iJIO The Concord Daily Tribune f%H
VOLUME XXV
FIND ROOF OF THE
. UVE WHICH HOLDS
COLLINS PRISONER
Diggers Who Are Seeking to
Rescue the Cave Searcher j
Struck Limestone at Point
About 45 Feet Deep.
DOWN DRAFT NOW
STRONG IN SHAFT
If Give Is Not Found Soon
Workers Will Start Tun
neling In Effort to Locate
Imprisoned Man.
Cave City, Ky., (By the Associated
Press). —The limestone roof- of Fl-oyd
Collins’ eavern was -reached at the base
of the rescue tunnel early this morning
at the 45-foot .stage and any minute the
diggers expect to find the crevice or cav
ern which can be opened sufficiently for
rescuers to work their way down to
Collins, pinioned in a n»k vise at the
foot of Sand Cave.
The down draft in the rescue shaft
became stronger this morning, nerving
the weary diggers to fresh efforts. The
return late last night of the western!
Normal football squad, excused from
• classes until the finish of the race against
dentil, also heartened the diggers, al
though they all realize probably two
days may elapse before they reach Col-1
lins unless fate points the way through j
an unexpected tunnel.
The bottom of the dirt and stone cap
overlying the roof of the old cavern
which once filled the iny Sand Cave val
ley was reached early this morning when
sheling • limestone appeared, with solid
rock not far ahead. More crevices be
gan to appear, increasing the down draft,
but none was yet found which would
indicate any sizeable tunnel. The cheer
ing developments, it was pointed *ut by
H. P. Carmichaeal was the reaching of
the crevice stratum, proving that a cav
ern was near at hand.
The return of the Western Normal
footbal squad which had worked all day
Monday threw the rescue squads into
a four-team race which is making the
dirt fly under almost superhuman drives.
Striving against the Normal gridiron
boys is a group of Louisville youngsters
composing another set of shifts.
Then there are two sets of veterans in
the senior division, the Kentucky Hock
Asphalt Company, professional miners.
And 'Hie Louisville and Nashville track
workers, being used to excavation work.
Despite additional tent shelters and
blankets received last night from the mil
itary stores, the diggers suffered much
from the cold and extra precautions were
taken by the hospital staff to insure that
none of the volunteers developed pneu
monia. Those who develop colds are
taken off the shift.
Shaft More Than 45 Feet Deep Now.
Cave City, Ky., Feb. 12.—The official
bulletin at 9 o’clock this morning, is
sued by M. E. S. Posey, engineering
representative of Governor Fields, said
that the depth of the Sand Cave rescue
shaft was about forty-five feet. He gave
9 o'clock Saturday night as the maximum
time in which the shaft would reach the
maximum depth to which it would be
driven.
"We appear to be close to the roof
. of the cave, and have speeded up the
rate of excavation to the rate of ten
feet in 24 hours,’’ Mr. Posey’s statement
said.- “There is great possibility of
finding an opening at any time.”
Tunnelling will start if Collins has
not been uncovered when the shaft
reaches 68 or 70 feet.
FIFTEEN INJURED IN
AN ENGRAVING PLANT
Accident Occurred' in Engraving Room of
Chicago Evening American Today.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, Feb. 12 (By the Associated
Press). —Approximately 15 persons were
reported to have been injured, some se
riously, in an explosion in the engrav
ing room of the Chicago Evening Ameri
can today. Fire followed the explosion.
The in jural including three young wo
men, were taken to the hospital.
Tlie explosion was said to have occur
red in the handling of a mixture of ether.
Vermont Rejects Child Labor Amend
ment.
(By the Associated Press.)
Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 12. —The Vermont
House of Representatives today adopted
by a vote of 22!) to 3 a resolution advo
cating rejection- of the child labor amend
ment to the constitution.
Mrs. Kenneth Faggart, of No. 11 town
ship, underwent an »|ieration for the re
moval of her tonsils here this morhhig.
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“CHIMES OF
NORMANDY”
( Comic Opera)
LOCAL TALENT
High School Audi
torium
Friday, February 13,
8:15 P.M.
Reserved Seats at Gibson Drug
Store ,
BITS OF INAUGURATION HISTORY
Much of Rrnunce and Color Is Found in
the Various Ceremonies.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—Peering
back through the vista of year*—back
through the inauguration of Grant. Lin-
coln, Monroe, Jackson, Madison, Jefferson.
Washington and other of the notable
'Presidents of the United States—one
I finds much of romance and color. Indeed,
1 a close Study of the various eeremon'als
j attending inductions into the presiden
tial office is more or less a survey of tlfe
! gradual development of the nation and
j its changing customs and sentiments.
| Washington was inaugurated iu New
j York in 1789 for his first term, and trav-
I eied from Mount Vernon by horseback
! and liorse-drawn coaches. For his second
term Washington was inaugurated in
Ph’lade'phia. In th« meantime the Dis
trict of C'olumbin was proposed, but the
project had not become nn accomplished
fact at the beginuing of the term of John
Adams, so he also was inaugurated in
Philadelphia. When Jefferson was elect
ed the new Federal capital had been laid
out and named Washington and the “sage
of Monticello” was the first to be in
stalled here. Jefferson rode to Washing
ton on horseback from Monticello, and
was escorted into the city by a troop'of
cavalry. Alone he rode in a carriage to
the Capitol. About a thousand people
viewed his inauguration. The next in
augurntibn. thflt of is said to
hnve been attended by ten thousand peo
ple. President Monrpe was the first to
take the oath of office out of doors.
John Quincy Adams was not inaugur
ated ou March 4. because an election
contest in the House posti>oned the cere
mony until late that month. AVhen final
ly held it was the most elaborate cere
. mony of its kind. The inauguration of
! Andrew Jackson in 1829 probably would
I have been more elnborate had not the in
j coining President been in, mourning for
I his wife. He rode to the Capitol in a
I carriage constructed from the hull of the
jold frigate Constitution. President Van
Bureu’s inauguration was attended by
20,000 persons.
Citizen soldiery participated in such
ceremonies for the first time at the in
auguration of William Henry Harrison.
Tyler, who succeeded Harrison within a
month, took the oath privately without
ceremony or display of any kind while
the country was in mourning. President
President Polk appears to have been the
first to fee] the discomfort of being in
augurated in the open air in a vigorous
spring blizzard.
President Taylor's inauguration was
the first to fall on March 5. Millard
Fillmore, who became President through
the death of Taylor, succeeded to the of
fice without ceremony of any kind, al
though he took the oath before Con
gress. Pierce and Buchanan were in
augurated with the usual ceremonies.
Lincoln's first inauguration was nota
ble in many respects. The country on
the verge of civil war, trembled with mix
ed emotions. Lincoln's friends wefe-tttl
ed with apprehensions for his safety. For
the first time in Amerienn inaugurals
troops were ordered to the Capitol. I.iu
eolh's second inauguration reflected the
great war in which the country was
looked. The induction of Andrew John*
son after Lincoln's nss’ssitiation, was
conducted iu a room in a hotel without 1
ostentation. 1
Grant came into office with the great
est spectacular display seen up to that
time. President Hayes was surrounded
with elnborate precautions for his person
al safety, because of intense feeling en
gendered by the celebrated controversy
with Tilden. Garfield’s inauguration was
without unusual Incident. President 1
Arthur, in succeeding the martyred Gar
field, took the oath twice, first at home
In New York and again at the Capitol. 1
Ideal weather marked Cleveland’s first 1
inauguration, but Harrison was not so
fortunate with the weather for his inaug
uration, nor was Cleveland the second
time. McKinley had a beautiful day for 1
his first inauguration but a rainy one
for his second. Roosevelt’s inauguration
was the occasion for great demonstration.
Taft came in with a howling blizzard. 1
The inaugurations of Wilson and Harding
were without unusual, incident.
League of Nations Seeks Better Physical
Training.
Geneva, Feb. 12.—Coordinating the
national battles against disease and de
livering sledge hammer blows against
those maladies which still seem to defy
medical skill, will constitute the essence *
of the future program of the League of .
Nations in its public health activities.
The league’s health section lias jus)
closed a successful year. It has extend- ,
ed its sphere of action, improved, com- '
pleted and definied its technical equip
ment and has carried out with increas
ing success its special task, that of giv
ing effective help to the various nation
al administrations in* their ' campaign
against epidemics and their attempts to
improve public health. '
In the coming year special attention
will be given to instruction in health
and social medicine in Europe, America
and Japan, together with the develop
ment and extension of physical train
ing. with the object of Securing the gen
eral adoption of rational methods of
physical education.
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CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1»25
—i
S. S. Institute Got Off
| To Fine Start Last Night
Despite the Rain First Ses
sion, Held in First Baptist
Church Here, Was Attend
ed by Many.
| THREE ADDRESSES
DURING EVENING
Dr. D. Burt Smith, D. W.
Sims and Miss Daisy Magee
Discussed Vital Sunday
School Subjects. '
I Notwithstanding the raih the first ses
, sion of the Concord Township Sunday
. School Institute, held in the First Hap
. t.ist (’hutch was well attended last-eve
[ ning.
The first speaker of the evening was
! I)r. D. Burt Smith. Philadelphia, Pa., of
, the Department of Sunday Schools, Unit
ed Evangelical Lutheran Church. His
, theme was “The Sunday School An Edu
cational .Compliment." In speaking on
the subject he said:
The tHVee underlying principles of
Sunday School work dated back to Bib
lical times, that early in Biblical Icstory
was found graded groups. A Supreme
Book, and methods of teaching.
■ There is an education outside the
church but the Sunday School adds to
that process iu rounding out the four
folk life.
The Sunday School, continued the
speaker, should add intellectual content.
In Sunday School the pupils should be
taught to know the truth, to recall it, to
understand the why of it, and to use *t.
The conception of Christ should be so
definite that the truths for wh'eh He I
stood will be known, recalled, understood,
and used.
The Bible is a vital message from God,
and it should mean more than historical
facts to the children. Its message should
be to them a vital living truth which they
can use. The curriculum of the Sunday
School should be Bible centered.
In the second place the Sunday School
should standard the emotions. The con
trol of the emotions make life. This con
trol determines one of two things: wheth
er a person ,is for self or for others.
The person who 'lives only for self is a
dangerous person to the community, con
tinued tiie speaker, but he who lives for
others is a force for good to all.
Dr. Smith said there are three loves, a
love of passion, wliieh is given no place
in the Bible, a love of affection such as
exist between friends, and a selective love
as wa* denwiwtra)*d by G«d when , He. se
lected to give His Son for a sinful
world. All who give themselves for the
good of others show such love.
In the third place the Sunday School j
must-develop the social life. Social life!
never stands still. Its trend is either
upward or downward. Purpose of every
educational process is social. The Sun
day School which is an educational force
has the opportunity to grade the social
level upward.
Everything that goes beyond self grat
ification is social, and all social acts in
fluence others.
The Sunday School must also educate
the vylll. causing the pupil to will to do
the right thing.
In speaking on the “Key to a Greater
Sunday School," D. IV. Sims, of Raleigh,
General Superintendent of the North
Carolina Sunday School Association, snid
in part:
“All keys have, three essentials—first
the handle, second the barrel, or shaft, to
conduct the power from the handle to the
points In the lock to be turned, and
third, the teeth, or that portion of the 1
key which actually turns the lock.” Ac-1
cording to Mr. Sims, the same three vital,
points hold true of the Sunday School |
key. The handle, he stated, is prayer. In i
this connection he referred to several
Sunday Schools that have have a ten or
fifteen minutes prayer service for the of
ficers and teachers of the Sunday School
immediately preceding the time for open
ing the regular session.
Efford, or work, was the next essential
•In the Sunday School which Mr. Sims
stated corresponds with the barrel or
shaft of the key. "A greater Sunday
School,” said the speaker, “means more
work, more planning, and carefully con
sidering weak points of the school by the
leaders.” Mr. Sims referred to the iin
portance of special effort being made be
tween Sundays to bring back absentees;
effort in looking after new pupils; effort
in planning a worth-while program; ef
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For an Idea
I am seeking new Ideas from every angle “How to interest my old
trade and attract new trade.”
Any idea, no matter how radical will be considered and have an
I equal chance of winning the $26.00 prise.
There are only two restrictions. It must conform to the laws of
| the State and United States and make no mention of selling on credit.
MaU qU letters containing New Ideas to me not later than Febru
ary 25th. Contest closes on that date.
Winner’s name will be announced on March Ist.
A. B. POUNDS |
ICE, COAL AND SERVICE
NEW CONGRESBMBN ARE
MEMBERS OF CHURCHES
More Than 90 Per Cent, of the New
Members Are Adherents to Some Re
llgious Denomination.
(By the Press)
Washington, Feb. 12.—More than 90
per cent, of the members of the incoming
Congress are adherents to some religious
denomination, necordiijg to a statement
from the Board of Temperance, Prohibi
tion and Public MoraiJ of the Methodist
Episcopal Chunk. Washington. D. (’..
which announced it hail completed an in
vestigation. t
"Methodists lead in noth the House nurl
Senate.” says the statrtneut. “with Pres
byterians land Episcopalians following
closely. In the House |>f Representatives
there are IKV Methodists and 27 in the
Sentate. Presbyterian*} have 63 members
in the House and their are It Presbyte
rian senators. The .Episcopalians number
37 Representatives and 22 Senators.
Thirty-two representatives are members
of the Roman Catholic jChut-ch. with four
Senators of that ehttreh. There are
eight of the Jewish fifth in the House
nnd none in the Senate}”
mine explosion'Brings
DEATH *F 30 PERSONS
One Hundred Other Persons Still Missing
But They May Be Sftll Alive.
Dortmund, Germnny.fFeb. 12 (By the
Associated Press).—Thirty workmen,were
killed by a dynamite explosion of fire
damp in the Stein. Mines last night, and
one hundred others are missing. Only
eight men were rescued alive.
This morning there appeared to be lit
tle hope of saving the entombed miners.
The explosion was very violent and caus
ed entries to the underground galleries
to collapse, blocking all exit. Jt is feared
the trapped men ilied almost instantly
from the effects of isvsonous gas.
Reported 71 Bodies Are Recovered.
London, Feb. 12. —An agency dispatch
from Berlin this afternoon says 71 bodies
have been recovered from the Stein' Mine
at Dortmund in which an explosion of fire
damp occurred last uight. It was offi
cially stated, added the message, that the
deaths totalled 136.
SAYS SAVANNAH MEN
WERE GIVEN FAVORS
This Testimony of Capt. J. H. Madden at
Trial of Sartain, Fletcher and Riehl.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Capt. John H. Madden,
act ! ng deputy warden of the Atlanta
Federal penitentiary, todny testified in
.the trial of..A, E. Sgrifin and I- J.
Fletcher, deposed ofliefalp df the; institu
tion, and Lawrence Riehl of Columbus.
Ohio, charged with conspiracy and brib
| cry. that sjiecial privileges were given to
! members of the Savannah rum ring at
the prison. 4
Among these prisoners, he said, were
AVillie Haar. C. C. Tnten, Graham
Baughn and Fred Haar Sr. Madden said
he had been au employee |of the prison
for 18 years.
Walter Brem Dies at Home in Char
lotte.
Charlotte, Feb. 11.—Walter Brem,
Sr., son of the late Col. Thomas H.
Brem, and for years .one of the most
prominent men and leading merchants
of the city, died this morning at his
home in Dilworth. His funeral will be
held tomorrow conducted by Rev. Dr.
Abernethy of Trinity Methodist church.
Mr. Brem was born in this city July 31,
1849, and his life was spent here. He
was for years in the hardware business,
associated with William Martin, who
I married Miss Lavine Haywood, of Kal-
I eigh. His first wife was Miss Collier, of
Augusta, Ga.. his second wife Miss
| Annie Caldwell daughter of. Governor
, Tod Caldwell of Burke county. Mrs.
Brem and four children survive. Mr.
Brem had beeu an invalid for ten years.
May Sell Virgin ia-Carollna Chemical Co.
Stock.
Newnry, N. .T., Feb. 11.—An order to
show cause on February 24th why $lO,-
000,000 worth of stock of the Southern
Cotton Oil Co., subsidiary of the Virgiuia-
Carolina Chemical Company, should not
be sold for $8.875,000, has beeu isused
to stockholders of the company by Feder
al Judge Runyon.
As a result of the American woman’s
b,obhed hair, in China the hair net in
dustry in Chefoo, which less than three
years ago provided employment for 18,-
000 .women and girls, now employs nbout
2.000. ..) <
non HIE
PISSES 2ND BEADING
WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Bills Calls For Twenty Mil
lions For Road and Amend-j
ment Increasing Gas Tax 1
Was Not Presented Today.
STATEWIDE GAME 1
LAW NOW READY
Will Not Ask For State Fi
nancial Aid So Measure
% Can Now Be Preserited to
~ the General Assembly.
(By (he Associated Press)
Raleigh, Feb. 12. —The Senate this
morning passed on second reading the
measure providing for a $20,000,000 bond
issue for read building. There was no
discussion on the measure and action
was taken unanimously. A eoinpaniou
bill or amendment to the bill providing
fbr increase of the gasoline tax was not
presented. altl(ought it had been 'an
nounced that it would come up for ac
tion at the same time.
Senator Blue announced the propon
ents of the Wade-Blue statewide game
bill had agreed to eliminate from the
measure the provision calling for a $lO.-
000 appropriation, and asked consent to
withdraw the measure from, the appro
priations committe nnd bring it up on
the floor. Concent was granted.
The body then entered iuto a discus
sion of a bill by Senator Burgwyn which
would reduce the personal property tax
exemtion from S3OO to $25.
Several Bills Get Attention.
Raleigh, Feb. 12.—Passage by the
House on final rending of a bill to re
divide the state into 24 judicial districts,
and passage by the Senate on second read
ing of a measure to lower the personal
property tax exemption from S3OO to SSO
featured today’s proceedings of the Gen
eral Assembly.
The two road bills by Senator Sams to
be known as “the Highway appropriation
act of 1925.” and “the Highway revenue
aet of 1925.” also passed the Senate on
‘second reading. Neither had debate and
each received unanimous vote.
A statewide Australian ballot bill was
introduced nt the opening of the House
by Representative Moss, Falls and Har
rison. Representative Neal of Caswell,
sent forward a measure designed to repeal
latl laws lioV tw frtrcc authorising- boxing
matches at various cities in the state.
A minority report on the Poole bill de
signed to bar the teaching of evolution
in the state schools was presented, aDd it
was indicated that it would come up on
the calendar for consideration.
Want Eight Per Cent, on Money.
Raleigh. N. C,, Feb. 12.—The pro
posed measure to amend Section 2305
of the Consolidated Statutes to allow
money-lenders to charge eight per cent,
interest on special contracts will be heard
by Judiciary Committee No. 1 of the
House this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The
bill was introduced by Representative
Matthews of Mecklenburg, who has is
sued a statement in which he says that
the purpose oi this bill has been m:sun
derstood by some. “As a matter of fact.”
said Representative Matthews, “this bill
does not allow a higher interest rate, ex
cept on agreement, and it limits the
amouut that ever can be charged to eight
per cent.”
The bill in part reads as follows:
“That Section 2305 of the Consolidated
Statutes be and the same is hereby amend
ed by ndding at the end thereof the fol
lowing : ’Provided: that upon special
contract in writing, signed by the party
to be charged therewith, or by his agent,
so great a rate as eight per cent, may be
charged.”
Diphtheria Conditions Continue to Im
prove.
Nome, Alaska, Feb 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Diphtheria quarantine
regulations here may be raised February
20th if conditions continue to improve,
the Name board of health announced to
day.
Governor Scott C. Bone has authoriz
ed M. L. Summers, chairman of the
health board to make arrangements for
■ dog trams to relay a second consignment
1 of auti-toxin now en route to Nome from
' Nenana.
Rattlesnake Hears With Tongue.
Los Angeles, Feb. 12.—The original
antenna for radio, according to Jack All
man, Isis Angeles curator of reptiles, was
the rattlesnake's tongue.
“When a rattlesnake is dormant or
sleeping,” Mr. Allman said recently, "its
tongue is idle. But when aroused it
starts shooting that forked tongue from
its mouth and seems to both feel and
hear through it. I have seen rattle
snakes appear as though uninformed of
my approach when their tongues were
not moving back and forth from their
mouths, but the moment they became con
scious of it the tongues started. Rattle
snakes have no ears, but those little
tentacles on the. end of the tongue serve
the purpose." v
BASKETBALL
FRIDAY AT 7:30 O’CLOCK
WINSTON
VS.
CONCORD
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Y, M. C. A. GYM
Admission 28c and 35c
POSSIBLE PANACEA
IN NEW GERMICIDE
Johns Hopkins Doctors Perfeei Agent
Harmless to Patient After Ten Years’
Labor.
Feb. 12.—Fifty times as
powerful as carbolic acid in its gerinL,
cidal action yet perfectly
r human beings is hexyl-resoi c lft te
ccvery, development nnd a 3
of carbide were announced
kins hospital today.
Ten years were devoted to perfecting
the antiseptic, according to Dr. leader
I Leonard, chairman of the clinical eom
mitte on antiseptics of the national re-
I search council, who discovered the ger
, micide and developed it with his asso
ciates in the Johns Hopskins school of|
hygiene and public health.
It was found that when certain chain
libe groups of atoms known as fatty
acids were linked up to a resorcinal mole
cule .(resorcinol is very similar to car
bolic acid), the germicidal power of
the substance was increased, while its
poisonous effect on animals was lessened,
and this condition was found to increase
steadily as longer chains of atoms were
uited.
Dr. Leonard said that in the face of
many difficulties, a chain of six groups
was successfully linked up, when the
poisonous qualities reached a minimum,
and the germicidal [KWers their maxi
mum.
The antiseptic was applied for the
first time by Dr. Leonard in actual treat
ment of disease among patients in the
department of urology in the hospital.
Infections of the kidneys of long stand
ing were cleared up in forty-eight hours.
The cures appeared to be permanent, and
the patients showed no signs of having
been harmed.
A committee of fifteen lias been ap
pointed by tlie national resealcli council'
to work with I)r. Leonard in-further
researches to determine how broad may
by the application of hexyl-resorcinol to
disease in general.
Tlie great importance of Dr. Leon
ard’s discovery lips in the fact that an
agent capable of destroying all germs
without having any malignant effect on
the human organism would be a virtual
panacea for germ disease. . |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
KILLED IN BED BY GAS
Bodies Found by Husband This Morning
When He Returned From Work.
(By (he Asaocla(eil Press)
Pasaic, N. J., Feb. 12.—Mrs. Louis
Sander and> her three children were found
dead of gas poisoning in a bed today by
her iiusband when he returned from work.
Tlie eldest child was 8 years old. Gas
was flowing from jets in the kitchen and
living room.
The police express the opinion that the
deaths were not accidental. Mrs. Sander
worked in a worsted mill in the day time,
and her husband worked at uight. The
Police were .informed Mrs. Sander had
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Friday, the 13th, will be a lucky day
for you if you go to Correll's Jewelry
Sale. And on Saturday promptly at 2 :30
p, m. this store will place on sale several
hundred Mystery Boxes at 59 cents rach.
Boxes contain Merchandise of value pick
ed at random from the stock. Values
from 50c to $1().(X). Each box guaran
teed to contain full 50c worth.
See new ad. today of the Bob’s Dry
Cleaning Co., Phone 787.
Dave Oestricher, of Salisbury, in an
ad. in The Tribune .today announces
fashions for Spring.
The Bollinger Service Station wants
your next Battery to be au Exide.
Your credit is good at the Concord
Furniture Company’s store.
Fish, veal, choice roasts and steaks at
J. F. Day vault & Bro’s.
Read C. Patt’s very entertaining ad. to
day.
Something new for'polishing furniture
at the Ritchie Hardware Co.
“Powder River.” the great war picture
at the Pastime today. Shows at 1,3, 5,
7 ami 9 p. to. Admission: Adults 50
cents, Children 25 cents. The official U.
S. Government War Department Motion
Pictures of tiie World War taken on the
battlefields of France in rail action.
C. H. Barrier & Co. not only have an
interesting ad. but they have just as
interesting prices and service. Read the
ad. and try the service and see.
The new spring suits and other men’s
togs at the Browns-Camion Co. Knox
hats, too.
TODAY
Pastime
i
Theatre
1 “Powder River”
l The Official U. S. Government
r War Department Motion Pic
tures of the
e
World War
Taken on the battlefields of
France in real action.
Historical, Educational Thrilling
Showing 1,3, 5,7, and 9P. M.
Admision: Adults 50c; Children
, 25c
Presented by Ameri
can Legion
NO. 37
jNINETEEN PRISONERS
! lIiWED TIB m
' mb cup in im
Prisoners Were at Halifax
County Prison Farm Camp
When They Made Escape
During the Night.
FOUR PRISONERS
I ARE RECAPTURED
Hole Made in Floor of the
Building and Another Tun
neled in Ground by Men
Who Made Getaway.
(By Hie Associated Press)
Raleigh, February 12.—Nineteen state
prisoners tunneled their way to freedom
last night from the state prison farm
camp in Halifax county, according to
information received here today by Su
perintendent George Ross Pod, of the
state prison.
Four of the prisoners were recap! \1 red
early today, stated Mr. Pou but the bal
ance still are at large.
According! to the information received
by Mr. Poul. about 200 prisoners were
confined to the camp because of rain,
during most of yesterday. A bole was
tunneled through the floor of the wooden
structure which is built on a brick foun
dation. The mortar between the bricks
was removed, and a means of egress
made to the ground below. The men I
then burrowed through the ground un
der the foundation to the outside.
All of the prisoners were counted in
tiie camp last night after supper, accord
ing to Mr. Poul and the break is be
lieved to have been made a short while
later. Mr. Pou expressed the belief
that the enforced idleness of the prison
ers yesterday gave them an opportunity
to make the excavation through which
they escaped.
Four convicted murderers are among
the prisoners still at large, while the bal
ance of the prisoners were confined for
larceny and similar terms. The sen
tences of those who escaped ranged- from
two to thirty years. Following is 8 list
of those who made their escape from Hie
prison camp and have not been recaptur
ed : Glenn Jarvis, of Yadkin, murder,
second degree. IS to 2f> years; Carl Tal
ley of Guilford, second degree murder,
II to 15 years; Topi Hayes, of Ruther
ford, store breaking and larceny, 6 to 8
years Kites Church, ot. Avery, assault, ...
3 to 5 years.
Grover Cleveland Henderson, of Mnd
ison, car breaking and larceny, 8 to 10
years.
Joe Smith, of Forsyth, store breaking
and larceny, 3 to 5 years.
John McNally, of Wake, murder, 5 to
8 years.
Kendall E. Johnson, of Wake, house
breaking and larceny, 3 to 5 years.
Willie Jones, of Orange, house breaking
and larceny, intent to kill. 7 to 10 years,
on first count, and three to five years
on second count.
liaby Smith, of Iredell, store breaking
and larceny, 2 to 3 years.
H. D. Taylor, of Rowan, breaking and
entering, 3 years.
FLEISCHMANN GIVES
FORTUNE TO CHILDREN
Some of Vast Fortune Will Go to Char
ity, Employes and Other Relatives.
(By the Associated Press)
Mineola, N. Y., Feb. 12.—Julius
Fleischmann, Jr., nnd Henry C. Yeiser,
Jr., children of the late Julius Fleisch
maun, yeast mngnate. are the chief bene
ficiaries under his will filed yesterday.
Other bequests include a $200,000 trust
fund for educational or charitable pur
poses, most of it to be used preferably in
Cincinnati, Mr. Fleischlnann’s former
home; 2,000 shares, of stock of the
Fleischmann company to certain em
ployees ; and a SIOO,OOO trust fund for a
cousin, Wm. N. Fleischmann, of New
York City.
WOULD INVESTIGATE
GASOLINE INDUSTRY
Resolution Calling for Inquiry Intro
duced in the Senate Today.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 12. —An investiga
tion of the gasoline industry was pro
posed in the Senate today by Senator
Trammell. Democrat, of Florida.
The resolution would have the federal
trade commission examine into the re
cent arbitrary and unwarranted increas
es in the price of gasoline, with a view to'
prosecutions should a violation of the
law be discovered. ‘‘
The trade commission would be di
rected to prosecute the inquiry with
“reasonable dispatch.” It was recited
that during the past two weeks in some
localities increases had amounted to six
cents a gallon.
Physicians and druggists in France
cannot collect their bills if they allow
them to stand over two years.
WHAT SMITTTS CAT SAYS
Fair tonight, colder in east portion,
freezing temperature on coast; Friday
fair with slowly rising __