j WEATHER
' Skewers and slightly raster Friday
Saturday fair.
VOLUME EIGHT. NUMBER 120.
FEAR 20 DROWNED WHEN TR4M4OES INTO CREEK
BRIDGE BREAKS,
SWOLLEN CREEK
SWALLOWS CAR
■ - o
Eiffct arc Known Dead, Several
Mianing. And Total List
" JBay Be 20
,SEVERAL HUNDRED WERE
ON TRAIN IN ACCIDENT
Only Oae Person Preen "Self
* From Trapped Car and
Tesla of 14 Unsaved
DENVER. Col®., July' 12. — Uf>—
Trapped In • sleeper on the weat
bound Colorado Bxpresa of the Chi
cago Rock laland and Pacific Rall
„ way which plunged through a bridge
and aaak in tha flood watara of a
craak near Stratton, Colo., thla morn
lag, eight persona warn known to
have bean killed and It waa feared
other llvaa mar have been lost.
Coroner Orrin P. Pennr of Kit Car
§on countr aaprassed the belief the
dead might number 20-
Railroad officials Haled only e*<lit
victims bat aald several were known
to be mlasing. E. J. Perry of Rit*-
ford, Mass, reported 14 other paa
eeugere, Including several women and
children were In the submerged Pull
's man when he escaped.
More than two score persona aboard
other cars ware Injured. i
The train, carrying eeveral hundred
passengers, hit a weakened bridge
near here early thla (pornlng and aft
er two baggage car and
a chair car passed over thi struc
tnre, a chair car plunged Into the
•stream, which had become a .raging
torrept, ten feet deep and too yards
wide.
Prom the sunken car only one per
son amerged, ont man broke a win
dow and bleeding from many cuta,
swam to safety. J „
- Mora than a score of persons were
Injured
t Another car was thrown cXT tRT
track and was Inclined at a sharp
" angle on the benkof the stream. The
rest-of the coaches were upright add
on the troche.
-A cloodbarst last night releasing
Seven or eight Inches of water, turn
ed an ordinary saod draw Into u rag
ing rtker. Swirling arbund the 75-foOt
wooden bridge over the draw, the
watera ate away the approaches and
when the heavy train rolled over the
structure U gave wav.
A bridge on an automobile highway
paralleling the railroad, was washed
ont. These bridges are about three
miles w#st of here.
Rescaers were delayed In reaching
the wreck by the flood waters, which
were gradually receding this morning
Railroad officials aald the
bodies would ha attempted after the
water had gona down sufficiently to
make rescue work safe.
At I a> m., the water had receded
about two feet, then standing at a
depth of eight feet.
A wrecker and crew arrived from
‘ Ooodland. Kas., and avttHWl "recession
of the flood water* before attempting
to lift* the submerged car Efforts,
meanwhile, were directed to relief of
passengers and work on_qther cars
which were off the rallsrimt on the
right of way.
Morrta Oest, theatrical producer of
New York, enroute to Derives was
aald to have been a passenger
train. 4
*"“■ ‘ If
School Meit*Gather
Here This Evening
Rome 15 county And city superin
undents of schools will gather at th
Hotel Ooldaboro here at 11:80 this evi *
nlng for an Informal "dutch" supper
Dr. A. T. Allen, state super.ntendent
of public Instruction will l»e In at
tendance. No program has been »r
ranged and no topic has been set for
discussion- “We are Just getting to
gether to an Informal’ way and f»i
the purpoee of swapping experlenc
BARIALMORT OWE R 1.6T8
LOJHI IK X Y. IS RAIDF-I*
NEW YORK, July 18.-IJP! A totT
almost one block long, reput <t ■ ».
’biggest In New York, was lb the
• hsnds of federal prohibition uuthori
ftm ttr*Ti
lhr establishment, kniwn a« the
Green Room Grill, w«- sail tl ho
opened only rec-ently- H wa- 1« . 'J
In an apparently vacant I >ft bull ll»K
l B WpU. Street and th- bar ex
tW|VT e amny* $p the MU sural,
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
.. . » , .;. . - ' ; . ' * ‘ t .■ ' <■ . V. * . •
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY. BUY.
Unfold* His Plan
jjlllplpiir mB- - -
w w •
■.
Several opinions pro and con
have followed the message of
George W. Wickersham, top,
chairman of President Hoov
er’s law enforcement commis
sion, to the annual governors’
convention at New London,!
Conn. Mr. Wickersham ad-'
vances the theory that the en
forcement of the prohibition
law id particular and all law in
general be divided between the
-Federal and local state agen*
ekt. - Governor C. H. Dern of
Utah waa chairman of the con
vention.
REFUELING TRY :
PROVES FATAL
Hose Entangles in Wikfes of
Ship and Pilot Falla 2,000
Feet
'DES MOINES. lowa, July 18.-UP)
-4 PI lot Rosy Arnold' was killed ve
n-lav when he fell Iroai the cot-knit
of a plane “Greater lies Morses” 1 in
:>«* >r.v I* cim.bed In an attempt *o
make a refueling coptpct.
.. > '
lhc 't; »*t r Des. % nines” was mak
ing toite !u j-ep* «tlon***for re -t
tempt st making the worlds re. t-lirc
flight record.
% '*„]
Charles Gatcbet. co-pilot, escaped
In a parachute. The refueling hose
from the “atom City” became en
tangled In the wing of flTe'” r, Greater
Des Moines” causing It to tip badly.
Arnold was tn the rear cockpit and
Oligpeil down through the propeller
falling about 2,000 feet
Dr. W. H. Cobb Discusses
Needs ot City's Hospital
sr j
"Only those In close touch f»TU> *h '|
Institution can reallxe the^trea'I
amount of good Jhat ha-< been a- i otit ;
plished since Its foundation.” d.r 1
(I Dr. W. H. .Cobh yesterday In Its
cussing the proposul f.rr the city tn
match the offer of the Duke Fount.)
tlon to give s&o.h(w! for a <>.v ai.-t
a. purses' home for the G >■-' bn
I o*'Pt a(j i
‘lt may not be amls»_or n.t(ni»:'-t
lug at this time to revi.-w briefly th ,
humble ei*gin and mm-plcl-u - t>
ginning of the Goldsboro II tspltai,'
said Dr. Cobh. •*
"Its first location wa« upstair, sh h
wood) n building Which sKhkl wln-r.-
the pnesent Park* r I Iling Stisti i'i
Is located at the corner of-Cedtct an
Mulberry street* After thi- Joj.." » [ >
It was, moved to a -niall brick hutll
tn gofl North J-)h «te--t opt» • t '■
old Jack Plac- R' tnalnln*
here for somntim-'. I wi- f t:»l In
the buUd ng was entirely, too snt-iP.
and Inadequate for *he r-quit ment
of the hospital, and so the uoxt to. i ,
tlon ysif in -.he old Blocuiuh refc-Jvucjj
BALL CLUB GEV# NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Hear Kepoii of Inspection
(X Home and Re-Elect C 11.
W arren as Sti|ier»fitendent
JACTION OF TRUSTEES CONSIDERED VINDICATION OF
HOMES AFFAIRS —PROPOSE LIQUIDATION OF
DElir AND RECONDITIONING OF BUILDINGS
The board of truste a of th , (»d i
i Fellows 11 mie m.i-t ng here yesteidj.
jin connection with th' six It di Hi .
i picnic, re-elected CY Ts Wsfr-n
supeilutetide nt of the horns, (rail
Lodge officers In session a short tlm«
prior to the meeting of U»> trn te-s
took prellmln>iry s <p* toward II iu -
dating'a fll.otn d lit now ou's'aml'
log against the Ins ttttt'on sod t >
ward reconditioning ts building «.
Re-election of Mr. Warren aj »in
erlntendent was consldrred a vlirl e i
tlon of the management ol*. the h mm
Hla re-election was made on t.'ie
strength of a report submit! -I by a
special committee named to make ut
Inspection of the home " affair: VB
pointed by grand master R. K. Him
mons of Wlnston-Kalem, th-- commu
te* —Including A. T, Walston of far
boro. D. F- lainter of Ogfortl anl
Messrs. Griten of Greensboro and
O'Hanlon of Winston-Salem—vls ted
the Home here several weeks ago.
Their report waa considered by a
CHINA WILL TRY
STATE PROGRAM
ft ■
I)r- Chang Will Introduce N.-C.
Welfare Finn in Chineae *
Citlen
The News Hareaa.
Ry M. R. JkCNBAUtVN)
RALEIGH. July ll.—Nortb Taro
fllna’s welfare program will have its
"influence on far-away China. It was
riearned today wUen Mrs. Ka«- Burr
5 Johnson, commissioner of public wef-
I fare, received a Jetter from Dr. H. C,
I Chang, saying that he Intends to nse
I the Stale's program In a modified,
.’"form as an experiment In several
towns In China. <
t Dr. Chang, who ly spending two
years In America as a fellow of the
Laura Rpelman Rockefeller Memorial
fund In order >• study the welfare
I work being done In this country.
. spent aL the i’ublic Wel- (
:/are Institute at Chapel Hill. When ’
he flturns to his native land. Dr.
Chang Is to direct the school of public
1 welfare at Princeton University's
branch 4n Peking, whlrh tmlversltr t*.
. In part, sponsoring his stay tn Amer
ica. * o
, 1 t "
The Chinese edttfator and soda'
welfare WorketvjggenL-LhejtpJlre weds
I at Chapel Hill, attending the WjsjpvAs
. and studying the methods and the
- orles presented by the State’s pnhlh
r welfaßg leaders. /
; He came to North Carolina from the
I New York BohooJ,—Cl
r where he Is amending lecture- Wir
ing the sumra«4.
I which stood at the c-irnet of Rlocumhj
, and K \V.iltftit streets In the grove Ini
which the residence of Mr George i
1 Dewey Is located, and this same Slo-,
cumb r> sld-tn <- wa - afterwards ot-.v i
! est to th;- property of tin I. O. O- j
Home wl-sre it Is used as a redd.-ncej
for some >f the faculty connected w ith i
the Home Th Hospital grew In u-r (
' fulne«». Importance and tn servic-i
after It* location on ♦-a-it \Salim- and
, Hlocumh street-, where it remu I
for a few yeaf* ntitll the present lo
cation wa* Selected anil the Goldsboro j
i Hosplta Building wa» erected
"I'rnm a mint huitihl • beginning 1
ha grown t > he -nit's- an in-tltu’ i> i,
In th* community »nd It not ml ,
■erves h ■ cltl*>-n . of Gol4»b >r aulj
Wayne county, but patt.rets from ad j
Joining counties are almost da 1 a I |
milted for - h en attid j
Is h God-aend.'Snd a refug- |
t,> i h..-• wlth-mt m mey uipl w f.i -c j
prlf* who are Vi k In, h uly and »h 1
need k" ministrations Util
,tn close touch with this InatUuUun
(Conttuuod on Jtago 7)
GOLDSBORO. N. C. FRIDAY MORNING JULY. 1» 2929.
full meeting (if the trust es hAr.- yes
terday. and wklli tn member us Hit
hoard could he Imaieil who would
dlvpige Its conteni«. U was uu . r
sittnd that it gave th-.stawp of at-'
t-ri'Vul lo III' pitilcl s up.l cotdit ons
, noW obtaining at the, Rome. Th nut
ter was considered by the trus ces
while In executlVjg^missl.m.
Tw inemlM-r ,'h ,
r-ached by The Newa last eveataß
add each s.ated, howevet, ...at ....
port would not be made public.
A. laine of Greensboro . pfeslrl-td
over the sess'ons of the’truste * ant
the following full list of members
waaMa attendance: W. T. Davis of
(falelgh, M P. Jeanlwgs of Elisabeth
1 City; J. M. Lents of Wlnstnn-Nal-m.
Mrs. H R- • Wklitaki r of Bnuthera
ITnes, C .0. Hmhh of Goldsboro, and
Grand Master R. F. Utinmons of W ns
! tnn-Kalttn. who Is a member eg-of*
, i flclo-
I* Grand Maater Simmons acting Ir
I (Continued on Puge Two)
PLAN A DIVISION
OF SCHOOL FUND
Amounts, far Tax DN
trictn far Each ('aunty
Saak ta Ma Knawa
RALEIGH. JnP 1* -(*»)- The
state board of egvstllaailon meeting
her* today tent ajlvv'y adopted plans
for the distribution ot the $1,250,000
fund set apart by 'he l»2t»,Gen >ra)
Assembly from lh» iqual -
xatloa fund for the heneDt of schol
district a huv ng a longer term than
ala months. The board odlourned un
Dl the necessary mathematical caleu <
' latton for distribution of the “tax re
duction" fund can he made,, which
' will require one or two 1 weeks..
I'nder the plan tentatively adopted
all dlstylcta will be treated alike, both
as to valuation and without regards
to whether the extension of the six
months term Is for less than two
, months the limit for state partlclpa
' tlon under the bill.
Extend Time For
Meetingr New I .aw
. ti
The News Hurrau,
fRy M. K. ItmiliAN)
RAI.EIGH, July 18 The penallles
applying to those handling welghta
and measures In the Htate has hern
■Mipended until Heplemlier 1, by Rev
enue commissioner A. J. Maxwell, due
to the faCt-Slha' the law I n>* and
It Is hard for dealer* tn comply with
the requirements, and to the further
fact that some of the pravlslons are
not entirely deaf" and omy recently
has an Interpretation of the law been
made.
Attorney General tt, Com
mlaatoner of Agriculture Graham and
('oin ml salon er Maxwell recently lnt < r
preted th* law. which la not a part of
-the Revenue act. but Is a separate ata
Mute. The Attorney General held that
J the tax or fee provisions make them
a part of Schedule H. license tax-»,
pof th : Revenue act, and .»y 'much in
license fee* Inipos st
* In the stalin' become suhjto* to tic
[ penalties provided In-the Revenue A< t
j tor delay In payment of
| ituense taxes
'However, Mr. Maxw*ll feel-, that an
extenaion of tlm-. In order to give
those subject to the weights and nieg
-ures tax u reasonable time and op
portunity to comply w'tli the law. Is
Justifiable He Is, therefore, suspend
ing application es penalties until Sep
tember J.
\ IST II It \' h IN w
FLORINV ( LONLRj
TAI.LAH Ha ilnitf lv j
(/Ft The State Banking Deportment I
annoitnied that the Htyt Rank of
llowl'og Green. Florida, had failed to
open Ms door* toduy, bringing to * x
teen the number of bank failures In
lu the state during the past two days |
- Big New York Shakeup
. A
BS'
%A,
SHFS
• ■HHHHHHb »
Police Commissioner Whslen
of the New York police, dc
cided his department needed
jacking up and nigde change-
affected almost the en
tire force Inspector PS. Me
Cormack. tinted as the “hard
lioiled tr»t' will now hive thr
job of -eci that the Graat-
Whitr ' » T-itas down on
tunc n
MURDER CHARGE
IS PREFERRED
•'* . -
I’arkion Man I* > Returned to
. Florida to Face Trial In
* T v
SJ Jacksonville
I UMHKRTON. S C , July f* (A»)
Karl WUntmson. Insurance man of
Florl/fa and member of a prominent
I’arktou famtly. was arrested her#
today by Mierllf "11. F McMillan of
Ktibcson county and I<T being twkeu
to Jacksonville, l-Ts., to answer to a
charge of kllßng a man In a free far
all. fight there about ,g month ago.
A “telegram Irotn Uiq Mherfff ot Du
vml County, Florida to the Robeson
sbt-rlff Instructed the make
the arrest and Inform Florida auth
orities whether „ extYadlCon paper*
would he necessary, kherlff McMillan
arrested Williamson- on a fugitive
from Just Ice warrant and after com
municating with Florldu offlcera left
with Williamson this afternoon.
If was under "food here that the
I’arkton man
coroner's Jury and that the new action
was the-result of a grand Jury artlon
Wllliamx-Ai said the man who wa«
killed was struck over the head In a
milk bottle Gabion which four men
participated. V _________
Says It Would Be CrimiHal
Not to Meet Hospital Otter
0 -a- —»■
It would be erlrnlpal were Golds
boro not to sell*- the opportunity H>
spoke Mr*. Henry Weil yesterday In
discussing the offer of the Duke
Foundation W donate S.V-,llob toward
additions apd a titirsea' home for the
Goldsboro hospital to cost‘slott,O#O.j"l
don't see how Goldsboro could hold
njr its heijd If the offer Is not. m***;’
went on Mrs. Well. “We should fee!
ourselves more thnn ashamed not to
take the opportunity presented.”
Th- Goldsboro hoapltal. Mrs. Well
told The News. sp-s»k ng from long
knowledge of Its affairs, has grown
Into the "big business class. There
was a' time when v *he declared when
women of. the-Ladb-s' B»nev:/loili P>-
clety went personally and solicited f-»t
the small fuffd-* n-eded t • run th
>1 hospital In Its Infant day* That was
• the day whcn-Goldsburo was. a cross
I roads village and" tt* hospital need*
the need* of a cross roads village-
Now the effort* for the hospital re
quire the uqjted effort* ofthe com
bined cltUauship.
| "J wonder how mauy people iu the
27 Pledge Support To
Series “•Baseball Days”
To Be Staged at Park
PLAYGROUND TO
CLOSE JULY 27
Swimming Mwt At Prrabvteriau
Pool Announced for Thin
Afternoon
"w
There will he a special swimming
program ut the Municipal swimming
pool thla afturnouii. It ; vua announced
yesterday by R. & Robinson, director
of city playground activities. The
program will Include swimming,
races, dives, plunges, exhibitions of
dlffevpnt stroke* and under-wutur
swimming. The programs are held on
Friday of each week, and have prov
ed to be Interesting feat nr ee of no*
Grilles nt the pool.
At n meeting of the playground
committee In the community baltylng
Wednesday afternoon. It was decided
so continue’ the operation of Mm
swimming pool through the first week
In September, and to clone the play
ground at the end of nopt week. These
decisions were made because It la be
lieved by members of (he eommtitee
that the benefits derived toy the,
children from the swimming pwol era
more valuable. The fund saved by
closing the playground e week earlier
than waa nt first scheduled will be
applied to the expense of runntpMl the
swimming pool • week longer than
was nt fjret scheduled
c
Th* firpt week In Beptember, Inter
esting water programs will toe held
on three days that week. A Water
Pageant, a water carnival nod a Oral
aid exhibition will be th* feataraa of
these program*. Ribbons and medals
wilt to* awarded the wlnaearsF ot the
various contests- , .
■> -» c»
McLean Children in
Baltimore Hospital
(By u k. nrmtuiii
The hew* Rurauu.
RALEIGH, July 11 Angus Wilton
McLean. Jr . and Margaret Mcl*aan.
son and daiigbtcr of former Governor
and* Mrs A. W. McLrqn. nr* both to
■ Halilniore hospital recovering from
operations for appendicitis. Margaret,
who ‘bed been suffering with slight
attacks for some time, was left at
tiis hospital In Br IN mors when Gov
ernor Mcl*e*n'sJji*rty started home
from the ConfsXrate monument ax
erclss* et Gettysburg on July 2. Wil
ton. or "RuhlH-r" a* Ihe older son to
known, was taksn up later.
Mrs. McLean has been tn Ralt'mor* <
with them all the time, while th* for
mer Governor has made several trips
to see them. Both are recovering
nicely and hope to he sbU to. return
home within a few days.
- *g|g
city remember where th* Hospital
was first established. Tt was In Ihe
upper story of what ls now the Fred
Parker Motor Company building on
the south west corner of Center and
Mulberry streets. I thing that Mr-
W.therlngton had a stables on-the
ground floor. the rent of the
quarters for little or nothing. Doctor*
carried their emergency cases there
There were no trained nurse* In (he
city at the time. A celored women
might have beer, employed to look
in occasionally, and the doctors call
•d by In their rounds
“From the quarter* on Center and
Mulberry, the h-»sp lal was moved to'
Hie little brick house on Jobn^htreel,
near Atlantic. A house now occupied j
as a residence. And do yon know that,
I have seen at that ohl hospital an |
old-couple; and I have seen the suf-l
ferlngs caused by that old couple
carried to the fourth generation,
largely because no one knew what toj
do for them.
“From the quarter* on John Street,:
(Coaliuued uu Peg* TwoJ
M
JRB
Today’s CircnlA&m
3,080
PUCE FTTB CBJfIBI
Attendance at Uwt Iflffct'l
Mneltef Jggmfteg U
APPEAL TO LOYALTY
Os BAIEBALL PANS
Ju-**
Banks m TM Basil .
A new Mnee a*-'Ms. •*» *g#
« may b«-osly tIHWIH fS
tb« ooidshsrs hgacftelt <«• at b«*pH
mg OI .tcrtkoUere held la the M
< ham bar as Cmumim riiai IqR
evening, when fl aft the aWMIMai
present signed an ogre—eai la at*
t»nipt u> sell auk wash ta Ska (a
maindar as ttoa MMas «M JkMfe H
tickets, seek bosk aoatatalas M
tickets. aaS each Uokst to N hM
for oao dollar. Under Si fM (toft*
•4 at the meat lac Ihdt wwlic *■*
Wednesday wtjl be tbs CM of a
of "Baaakall D«w. k ana tt to w
•sMa aaefc vaak Car ttoa raaaWMar
of tko wank ... */
A T. Orillia. prashtsat as ttoa •»#.
d*c la rad at ttoa elaaa al Mm metfiCt
that ha was wash H*»sed w*| ||»
playsd hara.
Aa applet ta ttoa leyaKy of OaMt
boro faaa will bo atf* flm ttoaaa
who aicaad ttoa fra—aat Hat aMH
begin their drive foe the agio at ttoajM •
“one dollar” tickets, ead It la l»
league baaehall la <laUa»cra
Baseball Day” far Ooidahore wan
first suggested hr Otway jlaiSMk. fli
wan proposed by Hr, Donak «aMK
the ticket* hara heart art aadtbat
one of those tlrtoata la drawn eadS
weak The holder al ih* lanky a mas
her, under tMa pka, wotM riaHra g
prise After a naadHarabli a meant g|
dleeuMloo. however. It MBs flaaßy
decided not to taolade ttoa M prise pair
la the plaa. •
Judge D. H. Viaad, --||rrinTgg pb
views on the proepaats as aaoMaa as •.
failure of the club, dee lured, *T M
like that the Oiltoksi haettoali aCM
Is a community laUeprild. sad I toM ■>
never yet known Oakdshara t» Hit
l-efs get behind ttoe toad team aa that
u will not he a'falters. H ttoa tattoto
ever needed seppsri It eeede to a*».
I believed the hope will eagle eat as
ibis siaiap sod wta a haaato as thaaa
ball asms* yet.”
President oriffle told these rnrim
(hat In his oplaloe tie teas had ha
come discouraged to# easily jaet be
cause the teem had had a little ItotoNlg
streak. "W« were so tog laMpr.leaf
season (hen say other feep ta
(he league, and we‘r* bpisn aaTug
longer (hla seeaea than say other'
club Now. just because w#*r* Ige-
Inga few aamee la no reason Car tht*
terrible lag In Intereat, he said. Ifr.
(irlfffn then told hkn audteaoe that
ha was going to hero a talk with the
team this mom lug eai that be weald
like to be able to let them know that
the people of Goldsboro were babied
them.
Herndon Tuttle suggested that S'
committor he appoint ad to call go
the merchants sad ink them to IK
their employees off si I;Jo o’dlsdl
one afternoon esch week to sttabd e
baseball same played kero. ACtMa
will be takes OB tMa auggasttoo with
in the neat day or two, it wsa dectdsl
George Dewey sad J T Ore**, aedkt
made a brief talk In whlck they urf
ed stockholders to do everytklag pot-
Bible to swell tb* attendance at til
snniea, and to boost the club is eraty
way possible.
The following agreement was sign
ed by 17 busineea sad ynlaaalaadl
men present:
"We, the undersigned, agree to try
(CouUaaed ea fagg _
r