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1*0 SCORE DROWir
WHEN VESSEL SINKS
FORTY-EIGHT GO DOWN WHEN
SHIP STRIKES ROCK AT
BLUNTS REEF DURING DENSE
FOG?IJFE BOATS CAPSIZE.
THIRTY INJURED.
v Eureka, Cal., Aug. 8.?Forty-eight
persons, 36 passengers and 12 of the
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crew, were lost last nignx wnen me
steamer Alaska of the San Francisco
and Portland Steamship Co.,
south bound from Portland, Ore., to
San Francisco, sank 30 minutes after
crashing into the rocks of Blunt's
reef, 40 miles south of this city.
The survivors, numbering 166
pefrBons, were brought here today 1>y
the rescue ship Anyox, the first vessel
to reach the scene of the wreck
in response to the Alaska's signals.
The coast guard tug Ranger, dispatched
early today from Eureka,
r?fcn.med to uort with the bodies of
12 men. Eight 'were members of
<the crew and four were passengers
Capt. Harry Hobey, master of the
Alaska/ is still unaccounted for and
is believed to have gone down with
his ship.
Of the survivors landed by the
Anyox, 30 were raoVe or less seriously
injured and received medjcftl
treatment at local hospitals.
The Alaska struck the reef bow
on in a dense fog, according to^e
survivors, ad immediately began to
list The work of launching life
boats was accomplished without delay
or disorder. Three of the boats
successfully rode the wtiyes, but the
fourth boat capsized, throwing its occupants
into the sea. The greatest
loss of life, the survivors said, resalted
from this mishap. A few who
wore life (belts succeeded in keeping
afloat until picked up.
Captain Hobey, when the last of
life ihoftta 'had been sent over the
side of the rapidly filling Alaska,
went to the stern of his vessel and
he was there when it started its
plunge to the bottom.
WILL FORM ASSOCIATION
FOR CALHOUN HIGHWAY
Effort Being Made By Chamber of
Commerce to Consolidate Effort*
For Road.
Mr. G. T. Barnes, secretary of the
Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce,
is working at present on plans
to form a local chapter of the Galhoun
Highway Association in Abbeville
County. These associations have
already been formed in most of the
other counties through which the
* road will pass and the complete unification
of effort will be accomplished
when this county becomes organized.
Much has been said recently about
the Calhoun Highway. It is proposed
to connect the Quebec and Bankhead
highways, beginning at Cheraw and
ending at Athens, Ga. It will pass
through Chesterfield, Pageljuid, Lancaster,
Chester and intermediate
points to.Greenwood, Abbeville, Cal,
wd.,acrt*? ^iesSayannaJi
: luid thence to. and
Athens, Ga. There are only a few
links yet to be completed before the
highway shall be completed. Already
committees have appeared before
the state highway commission
requesting that the proposed road
shall be taken into the state system.
The commission agreed to do this
as soon as the road snail be pu; i.n
.?u?M condition as tne body can approve.
Mr. Barnes is sending out circulai
letters to persons whom he believes
will be interested in the forming of
this association. At some date in the
near future he expects to announce
the date for a general meeting at
which time the organization will be
completed.
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PLANS LAUNCHED
TO AID FOOTBALL
COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO
PROVIDE MATERIAL AND
FUNDS?MANY OLD MEN RETURNING
THIS FALL WITH
MANY NEW ONES COMING.
; At a meeting this morning at the
, Ghamlber of Commerce, plans were
launched to make the H&h School
football teaim entirely independent
of financial" worry. Five committees
were appointed and each one was assessed
$100 each and they can pay
, it or raise it, whichever they choose.
Either way , that amount is expected
eo be turned oyer to the authorities
by August 17. Prospects for the
' team this tall were also discussed
this morning and it was said that all
. of last year's team would (be on hand
at the first game this year, with the
exception of one man, who is going
to Clemson.
Composing the committees appointed
this morning are Mrs.
Frank Nickles, chairman; Mrs. C. H.
McMurray, Miss Onie Morse.
1N0. 2.?Mrs. Gordon White,
chairman; Mrs. Allen Long, Mrs. J.
L. McMillan.
Np. 3-?Mrs. C. E. Williamson,
chairman; Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Miss
Caro Morse.
No. 3.?Mrs. Wt JE\ Greene, chairma#;,.Mrs.
Foster McLane, Mrs. G. T.
Bfcrn.es.
No.) 5.?Miss Ruth Howie, Miss
Gladys Barnes, Miss Margaret
Bradley, chairman to be appointed.
These committees will begin work
immediately to raise money to buy
uniforms for about thirty men. It is
expected that when practice begins
in a few clays 40 candidates will be
on the field and that at least ten
more will come in with the opening
of school. In pther words it is expected
that with the opening of
school at least 50 men will be on the
field trying for places. And there is 1
sure to be some keen competition, as
many of the prospective new men
are heavy and have experience.
Among the old men who are certain
to wear an i^beville uniform
this fall are: George Smith, Billy
Long, Hugh Bradley, Ashby Galloway,
Rayford McMillan, Foster
Barnwell, Bill Cox, Francis Glenn,
John Leslie, Gilbert Nab era, Frank
Neuffer, Fred Minshall, Allen Long,
Pink Bradley, Fred Leslie, John
Klugh, Jack Bradley, Buster Howie,
Bruce Galloway, Jimmie Harris,
Claude Gambrell and Austin Roche.
Several new men have already given
their intention to make a try for
places, among whom are Williams,
Keaton, Williamson, Wham, Price
tand White. The old members of the
team will average about 130 pounds,
which sounds rather light but as a
matter ox tact max is siigntiy more
than the average for a high school
team. If all plans work out, however,
it is expected that the line from
tackle to tackle will^ average 165
pounds.
Allen Long, captain of the team,
says the schedule for games has not
yet been completed, but there is a
certainty that the state championship
is going to be'in danger from this
quarter.
FULP ON SCHOOL BOARD
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Governor' Cooper has* appbinted
Major J. D. Fulp, superintendent of
schools, to fill the vacancy in the
county board of education, caused
by the resignation of Mr. E. L. Reid.
CHINA ACCEPTS NOV. 11
FOR ARMS GATHERING
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Washington, Aug. 9.?The Chinese
government has notified the state de
partment, it was announced today,
t that November 11 will he agreeable
! as the date for the conference on
: limitation of armaments and discussion
of Far Eastern questions. Official
notification that the Japanese government
has accepted that date still
is awaited.
MURDERS THREE
AM SELF
MOTHER, WIFE AND STEP
DAUGHTER FALL BEFORE
KILLER TURNS PISTOL ON
HIMSELF?TRIES TO BURN
HOUSE.
Cort)in, Ky., Aug. 9.?A triple
murder, suicide arid an attempt to
destroy all evidence of the crime by
burning the house was revealed in
the discovery eary today of the
bodies of Richard McHargue, his
wife and her step-daughter and Mrs.
Polly McHargue, mother of Richard
McHargue, at her home. Conclusions
drawn by local officials were
that McHargue had killed the women
members of the family and after
starting a fire in one of the rooms
in an effort to destroy evidence oi
his action, took bis own life.
The crime ccurred within three
blocks of the Corbin postoffice. Although
the McHartgue home is in a
thinly populated section of the town
and separated from it (by a small
stream, neighbors today said they
heard the sound of pistol shots at
about 8 o'clock Friday night and
were inclined to the belief that the
tragedy was enacted at that time.
The mother of McHai^ue and his
wife were found in one room and
that of the man and his stepdaughter
were in another. Evidence was at
hand to show that the girl had been
stabbed with a knife, and the body
was ibadly burned, the fire that had
been started m the house haying
reached her body, where it lay on
the floor finally burning out.
No motive for the crime had been
developed today, although residents
remarked that McHague had not
been on friendly terms with his
mother, and it was said that he had
been heard to utter threats against
her.
ANNOUNCES COMMITTEES
Chamber of Commerce Names Men
To Serre for Year.
Mr. <}. T. arnes, secretary of tne
Chamber of Commerce, announces
the followng standing committees to
serve the present term:
Executive?W. iP. Greene, president,
J. S. Stark, & H. Rosenberg, C.
H. McMurray, G. T. Barnes.
iCivics?Mrs. C. * C. Gaimforell,
chairman; Mrs. J. C. Ellis, Mrs. T.
G. White, Mrs. Poster McLane, Mrs.
W. P. Greene.Education?J.
D. IFulp, chairman;
J. M. Daniel, W. ^ Barnwell, Mrs.
W. F. Nickles, Mrs. A. B. Morse.
iPiilKllmtv?IDr fJ A. "Np.nffer.
chairman, E. C. Horton, H. L. Johnson,
Mrs. C. E. Williamson, Mrs. J.
D. Pulp.
Roads and Agriculture?J. S.
Stark, chairman; J. M. Nickles, G. E.
Williamson, M. 6. Reese, R. S. Link.
Mercantile Affairs?S. H. Rosenberg,
chairman ; Joel Morse, T. G.
White, Fred Cason, Dr. J. A. Austin.
Banking, Real Estate and Insurance?Dr.
F. E. Harrison, chairman;
R. E, Cox, W. F. Nickles, Lewis Perrin,
W. L. Peebles.
Industries^?R. S; Link, chairman;
J. F. Barnwell, J. A. Hill, C. E. Williamson.
Transportation?J. S. Cochran,
chairman, Arthur H. Rosenberg, E.
F Arnold.
Conventions?J. M. Nickles, chairman,
C. D. Brown, Jr., J. Moore
Mara. M. T?. Sirfan. Mavwpll Smith.
Membership?Joel S. Morse, chairman;
A. 0. Roche, A. H. Rosenberg,
<J. A. Neuffer, Glenn Kay.
Eentertainment? J. D. Fulp,
chairman; W. D. WHkinsn, J. D.
Kerr, Dr. J. R. Nickles, Harry Wilson,
D. H. Hill, Mrs. F. E. Harrison,
Mrs. Earl Ferguson, Mrs. Otto Bristow,
Miss Ruth Howie, Miss Sarah
Barnes.
IT STARTS FIRE
IN LONDON PLANT
FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE
FOLLOWS ROW WHEN MEN
WERE REFUSED. WORK IN THE
LUMBER YARD BY OWNERS
OF THE PLANT.
London, Aug. 9.?At 10:30 tonight
the great London lumber fire broke
out with renewed violence. Only the
skeletons of a few buildings in Great
Britain's greatest lumber yard are
left standing and several firemen and
policemen nave been injured.
The fire followed a riot by 5,000
started early today and the stock of
lumber, valued at more than $5,000,000
covering twehty-one acres of
ground with great piles of boards and
timbers, is completely destroyed. '
The fire followed a riot gy 5,000
unemployed men who were refused
work by the owners. The origin of
the fire is a mystery but the police
believe that it was started by disappointed
laborers who invaded the
yard when they were told that there
was no work. They upset lumber
piles and hurled rocks through the
office windows.
A riot call resulted in an attempt
by 500 foot and 50 mounted police
to disperse the angry crowd. The
fire alarm was soon followed. The
fire spread with lightning rapidity
over the quarter of a mile of lumber
piles which were thoroughly
dried out by the long drought.
The yards are on the banks of the
river Lea in the heart of the densely
congested east end manufacturing
district At one time it was thought
| that the entire district was threatened
and adjacent factories began emptying
their hufldings by sending the employees
home and removing the contents.
The fire spread to timber laden
barges in the river, a strong breeze
fanning the flames, making it almost
! impossible for the firemen to approach
on account of the intense
heat.
Scores of firemen narrowly escaped
with their lives when piles of lumber
and timbers near which they were
working toppled ,'ovei* undermining
three 65-foot cranes which fell a moment
later.
Late this afternoon several gasoline
jtankB exploded endangering nearby
'buildings and huge spurts of burning
gas shot many feet from the lumber
yards.
Efforts of the firemen co control
the flames were ineffective owing to
lack of pressure in the water mains
due to the recent prolonged drought
which has cut London's water supply
almost in half.
Scores of Scotland yard detectives
were sent out around the vards in
an attempt to find the cause of the
fire. Despite the belief of J. G.
Liksten, who owns the yards, that the
fires were caused by electrical trouble
the authorities are rounding up
scores of suspects among the hostile
unemployed who began the riot.
WORKING FOR WEEVILS
Lawyer Mc. N. S?y? 'He Will Feed
'Em or Bust.
A certain well known lawyer about
town, who also claims to be a desultory
farmer token the pressure of
legal business does not overwhelm
him, has evidently been reading the
literature put out by the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Boll
Weevils. He says a few of the bugs
have been found on his farm and
that his neighbors have suggested
various remedies to exterminate
them. But says he can not bear (to
send them to an early grave, or to allow
them to go hungry, so he has erdered
and directed that plenty of
provender, in the form oi couon
squares, watermelons, fresh tomatoes
and other fruit shall be supplied
his kind insect benefactors, and that
none of them shall be molested or
disturbed in the pursuit of their
chosen occupation. I
HARVEY PRESENT SI
AT COUNCIL MEET
SAID THAT AMERICAN AMJ3AS- ME
SADOR MAY TAKE HAND IN 1
SETTLEMENT OF SILESIAN 1
PLEBISCITE DISPUTE. MAKES 1
NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS. <
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Paris, Aug. 9.?'General Lerond, 1
head of the inter-allied commission Cai
for Upper Silesia, appeared before by
the supreme allied council here to- ant
day to explain events leading up to hoi
the Korfanty insurrection there last ens
spring, fie iwas bitterly attacked by 1
Germany for his alleged failure to tre
foresee the attempt by the Poles to reg
take over al arge part of the Upper am
Silesian plebiscite area, and there sig:
were hints that he did not ' take the ing
proper measures to meet the aitua- cor
tion when it developed. pro
Discusion of the Upper Silesian the
problem wtas to follow General Le- era
rond's statement. The ground work is <
for this discussion was laid during '
the first meeting of the council yes- of
fcerday, when French and British ex_ tioi
perts presented argument in favoT of wh:
drawing the frontier between Poland pas
and Germany along various lines in unc
the plebiscite area. The Italian gov- Imi
ernment has announced it will not Th<
take a position relative to the fron- ope
tier until after the whole Upper Si- mei
lesion quetsion has ibeen considered or
by the council. prr
The presence of George Harvey, sea
United States ambassador to Great clai
Britain, has led to suggestions in jec
unofficial quarters that he might play imj
a definite role in settling the vexing im\
Silesian questions. Mr. Harvey has pro
made no statement, but there' is an sea
assumption that any action he may age
take will be directed by the State ]
(Department in Washington. De:
Yesterday's session of the council the
wa informal in character, and proved Br<
to be rather tiresome, owing to the cor
fact that the reports of experts had '
to be translated into English or cal
French or Italian. me
Brigadier General H. T. Allen, ha;
commander-in-chief of the AmerL ing
can army of occupation, was called wii
before the supreme council imrne- tioi
diately after it opened this morning's j
session. When General Allen arrived by
in Paris it was understood that he giv
had come to consult with Ambassa. wii
dor Harvey on the subject of the itei
cost of maintaining American troops scr
in Germany. an<
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BURNED TO DEATH an
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Fifteen Men in Coast Line Freiffatt
Wreck. ,01
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Houston, Texas, Aug. 8.?Fifteen mir5
men, unauthorized persons' aboard
are believed to have been burned to agl
death in the wreck of Gulf Coast a 1
JMA
Line freight train No. 32, eastbound,
at Reeves, La., today, accord- wo
ing to advices received at the gener. ^or
al office otf the railroad company here ^rc
tonight. Work of clearing the debris .
is^ proceeding. The bodies were w"
burned beyond recognition, deI
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Identification Impossible. -re(^
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Lake Charles, La., Aug. o.?ra- taj,
forts to identify any of the fifteen ^
men killed in a freight wreck today we]
at Reeves, La., practically had been eEi
abandoned tonight. The scene 'of the" mu
wreck was a high trestle known as
Clear creek 'bridge. The locomotive $l?
crossed the trestle safely, but practically
the entire train of sixty cars
fell into the ravine. <
The bodies of the men were burn- tili;
ed so badly that even their color is Ari
in doubt. A number of the cars were thr
destroyed. Cre
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REPAIRING BUILDING flar
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In order to remedy a crack in the uns
wall, above the plate glass windows fro
of Philson & Henry, the corner of at !
the Rosenberg building at the corner ficii
of Trinity street and the square, is are
being torn away. Mr. Hugh Prince the
has contracted to do the work. mo'
ME PASSES
ANTI-BEER BILL
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'.ASURE NOW GOES TO CON
TERENCE?MAY BECOME LAW
JEFORE END OF THE WEEK.
VOTE WAS NEARLY TWO f6
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JVashington, Aug. 9.?The Willismpbell
anti-beer bill was passed |
the senate late today, 39 to 20,
1 sent to conference with .the 4
lse with the prospect of its final
ictemnt before the week-end. |s
Jpon being informed of the action J
asury official's said that the beer v
illations which have been drafted
1 are ready for Secretary Mellon's
nature would not be issued pend'
action by the senate and house
iferees. The regulations would
vide for use of medical beer under t
ruling of former Attorney Gen1
Palmer, a ruling which the bill
lesigned to overcome.
Phe ban against the prescribing
beer by physicians and limitafa
of prescriptions of wine and
iskey contained In the bill as
sed by the house were virtually
:hange| by the. senate but a few
jortant amendments were added ?
jse include a provision to restrict
rations of prohibition enforce- Lj
at officers by prohibiting searches
any attempts at searching of
irate property or premises without ri
rch warraMs. A violation of this
use would be a misdemeanor subt
to fine of $1,000 and one year
>risonment, Penalties of five yearp
>risonment and $1,000 fine were
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vided for neraons attemntimr
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rches while posing as prohibition
ate
fourteen Republicans and six
mocrats voted against passage of
bill. 'A motion by Senator 1
jussard to recommit the bill to v' V;S
nmittee was defeated, 38 to 23.
rhe senate rejected, without a roll
I, the "beer and wine" amend- / J
nt of Senator Broussard. It would
re permitted use of beer contain;
up to 5 per cent of alcohol and * '
le of 14 per cent, upon authorizan
by state referendum.
Another, amendment rejected was
senator spencer ana wouia nave
en physicians power to prescribe
le and distilled spirits in unlimi
quantities. The bill limits preiptions
to one-fourth of a gallon
i that of spiritous beverages to
;-half ?int'by alcoholic content to
individual in ten days. No change
s made in the house clause fixing \
) prescriptions as the maximum
a physician in 90 days except by
icial order of the prohibition comssioner.
rhe drive of the opposition forces
linst the bill also resulted in the
>ption of several minor amendnts
modifying the liouse bill. One
uld permit importation of wines
sacramental purposes when the
hibition officers should determine
,t the domestic output of such
ies was insufficient xo meet nome
nands. Another would bar the
tuition office from revoking or
tuiring changes in formulas of
nufacturer3 making products conling
alcohol unless it should be
ermined that such manufactures
re being used as intoxicating bev- 'es
in increased volume in comnities.
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!0,000 FERTILIZER
FIRE IN COLUMBUS, GA.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9.?The ferzer
shed of the local plant of the
nour Fertilizer company, situated
ee miles east of Columbus on Bull
iek was razed to the' ground shortafter
midnight last night, the
nes spreading so fast that the fire
iting crew of the company were
ible to check them. The damage
m unofficial sources is estimated
$150,000. Insurance men and of- /
als of the company from Atlanta
expected here today to look over
situation and arrive at the aunt
of damage suffered.