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ASHEVILLE, N. C. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1 922. --
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ESTABLISHED 1668.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPENCER SHOPS WA TER MAIN IS D YN AM IT ED
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Small Skirmish Is Staged On
Moan government
IN A NEW LIGHT
Asked To Prevent
Smuggling Aliens
Outskirts Of East Spencer;
Big Four Not To Enter Strike
BY BILLY BORNE. " ;
NTRY BARRIERS HUGHES BELIEVES
ACTION UNJUST IN
NEWBERRY CASE
In Review of Case States
Belief Senator Was
Wrongly Convicted.
DECLARESCASE IS
MISUNDERSTOOD
KEEP- OUT
(UNDESIRABLES
Constant Smuggling Into
U. S. Viewed as Bol
shevic Movement.
00,000 ALIENS
HERE ILLEGALLY
Registration Law Would
Have Prevented the
Herrin Tragedy.
Conviction Was Under
Statute Held by Supreme
Court as Invalid.
WASHINGTON, Aug.' 20, (By
he Associated Press.) Repreaen-
atlons have been made to the Cu-
an government by t4 State Ds
artment looking; to steps to nre-
ent further smuggling of Chinese
nd European aliens from the
ana Republic, into the united
In a note transmitted through
he Cuban Legation, here tho
American Government in under.
tood to have taken the position
hat from the number of aliens
more la no eiiipiuyineni avauaoie
to them there It appears evident'
that entry to Cuba Is obtained.
til 1 11 .ilia iiniiri 1 11H.E nvRn ia iv inn, x:
lana' nun hA unmnwlaH ntn tl.li. ' "
icountry.
Creation of "entry barriers" by
Cuba it is believed by the Depart
ment of Labor officials charged
kith enforcement of. the lmmlgra-
mn laws, would go a long way
oward ridding the United States
f Its smuggling difficulties. It is
Understood to have ' been at the
uggestlon of Secretary Davis of
he Labor Department, that the
epresentations were made. .
Dr. Arturo Pardo Y. Almeida,
Secretary of the Cuban Legation,
feald today he was hopeful of clos
er co-operation -between his Gov
ernment and the United States s
result pf the representations,
which he declared he had Bom-1
municated to Havana with t"the I
necessary recommendation. . aj
Approximately ,80,000 Chinese
aid. about 40,000 aliens from all
ver Europe are now in Cuba
awaiting opportunity to enter this
ountry, surreptitiously. In the be
lief of Secretary Davis.
constant smuggling of aliens into
he United States; many of whom
rs "boishevists, communists and
undesirable aliens," Mr. Davis said
oday, c onstltutes a menace to the
government and should be halted
without further idelay. If effective
remedy cannot be applied at once
through voluntary co-operation be
ween foreign governments and the
nited states, he said, "then con
Kress immediately should enact a
ompulsory registration law to be
lptiej to an aliens within the
Orders of this country,
Th T.nhAv nMiaftrapnf n-nai nl.1
iy Davis to toe convinced that bol
shevistic and communistic organi
sations throughout the wdYld are
resorting to every possible subter
fuge to get their agitators into
this country. He had no doubt, he
added, that many of those who par?-
Herrin, 111., were aliens who had
eon smuggled mio mis country
nd who. had there been a national
v&iairtiiiun law -iyr ausrnn, wuuiu ..
Washington, d. c, Aug. 20
Secretary Hughes, in a letter made
public tonight by the Republican
National Commlttee expresses .the
conviction after a review of the
Newberry case "that Senator New
berry was wrongly and most un
justly convicted."
The secretary. In writing to the
Rev. Hugh J. MacCauley, of Pater-
son, N. J., In response to an inquiry
as to the "facts" in the Newberry
case, gives in detail the findings of i
the court, especially the Supreme J
will L, Wll!;il (13 HBlut) IIHJ vjuiiviu-
tion or Mr. jsewDerry ana tnen
concludes:
"Despite the long periodof
the rigid investigation
the careful choosing of their
ground, the long drawnbut trial,
the attempt in every feasible way
to besmirch, and the zeal, ability
and even bitterness of his pur
suers, their endeavor to establish a
violation of law on the part of
Senator Newberry, completely fail
ed and, accordingly, Senator New
berry stood as a Senator duly
elected by the people of the State
of Michigan and entitled to his
seat In the Senate of the United
States. .' ' 1
Mr. Hughes expresses the belief
that "there seems to-be a general
misconception of the nature of the
litigation and Us result and Sena
tor Newberry has suffered ft con
sequence a most serious Injustice."
. '.'The conviction, tif.iianator New
berry' ha" continues, "was obtain
ed under a statute held by the ma
jority of, the Supreme Court to be
Invalid:1 rested upon a ground
which did not involve any finding
by the Jury of, moral turpitude;
and was effected only by a most
serious misconstruction of the
statute which exposed him to con
viction regarfliess ot any mocai oi-, tneiJ.
fense upon nis pari mu u iimn-.
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EH5- BONUS
House Will Get Tariff
Bill Year and Month
, jpM ter First Action.
'WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.
Business organizations throughout
the country were asked to help the
soldiers' bonus In a letter today by
Julius H. Barnes, president of the
United States . Ofaa mber; $t.' Cii$
merce, who ' declared proposed
bonus legislation would "Increase
the liabilities of the government
beyond any point feached In the
history of the Country."
He requested business organiza
tions to make, known Immediately
OA
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TR
KE TO
attitude in connection' with
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. , iJj : mtvtif hav th DOnUS '
been in his conduct in the cam-' There is," Mr. Barnes said
paign." ' .
The Secretary; who as counsel
f Mr. Newbtrryand his asso
ciates ' participated in arguments
ir, th. ni before the Supremo
nmift further declares in his let
ter that "it shorfld be borne in
mind that Seilator Newberry s
conviction in the lower court was
not based on any cnarge 01 ifuu
- nn.runtlOn fir Of the US6 Of
money for any Illegal purpose sn
ot any act involving moral tur
pitude." ... .
Mf." Hughes then explains that
the conviction of Mr. Newberry
was base'l solely on the charge
that there had been an expendi
ture' in his campaign and election
of more than J3.7B0, the limit
fixed by the statute by the State
rsmuauuii m w -ivi wvum , l', . D . ,v.0t thu federal
ever have had the opportunUy to' ot.Mhigam and that th .Federal
The Labor Seoretary was of the
ni at n. a an Bain ma tiihtr Hrr,
h.ra a A nrhn If ., nrlcwl ,- nnrl
inwfnt for a candidate to spen'i
in excess of the limit fixed by State
law, - 1 r
"Senator Newberry could not
have been convicted." Mr. Hhe
adds, "even upon this cnargo w.in-out-
what I always regarded, and
'a
tremendous campaign under way
at thia moment to get veterans and
all their relatives to wire the Sen
ate at once in favor of a bonus in
anticipation of the fact that the
bonus bill comes up for considera
tion this week. There are thous
ands of veterans who are opposed
to the bill and their opposition,
with your own should be made as
vigorous as possible at this time.
of American shinDimr to convey so stated In my argument i u
them back to their homelands.
4,650 ARE INITIATED
INTO JtLAN
CHICAGO. Aug. 20 .Beneath
the red glare from a blazing cross,
what was said to be the nation's
biggest class of new Ku Klux
Via. . laftEfl ..nilM.;.. WO M
initiated In a huge field Just out
side of Chicago late last night.
While thousands of voices chant'
ed the surging roll of "Onward
Christian Solders." "the candidates,
still garbed In..' their working
clothe. fni.t he. nrnim anil its cir
cle of, white-clad Initiators and
pledged their allegiance to the "in
visible empire,"
The mystic rites .were held in, an
automobile-rimmed circle, a quar
ter of a mile lt diameter. In the
center of the cifcle, outlined by the
glarrng headlights of the cars, was
the cross, twenty feet high and
wrapped in cotton from the South
ern fields. . It was estimated that
26,000 persons witnessed the cere
monies, representing the 18 klans
In Chicago and the 1J ootelde of
Cooke County in the State, ,
OFFICIAL COGNISANCE fifF
Supreme Court, as an extraoroj
nary misapplication of the statute
upon which the" charge was bas
ed." ' " :;'
Other counts of , the iivlietment
returned against Mr. Newberry,
including that charging a con
spiracy to com'mit a number or
offenses, Mr., Hughes emphasized,
were set aside, and the Jury in, the
trial rendered a vrdict of not
guilty oi the charge of a con
spiracy to defraud by use of the
malls. . . . 1
CONFERENCE WIIJj BE 1
HELD IN BYFIELD CASE
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Clyde
K. Byfleld, whose wife, Mrs. Sarah
Byfleld, has brought a $100,000
damage suit against Walter T.
Candler, Atlanta banker, for an
alleged attack on her on board the
steamer Berengaria,said today he
would make no statement in con
nection yith the case until after
the conference which has been
arranged for tomorrow . between
bis lawver. Luther Z. Kosser, and
August Dreyer, a local attorney.
Mr. Ureyer W.1f B pvanviinvr on ,
OOXFT3RENCE f X)StMITTEK
TAKUS UP TARIFF NEXT
, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The
House will get the tariff bill back
irom the Senate tomorrow Just a
year and a month after it first
acted upon it. Republican leaders
plan to eend It to conference under
a special rule with Representatives
ordney of Mlchlgap, SreenS of
Iowa and Ixingworth of Ohio, Re
publicans and Garner of Texas and
Collier of Mississippi, as the prob
able House managers.
The conference committee will
begin this week the task, of com
posing the 2,000 odd differences be
tween the Senate and the House.
The question of American valua
tion which the House approved as
the basis of assessing ad valorem
duties; may be referred to the
House for a special vote, Repre-!
sentative Fordney having v an
nounced he would ftold out for this
plan in; conference and let the
House settle the Issue.
The general expectation, at the
Capitol is that the House will re
cede, accepting the Senate foreign
valuation plan with the so-called
flexible tariff provisions under
which rates might -be raised or
lowered by the President to meet
changing economic; conditions.
ESUME SESSION
Leave Philadelphia Sun
day for Rest in Country
or at Seashore. .
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 20
Negotiators In the hard coal con
ference, with tho exception of John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers,, left town today for
rest In the country or at the sea
shore before resuming their dlib
erations tomorrow in an effort to
solve the problem ef reconciling
the differences between workers
and the mine operator, which
have kept the anthracite fields Idle
since April 1.
Mr. Lewis remained in town, but
refused to comment in any man
ner upon the conferences. Both
sides have declined to elaborate
unnn the brief statement Issued at
the conclusion of yesterday's ses
sion declaring , that they were
agreed that the success of the ne
gotiations might be Jeopardized by
undue publicity., This statement
merely announced that no agree
ment had been reached and that
another session would be held to
morrow afternoon, j -An
optimistic note seeped throtifflh
(the curtain of Bilence, however,
when it was learned that the min
ers were discussing the advisability
of accenting the plan presented to
them at Friday's session the use
of the anthracite conciliation com
mission as a court of last decision,
Its rulings to be binding.
strike"excitemjent IN
COLUMBIA DEVELOPS
SOUlS HINDER
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LUU0 tlUUIIKLI Ul
GIANT SEAPLANE
YARDMEN ON STRIKE
. AT PRINCETON RETURN
LOUISVILLE. Ky.,Aug. 20.
Yardmen of the St. Louls-Louls-vllle
Line of the Southern Railway
Company at Princeton, India la,
who had been on strike since early
Saturday morning resumed work
early this afternoon, according to
the announcement of -local om
cials of the company.
Southern Railway officials .V're
tonight said that all Ipml and
through trains on the Divlsi.n-
the Berertgaria when the incident , were operating on their regular
COLUMBIA, S. C, Aug. SO The
attempt of the Southern Railway this
afternoon to bring in 11 men to worh
In the Southern shops here brought
In first excitement that has marked
the shop crafts strike here, the' 11
new , employes being attacked at the
shops by a crowd variously estimated
as between' 31)0 and .800 men. Four
of the new employes were taken to
the police station, bruised but not
seriously Injured, and the others
scattered In a hurry when they were
met by a large crowd of men.
The southbound train was stopped
by the railroad company at Laurel
Street to put off the new employes
When they alighted they found a
group of men, and the trouble fol
lowed. Some of the 11 got away and
made a hasty exit while four were
afterwards taken td the police stav
tlon. One of these had a gash on
the head and three complained of
pains in the limbs and back, as the
result of the attack on that,
t There were no police present when
the trouble took place but they an
swered a'call and rushed to the
scene. When" they arrived, how
ever. It was all over. '
No arrests were made. v
Flying From New York
to Brazil, "Sampaio TJar
reia"' Hits , Storm.
WKST PALM BEACH, Flu.,
Aug. SO. The giant seaplane Sum.
pluo C'arrela, Lieutenant Waller
Illnton commanding, flying ti-om
New Kork to Brazil, encountered
heavy- HHwlU Kn her WP down
the coast from Charleston, S. C,
today and tonight Is anchored in
Lake Worth, off Palm Beach.
The plans was forced by storms
to make landings at Tltusvllle and
I Kockledge in the , Indian River
during the day. In the face of
further 'threater-ing weather Lieu
tenant Ilintnn said he decided to
spend the night Jn this harbor.
"We left Charleston; 8. C, at
7:24 this morning and had smooth
sailing until We struck" northern
Florida." Lieutenant Hlnton said.
Off Tltusvllle, Fla., which was
reached at 11:50 A. M the weath
er became so threatening, he said,
that a landing there was forced.
Oil was taken on at Titusville and
when opposite Rockledge, Fla.,
which was reached at 8:60 this
afternoon, the commander declar
ed, squalls forced him to again
come down. During the stop,
which lasted for an hour or more,
the lieutenant said Ills crew slept.
Nearing this port the weather con
tinued so threaterlng It was de
cided to land here for the" night.
A - start from this port will be
made early tomorrow morning and
according to Lieutenant Hiriton,
San Juan.-poi-to Rico, la expected
to be the stop ove? lor Monday
night. . , ' . , .-'
TO JOIN IN STRIKE
He States There Is no
Danger of Sympathetic
Action by Them.
mediatorsTrefuse
to give statement
Knowledge of Prepara
tion to Call Off Strike
Is Denied by Men.
OLEVEIjANT), Aug. 20. (By
The Associated Press.) There is
no danger of the "big four" trans
portation brotherhood being drawn
into a sympathetic strike, even
should negotiations to end ' the
strike of the shop craft workers
fail, Warren S. Stone, president or
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and D, B. Robertson;
president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, declared on their return to
their homes today from New York
and Washington, where for 10 days
theyx have attempted to mediate
the shophiens' controversies.
Neither would comment on the
progress of the negotiations. "I
can't make any comment on the
progress of the negotiations," Mr.
Stone said. "Too much has' been
said already."
"We are acting as mediators and
mediators only prejudice their
usefulness by talking," Mr. Robert
son ' said "I would rather not be
asked to say anything until the
conferences are-over, I can't make
any predictions now."
Asked what position the brother
hoods will be in if the neg rt.utions
fail, Mr, Stone said, "they will be
In-the same position they were in
before. The strike will simply go
on
Removing 27 Spikes.
From Rail is Cause
Of Express Wreck
C 1 1 1 C A O (), Aug. 2 0 T h e
wrecking of express train No. S
en route from New York to Chi
cago, with tho loss of two lives,
near Gory, Indiana, early this
morning resulted from the deliber
ate removal of 27 spikes, from one
of the l'u IK Michigan Central
Railroad officials announced to
night. A $1,000 reward was of
fered for the arrest of those re
sponsible. Tho wreck took place about a
mile East of Gary at 2:10 a. m.,
while the train, which carried no
passengers, wws trae!llng at a
speed estimated at more than DO
miles an hour. When the heavy
engine struck the rail from which
Plunged along on the ties for some
the spikes had been removed, it
aistance ana tnen turnea com
pletely aver. The two engiuemen
were dead when removed from
the wreckage. ,
An investigation by Martin
Qulnn, special agent of the road
revealed tha,t while the roadbed
had been ground into an unrec
ognizable muss from the spot
where the train had left the rails
enough remained at the place
where the engine had been thrown
from Its course to furnish evidence
of the work of the train wreckers.
OS ON
NS HUM
AL
SFO
S
DEPARTMENT iF
WAR REGHECKING
OCCUPATION DATA
Part of Department's
Preparedness Policy to
Meet Strike Emergency.
WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 20
(By The Associated Press) In
Order to be fully prepared for any
demand that might .be made upon
V-Thare, never has beau an v pym-lt In the present Industrial sltua-.
pathetic strike nur any consid- tlon, the War Department la re-
chacklng the occupational qu'alifi-
5,000 MEMBERS MOOSE
ORDER AT CONVENTION
ered," he continued. , "There are
safety laws to take care of the de
fective equipment, which would
endanger the lives of brothurhnod
I members and it .will only be nec
l essary to enforce those laws.
He was then asked If the orders
of President Harding to the Inter
state Commerce Commission to
withdraw all trains which do not
fully comply with the law were
satisfactory and replied:
"If the Federal inspectors can
keep a close enough check they
will withdraw every train. I would
rather not talk about, that yet,
however,"
uVtr. Stone also refused to com
ment on President Harding's ad
dress placing the strike situation
before Congress, which he said
here Harding had discussed with
the brotherhood chiefs. Messrs.
Stone and Robertson plan to re
turn to New York Tuesday night
to be present when the railroad
executives consider peace proposals
Wednesday.
on which Mrs. Byfleld bases her
IMPEACHMENT ACTION I action is eatd to have purred
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night in which he said tnat alter
docKea - in iner
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Aug. SB Mayor
Joseph Cauffel tonight took official
coRnisance of the announced action of
prohibition leaders to , Initiate Im
peachment proceedings because the
executive told local brewers and sa
loonkeepers to make and sell "real
beer."
Cauffel Insisted that his primary
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Tlrohihllinn i-hie to tha "armv of
nnll.B T I ! 1. K,i..ltV "
i . . . . . " v . . . .
e inuM i n, i nm nun tow ins nry.i -
s-ge -diapeneera they must "keep with
in the taw." '
The mayor ' statement did not ex
plain how he expected them to sen
"rl beer" an4 not violate the Vol
stead act. . ,
At any rate. Mayor Gauffers antt
bootleg idea attracted hundreds of
visitor to Johnstown today. Propra
etors or thirst -quenching estaailsn
XentA nid "they all ordered the same
thing but 'Couldn't get it." i
th steamshlD
bourg, "It waa agreed that all
would meet In New York when
we returned and that the matter
would be settled there."
Mr. Rosser when asked today If
the meeting referred to was the
conference which Is to ) held to
morrow, replied: 'That is hardly
possible." ; '
. Mr. Byfleld said It would he Im
possible to slate the exact pur
pose of his visit until tomoi-row
when he probably would make a
statement. ,
It had been reported that Mr.
Byfleld and his attorney.- while le
New York would attempt to round
up witnesses. On of these .Is
said by Dreyer" o be a watchman
oji board the Berengarla. '
schedule tonight
About 100 men employed in the
yards, : including switchmen, fire
men, hostlers and cinder pit work
-era, nad been on strike... Firemen
and engineers of the road also had
protested against the ni e"en-e of
the guards following a distui bancs Iceptlng an invitation whtch can only
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
AWAITS VON HINDENBIRG
' BF.ULIN, Aug. 20. A great dem
onstrajjon . to be held at Munich,
Mqnday, Jn honor of Field Marr'Stl
von lllndenbtirg, who will pay a visit
to Prince Leopold and : then drive
through the city to the former cou
gardens, where a semi-public recep
tion' will be held In the form of a
regimental reunloffT provokes resent
ment here. It Is characterized as a
studied affront . to the central gov
ernment while the. dispute with
Bavaria over the law for the defense
of the republic Is still under negotia
tion, and ill-timed at the moment
when the Berlin government Is try
ing to dlscburagv demonstrations of
the nature of that planned by ttt I
Munich reactionaries.
Von HIndenburg is blamed for ac-
CHICAGO, Aug.. 20, Five thou
sand members of the Loyal Order
of Moose were in attendance at the
opening of the thirty-fourth inter
national convention of the order at
Mooseheart, III., today an,d double
that number are expected here be
fore the end of the wek.
E. J. Hennlng, assistant secre
tary of labor, said that President
Harding would be In attendance at
tne, convention next rriaay aija
preparations are being made for a
pageant in his honor. James .1.
Davis, secretary of labor and head
of the order, Is expected here In a
few days. Secretary Wallace, of
the Department of Agriculture, Is
also expected to be here Friday.
A plan for helping elderly peo
ple to care for themselves through
the establishment of a cottage
colony of 1,000 acres Of land In
Florida, was announced today at
the convention. " The Bite will be
about 14 miles South of Jackson
ville, Fla., and it is expected that
the .formal launching of the pro
ject will take place this Fall.
AVIATORS ARE FORCED TO .
fcAND NEAR IjVSUIXMIVZI
WEUMINGTON, N. C, Aug. 2(1
Jack Lewis and Bruce Griffith, at
tempting a trans-continental flight
from A1lant to Los Angeles via Wil'
mlngton, Washington and Cincinnati. . New
had a narrow escape late Saturday road umciais in ew
M'OORMICK MAINTAINS
THE OUTIiOOK HOPEFUL
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 Officers of
the Hallway Employes, Department
of the American Federation of
Labor today denied all knowledge
of Instructions' reported sint by H.
M. Jewell, head of the striking
shop crafts, telling General Chair
men to held themselves In readi
ness to call off the strike. Shop
crafts officials said it was Impos
sible that Mr. Jewell csuld havo
sent the telegram reported receiv
ed at A'dmore, Oklahoma,, last
night by John Scags, who said he
was a s union representative at
Gainesville, Texas.
"This is to -serve notice to call
together all members and hold
them in readiness to return to
their respective places, ordered va
cated by me July 1 ', the telegram
that Was telephoned to an Ard-
more newspaper from a man who
said he was Scags, said, "We want
no delay in getting back on Jobs.
We are confident a call will be
made not later than Monday." The
The message had Mr. Jewell's
name signed to It and waS ad
dressed to all General Chairmen
of the Federated Shop Crafts.
The name, of the man who said
he received the message Is not
listed among the General Chair
man, John Scott, Secretary of the
Federated Shop Crafts eald.
While union officials maintain
ed the situation was too critical to
Indulge in speculation concerning
a settlement, Senator Medlll Mc
Cormlck, who arrived In Chicago,
from the East, in a statement said
he was hopeful of settlement.;
y "I talked to a man who at
tended the meeting between the
Brotherhood Executives and Rail-
i ork last
cations of the enlisted mon of the
army and compiling information
making quick action possible in the
event that Federal troops are trail
ed upon for duty in the coal or rail
strike. , t .'.'...
As a part of the department's
general policy of preparedness,
corps commanders are understood
to have been requested to advise
officials here how many men un
der their command have hud ex
perience in railroad work and in
what particular branch of rail
road service each is most com
petent. Similar information re
garding other trades is understood
to have been gathered by the da
partnient in other cases in the
past. .. v-;-
Thus far no requests for Fed
eral troops have been received by
the department In connection with
either the coal or rail strike, but
Secretary Weeks and his advisers
have taken the position that should
a request come they should be pre
pared Immediately to place all
pertinent information before the
President. The order regarding
qualifications of enlisted men in
railroad Work was said to be based
wholly upon this desire for pre
paredness and to Indicate no
hange of policy on the part of the
Federal government,
The occupational experience of
enlisted men is compiled as a part
of thej permanent records of the
army, but these records are kept
only In corps and divisional head
quarters under the present organi
zation plan and are not forward
ed to the personnel division of the
I War Department except when a
special reqtiHL is niaue.
EXP
TRA
LACK OF WATE
Promiscuous Firing on
Picket Lines Before Day
Startles Many. ,
ONE CAR"bURNED '
IN STRIKE AREA
25 Recruits for Working
rForce of Shops Are -t
Taken to Spencer. .
SPENCER, Aug. 20. Sunday
was featured by establishing camp
headquarters for mine companies
of state militia three rglles from
the Spencer shops, by the blowing
up of the large water main whtch
supplies the shops and hundreds
of locomotives that are,' used out
of Spencer, by the burning ef
some bad order box cars near the
yard limits, by a small sized skirm
ish reported on the outskirts ot
East Spenc.l by ' th arrival of
2D recruits for the working force
at the shops, and the passing of
another group of workmen head
ed for Columbia shops.
Surpassing all other matter In
general interest was the blowing
up of a water main, shutting oft
the entire water supply for ni
gines and for fire protection. A
colored fireman passing near the
scene of the explosion which oc.
ctirred about midnight, was se
verely injurot by. flying debris and
was given medical attention. The
Friday night in which a fireman
was shot. While the strike was
in effect traffic over the St. Louts
Louisville Line was at a svandstil.
WIFE OF A GEORGIA
FARMER IS K I L LB D
MACON. Ga.r Aug. 20. Mra
Billy Smith, wife of a farmer re
siding five miles from here, was
shot and killed last night. Accord
ing to reports brought here she was
in the act of handing a shotgun to
T. H. Beckwith. with the barrel
pointed toward her when the gun
was discharged, the full load en
tering her bQdy. .-'.''
contribute - to the cent raj I govern-,
n.,,,ci. urapit. - in.
iaci cnac nis appearance In Munich
Is designated as of a private charac
ter. , . . .......
BOMB (THROWING 18 "
PUZZLING TO BELFAST
BELFAST, Aug. 20. A powerful
bomb was thrown Into the backyara
of the home of Hugh MoLeurln. to
day, a Beltrft councillor and magis
trate. - The bomb shattered the door
ana winaaws ot tne residence, cut
did not Injure any member of tne
family. -
The occurrence pussies the ponce.
as McLaurln la an Orangeman and
the locality is strongly Protestant.
afternoon when the air plane In which
they were flying mfle a roreea jano
Ing In a oottou field near Lumberton.
N C. The engine stalled at an alti
tude of 1,000 feet and was wrecked
In landing.
Lewi and Griffith were badly shak
en up by the abrupt landing. Ther
arrived In Wilmington by train this
morning, and hope 'to repair their
niane in time to rume their Journey
Wednesday morning.
ONE KILLED AND TWO
. HURT IN COLLISION
PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 20. H.
T. Jones, 45, station agent for the
Muscle Shoals Birmingham and Pen
sacola Railway st Klmbrough, Ala.,
was Instantly killed and W. D. Saw
yer, it sectlsn foreman and Zoille
Sawyers, 22, his son are in a critical
Leondltion at a local hospital as the
resun ox collision Deiween two au
tomobiles near Jones mill last night.
The Injured men arrived here by
train tonlg-' ,
week," Senator McCormick said.
"and this man said that a settle
ment of the rail strike within a
week seemed assured as a result
of the New York meetings."
SAYS STRIKE SPREADS
IN CHICAGO YARDS
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. J. F. Mc
Grath, vice-president of the strik
ing railway shop crafts, in a formal
statement tonight asserted that the
strike was still spreading on the
New York Central and Pennsyl
vania railroads. In support of his
statement Mr. McGrath made pub
lic the following reports received
by him:
,'From Cleveland: 700 men
from the" car shops of the New
York Central and Pennsylvania
who did not strike on July 1. sub
sequently came out and Joined the
brotherhood of railway car men.
"From Ashtabula: Men at three
large New York Central shops
main, which was one foot in diam
eter, carrying ordinary city pres
sure, was apparently blown .up by
dynamite at a point inside the
shop yards, between a'row ot un
ua box rars and the fence aurn.
founding the pi"iperty, ind at a
point some 7S feet from a picket
stand, fivera! pickets, it In said,
having been endangered by the
explosion which awakened most
citizens in Spencer for ten blocks
around. A section of the pipe was
entirety blown out and a hole the
size of a small house left in the
ground, ; A huge stream of water
flooded that section of Spencer for
sevsrul hours 1 until the supply
could be shut off.
. There is no knovV clue as to '
who blew up the pipe, though
Southern officials and Sheriff J. H.
Krlder have been making stren
uous efforts to fasten the blame
where U belongs.' While no charge v
has been brought against anyone
strikers have advanfed the state
ment that the blowing up was
done "from the Inside," that none
of their men had anything to do
with it. Workmen set to work
today to repair the damage and -restore
water service for trains
which were delayed several hours
awaiting engines,
lixplonlou Ktir
Town of Hpcuoer.
The explosion has stirred Spen
cer as nothing else since the strike .
occurred and many are asking ,
what steps will be taken to pre
vent further trouble. It has been f
charged that quantity of dyna
mite caps were stolen from the
Southern premises some nights ago .
near the spot where the explosion
occurred. A a result of a rough
night around the shops many are
expecting a detail from the soldier
camp, now in command of Col.
Don Scott to be placed around ,
th shops at night, though up to
this time it had not been believ
ed that troop's wolrid ever be re-.
quired to protect the Southern's
property, ; ', .;
i Asked as to whether troops '
K Would be called from the camp
three miles out of town for duty
around the shops tonight. Master
Mechanla McBrlde stated that he :
coutd not say early tonight, that
the grievance Justified such action,
but that matter would be deter- ,
mined by subsequent events.
The burning of an old box car
on the outskirts of the yards at a
time when the water supply was
shut off by reason of the explosion
caused a small stir. General Super
intendent R. E, Simpson was oa ;
hand and took an engine to th
tire to save what he could. The
origin of the fire could not be de
termined. Promiscuous firing near tha
nlcket lines on the East Spencer
aide shortly before daylight startled
.. 4v.K .mill Autvilu, f. Vnnr
kon tt ttiaiA man am nut Hair' " Ll 1 " " -1 " . ..-.-., - - -
of them Joined the carmen. Penn-1 Salisbury and caused nurses at the
sylvan la carmen came out July 24
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE
LOSS TO REACH $300,000
WESTXEWTON, Pa.. Aug. 20.
Fire which swept the West Newton
business district last night and
which was not completely extin
guished until noon today, wrought a
total loss of approximately 1300,000.
Insurance adjusters made this esti
mate tonight. Fourteen buildings,
including , several houses, were con
sumed, A score of buildings were damaged.
State police and constables patrolled
the burned area. Ktre companies
from a dozen adjacent cities and
towns aided the tocsl force and at
least 10 firemen sustained minor In
juries. Th firs started In an unoc
cupied garage. ,
and all Joined the brotherhood.
"From Sandusky: 150 carmen
worked until August 4 then came
out to the 'mst man.
"Erie. Pa.: 167 men on strike
of whom 108 were not members
of the Union. Only H men stay
ed in. The railroad now has 10
men.
Of 1,725 machinists unemploy
hospital to take steps to care for In
jured which were expected out
which failed to arrive.
The last patient at the Salisbury
Hospital phot by pickets some
nights ago was discharged Satur
day night. '
A squad of 25 men coming to
Spencer to take work this after
north insisted on getting off th
train at Yadkin, two miles from
1
ed at 22 liew York Cenllal points, 1 town, snd making their own way
1,598. struck on July 1.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANTS -
; BURNED TO. DEATH
LONDON, Aug. 20. Lieutenants
I. uard and Duncan were burned to
death when their airplane crashed to
the ground In flames at Dardont,
British India, says a Lahore dis.
patch today to the Exchange Tele
graph Company. The accident oc
curred when the aviators were as
cending with bombs to deal with re
calcitrant tribesmen, says the dis
patch. Spectators were unable to
render assistance because of the In
tensity or the flames and the explo
sion of the bombs.
to the shops, while another South
bound train carried a bunch of
workmen to the shops at Columbia.
CoU Don Scott, In charge of the
nine military companies sent here,
has reported to the county officials
that his men are now In readiness
for service when called upon by
either the Southern officials. Gov
ernor Morrison or the sheriff.
At midnight military authorities
stated that no troops has been as
signed to guard duty in Spencr.
Such action was not under con
templation at the moment they said.
The .soldiers were sleeping on their
arms at the camp. No disorders sad
bten reported during th night.