Max Dann-Ihr Dearou
VOL. 34
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 30,1923.
NO. 33
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FOUR PERISH IN
NEW YORK FLUMES
APARTMENT HOUSE BLAZE IS
STARTED BY DRUNK TOSS
ING AWAY CIGAR.
MANY PERSONS ARE INJURED
Firemen Use 68 Foot Ladders to Re*
cue Some of Frightened
Occupants.
New York.—A lighted cigar believ
ed to'toave been carelessly tosesd by
an intoxicated man, started the iseven
etory TTinceton Apartments in West
67th street, occupied by theatrical
and business folk |md caused the
death of four persons and the serious
Injury of many others.
The dead are:
Annie Pries, 35, an eahibition roller
skater, killed in a jump from - the
sixth floor.
tyT*. Margaret Liee, 65, and her
daughter Emily, 35, a stenographer,
.burned to death in their apartment on
I* top floor.
Gaston Mizoule, 26.
Miss Margaret Lee, an actress,
daughter of Mrs. Lee, was severely
burned and n»ay not live, it was 3aid
at the hospital to which she was
taken.
Dr. John M. Callahan jumped from
a reabtWindow on the third floor and
fractured both arms. His wife, suffer
ing from pneumonia, was rescued by
firemen. A number of firemen and
police were burned while engaged in
daring rescues, and a dozen of more
tenants were treated for slight burns
and injuries.
Tjg3 apartment of the old non-flre
proof type, adjoins the West side Y.
M. C. A. building. Shortly after day
. _ ... . v-riv -5s.
•break the superintendent tfaafc1»ftiw
to an upper floor hallway to eject an
intoxicated man who had wandered
in from the street. The man, puffing
a cigar, was seen to enter the build
ing some time earlier but was thought
to be a tenant. He was led from the
building by the' superintendent and
disappeared. ♦
Half an hour later two. policemen
were attracted by a woman waving
her arms frantically from a smoke
filled window on the top floor and
sounded an alarm.
They then returned to the burning
apartment and, aided by the superin
tendent, began the -work of rescue.
There were 150 persons living in
the building.
The firemen used 65 foot ladders to
rescue some of the frightened occu
pants who stood on window ledges in
their night clothes. David Miller, 22,
slid down a pipe from a fourth story
window anu broke both legs wl|en he
landed in the courtyard.
U. S. Glider is Flown in Test.
Washington. — Experiments with
motorless aircraft have been started
by the Army Air Service at McCook
Field, Ohio, with the first official
Aider to be constructed by this Qov
ernnient.
Reports of tests already made an
nounced by the War Department, said
results so far obtained, gave promise
of rapid strides in the art. With a
wind from five to 15 miles an hour,
the Q-L-2 glider rose in the air after
a run-off of 15 feet and flew at an atti
tude of 12 feet for a distance of 300
feet.
Aviators are gaining experience
which will be invaluable to them as
air-plane pilots, the announcement
said, adding that the gliding training
will make their work as pilots com
paratively easy.
Exports of Grain Show Big Drop.
Washington.—Grain exports from
the United States last week amounted
to 3,057,000 bushels as compared with
3.328.000 the week before.
Total of grain exports for the last
week as compared with those of the
week pervious were made public by
the Commerce Department as follows:
Wheat 1,643,000 bushels against 1,
848.000 bushels; corn 1,065,000 bushels
against 1,040,000: marley 10,000 bush
els against 148,000; oats 406,000 bush
els against 73,000; rye 383,000 bushels
against 219,000; flour 350,000 barrels
against 415,000.
y Weeks Back at Desk.
Washington.—Secretary Weeks re
sumed his official duties at the War
Department, returning from a vaca
tion in Florida. The condition of Mrs.
Weeks who became ill while cruising
in southern waters, is so satisfactory,
the secretary said, that there is n#
reason now for further alarm.
Mr*
SARAH BERNHARDT FAMOUS
FRENCH ACTRESS PASSES.
Paris.—Sarah Brenhardt died
peacefully in the arms of her son
Maurice after long fight against
death. In life she had had an
amazing power of emotion, of mar
velous realism and pathos in her
acting of death scenes. At the end
of fier days she quietly drifted
away into eternity, tired after her
long fight against death, which she
did not wish, but never feared.
Hope for the life of the great
actress had long since been aban
doned, and half and hour before1
she passed away, those In attend
ance found her sinking beyond re
covery, though, knowing her re
cuperative powers, It was thought
she might live throughout the
night.
Mme. Bernhardt died in a large
room on the second floor of her
home with windows wide open on
the Boulevard Pereire, the noise of
trucks and the railroad keeping
up a low roar to which she was
long accustomed.
RUM RUNNERS UFF CURST
ARE FAR FROM ABLE TO COPE
WITH THE TRAFFIC, SAY
OFFICERS.
Six Vessels, Sailing Fro mthe Baha
ma*, Are Pu^ on the “8u*picious
/ List.”
New York.—Reports that six more
ram laden vessels had left the Baha
mas for American waters and that
three schooners believed to be the ad
vance guard of a spring rum fleet
from St. Pierre, Miquelon, had drop
ped anchor off the Rhode Island coast,
added to the worries of prohibition
enforcement authorities.
rftJR. Q. Morrlck, newly appointed zone
enforcement chief,' met the news with
the statement that there was nothing
he could do about it. The federal
prohibition enforcement office has no
fleet to send out to cope with the sit
uation, he said, and was compelled
to rely on the coast guard and cus
toms service to break it up.
Captain Reed, coast guard com
mander for the New York division,
said there were three coast guard
vessels in his district—which has a
coast line of about 200 miles—doing
“occasional’’ work against the rum
runners. He pointed out that the
coast guard had other duties to per
form.
Customs authorities said they had
the cutter Lexington on the trail of
the rum-runners, but declared she
was far from able to cope with. the
traffic.
rne six vessels wmcn customs au
thorities wer notified had cleared
from the Bahamas with liquor and
which have been put officially on the
“suspicious list” although they are
ostensibly bound for other ports, are:
British schooner Lucille M. Smith,
3,600 cases; Briltsh schooner Sadie
A. Nickles, 1,800 cases; American
motor boat Truant, 400 cases; British
auxiliary schoooner Inia, 700 cases;
American schooner Liberty, 500 cas
es; and American auxiliary schooner
Esther, 600 cases.
Edward Barnes, assistant, solicitor
for the customs service, has begun
an investigation of the registry of
three Vessels classed as American. If
they are found to be American regis
tered, it was said, they will be seized
under Attorney General Daugherty’s
ruling that the American ships must
travel “dry” throughout the world.
Retail Sales Keen Up Pace.
Washington.—All oi the production
statements and business records
available to the Commerce Depart
ment indicate that business in the
United States during February was
proceeding at the rapid paee noted
earlier in the year, according to a
summary of tyese issued. Building,
manufacturing and railroad freight
movement, the department's state
ment said, all continued to reflect the
stimulation.
The wholesale price index advanc
ed one point, and again the decline
in coal prices prevented a further
rise. Food prices, both at wholesale
and retail, declined. Increased pros
perity is confirmed by the marked de
cline in business failures and the con
tinued rise in stock1 prices.
"In the textile field, the increas
ing rate of cotton consumption reduc
ed total stocks of raw coton at the
end of February to the lowest point
reported at this season of the year
since 1914. Wool recipts, with one ex
ception, were higher in February
than in any month since April. 1921,
while silk cosnumption, also with one
exception, was the largest since 1919.
FRENCH PAPERS
ATTACK TREATY
THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CON
FERENCE IS BEING CRITI
CISED.
BITTER NOTE IN EDITORIAL
"We Are the Vletime at Washington
of an Anglo-Saxon Commission.”
Says La Libert.
Paris.—Criticism and comment on
the Washington conference continue
to appear in the press along the same
lines as that followed by The Matin,
which says that proportional naval
armanment cannot be considered as a
permnanent principle binding the
future.
The Matin supports Mr. Gurenier,
president of the merchant marine
committee of the chamber, in his op
position to the automatic continuance
qf the treaty without definite renewal
as events may oblige France to make
fresh dispositions, of Germany tries
to re-establish her fleet secretly de
spite the Varsailles treaty.
The Paris Mlde says: “If the prob
lem is regarded witlh coolness it can
quickly be seen that the treatypre
sents no serious disadvantage to
Fance on the groud thta her right to
denounce it in 1934, if thought adTiE
able, is strictly maintained."
A bitter note in The French com
ment flnds expression in Jacques Bain
ville's editorial in “La Libert”- in
which he says: “We are the vic
tims at Washington of an Anglo-.
Saxon commission and two question#
of money prevent us fro mescaping.
The first is that we are debtors of
apgland and the United States, who
sfld, ua by thejr claim#; the ^scqnd
is that the ravage i state of'oW -fi
nances does not permit explanation
of naval program. The terrible hypo
crisy of the Washington conference
is that the whole world knows our
navy is dying."
The Temps in emphasizing the de
sirability of the government taking
the initiative in formulating resolu
tions in the text of the ratifying act
so that parliament will not acquire
the habit of maending treaties, re
news its discussion of the submarine
agreement. It reviews the sugges
tion that Article 4, seems to nullify
Article 1, and concludes the-decision
of commerce refers only to unlimited
warfare against commerce. This de
cision is utilized to reaffirm the neces
sity of both France and England of a
mutual guarantee pact for maritime
communications and aerial defense.
“Then,” adds The Temps, “the peace
of Europe would be practically invul
nerable and the whole world would
profit.”
A. (X. L To Double Track. \
Savannah, Ga.—Atlantic Coast Line
announces an improvement program
involving the expenditure of $26,000,
000, a large part of it to be spent at
and in the vicinity of Savannah, R.
A. McCranie, general superintendent,
with headquarters in this city, said.
While the new project contemplates
double-traking from New York ro
Jacksonville, enlargement of the shops
at Savannah is a feature of the pro
posed improvement. New* equipment
amounting to $10,000,000 is included
in the expenditure authorized.
Denies Zionism is Slowly Dying.
New York.—Assertions by the edi
tor of The London Daily Express In
dispatches to his newspaper from Pal
istine that Zionislh is slowly dying
and rich American and European Jews
hav withdrawn their support, "are in
complete contradiction to the actual
state of affairs,” the Zionist organiza
| tion of American declared in a state
ment.
The editor “has been known as 'one
of the bitterest opponents of British
Zionist policy in Palestine,” the state
ment added.
Two Burn to Death.
Kokomo, Ind.—Lienutenant T. Gil
mer Baker of Frankfort, Ind., and
Private Earl Thornburg of Whittier,
Calif., were burned to death when
their ^plane caught Are:
Three Killed in Crash.
Terre Haute, Ind.—Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Goble and their daughter, Marga
ret. of near Farmersburg, Ind., were
killed when their motor car collided
with an interurban car south of here.
Miss Nell Goble and Mrs. Julia Hat
tery, of Farmersburg, and Miss Jose
phine Goble, of Terre Haute, were
seriously injured.
SMUGGLING ALIENS INTO
AMERICA' IN AIRPLANES.
El Paso, Tex.—Smuggling aliens
in the United States in airplanes
has become a serious problem to
immigration authorities, according
to Robert Carl White, second as
sistant secretary of labor, who has
arrived here after* veisiting immi
gration inspectors along the Mexi
can bdrder from Tiajuna to El
Paso. Chinese especially are (be
ing i brought In airplanes ffom
Mexico to this country, White said.
SECHETARY HUSHES ANSWERS
COMMITTEE FOR RECOGNITION
OF RUSSIA BEFORE AMERI
CAN STATE DEPT.
Salvation of Russia Cannot Be Con
trive* From Cutslds end Injected,
He Asserts.
m -
WasWSjfgton. — Secretary Hughes
flatly r»ected an appeal to recognise
the RuRttan soviet government made
to him *jr representatives of the Wo
man’s flpmmlttee for Recognition of
Russia, 8bd, in a formal statement, de
clared l$te "salvation of Russia can
not be jcontrived outside and inject
ed.” Ttfe statement which was made
to the Relegation in reply to argu
ments If advanced touched Russian
governtt^nt trade, finance, economics
and various policies inaugurated by
the soviet affecting international re
lations.
Mr. Hughes’ discussion of these
subjects did not reveal any probabil
ity of aetion by the Washington gov
eMnient, looking to recognition of
|)H|poviet, although the hope was ex
pijesBed that conditions in Russia
mptd change in a way which would
niiie America’s helpfulness avail
able ttwihe .naorte of that country. It
is hfl^NC^t thought, Mr Hujfegs
said, to find a ground for helpfulness,
recuperation and restoration of peace
in Russia.
"I know how deeply interested you
are in promoting the cause of peace
and I can assure you that I am pro
foundly in sympathy with your de
sires and aims. I have done the best
that I could in the discharge of my
official responsibilities to serve that
cause which.Js very close to my heart.
"In speakfdg to the representatives
of your general organization last May.
I noticed the concern which we felt
for the welfare of the people of Rus
sia. The evidence of the last year, as
we have become even more intimately
acquainted with the great distress in
to which they have been plunged, has
intensified that feeling. The constant
and dominant thought in our minds is
j ’how can we help that stricken
i people?’
Report* Big Gain in U. S. Exports.
Washington. — Exports from the
United States during anuary, accord
ing to final figures reported by the
Commerce Department, amounted to
$335,539,192, compared with $278,848,
469 in January, 1922.
Europe and North and South Amer
ica took larger quantities of Ameri
can goods during January, the depart
ment’s analysis showed, than they did
during the same month a year ago,
while there was a slight falling ofT in
shipments to Asia.
Exports to various grand divisions
for the month were: Europe $189,
658,714 against $149,042,473 in Janu
ary, 1922; North America $78,368,455
against $57,995,082; South America
$21,323,640 against $13,852,569; Asia
$32,716,966 against $46,072,866; Oceana
$8,992,294 against $8,653,100; Africa
$4,479,123 against $3,232,378.
Control German Munitions Making.
Paris.—The Allied council of ambas
sadors decided to send instructions
to General Nolett, head of the allied
military control commission in Ger
many, that the commission resume its
duties of supervising the production
of military material in Germany.
The work of the commission has
been suspended since the beginning
of the Ruhr occupation because the
Germans refused to give facilities to
that body if the French and Belgian
members were present. The Berlin
government now has changed its atti
tude; hence the order for the resump
tion of the commission’s work.
Forty Million Spindles Active.
Washington.—More cotton spindles
were in place and the average number
operated was greater during Febru
ary than in January, the Census Bu
reau announced in its cotton industry
activity report.
Active spindle hours for February
numbered 8,449,376,685 or an aver
age of 227 for each spindle in place,
compared with 9,266,299,904 or an
average of 249 for January.
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TELLS EUROPE
U. S. WILL RELP
EUROPE CAPITALIST URGED TO
FRAME PLAN OF DAMAGE
PAFMENT.
KENT URGES WORK TO BEGIN
American Bank Talk* of teonomi*
Restoration at the Rom*
Meeting.
Washington.—A proposal that Euro
pean business men work out a plan
for reparations settlement, based on
American financial .co-operation, was
laid before the delegates to the second
meeting of the International Chamber
of Commerce in Rome by Fred L. Kent,
vice president of the Bankers’ Trust
Company, of New York, and a mem
ber of the American delegation.
Coupled with the proposal was the
assertion by Mr. Kent, that there was
“a great waiting group” in the United
States ready to support such a move
before the American public.
A summary of Mr. Kent’s address,
made public here by the American
section of the International Chamber,
contained the suggestion that a por
tion of allied indebtedness to the Unit
ed States might be exchangeable for
"positive agreements" between the
Allies and Germany on reparations
that “included the amount and meth
ods and times of payment and that
can and will be lived up to.” As to
the next step, he added:
"A loan to Germany of sufficient
size to restore her economic situation
on a sound basis and enable her to
make progress toward paying repara
tions, and which came ahead of repa
rations, with a stabilize^ Europe,
would J>e absolutely jjood, and If at
the request for the bonem'd? the EUrd=
pean allied countries, it could un
doubtedly be placed in the United
States.”
The American banker urged that
his European colleagues begin work
immediately. "If the suggestion of a
plan already outlined seems to have
within its powers for good,” he said,
“study it, develop it and make it work
for the world. If it does not, get to
gether a small body of able men and
no one that doe~. Set these men to
work with instructions to deliver and
deliver promptly, place upon them £
great responsibility.
"If you do this, we in America will
deliver the completed message of
these men to a great waiting group of
the United States who, if they believe
in it, will carry it to the uttermost
parts of the country.”
The speaker declared emphatically
the "no loan could be made to Ger
many in which the United States had
a part that did not come ahead of rep
arations." And such a loan could be
made only if the allies desire it, he
said, as their assent was necessary to
place it ahead of reparations.
Lander College President Dies.
Greenwood, S. C.—Rev. Dr. John O.
Willson, president of Lander college,
Methodist school for girls here, died
after an illne38 of four days.
Dr. Willson is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson, wife
of Colonel Donaldson, U. S. A., station
ed in Washington, D. C.
Dr. Willson became suddenly ill on
Tuesday night, and has been gradually
sinking since that time. He rallied
slightly, and physicians thought that
it might indicate a chance for recov
ering, but he relapsed into a state of
coma from which he never rallied.
Dr. Willson was in his 79th year.
He was one of the foremost leaders
in the Methodist Episcopal church,
south.
Soldier, lawyer, minister of the gos
pel, editor, and educator—such iu
brief was the career of John Owen
Willson.
He was born in Charleston on Janu
ary 27, 1845, the son of Dr. John Will
son a£d Sarah E. Willson.
Railroads Report Excess Earnings.
■Washington.—An order was issued
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion requiring all railroads to report
by May 1 as to their earnings during
the year 1922, and to pay over to the
Government under the transportation
act one-half of the amount by which
such earnings exceeded a six per cent
return on the value of the investment.
So far practically no payments have
been made under the law requiring
the return of excess earnings.
Forms for making up the report
were pressribe(d by the commission,
and where earnings in excess of six
per cent, but no payments made to the
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