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VOLUME XXVI
Violent Earth Tremors
Rock Central Coast Os
California Early Today
The First Tremor Lasted
About 20 Seconds and
the Second One About
Fifteen Seconds. j
PEOPLE RUSHED |
FROM BUILDINGS
Hotels and Other Buildings
Swayed as Though Be
ing Rocked by Some
Mighty Wind.
Ssn Francisco, Cal., Os. 22. —Two
violent earthquakes rocked tltc eeh
tral coast count 'ey of California thin
morning, just one hour apart. The
first shock was at 4:1(0 a. m. and last
ed about 20 seconds. ’Hie second was
at 5:30 a. m. and was much sharper,
lusted onJ.v about 15 seconds. No in- ‘
juries and no serious damage had been 1
reported from either. 1
The center of the shocks appeared ,
to be between San Francisco and Mon- '
tore.v Bay. The tremblors were felt as ,
fur south.as San l.uis Obispo approx- j
imately 250 miles from San Franc.sco,
and as far north as Xapi, 50 miles
from here. They were also felt at
Stockton, 00 miles east, and south.
In San Francisco. Oakland and San
Jose the largest cities affected, large
buildings swayed like trees, driv'ng
phobic into streets and parks for
safety. Hotel guests were shaken
from slumbers, and those who did not
rush to the streets gathered, scantily
dad. in the lobbies.
Other cities reporting the shocks
are: :
Salinas, severe shock, no injuries or
serious damage.
Santa Cruz, shocks swayed build
ings and broke windows. I
San Jose, rocked buikl'ngs and
broke windows. i
Oakland, both shocks violently shook
huildings.
Stockton, sbofefes not severe.
Palo Alto, shocktt violent but m> in
juries and no serious damage. /
Sacramento, shocks not felt at news
paper 'offices, and if occurred not se
rious. if ' •
The quake appeared to move in
north to south direction, along the
okl fault which caused the trouble in
.. ton-Jufakeof .tv--
At the Palace Hotel, one of the
largest in the city, plate glas windows
were broken, plaster feH from ceilings
and small cracks appeared iu the lob
by floor.
At the New Buletin building,
where the Associated Press offices are
located, clocks were stopped, molten
metal was shaken from the pots In
the stereotyping room, and furniture
jiggled around.
Santa Barbar, which suffered in the
11)25 quake, apparently did not feed
today's tremblors. I
Many wild rumors were in circula
tion over the' state about today's
shocks. One of them way that the 16-
story Pacific Gas & Electric. Building
here had been turned around. So fur
as could be ascertained, no damage was
done to that building. Golden Gate
Park, one of the largest In the coun
try. was the refuge of hundreds with
in a few minutes after the first shock.
Three Shocks at Monterey.
Atonterey, Calif., Oct. 22. — OP) — i
Three earthquakes occurring at inter
vals of an hour and five minutes, :i
jarred Monterey peninsula early to- '
day. The first tremblor was felt at <
4:40 a. m. It rattled dishea and 1
windows, awoke inhabitants and broke
small household article. The second 1
and third shocks were less severe. i
No damage was reported. 1
Influx of Yeggs at Memphis.
(By International News Service)
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 22.—Memphis I
is in the grip of its annual influx of
yeggs.
Police, who for the past three years ■
have been troubled witti an invasion
of a gang of safe rippers during the
winter months, are again turning their
attention to a sweeping investigation •
of yeggmen’s work in this city. - i
A "still watch,” consisting of an 1
extensive police dragnet over the area -
where the safe robbers have been
striking together constantly patrolled 1
by police autos, has been inaugurated. '
Twenty-five safes have been robbed i
during the past three weeks. Over I
100 were robbed last winter. i
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The modern girl doesn't believe in
hiding her light und r a bushel, but
she takes care to keep old flames <
under cover. I
ANNOUNCEMENT
Our November Series Will Open
Saturday, November 6th, 1926
If you want to buy or to build, or to save money,
come in and take out a few shares in this new series.
We sell prejJaid stock at 178.25 per share.
Citizens BuUmg & Loan AssociaUoe
Office In the Citiirens Bank Building
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The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Shading Small City Daily
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APPLICATION FOR PAROUS
OF II>A BELL WARREN
Only Woman in State Prison Under
Sentence of Death.
{ . - Tribntie Bureau
Sir Wa.ter Hotel
1 Raleigh. Oct. 22—Application for
the parole of Ida liell Warren, only
. woman in the North Carolina prison
to have been under sentence of death,
has been received by Pardon Commis
sioner H. Hoyle Sink, who will await
Ihe.returu of Governor McLean be
fore anything at all is done.
The idea for further eleinency has
been long overdue. While Jqines H.
Dodgen, attorney, lived in Msleigh be
interested •.limse.f -in Mrs. Warren,
who. had then served about ten years.
Mr. 1 lodge it managed a state weekly
at that time and found it so much on
Ills hands that lie could not press the
Warren ease. Litter he went to Flor
ida and lie is said to be one North
Carolinian who djd not regret that
change of resilience.
-Mrs. Warren was convicted in-1915
wit’ii Sam Christy, iter paranour, of
murdering htr husband. Christy a'nd
Mrs. Warren slew the husband, • hid I
his body in a trunk and threw it into
a creek near Winston-Salem. Later
Christy was arrested in Texas and
brought back. He confessed the crime.
Judge E. B. Cline tried the case and
, Attorney General T. \V. Blckett ar
‘ X'ted the appea* for the state. Biekett,
, who afterwards became governor,
strenuous'}- opposed arty clemency.
Governor Craig heard tiie petition for
clemency argued by Judge K. B. Jones
mid former Governor Cumeron -Morri
son. Os nil the appeals earrietl to
, him this more than any tortured him.
Finally with sheer chivalry he saved
■ Airs. Warreu. The favoritism was
I too much for him' and he spared
I Christy. Both ’uave made excellent j
prisoners and Mrs. Warren for years 1
has been rated amoog the best prison-;
ers there.
! Governor Craig was much criticised:
for his course, but he found satigfac
tiou in what he did. But gentle and
forgiving as he and Biekett were it
is doubtful whether they ever would
have yielded to further plea for clem
ency. Tae murder of Warren was
peculiarly diabolical. Airs. Warren’s
-jmle motive appeared to be the riddance i
of herself in the hope of a new hus- j
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Pardon Comtnissioner Sink has been ]
expected this case mote than a year. |
Doubtless it would hilve been here)
long ago had Jim Dodgen been in
Raleigh to boost the paper. Governor
McLean is generally against commu
tation pkrole of lifetermers who
have been sentenced to die. The gov
ernor will be back next week and prob
ably will act upon this case soon after
his return.
THE COTTON MARKET
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Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 2
to 2 Points, With January Off to
12.27.
New York. Oct. 22.—C4»)—The cot
ton market opened barely steady today
at a decline of 2 to 8 points under
a continuation of yesterday’s selling
movement, January easing off to 12.27
and all positions making new low
records for the season. \
Reports of increased spot offerings in
the South late yesterday were accom
panied by increased hedging here early
today. Tuere also was local or Wall
Street selling, with further liquida
tion of old long accounts, on reports j
of good weather in the South and high
crop figures. . I
Another private report estimated
the crop outlook at 17.077,000 hales
and ginning* to October 18th at 8,-
858.000 bales.
Liverpool made a fairly steady
showing early, but eased later, pri
vate cables reporting hedge selling and
liquidation.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady. <
Deo. 12,20; Jan. 12.28; Afarcb 12.55;
Alay 12.77; July 13.00.
Dr. W. W. Faison Dias Suddenly.
Goldsboro, N. C., Oct. 22.—0 R
I>r. W. W. Faison, superintendent of ,
the State Hospital for the Negro In- |
sane, here, died suddenly while seated |
in bis office.
Dr. Faison, apparently in good |
health, ate a .hearty breakfast, and
went directly to his office. A few mo- ,
ments after he arrived, hospital at- ,
tacit es found his body in a normal pos- i ,
ture at the desk. Death apparently’ |
had come painlessly. |
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Cotton price quotation on the Con- ,
i coed market today is 11 1-2 cents per ,
Rntpd. ,
7-~: =r
In Autopsy
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WB. fi ,
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IBikr -|h
Or. Otto Schultze, noted spe
cialist, was asked to perform
tn autopsy on the bodies of
the victims of the Hall-Mills
murder case.
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HARRY HARTZ
r Got a Strangle Hold on the Top of
< the Ladder in the aces at Salem,
N. H.
> Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
I Raleigh, Oct. 22. —It is certain that
< Harry Hart*, internationally known
I A. A. A. race driver who has had
II more looks at the .promised land than
i; Moses ever had, is to descend into the
- j valley which flows with milk and
| honey.
11 Harry, who had been the most con
■ sistent performer in American auto
-1 mobile association racing circles for
; four years, but who never has won a
1 three A championship, got what the
■ wrestlers term a strangle hold on the
t top of the ladder in t’ae series of races
t at the Salem, N. H„ mile and a quar
t ] ter board track on October 12th. He
■ j won the big event, a 200-mile race,
~ Jand. took second !% T*^^yE<>nty-sv«-
] now to racing enthusiasts but the of
| fieial standing of the drivers issued
! today by the contest board. A. A. A
gives certainty to what had hereto
fore been only a guess.
Hartfc’s toint total m now 2,789 and
shottljihe toil to place in the remain
ing /See programs at Charlotte and
at Eos Angeles, and Lhck’iiart win
both Hartz would lead by 59 points.
Frank Lockhart. Los Angeles motor
meteor, who came flaming out of the
west in this his first year of big league
competition, may still finish second in
the championship if he can maintain
his 305-point lead over Peter DePaolo,
the 1925 champion driver. It is al
most safe to hazard a guess that rite
finish for this year will be Hartz,
Lockhart anti DePaolo for the first
three places.
The year coming to a close has seen
no wayyswnys by first line drivers—
they have had to fight their -"way as
the marines did at Belleau Woods,
inch by inch. Lockhart, with the
impetuousness of youth, made Harry
Hartz extend himself to stay out in
front. Frank attacked the job of
getting to the top in whirlwind style,
forcing Harry to the highest point in
his driving career to keep ahead. The
Salem race results pushed Peter
Kreiss, young Knoxville, Tenn., hur
ricane, front twelfth to ninth in tSie
standing. Durny, who drives a sister
front wheel drive to Kreiss', "‘passed
up the line from eighteenth to fif
teenth.
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TEST GEORGIA LAW ON
COTTON FUTURES DEALS
6. L Layton Found Guilty and Fined
and Sentenced to Jail.
Atlanta, Oct. 22.—< A> )—B. L. Lay
ton, representing the cotton brokerage j
firm of Fenner & Beane, today was
found guilty of violation of the Geor
gia securities law ' which prohibits
dealing in cotton futures on margin. [
A jury in Fulton county superior court
returned the verdict after many hours
deliberation. Judge John D. Humph
ries immediately sentenced Layton to j
pay a fine of SI,OOO and serve a •
twelve-months jail sentence. The
trial was in the nature of a test case ,
of the Georgia law, and affects scores (
of firms alleged to be operating on the
same lines as Fenner & .Beane. ]
Football Schedule Reversed.
Davidson, Oct, 22.—<^) —The fresh- j
men football aehedule Os Davidson Col- i
lege has been revised, placing most of
the games on date* that do not con- |
flict with the varsity schedule, as- i
fording the new men opportunity* to
see the Wildcat mixups. Tue new |
schedule follows. t
October 22, Blue Ridge at Hender
sonville. i
November 5, Duke University fresh
men at Davidson. ■' I
•November 14, N. S. State fresh
men at Raleigh. I
November 20, Presbyterian College ,
freshmen at. Davidson. t
John O. Shedd Dead.
Chicago, Oct. 22.—CP)—John G. i
Shedd, financier and merchant, died >
early today in St. Lukee hospital <
where an emergency operation was
performed tor appendictis. He was t
'TO years old. »7 'I
CONCORD, N. G. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1926
'
CMESraFT
I IN HOW GIVE)
TilMlffif
[ As Head of the Senile
Campaign Committee die
Missouri Senator Stalls
Inquiry in State.
SENATOR WATSON j
GIVES STATEMENT
Confined in Hospital by &-1
juries the Senator Dic
tates Testimony for tie!
Committee’s Benefit. J
Indianapolis, Iml., Oct. 22.-—UpjL--1
.Senator James A. Reed, chairman "if 1
tltc senate investigation committee j
which is locking into the chargestofT
political corruption in Indiana today '
took the testimony of Senator Janies |
K. Watson : n the latter's room,at the j
Methodist hospital here. Kona fees !
Reetl. Watson and the official s'tenogra,-!
pher were present. Senator Rood a# l ' l I
after he had questioned Senator, Wat-;
son lie woftld read to newspaper meti J
the official transcript of the testimony, j
Senator Watson has been confined j
to the hospital for about two weeks, j
Watson Denies Chaikas.
Indianapolis, lnd., Oct. 22.—UP) —
t Emphatic denial that he had ever had
any understanding with local or na
tional officers of thh Ku Klttx Kbit
. was made today h-V Senator Watson.
Republican of Indiana, before the Sen
’ ate campaign funds committee.
Senator Watson was questioned in
his room at the Methodist Hospital,
where he is slowly recovering from in
juries received in an automobile aeei-
I dent about two weeks ago.
“I never had any understanding
| with local or national officers of the
Ku Klux Klan that I was to be sup
ported by them because of any vote
or any action of mine,” Senator Wat
son told Senator Reed, Democrat' of
| Missouri, the committee chairman who
has been digging into charges of Klan
political domination in Indiana.
STATE NOT COMPLACENT
ON SUBJECT OF EDUCATION
“State School Facta” Shows Great
Improvement in State. „y
i Tcanine
Sir Walter Hot*7 '
Raleigh. Oct. 22.—“ State School
Facts" issuing today discusses the
training of white teachers, slums con
troversial questions, but it is plain
that the paper means to prove inac
curate the statement tha North Caro
lina is eomplnce.nt on the subject of
Education.
Tlie paper does not attempt to say
that teacher training is all that it
should be, but it does say that there is
marked upward trend. It declare*
that the average scholastic training
of all white teachers in the state in
1925-1920 was nestrly two years in
college. lit 1922 and 1923 it waa
statistical fact that the index of
scholarship for the state was 513.3.
For 1925 and 1926 it wawtt 579.1.
"Tltis means,” State School Facts
continues, "that within three years
the average training of the white
teachers of North Carolina has in
creased .66 of a eollege year, prac
tically six months, or an average of
two months a year.”
The paper shows the improvement
in rural schools to be' greater in the
same time than it has been in the
eity system. The fact analyses in
favor of a state system and the con
stant improvement of the country
sqhoolß.
The department of education isn’t
declaring that this is the grandest
schooling on earth, but it is contend
ing that the state moves on and that
it makes progress. There is no ef
fort in the paper to identify anybody
as misrepresenting the atute. The
State School Facts tries to give these
understandingly.
With Our Advertisers.
See the ad. in this paper of the
Mandolin Guitar Harp. B. L. L’m
berger wants two hustling salesmen,
to canvass for them.
You can get the side-lace oxford,
overlaid with velvet toe and heel,
satinbuck, at the Merit Shoe Co. Se«
description in ad. today.
Billy Arwood at the Concord Thea
tre again today, singing the songs you
like.
Hats in the shapes that Paris has
adopted for the winter at Fisher’s.
The smartest also in women’s, misses’
and children’s coats.
For ornamental lighting in your
home see W. J. Hethcpx.
Atwater-Kent radios, hooked to
your lig’jt socket, doing away with all
batteriß, $154.00 at Yorke & Wads
worth Co’s.
Wire fencing which is horse high,
bull strong, pig tight and will not
rust at the Ritchie Hardware Co.
Don’t throw away your old shoes—
have the Sheppard Shoe Hospital to
make them new.
The Carom, the new arrival in
semi-dress oxfords, at Ivey’s.
Bee the new sport movie with a
kodak a) Cline’s Pharmacy.
<Jhatham blankets with solid corns?
tort, are gold by* KUrd's. New ad. to
day g’ves .description and price pur-,
ttculars.’
All men are born equal, but it to
whit they are born equal to tbati
makes the difference.
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People ire not marrying as early?
an they used to, but they are marryAt
1 ing oftener. 1
lOIIUIKEIII
UITHBHDS
t TO miFY WORK
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•I Five Boards and One Com-1
mittee Would Be Merged I
Under Report Submitted i
’ to Biennial Convention, j
[mission BOARDS
[ EXPANDING WORK
j Also Are Becoming Nearer j
Self Supporting—Would j
Have Two Departments
for Consolidated Board. {
!.'■ Richmond. Va.. Oct. 22.— 1./P) —Five
I mission hoards and committees will be
j merged into one "Board of American
IMiesinns" f the report of the joint
jComm'ssion for reorganization of the
[home mission work is adopted by the
(fifth biennia! convention of the I’nit
icl Lutheran Chureh of America,
[’file re [tort submitted *odny would
[merge the board of Home Mission and
j Church Extension, the board of North
western Miss’ons. the Immigrant Mis
sion board, the West Indies misribn
board, and the committee on Jewish
missions. Headquarters of the new
board would be at New York, and an
annual budget of $837,100 would be
reqnired.
:-j The tendency toward self-depeml
ujrncp of people which was attributed
outgrowth of the war and mod
-jern international understanding is
(asserting itself on the foreign m'ssion
,! fields of the Lutheran f’hureh. the
, eonvention was told in the report of
- the past two years work by its board
-of foreign missions. The board ex
pressed itself as being esi>eeially grat
-5 ilied that this movement of the mission
? Helds toward self support and self de
- termination is ‘‘coupled w : tb inereas*
• ing zeal for evangelization on the part
. of indigenous congregations.”
f I' nder the plan for the merging of
> all home mission work, the new board
i will operate through two departments,
a department of missions and a de
partment of church extension and fi
nance. each department to form divis
[ ions for the furtherance of their
work.
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Foreign Mission Report.
c (Special to The Tribune t
Richmond. Va.. Oct. 2Z—Tie ten
i dency" toward self-dependence of peo
! Pies, wliicfi is on outgrowth of the war
• and modern international uuderstand
i ing. is asserting itself on the foreign
lesion fields o* the United Lutheran
• - n America, tlie convention of
' Ttiat body learned today, when it re
ceived the report of the past two
years' work by its Board of Foreign
: Missions. The board expressed itself
as being especially gratified that this
1 movement of the mission fields toward
sel f-support and self-determination
is "coupled with increasing zeal for
evangelization on the part of the indi
genous congregation.”
"Self-support alone.” the Board de
clared, "would result in stagnation of
church life. Self-determination in it
-1 self might bring quirk maturity de
void of good fruits. The churches in
ottr mission fields’ must become sourc
es of Christian life and blessings in
their own ami in foreign lands. Chris
tianizut'on must produce new streams
of evangelization in every direction.”
Much has been done by the m’ssionar
ies in various fields to foster this in
dependent spirit and help the native
churches to "grow up.” Particular
attention has been devoted to showing
the native congregations how to raise
money to assist in their own support,
thereby enabling the funds of the
United Lutheran Church to spread
farther and reach others yet untaught.
Contributions were also made by local
groups toward the support of the
church as a whole. The hopes of the
Board have been realized in India,
where the Andhra Lutheran Church,
a general church body of Lutheran's,
is being established this month. The
convention is asked to recognize and
enroll this new organization as an as
sociate synod of the United Lutheran
. Church. The body is composed of
121,471) baptized members, and if ad
mitted as an autonomous synod side
by side with its American sister or
ganizations. will be entitled to two
delegates at all future conventions of
the United Lutheran Church.
Mission boards of all denominations
in America, in England, and on the
continent of Europe are finding the
matter of continued financing for
their vast and increasing work their
most difficult problem. “Foreign mis
sion leaders in every country have
studied and discussed this problem
many times for years. Dr. John R.
Mott has been called by the Internat
ional Missionary Council to devote h's
whole time to this particular problem
in the interest of world-wide mis
sions." There is no lack of ability of
the home churches to support ade
quately the work on the foreign field,
hot still the full requirement of mon
ey is not forthcoming.
How th : s affects the Lutheran board
can be seen by the following figures:
Only about 2-3 of the apportionment '
budgeted for foreign missions by the
United Lutheran Church was receiv
ed from the' congregations and dis
trict synods during the biennium' ju?t
passed. During a siz-year period the '
board's general income was $128,308
ltss than the expense. Today a deficit 1
; of almost $175,000 seriously handicaps
development and tna : ntenance in the ,
fields occupied b? the church in the
Presidency of India, in Liber-
Ilk, Africa. In Shantung Province.
I China, in Japan, and in the South
Accused
‘-m ' 's
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This a late picture of Rev.
Frank Norris, Fort Worth
minister, who was to go on
trial Nov. 1 for killing D. E.
Chipps, a businessman.
Haternatlonal Wyreal)
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE PACT
Surviving Members of the Pact Fin
ally Keeps It.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 22—“ Finis"
'jas been written on one of the most
sensational suicide pacts ever record
ed in Nashville's crime history.
The body of Walter Sharp, whose
mysterious death at the state prison
here was attributed to self-adminis
tered poison, has been laid to rest
beside his wife in a local cemetery.
A romance that started between
Sharp, a stage hand, and Fay Clinic,
"a girl who did not care," mid later
culminated in their marriage is the
sensational story chat lies behind the
death of Sharp.
Several months ago Sharp called a
friend who was in the undertaking
business. He ordered two coffins and
told his friend that when they ar
rived he and his wife would be dead.
When poHev arrived.- Mrs. -Sharp
was found lying across a bed dead.
A bullet hole through her head had
ended iter life. Sharp, pistol in hand,
was lying nearby. He was shot
through the head but was still ulive.
Under police guard, Sharp recov
ered at a local hospital.
“It was au agreement. She aske|
me to kill her as she didn't have t'ue
nerve to carry out our, suicide pact,”
Sharp told police. "I will kill my
self the first chance I get."
Sharp was tried for murder. “It
will be a long time before they burn
me up in the electric chair, but 1
wish they would hurry it along.”
Throughout the trial Sharp never
mentioned the motive for the death
paet. He declined time after time
to tell.
“Give me the electric chair. lam
sane," he pleaded with a jury. But
volunteer lawyers made more brilliant
speeches and he was saved from the
extreme penalty. He was sentenced
to life imprisonment on a plea of tem
porary insanity.
. ,At the prison three weeks, prison
ers heard him moan. “Fay, I'm com
ing.” They thought he was sleep
talking. The next morning his body
was found on a cell cot, lifeless and
prone.
GOVERNOR MoLEAN IS
AT BARIUM SPRINGS
Taking Things Keasy Today After
Five Speeches He Delivered Thurs
day.
Marion, N. C„ Oct. 22.—UP)—Gov.
ernor McLean today turned eastward
after concluding his invasion of the
west, with an ardent pronouncement
in behalf of the democratic candidates
of the state and of McDowell county
here last night.
The day’s itinerary was au easy one.
compared with a strenuous round of
act'vities that carried the Chief Ex
ecutive through five speeches in three
counties yesterday. Upwards of 150
miles of travel was necessary to reach
the different engagements, and for the
first time during the week's tour, Gov
ernor McLean evidenced signs of real
fatigue when he retired shortly before
midnight.
Arising early, the campaign party
was conducted on a mountain sight
seeing trip, and had a real country
breakfast before bundling off eastward
to Barium Springs, where the Gov
ernor is a member of the board of trus
tees of the Presbyterian Orphanage.
He made a short talk to the childreu,
•nd took luncheon with them in the
main dining room.
Former Statrevßle Man Shot hi At
lanta, .
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 23.— UP) —R. P.
Boot, formerly of Statesville. N. C.,
died in a local hospital today as a< re
sult of wounds received last n’ght in
a shooting scrape at a Haynes Street
rooming bouse.
Frank Gflespie, and Mrs, Artie
Collina are held without bond in con
nection with the ahooting. Gillespie,
charged with the actual shooting, said
he fired in self defense.
American lands, British Guiana, and
the Argentine. The budget asked for
the next biennium is $689,000.
Belated F" ts Show
Lost Lives
In hurricane In Cuba
CO DEAD; 2,030 HOMELESS.
Hurricane Sweeps Through Havana.
-—Every Hour Adds to last of
Dead.
i Havana, Oct. 21.—Every hour
, ] adds to the list of dead, injured and
: (homeless caused by the groat hurri-
Icane which yesterday devastated
many towns and villages throughout
the island of Cuba. The (lead by of
ficial figures up to this evening num
| her about: sixty, but the newspaper
I estimates run as high as 200. with
12.000 or mpre injured.
| Some authorities put the damage
tat 53ij.000.000. although there is uo
way of making a definile estimate of
the damage wrought outside of
Havana, on account of lack of com
munications.
Fears For Shipping-
One hundred slops of various class
es were sunk or badly damaged. It is
feared that many seamen hffve been
drowned. A cheek today revealed
that approximately fifty were jniss
jing from their rosters. Some of these
unquestionably perished.
The renter of the hurricane was
east of Havana, passing direct'y over
’ the city of Gaines. It reached its
height ,ut 10:30 in the martfing. So
l terrific was the wind that the rain
, was carried almost horizontally.
A section of the city along the
famous Ma'.eeon driveway on the sea
was inundated. The water rose six
' or eight feet. In the lower parts of
the city the tidal wave reached to
the second story of houses.
Dead of Poorer Classes.
Virtually all the dead and injured
, are of the poorer classes, caught in
the eollapse of their homes or struck
down when seeking safety. A
thorough canvas,; of the American
colony revealed that only 18 Ameri
cans were injured, most of them
elight'.v.
The American Embassy residence
was damaged, the windows being
blown in and two partitions blown
down. Ambassador Crowder spent
the night and today at a hotel. The
■staffs of both embassy and consulate
weathered the storm without harm.
i except, that they had to seek new
quarters.
Brief reports from various places
: in Havana Province indicate the
widespread destruction of the gale.
At Jarueo, 400 house*. were wrecked.
Balnea, a town of about 1,400 pop
, Hint ion. was wiped, put. Tfeenly.
houses were destroyrtl at" Minns,
while at Bejucal. eighty per cent of
the houses were destroyed. At nil
these places there Were easunlties of |
dead and numerous wounded.
At Guanabneoa. three dead. 100
injured and 1,500 homeless are re
ported- This is a town of 15,000 pop
ulation. Eight are dead at Central
Fajardo. The province of Pinar Del
Rio. on the western side of Cuba,
was hardly touched. There are many
dead and injured at Matanzas, which
is almost cut off. No reports have
been received from the isle of Pines.
In Havana itself damage to tlm
extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in
wrecked shipping and warehouses.
Four bodies were found this after
noon floating in the harbor.
THE FOOTBAI-L GAME
AT CHARLOTTE TOMORROW
The Davidson Wildcats Looks on It
as a Game to Be Fought to the
Finish.
Davidson, Oct. 22.—</P)—The Ilav
idson Wildcat players prefer to look
upon the Wake Forest battle Satur- ,
day afternoon in Charlotte ns a game j
to be fought to the finish, and won if ,
possible, and not ns a championship ,
encounter. They arc cognizant of j
what the outcome of this mixup i
means, yet the# nrc looking upon it j
ns one game in a schedule of ten, for- .
getting nil that has gone before, work- ,
ing only for this one game.
When spectators view the David
son Wildcat squad in its entirety and
see what small boys are playing for
the Presbyterian institution, it is al- 1
ways a wonder how they can ever ‘
meet opponents with an equal chance. '
When Davidson finishes her light
schedule each year in the early part
of the season, only big teams with 1
large men await them for the remalnd- 1
er of the schedule —teams that out- ’
weigh them on an average of 15 or
more pounds per man.
The general expression on the Dav- '
idson campus today is "If we can only ,
beat Wake Forest," with emphasis on
only. It is expressed in suppressed
voices, the students thinking, in a ,
large meature, that it will be an im- ,
possibility to win from the Demon (
Deacons with the strong team they (
have. ' , , , „
Although no heuvy scrimmages are
scheduled for this week, everything is ,
being garnered together by the two
Davidson coaches in an effort to com
bat the attack of the. Wake Forest
team The latter has a strong line.,
and gains through it seem out of the
question.
Dynamite Cattle Dipping Vats.
(By International Neyv? Service)
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 22.—Cattle rais
ers who have three times this year
dynamited the government's cattle
dipping vats because they were op
posed to dipping their stock, will still
be required to have all animals dipped
for ticks.
Tlie state of Alabama has eon-j
tinned its dipping program. Cattle |
tick eradication work will be carried |
on throughout the state without sub- i
pension but on a reduced scale.
Nine men have been employed as
range riders to see that cattle raisers
-have their cattle dipped and to watch
for destroying of the government yats.^
iMssiiw ——■wsiijjW
IRE TRIBUNE
PRINTS I
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO.^SOI
Reports From Provinces df
Havana, Matanzas, Santa
Clara and Pinar Del Rio
Increase Death Total. 1
6,500 HOMELESS
AFTER THE STofcj||
It Is Also Reported That
10 Municipalities Wet# j
Wiped Out. Damage
May Reach $100,000,005.
Havana, Cuba. Oct. 22.—(/P)—Be
la It'd advices reaching Havana today
indicate that more t’aaii 850 persona
perished at various places in ffie prov- 4
ince of Havann, Matanzas, Santa
Clara and Pinar Dei Rio, in thehwfcS
ricane which struck the island Wejfe, ! |
nesday. i
Ten municiijalities were wiped out,
and <5,500 persons were rendered i;;
less. It is thought the material dam
age will reach nearly #100.000.000. .
No definite figures on the total itlUlj-Jj
her injured on the island were ava®s J
able.
In Havana alone it is estimated
that 200 persons were killed anti !,»
000 injured, and that houses’ of 3,008
families were destroyed.
The two villages comprising the mu- A
nicipaiity of Batabano on the south
coast of the island reported more tha|t
300 dead and both towns destroyed.
They were the first upon which
hurricane fell when it came out t
tlie Carribean Sea and crossed tßfe
Isle of Pines.
Rejucal, lying midway between
vans and Batabano, had thirty fa
tnlities. At Gabriel there were
en, Central Fajaro eight, Goira dot
Melna nine, Camp Columbus eight,
Gunnnbacoa three. Matanzas City Six,
and Guines three.
Few reports had been received to
day from parts of the nninieipalitte*. J
of Matanzas, Santa (Tara and PRuMfiaij
del Rio, over which the storm
They were cut off from communica
tion because of wrecked telephone afiijfS
telegraph lines and blocked raitroada j
and roads.
The survivors in various districts, s
many of them seriously injured, weffi’Jj
without food, medicine or water,
fr®ellr (appeals were- jpi—l—eidyehhiHM
Two relief , committee hare baijpl
formed. Nearly SIOO,OOO already has S
been subscribed. Government and pri- j
vnte trucks and automobiles '.tave Men
put into service in efforts to.jtefiefittid
interior villages. In Hnvauu
homeless linve been given- food untf 1j
shelter. . •
May Need Red Cross mA.
Washington. Oct. 22.—0f>)—No AV
ericans had been re[>orted killed in the -
Cuban hurricane up to today, the
American Red Cross was Informed fey
the Cuban Red Cross. ...JE
A survey is being made as to vthetlr.
er American Red Cross aid will be jj
needed, the Cuban report said, add- '
ing that if early reports were confirm- ■>
ed. such aid would be accepted.
American Red Cross Chapters have,
been authorized to accept contribu
tions.
Hope Bahamas Escaped Severe Dam
age. , cfjKgj
West Palm Beach. Oct. 22.—OtT-i.
Radio calls and meagre bits (It mes- ’
sages picked up by the Palm Beach **
Radra ( ompnny from tlm radia station ;
at Nassau this morning gave rise to
the hope here that the HahnmsM wero
not 'hard hit by the hurricane whielj
swept over Cuba and veered* off the I;
loower Florida Keys to the open sea,
The hope is based on the
had there been excessive damage t&ft ■
radio station at Nassau has not had |
time to make necessary repairs. -OS
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Barn Burned. . ,'l.fj
The large bdrn of John ItenfieTd. j
near Concordia church, in Rowgq i
county, was totally destroyed by fire
about 0:30 o’clock Tuesday night,
Besides the bam one mule, one cow, |
all of this year's roughness and farm- |
ing too'« were consumed. The man J
is left in quite bad shape. He livea'sl
on the farm of Rev. M. L. Riden
hour. There is a suspicion, it is "al- •£
leged. that the fire was of incendiary,‘jj
origin, but no'positive proof.-.
Duke Eleven Ready For Columbia «j
Team.
Durham. Oct. 21.—After a. tina# |
light scrimmage with the freshman |
* eairr the Duke university varsity
eleven was in excellent condition to- Jj
dav in preparation for the gata*
with Columbia university at. New J
Yorl# Saturday. Captain Jim Thotwp- 1
son suffered a slight injury to his J*
left shoulder in a workout early in ,/
the week, but was able to scrimmage ‘A
today
Twenty-five players will compro- 11
mice the Blue Devil squad wtak-h will M
entrain at 4 :40 o'clock for New York T
Friday afternoon. .sifcaira߻El
Banks Ready to Aid Farmers.
Columbia, a. C, Oct. 22.
Federal intermediate i red it baakg jHKH
prepared lo advance $200,000,000 if y
necessary to meet the present cottoftla
price situation.. Eugene Meyer, chair- j
man of President Coolidge's eotfijiM
committee, sniil upon his arrival
i today oil a tour of the cotton-Jfelt.ilS
;
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the WBATmtfaaai
Showers tonight, slightly warmer.laiM
the west: Saturday partly clm|Hl
with showers and warmeg.
( Moderate east, shifting winda, L C|
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