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VOLUME XXIV
HOPKINS ESTATE IS
AROUSING INTEREST
Os LOCAL CHENS
A Number of Concord and
Cabarrus County: People
Have Retained Attorneys
to Investigate Matter.
MANY RELATIVES
LIVE IN COUNTY
More Than 150 Persons Want
Part of Estate Said to Have
Been Left by Former Resi
dent of This County.
Concurrent with the announcement that
heirs of Mark Hopkins in Randolph
county werel filing suit in Sacramento,
California, it was discovered that A. B.
Palmer, of the local law firm of Black
welder and Palmer, was preparing to file
suit on behalf of clients of his number
ing fourteen in Concord to get part of
the vast Hopkins estate.
Mr. Palmer has been engaged in trac
ing the family three through its various
ramifications of the five generations since
Max and Moses Hopkins left their Dav
idson county home prior to the Civil Wav
and went west, leaving behind, six broth
ers and sisters. The time consumed in
getting this data has been approximately
eight months and at the present it is al
most complete.
Heirs found in Concord are Mrs. C.
Hopkins and daughters, Mrs. Buford
t Goodman and Margaret Hopkins, Mrs.
Maggie Ella Smith, James Hopkins, De
witt Hopkins, Mrs. 11. J. McClelland,
Mark Hopkins, Walter Leo Hopkins.
Mrs. Eva L. Williams. Mrs. Creasy Good
man, William James Barney Baileq. Mrs.
Hiram P. Caton and Mrs. Noah Lambert,
the last named being from Kannapolis.
All of these heirs, according to Mr.
, Palmer, arc grandchildren of the broth
ers and sisters of Mark and Moses Hop
kins, with two exceptions. On# excep
tion is that of Mrs. C. C. Hopkins, living
on Valley Street who was the wife of
Columbus Hopkins, the son of Samuel
Hopkins. Samuel was a brother of Mark
Hopkins. Mrs. Creasy Goodman is' a
daughter of Barney Bailey who married
a sister of Mark Hopkins.
The estate of Mark Hojftlns, valriid at
something over five million dollars,, was
'fitWm’over by Mnjwt Rfokifis wtai £#l*
died, it being alleged that Stark failed
to tell the California court that lie had
six brothers and Sisters living in North
Carolina. When Moses died, his wid
ow, said to be now living in New York,
received the bulk of the estate.
The heirs of the six brothers and sis
ters living in North Carolina, numbering
over. 150 persons, did not receive any
of the estate of Mark Hopkins when he
died. He had made a large amount of
money in gold mining and had iater been
one of the founders of the Central Pacific
Railroad. He died in 1878.
The geneaology of the Hopkins family
in Cabarrus county follows:
Samuel Hopkins, brother of Mark Hop
kiro, had a son named Columbus C.
whose second wife now lives in Concord.
Heirs by his first wife are Mrs. Maggie
Ella Smith, James Hopkins, Dewitt Hop
kins, and Sirs. H. J. McClelland.
James Hampton Hopkins, another
brother, had a son by the name Wiley
whose children living In Concord are
Walter Lee Hopkins and Mrs. Eva L.
Williams.
Barney Bailey, who married a sister of
the wealthy Hopkirts, has a daughter,
Mrs. Creasy Goodman, now living in Con
cord. and has grandchildren living in the
county. Mrs. Noah Lambert, of Kannap
olis, William James Barney Bailey and
Mrs, Hiram P Catonl of Concord.
The Salisbury Evening Post carried the
following concerning the case:
“June J. Hopkins, Southern Railway
clerk, 519 E. Council, is looking, up his
connection with the Randolph county
branch of the, Hopkins family, The Eve
(Continued on Page Two.) ' •
No one has ever retired to a life of ease on
the money he has wasted, but thousands have
done so by small savings regularly deposited
in a good bank.
All deposits in our Savings Department made
before January the 10th begin to draw interest
from January 7st.
Resources over one million dollars.
r’nriTEWQ bank and
LlllLClllS TRUST CO. ,
The Concord Daily Tribune
f FEWER LYNCHINGS IN 1024
THAN IN ANY RECENT YEAR
Florida, With Five Fatal Cases. Leads
AII Other States in Mob Violence.
Tuskcfee, Ala., Jan. 2.—Sixteen per
sons were lynched in 1924. The smallest
number in any year since records have
been kept, it was announced today by
I the Department of Records and Re
. search of Tuskegee Institute. In making
| the report public R. It. Moton. princi
pal, said the compilation shows 17 Jess
than the 33 recorded in 1923.
Nine of tile victims were taken from
the hands of the law, it is stated, six
! from jails and three from officers outside
, jail. The report says there were 45 in
* stances in which officers of the law pre
v<4ited lynehings.
The eompilation gives the offenses
charged As: Criminal assault, five; at
tempted criminal assault, two; murder,
' one; killing officers of the law. two; in
sulting women, three; attacking.women,
. one; killing man and altercation, one;
' wounding one man. one.
i The States in which iyuehing oc
curred and the number in each State, as
‘ given by the report, follows; Florida!
fi; Georgia, 2; Illinois. 1; Kentucky,
1; Louisiana. 1; Mississippi, 1; Mis
souri, 2; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee,
1 1; Texas, 1.
1 All persons lynched were Negroes nc
-1 cording to the report.
MAYOR BRYSON FORMALLY
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION
Docs Not Himself Return to Henderson
ville. But It Represented by Ilis At
torney.
Hendersonville, Jan. I.—The resigna
tion of Sam Y. Bryson, mayor of Hen
dersonville, was received by the board of
aldermen tonight. Dr. W. R. Kirk, act
ing mayor since the mayor’s hurried de
parture for Asheville recently, following
an encounter with Bonnie Brooks, was
named mayor to fill the unexpireu term
of Bryson.
Bryson did not appear in person, but
sent his resignation by his attorney, Rob
ert R. Reynolds. Bryson lias not been
in Hendersonville since last Saturday
night, when he was found in the home of
Brooks, a barber, upon the latter’s un
expected early return to his home. Brooks
fired three shots at the mayor, but none
of them took effect.
WALTER D. VAN RIPER
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Had Refused to Resign as Assistant
United States 'Attorney at Request of
Attorney General Stone.
(By Ike Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 2.—Walter D. Van
Riper, the New Jersey assistant United
States attorney who refused to resign
at the demand of Attorney General Stone,
was removed from office today.
Mr. Van Riper’s separation from the
service is effective hnmediatqjy »ud was
ordered by Mr, St one withfn li ’few'lt ours
after lie had received a letter from Mr.
Van Riper refusing to resign, and attack
ing officials sf the Department of Jus
tice.
MaxweU Is Groomed for Interstate Com
merce Commission Position.
Charlotte, Jan. I.—A. J. Maxwell, for
tile past eight years a member of the
North Carolina corporation commission,
is being urged for appointment as a
member of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission t® fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mark W. Potter, which be
comes effective February 15th, it became
known here today.
Friends of Mr. Maxwell here say that
his name will be presented to 'President
Coolidge. who Vill be urged to appoiht
the North Carolinian. The commission
is composed of 11 members, six Republi
cans and five Democrats. Mr. Potter is
a Democrat and friends here of Mr. Max
well say that he has a good chance to
land the office.
Merchants »to Insist on "Bad Check”
Law."
Greensboro, Jan. 2.—J. Paul Leonard,
secretary of the North Carhlinn Mer
chants Association. In this city today
stated that the Association will press
upon the legislature the’necessity of en
acting an "anti-bud check" law. The
bill the merchants will urge ij* the same
that went through the lower house of the
General Assembly last year but failed
of passage in the Senate. It has “teeth”
enough in it to be effective in doing a
great deal in breaking up the bad check
• evil, the merchants think.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925
; Main Events That Startled
1 The Nation During Year 1924
JAN 7.—President Coolidge signs proc
, tarnation declaring an embargo on ship
ment of arms and war material to the
revolutionists in Mexico.
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FER. 3—Woodrow Wilson, twehty
; eighth president of the United States,
dies at home in Washington.
FEB. 4—-Forty-two miners killed at
Milford iron mine near Crosby. Minn.
FEB 27.—Sergeant C. E. Conrad
breaks world's record for altitude para
chute jumping by dropping 21.500 feet
from plane over Kelly Field, Texas.
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MARCH 10 —Secretary of Navy Edwin
Denby resigns.
MARCH 17—Three army biplanes
start from Clover Feld, Santa Monica,
Cal., for 30,0<J0-mi!e flight around the
world.
MARCH 24—Archbishop Hayes of
New York, and Archbishop Mundelein of
Chicago, are created cardinals at Rome
by Pope Pius XI.
MARCH 28.—Attorney General Harry
M. Daugherty resigns.
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MAY 15—President Coolidge vetoes
soldiers’ bonus bill.
MAY 17—-Soldiers' bonus' bill passed
over President’s veto in House, 313 to 78.
May 19—By vote of 59 to 20 Senate
' passes soldiers' bonus bill over President’s
' veto and measure becomes a law.
MAY 26—Victor Herbert, noted Am
erican composer, dies.
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JUNE 12 —Throe officers and 45 men
of bnttlship Mississippi killed by explos
. ion in target practice off San Pedro, Cal.
i JUNE 12—Republican convention in
i Cleveland, nominates Calvin Coolidge and
Charles G. Dawes for President and Vice
President.
JUNE 23—Lieutenant Maughan cross
-1 es continent by airplane in 21 1-2 hours.
Hying from Mitchell Field, Long Island,
■ to San Francisco’. >
AMERICAN WOMEN COME TO
AID OF SULGRAVE MANOR
Ancestral Home of George Washington
in England to Be Preserved.
New York, Jan. 2.—The ancestral
, home in England of George Washington,
Sulgrave,, Manor, in Northamptonshire,
will henceforth be maintained and pre
served by the income of a fund of SIOO,-
000 raised in this country by the Na
tional Society of the Colonial Damhs of
America.
In making this announcement. Mrs.
Joseph R. Lamar, national president of
1 the society, explained that the organi
-1 zatkin was directed, under the terms-of
: fts constitution, to preserve and restore
buildings connected with the early his
tory of the United States. Before the
World War it sent to $3,000 to England
tot restore the manor.
Committees were organized to collect
this sum of money, in forty states and
the District of Columbia, and all worked >
1 under the national committee, of which
1 Mrs. William Adams Brown, of New
■ York, was chairman.
1 The sum desired was fully subscribed,
and will shortly be placed in the hands
*of permanent trustees. Already the in
come is going forward to England, there
' to be expended for the physical care
and preservation of the house whence
came the ancestors of Washington, and
: the gardens and grounds surrounding it.
The greater part of the SIOO,OO was
1 given hy the Dames themselves, but gen
' erou’s aid was also received from the
1 public. Not a dollar has been deducted
from the subscriptions on account of col
' lection expenses, all of which were paid
by the societies- or by individual Dames.
Wants Raiders of Train Caught.
Tien Twin, Jan. 2 (By the As
' sociated Press). —Gen. Lin Ching Lin,
recently appointed military governor of
1 Chihli province, has given the Commaud
’ era of troops in the area where soldiers
j raided a train last Tuesday until next
’ Monday to find the culprits. The com
* mianders will be executed then if the
! guilty are not found, Lin says, adding
, that he will pay losses of foreigners as a
result of the holdup,
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Heavy Snow in Washington.
U y the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 2.—Washington for
the most part walked to work today with
trolley service badly crippled by a fall
of snow. Except for Pennsylvania Ave
nue from the Peace monument to the
treasury, street'railway traffic was inter
mittent, and for hundreds of government
employees it was a case of walk or stay
at home. It was the second snow
storm in almost as many days for the
national capital.
NEW SAVINGS QUARTER |
Begins January Ist, 1925 ij;
Opportunity during the New Year will knock at every jj
[ Man's door. Help it along by saving some of what you J
i earn.
The Concord National Bank
| CAPITAL $100,000.00 SURPLUS $150,000.00
JUNE 28—Ninety-eight people killed
-by tornado at Lorain, Sandusky and oth
-1 or Ohio towns.
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JULY I—Dailyl—Daily airmail service be
. tween New York and San Francisco be
gun.
July 4—R M. La’ Follette nmniuated
; for president by national committee of
the Conference for Progressive Political
I action. -In session lit Cleveland.
July 7—Calvin Coolidge, Jr., youngest
j. son of president, dies,
JULY 9—John W. Davis and Charles
W. Bryan nominated by Democrats at
New York for President and Vice Presi
-1 dent.
JULY 18—Senator Burton K. Wheeler
’ nominated by Progressives to run as
• vice president with X# Follette.
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, ANGI ST 28—Prtqe of Wales arrives
f for visit in America. ‘
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SEPT. s—AmerV-hn round-the-world
■ flyers return to American soil.
SEIT. 10—Richard Loro and Nathan
Leoisild, Jr., self-confessed murderers of
Robert Franks, sentenced to life impris
onment, in Chicago.
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OCT 10.—Washington Senators of the
[ American League win world baseball se
. | ries by defeating New York Giants of tile
National League.
■ OCT. 15.—ZIt-3 end’s flight from-Fried
richsliafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N.
J., covering 5000 miles in 81 hours and
17 minutes. i
1 OCT. 25—Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace dies.
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i ! Nov. 4 —Calvin Coolidge_and Charles
I G. Dawes elected President and Vice
■ President. %
NOV. it—Senator Henry’ Cabot Lodge
dies at Cambridge, Mass.
NOV. 21—Mrs. Florence Kling Hard
, ing, widow of President Harding, dies
,at Marion, Ohio.
VERDICT THAT MeCLINTOCK
DtED OF TYPHOID FEVER
This Verdict of Chicago Jury Which Has
Been Conducting Invest igatibn.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, Jan. 2.—A coroner’s chemist
has found that Wm. Nelson McClintock,
millionaire orphan, died of typhoild fev
er, Coroner Oscar Wolff announced to
day.
The finding corroborated that of the
pathologist employed by Wm. B. Shep
herd, foster father of the young man, who
was left the bnlk of the $1,500,000 estate
by MeCJintock’s will.?,*
The coroner said thgt the chemical ex
amination of the stomach had disclosed
nothing abnormal.
“We consider the coroner's statement
a complete exoneration of Mr. Shep
herd,” liis law partner, Ralph Stoll said
when informed of the coronet’s announce
ment.
Mr. Shepherd lins declared that lie
would take prompt legal action against
the persons he considers responsible for
the investigation which he declared had
been directed agnnist him.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION f
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, Asks the
Senate to Investigate the Tariff Com
mission.
Illy the Associate-! Press.)
Washington, Jan. 2. —An investigation
of the tariff commission was asked today
in a resolution offered by Senator Rob
inston, of Arkansas, the democratic lead
er.
The inquiry would be conducted by the
Senate finance committee with a view
to determining whether any pressure had
been brought to bear on members of this
commission in connection with the sugar
investigation.
Under the rules the resolution went
over for a day. Senator Robinson made
on explanation beyond having the text
rhnd and its introduction led to no im
mediate debate.
Congress Down to Work Again.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington. Jan. 2.—With the Inßt
of the holiday recesses behind it, the
. 68th Congress today took fresh measure
of the legislative tasks ahead, and pre
pared to make the most of the 53 work
ing days remaining before its expiration
, on March 4th.
Muscle Shoals, with continued right
: of way, Still loomed as the immediate
r problem of the Senate, while the House
r gave its attention today to a mass of pri
• vate claims and other minor bills on the
unanimous consent calender.
FRENCH HITE
ffl SEC. MELLON
. (BOOT THEIR DEBTS
French Foreign Office Con
firms Report That Negotia
tions Regarding Funding
War Debts Are Opened.
BRITISH LETTER
IS WELL RECEIVED
Last Note On War Debt Col
lections Is More In Line
With American View, It Is
Said at Capital.
Paris, Jail. 2 (By the Associated
Press). —The French foreign office today
confirmed reports that negotiations had
been opened between Finance Minister
Clementel, and Andrew W. Mellon, sec
retary for the IT. S. Treasury, regarding
the funding of tile French war debt.
A note signed by the finance minister
went forward Tuesday. It suggests a
ten year, moratorium and gives an indi
cation as to what the French government
thinks France might be able tto do in tile
way of payments.
Although the note is signed by the min
ister of finance instead of by the premier,
it is admitted by the foreign office that it
contains the first tangible propositions
France ha smade today a settienieut.
New British Note Pleases Washington.
Washington, Jan. 3.—Officials here
apparently see hopeful tendencies ill the
New Year dispatches from Great Brit
ain regarding the war debts, although
they have received thus far no communi
cation declaring willingness of the Brit
ish government to approve specially in
dulgent terms for France.
When shown a story published in Lon
don to the effect that Grent Britain had
assured the United States she would not
stand in the way of a Frnnco-American
settlement on terms more lenient than
the Anglo-American agreement, high of
ficials of the State Department author
ized the statement that no such assurance
had reached Washington, either official
ly or unofficially.
At the same time the failure of the
British foreign office to deny that such a
suggestion might be forthcoming was
noted, with grent interest. During their
recent intricate stages, .the debt discus
slobs had been kept-entirely'confldenttat,'
but officials evidently have hoped for
some development to clear the air early
in thfe New Year.
THEATRERS HIT HARD BY
NEWEST RADIO CONCERTS
People Stay at Home to Hear Such Art
ists as John McCormick and Others.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 2. —With untold mil
lions delighted by the first radio concert
by John McCormick and Luerezia Bori,
the theatres of this city, according to
spokesmen, are faQiug a crisis as a result
suit of tile latest development of free
amusement on the air. Attendance at
■the theatres was reported greatly reduc
ed last night.
In the first of a series of bi-weekly
concerts by noted artists never on the
air before, the two famous singers gave
a concert last night with eight stations ill
eastern cities participating in the broad
casting.
Wm. A. Brady, veteran theatrical pro
ducer, commenting on what he termed
this “gorgeous” free entertainment, assert
ed that "radio constitutes the greatest
menace that the theater has ever faced.”
TWO KILLED BY TRAIN
NEAR GASTONIA TODAY
Mrs. Elizabeth Varna doe and Grand
daughter Fatally Hurt When Hit By
Train.
(By the Associated Press. I
Gastonia. Jan. 2.—Mrs. Elizabeth
Varnadoe, 52 years old, was fatally in
jured. and her grand-son, James Varna
doe, 3 years old, instantly killed here to
day when they were struck by Southern
Railway passenger train No. ,36. They
were crossing the tracks on the way to
a store when hit.
The train was just picking up speed
, after leaving the station when the acei
, dent occurred, and was stopped within
. two car lengths, it was said. The woman
, died just as she reached a hospital. The
child was dead when picked up.
Mrs. Coolidge, wife oftlie President,
i is an expert operator ontlie' typewriter,
I halving acquired the accomplishment in
' her school teaching days.
, The eye of true faith is so quick-night
-1 ed that it can see through all the mists
| and fogs of difficulties.
1 SAVE AND HAVE
SAnd Watch Your Savings Grow
at Four Per Cent, in Our Savings
New Quarter Starts Jan. 1, 1925
1 CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $450,000
INVESTIGATIONS LEAD
TO EIGHT RESIGNATIONS
Six Men in Postal Service Annoy the
Eight Who Resign Their Positions- -
(By the Associated Press.) \ s'* 1
Washington, Jan. 2.—Official inves
tion into the use of money to
pending postal pay legislation lias 'culmi
nated ill suspension from duty of six
veteran officials of the postal service, the
discharge of an employe of the Senate
postoffice committee, and the resignation
of the clerk of the House postoffice com
mittee.
'All of the six postal officials are mem
bers of the executive committee of the
National Association of Postal Supervis
ors and held some of the most responsible
positions in'the service.
Tile suspended officials, whose service
averages more than twenty years are:
Peter McGurt.v, acting .superintendent of
mails in New York City; James M.
Greig, postal cashier. Boston ; Peter Wig
gle. acting postmaster at Detroit; Har
vey M. Title, assistant postmaster at
Springfield, Ohio; J. J. Fields, superin
tendent of mails at Louisville; and Wil
liam Sansom, assistant superintendent of
delivery, Chicago.
The report of postal inspectors charg
ed that E. H. McDermot, the discharged
assistant clerk of the Senate committee,
received $2,600 to work for the interest
of the supervisors association, and that
Frederick Riedezel, clerk of the House
committee received a gift of SI,OOO from
the association.
THE COTTON MARKET
Optimism Over General Trade Outlook
Caused Opening Advance of 3 to 6
Points.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 2.—Optimism over the
general trade outlook was reflected in an
opening advance of 3 to 6 points in the
cotton market here today. Bearish fig
ures on ‘available supply for the session
led to some local and commission house
selling, but the offerings were absorbed
with the March contracts selling up to
24.83. and July to 25.25 before the end
of the first hour, or about 14 to 16 points
net higher. Liverpool cables were some
what lower, but their showing was offset
by the advance in Sterling exchange and
the early buying here was promoted by
reports of contracs for a good early New
Year business in the cotton goods mar
ket. According to an estimate by one of
the local authorities, the world's available
supply of cotton including the carryover
from last year, approximates 30,700,000
bales, compared with last year’s estimat
ed consumption es about 19,931,000 bales
including linterß.
The opening prices were: Jan 24.37;
March 24.68; May 25.00; July 25.15;
Oct. 24.32.
MOTHER OF LEO FRANK
DIES IN NEW YORK
Death Due to~Heart Trouble. WitlT’iV'hieh
She Had Suffered For Several Years.
(By (he Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 2.—Mrs. Ray Frank,
mother of Leo Frank, who was lynched
near Marietta, Ga.. in 1915, is dead here
from heart disease. Frank was convict
ed of the murder of Mary Phagan, a 14
year old pencil factory worker, and was
sentenced to death. His lynching fol
lowed commutation of his sentence to life
imprisonment.
Mrs. Frank never recovered from the
effects of her son's conviction.
Last night a relative called on the tel
ephone and when the switchboard opera
tor reported that there was no answer
a bell boy was sent to her room and
| found her dead on the floor. An ainbii
i lance surgeon said death was due to a
heart attack.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find many special shoe values
at Barker’s Shoe Store, which offers un
usual savings.
Beginning next Sunday. Cline's Phar
macy Will not be open on Sunday morn
ifigs. The store will be open in the af
teroon on Sunday from 2:30 to 6:30
o'clock.
.Resolve right now to save some part of
your income each week. One dollar
sfarts you at the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company.
If your rugs need clearing, let Bob’s
Dry Cleaning Company do it for you.
Thoroughly modern methods used. Phone
787.
Now is the time to replace some of
ybur furiture that has seen its best days.
You will find excellent and large as
sortments and some very attractive prices
at the Bell and Harris Furniture Co.
The year 1924 was one of the most
successful years H. B. Wilkinson has
had, and he extends the season's happiest
greetings to all his customers.
Wool dresses for only $9.90 at J. C.
Penny Co.'s. Poiret sheen and fine twill
in navy and other popular shades. For
misses and women too.
Only one more day of the Pre-Inven
tory Sale at Efird's. Make your selec
tions now.
An extra bedroom suite for $64.50 at
the Concord Furniture Company. You
can get convenitent terms too.
A big coat and dress sale is now going
on at the Parks-Belk Company. Big
lot to select from.
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NO. 308
1
LINER AS
WILD STORM RAGES
200 Passengers on the Clyde
Liner Mohawk, Carried to
Safety When Fire Breaks
Out in After Hold.
DANGEROUSSEA
DURING FIRE
Storm'Was One of Wildest of
Present Winter. —Vessel
Unable to Anchor in the
Delaware Bay.
(By the Aaswclatcd Prem.l
Lewes. Del. Jan. 2.—The Clyde liner,
Mohawk, with 200 passengers from New
York for Charleston and Jacksonville,
caught fire in one of the wildest storms of
rhe present winter off the New Jersey
coast last night, and ran into Delaware
Bay to save the passengers.
The blaze, which started in the after
hold, sjn-ead rapidly and all passengers
were ordered to get ready to leave the
ship.
The last radio report was to the ef
fect that the fire was under control and
that the passengers would be landed and
returned to New York or sent to their
destinations. So far as is know there
were no casualties.
The coast guard cutter Kickapoo,
which with a number of ships answered
the Mohawk's distress calls, took off the
passengers and began landing them here
shortly before noon. There wns on com
munication with the Mohawk except by
wireless.
The Mohawk left New York at noon.
New Y'ear's day. The fire wns discovered
when the ship was 70 miles south of
Sandy Hook. A high northeast gale, ac
companied by snow, was blowing. Capt.
‘ J. M. Staples decided to run for the
Delaware capes, and at the same time be*
1 gan sending out calls for assistance.
/ The storm seemed to get worse as he
1 'approached the entrance to Delaware Bay
and he was unable to anchor off Lekes
because of the thick weather. The ship
continued up the bay and dropped an
chor near the Brandywine Shoals light,
about 7 miles north of here. By this time
several vessels were on their way to the
I Tfe' MolutWfr •win 'returtf to New York
and unload her general cargo. The
steamer carries a crew of SO.
Liner Beached.
1 New York, .Tan. 2.—The Clyde liner
■ Mohawk, which caught fire yesterday
■ while en route from New York to
; Charleston and Jacksonville, today was
i beached at Lewes, Deleware, officials of
• the steamship company's office here today
■ announced.
The ship was beached after 200 pas
> sengers had been taken off by the coast
guard utter Kickapoo, and two ocean go
■ ing tugs. The ship is safe, according to
• the company officials.
I Marines Landed at Nanking.
Shanghai, Jan. 2 (By the Associated
i Press). —It is reported that a detach
ment of American marines has been land
ed at Nanking to protect the foreign res
idential district, following the looting
' by the bodyguard of Gen. Chi Shieh Yuan,
- former military governor of Kiaugsu, of
a number of the largest silk stores iu the
- city, cav.|ing a loss of $,800,000. Gen.
- Chi is a refugee here in Shanghai.
Rumor Denied.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 2.—Widely dis
seminated reports that Montagu Norman,
governor of the Bank of England, and
Sir Allan Anderson, a director of the
bank, had come to the United States on
an official mission in connection with in
ternational debts were denied today by
the British embassy.
NOTICE!
Tiie City Board has ordered a
new survey of the corporate lim
its with the view of extending the
| limits to include the whole of No.
12 Township. All property own
ers now living in No. 12 Town
ship, but not in the corporate lim
its and who wish to be included
in the corporate limits under the
newi survey, let it be known to
the City Attorney at once so the
new property can be included in
the new boundaries to be pre
sented to the legislature in Jan
uary. 31-4 t-c.
WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS
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