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ONIA DAILY G Local Cctton 25l2 Cents Home Edition VOL. XLIII. NO. 301 GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 18, 1922 - SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAST CHARLOTTE SUFFERS DISASTROUS SUNDAY MORNING FIRE Six-Story Trust Building: Com pletely Destroyed and Other Buildings Damaged. KEITH HOUSE IS BURNED. Damage Estimated At $350, 000 To $400,000 Pied mont Building And Brock man's Book Store Suf l f ered . Heavy Loss. OIIARLOTTi:, Ik-.-. IS. (By tin- As sociatcd Press.) Tin- six-story 'J'rust building oil Mouth Tj-vuii street contaiu ing the Kt-itli vaudeville theater and a largo number of offices was destroyed and two other structures seriously dan aged by tiro early Sunday with 'a total loss estimated at approximately 4 40,iiH'. Thu roof was burned off an adjoining three-story building occupied by Itrock jiiau's retail and mail order book and sta tionery store, anil a number of ofticcs uin -practically nil the contents of tin: structure were a total loss due to tire and water. The Piedmont building tin tin south side of the Trust building was water-soaked from roof to ccller. It was headquarters for the I'iedmont Fire In Kurancc company and the .Morris Plan bank, aild, eontained mimbers of other Cilices. , Tlty lire was believed to have originated in the furn.-e room of the Trust build ing and had gained great headway be fore it was diseovered. i-avc for one or two minor injuries to firemen, there were lio casualties in the lire which attracted hundreds of persons. One of the heaviest downpours of rain I harlot te has had this year began to fall about the time the lire was under control. Had it not been for the heavy rams of the last week which left nearby buildings soaked and the aid given by the torrents of rainwater that fell this morning. Fire Chief Wala.t- said the bae might ha e proved as disastrous as the recent one at Mew Hem. Tons of. water were thrown into the smoking ruins throughout Ihe day and south Tryon street was boeked to trnllie until late in the day. The scene of the lire was between Thtrd and Fourth 6Uetoji tjout h 'C';,V"'. ,y jt bin a mcs Of where the famous .(-ch!ciiIiurg Dec laration of independence is said to ha'.v been signed. In addition to the losses to business men und others whose office., and cipiip inet were destroyed, the odge rooms of the J)ramatic Order Knights of Khoras ban, which were in the Piedmont build ing, were water soaked. The Trust build ing, which also was known as the A. lidcmy of .Music, had nothing left today but tottering wals. the liolit part :! which had partly fallen oat. It was erected is years ago and was a brick ht rue t lire. Within recent months it ha-1 been purchased In i.'. V. Johnston at a price said to be jl'").'..ooo. Losses Covered by Insurance. Total loss in the building occupied by P.rorkmau's store aiol otliees was place! at more than liu:.HH, while thousands of dollars of damage was done by water in the Piedmont buiding. Other nearby structures escaped with a few panes -if broken gass or scorched awnings, from the flames, which were discovered about 4:30 a. m. The losses generally were sa.d to be well covered by insurance although there were numerous wdividtials who had no such protection against fire. Mayor Walker announced today that he would turn the city auditorium ov r to those whore offices were destroyed ami would erect temporary partitions in the main hall of the building. A check up of injuries iSuiiday night showed that Captain Al .Moody of the fire department suffered painful cms from falling glass and that II. W. stakes was knocked down, .apparently by con tact with an electric wire, but not seri ously liurt. JUcctrie light and power was tfhut off for several hours during the liie. WEST AGAIN IN GRIP OF THE STORM KING Lowest Temperatures Of Win . ter Reported Today En tire West Affected. CHICAGO. Iec. IV Tem-ra turet lower than previously ron.rted this winter in the northwest, upix-r lake Tcgion, great central valleys, middle and vest Gulf State mid the Southern Eocky mountain region were recorded last uight. aud today as another .-old vave spread over the greater portion of the I'nited States west of the Ap palachian mountains. The mercury in Chicago went In-low gcro for the first tine this season . It Viis one below her..- "ejrly today. The weather bureau, reported th.- eold wave lias a general southeasterly trend across thu middle states. Havre. Mont,, last night was grip jh1 by 32 ltelowr weather. Other towns in the northwest registered read ings front 4 to H degrees b-low aero. Although -the snow- in the middle fc-tates wrtly had cleared today, indi cation were seen by forecasters of formation of nnotlwr storm center le yond the l.'oclu.-s tomorrow, advancing east ward . Temperatures in North America, last light's weather report showed, ranged from degree below at Medicine Rat. Manitoba, to 74 degrees above in liami, YOUNG GIRL DISAPPEARS MYSTERSOUSLUEAYES NO TRACE . WHATEVER Artie Jones. Aged , Twenty One Left Home To Go To Picture Show 4, Thursday. HAD ONLY TWENTY CENTS Police Unable To Secure Any Clue As To Whereabouts; Family Fears Four Play Artie Jones, aged 21, an em ploye of the Loray mills, mysteri ously disappeared last Thursday afternoon and so fat not a single trace of her has been found. Heir father, Eb Jones, also an employe of the Loray, and other relatives and friends conducted a quiet investigation until Sunday after noon when they became uneasy and notified the local police department. An investigation was at once be gun but so far nothing tangible has been secured. According to the story told the police by. the father of the girl she was out, of the mill after 12 o'clock Thursday, the spinning sec tion in which she worked being shut down for repairs. After din ner she came down town with, her sister for a" little while. Shortly after Veturning home she told her mother she was going to the Loray picture show. She had no change with her and stopped en route to thi show and borrowed 20 cents from the groceryman where the family traded. That was about 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and she has not been seen since she walked out of the grocery store. Whether she went to the picture show is not known. The missing girl was 21 years old, had black hair and eyes and was dressed at the time of her dis appearance in a black middy trim me with ted braid, a black skirt and a velvet cap. She had but recently recovered from an attack of typhoid fever 'and her hair had been bobbed, being quite short. She wore a pair of house slippers. The Jones family came here" from Buncombe county about six months ago. Besides her father and mother she has a married sis ter here. Her family have no theory as to what has become of her and express fear that she may have been foully dealt with. She was, they say, a home-loving girl and had never given the family any trouble whatever. FLU CLOSES TRINITY AND ERSKINE COLLEGES DURHAM, Dec. 18. It ws an nounced today that Trinity college would be closed this aftrenoon for the Christmas holidays, two days earlier than usual, because of a number of caes of influenza among the rtudents. A total of thirty-six cases had been reported on the cam pus today. ' GREENVILLE, S. C, Dec. 18. Er'kine college, the Due West Wo men's College and the high school at Due West have been closed and no church services, public gather ings of any kind are permitted on account of an epidemic of influenza, according to word received here to day. The schools and colleges are scheduled to re-open January 4th. BUTLER NOMINATED FOR U. S. SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, Iee. 18. The nomi nation of Pierce Butler, of Minnesota, to Is- an associate justice of the su preme court, was ordered reported to the senate today by a unanimous vote of the enate. judiciary committee. LAST SIGNS OF ENGLISH RULE DEPART RFOM IRELAND DC RUN, Dec. . The Vniou Jaek and the authority it symbolized u Ire laud for so many years, had gone back to I'.ritain today with the last of the British soldiers occupying the Dublin irea, and in irs place over the military posts of this city floa ted the tri-colors of the Irish Free Mute. CITY SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF FLU At a meeting of the city's school board lu-11 this afternoon it was or dered that the city schools close today on account of fhe flu situation instead f closing Wednesday afternoon. The schools will n-oen January 2nd. THE WEATHER Rain on the coast and rain or snow iu the interior tonight and Tuesday; some what colder tonight. COTTON MARKET GASTONIA COTTON. Receipts today...... ..21 Price... 25 Vi Bales Cents CLOSING BIDS ON THE - , ' ' NEW YOR KMARKET NKW YORK. Dee. 18. Cotton fu tures closed steadr 40 points up. Jan., 23.S4; Ma.. 26.17; May .26.7; July, 26.12; Oct, 24.53; Dee, 23.95: spots 26.10. ENGLISH PAPERS DON'T DEEM S. WILL MAKE A LOAN TO GERMANY Still Think America May Intervene In European Affairs. SKEPTICAL ABOUT LOAN. Paper Voice People's Desire For Some Sort Of Help From America. LONDON'. Dec. IS. Those news papers to which the British public looks for solid and conservative guidance com pletely reject the idea that an Aincri can loan to Germany is probable, or, or in present conditions, possible. These, journals base their skepticism on long reports from their correswmleiits hi '.the United (States who appear to hnvc'piobed important sources of in formation (fver the week end . The possibility of American inter vention 1 Europe's troubles still en grosses attention here. Two or three of the morning newspapers reiterate with more' or less striking ; embellishment last week's stories concerning an im pending loan. - The concensus ot opiu ion, however, is that "there is sonic thiuir in the wind" and that there is a distinct possibility tlat America, in somo way that has not 'been divulged, will take a hand in helping to solve the difficulties which hitherto have baffled European statesmen . The Time's, while deprecating 'ag Iterated optimism, 'says thai the rumors of American intervention doubtless have a substratum of fact. The newspaper welcomes indications of "'the fresh in terest aud un.lstanding " the I'lilted States is showing in Kuropeau condi tions. The Morning Tost, also welcoming the ''obviously increasing interest " of the United States, thinks America 'is beginning to recognize more clearly that sooner or later her own industrial j prosperity muct be affected by the poli j tical and economic conditions in Europe. The Daily News, although it does not regard American intervention tor tin present as more than u possibility, says "It is highly probable that such inter vention would change the whole course of events in Kurope. '' In all the comment there is a dear yateTftSj. tf intervention and then; are many indications that this desire is based on a confidout belief in the high Anierlcan ideals. WARSAW IS PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW Young Art Student Who Kill ed President Is To Be Court martialed. WARSAW, Mecl' .Is. (liv the A-s-ciated Press.) Martini law became ef fective in Warsaw today by proclamation of the Polish cabinet. ( Captain Niswadoinaki. the cra.ed :u tist who assasinnted President Nu'T towlez last tiftturday, has been held lor trial by eourti'nartial. At his prelimi nary examination yesterday the man de clared he had acted on his own initiative in shooting the President and that he had no accomplices. The declaration of martial law h.is added to the sense or' security felt by tN'. people, who, with General Joseph Pii surekj established as chief of statf of the army and General Sikerski, as pie mier, await the convocation of the par liament on Wednesday for the election of a new president. One of the first acts of Sikorski ' i taking ovr the premiership, was to order the arrest of several of the former sol in the army has been pita liz -d by tV notionalists in their opposition to t.en I era! Pilsudaki. Many other persons are also in cus tody pending a complete investigation i f the assassination. Among those detail -I in Colonel Modelski, on.-e adjutant . . i General Haller. WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN CAR; DRY AGENT IS BEING Claims He Was Attempting to Cross Creek and Went Over Embankment GREENSBORO. Dec. 17. G. F. ' Alberti. prohibition enforcement oflicer. '. reported to the police here late tonight ' that while attempting o cross Buffalo ' ercek. 10 miles from Greensboro, in his f automobile, in which was Mrs. Kdiia Glenn, wife of Stamey Glenn, of this place, he. missed the bridge', wxnt over a 15 foot embankment into the water; that he scrambled from under the auto mobilo and that he feared Mrs. Glenn was under the macuinc dead. City and counfy officers went to tin scene and found the machine partially submerged in water, and found Mrs. Glenn dead In the car. Alberti was placed under arrest aud locked pending investigation. up BANDITS GET S200,000 IN GOLD FROM U. S. MINT AT DENVER DENVED, Dec. 18. Three ban dit today robbed the Federal Re serve Bank truck of $200,000 in currancy in front of the United States mint here. Charles Linton, a guard, was probably fatally wound ed. The robbers reized the gold as it was being loaded in the truck. Guards inside the mint opened fire as the robbers fled in an automobile. The entire police force was called out The bandits armed with rifles. JUDGE WHO TRIED HARRY THAW DEAD NEW YORK. Dec. 18. Tamea Fitzgerald, former justice of tha State Supieme Court, who presided at the first trial, of Harry Kendall Thaw for the murder of Stanford White in 1907, died at his home here late last night at " the age of 71. He had been in ill health for several veers, his retirement ten years ago being forced by a nervous breakdown attributed to the strain he underwent at the Thaw trial. $32,000,000 SET ASIDE FOR FOREST AND POST ROAOS BY HOUSE BILL $400,000 For Eradication Pink Boll Worm In South. Of NONE FOR FREE SEED. Agricultural Bill Also Pro vides For Protection Of Water Courses. WASH 1 M.t.'I'ON. Dm Is. - An appropriation of :', .'HiU.Oltit for con st ruction of ton st roads mi. I trails and rural post ro.-is, as lit horied under the Ke.leal Highway Act is recommend ed in the agricultural supply bill for the next liscal yea I. reported today to the House. The Mil's total is tli.s.Tsl, .:!."., or about Jl.oiMi,iil)i mure than last year, an. I . '.Till, nun U-s than the budget esti mate. The increase is due to the more liberal io.il fund provision, which last vear "a.- . I .. H H) . The bill .allies . 4ll.(nii f,,r the eradi cation of the pink boll worm in the cotton industry. The budget bureau left out the an nual item of . :'.till,lHMi for free seed dis tribution by Senators and l.'epresenta tives. and it was not placed in tin bill bv the appropriations committee. j Some of tin: other items of the meas lure are: For frost warning service, PJ.tKMI; j erailicatiag hog cholera, $1M,."iI0; emergencies hi lighting forest insects, $2."U, nOii; preventing spread of moths, ir'-Vil .'inn ; preventing spread of tWrifiT'i'aii -coin borer, t-i",0n; check ling the spread of the .Mexican bean j beetle, -f J.'i.'MIII ; studying food habits of I birds and ahiiii.-il, .V2,L'lii ; market in-jspi-ctiou of perishable foods, 275.0IM.I, and extermination of potato wart, Ua.dlHi . The committee also recommended ri j -n. lit nr.- of if 4."iH,t"Ml for acquisition of additional lauds at headwaters of nav igable streams and -4tl,jint for expert-. I meats and demonstrations in livestock production in cam- sugar and cotton j dist ricts . ' Por eradication of the southern cat it le tick the committee recommended I .slid, lion ; ami for meat inspection, .fsfiti,- j()0o. j Tin- fund for the purest Service was , ti.xe.l at fi;..".st."sj. which is L1,000 i more than carried in the last bill. j I hsciis,,i ng forest insects, the com j mittee reported there were several dangerous infestations or timper ue stro.ving insects in different national forest regions. WALLACE REID, MOVIE STAR, NEAR DEATH LOS ANGI-XF.S, 'Dee. is. Wal lace I'eid, motion picture star, is on the verge of death and for several days has not been expected to live, accord ing to Mrs Wallace Reid, (Dorothy Davenport ' iii an interview today in j tin- Los Angeles Kaminer, given at aj ! Hollywood, sanitarium last night. ; On.- of flu: physician, according to j The Kxaminor, corroborated Mrs. Reid 's ; statement s saing. j "Mr. It.-id has been near death for 'the past live or six days. His temper; ! atari- has repeatedly reached K'.'i and I his pulse l.'.u. His heart action is ir- 1 regular ami weak. He has fainted on f -. i . i -... i . .. HELD!'"' !,v,'r;,K'' ' limes naiiy ami nas Most 7" pounds in weight. Lamboratory findings at tin- present time lilicatc he is suffering cither from a condition of complete exhaustion or from influenza. "A reinfection of influenza is pos sible at any time and could cause his death. This is not anticipated by at-tendin- physicians but might be and is being consider, d . ' LINWOOD PARK LOTS SOLD SPI ENDIDLY. Ihspite the fact that the da.- was unfa v urai de. beiiijj damp and chilly, a Mar-e crowd attended the sale of lots in iinwood I 'ark ta t u D .a y. Of the 'J"n lots lis-eied loo were sold at satisfactory I price, t 'iiiiiiiiinl.aui & Ware, local real es tate dealers, and the I'hiiinix Land Co., i of (ir.-enshoro. had charge, of the sale, which was a decided success in every re-IsjH-.-t. This proKrty belonged to the iltrny-feparfc interests and is situated just west of the city in what promises to j is- n splendid rt-sidf-ut ial development. Iloii isheppard. of the. Dixon Mill, idrew thn Kor.T automobile which was given away, the drawing In'iag done by (Nellie Kry, a-12-year old girl of the I Myrtle mill. .CONSULS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE VLADIVOSTOK. j LAMVOfiTOK, Dec. (By the j Associated. Press I "The tkiviet Roveru jment of Vladivostok, which recently took ;over the. administration of the city and i surrounding tcTritory, known as the I'riif'.oria. today ordered the consuls of Frame and ten other countries to close ; their consulates aud leave the PrLuioria I within a weykv ' KELLER STILL REFUSES I TO TESTIFY IN THE CASE K AGAINST DAUGHERTY Stands Pat In His Attitude That He Is Exempt From Compulsion. TO RESUME HEARINGS. Impeachment Proceedings Vs. Attorney General To Proceed Anyhow. WASHINGTON, l.c. lii. .-. deci sion as to what action it will take in view of the refusal of Ifenresentative Keller, Itepublicau, Minnesota, to ap- pear under subpoena to testify us to' his impeachment charges against At- i torney General laugherty was the pur pose of another meeting today of tile House Judiciary i'ommittee. There had been no indication mean time of any change in Mr. Keller's at titude toward the committee summons since he served notice through counsel Saturday that he stood on rights as a member of the House in his his re fusing to respond to it t4ie committee had ex.-e. stitutioual powers in holding i.lcd its that con the issuing subpoena . What action the committee in the matter appeared to would tak hinge, on its conclusion as to whether it had power to certify the case to the House with a view to contempt pro ce-jding, as .some members waiitcu tu do so at the la-t meet iug Saturday, si though otlivrs were doubtful of the committee's powers. After disposing of the situation re sulting from Mr. Keller's withdrawal from the proceedings, the committee plans to resume hearings on the im pcnehmeiit charges tomorrow, with Representatives Woodruff, of Michigan, and Johnson, of South. Oukota, appear ing as witnesses. RED GROSS SEAL FUNDS ALREADY BEING USED Tuberculosis Patients Being Helped And Educational Work Being Carried On Among School Children. Funds derived from the sale of lied Gross Christmas Seals have ulrendy enabled the local chapter of the Red Cross to do a number of things in Gaston county which were verv great Iv needed . Four sets of scales have been pur chased for the public schools at ltcsne mer City, Cherryville, I.anlo ami Lowell. Seven hundred sanitary cups have Ih-cii purchased for use by tuber culosis patients. Milk and eggs have been provided for a number of these patients. In one instance funds were provided for carryig on a Modern Health Crusade, material for this work havig been furnished to the Goshen I Gove school, where health habits are j being taught to one hundred children. There is still a week in which to I purchase these seals. Kvery didlar of the money derived from these sales goes to relieving suffering humanity or for carrying on educational work looking to better health conditions. If you have not bought Christmas Red Cross Seals, do so touay. They may Is- se cured at the local post office. Mrs. K. T. Switzer is chairman in charge of the sale. GOVERNORS ARE HARDING'S GUESTS AT LUNCHEON Sixteen State Executives; Gather Around White House Board To Discuss Prohibition Problems. w. ASHI NGTON. I . c . S; I'rob n forcement were ,. White House today between lems of prohibition set for discussion at luncheon conference President Harding and nors. sixteen of whom ha-i Presiilent's invitation to Originally plamiiuj; to ferenee of governors here bition nin-stioiL sometime State (Jover iiecepte.I the attend . call a con on the prohi next uiunt'i. the President a-lvam arily .ijcc.'ium- of tin apital at this time d the date prim provimity to thi ol' so many who have been in attendance at the gover nors conference at White 'Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Although advancing the date of the conference means that a number of govern, rs participating will go out of office shortly after, tin I'resiifeut vns said to have decided upon it in order to obtain the views of those who have bad the experience of the past two years in dealing with the prohibition question. It is believe din administration circles that another conference will be neces sary after the first of the year because of the change in state administrations, and the views leve!oed at this con ference thus will Ik; available to the executives taking part in a later one. AT THE THEATRES finestie corporations fil--! during tlie pe Tbe Ideal Theater presents tod.iv, hod November oth IfJ"'! to June '.'.), HufTalo Bill,' John (filbert iu ' Aribian i Mr. Oriim s said 4."S of tlu se were Love" aud "Fresh Fiah," a comedy. The Gastouiau Theater is showing to- dav and Tuesday Alma Rubens and Lew Cody 'The Valley of Silent Men" by James Oliver Cur- from the story 'woovJt Effort To Keep Open Great 4 Lakes Freight Lines Takes Very Heavy Toll Of Lives Twenty-Seven More Lives Lost When Freighter Is Dashed To Pieces In Frozen Lake Keeping Boats Running Two Weeks Longer Than Usual To Relieve Freight Congestion Has Proved Expensive In Human Lives. THREE MEN BURNEH TO DEATH IN FIRE AKRON, 0 . Dec. 17 Three men were burned to death and four others were injured, one probably fatally, early today when a fire de stroyed a cottage in which they were sleeping at Little Wadsworth, near here. The dead and injured lived at Massillon, where three of the men were attorneys. The dead are: Howard Howald, 52 city engineer of Massillon; Frank Wagner, 50, foreman ma chinist; LeRoy Hodgson, 28, truck driver . TRIAL OF HERRIN MINE RIOTERS ENTERED SECOND WEEK THIS MORNING Evidence Being Taken Tod" I As To Circumstances wui j rounding Death Of C. K. - McDowell, Foreman. MARION. Il.l.s.. ,., the opening of the .second IN. week --With ot tie trial of live defendants charged with barged murder in connection with the llerriu riots, the State today prepared to present evidence regarding the slaying of C. K . Mcllo.vell, foreman of t he strip mine around which the riots cen tered. (ieorge Nelson, a farmer residing in the vicinity of the strip mine, attorneys for the state aiinoliiiceif. would be tin first witness called to describe the kill ing. Scores of witnesses for the tie felloe "CJ-C Uestioue. csterd.t by the miners' attorney, who have as serted they will seek to impeach the testimony offered the slate by proving alibis for the defendants, state witness es have i.lontilted as involed in the riots. i I'liriug the week, survivors of the rtols will be called to testify. The.v have been guarded by federal authori ties sinc e I heir arrival here. ''fla re have been inativ report i of intimidation of witnesses," '. V . Middlekauf. assistant prosecuting at- torney, had be hi- has him an this br was he; linnoiinceil . -u warned a brother I that a f One man said he Another reported ho looks much like w nights ago when it her went to rd and a bull the barn a shot t p sed . lose to his head ' Wit ness. they would l t i 'i . -.s-o ic.t. loai . k-(.y(.;t in. Plied in person or inli,im.., business if they testified, seems to have originated bllt 'is ill their tear own mental threats condition rat her made than in to them. anv that wen- f ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE In Period Of Two Years State Department Collects Total Of Over Three Million Dol- i t jars Large IncreaTse In income rrom Automobile Licenses. RAI.KKill. Dec. is ciated Press. ) I luriiij; 1. lilL'n to June. 1 ! L.' U . . i 7!."i.ii.i was paid into t In jsta'e depart no -lit of No ( liy the the period total of if Asso-Jul-; '-,l-"'l. treasury by tie" ! Ii ( 'arolina, ami I from November November l''''i to luui two' thohsuid and twenty certiti for -loiiiest;.- corporations we re bringing in p. I.:; 1 1 ..".s iu fees, at- l!22. . ates tiled. cording the biennial report of N-cve-jiary of M it.- .1. iirvuu tiriuies, ma-le I puolic. tod.iy. i The r.'i-orf also sh.ovs that for the tis cal year period duly I, 11JJ2 t ll..e;.-i-jber 1. the state's revenue from motor vehicles amounted to j.sJiJ,u75.-', ov.-r a half millioi dollar a!...-ve ht- entir.- aiiiouu' for r:il. "For tin- r--ist r .! ion year ending June .".ii. l:r' tlo-re was collected and ipni I into the state treasury fro mthe au-jtomobih- di pa rt incut . i-l. 1 ' i ! , 1 1 ".!., the entire amoiint, hciiig collected from au tomobile ami gasoline taxes.'' n-ad" !-e rej-ort. ''Tin- amount expt nde.l ... ration Uiliing tlie xear en. ling June ..o, l!(J. was .tSl.lPJ.ti.", which included the cost -of iiumlK-r plates, postage, clerical work, c.uipiiuiit, o ecftisiipplies and up keep of building in which the -department is located, te expenditures approxi mating two and six tents of te amount collected. "'. The report shows that for the seven month M-riisl lMcemlx r 1, lilJO t June .'!", PeJl, the state department paid a total of if Ml. -Vi-MM to the treasury de- I js-irtment. This period is given due to a j chance iu dates of the fiscal year. j I In disussiiig the certificates for lo- for dissolution and ,tVJ for incorpor- lations and am-uduii ats. Fifty-one banks ; were incorporated and fwr railroad com- panics tiled article of us-socLilion t.r aniendiueut during the aame f-tiod, he aid. HICAt.o. be, , is. (By The j Ashociated Press.) Battling foot by foot through towering seas and frcuziiig spray, the in. n who go . down to 'the sea in i-hips are fighting an epochal bat- tie across the icy waves of Lake Supe rior to, keep ti.ivigatiou open far be yond its usual 4ime mid bring down the lakes the last cargo of the year, j Already the light has claimed its toll i of lives, am before the last ship has been accounted for or been given Up for lost that toll may bo greater. Nearly a dozen died u few Jnj'i ago when a Canadiaa steamer was dashed to pieces within a stone ' throw ,i of safety at the uioutli of the I'ortagtj lake ship canal. Last night, 17 more were added to the pmiiable death roll when survivors of the tug Reliance wrecked last Wed nesday on Lizard Island, reached Sault Ste Marie after almost incredible hard ships. Navigation on the .upsr laks iiknyf ly . loses December J . Tt'is year it wus iieciiieij to Keep the waterways operi un 'il December 15 because thu coal and strikes had cut down the t-eal shipped to the northwest and de hived (the eastern movement of grain. j As a result nine big freighters loud jed with grain .fL'S.tlllO.ooO worth of slops ami cargo are hghtiug their way down Lake Superior toward that Erave.- -Jyard of gallant vessels, White Fish bay, i rj ing to win tnrougli to liuffaki for I winter stoiage. la Mud Lake part of i . . i . .. . .. iior ni.. .nary s river, allot tier uig Meet - is icebound, waiting for the arrival of the nine which left Fort T.Jliam, Out., three days ago, before trying, with the aistaneo of ice breaking tugs, to tvin past Detour to the ojen waters of Lake Huron . At Kugln Harbor. Oniinl 'f-m.i V'hite Fish IVnt, Detour. Upeua, -Mackinac Island, au.t Manistujue, naval Cu'lio operators ur keeping a tireless vigil, guiding the fnijiterj through the uight with radio rummss fignals, and waiting for the culls W hehi which. may come. The story of I lie tusr Tteliancn own.l , bv the .Superior Company, of fcSuuIto Hut ; Marie w...i told yesterday when the i scev en survivors reached to ftoo. j Fiv days ago tlie tug vvjth a ert w of it and IM I pieces on passengers, was dashed fa the rocks of ! ... Lizaio 1- I land. 7o miles north of I'oint Aux Fins, the western entrance to the St. Mary's liv.-r. and V miles from tU' nia' 'lud. I'i'he captain and '(J men fjk Olio boat iand Mr. and Mrs. John llarten. i-'ind seven others, took the other. I '11.- captain's boat has not been ue- "iintid for, but t,be other, after drifting Hours in the storm, finally W4 Isliore on the Ontario main land i "-'"' miles north of Duluth, ! Mrs. Harteu was so .exhausted tl. party was forced to rest M hours at an I Indian hut betore stalling the twenty '. n. ile tramp inland to tlui railroud. ! i ! J-i.U'LT STK MA HIE. Mich., Dep. 17. Twenty-seven persons ar missing ami are believed to have - drowned or (died from exposure following the dis- aster which overtook the tug Reliance jwhen it hit the rocks :of Luard Islautt four days ago. -p. : . . "'s was i ii. rear expressed by orb- e,als of the Superior Paper Companv. owner of the tug. who tonight for ho i first time, admit rcl that in addition to the crew of fourteen, the Reliance cat- ine.i passengers. j Seven survivors of the wreck reached ,h.re last night. Two others, Mr. arid ;Mrs. John Marten, cooks, -were sufTer jing mo from cold und exposure that they were left at a station of the jAlgoma Central railroad for medical 'attention by the other survivors. The last seen of the missing 27 pt-r-sons was Wednesday morning when the I Reliance battling through a blinding snowstorm, went on the , rocks oft Li. aid Island, stripped her wheel aud sank aimoat immediately. 'up tain 1. A. 'illian.s, of this city, 'and six others who were forward, took ore lifeboat, while nine others, inelud- ii.g Mr. and Mis. Harteu, took tha ' other. The second boat drifted mv- -.al hours in the storm and was blown a-Iior.- on tae Canadian mainland eight iniies north of here. i Mrs. Kartell was so exhausted th'-t . the party was held up 56 hours iu au Indian shack before it vta able to '"t inland toward the railroad, whieu i was reaemd 8aturJav. The snrrivr.r express little hope that the others sur vived the utorin. j Th- announcement by tha coin puny 'tonight said that in addition to the rew- of fourteen, the -Reliance carric-t :2' luiiibt-rjacks, au dfti.-ial of the enn jpauy's forestry department and a tsb-:eri.-H eomiwny atent who had beir picked up by the Reliance on its Ust (trip to the lumber ramps, j The missing men, it sai.l by sur- vivors. left - hu nr.xk.td tug in , a launch T.hich was carried by the He lianee in addition to its two life! oaU. It is l-ointcl out that if the muwinif men reached Lizard Island iu th. storm, they were witbo.it food. If they. reailied nn li-!ar"t vm-re therj huts their i roblem of dentins Van com .w'vl J ;t,t U o great, but, being without tweapous. their rha-ncft tit fir-ti!t.in food ner declared to b shrj.r. Tu,' jrc - making a 8.sr'.'a (:'- vf..ii.