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DEAD i it ' lUiUi it NIXON BLAST 18 Fl RES CONTINUE TO BURST FORTH IN SCATTERED HEAPS OF THE DERIS ' ' A . . FIND THE BODY OF A WOMAN Ciun of Explosion Still a Mystery; Several. Investigation Will Begin , Immediately. , New Brunswick. N. J. The number ot known dead as a result of dlsaa ' trious TNT explosion and celluloid fire at the little town ot Nixon was placed in 18. Only one additional body, the torso of a woman, was found. Rescue who worked In the smoking ruins throughout the day say eight persons are missing, six are un Accounted for and sixty are being treated for injuries suffered in the disaster. The body found was that ot Mrs Arthur Dumas, who,' with her three little children and a visiting woman friend, was killed when her car out aide the Nixon plant boundaries was demolished. The bodies of the Dumas children and Miss Janice Rockfeller, athe- friend, wre found. ' Firemen with tractors resumed tearing at the masses of twisted steel and ahattered tile that remains of the Nixon Nltriatlon works, 43 buildings, where were manufactured celluloid novelties. They also dug among the wrecked tanks, railroad cars and heaps of TNT and ammounia in boxes and barrels which fringe the gigantic center marking the site ot the explo sion. Fires continued to burst forth in scattered heaps of the debris, but authorities asserted that all were un der control The rows of magazines filled with tons ot highly inflammable celluloid In sheets most of them with doors blown off or roofs crushed In were believed out of danger. What caused the explosion remain ed a mystery, and prompted several Investigations. Officers of the Rarftan Arsenal, adjoining the destroyed prop erties, and where a half dozen of the scores of magazines stuffed with high explosive shells were blown in, will conduct an inqury for the government. The TNT which exploded had been salvaged at the arsenal and removed to the Nixon plant to be prepared foi nitrates to be used as farm fertilizers The most generally accepted theory was that the explosive properties had not been eliminated from the TNT before it was tranferred from the arse nal to the 300 foot building of the Am monla company, where the blast Oc curred. Thousands of persons tried to get within the high wire fence surround lng the Nixon properties, but wer held back by the state police and sol diers. t Wilmington Making Record. ; Wilmington, N. C. During the month of February a total of 12 seam ers and schooners arrived at the port ot Wilmington, while in the month preceding 16 steamships- and sailing vessels arrived, making a total of 28 for the first two months of the present year, considered to be a splendid rec ord by customs house officials. V , Sixteen steamships and sailing; shops cleared from Jhe port during January, while In the month Just past IS ships departed, from Wilmington The total ships arriving during the months ot January and February to- tailed 67.. - ,., ; At the present time there are a number of ships en route to the port of Wilmington with cargoes from for eign ports with fertiliser materials Traveling Man la Killed By Pastor. 'Mexico, Mo. Rev. Asa Q. Burns shot and seriously wounded H. D. Conger, a traveling salesman of Lin coln, Neb. .1 t: ' The minister had Just returned from Chicago where he had been taking spe cial couse at Chicago University. I Conger and Dr. Burns met on the Main Street of Meico and the minis ter opened fire, one bullet striking Conger In a lung, ' Inflicted a serious wound, and another hitting him in the band. r--.i-; '.'.-. ' ' ,i Rev. Mr. Burns "surrendered to of fleers following the shooting but refus ed to give any explanation of the cause of the quarreL ... Mrs, Burns and her son have been making their home with Mr. and Mrs: L. N. Henderson Conger had also een staying with the Hendersons. Industrial and Trade Activity. , i Washington. The Increased Indus t 1 and trade activity with which the f rent year started continues to be 1 maintained a sa characteristic of country's business condition, the ,1 reserve board said in its Feb 7 survey of business. Financial s mmercial interests, the review r?nerally view the future with nee and are shaping their poll "rJIngly. '." ' r . ;'. . ' :" i the increased business actlv i was a larger vohime of bank a statement suld. . WOMAN KILLED; MAM. HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Ashevllle. Mrs. B. B. Todd, own er ot the Franklin hotel at Brevard, was Instantly killed, and W. W. Croehorn, prominent business man of Transylvania county, was pain fully Injured when an automobile In which the couple were riding overturned on the Hendersonville road, near Busbee. It was sometime after the acci dent before they were discovered by passersby. Mrs. Todd was al ready dead, while Croshorn was rushed to a local hospital. Attend ing physicians say his Injuries al though painful are not considered serious. . WILL YIELD MUCH AMMONIA DISCOVERY IS MADE BY RE SEARCH LABORATORY AT WASHINGTON. The United States Will Also Have Great Explosive' at Its Com mand, Boston. A chemical discovery said to be one of the most Important of the, 20th century, has just been made at the Fixed Nitrogen Research labor atory, at Washington, Prof. Arthur B. Lamb ot Harvard announced. The discovery it that of a new ca alyst which will bring about .the per manent union of hydrogen and nitro gen atoms and will yield 14 per cent of ammounia, Professor Lamb said. According to the announcement, two great benefits will be derived from the new product. The United States, it is claimed, will have at its command an explosive twice as effective as that discovered by the Germans a few months before the start of the World War. The American farmer will also, according to Professor Lamb, have the use of fertilizer much cheaper and more effective than heretofore avail able. The new catalyst ,it Is contended, has far greater durability than that discovered by Haber in 1914, which yielded 7 or 8 per cent of ammonia. Business Slump Unusually. Narrow. Washington. The usual post holi day slump in general business- wae narrower in scope In January and early February this year' than usual, and sharp Increases over preceding months were noted in the production of basic commodities, the federal re serve board reported in its periodical business review. Coupled with the increased output in basic commodities was a heavier demand for credit for commercial pur poses, Indicating continuation of a healthy business development, the re view said. Production increases were most marked in steel Igots, lumber' and bituminous coal and In the mill con sumption of cotton. Contract awards for new buildings were slightly high er in value in January than in Decem ber and were 26 per cent greater than in January, 1923. Use of Meat Greatest Last Year. Washington. Production and con-' sumption of meat was the greatest in American history last year. An esti mate by the department of agricul ture placed the consumption at 18, 481,000,000 pounds. Detailed estimates ot production, however, were not made public. The per " capita consumption was 167 pounds, or 17.3 pounds more than in 1923, and was exceeded only once before, In 1908, when 170.9 pounds per capita were consumed. , Total consumption was 2,000,000,000 pounds over the average for the last five years and the per capita consumption was 18 pounds over the averago Ninety per cent of the increase was repres ented by pork products. Congress Pays Tribute to Harding. Washington. Congress laid aside legislative business to pay tribute to the memory of Warren G. Harding. The house and senate joined in a memorial service, held in the house chamber, with Secretary Hughes as the only apeaker, and President Cool ldge, his cabinet, supreme court Jus tices and foreign diplomats in attend ance. ' ; ',- . V. 1 ; - In a gallery opposite the speaker's rostrum, with a smell group ot friends, sat Mr. Harding'a .widow. Elsewhere in the crowded galleries ware-men and women of prominence, among them Mrs. Coo'Mge, Joining in the simple. Impressive ceremony. 8 wallows 1 Pins. . Toledo, Ohio. Miss Adejl Urban, a department store clerk. Is In a serious condition In St Vincent's Hospital as a result of swallowing sixteen pins, it. was revealed. .' . ' ..While at work Saturday she had pin in her mouth when a clerk of fered her some candy. : She put the candy Into her mouth and swallow ed the plna with It . The girl scream ed an clerks rushed to her aid. She was hastened to the hospital where an X-ray examination revealed the aina In her stomach. ' '" ' - Gil ES FORBES I.1UST FACE COURT IS CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBE AND OTHER LAW VIOLATION. J THOMPSON HELD FOR SAME Federal Grand Jury at Chicago Re turns Indictments After Month' Investigation. x Chicago. Charles R. Forbes former director of the United States Veterans bureau, and John W. Thompson, con tractor of Chicago and St Louis, were named In four indictments returned by the federal grand jury which haa spent a month Investigating charges of waste, graft and debauchery In con nection with Forbes' administration. Forbes and Thompson were named jointly in two ' indictments charging conspiracy to commit bribery and of fenses against the government, and conspiracy to . defraud the United States government. Forbes was nam ed alone in a third Indictment on a charge of . accepting a bribe, and Thompson in a fourth charging that he had indirectly given a bribe. . In a special report which accompan ied the Indictments, the grand lury Indicated that other sensational devel opments Involving alleged graft had been uncovered, but because they were not within the Jurisdiction of the court had not been pursued. "We do not feel," the special report said, "that it would subserve the best interests of the government for this jury at this time to make public the details of these transactions. Tills jury feels that It will suffice to report that they involve: "1. Speculation by one of more of ficials of the government wherein It has been asserted that official Infor mation was sused for purposes of speculation. "I. That certain sums'' of money were paid to two members of Con gress. 5 "3. That possession ot a file ot one of the departments for about a month was had by persons having: no official connection with such departments., ' "4. . That money was accepted by certain individuals (not attorneys) for the purpose of obtaining clemency for prisoners through their intimacy with officials. - "6. That money was collected by certain Individuals (not attorneys) for obtaining through such intimacy per mits tor Intoxicating liquor." Bonded Rum Worth Mlllon Missing. Chicago. Eight thousand cases of pre-war bonded whiskey valued at nearly $1,000,000 have vanished from the Federal concentration depot at the Sibley warehouse and. storage com pany here, according to a copyrighted news story in The ' Chicago Herald and Examiner, which adds the amount of missing liquor may run much higher. -. Withdrawal of the whiskey from the Government supervised warehouse, in which the accumulation of liquor was among the largest in the entire coun try, was accomplished by forged or raised permits for medicinal whiskey, the newspaper says. AH withdrawal records of the company are said to have vanished. ' Investigation has been ordered by Roy A. Haynes, prohibition commis sioner, according to the newspaper. The forged and raised permits have been circulated tor months, and some dating back to last November have been uncovered,, the newspaper says. - Plana Association or colleges. Greenville, 8. C Plana for the or ganisation of a permanent association of colleges of the south tor the pur pose of meeting annually to dlacuss International problems were Initiated soon after the first session of the in ternational relations conference open ed at Furman university. C. V. Blsh op, president of the Furman university International relations club, was elect ed temporary chairman, with author ity to appoint a committee on recom mendations and ''nominations.' -" ' Professor C. B. Gosnell, of Furman university, in stating the alms of the conference, expressed the hppe that the first conference would not . be the last. "There could be no better time for such a conference," he said, adding, "Woodrow , Wilson , recently laid aside the torch of civilisation and it" la np to us to take up this torch and realize his vision of universal peace and a great brotherhood- of man." Big Additlona at Rail Plant Salisbury. Construction of new 37 stall roundhouse, annex - machine shop, flue and babbit shop, 100-foot turn, table, two 100-foot engine Inspec tion pits, and a 820-foot runway to ac commodate a ten-ton traveling crane to convey heavy parta from the new roundhouse to the flue, babbit, and machine ahops, will be begun at. Spen cer by the Southern Railway Just as soon as minor details can be complet ed and contracts let, according to an nouncement made by H. W. Miller, of CRAZED WOMAN LEAPS 300 FEET TO STREET BELOW. London. Hurling her two little girls from the campanile ot West minister Cathedral, 300 feet to the pavement below, Mrs. Margaret Davey, an Irish woman, leaped to death after them. All three bodies were smashed almost beyond recog nition. . The first intimation ot the triple tragedy came to passers-by when a child's body came hunting down from the high tower of the cath edral and thudded into a heap ot broken bones and mangled flesh on the sidewalk. While soma ran to the victim and others scattered, several wo men tainting at the sight, the body of another young girl fell a short distance from the first Then those near the scene, gat ing aloft to the top ot the cathed ral tower, saw Mrs. Davey leap off and smash upon a curbing near where the bodies of her children Uy. MANY BILLS ALARM COOLIDGE DECLARES WELFARE AND PROS PERITY OF COUNTRY BEING DISTURBED. ' Deplorea Effort to Drain the Treas ury In Order to Help Certain Classes. Washington. The numerous bills pending in Congress calling for large appropriations are regarded by Presi dent Coolldge as disturbing to the prosperity and welfare of the country. . Enactment of these measures In the opinion of the President would go tar toward destroying prosperity and creating a situation from which the country would be long in recovering. A survey of the various bills in volving appropriations which have been Introduced has convinced the President that their enactment would call for appropriations larger than the entire expenditures of the Government outside ot the Post Office Department before the war. Among the measures which Mr. Coolldge regards as Inimical to the country's welfare . are those calling for increased compensation for of ficials, pensions, the bonus and for grants of money to numerous' special classes.- If such bills are 'enacted the President believes the budget system would be broken down and a departure taken from what he considers a wise policy of holding the executive re sponsible for the financial state of the Nation. . ' Appropriation For Air Mall 8ervlee. Washington. An appropriation of $1,600,000 for continuing the trans continental aeroplane mail service was restored to the treasury-postofflce ap propriations committee in reporting the bill to the senate. The house had failed to provide the appropriations which would continue the air mail be tween New York and , San Francisco via Chicago and Omaha. A total ot $736,867,000 Is carried by the bill as compared with $729,950, 000 - as voted by the house. Among the Other increases recommended by the senate committee was $2,600,000 for collecting customs revenue, urged by Secretary Mellon; $1,100,000 ad ditional for internal revenue collec tions; $416,000 for maintenance of poatoffices and $300,000 for foreign mail transportation. No change was made by the com mittee in the appropriations of $10, 629,000 for enforcement of the pro hibition and narcotic drug laws. , House to Vote on Ford Offer. Washington. An attempt will be made to bring the McKencle bill auth orizing acceptance ot Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals to. a vote in the House next week. Representative McKenzie, Republi can, Illinois, author of the bill, said he had aaked the rules committee to give the measure - priority with gen eral debate limited to 'six hours In stead of ten, as originally requested He said that with the tax bill out of the way the was confident time would be allotted for - disposition ot the Muscle Shoals question during the week. : '' ; " '' Chairman Snell, ot the rules com mltttee, said that no decision would be reached aa to priority for Muscle Shoals legislation until after the House votes on the Revenue Bill, prob ably by the latter part of this week. He said there was no serious opposi tion in the committee to early consid eration of the qeustlon. although it might be determined to give the naval appropriation bill tight of way with the Muscle Shoals bill the. next gen era) legtsJattos tev.be considered. ' Sentenced to Death by Chinese. Harbin, Manchuria, v A Chinese court denied the appeal ' of Alexis Kornileff , Russian desperado,, and re affirmed the death sentence passed last November. Kornlloff was the first white man ever sentenced to death in a Chinese Court- , . Fears that Kornlloff would attempt to escape or that his friends would try to rescue him caused the authori ties to take extra precautions when he was brought Into the court He was rhained hand and foot SIIIPFIIIG piiD .. ASKS. FOR BIDS ANNOUNCE TERMS BY WHICH IT WOULD DI8POSE OF v ' ' " FLEET. ' .-; ' ' MUST BE lil BUM 14 Records Show That Only Quarter of Tonnage of 1,335 Vessels Now In Operation. 1 Washington. New terms and condi tions under which the government would dispose ot Its entire merchant fleet comprising 1,335 vessels of var ious types,- were announced by the shipping board In a general advertise ment calling for bids. Records show only a quarter of the whole tonnage now is, in operation, the-remainder comprising the "laid up" fleet , In announcln (the call for bids the board said the advertisement was designed primarily to comply with the law governing the sale ot its property and was not "a audden effort to force the sale ot the board's fleet" It was In accordance with the "due advertise ments" provision ot the merchant marine act it was explained. ' 1 Previous offer of sale by the board has been on a flat basis ot $30 a ton. Displacing this provision, the board said, it now was prepared to consider offers for purchase "under the various types, based on their relative value as affected by their desirability from point of design, physical condition at time of sale, and other pertinent fac tors." ' The basic sale price ot each vessel, it was explained, will be determined by its individual worth, and will be subject to revision whenever neces sary, due to repairs, damage or other conditions. Bids must be submitted on or before March 14 and it was stipulated that the board would make no award be fore that date.. Offers must be made on a lump sum basla and may be for oneN or more ships 6r for the entire fleet the Advertisement said, and each offer must be accompanied by an Initial payment of two and one-half per cent of the amount bid. The board's fleet Is made of 824 steel, ocean-built cargo ships, 824 steel, lake-built cargo ships, 14 refrig erator .vessels,. 43 steel tankers, 27 passenger ships, 36 tugs and 48 mis cellaneous craft. 90,000 Deaths Annuaily From Cancel. Charlotte. Cancer, one of the three of the world's -most pervalent and fatal, diseasese, causes 90,000 deaths annually, creates 39,000 orphans an nually, causes one In 14 deaths among men and one in eight deaths among women, were some ot the facts pre-v sented to the Klawanis club at the weekly luncheon by Dr. R. T. Fergu son. Dr. J. A. Elliott and Dr. W. H. Scruggs. ,' The discussions were a continua tion" of a talk made at the luncheon a fortnight ago by Klwanian ' Oren Moore on "Cancer of the Breast." the club members voting to devote anoth er meeting to the subject. Klwanian Addison G. Brenlzer Is state chairman of the committee to disseminate infor mation on the subject in an effort to control the disease to a greater extent through educating the public Poison Rum Claims Victim. Ashevllle. One man Is dead and three are in serious condition as the result of drinking poisoned liquor, ac cording to diagnosis ot attending phy sicians. James F. Quinn, 45, a plumber, died at a local hospital from pneumonia, following acute polsonlng. Lindsey Campbell, U. S. Murdock and Ed Dewel, are suffering from sim ilar cases of poisoning. . - The physician who attended Qulnn said he pumped out the -stomach of the atrlcken man and found the con tent to contain a liquor which ap peared to be composed of '. "red lye and wood alcohol." -. Peace In Mexico Near. Mexico City. "President Obregon has every confidence that complete peace and general harmony will .'pre vail . in Mexico at the earliest data through the renewed friendehlp of all factions," declared former Senator James Hamilton Lewis, after a con ference with, the President "He expressed hopes that the prea ent friendly ' relations between the United States and Mexico would con tinue and grow until they would feel toward each other as- do the various titzlst toward the national government .' i i ; v Campaign Against Sot'.!' Veevll. New Orleans. Clarence jOusley, director of the National Boll Weevil Control Association, announced here that Harper Dean, chief et the bureau of agriculture of the United States Chamber of Commerce, would arrive here Saturday tor a conference to de termine how that organization, might cooperate in Turthering plans for con trol of the . pest during the coming seaaon. More than 500 banks and fifty chambers ot commerce already are supporting the movement Mr. Ouster Pi; ji Backed by Over Half a Century of Success in tha Treatment of Catarrh and Catarrhal Conditions Sold Ererjrwbjerw Tablet Cuticura Soap Gears the Skin and Keeps it Clear Imp 25c, OhtaMat i$ sad SOc, Taken 2Sc . Calm Calamity Sea Captain Yep, I was ship wrecked in the South Sea Islands and found a tribe of wild women who had no tongues. Land Lubber Gee t How could they talk? I Sea Captain They couldn't; that's i. i. . J . i. 1 1 what made them wild. MOTHER! Baby's Best Laxative Is "California Fig Syrup" When baby Is constipated, has wind colic, feverish brcnth, coated-tongne, or diarrhea, a half teuspoonful of genuine "California Fig Syrup" promptly moves the poisons, gases, bile, souring food and waste right out Never cramps or overacts. Babies love Its delicious taste. ,Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali fornia Fig Syrup" wblch has full direc tions for Infanta In arms, and children of alL ages, plainly printed on bottle. Mother I Tou must aay "California" or you may get an imitation flg syrup. Hit Handicap ' A very stout and portly gentleman was once asked why, he did not play gplf, and this, was his reason : . "I did try It once, but I found that when I put the ball where I could see It I could not reach It ; and when I put It where I could reach It I could not see It." . . A lniU eM at Dr. 7Mrys Dd Shof' la nonsh to nptl Wormi sr Tapeworm. Why not try ltT Ut Furl St., N. T. Adv. WVd Never Thought of That ' Small Girl Mummy, how do angels get their nighties on over their wings T London Passing Show. v I . . 7 Amount p: y -T3i li DELLANS -i i Hot water I ' 1 k..- 1 a w4 vJ - J 25A..D 75 FACKACLS EVL.TYV." . Don't Cut Ct a I!:dcrtf:r TJ rJac Csia aai ....a no t" .o khoa. Stopa lamanma promptly. 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