ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Identify 68 Victims
Os Disaster In Film
House; All Children
_
Children Perished in Stam
’ pede Which Followed
Discovery of Fire Under
Balcony of Theatre.
1 HOUSE FILLED AT
TIME OF BLAZE
From Three Exits Patrons
Moved Out in Order But
at Fourth Children Stam
peded at Shout of “Fire.” j
Montreal, .Tun. 10.— (A 5 ) —Victims
of a movie disaster more tragic than
ever flickered on the stiver screen, 75
children lay dead today crushed or
suffocated by u fire stampede Sunday ,
in the Ijturier Palace, a theatre in
Montreal’s east end.
This morning 08 of the little vie-'
tints had been identified at the city
morgue while eight others still await
ed recognition. Autopsies established
that 00 of the children died from
asphyxiation, eleven were crushed, and
five lost their lives from a combina
lion of asphyxiation and burns. More
deaths seemed likely among the score
still in the hospitals.
The tragedy was caused by fear
ns the fire which started the rush from
exits was comparatively trivial.
The Laurier Palace is a two-story
building with a stone and brick front,
and has been in operation several
years. The seating capacity is about
1.100 and it was well filled yesterday
with the usual large number of chil
dren.
i The palace has lonr exlta, two at
the front into which the stairs from
the balcony lead, and two at the
side opening into a lane which leads
to n side street.
Sunday's performance featuring a
comedy film, ’’Get ’Em Young”—
deadly irony in light of the disaster
that was to follow—was barely nn
derway when there was a flicker of
flame and a belch of smoke from the
projection room beneath the balcony. ,
Someone saw it —accounts differ as
to whether it was a small boy or an
usher—and the dread cry of ‘‘fire”,
■was raised.
Those in the balcony, terrified by
the billow* of smoke and the beat of
the fUmet, from below, .
stairways, down wbicb they struggled,
swaying and shouting. An usher
succeeded in restoring some order to
those stampeding down the west side
stHirs, but on the east a terrible panic
developed, and it was here that the
worst of the tragedy occurred.
The tide of children and adults
flowing to the street level was sud
denly halted. Someone had fallen.
With panic redoubled, those behind
feeling the breath of the fire behind
them surged downward, and the stair
way became a mass of shrieking hu
manity. '
Children were borne underfoot to
trampled. Others were caught
and crushed by pressure of surround
ing adults. Still others, similarly
pinioned, were suffocated. Those in
the rear were caught by the flames.
Firemen arriving from St. Catherine :
Street East statiou found the stair-1
way inextricably jammed with the low
ermost part of the mass only a few
steps from the main floor. Attempts
to re’ieve the pressure by pulling at
individual members of the tangle were
unavailing. Firemen tied n rope
about the body of one child in the
hope that it was the key log of the
jam. but were unable to budge it.
Then, as the quickest way through,
they smashed a hole in the street wall
and formed a human chain, passing
the victims through the opening.
Heavy Snowstorm la Raging in
Western North Carolina.
, Asheville, Jan. f).—Snow which
started falling shortly after dark is
.covering the western North Caro
linn plea lean with a heavy white,
blanket topight.
Reports from Murphy to Black
Mountain indicate that the fall is
general. This is the first real snow
fall of tne winter iu Ashevi’lc al
though the mountains around 1 the
city have been covered much of the
t|me. ■
1 For the. man who cgn’t give up
his golf Idngi enough to Wiko a drink,
cutlery stores are featuring "mjx
ies,’*' or six-inch, ! silver stirridg
spoous, made in the form of mashies.
Star Theatre
Week of January 10th to IMh
MONDAY TUESDAY
“YOU NEVER KNOW’ WOMEN”
With Florence Vidor
Also we will ran the picture of Ala
bama and Stanford ball game dn
thus date
WEDNESDAY
“NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE”
Big Special. Zane Grey’s Story.
All Star Cast. This is Everybody's
Day
10c and 5c Admission
On Wednesday
THUBBDAY-FRIDAY
“THE FOOL"
With Edmund Lowe, Braxfe Rood,
Raymond Dinar, Anne Dale and
Rooe Mantua, the tower
This la a Fox Special
SATURDAY
“THE BORDER WOMAN"
Big Western. Also a Good Comedy
COMING MONDAY-TUEBDAY
"WE’RE IN THE NAVY NOW"
The Concord Daily Tribune
* , North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
i sirn is com
J WITH SNOW TODAY
'j
, Snow Fall Ranged From 8
• i Inches at Greensboro to
' i Comparatively Light Fall
’j in This Section.
I Charlotte. Jan. 10.—OP)—North
1 Carolina today was blanketed with
snow virtually from the coast to the
Tennessee boundary, and from Vir
ginia to Georgia and South Carolina.
| The fall ranged from eight inches
, n, r Greensboro and seven inches at
lA\ inston-SnVm to a comparatively
light fall at Gastonia.
Temperatures which had been low
for several days moderated following
the snowfall and in many places the
flakes were melting slowly todny.
Hickory reported three Inches of snow ;
Asheville two; Salisbury three; Ral
eigh four: Charlotte one. and Gas
tonia reported a light fall following
rain.
TELLS OF SUCCESS OF
INTER-OCEAN TELEPHONY
Radio Operator at Raleigh Heard
w*e Experiments in Progress.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 10.—w. L Nelson,
radio operator for the State De
partment of Agriculture, were satis
fied nud ‘‘l told you so," smile when
announcements appeared telling of
the success of inter-ocean telephony.
As he took reports from Washing
ton, he heard the experiments in
progress.
"Why, you’d think that It would
take great paraphernalia to hear
such conversations,” said Mr. Nel
son. “when, as a matter of fact, I
heard the experiments on a S3O
three tube radio receiving set that I
made myself. For days the experi
mehts were going on, and I would
pick them up while tuning in for
I reports I receive. You see. my set
wna wired up to about (1000 meter*
could, most of the time, tell what he
was saying. I eou’d hear the Lon
doner, too, but tile usually sou tided
like he was merely muttering. Oc
casionally I could understand a
word hern and there. On one oc
casion I heard the American opera
tor talking to London and the fel
low at the British end was from
what I gathered, 'the superintendent
of mails over there.
"Once, I heard the American
operator ask somebody in New York
if there was anybody in London ue
wanted to talk to., He replied in the
affirmative, and a little later the
conversation was in progress. It
seemed as if the outgoing portions
of the conversations were routed
through a station up In New Eng
land, while the iiieomiug portions
: came byway of the New Jersoy
.coast.
"I am glad the experiments suc
ceeded. but the announcement was
not news to me.”
MUSCLE SHOALS PAYS
850.210 NET REVENUE
Hydro-Electric Plant at Wilson Dam
And Steam Plant Far Exceed
Operating Costs. *
Washington, Jan. 10.—A total net
operating revenue from the Muscle
Shokls electric plants of $850,210 was
reported for the calendar year of 1026
in figures made fipblie today by the
war department. During the year
I the hydo-electric plant at Wilson dam
generalted for sale to the Alabama
I Power company 428,265,88,5 kilowatt
hours of electric power.
Receipt* from the sale of power
total led $872,617 with maintenance
and operation costing 1 $173,777, leav
ing a net operating revenue for the
plant of $808,830.
'For the steam plant under lease
to the Alabama Power company, re
ceipts so» power generated $40,370,
a net revenue of $160,370.
With Our Advertisers. '
The Bell A Harris Furniture Com
panjr has many attractive pieces of
furniture on the floors of their big
istore,
! <’line’s Pharmacy will deliver any
where in the city.
This week is a good time to start
your bank account for regular deposits
at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
The Boyd W. Cox Studio has em
ployed an excellent kodak finisher.
Boots and overshoes, just the think
for the snow and sluah, at the Parks-
BdkCo.
Wonderful values in straps in Bboes
at Efird’s.
See the ad. of the Cabarrus .Cash
Grocery Co. for some good values in
groceries.
Union euits at from SI.OO to $6.00
at Hoover's. Everything else for the
man and young man.
Responsibility is the first condition
imposed on members of the National
Association of dyers and cleaners, of
, I which Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. Is a
member.
Honor and Belle laic muslin, Penco
sheeting and Ramona Cloth are the
exclusive brands of the J. C. Penney
Co.
r You will find many big bargains at
Robinaon’a. Annual 'January Cleera
w*y.
Mother Grieves
Grief was apparent on the face
of Lady Auco Yanigawara,
mother of the late Emperor
Yoshihito. lids picture, t»W
during hi* fatal illness, it the
; first of the lady to arrive in
this country.
fTataraartnaql TTasnadk
! IN .FAVOR OF A STATE
HIGHWAY POLICE FORCE
Sentiment Seems to Be Growing
Among Members of Legislature.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Jan. TO. —Sentiment in
favor of a state highway police force
or constabulary seems to be growing
among the members of the genernl as
sembly, despite the fact that the crea
tion of such a force was not definitely
reeommended by Governor A. W. Mc-
Lean in his message, although he did
recommend an act requiring that all
operators of motor vehicles be li
censed.
However, (he fact that the first
statewide bill of importance to be of
fered in the general assembly was our
to provide for the licensing of drivers
of motor vehicles and to provide a
state highway patrol force presented
by Senator Lloyd J. Lawrence, of
file first district, has brought the qnes
tion squarely before the minds of the
legislators. And so far the idea at
least has been given very favorable
recaption. . ~- -
suth measure fs badly needed," said a
member of the legislature in discussing
the question of a highway police force.
"For 100 long motorists have been per
mitted to run wild on the highways
of the state without any attempt at
regulation. TW drunken and reck
less drivers have terrorized law-abid
ing motorists long euuogli. And I
am convinced that the time has come
for the creation of some regulatory
law-enforcing patrol force that wit
assist in reducing the constantly
mounting highwuy toll in the state,
which was more than 400 lives during
the past year.”
And similar expressions are heard
from other* to the same effeemt. Os
course, there is the fear on the part
of some that it cannot be financed
without imposing a burden on the peo
ple. But the proponents of the high
way police and the licensing of driv
ers plain maintain first that no one
should be permitted to drive a motor
veSiicle who cannot afford to pay at
least one dollar a year for a driver’s
license, and that the driver's license
will be of but little value without the
highway police force to see after its
enforcement, as well as the enforce
ment of the other highway regula
tion*. They say that for the most
part the laws of the road are suffi
cient now, if there was only some
means of enforcing them. And tlie
highway police force would provide
this means.
Some fear has been expressed by
a few that Senator Lawrence would
be opiwsed to any changes being made
in his measure, but, according to Sen
ior Lawrence himself, this is not the
case. He declared that while he be
lieve* his bill would be effective, he
is in no sense committed to it as a
whole, and that hi* chief desire is
for the enactment of legislation look
ing toward the establishment of a
highway police force, and that he will
gladly co-operate ’with those who have
changes to suggest.
This attitude on : the part of Sena
tor Lawrence has been reassuring .to
the Carolina'Motor Club and allied
organization*, whose attorney, Albert
;B. Ook, In now preparing a highway
police measure. Howev’er, the Dill is
expected to advocate the placing of
the highway police force under the
direction of the commissioner of reve
nue, rather than the highway commis
sion, as is the ease of the bill offered
by Senator Lawrence.
The fact that the movement for a
state highway police force is being
vigorously advocated by Frank Page
and the -highway commission, by K
A. Dougbtou, commissioner of reve
nue, and by Stacey W. Wade, com
missioner of insurance, filves some evi
dence of the support which the meas
ure that is finally agreed upon will
i have. It Is generally understood that
i still another measure, prepared through
the collaboration of the highway and
i revenue departments, will be intro
-1 duced.
’ Thus It seems very likely that very
i serious consideration is to be given
the highway police question, and that
> there is much favorable sentiment to
! ward it already.
f . - -
The city of Duluth plans to have
t seven outdoor public hockey rinks
- this season and St Paul has plans
for fifteen.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1927
Certainty Os Punisliment Will Check
lawlessness, Judge Says In Charge
>
Judge John M. Oglesby, in Charge to Grand Jury,
Challenges Agencies and Individuals to Meet Situ
ation Created by Law Violators in the State.
"What shall it profit the State of
North Carolina to boa lender in agri
culture, industry and education and
lose its soul on the altar of lawless
ness?” was the challenge of Judge
John Montgomery Oglesby, of Con
cord, in hi* charge to the grand jury
here this morning at the opening ses
sion of the January term of Cabar
rus Superior Court.
“The certainty of the law will cheofc
the wave of crime that is sweeping
North Carolina and of tier states,"
Judge Oglesby said, and he challeng
ed the school, the home, the Church,
the court and “every citizen interest
ed in the proper development of the
State" to rise in their might against
the lawless element that is escaping
now behind "petty excuses and senti
mentality."
“We have no more serious duty
than to see that the law is property
enforced.” Judge Oglesby said in the
beginning of his charge, “and there is
no better way to see to this matter
than to serve on juries when called. It
Is useless to talk about our system of
jurisprudence fring wrong. It, is the
simplest and One of the best in the
world, founded on the basis that, tb?
average man is interested enough In
the well-being of his community to
help in the enforcement of the law.
When the jury, and the court do their
duty we shall have less crime.”
There are only two elements, righ
FREEBOM OR DEATH IS
ASKED IN NORRIS CASE
“There Is No Middle Ground,” Soys
Proserution In Trial Os Texas
Pastor.
Austin, Texas, ifan, 10.-—The death
penalty will he asked by the prosecu
tion in the trial of Dr. J. Frank
Norris, charged with the murder of
D. E. Chipps, District Attornely J. D.
Moore announced today. The trial
opens here tomorrow with selections,
of a jury.
Moore's announcement came after
a conference nrnong prosecution at-'
torneys, including District Attorney
Jesse Martin, of Tarrant county, in
which is Fort Worth, where the shoot
ing oeeured last July. The case
came here on a venue change.
The state's theory of the killing of
UhipjiH in the study es Dr. Norris'
vTupps was slam by Norris, add (hat
if this is sustained by evidence, the
pastor, renowned as a fundamental
ist, should pay the extreme penalty.
The shooting took place when
Chipps called at the pastor's study to
protest against nttacks by the min
ister on Mayor 11. C. Meachani,
Chipps' friend.
“If Norris’ theory* of the killing is
correct, he should go free: if our
theory is correct, he should be exe*
cuted.” said William McLean, of Fort
Worth, special Iproseculor. "There
is no middle ground.”
While the prosecution lawyers were
in conference, the pastor and his at
torneys conferred at a. hotel a block
distant. Dr. Norris.arrived here from
Fort Worth last night.
In his hotel room today, the pas- ]
tor-slayer appeared to have unshaken '
confidence that he would be acquitted, j
His reply to questions concerning the]
forthcoming trial, was to cite two '
passages of scripture.
His first was the 35th Psalm : j
“Commit thy way unto the Lord.” I
His second was Romans 8:28:1
“Know that all things work together !
for good.”
Both the prosecution and defense (
said they would announce ready and j
would not ask for delays. ' The trial
will not last long. Mr- McLean said.
“It will take only a dAy for the
prosecution to present its princijsil
evidence,’' he said. "1 believe all the
evidence will be in by next Saturday."
Dr. Norris said he expected to take
the stand in his own behalf.
WILLARD NORMAN. IS
KILLED NEAR SYLVA
Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Struck By
Automobile Driven By K.
Wzmsley of Asheville.
Sylva. 9.—William Norman, 13
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Erl.
Norman of thft section was instant
ly killed this afternoon about 5
o'clock when he was struck by au
automobile driven by J. K. Wam»-
, ley, of Asheville.
The accident occurred on the
highday. at Addie, a short distance
from here, and Wdtnsley was placed
under hood to the Sylva recorder’s
• court in connection with the death
of the yoiltb. He will be given a
preliminary hearing Monday.
STATE OF REVOLUTION
DECLARED IN MANFIESTO
Movement Underway to Bring Power
to‘Jose F. Candors.
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 10. — (A*) —A
. state of revolution in Mexico vfas de
. dared in a manifesto issued here today
, by elements which have been orgau
. izing during the last two months.
I Announcement was made through
: Jose. F. Candara, El Paso business
, man for the last thirteen years, who
I is proclaimed chief of military opera
. tions or secretary of war for the new
government.
r ■ ■——• .
I Had a Sharp Toot*,
t While eating a sandwich for lunch
- Mrs. Helen Trezlobti, a seamstres of
Washington, swallowed a needle
which had become imbedded in it.
■ She was on the vtrg* of strangulation,
i when she was ruatod to the hospital,
i There a surgeon removed the needle;
and the Woman breathed easier. |
leoiiNiies* and unrighteousness. Judge i
Oglesfcijr continued, and it is the duty i
of the public to determine wh'ch shall !
prevail. “We must have the law. spon- j
sored by the criminal element,”
Persons called to jury duty. Judge :
Oglesby maid, should feel honored, j
“The State calls only men of good j
.character ami sufficient intelligence!
to act on mutters likely to come before
them.” he said, “and we should re
spond without hesitation. " It is as
much our duty to serve in this im
portant duty in time of peace as it is
to -erve the colors in time of war.
"We are leaders in agriculture, iu
industry, in ‘ education. We have
Churches on every hill, yet we are fac
ed with the serious problem of leading
also in murders. The reason is lack
of respect for constituted authority.
Tics we find in the home, in the
school, in the pulpit and in the court.
It is estimated that 225 homicides oc
curred in North Carolina last year.
Sin re 1920 there have been more than
1200 homicides in the State. This
condition should challenge the finest
agencies in the State. It should chal
lenge every individual Interested in
the proper development of the State.
“What does it profit the State to be
a leader in agriculture, industry and
education and lose its soul on the al
tar of lawlessness ?
"Those who violate the law shoutd
(Continued on Page Two)
CALDWELLNAMED HEALTH
, OFFICER FOR COUNTY
Dr. D. G. Caldwell Named by County
Hoard of Health to Succeed Dr. S.
K. Buchanan.
Dr. Daniel Greenlee Caldwell was
named today as County Health officer
to take the place of Dr. Sidney E.
Buchanan, who has held the post for
several years.
The board held its first meeting of
i the New Year lust Monday and agreed
j to meet today for the purpose of nam
ing a health officer for the county. The
board*is composed of C. H. Barrier,
mayor of Concord, J. B. Robertsou,
superintendent of County schools, C.
A. Isenhour, chairman of the board of
county commissioners. Dr. W. D.
lVmberton and Dr. I*. R. MacFadyen.
Since the announcement was made
that the board would meet tto name a
t*>r the. counD for the
uest two years Interest has been fitgh
in this section over who would be
elected to the place. The board of
health, iu nnnounciug that Dr. Cald
well would be health officer, did not
make any statement in regard to the
reason why Dr. Buchanan was not
renamed to the office,
i Dr. Caldwell, who is the son of the
lato Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Caldwell, is
a native of Concord. He attended the
Concord High School an<) later a pre
paratory school in Virginia. He at
tended Davidson College for two
years and then changed to the Univer
sity of North Carolina and graduated
from there in 1921 with the degree
of Bachelor of Science in Medicine.
He entered the Medical Department
j of the University of Pennsylvania and
| graduated from there in 1923.
' Dr. Caldwell took his intern work
;at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in
I Brooklyn. X. Y., and then in Philadel
' phia Hospital for Contagious Disease.
I He was licensed to practice medi-
I cine in North Carolina July IS, 192.').
I and in Cabarrus County August 23.
| 3923.
j LEGISLATURE WILL GET
BUSY AGAIN TONIGHT
j Both Senate and House Will Convene
| Tonight After Week-End Holiday.
i State Capitol, Raleigh. Jan. 10. —
I —The 1927 General Assembly en
! tering Its second week, convenes to-
I night at 8 o’clock,
j The majority of senators and repre
sentatives who spent the week-end at
home with households, gathered to
gether again today as lobbyists began
to hold ‘unofficial” conference with
! members of the appropriations, fi-
I nance and education committees. Last
j week a dull period for bill and' resolu
tion seekers, was followed by a rush
|of constituents to the coat tails of
the l«w makers.
The session predicted by many to
have possibilities of being a history
breakiug event before it is adjourned,
get* underway actively tonight wheit
Speaker Fountain and Lieutenant
Governor Long j, rap their respective
gavels for order.
: Several over the week-end commit
tee meetings were reported held but
no authoritative information was
forthcoming from committee chairmen
or members. Several rumors afloat
concerning certain plans of the "big
three” committee chairmen were dis
counted when the latter offered noth
ing for publication.
Both Lieutenant Governtor Long
presiding oflice'r in the Senate, and
Speaker Fountain, house president,
back from week-end trips out of the
city, announced their intehtion of hav
ing the senate and house member* get
down in earnest to work tonight.
OmugUrrty and MUler WIU Stand
Trial Again.
New York, Jan. 10.-et^l—Harry
M. Daugherty, former attorney gen
eral, and Thomas W. Miller, former
alien property custodian, must go on
trial a second time on an indictment
charging them with defrauding the
United States of their best services in
connection with the return of enemy
property seised during the war, it
was ruled today by Federal Judge
Knox, who denied ’ttmtr motion for
dismissal of the indictment* against
SEES EVIDENCE OF
MEXICAN ARMS AND
! IN NICARAGUA
i
In Explaining Nicaraguan
Policy President Says
i Arms Bear Evidence of!
j Coming From Mexicans.!
FIG HTERSGIVEN
MUNITIONS THERE!
It Is Also Charged That!
One Case of Guns Sent
to Liberals Was Guarded
by Mexican Officers.
Washington, Jan. 10.—OP)—Ex
planing his Nicaraguan iailicy to Con
gress today President Coolidgc de
clared in a special message ttint mu
ni:ions of war supplied to Sniasa
“revolutionists bear evidence of hav
ing belonged to the Mexican govern
ment."
He added that gun runners to the
Sncasa group apparently have been
fitted out in Mexico with the “en
couragement of Mexican officials, and
in at least one case sailed under the
captaincy of Mexican reserve officers."
He described the Amerieean policy in
Nicaragua as one of thorough protec
tion to American iutcrests, in con
formity with the traditional stand of
the United States.
"The proprietary rights of the Unit
mi States in the Nicaraguan canal
route,” t’ae message said, "together
with the obligations flowing from the
investments of all classes of our citi
zens in Nicaragua, place us in a po
sition of peculiar responsibility.”
The message reviewed at great
length the American attitude toward
the Nicaraguan controversy, which
the President said was grounded in
the traditional policy of the nation to
"take the steps that may he necesary
for the preservation and protection"
of American lives and property.
“I have rite most conclusive evi
dence,” said Mr. (,’oolidge, "that arms
and munitions in large quantities have
been on several occasions since Au
gust, 1926, shipped to the revolution
ists in Nicaragua.
"Boats carrying these munitions
have been fitted out in Mexican ports
and some of the munitions bear evi
dence-of -having belonged to the Mexi
can government.
"It also appears that the ships were
fitted out with a full knowledge of,
and in some cases, with the encourage
ment of Mexican officials nnd were in
one instance at least commanded by
Mexican navnl officers.”
'Hie message continued that the
United States cannot “fail to view
with deep concern any serious threat
to stability and continutionnl govern
ment in Nicaragua,” especially if i
"such a state of affairs is contributed !
to or brought about by outside influ-1
ence, or by any foreigu power.”
"I have deemed it my duty," said
the President, “to use the powers eom
m-tted to me to insure the adequate
protection of all American interests
in Nicaragua, whether they be endan
gered by internal strife or by outside
interference in the affairs of that re
public.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at. a Decline of 2
Points to 1 Point Advanee.
New Yorla Jan. 10—OP)—The eot-j
ton market opened steady at a decline |
of 2 points to an advance of 1 point,
active positions showing net losses of
about 5 to 7 points, with March sell
ing off to 12.88 by the end of the first
hour. There had probably been some
buying late last week in anticipation
that unsettlde weather conditions
would develop rains in the South.
Nothing of that sort was shown by the
early news, the outlook being for fair
and colder however, and’ there was
some liquidation or re-selling during
today’* early trading. Increased spot
sales in Liverpool and favorable re
ports from the Manchester goods mar
! ket attracted bullish comment, but
these features evidently failed to
make much buying power, nnd reports
of better progress with picking late
cotton in the north central belt were
accompanied by. some Southern sell
ing here.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan
uary 12.79; March 12.90: May 13.13;
July 13.32; October 13.51.
FIRE IN PHILADELPIUA
Three Hundred Pupils In Catholic
School Trapped by Smoke.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 10.—OP)—
Three hundred pupils of the parochial
i school of Our Mother of Sorrow
Church at 48th St. aud Lancaster Av
enue were trapped by smoke when fire
swept through the gymnasium in the
basement today.
Firemen and volunteers climbing
ladders to the third floor of the fire re
sisting stone building, carried the
children and their teachers down to
the street in safety.
Fifteen hundred children with 35
nuns and two lay teachers in charge
were iu the four-story building when
the janitor discovered the fire which
was confined to the gymnasium.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Generally fair tonight and Tues
' day, except snow flurries in the er
‘ tretne west tonight; somewhat colder
’ tonight in the extretna south. Moder
; ate to fresh north and northwest
winds.
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Search was made for Marion
K. Baker, twenty, formerly
preceptress of Henderson
High School, Watertown, N,
Y. She dropped from sight
the day before Christmas.
(International Newsreel)
FOR EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOLS
A Fundamental Need of -Rural Edu
cation. Says Mr. Allen.
The Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Jan. 10.—The fact that
the minds of the members of the
general assembly are already in
somewhat of an ex pec taut attitude
with regard to the question of the
advisability of the eight months
school term, makes the views of A.
T. Allen, state superintendent of
public instruction, ns expressed on
the eight months term in his annual
report to the Governor and the legis
lature, of unusual interest at this
time.
The eight months term is not
only the most fundamental neetl of
rural elementary education at this
time, but of all the schools in the
states well that do not now have
the longer term,according to Mr.
Allen.
The first step toward this end Mr.
Allen [mints out. is to change the
word “six” in Article .IX’, section 3.
ofthe Constitution of North Caro
line to be read "eight.”
However, this is not ns Simple as
it sounds, for "It will require tie*
combined effort of nil the people of
the State, moving toward the goal of
a belter school system, under the
impelling power of one great com
mon purpose.”
And he fully realizes that thus at
titude eannot be immediately realiz
ed for many communities are still
slow in accumulating sympathetic
! attitudes toward progressive enter
prises iu public education. “Time
j must elapse before whole hearted
jsupport can be expected."
Summing up, Mr. Allen points
out that the eight months’ school
will remove the most glaring in
equalities between the urban and
rural schools iu the following ways:
1. It will enable ooipity boards <.i
education to secure more competent
teachers.
2. The eight months’ school will
enable a child of ordinary ability to
complete the elementary school by
the time he is twelve or thirteen
years of age.
3. It will enable a much larger
number of rural boys and girls to
attend high school.
4. It. will bring n standard
chance to 330,000 North Carolina
children now neglected and forgot
ten.
A large amount of space in the
report is devoted to statistics prov
ing that the above inequalities are a,
direct, result of the shorter tern)
school. The results show a regulnr
increase in percentage of attendance
and better trained teachers, as the
length of the term is increased.
Mr. Allen fep’s that the people as
a whole bear a great obligation to
this great army of underprivileged
children, and he is confident that
they will accept it when it is pre
sented to them. He believes that if
they can be reached with the simple
question of an eight months term
for every child, they will answer in
1928, “with the same power aud
strength that they did. in 1918.”
“1 believe the time is close at
hand in North Carolina, when, , the
mere acceptance of bortli and dwel
ling place will not longer fix the edu
cational opportunities of childhood,
but this great State of ours, exer
cising its giant strength, will reach
its mighty arm into the remote*!
boundaries—from the mountains
yonder in Tennessc to the lowlands
down at the Atlantic —and extend to
every child born under our flag, in
whatever economic condition, in
whatever social station, an un
hindered chance to grow and bid him
drink freely of the water of life pro
vided for him in abundance by a
great and generous people."
5.000 Homtltw In Manila.
Manila, P. 1., Jan. 10.— CA>) —Five
[ thousand persons were made homeless
and 1,600 houses, mostly of the small
frame or nipa variety were destroyed
in a fire of undetermined origin
which awept the Tondo district of
i Manila today. The loss is estimated
at 2,000.000 pesos. No deaths were
reported. The blaze started in a
church. Authorities are investigate
’ ing.
’ Despite its name Graeco-Roman
- wrestling beam little resemblance to
► the style of wrestling in vogue among
the ancient Greeks and Ro_aana.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
.TODAY’S NEWS TODAYP
NO. 3
ntNDOLPH in > 1
ACADEMY IT FRGNT
ROYAL IS BURNED
Two Hundred and Fiffjr
Students Forced From
Their Beds Into Frees*- |
ing Night.
SERIOUS INJURIES
TO FIVE STUDENTS
Loss of SIOO,OO0 —The site
Started From Over-H&rt- ;
ed Furnace—Boys Jttifip
ed From Windows.
Front Royal, Vu.. Jan. 10.—0P>— M
Two hundred and fifty xtudtmtS .of j
Randolph-Maeon Academy lie re worjh
forced from their beds and hftrf tfifti
freezing night by a fire that destroyed
the fiiroe-story main building early to
day witli a loss of SIOO,OOO. Perhripg
a score of students, all in thefr early
teens, were injured, five of I hem se
riously.
The blaze originated in the -Wfi§i§§ |
meat, probably from an overhAatWl
furnace, and spread so rapidly that *
many of the students were forced to'
jump from the dormitory window* Ait
the second and third floors.- .Most
of them stopped to gather belongings '
and had narrow escapes, and nearly
all clad in scanty night attire, suffered
from Hie cold. The ground was cov
ered with snow and the thermometer
registered several degrees below freez
ing. The five most seriously injured
were taken to n hospital in Winches
ter, and the other students were EaSs
en into homes here.
The tire was discovered at 4r45
o'clock in the basement of the actf#*
fray and spread rapidly in all wfjjpf *
of the building. Front Royal
mcn were powerless, and soon the
structure, standing on a hig’ii hill, Wfbt
destroyed. The loss was partly coy- ’
cred by insurance. The loss of per
sonal effects of students is cxpected'fh
increase <the total damage.
The institution was a unit of Ran
dolpb-Maeou system, under the patron
age of the Baltimore conference, Meth
odist Episcopal Church. South. I’rof.
Charles Melton, the principal, was
unable to say whether the school would
be rebuilt in the near future, but said
Ibe students probably would lie sent ,A
to their homes today.
Chocolate Bon-bons Filled With
Whiskey.
Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. B.—Chocolate
bon-bons tilled with whiskey are
thought to ho the Intesl innovation iu
bootlegging.
The candies were of French manu
facture and were sent to Atlantans as
Christmas gifts from friends in Paris.
The contraband confections have been f
confiscated by deputy customs collec
tor, it is stated, and will be for
warded to customs officials for 'dis
posal.
Says Home Will Conform To North
Carolina Laws. 1
Charlotte, Jim. 10.—C. Hetiry Ed
wards, attorney for the American
Rescue Workers here, announced today
that [linns wre under way to make
the home here comply with the sug
gestions of Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson,
head of the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare.
Mrs. Johnson recently announced
that the home bad not met all tiis s|
Slate laws regulutng such an ins'tl
tution.
25 Below Zero in Part of New
England. V .» {
Boston. Moss.. Jan. it.—An rent
expected cold snap, bringing' \hs |
lowest temperature of the tvintAr tft
many sections, spread over pinch of '
northern New England today' end
stretched icy tentacle* as fan sbntfi, j|
as Pittsfield, where n minimum of
23 degrees below sseo was repprvAjf |
this morning.
The mercury ranged from 15 so 29
below zero at Montpelier in liiv-fb-r J
ern Vermont. In Boston’ and oHmr i
points farriier south, average winter I
temperatures prevailed. '
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