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Western Sentinel Is ; published Tuesday and Friday morning. Lotion Price $L00 per Year. The best and cheapest way to come in touch with Eight Thousand Families in the rural sections who trade in Win- ston-Salem is through the columns of; The Western Sentinel '"' totted ,1 I , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 YEAR I wn mi MAM Mill ninoT l i - i . hfl I II li! . DuiLUinb "WW Pmident WUso " Linc" Memri" 1 A MFMRFR I1F PRRin I 1 1 1 nil : 1 1 h COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE TENT CITY FOR WORKING ILS Central Span of Quebec .i . Tin wn . With Fatal Results. ;v L. Can., Bew. u. me new I anan 01 me Wuoudk uiu6, ito - In Ilia mniOil I cantilever urmeo m mo n nd reU into iue di. Un being hoisted, intoJ place Iwith probable loss of life. Ob- 1 ww j numDor o wuruien iu occurred when the span U 15 feet in the air..; Early in- i ere that tne iosa 01 me e heavy, lor there were ninety the structure when " It . feU. km -been rescued.,, i (rora among tne nunareas 01 nm.tafma nan ffarn. Ill VlllCU BiroviiMwiB e" Lre rushed to the spot wnere j disappeared, i ne uuieu niruc- hk 200 leet to uie uuiiuui nuu Im eiDressed doubt 'as to it would ever be Drougnt up fvers said the span broke In Ires. Ural, one 01 uie wtucra Id to give way, this being fol- 1 1 break in the center. Inridee was being constructed r in: j n kr o seventeen huuiub uuiiara to shorten the railway jour- i Halifax by 200 miles.' ridge stands on the site of the i which collapsed on August Iwith a loss of seventy Urea. entral span which fell today I over 5,000 tons and Is 640 feet believed the number of dead lea 16 and 20. : : , :, ' nen have been rescued. " - The- Irence Bridge Company; con- the bridge, announced it Ike a roll call of employes to le the exact loss of life. (-Estimates Dead at 25. . Lawrence Bridge Company estimated the number of dead I THE LIST OF . DEAD FROM 3 TO 25 t, Sept. 11. The span of the Ireatest bridge collapsed and Ithe St. Lawrence with loss mated from three to twenty eral hours after the accident bpened at 10 : 30 a special i Quebec brought 20 Injured. tears ago a similar accident tie spot took a toll of seventy day ninety men were carried iver when the 6,000 ton span l?ed by pontoons, an engin- bt designed to complete the million dollars cantilever In for trans-continental rail- Be, fell from a distance of 15 the water and sank two hun- i perhaps never to be recov- lictory stories were told re-' lie collapse. The pontoons removed and the span was H by massive jacks, when, to some spectators, the lend fell with a breaking of lhfforts were made to place tope around the tottering Some of the ' spectators the structure also buckled Iter as it fell. Iot men at work Blipped off ater and others were knock- ace by flying debris. Scores krataining spectators went to and their effort prevented Is of life. . In had been constructed on few miles east of the ! and was towed into posl- Idlately under the gap left for arms of the structure. MU links 20 inches in dia- iether with girders were to the span and an 8,- paulic jack commenced the IS the spun 150 feet Into ling of 5,000 tjns of steel irecedented .. circumstances pinion attracted to the y several thoutand specta pg members of parliament fit men gathered on ves- N by the Canadian govern 'rs or the Do.-n'nlon cao ld the collapse, from the government vessel : while jurists- crowded hundreds ria. Eminent lAmericani F of the Australian par- pramg home after visit- W also were at the scent,. onsinated In 1853 when Iwt of Quebec city council ' 'ngineer submitted nlans 'e. Couraen nnfl pa nit ill : nd it was not until 18S2 feme again was riven set. Iffation. Later Canadian otained a charter and a'. rars Of delav. thn hnllillnr oily to terminate In the : l"e Unfinished ilrnctiin Canadian federal rall- "ent decided .to; rtwnn. 1 Placed the undertaking American builders. The F e bririirn .j.j . . onger than that of n Vs. ""vwhere.. Completed nore to hora is 3.239 "'stanen r t son 3or buttresses. . Provlj ' ,or two rsflmaH tiHik imsa, Okla., Sept. 9,-Charles Page, multi-millionaire on magnate and the man who built a town-Sand Sprlngs-exclusively for widows and orphans, today completed a tent city near here for working girls and pro vided a free railroad on which to get them to. and from it every day. Page built Sand Springs and gather ed widows and orphans from thruout the country to populate it because he decided, when he was a poor boy trying to make a living for his wid- wweu .moiuar, mat if be, ever got rich he wouid do just that He built the tent city because he thought liv ing in houses in the summer time un- neauniui lor working girls. More than 100 Tulsa girls are living there now. The tents are made 12 bv 14 feet floored, and boarded on the sides a distance of four feet, with collapsi ble canvas tops. lwo girls occupy one tent The tent streets have gas plates every iew yarns so tne girls may cook, mere is rresh water and at night are lights and . watchmen guard the town. There is a free bath house for the girls, and they havt all the prlv lieges oi tne park s concessions. Girls who heretofore had to quit their work in the tense heat of sum mer are working all day in a temper ature or more than a hundred and bearing up under it. Even some of the girls from weal thier families of Tulsa made applica tlon for tents, but without success, the one and' only requisite being that a girl is 'working for her living. The "plan works so splendidly that Page is contemplating the building of two hundred more tents for next year. STOKES FARMER PLEASED WITH LEAF TOBACCO PRICES King, Sept. 11. Mr. Walter George, of Walnut Cove, was here on business Friday. The John T. Ellis Co. has opened up a big new store in the Kelger building. They occupy one of the nicest stores in King, and seem to be enjoying a good business. Messrs., Claud Jones, Prof. J. T, Smith, J. D. Rutledge, Albert Rains, and Ruskin Holder went to Winston- Salem on business Saturday. ' Mr. J. N. Roberts, who returned from the tobacco market at Winston Salem Friday, reports that tobacco is the highest he has ever known it He was well pleased with his sales. A movement has been started to extend the top soil road from the For syth county line, near Five Forks, to King, a distance of one and one-third miles. Mr. S. G. Lomax is spending a few days in Reidsville, looking after some business matters. A FEW SCHOOLS MAY NOT START OCT. 2 Owing to repairs that are being made on the buildings, It is quite probable that several of the county schools maybe three or .'our -will not open on the scheduled date, Oc tober 2. Superintendent Speas paid this morning that quite a few of the houses have to be painted and it is not expected that all of them will be completed by October 2. The members of the school lioard will meet in the office of Superintend ent Speas on September 23rd to trans act routine business and to hear final reports from the buildings that are being painted and otherwise repair ed. : "EftUMPTION F REGULAR SCHEDULE TO ASHEVILLE Officials of the Southern here re ceived last night a telegram announc ing r. change in the schedules on the Salisbury and Asheville line. Trains 15, 11, 21 and 35 will be operated in the regular schedule and trains 36, 12, 22 and 16, operating east, will have their schedules as follows, respec tively, 6:40 a. m., 8 a. m., 2:16 p. m. and 5:15 P- m., with the proportionate-changes at intermediate points. This arrangement is made to Insuro connection at Salisbury. Pullman and sleeping car service will be resumed on most of these trains in. a few days. SCOUTS FAIL TO FIND . VILLA AND HIS BAND San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 11. Scouts of the American army in Mexico have penetrated the Santa Clara canyon in aearch of Francisco Villa'a band and did . not find him there. Thla was the substance of a message re- eeived today by General Funa- ton from General Perahing. The expeditionary command ar said that from reports he nad received he believed Villa waa In the vicinity of San An drew about 35 Chihuahua city. Thla la the flrrt Indication In many weeka that Pershing'e men n operating at any o..."v A that in the di8" "t'' natives profeaa not to have seen or heard of VIHa. :Uii -r ,(V-d ,',:..;: S'A?- tj'v: f . J) v:.!t ' m- iMi-rmm'm-" 4 r i'!i frilly , -. , , -.-.'4 f ft J r 1 'w'.".f5 Oiuts;; ! M k. - l I, ' THE UNIONS ARE ASKJEDJO UNITE Result of Call for Aid for Street Car Men in New York Not Known Yet. ' An enormous Kentucky crowd attended the dedlp.atlnn peremnnlea the farm where Abraham Lincoln wan born when President Wllnnn wu tha centre of attraction. A beautiful building: was built to enclose the lo cab,n of Lincoln's birth. This Dhotocraoh Rhu-.n Just a rllmtmo of tha crnwd und President Wilson In Ine of his attitudes. TRYING TO SOLVE BORDER PROBLEM American-Mexican Joint Com mission Discusses" Certain'"' Phases of the Question. ' FIRST BOMB CASE IS TRIAL CALLED FOR IN -FRISCO - New London, Conn., Sept. 11. The American-Mexican : joint - commission resumed today the efforts to. find a so lution of the problem as to the inter national boundary. It was the third joint discussion, Luis Cabrera, chair man of the Mexican delegation, pre sided. ' . . Since the meeting three days ago American members have devoted much time to the study of government re ports on various phases of the border problem. They entered the meeting prepared to go into a detailed exarain ation of the various plans for border patrol that have been suggested. So tar nothing more than a general men tion has been made of the Mexican re quest that Gen. , Pershing's forces be withdrawn from Mexico. The phase of the plan for reaching an agreement that has been talked over is the return of American troops to their own territory as the first step towards the establishing of a perman ent system of protection against bor der bandits. WADDILL-MASTEN CASE ON COURT CALENDAR One of the most interesting cases on the superior court calendar this week is that of Waddill, et al, vs. H. W. Masten, et l. The report of Referee Wescott Roberson, of High Point haB been filed in this case and it appears on the motion docket for argument. Mr. Roberson finds that the conclu sions of law are in ravor of the plain tiffs in the action, but suggests that he is ot the opinion that tne action cannot be maintained as instituted. This conclusion is Dasea upon ine finding that the act under which the plaintiff is moving was passed In March, 1913, and is not retrospective in Its construction and therefore not in effect The courts have held that no law Is retrospective unless express ly stated by the legislature. Mr. Rob finds that the statute does not . V.. . I. - suggest a retrospective eueti., uui mo preamble, however, does. This will be one of the interesting points in ar gument of the motion, i ue r pears for jury trial on Wednesday's calendar. . n TO o The case or. u. . i" Scales was heard this morning and the court dismissed the appeal, which was taken from the judgment of the county court .' The case of Mary Lyons vs. the col ored Grand Lodge K. of P. was re viewed this morning and continued for a later hearing. NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE Amsterdam (Via London), Sept 11 The Norwegian steamer Lindborg. bound from London for Rotterdam ha. been sunk by a submarine, according to advices received here. - Th- crew of the tubmarine strip ped the steamer of all copper objects fU destroying her. The crew of ther Lindborg was landed. DEFENDANT AND HIS ASSOCIATES Warren K. Billing, an ex- -avlct. Thomas J. tlooney, who attempted early in July to foment a strike of Platform men of the United Kailroads of San Francisco. , Mrs. Rena Mooney, his wife, an ac complished musician. ' Edward Nolan, delegate of Uie ma chinists' union to the 191S interna tional convention of the union in Bal timore. ' Israel Wlenberg, j::..ey bus driver. The crime was the explosion of a bomb, hidden in a suitcase, in the orowa watcning- tne Preparedness pa rade in San1 Francisco July 22, 1919. icn uves were lost and 85 persons r - o injurea. ( .... San Francisco, Sept. 11. The first ot the bomb cases resulting from the murder -ot ten persons . by the ex plosion of an infernal machine, in suitcase planted in the Preparedness Parade, crowd here July 22, began to day when Warren K. Billings, prin cipai suspect, went to trial. The theory ofprosecution is that Billings - and his confederates were not anti-preparedness cranks, as at first was supposed, but. sought to kill employes ot the local United Rail roads, a division of which would have been passing the bomb suitcase at the moment it exploded if the parade hadn t - been delayed. ' Thomas J, Mooney, also Indicted for cimplicity In the bomb plot, - unsuccessfully had tried to organize a strike among these employes and the prosecution will claim the bomb was used to get even with the men. - The trials of the four other defend ants, . Mooney, his wife, Mrs. Rena Mooney, Israel Weinberg and Edward Nolan, will be held later. Evidence of a sensational character la expected to be given. ' The prosecution is based on the theory that Billings, under Instruc tions from Mooney, planted the bomb; that Mrs.. Mooney was an ac cessory before and after the fact; that Nolan either manufactured or assisted In manufacturing - the bomb and that Weinberg was an accessory In that he transported the conspira tors in his jitney bus and had guilty knowledge ot the plot. Four "persons were killed outright and the paraders panic stricken when the bomb exploded at the intersection of Steuart and Market streets, In the crowd of 25,000 people. One man died of heart failure and 40 persona were Injured, of whom five later died. Among the leaden missies, automo bile bearings and bits of metal that sDrayed the crowd like shrapnel. enough pieces of leather and clock work mechanism were picaea np to show that the bomb had been set to explode at 2:10 p. m. Billings aeryed a term at roiBom prison for dynamiting. NO ONE CAN GET SOUSED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. Gettysburg, Sept 11. Thirta not a dry town, but sightseeing parties must be reasonably so. The licensed guides have been instructed by the ItRttlefleld Commission to. prevent booxe pertiee from carousing on the field. This Is the result of several par ties ot the sort. New York, Sept. 11. With the leaders ot -. 750,000 labor men ot Greater New York and vicinity . threatening a sympathetic strike, traffic on the subway and elevated lines in Manhattan and the Bronx .greatly Impeded, and the surface system In Westchester county vir tually tied us, the general strike situation today assumed a serious aspect. Samuel Gompera doclined to discuss the probability of a gen eral strike, but union leaders as serted that, if necessary, 50,000 union men would be called out ' within six hours, y Traction officials attribute the falling Vff In service on the sub ways and elevated roads to the in crease in traffic caused by the . stoppage ot all surface lines. Un ion leaders claim, however, that the detection of employes was re- sponsible. Appeal By Labor Bodies. New York, Sept 11. All mem-, bera of trade unions In New York, Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle found themselves today i active factors in the dispute be tween the Rapid Transit Company and its employes. The various labor organizations In these cities served by the Transit : Company received the appeal dratted by the central labor bodies last night requesting a sympathetic strike of all organized workers in their jurisdiction "in support of the contention of the street railway men for the right to organize." ' Since the response to this ap- peal, must be decided by vote of members everal i! days ittust elapse before its effect will be known. A central labor commit tee has been organized and dally meetings will be held to direct a ' sympathetic general strike in case ' if is called. Opinions were ex- . pressed today that most ' of the . unions would defer definite action In hope that such a step might be ' avoided. Labor leaders declared, however, that strikes might be called without, delay in trades di rectly affecting the operation ot street cars such as longshoremen and engineers. While the elevated and subway lines continued running today without apparent interruption the strike on the surface lines has . spread rapidly. Union officials assert that. 11,600 men ' are on strike. ; Not a car wheel turned all day Sunday in Yonkersi Mount Vernon and New Rochelle and every surface, car stopped last night In Manhattan and in the Bronx also after these two bor oughs had received a limited ser- , vice during the day. t The seriousness ot the situa tion has caused citizens to turn for relief to the municipal gov ernment. Report Expected Today. It is reported that the public service commission, which has been investigat ing the strike, win make a report to day, placing responsibility for the sit uation and throwing its official influ ence into the balance to aid the side whose contention is upheld. ilDENT GOES TO'CONNECIUT His Sister, Mrs. Howe, I Criti cally 111 at New London Is Growing Weaker, ; Long Ilranch, N. jTscpt 11. Can celling all engagemouls, President Wilson left her early today to go to the bedside of his sister, Mrs, A, K. Howe, who is critically 111 at hor home in Now London, Conn. The president motored to New York, where he takes a train. The president rose before 7 o"olock,i after a restless night He appeared greatly concerned over his sister's ill. ness. . , The departure of Uie preeideut did not delay the opening today of the summer executive onices at Asbury Park by White House clerks. PRESIDENT'S SISTER IS GROWING WEAKER Ne,7 London, Sept 11. Mrs. Anne L. Howe, President Wilson's sister, who is ill of peritonitis and compli cations here, passed a good night but is growing weaker,, says a statement issued today by the attending physicians. ENTENTE ARIES : GETTING READY, IT APPEARS Offensive Id Taken by the Brit ish on Northeastern Mace donian Front, LUNCH CONSISTED OF ONE BISCUIT AND RAW BLUBBER Loudon, Sept. 11. Life on Elephant Island in the Antarctic, as It was ex perienced by the marooned men ot Lieutenant Sir-Ernest Shackleton's south polar expedition, who were re cently rescued and taken to Chile, is described in a message received from Punta Arenas and published in the Daily Chronicle. "The day began," says the descrip tion, "with breakfast which consist ed merely of penguin, tried in blub ber, with a drink of water. The morn ing duties consisted In clearing away snow drifts and catching penguin. Lunch was served at 1 o'clock, con sisting of a biscuit with raw blubber. The afternoon was occupied with regular exercise over a track one hun dred yards In length, ? "At 6 o'clock,' when darkness tell, came dinner, consisting ot penguin breast and beef tea. Lacking tobacco, the men smoked grass from the pad ding in their boots, while the pipes were carved from birds' bones and wood. The members of the party took turns In reading aloud from the only available books, namely, tha Bi ble, an encyclopedia, Browning, Ba con's Essays and Carlyle's French Revolution. Saturday evening was al ways marked by a concert, the fea ture ot which was banjo playing. A banjo was the only musical instru ment in camp." WILL RUN A SPECIAL GERMANS AND BULGARIANS CAPTURE FORT 8ILI8TRIA London, Sept. 11.' -Continuing their advance in western Dobrudja, the German and Bulgarian forces have captured the old Bulgarian fortress of Silistria, which lies on the east ern bank of the Danube . about 25 miles northeast of Turtukai and 60 miles east ot Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, and about an equal dis tance south of the Constanza-Buch-arest railway line. The capture ot the fortress is announced by the Ber lin war office which adds that the Ru manians and ' Russians fighting in Dobrudja apparently have suffered very considerable losses during the last few days. In Banat north ot Orsova, how ever, the Rumanians are Keeping np their advance against the Austriana, having compelled the Austrian right wing, after it had pushed them back two aad a half miles, to withdraw to its former position under a strong counter-attack. Death of Blind Evangelist Nashville, Tenn.,Sept 11. Rev. Joe Kamsey, 48 years old, a blind evange list known .throughout the Southern M. E. church, died at Viola. Tenn- last Washington, Sept 11. Arrange ments have been made by the South ern Railway to run a special train carrying dairy farmers and others in terested in the building up of the dairy interests in the South to the National Dairy Show to be held Oc tober 12-21 at Springfield, Mass., at which the Southern will have an ex tensive exhibit giving a full presenta tion of the South as a dairy section at the present time and as a region for the future development of the dairy Industry. . The idea of the special train from the South to the dairy show, which is held in the East tor the first time this year. Is to give Southern dairy farmers an opportunity to see how tha industry is conducted in the North and to widen their outlook by bring ing them in contact with successful dairy farmers and dairy workers from all parts of the country, while a gen eral attendance at the dairy show on the part of Southern Dairymen is ex pected to do a great deal to educate the people of the North as to the ad vantages of the South for the indus try. Pullman cars will be started rrora central points In each state and will be made into a solid train rnto New York and to Bpringneia. ine special will start probably on Thursday. Oc tober 12, reaching New York on Sat urday, October 14. Already nearly a hundred dairy farmers located from Virginia to Mississippi have indicat ed their Intention to become members ot the party. New England people have. contributed 1650,000 for the erec tion of buildings at the show and more than 1,000 pure blood dairy cat tle of the various breeds will be on exhibit besides a comprehensive col lection of the most approved imple ments and machinery used In connec tion with the dairy Industry. In connection with the trip, arrange ments are also being made for stop overs and side trips to allow the Southern dairymen who go to visit the most interesting milk-producing centers ot tha East including the pasteurizing and distributing plants at New York, the railroad warehouses In Jersey City where over 2,000,000 quarts of milk are shipped daily to New York by special milk trains, the Mlxter farm, an hour's ride from Springfield, famous for the breeding of pure ' bred Guernsey cattle, and Washington where the party will visit the United States Department of Ag riculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry. Attacks on Bulgaria from both : the north and the south are appar ently in preparation by tha en tente armies In tha Balkans. ' , A movement from the. south de . voloped taday in official news from Paris that the British had taken ; the offensive on the northeastern Macedonian front. They have crossed the Strumas river, about : 40 miles northeast of Saloniki, in ! an advance towards the Bulgarian border, after strong artillery prep aration, and are attacking tha vil lages ot Nevolyen and Karabja- ; des. ''';:;' ;'', n , .x At tha beginning ot the Macedo. nian operations last month, the . Bulgarians pushed down rapidly from the border and occupied po Mtions in Greek territory on the ,' right flank ot the allied offensive lines, pushing their advance to tha Aegean coast The British pres ent thrust, which may mean the beginning ot an Important often . slve with the object of placing the Bulgarians between two fires, is directed along the main road to Sores, the natural avenue ot d vance for an army pushing tor the Bulgarian border. Meanwhile the effort to encom pass Bulgaria is proceeding on the north with tha reported arrival ol Russian troops In strong force to take the offensive against the Bui garlans. W-.V In nothern France t)ie Germans ' are responding to the heavy blows which drove back their lines along . several miles ot the Somme front last week. ' ' ';.-"'-v ' ;,V Yesterday and last night they struck hard at both French and British, but were unable to regain any ot the ground lost. . In their attacks on the French, south of the Somme, from Berny to below Chalnea, the Germans used flaming liquid. They suff red heavily in these attempts, Paris declares. - NEW PRESIDENT MAY NOT BE A SUCCESS, Buenos Aires, Aug. 15, (By Mail) Hipollto Irlgoyen, who will becomt president ot Argentine on October 12, , may prove to be a political succesi but there Is no indication that he will be e'luocess socially. The Argentinians expect their pres. idents and ex-prealdents to show, themselves In aristocratic circles, U , give big balls and receptions and generally to add to the gaiety of tha capital. President-elect Irlgoyen has b-e i a terrible disappointment in this ' respect , But for one short visit to Buenoi Aires in July; he has remained shut up like a hermit in his ranch bouse in the eountry ever since his election. The people are anxious to sea Mm. Pictures ot him have been printed but ; everyone knows they are fakes - be- ! cf use there isn't a picture of Irlgoyen In existence. '; The new president's friends excu' him on the ground that he Is a prey to a terrible anxiety at tha Idea of becoming president He la said to, believe that South America, lnclud-, lng bis own country, will face a tre-' mendoua financial crisis when the' war ends and to fear that he will be considered a failure. As he Is Ar gentina's first radical President it would be a party as well as a person- si calamity to him. MAN SHOOTS WIFE AND -THEN KILLS HIMSELF Nashville, Sept 11. A Lebanon,: Tenn., special says: Odle Floyd, 27 years old, this morn ing at his home near Mount Juliet' ahot and dangerously' wounded bis wife and then fired two shots rnto his own body. His death was Instanta neous. There were no witnesses to the shooting. COL. DONALDSON ARRIVES ' TO INSPECT BRIGADE (Ur CAPT. W. E. CHRISTIAN ) Camp -Glenn, Morehead City, Sept. 11. Colonel T. Q. Donaldson,, ot the' Inspector General's Department at Washington, arrived this morning for further inspection of the brigade, this being the second visit The first regiment was out this forenoon for a ten mile hike. Small Fire. Fire department No. 2 responded to a still alarm at 4.55 Sun- - day afternoon. The fire was found to be In the old plant of the Smith-Phillips Lumber Co., on North Church street It was small and was extln Kuistied with three aallona of Almmi. icas. Little damage. was done. ' - ouu Lwa roaai
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