Leased Wire Associated Press Service VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. THRKk 1 ? lrm\ vvtnct mod ? ? ? in Ibr br Ml f The Weather Partly cloudy tonight. colder on the coast W?*dne? Affected Areas att l-"a?l aw Airplaries Can Wake the Trip Belgrade.; Fob. 15. ? (A.P) ? I Doctors wltjh medical supplies are being rushed Into the earth quake zone* of Herzgovlna. Dal matla. and Ihosnla as fast as mod em airplane's can take them. No authentic figure* of the loss of life J and 'number of In jured are expected for days be cause of the^breaklng of wires and I the utter confusion In the wide spread area affected by yester day*# convulsions. It Is feared, however, tha't the death list will mount Into the hundreds. I Reports trickling Into Belgrade continue to emphasize the catas trophic effects of the quake. | Troops are working desperate ly to restore railway communica tions to alio* the passage of I trains hearing relief supplies. I Thousands arc', homeless and will soon be In urgent need of food. Two Still Trapped Six Rescued And One Dead Potlsvllle. PtJftb. 16. ? (AP) I -Two of nine mlljert trapped be hind a fall of coa'4 in the Raven | Run mine of the H*selbrook Coal I Company ypatord?y remained Im j prisoned today. SI* nfcen were ree Icued unhurt and one was crushed to death. The fate of the twjo entombed men. John Thtvia and Nai Kosody, remained undetermined. Rescu ers found tons of debr^? blocking the gangway where th? fail oe curred. Taps and other slgiug* were unanswered. Oxygen was pumped through pipes but wtMjiUwr It r**th?d the trapped men was * qu eat Ion ) Jleacuers found tb# Mkdy of Frank Jacobs nearly 1.004 feet fr*??ti ifie ?pttance to tW(L iwfne. WU IS FACED BY two armies; and DOUBLE TROUBLE Troops of Manchurian Dic tator Chang Complete Oc cupation of Region North ; of Yellov River MOVE FROM HANKOW Nalionalisls Are Changing ! Position and Tactics in I Reparation for North i trn Offensive Shanghai, Feb. 15. ? (AIM ? A Chinese battle royal In Hoan Province, with three separate ar mies as the participants, was a nearer realization today. Troops of Marshal Chang Tso- , Lin, Manchurian dictator, and j predominant figure in the Pek ing government completed occu- 1 patlon of the region north of Yel-, low Klver yesterday. They poured into the territory several days ago of Marshal Wu Pel-Fu, master of' the province and one of the ablest generals In China, and as a result Wu has gone Into conference with 1 his leaders to determine his course of action. Wu has given no indication of | whether he will oppose them or jjoln with them in an eltfort on [Chang's part to crush the Nation-; iallsts and again bring China un-| der one government. If be re- j fuses to cooperate he is faced with ! the prospect of fighting both the | Manchurian and the Nationalists or of Joining the latter in oppos ing the northerners for Chang already has served an ultimatum of Wu that he will brook no In terference. The movement of the Man churians into the Northern part of Honan Province accomplished as the first stage of their south ward push. General Chang Hsueh Liang, son of Marshal Chang and commander of the Honan cam paign, has gone to Tsinan to con fer with Ko Chang Taang-Chang. governor of Shantung and ally of the Manchurian war lord. It is expected that when the Manchurlans resume their south movement In an effort to sweep through Honan and wrest Han kow and the fertile Yangtze River basin from the Nationalists, the Shantungese will drive slmul-' taneously through Anhwel Pro-! vlnce with Klukiang, along the< Yangtze as their objective. Meanwhile, the Honan develop ment has almost completely over shadowed events In the Cheklang sector, where the Nationalists a short time ago attempted to break through toward Shanghai. The Nationalists markedly re laxed their pressure on the Che klang-Kslang front and It Is be lieved that they are moving large numbers of their troops from their devense of Hangkow. Also, in anticipation of the Northern offensive, the Nationalists re cently have brought down numer ous reinforcements from Ichang iand other up river Yangtze points. I Many of them have been placed north of Hankow while others have been dispatched to Wushueh | a strategic point along the river J | between Hankow and Hlunklng. Mrs. Edward Hlnes of Chicago' 'whose 985,000 pearl necklaro! was stolen on a train, is now ' wearing one which cost $1.86. British Anxiously! Awaiting News From Hankow London. Feb. 15? (AP) ? Willi no ofTlclal dispatches from China in the last 36 hours, I lie British government today was anxiously awaltlnx news of I he fate of the critical negotiation* at Hankow. There was a tense moment li* the House of Common* this after noon when Philip Snowden. labor, asked Foreign Secretary Sir Aus ten Chamberlain whether the ne gotiations between the Cantonese foreign minister Eugene Chen and British Charge D* Affaires Owen O'Malley had broken down a* stated in the press. "l"p to the present moment. I have received no Information." an swered the foreign secretary gravely. NEW ROAD BILL ! BEFORE SENATE Amends Highwuy In Provide Certain Powers for Koud CxHiimusion State Capitol, Raleigh, Feb. 15. I ? (AP) ? The Road committees substitute for the Smith bill I adopted by the Senate today, I amends the highway law so as to I provide for the Highway Commis sion certain powers relating to its power In the location of roads. I The bill provides: | 1.? For hearing by three mem bers of the Highway Commission of protests against changes in lo i cation of roads appear may be j taken to whole commission whose ! decision la final. I 2. ? The number of roads en tering a city may not be reduced. 3. No present Improved j road may be abandoned by State , without consent of county gov erning body. 4.? 'Highway Commission will not be held responsible for road* which have been officially aban doned. j 5. ? The changes now made are I not subject to litigation. 6 ? No action against the Com ! mission may bo maintained by other than road governing body of a county. The Senate adopted the com mittee amendment and it went on the second roll call without pro test there were a few "noes." On third reading Senator Frank iJfancock of Granville, took the | floor against the bill, spoke for about an hour, during which he launched an attack against Chair man Frank Page of the Highway | Commission. | COUNCIL TO CONHIDKlt PLANS FOR III ILDINU ! Preliminary plans for the en j largement of tho Sunday school .quarters of the First Baptist i Church will bo taken up at a i meeting of the Workers' Council jOf the church Wednesday night at 6:16 o'clock. It was announced today by M. P. Jennings, superin tendent of the Sunday school and ex-offlcio head of the council. Supper will be served at a nom inal cost, Mr. Jennings said, add ing that all officers and teachers In the church and Sunday school, land all others Interested, had been Invited to attend. The ladles of the church will do the serving. Currituck and Dare Clash Over Game Law "Rider' Hunttmen Much Concerned Over Pro/toiuil to Require License Fee* for Shooting on Ea?t Side of Coun ty Bountlary Midway of Sound A tempest has been stirred In lower Currituck County In th?* I last few days In the wake of news that Dare County Is preparing to | I attach a "rider" to thr proposed new State-wide game law, pend ing In the Oeneral Assembly, both to exempt that county from the provisions of the law, and to en able Dar* to charge hunting li cense fee* opposite Itn cosntsl shore lands to a point midway of Currituck Sound. Much of th# best hunting terri tory In the vicinity of lower Cur rituck centers about the neigh borhood of Kitty Hawk Bay. Cur rltuck huntsmen srgu? that If such an act Is passed. It will vir tually drive them out of buslnoan. Inasmuch as they csnnot afford to pay tho additional license fees, and visiting sportsmen will be det erred by the expense of taking out hunting licenses In both coun ties. Currituck gsme interests al ready had taken atepa to exempt their county from the Statewide law, on th* ground that Nature had provided the unrivalled duck hunting grounds In Currituck Sound aa an Important source of fiiatensnce for the people of the county. Currituck dependa heav ily upon game llrcnRCH to pay the expennen of achoolit, road build ing, and other public outlay*. Heretofore, I)ar?> ha* paid little or no attention to huntlna llcen*?' feea an a aource of Income for the public treasury. Thl* lat?-?t agl tatlon, however, la taken a* an In dlcatlon that that county la to fol low Currituck* l?'?d In th" umi ter of deriving material revenue from that sourer. The crux of th?? controversy Ilea in the county boundary n#?ar Kitty Hawk. In that connection. It la recalled hore that that ter ritory originally wan a pail of Cur rituck. 1'olltiral expediency dic tated Ita annexation by Dare, It I* declared, from the fact that I>are wa* almoat equally divided In af filiation to the two major partlea. The region In queatlon. df>*lKnatod aa Atlantic townnhlp. I* *tronaly Democratic, aa la ?tlOTjtuek Coun ty aa a whole. Reporta from Currituck Indi cate thai IB0rg?tU) DieasurM ? r? under way there to bring preasnre to bear In the Oennral A**enibly to block Dar? County's proponal Insofar aa It will affect the tnler eata of Currituck huntamen and operators of hunting camps. VIE WITH EACH OTHEH TO PUT ON BIG FEATURE Cuiiuiiittf-r* ami Two Stutr Legislative Kmlira Con sidering Stale-wide Mea sures This Wi'i-k FKOM EAKI.Y TO I.A IK Ami-Evolution Bill. Aus tralian Ballot, School Tux, Itoiid I^islution aixl Scort's of Other* Raleigh, Fob. 15. C?*m init (??? s and the two State legislative bodies proper vied among themselves today to pro duce tlic outstanding feature of i an all-day crowded iirocodun1. I These sweeping considerations Were on deck from early to late: North Carolina Hible league ant Involution bill, considered before the House education com mittee, headed by To be Connor. Wilson. Australian ballot bill, revamped I by committees, considered by the Joint elections committee. 1 State-wide tax to provide reve nues for. running the six months' school term of schools, considered by joint education committee, re ceiving report of subcommittee, comprising Senators Johnson of Duplin, Iiroughton of Wake. Hep resentatives tirahani of Sampson and MacLean of Beaufort. ( Roads" legislation before Joint roads committer, and Smith-Har ? Rett bill to define powers of the .State Highway Commission in lo cating roads a special order in i the Senato at conclusion of the morning hour, with the compro mise committee bill presented with 'favorable report In Senate, unfa vorably In House. 1 Creektnore hill to regulate op eration of Turkish baths. spfVlal order in the House at conclusion .of the morning hour. Inland waterway bill, for de velopment of Eastern North Car .ollna waterways, considered by ?Joint internal Improvements cotn ' mlttec. Administration revenue bill ?given flnishlni: touches with lit tle change from original, prodd ing about as much money hs first proposed, whipped info slyipe for .report out by Joint finance com ! mlttec. | Judicial reform men su res bc ? fore House Judiciary, propositions | and grievances committees and (Senate Judiciary committee.' .it im;h ntoiiAitLY wifj, KKK PI, AYS |X>II liniHKliK ! New York. Kn the strength of the bill, but it has been pointed out that although a number of members. Including Hours party loaders have an nounced they wlfl strpport this move that havo made no an-j nouncomont of their position on final passage. Substitution ts sought in th" hope the bill can bo passed in tho same form as approved by the Senate, so that U can go directly i to the President and avert the 1 tedious legislative Journey i through a confeVenca with the j other body. HI. 1ST TK f/{S OH SIDE Oh HILL: M I \ IIIT It) III UK lit: II) IWtrc'r, T?'vi*, Fi'H. 15. ? (Al*> Olic mill Mil"* KlUiil. M'Vi'rul iniiiri-il ami virtually i'Vitj window in huililiiiKH |?cM' mum broken wIhmi i:t tons of nlininlM'rriiM' ?*\|iI?mIHon Hani ware ('tmi|i.in> which imniil tin* ma^a/ine, could rIvi ti<> explanation. Thry saiil no <-a|m worr kept imar tin* e\ ]iliwivi> which Is umi| in "HhimtinK" oil urllfi. Tli*% magazine wjis iisiiI to ?lon? I'viilonlviti for tin* r?' ri'inly developed oil ficlils mtir here. COURT TAKES UP ACCIDENT CASE Attorney* Arctic (Question Whether Negro Died a* Result of Negligence Tho question whether John Thomas Collins, colored employe of the llyde County Land & hum b?r Company. died as u result of 'his own carelessness, or by rea son of negligence on tho part of the company |.n falling to offset obvious hazards, was being argued In Superior Court Tuesday. with Judge P. A. Daniels, of Ciolds boro. presiding. Collins was killed August 1, 1923, in an accident while operat ing an engine known as a skldder. Jonah Collins, administrator of his estate, is suing the lumber company for S 10,000 damages, alleging the company was re sponsible for his death. Evidence In the case was that ' CollinR wax using the skldder to pull a train of logging cars out of the woods, and that, somehow. : the cars were run past the point f where they should have stopped. , with tho result that a timber struck Collins and mortally in jured him. P. W. McMull.in. of the law firm of McMullan & I?el(oy. rep resenting tho defendant company, argued there was Insufficient evl j dence of negligence on the part >of the coni|Miny to Justify *ub 1 milling th?* Iahuch to a Jury. J. I C. H. Khringhaus. of Khringhaus & llall, appearing for Collins. ; contested that argument on the ground that It wjih impossible to foresee any particular occurrence arising in the operation of the skldder and Mint, in the naturo of i the case, it amounted to action able negligence on the part of the ] company. | Judge Daniels decided to let the Jury pass on iho case. The Ju rors. who had been out of the courtroom while Mr. MeMullau's 'motion was being argued, were recalled. Taking of testimony was completed by the noon recess, the ' defense waiving Its right to pu' 'on witnesses. Arguments were stated for the afternoon session. The next rase ached ii left is an ! action in which M. P. Illtc Is su Ing A. L. Aydlett for architect's engineering fe#?s alleged to be due him. Both plaintiff and defend ant are well known residents of this city. There were Indication* that the case would be reached during the afternoon. KHXKD IN HMAHH-t P Asheville, Feb. 1 A. CAP I Mrs. I*. CI. Grimes, 35, of Hk'yland, wn* killed In an automobile smash-up at midnight la?t night near Tux edo, when the automobile in which she was riding with her husband and daughter went over a 30 feet embankment, Grimes and his daughter were not se riously injured. Tom Blantom And Sol Bloom In Fight Washington. Feb. |.V -(AP ? - ltepre*entat ive? Hoi Hloom of N??w York and Thomas G. Blanton of Texss. came to blow* today In a 'committee meeting at the Capi tol. They dl*agr?ed over a proposal to enact blue laws for the city of Washington, exchanged a few heated words and tljen grappled Bpnets4rfr* ? In the room were drawn Into |hs engagement and the official committee, reporter was Upeet *nd his Inlf well spilled over the committee faftle. DAMAGE OF $10,000 DONE BY MORNING HERTFORD BLAZE Nachmaii't* Store Principal SuITitit in Fire Which: Diwovrml birr Might Have Swept Block FAKMEK GIVES ALARM | Coming to Town for Doe tor Diricovent Burniim Building in Time to Pre vent Spread of Flames Hertford. Feb. 15.? An early, morning ?*u II fnr a rtnr probably saved I his city from serious flre I?nm litis morning. Am the result ' of a prompt alarm, Hertford's vol-i untoer lire company turned out, and was able I ?? prevent serious ' spread of tin* (lames beyond one \ adjacent building. Thus total damage wuh hold to un amount probably not more than $10,000.) which in believed to be covcred by Insurance. Nachman's, woman's wear store, j was I h?- chief HulTerer, with estM 'muted damage lo stock In the! amount lug, that owned by Dr. T. A. Cox. i with the physician's office on the i first lionr and Ihe offices used by j County Kami Agent L. W. Ander son on the second door, the flames j and water did damage estimated \ ut about $ 1 .500. Huildlng and stock of the Di vers Motor Company, adjacent to Nachman's on the other side, suf fered no damage except from smoke. The Divers Motor Com pany is owned by W. M. Divers and I,. W. Norman, the former | one time of Kllzabetb City. Discovered between 2 and 3 ? o'clock this mornlnx. the Are was ! not fully extinguished until two hours and a half later. Louis Nachman, proprietor of j the store was In New York buy- j lug spring goods at the time of jfhe fire, and Miss Kugenle Doxler j was in charge of the ntore In Mr. J j Nach man's absence. The fire J ' seems to have originated In a clos let undfcr a stairway. The man who gave the alarm ! was Klmer Simonds. 20 years old, I 1 son of "Kit" Simonds of Chapa noke. "Kit" Simonds' home Is on the road between Chapauoke and Wln | fall. Army Plane Takes Tumble Into Gulf l Galveston, Tex., Feb. 16. ? J ifAJ'l ? Lieutenant I'. F. Cabell,! 2f?. of New Orleans, was killed to ,day when the wings of a Jenny I training plane In which he was fly Ing with Private Carl C. Ashley, j 'buckled, allowing Ihe plane to 'drop Into the Gulf of Mexico about three miles off shore here. Private Ashley, who was sitting in the rear cockpit succeeded In clearlnK the tumbling plane with his parachute and landed In the water. He was practically ex hausted when rescuers reached hi in. Galveston, Texas, Feb. 16.? fAl'i -An Army alrplanir fell In to the Gulf of Mexico shortly bo fore 1 1 o'clock today at a point about two miles off the beach. Two aviators left the plane In Parachutes and were seen In the gulf. A fted Cross life saving boat was immediately apnt out to ef fect a rescue. A collapsing wing is said to have caused the piano to fall. PAHIH CAIIAItCT HONa vln unit Charlie Hlmpaon, two of Ih#. rhroo young tn?*n in thin eon* munlly who wTH MEN HELP Second Flare-up Entire* When GHnmiMionef Dlt || Jy ShowH Disposition Ur I urn Down Bondsman * Unexpected fireworks of ths mom scintillating variety flared and flamed In a preliminary hear In* before United states Commis sioner N. W. Dally yesterday af ternoon, when Claud Houghton, White youth, and Arthur Lewis. , colored, faced charges of poeaea slon and transportation of Uqaor In connection with the selsare of a larxo cargo of aplrltuoua bever ages near South Mills Friday night. The bonds were aet *t $1,000 each for their appearance at tho next term of Federal Court here. Tho participants In the swift moving little drama were Com mlssloner Dally. Dry Agents London and J F. mitledge^Sl' made tho raid, and Clerk of F* . oral Court J. p. Thompson the one hand, and Attorneys (. Sawyer. C. E. Halley and O a!" Johnson, on tho other. The oris cl pal exchange of verbal shaft wits between Mr. Dally and Mr Sawyer. ? The latter i, trUl jus lice In recorder's court hers So much for the stage setting. The first broadside came when Mr. Ilalley. while cross examining ? ? l-ondon. demanded ih? nabs, or names, of whoever elao was Is Mr, rRatledge*rly ""Pt h'm "There W? glad to do It. How can you pass on It If you don't go thor oughly Into It? A man Is pi?l I sumed to be Innocent until he i) found guilty." 1 have a sworn, signed stats* inent setting forth the facts " Mr) I>ally replied. U was .vtdmH that tempers were being lost? o? I?""1 temporarily misplaced? on both sides. **w 1 "Would you rule that ws haven t ? r|ght ?,k who w? ta , | besides London and Hailed*?? ? Mr. Sawyer persist' "I'll make an exception In this Mr. Dally conceded -Z ahead and answer any questions he asks you, Mr. I,ondon," he dl reeled the wltneen. ... W,ck? y teacherajce this year totalling nearly a thotmand dollars. These include thp installation of aa eli trie lighting plant and fists remodeling of th? school am lum to aimure groater cony< and safety, and furnishing of, auditorium ntage. The asaO^lstlon haw received assistance In ftnsuo ring these varloua projects from the County Board of Education. The regular meeting of the as sociation will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock.