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« TODAY’S 0 0 NEWS 0 0 TODAY 0 00000000 VOLUME XXIII Solons of Oklahoma Keep Up Conflict for Session Legislators Still After Official Head of Governor Walton, Who Shows' No Sign of Quitting. LEGISLATURE IS CALLED TO MEET And Members of the Lower House Warn Governor Not to Try to Prevent Them From Meeting. Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 21 (By the Associated Press).—Legislators seek ing the official head of Governor .T. C. Walton, inarched on today in their plans for impeachment, while the * Executive gathered strength for a final drive on the Ku Klux Klaii. which he blames for the storm which has broken about him. The lower house of the Oklahoma leg islature will convene at noon Wednes day to consider charges that Walton has set at naught constitutional government, and if the Governor interferes with the meeting "lie does so at his peril.” This was the pronouncement of legislators who seek the Executive's impeachment. Walton's final -attitude toward the House session was expected to be devel- J oped during the day. but his legislative enemies were confident he would not car ry out his threat to jail the members if they attempted to assemble. Since voic ing his threat, some of the Governor's le gal advisers have urged him to permit the session, as they declare it would be il legal and without effect. However, the final word remains to be spoken and the threat has not been withdrawn. Admitting that the fight was weighing heavily upon him, the Governor sent out 1 an appeal for funds, asking those who j believe in a representative form of gov- j eminent to send contributions to Mrs. A. I H. Blake, of 'Oklahoma City, wife of the ] Executive's counsellor. Blake is now ab- j sent from the state on a mission for theh Governor. N. D. Jewett, Grand Dragon of the Oklahoma realm of the Klan, and his as sociates "have turned the fight over to the Klan newspapers and the Klan mem bers of the legislature.” Walton asserted. COLLAPSE OK PASSIVE RESISTANCE EXPECTED Reports of Collapse Continue to Be. Given Prominence in the London Press. (Uy the Associated Press.) Joining. 1 tending collapse of passive resistance in the Ruhr continue to be given lunch prominence in the London press. The im portance of such a turn in the situation, as it would affect the Fraueo-British co operation. is emphasized, although wide ly different opinions are printed as to what immediate results would be pro duced. The commentators are puzzled by the nbsence of authoritative information from the meeting of the Premiers in Paris, and renewed speculation as to the pre cise meaning of the official statement is sued ill Paris Wednesday night. KEEPS MENAGERIE IN FOUR ROOM APARTMENT New York Man’s Neighbors Protest Re sulting Nocturnal Cacophony. New York, Sw»t. -20.—Four adults, five children, 15 pigeons, two cats, one dog and two canary birds are too many to live in one four-room apartment, Magis trate Barrett today told Salvatore Cri vello. who answered a health department summons after fellow-tenants hail com plained that a nocturnal cacophony from j the apartmeut was unendurable. Crivello was fined $5 for having pigeons in violation of the sanitary code. | The magistrate advised him to dispose of the menagerie. GRAND JURY HEARS OF CONVICT MUTINY Testimony Is Given to Jury by A. L. Boyd, President of Board of Convict Supervisors. (By (he Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 21.—The Jef ferson County grand jury today heard the story of a eofivict muntiy at Banner Mines on September 10th from A. L. Boyd, president of the board of convict supervisors, who ordered the alleged lead ers of the mutiny whipped, following his personal investigation of the trouble. No details concerning his testimony were available to the public. Before enter ing the grand jury room he refused to discuss the matter with newspaper men. Mr. Zeb A. iforris Jr., lias gone to the University of North Carolina to study law. = OUR TRUST DEPARTMENT serves as Executor under* Will, Trustee for Si 5 Life Insurance and Living Trusts and in all f«5 other fiduciary capacities. gg /CITIZENS lift ■ BANK 8$ TRUST CO J3MBfl m i. concoiu>,n.c. The Concord Daily Tribune SUNDERLAND SCHOOL OPENING Occurred Tuesday and Arrival of Stu dents Kept Office Force and Teachers | Busy. The Laura Sunderland Memorial School for girls, opened on September lltli. under propitious conditions. Work ers had been arriving for a week pre vious to assist in tlie preliminary de tails of opening, the Housemother, alone being delayed. All day Tuesday the ar rival of pupils kept the office and teach ing force busy—meeting trains, registra tion, examinations for classification and assignment of rooms were a few of the duties of the opening day. Here, as al ways, old pupils dropped into their groove and assisted everywhere, marshalling new girls into line in kitchen and din ing room circles, adding cheer to thp homesickness and aid to all i after a week, they are prououneed by the new teachers as treasures —a joy in class room. in dormitories and all school or ganizations. t 1 Five of the teaching staff are new, but from the first they lfave fallen in line with the zest and application of veterans, while the new girls, catching the school (spirit. are with the old students in en couraging the teachers to believe that Sunderland is entering into the work of one of the most successful terms in the history of the school. I COUNTY EDUCATORS IN .MEETING ON THURSDAY Discuss Matter of Lengthening School I Term to Eight Months and Raising j Grade of Schpol Work. j The conference held yesterday at the i courthouse between the County Board . of Education and the school committee | men from the various districts iu the I county was well attended, and a spirit , of co-operation add work was maiiifest ! ed throughout the entire session. | The Board presented a plan .for or- I gauizing the entire county for a system I of high schools and upper grammar grade i work, and provisions for lengthening the school term to a period of eight months. Such a system, they explained, would re quire a certain amount of transporta tion, and a moderate local tax to carry out such a pvograiri. When the plan was explained, the committeemen re ceived it with enthusiasm, and often with bursts of applause. Il is thought by those who have been studying the project that the plan pro posed will give an efficient system of schools from the first grade to college entrance for every child, and at a mini mum and reasonable cost. enough of those present l;r slgtled fin-' p?<itr».ti asking Ko . calling of n special election. Those who were absent will be interviewed in the next few days, and it is believed when they are seen, the required number will be secured to have the election held. It is thought that the election will be held in th" near future. MOVE FOR REPUBLIC IS NOTED IN SPAIN Some Liberal Leaders Are Frank in Their Opposition to Monarcliistic Regime. Fort Vendrez, Spanish Frontier, Sept. 19. (By the Associated Press).—The open determination by some of the Spnu . ish liberal leaders of tbeir intention to revert to publioanism is one of the most important portents arising from the mil itary movements that has succeeded without bloodshed in taking possession of tlie government of Spain. Former Minister Grassett expressed determination to move in this direction ajid it is forecast after the deliberations of his supporters, former Speaker Al- Ivarez will make a similar move, j Resolutions will add a considerable body of political thinkers to the already , existing strong forces of socialists and ! syndicalists who gre declared enemies of monarchists. 500 HOUSES RUINED BY RECENT FLOODS Which Visited Tottori and Other Ports of Japan.—No Deaths Reported. 'TXikio, Sept. 21 (By the Associated Press).—-Late reports from Tottori say that 500 houses were destroyed in the recent Hood there, but do not mention the fate of the 5,000 persons whom a previous dispatch from Yokohama re ported missing. Communication with Tottori is prov ing difficult and inquiries have been sent to Osaka to learn the particulars. It has been calculated that a single day of heavy fog in London costs more than five million dollars owing to the way in which it binders people from do ing business. \ Mr. Ray Morris has gone to Davidson College to resume his studies. CONCORD, N.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 MASONIC MEMORIAL TO THE FIRST PRESIDENT Masons From Many Countries Wlli Be Present at the Ceremony. Washington. D. C„ Sept. 21 .—With the laying of the cornerstone for tlie George Washington Masonia Memorial, which is to take place on the'first day of Novem ber on the beautiful site selected for tlie edifice on the outskirts of Alexandria, the actual work of construction will be commenced on one of the most imposing monuments ever erected to any man. The event will be aecomiianied with impres sive ceremonies and will be attended by Masons of high degree from every section of the United States nnd from foreign countries as well. The memorial, a stately temple inspir ed by Greek and Roman architecture, is being erected by the combined efforts of all the Masons and Masonic orders in the United Statek. and will be a tribute to Washington, the man and Mason. It will be 200 feet from portico to observa tion platform on the top, and will be sur rounded by an extensive landscape gar den to be known as George Washington Park. It is expected that the memorial will be completed in from four to five vears. The cost will be between $3,000,- 900 and $4,000,000. (.'(instructed of snowy marble and white concrete, the columned structure will tower high above the Potomac and will stand out from a background of densely wooded hillsides, visible for miles, and within a short distance of Mount Vernon.' Every Mason has been asked to con tribute a dollar toward the fund, and already about one million dollars has been collected. Additional pledges bring the figure to almost the amount required to complete the structure. The buildiug, according to architects, will be after the style of memorials to heroes placed at the harbor entrances to ancient Greek and Roman cities. It will be erected on a ridge 250 feet above the river, and from its tower, 200 feet high er, a grand panorama of tlie City of Washington will lie before the observer, as well as of the country bordering upon Mount Vernon. The first Jloor will be given over large ly to a memorial hall, the commanding feature of which will be a heroic statue of Washington. However, as the me morial as a whole will be dedicated also to the memories of other great Masons of the country, there will be available to the Grand Lodges of each State space in tlie Memorial Hall in which they may en shrine portraits or othef tributes to Mas ons whose deeds place thorn beside the First President. Such men as Paul Re vere, representing Massachusetts; I)e Witt Clinton, New York; Benjamin, Franklin. Pennsylvania; Henry Clay, Lewis and Clark, Blair. Randolph and many others have been suggested to be remembered thus as prominent history making Masons. The temple will be the active lodge quarters of Alexandria- Washington Lodge N\Vl&; A. F. 4 A. M., of wliflh Wash ingtnn was the first Master Mason when it was Lodge No. 39. Other rooms sur rounding the atrium wjll be given over to the uses of grand national bodies of the order. At all times, except when used in ritual by the Alexandria lodge, the entire temple will be open to the public. Above the main hall, which will occu py the ground floor, will be a museum and .Masonic art gallery. Here will be placed Masonic portraits and the many historic relic# of Washington and the several other Virginians who from time to time have been members of tlie Alex andria Lodge. A replica of the first lodge house used by Alexandria Lodge, which was dedicated by Washington, will be included. Other souvenirs in clude the clock which stood beside Wash ington’s bed, the pendulum cord of which was cut at the moment of his death; a pocket knife given Washington by his mother, which was carried by him as a boy and man; the chair he occupied as Worshipful Master and which was used for 122 years, and the Williams portrait of Washington, which he approved. MOTHER DIES AS SHE GIVES BIRTH TO TRIPLETS Three Boys Are Living and Doing Well. —Mother Was of Prominent Family. (By (be Associated Press.) Oxford. N. C., Sept. 21.—Mrs. Mar garet Hester Ramsey, 35, is dead here today, but three baby boys, born several hours before the mother's death live as her Inst contribution to the manhood of the nation. Mrs. Ramsey’s death was attributed by her physicians to the physical shock of the ordeal. She was a daughter of William Hester, and a sister of John W. Hester, prominent Oxford lawyer, and Captain H. R. H|ster, of the United States army. Funeral services will be conducted here Saturday. Mrs. Ramsey, who was prom inent in the town’s social nnd church life, is survived by her husband, a daugh ter, aged seven, and the three babies. Work Progressing on Catawba River 1 Bridge. Spencer. Sept. 20.—The Hardaway Construction company, contractors on the $200,000 state highway bridge over the Yadkin river, near Spencer, began pouring i concrete today on the actual structural work on the big bridge. Tlie huge steel forms or rings erected to hold the concrete have been partially completed null thousands of tons of con crete will be poured rapidly in the erection of the bridge whieh is now taking shape. Several weeks have been spent in raising the steel forms into which the concrete is to be poured and the bridge is beginning to look like a real structure. It will take several months, however, to complete the bridge, which is to be 1,300 feet long, with seven 150-foot, arches spanning the river. A large force eff men are now em ployed on the works and splendid pro gress is being made. Four Mem Killed in Auto Accident. (By do Associated Press.) Hartford, Conn.. Sept. 21.—Four men were killed and two seriously injured to day when the automobile going toward Springfield, Mass., crashed against a trol ley pole on a bridge in East Hartford. iINDEHWOOD'S VIEW (BOUT THE LEAGUE K Btji CHANGED This Assertion is Made in Chicago Tribune, Which Carries Alleged Interview With Alabama Senator. LEAGUE’S ACTIONS CAUSED THE CHANGE Senator Credi ed With Say ing He is Vo Longer a Strong Advc :ate of League He Once Supported. <By the AwHoentefl Premia Chicago. Sept. 21.—Senator Oscar IV. Underwood. Alabama's candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, is no longer a strong advocate of the league of Nations. He is credited by the Chicago Tribune today as saying in an interview: "I am no longer a strong advocate of the League of Nations. M.v original views are well known. However, on my trip abroad I saw the League at, work. Developments then and subsequently have changed my attitude. Failure of i the League to function in the dispute be tween Italy and Greece had much to do with my change." The Senator said also he did not think the league would be an issue in the approaching Presidential campaign. “The present administration’s lack of a definite foreign policy and its failure to achieve any notable accomplishment at home will furnish the best. Democratic campaign muterial,’’ the Senator was quoted by the Tribune as dee-luring. EXPECT AGREEMENT DURING THE DAY Whereby' Presses of’ New Yorh Daily- Papers Will Be Put in Operation by Union Members. IBv (hr Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 21.—A meeting late this afternoon of the three representa tives of the International Printing Press men and Assistants Union and three members of the New York Publishers Association will draw up a contract be tween the two organizations, whereby members qf the International will man the presses deserted Monday night by members of tbe loqaUniuon. Lester .Tones. excKbive" fiberefary of the publishers' association, announced that the Association, whieli was in ses sion until midnight and again this morn ing had adjourned without agreeing to proposals submitted yesterday by Geo. L. Berry, of the International. “We expect, however,” he said “to get some sort of contract signed at the special committee meeting this morning." TIIE COTTON MARKET Opening Steady at a Decline of 8 to 25 Points—Considerable Buying at the Start, r § (By (he Associated Press.) New York, Sept, 21.—The eotton mar ket was easier during today's early trading, under realizing and selling for a reaction, which wa*y promoted by rel atively easy cables and reports, of bet ter weather prospects in the South. The opening was steady at a decline of 8 to 25 points, and there was considerable buying at the start on overnight orders. The demand was * soon filled, however, with October easing off to 29.33, . and January to 28.45, or about 35 to 37 points net lower, shortly after the open ing. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 29.65; Dec. 29.20; Jan. 28.60; March 28.50; May 28.45. AGRICULTURE GETS CABINET ATTENTION Cabinet Members Are Anxious to Get a Remedy Foe Present Condition of the Farmer. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 21. —The agricultur al situation was before the cabinet again today with President Coolidge and his advisers earnestly seeking a remedy for a condition whieli has been described to the executive as one of as great grav ity as ever existed in the Far Western states. Several possible means of preventing a recurrence in another year of a similar situation were suggested, but as yet no specific remedies for the existiug condi tions have been decided upon. Experts of the Department of Agriculture are making a survey of the situation as it affects the wheat growers, particularly hard hit, but their report has not yet been completed. > Shortage of Silk Will Result From,, the Earthquake. Asheville. Sept. 20.—Oue-seventh of the world's supply of raw silk was de stroyed in the Japanese earthquake, ac cording to D. It. Kelly, representative of a large New York silk manufacturing concern, who said today that ns the re sult of the shortage bound to result, prices will be affected' within a few weeks. Mr. Kelly said silk worth $300,000,000 was destroyed in warehous es in Kokohama and Tokio, and that further supplies have been affected by wholesale destruction of mulberry trees upon which the silk worms feed. Eight Hundred and Ninety-three Barrels of Whiskey Stolen. St. Louis, Sept. 21 (By the Associated Press). —The exact amount of whiskey "spirited” 'ft way from bonded ware houses of the Jack Daniel Distillery was 893 barrels. Federal officials announced today. It was said to be one of the biggest whiskey robberies Hince the en actment of the prohibition law. NEW ORLEANS BANKER GUEST IN CITY TODAY YV. D. Dunbar Here to Discuss . South American Business Possibilities YVith Business Men. Mr. \V. I). Dunbar, Bond Officer 1 of the Interstate Trust & Banking Company, of New Orleans, spent Friday in Con cord. calling on tile bankers and manu facturers to interest them in South Am erican investments and trade with that country. As iiointed out by Mr. Dunbar in an interview, these two go hand in hand, for tlie South American countries heretofore have been placing their trade witli the countries which have been ad vancing loans to them, and since the bank he is representing has recently loaned the state of Ceara, one of the most progressive states of the United States of Brazil, the sum of two million dollars, he is conferring with the bank ers and manufacturers here with a view to securing more business with our south ern neighbor from Piedmont Carolina and tlie south. The State of Ceara has a population of 1,360,000 persons, on area of 46.000 square miles, and its cap ital. Fortalena, which is also its princi pal seaport, has a population of 78.000. Approximately 90 per cent, of the popu lation is,white, as compared with tlie state of Louisiana, which has only 55 per cent, white, 25 per cent, of gross revenues are being spent for education and the per capita debt both internal and external is only $2.00. Mr. Dunbar said: From various causes our manufactur ers have not been ab’.e to take advant age of the markets of South America. These lie n’t our very doors, and with the enormous facilities which the port of New Orleans offer are peculiarly available to the manufacturers and the merchants of the South. Up to the time of the great war these vast markets were supplied principally with German, English and French goods. This trade between these countries and Europe was largely commenced and was continually fostered through loans made to the South American states in consid eration of which commercial relations of one sort or another were established. Thus if a loan was made to a South American state it was the invariable practice where the proceeds of tlie loan were to be expended for commodities or materials like tools, rails, iron, steel, cement, machinery, cars, engines, etc., to exact that such materials be purchased in tlie country whose bankers made the loan, while the manufacturers of that country agreed in tutn to take the bonds given for the loan iu part payment for their goods or assisting tlie bankers to otherwise dispose of theses securities. As a result of the great war these loans can no longer be made by the coun tries of Europe. They are no longer lenders of money but are seeking to bor row themselves. This in turn results in South American static coming to us to borrow. And if opr manufacturers are awake to their opportnntffeff -nnflttiP increasing necessity ' they are under to find new markets they will assist in the placing of these loans. In considera tion of whieh flieir goods will be pur chased by the borrowing state. . There is no .difficulty in this .for our banks are richer than ever before, the bonds of many South Ajnerican states afford un questionable security and all that is need ed is that our bankers should be assured that a market can be provided for these bonds. It is obvious that if our manu facturers wait to do their part in aiding to establish such a market the loans will not ibe made and South American trade will not be drawn to the ware houses of this country. / In connection with all this the recent taking by the Interstate Trust and Bank ing Company of New Orleans, of $2,000,- 000.00 of the 8 per cent, government bonds of the state of Ceara and the re funding of $50,000,000.00 of Argentine bonds by Kotin Loeb & Co., are pecul iarly noteworthy. In the former ease over 50 per cent, of the proceeds of the loan are to be spent in the United States in the pur chase of materials (pipe. lead, cement, tools, etc.,) from the manufacturers iu this country, tlie balance being use.d to refund an older issue of bonds (upon Which the interest has been paid for over fourteen years). AVe are informed other South Ameri can loans on similar terms are being pro posed and bankers are awaiting with great interest the response made to the offering of these Ceara 3 per cent, bonds before making these other loans. Our can rest assured that unless they co-operate with the bankers (and such co-operation is often times essential in tranactions between two countries) in respect to these pro posed loans and assure our bankers of their interest in the loans being made, such loans will not be made and the vast markets of South America remain closed as heretofore to our manufac turers. Kannapolis Items. 'Kannapolis. Sept. 19.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Poston, September 11th, a son, Robert Tucker. The morning service at the Presbyter ian Church has been changed to 3 :30 in tlie afternoon. You are invited to at tend Rally Day and Harvest Home ser vices at St. John’s Reformed Church, Kannapolis, oh September 23. Rally -Day in the Sunday school at 10 o’clock. Come visit the school. If not a member, help to make a rqcord-breaking attened anee. Harvest Home service at 11:00 o’clock. The church will be decorated with grain, fruits, vegetables and flow ers. Tlie pastor will preaeli a special sermon on the subject' "What a Man Missed Who Did Not Go to Church." This service should be of great interest to all. Come. Siieeial exercises by the children at 7 :30 p. m. X. Dynamite Cross of Klan at Tulsa. Tulsa. Okla.. Sept- ’2o.—The fiery cross the Kn Klux Klan had on a hill northeast of Sapulpa was blown up by I dynamite last night, word from that ! city said today- The cross was not lighted at the time. The concrete base on which it was erected was blown to atoms nnd a big hole torn in the ground. The cross still was standing today befd by wires. Another Name is Added to List of Eijcn l - ion Victims MAXWELL’S LETTER^*^ NOT BEEN ANSWERED But Auditor Durham States That He Will Prepare An Answer. <By the AaaociHted PreiM.) Raleigh, Sept, 21.—At noon today Corporation Commissioner A. .1. Maxwell had received no reply to the letter he addressed yesterday to State Treasurer Lacy and State Auditor Durham, re questing that they furnish tlie public With something "up to date" in form concerning the condition of the state treasury, but it was stated by Mr. Dur ham that he would answer the Corpora tion Commissioner's letter. Mr. Lacy declined to make a statement. The statement of the state’s financial condition included in a letter to Gover nor Morrison from the treasurer and auditor and announced by the Governor yesterday included substantially the rev-' enue collections to September Ist, but no part of the expenses of the whole state government, and all its institutions for the first eight months of the year, declared Mr. Maxwell in his letter re questing "up to date’’ information. He reiterated his statement that there is a deficit of more than $5,000,000. The •4X» meat issued yesterday was made "under limitations imposed in the request Vis Governor Morrison,” the Corporation Commissioner charged. EDUCATIONAL MEET IN ASHEVILLE NOYV Western Divisional Meeting of North Carolina Educational Association Op ed With Many Present. IBs- (he Assocfoted Press.) Asheville, Sept. 21.—Arrangements were completed this morning for the opening of the western divisional meet ing of the North Carolina Educational Association which convened this after noon. Hundreds of teachers from all parts of western North Carolina' reached tlie city today for the occasion, and it is an ticipated that approximately 1,500 teach ers from fourteen counties will be pres ent at the general meeting scheduled for this afternoon and tonight. Tlie first general meeting this after noon will be the organization session, which will be called to order by Miss Ila Johnston, of Asheville, chairman of the division and supervisor of rural schools for this county. Miss Elizabeth Kelley, of Raleigh, president of the state asso ciation, and supervisor of schools, will be the principal speaker at the opening session. Immediately after the general afternoon meeting' the various depart mental sections will be organized for work. Sale of Lots in City View. City View lots, some splendid residen tial lots overlooking tlie City of Concord, are to be placed on sale during the next j ten days, at prices ranging fr om S2O to I $195, part cash and the remainder in monthly installments. This is not to be an auction sale of the lots, but the price of each lot is plainly marked, and the customers will go and pick out heir lot to suit themselves. This plan for sell ing the property is being worked by the Piedmont Realty Company, sales agents, who have offices on the property, and also a downtown office with the Ritchie- Caldwell Hardware Company's store. Prospective customers will be taken free of charge to look over tlie lots. Ful de tails of this plan, with a map of City View may -be found in their large adver tisement in today's paper. Library Report for Three Months. Borrowers 5292. New Borrowers S 4. Visitors to Reading Room—Adults 1114; children 1065 ; total 2179. Books -borrowed—Adults 7760; chil dren 31(H); total 10.860. Books Bought—Adult 64; children 36. Books given-—Adult 4; children 1. Books discarded—Adult 37 ; children 11. Total number volumes 5605. MRS. RICHMOND REED. , Librarian. Mr. Eugene Kizziah has returned-from Philadelphia, New York. Atlantic City and other points. Think It Over HOW ARE YOU PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR FAMILY? There Is No Better Way Than Taking Shares in This Old Reliable Building and Loan Association. SAVE A LITTLE EACH WEEK FOR THE WIFE AND CHILDREN Series No. 52 Is Now Open Ten Shares Will Only Cost You $2.50 Per Week and in 328 Weeks You Have $1,000.00 We Will Be Glad to Explain the Building and Loan Plan To You. Think It Over, and Then Act at Once ' \ .. a CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV INGS ASSOCIATION Office in Concord National Bank » ASSOCIATED © © PRESS * © DISPATCHES © ©s©©&©©© NO. 224. Total Killed in Explosion at Offices of Bureau of Stand ards in Washington Has Been Raised to Four. JAMES E XEENDIGE LATEST TO DIE Men Killed Had Been Work ing on Experiments Which Are Expected to Save Much in Gasoline Consumption. (By the Associated Prcaa.) Washington, Sept. 21.—The death ear ly today of .Tarnex E. Xeendige, of Sa ilings, Pa., one of the Bureau of Stand ards experts injured in a laboratory ex plosion yesterday, brought the number killed-to four. Five others who were in jured in the accident remained in the hospital today in a more or less critical condition. The four experts who lost their lives and the five injured had just completed experiments which are expected to save 5001000.000 gallons of gasoline a year. In their study of evaporation, officials said today, the laboratory force have dis covered methods for preventing the huge t wastes from this cause, and had prepar ed charts of great economic value. The experiments had beeu proceeding for sev eral months, it was said, and had just reached the stage of a final report on the findings. Another task recently undertaken by the victims of the explosion was the test ing of the engine of the navy airship ZR-1 Secretary Hoover lias ordered an in vestigation of the accident, which offi cials believe was caused by accumula tion of gas set off in some manner by a spark. The exact cause is expected to remain in doubt, however, until the in jured hail recovered sufficiently to be questioned. VETERANS’ BUREAU IS INTERESTED IN THE CASE Os E. L. Yauz, Said to Have Been a Seaman, Whose Dead Body Was Ship ped C. O. D. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 21.—Protests of the Wilmington, N. ('.. post of the American I-egion that the body of E. Jj. Yauz, said . to have beeu a seainon, had been sent to his home in Freeman. N. C., from the Veterans Bureau Hospital at Palo Alto. Cal., with a C. O. It. card, marked $24(5 attached to the coffin, had not been re- Hireetor Hines, of the Bureau, showed considerable interest in the case, howev er. and said an investigation would be made to determine principally if the sea man was a beneficiary of the Bureau. At the Navy Department no record was found of Yauz having been in the service. With Our Advertisers. The right bank is au institution that places its duty to its customers ahead of all other considerations. See new ad. of Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Scnrboro’s—the new dry goods store— is offering special for today and Satur day. See ad. for attractive prices. The Pearl Drug Co. has a fine lot of Roman hyacinth and narcissus bulbs. Hoover's say the’ll sell more suits this fall than ever on account of the high quality and reasonable prices. The Starnes-Miller-Parker Company is offering an attractive Elkin 17-jewel watch for $35 in a new ad. today. The 52ud Series of stock of the Cabar rus County Building. Loan and Savings Association is now open. Call at the of fice in the Concord National Bank and have the matter thoroughly explained. Shoots Little Sister Dead Through Key hole. Suwanee. (’«.. Sept.' 20—Calling to his sister. Sallie Grace. K, to look through the key hole of the door to the room in which she had locked herself while playing. Oscar Davis. 10. late to day pulled the trigger of the shot gun ■ which lie had placed against, (he door, land instantly killed the girl. The boy thought the glm was unloaded, he said.