North Carolina Newspapers

VOL 0 Ltlin.N. C, Thursday, July 17, 1010 No. 21! 0 the voyage across si: s is court i"i i:d IN ABOUT 7." lions. Pulham, Norfolk, England. July : I ; v A- . i.iicl I'm .... - Gie.J Eiitain'.. nuni'ii"! h (ran atlantic 1 1 i i t t . the 1 i ripUe R-!"l, ai livi d Ih i t-;it (I :.'! n'Hoi l(, ( li ti icli fin time. 1imI.iv, en: n (.!( in;,' In-1' round dip from tin !r!li:h i-'es to the United Slates and ictuin. Tiit poked c- nil. (,ni df llio c!n!i'!i noithc.i-t of the villaj-e and, after circling tin fly ing field tin i i' time.., glidi l gent ly to tin- ground awl 10 minutes later v. a-, hoii-ed in tin' d. risible .'Ih-iI. Tin' voyage from Img I -.lain! was without titular inciil. -ui and wa; rompled 1 in approximately 7 hour.-. Shouts from tho-cni tlio I'm !1 greeted the fir.t sie,hl of the long gray Ixxly low mi the hori zon. A th'' R-"l approached the field she 1 1 1 1 j k -. I fiom a height of .'j.lMtO Jti t to 2,000 feet. The men who were to aid lie airship in landing v. i re or deled to their po.-itions and waited silently an the .ship cirri ed the field, dropping lower iind lower. (Yew Tiied Cut Smiling. When Maj. G. II. Scott, her commander, had maneuvered the airship into position for the landing, the water ballast was iv'eiiM'd to steady her an I a rope was thrown from the lxw. The lope wan grasped by eager hand-, and the giant ship moved across the held to the shed where the delicate operation of berthing her was completed quickly without accident. A military hand .stationed on the held played 'The Call of Duty" as the airship In-gan to settle, and then changed to the strains of "See. the Comptering lleio Comts," as the ship wa put into the .shed the hand play- "Keep the Jlome Fires Burn ing." The crowd was too in tent in watt hin; the ship to no tice the mu ir, while the whin of the piopdieis made it iratid ilile to ti e men in the R.?,. The tired, in. haven, l.ut .smil ing nu n who ron.osed the crew quickly din. lied from the gon dola and weie gict-tcd warmly and w ith many slaps on the hack hy the officers and soldiers gath ered on the field. "The voyage home ha; Ik en without incident," said Major Scott. "We want breakfast.' Story of the Voyage. After breakfast and while en joying the hehtted luxury of hi little Mack pipe, smoking not lie ing permitted on the air.,!;!;) Ma- jor Scott told the story of the re turn flight as follows: "We etimati-d we would mak it in from T to .m hour.-.." h said. "We nude it in 7". When we left we had a strong wind be hird IH and we covered the Inst SiH) miles in alnnit ciy.ht hours. When he circled over New York we could plainly see the crowds on Broadway waving to us as we p.iseii, inn coiiM not m ar tluni because of the noise of the en gines. ;ouin oi tScwioundiand we encountered head wind and our progress from then, on was slow or. We traveled at an average height of from o.ooo to :.ooo feet and found much low clouds autt fog. Once we saw nothing hut fog for 21 hours. "We struck Ireland at Clifden and made good progress from there althrough our steering en gine hroke down Saturday morn ing. We started w ith l.'.HK) gal Ions of galosine and had 1,000 left. We are naturally pieascr with the trip. -till of us, I expect important changes in the size and speed of future air-hip- lig ships that will travel 70 to 80 milos an hour and powerfu enough to crawl through any thing." (heat Trip Sajs Col. Ilcnsley. "This has heen a great trip, said Col. W. N. Ilcnsley, Jr., o the United States army air ser vice as ho climbed out of the car "We were lost one whole day be cause of the fog was so thick we could not get a shot at the sun moon, stars or horizon, but we worked out of it and struck the Irish coast. .We passed over the Isle of Man about 3 o'clock thi morning and then, mounting above the clouds, witnessed moxt beautiful sight. Above w a t he hrij'ht moon ; below Kdft I'eeey clouds tolK It. d with fill the color- of the rainbow and far down Ih Iow occasionally could be I n the dark, deep blue of the sea. Hut we did not have time to admire the beauty of , the ci lie. "We soon passed over Liver pool Mu! then other cities and towns, and here we are. We suf- fend no haid hiiis and no in- onvenienct's txcept that v.e had no hot water for shaving. Our rs w ere cooked in the exhaust the engine and we had plen ty of other good food and colfce, tea and cocoa to drink. No one ulfered from sea sickness and hi!c the M-a below was tossed bv a 10 mile ir;i were mov ing along in com fort on an even eel. 'Regular airship service be tween Kui ope and Ameiicu is Miund t come, and soon." Jahain I'roudly Carries Kitten. The mcnitters of the crew were eagerly sui roun ed bv iends w ho were w aiting at the lirdrome. Ceorge (Jaham. the iff engineer, proudly carried lis pi t kitten whicn was Ikjiii at ast Fortune. The kitten suf fered no inconvenience during ie trip and manifested its de- ght on reaching land again by jumping on the backs of its mas ter's friends. "We were never out of touch ith the world although we met lot of fog." said Lieut. It. I). )urront. the w ireless officer. "It as hot in New York, cold in the middle Atlantic and you see hat it is here. We signalled two ships, the Cumberland, and one going to .Mexico, w urn th y asked us who we were, we iid that we were a Hritish air- hip from New Yoik to Fngland. heir wireless operator exprcss I Mil-prise. They had leen at sea some time and did not know al-out us." Lrigadicr General K. M. Mait- mil, the representative oi the ir ministry on th? U-.".l, who kept the log of the voyage, said: "Airships undoubtedly will be ued in the future over sea and over land. I hey w ill not con- ict in any way with the air lane or seaplane, but all will work together. The airship will go on long voyages, while the other t'iers w ill radiate for short istances from the Airship ter mini. 'Our reception in America was extraordinary, ine people there, impressed with our voy age, fully realize the commercial Missibiilty of the big airship. It was n wonder! ul sight as we tassel over the great electric igns being particularly bright pot s below." The K-.TI rested today in the shed beside her sister ship, the X Major Scott and the oth er officers of the dirigible, after opting today, will prepare to morrow to return the U-.i to ast Fortune, her home port They expressed the belief that the stern engine had leen dam- igd Ix'vond repair as the con nectiug rod had broken and wrecked the engine. The other engines worked perfectly to the a.st minute. ..r.r.l!AI.L()0N MAKES LONG NON-STOP FLIGHT Washington, July 12. Start ing out from Akront Ohio, last night the army dirigible A-1 ying against strong head winds, reached heie this morn ing, circled over the city and t . k . then proceeded to Inngley Field V'a., arriving there late today Uv ports to aviation headquar ters here said the dirigible cov cred the distance of 407 miles in 18 hours flying time at an average speed of a little move than 21 miles an hour. The Ulimp A-1 landed here a 5:11 o'clock this afternoon sue cessfully completing one of the longest nonstop trips ever made by an American dirigible. Members of the crew say the machine traveled most of Fri day night 1,100 feet above the earth, ploughing through n heavy mist. Almost the entire course w as steered by compass Sometime today the blimp over hauled a passenger train, flew over it for a short time anc crowded on more power, lelt in the rear without the slightes trouble. Mil 2f A tjiiiml 4-i-iin nt Ni'W York of C'vl. Arthur Vot. miliiliiut to the UarehaDta' Anoxiarlon of Nw York n UK AMERICANS (J1VK A HIRKK-UING SHOW. Coblenz, Friday, July 11. (Hy the Associated Press) Ameiican soldiers who captured Cantigny and scored various other victories against the Ger mans are performing in a three ling circus this week for the en tertainment of the soldiers along the KlJine. Hundreds of German civilians were permitted to wit ness the performances by the ayment of an admission fee of one mark. The fust division is presenting the circus at Montabaur, where the first performance was given today. The circus will continue four days with two perfor mances daily. Kxcursion trains were run today from Coblenz to Montabaur for soldiers of the second and third divisions. The opening jH-rformances to day were witnessed v at least ten thousand pel sons .including Major General Henry T. Allen, the commander of the American forces along the Rhine, and scores of French and British of ficers. There were sideshows and refreshment stands and all the other accessories of a regu- r circus. The proceed from the sideshows and refreshments will go to the division entertain ment fund. A parade is held daily, Army trucks camouflaged to represent circu wagons rumble over the cobblestones of the town along with elephant, lears, camels and ponies from the Hagenback circus. All the human performers are soldiers, including bareback rid ers and acrobats. There are wild west features with Indians and t stage coach and all the fittings and Roman chariot races. The Jermans appeared to enjoy the circus as much as the soldiers. Ol'ISK HOLLAND Rt'NS OYER AND KILLS HOY. Win.ston-Salcm, July 10. To day Andrew Ioggins. nine years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. I A. IOgrins, of Faust Winston, was run over by a Cadillac car, driv en by Miss Louise, Holland, 19 years old, daughter of C. L, Hol land, a well known farmer citi zen who resides near the city. The Iwn-'s head was crushed and he died before reaching the of fice of a physician in the O'Han- ion building. His head was crushed besides other injuries were sustained. The accident occurred near the corner of Lib erty and Fourth street. Th loy had just alighted from street car and was crossing Lib erty street when the auto com ing around the corner crashed into him. The !ody was remov ed to an undertaking establish n.ent and prepared for buria Miss Holland was taken to the police station and she gave a 2,opO bond for her appearance in thn city court at a hearing to be heal, on Wednesday morning of next ifr ' The accident has producf Jich discussion as to wheth omen should be per mitt- operate automobile on t Congested streets of Win stoiAoalem. The aldermen real izeXhat more stringent regula ioMs must be put into effect in order to curtail the number o f jnous and fatal accidents in this city. IN A RE-EMPLOYMENT BUREAU FOR . '..sr-Jr.'. L. ) I ! rv - rtiiployiucnt tuin-MU f-ir noltlli-ri, uHlluri iHTi-tary f r, ml rimductfij io-.iiht all wur tlnif wrlfnrt orfniJratlon. Rim TK TO AIR PILOT FROM HIS FRATERNITY Fayetteville, July 12. "Tin- Star and uimp, the official uMication of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, in a recent issue car ries a memorial sketch of Litut. tobert Gayle Nimotks, of this city, who was kilnd while train ing s- pil wi'.ii the American lir service in Fr.'.nce on Scptem- erG. PJ18. "The Star and Lamp" article, illustrated with a photograph of Jeutenant Nimock. is as fol- ow s : 'First Lieut. Robert Gayle Nimocks wa.s loin at Favette- ille, N. C, Noveml-er PJ, 18'.". When the call to arms wa. sounded Urother Nimocks was a senior at Georgia Tech and im mediately after his graduation entered an officers training camp iii company with fellow students of his graduating c!ass. Ie received hi commission, but eque.sted a transfer to the air service, and wjis Owned in that branch at Atlanta. Ga., Memphis Tenn., and Dallas, Texas. "May 20, P.U8. Lieutenant Nimocks sailed for France, and trained as a flight lieutenant there. It was at the time of his ast flight In-fore going to the front that he met with sudden )iit an unexpected death. Flying at an altitude of o.OOO feet, neat Casoux, Ciironde, France, his lane was seen to collapse, loth wings falling from the I tody of the plane. "The lody wiu taken to P.or- leaux and interred in St. Gene's cemoterv to await removal to America as soon as arrange ment can be made. "Urother Nimocks is survived hy a wife, Mrs. Kvelyn M. Nim ocks, and an infant daughter. Minnie Gavle Nimnock. both of Winston-Salem. N. C; a sifter, Mrs. Thomas Catling, who re- ides in Arkansas, and three bu- thers, George T. Nimocks, of Wilmington, N. C, and Capt. Alfred Nimocks and Lieut. David R. Nimocks, lth in France. - "A promising aviator, a fear less and intelligent candidate for the dangers of the firing line, our friend and brother sleeps be neath the French lilies. Of him, as of the thousands of others who paid the supreme sacrifice, it may be said that he answered the call of his country with ven eration and love. "His honorable and distin guished departure reflects credit upon his family, upon his coun try, and we are proud to assume a portion of the honor. Long may his name live as a monu ment to his chapter and his fra ternity. OFFICIAL INYESTIGATION OF TROUBLES AT HADIN Albemarle, July 10. An offi cial investigation of the lalor conditions at Hadiu was made Tuesday by State Solicitor W. R P.rock, in the office of the Talla ssc Power company, there being present Solicitor Brock, D. L. Coble, the labor representative upon whose complaint to the governor the investigation was ordered, J. E. S. Thorp, superin tendent of the Tallassee Power company, Homer J. Brown, of Washington, D. C. commissioner of conciliation, and R. L. Smith, attorney for Tallassee Tower FIGHTERS l f iV1 V j 1 ml ihnrim-H m guiilr.Hj ui tL rejui-Ki lively ,f dm ira; tad utrj, ttit company. A large number of mines had In-en handed to Solicitor Brock by parties representing the lalor interests, of persons who were alleged to have known of out rages and bad conditions at the Badin plant, but many of them were for some reason not pres ent. Among those to testify at the investigation were Chief of Police Early, of Badin ;T.O. Pa gan, II. B. Jordon ami John Page. Among other things M. Pa gan testified that some time ago he saw a m-gio man Mat a ne gro woman, who was then not the hitter's wife but whom he has nine married. He stated that one of the Badin jtolicemen were present and saw the man whip the woman, but did not in terfere in any way. Rag in said he did not know the name of the officer. Other evidence was that a short while ago a man by the name of 11. H. Jordan, white (Jordan testified to this him self) was knocked down by a foreman of the company, that an ax handle or other stick was used, that later he was n.skesl what he intended to do about it and he answered that he intend ed to prosecute the foreman. He said he was then offered $100 to drop the matter and he agreed to take the money and drop the prosecution and that he was paid $10 of the amount, but that he had never received the remain der the amount. A man hameil Page also testified that he saw Jordan soon after he was struck and helped carry him to the hos pital. The names of other wit nesses were handed to the soli citor, many of whom were not present. Chief Early denied that the company worked negro es on extra shifts without pay U-caUsc they were caught gambling, this having U-cn one of the charges brought against the company. There was evi dence also in denial of the charge against the Badin officer. Ma bry. to the effect that Mabry had shot a negro while the lat ter was running away. The w it ness said Mabry struck the ne gro with the pistol and the-blow-caused the weapon to go off, hut that the ball went upwards and did not hit the negro. Mabry was not present at the investi gation. Mr. Colle, the lalmr represen tative, did not seem inclined to give any opinion as to what he thought of the investigation, stating that he had nothing fur ther to say until the report of the solicitor to the governor. lie did say, however, that the laltorers who had joined the union and who were discharged by the company because they joined, were still locked out and refused an opportunity to work. While apparently there were ,some rather ugly things shown up against the Badin company, or rather against some of its agents, still the evidence, as a whole, as taken from those wit nesses who were present, tend ed to deny the charges hereto fore made against the company, but. of course it is impossible at this time to know just what the solicitor's report will be, there fore, many interested persons will look forward with great in terest to the time v. hen the re port w ill bo filed. THOUSANDS HEAR SER GEANT A EVEN C. YORK. Columbus. ()., July 12.-Ser-geant Ah in C. York, this coun try's gieate t war hero, and Lieutenant Commander A. 0. Read, of the N C-l, were the idolized favorites at the Metho dist centenary expiation today. Separate rtceptious were ac "ordeil the heroes in the colise um, which was crowded to the doors. Sergeant York, in a brief response to his intn duction. ud: "I wish I could make a fine speech to you, but I am not a peaker. I'm just a plain moun tain boy from Tennessee. All I lave to say about the war in France is in honor of God, fui vithout his help we would not uive won." Sergeant Yoik is deeply reli gious and this fact was brough out in the few words he said to the assembled thousands today. I live and practice a full salva tion," he said, "and I believe in continual prayer. While I was in France I prayed continually to God that I might come home without a scratch from the Ger mans, and I did." Lieutenant Commander Read in response to his introduction, commented on the lack of enthu siasm over Hying in this coun try a compared with that mani fested in England and France. He modestly stated that the en tire navy department deserved credit for the success of his ven ture in crossing the Atlantic. The two heroes, York and Read, met each other for the first time at a luncheon tendered them by the centenary officials. After a tour of the exposition exhibits the men were presented with medals struck in their hon or. During the day thousand pressed forward frantically to shake hands with the heroes who were protected from the anxious crowds by a guard of soldiers from the Columbia bar racks. Rural day and grange day were celebrated todav by a ser ies of important addresses. speakers including L. J. Taber, of the Ohio grange. Charles A. Lyman, secretary of the nation al loard of farm organizations. President W. O. Thompson, of Ohio State university; Milo CampM-ll. president of the Na tional Milk Producers associa tion, and Professor W. G. Dyer, of Yandetbilt university. Tomorrow, the closing day of the exjtosition, will le consecra tion dav. An old fashioned Methodist "love feast" will !c held in the morning, and conse cration services in the after noon. NEGRO HUNTER MAY BE RELEASED HY SOLICITOR Charlotte. July 10. There is a general iK-lief that solicitor George Wilson will order the re lease of Ernest Hunter, the ne- gro who was idenimed iy iuiss Ixiraine Owen as the slayer of Harry Montgomery. Asked if he contemplated such a step the solicitor said he had nothing to say on the subject. Sheriff Wal lace was authority for the state ment that Solicitor Wilson inti mated that he was going to ol der that Hunter be dismissed. This has not been an unexpected step on the part of many, the general opinion in the city be ing that Hunter was not the man and opinion has been generally expressed that there would be little chance of the grand jury finding a true bill against Hun ter. The grand jury at the June term of court, after an examina tion of witnesses for two days adjourned without making a re port on the case. Hunter was committed to jail when Miss Owen identified him before the coroner's jury. At a rehearsal of the scene at the site of the killing. Miss Owen failed to identify him. This was on the night immediately following the murder. It was two days later that she swore before the coro ner's jury that Hunter was the man. Deputy Sheriff Fesperman had a narrow escape this morn ing at the jail when he was at tacked by an infuriated negress, She struck the deputy on the head with the leg of a chair, dealing blows which cam very CONSTANTINOPLE HOPES FOR RULE OF AMERICA. Paris, May 1 1 . The report at the United States had been ged to assume the mandate for 'onstantinople meets with gen- ral approval there, writes an igent of the Red Cross in the I'm ki. h .capital. It is welcomed is the ideal remedy for an im o; ssible situation, he adds. "Wherever an Ameiican wan-h-rs in Constantinople Turks, ! reeks and Armenians impress t upon the visitor that America ill be welcomed with open arms tl Kit America will be trusted. At the Turkish foreign office, the Sublime Pote, there is open sat- sfaetion at the report that America will come in and clean up, the bed Cross man contin ues. The Turk has been quick to appreciate what America has done for his country since the trmistice. Everywhere one goes ie sees American flags stuck in to the bag of rice, of flour und over stacks of canned goods which the street merchants have for sale. The American uniform is not a familiar sight in the street or shops but wherever an Ameiican army officer Red Cross officer or member of Neat- East commission is recognized Turks go out of their way to ex press their gratitude for Ameri ca's prompt despatch of food ships to Constantinople,, which just before the armistice was in a bad w ay for AkhI. "At present four high com missioners, British, French, Ita- ian and Greek are working in dependently in Constantinople and the two commanders-in- chief, British and French, are doing their best to co-operate ut with what success no one can say. "The present divided control in Constantinople and the ru mors constantly reaching the Turkish capital of dissensions among the allies in Pari are lia- le to encourage the Turks to be lieve that by playing one nation off against the other they can conduct themselves as they see lit. 'Parts of northern Asia Minor do not know of the armistice and the Turks are still terrorizing the Greeks there. Turks are surprisingly famil iar with way the American pro tectorate over Cuba has work ed out and prominent Mussul- men M-lieve that what has Uen done in the Philippines by America can he duplicated in Turkey. Howard Heintz, of Chicago, has unloaded half a dozen ships laden with food, clothes, shoes and agi 'cultural implements. The American Red Cross also is helping the starving whether thev le Greek. Turk, or Armen ian." near felling him lefore he could recover himself. He had gone into the prison part of the jail with breakfast for the inmates, locking all doors behind him as he always does. The only way the prisoners can escape is to overpower the jailor. This evi dently was the plan of the wo man and it is thought others were in the plot. She struck the jailor a terrific blow which cut a deep gash from which the blood flowed freely. In the me lee which followed he managed to get possession of the chair and in turn used it on the wom an, felling her to the floor, and nlintercd the chair leg. He got out as soon as possible to have the wound attended to. We are now passing through the neriod known as "Dog Days" and the heated atmosphere for the pr.st week has been severe. Sunday and Monday were ex tremely hot days, the mercury registering 95 degrees at near ly every point in town, and at the depot at 4 o'clock it ran up to 100 in the shade. Good rains fell Monday night in the nearby communities, which have tended to reduce the heat to some ex tent and have been a blessing to the growing crops. We hope the drought is now over and that we may have plenty of rain the remainder of the season, which will insure a bounteous harvest this fall.