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AAAaAAAjAAAAAAAAAAMWWMV ycathter To-day MClfBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED HISS TtM AuocUUd fm Is nciiMlralr rrtilW4 t ' m for publication el all aawa Sitpatrbaa nadiud t tt or not otharwiM mlil4 ta thla papr ami tha loral nawa pabUahad. THE SALISBURY KVL. 1NO POST I nrmbcr of Aaaueutta Praia Bo4 ' PATR TONIGHT ; A TUESDAY V " , ; XQ TEMPERATURE CHANGE ..... :-i . . , v . ' -, t uta arurnooB report. VOL. 16. NO. 29, mcEjjcENra, ill T7"s Tc"" ya T7 r C w,-.- j . ;V ' . V : VJ. LLLLU l'-S : VVV-: VV" fe--:;:,'j-;v;-;.. !,::-T'-v': ' - SALISBURY, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1921 J ,9 ' ' a tn-nJ .iiii i n h b i i . m m - m a i a mm m FIJI LOAN ACT IS C01IS1I1IIAL COURT DECIDES, Loans Aggregating More , TJiah $50;000,000 Have Been Held Up Pending Decision. ;- ', 4Bj Tba AatacUte Praaa) Washington, Feb. 28. The Fed eral farm loan act was held con stitutional today by the supreme court. This, it the act under which land ba.nko were established to ex tend loans to fanners. , Farm loans aggregating more .than $50,000,000 have been held up since May 1920 as a result of the" suit instituted by Charles .E. Smith, a stockholder in the Kan , sas City Title and Trust Company to test the validity of the Federal Loan Act. Applications' to this amount were pending when Com missioner Lobdell announced at a . conference of farm loan official here that official approval would be withheld pending a decision of tho court. - Officials placed the total amount of loans to farmers held in obey nnce by the suit at many times 150,000,000, however, the receipt of applications having stopped wHh Commislsoner Lobdell's an nouncement. On March 1, 1920 the Farm Loan Board reported that $182,897,000 had been advanced to 75,384 farmers and that applica . ' tions from 179,734 persons then - pending totalled $471,000,000. The suit In the Supreme Court was in the form of an appeql from f lower court decisions , refusing to issue an injunction to restrain the , Kansas City Title and Trust Com pany from investing its funds in bonds issued by tho Farm Loan Banks. The Government, the Fed eral Land Bank of Wichita, Kan sas, and the First Joint Stock Land . . Bank of Chicago, on their applica , tlon, were made defendants ill or der tnat. the -entire question might dv nie, aBKWr n on suit; Counsel for Mr. Smith asserted In substance that the Farm Loan Act was an exercise of power which , congress did not possess under the constitution. . Further ground for attack was found in the exemption of the farm loan securities from taxation as "instrumentalities of the srovemment." , William G. McAdoo, former sec , retary of the -Treasury, submitted ' the government brief as special as sistant to the Attorney General, in the argument of the case. He asserted that the banks were creat , ed as "fiscal agents" of the govern ment -and that Congress had the clear right to set up such institu tions. Since assistance-to agricul-' ture pertains to the general wel fare, it was , argued. Congress could have made direct appropria tions for the purpose in view, but ; chose to create these special agen cies to provide the necessary funds. ' With regard lo the tax exemp tion veature, : Mr. McAdoo con tended that it was "simply a ques tion for 'Congress to determine) when the usefulness of its agencies would be enhanced by exemption." WILL ASK FOR A LARGE PROGRAM (Spcclaf ta Tha Erenlnt Pact) ! Greensboro, "Feb. 28. Opposing the McCoin bill a citizens substi tute is to be introduced into the legislature today providing for. a six year, twenty million dollar building program for educational and charitable institutions. .The matter Js now out of the commit ; tees hands and up to the assembly before which an effort will be made ,to put across the larger program. The McCoin Bill , The McCoin bill, introduced Sat urday in tha ' senate, provides for a bond . Issue totaling $6,750,000 and distributed Kmong the chari table and educational institutions of the state in specified sums over a period of , two years. The sche dule of the appropriations named - in the McCoin Bill may be seen in an ' editorial in this evening's pa- per. 1 ,T , i 1 ' . RAILROAD WAGES ORDERED REDUCED (Br Tha Aaaadatad Fran) . " ' Atlanta, a Feb. 2& Federal Judge S. H. Sibley signed an order today Authorizing reduction of the wages of the' employes of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad, effective March 1st. The order directed the, receiver B. JL Bugg to put into effect the scheduled reduction which Mr. Bugg, i as president of the ' road, contended before the railroad labor board. It amounts to 50 per cent of all increases granted tmplayes of the road since the government assumed control of the property in 1917. '.' . . , STOLE $772,000! 1 , I , W ( i ii i in .i . WILLIAM ,D ALTON YOUTHFUL THIEF CAUGHT Bloomington, 111., Feb. 28. Wil. liam Dalton, 16-year-old bank clerk who stole $772,000 worth of lib erty bonds in Chicago Thursday, nn amount which the police say is the largest bond theft on record, was ' ""S" n P01 T t Heyworth, 111., near here yesterday. All the bonds, except one for $500 that he used for expenses, were recovered in a small leather bag that he had tossed into a corner while he played, as nonchalantly as if it con tained old clothes. LUTHERAN SYNODS -MEET, TOMORROW The eyes of all Lutherans- in North Carolina, a small section of South Carolina and a section , in southwestern Virginia will be cen- H"WeIhesday,'to observe the work of the meetings of the Tennessee Lu theran synod and the North Caro lina Lutheran synod, to be follow ed by a joint session of the two bodies. These meetings are for the purpose of considering a merger of the two synods, which proposition has been up for several years. The Tennessee synod embraces parts of the western half of North Carolina , and a small part of upper South Carolina and western Virginia, while the North Carolina synod era braces all of that territory in this state not in the Tennessee synod. . The Tennessee synod will hold its meeting in St. John's church be ginning tomorrow morning and will be presided oved by President Dea ton of that body, while the North Carolina synod will, convene in Ha ven church on Chestnut Hill and President J. L, Morgan will All the chair. These seperate - meetings will be followed Wednesday by a joint session in St. John's church. It is expected ,the business will be complete Wednesday but it is pos sible that it may consume a longer time. .", v"''--"'.', - :''.-' About two hundred ministers and lay delegates are expected to be here, and these will be entertaind in Luthran horns of Salisbury and Spencer, It is known that there' la some opposition to the merger, es pecially infthe Tennessee, synod botj. those who are favoring it hope to effect such a consolidation at the joint meeting Wednesday. . HOBNAIL SHOES RUIN PEACE HALL New York, Feb. 28. Hobnailed shoes of 200 doughboy guards post ed at-the Hotel Crillon, where the American ' Peace Commission had its headquarters in Paris' . caused virtually all the damage for which the owners charged the commis sion $125,870.82, the manager of the hotel, Henri Dequis, said here today. v-''r ' ; It was 'this item of damages in the expense of the delegates over which considerable protest - was voiced recently in . the House of Representatives and which among others expenses President Wilson was caked to itemize in a resolu tion adopted by the house. "The 200 American soldiers who guarded, the commission . in Paris damaged the Hotel Crillon to the extent- of about $625 each," said M. Dequia, quickly adding that it was rot the fault of themselves but the shoes they wore. : y. . "They were neither Impolite nor boisterous, but they had to tramp in and out and all about the hotel all the time wearing hobnail shoes over ; the polished floors and ex pensive rugs. It cost the hotel 650,000 francs to replace the car pets and 6,000,000 francs to put the hotel in order," he declared. . M. Deqaia thought the boots of the French soldiers would have had the same effect and laid he tmder stood the British did even .more damage to the Hotel Maiestic ."It it very sad," he sighed, "but 'est U guerre." t , v t GENERl. ASSEMBLY MAY NOT PASS ANY PIHOII LAV 3,424 Stills Have Been Taken In North Caroli na; 1,982 Were Turning Out Stuff at the Time. . (Br MAX ABEBNETHY) Ralelg, ; Feb. 28. Unfavorable report on the Cooke bill to co-ordinate the state's laws and to make the eighteenth amendment apply with the prohibition laws of North Carolina raises the question aa to whether there wil Ibe any as to whether there will be any legislature to check the liquor vio lators. It is the opinion of the Anti-Saloon members that there is wide spread violation of the prohibition laws in North Carolina, possibly worse than at any time before and this opinion is backed up by the federal prohibition agents in the state, who have already per suade the superintendent at Rich mond to urge the establishment of a state police force to aid the fed eral officers in running down the bootleggers. In his letter to the state's executive, who was at the time Governor Bickett, Superinten dent S. R. Brame, says: "Without meaning to reflect in any way upon the state or local Au thorities I. am constrained to offer the opinion that the time is at hand when the state of North Carolina must decidedly strengthen its laws and initiate comprehensive meas ures and establish a strong and di rectly, operatin system, directed to the one purpose of preventing the manufacture and sale of intoxi cating liquor." . And the federal agent expressed the belief that the state could put a large-force of officers in the (field without costing the taxpay ers. The state's record of captured stills from December 1.' 1919 to December 1,; 1920t itfjnterestjng -Total 'uisnkvcuf iilicil utBliflerfni seized and destroyed was 3,424, of this number 1,982 were in opera tion at the time. Prosecutions in stituted, 1,375 and the taxes .and penalties assesed against violators amounted to $1,153,181. This work was done by the 46 federal prohi bition agents in North Carolina. : - Only one week of the general assembly is scheduled and it is very unlikely that a law the Anti-Saloon leaguers of the state are seeking will be passed. Certainly it cannot be done unless another champion is found in the legislative halls. The fifty million dollars good roads bill written into the law, appropriations for permanent im provements recommended by the' appropriations committees for the state's educational and charitable institutions and the revenue , bill passed by the lower house the leg islators have made a big hole in the work that must be done during the week , if the session is to be held within the 60-day limit. . The education bills drafted by the joint committee and endorsed by the state superintendent have started thru' the legislative grind and will doubtless pass without any trouble. All, of the bills are now being printed for the benefit of the members and will not be called up for passage until tomorrow or Wednesday. Amendments can be offered and for, this reasorn the measures were rrdered printed. These thre bnls provide for the folowing: ; -'- - . v i ' ..To provide? revenue for six months school term; to provide for a state-wide bond act of five mil lion dollar to be loaned ': to the counties for building improvement. and amending: the law adopting text' books .for the elementary schools. -V '.. , v r- Reorganization of the state building commission is provided for in a bill being advocated by Repre sentative Glover which . will in crease the membership from five to seven with authority to engage a whole-time architect at $7,500 per year.,'---' . This bill is the result of agita tion and the subsequent investiga tion of - the commission and the state architect (The Glover bill would give the governor authority to replace members of the com mission, three of the seven' mem bers to be Republicans. The bill has the endorsement of the committee which conducted the investigation and is, doubtless all that will be done toward giving approval or dis approval of either department of the state. :':'.;..'" .v; The Old Soldiers' Home at Ral eigh fonr Confederate veterans is to be made a lit place, to live at last. A joint commitee, conducted its investigations and urges the expenditure of $32,500 to put the buildings in repair, and to make other improvements. The com mittee found conditions at the home "really deplorable." , "All the buildings leak," the re port reads, "and the inmates have to move from place to place in an endeavor - to keep ' dry in . rainy weataex. , - . - -r' 1V0 HflB MAN BURNEO CAUGHT F ROM GASOLINE George M. Arey of Morgan Township Died at the Hospital Today at 11 O'clock Following Burns on Albemarle Road--Bury . Tomorrow. . George M. Ary, a young man about 22 or 23 years of age, son of Mr. Jacob Arey, a well known farmer of Morgan township died at1 the Whitehead-Stokes sanator ium today at 11 o'clock as the re sult of burns which he received early In the morning on the road a short distance below Misenheimcr in Stanly county. The particulars of the distressing accident are as follows: Young Arey and a friend, Adam Fraley were returning to the Arey home from Richfield where they had been to call on some friends. It was about 1 o'clock and they were hav ing some trouble with Ford car which they drove. They had pre viously looked at the gas and had stuck a pin in a small exhaust hole, Won't Become . Second Power on the Sea With out a Struggle Policy Settled in June. (By MILTON BOONER) London, Feb. 28. The British naval policy won't be definitely set tled until after June, but, regard less of what America and Japan do in the way of a naval holiday, Britain won't submit easily to be coming tho second or third naval power.., , - .. Walter Long, head of the admi ralty, said at Sheffield": ; v ( , . f We taut afford.' as trustees of ihe peace of the wprjd to allow" our supremacy to be challenged. I saw that if wo rest our oars we competition, that our navy is no longer .the efficient forco it ought to be.",-. . British naval men, ever since, h&ve been heatedly arguing what shape the future navy shall take. Admirals Sir ..Percy , Scott ' and others say that battleships should be scrapped in favor of airplanes and submarines. 'v . Many . experts , and admirals favor capital ships. Austen Cham berlain, .chancellor of the ex chequer, speaking in Parliament said that while the government is determined to maintain the navy's standard of strength which Willi adequately secure the safety of the empire and its maritime commu-1 hicatiohs, the cabinet, before sanc tioning a program of new construe tion, felt bound to satisfy itself that the war's lessons had . been ascertained aa regards' the . place1 and usefulness of capital ships. Investigation On - A subcommittee of a committee on imperial defense was named to Btudy the whole problem. . At the same time the admiralty has been making remarkable . ex periments, with , the big German battleship Baden as a target. . ' The government probably will not take definite action on a naval program until after Lloyd George meets the premiers of all the Brit ish self-governing dominions in June.; These are now considered full partners in matters of im perial defense and the cost of the same."- ' . ..';.;-','..' Britains necessity differs from the self-contained, self-supporting colonies because she needs food and raw materials, and the seas, thereforeare the arteries. of the British empire. ,.: The June conference is further complicated because Australia and New Zealand don't fear American naval, expansion, but look . "with askance at Japan. At the ' same time the Pacific dominions dont feel able . to financially -support their own navies. ' s Capital Ship It is expected that the British naval policy will be founded upon capital ships. The big question is the share capital shina ahall take. .-. .-' . The British government thinks it has set a real example in naval economy. -Since the armistice it has sold 15 battleships, 26 cruis ers, 8 monitors and 141 torepedo boat destroyers. V - The navy appropiration bill pre sented last year was about half that of the preceding year,' and the one to come this spring will be even less.; Last year's - was $445,000,000, only $190,000,000 of which was for shipbuilding, main tenance and repairs. No capital ships were built and- the naval force was cut to 136,000 men. and officers. " v.v Whatever tha June conference decides, no appropriation for big ships will be asked until fall or the following spring. BRITAIN TvIARKING TIMEWIAVY TO DEATH F The gas was not feeding to suit the driver and' the car was stopped and' young Arey opened up the hood to inspect. He had in hit hand a small light of some sort, said to have been a bicycle lamp ana upon removing the pin the gat flowed freely and there was an 'explosion of the gas. Evidently there was a considerable amount of gas present into which the blaze from the lamp reoched. , . Young - Arey was desperately burned and he was rushed to this city and taken to the hispital where he died at 11 today. The remains were taken home this afternoon and will be interred tomorrow. The funeral and inter- ment will be at Zion church at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon President-elect Harding is Reported, to Favor the Consolidated Plan for Roads. , (By H. B. Hunt.) Washington, Feb. 28. Consoli dation of the railroads of the Un ited States into a limited number of regional and transcontinental system is to be the next step in attempting to bring order out of the transportation chaos. . ; Recommendations covering the consolidations are exoeeted to be taken up by the Interstate' Com merce communion in Marco. These have beea foroaleted ibyrlwllliftm Z.( Ripley, wglroad economist of Newton Center. Mast- who was .detailed to the work by special or- Ripley's report was first expect ed by Jan. 1, but because of the immensity of the job he asked for an extension of two months. Expectation is the report will recommend the merging of all roads in the United States into no less than 12 or no more than 16 systems.;.-':: .v ':. . full authority for euch consoli dations is' given by the Cummins law oi jyzu, which places within the commission power to permit or to require mersrers in the interest of increased efficiency. However, toe law provides that competition shall be, preserved "as fully as possible." inere is deep-rooted ' doubt. however,' in the minds of eome commission member, whether ev en such pooling of properties as these consolidations , will brine. will put the railroads on - their feet. ''-".!- .-,v: ' ; . . The whole railroad situation is most serious and every new cure attempteoeven rate increases only seems ' to aggravate .the pa tient's condition; 'The increased rates, said one member of the commission today, "instead ox increasing railroad rev enues have diminished them. 'Whv? Simmy because nreaent rates are so high they kill busi ness. - ' ; "The long haul traffic transcon tinental traffio has been choked off by the high rates. . And it was the long haul business that fur nished the really profitable ship ments. ' ' " :: ' It is cheaper to ship from -points cast of Chicago by rail to Atlantic ports and re-ship 'by water to Pa cific ports than it is to ship direct oy rail. Freight Will Be Diverted. "To an increasing? extent the present rail rates will force the diversion of freight from rail to watei" both inland and deep wa ter. ;. -i .;, , "A consolidation of the lines in to a limited number of systems will undoubtedly make' possible some economies and some increase in efficiency. But whether even that will put the roads on a stable footing is doubtful. "Fresident Hardin?. I under stand, in a recent conference with Senator Cummins approved the consolidation plan; It will be one of the 1 biggest problems with which his administration will have to deal." y ' . . . ; -.".v ; , BRITISH NOT TO BARTER POLICY (By Tha AaaaciaUd Pnaa) London, Feb. : 28w The British government does not intend to bar ter its present policy for maintain ing order in Ireland, Mr. 'Lloyd George, the prime minister, an nounced in the house of commons today. The chief secretary for Ire land, he said, would be allowed to carry hi sadministration to a suc cessful conclusion.. . BOM CAR REG10.JAL SYSTEM TO BETID NEXT ELECIIWITEST U OPENED III CITY TODAY Got a Late Start, Only , Two Witnesses Heard This Morning Before Mrs. J. D. Dorsett. . Tho campbtfl-Doughton election contest got underway here about noon, today, being delayed several hours waiting for a stenographer and J. J. Britt to arrive from Ashe ville. Only . two witnesses were heard before the hearing adjourn ed until 2:30 o'clock for lunch. The bearing is being held before Mrs. J. D. Dorsett as a notary of public and commissioner appoint ed to take evidence. Campbell is represented by J. J. Britt of Ashe ville, A. L. Holton, of Winston Salem, and Adams. Former Gov ernor Bickett is chief counselor for Mr. Doughton and Mr. Doughton is also here. Attorneys Kerr Craig and P. S. Carlton, of the local bar are also assisting Mr. Bickett. J, Frank McCubbins, clerk of the superior court was the first witness called. He submitted a certified copy of the poll tax payers as hand ed him by Sheriff Krider prior to tho elections. J, D. Dorsett, a judge of the elec tion, of Spencer was the next wit ness called. Mr. Britt questioned him concerning " the picture of President-elect -Harding. Mr. Dor sett said the picture was posted in the mayor's office at Speneerf and that he saw it in a Badm Newspa per and he though ho saw it in a Raleigh paper. Governor Bickett objected to this as being "utterly irrelevant to any issue in this evidence." He said no man "could hold public office if he could be ousted by characterlc speeches of the opposition." : r Mr. Dorsett was given a copy of the voters of Spencer and read names checked by; rv Brtt. ; ft icsunea inai-eacn voted and testi fied they were of voting age and, according to record had 'not paid their poll taxes. ' - J ' Attorney Craige objected saying he was not qualified to testify as to a voter's age unless he was a member of the. family or had liv lived with the family, Mr. Dough ton's lawyers did not cross ex amine Mr. Dorsett before adjourn ment, but they will probably arive him a close one immediately after tne hearing is convened some time after, 2:30 o'clock, HARDING SPEEDING TO HIS OHIO HOME (Bjr Tha Aaaaaiato. Praia) .,: On Board President-elect Hard ing's Special Train, Feb, 28.-With preparations for launching his ad ministration about completed President-elect Harding was on his way to Marion, O., today to receive the formal farewell jat his home town befre entering the White House, i The president-elect s special train, which left St. Augustine last night, will reach Cincinnati this evening, and a Marion tomorrow morning early. ' A lay over of, sev-s! eral hours is planned at Cincin nati but Mr. and Mrs. Harding are not expected to leave their private car. They will be in Marion nntil i late Wednesday. ' ' v. . , - j PROPOSE MEMORIAL 1 PARK AT MANASSAS Richmond. Va.. Feb. 28. Acnul- sition. of the historic battlefield at Manassas, Vs., and formation into a memorial park will be undertaken thru the organization of an asso ciation at Washington. March 5. to which governors of the .states' of the south, and representatives of the (United Confederate Veterans, Sons of Confederate-Veterans and United - Daughters of the Confed. eracy have been invited. A two-year option on the Henrv farm, on which the first battle was fought and on which , the ! second battle closed, has been obtained at the price of $25,000 by Maj.. W. R. Ewing, past historian-in-chief, U jC. V., and Westwood Hutchin son, commander of the Manassas camp, ,u. C. V. It is planned to form- an association to hold the sale and each state and organiza tion ' will be represented on the board. . SIX IRISHMEN ARE EXECUTED ' (Br Tha AaaoeUtaf Pratt) Cork, Feb. 28. Despite appeals for clemency made by the Cord cor poration six Irishmen, in jail here whose death was. fixed for today on charges of levying war against the Crown forces, were duly exe cuted this morning by militiamen; ' The men were shot in batches of two each at intervals of fif teen minutes. MICHIGAN CENTRAL AND CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TINS CLASH AU CROSS, A SIGNAL WAS MISSED AH of Dead Were in Two Michigan Thru Coaches The Two Coaches Were Shattered From End ' 'to End; -.."-;v (By Tha amcUu4 Prn) Prter, Ind., Feb. 28. Forty-two bodies had been collected earlv this forenoon from the wreck of last night when the Canadian Interna tional and the Mchgan Central of the New York Central lines re spectively crashed at a crossing. It was a diamond shaped cross ing permitting the New York Cen tral train which struck as the oth er sprawled derailed across the ln-i tersection to raise two of the Mich igan Central cars instead of cut ting them at right angles. The (Michigan Central train had missed a block signal said to have been set against it and been derailed by a derailer that officials said was automatically set against it along with signals. It plunged ahead on the ties until it came to a rest across the . New York , Cenual right of way with two day coaches at the point of intersection. At early CO miles an hour the New l'ork Central came on, the gjare of the headlight warning many of the passengers who leaped from their . seats. One or two reached the doors but not one escaped the crash. The New York Central mo frul locomotive was, stripped us it hit wreckage flying up above the telegraph wires with a cloud of dust which was likened to an cx passengers were curried with he locomotive and buried benea'h it. AH of the dead were in two Michi gan Central coaches which carried thru passengers. Upwards of 50 nersons were bound for Quebec, Montreal and i Toronto and Were aboard the eastbound Canadian Their cars were not much durn agsd. Tho Ne .York Central was I bound far Chlaiyn- Bv 9 a. m. one f the tracks of the New York Central was cleared of wreckage but the Michigan Cen tral trains were still blocked. The New York Central train struck the Michigan Central coaches at such an angle that tho breadth of two coaches was embraced in its path. These were shattered almost from end to end. t . . -,vr: -.,;'; Railroad officials are at a loss to explain the phenomena of decapi tation of so many victims, as the dead were apparently ' instantly killed. i -v,., w The forward coaches of the New' York. Central train. ' which was westbound, lay upon the two splin tered ' coaches of ' the Michigan Central 4rain through which it ploughed, traveling about 60 miles an noun The darkness and tan gled, .mass of wreckage made res cue work slow, railroad officials waiting until daylight before at tempting an accurate list of the dead and injured. . ; . A statement by Powerman J. C. Cook, on duty at the crossing, der clared the block two miles away Was set against the' Michigan Cen tral train while the track was left clear for the New York Central. Railroad officials at the scene of the wreck said Engineer W. F. Long, of Jackson, Michigan, who escaped unhurt, declared he re ceived a clear signal and checked it with his fireman., He left early today for his home. '', ", ' When the Michigan Central train; J struck, the derailer 60 feet from the crossing it was the first intimation he had of the impend ing crash. Long is. said v to i have stated. From that point .the eight coaches of the Michigan Central trained bumped ' along the . ties coming to a standstill with ; the third or fourth coaches at the in tersection of the tracks and in in stant later the New-York Central train ' burst-through. All except two baggage and matt cars of the New York Central remained flip right; although bits of wooden roaches of .the Michigan Central train were stacked for 50 'yards. The passengers in the four coach es of the , Michigan Central train oenina tne aeaxn cars were unhurt except for the shakeup and all hwuwengers of the New York Cen tral train escaped and climbed down from their cars to the wreck age. Most of the identified dead and 'seriously injured are from Indiana and Southwest Michigan. For no reason that the railroad officials could assign almost all of the dead received fatal wounds, in the head. Several, were decapi tated. The first group''- of those critically injured were rushed in an ambulance to Chester, Ind., I and two of them died on the way. Railroad officials had no definite estimate early today of . the total number injured. -t :h l-A A pathetic incident of the catas trophe was revealed in the death of Engineer Elbert Van Riter, of Michigan, whose mangled body was extracted from 4 ,the wreck age. iie was traveling on a pass and was to have been retired on a pension today after 65 years of service at the throttle, tlirirj "which time he had escaped even a ! scratch on the finger or a disabling burn. Graphic Description of Wreck Edward W. Fierke, : of Grand Rapids, Michigan, stood . on the platform of the rear car of the Michigan Central' train a few feet from where the New York Central engine hit and saw the passengers try to escape as tha headlight bore down on them, and gave a graph!; description of the wreck today. Beginning at a point where the Michigan Central train was derailed and came to ;, a "stop across the New York Central tracks, Fierke said: .-.,-. "The cars swayed suddenlysnd left the tracks. We bumped abn? on the ties a few feet at . full speed. Form one side I heard the blast of a whistle. I looked out. ! There was another train bearing down at full speed. 1 couUn t move; my tongue stuck to the-roof of my mouth. I tried to open the doer into the day coach to shout to people inside. My hands refus ed to function. ' ... . "It perhaps wasn't,-over SO sec onds between the time I saw the train ind the moment it hit us. The light from the headlight of the approaching train made , every thing as bright as day. I thoueht I was going to be killed. As 1 stood there I could see n the day coach. Inside the New York Cen tral train approaching I could see that other passengers had seen tho train. One woman , jumped '. un from her seat ind held a little girl, looked as though she was 8 or 9 years old, to ' her breast. . Men jumped up and one even start-' for the dcr yJlreJL g3Jt J'-"- ..'.'Tl'hen sUtUWJy the aide cf . car buckled in. My last consent impression was of everything di s solving in front oi me. i remem ber seeing the nose of the engine. I remember of the car going out. I remember hearing screams -that I'M never forgets and . then, iv.i darkness. ' .;..'.- ..: ?I was thrown from , the pla' form nearly 60 feet and landed c the ground, x The , breath v knocked out of me. When I up the whole middle of our trai i was gone, it was : a iiiue ncu there for a fevr moments. ' ' "I wish I could accurately de sevribe ihe eensations of that mo ment that 'I waited for death. I can't Understand even now how I live. When;. I got to, my, knees I . stayed there and gave up a prayer. "Ill never forget the expression on the faces of those poor people? as they died. The staring eyes of one man was directed to mine, and that face is going to come to me the rest of my life." y, " ' ' Fderke, outside of a number of briusee was not injured. . ; ' ROWAN MEN LEAD IN EDUCATION All? jFIGHT ' (Bv MAX ABERNETHfi . A- t ; Raleigh, Feb., 28 The h senats today cleared the calendar of local legislation and tonight at 8 o'clock, will begin consideration; of the Mc Coin bill . covering appropriatiot)3 , for, state" educational , institutions over which a fight will be.made by friends of the $20,000,000 six year program. ' . The McCoin' bill carrying recom mendations of the appropriations committee was set iot a special or der tonight at the morning session. v-v Walter Murphy is . expected to lead the fight on tho substitute for the McCoin bill in the. house and Elmer and Long in the senate. Sen-... ator Woodson, chairman of the sen ate committee on : education, will also support the substitute ' vf ' The. moving picture 4censorship bill is set for Tuesday. s CANT TAX BOOZE' i' FROM WAREHOUSE , (Br Tha AaaacUta Tn) Washington, Feb. 28. Kentucky laws levying a special tax on liquor s withdrawn , f rom bonded ," ware houses was held invalid by the su preme court.; Several million, dol- , lars taxes have already been, col lected by the state .snd was in volved. The opinion f the court which was unanimous wa iread L Justice Brandies, , ' --:-' ' ' . " ' ' " " '.t '. In the county court this nii " ing 6ne man was sent to the c-" roads 60 days for the Jarce-y suit of clothes, another p si 1 e of 25 and costs for t" '" other mn on the heal . and another was taxc i v for a plain drunk. Ati cf fendants were nr " ' I.,:-fctS C- 1 ' " "
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 28, 1921, edition 1
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