Max Donnoke Denn-n
VOL. 34
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16,1923.
NO. 24
VETERANS BUREAU
EXPECT FORBES WILL NOT RE
8UME POST UPON RETURN
FROM EUROPE.
RECENTLY BEEN UNDER FIRE
Special Committee Which Will Con
duct Inquiry is Composed of Sena
tors Sutherland and Walsh.
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Washington. — An investigation of
charges of irregularities, waste and
extravagance in the Veterans’ Bureau
was "JJffdered by the senate.
Authorization for the inquiry was
contained in a resolution by Senator
Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts, that
was adopted without debate. A spe
cial committee appointed a year ago
will collect evidence and it will be de
cided later whether a more thorough
investigation should be undertaken
after congress adjourns.
Recently the bureau has been under
Are from several angles, officers of
the American Legion, among others,
criticizing the methods employed in
dealing with former service men.
There have been evidences that a
sweeping investigation on the part of
the executive branch of the govern
ment already was under way, and
some important shifts have been made
in the bureau personnel. Col. C. R.
Forbes, the bureau director, now is
in Europe and his friends do not ex
pect him to resume his duties when
he returns.
The special committee, which will
conduct the inquiry for the senate is
composed of Senator Sutherland, re
publican, West Virginia ,and Senator
Watah. A year ago they made a sim
tt&TOfnquiry.
Among other things the resolution
adopted recites these reasons for in
quiring into the conduct of the bu
reau:
"It has been reported in several
press dispatches and asserted on the
floor of the hoiise of representatives
that there is evidence of waste, ex
travagance, irregularities and mis
management in the operation of the
United States Veterans’ Bureau.
"It has been reported that general
dissatisfaction prevails among the of
ficials of said bureau. Because of
such chaotic conditions and lack of
co-ordination it is alleged that of
ficials of said bureau have been re
moved and others have tendered their
resgnaitions.
"The burden of such waste, extrav
agance, irregularities and misman
agement falls upon the incapacitated
soldier for whose relief said bureau
was created, and the conditions as
alleged to exist would necessarily
impair the morale of said vureau.”
Germany Protests Land seizures.
Washington. — Latest seizures of
German territory made by French
military forces in the Ruhr have been
made the subject of a renewed pro
test by the German government.
\ The note of protest, a copy of
4»?iilch has reached diplomatic quar
ters here, characterized the French
occupation as “one of purely arbitrary
action and force, committed by tak
ing advantage of the defenselessness
of the German nation.”
Approval expressed by the Rhine
land commission of the measures ta
ken by the French government, the
note said, “does not legalize these
measures which violate the treaty
and likewise does not give a legal
tital to the illegal ordinance of the
Rhineland commission.”
“The approval shows anew, howev
er," the note continued, “that the in
terallied Rhineland commission lets
itself be made the tool of French
policy.
"The German government protests
a.so against the voliation of the treaty
and of right.”
Wild Deer Driven From Hills.
Nyack, N. Y.—Forty wild deer from
the hills were resting about the lawns,
flower beds and open spaces of Nyack,
contentedly chewing their cuds and ru
minating cu the adventure which had
brought them within 44 minutes of
Broadway.
Supt. Robert H Drummond, of the
I Oak Hill cemetery, discovered that the
herd had invaded his domain and eon
'Vgumed most of the plants and shrubs
^there. The usually shy creatures re
mained on the outskirts -of Nyack,
just 25 miles from the heart of New
York city.
Heavy snows in the hills are believ
ed to have sent the deer down in
search of forage.
GAS LINE BREAKS
AND SIX ARE KILLED
Pittman, N. J—A family of six
were asphixiated and a dozen other
persons were overcome by gas es
caping from a broken main in this
city.
The dead are: P. Pucci, a shoe
maker, and his wife and four child
ren ranging in ages from four to 20
years.
Of those overcome the most crit
ical is Daniel S. Blackman, a brok
er, with an office in Philidelphia.
From the position of the bodies
it was evident to the police that
some members of the Pucci family
had made an effort to'reach fresh
air.
MANY KILLED BY EXPLOSION
122 MEN WERE ENTOMBED FOL
LOWING MINE EXPLOSION AT
DAWSON, N. M.
Men Imprisoned in the Mine Are
More Than Four Thousand Feet
From the Portal.
Denver, Colo. — Rescue parties en
tered mine No. 1 and found the bod:
ie3 of more than 100 dead miners, ac
cording to a report received by The
Denver Post from its correspondent
in Trinidad, Colo. CO&munication
with Dawson is impossible, the tele
phone company reports. There is
but one line into the town and more
than fifty emergency calls are being
rushed over the telephone.
East Las Vegas, N. M.<—Approxi
mately 125 miners are entombed in
Mine No, 7, at Dawson, New Mexico,
following an explosion, according to
a telephone message received here.
The explosion, which occurred at
about 2:30 o’clock (Mountain time)
wrecked telephone lines out of Daw
son and direct communication with
the town was impossible. The infor
mation received here was from Daw
son Junction, nearby.
At 4:30 o’clock all the miners ol
the day shift who were in the Mine
when the explosion is reported to
have occurred, were still entombed,
according to the message.
Mine No. 1 at Dawson is owned by
the Phelps-Dodge corporation. Calls
for help have been dispatched to the
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pa
cific Mining company at Ratin.
The mine is the largest in the Daw
son district. It was the scene of an
explosion in 1913, in which many
lives were lost. —
All the heavy concrete work at
the mouth of the main entry was
blown to ruin by the force of the ex
plosion, indicating that the extent
of the blast in the deeper workings
was tremendous, according to infor
mation received here.
The debris choking the mouth of
the entrance was partially removed
and a rescue crew, which was accom
panied by W. D. Brennan, manager
of the mine, made an entry.
Aubuquerque, N. M.—Reports from
Dawson were that two men had been
removed from the mine dead and
three had been taken out alive. Res
cue parties had penetrated the mine
to a depth of one mile. The men im
prisoned in the mine are more than
4,000 feet from the portal.
Free Bread War on in Chicago.
Chicago.—Chicago customers of 88
chain stores of one firm were assured
of a greater supply of “free” bread
when the entire product was quickly
exhausted under the onslaught of pa
trons, mostly school children. But
the bread produced by extra shifts
of bakers was to go only with mini
mum purchases of 50 cents worth
of groceries. Another group of chain
stores, with which a' price-cutting was
engaged in .continued to sell the 16
ounce loaf for 2% cents and announc
ed there would be no immediate
change of policy.
The manager of the first group said
the great crowds which beseiged the
stores forced the stipulation of pur
chase before receiving free bread.
He said 150,000 leaves would be given
away.
At the start of the price-cutting
both firms, day by day, announced in
half-pqge newspaper advertisements
gradual reductions in the charge of
bread until one group reached two
cents, whereupon the other announc
ed free bread.
Alcohol Stolen by Five Bandits.
New York.—Five bandits overpow
ered the driver of a truck owned by
the Kentucky Distillery and Whole
sale company and fled with driver,
truck and 2,000 quarts of alcohol that
was being taken from the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad pier to the Corona
Chemical company.
H PROOFS OF
ACTIVE BUSINESS
LOADING OF REVENUE FREIGHT
SET NEW RECORDS FOR
THE SEASON. /
SECURITIES SHOW STRENGTH
Optimism Continues to be the Doml
noting Factor in Financial
Markets.
New'York.—Oprimism over me do
mestic situation continued to be the
dominating factor in the financial
markets of the past week. Securities
showed milch strength and the pre
vailing impression in Wall street was
that the upward movement largely re
flected the reports on increased in
dustrial activity and the satisfactory
annual financial returns which are
Meanwsile there was a tendency t«
feej leas anxiety over the foreign sit
uatlon, which distinct satisfaction waa
expressed over the encouraging prog
ress made in coming to an agreemenl
with Great Britain in the matter ol
funding that country’s debt to the
United States.
Many proofs of active bsuiness are
available. For one thing loadings
of revenue freight by the railroads con
tinue to set new records for this sea
son of the year. In the week ended
January 27th, some 871,000 cars oi
freight were loaded, this figure ex
ceeding the total for the same keei
a year ago by 131,000 cars and that ir
the comparably week of 1920 by 68.00C
cars. The gainh are distributed, fur
thermore, among the various classes
of traffic, thus emphasizing the gen
eral character of the improvement.
Foreign Commerce of U. 8. Increases
Washington—The foreign commerce
of the United States Acreaged-ntort
! than 4,000,000 tons in 192# as com
pared wtih 1921, but the tonnage car
ried in American ships decreased
from 49 per cent of the total in 1921
to 47% per cent in 1922, while in the
overseas general cargo trade, less
than one-third of the tonnage was car
ried under the American flag, ac
cording to a survey made public bj
the shipping board.
The percentage given as the totals
for the two years, it is explained
"reach their present proportions be
cause they include our enormous traf
lie in bulk petroleum" and “our trade
with nearby countries, which is prac
tically coastwise" in both of which
American ships predominate.
“That we make any showing in the
overseas commerce at all,’’ continues
the report, “is due almost entirely to
the fact that the shipping board main
tains in world service a number of
vessels at public expense. For 1922
privately owmed American vessels car
ried 7.76 per cent of our overseas ton
nage.”
Americans Seek Tobacco Control.
! New York. — American financiers
j are negotiating with the French gov
1 ernment for a monopoly on the man
ufacture and distribution of tobacco in
France, the Evening Mail asserts.
The dea! was reported to involve
$300,000,000 of which $25,000,000
would be paid upon conclusion of the
agreement. James B. Duke, George J.
Whalen and Thomas Fortune Ryan
were said to be the men interested,
j Reports of negotiations for a French
| tobacco monopoly have been circulat
, ed from time to time fci two years,
but always have been met with denials.
“Fruit” Turns Out to be Liquor.
New York. — Federal agents seized
350 crates of Florida “oranges" des
tined for Boston, in the Bronx freight
yards of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad. The “fruii”
proved to be bottled whiskey with a
prohibition value of $30,000. The
liquor cases were hidden by crates of
genuine fiuft.
State enforcement officers said .they
had been tipped when the shiphient
left Florida to be re-routed I|)B$e for
Boston.
Bandit is Shot and Killed.
Santiago, P. I.—Ronquello, the not
ed bandit who has been sought for
killing Junde Andres Borromeo last
month, was shot and killed by a pla
toon of constabulary who suriourded
a house inpCavite province, where Ron
quello was hiding.
Twenty-five of the constabulary sur
rounded the house and began firing
from all sides. Nearly 1000 shots
were fired.
Finally one of the constables crawl
ed under the house and fired u;i
through the floor, killing Ronquillo.
YHRILLING RESCUE MADE
BY NSW YORK FIREMEN
New York.—A fireman's daring
rescue of a woman from a fourth
flob'r window while hanging by his
heels, thrilled spectators at a blaze
in ia West Fifty-third street apart
ment house occupied by negroes.
Eight persons were Injured, two
of them seriously, by jumping
frotn windows.
Fireman John Donates, suspend
ed by his feet from the roof by oth
er firemen, grasped a frantic worn
an in his arms and hoisted her to
safety. Across to a window where
she stood screaming was impossible
from the ground because of the
flattes and of elevated railway
tracks.
_ ereral firemen reached the roof
frotn an adjoining structure, and
Bales was let down to save the
Ban.
IERS WELCOMED HOME
ICA’S “LAST THOUSAND”
E FROM EUROPE; LAND
AT SAVANNAH.
Congressmen, Army Officers and
Qjlhers Meet Transport; Many
Bring Their Wives.
oavanuaHj us. —■ America s iuai
thousand" came home from Europe,
signalizing the nation's closing ac
tion in its participation in the World
War.
From the deck of the U. S. army
transport St. Mihiel the soldiers who
kept watch on the Rhine gained their
first glimpse of their homeland after
an absence of five years. With them
were French, Belgian and German
wivtes and children, who saw for the
first time the land they are to call
home.
Savannah turned out to a man to
welcome home in behalf of America
the returning troops and to greet
the women and children from the
country's former allies and enemy na
tion s.'*'T,Ke reckon Weg&n When the
cutter Yamacraw and the> tug
Gauley met the transport beyond Ty
bee bar. At quarantine a party of
congressmen. Governor Thomas W.
Hardwick, of Georgia, Mayor Paul E.
Seabrook and other state and local
! officials and army officers boarded
the St. Mihiel from the '-■•♦ter Yam
j acraw.
1 As the transport neared Savannah
she was greeted by a salvo from two
historic cannon presented to the
Chatham artillery by George Wash
ington and from a battery of French
I 75s, trophies of the World war. The
j soldiers answered each blast with
, cheers. Bells, whistles and sirens
i throughout the city and on river craft
j took up the cry.
Spectators scattered along a mile
and a half of water front kept pace
with the transport as she progressed
: up the river. They stormed the docks,
overpowering police guards. Fire
hoses were brought into play to clear
! the crowd from about the ship. The
| stream of water struck members of
i the official congressional reception
committee just as the party boarded
the transport. The congressional com
j rnittee, including Senators Harris and
I Robinson and Congressmen Johnson,
! Linberger, Scott, Conley and ^'twin
kle, were met aboard ship by Hoi.
i Walter T. Bates, of the eighth in
fantry, in command of the troo js.
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asks congress to Hass bn id Bill.
Washington. — President Harding
personally urged upon Congress that
it not only approve promptly the Brit
ish debt settlement agreement, but
t*at it also come to a decision one way
or another at this session on the ad
ministration shipping bill.
“There is time, abundant time, tor
decisive action on both these tremen
dously important questions,” he de
clared. “Either is fit to be recorded a
chapter in great achievement and
both will mark a signal triumph. I re
1 mind you that both are inseparably re
lated to our good fortunes at home
and our high place in the. world.’’
Approval of the debt settlement,
for the formal submission of which
; the President went to the capitol, was
: forecast by republican congressional
| leaders. The first step along the leg
: islatlve way was taken immediately
j after Mr. Harding concluded his ad
; dress before a joint session of the
house and senate in the house cham
! ber, identic bills, amending the exist
i ing debt funding law being introduced
in both branches.
Party managers in the house pre
dicted action by that body within a
week at least, but the situation in
the senate was less clear Some lead
ers there favored calling up the debt
bill immediately after the house act
ed, but others thought there should
be first a renewed effort to obtain
a vote on the shipping bill.
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BE RESTRICTED
SWEEPING CHANGES IN LAW
PROPOSED BY HOUSE COM
MITTEE.
BILL CONTAINS PROVISIONS
Now Bill Would Limit Immigration
to Two Par Cent of National Ree
idents Under 1890 Ceneua.
Washington.—A bill providing for
sweeping changes in the immigration
laws was reported by the house im
migration committee.
The measure would restrict immi
gration from all countries to two per
cent of their national residents in
the United States under the census
of 1890, and exclude Japanese with
the exception of certain students and
scientists as well as other persons not
eligible to citizenship.
The bill contains provisions design
ed to prevent the division of fam
ilies, by admitting immediate rela
tives of naturalized citizens and those
who have declared their intention to
become citizens.
It also provides that all nations
should have a minimum quota of 400
persons eligible1 to enter the United
States before the two per cent is ap
plied. To prevent the deporting of
aliens under the law, the bill would
provide for the issuance of certificates
of eligibility abroad.
The bill was brought out as a sub
stitute for a senate measure provid
ing for the admission of 25,000 Arme
nian orphans. Under this procedure
committee members believed it could
be placed before the senate as a con
ference report, which would have the
right of way, and assure the final ac
tion at the present session of con
gress.
Chairman Johnson, .of the ^commit
tee, said the Japanese exclusion sec
tion, whiqh jvould not apply to min
isters of the ‘gospel, members of learn
i ed professions, or bona fide students,
merely would translate into the law
the “gentlemen’s agreement” be
tween the United States and Japan
affecting immigration.
Under the present law, which the
bill would replace, the quotas are fix
ed at 3 per cent based on the census
of 1910, and, it was explained, the
change would increase the proportion
from southern and eastern Europe.
• Although the number admitted under
the quota restrictions would be very
sharply reduced, committee members
said the provision designed to s.void
the division of families would mate
rially Offset the reduction.
The bill would not operate against
immigration from Canada, New
Foundland, Mexico, Cuba and Central
and South America, provided those
seeking admission had been resident
in those countries for five years.
35 Dead in Canadian Mine Explosion.
Cumberland, B. C.—The death toll
in an explosion in No. 4 mine at the
Canadian colleries (Dunsmuir), limit
ed, two miles from here, was deflinite
ly placed at 14 white miners and 20
Chinese, in a sta;-ment issued by mine
officials here. Twenty-six bodies have
been brought to the surface.
Seven men, brought to the mine's
mbuth by rescue parties after heroic
endeavors, were taken to a hospital
where they lay unconscious, but with
a chance for life. There were 300
men on the night shift, which was on
duty when the explosion occurred.
Cumberland was a place of mourn
ing. Women and children gathered
about, awaiting fearfully for identifi
cation. During the long night, while
rescuers worked feverishly with the
determination to save the lives of at
; least a few of the imprisoned men, the
groups gathered conversed frightfully
in unrertone. The rescue work went
! on slowly. The men would work only
four abreast. Each of the rescuers
i worked until he was exhausted. Then
he was relieved by another.
Men familiar with the mine said
the explosion was undoubtedly due to
the presence of both gas and dust.
The work of penetrating the mine is
extremely dangerous with volumes of
gas pouring through the tunels.
The first body found was that of
a 1'5-year-old boy. Rescue workers saw
him in the hoist some time before they
reached him, but he died before help
arrived. Like many others he was
i bleeding at the nose, ears and mouth
and the skin on his face and hands was
scorched from the heat following the
! explosion.
The explosion occurred in No. 2,
I oast drive, and that portion of the
! mine was badly wrecked.
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