llfl jSSI Sfe In J% fl| n ' 2 W •J3^K l •" W ; « • DISPATCHES • •ft****** VOLUME XXIV . x SEVENTY BODIES 111 ; BROUGHT TO ffIIOUND It Is Known That Ninety- One Men Are Still in the Mine and All Are Believed to Be Dead. RESCUE WORKERS BUSY ALL NIGHT Will Use Tram Cars to Help Bodies From Mine.—Sev enty-Two Men Are Busy Digging Graves. Castle Gate, Utah, March 11 (By the Associated Pressl e-r£s dawn broke over Ihisi Brief-shrouded mjuijpg equip thin morning, seventy-eight bodies had . been removed (tom * the interior workings of mine Not 2 of the lltnh Fuel Company, in which 173 men .were entombed early Saturday morning by a series rtf explo- Kiftts. Ninent.v-ono men were known, to be sii’.l in the mine tofiay, and were the bhjeets nf search by mitlneroiM crews of rescuers. The company and gover n tnent rescue, workers were confidriit that, barring any unforeseen complications which might be encountered during the day, practically all the bodies now in the mine would be removed by nightfall. Preparations were made by the com pany construction forces during then .night for installation of .horse-drawn tram ours cars in the mine to expedite the work of removing the ‘bodies. The work necessarily. was slow during the greater part of yesterday, since many of the bodies- were found more than a mile in the interior of the mine, and all are beinjf removed by stretcher.bearers. Ail night long an augmented staff of undertakers worked in a temporary mor gue preparing bodies for bu.'ial as fast as brought from the mine. Early last night an exprrss ear filled with coffins arrived at eamp, efnlt o large‘‘force of men worked at removing cgskets to the morgue. This work was carried on through a King line of weeping women and children who braved the cold night blast which swept the canyon. The weather last night suddenly chang ed and sharp winds swept through the canyon, chilling the volunteer workers at tip- mine. Snow started* Jailing- last night but abated during the night. • mAfiaw- n»ipase>»-* wMut.ur confines of the area of Mihh TO. 2, o : force of TO men working under large arf lights continued throughout the night t# prepare graves to receive the victims of th<- disaster. Burials will start today. THE HOTEL CHARLOTTE * IS FORMALLY OPENED ■— \ ( Banquet and Brilliant, Dance Mark launching of New; Itoterprtse in Queen City- Charlotte, March 10. —Marking an other milestone in the Queen City's civic accomplishment the Hotel Char lotte, costing over $1,000,000. tonight was formally opened to the pubic. Char lotte citizens, stockholders in' the Citi zens' Hotel company, builders of the magnificent, hotel, to the number of 40 with a nifty sprinkling of out of town hotel men and officials of the - Foor- Robmson syndicate, lessees, gathered at a two-hour banquet in the spacious dining hall l at 7 o’clock at which a num ber of brief address were made by loehl citizens ami operating company officials. Viewing with stoekholdf-rs' ban quet as the outstanding feature of the opening day was the ull-tAar'otte dance from 0 to 12 o'clock to which came the fairest girls and the most graceful men ‘ of the city to trip the light fantastic in celebration of the. fulfillment of Char lotte’s long deferred ambition fop a first class hotel. Those in the know Bay tb« dance was the biggest event of its kind ever held in Charlotte. All' the dance clubs of the city united to make it the success it was. The hotel, facing on Wert Trade street, thPee blocks fl-om the Southern railway station and, a like distance from the ceenter of the city, is one Us—the finest holsteries between Washington and Atlanta and Charlotte people now fed that they have a worthy rival for the O, Henry at Gtefnsboro. The in terior is perfectly appointed and the service already has reaohed metro politan excellence. To Give Veterans FaW-Up Insurance. IBr the Aaaoetated Preas.i Waßhington. March 11.—The *mb oommtttee of the House .ways and means committee charged With drafting of the soldier bonus bill, went to work today ors the provision insur ance policies. Chairman Green an nonaced that an effort would he made to complete the measure by the latter part of this week, with a view to bring ing it before the House for aetlon on Monday. .... WHAT GAHB BEAR NATO, 7 V. The Concord i>aily Tribune MS SHOE CAFETERIA I IS MAKING HIM RICH Hfr\ Engages No Clerics and Customers i FY.r Low Pr'ord Footwear Wait on i I Timms, toes. ' j i C.zad. Neb. Mar. 11.—This town I t boasts of having the only nhoe cafeteria iii the world. Fred W. Andersen, who conducts a department store here, is the inventor. Anderson began the business eighteen years ago in a smal’ way 4,100,000 in dnaies, customs officials announced today. These figures, they exp'ained. referred only to sdiuggliug activities along the Atlantic coast, and did not include •liquor smuggled into the country at other places. > The offifficers said ,that approximate ly 2,400.000 cases of liquor are il'egnliy imported each year, on which the duty. If collectible, would amount-to $82,080.- 000. Estimating the vaalue of smug gled liquor at SSO a cane, customs offi cials say the smuggling operations have given bootleggers receipts of $250.- 000,000 since Rum Row was estanblish ed- FIRE AT BELMONT p ttfll Theatre, Blue Ribbon Bakery. Res taurant and Pressing Club Burned. | , (By the Associated Press.! ’ Gastonia. Marcb 11.—Fire'at ati 1 early hour- this' morninfe destroyed the Bolt Theatre, the Blue Ribbou Bakery, a res-* tail rail* and'» pressing cinb at Belmont-, near here! The total loss was around SIO,OOO. The building was owned by It. C. Patrick and John L. Currence, of Gastonia. The tire is said to have start rtd in the bakery. The bakery was a branch of a Charlotte firm. “RATHER SEVERE” EARTH SHOCK FELT IN CAPITAL Shock Believed to Rave Been About 2.000 Mites From Washington. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 11.—vA "rather se vere” enrthquake about 2,000 miles from Washington in a southerly direction, was recorded early today on the seismograph at (Nquetowu, University. The Wemors began about 5:51 a. ni., continued until shortly after 7, reach ing the maximum intensity between 5:57 i and 6:01. WHh Our Advertisers. The Parks-Relk Co. has a complete line of men’s Spring suits with two pairs of pants. Also men's Stetson hats for Spring. Specials also in' In diet,’ slippers and in the boys’ depart ment. Seed's galore at nine’s Pharmacy. Telephone 333. The Yorke and Wadsworth Co. lias just, received a big shipment o£ alumi num ware. Phone 30. ‘ C. T. Barrier and Co. have just re ceived from abroad 500 reliable Black Forest WaM Clocks which they aVe going ■tb sell at only $1.59. ,Uut out the cou pon in their ad. in another coliynn and gst one. Hand carved and came from quaint old Saxony. Better get one be ' tore they are all gone. Prepare tor important events in your life by banking regularly. See new nd. of the Citizens Bank and Trust Conn pany. / Seeking (p Recover $7,000,060. Baltimore, Marcb' 11.—Charging fraud, graft, and fraudulent misuse of govern ment funds, Amos W. Woodcock, United States District Attorney for Maryland, today filed suit in the local U. S. District Court against Smith Hauser & Mclsaaes Inc., of New Work, to recover $7,000,000 alleged excess spent in construction' rtf I Camp Meade. Mr. McAdoo Will Enter North Carolina Primary and Sen. Simmons is Happy , Special tq Greensboro News. ’ Washington, March 10.—Formal con- ' firmation swift and sure came today of the dispatch sent to the Daily News last night that the name of Mr. Mc- Adoo would be centered in the North .Carolina primary. Judge Walter E. Brock, North Carolina manager tor Mr. McAdoo, after q conference here “ today With McAdoo leaders, gave "to the press this prepared statement. “William G. McAdoo will be entered as a candidate ten Che pixgidential primaries in North Carolina Without regard to whether or not other candi dates enter. Hite, determination has been reached after consultation with • Mr. McAdoo’s national manager and by * direct telegraphic authority of Mr. Mc- Adoo himself. “I came to Washington 4(et this v '4t' tb.- g-.-2=a-:.- 'i ■ if. ■■=■■■ CONCORD, N. C.,/^JESDAY, INARCH 11, 1924 LATEST MOTOR CAR CAN GO SIDEWAYS Can Go I'p Eight-inch Curbing Also and i Won’t NkhF—Londoner Is the Invent i or j Ixmdr.ii. March 11. —A motor car that ' ran -be steered crab-wise across (lie road and that posseswe* other' interesting fea ture; is now guilng through the stage of experiment and test, and lias already achieved interesting results. It has been made to ' cross a ditch at fifteen miles an boitr, to climb an eigbf-ineb . curb and to turn jn n circle of twenty j feet diamrtter. I The idea behind the design, which is ' the invention c.f A. A, Holse »( l.ondon. jis to increase Hie road h ildiug quali- I ties of the motor ear, and to this end each wheel is independently attached to the cdiassis and each Imk similar func tions to perform. in brief, the ear has a four-wheel steering. system *whieh can be engaged at 'the will of' the driver. In normal circumstances the steering iq of tiie usual kind, by front wheels only, and when tnrnfng or reversing the ear follows the usual processes. If de sired, however, the front and rear wheels can be made to act together, instead of working as from one pivot. A lever centrally placed npd pivoted brings the four-wheel steering into operation, and With the cear so set (lie ear can be run crab-wise across the road. When the lever is set midway the back wheels, are left looked and the front wheels only operate for steering. One of | he claims made for this- sys tem is that skidding is eliminated, as lihe factors that set up rear-wheel skid are absent. Under the system of in dependently attached wheels, each wheel Ts able to neecaimodafe itself to road in equalities. which gives- a more Rtable back axle and eonseqneutly a better ad hesion of the car to the road. DEATH BLOTS FAMILY OF FOUR IN FEW HOURS ♦■kes Strange Course Through Tome in Southern Italy. Rome. Mar. 11. —A family tragedy"ri valing those of the ancient 'Greek plays tfccurred. yesterday in the cif\ of Bnlti pnglin in southern Italy. The entire family of a rich fhrmer Ginnnatasio, 1 consisting of four persons, died within a couple of hours. '' ) The grandfather, dying of heart fail ure. was the first to go. Before his body could be placed <■», a bed from the chair into which he fell fhc bad.v grandson was smothered to dentil accidentally by the mother, whom the shock killed: The husband, returning home at night to find the three corpses, blew out his •brains with a sporting rifle.. DE FACTO PRESIDENT OF. HONDURAS DEAD Lopez Giitirrez , Died Monday Morning State Department iW Advised. ? atofthitektoiitoMii fitiriitoijkpfinu rs ‘ SVnahingtori,' March' IL—-The ddath of Tsipez Gutierrez, de faetp UresidenJ of Honduras, was reported to the TOate Departnieig tom|ii«l Prana.) New York, March 11.—Settlement of the Lancashire ltihoq'dispute appears to hayt been discounted in the cotton mar ket Yesterday. Toda.fs cables from Liv erpool weno lower trail due and after opening steady at qnj advance of 1 point to a decline of ft.points, the loenl market ensetl off under -.tofce Southern seUing and commission hbqtecliquidation. Hous es with Liverpool cufinoctions also were sellers here on the ttecline which carried May off to 28.30. or 26 points- net louder. Business was comparatively qyuiet dur ing the early being restricted by delnys in the wire sSrt'ice resulting from the storm. : Jv' Cotton futures oprticd steady: March 28.15; May 28JS0 ”7.!t6'; Ocl-o'ist NOW TRYING 90 BREAK * ANOTHER DOtIENY LEASE Municipal League Fighting Wharfage Lease Granted in Lo» Angeles. IDj tta ZMHWH Preu.) Los Angeles, March II. —E. 1,. Doheny. oil magnate, will come to Los Angel"* soon tor-a personal conference with i*itv officiate relative to a 'SO-year wharfage lease granted, the I’an-Aimwiciiii l‘cti-o : leum Company which has been attaeketl by the Municipal League, a civic organ ization, according to Assistant City At torney Whitehead. The league is at tflcfcipg the lease whiefcc tef. on mnnicipa!- ly owned land, on the ground that iti was granted in violation of the city charter. The investigation is being conducted by the eounty grand jury Marine Band Anniversary. AYa-stiington, 1). C., March 11.—Tbe United States Marine Band, which has just celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver sary of its- reorganization, is in fact al most qs old as the Federal government itself. The band came into existence in 1798 when, by act ofCongress approved by Br-esident John .Glams for establish ing and organizing a aHirinc Corps, pro vision was made for sixteen lifers, one to be appointed drum or fife major by the commandant of the corps. For a number of years this drum itn21, and March 1, 1924. Wjll Seek Investigation- Chicago* March 11.—Owe% J. Roberts and Atlee tVmierene. government counsel in the Teapot Dome matter, passed through Chicago today en route to Chey enne, Wyn„ when- on*Thursda,v they will file a bill for an injunction alleging fraud, to restrain any further work pn ti e Tea pot leasps. Burglar Gets Enough to ’ Pay Income Tax. St. Paul. Minn., Mar.—Burglar as a profitable profession is looking up in St. Paul if we can trust the word of one of its . prnetieers. This information was received by the Internal Revenue officers here in the following letter which in -1 closed an income tax return : "This ia my income tax for 1923- I didn’t file one last year because my salary was under SI,OO0 —fl-ay under, if you know what I mean, i was ' in the cooler eight months- of the year. “My business in burglary and I’m not ’ ashamed to say so,-because I rtever hurt a guy and never robbed a poor man in my life. I am giving my name and ad dress because I know your .department has to secret—that’s the law." > 1 - Refuses to Pardon Rundy. IBr Ike Anoemri-Prem.) . Washington; March 11.—An npplicn ' tion for pardon for Edward A. Runily, i former editor of the New York Mail, con- I vk-ted of violation of the espionage act, lias been refused by President Coolidge. to New York World. Hughe* as between the President and all the remaining Cabinet members combin ed. excepting Secretary Weeks.' This situation is all the, more signifi cant in view of' the storm iming about Attorney General Daugherty. It l as been noticed at the White House that Mr. Coolidge attracts fewer Sena tors than did President .Harding, who numbered most of them among his per ' sonal friends. However, Borah, who i was rarely with Harding, is now an unus ■ ual White House caller.' - • ■■■■-• ■■rrg7= - .vsr i 1 NORTH CAROLINA’S POSITION ON CHILD LABOR SITUATION Mrs. Jshnson and Otters Appear Before Committee Regarding Federal law . Edward E. Brilton in Raleigh News and Observer. - 1 Washington. March 10. —The questi Declaring he was guilty of no wrong doing Mr. Zihlimtn protested on the fioor of the House against recommendation of the judiciary committee that the matter be left entirely in the hands of the De lia fitment of Justice for further inves tigation. The fight over the committee's rejKirt was precipitated when ■ Representative Dominick, of South Carolina, a demo cratic member, offered a minority recom mendation that the House insist on At* toruey General Daugherty disclosing the names to the House. MISS VANDERBILT TO REMAIN IN AMERICA Her Ffapce Says He Win Live Wherever She Wonts to Live. ( . »By the Associated Press.) Asheville, March It.—Miss Cornelia. Vanderbilt, her fiance the Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, first secretary of the British einbasy at. Washington, and Mrs. Edith K. Vanderbilt, mother of ‘ Miss Vanderbilt, left for Washington late f yesterday. They came here last week for a gathering at Biltmore. at which the engagement of the British diplomat to ‘ the heiress to the Geo. W. Vanderbilt • millions was announced. That the couple will make their home jn America and possibly at Biltmore. was indicated u a satement to reporters made by Mr. Cecil, who said he intended to live wherever Miss Vanderbilt desires. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sapiienfield. Jr., -of Shelby, are visiting at the home of Mr. C. M. Sappenfield. on East Corbin street.