ASSOCIATED PRESS * DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVH Rising Waters Flood Mine And 23 Workmen May Have Lost Lives Flood Waters From Mc- Connell Creek Broke In to Cato Mine at Spelter City, Oklahoma. WATER 20 FEET IN THE MINE Several Cave-Ins Reported in the Mine and One of These May Have Block ed Water and Saved Men Okmulgee, Okla., April 14 .—UP)— 7 wgn ty-threo minors ari* believed to imvo been drowned this morning in the Ctlo Mine at Spelter City, a sub urb of Henryettu, when Hood waters from McDonnell (’reek broke into the mine. 'J wenty feet of water m standing in the mine shaft, according to re l>ort« received here. Several cave-ins were reported, and it is thought that the only thing that may have saved the trapped miners is the possibility that one of the cave-ins blocked tho water from the passage in which the men were nt work. The Henryetta tire department has started huge pumps at work in an at tempt to clear the shaft. Water in the shaft had risen to 45 feet nt 11 :80 o'clock. The Hen ryetta fire department had then given up Its attempts tb pump out the mine. Efforts were being made to divert the course of the creek from its bed which fell through into the coal shaft beneath. The men were working a quarter of n mile from the mouth of the mine which is a co-operative one. May Have Drowned. Tulsa. April 14.—14 s )—Twenty-four to twenty-six miners were entombed in the Old Wise coal mine nt Henryetta early today, according to a long dis tance telephone call received here. The message said there was thirteen feet of water in the miner. The men are believed to have been drowned. AU May Be Safe. Henryetta, Okla., April 14.—(A 5 )— Twenty-seven miners, trapped its the Dhl Wisey or (’ato coal mine near here, today by Hood waters of Mellon songht refuge on a level above tho water. Six of the men had been roikiied before noon, and it was be lieved their 'companions were not in danger. t’oinmnnientinn had been established with the ,21 men still under ground. They were 70 feet beneath the surface nt a imint three-fourths mile north west of the mine opening. Easter Apparel at J. C. Penney Co in a half page ad. In this paper to day the J. C. Penney Co. enumerates 1 some of the many Easter specials it is offering the public. Shoes for lad ies at $3.98 and $2.98. Solid leather' oxfords for men at $3.98. students', suits with two pair pants $19.75, Mat-' a thou bats $3.98, men's two-pants suits $24.75, and Blaster silk frocks for women and misses and junior miss es $9.90. Hoover’s Ready With Easter Goods. Every man wants to look smart, snappy,' stylish on Easter, and they ogn do this by getting one of the at tractively styled suits at Hoover’s. Men's suits range from $25.00 to SSO while boys can find just what they want for from $lO to $22.50. Al so the- company has a large assort ment of shirts, socks, neckties and hats. Read carefully half-page ad. in this paper: Bullet hi Leg 20 Years is Removed. (By International News Service) Charlotte, April 14. —After twenty years, a bullet lodged in the leg of A. D. Sink, of Salisbury, has been re moved. The operation removing the bullet was <performed here after Sink’s knee had become infected: An operation was made at the time Sink was shot, but surgeons were unable to remove the bullet. Wants to Postpone Trial. Washington, Apjril 14.—(A*)—A formal' motion’for postponement of the conspiracy trial of Harry F. Sinclair, oil operator, and Albert B. Fall, for i iner Secretary of Interior, was filed by the government today in the Dis trict of Columbia Supreme court. . rT 1 _ ■ 111 ' ■ ” r; ;v, i " 1 ' ■ —•— ANNOUNCEMENT The 59th Series in this Old Reliable Building, Loan and Savings Association opened April 2nd. Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week, matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks. Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per share, matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks. Tax Returning Time Is Here, Remember That AU Stock is Non-Taxable. You can take ehares any time now. A lot of people already hare token a running start by taking stares in SERIES NO. 59—NOW OPEN Cabarrus County Building Loan and Savings Association OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ ’ FOUR-YEAR-OLD TOT . FATALLY SHOOTS MOTHER r Tells Police He Killed Her Because She Took Matches From Him. Harrisburg. Pa.. April 13.—“ Sure I shot her. I’d sboot her again if she was here now. I’ll shoot you, too, If | you don't lay off me. I killed my ma ma because she took the box of match-' les away from me and told me not to ! play with them.” ' Thus replied little four-year-old Tommy Ruby to Coroner Shull, of Emnklin County, who questioned him [ today, following the death of Mrs. Hull j Ruby, of Chambersburg, from a bullet ) . wound in the "neck. , > , Following this statement the child) ( made a sudden leap, wrenched himself) clear of his guards, seized a letter op-; , ener at the coroner’s desk and made a j , wild lunge with the weapon at hisj questioner. A Borough policeman grab- j bed him and twisted bis arm. wrench-! ’ ing the impromptu dagger from his j grasp. Tommy then became sullen and an gry. but his defiant attitude remained. -He could not be cajoled into sorrow or remorse for the brutal slaying of his • mother. ■ This afternoon, while the mother was hanging clothes in the yard in the rear of the house, she noticed Tommy playing with a box of matches. She took them from him. Balked in his play, Tommy left his mother’s side, went to the kitchen, climbed up the side of the kitchen cabinet and seized his father's .32 calibre revolver. Strid ing into the yard, he stepped over Paul, bis baby brother, who was sleep ing in a basket, placed the muzzle of the pistol against his mother’s neck and pulled the trigger. Griffith Writer of Noted Letter. Raleigh. April 13.—James ft. Grif fin. Raleigh attorney, says he and not Judge Walter E. Brock, was thq ‘’leading Democrat of Raleigh” who wrote a letter predfobiiljg that A1 Smith would have the delegation from the fourth congressional district in North Carolina and would sweep North Carolina in the next presiden tial election. The letter was addressed to Judge Olvauy. Tammany Hall chieftain, and •was made public in New York but the name of the Writer was withheld. of the most prominent Democrats in that section,’’ nnd “a leading Demo crat of Raleigh.” Plans for Medical Society Meeting. (By International Nfws Service) Durham, April 14.—Plans arc com plete for the annual convention of the North Carolina Medical sAssocia tion here next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, it wns announced today. Monday will be devoted largely to registration and group meetings. Tues -1 day’s session will be featured by two addressee by Dr. William Cornell Davidson, newly-chosen dean of the 1 Duke University Medical School, and I Dr. Gabriel Trtcker. eminent Phila delphia specialist. The North Carolina State board of health will hold a meeting Monday in connection with the convention. 31 Invitations to Spaak on Runt Come in Mall. New Yoik, April 13. —One mail brought Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler 31 invitations to speak on the eigh teenth amendment and the Volstead act, it was announced at Columbia un iversity today. The invitations came from republican clubs and party or ganizations. chambers of commerce and other bodies. Eight were from New York and others .included North Dakota, Ne braska, Colorado, Missouri nnd Geor gia. Albemarle Men Hurt In Accident. Albemarle, April 14.— (A*) —James A. Furr and Gorman Berry, of Albe marle, are in the Yadkin Hospital suffering from injuries received early today in an automobile wreck on high way No. 27. , Furr received several bad cuts and a bruised back, while . Berry suffered flesh wounds that re quired several stitches. No details of the accident were received here. Methodist 'Women to Meet In Sanford. «• Sanford, April 14.—(IN8)—Elab , orate plans are under way here for - the holding of the annual session of I the Women’s Missionary Society of • the North Carolina Methodist Con ference April 19-21. COTTON USES LIST MONTH SET RECOHD HEN REPORT SHOIS ‘jTotal for Month Greatest in History.—Total for ! March Last Year Had | Been the Highest. ; 694,193 BALES i USED IN MARCH For Seventh Consecutive j Month Cotton Exports j for Last Month Passed 1 Million Bale Mark. Washington, April 14. — UP)—Oot ■ ton consumed during March reached a | record for all time totalling 094,193 | bales of lint the Census Bureau re j ported today showed. ! The largest consumption in any one | month before was in March last year, when it totalled 035,890 bales. For the seventh consecutive month cotton exports for March exceeded 1,- 000,000 bales, bringing the total quan tity of cotton exported in the first 8 mouths of the cotton year which be gan August 1, to 8,829.050 bales, in cluding linters. For the same period n year ago exports totalled 6,506,362 bales. Germany bus taken more than a quarter of the cotton exported in the eight month period, and more than any other country, the total being 2,346,- 541 bales, including linters. The United Kingdom took slightly less than one-fourth of the exports with a total of 2,183,398 bales. Ja]>an was third with 1,268,719 bales. SANITARY ENGINEERS WILL VISIT THE STATE Water Puriflration Plants Will Be Inspected by the Experts. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, April 14.—A number of nationally known' sanitary engineers plan to spend severul days in North Carolina, inspecting a number of the state's water purification plants, fol lowing the meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers which will will be held in Asheville April 20th to 22n<l, it was announced today ton J* of the State board of health. Various phases of sanitary engineering and its problems are also to be given a promi nent place on the program of the con vention. Within the last six years every water purification plant in the state has been remodelled and the very lat est system of water purifention in stalled so that at present North Caro lina is regarded by sanitary engineers all over the United States as having among one of the best protected water supplies in the entire country. The fact is even more notable because of the many different problems encoun tered. For instance, in the eastern section of the state, oue of the most stubborn problems encountered is the discolora tion of the water in the rivers and reservoirs from submarine growths and from roots and plants. But this problem has been mastered and the water not only purified, but the color removed from it ns well. Some of these plants will be visited by Robert Spur Weston, who will attend the convention and who is a national au thority on water purirtcation and the treatment of industrial waste before being turned into streams. Thus while they are already in the state, quite a group of sanitary and witter supply engineers expect to avail themselves of the opportunity to study what the state has done first hand. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Bone. (Quotations at 1.30 P. M.) Atchison 182% American Tobacco B 125% American Smelting 148 American Locomotive 109 Atlantic Coast Line 180 Allied Chemical --. 142% American Tel. & Tel. 167 American Can 48% Allis Chalmers 103% Baldwin Locomotive 191% Baltimore & Ohio llB Bethlehem Steel 54 Chesapeake & Ohio 170 Coca-Cola 106 DuPont ‘ 247% Dodge Broe. lO% Erie 54% Frisco HO% General Motors —, 185% General Electric 02% Great Northern 86% Gold Dust 51% Hudson 74% Int, Tel. 134 Keunecott Copper 62% Liggett $c Myers B OO% Mack Truck 111% Mo.-Pactflc > 56% Norfolk A Western 180% N. Y. Central —. 140% Pan. Am. Pet. B. 58% Rock Island 02% R. J. Reynolds llB% Republic Iron A Steel 72 Stand. Oil of N. J. —i 36% Southern Railway 126% Stndebaker - 55% ft* Co. -- 47% Tobacco Products 96% Vick'Cheml’ca?*. 1 !--””!”"! Wcßtinghouse ... 75% Western Maryland 37% Chrysler 45 North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ THUFf DAY, APRIL 14, 1927 Sherman Captures! Raleigh For Federal Force* 62 Years Ago Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 14. —Sixty-two years I ago today Raleigh. the last capital l of ri Confederate Stnte to be occupied I by the Federal hordes from the North, during the War between the Sections, wns in the hnnds of General \Villia</l t. T. Sherman and his army. The suf; | , render of the city on April 13 bail been peaceful, for it could not have \ 'been otherwise. Although Oenerfl I Lee had surrendered at Aippomatbx j five days before, the Confederate Hdg {still dropped over the State Hotnw. jThe day was -ushered in by a cold . j drizzling rain. Genernl Johnston had . jretrented toward Durham and no military defense was possible. What I I few Confederate stragglers that had: ' j remained now hastened nway. IWh Ijeigh was at the mercy of the mat, | j whose “march through Georgia, coupled with his declaration that ‘‘War is hell," made it impossible to toll what he intended to do. News of Sherman’s advance from i the southeast reached the city' I early in the morning, and immediately - steps were looking toward fi' satisfactory surrender. A committee ‘ was appointed to go put and meet the , Federnls. explain the situation ami ask that the city be not attacked, i This committee was composed of H ■ group among whom were Kenneth • ftnyner. Dr. U. 11. Haywood, P. Wl Poscud, William R. Richardson, th«U one of the proprietors of a daily newfP] pn,l>er. and Dr. E. C. Fisher, the#" superintendent of the Hospital for tH| 1 1 nsa lie. The previous night had been fa|| of extreme anxiety, it is recorded. General Wade Hampton and his cavalry had occupied the city and did not leave until it was lea rued the Federal* pvere advancing. The cav alrymen were desperate and it. was feared they would precipitate disord ers. Colonel William H. Harrison was the mayor. The committee appointed to stir* ' render the city proceeded a mile or so*- along what is now Route 10, leading out of Raleigh in a Noutheastorljjp L ■ THE COTTON MARKET | Opened Steady at An Advance of 4 tod 7 Points on Buying Stimulated tfl Reports of Rain. New York. April 14.—(A*)—The com ton market opened steady today at nit advance of 4 to 7 points on buying Stimulated by reports of further raiM ' in the South, aggravating the flow f.-eUuatiou ip the ilississippi Vatapj mestic consumption of 694.193 bales for March, compared with 590.447 the previous mouth, and 635,896 in March last year. These consumption figures were well above expectations, but there seemed to be a good deal of realizing by recent buyers, and soue Southern selling which checked the advance at 14.47 for July and 14.90 for Decem ber. Both Liverpool and the continent were credited with buying here, how ever, and the market field steady at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady : May 14.23; July 14.46; Oct. 14.74; Dec. 14.00; Jan. 14.94. THE STOCK MARKET Stock Prices Moved Irregularly High er at Opening of Today’s Market. New York, April 14. —C4*)—Stock prices moved irregularly higher ut the opening of today’s market. Commer cial Solvents B, United States fast Iron Pipe, Lambert, Pathe and Bald wip opened one to two nnd one-half points higher. Air Reduction opened two points higher at a new high rec ord. Tobacco Products showed an initial loss of oue point, and Mary land Oil sagged to the lowest levels since 1925. Big Pre-Easter Sale At Efird’s. Friday nnd Saturday will be the last days of the big Pre-Easter Sale at Efird’s and for the two days the! company is offering some of its biggest bargains of the year. Ladies and misses will be in correct garb for the Easter promenade if they secure their dresses, coats, bats and shoes from the stock now being offered at this "popular store. Ooats range in .price from $7.95 to $19.50, and dresses are from $4.95 to $12.75. , Goods purchased from the Browns ; Cannon Co., are also being offered nt reduced prices during this sale. Shirts, Knox hats, hosiery, suits and shoes are being sold at unusually low prices. i Read two pages of ads carried in , this paper today. Carrolls Arrive in Greenville. Greenville, S. C., April 14.—CAP)—- Mrs. Earl Carroll, Mrs. Alice Car roll Snyder, sister, and Norman Car roll, brother, arrived from New York at 12:10 o’clock today to go to the bedside of Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, ill in the City Hospital here. Nails From White House Sell at 3 For A Dollar. Washington, April 14.—Carpenters at work on the White House are din posing of old English nails made by hand in England now being removed: from the upper part of the -White House, and tourists are taking them as souvenirs. They were brought here when the ibuilding was reconstructed more than a hundred years ago. I For the first tltoe in a quarter of! a centnyy the recent Oxford-Cam-! bridge boat wee was not refereed by F. 1. Pitman, an old Cambridge ninii.J resigned recently after 25 years of service. j direction, when they met the advancing Federals and informed them of the local situation. Without going into details, it may be said thnt ltnleigh. although over , /tin by Federals. was peacefully sur rendered and no battle or boiiybnrd ment was connected with the incident. One event transpired that struck nwe to the hearts of the population. A confederate lieutenant, named Walsh, from Texas who hud remained in Raleigh tired a pistol on Ka.vette ' viUe street, shouting “Hurrah for the Confederacy." Under the charge that he fired at some Federals, he was given a hasty "trial" before -Kilnat . rick, a federal officer, and Imaged. The so-called “trial" took place in the '.Capital Square, and the execution in | the nortltepstrn section of the city, j near "the present Governor's mansion site. Sherman threatened later to suspend the pii |»>r of whieh ■Col. Richardson, one of the men who had helped to surrender the city was part owner. He sent for Richardson and informed him he was "not operating a paiier in the North but in eonquerded ter ritory," but finally agreed to let him continue publication condition he would 'be cautious.in his comments nn the Federal occupation. Then on the night the news of President Lincoln's assassination wns received, great fear again tilled the hearts of the Raleigh people, especial ly in’ view of the report that the Smith was responsible for the murder of the chief executive. A fire broke suit qnd it "was thought the “Yankees” were burning the city. Rut it turned nut to be a tannery. Oil this same night, Hiram Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M. was in session ami members of the Federal Army who were Masons quietly made their way to the hnll and advised their 'Southern brethren to dispense with labors and go home. Each member was provided with a Yankee soldier to guard his house. The lodge was hint closed in due form. This cere mony took .place fifty years later, in the presence of the Grand Lodge '.with the same master presiding. H STANDARD MILK LAW USED IN 4tt CITIES R Law is Similar to One Adopted Re- V gently by Concord Officials. | The Tribune Bureau ' Sir Walter Hotel I Raleigh, April 13.—There arc now ! 46 cities in the state which have adopt j ed the standard milk ordinance, ay- SiiibVed by tho-Stgto ; with the announcement that +h'e city ! of Reidsville is the latest recruit to make the ordinance mandatory, it was learned from the sanitary engineering division of the board of health. With tlje addition of this city, more than 80 per cent, of the milk produced in the stnte now complies with the stand ard milk ordinance, according to H. E. Miller, director of the sanitary di vision. All of these 46 cities have adopted the ordinance since 1924. Under this ordinance, all the milk sold in the cities which have adopted it is graded according to its bacteria Contents, which indicates its degree of purity and per cent of butter fat. The ordinance further provides that the bottle caps must carry the letter "A", "B", "C", to indicate the grade of milk contained in the bottles. In the opinion of the sanitary di vision of the board of health no one thing has done more to reduce dis eases, especially typhoid and intestin al diseases transmitted in milk that it improperly safeguarded, than the adoption of this ordinance. Attention was called to the recent epidemic in Canada, traceable to in fected miik, as what might happen if the milk supplies of the stnte are not properly safeguarded by strict milk ordinances such as the standard or dinance. This ordinance is a uni form ordinance, approved by the board of health, which when ndopted, stan dardizes the milk sanitation regula tions in all sections of the state. Such nn ordinance is of especial value at present, with spring and ■ “fly time” coming on, according to Miller, since it safeguards a large part of the family food supply, especially the food of the babies and children. Mail Sacks in York’s Ticket Office Rifled. York. April 13.—Prying up a win dow, thieves last night entered the ticket office of the Southern railway here, rifled three sacks of mail and stole the grip of Conductor Barxtell. Nothing else was taken. The mail sacks, slashed open, were found out side the building'. Just what mail was stolen is not yet known but it is believed to be small as only part of the mail arriving on one of the night trains is left in the office. Editor Davidson Magazine. Davidson. April 14. — J. G. Wharton, Os Smith field. N\ 0., has been elected by Davidson College students as the 1927-1928 editor of The Chemelion, a mbnthly magazine issued at David son with the students as contributors. He defeated W. I* Dingle, Jr., of Richmond. Va., for the office. L. D. Wharton, Jr., brother of the newly editor, is in charge of Quips and Cranks, the college annual this year, While a previous brother, D., B. Wharton, was prominent on several publications here before he graduated in 1925. ■Fine Liquor Taken In Raid. Newark, N. J., April 13 —A dis gruntled butler who turned informer a day after his dismissal brought pro i hibition authorities in a secret raid lon the palatial home of J. Bayard j Rirkpatrac, lawyer and manufacturer, lin West Caldwell, where liquor, wine and champagne valued at $50,000 were | seized. PILOTS KEEP PLANE IN AIR 50 HOURS: , MAKE NEW RECORDS, Bert Acosta and Clarence D. Chamberlain Reach Goal and They Shatter a Number of Old Marks. FIFTY HOURS OR BUST, IS SLOGAN They Passed This Mark This Morning and Were Going Strong So Far as Observers Could Seee. Mineola, N. Y„ April 14.—OP)— With an air slogan of "fifty hours or bust". Bert Acosta and Clarence D. Chamberlain had not shown a sign of the "bust” at 10 o’clock today. They bad smashed the world endur ance record early in the morning after pushing two other reeords on their way, and with more than 48 hours of steady flying behind theme were with in one and one half hours of their objective. No word of their weariness came to watchers on the ground, but those below could guess that the intrepid airmen were very tired. They had been subsisting on short rations, occa sional bulletins telling of meals of "soup and water" being relished. There was an idea among the gal lery thnt the excitement on the ground was more pronounced than in the air. Veteran aviators who linve remained aloft many hours, although not as many as 48 said that Acosta and Chamberlain probably were only car rying on by sheer nerve, and were driving forward just to “get the job done.” That they might not be lonesome, an airplane went up shortly before 10 o'clock to look them over. The report was thnt they seemed O. K. At 10:30 the airmen entered their fiftieth hour as tile crowd oil the ground wondered how much gas they had left. Watchers decided to attempt to find out approximately how much longer the fliers' would stay up. and sent up a plane to ask a question. "How much gas 7" was painted on a big_ cardboard, and attached to a ffilftwt'-lrtiish "weersrf up to attempt to establish communication with the rec ord breakers. Pass Fiftieth Hoot in Air. Mineola. April 14. — U P)—Bert Acos ta and Clarence D. Chamberlain pass ed their fiftieth hour in the air at 11:30 a. m. today, but did not come down. The end was in sight, how ever, for their gas supply was known to be reduced to a few gallons, not j enough to hold them up another Four. Several minutos "before 11:30 it was apparent 'that the 50-hour mark would be passed for the flyers were then more than 2.000 feet above the. ground. " Their custom for the last several hours had been to climb on the wind j which was from the northwest, and j coast back, thus saving a considerable! quantity of gasoline. At 12 o’clock when the flyers had been in the air 50 1-2 hours they had dropped to an altitude of about 1,000 feet and were circling lazily over the' field, apparently preparing to land within a few minutes. End Flight. Mineola. April 14. — UP) —Bert Acos ta and Clarence D. Chamberlain, ci vilian aviators, landed nt 12:42 o'clock after setting a new record for endur ance flying by remaining in the air 51 hours and 12 minutes. Davidson “Y” Central Board. Davidson, April 14.<—New members of the \\ M. O. A. board of control of Davidson College are Prof. .1. P. Williams, of the faculty, and M. T. Gilmour, of Wilmington; R. E. Kell, of Pascagoula, Miss., and W. L. I.ingle, Jr., of Richmond, Va., of the | students. Faculty members and stu dents who were previously elected for a term of two years are Dr. 'H. B. Arbuckle and Mr. F. L. Jackson, of the faculty, and Julian Lake, of Atlanta, Ga., and M. C. O'Neal, of Montgomery, Ala., representing the students. Extend Lite of Law Banishing Former Kaiser. Berlin, April 13.—1 u the face of opposition by the National Govern ment, the Reichsrnt, or German Sen ate, today passed a motion to extend the law under which the former Kaiser was banished from Germany. The law would have expired on July 1. The Iteichsrat vote wns 37 to 20, but. the law must still be passed by the Reichstag. Davidson Frosh to Doff Caps April 1&. Davidson, April 14.—Announce ment has been made by the board of control of Davidson College that lumbers of the freshmen class would be allowed to doff their fresh caps on April 15, instead of waiting until a short time 'before the college school year ends. They will be required, however, to retain them until "Soph” day, when the annual cap burning and other exercises will occur with mem bers of the sophomore class in charge. I " IQ" '■ i "-■i!. l ,L 11 -.:.2iraS!E | Fourteen Pages Today ) Two Sections ROBINSON HEARING POSTPONED; NO DATE j HAS BEEN SET YET I Charlotte. April 14.—UP)—Hear j ing of charges of assault with in tent to kill against Conley E. Rob- | inson, prominent young Pharlotjflgaf attorney, who last night shot Fr* | I’. McGinn. 65 years old. ijf-' I Park, was postponed wlv el, | was called in recorder . day. No date for the hV ing was I set. and Robinson's bond of SSOO 1 was continued. McGinn was shot in the arm and not seriously in jured. TOBACCO PRODI'CTS LED STATE INDUSTRIES IN 1»25 Combined Value of Output in 1925 Was $343,074,607. Late Report Shews. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. April 14. —Tobacco pro ducts led all other industries in North Carolina in value of output for 1925 with a combined value of $343,074,- 607. according to figures of the C. S. Department of Commerce released to day through the Department of Con servation and Development. Cotton goods were a close rival to tobacco for the year, showing a valua tion of $316,068,931. However the ■ cotton goods industry was in the front in the total number of establishments and in regard to the number of per sons employed. The census, figures showed 21 to bacco manufacturing plants of all kinds, including the two classifications ! of chewing, smoking and snuff, and j cigars and cigarettes, and the com billed working force of these estab- \ lishments to be 15,715 of which 2.- i 582 worked in the manufacture of j chewing and smoking tobacco and j snuff and 13,133 in the production of | cigars and cigarettes. There were nine factories producing the former classification of tobacco goods and | twelve, the latter. The report showed that there were 364 cotton goods factories in which 84,139 wage earners were employed. Cotton mill workers earned $53,939,- 704 and tobacco factories had a payl roll of $12,000,215. Next in importance in value of out put was the furniture industry which totaled $51,208,238; had 127 factories and employed 13,567 workers in its factories. One hundred and eleven knit goods factories produced material worth $44,300,319. Tobacco also led ail other materials in the point of value added by njami-1 factnres, using raw materials worth I *104,587,162 qml Adding $208,148,951 j ■by the process of manufacturing in i the manufacture of cigarettes and j cigars; and using $8,808,664 in raw materials and adding a value of : $21.5;!0,830 by turning out chewing . nnd smoking tobacco and snuff. CONDITION OF CARROLL CONSIDERED IMPROVED | i However. Theatrical Man Has Not Been Able to Throw OfT Coma. Greenville, S. C., April 14.—(A 1 ) With his physicians holding a consul- j tation at his bedside aud a United States deputy marshal pacing the j j pavement before the hospital, Earl j Carroll, theatrical man and federal | prisoner, at 11 o’clock today entered the 29th known hour of coma. ! Dr. C. O. Bates, one of the three {physicians attending Carroll, came out I of the room to give a brief bulletin to the Associated I*ress. stating that j his patient's condition scented greatly 1 improved, but that it was still con- j sidered serious because of the coma. I "He is rapidly regaining use of! muscles that yesterday were inert." I the physician said. I AMERICANS IN HANKOY HAVE BEEN WARNED American Forces Will Guard Only The Conrulate in Case of Trouble. Shanghai, April 14.— (A 3 )—A tele gram from Hankow says the Ameri can consul general there (Frank P. Lockhart), served written notice on the American residents that the naval men said they would under no con ditions attempt to defend any poiut in Hankow except the consulate in ■ case of trouble. J They stated, according to the tele gram, that the consulate could only be defended during actual evacuation as naval authorities did not have suf ficient forces available. American Chamber of Commerce there, it is added, has protested, asking nil pro tection of property. EQUALIZATION BOARD MEETS IN RALEIGH Miss Elizabeth Kelly Among Those Considered for Post of Secretary. Raleigh. April 14.— UP) —The State equalization board appointed by. the Legislature to equalize property valuer* in different counties for the purpose of finding a basis for distribution of the $3,250,000 school fund met here today. The board was. exi>eeted to appoint a general secretary. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, former Senator P. H. Johnson, and Willard Dowell were mentioned for the position. Long Prepares to Enter Congression al Race. i Durham, Abril 14.—(INS) — Lieu- I tenant Governor Long's declaration I at the close of the General Assembly's , session that he would be a candidate ' for Congress from the Fifth North I Carolina District, when Major Charles .' M. Stedman. of Greensboro relin . quishes the post, has brought forth new whispers. ’ Os particular strength has been the I' report from Forsyth that A. Fuller Sams will be Johnny-On-the-spot when the time comes around. However, Sants, here for a day, declined to con firm or deny his candidacy. THE TRIBUNB f fl PRlSffiP 1 TODAY’S NEWS TO DA* > NO- 1 NUMBER OF PERSGM 1 RED TONS 1 iN SANTIAGO TODAY I One Report From Chile I Says Ten Persons WM| I Killed and Many OtfiH Injured During 11 MUCH PROPERTY |l 1 BADLY DAMAQfIH Most of Casualties IjM | in Residential SectHM § Where Several HdsjHj 1 Were Wrecked. || 1 Santiago. Chile. April 14.ttM|H several persons lost their lives ab|f fl numerous persons were injured wlteif fl an earthquake shook the capititi JH;is I morning. Most of the easrtUt9s fl were in the residential sections wW®- fflj several houses collapsed. In the Bjpa|: V iness district the streets were with bricks and debris. I*S39 ’ J| Only a few persons were I streets at the time of the shock; ti|p fl scurried to o|a»n places for rWifftel fl The population in general rushes fl from houses in night attire, 9 what few clothes they were able 9m 9 snatch in hurried flight. Within ft 9 few minutes all was chaos. Niliijlefe 9 Oils fire alarms were turned itfogolK 9 various parts of the city. Triejwftmc 9 anil telegraph service was intetHifit; I ed. with all points except Los JIbH '9 and Conception, which reported ttjf|, 9 | while they felt the shock, no jj9| ! damage was caused. JB Workers on morning newaftKjftft * I and otiters on duty at the 9 the general exodus from the buifriintgL. 9 Large pie<-es of plaster fell froiii £8 9 ceiling of the Elu Mercurio plant, nices of buildings and large crashed to the ground. 9 The quake was felt at J about 1 60 miles northwest of SantiflSi !- ! |fl but only meagre reports of dtttmK there liave been received!. 9 Ten Reported Killed. ;§ I Buenos Aires. April 14.—(A*)—dHuHi persons are reported to lwv« killeil in this morning's earthquake'S Mendoza. Argentina, in the i of tile Andes, and more than 100 mile* :.’|9j northeast of Santiago. Chile. About -fll fifty were injured and considetyljjk 9| ! damage occurred. - . „• -- ■M ' The quake also was felt here faint-'**! 1 ly, starting about 2:30 a. in.. local m ! time, and continuing three niirnttnEHl No damage is reisirted here. I .Seven Dead in Santiago. I Santiago, Chile; April 14. Police reports say there are «(!♦(» J 9 'known dead here in the earthqiujlfe J B which shook the Chilean capital .tlj|tJ9| morning. Fifty-five were injured With Our Advertisers. * I Ladies who purchase a Kosemaw 9 pen at the I’enrl Drug Company JjKHI m I week wil get a iiearl necklace The Concord Furniture tlie new Kerogns Oil Stove, - klliefjl-'' fl burns four hundred gallons of mfc 9 one gallon of oil. Call for demonaq^H Hundreds of new Easter dres6@jU|(|| M choose from at the Parks-Belk from $5.95 to $27.50. Also niwH ; hats from $1.98 to $7.95. ...IgS* 9 I The Dove-Host Co., is offering ,spej|- '9 | ials for tlie Easter table. Fgg plantaUJS I squash, cucumbers. bell peppers, sprink;)' l® ' beans, etc. The Boyd W. Cox Studio hiadl|9sjl expert to finish kodak films. It sells kodaks. M The Kaiser's Castle is still od§h,}S 9 the public in (lie Curl Building op-• fl posite Hotel Concord. . Shoes for the entire farntly ftj* l 9 Merit Shoe Store. Special YalttMut j shoes for growing children. , carefully new ad in this papefcJS 9 The One Cent Rexall Sale (ktaßr fl Gibson Drug Store will be condtwsH 9 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, hWP 9 in a new ad in this paper today t» 8 company enumerates some ofttjflbe I many bargains that, are being ilTOffllllß during the sale. 9 The Jim Black welder tween Kannapolis and Landis -will hafwt sold at public auction Saturday,,Aftitfc.M 16th, at 2 p. m. Easy terms ouNkS to purchasers. {9 Beautiful new footwear for is in tlie stock of the G, A. MwMSPx|S Shoe Store. Prices range from to $6.95. -'fl , Trainman Probably Fatally Hurt,| ?| 9 Monroe, April 14.— UP) —RayuHdjgt|H . Thomas. 37 years old. a brakenvaiv Jraßj , the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, tMgjjKf , probably fatally injured here tM|9Hi . when ciiugiit between two freight eti&i X : while engaged in coupling tlientj , was knocked under one of the |mH| , anil so badly injured that « leg was amputated. His left lhP®l fl also mangled. Little hope j for his recovery. >J|fl Today’s Story StociQaM 1 Richard Kefter, Schnectady; li,|fl| 1 was driving a wagon loaded witUß, m . and apples. A deer chased MffHe a , miles. He threw out some S , npiilcs. The deer stopped to S —~————— ■-■nwialiß i occasional

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