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E MONROE JOURNAI
PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
MlhVROE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGLST 15, 191C
VOL.22. NO. 57.
ONE DOLLAR A YE
DINNER TO WHOLE VILLAGE
ANNUAL riCNIC AT ICr.MOKLFK
WAS AN EVENT OF THIS KIND.
Managrmeot Het Up the fov"i hi H"J
al Style Big Dinner, .... Cream
and lemonade on Tap All Day
Flo Speech by Mr. Abernethy and
(Kntmi In the Afternoon The
Icemnrlee Band.
Any onlooker at the community dny
at Icemorlee last Saturday must have
felt a pride In iuch a community, a
community where working conditions
re the best, where a highly energetic
mill management takes a broad view
of Industry, the Interelation of labor
and capital, where mutual interests
and respect And their finest exempli
fication, in short, a community where
the Industrial life or the South is at
its very best. The occasion was the
annual picnic which the mill gives
the village. The pic nlc was held in
the milt park which is always open
for the recreation of the people.
It was aome dinner! Two thous
and rolls, one hundred and forty-four
spring chickens, fourteen boiled
haras, with a dessert served in the
shape of two thousand ice cream
cones, and two big lemonade foun
tains flowing freely all day long.
And to keep things lively, a crack-u-ack
brass band, the peculiar prido ot
the village, giving rattling good
music all day. That Icemorlee band
is a wonder, anyway. There are
thirty pieces and every one of thm
Is in the hands of a neat and hand
somely uniformed young man who
holds a good job in the mill. And
their leader, Mr. D. W. Green, knows
his business and does it. The band
boys are a natty young set who are
acquiring their musical skill In the
way that all the best things of life
are secured by constant practice and,
bard work. They practice and keep
on practicing in their well-fitted hall
over the mill company's offices. So
when they are called upon to play on
public occasions they can deliver the
goods.
Along with the workers and their
families a number of the officers and
stockholders of the company were
guests at the dinner. President W. S.
Lee and General Manager Chas. Ice
man were everywhere on the grounds
seeing that everything went right and
that all were looked after. They
were as happy as any of the children
gathered there. The only missing fig
ure was Mr. Bob Iceman, who was
sick that day. Had he been there he
would have been frisking about with
the energy of a dynamo and making
folks eat long after they had had
enough. The mill company appropri
ated tie hundred dollars tor the din
ner, and it was served on two long
tables presided over by pretty young
ladies arrayed In spotless white with
the neatest little linen caps adorning
their pretty heads after the style of
the trained nurse. Mrs. Charles Ice
man and a number of her friends
graced the occasion also and partook
of the dinner. Among those present
from Monroe were Messrs .R. A. Mor
row, J. H. Lee, Dr. J. M. Belk and
Mr. T. P. Dillon.
A big cool pavilion had been erect
ed for the band and for the speaker
of the day. After several selections
by the band, Rev. J. E. Abernethy
delivered a fine address on how to get
the best out of lire. He showed that
work was the prime essential, but
work performed under good condi
tions. It helps, he said, to keep-the
character clean If the body Is clean,
and clean and wholesome conditions
under which to work contribute to
clean living and good workmanship
like clean clothes on the body. He
complimented the people and the
management of the mill on having
such comfortable working conditions,
such clean and wholesome living con
ditions, not only in the mill, but in
all the village. v
After the speech, dinner was an
nounced and the crowd was not slow
In partaking thereof. After the ta
bles had been reduced, Mr. C. C.
Earnhart and his assistants served
the cream from the huge freezers of
coolness. The heat of the day made
this part of the program especially
inviting.
The afternoon was devoted to
games, contests and social enjoyment.
The machinery of the mill rested that
day and the people enjoyed them
selves. It was a happy occasion, and
nothing whatever was left undone to
make the day's cup of happiness '
over in old fashioned Methodist full
measure.
In the contests of the afternoon the
following young men won the prizes,
three dollars each: John Davis, E.
T. Brewer and Carl Helms.
Soldiers Drowned at Southport.
Charlotte Oesrever.
While surf bathing off the beach
at Southport, N C, Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock, Sergt. W. E. Ardrey
and Private Leonard Swain, both of
Charlotte, and Private Fred White of
Salisbury, all from the Coast Artil
lery camp of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard at Fort Caswell, were
; drowned when they went beyond their
depth.
Th three men, r.ceompanied by
Privates Alexander, Guthrie, Howell,
McCoy. Treascott and Johnson, all of
the Charlotte company, had gone to
the beach early Sunday morning to go
In bathing.
According to a report from Fort
Caswell, the militiamen bad been
warned against bathtng at that par
ticular place, on account of the depth
of the water and th treacherous tide,
which it was stated, flows especially
strong along the beach there.
According to dispatches from
Bouthport Sergeant Ardrey was the
first to call for help and directly after
ward, White and Swain getting In wa-
ter over their heads, also called for
assistance.
Privates Howell and McCoy, who
were nearer to the three men than
nthr memhor of the Dart, started
to the assistance of White who seem
ed to be unable to make any progress
toward shore. Tney succeeaea in
bringing him to where the water was
not more than waste deep and
left him standing there.
Refor other members of the Dartr
could get to the assistance of Swain
he had gone down, but the men were
able to reach the spot where he was
last sxn to ro under, null him to the
surface ot the water, and tow him
to shore.
In the meantime, White Is thought
to have fainted or fallen unconscious
from the effects of his submersion.
He disappeared and the tide was eb
bing strong enough to carry him out
to deep water again.
Life Silvers to Kescue.
Privates Bagley of Wilmington and
Clute of Raleigh, h.id succeeded in
reaching Ardrey and were endeavor
ing to swim with to the shore.
Other militiamen who had started
in a run for the Oakisland Life Sav
ing Station gave the alarm and Cap
tain Brinkman and crow of life sav
ers succeeded In getting to the scene
in 10 minutes from the station which
is a mile further down the beach.
The rife savers arrived Just In time
to keep Bagley and Clute from going
under with the body of Ardrey. At
the time the rescue party arrived,
they were still struggling to make
shore against the strong ebb tide.
Bagley and Clute with the lifeless
form of the young sergeant were
placed In the boat and carried to
the beach where resuscitation work
was begun on Ardrey. After several
minutes' work over him the experts
from the life saving station pronoun
ced him dead.
A search was then instituted for
White's body but up until a late hour
Sunday night It had notion foud.
STKAW HAS DEPARTED.
Th Blackest of the Flock Wan
CaiiRht Violation the Quart !w
and He Has Gone Southward It In
Straw Alsobrooks, the blackest of
the flock, took sudden leave or Mon
roe Friday and has not been seen
since and ll is not expected that he
will be back any time soon. Straw
has been under suspicion as a blind
tiger for some time, but the officers
were unable to verify their suspicions
until Friday night, when, they went
ik. ,1-ltn home and fouiul a
good size quantity of liquor, for more
than the law auows. straw wa um
at home when the raid was made,
and while the officers were expect
antly awaiting his appearance, some
one eUe of the tribe "got wind" of
what was going on, and hiked off and
notified Straw.
Officers Griffin and Fowler com
..j i ho .onrrhinff nartv. and Straw
knew them of old. They had the
goods on him. and what more coum
ovnont thin tn nee him hike for
the tall timbers? Straw is one of
these darkeys that does not iane
li.uu tn mnrV nnil as the times are
hard he could not hadly hope to
raise an at least 12& nne, wmcn nr
felt certain In his bones was forth
coming. Therefore, he took the only
means of escape.
Straw had been a mighty slick
in th nast. and the police
force are patting themselves on their
backs for his goou nauancc. wuu.
.,... ,iotin la hplnff made as to the
route Straw has chosen, but the odds
are that he has gone souinvvRro.
Some think that he has made for Lan
caster, which, is most too close to
home to be safe.
Bethlehem New.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Mlbs Mary Howie of Marvin Is vis
iting Miss Stella Richardson.
Miss Ruth Clawson visited her sis
ter, Mrs. T. K. Starnes, last week.
Mr. Claude Broom is building a
nic little cottage on. his place near
Rough Edge. '
Mr. R. C. Moser has been right sick
the past week but is Improving.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. D. Starnckre
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Secrest, at Baker's Crossing.
The greater number of the people
of this vicinity are taking the anti
typhoid treatment.
The debate on Woman suffrage that
was pulled off at the residence of Mr.
J C. Turner Saturday night resulted
in a decision in favor of the negative.
Working the roads seems to be the
order of the day. The great torrents
of. water which swept over the roads
during the last few weeks left them
in bad condition, but the faithful
overseers are on their Job and, will
soon have them In good shape again.
Mr. Tom Ross of Monroe spent
Sunday with his people here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Moser and Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Doster left last Sun
day for a big trip to the mountains.
The trip will be made In Mr. Dostefs
CAT
Prof. C. M. Moser will begin a 18
days' singing echoo! at this place on
August list. Prof. Moser has spared
neither time nor money in preparing
himself for his profession "Frisky.
The strike on the surface railway
lines in New York City, which threat
ened to extend to the subway and ele
vated systems and thus completely
tie up transportation facilities In
greater New York, was settled Mon
day night. The agreement gives the
street car employes the right to or
ganixe, which was what the strikers
were contending for. ,
And many a man has ruined his
eyesight sitting In a saloon looking
for work.
THE STEADY POUND OF WAR
GI NS AND MEN PIT IN
FI LL TIME ON FRONTS
Itutaa Cain Continue and British
Claim That Their Fighting Will be
Kept I'p All Winter Germans Say
It Has Spun Out.
The Germans sav that the British.
offensive has passed ita worst. The
British say that tney are only oeg in
ning. French. Russian, Italian and
English reports are all highly satis
factory and the German are no less
so. This is about the usual war
claims except when something decis
ive has taken nlace. It does not seefll
to be denied, however, that the Ital
ians and Russians are still carrying
on their attacks successfully.
The Austrians and Germans in Ga-
llcta are still falling back before ad
vance of Russians, who, according to
Petrograd, have made additional
paina alone the Sereth and Zlota
Lipa Rivers and -have captured the
strongly fortified town or Tustooaoy,
northwest of the Dniester. On the
unner Sereth. however, the Teutonic
Allies at some points on their newly
chosen line are holding back the Rus
sians with a vigorous artillery fire.
Nn rhanee took nlace Yesterday
along either the British or French
lines in France, bad weather hinder
ing the operations, wh'ch were con
fined almost exclusively to artillery
duels. According to Berlin, the Brit
ish have been expelled from trenches
over a front of 700 yards southwest
of the Ttlepval-Pozieres, which they
occupied Sunday.
As Paris Sees It.
Paris Dispatch, August 13.
Another terrific blow having driven
the French steel wedge further Into
the German line between Combles
and Peronne, Gen Fayolle'a picked
shock regiments are resting up while
reinforcements are consolidating the
newly won positions and gradually
bombing and bayonettlng all the Ger
mans out of Maurepas.
Drag Germans From Shelters.
There was no house to house fight
ing in Maurepas, because no houses
exist, but Germans still are being
dragged from the underground shel
ters where they sought refuge from
the leaden hail of the French bat
teries. The usual Intense bombard
ment warned the Germans of the
coming charge, but even the PTus-
alnn nfflrura' swords Were Unable to
prod their soldiers from the dugouts
to face the withering Domoarameui
which devastated the trenches. The
death - dealing shrapnel made even
the shell-holes no refuge.
From the moment the French of
ficers' whistles shrilled "Advance!"
until the pollus had swept the Ger
mans out of three lines of trenches
from Hardecourt to Clery on the
Somme, less than an hour and a half
elapsed. . Scaling the slope of Hill
10y. the French seized the crest, then
raked the eastern slopes with ma
chine gun fire, and slowly flittered
down the old German trenches to
ward Marlncourt Wood.
From Tetrograd.
Petrograd Dispatch, August 13.
Today, the war office announces,
saw the occupation by the advancing
Russian troops In Galicla of the last
remaining portions of the Immense
fortified line running from the Pripet
Marshes to the Roumanian frontier,
behind which the Austrian and Ger
man armies stood last winter. Every
mile of this immense line, fortified
with prodigious labor and with every
device which engineering skill could
suggest, now is In Russian hands, it
Is stated officially.
Loss on Roads and Bridges a Million
and a Half.
"One million five hundred thou
sand dollars, no less, is a conserva
tive estimate of the amount of dam
age done the roads of North Carolina
by the recent storms and floods," de
clares Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State
geologist. "Of this loss." Dr. Fratt
continued, "a million dollars' damage
can be put down to the loss ot
bridges, which has been terrific. The
loss Is pretty well distributed along
the Catawba, Yadkin and French
Broad rivers , and their tributaries.
In some instances, sections of the
roads will have to be entirely re
located, and surveys in many In
stances are already being made."
Dr. Pratt declared himself delight
ed with the spirit shown by the peo
ple of the stricken districts. He said
they are almost unanimous In their
great desire to take prompt action
for the restoration of their roads and
bridges.
Cotton Future Highest In 3 Year.
A New Orleans dispatch says that
the future cotton market last week
reached the highest point it has at
tained In Blx years. It was the result
of heavy buying, the bulk of which,
according to gossip of the market,
came from groups of traders In New
York and Chicago. More outside in
terest was displayed in the situation
and there was fairly good buying
from the interior of the South at
times, although late In the week
there was disposition to take ad
vantage of the high values prevailing
and sell hedges against cotton being
picked or about to be picked.
The high levels of the week were
made Wednesday when the distant
months sold up practically to the 15
cent level and October touched 14.33.
Here the trading months were 12
points over the preceding week's
close. The buying wai based on the
growing belief that thl cannot be a
large crop; owing to the adverse
weather conditions, particularly
drought In Oklahoma.
IDEAL COMMUNITY GATHERING.
Folks of Pleasant Hill Community
Near Goon Creek and New Salem
Border Had fine Time at Sell's
Pond Saturday.
The celebration at the Sell fish
pond last Saturday was a huge suc
cess, and several hundred people were
present throughout the entire day.
Stirring speeches were made by
Messrs. R. L. Stevens, W. O. Lem
anond, J. J. Parker and Zeb Green.
This Is the first of many celebrations
that the Tleasant Hill community in
tend holding annually at the Sel;
pond, which is an ideal spot. ' There
Is plenty of shade, and the pond pro
Tides several acquatic sports.
The various prize winners werei
Arthur Williams, running race; Bron
nle Hargett, foot race; Baxter Har
get, sack race; best clowns, Frank
Griffin and Callie Davis.
Those in charge of the ecu brat ion
were: Chief Marshall, J. A. Sell; W.
B. Simpson, Vander Simpson, Henry
Austin, Wrlston Griffin, Sandford
Strawn, and Curran Griffin.
The fish pond Is the property of
of Mr. W. M. Sell, who Is one of
Union county's most prominent Cit
izens and farmers. He stated Satur
day that it was his intention to agi
tate such a celebration as was held
Saturday every year. He said that he
would be glad to let the people of his
community have the use of the pond,
and that he would do all in his power
to make future celebrations as suc
cessful as the one on Saturday. Mr.
Sell said further that he was a great
believer in community spirit, and
that he thought getting the people
together once every year would work
much towards creating that spirit.
Mr. J. A. Sell, who was chief
marshal, expressed his pleasure at
the good order during the day. This
was especially significant, since as
every one knows, cider is In much
abundance this year.
Mrs. W. B. Simpson and Mrs. J. A.
Sell spread a picnic dinner for the
benefit of the visitors, that was prob
ably unequalled anywhere. Fried
chicken was plentiful, and the coun
try bam was sufficient for the reven
ous appetite of the visitors.
The Speeches.
Mr. W. 0. Lemmond was the first
speaker. He was introduced by Mr.
I. G. Clontz. He laid special stress
on community pride and uplift, and
stated that It always gave him great
pleasure to be present on such occa
sions as these. Education came In
for a prolonged discussion by Mr.
Lemmond, and he urged the people
to erect their school houses conven
iently and secure the best teachers
possible.
Mr. J. J. Parker, who followed Mr.
Lemmond, was introduced by Mr.
John Beasley. "Americanism" wa3
the subject of Mr. Parker's speech,
and he delivered an excellent one.
He Bald that he pinned his faith to
the red-blooded Americans who Rtood
for the upholding of the integrity of
America on foreign soil. Many other
phases of American life were discuss
ed, and Mr. Parker gave thanks for
the happy, tranquil scene that was
before him, as compared with the
dark and stormy days on the Euro
pean battlefields. "I am opposed to
war," said Mr. Parker, "but 1 am not
ton nroud to finht."
Mr. Zeb Green was the next sneak
er. He was introduced by Mr. holon
Braswell. Mr. Green discussed three
thlnes. all of which are vital ques
tlons: Better farming, good roads
and better education. He said tutu
Mr. W. M. Sell wa notd for breed
ing good O. I. R. pigs, but that ho
thought that the- Pleasant Hill com
munity ought to strive to ear.i that
reputation for themselves as a whole.
No one doubts but that we need beft
ter roads, said Mr. Green. We are
stilt navine the now famous mud ux,
and it Is time for us to throw off the
bondage. Better education Is ac
cording to Mr. Green's Idea. l.i pet
ticoat music courses, not so many buz
saw voice students, and a little less
Greek and Latin; but more of a prac
tical course that fits boyj and gins
for aucressful lives.
After the speaking the Tleasant
Hill team crossed bats with t le tn
ioavllle team, the latter losing by a
score of 5 to 3.
U nf the visitors were unanimous
In their praise of the day, and all ex
pressed the hope that thev might bo
aLle to be back next year.
in'kl. I'mi faTr
WHEN BOTH DIED
A North Carolina Man Was Game
Up to the lAt Minute Got Hi
Man.
Ilnra la on Interest Ine BtOrV told by
the Lenoir News. It shows the sub
lime courage of a Nortn uarouna
man who was fatally shot, but who
died game and got his man:
Mr. John Llngle of Hudson, this
county, was killed by John Terry, one
of his mill hands Thursday night at
hii saw mill near Julretta, Ga and
in turn succeeded In killing Terry be
fore he was able to get asvay. Mr.
Llngle died three hours after the
shooting took place; Terry died In
stantly. According to Information reaching
Mr. Joe Llngle, a brother of the mur
dered man, the trouble came about
because Mr. Llngle had ordered Ter
ry to leave the camps or stop selling
.Kiibw n thn men. Words followed
this order, and according to the story,
Mr. Llngle was rorced to mrow terry
out of the office. This occurred sev
tv hefnre the fatal shooting.
Terry left the camp for several days
and came back and woraea a oay or
wa hfnr leavlne aealn. He did
not show up again until Thursday
evening at & ociock. rar. iiugm
was sitting in his office working on
some books when Terry walked up
to the door and fired a double bar
rel shot gun at Mr. Llngle, both
loads were fired at the same time
and went clear through the stomach.
After being shot in this condition Sir.
Llngle rushed through the door and
grabbed Terry, took the gun away
from him and threw it under the
house. Then Terry pulled a pistol
and fired one shot striking Mr. Lingle
on the upper lip and ranged back
into his head. At this point Mr.
Lingle pulled his pistol and fired one
shot Into Terry's stomach. Terry
broke away and started to run when
another bullet from Mr. Lingle's pis
tol struck Terry in the back and
finished him instantly. Mr. Lingle
lived three hours and told the story
of the duel.
MONEY MADE AND LOST
In the Sale of Site For the Badin
Development Mis. Smith am Mr.
Bonaparte IahI.
Raleigh News and Observer.
Rprpntlv thn rpnretnt:itivpa of tk?
American Aluminum Company o
Pittsburg, the present promoters of
the Badin development, have been
busy acquiring titles to water power
sites below the big dam at the Nar
rows and purchasing lands for the
purpose of backing water. Itis said
that this corporation has purchaseu
from Charles J. Bonaparte ot Balti
more the property known as the
Smith mill, and will erect there a sec
ond dam which will raise the water to
the first dam, and also a considerable
way up the Uwharle river. Thus the
water of the Yadkin will be made to
An rfnnhle riutv: first eeneratine Dow
er at the big dam on the Narrows and
then turning the wheels at the second
dam at the Smith mill site.
This nrnnertv at one time belong
ed to a Mrs. Smith, who was a noted
character in Montgomery county. She
u-q a wnmon nf fnrpe. and if She had
been an Ideal promoter. She always
been a nldeal promoter, sne aiways
had .some financial scneme on 1001
nil nnnthor 11 n her KlpPVC ShC
managed to interest Charles J. Bona
parte in her scheme, the general re
sult of which was that he took over
the greater part of her land holdings
at an enormous cost and found his
name entered on both the records am;
court dockets of Montgomery county.
- This Mrs. Smith, In years gone by,
wished to settle a $50 account which
Lh nvui in a citizen of Montcoiuery !
county and persuaded the creditor to
accept a deed to a little island in me
Yadkin river, above the mill site. The
Island contained only a few acres and
was considered worthless, but the
creditor was anxiogs to get what he
could for his claim and took the deed.
He managed to sell it for $50 to Mr.
Wooley and ex-Sheriff Clark of Mont
gomery county. They bought it as a
pure matter of speculation, and have
held it from that time until a month
or so ago. When the water power
corporation bought the Smith mill
site from Bonaparte they found that
they could not back water over the
little island, and so they paid the
owners a sum said to be between
$17,500 and $20.00.
Mrs. Smith died a public charge In
the county home of Montgomery
county a short time ago.
Below the Smith mill site there Is
another fine water power site on the
Yadkin river known as Swift island.
While the power company which con
trols the Badin property was getting
control of the Smith mill property,
the power company of which Mr.
Pharles E. Johnson of Kaleifth Is the
dominating figure, purchased the
Swift Island property from the own
er, Mr. Charles A. Armstrong of
Troy, and it Is currently reported that
the consideration was $37,000. Other
property owners along the Yadkin
and Uwharle rivers have deeded
their lands for large consideration.
Besides the work necessary at Rn
din for the generation of power there
will be constructed there many plants
and factories to use the power direct
and manufacture aluminum. Badin
will be the Pittsburg of the South, it
is claimed. The other dams will ne
cessitate an increase of population.
The toilers in these plants must be
fed. Naturally they will be fed from
the land nearest to them. This will
put an Increased value on every foot
of land in Stanly and Montgomery
counties and that entire section of
the State Is on the threshold of great
development and Its people will be
the beneficiaries of a rapid progress
and marked prosperity.
Saw .Mill Can-led Away By SpiiiiR
Branch.
Lenoir News.
A complete saw mill outfit, belong
ing to Mr. Hardy Gragg. was washed
away by the recent flood and until
now only a few small pieces have
been found. ,
Tha min m-aa located in the Globe
section and was about three-quarters
of a mile up a spring Drancn irom
John's river. The waters of this lit
tle branch got high enough to make
a clean sweep of the entire outfit
boiler, engine, saw mill and all, and
.(..no in aav tho r.'hnle Outfit Was
carried down this little branch into
the river and down the river so iar
that It has not been located.
The National Association of Mas
ter Bakers, In session at Salt Lake
City, Utah, Is on record In favor of
the 10-cent loaf of bread. A resolu
tion favoring the Increase In the size
of the loaf was also adopted. That Is
to say, the bakers would Increase the
price of the loaf from 6 to 10 cents
and would Increase the slie.
' True religion makes a man feel
that It is Just as cold for his wife to
get up and light the fire as it is for
himself.
STRIKE MAY BE AYERTiA
v
PRESIDENT WILSON WORK.
I Mi FOR PEACE BETWEEN' .
THE .MEN AND ROADS.
Conferred With Both Sides Yroterdajr
Hm lUxis for Arbitration May
Be Found and Countrywide Mrike
Avoided.
As a last resort in the conflict be
tween tbe railroads of the whole
country and tbe four brotherhoods of
trainmen whose demands have not
been met. President Viison was cull
ed on to see if he could find means
to get the parties to utrt a strike
which would tie up uil the ruilroads
all over the United iiiiiUs. X iis
patch from Washington bays that Mr.
nson ye.-ttrd.'y coutcrred with both,
parties to the ihroatein-d countrywide
railway strike and tonight it appear
ed that EUlIlcieut ground wurk had
been laid to furaisa a workiiig basis
for a settlement of the differences of
employes and employers. The Preslt
deut will meet both fcius again to
morrow. At the conclusion of the day's con
ferenees, the President Issued this
statement:
"I have met both sides and
have gone over the case w ith the
utmost frankness. I shall not be
able to Judge until tomorrow
whether we have found a feasi
ble basis for settlement."
The foremost questions are what
shall be arbitration If arbitration is
is to be resorted to, and what form ot
arbitration shall be adopted.
Kepreseniauves oi ine employes
maintain that their demand lor an
eight-hour day and time and a half
for overtime is the only concrete
proposition under discussion. The
insisted to the President in their con- .
ference today that the railroads make
some definite proposals. If the rail
roads submitted some proposed form
of settlement they said they would
be ready to discuas negotiations fur
ther. Brothel hoodx Want Uqiresentation.
The employes are understood to be
ready to consent to the principle of
arbitration if the contingent propos
als of the managers, which the men
claim involve lifelits they have won in
30 years' effort, are eliminated from
consideration and it uiu:tiiition in
conducted by a board on which all
four brothei hoods are represented.
Immediately after learning the em
ployes' position the Presiotat sum
moned the committee of managers
and held a long conference with them. ,
They left the White House to confer
am one themselves throughout the
eight If necessary and the general un
derstanding was that tney discussed
the advisability of withdrawing their
"contingency" proposals and submit
ting a proposition "without strings'
as demanded by the men.
While representatives of the em
ployes insisted that they had not
agreed to arbitrate any feuture ot
their differences there was a growing
impression that arbitration, or some
form of compromise woulv. bo agreed
upon. At no time, it wps said, did
the representatives of tiie men indi
cate that unless their demands were
granted unqualifiedly, they would go
on strike.
Two Factions Optimistic.
Both sides refused absolutely to
discuss their meeting with the Pres
ident or venture any forecast on the
probable outcome of the negotiations,
but leaders of the two factions werw
optimistic tonight that a strike would
be avoided.
The President, It was declared,,
made no compromise propositions to
either side today. He merely listen
ed to the employes' representatives
and then talked with the manager
and suggested that some concrete
working basis be agreed upon before
proceeding further. Indicative of his
desire to learn what results come
from the railroad managers' meeting
tonight before taking any further
step he arranged another meeting
wuh them for 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning and a conference with rep
resentatives of the employes for 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow's Cabinet meeting has
been cancelled so the President may
devote his time to the railroad prob
lem. He cancelled several enggements
today that he might have the fullest
opportunity to talk with the two sides.
T
Another Dam Broken.
The great dam at Lake Toxaway,
38 miles from Asheville, broke at 7
o'cock Sunday night. It went out
with a roar. The entire dam, built
of earth and stone, seemed to melt
before the rush of waters within a
few minutes. The initial opening in.
the dam, caused, It is believed, by the
seeping of a natural spring at the
base, was not longer than a railway
coach.
The dam, built in 1902. at a cost
of $38,000, was constructed at ft
point where the hills are not more
than 400 feet apart. Over this dam
the waters of Lake Toxaway river
flowed down a narrow and. densely
wooded gorge tor a distance of 16
miles of comparativey uninhabited
territory before empting into tho
Chuga river and striking tbe first
towns in Its path In South Carolna, .
3,500 feet below the Toxaway section.
There have been no unusua rains
In the lake section for several days,
but It Is thought that the dam was
weakened by the heavy rains which
flooded western North Carolina dur
ing the week of July 16. This is the
third and largest of the lakes la the
mountains of Western North Carolin
which have gone out since tbe July
storms. . .