 

’ SHELBY, §. C, “Ang. 28,—Stx. pers
song were kitted, 15 Infured, and. ng
undertermined number ore missing In
the .collapza of ihe “Fray National
Qank bullding here late. this forencon,

The deaih 1ol)-inay rise ag three
hanrs atter the eraah workinen had
been Baable to eledr away the debrls
only al Iba edge pf the building.

Fallce- estimated the death toll
would mount steadily na rescue crews
ung deeper in the debris.

No aeeurate clicckup could be mada
ot the misaing persons, but it waa
known a dozen or more hava Wit been
accounted fore

Th was feuted that 2 crew of seven:
teen Negrdea, who wére working in
the ceuter af ihe! building, were all
killed. The, rescue crews have not
been able as yél:fo got to the place
where te Negroes were working. -

1tJa_ knows. that 15 pérsons wero
injured,:.sever#l ef who wiry dle,
They were all taken lo gi
here-os they. were brought f7
fallen structure,

Exeavation woik at u nearhy butld-
ing im geueratiy assigned .aa the
cause of he collapse of lhe bank
pullding.

ft wax known several persona were
ina grocery and a.lailor shop, whizb
were a parl of the huttding, hat It
wil! he houry hetore that part of the
structure can he ecarched.

 

 

  
 
By Associated Praga.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28.—Edward
j La. Dohney and directors of the Pan
i American Petroleum and Transport
feompany, today faced a bill of com-
laine demanding an accouating of
; $10,000,000 stockholders allege they
‘toast inthe friudulent lease of the Eik
(HIG naval oil reserve.
i fhe complaint, filed in behalf of
| Frank TM. Kunkel, Cincinnati, and
other sharehulders, declares the loss
fresulted from the cancelation of the
lease by ai decision of the United
nlates supreme court after the eam-
pany had gpent several million dollars
‘in the devciopment of the field.
| The lease was negotiated for the
i government by Albert B. Fail, then
i secretary of the interior. .
; The $100,000 delivered to. Fall: by
/ BE. T. Dohney, Jr. in the mueh dis-
cussed “little black satchel” was de-
pelared in the suit to have been the
righitul property of the stockholders
Pand used asa bribe. ;
Kunkel in the complaint describes
| Dohney'’s conduct ef the dealas a
“fraud not only against the United
States but alsa against the Pan
(American company and its stock-
| holders.” :
~The complaint further declares that
“Dohney has disposed of his controll-
‘ing interert in the. company. tothe
Pan Anierionn Eastern Petroleum
company which is alleged to be con.
trolled naw by the Standard Oil com-
sony af indiang, :
The suit demands that Dohney per-
sonally-bo gompelled to reimbuse the
-Btockholdergs for the. alleged losses,
~» Dohney refuied to comment on the
conplaint, declaring he would: submit
it te his attorneys before making any
ceine rae : :

 

 

     

 

 

     
 