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VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1922. FORCE OF FLAME Loss of More Than Five Million Dol. lars. Inquiry Into Cause. Chicago, March 15.-Investigation of the cause of 'the fire which destroyed a block of thickly tenanted orthee -buildings caused a loss of more than $5,000,000, resulted in the death of one man and rendered 20,000 others idle was begun tonight by state, city nad insurance officials. Tho manner in which the flames flared out in several places at the same moment, the almost incredible ralidity with twhich 'they spread until nothing but smouldering ruins were left of the block bounded -by South Canal, West Van Buren and South Clinton streets and iWest Jackson boulevard caused IShirley T. 'High, fire attorney, to announce that "everything pointed 'to incendiarism." The fIrst alarm was turned in at 12:50 a. im. This -was followed by other alarms at three and four minute intervals until nearly every piece of Chicago fire lighting apparatus was at the scene. But even with 62 en gine comnianies playing more than 100 lines of hose on the flames it was not until -four hours after the first alarm that the lire was brought under con trol. Just across the street from the charred landscape of tottering Awails and twisted, smoking steel on which firemen expected to be 1working for the next three days, towered the mas sive skeleton of the "fireproof" Bur lington building tonight. The walls still stood intact but its 15 stories of windows stared like sightless eyes over the sceno of desolation, for the contents hd ibeen destroyed by , heat so intense that glass from the windows had melted, and, according -to the firemen "ran like water." The structure 'house the headquarters of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and all of the records of. the operat Ing, engineering, legal and executive departments were destroyed. Officials of the board of underwrit ers declared that the 'fire, the most disastrous since -the great fire of 1871, kovealed many problems which 'would have to be met by firemen before they could hope to "cope successfully with fires in great modern skyscrapers." The effect of the fire on the Burling ton building was declaredto show that no skyscraper is free from fire dam age and that the modern fire depart ment is .)ractically 'helpless against a blaze that gets a full headway in the upper stories of a tall building. im. surance men, -underwriters and fire men declared that methods would have to be devised 'to enable fire flglhters to get iore water to the tol) of high 'huildinge-. In an effort to' fOx responsibility for today's fire, a former police depart ment empioyce was questioned after W. T. Schiff, vice president of Schaf fer & Co., whose -plant iwas destroyed, ea-id that the man -had written him threatening letters. 'rie flames wvere fnrst observed in the vicinity of the Schaffer plant. After being question edi the 'man was released, and Mr. Schaffer wvas qiuestioned. First estimates -put heo -property loss a high as '$15,000,000, but after -inspectiing the ruins. Thomas O'Con nor, fire mars'hal, and 'Edward Buck 1oy, assistanlt fire marshal, exp)ressed *the 'belief that the loss would not ex ceed $5,000,000. 'Business men, hiowever',. pointed to the -fact that the flames had dIriven out 250 firnm and declared that the lire ex-perts' estimate of the loss wvas - too low. They said it r'vould total be tween $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. A woman who -was seated -in an au tomobile in front of the Burlington building just before the fire started across the street, told the police to night~pf having seen several men run ning from the shadow of the building a few minutes before the fire alarm was turnedin. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAlES' HIEALINGZ HONEY, "a n~ cin he che threat 6Idflm aCol or roup S FELT BY CHICAGO INCOME TAX LAW WILL BE TESTED State Retailers' Association Takes IfiltiatIye. Others May Join Inl. Greenville, March 15.-The State Re tallers' association, perhaps in associa tion with other business interests, will set to avork immediately to test the constitutionality of the state in come tax law .passed -by the session of the legislature, just closed, accord ing to announcement today from J. W. Kirkpatrick, president of the state body. This statement was made following a meeting of the Greenville retail bu reau at which members suggested that the Greenville organization have the matter looked into. Alex Meyers of the Meyers-Arnold company de partment store said that the law is unconstitutional because it conflicts with the constitutional provision that a tax -can not be levied on an income ,made in another state by a person residing in this state, and further said .that federal s'tatute iprevents the federal government from disclosing to the state government its income tax records, so that the tax commission might check up in this way. Mr. Kirkpatrich president of the state association, said that he has ad vised Secretary Wannamaker, whose headquarters are in Columbia, to have the matter looked into. Mr./Ilirk patrick said that a similar movement, he understood, has started amonb cotton mill men and that it is quite possible other business interests will join iwith the retailers in ascertaining if the new law conflicts with any con stitutional provisions. The income tax law .provides that business concerns and individuals shall pay to the government one-third of the amount paid th'e national gov ernment, the law being r(troactive and applying to '1921 incomes. The merchants at their meeting -to day -passed a resolution which was telegraphed to Governor Cooper urg ing that he sign the Poster bill to put telephone rates back on tho January 1, 1921, basis without delay. TRAINING CENTER AT (HICK SPRINGS Veterans' hut'eau Gets Lease on Pro. perty. Eifective May First. Greenville, March 15.-A govern ipent training center for disabled sol diers will be established near Green ville 'within 60 days, official announce ment having been obtained 'here to day that the large Chick Springs property, now used as a sanatorium, has been leased by the United States veterans' bureau for fivo years and that an additional large brick build ing is to be erected thero by the leasing companies, the Chick Springs Water company and the Steedley sana torium; before the 'grounds are turned over 'to the government on May 1. Leasing of the property represents an outlay by the agovernment, it is punderstood, of around $150,000. The signing of the lease brings to a suc cessful conclusion a great amount of work in behalf of Greenville, cover ing a number of months -past by Maj. G. -Heyward Mahuon, Jr., J. A. Bull, F'red W. Graham and others- connect ed wvith the chamber of commerce and .the American Legion. The training center wvill be the only one of its 'kind in this district and one of the largest in the~ South. Two hundred and fifty men and in structors .will 1be 'brought 'here when the iproperty ls taken over and this number wvIll 'be increased later. The new training 'center is to have no connection awith the public service hospital at the old Camp Sevier site. Veterans of the World War sent to this training school 'will' be taujsht a nunmber of "trades. 'They 'will come hero from .points throughout this dis trict, Which comprises North Carolina, South ,Oav'olina, Georgia, 'Florida and Teniesisde., The ,present ibuilding; which wao formerly 'the, Chicjk .Sprinys ,hotel, wil li ustjd fpr a d(ermitory and the tew building wi be used for class rooms and work shope. .st Offensive Use' of Arrow., ~he. ia$ offelngive afse of the howt 'soen5 (Whbt% occurred in 1791, when tv e hto.~ 'tA ih gi # uel with fng thre'e arrows each without dam timingr each other. NEW TRIAL DETNIED FOIL FRANK DUPRE Macon, Ga., March 15.-Judge ,H. A. Mathews of superior court late this afternoon denied a motion for a new trial of 'Frank 'B. Dupre, Atlanta bandit ,who was convicted of murder and sentenced - to die. Attornnys for the defendant immediately gave notice that they would appeal the case to the supreme court of Georgia. This auto matically stays the execution for the second time, the previous date for his hanging being .March 10. Judge Mathews -announced that he received several sentimental and 6VV NE CP |11.0 to$2.0 W re Reay I~~ - - H/6 c. sympathetic letters in connection with the case. "But," said the Judge, "I can not settle questions of law on sentiment anid sympathy." Lawyers for the defense charged that Judge Mathews had committed error in eight instances in his charge -to the jury and that four of the trial Jurors had made prejudicial remarks prior to the trial. 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