tlie exception of the alleged relation of Dr. Mcßrnyer and mem bers of ids family with the Sandhills Orchard Corporation, and the alleged traffic between tlie institution and this corporation. Dr. Rankin as executive officer of the board which until the last legislature supervised nnd controll ed the Sanatorium, said lie lmd heard most of the criticism of tin- institu tion before and thnt. it had lieen called to tlie attention of tin- lionrd of health. "The Sanatorium is today,” Dr. Ran kin told tlie committee, "as can tie shown by official reports, made by offi cers of the American Tuberculosis As sociation, one of the model state insti tutions ri tlie United Stntes.” Southern Women’s Golf. Fort Worth, Texas. May Ift.—The eyes of feminine golf players through out the South will lie turned toward Fort Wyrtli during tlie coming week, on the occasion of the nnuuul cham pionship tournament of the woman’s Southern Golf Association. Officials of the Rivercrest Country Club, un der whose auspices the tournament will be held, have made arrangements for the entertainment of the visiftng players. President Will Return From Trip by Water. iHy the AMoemtea Pr«a.l Washington, May Ift.—Definite plans for President Harding to return from Ids Alnska trip by water, through tlie Panama Canal with a stop nt Porto Rico were perfected today by Chair man I,ußker of the shipping board who designated a hoard vessel for the return trip. The district conference of the Salis ■bur district of the M. E. Church, South, will be held at Gold Hill July 6-7. COMMENCEMBENT AT MOUNT PLEASANT To Embrace May 20-23.—Fu11" Pro gramme of the Exercises. The commencement exercises of the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute will embrace this year May 20-23. The following will lie the programme: Sunday. May 20. 11 a. m.—Bacnfct aureate Sermon—The Rev. George Gongaware, D. D. Sunday, May 20, 8 p. m.—Address Before Y. M. C, A.—The Rev. H. Brent Schaeffer. Monday. May 21. 10:30 a. m.—De clnimer's Contest: B. W. Cruse, J. B. Ilalin. ,1. 11. Keller. M. L. Penuinger, IV. C. Thomas. C. W. Weiser. Monday, May 21, 3:30 p. m. —Lit- erary Address—Dr, Ashley Chappell. Monday, May 21. 8:30 p. m.—Annual Drama. “Esmeralla.” Tuesday, May 22, 1:00 p. m.—Meet ing of the Board of Trustees. Tuesday, May 2*J. 10:30 a. m.—Ad dress Before tho Alumni —The Rev. L. A. Thomas, Class IftOft. Tuesday. May 22, 3:30 p. in.—Con test in Debate: Query, Resolved, That the United States Should Enter the League of Nations. Affirmative: J. O. Foil, D. L. Heglar, H. G. Watson: neg ative, F. O. Conrad, ,1. A. Kern, G. E. Kohn. x Wednesday, May 23, 10:30 a. m.— Orator's Contest by representatives of the Graduating Class—R. L. Fisher, S. E. Griffin, It. C. Harris, J. 1). Shep pard, G. C. Smithdeal, J. E. Walker. Graduating Exercises, Awarding of Diplomas, Presentation of Medals, and announcements. Marshals. Ludwig Society—ll. H. Alexander, chief; J. M. Hurry, It. C. Harris, N. H. Caughhmn, J. X. Smith, J. E. Walker, H. G. Watson. Gerhafdt Society—R. S. Riser, G. C. Smithdeal, G. B. Johnston, F. O. Con rad, S. E. Griffin. J. M. Duncan. Preparatorian Society—S. R. Mc- Eachern, L. Cameron, J. Goodman, S. L. Petren, W. G. Ritchie, B. L. Allen. ■Music by the Roanoke Orchestra. Motto: Alis Dolat Propriis. Flower: Sweet l’ea.^ Colors: Purple and Gold. Officers: R. R. Roberts, president; W. F. Smithdeal, vice president; E. \V. Sechler, secretary. Class Roll—Hugh Harris Alexan der, Peter Boger Bust, Walter Brown Bost. N'esliit Harper Caughnum, Rob ert Lingle Cobb, James Meek Duncan, Dalton O’Farrow Eagle. Roy Linn Fisher, Stephen Earl Griffin. John Me- Kannle Harry. Clarence Gilbert Hei iig, Jr., Marshall Dewey Herrin, Mos es Holmes, George Beneini Johnston, Harold Miller O'Brien, Fred Henry Quante, Jr., Rupert Summer Riser, Robert. Ray Roberts, David WinStou Ruffin. Lewis Glenn Russell, Ernest William Seeliler. Robert Edwin Se horn, Rudolph Seigling, Jr., John Dil lon Sheppard. Clinton v Broietimxi Smithdeal, George Curtis Smithdeal. Albert Cecil Vestal, .Tames Ernest Wal ker, Robert Chalmers Harris. Two Men Are Given 30 Years in Prison. Charlotte, May 18.—Malloy Friday and Hilliard Hal), negroes, convicted in Superior Court in the second degree for murder of W. B. Beach, on the night of April 15. were sentenced to 30 years each in the state penitentiary by Judge George 11. Brown. Clara Davis, tried on Ihe same charge and convicted, was sentenced to tlie coun ty roads for two years. The evidence tended to show that Davis was not ac tually a participant in the shooting, but had piloted tlie While limn and his companion. Robert Gordon, to the scene of tlie murder. Friday and Hall confessed in court to decoying Peach and Gordon to a point on jjhe Southern Railway near Hill street, and to have committed the crime, after which they took about $25 from the dead man’s pock ets. Davis was arrested by Charlotte officers on the night of the murder and gave evidence which led to the arrest of Friday and Hall, a few days later at Durham, X. C. Gos|>el Misionaries to Meet. Minneapolis, Minn., May Ift.—Mis sion folks frijin the East. West, North and South are gathered in this city for the tenth unuiial convention of the In ternational Union of Gospel Missions, which will have its formal opening to morrow. Missions in several hundred American cities will lie represented. A new feature entitled ’A Clinic in Re generation” will tic staged during the meeting, and a number of outstanding converts, men who have made good in the business and in the profesional world, will give short testimonials on each of the five nights of tlie conven tion. Iu ancient Greece * a law provided that if a man divorced his wife he could not subsequently marry a wo man younger than Ills discarded part ner. 11. B. Wilkinson lias just received a car load of tlie famous Simmons ueds Read his new ad. Obregon Says Bombing Was an Effort to Hinder Negotiations Mexico. May Ift. (By the Associat ed Press.) —President Obregon said to duy that lie considered yesterday's bombing which damaged the office of a Mexican attorney in the building that houses the United States consul general, ns au effort to hinder the gov ernment in its recognition negotiations with tlie United States. ‘•What could it lie but a profound displeasure?” he said. “I believe It concerns a maneuver against the gov ernment to hinder us in reaching a good understanding with tlie United States.” After 24 hours of investigation, the municipal police und- federal secret service agents enrly today had found no clue warranting an arrest in cen nection with the explosion. 1 El Universal published a report of I * TODAY’S * Z * NEWS * ►; TODAY $ *©&&&&&a NO. 119. HEAVIEST RAIN ON RECP tM ls TODAY f m HflUiOllS TEXAS U. S. Weather Bureau There Says Guage Showed a Pre j cipitation of 13.54 Inches Within Three Hours. GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO PROPERTY Loss Will Probably Reach | $750,000. —Telephone Girls Go to Work in Bathing Suits.—Boats on Streets. (By the PresH.) Beaumont, Texas, .\lfiy 10.—The ! greatest eoueentrated downfall of raiij i in the I'nited States was recorded here j today. !- John Bender, in charge of the Unit ed States Weather Bureau here, de clared the gunge showed 13.54 inches precipitation within three hours. Between $500,000 and $750,000 prop erty dnnthge was estimated in a check up. Henry Franks was probably fat ally burned. He slipped through a pool of burning oil when lightning hit two oil storage tanks of 55.000 barrels capacity catch. The tanks belong tot the Magnolia Petroleum Go. One was burned with a loss placed at s<‘>o,ooo. Girls of the Southwestern Telephone Go. went to work In their bathing suits, lint 3.000 telephones had gone out of commission, and they all plunged home in the relentless showers. The townsfolk turned out generally in bathing suits. Motor ttouts took the place of jitneys in low places of the city. Street car lines went out early in the morning and not a wheel turn ed the rest of the day. Havoc of the storm included SIOO.- 000 loss to the city throngh buckling of wood block pavements. NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN GOES THROUGH BRIDGE Conductor and Fireman Missing.—ls Thought They Are Buried Beneath Wreckage. (By tbr Amocialed Press.) Norfolk. May 10.—Search waa-belng made fofta.v "hfr W» ‘MGWsnl,'oahtluct or. and Jesse Gould, negro fireman, of n Norfolk Southern freight train, the engine and car of which went through the Perquimans River bridge Itetween Edenton and Elizabeth City, N. <\, last night. It Is believed at the gen eral offices of the road that the two men, who resided in Norfolk, were buried lieneath the wreckage. , Great Disaster Barely Averted. Washington, N. ('., May 18.—Only a freak of circumstances prevented the gayety of the Shrine Ceremonial from being blighted by a terrible catastro phe last night when two spans of the great bridge across tile Pamlico Riv er collapsed lieneath the weight of three thousand spectators and sagged to within two feet of the water. One hundred iteople or more were on the section of the bridge that gave way. Three thousand people were orj the entire bridge. Cooler heads pre vailed as the span collapsed and there was no disorder or panic as the huge bridge was emptied of its throng. There were no injuries. The accident took place as /the crowd was observing the fireworks be ing displayed which was being given in connection with the Shrine cere lnonial. It was without wanting. There was a grind of concrete on con crete ns the great structure sagged, women screamed and there was a rap id, but orderly move to safety. Just as the recently completed bridge seem ed nltout to precipitate its human load into the waters of the Pamlico River, the sinking spans came to rest, just two feet above the river. t As a result of the collapse of the bridge traffic to New Bern was oblig ed to detour miles up the river. Bonar Law Looks Tired and Old. London. May 1!>. (By the Associated Press.)—Prime Minister Bonar Law, who lias lteen on a voyage for liis health, arrived in London this after noon from Paris. He looked tired and ill and failed to respond to the cheers of the crowd at the station. He did not go to his Downing Street residence, hut instead was taken to his private house where he will receive treat ment under Sir Thomas Harder, noted specialist. | the inquiries, purporting to prove that the 1 tombing had no political signifi cance. but was rather the work of ene mies incurred by Attorney Castillo while he was intimately associated with' Esteltoan Cantu, Governor of Lower California. Newspaper men learned from Gll berto Valenzuela, under secretary of the interior, that Charles B. Warren and John Barton Payne, the American members of the mixed recognition com mission, received auan.vmous warnings soon after their arrival on May 11 that they rnnst leave Mexico within 72 hours. Traffic past the Escanbon Pal ace in which the delegates are staying wbb prohibited last night, and heavy forces of lopioe maintained a watch outside tile building.

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