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IA DAILY OA Weather - Unsettled Local Gotten 22V2 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 187 GASTONIA..J. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 7, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS . ON 7 COUNTY JlGEHT ALTMAN ENTERS UPON HIS NEW DUTIES IN GASTON COUNTY New Farm Demonstration Agent Comes To County Highly Recommended.' IN GREENWOOD 3 YEARS Will Stress Club Work, Com - munity And County Fair And Boll Weevil. Mr. L, B. Altman,.. newly appointed county agent for Gaston, entered upon ' the duties of his office Monday morn ing at the county courthouse. Mr. Altman, a native of South Carolina, and for the past three years county agent in Greenwood county, 8. C, comes to fill the local office highly recommended to state and county officials. When former agent Cowan's term was ' fixed to expire, August 1, North Carolina officials got . busy and went out to hmt a man to fill the vacancy and several weeks ago they announced that Mr'. Altman had beeu signed and " would report for his new duties August 1.. The new. official is a graduate of Clemson College, being a member of tha1911 class of that institution. Mr. Altman took some post graduuto work the following year and during 1912 and 1913 he taught history in the Fifth District Alabama Agricultural school, after which he returned to South arolina-and became a county agent. Vnr 4hn riant three vr rim Airent Alt- man has been fighting tiff boll weevil iu Greenwood county and comet to Gas ton county well prepared to meet the needs of local farmers sua cotton growers in thi section. Hhovork will begin where Mr. Gowan leffoff, most of which has already been mapped out for him before his arrival. Three big features of the new offi cial's work will be the 'county and community fairs, the boll weevil cam paign and boys ana girls eiuti worx, The community fairs will be"given im mediate attention, two sections to be visited this week by Mr. Altmfln and Mr. Fred M. . Allen, secretary of the Biir Gaston -lair County Agent Altman will be in his office early each morning, all day on Saturday, and pracShally all duypn . the first Mondays of each month. r in other townships in order that he ' may attend tne neeasas tne iarmcrs of those sections . Mr. Altman and family are now at honm at 503 East Third avenue, and his telephone nutn bcr is 503-L. . FOUR BELMONT MILLS PAY GOOD DIVIDENDS Cotton Mill Business In Bel mont Getting Back On Satisfactory Basis Four M EiUEr r'"" c"" Dividend The cotton' mill business seems to lie getting on a more satisfactory biisis. During the past . week four of Bel mont's Mills paid out- a 5 per cent dividend. These mills wrrc the CliiiMX, Majestic, Imperial and Chronicle. At a meeting of the town" council held at the city hall Friday evening the reports of the years finances anil work were given, and the yearly - ac complishments reviewed . The . report of the condition of tho treasury show ed that the finances of the town were in a very satisfactory condition. The tax rate was fixed at .tins time; it will be 53 cent, -an increase of five cents over"latycnr. . Construction work on public im- provemeuts has been very active this year ana mticn accomplished for , con- venience, and improvement in various Ii nes of cm'inencut. foovcral new mers from around Cherryville were pre streets have been oined up and im- sent. Boy Eakerwas made chairman proved and tno iiara suriace streets ex- tended. Quite- a s large amount of cement side walks have also . been I piaceti. wir " " 'k "pen- onTthose present. The, remainder of tho ed from North to South Main street mooting was taken up with tho lime pro and paved from the ental school to position. Mr. Bailey representing a lim me iown iimiui i jo." " iK-nijr lwviiv county roaa leaning to me i oint. North Main street paving win oe -ex- renaeu irom euro vu curu "u.-re tne parr paving en.is. 10 .K-yono. me Hacred Heart Convent. A mrgc stand- jjiiic iibs uitu cm icu, """ui i.iib tlllK MUtl liiv nam ojoiciii du mi'iuvv.i that tho town nftw has a splendid water supply. A fire truck has been pur chased and a volunteer fire deimrtment organized. In addition to the rebuild ing of the burned Central school the town is now erecting a modern high school building. The town fathers of lie mont are progressive and punne spirited men ana m eifivirilia in tin sill in thmr TViunr trt I n "-"" r W . : - maite Beimont a worth w hue town " , jui x,ue iiana an xrC,,e w Ion entertained Thursday evening, at .,,,., " nonor oi iui.tses xvixry j-ore ana jiarion Wise, of Lincolatonf house guests of r. l fr. w t 1I..H ti. Mr. and Mrs . 1Iaf"- . Tbe evemng was pleasantly snt , playing games, c. ,,a ,.KreMe con" versation. Refreshments consisting of . uv m,,A ..k .... -t .i rra niAs pnilrP4T Anil nrriffrdaci v nn. I Elizabeth Dendy. Kuth Cox. Flonni; TI..I r0.r Rval TIn,l U.l.l Spratt, of' Charlotte, A. M. Lcepr, AV. T. Lecper, Floyd Gullick, R. L. Ptflwe, Jr., H. B. Gaston, W. M. Hall, R. D. Hall, W. J. Tharr. A. C. Lineberger, Jr., Isaac Howe, CLi-les Stowe, Dr H. WV Jordan and Mr. and Urn. W. T. HaU. The invUed guests were- Niiss Wise i Cnimittee o tne niber of Commerce ; tiara AIm Nll STlL M.r W" T' Rankin "d Esecutive Secretary 7 Vil Z Li -a7 , Fred M. Allen of the fair. Armstrong, Mary Howe Melva Gulluk, , .... Art Cloth Mills, County's 99th Will Manufacture Fancy Dress Novelty Shirtings, Etc. Authorized Capital $200.000 H. D. Gagner, of North Adams, Manager -72 Looms. 'Announcement is nude today of the ' organization of Gaston coun ty ' 99th cotton mill, the Art Cloth Mills, Inc. The' new tex tile plant is a weave mill and will manufacture fancy and . colored ' silks, ratines, artificial silks, shirt ing material, novelty dress goods, etc. It will be equipped with 72 thirty-harness novelty looms to be. gin with. The authorized capital stock is $200,000. At a meeting held Saturday the following or. ganization was perfected : Henry D. Gagner, president and general manager; K. L. towe, of Bel mont, vice-president; J. B. Reeves, , treasurer and Lillian W. Gagner, , secretary. The board of directors is as follows: K. L. Stowe, chairman, A. C. Lineberger, W, T. Love, H. ,'D. Gagner and T. Switzer. . Casualties From Tidal Wave Will Reach 10,000 Hundreds Of Corpses And Carcasses Of Animals Are Mingled With Debris Desolation Hovers Over City Of Swaton, 250 Miles North Of Hong Kong. Poland Sends "Book . Of Signatures" To Hoover WARSAW, Poland, July 4. One' of the most remarkable books ever made in Europe has just been com pleted here and will be sent to Ameri ca. It is "The Book of Signatures" and ia Addressed to Herbert Hoover in the name of scores of thousands of Polish children, whose actual signa tures are included In the several hun dred pages of the volume. j . - Marshal Pilsudski, the Polish chief of state, wrote the. first page, and other pages are written !by members of the Polish parliament, the Cabinet, Cardinal. Kakowski, the Polish Protes tant clergy, the Jewish Rabbis, the students and professors of the Uni versities, and representatives of all the arts, sciences, trades and crafts of Poland. . . The book is made entirely of Po lish parchment and is bound in magni ficent hand embossed leather done in the style of the mediaeval manuscript volumes. , LIME BIN PROPOSED FOR GHERRYYILLE FARMERS New County Atrent. L. B. .. Altman, .Makes Good Im pression On Those Who Heard Him Plenty Of Lime. plans for a lime bin for the fanners of the territory around Cherryville were pretty well shaped up at a meeting, held in the city, hall there Saturday after- noon and attended by L. B. Altman, who btlrins his duties today as county agent, and Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen of the Big Gaston County Fair from Gas tonia. A representative crowd of far- and A. J. Mauney secretary. Mr. Altman was presented as the new county agent and made a fine impression pompany gave much -valuable advice in the matter. Committees were named to t.akj up tho financing, the site and other details. It is believed the bin will be built, thuenabline farmers to eet what lime they want at any time and in any quantity they desire, GROWOERS CREEK FOLKS TO HEAR ABOUT FAIR Besidents of the Crowders Creek corn- n,Unity will hold a big meeting at th3 Ferguson school honno i nmnrrAv nicrrif nfc O VIOCK tO make TlHn fnr thft Rirr ton County Fair. This community, though n agriculture, has had little renre- Nation in the fair in past year but ,,, u . zt J '? ' showing for their section this vear. Tn..in,A . u - - Ooonrv ApenT R AH ""V? ! '- ounty Agent u. B. Altman, Director Jno. Frank Jscksos of the Big Gaston Connty Fai, Hom, " l J Xel Pickens, Vice President of the Fair, L. fn,; ' t. v . i , f. ' and tTiairman of the Farm Relations . '. . ' " f " ".n 'l!!" f inierert "c uiouwu. THE WEATHER North Carolina, local thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday; not quite so warm Tuesday. 1 1 Inc. Is Name of Textile Plant Goods, Mercerized Products, Mass., President and General y ' . Mr. Gagner, the prime mover in the new . textile enterprise r from North Adams, ' Mass. , where he has been engaged in the opera tion of a similar industry. , He will immediately move to Gas tonia. The other officers and di rectors are well known Gaston county textile men. The new industry marks one of the first steps in the diversification of the textile business in Gaston county. At present there are only a few weave mills in the county and none which will manufacture the mercerized product the Art Cloth Mills will turn out A site for the new plant has not ' been definitely chosen, but the indi. cations are that the old' plant of the Standard 'Knitting mill on East Franklin Avenue will be used . Work will begin at once on the installation of machinery. . Typhoon And HONG KONG, Aug. 7. (By The Associated Press) Casualties in the typhoon and todai wave which last Wed nesday swept the port of Swatow, 250 miles north of here, are estimated at 10,000. i Another British steamer, in addition to tho two previously reported ashore, was bound from Hong Kong to Shanghai, when it met tho fury of the typhoon and was wrecked, but her passengers were saved. . ., Desolation hovers over the ruined city and horror haunts its streets. In the native quarters hundreds of corpses and the carcasses of animals arj mingled with the debris.'. It is. estimated that mora than 75 per cent of the city's builmngs were destroyed. The American consulate was slightly damaged. A swatow newspaper reports that law less elements raided houses of typhoon victims, and held up passersby for plun der, but prompt uction by police prevent' ed wholesale looting. . Tho police frustrated an attempt to loot the ofhees of tbe Banque IndustricIIe de Chin, arresting two men. The destruction was. almost complete with tho exception of . the Chinese . post office. No building escaped damage, - To allappearences Swatow is" the scene of a war-ravaged town one heap of ruins. The tidal wave which swept the Bund, or harbor rond, at the height of the typhoon, inflicted considerable dam age to water front buildings. The British in Hong Kong have re mittcd$10,000 to tho British consul at Swatow and are shipping rice for dis tribution among tho homeless and des titute. - Tfio captain of a steamer arriving to day from Swatow, told The Associeted Press correspondent that his vessel!, fif teen miles before reaching Swatow from Shanghai, encountered corpses and car casses floating on the ebb tide. On Double Island, the summer resort o( Swatow ' community, ' not a single houso was intact. Inside Swatow harbor boats that took refuge were a mass of wreckage. Re fugees had been caught like rats in traps and corpses floated in a promiscous heap. Jazz Music Banned By Asheville Musicians PEORIA. III.. Aug. 7 "Jail ' music has been banned by the Ashe ville, N C , local of the American Federation of Musicians as a result of a movement toward better music in that city sponsor by the Saturday Morning Music club, according to an announcement from the publicity headquarters of the Federation of Music Clubs. The announcement stated that this was the first movement in this direc tion by any club affiliated with the national body. A resolution adopt ed by musicians, Local No. US of Asheville, was quoted as follows: "Resolved, that orchestra musi cians playing any engagement must conduct themselves as if they were on s professional engagement, and refrain from making any unnecessary or ' unusual noises not indicated in the music, or making movements con spicuously noticeable that would tend to detract from the dignity of their performance." Tbe movement of the Asheville Music club, it was stated, was headed by Mrs O C Hamilton, president, and chairman of the local board now making- arrangements for the enter, tainment of the biennial festival to be held at Asheville by the National Federation of Music clubs next June. "This .action,", the announce ment said, "is based upon a plan of co-operation with various civic organ izations to bring the standard of musci to a higher level. These musi. cians are on record as - being oppos ed to cat-calls, squawks of the clar inet, aad wheezes from the saxo phone, especially in connection with dance music."' Sweetest Smile i -V S Y, ,n , Marie Tost, of Mendota. 111., was chosen In a contest as the girl with the sweetest smile at the univer sity at Valparaiso, Ind. She will be supervisor of muslo in the pub lic schools of Knox, Ind... next 'year. . KU KLUCKERS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO. MURDER Trial Grows Out Of Raid April 22 Defendants ' Are Free Under $45,000 Bond Grand Goblin Of Pacific ' Domain Charged. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. Tho trial of 37 Knights. of the Ku Klux Klan on charges growirig out of the' raid April 22 on the home and bonded winery of Fidel and Mathias Elduayen, at Ingla wood, -was on today 's docket in Superior Court. The defendents free under $45,000 donds, include William 8. Coburn, for merly grand goblin o fthe Klah 's Pacific domains G. W. Price, King Kleagle of California,' and Nathan A. Baker, natio nal K8let who is said to have con fessed leadership of the raid. One'., alleged raider, Constable! M. B. Mosher, of Inglowood, was kiklled,. and his son and dputy, Walter Mohser, and Leonard Reugg,. a deputy, sheriff , wero woundaAl. '. Young Mosher!. and Ruegg ure among the defendenta ''' Alleged connection of the Klan with the raid was brought out at the inquest over Mosher 's body. The. defendents are charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder, kidnapping and false imprisonment. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. A-nigh raid by " masked men at Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, ou April 22, 1922, resulting in tho slaying of ouo raider and the wounding of two others, was followed by an investigation in which tho first definite charges were made that the Ku Klux Klan of the present day is engaged in deeds of vio lence. Forty three itersons were indict ed by the Los Angeles county grand jury for false imprisonment, kidnaping and assault with intent to commit mur der in connection with the raid. Thirty-seven of tho accused wero men tioned by namo and six, unidentified at the time, as "John Does." Those named included - William K. Coburn, Grand Goblin of the Pacific, Domain of the Ku Klux Klan; G. W. Price, King Kengteyof tho klan for the state of California? and Nathan A. Baker, Kleagle, organizer, for Los Angeles county. , . The victims ot tho Inglowood rnnl were Field and Mathias Jlduayn, brothers, proprietors of n winery near Inglewood, operating under a fcledarl license. A crowd of men estimated as numbering from 50 to 150 entered the Elduayen place, bound the brothers and carried them to the Inglewood city jail and asked to have them locked up ns '.'bootleggers.' The jailer refused. Elduayens were then carried to Redan do Beach, ten miles away, and a similar attempt was made at tho lockup there, with the same result. . Wrhile the raiders were surrounding tho Elduayen pbice, Frank T. Wocrner, deputy city inarshull of Inglewood, rode up iii a motorcycle and was ordered to halt by one of the group of masked men who were guarding the highway. The deputy displayed his badge, . where upon, ho testified later, several revolv ers were leveled at him. He drew his own weapon and fired into the crowd, three men falling. Wocrner eotinnued firing until his ammunition was exhaunt- cd, then returned, to the Inglewood iolice station for more. When he got . back to the scene of the raid the crowd had dispersed. . The three men shot by Woerner were carried' iuto the town where they were found to be M. B. Nosher, Inglewood constable; Walter E. Nosher, his son, and Leonard Ruegg, a deputy constable. The elder No-sher died about an hour after he was shot. Meanwhile the Elduayens had been set free several miles from their home. An inquest was held three days after the raid, in an Inglewood undertaking establishment. Blake E. Shnnibeau, a (Continued on page 6.) COTTON MARKET ; CLOSING BIDS ON THE . NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug.' 7. Cotton fu tures closed easy; Spots, quiet, 25 pointg down. . ' Oetober 29.82; December 20. S3; January 20.73; March 20.77; May 20.72; Spots 21,10. Receipts ........4 Bales Price ..22 Cents 37 PERSONS KILLED, AND 138 ARE ' INJURED IN WORST TRAIN WRECK IN THE HISTORY OF MISSOURI No New Developments In Rail Strike Situation Over Sunday Leading Figures In Chicago Were Away And There Is Nothing Doing, NO MOVE IN. CHICAGO Scattered Incidents Of Disor ders Mark Early Part Of Sixth Week Of Strike. CHICAGO, Aug. 7. (By Thp. Asso ciated Press) Leading figures in the railway shopmen 's strike were away from Chicago today and this center appeared to be in toh doldrums while the next peaco move was being formulated. Scattered incidents of disorder mark ed tho early part of the sixth week of the shopmen's strike. A passenger train on the Western Railway of Alabama, en route from Atlanta to Montgomery, wns fired upon by alleged strike sympathizers,- according to reports from Mont goniery. No persons 'were injured.-' - . W. S. McLana, car t orman in the Illi nois Central shops at Birmingham, Ala., was kidnapped by armed men, blind folded and taken by automobile to a woods near Cardiff, Ala., where he was badly beaten with hlckorv sticks. Eight men, said to bo striking Burling ton railroad shop workers, and the wives of two of them, were arrested by Federal officers on charges of violating injunc tions prohibiting interference with men at work in the railroad shops at Have lock, -Neb. The men wero placed in jail but tho women were permitted to remain in their homes under custody.- Specific charges included painting houses yellow, intimidating company guards, assembling in crowds, threatening workers and caus ing disorders. , State authorities in Tennessee were in vestigating a fire of soprmsed incendiary origin which destroyed the freight sta tion of the Louisville and Nashville rail road and twenty cars in the Knoxvillo yards. The loss was estimated at $500,000. . ' . Sthrking shopmen assisted in clearing tho tracks following the Missouri Pacific wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo., where many persons were killed and injured. The strikers, however, refused to pick up wrecked cars. ' , 000LITTLE STARTS OFF WITH BAD ACCIDENT Plane Is Wrecked As He Takes Off On Flight From Jacksonville To San Diego, Cal. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 7. Lt. James II. Doolittle, 90th arco squadron, whoso attempt to fly across tho continent in one day with only ono stop, ended abruptly at, Pablo Beach, 18 miles east of here,' last night, when his piano was wrecked before it took the ailr, expected today to ascertain the extent of the damage to the machine and determine whether be "would make a second start. The aviator headed south on , the leach for the take-off and was almost on the point of Jeaving the ground when his running gear struck a short stretch of. soft sand.' The machine served anil headed directly for the surf. Upon striking the waves it turned over and landed on its back in shallow water. National guardemcn and spectators who rushed to the scene expecting Lt. Doolittlo to be injured, found him un hurt and berating hi, til luck. A hur ried examination of th! machine as it lay in tho water disclosed a smashed propeller and a broken wing. The accident spoiled what Doolittlo ex pected .to be the first successful one stop flight across country. Lieutenant rierson attempted a journey from ban Diego to Jacksonville but was forced to land in Mexico. Lieut. W. D. Coney laat flew from San Diego to Jacksonville in preparation for a -pine ' day return trip with a brief stop at Dallas, and re ceived fatal injuries when hhis piano crashed near Monroe, La., on tho west ward flight. Lieutenant Doolittlo said a few minutes before tho start last night that he felt ho would be successful since ho believed Pierson and Cooney had exhnusted all the ill luck connected with the attempt. "BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL' BURRING IN CANADA A post card mailed July 31 in Port land, Oregon, from tho "Boll Weevil Special" reads as follows; "Boll Weevil Special getting big ova tion every where. Going to Seattle to morrow, then over to Canada, and see if they can beat Mexico. Four Horsemen." The card was addressed to Mr. Fleet wood King, Adams Drug Co., of this city. Word had not been received here for a week and it was not known just where the Gastonia car was traveling. Those in the special, which left here July 1, are Messrs. Walter Anderson, Kenneth Parker, Everett Jordan and Pink Rankin. The party is scheduled. to return to Gastouia ou or about Sep- ttcubcr first. White House Officials Give No Hint As To Probable Course Of Harding." LEADERS ARE ANXIOUS Hope President Will Carry Further The Conferences Of Saturday. ' WASHINGTON; Aug. 7. Word from tho White House was awaited to day by a group of leaders representing the striking.' railroad shopmen who re mained in tlm capital over 8unday with the expectation that President Harding Would carry further the conferences of of Saturday with a view to new nego tiations for a strike settlement. White House officials gave no hint as to the probable course of the President, since his .talk Saturday with the labor leaders, B. M. Jewell, of tho railway employers department of the American Federation of Labor; W. H. John, ston, head of tho machinists association, and J. P. Noonan, of the electrical workers' brotherhood. The union leaders expressed ' tho be lief that ;tho 'President would not ask them to go further in an attempt to compromise tho seniority difficulty with tho road managements than they had al ready gone in accepting - his proposal for a settlement last week. They had no suggestions to make, however, as to what other course might bo pursued. Another anglo of tho strike growing out of the President ' proposals was before ' representatives of tho manage ment and of tho shop craf groups of tho Southern Railway who were to begin meetings here today on the company's formal suggestion that its nien return ot work on the basis of the White olluso program. Tho Southern is , acting independently of the other carriers and accepted , Mr. Harding's plan in full. ALF TAYLOR WILL NOT "ORDER OUT ANY TROOPS TO COPE WITH STRIKE Unless He Is ' Convinced That It Is Absolutely Neces sary For Order. LOCAL AUTHORITIES ABLE Only In Event They Fall Down Will Tennessee Governor Act. JOHNSON CITY, TENN., Aug. 7. Until local authorities in the Mingo district of la i bo rue county and contigu ous territory have exhnusted their powers in good faith effort to cope with the strike situation there. Gover nor A. A. Taylor will not order out State troops. This is made known to day in his reply to a telegram signed by the Mingo Coal and Coke Company, Bryson Mountain Coal and Coko Com pany, Fork Ridge Coal and Coke Com pany, Sterling Coal and Coke Company, and Reliance Coal and Coke (Join puny. The text of Governor Taylor's reply issued from his couutry home at Milli gan College, today, is as follows: "Replying to your telegram, the re port of my personal representative. Colonel James Glcason, whd has made a personal investigation of the troubles in Claiborne county, shows that no re sistance to arrest or service of legal process has yet been made by the strik ing miners. It shows that the local authorities are able and capable to take caro of the situation. It further sets forth that tho local authorities know the names of the men who used cow bells and shot at tho commissary. - In the event authorities refuse to do their-duty the law provides a method for their immeiiate removal and re placement. However, in accordance with the suggestion of Colonel Gleason I have ordered General Brummitt to be prepared upon a moment's notice to ap Nar upon the scene of action. When 1 am convinced that the local authori ties are powerless to protect life and property after good faith effort has been mado to do so, the military branch of the state's government is prepared to meet the emergency." BISHOP KILGO REPORTED IN DYING CONDITION (By The Associated Press.) CHARLOTTE, Aug. 7. Bishop John C. Kilgo, one of tbe general superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, who has quite critically ill here for some time with heart disease, is reported as be ing considered in a dying condition this afternoon, following another at tack of-the heat Sunday nijht. ENGINEER ON A FAST TRAIN FAILS TO HEED THE SIGNAL ON BLOCK Steel Vestibule Crashes Full Speed Into Local Tak ing Water. MANY SCENES OF HORROR Mothers Begged For News Of Their Babes and Children.. For Their Parents. SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mo.', Aug. 7.- (By Teh Associated Press) Eye wit nesses were summoned today before a coroner's jury at De Soto, Mo, to re count details of the rear end collision of two Missouri Pacific trains here Satur day, when thirty seven are known to have been killed and 138 injured. Coroner Elders promised a thorough investigation of circumstances which caused the disaster, the worst train wreck in the history of this part of tbe country. - Whils Matt Glenn, dead engineer of the fast train, which plawed throughh four coaches of the local train near tho station, was blamed for the accident, according to the version of John Cannon assistant general manager of the road, relatives of the. dead and injured joined in demanding a thorough inquiry. All day yesterday this peaceful hamlet resembed a world famed place of pil grimags. ' Every minute brought more peoplo to the village relatives of the wreck victims and many prompted by curiosity to visit the scene. All roads leading to the village were jammed with automobiles. ! . Tho crews of both trains were summon ed by the coroner to give their ver3ti of the accident. ,- -. Officials of the road, including Mr. Cannon, declared yesterday that the block signals wcra found in order after tha crash occured, and all were unanimous in their assertion that Engineer Glenn did not heed the warning signal. All day yesterday rescuers removed bits of the wreckago in thoir search. A ghostly silence hung over the scene and was broken only by, the muffled grind of tho wrecking crew's cranes and ' tha horns of visiting automobiles. Tales of many miraculous escapes wera repeated, mingled with stories of Pathos auu norror. otories or young girls of fering their ' assistance) in caring for the injured and dead were numerous. Some were seen hurrying from one vic tim to another bandaging their injured washing their wounds and gividg what assistance they could. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7 Appalling hor- rors of the Sulphur Springs, Mo., train wreck were brought home to St. Louis relatives of victims when two trains bear ing scores of dead and injured arrived herp from tho scene of the disaster. For hours before the qrrival of the death train crowds surged through the station seeking word that might allay their fears. Crowds gathered at the eity morgue, where 26 dead were taken after their ar rival on tbe relief trains, which also brought many injured who were rushed to hospitals. SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mo., Aug. 7.-t Failure of an engineer to heed a block signal caused the rear-end collision on the Missouri Pacific Saturday night in which 33 persous wero killed and about 137 injured, 23 seriously, according to John Cannon, assistant general manager of the road. Train no. 4, a fast passenger vestl- buled steel train running at full speed, crashed into No. 32, a local composed of five wooden day couches, a baggage and an expre&t car 'as ten engino was taking water with tho couches stretch ing back on a trestle over Glaise creek. The impact huried two of the local coaches down a fifty-foot embankment edging the Mississippi nd telescoped four other coaches, crushing a number of passengers to death in their seats. Both trains were behind time, the fast pas senger, running from Forth Worth, Tex. to St. Louis, carrying 180 passengers, and the local 100 persons. Engineer Responsible is Killed According to Mr. Caunon, Matt Gin ger Glenn, of St. Lonis, engineer of tbe fast passenger, .failed to heed a block signal warning him that tho track ahead was not clear. Glenn. 57 years old, in engiueer for 33 years without black maik agaist his record, was killed when ha jumped from the cabin just before tha crash. Edward Tinsley, also of St. Louis fireman of No. 4 remained at his post and was seriously injured. Engineer Glenn shortly before arriv ing in Sulphur Springs received orders "on the run" to pull over on a siding t Cliff Cave, ten miles north of here, to allow "Sunshine Special No. 1 " ea rout from St. Louis to Texas point, tn pass and Mr. Cannon explained the enji ncer failed to heed the signal bei-nii he apparently passed the block. Tli orders were found near his botly. Ghouls appeared on the scene shnrt V after tho crash and robbed the dead uu I dying. Only one was arrested and 1. 1 said ho wa William Hall, of M. L".,i. fcVveral piece of wearing spp.-ind t.-.i.- t from the unfortunate wrr f.i; n 1 1 his person and a Bible wa in Im : . The Bible, it was said, ha 1 l-..-r. ! property of the lie v. V. O. , - De-jte, ne of the ki' e I. TS lU'ocunuei cs ;;-.: '
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