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GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1922
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; Peacock Sawed Himself Out
Ou Cell in State
HE LEAVES A NOTE OF
fMET TO HIS KEEPER
BEFORE TAKING FLIGHT
Official Are Unable To State
' How -He Came In Poaaes
' . aion Of the Saw. -
$400 REWARD IS OFFERED
JErery Effort la Being Made To
r' Capture Priaoner Who
' t' "t Shot Chief Taylor.
!.' RALEIGH, Aug . 30 .With a 400
reward chasing Li m and everything at
the, atats priion trying to pick up tracks,
Or. James Walter 1'eacoek, most dis
" ttaguished prisoner in the penitentiary,
it free today.
vThs physician who slew Chief Taylor
o?; Thomas ville more than a year ago,
Waa aequittod of murder on the plea of
. insanity and aent to the criminal insane
department for life, sawed himself to
liberty early thia morning. In getting
away he made aa complete a job as he
aid . when he put the courageous chief
fr police away. Evidently impressed
with the unceremonious elements in his
(cape, he wrote on an envelope a small
apology to hit keeper regretting tho
necessity for taking a vacation just at
this time and indicating a stay of many
, months, perhaps until next spring. With
his devoira fully paid, Dr. Peacock tore
the sheets and blankets into improvised
ropes,' let himself down from the third
at'ory to the brick wall surrounding the
prison, then climbed down the ladder
fo. the outside. Not a track has been
"- seen indicating where he jumped off.
To! autoraoDue aaa Deen iounu nu
supports the suspicion that any confed
erate -' on the outside had assisted him.
The possession of an iron saw does
tetid to prove collusion somewhere. The
. tfrjSon., authorities believe somebody
smuggled the instrument to him, but
how r when nobody can say. The of
ficials had . carefully guarded his com-
, Biunication with he outside. No man
wail Allowed to speak to him without a
prison witness present. Dr. Peacock
did not work any about tha prison, be
cause the State requires nothing of its
criminal insane.
: '.a'j . An Ideal Prisoner.
feuperintendent George K. Pou and
"Warden '8am Busbce testified today to
thigood behayiof of Dr. Peacock. No
ljqttet priaoiier.ewr was cared for by
the. elate.: 'N6n had made a nobler
effort toproye hie sanity. He 'was
aatioua (to got out in, tho legal way,
aad he befieved that he would escape
throuth letflatatlou or jurisprudence .
. Wken this paper announced that there
, was, an organza enori ,o w ..
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for all
inn cjlv ai-i'uutt.w-va -v
fkat the urison physician had been
quoted as conviuced that Peacock is
now sane, Jhe attorney general had
knowledge of possible habeas corpus
proceedings aud well-known physicians
ef the state hud been asked to sit ou
the commission which would pass on Dr.
Peacock's sanity. . It had been no secret
here that the legislative act to free
Peacock bad been discussed and aban
doned on the discovery that this statute
pronounced unconstitutional about j
' .
was
i!0 years aoro
. - The escape of Peacock is hardly to
be charged to anybody eounecieu v. mi
the legitimate propaganda to get him
away. The course that the doctor took
a. ifimnnv to the effective way
ia ; which that effort has been met.
TVain Riinlwft said this afternoon that
the prisoner has been greatly discour-
aged by recent turns and that he had
been niucn set up uy earner . en oris.
Dt Peacock had every reason to believe
his friends could free him!
lie showed his characteristic impa
tience. He was restless when his garage !
burned to make an investigation to
termine whether Taylor had anything to
An with it or not, o Peacock armed for
hostilities. He waa too impatient when
Im kiiw Tavlor aud shot him with buck
ot, to await te result of an attack from
ambush, but followed this assault with
aa army automatic. These were awful
symptoms of impatience.
' Down here he has been impatient.
He had been accustomed to hunting with
Irvin Cobb, projecting with mushrooms
far food and reading amazing and fan
tastic books. Naturally he found the J
penitentiary disappointing in ita lit
erary, scientific and social features. But
the folks out there ,thought he would
waid a apcll..
" . NOT GUILTY.
V: ATHENS, OA., Aug. 31. A verdict
ef not guilty waa returned in the Walton
county Superior Court late yesterday in
the case of Joe Johnson, Monroe police
man, charged with attempting to murder
Oiel Hawkes and Charles Atkinson, of
Athena, when he fired at a car in which
they were riding last August, resulting
in serious injuries tp both- of the young
men. .
COTTON MARKET
Seceipts ..
Price ......
...2 bales
.234 cents
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW 'YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Cotton fu.
tures closed barely steady; apota quiet,
JO pints "djwn. July 1-J.25; October
22. 45: December 22.62: January 22.46:
March 22.52; May 22.43." Spots 22.70.1
Insane Asylum
North Carolina Haa
Highest Birth Rate
WASHINGTON, Aug.' 31. The
Birth rate is declining and the death
rate increasing, according to statistics
nude public today by the Census
Bureau, covering the first quarter of
the year.
The birth rate in the states from
which comparative figures, were avail
able showed an average of .23.3 for
each thousand of population in the
first three months of 1923 against
33.3 in 1971, while the mortality aver
age in the registration area ia the
first quarter this year was 13.7
against 12.6 in the same period last
year. ' - - .
North Carolina, with 29.2 reported
the highest birth rate for the three
months thia year, and the state of
Washington,' with 16.3 the lowest.
The District of Columbia had the
highest mortality rate, with 17.6, and
Wyoming the lowest, wita 9.6.
RIIYNE REUNION HELD A
HOME OF PETER S. RIIYNE
WAS NOTABLE OCCASION
Hospitable Home Waa Thrown
Open -Number Of Viaitora
and Kin Folka Spend the
Day In Pleaaant Aaaociation
Together.
DALLAS, Aug. 31. -- Wednesday,
August 30th marked another epoch in the
records of family re-unions that have
been hold throughout Gaston county the
past several weeks, when kith and kin
three hundred strong assembled at the
hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs, Peter o,
Rhyne two miles east of Dallas to spend
the day together. This home is beauti
fully located with a commanding view
of a great part of Gaston and of Gas-
toula, surrounded by lovely shade trees
and wide grassy lawn, an ideal spot for
such a gat boring. Mne years have pass
ed since the last reunion of this Bhyne
family and twelve years since the imme
diate family dined together at the same
time at the old home place.
Tho morning hours were all .too short
for the many happy greetings; and the
merry chatter o f voices among both old
and young was a sure indicaiton of much
to be said and told because of these long
years of separation. Many expressed
surprise at the youthfulness of those
supposedly old and of the number of un
usual pretty, and handsome babies ' and
children, . a general intermingling : of
Rhynes, Hoffmans, Linebcrgers,. Stroups,
a staunch and i progressive clan that
count i or mucn in vasions rorwara pro
mam. -
At noon tbe Breat feaJt of good things
to at.wa, spread upon snowy clothsa
long the entire length of the long table
beneath the shade trees made more in
vitinz by center decorations of cut
flowers.
Tho discussions of family descendants
were silenced for the time being and the
more appropriate subject of just : how
many pieces of fried chicken, of country
hum, 6f 'chess pics, of various custards
and an assortment of cakes could one
consistently consume without medical as
stance. Following this an enjoyable
hour of splendid talks was heard. " What
An Incentive This Is," saidvRevG. H.
C Park, pnstbr of Lutheran Chapel,
("Maintaining The Greatest Of God's
Institutions rThe Family and Home, By
These .Family Kcumons." Ine inter
changing of ideas, of the inspiration to
the young; people, of what has been and
jean be done, of the steps made to bring
about desired results. If the home is
right and properly disciplined there
would be no need of courts, jails, chain
gangs and such.
Mr. Hueh Query, editor of the Gas
tonia Daily Gaxettc, was then introduced
dc-'.and receive! with applause. Mr. Query
expressed his great pleasure in being a
euest on this and several such occasions
which afforded splendid opportunity to
converse and mina-Ie with the rural popu
hit ion who are the very back bone of this1
country and county. He urged the keep
ing up of these gatherings that aid so'
admirably in the preservation of local
history and family traditions, fostering
also a most eongeni.il and social com
munity spirit. The young folks were
made better and encouraged, he said, at
they talk with the older people of how
the Subbath was speut in their day and
time, the Bacredness of the family altar
and of the obstacles overcome.
"Uncle Mile," "Cousin Miles,"
"Hoffman" was the call that followed.
Mr. Milca Hoffman, of Dallas, then came
forward and for ,n little time discussed
his "pet hobby", that of family his
tory, saying in all of his search for "kin,
but very few hoboes and vagabonds were
found and that they had reason to be
proud of the fact they were neither great
nor small, in one sense of the word, but
nlong to the middle class of straight
forward, hard working, lawabiding and
religious citizens which compose the
greater part of our country.
Dr. O. P. Rhyne who recently return
ed from a tour of Europe told of the in
teresting facts of people, pWces and
things and of conditions a, he learned
w I
from first hand.
Picture taking was next ia order; the
whole assemblage, family groups, by twos
by families, brothers, sisters, etc. with
the Peter Rhyne family of four genera
tions the host and hostess of the day,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Rhyne; Mrs. A.
B. Rhne. the grandmother; children.
Dr. O. P. Rhyne, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C.
(Continued on page six.) '
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) Geraldine Farrar, operatic prima donna, is reported to be negotiating:
, Cor tbe purchase of thia home at Methucn, Mass. It waa built by the '
i late Edward F. Searles, multi-millionaire,, whose remains are In a '
! mausoleum on the estate. A high -wall surrounds the bouse which Is !
constructed like a feudal castle.
Chicago and
Passes Into Receivers Hands
New Plota Diaclosed To Wreck Trains Several Actual At
tempts To Cause Derailmenta and Blow Up Property Four
Men Held On Murder Charge At Gary, Ind. t
CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Passing of
the Chicago & Alton railroad into the ;
hands of receivers, disclosures of new
plots to wreck trains ahd several actual
attempts to cause derailments and blow i
up railroad property, were high lights to
day in. the nation V railroad situation. j
Dynamite, bullets and fire brunds
played an important part in develop
ments! the last 24 hours.
With four men held on murder charges
in connection with the Michigan Ccn.
tral wreck at Gary, Ind., Auirust 20, in
which two enginemen were killed, were
preparing to repudiate their alleged con
fessions as the first step in their de
fense, Chicago police' announced dis
closures of. a plot to blow up the
'Western Express," of the-New 'York
Central lines. With the" arrest of three
men in connection with the alleged' plot
came revelations of a widespread con
spiracy, to start a reign of terror on the
railroads, tho police said. An cxplosiou
of dynamite on the main line of the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & ttt.
Louis Bailroad at Arlington Heights, a
suburb of Cincinnati, derailed, tho ten
der of a work train. A passenger train
had passed a lew minutes before the ex
plosion. ' - i
An attempt was maiic to blow up tho
commissary of tho Illinois Central Kail-
road at l'aducah, Ky. Tho explosion
blew a hole in tho ground near the build
ing. I
A fast train on the Chicago & Alton
ran into un open 'switch at Cove!, Ills., i
near Bloomington. : . Investigators said;
the switch showed evidence of tampering,
Police precautions at Algiers, a suburb
df New Orleans, in effect, amounted to.
martial law in efforts to check disorders
which authorities characterized as vir-
tual anarchy. Police reported almost
onstant firing m railroad distircts and
between 35 and 40 assaults since, the
shopmen's strike ' began. One man was
killed by a negro cook who was being
beaten .
tit at e troops on strike duty at. Salis
bury and Siencer, Nr. C, were ordered
back to their home stations today, au
thorities feeling assured that, danger f
further disorders in the shops of the
Southern Railway had pjissed.
Four men. two of whom were' said to
be deputy United States marshals, were
t tacked by a crowd and severely beat
en at JSedalia Mo
Guards on the orthern Pacific at Mis-
soula.Mont.. were reinforced by a sound
of deputy "United States ma rslials fol
lowing an attack on a bunk house where
13 workmen were asleep. Although a
volley of shots was fired into the bunk
house none of the bleeping men was in
jured
Attempts to blow up the tracks of tie? lawrenec textile strike today bceamc a
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Chicago k Alton anil a bridge on the
same road near Alton, His., were uixcov-
red when two cans of dynamite were
found by a section crew.
AIRPLANES USED AGAINST "
BOLL WEEVIL IN MISS.
GREENVILLE, Miss., Aug. 31.
Aerial -attack against the cotton boll
weevil was tinder way at Scotts, Miss.,
near here today in a test undertaken
undtr government - supervision, to dem
onstrate the practicability of the air
plane as a poison distributer to rid
infected fields of the pest.
Today's demonstration was a continu
te"bepin17e8t?,rfcdajr
acre cotton helJ with a dele-
m T Aitimni m i ami c Trtt sinrf
x euvu v a aw uiaiwuvf y
Arkansas planters umpiring the one-
aides' battle.
Under the plan airplanes, flying low,
apread a spray ef calcium arsenate over
from 300 te 500 acres an hour with tbe
dusting process from above held to be
more thorough and effective than
ereund snrarine. To solve tbe problem '
of initial cost of equipment community
action ia proposed.
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Alton Railroad
31 OUT OF THE 3i2 J
PASSENGERS SAVED
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Aug. 31.
Advices from Valparaiso stated that
the Chilean steamship America '. haa
picked up tea more survivors Pf the
wreck of the steamer Itata, which
tank Monday oil the coast near Co.
quimbo. Thia brings the total known
to hare been saved to 31. The Itata
carried 322 persons. :
FINAL VOTE ON SOLDIER
" BONUS BILL TODAY
Some Time Before Measure
Reaches the White 'House
Where It Will Probably Be
Vetoed. . ' , ,
WASHINGTON', 'Aug.' 31 A final
vote on the soldiers' bonus bill before
adjournment of the wnulo luday ap'
lieared to be renmnuuly cerlbin'.'' All
pending iiiiieiidineitts had hern disposed
of ami general debute iK-gun before tlie
recess last night.
As far us leaders were advised only
three or four senators planneit to deliver
prepared addresses, but there was like
libood of another general discussion such
as lias featured each of the m'ven days
the lull iuis been under consideration
Passage of the 'measure was regarded
as a foregone conclusion, but whether
it would reach the statute Iwoks was
conceded ' by friends aud foes alike to
be another question. They held that
this probably would deirnd upon Presi
dent Harding pinec it was regarded as
very doubtful that there could be ob
tained in the senate the necessary two
thirds to pass the bill over an executive
veto. '
It will Ik? some time, however, before
the measure reaches the White House.
After the senate vote it will be sent
back to the house, which is expected to
order it to conference for adjustment of
the differences between the two houses.
After the conferees complete their work
the next step will be action by the
house and senate on the conference re
port. With that approved the bill
would lie ready for the president.
18,000 GO BACK TO
WORK IN LAWRENCE MILLS
LAWREN'CE, MABS...Aue. 31.' The
thing ef the past and virtual peace
reigned between workers and employers
for the first titio since March 27. The
two remaining mil's which still bad held
out for lower wages, the Methuen and
the l'emberton, capitulated, to the ' de
mands of the strikers and announced
that on S,ptemler 5 the wage scale in
effect before March 27 would be re
stored. ,
Most of the 18,000 textile workers nor-'
mally employed in the mills of this city,
are expected to be back at their places
early . in September and already the
wheels in several factories are in motion.
MINE EXPLOSION
KILLED NINE MEN
CUMBERLAND. B. C, Aug. 31.
Nine men were killed and seventeen in
jured yesterday afternoon by" an ex
plosion in mine number four of the Cans- j
dian Collieries luuismiere, Ltd. Tlie
cause of the explosion has not been
determined.
Of the 17 injured men seven sre in
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three white men, the re4 being Orien-Jtliat
ta!s. An investigation is to be made.
NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS AT SPENCER ARE '
ORDERED TO HOME STATIONS
DR. 0. P. RHYNE TELLS
OF TRIP THROUGH EUROPE
Lenoir College Profeaaor Telia
Crowd At Rhyne Reunion
Of Impressions Gamed From
.Trip Abroad Thia Summer.
An interesting ' account of post-war
conditions in .Kngland, Franco and Ger
many was give Wednesday by Dr. O. P.
Rhyne, of the chair of German and
French at Lenoir Collcce. Hickory, who
had returned from tho old country just
in time to attend the annual Khyne re
union at tho home of his father, Peter
S. Rhyne. Dr. Rhyne ia a graduate
of Lenoir College and of the Uuiversity
of North Carolina. He took the degree
of doctor of . philosophy at a German
university several years ago. After
teaching in Atlanta and at the Univer
sity of North Carolina ho returned to
his alma mater at Hickory.
Vt. Rhyne left ew York in May
of this spring, landing at Plymouth,
England, s'leut a few days in London, at
Canterbury, Dover, Calais, Paris,
Amiens, Rheinis, Verdun, Metz, Ktras
bourg, etc. The greater part of his
stay was spent in traveling around
through Germany. It was much cheaper,
he said, to travel than to remain long
in one place, although living conditions
are remarkably cheap, in view of the
low . rate of exchange. An excellent
four-course dinner, with soup, two meats,
dessert, etc., can be had for 104 marks,
which is worth about 12 cents . in
American money. Foodstuffs are the
cheapest, although other commodities are
reasonably loww
Dr. Rhyne is of the opinion that sen
timent is strong in Germany against the
monarchical system. The great mass of
people are against Kaiscrism and all
that pertains thereto. Only a few of
the nobility and former army officers
advocate Kaiscrism. The assassination
of Dr. Walter Rathenau was engineered
by the monarchist faction, Dr. Rhyne
said. Most of the German people, tho
students, the working classes, etc., are
forever against the Potsdam regime.
They accuse the former Kaiser of cow
ardice, and of not being intelligent
enough for the position ho held, . .
"It is hard for the new German re
public to get on jts feet," Dr. Rhyne
declared, and tho enemies of Germany
are not helping the cause of democracy
in their policy of retaliation. It ia
hard enough at best to establish a de
mocracy without having to fight outside.
battles.
"The French are pursuing nu insane
policy of retaliation which will do them
no good and bo productive of much
harm. They are attempting to Gallicize
the province of Alsace-Lorraine by.col
oniuttion. The population is 00 per
cent German, and France is trying to
make it. French all at once. In the
Uuiversity of (Strasbourg they have re
placed all the German professors with
French. All the German customs have
been thrust out and French systems
substituted.".
"There are 2,000,000 men out of
work in England," said Dr. Rhyne.
"That is one man out of every 20. Con
ditions are much worse than they are
over here. " ' .
Among other places of note visited by
Dr. Rhyne were Rheims, Verdun and the
battle front along . the 'Mcuse River.
The work of restoration is going along
fairly well," Dr. Rhyno said. "The
region around Verdun, is still ' sorely
batUescarred. The fields are a mass of
shell holes and barbed wire. , '
'The German people have a kindly feel
ing toward the Americans. They do not
harbor any grudges. Toward tho
French, however, they still hold a feeling
of resentment, which is accentuated by
the policy of France regarding the pay-
trtmnt i- f liA o-ri rut innu ' '
MINERS GO TO WORK FOR
FIRST TIME IN MONTHS
Lamp Lights Flickered
In
Of
Homes Of Thousands
Miners In Western Pennsyl
vania Aa They Return To
Work.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31. (By The
Associated Press.) Lamp lights flick
ered early today in the homes of thou
sands of miners in western Pennsylvania
as they joyously started to the mines to
work for the first time in six months.
They groujed about the miue mouths and
all expressed satisfaction at the' settle
ment of their strike, which was made
complete yesterday when the lono re
maining producer the Pittsburgh Coal
Company accepted the . Cloveland
agreement.
Before dawn broke over the .mining
villages hundreds of mine laborers were
entering the pits to make way for the
remainder of the 45,000 men who are
now assured employment. Five hundred
mines were being1 eleaned out today.
Some of these will be hoiating coal next
Monday, miners believed . - 1
Union leaders today were hustling to
the mines to unionize the unorganized
men- The agreement signed with the
operators yesterday provided that , non
union men be discharged.
Operators were already demanding of
railroads their supply of cars to insure
prompt movement of coal. The Penn
sylvania Railroad promised adequate ser
vice, but other carriers were uncertain
a to their ability to met the needs.
t-trikiujf shopnin expressed the belief
the demand for cars could not 1 !
met.
Decidea To Accept
Belgian Compromise
PARIS, Aug. 31. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The Allied repara
tion commission has decided to ac
cept the Belgian compromise on the
German moratorium proposition as a,
solution of the present crisis, it was
learned thia afternoon. A formal
vote will be taken before the day is
over, it waa stated.
The British, Italian and Belgian
members are declared unequivocally
to favor thia settlement. The atti
tude -of H. Dubois, the French mem
ber was not definitely known when
the early afternoon aession of the
commission adjourned.
50,000 SOUTH CAROLINA
VOTERS FAILED TO VOTE
Whole State Ia Anxiously
Awaiting Result Of Second
Primary To Be Held Sep
tember 12.
COLUMBIA, 8. C, Aug. 31. Ap
proximately 50,000 of the enrolled voters
of the Btaie failed to vote in the pri
mary of Tuesday and the entire bUtc
is now on the excitement bench, awaiting
the second primary of "September 12
when. Thomas O. McLeod and former
Governor Cole L. Bleaso will be the con
testants for the Governor's chair, and
when fcitate "Superintendent of Educa
tion J. E. 6wearingen and J. II. Hope,
of Union, his closest opponent, out of a
Held of six will run again for the posi
tion. Never before hus the Btate known
such a large number of its enrolled vot
ers to fail to cast ballots, especially
where there was such keen interest in tho
outcome.
McLeod 'g total this morning was 63,-
683. Blease's wan 75,483. George K.
Laney's vote was 20,961. Duncan, Can-
tey and Coleman had received together
6,.!07. Lighty nine boxes are missing
out of a total of 1,310.
There is also keen interest in tho raco
for Attorney General. Sam M. Wolfe
appeared oh Wednesday 'a returns to have
won out in the first primary over two
opponents, D. M. Winter and Harold
Eubanks, both Columbia attorneys.
This morning Wolfe's total, . however,
gave him such ah smull lead as to nmko
this raco a niatter yet of doubt.
In ' the race for superintendent of
Education Hope is only a few thousand
behind tiwearingen. The interest in this
second, race will hinge around the volo
of the four defeated candidates, Mrs. K.
li. Wallace, Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake,
O. D. fcicay, and Cecil II. Beigler.
The 8tate Democratic Executive Com
mittee will meet next Tuesday to can
vas the results of the first primary.
IMPRISONED MEN IN
MINES NO NEARER RESCUE
Rescue Teams Are Still Bat
tling Furiously To Open Up
Routes Of Escape From Un
derground Prison.
JACKSON", Cal., Aug; 31. (By the
Associated Press.) Fire in the shaft of
the Argonaut gold mine, in the lowest
reaches of which 47 miners have been
imprisoned since Sunday, is out, but
that fact brought no nearer hope for
releasing the men ' alive. The heat in
the shaft is ho intense flames may
break out again at any moment, and at
the earliest it would bo five days before
entrance to the mine could be gained
through it.
Rescue teams still battle furiously to
day to 'open -up three routes of cseaiw!
from the pitch-black, smoke-choked un
derground mine drifts to the suulight
and oK-n air where tortured luugs might
drink deep of fresh breezes.
Two were through passages which
workers were endeavoring to cut throiiRh
from the Kennedy, an - adjoining mine.
while another was through the shaft of
tho Argonaut itself,
A second rescue suad on a level
3,000 feet below the group that has
worked since Monday, burrowing from
the 3.P00 foot level of the Kennedy mine
toward the Argonaut 4,600 foot level,
today '-had made ierceptiblo progress.
It will be a long Megc, through 500 to
60 Ofeet of loose dirt lefore a 148 foot
wall of solid slate rock is reached.
Three hundred feet above them toil
the half naked workers who have drilled
in brief shifts since Monday to cut
through more than 700 feet of loose dirt
and timbers and thirty' feet of hard
rock. They struck a cave-in last night,
slowing their progress. They estimated
there would be between 90 and 100 feet
more of rock and dirt to be cleared.
Hope that the miners 'still are .alive
was firmly held by the consulting ex
perts. VOTE TODAY ON COAL
DISTRIBUTION BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The
house was expected to reach a vote to
day on tlie administration coal distri
bution bill which stood urn-hanged ju
the face of attempts to put through
various amendments. After every
change proposed had been either thrown
out on a jH)int of order or decisively de
feated, yesterday. Chairman Winslow, of
the Interstate Commerce Committee, who
was in charge of thejueasure, predicted
it would go through as framed. A vote
on the bill yesterday wag prevented by
an unexpected flood of debate Lite in
thj day. ,
GOV. WARNS STRIKERS
THAT OTHER DISORDERS
WILL RETURN SOLDIES
Scott Is Assured By Leadera
That Good Order Will
Be Maintained.
PICKETS' GUNS ARE TAKEN
Colonel, With Troop Of Car
airy, Surprises Spencer Peo
' pie In Early Morning.
RALEIGH, Aug. 30. Following
conference with Governor Morrison,
Adjutant General Metts tonight ordered
the eight companies of national guards
men .stationed at Spencer to return to
their home stations. They will leave
tomorrow morning and ell are expected
to be demobilized by tomorrow night.
Conditions about the Southern Rail
way shops and in Spencer and Salisbury
were considered to bo satisfactory hv
the governor and adjutant general, justi
fying the removal of the troops. Before
issuing the orders returning the soldiers
to their home stations, Governor Morri-,
son talked over the telephone with CoL
Don Scott, in command at Spencer, who
assured him that conditions there wero
peaceful with the outlook encouraging
for the prevalence of order. "
lu calling tho troops from Spencer,,
warning was issued by the executive
that overt acts would send them back
again. No lawlessness will bo tolerated,
it was- explained, and the removal of the
soldiers merely leaves it up to the cool
heads in the strike zone to see that the
law is respected . ,
Governor Morrison's direction for the
removal of the troops is in line with
his order for the removal of companies
stationed for similar reasons in Rocky
Mount, Rockingham, Raleigh and Aber
deen. Absolute quiet prevailed in the
strike area and no further good, it is
stated, will be accomplished by holding
the force of 500 guardsmen at Salisbury.
The removal will be accomplished by
noou Thursday, "according to Adjutant
General Metts. , J t
SALISBURY, Aug. 30. At 4 he eon
elusion of a conference tonight with
representatives of the Southern and of
the (striking shopmen aud prominent
citizens, CoL Don Scott anuounced that
his 500 troops, on duty here for nearly
two weeks, would bo moved home . to
morrow. ; !,
Colonel Scott had assurances :from
the strikers and the men inside the
shops that they could control the situa-.
tion .- . . . . . .
Colonel Scott this afternoon withdrew
the soldiers who have been on duty ia
Salisbury for the past 10 days, and to
night they are camped with the 500 at
(Jump Morrison, a milo west of the
foil rt house. .
Colonel Scott tonight held a confer
ence at the federal, building with rep
reseutatives of the striking shopmen,
representatives, of the Southern railway
ami Postmaster Boyden and Assistant
Postmaster Riittz, for the purpose of
continuing the troops at Camp Morrison
or sending them homo.
'SPENCER, Aug. 30. A troop of
United States cavalry, headed by CoL
Don Scott, -surprised tho people of
Spencer and East Sjeiicer by marching
around the picket lines encircling the
railroad shops nhortly after daylight
this morning, making a search for guns,
both among workers entering; the shoos
and among the pickets on duty, lu
a statement issued later in the day
Colonel Scott said, ho had a tip that
considerable rough 'picketing was going
on, especially along the "Ilindenburg
line" in East Spencer, particularly
Tuesday morning. .
He was informed parties on both
sides to 'the controversy threatened to
appear early this morning prepared to
fini, tlie "difference." This brought
Colonel Hcott and a ronumnv nf mount.
ed cavalrymen into the strike lone.
Men entering the shops for work were
searched for arms, but Colonel Scott
says none was found. Later the soldiers
turned to the pickets aud found two
guns, which are said to have been takeu
in charsre by the ravalrvmen.
Lato today representatives of the shop
crafts were ia conference with Colonel
Scott, who is making a determined ef
fort to slop nil the gun toting both in
side aud outside of the shops. He de
clares that this shall be his object while
here, o preserve order aud seeure a
pledge from the strikers aud Southern
Railway employes that all guns must
be left at home. He says he has ho
axe-to grind. That he is merely a go
betweeu, a mediator between the two
factions, and his highest , ambition is
to bring about a happy settlement of
the controverted points agreeuble to all
concerned.
It is estimated: that '-about 50 new
men entered the shops hist night aud
today for ftprvi.-c -m.tlv it-hitA m.H
i from ' points north of Washinatou. It
was also noted that an almo-t eual
nunilier of meu left the service during
the last 24 hours, many of whom state!
they were, inexperienced in mechanical
aork. Conditions are very quiet and
strikers do not hesitate to convert
freely and eaceably with meu lea ring
the service.
THE VEATIIEfl
Fair tonight and Tniiy, to t