• ASSOCIATED 0 • PRESS * • DISPATCHES @ VOLUME XXIII Shanghai Reports Declare 300,000 Died in Disaster; American Consul is Killed! i DEAD 111 TOKIO CUV PLACED AT ISOM Tokio is Still in Flames, Says the Report, and Volcano the Near the City” is Still Active. RIVER IS CLOGGED WITH DEAD BODIES In Tokio Alone It Is Esti mated That 150,000 Per ished.—Women and Chil dren Go Mad. mj the Associated Fttn.) Harbin, Manchuria, Sept. 4.—The loss of life in Tokio is estimated here to be 300.000. The flames of the blazing capital have been visible for 200 miles. According to reports received here the earth shocks are continuing while a volcano 40 miles from Tokio is still active. River Fillet! With Bodies. Tokio, Sept. 4 (Bv the Associated Press k—(lnnumerable bodies of earth quake victims are clogged in the river Sumida. which flows through Tokio. Thousands of frenzied men and wom en. overcome with excitement and fntuge. went mad and threw themselves in the river when the shocks were occurring. Thousands of others perished when the bridge over the Sumida river collapsed. Explosion at Japanese Hot Spring. Osaka. Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —A great explosion lias occurred at Owakidini in Hakone, one of the hot springs in Japan, located about tifty miles from Tokio. Think Baptist Missionaries Are Safe. New York, Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —All Baptist missionaries in Ju lian are believed to be safe, according to a cablegram received early toda*y by the American Baptist Foreign Mission So ciety from Chan. B. Tenny. secretary of the Baptist Mission. ■ The offices of the Japan Baptist Mis sion are in Tokio. but the telegram was sent from the city of Sengpin. The mes sage follows: “Have no reliable information concern- j ing Tokio and Yokohama, but so far as we know all our own missionaries are j safe." ' Tokio Still in Flames. Shanghai, Sept. 4 (By tbe Associated Press). —Tokio is still in flames, loss of life there alone at least 150,000 damage at least half a binnion yen (about $250,000,000). These are the latest es timates received this afternoon in a spe cial dispatch by the Eastern News Agency from Osaka. Restoration of telegraphic eomiminyt tion between Osaka and Tokio brought the capital a zood of delayed messages of condolences from the rulers and ex ecutives of tlie world powers. Oil Tanks Explore. London, Sept. 4 (By tin* Associated Press). —A dispatch to the Evening News from Peking say oil tanks exploded in Yokohama yesterday morning with heavy loss of life. The dispatch said that another bridge on which many foreigners had taken refuge had collapsed. One Standard Oil Co. Employee Killed. New York, Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press). —Officials of the Standard Oil Co. of New York received a cable early today stating that all their forty Ameri can employees in Tokio and Yokohama with the exception of one had escaped with their lives from the earthquake. The other was reported missing. The company’s large distributing plant at Knuuga\yn which uspplied the north ern part of Jupan was demolished, as was the office building in Tokio. Vessels Are Safe. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 4.—The passeng er liners Empress of Canada, and Presi dent Jefferson, which came within the radius of the tidal wave zone off the const of Japan are safe, according to word by "Canadian Pacific, Pine agency here. Rowan !*• epic in Japnn. Salisbury, Sep*. 4.—Sixteen Sail (hnry and Rowan county people are iu Japan and considerable anxiety is felt for sev eral of them supposed to be in ih" terri tory affected by the recent earthquake. Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert Coit and two sons and Miss Johnnie Coit were due in Yokohama August 10th. Capt. Hyman Cotton, XT. S. Navy, ac cording to tlic last word received, was due to be in Tokio as o representative of the United States at the funeral of the late Japanese Premier. Rev. Isaac Leroy Chaver and Mrs. Slaver were thought to be around Hires f slmna, the affected section. Mrs. Lyman Colton aud one of her tw>. children, and oliss Custis Hemlorsoa were thought to be iu the mouutains a considerable distance from the earth quake. Others from Rowan county in Japan include: Rev. and Mrs. Frank Fesper man and child, Reformed missionaries, located at. Yamagata ; Rev. Arthur Linn and Rev. John Linn. Lutheran niision aries, the former being located in Tokio and the later in a nearby city. American Red Crass to Help. Washington, Sept. 4.—The inaugura tion by the American Red Cross of $5,- 000,000 campaign for the relief of the The Concord Daily Tribune * .< • * • AMERICAN SHIPS ORDERED TO AID Shipping Board Vessels Or dered to Be Used as Re lief Ships Wherever They Are Needed. IBy the Associated Pres*.) Washington, Sept. 4.—-All shipping board vessels in Far Eastern waters have been ordered to place themselves under tlie command of Admiral Anderson com manding the American-Asiatic fleet for relief duty. Operators of shipping board lines on the west coast h:ive/been ordered to withhold further bookings of both freight and passengers for thirty days in order to make additional space available for transportation of relief personnel and cargo. CHAIN STORES HAVE CREATED AMERICAN BUSINESS ROMANCE Over 20,000 Chain Grocery Stores Now Operated in America. (By tlie Associated Press.) New York. Sept 4.— One of the great est romances in American retail business has been tlie growth of chain grocery stores. 20.000 of which now transact slightly less than 10 per cent, of the nation,’s retail groceyy business*, esti mated at $20,(MK),000,000 annually. If ithe present ratio of growth is maintain ed. til is will be increased to 25 per cent, within the next five yearh. Economy of operation by reason of the fact that the business is transacted on a cash basis with a heavy turn-over and small profits, and the rapid development of American suburban community life, have Men tile two main factors respon- > sible for this tremendous growth. Sci entific investigation lias revealed that a community of 1,000 persons will permit tlie operation of a chain store grocery at satisfactory profits, though one store can serve several times that number. The first chain grocery stores in tlie country were viewed with suspicion on the theory that* tlie lower prices they charged meant inferior products. This feeling, however, lias to a large extent ■disappeared, mainly due (o the fact that the chain stores have offering nationally advertised articles at prices below.those charged by independent grocers. Tlie pioneer in the chain store field was Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co®* i pany. which was established in 1858. I This concern now has more than 8,000 stores doing an annual business of ap proximately $250,000,000. Unlike a number of other chain store concerns, the | ownership and control of this .organiza tion lias remained iu the hands of out family. The second largest chain grocery firm is the Jones Bros. Tea Company, which started with one store in Scranton, Pa., | in 1872, and now has 620 stores in 200 cities, doing an annual business of ap- I proximately $400,000,(MM). The Jewel Tea Company lias 527 , branches from which 21.864 wagons and motor truck routes operate in 43 states. Scattered throughout tlie country also j are more than 300 Piggly Wiggly stores, although they are not all owned by tlie 1 same corporation. | Perhaps the greatest chain store con iceru in the Country outside the grocery ' field is the F. \V. Woolworth Co., which [started with one store in Lancaster, Pa., I iu 187!) aud now operates more than 1,- 12«> stores doing an annual gross busi ness of over $167,000,000. The United i Cigar Stores have approximately 2,450 1 stores. I Other large chain, store concerns are the J. 0. Penney Co., operating 382 de partment stores doing an annual busi ness of more than $;>0,000.000; flic S. S. Kresgc Company with 212 stores aud annual gross business in excess of $65,- 000,000; Sehulty Retail Stores Corpora tion with 23!) stores in 1022. doing au annual business of nearly $25.00^,000: ' the United Drug Company with more 1 than 250 stores; the G. R. Kinney Com pany operating 131 shoe stores; the Mc- C rory Stores Corporation with 165 stores, - the S. A. Kress Co. with 150 stores and - the Melville Shoe Corporation with 62 ? stores. Dangerous Fire at Thomasville Thomasville, Sept. 3.—Fire broke out Saturday night about 11:30 in the Ex celsior pad plant of the Thomasville Chair company in the eastern part of the city, practically destroying the machinery, but. not much of the build ing. On Monday morning near 4 o’clock tjic building, which housed both the padding and kitting plants, inc.uding 100 or more knitting machines, witn the stock, was destroyed by fire. On Satur day night the fire company with their equipment were soon ou the ground but the second’ tire this morning was well under way before the alarm was given- Italians Ready to Quit League Account of War. Rome. Sept. 3.—Premier Mussolini, it is understood, is ready to withdraw the Italila.n delegates from the Geneva conference if his viewpoint concerning the conflict with Greece .is not shared by the league of uations. Old cotton is bringing 25 cents and new cotton 24 cents on this market to day. Cotton seed, 50 cents. Japanese earthquake sufferers was an nounced today by Elliot Wadsworth, treasurer of the organization after a con ference with President Coolidge, Secre tary Hoover, and Japanese Ambassador Hnnihara. CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923 -■ I HON EMBASSY IT TOKIO EMPED 1 < Ambassador Woods Advises . That AH Members of Em bassy Staff In That City Are Safe. ONE CONSUL AND WIFE WERE KILLED Max D. Kirjassoff and Wife, Stationed at Yokohama, Among the Known Victims of the Disaster. (By tbe Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 4.—A1l members of ; the American embassy staff at Tokio are safe. Ambassador Woods advised the State Department "today in the first message received from him since the earthquake that none of the embassy staff was in jured" although all the embasy buildings are totally destroyed. , The ambassador said the food situation < is acute, and asked that* rations be sent at once from tile Philippine Islands. The message was sent from the Iwaki wireless station and was titillated. Coincidentally the State (Department received a dispatch from American Con sul Davis at Shanghai, saying that Tokio, Yokohama and Yokosuka had been “com pletely wiped out.” Casualties amoug foreigners, he said, had been “very num erous.” Consul Davis confirmed that Max D. Kirjassoff, American consul at Y'okohama. and iiis wife are dead. ('(insiil Davis’ dispatch dated at noon today and based on information received from the Steamship President Jefferson, said: “Yokohama completely wiped out by earthquake and fire. Tokio aud Yoko suka also. Refugees report Nisynnshiti and Hakonc also destroyed. “Ailmil's 1 Oriental Line office ruined. Everything lost, all employees safe. “No not nccept traffic tot Yokohama but route all ships there to render all possible assistance to give supplies, 're turning, Kobe with 350 destitute refu gees. Sailing Kobe, Seattle direct, soon, as possible. “Ester (unidentified) last seen at Grand Hotel, whereabouts unknown. Acker man (believed to be Representative Ack erman of New Jersey) unknown. Estitig (unidentified) aud wife safe aboard. Fires are still Burning. “U. S. consul at Yokohama and wife j dead.” 'MOLASSES HAS NEW USES SINCE HAWAII WENT DRY To Be Used as a Culture Medium iu the Production of Yeast. (By the Associated Press.)’ \ Honolulu, Sept. 4.—New uses which have been found for molasses, mainly a waste product of the Hawaiian sugar plantation since the enactment of the prohibition act, are expected to exhaust the supply this year, according to an announcement by the Sugar Factors, which handle most of the Hawaiian crop. Prior to- prohibition, the plantations derived a considerable income from the molasses shipments to the mainland which were used for the manufacture of alcohol. Since then the molasses, which lias a sugar content of one-fifth, lias been used as fuel or thrown into tlie j ocean. A discovery that molasses may be I used as a culture medium in the pro duction of yeast, lias created a consid erable demand recently. It also has been found that molasses makes a val uable feed for stock, as it is said, it has about twice the energy value of any other feed tested. These two develop ments are expected to utilize most of the molasses produced by the planta tions. The new demand is expected to add approximately $1,000,000 to the income of the Hawaiian plantations this year. Discoverer of Insulin Has New Rejuve nator. London. JSept. 4.—lt is reported here that I)r. Banting, discoverer of insulin, I, the diabetes remedy, also lias discovered a new “rejuvenation” techinque. He is said to have told some of his friends here on his recent visit of this discovery. It is declared to be a dis tinct departure from tlie monkey gland method hitherto used in rejuvenation cases. Respite to Jim Miller. (Br the Associated Press. Raleigh, Sept. 4.—Governor Cameron Morrison today granted 30 days despite, to Jim Miller, negro, convicted iu lie-; noir county for the murder of John Silt ton, white farmer, in September, 1022, and sentenced to be electrocuted tomor-, row. It was announced at tlie gover- j nor's office lie would investigate Miller’s 1 case ill the near future. Durham Lawyer Dies Suddenly in Europe. I Nice. Sept. 3.—lsaac R. Strayhorn, i of Durham. N. C„ who was injured when I a sight-seeing bus fell over a 300-foot precipice near Guillaumes last month, died suddenly here tojlny from the effects of a blood clot on the brain. He un derwent a trephining operation ten days ago. BOLL WEEA’IL MAKES RAVAGES IN THE STATE COTTON CROP Prospective Loss 75,000 Bales Leaving 880.000 Bales Forecast or Crop. f Ansonville, commander of the North Car olina division of the United Confederate Veterans; General William B. Halde man. Louisville. Ky., Commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and Major Giles Buckner Cooke, Matthews Courthouse, Va., the last surviving mem ber of General Robert E. Lee’s staff, i (Concluded on Page Two.) Italy Not Certain About Rejecting League’s Help * ONE KILLED AND 9* SEVEN INJUREL When Car Driven by J. B. Delk, of High Point, col lided With Southern Pas senger Train. IBy the Associated Pre*i.) High Point. Sept. 4. —One woman was killed outright, an infant was injured perhaps fatally and all other members of an automobile party of eight were hurt when a car in which they were riding collided with the Asheboro short line passenger train of the Southern Railway of this city early last night. The automobile was driven by .T. B. Delk. of High Point. His mother-in law, Mrs. Lucy Criscoa, of N. G., was killed, and his six-months-old daughter was so seriously injured that her death is expected. Two other chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Delk. two young sons of Mrs. R. B, Ridge, of High Point, and the wife of the driver were the other occupants of the car, nnd all the party are in a local hospital. 16 KEI) CROSS ORPHANS WERE SLAIN BY ITALIANS Americans and Canadians Had Them in Charge.—Fired on Them in Surf. Athens. Sept. 5.—C01. Stephen E. Lowe. o$ St. Louis, member of the od Cross, nnd attached to the near east relief at Corfu, reports that altogether there were 20 killed by the Italian bombardment prior to the occupation of the island. Among them were 16 children, most of them killed by shrapnel, which was fired among a crowd of Red Cross or phanage children bathing in the sen. The first direct news from Corfu since tlu* Italian occupation was re ceived today with the arrival of the Greek steamship Isniini. which had aboard Colonel Lowe. Miss Emma Wood, of Baltimore, chief nurse of the Corfu near east relief hospital: Dr. Kennedy, of Kingston, Out., director of the British Save-the-Ohildren fun. to gether with a group of expelled Greek officials and 60 Greek soldiers Colonel Lowe, describing the bom bardment, said : “The number killed reached 20; nine of these were killed outright and 11 died in tlie hospital. Thirty-two wounded are now in the hospital and there were per haps 50 slightly wounded. “Os the 20 dead. 16. # were All the killed nnd wounded were refugees or orphans from America ami British orphanages housed in the old fortress. “The large number of children among the casualties was due to the fact that several shells landed in barracks which were being used as orphanages, while shrapnel shells exploded in the water in front of the fortress where 400 near east relief orphan boys were bathing at tlu* time.” CATAWBA COTTON HURT BY BOLL WEEVIL Close Inspection of Crop Shows Consid erable Damage. Hickory. Sept. 4.—-801 l weevil dam ages to the cotton crop in Catawba coun ty will lx* far greater than most farmers anticipate, in the opinion of R. H. Hed rick, a Hickory township farmer, who brought a glass jar of bolls and insects here for exhibition. He said that in a six acre field he found a large quantity of weevils, and he estimated that at least one-fourth of his crop would be lost as a result. Wherever the squares are fall ing off. Mr. Hedrick said, examination shows that the weevils have been working silently. He thought he had only a small crop of weevils until he made a careful examination. Tin* weevils ap- 1 peared in this county for the first time last summer and it was believed that the cold weather in the late spring thinned them out, but this seems not to have been tin* case. THE COTTON MARKET Was Nervous and Irregular During Early Trading Today. (By (he Amioelatetf Preniu New York, Sept. 4.—The cotton mar ket was nervous aud irregular during to day's early trading. There was further buying on the bullish view of last Fri- * day's crop figures, but sentiment was evi dently confused by the character of the general news development over the holi days with particular reference to the Japanese disaster. This led to a great deal of realizing and probably checked fresh buying about the 25 cent level. The market opened at an K advanee of 5 points to a decline of N points. Cotton futures opened steady: Octo ber 25.00; December 24.1)0; January 24.61); March 24.80; May 24.82. With Our Advertisers. Modern furniture for modern homes at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co.'s. Re cent shipments show the newest furni ture creations. Go and see. New Fall Knox hats $7.00 and up at Browns-Cannon Co.'s. Others SB.OO and up. J. B. Linker & -Co. are now installing a new No. 4-70 saw gin system with all tlie latest improvements in gin machinery, and with a capacity of 40 to 50 bales a day. Rent a safety deposit box iu tlie vault of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co., from $1.50 aud up a year. The Purks-Belk Co., has all kinds of school supplies, and at the lowest prices are guaranteed. This store has every thing needed for pchool work. See big three-col limn ad. on page three today. For' one day’s work of eight ho\irs a plasterer in New York is paid as much as the average farmer receives for 63 / dozen eggs. *•«***•• ® TODAY’S • & NEWS • «* TODAY • NO. 210. £te assembly of the -.cague Say Nothing Defi nite in This Matter Has Yet Been Decided Upon. < DISORDERS OCCUR IN GREEK CITIES According to Reports From Rome, But These Reports Are Denied by Greek Offi cials in Other Countries. Geneva. Sept. 4.—(By tlie Associated Press). —A member of the Italian dele gations to tlie assembly of the League of Nations today authorized the league sec retariat to deny that Italy had ever of ficially repudiated the competency of the league to handle the Graeco-Italian crisis. “We are awaiting the return of Major Giuriati from Rome and then we shall * determine our financial attitude,” said the Italian spokesman to a member of the secretariat. “Personally I think it is likely we may ask tlie permanent court of internal jus tice to pass upon the competency of the league.” Report Troubles in Greece. Rome, Sept. 4 (By the Associated Press).—A counter revolutionary republi can movement is underway in Greece, says a dispatch received here today. The movement is gaining ground despite dras tic action taken by the government in cluding tlie arrest of all suspects and the confiscation of arms, the dispatch says. The followers of the late King Con stantine’s party is said to be preparing for action. Athens is completely isolated, and the Greek government is allowing no reports of the “grave internal situation” to leave the capital, says the dispatch. As an indication of the drift of public opinion, the dispatch says, the tomb of Col. Gounaris, who was executed last No vember by the revolutionaries, is con stantly covered witli flowers, in strong trast to its previous neglected appearance. Deny Reports. London, Sept. 4.—Tlie Greek legation here today emphatically denied the Ital ian reports of serious internal troubles in Greece. The latest telegrams from Ath ens. it was said, indicated complete order prevailed throughout the country. May Withdraw From league. London. Sept. 4 (By the Associated patcli from Rome today says Premier Mussolini told the cabinet that if the council of League of Nations asserts its competency to deal with the Graeco- Italian controversy, Italy will withdraw from the League. Wants Action by the league. Geneva. Sept. 4.—N. Bolitis, the Greek spokesman, proposed to the coun cil of the league this afternoon that it refer tlie proposed investigation of the Graeco-Italian dispute to a neutral com mission and the proposed indemnity to a mixed commission. H offered to