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*9 *•*••ft • ASSOCIATED ft • PRESS * • DISPATCHES ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft VOLUME XXIII Three-Fourths of City of Tokio Completely Burned This Estimate Made by Cou rier Who iHas Just Made a Journey to the Stricken City. YOKOHAMA CENTER OF EARTHQUAKE Ponds m Parks of Tokio Are Filled With Bodies—Army is Restoring the Means of Communication. (Uy file A sandal ell rrfM.i The terrible sweep of the Japanese earthquake is being disclosed in direct cable ami wireless dispatches now com ing from Iwaki, the radio station con necting Tokio, Nagasaki and other points contiguous to the devastated region. Yokohama has been literally engulfed, the area of destruction covering not only the city itself but a zone than MM) miles square, including Tokio and four other large cities. This is one of flip most densely populated sections of Ja pan with some 7,1X10,000 people in the zone. A message from Itvaka station, with which Tokio has established courier con nections. said the Japanese home office announced 30.000 dead at Tokio, 100.000 injured and 250.000 homeless. Osaka cables that the great port of« Yokohama is totally destroyed, and that only one fourth of the capital city of Tokio re mains. It estimates that 70 per cent, of the cities and towns in a radius of 1(M) miles of Yokohama and Tokio are de stroyed. Order has been restored in Tokiio. where thousands of homeless people are encamped in parks anil other open spac es. The government is feeding them scanty rations. Iwaki Wireless Station, Japan. Sept. 6.—(By the Associated Press). —A cou rier returning today from Tokio de scribed the disaster as unspeakable. The city, he said was three-fourths burned. In ponds in the parks he found charred, unidentified bodies, floating "like fish.” Within a certain area all things had been reduced to ashes except iron frames and brick pillars. . The burned wrecks of street cars and automobiles clogged the streets. The sufferers were gathered in public squares and parks, lying under sheets on mats, living on the scanty food supplied by the authorities. The army was restoring the means of conUMtinicOtion. The courier reported that provisions in quantities wer? expected from the northeastern and northwestern regions within a few days. The entire country along which he passed was contributing to the relief fund. Eartliquake Extended More Than 100 Miles. Osaka, Sept. 0 (By the Associated Press).—All money in the Bank of.Japnu vaults was saved from destruction in the fire which followed the earthquake and tital wave, it became known today. A recapitulation of the earthquake and fire today showed Yokohama as its center, extending north and south about 100 miles, and about 140 miles east and west from that city. The are included 33 counties, five large cities inhabited by 7,000.000 people whir Were caught in the disaster. It is es timated about 70 per cent, of the cities and the towns within the stricken area were destroyed. . Yokohama, according to reports re ceived here, was totally destroyed anil' only about one-fourth of Tokio remains. Home Office Bays 30.000 Died in Tokio. Iwaki, Sept 6.—(By the Radio Cor poration to the Associated Press). —The Japanese home office today took the first i step toward attempting to clear up con fusion and speculation on the number of dead and injured in Tokio when it was announced that 30,000 are dead. 100,000 injured, and 350,000 were home less. . Americans Reported Dead Are Alive. Iwaki, Sept. 6.—Colonel Samuel Reber, of New York, and Major William O. C. Crane, .1 r.; langauge officer of the American embassy, and Mrs. Crane—all previously reported missing at Tokio— are safe, it was learned today. New Island Appears. Peking. Sept. 6 (By the Associated Press). —The police of Chibailt, at the northeast corner of Tokio Bay, report a new island off the Izn peninsula, while they say the island of Oshiinu which contained an active volcano, is invisible and it is feared to have gone down with its 10,000 or more inhabitants. There still is no news from the Bonin Island, and the catastrophic changes there are feared. Estimate of Damage. Iwnki, Sept. 6 (Via Radio Corporation to the Associated Press). —Damage south west of Tokio is summed up by reports today as follows : Yokohama annihilated. Yokosuka, 12 miles across the sea from Yokohama, damaged greatly to an extent unknown. Population 100,000 or more. Kamakura. 30 miles from Tokio. col lapsed, mostly bunted. All villas about Huynma bathing resort, lost. Hiratsuka and Oiso. small seashore towns 38 and 40 miles from Tokio re spectively, destroyed. Twenty-Seven Earthquake Shocks Felt • Tuesday Night. Tokio. Sept. 5 (delayed) (By the Asso ciated Press). —Twenty-seven new earth quake shocks were felt during tjie night, but authorities today expressed the view that no further destructive ones were likely. Occasional outbreaks of fires lighted up the skies, but ara not danger ous. ' Splendid order is being maintained. Temporary lighting systems have been es- The Concord Daily Tribune ; $ ; COTTON SPINDLES * ; CANNOT OPERATE * : London. Sept, 6 (By the Asso- IK : cintcd Press). —Thirty per cent, of JK : the spindles of Japan are unable to ; operate, and the output is suffering : accordingly, says a dispatch from )K : Kobe received today by the Japan- (K ; ese Consignments Company. ?K ( * * <tJ 5K /Ti /?> /K /Tv /T> “ “ “ " BURGLAR WALKS INTO GUN TRAP AND IS KILLED Herman Falls is Dead ami Raymond Itenfield is in Gaston Jail; Goods Re covered. Gastonia. Sept. 5. - Herman Falls, of Kings Mountain, died in a hospital to day as the result of the robbery ot' S. L. Kiser's general store iu the Sunnyside section of Uherryville township. ten miles from here, last night, when the man, in removing goods from the store, walked into a shot gun trap and received a load of shot in his side. Three men with a Ford touring ear. one of them being Falls, staged the rob bery at the Kiser store this morning about 3 o'clock. Falls was removing shoes front the shelves. After he had taken fifteen pairs he ' returned for another armful via an open window. As he readied for the other shoes on the store shelves he walked into a string tied across the counter.. The string was jerked and the trigger of the shot gun pulled, discharging the load. At the sound of the gun the Ford car left. Falls, losing blood rapidly, crawled from the store some distance up the, road. Signs along the highway this morning showed, where he had bled much and was apparently having a hard time to get away. The Ford ear returned and picked him up. The car was then found along the side of the road this morn ing. The entire load entered Fall s left side, just above the hip. Will McDonald, a member of the party escaped from the officers. A third man. giving his. name as Ramoud Benfield, is in the Gaston county jail. His home is ill Bessemer City. Sheriff Rhyne arrested him on his trip to Kings Mountain. IMMIGRATION QUOTA LAW NOT BROKEN DOWN Increase Over Amount Expect Ml Entirely Legal. Washington, Sept, (i (Capital News Service). —Three hundred and fifty-seven thousand is the total number of immi grants receivable under the three per cent, quota law. The year which ended on June 30, saw 522,010 immigrants en ter this country. It is explained by the immigration authorities that the 160,- 010 extra were all persons specifically exempted from the provisions of the act, as well as b yimmigrat ion from Canada and Mexico, which countries do not come within the provisions of the quota law. How well the United States is appre ciated as a land of opportunity by the citizens of war-torn Europe is shown by the fact that last year’s immigrants ex ceeded those of the year before by 213,- 303, whereas the number of aliens who departed fell from 108,712 in 1021-1022 tot 81,450,in 1022-1023, the net increase of the immigrant population of tips coun try being 110,844 iif 1021-1022. as against 441,460 in 1022-1023. Os the new coiners this year 83.552 were classed as laborers, while 106,213 were skilled workers and 101,585, including women and children, were listed as of no occu pation. Os the 1,200 or more species of birds native to the United States and Canada less than one per cent are really in jurious. tablished in the parks where thousands are encamped under crude shelters. The weather remains warm and bright. Missionary Party Safe. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 6.—-Dr. W. W. Pinson, secretary in charge of the Ori ental fields Southern Methodist Mission Board, received a message this morning from the mission station in Shanghai re porting that the mission party aboard the steamer President Madison which ar rived in Yokohama August 31st had reached Shanghai in safety. Southern Presbyterian Missionaries Safe Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 6.—A1l South ern Presbyterian missionaries in Japan are safe, according to a cablegram re ceived today by the church’s foreign mission secretory from L. 0. Smythe. a 'Missionary, dater Karuicawa, and read ing: "All missions safe. Notify fami lies.” Missionaries of the Southern Presby terian church and their wives in Japan number about 50 persons, representing various Southern states. Among the number is the Rev. I. 8. Mcllroy. Jr., whose wife, formerly Miss Alice Wilson, is a niece of ex-I’resident Woodrow Wil son. List of American Dead. Washington, Sept. 6. —Consul Dickov er reported today to the State Depart ment, the following list of dead, missing and prgbubly dead in the Yokohama dis trict : Dead—-Pharmacist Paul It. Cannon, U. S. Navy; Pharmacist A. Igogolia, IT. S. Navy. Mrs. H. C. Burnell, San Fran cisco: H. W. Morse, of the International Banking Corporation. Captain Stinson Os the S. S. -Steel Navigator. Robert Swain, of Yokohama. Missing and probubly dead—Mrt Shel ly. of the Standard Oil Co. McHenry Holbrook of the International Banking Corporation. -'Mrs. M. Mendelson, of Princeton! N. J. Consol Dickover farther reported that about 2,000 foreign refugees had arrived in Kobe from Yokohama and Tokio and several hundred were Americans. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 ROTARY MEETING Plea For Support of High School Ath letics Made.—Committee to Help. Reporte from the various committees and a plea for enthusiastic support of the business men of the city for high school athletics featured the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club yes terday. L. D. Coltrane. chairman of the pub lic affairs committee, was in charge of the program. Following a song, Mr. Coltrane introduced Mr. Moore, teacher of science and director of athletics for the Concord High School. Mr. Moore declared athletics aided in scholarship and all round developed and made an earnest plea for the support of the busi ness men of the city. Following his talk, the chairman, upon motion ap pointed W. W. Flowe, M. L. Cannon and A. 11. Hoover to assist the high school students iu their athletic work. Following Mr. Moore, Rev. Dr. Plyler, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, who was the guest of Mr. I). H. Coltrane,. was introduced and made a brief response. Dr. Doyle, director ofr music in the public schools, who was the guest of Prof. A. S. Webb, was in troduced and responded briefly but hum orously. Next week's program will be in charge of the fellowship committee. WASHINGTON HAsTnO , CHILD LABOR PROBLEM Capital Fins Remedy For the Evil in Solving Home Problems. Washington, Sept. (1 (Capital News Service).—The nation is agitated about an anti-child labor law, and some legisla tion which will stand a Supreme Court test is to be looked for. Meanwhile, the capital has solved its own problem. According to statistics just made pub lic there were only twenty-six permits to wprk granted lust year for children under fourteen years of -age. Such per mits arc given by the Juvenile Court in Washington only when an absolute nc-eil for a child's earnings to keep a home together, is c'early demonstrated. The majority of applications arc refused and some means taken through some board of relief to supply the needed small sum to maintain the home. Child welfare agencies, anxious to do away with this type of work permit, de clare the passage of a mother’s allow ance law would be a step in the right direction. Judge 'Kathryn Sellers, of the Juvenile Court, believes that some form of allowance which would enable the mother or the father in some cases tot keep the children in school and the family together and insure all the chil dren in the district proper food, cloth ing, .and shelter, anil opportunity for ed ucation is the final solution of the prob lem. PRESIDENT APPROVES CRADLE EDUCATION CouUdge Endorses Harding's Udief h» Kindergarten. Washington. Sept: 6 (Capital News Service).—Writing to Major Bradley Martin, president of the National Kind ergarten Association, President Coolidge quotes fwuu his predecessor, in favor of juvenile education. The letter reads, iu part: , "In President Harding’s last message he said, 'We need . . . more of the Christ spirit, more of the Christ practice, and a new and abiding consecration to rev erence of God.' "I heartily endorse this sentiment, and favor extension of kindergarten educa tion as one means of promoting brotherly love and reverence; for jn the kinder garten such fruits are cultivated at the time when habits of thought and action are formed for life.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm Today at Advance of From 16'to 35 Points. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 6.—The cotton mar ket opened firm at an advance of 16 to '35 points on a continuation of the gen eral buying movement which had develop ed late yesterday. Cotton futures opened firm. Oct. -•>.!;> j Dec. 25.68; Jan. -25.45: March 25.51: May 25.55. With Our Advertisers. The Southern Motor Service Co. is re ceiving its new stock of- Goodyear tires, tubes and accessories, and will soon have Willard batteries for all ears. Next to the Concord Public Library in Quint Smith bujlding. On Monday, September 10th the Con cord and Kannapolis Gils Co. will have a Blue Monday sale for one day only of Chambers Fireless Gas Ranges. The Citizens Bunk and Trust Company is ready to handle all shipments of cot ton to the N. C. Cotton Growers' Co-op erative Association, and to make the cash advance on each bale shipped. The Concord Furniture Co. sells the Quaker all steel furnace. It is guaran teed by them, too. Lufkin Remedy, the ideal skin treat ment. at Cline’s Pharmacy. Cline & Moose huve all kinds of good things to eat. See ad. today. Have that heater installed now before the weather gets cold. See H. B. Wil kinson's new ad. Williams Is Let Off With Payment of the '■ Costs. Salisbury. Sept. s.—ln county court’ today the ease against C. B. Williams, for shooting Frank Brown, Spencer merchant, which was sent up to superior court yesterday, was re-opened, anil the indictment changed from assault with intent to kill to one charging assault with a deuilly weaiion. In this form the county court had jurisdiction and Mr. Williams was let off with payment of the costs.' The shooting occurred when Williams, a Southern railway engineer, caught Brown in the AVillliam’s home. Mayor Ilylan Much Better. (By the Associated Pleas. Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ Sept. 6. Mayor Hylan, of New Yo,rk, who suf fered a relapse yesterday, was much bet ter this morning, relatives said. Symptoms of pleurisy developed yes terday with some indications of bron chial pneumonia, which, according to the family, disappeared during the night. Interest in Proposed Creamery For County is Showing Increase With the announcement yesterday that plans are being formulated here for the organization of a creamery, interest in the project is increasing. The first pub lic mating for the purpose, of discuss ing the advisability of organizing the company will be held at the court house on Saturday of next week at 2 o’clock, and the great amount .of interest already shown in the proposition indicates that the meeting will be widely attended. A majority of the business men of the city who have been approached on the subject think the crewnery will be a big asset to the county, offe of the promoters stated this morning. "It is strictly a business proposition.” lie stilted, "and will save money for the farmers of Oa U. S. INTERVENTION ADVOCATED BY UPHAN! Treasurer of Republican Na tional Committee Thinks United States Should Help in Reparations Tangle. Chicago. Sept. 6 (By the Associated Press). —American intervention in the Franco-German reparations tangle was advocated by Fred W. Upliani, treasurer , of the Republican national committee. He expressed the belief that Congress should give President Coolidge the au thority to appoint a commission of Amer ican business men to determine quickly what reparations the Germans should pay. It's largely a business proposi tion. he said, anil should be settled by business men. Mr. U<pham before going to Europe where he spent three months, was asked by the late President" Harding to give his impression of the European situa tion. The President (lied before he re turned. Mr. T’pham is going to Wash ingto next week and expects to see Pres ident Coolidge. who it is expected, will receive Mr. Upham's impressions first hand. CHOKED Wlfll DEAD First Direct News From Tokio Since Saturday Tells Horrible Story. Tokio, Sept. s.—Tokio and Yokohama, separated by only a few miles of water, today lie crushed by. the overpowering forces of an earthquake—a series of up-1 heavals—that came with scant warning and. brought crashiugLilowu. the homes and business places ofAhi'se IgiVfif elites. All around for many miles other cities, towns and villages have been dashed from their foundations, and what the vi brations of the earth hailed to accomplish was completed by fire and tidal wave. While entire sections of tile capital have been obliterated—all but the ruins —a very considerable extent of the city remains. Not so with Yokohama, refu gees from which are becoming to find { their way into Tokio. They tell of the I terrific desrnction wrought at that place. I which has been for years of vast import ance to the' commerce of the western world. Choked With Dead. The streets and water courses, the canals and scat front are filled with dead, and among the dead are doubtless many injured, to which it has been im possible'to take succor. In Yokohama, far more than in Tokio, foreign resi dents and visitors suffered loss of life or injury. It is estimated that no fewer than 200 foreigners perished in the treaty port, but even yet no comprehensive ac count can be extracted from the refu- j gees, ivlio readied here in an almost ex hausted condition. The overwhelming effects of the first ! shock may be realized when it is told j that thousands of Japanese, caught by ! the flames that swept through the city j almost immediately, driven by the high winds, leaped into the canals and finding no safety in any direction' were doriviieil. or overcome by- the debris which soon choked the waterways. The shopping district downtown was overwhelmed, and Iqtre many thousands of shoppers and business workers died. To add to the dangers immense crev ices opened in the streets; in some places isolating entire blocks and making it absolutely impossible for those within the sections to find safety from the fire. Fire Raged Two Days. For two days the fires of Tokio raged, destroying possibly 200.000 houses and property, the value of which cannot be ascertained, cremating the bodies of many of the dead and probably ending the sufferings of scores of injured. The casualty list will be very, great: estimates at present vary from 50,000 upwards" in Tokio alone. How many were killed in the outlying districts is not. known because for a long time Tokio was cut off from communication with the out side world. Immense difficulties are being en countered in forwarding the news of Ja pan's great disaster to the countries of the world. Couriers have been sent out with special press dispatches; the Japa nese naval radio is being utilijeil, and details have been forwarded by airplane to Nagoya and thence to Iwaki, about 150 miles from Tokio, for transmis sion abroad. The foregoing is the first direct news dispatch received from the Japanese cap ital since Suturda.v when the earthquake occurred. Tokio was for a eousisder able time shut off from all communica tion with the outside world; then cour iers bearing dispatches were sent out, for the nearest radio stations which had escaped destruction and meager dispatch es giving brief details begau to filter through fgom points, such as' Osaka. ! which lay outside the zone of destruc tion. I The condition of Mr. P. G. Cook who is critically ill at his home on Simpson Street, is reported today as improved. barms. AA"e are spending between SI,BOO and $2,000 a year now sending the cream from this county, and if wc had the creamery this would be saved." AA'hile definite plans for the creamery probably will not be perfected until af ter the meeting on the 15th, tentative plans call for the raising of about $lO,- 0000 to put the project over, it is under stood. If suitable quarters can be found for the building, this amount probably will be sufficient to put the proposition over but if a home has to be erected it will take more money to finance the proj ect . one promoter stated. The meeting on the 15th will begin at 2 o'clock and will be held at the court house. AGAIN CONSIDERING FORD'S SHOALOFFER Detroit Manufacturer Is In Washingtton to Confer With President Coolidge and Secretary Weeks. Washington, Sept, fi (By the Associat ed Press).—Negotiations were resumed today between the government and Hen ,ry Ford on the latter’s offer to acquire the Muscle Shoals, Ala., power plants and nitrates properties. Accompanied by his son Edsel and one of his engineers Mr. Ford came to Washington to confer with Secretary Weeks and later with President Cool idge regarding the project. OLD SOL TO APPEAR IN THE “MOVIES” Complete Motion Picture Record to Be Made of the Eclipse. JiOs Angeles, Calif., Sept. 6.—A com plete motion picture record will be made of the solar eclipse next Monday. It will be the first time in astronomical his tory such a photographic,- feat has been attempted . The work will be done on Catalina Island, off the coast of South turn California, by an expendition from the Yerkew Observatory. A site has been selected for the observing station on a plateau 1.300 feet above* sea level. Here the necessary equipment has been erected, dark rooms installed, and other apparatus provided for. Owing to the importance of the eclipse elaborate prep arations are being made. The YtA’kes expedition will be one of the that .it cmning-tiu-thi r-wetwm to observe .the phenomenon. The ivh)- grain includes a variety of angles from which the work will be approached—this because eclipses of the importance of the forthcoming one are very rare. Os special interest to the natural sci entific world, as well as the laity, will be the operation of two motion picture equipments. One of them will be used to record what is known as the “flash spectrum,” an entirely new use for the I motion picture camera. The other ma» [ chine will be used to take an actual “movie” of the entire eclipse. The staff will also be filmed “in action” during the *most intensive part of the observation, as it is .believed there will be widespread news interest iu this picture subsequent- The expedition will be in charge of Dr. Kdwin I!.’ Frost, director of the Yerkes Observatory. William .1. Wrigley, Jr., financed it with a gift of $5,00(1 to the I'niversify of Chicago, of which the Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay is the department of practical astronomy. .Mr. Wrigley is the owner of Catalina Island. Dr. Oliver J. Lee will be in charge of the direct photography of the corona. Observations for the rotation of the corona will be made by I)r. Frost in co operation with l’rofessor Philip Fox. di rector of the Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University. Another not able member of the Yerkes expedition will be Dr. Clifford Crump, director of the new Perkins Observatory of Ohio Wesleyan University. Under the leadership of Dr. Walter S. Adams, the staff of the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory is also making extensive preparations to study the forthcoming eclipse. Besides studying the eclipse from Jit. Wilson, which will not be en tirely in the shadow-, this observatory will have two stations in the direct path of totality. The chief one will be at Poina Loina, near San Diego, and the other will be at Ensenada, in Lower Cal ifornia. , An important part of the Mt. Wilson program will be a detailed investigation of the cornoa. This unexplained phe nomenon will be studied by means of two new methods devised by members of the observatory staff. Astronomers regard the corona as one of the most impressive characteristics at tending a total eclipse of the sun. It has been described by watchers of the skies as far back at 100 B. C„ as an object of wonder and mystery. As late as the eclipse of 1842, when the corona was unusually beautiful, its investiga tion as ati aid to the study of the sun was not considered seriously by astron omers. Only in recent years has it been de cided definitely that the corona is a part of, or due to, the sun's atmosphere. Be cause of its extremely delicate charac ter, all attempts of observers to analyze its content and to account for its pres ence during an eclipse, or to determine ) whether it exists at other, times, have failed. To Require Watchmen at Crossings. •Hr Hi» Associated Pma. Durham. X. (’.. Sept. 6.—The Durham city council has passed an ordinnuee, ef fective September 15. designed to re quire railroads passing through the elty to place watchmen at seven principal crossings in the city- limits, the watch men to be on duty from 0 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night. LOSS BY BOLL AATSEVIL Injury A’aries Considerably in Different Fields. Says Expert. (By the Associated Press.) Aberdeen, K. C\. Sept. G.—" The loss in cotton due to the boll weevil will av erage at least one-third of the crop in the southern and southeastern tier of counties of the State." says a statement issued today by Dr. R. AA'. Leiby. en tomologist in charge of the boll weevil field station and laboratory supported here by the North Carolina State College and the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Leiby recently made a trip through the heavily infested counties of Hoke, Robe son. Scotland, Moore and Richmond counties, of North Carolina, and into South Carolina, for the purpose of as certaining the degree of injury and to learn to what extent the weevil was be ing controlled. He reported he found that’the injury varies considerably in different fields, some fields-of early cotton where a good stand was secured escaping with a loss of about 20 per cent, of tile crop, while other fields, particularly those which had to be replanted or were planted late, will show a loss of 30 to 70 per cent, of the crop. "These estimates of losses,” said Dr. Leiby iu ■ his statement, "are based on weevil injury or rot following weevil in jury. and are aside from any losses due to abnormal shedding experienced in some restricted regions. The estimates also are considered conservative, as many farmers placed the weevil injury higher than entomologists did, while, only a few planters estimated their injuries at lower percentages than those fixed by en tomologists." I util August 10, entomologists here say, damage caused by the boll weevil was. considered almost negligible, but about' that time a very rapid multiplica tion of the weevils took place, due large ly to the wet climatic conditions of the latter part of July and the early part of August. At this time too, tile third generation of weevils put in its appear ance, adding to the live weevils remain ing from tlie first and second genera tions to such an extent that they were present in sufficient numbers to punc ture the top squares in most fields with in a week, it is reported. “About August 13.” said Dr. Leiby, "tlie weevils -began to migrate from oue field to another and equalize their dis tribution. This dispersal habit is char acteristic of the weevil and lias been responsible for the gradual spread of the weevil northward from the southern states of the cotton belt. "It was at the time when a few of tlie bolls in a field first opened iu the southern counties when the weevils be gan working on the middle crop in the fields which had not been protected by dusting with calcium arsenate when the worst damage was effected. At this time tin* planters who were fighting tin* wee vil by dusting already had made two to ’four ajqiNcnfibifis 'nf pnlsftn' mfd by" FLlf means bail protected a goodly percentage of the top squares and all of the young and immature bolls. Two or three Inter applications continued to check the wee vils, and those hereabouts who have dusted thoroughly and timely are ex pecting to pick well over three-fourths of a bale to tlie acre in fields which oth erwise liquid have produced only a half crop. "Cotton planters in this section are convinced that the dusting method is profitable. These planters now, feel that they can grow cotton in spite of the weevil if they put up an intelligent fight. AA’ith them it has been either a success ful fight against this pest or ceasing to operate their cotton plantations. "The weevil is now being reported in increasing numbers north of a line from Charlotte, Cartliage-Smithfield to Wash ington. Most of this territory was in vaded for the first time during the lat ter part xis 0!>22. In 11)24 this section will experience its first heavy damage by the weevil and if history repeats itself as it has each year in the ease of the weevil in all the southern states. the cotton planters in that section will do well to prepare- to light the pest." Dr. Leiby and his assistant, Mr. Har ris, are now supervising the picking of the cotton in their many experimental fields in this section. As soon as the yields of the experimental fields are as certained they expect to publish the re sults of their experiments and investi gations concerning weevil control for the benefit of the cotton farmers of tfie state. Woodmen Plan Extension of Philan thropic Activities. {By tile Associated Press.) Omaha, Sept. <i. —Expansion of the philanthropic activities of the Woodmen of the World through the establishment of an old people's home for members of the order neat San Antonio. Texas, lias been announced by W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander of the society. The new home will be located, it is believed, close to the Woodmen of the World War memorial sauitorium re cently erected near San Antonio for members of the fraternal organization afflicted with tuberculosis. "The new home,” said Mr. Fraser, “will be buillt as soon as suitable’ plans can be drawn up. Odd men of the so ciety whose families have died, married, moved away or lost interest in them will be eared for in the home. Every state in which the Woodmen have mem bers will endow and maintain a cer tain number of rooms in the home and these suites will be named after the | states. The old men will spend their l last days in the mo t pleasant surround j ins in a homey atmosphere." People's National Bank is to Be Re- I Organized. I Sept. s.—StoCkho’dcrs of ithe People's Natioual Bank, which bus been closed since .Tune 8, have decided definitely to reorganize and open up for business. Over $70,000 of the 100,000 required as an initial step towards re opening have been secured and a com ' mittee was out today raising the re ’ mainder of the needed capital. The oomptloiler of the currency lias notified tile stockholders of the old bank to come across with an amount equal to 100 pet cent, of their stock, and to do so in .10 days. © TODAY’S 0 @ NEWS « « TODAY 0 o®o@®ooo NO. 212 GRAECO-ITALIAN SITUATION SEEMS LESS SERIOUS NOW Greeks Have Moved Part of Their Fleet t)o Avoid a Chance of Any Clashes at Sea. ASSASSINS ARE BEING RUN DOWN Unconfirmed Reports State That the Italians Have Taken Over Three More Islands. Athens, Sept. (> (By the .Associated Press). —The Greek fleet has received or ders to retire to the Gulf of Yolo fii avoid contact with the Italian fleet; it is learn ed on good authority. (The Gulf of Volo, an arm of the Aegean Sea. is on the eastern side of the Greek peninsula, and approximately 1)0 miles north of Athens). Milan, Sept, (i (By the Associated Press).—The Popolo Italtea, organ of Premier Jlussolini, has received a dis patch from Trieste saying: "Telegrams from various sources con firm the news that the Greek government is on the track of the assassins of the Italian mission. Many suspects have been arrested at Janina. and also along the Graeco-Albanian frontier, and among them are two of the assassins. The au thorities are hunting the others and hope srtlyot oah(L ißrr etaoin nu nu nu shortly to arrest them". After Assassins. Italians Said to Have Seized More Islands. London. Sept, (i (By the Associated ' Press).—A Central News dispatch from Koine says that reports are Current there that Italian forces occupied the islands of Merlera, Fauo and -Mathraki, north west. of Corfu. HOTEL AT NAKAGANSET PIER DESTROYED BY FIRE Imperial Hotel Destroyed and Hotel Mas sassoit Damaged by Fire Early To day. <■7 the Associated Press.) Narragansett Pier, It. 1., Sept. (>.— The Imperial Hotel here was destroyed by tire early today, the forty guests The loss was $500,000. The hotel Massassoit also cahglit fire. The fire in the Massassoit was confined to the roof. Private houses nearby were dam aged. The fire started in the attic of the five story wooden Imperial Hotel. RESUME CONFERENCE WITH COAL MEDIATOR Operators ami Miners Conferring Again Now With Governor Pinchot. (By the Associated Press.) Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 6. —Anthracite mine operators and officials of the min ers' union who today resumed .confer ences with Governor Pinchot for dis cussion of possible terms of settlement of differences which caused suspension of operations September Ist adjourned at 12:50 till 2:30 this afternoon. Lead ers of both sides reported little change in the situation. COTTON UP October Delivery Today Sold at 26.79. 78 Points Above Yesterday’s Closing. < By the (Associated Press.) New York, Sept. o.—Cotton for Octo ber delivery today sold at 20.70, 78 point* above yjesterdayl’s (cllasiyig quo tation. This is more than $lO per bale above the price ruling shortly before the government report published last week. Candidate For Carolina’s Freshman Team {By the Associated Press.) Asheville, X. C., Sept. 0. —Gage Kirk patrick and Italph Dalton, star baekfield ers last year ou the Bingham Military Academy's eleven, will attYinl the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year and have announced their in tentions of being candidates for Caroli na's freshman team, according to infor mation received; here... Kirkpatrick, whose home is at Lowerville. S. C., made the all-star western North Carolina con ference team last year. Dalton is an all round athlete, playing football, basket ball and baseball. Will Pay Fine Under Protest. New York, Sept. (5 (By the Associat ed Press), —Max Straus, President of the Baltic American Line. Inc., one of the steamship companies fined S2OO per passenger for bringing immigrants into quarantine a few minutes before the Sep tember quota was opened, today anounc ed that his company would pay the tine under protest, and thei* appeal to the courts in an effort to have it refunded. Next P. O. S. of A. Meeting at Salisbury. (By the Associated Press. 1 Salisbury, N. C., Sept. <i.—Tile next biennial meeting of the: National coun cil of the Patriotic Order, Sons of Am erica, will be held here in 1925, accord ing to .1. C. Keesler, of this city 1 , who recently returned from a meeting of the order at Philadelphia and reported that he had secured for Salisbury the next i gathering of the organization. , Kiwanians Present Swimming Pool to City. (By the Associated Proas.) I YVinston-Salem, N, C., Sept. 6.—A ■ large swimming pool, constructed in • Skyland Park, has been presented to the I city of Winston-Salem for the use of the public by the city's Kiwanis club.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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