Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THREE ARE DEAD IN ASYLUM FIRE BROAD OAK8 SANATORIUM PARTLY BURNED; LO88 ABOUT 925,000. 35 PATIENTS ARE RESCUED Georgia Woman Badly Burned; E> pected to Be Fourth Victim of Early Morning Fire. Morganton, N. C. ? Three patients lost their liveB and one other waB prob ably fatally Injured in a flro which partially destroyed Broad Oaks sanato rium, entailing a property loss estimat ed at 126,000. The dead aro John P. Green, Char lotte, contractor; Mrs. Isabella Hert ford, of Union, W. Va.. who was found after the fire, smothered to death In her bed, and Mrs. Julia Hamilton, of Jacksonville, Fla., whose room wait cut off by the flames, rendering rescue Impossible and whose charred bones were found following the fire. Mrs. Corneulla Galnos, a patient from Georgia, was terribly burned. It was said at Grace hospital, where she wag taken that no hope is etnertained for her recovery. Thirty of the 42 pa tients were women. 'Mr. Green died the death of a hero, with a record rarely equalled In fact or fliction, according to attaches of the sanatorium, who credited him with having lost his own life solely in his efforts to save others. After he himself had escaped the burning build ing he returned repeatedly as the flames raged and brought to safety at least three women patients, all of whom might have perished except for his effortB. He finally was found helpless In the corridor and rescued again, but too late. His injuries were fatal. H1b action, in view of the fact that he was weak and had been in very poor health for several years, was regarded as exemplifying all the elements of the true hero. Mr. Green was taken to Grace hos pital, where at first it was reported that he might recover, but he linger ed all day and then passed away as night came. His step-son-ln-law, C. Newton, of Charlotte, came here, after hearing the news of Mr. Green's injury, and waB with him at the end. When discovered by the night watch man, Durant Williams, the fire had already gained considerable headway. Doctors, nurseB and attendants be gan at once a heroic effort to get out of tho burning building the 42 pa tients in their charge v and the Mor ganton fire company, arriving prompt ly on the scene, brought timely aid to them in this attempt. Many wero carried out bodily. Firemen rescued several by ladders placed to second story windows, their work handicap ped by the me^ns formerly employed to prevent the escapo of patients Heavy screening had to be cut and windows broken through by axes. While the work roscuo was baing car ried on the flro gained rapidly in the frame buildings which formed the north and eaBt wings of the institu tion. Shippers' Association Organized. Houston, Tex. ? The Southern Cot ton Shippers association, to include all cotton growing states, was tenta tively formed here. The proposed or ganization would embody several state groups, Including tho Texas Cotton association, the Oklahoma State Cotton exchange and the Arkan sas Cotton Trade association. Among its purpose would W foster ing of fair play In' tptftde relations, elimination of misunderstandings be tween southern spinners and Tftfrers of raw ootton, reduction of handling costs, and ultimate decrease In the margin between producer and consum er. Residence Wrecked By Explosion. Plttsboro ? An 80-horfle power boiler exploded near the depot, wrecking a near-by residence. Bricks from the boiler and other debris wero thrown 100 yards, landing In a field of M. T. Williams and badly darhnglng hln residence and others situated near , by. Twelve or 15 men wero at work on tho yards near-by, of whom several sustained Injuries. Nol>ody was killed Sherman Alston, colored, was struck by a flying brick bat 300 yard* from tho scene. A man on the yard in a truck had part of the steering wheel ho was holding knocked off and his wind shield broken, but he was not hurt. Window* were broken In homes sev eraf blocks away. It Is said that th? bolter, was In bad repair, and this Is assigned as the jcause of, the explosion. ' ?? 1 1 ?? ? ? ConvUtlons In Mobile Liquor Oases. ' s Mobile, Ala.? 411* defendants wer? oonvloterf ln the United States court ft result Of the first day's 'trial In the sensational liquor raids by federal ? agents here, last November. Fine* '"ranging from $100 to $300 were Im-j /posed In flVfe cases and the sixth Wan sentenced to serve 30 days in th? ?. oOnnty Jail. . In the cases disposed of the defend ants entered plea* as not guilty but made no effort to flgnt the govern toent'S charge, tho cases going to th? , Jattr Without argument. ' J . < ' ^ ; '? 200 SHAWNEE HOMES RAZED; EIGHT KILLED. < Kansas City, Mo. ? The fury of the freakish tornado which held the Southwest in a grip of terror throughout the day was spent. In lis wake lay 14 dead, scores In jured, barns and houses toppled over, trees and telegraph and tele phone poles uprooted ghd crippled wire and transportation service in a path of destruction biased through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Propehy damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The worst fate was suffered at Shawnee, Okla., where eight pers sons were killed, between 50 and 60 Beriusly injured and approxi mately 200 homes demolished. The Btorm renewed its death dealing fury when it passed over Mississippi, leaving Ave dead in this state. Throe persons were killed at Slkestown, ono at Cape Qirardeau and one at Shelbyvlllo. One death was reported at Alton, 111. DOES NOT TALK VERY MUCH FORT BRAGG MAN IS CHARGED WITH SOUTH CAROLINA MURDER. denies Connection With Case But is Identified as Companion of the Dead Man. Lexington. S. C. ? J. T. Smith, soldier from Fort Bragg, Fayettevllle, is In the Lexington county jail In connec tion with the F. R. Mason murder. Ho denies his guilt but J. H. Crawley i and Jake Monts, Lexington county j farmers, positively identify Smith as I the man who came to their homes ? with Mason late on the afternoon the latter was killed. Smith does not talk very much of i his arrest. He stoutly denies that he Is guilty. Officers state that he is apparently very nervous. They carried Smith to the" camp site where Mason's body was found. Sheriff Hoof was told at Fort Bragg that Smith had been given leave* of ab I sence to visit his home In Augusta ! for the entire month of March, but i that he returned to camp on the 18th. | Sheriff Roof says he questioned ! Smith as to why he returned to camp before his leave expired but he gave no explanation. Sheriff Roof states that Clarence Rogers, Decatur, Qa., man, who worked on Mason's car and who saw a man with him, told him in Augusta a few days ago that he could identify this man. Sheriff Roof stated that he would bring Rogers to Lexington In order that he may look at Smith. W. H. Covington, Ingleslde, Qa., painter, Is also being held. He has not seen Smith nor does he know of his arrest. The dead man, whose throat was cut, was identified as F. R. Mason, of St. Albana, Vt., with business ad dress in Blnghamton, N. Y., and Bir mingham, Ala. Committee Votes For Tax Cut. Washington. ? The provision In tho revenue bill for a 25 per c?n< reduc tion on Income taxes payable this year, waB approved unanimously by the senate finance committee. This action was taken after a day in which the pruning knife had been usod vigorously when tho rato sched ules were taken up. Other action at the night session Included the modi fication of the corporation tax, inser tion of a provision to prevent issuance hereafter of tax-exempt securities and rejection of sales tax proposal. Senator Reed, republican, Pennsyl vania, who proposed the actfon, said It would make no material change In from this source but .that presont ad ministrative difficulties would bo les sened by elimination of the capital stock tax. Tho vote on the motion was five to four. Senator Reed also proposed the amendment, which was carried by a similar vote, to make taxable the In come from stato and municipal securi ties horeafter issued. Opponents argued such action was unconstitution al and would have to be brought about by a constitutional amendment. Such an amendment was defeated this sea son by the house, which also rejected ir proposal such as was adopted. Bofh the corporation tax change and tho tax exempt securities pro posal were carried by none-partisan votes. Senator McLean, Connecti cut, ropnbllcan, and Gerry, Rhode Island, Walsh, Massachusetts, and King, democrat, Utah, supported Mr. Reed's motions while Senators Stand field. Republican, Oregon, and Sim mons, North Carolina; Jones, New Mexico, and HarrUson, Mississippi, democrats, opposed them. ? _ Bank Rob Mr Jfe.ftlaln. LOb Angeles ? One Hank robber was slain, his companion crippled by gun shot wounds and $1^,000 taken from the Security Trust A Ravings bank ffranch, was recovered during two re volver fights and a chase. One of the rohbers was fatally shot by a civilian who saw the two men commandeer an automobile truck. Tho second robber was shot and captured at Huntington Park, neai^hfere, by a deputy sheriff. From him the loot was recovered. _ FIVE ARE DEAD IN HOTEL BLAZE FIVE , INJURED AND SEVERAL MISSING AFTER BIG FIRE AT GRAND R API D8. PROPERTY LOSS IS $200,000 Giles Wade, of Grand Rapid*, Trapped in Building After Directing Guest* to Safety. Grand RapidB, Mich.' ? Five persons are dead, five are In hospitals with serious injuries and several others are missing as a result of a fire that destroyed the Livingston Hotel, a six story brick structure in the heart of the business dltsrlct. The property loss is estimated at about $200,000. The dead are: Miss Bessie Marlowe, 32, of Hoed City, Michigan. Her skull was frac tured when she leaped from a fifth story window to the pavement. | E. F. Sargent, Grand Rapids, a car nival concession man, who died from Injuries when, like Miss Marlowe, he attempted to Jump to the roof of an adjoining building, missed and fell to the pavement. Miss Jennie Evans, 60, addreBs un known, who died In a hospital after Jumping from a fourth story window. Giles Wade, 70, Grand Rapids, trap ped in the building after directing several guests to safety. His charred body has been recovered. John Kelly, 60, Grand Rapids Among those registered at the hotel and who have not been account ed for is B. W. Grinnell, member of the firm of Grinnell Bros., operating retail music establishments in De troit and other Michigan cities. Mrs. Paul J. Barney, 26, of Peo ria, 111., Is among the more seriously I Injured. Her wrist and leg wore ! broken when she leaped three stories I from the fifth floor of the hotel to the | roof of The Herald building adjoining. ; Her husband, who also escaped death ; -by jumping to The Herald roof, is j suffering from cuts and bruises, i The fire was discovered on the fifth j floor of the hotel by N. H. Snowder, ! a guest, who notified the clerk, \tfho j in turn arouspd the guests. It was six ; hours before the flames were brought under control. The Herald was forced to use the plant -of The Grand Rapids. Press, an afternoon paper, when water flooded The Herald basement, crip pling the presses. 26 Killed In Theatre Fire. j Mexico City. ? The short circuit of an electric wire in a mo*tion "picture theatre at Tacubaya City, A suburb of the capital, caused a flro and sub sequent panic in which 25 porsons are known to have been killed and at least F>6 injured. The wire, carrying high voltage, dropped from above and hung neck high In the main aisle, bringing death to those touching it in the mad scram ble for the exits. Many were ser iously Injured or trampled to death under the feet of the stampeding crowd. Stone 8ucceed Daugherty. I Washington. ? President Coolidge ' filled his second cabinet vacancy by nclecting Harlan Fiske Stone, retiring j d< an of Columbia University School of La w. as attorney-general. Having gone recently to the Pa cific coast to get a secretary of the navy In Curtis D. Wilbur,, of Califor nia, Mr. Coolidge turned to the At lantic seaboard for his attorney-gen eral and in Mr. 'Stone choBe a pres ent resident of New York City and a former New England farm boy. Mr. Wilbur was drawn from Collfofnia's supreme court and Mr. Stone is being taken from a law school and from actlvo practice. The President seelctod Mr. Stone because ho has known him for 30 years and haB confidence In him; be cause he regards the New Yorker as possessing the desired qualities of thorough logal knowledge and admin istrative capacity, and because he looks upon the Columbia dean as "a $100,000 man willing for patriotic reasons to accept a (12,000 Job." Mr. COolldgo choBO Mr. Stone from a Hat of six and summoned him to Washington. Arriving In Washington on aA early train, Mr. Stone and the President were in conference before most of Washington was awake In the morning and before 8 o'clock the Pres ident had tendered Mr. Stone portfolio and the New York nan had accepted. Then at 8 o'clock the President Intro duced Mr. Stone as his new attorney general to a doien senators invited to the White House for a breakfast con fereape. Ancient Indian Raoe Found. I-o? Angeles. ? Skeleton remains of what appears to have been an apclent tribe of vegetarian Indians are be ing studied by scientists here as a result Of excavations made near Coal tnga, Fresco county, by S. M. < Purple, geologist. Parts of a skull discovered by Mr. Purple Indicated, he pointed out that the remains belonged to In dians of varying primitive types. The shape and condition of the teeth, fee said, showed> that their possessor lived on grass and herHs. , ^ THREE PLIER?; KILLED WHEN PLANE CRA8HE8. Honolulu. ? Three army aviators were killed and two Injured when a Martin bomber aeroplane, taking off at Luke Field, Btruck an air pocket, crushed to the earth and burst into flames. The dead: First*', Lieutenant W. O. Moore; First Lieutenant Opcar Monthan; Private Jestoin^er. j Private Torres and Prnrate Bal tice were Injured seriously. - The officers and Private Baltic* were members of the Twenty-third bombardment squadron; Jetsinger was a member of the Sixth Pursuit 8quadron; Private Torres is a mem ber of the Sixty-fifth Service Squad ron. FLOOD AREA IS 179 NlltES FIVE IN ONE FAMILY PERISH AS TREE THEY HELD IS UP ROOTED. Ohio River Reaches Seven Feet Above Flood Stage; Water is Receding Now. 4 ? Pittsburgh, Pa. ? Floods In Pennsyl vania, West Virginia and Maryland caused by warm rains and melting snows in the mountains has devastat ed a wide area In those states, taken a toll of 13 lives and caused millipns of dollars damage to property. After having flooded an area of 175 miles extending from its head waters j at Gorman, Md., to Harpers Ferry, I W. Va., the Potomac river was rapidly | returning to its channel. In the west ern Pennsylvania district, thp Monon ? gahela and Allegheny rivers, meeting here to form the Ohio, swept over the lower sections of their valleys and the Youghiogheny river, coming down the Allegheny mountains, flooded a section extending from McConnellsvllle to Mc Keesport, a distance of 40 miles. } The Ohio river here reached a stage of 29.2 fee, Beven feet above the flood ' stage, but was receding at the rate of one-tenth of a foot an hour. Cities 1 along the Ohio river, however, were preparing for flood waters. An entire family of live persons was drownpd at Kitzmiller, Md.,- three I children lost their lives at Melcroft, ! Pa., -and another child was drowned > at Johnstown, Pa., while a father and mother were drowned rescuing their children at Pittsburgh. Other flood casualties occurred at Connellsvllle and New Castle. Railroad _ traffic throughout the flooded area was demoralized when bridges were destroyed and many mile# of track washed away. Baltimore and Ohio, eastbound, were routed here over the Pennsyl vania lines to Baltlmorp. Traffic on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie was sus pended for 24 hours through the Monongahela Valley and was restored by rerouting over the Baltimore and Ohio between McKeosport and Pitts burgh, many passenger trains were Btranded at various points. Argentina Give* Pension. Bue/ios AireB. ? President Alvear, of Argentina, officially abolished work for everybody who has tolled 25 years. Everyone in the country, citizen or foreigner, who has a quarter century of work in any capacity and for any one, including himself, to his credit, Is entitled to a pension on which he can live the rest of his life. The President signed a decree mak ing tho new pension law effective April 1. On that date, everyone who has labored 25 years may immediately be gin drawing full salary without work ing. Those with years yet to serve must pay five per cent of their salaries Into a national ponsion fund, from which the rewards to tho elder work ers are paid. Employers must aug ment tho general fund by contribut ing another five per cent of their pay rolls. It is estimnted that 500,000 persons will contribute the first month, a num ber which will be greatly increased thereafter. Salaries nre to continue during sick ness or other disability. Big Army Bills Enacted. Washington. ? Tho War Department Appropriation Bill carrying $326,274, 993, for tho Army and noij-mllltary activities of the Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, passed the House. An appropriation bill with a total of $501,821,377 for support during the next fiscal year of the Independent offices was taken up immediately and will be pressed to passage. The conference report on the Post #Offlce Appropriation Bill, totalling $734,413,600, was passed by the House and -Senate and sent to the President for approval. ? - ? Qas Tank Explades. Wilmington. ? The big sea-going tug Mary Collins, of the Stone Towing line, tied up on the west side of the rtv^r a short distance south of the ferry slips, was shattered and almost completely wrecked internally when an oxygen tank, used In connection with work that was being done by steel drillers, exploded on the dock of tho vessel. Although there were five persons aboard the tug no one was In jured, the entire number scurrying to safety at the far edd of tho boat until after the explosion. BIG SNOW FALLS . IN BALTIMORE LITTLE DELAY TO TRAFFIC OFi COMMUNICATION OCCA 8IONED. SNOW LIGHT AND FLUFFY 8now, Rain, Thunder and Lightning Greets New York First 1924 April Day.. New York. ? A Jazz snow storm, 1) which winter staged a rough danci with spring to a thunder /jbllgato ant lightning novelty effects, and finally tired out Its frailer partner, swept the Atlantic Btates. The freak storm was said to have set an April record in New York and in most of the country it visited. Winter sifted down a fluffy snow to a depth varying from four and a half Inches in Connecticut to 11 inches in Baltimore suburbs. In all instances, the snow turned to slush directly after it struck the ground. It carried down telephone and telegraph wires about New York, interferred with harbor shipping, delayed commuters, trains and was responsible for a rear-end collision of elevated trains resulting in the death of one man and injuries to 15 others, with an augmented bat tre of snow clearing machinery, fought the storm throughout the night in five boroughs. I Baltimore, Md. ? Sweeping up-coast ; from the gulf states, the heaviest 1 enow of the season and the heaviest j ever recorded in Baltimore in April j was registered when downtown Baltl ; more lay under a nine-inch blanket. ; In the suburbs this depth was exceed ed by two inches. j The snow was light and fluffy, how ever, and little delay to traffic or 1 lines of communication was occasion j ed. Arriving steamers were running slightly l)ehlnd schedule and no sail ing craft cleared port because of the i driving snow. Electrical disturbances accompanied by sleet and hall were reported from several parts of the state. The opening-day program at Bowie race track had to bo postponed be j cause of the storm. | Col. ,W. P. Wood Answers Call. ' ' ! High Point, N. C.? Col. William Penuel Wood, of ABheboro, civil war | veteran and beloved citizen, dted at > the High Point hospital after an ox ' tended Illness, having been a patient since January 1. Col. Wood was well known all over the state and his death will be keenly felt Wherever he was known. i He was born In Randolph county May 2, 1843, and wbb the son of Penuel j Wood and Callata Burkhead Wood. He entered the army of the Confed eracy In the war between the states wh6n ho was 17 years of age and fought for three years, spending seven months in a federal prison. Naval Paymaster Missing. i Washington.? Secretary Wilbur"" was 1 advised that Paymaster Krvlne -R. Brown, of Coronado, Calif., haB been | roported missing from the destroyer ' Somers and an examination of his ao i counts has disclosed a shortage of f about $120,000. Paymaster Brown was given leave : from the Somers at Mobile, Ala., on I March 10. Ho failed to report when ! the destroyer left Mobile and wired his commanding officer from New Or leans asking permission to rejoin his ; ship at Jacksonville, Fla., March 16. I He did not appear at Jacksonville. ! When his accounts were examined the | shortage was discovered. Favors Government Paying Expenses, Washington. ? A plan to let the gov ernment pay the campaign expenses of candidates for public office was brought forward here by William Jen nings Bryan. Rocalling that, President Roosovelt once .suggested such arrangement, Mr. Bryan said the senate disclosures had prepared the public mind for accept ance of tho practical details of tho plan and advocated quick action so It I could bo employed In the 1924 cam ! palgn. I Tho formal announcements of can didates would be placed before the house under the plan In bulletin Issued by the government and there would he an additional appropriation from the federal terasury amounting to 10 cents per coter, apportioned among parties according to their last record ed strength. ThuB, said Mr, Bryan, parties and candidates would he savad from "ob ligating themselves to the predatory Interests." Army Appropriation Bill Pass**. Washington. ? The Army appropria tion bill carrying $3?6,000,000 was passed here by the Hoiiae and sent to the Senate. Of the total, which is $18,000,000 less than last year's appropriations and $3,600,000 less than the budget estimates, $37,250,00 would be avail able for river and harbor. As sent to the Senate, the hill pro vldes for maintenance for arfbther year of tha regular Army at Its present authorized strength of 12,000, offlcara and 126,000 enlisted men. No More Hatchet for Sick Fowls USE mustang S?i^ra?<2?.'*i& CktUrt, frtiM CtmU, tic. ^^ftJiXShSSJ C*n Mu?t?n* Liniment In my >. My father, who founded in o t Houdim, ?rda and always It to tM fratcro* pww t?r? for ?srmy, rn<|W/ fftf SUXUSd . T would . pot undertake &5S5P ^tnoutiu vln g ? B bottle olMustansbindUy by FREE, ^25o BOo $1.00 Sold by Drug and General Store* sundti MEXICAN uif TREATED ONE WEEK FREE >t< atxahta, \?SSSu,KmJ fasts? in treating Dro0My, ) H opelett Extrnvngant persons are never con scious of their falling unless they suf fer from remorse on accouunt of It. Don't Forget Cutlcura Talcum "When uddlng to your toilet requisites. An exquisite fuce, skin, baby and dust ing powder and perfume, rendering other perfumes superfluous. You may rely on it because one of the Cutlcura Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum), 25c each everywhere. ? Advertisement. Kisses which young men acquire ne;ilMM u glrl'd will an* not worth the effort. i call's Catarrh Medicine Treatment, both local and internal, and has been success ful In the treatment of Catarrh for ovet forty years. Sold by all druggists. P. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohio Had a Tough Hide The play was "Julius Cuesar" and no expense had been spared in the j production. But the effect of the as ; sasslnatlon scene was spoiled when the trick dagger refused to work. As Brutus frantically Jabbed the unfor tunate Caesar with the obdurate weapon a boy In the galley remarked In a enlm. Interested voice: "My word, 'e's tough !" Sure Relief _ FOR INDIGESTION IHDKJESTIOW ffffurs J 6 Bellans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS ?5$ AND 73j PACKAGES EVERYWHERE An Adventurer A good clerk appears to he peis Ronnljy Interested' In what you want to buy. lie appears <*>, becuuse he. In. Eaoti sale Is n little adventure for him. If Wormi or T?p?wnrm ptriUt tn joni* ay at em, uae the ro?l v*rmlfu?e, Dr. Peery'* "D?*rl Bhot." Only &0 centi at your (lrug gtat or ill Pearl St., N. T. Ailv. Nr?t very hnppy wns the ancient world ; about the bluest human things In It were the tombs. Mnny n nuin'g veracity Ih unlm-* nenchnhie until he ncf|iilre? the Huh- , np hahlt. 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