TONIA DAILY OA
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VOL. XLIII. NO. 168
GASTONIA, N. C.f SATURDAY AFTFERNOON, JULY 15, 1922
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BIG CROWD OF FARMERS
HEAR JERSEY CATTLE
EXPERTS LECTURE HERE
Crowd Numbered .130, All of
hom But Half Dozen
Were Farmer.
PICTURES ARE SHOWN
Leonard Dunk and' Prof. Ruff-
ner Speak On the Jer
sey Breed.
.LieouaM uunk, nem extension mnn
for the American Jersey Breeders Club,
ana vrol. it. ll. Ruffner of the A. &
M. College at Raleigh, were Leard by a
crowd of 130, all but la If a dozen of
; whom- were farmers from various sec
tions of the county, Friday night at the
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce audi
toriutn when they spoke on the Jersey
cow. Ihrough the courtesy of Man
ager bstridge, of tho Gastonian thea
ter, two reels of moving pictures
brought with them were shown in the
hall.
Prof. Ruffner, who is well known in
Gaston as he has spoken in tho county
: before, and vps be judged tho dairy
stock at tho Big Gaston County Fair
in 1921, was tho first speaker, being
presented by Chairman V. T. Rankin
of the farm relations committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, under whose
auspices the meeting was held.
Prof, Kuffner gave a very interesting
address on the Jersey breed iu North
Carolina as well -as in general. Ho
referred to the wonderful results of the
work in this lino at the college, resulting-now
in tho fact that out of six
gold medal cows in America owned by
similar colleges, thrco arc owned by the
North Carolina institution. His ad
dress was illustrated by forty slides,
all of which pictured Jerseys giving
their weight or over in butter fat in
a year. His talk. was very greatly ap
preciated. Mr. Dunk spoke before tho showing
of the movies, explained some of the
pictures as they were shown, and spoke
briefly afterward. His address dealt
wtih the extensive work of the Ameri
can Jersey Breeders Club in promoting
the breed over tho country nnd then
stressed - Jersey superiority, weight for
weight. His address was very interest
ing and was listened to with deep in
terest: Both speakers iwid high tribute
to the high standing of the live stock
department .of ho liig (Jasou County
Fair. -
Chairman Rankin, presented at the
first by Executive Secretary Fred M.
Allen, who explained the functioning of
the new farm relations committee, spoke
briefly of the Chamber of Commerce,
of its efforts to build up tho county
at well as the city and urged that the
fatmers ' use',' tho organization, calling
upon it for 'cooperation when any need
arises. Ho then referred to the boll
weevil fight and the fact that tho com
mittee will secure the munitions or war
for the farmer at', wholesale; eost if the
farmers' merely indicate that they want
it and will' take it ouT promptly. Upon
behalf of the gathering Air. Rankin
expressed appreciation for the splendid
addresses-given by the visitors.
Mr. C. Craig Kiser, president of the
Gaston County Jersey Breeders Asso
ciation, and Mr. Thomas Sparrow, vice
president, were each introduced to the
audience. Cigars were enjoyed by the
crowd.
Mr. John Arey, who is making the
schedule over tho state as a member of
the party, could not be in Gastonia ow
ing to tho fact that ho was called back
to Raleigh Friday.
LOCAL FIRMS GET BIG
r OHTRACTS IN VIRGINIA
A. H. Guion & Company and
Michael & Bivens Land
'Jobs In South Hill, Va.
.$90,000 Job.
A, 1L, Guion and Company, loeai
plumbing contractors, have been award
ed the contract recently for the installa
tion of va complete sewer, water, and
light plant in the city of South Hill,
Virginia. The entire cost will be be
tween ninety and ninety-five thousand
dollars. Five miles of sewer line will be
laid, four miles of water mains, and an
up to date lighting plant is to be erected.
A. H. Guion and Company have sublet
the lighting job to Michael and Bivens,
local' electrical engineers.
Work at South Hill has already got
ten under way and the contractors expect
to have it finished by Oetolier 15, 1922.
The money for the installment of the
system was raised by a bond issue float
ed by the city of South Hill. South
Hill is located seventy miles northeast of
Danville, on the Danville-Norfolk branch
of the Southern Railway. Several flour
and planing mills arc iu the city. It is
also ? large tobacco market.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
, NEW YORK MARKET
yu;y io. coiton iu-
tures ciosed steady; sjiots quiet, un-J
changed.
July 22.38; October 22.4fi; December
22.30; January 22.00 i March 21.90; ;
May 21.65; spots 22.65
TODAY'S COTTOK MARKET
Receipts . . -. none
Price ottered 22 rents
A""-?- -s '- :
Mrs, Albert Meadows, A Pretty
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Youny Widow, Victim Of Brutal
Murder Caused By Jealousy
Mrs. Clara Phillips Used Ham
mer to eBat Life Out
of Victim.
WHERE WAS PHILLIPS?
Mrs. Peggy Coffee's Testimony
to Grand Jury Is Enough
for Warrant.
(By The Associate! Press.)
LOS ANGELES, July 15. Wherea
bouts of Mrs. Albert A. Meadows, on the
night before she was the victim of what
has become known locally as the "Stone
Age Murder" because is was accomplish
ed with a hammer and a rock, and where
A. L. Philips, husband of the woman ac
cused of the crime, spent the night, were
subjects of inquiry today, according to
announcement by Deputy Sheriffs work
ing on tho case.
Mrs. l eggy Caffee, upon whose testi
mony tho Los Angeles county grand jury
returned an indictment charging murder
against Mrs. tiara Phillips, now held at
Tucson, Ariz., declared that the night
before she accompanied Mrs. Phillips
and Mrs. Meadows on a ride in Mrs.
Meadow's automobile to the lonely hpot,
where the young widow's body was
found Wednesday evening, she and Mrs.
Phillips made a secret visit to Mrs. Mea
dows apartment and that Mrs. Meadows,
was not at home.
Mrs is said by her husband to have
told him before her hurried departure
on the trip to El Paso that ended in her
being taken from the train at Tucson,
that sho killed Mrs. Meadows because of
jealousy, which he asserted, was unwar
ranted.
And, according to the story of Mrs.
Caffee, who was present during the alleg.
ed slaying, Mrs. Phillips accused Mrs.
Meadows of having been intimate with
her husband, and of having accepted
presents from the oil promoter.
Phillips has declined to say whero be
spent last Tuesday night.
Relatives and friends of the dead wo
man, wht) was only twenty years old,
and had' been a widow only a few
months, rallied to her defense and as
serted that any aspersions on her char
acter and reputation had basis only on
"idle gossip."
The coroner announced tho inquest
over Mrs. Meadows' body would be held
Monday.
Phillips has been detained as a materi
al witness and will be held as such, ac
cording to the sheriff's office, at loasi
until his wife is brought back to Ca
fornia.
Mrs. Caffee was permitted to go affc
she had testified before thOMjrand jury
Mrs. Phillips, who is 23 years old, is
said to have, hud a brief experienco with
a comedy motion picture company as "a
bathing girl." She also has been employ
ed as a chorus girl.
Mrs. Caffee said she was also a former
chorus girl.
Mrs. Caffee went to tho scenes of the
slayins yesterday and shoyed officers ex
act spots where she said the argument
and ensuing struggle between the two
women took place.
"After Mrs. rhillirs began ' striking
Mrs. Meadows with the hammer," said
Mrs. Caffee, "the girl was asking me
to help her out and I went toward her.
I was right infront of the girl. And
Mrs. Phillips came toward me. I don't
know whether alio was meaning to hit
me but 6he called out to me 'Get out of
my way. AH this girl said was 'i,a(iy
save me.' I didn't hear her say any
thing else. That was gefore sho fell
down. I started down the hill. And
when I got down there I looked back
and I saw, Mrs. Phillips hitting her then
and the blood on this hammer and on her
arm I haw the blood saf her hitting,
and I sort of cried out 'Oh! ' to myself,
Oh, Clara.'
"Sho didn't say much when I got
back in the girl's car. I saw the blood
on her arms and sho said: 'Wipe my
faco off,' and I took my handkerchief
and did it. "
' Mrs. Phillips said anybody that can
take my husband away from me." and
sho said I can do that again.' And then
she calmed down and pretended to mo
she wasn't afraid of anything. But I
was pretty afraid of her.
' "She had the hammer in the car. And
her silk, white gloves, were all full of
blood and she took mine and put them ou
her arms. And there was blood all over
her face, and arms and dress and shoes
and stockings
fV V U:u:e1"- 1 ir'ZS.Zl
.. i , w -r.l - '
uuv n ai n-r out; nut. iiio au onv i n
it and went as fast as ever she could
down the hill and way down along the
car line on the street there, and kept
on until she came to her. hnmf.
She
I 0I
lidn t brig me home. She let me
at Fignroa and Pico streets.'
"What did she wr to you before she
let you out anything f 'T asked W. C
Doran, chief denutv district attornev.
"Before," answered Mrs.. Caffee,
when I was up there and started down
the hill, she said she was hollering- to
me 'If you say any'thine I will kill
you.' That was when I was running dowa
ine inn, oecause 1 got sick
frnt Hli'lr ' ftt-in.lincr
there and sort of fell over against a
wall."
Mrs. Caffee told the grand jury hei
parents, whose names were not stated,
lived "in the east, near Philadelphia,"
The foreesof Collins, as we under
stand it, are pledged to the cause, of
Irish freedom. Under these circum
stances, a clash with the O'Connor fac
tion, which stands for the freedom of
Ireland, was inevitable. New Yrk Tribune.
Passage of Bonus
to Follow the Tariff
ABERDDEEN, Wash., July 15.
The tariff bill pending in the senate
will pass when Congress resumei
work after the recess and its pas
sage will be followed by the adop
tion of tht soldiers' bonus bill, ' ac
cording to Representative J. W.
Fordney, of tho bouse ways and
means committee, who is here on
business and to visit relatives. The
tariff bill will not be greatly modi
fied by the senate, Mr Fordney
predicted.
He expressed confidence that
President Harding would end the
'railroad strike in quick fashion. He
reaffirmed' his intention to retire
from Congress at the close of the
present session.
HONEYWELL WILL FLY
LOW IN BIG AIR RACE
Hopes to Win International
Balloon Race Starting From
Geneva, Switzerland, By
Hugging the Earth.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 14. II. E.
Honeywell, pilot of tho "Uncle Sam,"
one of the thrco American entrants in tin.
International balloon race for tho Goi
don Ben net Cup, starting from Geneva,
Switzerland, August 6, hopes to win first
honors by flying as low as possible and
staying in tho air longer than other en
trants, tehreby making moro distance.
Expecting to . land in Russia, Capt.
Honeywell said his plan of flight proba
bly would be different from that of most
of his opponents iu the race, which is the
fourth international event he has entered.
"Othei entrants probably will, fly
over the Alps," he continued, "and the
altitude necessary to accomplish this will
greatly shorten their time in the air, and
their distance. A balloon which flics
over the Alps cannot stay in the air more
than 24 hours.
"I expect to get out of Switzerland
either through tho Rhone Valley to the
South or through the Rhine Valley on
the Xortb. I want to fly as low as pos
sible keeping always below 8,001) feet
if I can manage it and will be able
therefore to remain in the uir perhaps
as long as 48 hours.
"If I find it necessary to cross any
mountains, I may have to rise to 18000
feet or more, but this 1 hope to avoid
If my plans go as I expect, I will lanu
in Russia."
'During his career aa a balloonist,
Honeywell declared ho lias made nearlly
600 flights, having participated in moro
than a score of races in. which he al
ways has ranked high in honors. He
holds many distance and endurance
trophies, and probably has the experience
of flying in more parts of the world than
any other balloonist.
Probably his most adventcrous flight
was in tho international race from Stutt
gart, Germany in 11)12. Ho flew l,:55o
miles and lauded in Russia, 10 miles
west of Moscow. His balloon was torn
to pieces and used for clothing by the
peasants and be was held by the Russian
authorities for almost a week suspected
of being a spy. Tho American consul
effected his release. Then, again in
1920 ho covered moro than 1,000 miles
winning the American race from Birm
ingham. Ho landed in Canada.
If Honeywell should be successful in
winning the race from Geneva he will ob
tain possession of the Gordon Bennett
Cup, a silver trophy, which lie retains
until tho next international race. Tho
country whose entrant wins has tho priv
ilege of fixing tho place and date of the
race for tho following year.
Honeywell is 4!) years old and served
in both the Spanish American and the
world war. He was an official of a bal
loon manufacturing concern until the
United States government took over the
manufacture of balloons and the com
pany went out of business. His wife
ami daughter aecompanieu nioi to ueneva
to see th start of the race.
SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS
HERE FOR THE WEEK-END
The Salvation Army of Gastonia is
!WI favored over the week-end with the
presence of their divisional commander,
Col. Joseph Atkinson, of Atlanta, ami
Ensign Satterfield, of Spartanburg, S. C.
Colonel Atkinson will conduct the fol
lowing meetings: Saturday 7' I. M. at
the depot, at P. M. corner Main and
Marietta; Sunday 11, A. M. holiness
meeting in the army hall, at 4 P. M. fct
the depot, at 8 P. M. a meeting will
be held in the Salvation Army hall.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend all of these meetings. Especial
emphasis is laid on the 11 A. M. and 8
P. M. services Sundayl
NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER.
WASHINGTON'. July 13. Weather
outlook for the wek bginning Monday:
Middle Atlantic States: Generally"
fair weather with temperature of some
what above normal, but with a proba
bility of scattered thundcrshowerg the
Utter part of the week.
South Atlantic and East Gulf Statsi
Scattered showers and thundershowers
and normal temperature. There are no
indications at this time of a disturbance
in the Wj?t Indies, I
s Daredevil Duke
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The' Duker LeinstwTwW""
115.000 bet last week by driving aa
auto from London to Aberdeen In
record time. Now he says he it
ioo a to engage in " a ' novel . rara
as the Atlantic."
COMMUNITY SERVICE '
.WANTS DRAMATIC TALENT
y. - .. :
All Thoe Who Have Ability
Along Dramatic Lines Are
Requested to Report to Mr.
Mahaffey for Directions.
Girls an.l boys, here is your chanco t
develop into a Sarah Bernhardt or a
Mary Pickford to say nothing of Rich
ard Mansfield or Doug 1'aribanks.
Have you talent along any lino that
would amuse or entertain other people.
If so report at tho earliest .possible mo
ment toiMr. J. P. Mehaffy, the Com
munity Organizer, at tlio Chamber of
Commerce rooms and tell him what it
is you can do pr hero in your chance
to help entertain a lot of folks and have
a fine time yourself by getting into the
Community Service Dramatic Festival
which Is to be held nt t lie open air
Theater:', on the Playground ou tho even
ing of Thursday July 27th with real
scenery, a front curtain, footlights,
grease paint and all the rest of it.
Here is just a suggestion as to some
of tho things that you might be able, to
do by yourself : sing a song, tell u story,
give a monologue, 'play a musical instru
ment, Clog ' dance, recite, Polk dance,
gymnastics, or just plain act.
There will also bo plenty of chances
for groups of youngsters to help in this
big comuuity entertainment. If you aro
a member of some club or organization
or 'have a few particular friends who
can all do something with you, such as
sing or dance or play different musical
instruments or can work up some little
dranintie, '.now-is tho time to come for
ward ami let other folks" enjoy .is as well
as yourselves lor this- is going to be a
niglit anil it is going to belong to tho
children of Gastonia and their friends
no one else admitted.
If you cannot act or liavo no ability
along other lines we can use you if you
want to help as wo need everyone we can
get to lieln us in tho painting of scenery,
electrical work, poster making, decorat
ing the grounds, making and designing
of costumes, etc. ect.
Do not be afraid that everyone ewo
on the program will In- better than you
are because everyone else will be trying
just as hard as you are to entertain.
Everyone will be accorded the same
chance to make good, and the same help
from Mr. George Junkin, the dramatic
coach, who is down here to help you
make as god an impression us possible.
A "trv-out" or preliminary rehearsal
will lie announced later.
Henry Ford's
By Senate Committee 9 to 7
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 15. Henry
Fords offer for purchase and lease of the
Government's projects at Muscle Shoals,
Ala., was rejected by the Senate Agrt-
ultural Committee today by a vote or
9 to 7.
Those voting for rejection were Sena
tors oms. l'ace, (by proxy), AlOary,
Keyes, Gooding, Norbeck, Harreld Mc- j
Kinlev all IScpublicnns, and feenutor
Kendrick, Dcmoerat, Wyoming. Those
oting for favorable rejwirt were Senator
Capper, and Ladd, IJepublicanl, ami
Smith, R.tndell, Harrison, Heflin and
Caraway, Democrats.
The bill introduced by Chairman Xor-
ris calling for operation of the projects
owned ami controlled crporatin also was
rejected, the vote being 9 to 5. Voting
for rejection were Senators Capper,
Keves, Ladd, Smith, Ransdell, Kandrick,
Harrison,, Heflin. and Caraway, and fot
aeci-ptenee were Xoris, McXary, Gooding
Norbeck and McKinley.
The other offers including thosp of the
Alabama Power Company, Frederick L'.
Engstrum, and Charles) L. Parsons, a?so
were rejected without a record vote. The
committe a'xo voted down without a se-
cord vote the bill introduced by Senator!
Norrig at request of former Representos
tive Lloyd, f Missouri, proposing a semi
governmental corporation.
Despite the adverse votes the propo
sals of Hnry Fori and Senator Norri
will be repn'-niCtl to the Senate for
final decision through minority report,
it was explained by Chairman Xorris.
Senator Ladd, Republican, North Da
kota, who introduced the Wright bill
calling for unconditional acceptance of
the lord offer, was authoriied by the
lomuuttre t.9 submit peg puuority n-
STRIKE SITUATION GIVES PROMISE
OF APPROACH TO SETTLEMENT IF "
BOTH SIDES WOULD YIELD LITTLE
Work Authorizes Use Trucks
For Transportation Mails
Motor Transportation to Be Used Between Bedford
Switzer City, Indiana Mail Trains Are Annulled.
WASniXGTOX, July 15. Inaugu-1
ration of tho use of motor trucks to
transport the mails due to tho inability '
of railroads to move mail matter on ac-1
count of the shopmen's strike was an-!
nounced . today by Postmaster General J
Work, who said it had been determined j
to uso motor transportation between i
Bedford 'and 8witz City, Indiana, be-j
tween which two points nj mail trains !
had been annulled.
Postal Inspector Harris at Atlanta,!
notified tho department today that
trains 15 and 16 operating between i
Savannah and Montgomery and trains
17 and 18 running betweeu Columbus
and Albany would bo discontinued to
day to conserve power, but that trains
generally throughout tho division in that
section of tho country wcra operating
without interference.
CAR REPAIRERS ATTACKED
BY BAND OF MEN
(By The Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA Ga., July 15 William,
Quinti, car rcparicr at Campania, 21
miles from here on the Georgia Kailroad,
is in Augusta today to try to locate a
band of men whom he said attacked
him while he was at work at Campania
yesterday.
Quitiii told Sheriff J. T. rilunkett.
that two automobile loads of men, whom
ho beleived to be striking shopmen, from
Augusta, visited him at Campania wliilo
he was nt work, and that after he had
held four of them off with a pistol the
men returned to their cars and began
firing nt him. with pistols.
The Georgia Railroad, nccordtng to
Qninn, has cmploytl nil men to guard
him day and night, thn guard working
eight hour shifts in pairs.
ONE MANSHOT.
'Bv The Associated I'ress.)
SCHANTO.V, PA., July 15. One
mnn was shet nnd slightly injured in
connection with tho shopmen's strike at
Carbondale, sixteen miles north of hero,
early today. He is Joseph Walker, a
citizen, who was on his way homo when
ho was fired upon, it is alleged, by new
workmen quartered in n foundry of
tho Delaware & Hudson Kail road Com
pany. The police claim 14 allots were fired
at Walker and eight other young men.
An hour later a crowd gathered and
nttempted to break into tho state
armory to get guns. Ono door had
been forced ojon when polico arrived
and di sin-rued tho crowd'. Later tho
situation was such that deputies were
rounded up and sent to the scene of tho
trouble.
MINERS'S UNION REJECT
PRES. HARDING'S OFFER
(By Tho Associated I'ress)
WASHINGTON, July 15. (By
The Associated I'ress.) Members of
the general 'policy committee of the
miners' union, the body haying full
power to decide for till of the coal
workers now on strike in the bituminous
fields and on work suspension in the
anthracite fields, held a two hour ses
sion today, during which John L.
Lewis, president of tho organization,
recommended that President Harding's
arbitration propositi fur strike settle
ment bo unqualifiedly rejected. .
Offer Rejected
port urging the Senate's acceptaneo of
the Ford propositi.
The second minority report will bo
Ira f ted for tho Senate by Senator
Norris proposing his bill for develop
ment of tho shoais properties' by the
proposed government owned and con
trolled corporation.
Senator Ladd taid he would begin
preparation of his report at once and
he believed it would be endorsed by
Senator Capper, and all Democratic
members with the exception of Senator
Kendrick.
HARDWARERS BEAT
GASTONIA SCORE, 7-2
The fast Standard Hardware ball club
defated the net Gastonia nine yesterday
afternono at Lonty Ball Park .by a score
of 7 'to 2. The game proved to bo
snappy and interesting to the small
crowd that assembled inside the pales of
the orchard to pay homago to their
favorite.
The features of the game was a home
run by Robinson, same being poled oat
on the first pitched ball of the game.
Boyd, on -the mound for the winners,
pitched good ball, allowing the Bi State
leaugers but four well scattered binglcs.
Only seven scenes were held, by agree
mnt. Ccce by innings: R H E
Standard Hdw 302 000 27 9 2
Gastonia ...... OJl) 000 02 4 3
Butterii'8--Boyd and Clemmer; Willi
ams, Bumgardiirr and Harrell.
Strawberries arrive on the New York
market at the rate of two to three hun.
dred cars a week during May, the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
reports. The shipments from all pro-j From what wejiear of the ex-kaiser's-ducing
sections filled alwwt 3.000 cars u jbook, he knows more about fighting than
week.
and
May Issue Strike
Order to Maintenance
of Way Employes
NEW YORK, July IS. Prediction
that E F Grable, president of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Wsy Employes and Railway Shop
Workers, would issue a strike order
to the 400,000 men of his union "at
any hour" was made today by Wil
liam Parker, leader of the New York
Central maintenance of way men,
and president of the union's asso
ciation of eastern chairmen.
BUDGET OF LIVE NEWS
ITEMS FROM BELMONT
(By Mrs. Adelaide 8. Beard.)
Presiding Elder Jordan To Open East
Belmont Church Sunday. Revival Ser
cvies will Feature Week In Life Ol
New Church. Rev. Reinhard and Mrs.
Steidley To Preach.
Rev. H. II, Jordan, presiding elder ot
tho Shelby District, will conduct the
opening services at the East Belmont
Methodist church Sunday morning when
the handsome rrew church will be used
for tho first time. Mr. Jordan will
preach at tho 11 o'clock kervice in the
morning- and also at the cvning service
at H o'clock.
Rev. C. L. WSlkinson, pastor of tho
church, expects to begin tho work in his
new house of worship by conducting a
revival service the first week that it Is
in use. Rev. D. H. Reihn&rdt, of Bostic,
and Mrs. C. L. Steidley, of Gastonia,
will 'both Ims here to do the preaching
and Mrs. Steidley will also have charge
of the music. Services will bo hold
twice daily, at 7:.'10 in the morning for
the benefit of t lie night hands in tho
mills nnd at eight each evening.
Quarterly Conference At Main Street
Church Sunday Afternoon Rev.
Thompson To Begin Vacation
Next Week
Rev. II. II. Jordan will conduct Union
Quarterly Conference for the Main street
and tiust Belmont Methodist Churches
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock ut tho
Main Street Church.
Thero will bo no night service at this
church. The congregation will worship
at tho East Belmont Church Sunday
night.
Rev. J. E. Thompson will leave next
week to spend his vacation of two weeks
and there will be no services at this
church until the first Sunday in Auguht.
Mr. Thompson will go to Luko Juna-
luska ami will also visit a daughter in
High Point and a sister in Greensboro
during his absenco from town.
Mad Dog Still at Large All Dogs
Ordered to Be Kept Up.
Tho mad dog that created such an
excitement here Thursday night has so
far eluded tho eoplc out after it aud
has not as yet been killed. Tho dog
went all over all tho mill villages, ac
cording to tho reports given the police
and a number of dogs were bitten.
Fifteen or more animals havo already
Wen killed that were thought to have
lieen expose dand requests have como in
to th polico for them t otake a good
many more. A warning has been issued
to all dog owners to keep them up until
the danger of their going mad has
passed. Belmont needs aa ordinance
prohibiting all dogs from running loose
o the streets and especially at this time
of year when the danger from mad dogs
is so great, as large numbers of dogs
are allowed to run wild on tho streets,
When last seen the mad dog had
crossed over into Mecklenburg about
eBatie's Ford, and thus got away from
the police and others hunting it. The
report was current Friday that it came
back over ho river about noon, bnt so
far nodefinito word of its last where
abouts has been given the officers.
Fire Department Makes Record Run.
Trial Call.
The firr deportment was given a trial
call Thursday evening and resiondcd in
record time. A bonfire was started
on the outskirts of town and the alarm
turned'iu without the knowledge of the
inemliers of tho firo department to give
the boys a tryout with the new firo
engine. The firemen were on the scene
of the fire in five minutes and as the
boys all had to gather from their Jiomes
this is considered splendid time. Some
difficulty was experienced in getting
the hose to work right, but such prac
tice as this will soon get the boys fa
miliar with all their hre figting appa
ratus. Belmont Boys at Pike's Peak.
Cards from Henry Lineberger and
F. P. Hall, Jr., from Pike's Peak have
lieen received, the boys having climbed
the famous hill during their sojourn at
Colorado Springs, They spent the past
week at this famous resort, having
taken a cottage for a stay there to
break the trip they are taking to Cali
fornia. According to last reports they
expected ' to leave there Tuesday and
to make the trip to Los Angeles in 14
days.
Jwrifing. -And b lt the wr4
Rail Executives and , Strike)
Leaders Move to Opposite j
Rooms at Hotel. - '
PEACE OFFER WILTED
Postal Authorities Take Steps
to Transport Mails By
Aircraft. -1
CHICAGO, July 15. (By tho Asso
ciated i'ress.) The peace dove, which
yesterday flitted between separato gath
ering fo railroad executives and lead
ers of the striking shop crafts, today
bore a somewhat wilted olive branch
which Ben W. Hooper, chairman 'of tho
Railroad Labor Board, hopefully tried,
to freshen.
Mr. Hooper announced he had en
countered "fundamental" difficulties in
his efforts to bring about peace, bnt,
j with more parleys in prospect, tho sit-
uuwuu Knv promise oi a new approacn
to a settlement, or to at least ncgoia
tions through which an agreement might
be reached to meet on common ground.
Rail execuives and strike leaders
moved close enough together to meet
in opposite rooms at a hotel, where Mr.
Hooper was inconvenienced in his peace
mission, Neither side, however, nutdo
enough concessions to provide substan
tial optimism.
E. F. Grable, president of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes and Railway Shop Laborers,
who faced rebellion in the Tanks of his
organization, left Chicago for Washing
ton with the avowed intention of fight
ing every move of the "red flag" ele
ment in the ranks. Ho declared that
no striko action by maintenance men
would bo sanctioned by him unless the
mo aro "coerced" into it by railroads
attempting to force maintenance men
to perforin duties usually dono by shop
men now on strike. Mr. Grable went
to Washington to confer with Presi
dent Harding on the threatened walkout
by common labor on the roads. ,
The encouragement in Mr, Grable'a
attitude was partly offset, however, by
tho strike call for stationary firemen,"
engineers and oilers who were author
ized by thexr international president,
Timothy Healy, to walk off thebr jobs
next Monday.
Disorders in connection with the
striko were largely confined to the south
aud southwest.
While President Harding and his
cabinet discussed tho rail and coal '
strikes, iwstal authorities took prelimi-
nary steps to transport mail by com
mercial aircraft, power bouts and motor
cars if rail sevico becomes hampered (to
the point that the mails are seriously
threatened. i
Samuel Gompers, at Washington, de
clared tho American Federation Of La
bor stands squarely behind the striking
railway shopmen. i
Congressman Ciddick, at Livingston,
Mont., declared to newspapermen tha
Congerss ultimately will intervene in
tho rail strike.
"Chen tho striko starts to tie up
traffic, Congress will bo forced to in-'
tervene, " he assorted .
Members of tho American Federation
of Railroad Workers at Cleveland voted
to join tho shopmen's strike next Mon
day, according to officials of the union.
The organization, it was said, has no
connection with the American Federa
tion of Labor, but has a membership
of 90,000. Approximately 1,200 pipe
fitters, coach and car repairers, painters,,
and inspectors will bo affected, it was
said. . '
United States mails in New Jersey
wero transported under protection of
federal marshals.
New workers employed in the Mis
souri Pacific shops at Wichita, Kans.,
notified President Harding and the
Railroad Labor Board that the work
men had formed a new union and asked
for recognition by the government.
Additional injunctions restraining
strikers from interfering wtih railroad
operations wero granted to oads at va
rious point shy federal courts.
Several trains on the Sealtoard Air
Line were added to the growing list
of annullmcnts.
Pock oierator9 at Cleveland predicted
a tie-up of some of the Great Lakes
shipping within tlie next few days be
cause of tho rail strike and a shortage
of coal for lake Rteamers.
Railroads have begun to withdraw
their solicitors from from the peach
an melon districts of Georgia, accord
ing to reports from Macon. Shippers
declared that in their opinion there
would Ik? no melons shipped outside of
Georgia by the end of another week,
if the strikes continues.
Wrecks increased railroad troubles.
Jake Herman, an expressman, wna kill
ed and seven passengers were injured
when a Goulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe passenger train was wn-ckod near
Wharton. Texas. Spreading rails
are believed to have caused the wn-k.
C. J Stoner, a fireman, was killed
and five other trainmen were injured
when two freights on the St. Louis
San Francisco system crashed bo.vloa at
a bridge over Center Creek, urar Joplin, '
Mo. Confused orders, rail officials de
clared was responsible.
Fire iasengers and the bggniastr
were injured in a wreck n-ar Saluda,
N". C. A runaway "helper" locomo
tive, used on the Saludj mountain t L in,
ma hcadon into a pam-cngt-r train.
THE WEATHER
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Mostly cloudy wit Wt -V
niht r .Siinil