ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Conditions In Storm
Area Improve; Many
Refugees Are Leaving
Serum and Food Received
For the Wounded and
Needy.—Still Counting
the Dead.
394 KNOWN DEAD
FROM*TH ESTORM
All Men in the Area Have
Been Put to Work Clear
ing Away the Mass of
Tangled Wreckage.'
Miami, Sept. 24.—fiW —Florida's
hurricane stricken lower east coast to
day bent its efforts to prevention of
disease and removal of homeless ref
ugees to cities to the northward for
she.ter and care.
Thousands yesterday bared their
arms to the anti-typhoid needle and
stores of incoming serums were being
exhausted as fast as received. Ite
pi.its here were that airplanes with
thousands of units of anti-tetanus and
typhoid serums Were speeding from
northern points, and that a warship
was rushing to Miami from Charles
ton, S. C., with an lldditioual supply.
Meanwhile thousands of refugees
were leaving for their former homes
in the north, and for northern Florida
cities where food, clothing and shelter
awaits t'aem. Several thousand passed
through Jacksonville yesterday, while
other cities north of W’est Palm Beach |
sheltered thousands in city buildings j
and tourist camps.
All women and children are being•
remover! from Hollywood where the
greatest fury of the storm was felt.
Ail men have been conscripted for the
work of cleaning away the mass of
tangled wreckage.
Several car loads of food supplies
received by the Miami American le
gion post ’nave been distributed
through Miami, Hollywood and Fort
Lauderdale area and ten per cent, of
building and rooting material received
during the last few days is being re
served for repair of homes whose own
ers are unable to finance the work.
As Red Cross units, public health
service details and other relief work
ers went about their tasks of burying
the dead and relieving the injured,
large forces of city workers continued
their search for bodies in the musq
of wretiiuge »f''t»nildings and rftiißhe
debris.
Additional surveys and re-cheeks of
f.ie fiO-mi!e coastal aren between West
Palin Beach and Miami, nnd of the
Lake Okeechobee region where the
hurrican spent its fury, showed 3411
known dead, 1,100 injured, and a
property loss of approximately $103,-
000,000.
Moorehaven, overwhelmed by flood
waters when Luke Okeechobee burst
its dykes, suffered tile greatest death,
toll with 110. Miami and the imme
diate vicinity came next with 101);
Hollywood ’.tad 34; Hialeah 22; Fort
Lauderdale 11); Danin 11; Fulford
.S; Seaboard Park 7; Ingleside 3; and
Hallandale, Homestead and Pompano
two each.
Miami officials have estimated that
the property loss in the Miami area
alone will reach $100,000,000; Holly
wood nnd Fort Lauderdale euch suf
fered between $23,000,000 to $35,000,-
000: and damage to other smaller
cities has been estimated in millions
of dollars.
While drivers searched the sunken
wrecks in Biscayne Bay at Miami for
possible bodies. <Ool, H. F. Lowry, in
charge of military forces at Moore
haven. estimated Caere were at least
200 more dead there, which will not
be removed until flood waters have
receded.
From Pensacola comes word that
property loss there will reach $5,000,-
000 to shipping alone, and Mobile and
other cities in the path of the gale are
counting their dmnuge in hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
There was no loss of life in Pensa
cola und no serious injuries have been
reported there.
Reports trickling into Miami from
the Bahamas and from innumerable
keys and outlying islands off the coast
list six killed and seven injured at
Biminia, Many schooners have been
repqrted • sunk, many of them going
ANNOUNCEMENT
The 58th Series in this old reliable Building and Loan
Association will open on October 2nd, 1926.
RUNNING SHARES COST2S CENTS PER SHARE
PER WEEK.
PREPAI DSHARES COST $72.25 PER SHARE.
ALL STOCK IS NON-TAXABLE. STOCK HAS
BEEN MATURING IN 328 WEEKS.
THE BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIP
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START SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY—SAVE TO
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BEGIN NOW.
CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.
Office in the Concord National Bank
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
♦—
1 down with all aboard
I Restoration of Miami harbor and I
, refloating of scores of boats beached
• by the mountainous, waves will be a !
j huge task for the next few months. I
j Approximate'y 300 craft were esti-
I mated by a Miami commilte? or mnri
' time affairs to have been destroyed or |
[ sunk in I'.io harbor. A number were
| laid high and dry qlong the bay front,
,/one five-masted schooner resting fifty
’ feet from the water’s edge. Two tank
>, ers anchored in the inner harbor dur
' ing the storm were beached by the
j gale.
Divers explored the hulk of the
sunken "Xohub." formerly the private
i yaCit of the Kaiser of Germany,
j which ended its existence as a supper
: c'ub in Biscuyne Bay by plunging into
j the mouth of the Miami Uiver. The
•captain and six of the crew are miss-
I ing.
• State headquarters for relief opera -
j tions will be moved from .Jacksonville
to West Palm Beach within the next
few days to expedite the activities in
the stricken area, James 1., Fieser,
vice chairman ts the national Bed
Cross, lias announced.
Karl Kilpatrick, assistant manager
of t'je middle western district of the
Red Cross, has been assigned to the
; Miami district and trained relief work
ers arriving here are being routed to
‘ 'various sections of the storm area.
Conditions in Miami Approach Nor
malcy.
j Miami, Sept. 24. — \JP) —Conditions
I 1 in Miami, tlit by a fierce hurricane
just a week ago( rapidly approached
normal today. Excepting when one
l looked aloft in downtown Miami, vir
j tunlly every trace of the fury wrought
t.v the elements of tile wind nnd tidal
waves had been eliminated. Above,
there still yawned great holes in many
buildings where materia' had been
driven by the wind, roofs lifted and
y\ mdows crashed.
The death list for greater Miami in
cluded the city and six villages of sub
divisions was reduced to 103 today
by a recapitulation of citizens com
mittee relief headquarters.
There remained in hospital 408 per
sons, tlie condition of most of them
regarded as serious. Two days ago
there were approximately 1,100 per
sons in eight hospitals.
The hospital figures ate for all of
greater Miami excepting Miami Beach,
the playground for the Sit-h just koras*,
lliscnyne Bay. and connected to the
mainland by two causeways. Those
in Miami Beach hospitals were said to
number fewer than a score.
The threatened epidemie of typhoid
fever here was not giving cause for
alarm today and the doctors ami sani
tation experts regard the situation
as well in hand.
At medical headquarters :t was said
that chlorination of the city water sup
ply by experts from Chicago probably
had saved a grave situation and it was
expected that two days more would
see use of city water officially approv
ed.
Miami remained « center today for
wild rumors, most of v which dealt
with the death list. Os scores talked
with by newspaiier men. there were
very few who did not hazard opinions
that Biscayne Bay, upon which Miami
faces, would yet yield a number of
bodies. Deep sea divers and crews
from government boats with grappling
hooks continued to explore the water
front.
The water front remained a mass
of tangled wreckage, with the debri,;
of possibly 150 small boats, some sou
grass and dead fish intermingled.
Charlotte's Tax Rate Fixed at $1.16
on the Hundred.
Charlotte, Sept. 23.—Charlotte's
tax rate today was fixed at sl.lO on
the hundred, the same as that for
the past year, by the city commis
sioners.
. Os this tax 83 1-2 cents will be
used for general city purposes; 30
cents for schools and one-half of one
cent for the Mecklenburg industrial
' home.
The commissioners estimated that
this tax rate would raise approxi
‘ matCl.v $1,331,023.20, the assessed
valuation of property in the city
• being placed at $120,000,000.'
The county tax rate is 98 cents on
; the hundred.
Admitted at 100
i j ■
• 1
Mrs. liachel Dworjra. of Luthuanla.j
was admitted to America after a long \
struggle v.'it}] New York immigration |
authorities. She ailm'ttcd ninety-four
but officials said she deducted six
years from her age to facilitate hei
entrance.
HARD LIFE OF REPORTER
ON POLITICAL NEWSPAPER
Yorkvilie Enquirer Man is Threatened
With Suit For $23.00!*.
(By International News Service)
York, S. ('., Sept. 24.—Hard is the
ife of a political newspaper reporter
in South Carolina. Especially in the
Democratic campaign years such as
this year. Nomination on the Demo
cratic party is equivalent to election.
Take for instances the case of
James D. Grist, of Yorkville Enquir
er, public’mil in York.
He received the following letter
from a defeated candidate ..(incidental
ly a minister) who was beaten in his
race for the state legislature.
“You defeated me for the legisla
ture through your newspaper articles.
Cnless you pay my campaign expenses
which are $250 and two years' salary
as a member of the house at S4OO a
year, I am going to sut you for dam
ages in the sum of $25,000."
The poor scribe wonders where he
would get the $23,000 should the can
didate get judgment before a petit
jury.
Another candidate "sore’’ over his
defrirt and laying it to an article of
the paper written by the young scribe,
writes:
“I'm going to shoot you on sight.’’
Several other letters, threatening
everything from death to torture,
have also been received.
THE COTTON MARKET
Prices at End of First Hour About
Same as at Yesterday’s Close.
New Y’ork. Sept. 24.—(A*)—The cot
ton market’s big break yesterday was
followed by an opening advance of
9 to points today on covering and
buying for a rally promoted by rela
tively steady Liverpool cables.
The advance to 14.78 for December
contracts met heavy southern selling,
however, and after initial buying or
ders had teen supplied, prices weak
ened under continued '.ledgiug. renewed
liquidation and further selling by lo
cal operators or commission houses
on yesterday’s unexpectedly large crop
figures. By the end of the first hour
j December was off to 14.38, or 7 points
net lower, and within 3 points of the
lowest price touched ou the decline
of yesterday afternoon.
Liverpool was a buyer here. Pri
vate cables attributed the relatively
steady prices there to covering, with
local and London buying but said
business in Manchester had been much
disturbed by t’.ie American crop fig
ures.
Cotton futures opened firm. Oct
14.50; Dec. 14.78; Jan. 14.88; March
15.12; May 15.35.
MAL S. DAUGHERTY IS
WITNESS IN NEW YORK
Says Ledger Sheets Which Govern
ment Wants Were Burned By His
Brother.
New York, Sept. 24.— (A*) —The tes
timony that Harry M. Daugherty, at
torney general in the Harding Cabinet,
burned ledger sheets that the govern
ment alleges would show that part of
an alleged bribe was deposited to his
credit in the Midlund National Bank.
I Washington Courthouse, . Ohio, was
j given today in the Daugherty-Miller
| conspiracy case by Mai S. Daugherty,
brother of the defendant Daugherty.
Believe Auto Victim is North Caro
linian.
Gainesville, Ga., Sept. 23.—An
unidentified young woman was kill
ed near here today, when the auto
mobile she was driving turned over
in rounding a curve. Cliff Payne, of
Gainesville, who had Been picked up
by the young woman and was being
brought into Gainesville, was tumble
to identify her. Payne sustained
slight injuries.
Medicine bottle# found in the
woman's satchel fore the name of
"H- Jackson”' and were issued by
Winston-Salem nnd' Salisbury, N. C..
druggists. The automobile the young
woman was driving carried the
North Carolina license number
which, officers were informed from
the latter state, was issued to
Howard Brow;n.
The discovery of a new alloy steel
capable of withstanding higher tem
peratures than steel has ever with
stood was announced recently at Shef
field by Sir Robert Hadfteld, who was
the inventor of manganese steel.
CONCORD, N, C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 192 Q
Red Cross Relief Fund
For the Florida Sufferers
1 1 — —
I r
A onll has been sent out by John Barton Payne, of the Ameri- j
j l can Red Cross for funds for extending relief to the sufferers from the l.
j " hurricanes iti Florida. Howard Collie. President of the local Bed j“
Cross, asks that The Tribune make an appeal to the public of thin sec- j"
, ton for this purpose. The Red Cross is expecting Concord and ('a- i
| " barms County to contribute liberally. It is important that the work
1 » be done within the next few d%v* as the time of greatest suffering is *|
« r now. Later, funds that arc raised, will be acceptable, of course, but all p
| ? that can be procured now is nettled badly for immediate use.
* - Hand your contributions to A. D. Coltrane, treasurer of the local jij j
| jj Bed Cross, at the Concord National Bank.
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I THE WORLD WAR
VETERANS’ LOAN AjfT
j. Voters to Have Chance to Vote jm
Onstitutional Amendment.
1 Raleigh. Sept. 24. —(A 1 )—North Car
| olinn voters will be faeeif at the gen
j eral eeetion -on Tuesday. November
j 2nd, with bul.ols calling for Me rat
ification of one proposed amendment
to the State constitution and of tile
I legislative act known as the " World
War veterans' loan act."
The veterans' loan act was ratified
by voters at the election two years
ago. but a defect in its wording was
found by the supreme court prevent
ing it becoming effective. The de
fect, which involved the wording as
to the means of, its ratification, was
remedied by the 1925 legislature and
provisions made for its re-submission
to the voters this November. i
The constitutional amendment calls
for a ('.range in section three, article
three, governing election returns. The
present procedure is for county elec
tions to mnke their returns to the
secretary of state, State board of elec
tions and the general assembly for
canvassing and certification. Tile
amendment would eliminate the gen
eral assembly and leave the certifica- j
t.ion up to the State board of elec
tions. )
This will have the effect of cutting
short the McLean administration by
two weeks, as officers elected in No
vember can take office on January Ist,
as provided by the law. without wait
ing for t'.ie legislature to convene and
certify the returns.
Tile veterans loan act provides for ]
making loans not exceeding $3,000 to
honorably discharged war veterans for
the purpose of buying homes or farms.
It stipulates that no loan shall be in
excess of seventy-five per cent, of ’
in-ii'tevtv and flint only one loan *h 'Ji
be mad? to any vefcrau. - ‘ "7
The act provides that the adniinis- j
tration of the loan fund, whic.i is 1
to be realized from the sale of bonds j
ill an amount not exceeding two mil
lion dollars will be in the hands of
the board of advisors of four members
composed of the secretary of state as
ex-officia chairman, the secretary of
agriculture, attorney general and Stute
treasurer, who will act as ex-officio
treasurer. It provides for the es-1
tnblishment and maintenance of an 1
office here.
Tlie technicality on wbirfi the act
was disqualified after being passed at
the last election was stated as being
tlie wording which required its ratifi
cation by a majority of the qualified
voters. It received a majority of
the votes actually cast, but the su
preme court ruled that this was insuf
ficient und consequently the act was
invalid.
The past legislature changed the
bill to require a majority of t’.ie votes
cast in order to secure ratification* J
During the Inst campaign the Anier-1
ican Legion lent active support to the
measure, but in the two years that
have elapsed enthusiasm from this
source appears to have waned, anil
frank doubt has been expressed about
tlie capital as to whether the proposal
in reality possesses any great virtue.
and whether voters will cast tueir i
ballots for it in the same numbers
as last time.
One thing militating against the
success of the bill was the bitter tight
launched by supporters of candidates
for the office of loans commissioner,
which became quickly smeared with
the stigmn of a political plum and
did much to creat adverse public sen
timent against the loan proposal. Oth
er observers express doubt as to its;
passage because of the two million j
dollar bond issue at laeheij, which is j
not expected to appeal to the rank
and tile of voters in the face of a
general admiuistratioual policy of re
trenchment.
With Our Advertisers.
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Let tlie Ritchie Hardware Co. in
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so you w 11 be ready for the news from
the world's series. See ad.
You can liave new shoes made from
old at the Shepherd Shoe Hospital.
Saturday only—lrish potatoes at 50
cents a peck at the J. & H. Cash
Store.
Tlie fall exhibit of footwear is now
on at Ivey’s, embracing all the latest
styles. They fit your foot too.
See the high grade aluminum nnd
enamel ware at the Ritchie Hardware
Co.
See the attractive new ad. today of
• W. j. Hethoeox. the electrician.
The shoes at the J. C. Penney Co.’s
; combine style, value, low price an 1
i comforts. See cut in ad. of severnl
styles of women’s Khoes at $3.49, $3.98
and $4.98.
A wonderful assortment of new' fall
dresses in a big array of colors at
• Efird’s.
See the big line of overalls and
: work shirts at the Parks-Belk Cj.'i
See ad. for particulars.
NORTH CAROLINA DAY
TO BE 810 OCCASION
Oiv. McLean, as Honor Guest, Will
Be Given H'gh Military and Naval
Honors.
. Tribune Bureau
Sir Water Hotel
Raleij,’.!, Sept. 24.—North Carolina
day at the Sesqui-Centennial in Phiia
del|)hia is to be one of the memorable
days of the exposition, as the result
of plans notv being perfected by the
SestjUi management and which have
just been made public by Major Wade
H. Phillips, secretary of the State
Sest|ui-('entennial committee.
Governor A. W. McLean will be
the honor guest, and will be given high
military and naval 'jonors, and dur
ing the course of the day will deliver
an address on the site of the North
i Carolina Pylon. At this same time
the State committee of North Caro
lina women, of which Mrs. William
X. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, is
chairman, will present a North Caro
lina flag to the governor who in turn
will present it to the committee for a
permanent memorial to be kept among
the nrc’.iives of the thirteen original
states of Philadelphia.*
I "This day will be one of the biggest
opportunities for North Carolina to
|be presented to the nation at large
that Ims yet been offered it," said
Governor McLean in duiscussing the
. matter. "There are thousands of
people at the exposition daily who
know little of the state and the part
it ’ans played in the history of the
nation and the party which it is play
] ing now. Hence, I hope that as
many North Carolinians ns possible
( will be present at the exposition on
October 11th, so that the State may
make an excellent showing. I aH>o
hope that the press of the State will
..lotve adequate representatives t'.iere
Isi that the Wu-spaiters At the State
! may carry full accounts of the day's
| program."
{ A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, chair
man of the State Sesqui-Centennial
committee, and Major Phillips con
ferred at length yesterday as to furth
er plans for the day. Governor Mc-
Lean will be accompanied by Ad
jutant General J. Van B. Metts and
his entire staff.
| Nothing is to be left undone to
| make the occasion a memorable one.
HERE TO LOOK AT
OCR TOBACCO CROPS
Wisconsin Men See How It Is Cured
and Marketed.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 24.—50 much has
j been heard in Washington and even
in Wisconsin of the tobacco in North
Carolina and how it is cured and
marketed that two members of the
crop reporting service, C. E. Page, of
I Washington, in charge of tobacco sta
tistics, and P. O. Nyhus, chief of the
Wisconsin crop reimrting service, came
to North Carolina instead of Missouri
to be s’liown. They are now on a
, trip of several days duration through
the cotton belt with Frank Parker,
• state statistician, who is conducting
i the tour of inspection, which started
yesterday at Rocky Mount and will
end about Monday at Darlington, 8.
C.
The rapidity with which North
j Carolina has become one of the lead
ing tobacco states, especially bright
tobacco, 'has focused the attention of
I Washington on its tobacco belts with
[the result that the department of ng
j riculture and erop reporting service
i in Washington hus decided to make an
I exhaustive study of tobacco growing,
| curing and marketing here.
■ Wisconsin has also taken up the
growing of tobacco on a small scale,
I but which is rapidly increasing, so
! that Mr. Nyhus thought it best to
I come to North Carolina and see how
j it is done here.
Bo Washington wired Mr. Parker
’ to show them how it is done, and thev
I are certain to find out all about it
by the time the present trip is ended.
. Prisoner About to Become s Mother
, is Paroled.
Tribune Bureau, (
, Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 24.—Because she is
, but 15 years old and about to be
t jeome a mother, and in ord“r that her
baby may not be born under the
, shadow of prison walla, Willie E.
' Edwards, young negro girl of Pitt
county. sentenced to the State
. prison in April for IS months for
larceny, has been paroled by Got-I
ernor A. IV. McLean. The parole
was granted solely on the grounds
‘ mentioned "and without regard to
any of the other facta.” The girl is
1 placed under the supervision of the
1 Pitt coupty welfare officer and must
' engage in gainful employment, as
' soon as she is able.
I Cleveland is the first American
t city to own and operate a complete
system for the collection and disposal
1 of garbage. Something like 150,000
< tons a year are collected and treated
in the municipal reduction plant.
In the News of the Nation
CHARTS R FORBES* CHARI/E'S’. P SUHNTERALI
DGE COE'SV ’ BERNARD. K BARUCH,
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, former director of the
Bureau, was denied a parole from Leavenworth penitentiary.
Major-General Charles P. Summerall was appointed chief of
staff. Government is not progressing as fast as other sciences,
Bain bridge Colby, Secretary of State under President Wilson,
told the American Bankers’ Association. Bernard BaruscliJ
financier, was the largest contributor to the Democratic!
Senatorial campaign.
PRODUCTION OK MOTOR
VEHICLES IN UNITED STATES
Was 424.31*4 in August—Total Num
ber in 1926 Was 4,336.271.
Washington, Sept. 24. — (A 5 ) —Pro-
duction of motor vehicles in th«
United States mounted to 424.31*4 in
August, according to figures compiled
by the United States Department of
Commerce. Os this number 370.111
were imssenger cars and 45,283
were trucks.
The figures apparently rumors of
situation in the automobile industry
by showing an increase from only
252,451 in August 1925. and from
355,455 in July 1920.
The figures are based on reports
received from 172 manufacturers. 65
making passenger cars and 124 mak
ing trucks (17 making <both trucks
and passenger cars). The figures oil
truck production also include fire
apparatus, street sweepers and buss
es.
August productions represents the
highest ill the past two years, being
approached by only two months: Oc
tober 1925, and April 1920, of whirn
months showed a total of over 400,-
(MMi.
The lowest total for any month
during 1925-20 was in January
1925 when only 242,050 vehicles
were manufactured.
The total number manufactured in
1920 was placed by the report at 4.-
330.271.
Governor Likes Fishing When They
Bite.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. Sept. 23.—Governor A. IV.
McLean is beginning to admit that
he likes fishing. They were biting
fine tSiis week at Ocraeoke Island,
and the governor finally admitted that
he caught a 35-pound drum, nearly
three and a half feet long, and that ir
took eighteen minutes to land him!
Cal Coolidge has nothing on North
Carolina's governor when it comes to
fishing.
Muck refreshed by liis trip, and
somewhat tanned by the salt wind and
spray. Governor McLean dipped into
his work with a rest on his return to
Raleigh from liis brief outing. While
away he drove Swanquarter, in Hyde
county, over the new hard surface
road, and went on up into Tyrrell and
Dare counties, which he ’had not pre
viously visited, so that now he ha»
been in every one of the 100 counties
in the state.
■ Bamboos and similar plants can
now be woven by a patent process into
fabric which is much cheaper than
material made from either flax or
, cotton.
Back in Old North State
once more, the Best State
in the Union, and Con
cord the Best Town in
the State.
Would Appreciate it if
all my friends would pay
me a visit. I am very
anxious to shake your
hand.
Your True Friend,
JOE GASKEL.
| | “THE HUB”
COOLER TEMPERATURES
HEADED EASTWARD
Snow Kell Thursday in Northwest
With Frosts in Parts of the Middle
West.
Kansas City. Sept. 24.— LA 3 ) —Sharp
drops in temperatures were, forecast
for mid-west states today as cool
breezes swept eastward from ttie snow
blanketed northwest territory.
The advance of fall yesterday was
marked with rain and snow in Wash
ington. Montana. Wyoming, North
Dakota and Canada. Freezing tem
peratures were reported generally in
the northern tier of states. Living
stone, Mont., reported the record low,
with 18 above zero, while the mer
cury hit the lower 20's throughout the
northern Rocky Mountain region.
Two to four inches of snow fell in
the Nicola Valley of British Colum
bia, and in the prairie provinces of
the Dominion heavier snow was re
ported. Spokane yesterday recorded
tile earliest snow since 1887. with a
thermometer registering 31 degrees.
Some damage was reported to un
harvested grain in the Pacific north
west. Clear skies with frosts and
freezing temperature was the general
forecast for this region today.
Althoug’h temperatures in the mid
west states were slated to register no
higher than the upper 60's or lower I
70s today, the prediction calls for gen-1
erally clear skies.
A. P. MEMBERSHIP
PART OF CAPITAL
Board of Tax Appeals Says Newspa
per Has Right to Include Member
ship in Invested Capital.
Washington. Sept. 24.—1,/P)—News
papers holding membership in the As
sociated Press are justified in regard
ing the value of their membership as
a part of their invested capital for
purposes of taxation.
Overruling the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, the Board of Tax
Appeals today approved a membership
valuation entered as a part of the in
vested capital of the American Press
Co., publishing the l>ake Charles, 1 .a..
American Press.
Bet 6-Cylinder Car on Jack Demp
sey.
Asheville, Sept. 23. Something
entirely new in the way of prize
fight bets developed here tonight I
when it became known that one
Asheville man was so sure Demp
sey would win that lie wagered a
! new six cylinder car against an In
gersoll watch. The man who owned
the car was toting the timepiece and
■ the man who sported the watch was
driving the ear as the time for the
fight approached.
I Charlotte Kiwanis Subscribes to Re
lief.
Charlotte, Sept. 23. —Members of
the Charlotte Kiwanis Club sub
scribed Thursday $535 to assist in
the rehabilitation of Florida. At the
opening of the meeting Dr. W. H.
Frazer, president of the club, made
an apiical for this cause. Two checks
were for SIOO each.
Favor Disarmament Conference.
Geneva, Sept. 24.— (A 3 ) —The league
of nations assembly today uuairmous
ly udopted a resolution to convoke a
general disarmament, conference be
fore the next assembly unless material
difficulties interfere.
Maine, in 1876, was the first state
to abolish capital punishment.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!
T~
NO. 2j&
MOOREHAVEN Lilt si
n 'SERTED VILLASE j
WEKDBYSH
Last of 100 Persons Left Jil jl
Florida Village EvafcttA&i*
ed by Troops Agdihat a
Their Own Wishes. I
WADE IN STREETS Am
FILLED WITH MU» i
Some Led Cows and Others I
Pulled Hogs Along the 1
Streets as They Waded 1
Waisthigh in Muck. ,
Moorehaven, Fla.. Sept. 24.— UP) —■ I
Some 100 remaining residents pf thill ■
storm-devastated town were evacfijjfejß
ed today by national guard troops.
spite their protests and their
to Governor Martin. ■
Evacuation was carried out
an order by tlie militia officers if&hlHM
on the advice of I>r. H. L, *
state health officer. Notice of tft*
forced evacuation was posted
day, and the citizens immediately
patched an emissary to Govemof
t : i> to have the order set aside. I
The xcene presented early
the first of the survivors started
leave was reminiscent of some .■■ JBJ
those in France during the world xvjfSM
£ome waded knee deep and sometifffflpg
waist high through Hooded j
ing row boats loaded with houß&hd9||jl
goods and personal effects.
A number of refugees led-JMLWF y
pulled hogs along the street. Thejf
were given accommodations oil.
steamer Priscilla down the la&e.
the railway points where they
ed for Sebring and other places.
scene of desolution is almost
able. The town practically is wipeifr*
out. The atmosphere is charged wit®.:
offensive odors caused by decohipblfllß
animals as well as by decaying
table matter swept into the town dull
ing the flood from Lake
Will Spend Funds \Vhere NcNfct
Sebring. Fla.. Sept. 24.
proportion to ifs size.
stiffered more from the tropical
vane than any other eommun'ty M?
Florida. Henry M. Baker, director of
the Red Cross disaster relief. dectafM||
here today after an inspection of
place.
“In Moorhnvon we have a
deatli list than any other
by the storm." Mr. Baker fmid. ‘and ■
1 will make statement that the effect*
of the storm in proportion jA *
greater than anywhere else in thb
feeted area."
Mr. Baker returned to Miami today I
but expects to revisit the Yloow#4J|#f
district to place the full force’Of thq
Red Cross behind the relief. Wdrte
there.
"It is the belief in some iilMliij
Mr. Baker said, "that the Red Crodi*
will divide the relief funds per fid {lit#.
I want the press to say with-nI?*WE
dorsement that this is absolutely not
the ease; We are going to divide the |
money according to the
needs of each person or family and •
when we do that the sufferers of I
Moorehaven will get their just
ances as will those in other
Find Bodies of Three SaiWrfc J \
St. Petersburg. Fla., Sept. 24. .
—The bodies of three unidentified;
ors were picked up off Edgertidift j&fcjr
I by members of the Tampa Bay Prfbti J
! Association, it was reported today j
i when ('apt. Bart, of the pilot boat
Edgemont put in for repairs, ■****j|
The bodies were picked up fluid j
livered to the quarantine station at 1
Edgemont Key for possible
fion. No means of identification
were found on the bodies, "which fln-ffj
supposed to have floated from tin l Unit
following the hurricane.
Captain Bart also reported - faref
masted schooners, apparently
boats, bottom s : de up in the Gulf:
Burial Alive Fate of Negro LaWtM*. I
Charlotte. Sept. 23.—Buried alive ■;
18 feet underground is the stoi-y of ,
the death of Reese Baskin, 42-year
old Charlotte negro, as reflected in 3 5
$20,000 suit filed Wednedsday in
Mecklenburg Superior court by G. ’
B. Baskin, administrator. against
Boyd and Goforth, contractor of
Charlotte.
Reese Baskin was laying sewer
pil>e in a ditch for the defendant in >
York S. C.. August 26, wheii ttte,
walls of tlie ditch caved in, burying*
him so deep that he died before the.:
firt could be removed, the complaint;'
asserts. The documents was filed by
J. Lawrence Jones ami Stanclll and
Davis.
The plaintiff seeks to hold tin
contractors responsible on an allegij||
, tion that the walls of tbe 'dttd
though apt to cave in, were not pro
tected with braces, unnecessarily,
subjecting the victim to danger.isS
Slight hnprovenient is reported
■ day in the condition of Miss Douglass 1
1 Archibald, who lias been confined
‘ her home on 'Marsh street by Hliwgiljl
• for several duys. j
* We rarely raise ourselves to anfM
great extent by standing on. our 4
dignity.
p ■■
THE WEATHER
1 a
Fair tonight, warmer in extremA]
1 west portion, Saturday partly cloudzjl
probably local thundershowsr and M§§
so warm in west and nosth ofttflMfl
e portions. Gentle to moderate lifting
winds becoming southwest.