Max Doänpke Denk-m —
VOL. 34
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY. MAY 18,1923.
NO. 40
SIXTEEN KILLED
SOME ARE HURT SO SERIOUSLY
THEIR DEATHS ARE EX
PECTED. I
MOST OF VICTIMS ARE BED
Leveled Buildings and Left Death and
\ Injury in Wake For Thirty
Miles.
Colorado, Texas.—Sixteen dead and
100 injured were reported as a result
of the tornado which tore through Mit
chell county south and east of here.
The injured are in the hospital,
churches and many private homes
here. Some were hurt so seriously
their deaths are expected.
* The tornado descended in Mitchell
-county, and caught most of its vic
tims in bed. It levelled buildings and
left death and injury in its wake for
30 miles. Starting south of Westbrook,
it coutinued for seven miles through
the county just west of Loraine.
All the deaths were In more or less
isolated farms. Due to the distance
between farms and demoralization of
wire communication it was expected
here.it would be many hours before
the entire district could be heard from.
■ Citizens of towns near the storm
swept area rushed first aid, provisions
and relief supplies for the victims.
•' The known dead are: Luther Brin
die, 30; Mrs. F. Brindle, mother of
Luther, 70; H. J. Sandifer; three San
difer boys, aged 5 to 12; infant son
of ,Toe Anderson; infant daughter of
JinjA Walker: C. L SimDson, 25; I. C.
Sheffield, 65; Jesus Brionez; Joe Rich
burg, 45; son of Joe Richburg, 12;
daughter of Joe Richburg, 14; Mrs. W.
S. Shelton, Westbrook Texas; a baby
girl.
Between 400 and 500 refugees, be
sides the injured, are here and tempor
ary kitchens have been erected to pro
vide them with food. More are com
ing in.
The devastated district is thickly
populated for rural territory. At least
50 houses were reported destroyed.
Damage to crops could not be estimat
ed. The wind tore and twisted down
everything in its path. The city has a
population of possibly 2,000. At one
time it was known as Colorado City,
but now is on the maps as Colorado.
Consumption of Cotton Decreases.
Washington.—Cotton consumed dur
ing April amounted to 577 396 bales of
lint and 52,192 of linters, compared
with 623,105 of lint and 51,745 of linters
in March this year and 443,509 of lint
and 49,287 of linters in April last year,
the Census Bureau announced.
Cotton on hand April 30 in consum
ing establishments^ totalled 1,889,218
bales of lint and 180,980 of linters,
compared with 2,034,535 of lint and
l169,509 or litners on March 31 t'ni3
^ear and 1,461,340 of lint and 176,490
of linters on April 30 last year.
Cotton on hand April 30, in public
storage and at compresses totalled
1,966,441 bales of lint and 53,656 of
linters, compared with 2,377,790 of lint
and 48,434 of linters on March 31 this
year, and 3,213,483 of lint and 118,356
of linters on April 30 last year.
Exports during April totalled 262,
753 bales, including 2,?69 bales of .lint
ers. compared with 318,210 including
8,347 of linter3 in March this year
and 598,209 including 11,598 of linters
in April last year.
Statistics for cotton growing states
included:
Cotton consumed during April 363.
865 bales, compared with 392,027 in
March this year, and 294,762- in AprP
last year.
Cotton on hand April 30 in consum
ing establishments totalled 1,078,444
bales, compared with 1,223,949 on
March 31 this year and 698,609 on April
30 last year.
Cotton on hand April 30 in public
storage and at compresses totalled 1,
655,860 bales, compared with 2,056,904
on March 31 this year and 2,795,935 on
April 30 last year.
Cotton spindles active during April
numbered 16,072.152 compared with
*_1<,065.554 in March this year and 15.
'503,563 in April last year.
Six Killed in Airplane Wreck.
Amiens, Prance.—Six persons, in
cluding a New Yorker named Schwab,
were killed in the fall of a passenger
airplane at Conty, thirteen miles 30uth
of this city.
TERRIBLE FLOOD AND
FIRE HITS HOT SPRINGS.
Hot Springs, Ark.—Hot Springs,
city o£ many disasters, was stricken
as never before when water and
flames united in a general devasta
tion that left death and disaster f
'n its wake. How many dead is un
known.
Water in torrents, raging like
mad, split the elty into three sec
tions. Flames followed in the path
path of the flood and water cover- |
ed all sections before a summary
could be made. There was not a
body reported at the morgue. But
there were rescuers whose heroism <
deserves great praise. And some
of the res^users believe that all
their efforts were not fully effec
tive.
The flood originated in the upper
basin of the mountains north of Hot *
Springs from a veritable cloudburst. 1
About 4:30 o’clock, after terriffic 1
rains for about 18 hours, there came s
a slight flow of water down through t
Central avenue from its junction ,
with Whittington park at the north £
end of the valley. When the first
water appeared there was little
alarm but in a few minutes tha j
waters began to range down tha 1
valley. J
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VICTIMS.
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Corsicana, Texas.—At least 13 men
were killed by an explosion of the G. t
K. Hughes Developing company’s Me- c
Ki.e No. 1 well t^n miles southeast '
of here. There is a possibility that s
the number of dead will reach 25. j
A spark from a hammer as tha con j
trol valve was being changed at the -1
well ignited gas from the gusher.
A crew of 20 men who came from j
Mexia have not been accounted for. .
The crew was working near the well
whpn if pfnie’hf firp i
Travis Owen, 32, of Karens, Texas,
died in the hospital here as the re
sult of injuries. Physicians held out
little hope for Emmett Bird, another
victim.
Those recoverd are so badly char
red that identification is impossible.
One man, a Mr. Simmonds, who was
on the derrick floor with the crew,
escaped by running. His clothing,
not being oil soaked, did not ignite.
Bird said there were between eight
and ten men on the derrick floor at
the time of the fire and that he thought
he and Owen were the only two who
escaped. Owen died a short time
later.
The officials of the developing com
pany are making a check of the men
working. One .man said that the
bodies of the dead men were where
they fell when the bla3t Recurred and
with the well still burning it would be
impossible to remove them for some
time.
The Are started while hundreds
were in the vicinity of the well. Word
of the tragedy was telephoned to Cor
sicana with urgent call that all avail
able doctors, medical supplies and
ambulances be rushed to the scene.
The dead and injured were brought
to Corsicana.
According to an eyewitness the
crew was the derrick floor chang
ing the control head when suddenly
there was a flash of fire followed
two other flashes, the Are shooting
over 100 feet in the air. In a moment
everything within several hundred
feet of the well was ignited. All the
trees and shrubbery around the well
was saturated with oil and the ground
was quickly burned clear. A great
pool of oil near the well also boiled
skyward quickly. The well continued
to burn and was flowing wide open
with the flames darting high into the
air. Officials of the Hughes Develop
ing company were on the ground and
steps were being taken to extinguish
the flames.
Millions For Charity.
New York.—Thirty million dollars,
an average of $1.43 for each of the
twenty-one million citizens of 129 Am
erican cities, was given to charity in
the last year through 2,500 welfare
and philanthropic organizations which
combined under the “communist
chest” plan, with only one fund rais
ing campaign in each city, it was
shown in the report, of a nation wide
survey just completed by the Nation
al Information Bureau.
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IN BAD PLIGHT
ORTYY YOUTHS ARE STRANDED
IN GERMANY WITHOUT
’ROTEST AGAINST PRACTICE
iigned as Seamen in United States
and Discharged on Arrival at
Hamburg.
Norfolk, Va.—Plight of 40 youths
rom Norfolk, Newport News, Savan
ah and New Orleans stranded in Ham
iurg, is pointed out by V. O. Hart,
ecretary of the Young Men’s Chris
ian association, in that German city,
n a letter received here a3 a warning
gainst American boys signing on the
rew lists of foreign cargo ships. Mr,
iart, in his letter to Burt S. Benn. sec
tary o the Norfolk Central Y. M. C.
L, protests against the practice of
ertain shipping masters of putting in
xperienced American boys on German
hips, and declares that the practice
hould be brought to the attention of
ort authorities.
He refers specifically to a shipping
saster of Newport News, who, he
laims, in January, induced seven
imericans to go to work on the Qer
lan cargo ship Alarich.
“Four of these young men,” the let
er stated, “had no seamen’s papers,
nd three of them had never been to
ea before. All of these 3even men,
xcept one, who is an old hand at the
ea business, are under 23 years of
ge. One of them is only 17 years old.
“When they arrived in Hamburg,
hey weje promptly paid off and dis
harged so as to give Germans, who
rork cheaper than Americans, the
obs. Nothing was said when they
igned on about geting them back to
he states. Of course the shipping
naster was paid something, probably
10, for getting these men on the Ger
man ship not by the men themselves,
mt by the ship'3 agents or perhaps by
he captain o the ship, a3 he could not
ail without a crew.
“The money they received did not
ist them long, and now they are here
/fthnnt mnnov nnrl nrifhmiT urni'lr r\nr
onsul won’t give them food and lodg
ags. because they came on German
hips, and because most of them have
o papers most of them have no pa
ers to prove their status as Ameri
an seamen. If it wasn't for the little
elp I give them they would starve
nd walk the steets at night. During
he past six week3 we have had about
0 Americans come here on German
hips from New Orleans, Norfolk, New
ort News and Savannah. So you can
magine what an awful problem we
ave here. American shipping is very
oor here now, and it is almost im
ossible for these men to get away.
>ur consul is doing all he can to get
ae German shipping companies to take
he men back on the ships on which
hey came or others that go to the
tates but without much result so far.
Two Slain When Failing to Halt.
Monticello, Ark—A request to stop
i3 fleeing wife resulted in the death
f Mrs. O. Snow and J. L. Babb when
hey were fired upon by officers as
hey sped through here in an automo
ile. A third member of the party
'ho was not identified, escaped and is
elieved to be seriously wounded. The
usband of the slain woman, who was
t Warren, a town near here, with a
tabled car, asked officers to tele
hone ahead with instructions for offi
ers here to stop the car as he bleiev
d his wife wa.s being kidnapped by
vo men.
Agencies Would Be Consolidated.
Indianapolis, Ind.— Consummation of
plan ofr consolidating the nuemrous
resbyterian agencies dealing with be
ovelent and educational work will be
anounced at the 135th general assem
ly of the Presbyterian churph in the
United States.
Dr. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago,
hairman of a committee on reorgani
ition and consolidation, will outline
) the commissioners at tending the a3
smbly the new plan under which four
oards have replaced sixteen and are
inctioning under the titles of foreign
ii33ions, national missions Christian
ducation and ministerial relief, and
ustentaton. All of the old boards will
take reports to the assembly for the
ist time.
The commitete to reorganize the
oard.s was appointed two years ago.
he merging of the different boards
a3 been acomplished gradual!*, ae
ording to Dr. Stone, and with little
nntusion in the work
TWO SISTERS ARE KILLED
WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO.
Henderson.—Mrs. W. G. Coleman,
47, and Miss Nannie Fleming, 43,
sisters, of near Macon, were killed
at Middleburg, six miles north of
this city, when a Seaboard Air Line
northbound freight train struck a
small sedan automobile in which
they were riding. Their two broth
ers, R. D. Fleming and Thomas
Fleming, riding with them, were
seriously but not fatally injured.
The former, who was driving the
car, suffered a fractured knee and
cuts and bruises about the hands
"and head, and the latter a broken
shoulders and injuries to his back
with other minor bruises. Mrs.
Coleman was killed instantly, while
Miss Fleming lived more than an
hour, but was unconscious.
The Two brothers were brought
to a hospital in this city where it
was said their injuries were not r^
garded as fatal.
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PROVISIONS OF DRY LOW VOID:;
JUDGE HOLDS
DOCTORS
MAY _
PRESCRIBE ANY AMOUNT OF
LIQUOR.
Indicatse His Belief That Section of
Anti-Narcotic Law is Also Uncon
stitutional.
New York.—Federal Judge Knox de
clared unconstitutional the right of a
physician to prescribe for his patients,!
the provisions of the Volstead act and;
its amendments prohibiting the pre-!
scribing of more than a pint of spirit
uous liquor every 10 days.
By implication, he indicated his be
lief that a provision of the Harrison
anti-narcotic act, prohibiting physi
cians from prescribing increased doses
of drugs to addicts under treatment,
also was unconstitutional for the same
reason. Counsel for Dr. Ernest S.
Bishop, recently indicted for violation
of the drug prescribing limitation, an- i
jounced they would apply for dismis- i
sal of the indictment.
The decision in the liquor prescrip
tion case was first blood for the Asso- s
ciation for the Protestation of Con- <
stitutional Rights, and organization j I
of 100 prominent physicians, who 1
brought the suit through their presi- '
dent, Dr. Samuel W. Lambert, dean <
ciueinua ui luu cuuege ui |
at Columbia university. Assistant!'
United States Attorney Clark announc-j*
ed, however, that the case would he
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It
rushed tp the United States supreme
court for a final decision, and he would
seek a stay of Judge Knox’s decision
in the meantime.
Dr; Lambert filed his action in No
vember, 1922, claiming in effect that
Congress was usurping the functions;
of the physician in limiting the amount
of liquor that might be prescribed to ^
any one patient and asking that the .
state prohibition director, the inter- i|
nal revenue department and the Unit
ed States attorney’s office be restrain
ed from molesting him in his avowed
determination to ignore the provision,
which he declared was illegal.
Big Salaries Paid Movie Stors.
New York.—Well known picture
stars received from $100,000 to $350,
000 for each picture they worked in,
it was revealed by John D. Williams,
organizer of the First National Exhib
itors Circuit, Inc., who testified at the
Federal Trade Commission hearing as
to whether the FamOus Player3-Lasky '■ v
Corporation and its subsidaries con
stitute a trust. L
Williams told of the salaries paid 0
the stars after his testimony that the a
Famous Players controlled sixty per c
cent of the leading film men and wo- j
men in 1916 was challenged. je
Charlie Chaplin, he said, had receiv- j
ed $1,000,000 in 1917 to produce eight q
pictures, while between 1917 and 191S v
Mary Pickford had received $350,000 f
for each of three pictures. Norma f
Taltnadge, he said, first received $160,
000 each with a share in the profits of a
eight pictures, and later had been j
engaged at $350,000 for each of twelve
more pictures.
Thousands of dollars Williams said.
had been paid to the stars before work n
on the pictures began, and in instances f
in addition to their salaries they re- a
ceived a share of the profits and even t
higher salaries for renewals of con- j I
tracts. Some received as high as $50,-1
000 bonus for signing contracts, he
3aid.
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Indictments in Whiskey Case. jg
Pittsburgh. — Indictments growing I
out of the aleged illegal removal of v
whiskey, valued at $3,000 000 from the -a
A. Queckenheimer and Brothers Com
pany distillery at Freeport, Pa., were I®
returned by a Federal grand jury here. '
The company, four officials and nine 1
other man were indicted. The indict- -
ments cover a period of twc years.
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AT PEASE PARLEY
-AUSANNE DELEGATES HOPING
CRIME WILL NOT HAMPER
NEGOTATIONS.
RUSSIANS ME THE SWISS
Switzerland is Fearful of the Conse<
quences From Murder of
Vorovsky.
Lausanne.—The murder of M. Voro- j
rsky, head of the Russian Soviet dele-!
;ation, to the Near East conference \
>y Maurice Alexander Conradi, a'
Swiss, who once served in the Russian
irmy, has stirred Switzerland as has
10 other single event since the ass
ts3ination of Empress Elizabeth, of
Austria, at Geneva, in 1898.
Conradi, who was seized by the
lolice in Hotel Cecil after he had
tilled Vorovsky and wounded two at
aches of the Russian delegation, con
fnues to maintain that he acted alone
n an effort to avenge his father and
mcle for the mistreatment they re
vived at the hands of the Bol3heviki
luring the “red terror.”
The general impression in Near
Cast conference circles Is that the
xcitement caused by the events will
lot directly affect the course of the
legotiations because Vorovsky was
lot regarded as an official Russian
lelegate. in as much as the Soviet
;overnment wa3 not invited to parti
ipate in the proceedings.
Switzerland, however, keenly feels
he position in which Conridi’s act
ilaces her, and fears that world ofiin
on may hold local patriotic associa
ions morally or materially respon
lible, inasmuch as the Swiss Fascist
irganization recently ordered Vorov
iky to leave the country or take the
lonsequences. The implication in the
atter alternative, spokesmen of the
"’ascisti assert, meant nothing more
ieiiuus luau mar vorovsay wouia os
losed with caster oil or run out of
he country as a penalty for his at
acks on the Swiss government for
ts refusal to grant a visa to a Swis3
ourier to Lausanne.
Up to the present, police inquiries
lave failed to connect Conradi with
he Fascisti at Lausanne. The Zurich
iolice have been asked to investigate
eports that he was a member of the
rganization’s branch in that city.
Russians in Lausanne, however,
fere quick to place responsibility for
he crime on local agitation against
rorovsky. They also attacked the
iwiss authorities for failing to protect
he representative of Moscow in view
f the Fascist threats, and expressed
itterness against the Allies for creat
ig what they termed a dangerous
ocal atmosphere of hostilaty to the
tussians.
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Standard Oil Pays Dividend.
New York.-s-Directors of the Stand
rd Oil Company of New ork declared
he regular quarterly dividend of 35
ents payable June 15 or stock of
ecord May 21, and then called a
pecial meeting of stockholders May
1 to increase the authorized capital
tock from $225,000,000 to $300,000,000.
The stock now comprises 9,000,000
hares. The proposed increased would
ring it to 12 000,000 shares of a par
alue of $25.
If the increase is authorized the
irectors purpose to ask the consent
f stockholders to issue part of the
dditional stock to employes of the
orporation or subsidaries.
It is proposed to inaugurate an
mployes* stock acquisition plan and
: is believed'that not more than $10,
00,000 worth of the additional stock
dll be required for employes under
lis plan. The balance would be held
ir general corporate purposes and
>sued to meet such needs as might
rise in expansion of the company’s
usiness.
Chamber Elects Barnes.
New York.—Delegates to the an
ual convention of the Chamber of
ommerce of the United States, voting
board a- steamer which was taking
lem to West Point, reelected Julius
[. 'Barnes, president, and John Joy
ld3on, secretary.
Vice presidents chosen were A. C.
ledford, of New York, for the eastern
ivision; Thomas E. Wilson, of Chica
0, north central division; Harry A.
Hack of Galveston, south central di
ision; and H. M. Robinson, of Los
ngoles. western division.
Five honorable vice presidents were
lected. Charles Nagel of St. Louis;
William Butterworth, Moline, Ills.; A.
1. Farquaher. York Pa.; Willis H.
iooth, New York City and L. S. Dil
ute, Minneapolis.
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