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— nahe Denk-m VOL. 35 PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1923. NO. 15 MANY' SAVED IN ONLY TWO WERE KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED AT BEN . TON, ILL. IE LARGEST IN WORLD i - Underground Supports of Coal Localiz ized Effects of the Big Ex plosion. Chicago.—Two men were killed and 12 were burned, two of them seriously, in an explosion in the Orient mine of the^Ghicago, Wilmington and Franklin cording to advices to the coal com pany’s office here. The mine, one of the largest in the world, employs more than 1,000 work men and 920 were reported to have been in the mine at the time of the explosion which was believed due to gases. Mine officials attributed the small casualty list to an elaborate system of “barrier pillars" by which the mine was worked. The damage was said to have been small and advices from the mine said operations could be resumed almost immediately. George B. Harrington, president of the operating company,‘attributed the comparatively small loss of life to the operating methods. “By dividing the entire mine into a series of small chambers,” he said, “we have reduced the fire and explo sion hazard to a minimum. The plan requires us to leave natural walls of coal under ground, so that in the interest of safety we are required to leave close to thirty per cent of the coal in the mine. But we are certain tlmXthe system saved many lives. In tnt^old fashioned operation, these walls would be taken out and replaced - by timber supports, and in time the entire operation would be but a single air chamber, in which a gas explosion would endanger the life of eVery work er. In addition, the timber braces would serve as fuel for the fires which almost always follow an explosion." The Orient arrangement, he explain- ■ ed, makes the entire hn^erground workings a series &mall coal cham bers, anyone of which can be quickly sealed, either from within or from without in case of an explosion or fire. By this method, disaster always may be localized. Hold Brother of Mr. Diamond. New York.—Admission of Morris Barlow Diamond on his return from Cleveland, where he wa sarrested that he possessed “useful information about the killing and robbing of two Brooklyn bank messengers 11 days ago, was followed quickly by the ar rest of his younger brother, Joseph, and the discovery that Morris Diamond had rented a safety deposit box three hours after the crime. So much progress was made that District Attorney Dodd announced that presentation of the case to a Brooklyn grand jury might start and police expressed their confidence of a s-|fc;edy solution.of the crime in which $43,000 was stolen. near Benton, 111., ac Honor South Carolina Men. Petersburg, Va.—Impressive cere monies attended the unveiling here of * a memorial boulder as a monument to the South Carolina soldiers who parti cipated in the celebrated battle of the crater of the civil war. The memor ial erected by the South Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy, rests upon the very locality of the charge by the Palmetto state’s fighting men. The exercises were presided over by Walace Blanks, commander of the sons of Confederate veterans. Among those participating were Jflrs. Milling, president South Carolina division U. D C Mrs. Poppenheim, former presi dent ’general of the Daughters, Miss Armida, Moses, Mrs. Allan Jervey and Miss Simpson. A' parade, preceding the unveiling was a notable feature of exercises. Arthur Kyle David, president of South ern college, in an historical address, explained the part of South Carolina in the crater fight. The visiting delegations were wel comed in addresses by representatives of local patriotic organizations. Graj clad veterans of the struggle were in terested witnesses of the ceremonies Three Miners Killed. batman, Ariz.—Three raiders were killed when two boxes of powder ex ploded on the 700-foot level of the United American- mine here. me bodies of two men were blown to pieces, while a third miner was over come by fumes and was found dead jn the mine. * i DAYLIGHT BANDITS BUSY IN NEW YORK. New York.—New York’s hold-up epidemic spread briskly when two new robberies were jetted down on the police hotter—a $4,000 boxoffiee theft in the Mount Morris Theater on Uppgr Fifth Avenue, and the hold-up of a clerk and five custom ers in a United Cigar Store on West 125th street. Two armed bandits, entering the cigar store, forced the clerk and customers to descend . by a trap door into the cellar where they were robbed of several hundred dol lars and jewel and the cash regis ter cleaned out. MANY OFFICERS ARE ELECTED EXPRESSES MUCH APPRECIATION FOR THE HONORARY MEM BERSHIP. 'Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Amricus, Ga., is Elected President General. Washington.—Election of officers, a pilgrimage to the home of former President Woodrow Wilson, a visit to Arlington National cemetery and a session devoted to history, particular ly that of the south, featured .the ses sions of the 30th annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy. Election of officers vied for inteerst with the visit to the Wilson home, where the delegates were ad dressed briefly by the former Presi dent. Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus, Ga„ was eelcted president general, her only opponent being Mr^. Ames Morris, ob Tampa, Fla. The vote was 1,578 to 679. Other officers elected, all for two terms, were a*s follows: Mrs. J. T. Beale, of Little Rock, Ark., first president; Mrs. ,F. E. Itess, of Riverside, Cal-,, second vice-presi imti 'Mrs. of Morehead, N. C., third vice president; Mrs. Alexander J. Smith, of New York city, recording secretary-general; Mrs. R. H. Chessley, of Boston, correspond ing secretary-general, defeating her only opponent, Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, of Wlashington, D. C. by two to onfe vote; Mrs. J. P. Higgins, of St. Louis, Mo., treasurer-general; Mrs. St. John A. Lawton, of Charleston, S. C., histo rian-general; Mrs. W. J. Woodliff, of Muskogee, Okla., register-general; Mrs. W. H. Estabrook, of Dayton, Ohio, custodian of the crosses of hon or; and Mr3. William Douglas Mason of Philadelphia, custodian of the flags and pennants. Former Presidoqt Wilson made a brief address, from the bay window of his residence, to several hundred members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy who made a pilgrim mage to the Wilson home during their annual convention here. Asks Federal Farmers’ Aia. Washington.—Amendment of the Federal Reserve Act to further the co-operafive movement among agricul tural producers by an increased credit through long term loans, is to be of fered in the next Congress by Sena tor Smith, Democrat, South Carolina. Loans through the Federal Reserve System up to two years to co-opera tive associations of agricultural pro ducers ard up to three years to co operative organizations of livestock growers is to be proposed by Sena tor Smith, he announced upon return ing here for the opening of Congress. During the recess Senator Smith has been making many addresses urging Southern farmers to form co-opera tive marketing organizations and be lieves that the co-operative'movement is the ultimate solution of the agricul tural problem. Merger of Mills Approved. Boston.—Plans for the' formation of the New England Southern Mills, to consist of a. consolidation of a num ber of mills in South Carolina and Georgia, with the plants of the Inter national Cotton Mills in Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts and Canada, have been approved by the directors of the International Cotton Mills. The combined mills have 586,000 spindles and will employ about G.500 operatives. The Southern mills to be joined to the Interhational group are those for the acquisition of which Lockwood, Greene and Company, of this city, have been negotiating recently and all the companies in the combination will be managed by this firm, /The Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancaster, S. C*: Fort Mill Manufacturing Company, Fort Mill, S. C.; Eureka Cotton Mills and Springstein Mills, Chester, S. C.; Pelzer Manufacturing Company, Pel zer, S. C.; Tucapau Mills, Tucapau, S. C., and Stark Mill3, Hogansville, Ga. NOTED RUM CRAFT SIEZED AT LAST THE BRITISH AUXILIARY SCHOON ER TOMAKO, TRAFFIC KING CAUGHT. FALLS BEFORE TWO COTTERS McCoy, With Ninety Thousand Dollar* on Person, Was Hiding in Vessel's Hold. New York.—The British auxiliary schooner Temako, mosf adventurous of all the rum-carrying craft on the Atlantic, fell into the hands of coast guards after being fired upon six miles oft Seabright, N. J. In her hold was found William “Rummy Bill” McCoy, characterized by the government as the “rum-smuggler king.” A machine gun was captured on the schooner and another was tossed overboard by the rumrunners .their captors safti. The coast guard cutters, Seneca and Lexington, operating on information furnished by treasury department special agents that the Tomako waa off Segbright, lying in close to dispose of 200 cases of whiskey—all1 that remain ed of a 4,300 case cargo Shipped re cently in the Bahamas—proceeded to Sandy Hook long before daybreak. As dawn broke the Lexington sight ed the schooner, its two sticks stand ing over the top of an early morning haze, and sent a radio message to the Seneca to proceed. When the cutters were a short distance away, a lookout aboard the' schooner announced their approach. Immediately the little ves sel’s sea anchor was awaight. her aux iliary i*Wine began throbbing and she was scan|p(»riug -4t> sea. But th .largcat^rum-carrvi*»y-siil the Bahamas.^according to agents, could not match-Ttfti; cutters and in les3 than a quarter of an hour they were close upon her heels. A party of five from the cutter was dispatched in a small boat to board^the schooner. As they climbed over the side several members of the crew attempted to push them back and a lively fb't fight ensued, during which at least three .members of the | schooner’s crew got bloody noses and ' sore heads. Meanwhile ■ the boarding party searched th» schooner and down in : a hold they found McCoy, crouching ; among the remaining 200 ca9%s of the ! original 4,200 case cargo. In his pock ets were found bank nctes for $60,000 and in the cabin safe were $30,000 more. All this, McCoy said, had been received from the smuggler bpa3t of New Jersey that visited his slht> on rum-ro\y. Coolidge Spurs Solons. Washington.—A warning against leg islation likefr to disturb public con fidence, or business stability will be given congress by President Coalidge i in his first message, to be delivered ! early in the session. Mr. Coolidge hopes that there will not be much legislation aside from , the necessary appropriation bills, an immigration law, possibly some agri ; cultural legislation and any other i measures which are obviously needed. ! With the rest of the world disturbed ! and troubfSd, and this country on the ! eve of a presidential contest, ho feels 1 it is not the time to embark on any legislative experiments, and will tell I congress so, in carefully diplomatic j language.; ■ • To Celebrate Monroe’s Plan. Washington.—Plans have been com pleted for the celebration at Rich mond, Va„ December2, 3 and 4. of the International Centennial of the pro [ clamation of the Monroe doctrine, un j der the auspices of the Southern Com mercial congress. — Governor Trinkle has issued a pro clamaiMon setting apart the days desig nated and has issued 1,000 commis sions to delegates to represent Vir ginia. In addition, the plans call for the issuing of 100 commissions each by the governors of other states. Patriotic and civic organizations from all parts of the ccuhtry also are ex pected to participate and a number of diplomats are on the program to de liver addresses. The program calls for the opening of the celebration by memorial ser vices in the churches of Virginia on Sunday, Dcember 2, and a pilgrimage by troops, patriotic organizations and others to Hollywood cemetery, Rich mond, where Monroe is buried. Flor al tributes will be placed on the grave. A mass memorial ceremony will be held in the evening with Wm. J. Bryan and Goevrnor Trinkle as speakers. LIQUOR KILLS FIVE; MANY OTHERS SICK. Philadelphia. — Liquor, “import ed” for the holiday season is blam ed by the police for the death of five men, and the sending of many others to hospitals in critical con ditions. The deaths increased the fatalitis attributed by the authori ties to poison whiskey to eight ifi the last seven days. Central city hospitals treated scores of persons who had been picked up on the streets uncon scious from whiskey which some of them said had been sold to them by bootleegers as “imported.'’ Many said they had taken only one or two drinks before losing conscious ness. Oxygen gas have saved the lives of at least a dozen at one hos pital, physicians said. 1 - ! REFINERY IS COMPLETE LOSS THREE OTHER EMPLOYES UNAC COUNTED FOR ARE BELIEVED KILLED. Explosion Came Without Warning Just as Five Boilers Steamed Up For Work. New Iberia, La.—Nine persons are •known to have been killed and 15 others injured, five of them probably fatally, as the result of a boiler ex plosion at the Vida Sugar Refinery at Loreauville ten miles east of here. The dead: Sidney Broussard, nep hew of Senator Elwin S. Broussard, Oscar Broussard, superintendent; Dennies Mesdayer, employe; L. D. Touzen, employe; five negroes. Three other employes are unaccounted for and are believed to have been killed. Nine bodies had been recoverd from the ruins of the plaqt. Of the injur ed the number was about equally di vided between white and negro em 1&ifhe explosion came without warn jMiyUfct an battery of five boilers tfetrtned up preparatory tfl starting the, season’s work. A man standing near a load of cane 1,500 feet away was completely be headed. while a mule a quarter of a mile distant was killed by i piece of flying steel As quickly as the news of the acci dent reached New Iberia ambulances and doctors rushed to the scene and brought the injured to local hospitals. The refinery which employs 100 per sons was a complete loss estimated at $100,000. Seize $100,000 Worth of Whiskey. New York.—Prohibition agents seized about $100,000 worth of liquor in a raid on the west Broadway ware house of Baird and Daniels company. The seizure included 3,000 gallons of Italian and French vermouth, 700 cases of gin, several thousand cases of wine and several cases of whiskey. The firm of Beird and Daniels had a large liquor trade before prohibi tion, dry agents said. While the raiders busted themselves collecting the liquor in the large ware house about 15 persons telephoned asking for liquor, according to Agent Brennan. He took down their names and told them they would get what they wanted. \'/ Brennan said a number of custom ers also came in person to the ware house seeking liquor while the raid was going on. Dr. Cook Gets 14 Years. Fort Worth, Texas.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, cil operator who was found guilty in federal court here of fraud in connection with the operations of the Petroleum Producers association, of which he 4vas sole trustee, was sentenced to starve 14 years and nine months in the federal prison and as sessed a fine of $12,000 by Federal Jldge John M. Kiliits. Fred K. Smith, treasurer of the j company, was sentenced to serve, seven years in prison and was fined $ 2,000 fine; W. L. Braddish and W. P Welty, two years each and $1,000 ; file; J. S. Rooks, C. W. Sloete, S. L. Hess, T. O. Turner, B. S. Henninger, E J. Bowen and R. L. Maxwelf each oie year and a day and fines of $1,000. L A. McKercher was given six years aid a fine of $1,000. FSther Finds Wife and Baby Murdered Savannah, Ga. In a pool of blood with several cuts on the throat, and everything about indicating a severe struggle, the *>ody of Mrs. Agnes Handle, was found by her husband, a nechanic, who returned to his bunga l>w home on La Roche avenue, seven niles froni Savannah. Besides the body of the mother, vith er toys strewn all about, was Up body of the baby daughter, Doris, tfio hid been struck dead by a blow' fom / hatchet. i HEAD BERLIN GOV WHO IS TO ERNMENT IS NOW A MYSTERY. RADICALS ARE TOO STRONG Chancellor Had Announced Decision to Reject Vote Obtained By Juggling of Viesolutions. Berlin.—Dr. Gustave Stre.semann re signed as chancellor, when the reich stag by a vote of 230 to 155 denied his rump cabinet a vote of confidence. Seven deputies abstained from casting their ballots. t After the ballot was taken Dr. Stresemann tendered the resignation of himself and the members of his cabinet, which President Elberts ac cepted. The president immediately sent for Paul Loebe, president of the reichstag, with whom he held a con conference. Who will head the new government remained a mystery. Herr Ebert has requested Stresemann to carry on cur rent business until his succesor is ap pointed. The outcome of the second crisis during the chancellor’s regime was in doubt up to a half hour before the voting took place, as there were strong influences at work in the ranks of the socialists in the direction of weak ening the party’s opposition by per mitting sufficient members of the party to absent themselves fifom the chamber thereby cutting down the chancellor's numerical opposition in the plenary session. The radicals, however, had so strongly pledged themsMlves in oppo sition to the Stresemann government and the German nationalists also had refused to recede from the position of outspoken hostility so that, the chan _jpe|ia5ls. fate was definitely dealed. The vote*rf5ay be said tq ‘leave con formed to the chancellor’s wishes and his pronounced demand tjiat it be de cisive and free from all Mfuavocation. Early in the day he U<ya announced his decision to reject any vote of ap proval which might accrue to him by the juggling of three resolutions, any one of V which was destined to fall though partisan tactics. Discussing the reichstag’s disappro val of his government with the-news paper men, after his retirment, Dr. Stresemann said his cabinet might have continued in office without court ing the reichstag’s approval. But the “no confidence resolution” introduced by the nationalists and socialists confronted the government with the necessity of having its pres tige and its mandate defined parad venture, in view of the choatic con ditions obtaining with Germany, and also because of the grave issue await ing solution in connection with Ger many’s foreign affairs. Building Will Stop Unemployment. Washington. — Building operatins alone will stave off any unemploy ment problem for at least a year and a half, S. W. Strau3, New York in vestment banker, told President Cool idge in course of a conference on the business outlook. ''There is a potential need for $8, 000,000,000 worth of new building in the United States today,” Mr. Strau3 declared. “This need exists notwith standing the fact that building opera tions this year are 25 per cent ahead of 1922. Last year the nation’s new volume of business was $4,000,00Q,000. This year it will be $5,000,000,000 so that it would require a year and one half of the most intensive operation to make up the present shortage. With these large activities there is no like lihood of the United States having to j face any unemployment problem, at least in the immediate future. “An important development in the \ industry this year is the great increase j of winter building. October building permits throughout the country were 25 per cent ahead of September, al though ordinarily building operations decline sharply in October. Last month's permits were 30 per cent of October last year. These facts re flect the universal confidence of the business interests of the country in a continuance of present busineaa ex pansion.” Bandits Rob Two Banks. Indianapolis.—Three armed bandits held three employes and two custom ers of the Tuxedo State bank here at bay with revolvers and, after scoping up between $10,000 and $12,600 in cur rency, escaped in an automobile. Earlier in the afternoon three men, believed to be the same trio, held up the Central Avenue State bank and escaped with $1,500 in currency. IKE GIVES UNIQUE BANQUET Teachers of County and Members of City and County Schools Boards in Attedance. Raeford.—One of the most note worthy things done this year by the Hoke county teachers association was a banquet given at the high school building, at which were present prac tically all the teachers of the county, and members of both the county and ;ity school boards with their wives. This was perhaps the first time in the history -of Hoke county that all of the county school officials have been present at a society meeting. The pur pose of this banquet was to untie the tfjachers of the county and the school boards in a spirit of friendliness and cordiality, as well as to provide an evening's entertainment. A most unique feature of the program was the drawing of prizes throughout the evening, cigars, toilet water, a knife, beads, a bracelet, lady’s hose. These prizes were contributions of the busi ness firms of Raeford. The best prize of all which was a five dollar gold piece, contributed by the*two banks of the city, was voted unanimously to be given to Miss Ella Tarpley, head of, the domestic science department, who had the banquet in charge. The evening was a most enjoyable occasion for everyone who attended, and did much toward establishing the spirit of camaraderie among the school officials of the county. To Build Armory For Post. i Wilmington.—Contracts for an arm ory for the Salvation Army, which is to cost between $20,000 and $25,000, will be let at once. This was decided at a meeting of the citizen’s associa tion having the project in charge. The pans have been drawn since April. The needed money finally has been subscribed. President J. A. Taylor stat ed at the close of the meeting held in the chamber of commerce. The lot -yvas bought several years ago with money cotnributed by citiz ens appreciative of the work of the army. It is located on the east side of Front street, and is about 70 by 168 feet in size. The armory is to be a two-story ; brick structure, with basement. It ! will have arched windows, and en j trance doorway, and steel tile roof of ! the mansard variety. It will be shap ed like a T with the hast toward Front street. This wil lgive ample lawn and light for the offices'and main audi torium. James B. Lynch is the archi tect. Burglar Captured in Home. ! New Bern.—George Johnson, negro, ! is in jail here ori a charge of burglary following his capture by A. J. Stox in i the latter’s home on Trent Road just j outside the city limits. Mr. Stox and has family were in the rear of the house when they were at ! tracted by a noise in a front room. ! Seizing hi» gun he rushed into the room just as the black slipped intd an adjoining room. Hemmed here the ne gro offered no resistance. The white man brought his prisoner into New Bern on foot and delivered him to a police officer whp carried him .to jail. Mr. Stox said his house had been 'entered several times durian the past few weeks but that the burglar man aged to escape before he could get to him. Nothing was stolen on any visit, but the rooms were thoroughly ran sacked, he added. V Slain Man, Buried. Dunn.—The funeral of Leslie Lee, who was stabbed to death by William Duscos in Detroit, Michigan, Saturday night ,was conducted from the home of Jesse B. Lee, father of the slain man. The funeral was conducted by Rev. E. N. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist church, assisted by Rev. O. T. Mattox, pastor of the Dunn Christian church. Interment was made in the tarnily burying plot in Greenwood cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large crowd and the floral offer ings were profuse and beautiful. Names Committee to Candidacy. Rocky Mount.—E. I. Fleming, presi dent of the North Carolina divisioft ol the Travelers Protective Association announces the appointment oha com mittee of Tar Heel T. P. A. members to conduct the campaign for Charles G. Lee, Asheville, whom the State vision's board of directors recently put forward as North Carolina’3 candidate for the nationa' presidency of the or ganization at its annual convention next June at Grand Rapids, Mich. The personnel of this committee which will do everything possible tc further the candidacy of the North Carolina man, as announced by Mrs Fleming is A. L. Byrd, of 'Charlotte chairman; C. F. Tomlinson, of High Point; J. J. Norman, of Winston-Sa lent; O. W. Patterson of Greensboro and W. S. Murchison of Raleigh.
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