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. , 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. jjffgaaa 1 1 :n i •,ta;3:ti l i .LtscS i . : 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. Tlie hard local water is made abso lutely soft by tlie Crystal Damp I,aim dry and this means long life to your liuens. Phone 032 and let them call’ for a trial bundle of your laundry. Let tlie Ritchie Hardware Co. in stall a Bosch radio set in your home 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 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.