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S DISPATCHES « VOLUME XXV NUMBER OF MINERS BELIEVED TO KM PERISHED IN MINE Men Were Trapped In Idaho Mine At The 2,000 Foot Level, And But Three Were Rescued POISONOUSGAS FOUND IN MINE Gas Detected Near 1,000 Foot Level, and It Has Hamper , ed the Work Os the Res cuers (By the Associated Press) Waliaee, Idaho, April 24. —Seventeen miners were trapped at the 2,000 foot '.evel in the Heola mine last night and hope was given np at dawn of rescuing the men. Rescue crews from adjoining mines brought up three men alive from tjte 1,000 Toot level, but say the mine below that level is full of |>oisnou.s gases and prac tically impenetrable! t Little Hope For 14 Winters. Wallace, Idaho, April 24.—Hope of rescuing alive 14 men entrapped below the 1,000 foot level of the Hecla mine near here virtually had beer, abandoned at 7 o’clock this morning. Rescue crews wore unable to give any estibate as to s lien tlie entombed min. rs would be. reached. Some Hope For Trapped Men. Wallace, Idaho, April 24. —Hope that | the fourteen men entrapped by fire in the workings of the ®lecla mine at Burke, 7 miies from here were still nlive and would be rescued from their prison in the lower levels, was expressed by a newspa per corresjwndent who returned from the mine shortly after 8 a. m. today. He declared the imprisoned men are believed lo be in the workings two miles, 1 from the Hecla main shaft. Air compressors were working, it was declared, to clear the air of the workings ' of any smoke or gas that might have pen etrated to that part of the mine’ and at 8 o’clock the fire pumps were started. Twenty helmeted men of the U. S. Mine Rescue forces were on the ground ready to go below. If the men still in the mine regained 1 in the star workings mine men declared 1 they are confident they were in no great danger. The belief was expressed SffaK the fire conuld be confined to the Helen j mine proper and that proper measures would bring it under contrtol shortly. 1 MOTHER’S DAY WILL BE < OBSERVED IN THE ARMY ] Soldiers in All Parts of the Country Will i Fittingly Observe May 10th. i (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 24.—A tuition wide I demonstration by the army to express its i affection and apitreciation for the moth- ] ers of the soldiers of American army lias been ordered by the Wnr Department for 1 Mother’s Day, May 10th. Instructions to comanding officers of i all the corps areas, and independent army i commands, ordering them to arrange suit able ceremonies to be held at posts, the camps and other stations in their respect ive commands, have been forwarded by Major Gen. Robert G. Davis, Adjutant General of the army. , Accept Invitation to Charlotte. (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 24. : —The Congress of the Daughters of the American .Revo- , lution officially accepted an invitation to attend the celebration of the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence to be held May 20 at Charlotte. N. C., but referred to the resolutions committee an invitation by Mayor Ken driek of Philadelphia to hold its 1926 Congress in his city coincident with the sesquicentennial celebration there. L\ A. R. to Build Auditorium in Wash ington. (By the Associated Press) Washington. April 24.—The Daugh ters of the American Revolution in con vention here today voted to erect a $2,- 000,000 auditorium in Washington. The proposal was opposed by delega tions from a number of states, particu larly Minnesota, lowa and Mississippi. It was by a majority of 144 votes. OOOOOQQGOOQOOOOQOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOQQ I May First Is Tax Returning Time ||| Why not invest your idle funds in prepaid building and ]![ loan stock at $72.25 per share which is tax free ? , of stfch income is exempt from Federal In- tjl, come tax. J ' « ! OUR NEW SERIES ' v tj | Books are now open for our May Series, Come in and take out a few shares which will start you on the road ' to saving for that future home and comfortable fireside. Citizens Building & Loan Association Wc SeU Prepaid Stock (Office in Citizens Bank) The Concord Daily Tribune - ■ ■■ » im —=■ " 1 1 Jail Breaker ■gk ■ jL K 11 VI I V oj S y n Winona Green, 24, under life sentence in Arkansas for killing three persons, has authorities worried. She recently was captured after breaking jail at Little Rock, and boasts that she will escape again. There is no penitentiary for white . women in Arkansas and Winona is be ing confined to jails. I 52.000.000 INVESTED IN CRESCENT LIMITED One Hundred Thirty Employee Will Be Constantly in Its Service, Too —Starts Sunday. I Washington. April 23,—Locomotive.* and cars valued at approximately JS2,- 000.000 and 130 train employes will be continually and exclusively in the ser vice of the “Crescent limited,” the new deluxe, extra-fare train between New York and New Orleans, placed in ser vice by the Southern Railway system on Sunday, April 26. Five complete trains will be required. Each will include club car,, observation sleeping car, compartment-drawing room and open section sleeping enrs and dining car. In the operation of each train there wtti be employed at BR- times five en gines and train service men, nine sleep ing car attendants and a dining car crew of 12. or 130. for the five trains. This enumeration includes only the equipment and manpower which will be devoted exclusively to the service of the “Crescent- limited.” Ib addition, it will share with other train,* the use of mil lions of dollars invested in roadway, protective devices, terminal and ( shop facilities and the service of thousands of roadway, yard, station and traffic em ployes. "The accommodations offered the pub lic by each of the five trains, in addi tion to the observation and club car chairs, will include 54 sections, eight drawing rooms and eight compartments. “American Forest Wdtek.” (By the Associated <*ress) Raleigh, N. C-, April 24.—Governor A. W. McLean has issued a proclamation setting aside the week of April 27-May 3, inclusive as “American Forest Weeu" and asking for its observance in North Caro lina. The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development has sent out circular letters asking for the observ ance of the week by various civic clubs, and to 12 Boy Scout executives calling attention to the Governor's proclamation and asking their co-operation in the re-' quests set forth therein. In his proclamation, the Governor pointed out that “neglect of the forest re sults in continued fires which destroy seedlings and young trees so that cut over lands that should be producing more tim ber are being turned by thousands of acres into barren wastes that are an eco nomic burden.” The tenth international convention and exposition of the National. Associa tion of Purchasing Agents will be en tertained in Milwaukee during the last week of May. CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1925 BALKAN STATES ARE PREPARED TO CHECK WAVE OF TERROISK Somfe States Are Taking Mili tary Precautions Against Spread Os Terrorism As Shown In Bulgaria NOTHING CERTAIN KNOWN FROM SOFIA Some Dispatches Minimize The Seriousness of Situa tion And Others Say Con ditions Are Grave (By tbe AMoctnted Pleas.) Dispatches from Sofia continued to minimize the seriousness of the Bulgarian situation but indirect reports from other Bakan centers picture conditions ns grave. The Balkan states are said to be tak ing military precautions against the spread of terrorism in Bulgaria which flared to its high mark. with the recent attack on King Boris, assassination of Gen. Gheorgheiff, and the bombing of the Sveti Krai cathedral, where 160 persons , were kilield. Koumania is reported to ;be moviag troops toward both her Russian and Bul garian frontiers. Jugo-Slavia is guarding her border, indirect reports say, Greece is mobilizing part ,of her army but will not intervent unless Greek frontiers are threatened. Greece, according to these reports, will regard an increased Bulgarian army as a menace to the Balkan status quo. Greek agents are reported en route to Belgrade to renew negotiations for a new (ireel- Jugo Slav alliance. Serious Diplomatic Conflict Feared London. April 24. —The correspondent j of the Morning Post of Belgrade says dip- 1 iomatio circles in the Jugo-Slavia capital considered that if Bulgaria docs not aban don her suspicion of Jugo-Slavia’s com plicity in the terroristic campaign of Bul garia a serious diplomatic conflict be tween the countries is possible. Another Terrorist Killed. Sofiia, April 24 (By the Associated j Press). —Ivan Maneoffe. a member of the' secret committee of the Bulgarian Com- I munist party, was shot and killed by the I police today when he refused to surrend-! er. Another store of arms has beeial found by the police in a search of the I home of a suspected conspirator. 18 EX-GOVERNOR MORRISON TO BUY NEWSPAPER? i One Report Has It That He is to I Acquire Interest in Winston-Salem 1 Journal. Raleigh, April 23.—Two sets of Char- I 'otte visitors here this-week carry a story which they say is current in j Charlotte, that former Governor Mor- j rison is to acquire an interest in the l Winston-Salem Journal and go from the i Queen City to the king of cities. . A third batch of Charlotteans bears the news that there is not a word of troth in it. and all the Winston-Salem folks, of whom there have been many, utterly laugh down the whole business. They have not heard a word of it and would not believe it if they did. Former Governor Morrison’s desire, if he has any, to get into the newspaper field could be understood and a partner ship with the present management of the Journal Would not be bad since its editor, the “best secretary to any gov ernor in the -United States,” as Gov ernor Biekett called him, .was ,as loyal to Morrison as to Biekett. The Chgr lotteans have heard the rumor and have not. If there is nothing to the yarn Raleigh will be very much aggrieved, for it long has yearned to see the ex-governor with the controlling or some kind of in terest in a paper which would give him his ehanee to call his enemies every thing that he thinks they are. Cheaper Fertilizer Rates Forecast. (Br the Associated Press) Raleigh, April 24.—Cheaper fertilizer rates for North Carolina hud the other southeastern states were forecast today by A. J. Maxwell, member of the North Carolina Corporation Commission. He had just returned from Atlanta, where be went Monday to hear the presentation of testimony of carriers ! .n the hearings with reference to a general revision of rntes on fertilizers, both inter-state and intra state. New Members Named On Board Public Welfare Raleigh, April 23.—Appointments on the board of charities and public welfare for a term of six years were announced | today by Gbvernor McLean as follows: i Mrs. Joseph A. Brown, Chadbourn, to ■ succeed Mrs. Thomas W. Lingle, David tsonj; Rev. Dr. C. H. Durham, to sue- I feed M. L. Keesler, Thomasville, and Mrs. > H. F. Sea well, Carthage, to succeed Mrs. ! J. W. Pless, Marion. I BASEBALL Opening Game of the Season BADIN vs. GIBSON 1 b Saturday, April 25 th at 3:30 P. M. I L Gibson, Park - v . **JSGmn Building Collapses During Furious Storm p-t 1 ■ " : " ■ " - -■ % T m jfi % ■ R xx _P' ,r ' n *,. a H^orrn > "'lm'h swept from lilino'S to Pennsylvania, the live -tmy brick building occupied by the Isaac Walker Hardware Company at Peoria, 111., Collapsed. Two men were killed and the building crushed a two-story garage next door SLS ARE NOTHING NEW . j_i Tells Japanese Newspaper Man They Are Only Train ing Routine Such As Is Held Yearly By The Navy JAPANESE ASKED ABOUf MANEUVERS | Since They Are To Be Held In Pacific The Japanese Were Anxious To Know The Reason For Them (Cy (he Associated Press) Washington. April 24.—Writing to j the AVashington representative of a Jap , anese publishing company, Secretary AVil ; bur has explained that the Pacific naval | maneuvers are only routine training such ; as is held annually by the navy. * The letter was written ,to Kiyosli i I Kawakami. represcitt'a'4'V of the- Osaka I Mairiiehi, publishing company, who said i he was under instructions from his edi j torial office to obtain a brief statement i “explaining the history of the projected I naval maneuvers at Hawaii,” Belief was expressed “that such a , statement will serve to clear the doubt and suspicion which evidently exists in ' many a Japanese mind.” , Replying, Secretary Wilbur called at- I tention that in 1921 the cruise was to j South America, in 1923 off Central Am j erica, while last year it was in AVest In idies waters. With Our Advertisers. One more day of opportunity in the After Easter Sale at ithe Parker Shoe Store. The sale closes tomororw night. Two new ones in strap pumps will be on sale, tomorrow at Ivey's for $6.00. AA’indsor chairs are in good taste for every room In the house. At H. B. Wil kinson's. Saturday and Monday will be the two big days in the 88 Cent Sale at Efird’s. Chic .modes in pumps at the Ruth- Kesler Shoe Store at prices ranging from $3.95 to $8.95. Fresh fruits and vegetables at the San itary Grocery Co. There are 17 Kelvinators in Concord homes, all giving perfect satisfaction. See J. Y. Pharr & Bro.. phones 103, 127, or 208. Special in new pattern shirts and ra diant neckwear at Hoovers. All kinds of delicious drinks at Cline’s Pharmacy. Insure when you start building. See ad. today of the Fetzer & Yorke Insur ance Co. For $2.50 the Pearl Drug Co. will give you six rolls of films, a year's subscrip tion to Kodakery and a complete manual of instructions, and give you the camera besides. See ad. Monday morning beginning at 9 o’clock the Concord Furniture Co. will sell a $3.50 iron bridge lamp for $1.95. They will also have three other just as big bar gains in higher priced lamps running up to $16.75 for $22.50 lamp. See ad. AVhy not invest your idle funds in pre paid building and loan Ktock. See ad. today of the Citizens Building and Loan Association. Opening baseball game of the season, Badin vs. Gibson at Gibson Park tomor row at 3.30 p. m. Joe Walcott, the "Barbados*; Terror,” wa sfive feet and < in(l inch tall and when he fought and knocked out Joe Choynski, the great heavyweight, he weighed only 137 pounds. -LU— ■■ l- 1 — ' - -■ '' ; rT” ;■—■=-===»» The American Legion Endowment The effort which the American Legion is putting forth to raise an endowment fund for the disabled and the orphans of veterans, is a worthy undertaking and merits the support of the people. 1 Our young men men at the call of their country entered the conflict that threat ened to destroy our civilization. They were a mighty factor in stopping the mad rush of a people that had substituted ' might for right. But in doing this many made the stipreme sacrifice. Peace to their ashes! A large number came homo “unscratched by shot or shell,” —sound in body and mind. But many others re turned physically unable to make a liv- THE COTTON MARKET Opening Barely Steady at on Advance of 2 Points To Decline of 7 Points (By the Associated Preaa) New York, April 24.—The cotton mar ket was again affected by private re ports from the southwest during the early trading. The opening was barely steady at an advance of 2 points to a decline of 7 points, near months being a shade higher on relatively steady Liverpool cables, but the general list soon eased un der loenl, Southwestern and Wall Street selling inspired by reports of fur ther relief from droughty conditions in Texas. July broke to 24:39 and October to 24.09 before the end of the first hour, •representing net declines of 10 to 11 points. AAbetter trade demand developed as prices approached the 24 cent level for October and there was considerable cov ering for over the week end. Cotton futures opened barely steady: May 24.15: July 24.55; October 24.23; December 24.32; January 24.10. LEGION ENDOWMENT FUND GROWING ALL OVER STATE Greensboro Holds Banner for Haying Raised Most Money in Shortest. Time. Lexington. April 23.—Interest in the American legion endowment fund is growing all over the state, according to reports received today at state head quarters. Greensboro has the banner so far for having raised more money in a short time than any other city. Her quota is $7,600, of which $7,300 was raised yes terday. with the drive still on. Wilmington was the first lnrge town to raise its quota, having raised $5,185. according to telegram received today from Chairman Thomas AA T . Davis. AViuston-Salem has raised $7,000 and Raleigh today reported $4,000. Neither city has finished. The largest single subscription yet reported is SSOO by D. H. Burtner, of Greensboro, father of Henry K- Burt ner, killed in action, in whose memory the Greensboro post of the American legion was named. Grist Will Inspect Big Plant At Badin Greensboro, April 23.—Frank D. Grist, state commissioner of labor and printing, left here today for Badin, where he will inspect the big aluminum plant. From there he will go to Asheville. and Can ton, and at the latter place will inspect the big paper mill. The state gets its paper from the plant at Canton, the source of all stationery used in the state's public offices. Mr. Grist will return to Raleigh Sunday morning, he said. He was here to install George A. Yoiincc as director of the branch of the state em ployment service. Air. Younee succeeds E. L. Morgan, resicned. He is an attor roj, a veteran of the AA’orld War, ji gradu ate of the University of North Carolina, where he played on the baseball team. Uanble To Form New Cabinet (By the Associated Press) Brussels, April 24. —Emile A’audevelde, the socialist leader, today informed King Albert that he had found it impossible to fulfill the mission entrusted him of form ing a calilnet to succeed that of Premier Theunis, which resigned April 5. Blff!T I TlWsPWaß3Bß32EEg^^B33l!gaa3l3BlSß3Bgg^^B33^3lfflEi 3 DR. GEO. E. GUILLE Noted Evangelist and Bible Teacher I First Presbyterian Church I FROM APRIL 26th THROUGH MAY 3rd Services on Sundays at 11:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M. On Week Days at 7:30 P. M.’ I COME EARLY TO SECURE A SEAT i 1 PUBLIC INVITED H i [ ing for themselves. Orphaned children I are also found throughout our country ns t ! a result of the awful conflict. I In contributing to this cause we are not only helping to alleviate suffering and , distress, but we are also making an in vestment that will bring large returns in the future. I AA'e have not forgotten how we denied I ourselves many things in order to win the . war. AA T e stood by our boys while the t battles were raging. We will not neglect , them and their dependents now, even I though the conflict is over. J. M. VARNER. April 23, 1925. EARTH TREMORS REPORTED . ] FROM SEVERAL CITIES Near Boston Tremor Rattled Dishes and Windows.—No Damage Reported (By (he Associated Preaa) Boston. April 24.—Distant earth tre mors were reported today from several , points in southeast Massachusetts, New Bedford felt shocks accompanied by a | rumbling sound at 3 :10 a. m. and at Mid delboro the phenomenon was timed at 3 o'clock. No damage was reported. The movement was felt as far inland as Brockton and appeared to follow a line [ between New Bedford and that city. In ( Brocton Heights, a suburb, windows and dishes were rattled. The duration was j; from a few seconds to half a minute. WHEELER CASE MAY GO TO JURY DURING DAY Defense Concluded Presentation of Tes timony During Thursday Afternoon. Great Falls, April 24 (By the Asso ciated Press).—The fate of Senator Bur ton K. Wheeler may be in the hands of 1 the federal jury by night. The Montana , legislator is. accused of wrongfully ap ’ pearing before the Department of the In , terior in the interests of a client. , Taking of testimony in the case came , t 0 an abrupt end yesterday when the de fense gave up the plan of calling addition al witnesses to controvert the testimony . of the government's star witness, Geo. P. Hayes. Student Council Selected at Davidson College. Davidson, N. (\, April 24.—Following the various class elections announcement ; is made of the student council of David son College for next year. N. E. Sap pentield. of Concord, president of the : Student body, is president of the .student council; Tlie presidents of tile three classes are members of the council, They . are: Seniors, R. B. Parker, Farmville, ; N. C.; Juniors, J. F. Pinkney, Berkley, " V. A.: and Sophomores, It. L. Mc- Millan. Charlotte Other members of the council have been elected as follows: Seniors, A. F. i Hollingsworth. Jr., Atlanta Gn.’; T. s! Baker. Jacksonville, Fla.: T. S. Law son, Greensboro, Ala.; J. M. Appleby I Florence. Ala.; and H. L. Shaw. Sum i *«'■- s - Juniors, W. A. Christian. Mo . bile. Ala.; W. T. Covington, Raeford, N. t C.; and H. G. Stewart, Dothan, Ala.; .Sophomores, John Foster, Winston-Sa » lem, N. <J.; Camper O'Neal, Florence, Ala. ( Puppies Mothered By Rhode Island Red ; Hen. ' Springfield, Mass., April 24.—When _ a mother beagle hound on the farm of i Jsmesl W. Cesan, in Agawam, unae . countably deserted her four puppies not . long ago, the orphaned family was taken ( ovoi~ by a Rhode Island Red hen which was without family cares. Now hen and puppies are inseparable. When Mr. Cesan first discovered the situation the waifs were snuggled warmly beneath the , hen. ; The only drawback to the arrange > ment seems to be the mother hen’s fnil ■ ure to develop in the puppies an ap • petite for worms and other similar choice morsels she provides. • TODAY’S i » NEWS m » TODAY m NO. 97 SUMMITS . B) WEATHER RIGS ■unttnisMi i\~' Kunning' From Courses And Communica tion Paralyzed As Result Os Storm In That State. SOME PARTSOF STATE MAROONED Rail Traffic Also« Feels Affects Os Winter’s Lash—Twen ty-Eight Inches Os Snow, Fell In Butte (By the Associated Press I Butte Mont. April 24.—King Winter’s most bitter spring onslaught yesterday released the elements of Montana and left a snow covered state, high running streams and practically paralyzed trans portation and communication systems. Small hamlets were marooned, highways were blocked with huge drifts, wires were down and industrial' traffic was demor ized. and railroad traffic seriously affected by the winter’s fleeting lash. Clearing skies over a greater part of the state to day promised relief, along with the weath er man’s prediction that the storm would move eastward. Butte prepared to dig itself out of a 27-inch blanket of snow, left by the storm which diminished last night and was fol lowed by rain. Corps of workmen began to repair the damage estimated at SSO,- ■ 000, which the storm caused in the city to power lines and traffic lanes. HARVEY SUBMITS PLEA OP GUILTY Accepts Fine in lieu of Term in Peni tentiary. Columbia, S. C., April 23.—Former Governor Wilson G. Harvey pleaded guilty to one count of an indictment charging him with violation of the state banking laws, and by Judge John S. Wilson, at Allendale today, it is learned In Columbia, was sentenced to serve four months in the state peni tentiary or pay a fine of S4OO. He paid the fine. The count to which he pleaded guilty was lending excessively to the Con solidated Truck and Auto company, of Charleston. Two other counts involving excessive borrowing himself and lending 'to bis brother-in-law (nersJtMhjt^nMfft; " Judge Wilson commended the former 7 governor for his clean record and for pleading guilty. Attorneys called attention to the fact that the acts involved in the indictment were committed at a time of unusual financial conditions and were mere technical violations of the law. Governor Hprvey was president of the defunct Enterprise Bank of Char leston. Before Judge Wilson passed sentence, R. P. Be»rson and Edgar A. Brown of defense counsel, addressed the court in their client’s behalf and asked for mercy on the grounds of the “mere technicality of the offense.” They also called the court’s attention to what they termed “the stress of the times in which the offense was committed” and the good character of the defendant. Solicitor Murdnugh. in charge of the prosecution, signified to the court his willingness to refrain from pressing the second and third counts in consideration of the plea of guilty to the first. ABOUT 1.500 ARRESTED ‘ IN BULGARIA RECENTLY Arrests Made As Result Os Terrorist’* Campaign In That Country (By the Associated Press) Sofia. April 24. —Gen. Rouseff. the minister of the interior, told foreign cor respondents today that the number of those arrested in entire country since the .beginning of the government cam* paign against the terrorists did not ex ceed 1,500. The minister declared that Moscow had individuals and gangs in its pay on regu lar monthly wages in Bulgaria and gave special premuims for crimes committed. Find No Trace of Japanese Seamen. (By the Associated Press) Halifax, April 24.—The Dominion steamer' Arlcux, which sailed Wednesday for the scene of the sinking of the Jap* anese freighter Rafuku Maru, reported to C. H. Harvey, local agent for the depart* ment of the marine, that no trace had been found of any of the bodies of the 38 Japanese seamen who perished. The Ar lenx still was cruising about ia the vi* cinity continuing the search. New Temperature Recorded at Charlotte. (By (he Associated Press) Charlotte, April 24.—A record tem* perature was recorded here today by the local weather bureau when the mercury touched 00 degrees at noon. The next highest mark ever reached at the local station for April 24 was in 1017, when the mark was 87. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS I ——————