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C A IT TUCTTDTT TO KM WEATHER TODAY Rain tonight: Thursday cloudy, A 11 Ik i V ILsAMWLW Z and probably rain. Vol. 19, No. 50. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS iras 0 3:30 EDITION : liitmr""""""""" ' . t Hons Passes 0) i O Vet MAN mm WAS KIDNAPPED GETS TWO YEARS Woman He Sought to Get - Rid of Was the Prose cuting Witness; Faked Kidnapping. (By Associated Tress) Greensboro, Sept. 20. S. L. Jenkins, of Winston-Salem, was sentenced to two years on the county roads in city court here today following his conviction of a statutory offense. Margaret Smith, alias Mrs. Charles E. Webb, was. the prescuting witness. Minnie Jones alias Mrs. Chas. Webb, Margaret Smith and Minnie Doe was also found guilty on a warrant similar to the one issued against Jenkins and prayer for judgment was continued. Jenkins gave notice of appenl and bond was fixed at $10,000. t The charges against the man and wman, who it is alleged lived three weeks in the home of a local minister as Mr. and Mrs. C. . Webb, is the outgrowth of an al leged whipping of the woman near Taylorsville Thursday night by a band of masked "men. An investigation of the whip ping, according to evidence offer ed today, showed that the affair was planned by Jenkins. The wo man on the stand admitted that her relations with Jenkins dated back to November, 1919, when she went to work at his store in Winston-Salem. She told of trips to various places outside the state with the man and of living with him as Mrs. Webb. Her identifica tion of Jenkins was positive: "That is the man I went with - and I love him," she said. i The woman was recognized for her appearance at superior court to testify against Jenkins and was placed in custody of J. C. Gold, of Tillery, an official of the Ku Klux klan, whose investigation of the Taylorsville happening played a prominent part in the disclosures that followed. He has taken care of the woman the past two days. Attempts have been made, the Klansman stated, to kidnap the Jones woman at the place where she has been staving in Winston Salem. He asked authority to care for her until superior court con venes and this was granted by Judge Collins of the city court. HOCKS CORK LEG FOR DRINK Cincinnati, Sept. 20. The thirsty soul made immortal by a pomilar song1 the one who would sell his shoes for a bottle of booze was a piker compared to G. W. Lyle, 48 and homeless, who was arraigned in the Covington, Ky., Police Court "Judge " he said. "I pawned my cork leg for a bottle of paregoric, and I drank the paregoric that's whv I'm here." He furnished the court with the name of a druggist who held the wooden leg. but the latter proved to be out of town on vacation, and the prisoner hopped off on one foot to visit the city jailer for 30 days. "DUMB" BEGGAR SPEAKS Webster, Mass., Sept. 20. A familiar "deaf and dumb" beggar in this town found his voice and fled. The beggar, who had been doing a fine business here with a sign pinned on his breast reading, "I am Deaf and Dumb," was either visited by a miracle or attacked with absentmindness, suddenly asked one of the citizens to. give him money to help his widowed mother. The citizen motioned fori a policeman. The beggar beat a hasty retreat GOLF BALL BREAKS, HIS NOSE. New York, Sept. 50 While playing golf t Westchester Hills polf course, on the outskirts of White Plains, yesterday, Samuel K. Fields, 84 Ridgeview avenue. White Plains, was hit with a golf ball His nose was broken and right eye injured. He was treated at the clubhouse by Dr. Moriarty and is reported to be doing well. ' The accident was the first of its kind to occur at the club. Mr. Fields and a party of golfers were engag ed in a game when a ball driven with great force from another point on the course struck him in the face. ' He fell to the ground and his companions carried him to the club house for, treatment ' 'The fourteenth, century armor was so heavy that many young soldiers were deformed or perman ently disabled by its weight The turtle's heart will beat for two or three days after the rest of the animal has been mads into AMERICANS REPORT MANY THRILLING TALES OF FLIGHT (By Associated Press) Athens. Greece. Seat. 20. Thrill ing experiences are related by American refugees from Smyrna who arrived here. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Boyd, of New v.. i.. w ..j tru t v A ..kl baid, of Washington, n. c.; and Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of Memphis, Tenn. Archibald and Mrs. Boyd1 procured a launch in the Smyrna ; harbor and saved 60 refugees, tak-) ; ing them to the American steamer ; Wynona. The lormer gave reiuge i to 2,000 Greeks' and Armenians in his home just outside Smyrna. Mrs. Boyd stated that when the Turkish army entered Smyrna both men and horses looked lat and healthy. ' Waa in Tobacco Business. Washington, N. C, Sept 20. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Archibald men- ' tioned in a dispatch from Athens, Greece, in connection with experi ences in Smyrna following the fire there are believed to be Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Archbell of this city, who I have lived at Smyrna several years. Mr. ArcnDeu, wno was purn in um county left Washington about seven years ago to engage in the tobac - co business in Turkey. A sister, Mrs. Sam Carty, lives in this city. Americana Taken on Board Washington, Sept. 20. All Am erican citizens, known to be in or about Smyrna, . except Consul Barnes and two women named Blackler have been taken on board, by American destroyers in the har bor, according to a message from the Destroyer Edsall, dated Sep tember 17, and received . by the state department, today thru Rear Admiral Bristol, at Constanti nople. Dispatches, however, said that "Americans were still coming in every day," four previously hav ing reported the same day the message waa sent. A HUNGER DEATH British, French and Ital ian Consuls Appeal to Constantinople Com missioner for Aid. (By Associated Press) Mytilene, Off Asia Minor Coast, Sept 19. The British, French and Italian consuls have telegraphed the commissioner of Constantino ple as follows: "About 200.000 Christians are still lying on the seashore at Smyrna awaiting help. "The Turkish proclamation, for war prisoners from 17 to 47 years means deliberatel yexposing these Christians to death from hungar, as all identification papers are burned. "Unless pressure is immediately supplied nobody will survive. "Please act quickly before it is too late." Order Restored in Smyrna Smyrna, Sept 20. Order has been restored here after the hor rors of the fire and calm now pre vails. The Turks have begun clearing the bodies from the ruins left by the fire and gathering up those lying in the streets. Mustapha Kemal Pasha has de clined the request of the allies to permit the Greek ships to remove refugees until they can confer with the authorities at Angora. LEMLY CASE TO JURY. The Lemly damage suit case in which Mrs. Moses A. Lemly. an ...j m I- I aged woman, la . suing Messrs.' Kaiph Urr and John Morrison for damages in the sum of $26,000 went to the jury just before ad journment for the noon recess to day. This is the case growing out of injuries sustained by Mrs. Lemly in April, 1921, when thrown from a vehicle, the horse to which ran away after being frightened, it is alleged, at a mortorcyclo on which the defendants 'were -riding. Thai accident occurred near the intersec tion of Henderson and Fulton streets. FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, Sept 20. A two story building, the main office of the Gallagher Transfer Company, and one private residence caught fire this afternoon and a general fire alarm waa turned in. A brisk wind tended to spread, the fire to the adjoining residential section. IS NOW FORT BRAGG. (By Associated Press) Fayette ville, Sept 20. Camp Bragg, the government's big artil lery establishment near here, will be known in the future as Fort Bragg, it was officially announced today. . 200.000 FACING SMYRNA SHORE TURK ra PLAN AN ATTACK Turks Believed Preparing to Take Advantage of T) t 4 S a k fnjiAmnlA4Afl I Concentration. (By Associated Press) Constantinople, Sept. 20. The Turkish national assem bly at Angora by an over whelming majority has ex tended the dictatorship to Mastapha Kemal Pasha and has authorized him to continue war until all ' conditions of peace for the nationalists have been fully realized. To Attack Dardanelles fVinntjinHnont Sent 90 Tnfm"- . . Ml,..i,. v.! 1 tn MusUpha . Kemal attack for the possession of the Dardanelles in spite of the exhor tation of General Pell, French high commissioner, is causing undis guised anxiety in the allied mili tary circles. It Is not improbable that such an attack will be made before the week is over, it is stated. It is believed that the Turka will take advantage of the fact that the Britiih have not as yet concen trated all of their forces. The British however, are de clared to be determined to hold the Straits of the Dardanelles at all costs regardless of how formidable the Kemalists forces may be and regardless also of whether France and Italy will participate in the defense. One of the best evidences of the British determination to resist the Greeks is the fact that many Brit ish subjects, including families of officials, are leaving the city and it is stated that they believe fighting imminent It is understood also that the French cabinet has warned the Angora cabinet of the inadvisabi lity of an assault on the neutral zone. It is said that the reply was the proposed attack was in the na turo of defense and a movement of protection and probably to deprive the Turks of Thrace. The Kemalists are in danger of approaching the neutral zone and fear that the movement will meet with opposition by the British. The British position, it is said, would be greatly augmented if the promised troops from England were at hand. G. B.-French Agreement Paris, Sept 20. An agreement between Great Britain nnA Vrarw 1 m j '-j i ON DARDANELLES .-,nj,T r ,,r-a WftoP V called k 11 'rfock na th' morn reasonable assured after a two i f fVw, fif ,ii, ..wi . 1 infiT most of the first trick men r.' wZ d! " 7 j i tween Premier Poincare.and Lord Lord Curzon, British foreign sec retary at the French foreign office this afternoon. The- two ministers outlined to each other at great length 'the view of their government and con- siderable progress is believed to : have been rhade, it is understood, jura tjurzon is understood to have informed Premier Poincare that Great Britain would insist on absolute freedom of the ' Darda nelles and would insure this free dom by a large fleet. The British foreign secretary is said to have intimated that the' British military efforts in the near ! . .... j. . . i east will be confined to the navy which gave rise to the impression that British troops will be with drawn from Chanak. TARIFF BILL IS READY. (By Associated Press) Pasninrnn fir,f 9ft Tha 4 ministration's tariff bill was made i iuiuuuuu a mini um was nmur , tniiav n- p,0ijf W.,A J h' ,i Z'rlA'".: ! its enactment into law in a few the ibs wlHn.2,4 hou"v . days. Immediately after the adop- ame officials said that the tion of the conference renort latel!en ho been working in yesterday by the senate by a vote th.e hoP8 taS.lht induration of 43 to 28 the bill was sent on its,?? the, 8,trike be wned if way to be engrossed. Cotton Market New York. Sent 20.T-The cotton market opened steadv at an ad vance of 7 to 1 points in relatively nrmer Liverpool cables and ' re ports that a large business of cot ton goods was pending in the local market and on continued optimism over the near east outlook. ' Opening Steady. - New. York, Sept 20. Cotton fu tures opened steady: . October .21.34 ' December ............. .21.55 January 21.40 r March .............. k , .21.46 - May , r. .21.40 Concord Cotton. Concord, Sept 20. Cotton brought 21 1-2 cents a pound here today. , . ' Salisbury Cotton. Local cotton is selling for 21 1-2 cents her today. , ' M WORK RESUMED BY E Agreement .Was Reached and Second "Trick" Re turned tor Shops at 6 P. M. Yesterday. Approximately ninety per cent of the members of the shop crafts anions which have . been on strike since Jnly 1, re ported for work .with their shifts which were called, the second shift at 6 o'clock yes terday evening, the third at eleven o'clock last night and the first shift at 7:30 this morning, it was said at the master mechanics office at Spencer this morning. Minor disorders occurred . between the men returning to' work and the men hired dur ing the strike, according to reports from Spencer this morning. Work by employes of the South ern Railway at Spencer was re sumed last night at 6 o'clock when a number of the second "trick" men were called to work at 6 0 Cjpc- The third "trick" men were returned to their old jobs Work was resumed after a con ference yesterday afternoon be tween the master mechanic, B. Mc Bride, and executives of , the shop crafts which struck July 1. The conference yesterday afternoon lasted several hours and it was neeisarv tn tlnyn J. M. one of the six general chairman who ncirotiated the agreement with Southern officials in Washington, to straighten out the "hitch" which developed at the conference yester day. , There was a misunderstanding of the terms of the Chicago agree ment and just what the disagree- ment was no one would say. But it i . at . . l ' m i was explained to their satisfaction by union officials in Washington and the second "trick" men were called to work yesterday at 6 o'olock. - Pickets which have been on duty around the shops since July 1 were removed yesterday. it was said by a Southern of- ials y"trday that as many as i r 7 ., .. 90 per cent of the men on strike would orobablv be called back to they desire Many of them are said to be packing up to leave and some have already left for their homes or places of emoloyment on other roads, it was said. Just how many are still in Spencer no one seems to know, 635 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL OF CITY A total of 535 students have ma triculated so far this year in he high school of the city, according to an announcement made today. This number exceeds that of last year's enrollment on the third day about 75, indicating a heajthy in crease in the total enrollment. Real work began yesterday. Most of the students have been "assigned" to their various tasks end duties and with all teachers on hand, the' work ' was running smoothly this morning. SHOP CRAFTS HER WHERE NEW Turkish Nationalist troops under the leadership of Mustapha Kemal Pasha who defeated the British at Gallipoli in the World War, have advanced from their base at An gora, Asia Minor (1) and have taken the important seaport and commercial center of Smyrna (2) which fire of uncertain origin de stroyed as it was captured. The Turks have driven the Greeks from the whole coast of Asia Minor; the latter are fleeing to Piraeus. From his positions in Smyrna and Brusa. Kemal is able to threaten Constantinople (3), now under inter-allied control. Allied warships R.R. BRAKEMAN OF Mr. E. Ross Cress Falls Beneath Shifting Train and'Both Legs Are Sev ered By Wheels. Mr. E. Ross Cress, of 915 South Jackson street, a brakeman and switchman employed on the Sou thern's Spencer yards, met with a fatal accident yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock while at work on the railroad yards when he fell from a freight car and was run over by another car of the same string of those which he was as sisting in switching. His left leg was cut off near the hip and his right leg was severed at a point between the knee and ankle. The injured man was rushed , to' the Salisbury hospital where he died shortly before midnight The funeral will take place from Haven Lutheran church tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock conduct ed by the pastor, Rev. George H. L-infi-le and the interment will be In Chestnut Hill cemetery. surviving is the widow, four daughters and one son, Gladys, Luoile, Ruby and Mary Louise and1 Harold Cress. The mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cress, of this city, and one brother, Mr. Daniel Cress, of Kannapolis,' also survive. Mr. Cress was 41 years old and had been 'employed on the local yards of the Southern for some years. Ho had a large circle of friends and was much liked by all who knew him. The news of his terrible misfortune spread rapid ly ahd caused genuine sorrow and from the first little hope was en tertained for his recovery. Just how the accident happened seems to be speculation. One ver sion of it is that he was climbing up the side of a freight car when one of the handxrods pulled loose, throwing him beneath the train and this appears to be the one ac cepted as the most probable cause of the accident. PROHIBITION OFFICERS ARE charged wrrn ATTEMPTED MURDER; . ALLOWED BONDS Shelby, Sept 20. Warrants charging attempted murder have been issued by Judge J. B. Ray, of the superior court against Prohi bition Officers Houser, Hoyle, Wes son and Short as a result of the shooting scrape near Coleen sev eral weeks ago when Mrs. H. I. Miller was shot and seriously wounded by unknown parties. DIES INURES The officers were allowed bonds! not quit when the strike was 'in of f 5,000 each, which were imme augura ted. diately raised. ! , ' , " " ' -.- It is stated that Mrs. Miller's Twenty-five years is the average condition is still grave. 'life of a coin WAR LOOMS In the Sea of Marmora and before Smyrna are preparing to hold the Turkish leader in check. Britain is rushing troops to occupy the neutral son about Constantinople, indicated by the dotted line. Kem al in a draft of peace terms has demanded Constantinople This, together with the suspicion that Bulgaria may support Turkey, has caused Jugoslavia to mass troops on its borders (5). .Meanwhile Soviet Russia is said to be concen trating troops in the Caucasus (6) to come to the aid of Kemal. The bulk of Kemal's troops quarter ed on the mainland of Asia Minor (4). SOUTHERN TO PUT TWO TRAINS BACK (Bt Associated Press) Washington, Sept 20 Res- toration effective today of two Southern railway passen- ger trains taken eff during the shopmen's strike trains No. 10 and 135 running between Washington and. Danville, Va. was announced today at the general offices of the Southern System here. Officials of the roads said that Nos. 15 and 16, operating between Salisbury, N. G, and Asheville, N. C, would be re- stored Sunday and that all trains taken off during the strike would be plsced back on the schedule as scon as the striking shopmen returned to work under the agreement signed yesterday. AT THE OLD IDGS Officials Reticent As to When Freight Conges tion Can Be Cleaned and Normalcy Restored. (By Associated Press) Charlotte, Sept 20. Striking shopmen on the Southern Railway returned to work generally at the blowing of the whistle this morn ing, according to information re ceived by the lines east of the road's Jieadquarters here. While reticent as to when the freight congestion would be clear ed officials expressed the hope that improvement would be shown in ten days and that normal move ments would be possible in two months, thus relieving the indus trial and business ' situation in Southern Railway territory. The freight congestion was said to be worst north of Spencer than south of there, as reDorta from district1 headquarters at Columbia, Charleston, Spartanburg and Sa vannah indicated a much less se rious congestion than on other parts of the road. Hickory Shopmen Still Out v Hickory. Sept 20. The strikm? snopmen on tne uarouna & North western road here have not re turned to work. The foreman said there were places for .only, about seven of the 35 men and thought Serhaps they would return late to ay or tomorrow. The foreman did SOUTHERN'S MEN GENERALLY BACK TO LIFT FREIGHT EMBARGO S No Orders, However, t Have Been Received at Local Freight Offices to This Effect. Continuance of the embargoes on all freights on the Southern Kauway, except certain specinea commodities, will very likely be in effect until the latter part of the week, according to indications at the local freight office this morn ing. No orders to Jilt the embar goes, which have been in street sines the curtailment became necessary following the strike, have been received at the local freight offices, it is stated, but it is thought probable that as soon as the railroads begin functioning regularly again, the roads will be cleared again for general ship shipments. It will be recalled that the em bargo was the result of the South ern finding it necessary to elimi nate many articles of freight in or der that the necessary commodi ties of life might be given psefer ence. The cutting off of certain trains and shipments also made this move by the Southern necessary. Within he week, the situation is expected to be cleared up, barring the development of any unforeseen obstacles. Since the .settlement reached Monday , between the Southern and the striking shopmen it is expected that the restoration of normal service will be instituted. The embargo ordered does not include shipments of food for hu man consumption, food products for livestock, livestock, perishable p oducts, coal, coke, fuef, fuel oil, mine props, mine cars, and other equipment necessary for the opera tion of the mines, food and fruit containers, fertilizers, newsprint EUS8?"!8.' a!" "'the November election and Presl- and tne railway company's ma terial. All other freights are in cluded in the general order of the embargo. GOV. MORRISON WILL FIRE OPENING GUN IN DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN Charlotte. Sept 20. Gov. Cam eron Morrison is back in his home city today to make the opening address tonight in the Democratic campaign for the fall election in which ten representatives as well as a number of state officers are to be named. ? Governor Morrison said , h would review the achievements of the Democratic party in North Carolina and that he looked for ward with keen pleasure to speak to the citizens of Charlotte - and Mecklenburg county. The rally will be held at the court house starting at 8 p. m. COAL ON PRIORITY Washington, Sept 26. The In terstate commerce commission to day issued a new - service older covering preferential shipments eastward from the Mississippi, and adding mine supplies, medi.clnes, fertilizers, seeds, newsprint paper and petroleum to the list of com modities to be given priority move ment The order, effective at mid night September 20, also permits use of open ton cars, after the dis--l AliarM nt xnal narvinil In tkuii fn, I transportation of road and build-(days, and are now trading ing construction material, ore and and things for articles of sect mino supplies- y 4 tr. . f" ' -r '..,..',.. HOUSE PASSES BONUS BILL OVER HARDING'S VETO Measure Went Over Top By Big Majority; Was Vetoed Yesterday By President narding. Washington, Sept 20, The house representatives passed the bonus bill over President Harding's veto today. The vote was 258 to 54 or 50 more than the neces-. sary two-thirds majority.' The bill was vetoed by President Harding lata yesterday afternoon. Indications are that the veto will be sustained or overridden in the senate by as doss a margin as two votes. Republican leaders are ex erting every possible means to whip their majority in line to sus tain the president Mr. Harding set forth a num ber of reasons, for returning the bill to the bouse without his ap proval These included: Failure of congress to provide means of financing . That inevitably the bonus would means increased taxation. That legislation would wipe out everything thus far accomplished to reduce government expenditures! wherever possible. That a peace bestowal on . the ex-service men was "a perversion of public funds.", and suggested "that future defense Is to be in spired by compensation . rather than consciousness of duty to flag i and country." That to add one-sixth of the total sum of the public debt for distribution among less than 5,000,000 of 110,000,600 people would undermine confidence on which the nation's credit was bufld ed, and "establish the precedent of distributing public funds whenever the proposal and the numbers af fected make it seem politically ap pealing to do so." ' That ths $10,000,000,000 of ma. taring public debt in the next sir years would be difficult to meet without adding the complication of added borrowings on account of, a bonus. MAY CALL SPECIAL Washington, Sept 20 The call ing of congress in special session' about November 15 to consider the administration's ship" subsidy bill . amendments to the transportation act and certain appropriation bills was considered at a conference to day between President Harding and Speaker Gillette of the house, ' setts, the Republican leader, and and Senator Lodge, of Maasachu Representative Mondell, of Wyo ming, the Republican house leader. inese congressional leaders are I.,. n dent Harding indicated that he has such a step under consideration. Republican leaders in the house and senate, it was said after the conference, would meet today to determine whether congress, on concluding its business, probably tomorrow or Friday, would adjourn sine die with the understanding that the president later would is sue a call for a November session or recess until a definite date. . EXCEPTIONAL HONOR BESTOWED ON HARDING (By Associated Press) Cleveland, Ohio, Sept 20. An extraordinary conclave of the su preme council 33rd degree from ' the, northern Masonic jurisidictlon, United States of America, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Right will be held in Cleveland one day this year for the "specific purpose" of investing President Harding with the 83rd and highest degree in ' Masonry, it waa decided today at a session of the supreme council. Ths motion was made by Thom as R. Marshal, former vice-president and requested the comman der, Leon M. Abbott, to convene the extraordinary session at a date to be specified by the jfTtaU dent.:i,::'--;iv:-:--:-T-"t-:K:,'; r;y: ' Moscow, Sept 21. Ths E viki have begun delving In i well-advertised wareho': ported to be bulging witi f ntVlAP rtirlM ftf hlTlirv r,! SESSION CONGRESS
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