Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 1

THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER North and South Carolina: Unset, tied an the eaaat, fair In tht Iniorlar Tueedayi Wsanasdsy oloudy, rain on tha coaat. WATCH LABEL On your gaper. Renew yaw ecrlgtien flva daya fre expiration, and Intur not mleetne; an leaue. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTJI CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. PRICE HVE CENTS END STRIKE OF SHOP CRAFTS ON SOUTHERN ACTION DEFE RURAL LIFE IS Governor's Proclamation Is Call Upon People Of State To Observe 'Tire Prevention Day9 LOCATE BODIES OF THOSE ENTOMBED 1UAUTMII Warfield-Willard-Jewell Plan Brings About An Agreement To Return To Work At Once Are prevention during the past RAVE SEN I Southern Embargo More Drastic Than MPAIRE cims jfitrt vt'iiaiu itahtanroR aurai.

tit I ROC SIRS IS)' RALEIGH, Sept. 18 Governor Morrison today Issued a proclamation calling upon the neonle.of the State to observe Mohday. October as "Fire Prevention Uay" to be observed in auch a way "as to vis ualize and prevent the irreparable loss we annually suslal through i individual neglect." We cannot make poverty crime while we regard extravagance as a virtue, neither can we shut our eyes to carelessness and waste and thereby postpone the day or financial exhaustion," the proclamation begins. "Living in a land of plenty we are apt to console ourselves with the delusive thought that what we lose we can replace. How about what we destroy? That- which is lost may be recovered, that which Is destroyed by fire Is beyond restoration.

Fire means destruction, not loss. How improperly, therefore, do we continue to refer to our annual toll of burned property as 'property fire It is destruction; deplorable because pre- ventaoie; criminal because murderous. Carolina waged a more lntenslvecampalgn In the cause of r. Says England Does Not Intend ERTYCAS TO SHORT SESSION Hearing of Impeachment Charge Is Postponed Until December. CHARACTERIZE THE DELAY AS Democratic Members Oppose Delay as Decided -by Committee.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 By a vote of eight to three the Home Judiciary Committee, at a hastily called meeting today, postponed consideration of the Keller impeachment charges against Attorney-General Dnugherty aet for tomorrow, until the short aession of Congress, beginning in December. Decision to deter action virtually was reached at a conference of Republican members of the committee earlier in the day at which It was contended that the hearing should not proceed while Mr, Daugherty was. In Chicago It. eonneotlon with injunction pro.

ceedings i against striking railway employes, the basis for the Impeachment charges. Aetlon-by with Democrats voting in opposition was taken a short time after Representative Keller, Mln- nesota, who had sought Impesch ment, had announced that Samuel Umermyer, of New York, would represent him before the commlt- tee. Mr. Keller characterised the delay by the' committee aa "un- fair," and later made pubiio a letter from Mr. Untermyer which he had planned to present at tna meeting torrmrrow, Mr.

Untermyer wrote that he regard Mr. Daugherty's application for the Injunction aa an impeachable offense himself but believed the attorney-general should be promptly removed from his offlce, on the ground of "un-wllllngnses or Inability to enforce the anti-trust laws, In which his action and non-action have reached the proportion of a great public scandal resulting In imminent peril to the country." The New York attorney declared that if he could be of service In bringing to the attention of ihe' committee "this scandalous situation." with respect to anti-trust prosecutions he would be glad to do so "as a public service," without pay; Aa to the charges growing out of the injunction procee8- Inge, Untermyer said accept- ance of service as an attorney would depend whether Mr. Keller could evidence to substantiate his charge ot improper conduct in office." jrrBiKRriiiw fathkr has PRIOH CLAIM TO CHILDREN WILMINGTON, Sept. 18. Judge A nvln in Suoerlor Court here to day ruled that a father has a prior claim to the custody of his cniMren over tha grandmother, In refusing the habeas corpus proi'wxiinis uimiruieu by Mrs.

Mary K. McNeill, of Orsen-vllle, S. to gain, the custody of her two motherless grandchildren, sons of Charles K. 'Thomas. al Ilea fort.

Judge Devln held that tha' father had been proven by the evidence to be a fit person to care for his children. Sines the death of the children's mother have been maintained In NU Paula school, an Episcopal Institution at Beaufort, conducted by an aunt of the father. Mrs. McNeill contended that a boarding school was not the proper nlace tor two children aged four and five respectively. John D.

Bellamy, counsel for tha appellant, served notice of sn ap-pea Ito the Supreme Court. AVIATOR. IS KILLED AT MOINT CLEMENS DBTROIT, Sept. 11 (Lieutenant Frank C. Fechteler, one of the most widely known aviators of thai United Slates navy was instantly killed at Selfrldge Field, near Mount Clemens this afternoon, when the Spad Army bl-plane he was flying stalled 150 feet In ths air, went Into a tall spin and tell on tha flying field.

HARD SAYS Leadership Is Destined to Assert Itself, Says Speaker. BEARD TO ADDRESS SCOUT EXECUTIVES Conference at Blue Ridge Ends Tomorrow Night With Dinner." By HCBERT HOLIXWAY (Staff t'orrrapoudant) BLUE KIDUE. Sept. 18. "Out of the chaos of world affairs there emerges one undisputed dd hopeful fuct, namely the alnidbt world wide renaissance In rural life," declared Edward C.

Llndeman. Executive Secretary of the' American Country Life Association, addreaa-lng the Second Biennial Conference of Scout Executives here today. The address of Linda-' man, delivered this evening, addresses by ReV. John White and E. St.

Elmo Lewis and ths reports of the National Commissions on Court of Honor, Boy Scouts and Public Schools, Scouting In the College and the Underprivileged Boy, featured the program for today, The conference la preparing for the final session, closing with a dinner meeting tomorrow night, following which the Scout Kxeou-1 tlves will leave for their respective homes In all rsrts of the United States. The eight day session has been an outstanding success, nc- oordlng to officials and Jt is cx- pected that tha work of the Boy Scouts of America, for tho next generation will reflect the train- lng of leaders at the Blue lUdga conference. Mortimer Sdhlff. Vice-President of the National Council, member of the Executive Board, Chairman of the National Field Committee and of the Foreign Halations Committee and George D. Pratt, -of Brooklyn, National Treasurer, Chairman of the National Camping Comjnittee and x'ormer State Conservation Commissioner of New York, are expected to arrive in time for the closing features of the conference tomorrow.

Both are scheduled to speak at the dinner meeting, previous to the conclusion qt ths program. Special trajns, leaving Bl-tck Mountain, will conviy Scout Executives from Western points and New York to their ies, An address by- Daniel -Carter Beard, National Scout Commissioner, and recently awarded the highest honor In the history of the Boy Scouts of America, will also speak at the cloeing dinner meeting. The session opened this morning with the Training School, rider the direction bf L-irn W. Barclay. James A.

Brockway led the discussion under the subject of Training and Keeping Volunteers." Charles H. Mills, leading the morning singing, which precedod addf-ess of Rev. John F. White, entitled "Service and Citizenship." Rev. Mr.

White is Dlreotor of Kdur oatlon, Boy Scout Extension Bu reau, canollc Welfare Council. Service ss a part rf cltl-senship was ably discussed by Rev. Mr. White and he stressed the value of clean minds and bodies In better citizenship. Dr.

George J. Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Commissioner, made his morning resume and covered the details of the conference in brief. I The National Commission on the Court of Honor. John Gore, a medal of citizenship to bs added to the other awards of The subject of varying the testa so that If a Scout is unable to stand on test, for Instance physical, lie enn take a second test for his award. "Scouting and the Public Cntin4 tw J'iwJ THE OLD MAN LIVE BY BILLY BORNE.

FOUNDATION DR.E.CJJOEIN I 1 -f year than any like period of its hlatory, yet 16 peraons lost their lives In, burning buildings, while property deetructlon reached the unnj-ecedented aum of (7,600,000. Are we becoming more thoughtless, more cureless, more wasteful, or must we admit that we are becoming a Ftlala of lncenHlnrtats? I trft earn community determine the I cause and meet the problem with the determination to apprehend the criminal, reform the careless, and eliminate the enormous and unnecessary fire waste." Governor Morrison asks the people In observing October as Fire Prevention Day to eliminate rubbish, waste, and other combuatl-able materials. He aska the local authorities to give publicity to fire prevention ordinances, to Inspect thoroughly all business and residential premises with the view of eliminating conditions which may cause fire. He urges public and private institutions to make a thorough Inspection of their heating plants, chimneys and to effect such changes as will safeguard the Uvea of occupanta and that Institutions, factories and, public, parochial and private schools Instruct their children as to the dangers of fire and accident. Any New War Official Circles jbo Not Expect Kemaito Try Crossing Straits.

ORDERS MILITARY READY FOR DUTY Lloyd George Thanks new Zealand and Australia for Response-. VANCOUVER, B. Sept. 18. British naval reservists "residing hers are being called upon for service, it was stated today, orders having been received from London for them to report at ence.

Military officers who have served in Mesopotamia and the Near are reported to have received word tp hold themselves in readiness to proceed over-seas. MEET tS PREPARATION FOR POSSIBLE ATTACKS LONDON. Sept. 18. (By The Associated Press.) The declaration that Great Britain does not Intend to engage in any new war, obtained from an authoritative sourae today, coupled with other statements of-a modified policy is taken to mean that tha series of cabinet meetinga and ministerial conferences in the last few days has been tartly in preparation for possible attacks on tha British forces by the Kemallsta and partly as political preparation for the contemplated general conference for the settlement of the Turkish question.

While it is not seriously expected in military quarters that Mustapha Kemal, head of the Turksh. Nationalists will male an attempt to either capture Constantinople or to cross the Straits, the British wish to be ready In case of emergency and not sacrifice the meagre con tingent of troops long stationed in Constantinople. The many statements-issued witn permission of Number Ten Downing Street after each conference are Interpreted as emphasizing the intention of the cabinet to carry out the policy which it has rawn- fully adhered to for mora than three years regarding Turkey and the Straits and despite much criticism at home and abroad, that pol-, let. which Is coupled with the jXlreek defeats wUl still be vigor ously MAKING Rescue Crews Reach the Victims of Mine Dis-aster, August 2l 1 PIED WITHIN FIVE JH0URS AFTER FIRE Bulkheads Tell Story of Fight by 47 Against. Impending Death.

-JACKSON, Sept. 18. (By- The Associated Press.) All torty-aeven of the miners 'entomb, In tha Argonaut mine August 27 are 'dead. It wa announced officially shortly before 9 o'clock tonight. A note fjtuni on one of the bodies Indicated that all the men had died within five hours of the beginning of the fire August 2 7, officials said, Alt the miners were found behind the second of two bulkheads they had built In a cross rut 4,350 feet down in the mine.

Byron O. Plckard, chief of the Federal Bureau of Mines for this district, was the first man to go be-fhlnd the bulkhead and discovered the bodies. Plckard, on an earlier exploration behind the. bulkhead had counted it bodies and expressed the belief then that there ware Others there. 1 Byron O.

Plckard, of the Fed-ffral bureau of mines, reported, he I had counted 41 bodies behind the I second bulkhead built by the en-I tombed men on the, 4,350 foot 1 level cross, cut In the Argonaut I working. WB. F. McDonald, a mine rescue ftew said that from the appearance ox ins oouiea mo meu bad been dead several days at least. Harrington, a rescue crew worker, telephoned that Mr.

Pick ard had been beyond this seconl bulkhead, had encountered 42 bodies and had declared he was positive there were others at that point. The note found as follows: "3 a. 'my Gas bad." Tha same rtote bore a scrawled figure "4" apparently Indicating the same man had attempted to leave word for those who might come after, of the condition of the mine at that hour. Idcntilicatlon Now li Impossible Wine officials declared that the condition of the cross cut behind the bulkhead was such that life could not have been sustained there by the entpmbed men for more than five hours. The bodies were piled one on top of another and decomposition had progressed go far that Identification would be Impossible, Plckard re ported.

The discovery of the first bulk head was made at p. m. The bulkhead Is in a cross cut, this was broken down. Behind the bulkhead the air was very bad, they said. After waiting a short time, the rescue crews proceeded through, the cross cut, where they discovered a second bulkhead.

This bulk- had been built by xne en- tbt.A miners who stuffed their clothes In the cracks to make it air tijtht. However, the air was so bad between the twr fculkheads that the rescue crews fear breaking It down before fresh air has been restored to the par of the drift in front of the second bulkhead. A fresh air station was estaD-hed on the 4200 foot level of th. Arrnnaut mine, about 5:80 p. to be used In resuscitating any of the men, who may be found in the workings who need It.

Doctors and nurses were rusneu tOmHuMS Paa SUPPL BEFO ES OPE SGHOQ LSI May Have Delayed Open ing Next monoay xieiu up by Rail Strike. Equipment necessary before the opening of five of the grammar NEEDED lib RIVE SHOPMEN READY TO ESDI IRK EN INGSTR KE Word of Agreement Greeted With Wide Favor in AsheviUe'. OFFICIAL NOTICE EAGERLY AWAITED Placing of Strikers Not to Interfere With New Employes. Word that the Southern Railway and Union officials have reached an agreement and that striking shopmen on the Southern will return to work st once was greeted -with- favor In Ashevllle, coming at the opening ot the eleventh week of the nation-wide strike of khupmen. Otlli'iul word of the settlement has been received by 8.

J. Mulvan-ey and J. L. Cantwell, Ueneral Foreman, but both are awaiting further Instructions from the General Offices at Washington. Guy H.

Morris, Chairman of the Federated Shop Crafts, comprising all striking shopmen In Ashevllle declared last night that word was being anxiously awaited as to how the shopmen were to proceed In resuming their work st the shops. It was stated last night that all of the men who left their positions on July 1 will be given jobs when they apply for them but ths men who have been employed to fill the vacancies will continue on duty as usual. Thin will increase the number of men on duty in the shops about 40 mora than when the strike was railed. As no pickets have been stationed In the vicinity of the shops for the past few weeks, there were no shopmen around the station last night and the word of settlement was quietly greeted bf the railroad employes on duty. The 7 daya of the Strike In Ashevllle was not marked with the Violence reported from a number ot points on ths Horn hern and with the exception of the assaulting and beating of Sam-Harris, youthful employe of the Southern, for which IS.

Red Henderson, U. G. Koonls and Prank Briggs were sentenced to serve seven years, an attempt to dynamite a railroad "camp car" by unknown parties, the beating of negro and the chasing awjy of other employe, the situation was quiet. Guards were on duty In the vicinity of the shops in their usual manner when the word of the set tlement was received, continued at their stnjions. United States Deputy Marshals also continued their routine duties without Interruption, K.

a. Koonts Is the only one of the striking shopmen under sentence of seven years out on bond, the aum of $8,000 being furnished by Charles M. Williams and J. C. Cauble, several days ago pending appeal to the Supreme Court.

Henderson and Briggs remain In the County Jail. Railroad officials state that only those men who have not been con victed -of violence will be given positions with ths Southern. The shopmen will probably return to work Wednesday morning, with word expected from Knox-vlllo this morning, district Union heads residing In that City, It was learned last night, A total of 10 men, about 60 laborers and 4 skilled mechanics are now at work and with the return of the 180 out on strike, th number of men at work In the shops will be at least 280, While craft heads would make no statement last night, pending omclal word of the settlement and Instructions, It was Implied that the. striking shopmen object to returning to work with tho recently employed, shopmen at wrk, but will act under Instructions regardless of their personal feeling in tne matter. NEW BOAT LINE WILL SERVE INTERIOR VF STATE Sept.

H. Arrangements hive been completed for handling freight from New York and Baltlmora on a through bill of lading to Fayettevllle. via tha port tof Wilmington. This announcement waa made tonight by Captain W. C.

Man-son, president of tha Wilmington-Routhnort Steamboat Company, who Is back from a conference with officials of the Clyde Steamship Company, In New Tork. The freight from here to Fayettevllle will handled on stern-wheel river steamer making weekly sailings. Other ateamers will be added ss needed. Tha New York, Wllmlnaton and Fayettevllle Steamboat Company will pperata the atramers between this port and Fayettevllle. Efforts are to be made to have th Clyde Line ateamsn make Atlantic Cltv a port of cell In which caaa facilities will ba added fur handling passengers.

REFt'SEH TO STRIKE ON THE O. W. C. AVUUbTA. Sept.

IS General Manager A. W. of tha Charleston and Western Carolina declined todav to settle the shopman's strike oa his road si nog lines laid down In the Warneld-Wlllard-Jewell plan. Ha told a committee, ot atrlk-lng shopmen that all apulleattone for return to work by strikers and others would be considered and answered promptly. WlNSTOJf-SAIiEM TOBACCO MARKET OPENS TODAY WINBTON-HALKM, Bept.

18 Whan the Wlnaton-Salem Tobacco Wfcrshoueaa open tomorrow for the sal of offerings from growers In this section of North they will hae one of the greatest breaks aver known oa this market The Previous Ones liettlement With Shopmen to Permit Lifting it in a Few Days. An embargo covering all classes ot freight, with the exception of foodstuffs for human consumption, perishables, feeds for animals aiul fuel oil, was declared by the Houlh-ItHllway, effective laat Saturday. It was learned last night. This embargo, Jt Is stated, while more drastic than the two previous embargoes which covered Interline freight and lumber, will probably Un lifted within a few days, In view of the settlement with the striking shopmen. Hhpnrsnt of household goods, automobiles, dry goods and similar commodities Is banned under the new embargo, It Is asserted.

COURT RULES OUT AF QFGOVER Persons Making Them Did Not Know They Would Be Used in Court. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. (By The Associated Fress.) More than one-third In volume of the Governments evidence In Its Injunotlbn suit against the striking railway shop crafts waa ruled out today when Judge James II. WHkeraon upheld the contention of the defense that 88 affidavits recounting violence nt the hands of supposed strikers failed to show-the per sons making them knewlhey were to be used In court.

At onew swoop attorneys to" B. M. Jewell and John Scott, strike leaders, thus disposed of large part of the slightly less than too affidavits on which ths Government, based its dslm of an uniawiui conspiracy to destnoy lntsrslate com- Among affidavits Which the court announced he would not consider in arriving at a decision was one by J. P. Itooney, head of the Chicago Bureau of Investigation of the Department af Justlce, to which Mr.

Kooney had attached copies of strike bulletins from the headquarter of the Railway Employes Department, American Federation of Jjibor irli. rl.fanae nhleCtlOtl to th 883 exhibits wa baaed on the grounds that a the affidavits aia noi smuw persons making them know they were to be used in court, it was evident they did not know they were subject to ths laws governing perjury when they swore to the allegations. -Govsrnment attorneys tonight were considering having at least part of the exhibits re-sworn in ofder that they may re-submitted. The defense victory followed two defeats for the strlks leaders attornavs earlier In the day. Pon- old R.

Rlchberg, opening the defense esse, again' moved that the Government's bill be dismissed, but after lengthy arguments the court over-ruled his motion. Ho then moved that atl of the affidavits detailing acts of violence be stricken out, but wss again overruled, HEARING OF KENNKDY VAHK IS CONTINCED WTIjMtNOTON, Sept. Hearing of a contempt case agalnt J. It. Kennedy, an outgrowth of the Pallas murder caaa, was continued by Judge W.

A. tievln from tomorrow af-tsrnoon until 1:80 o'clock Thursday, upon request of attorneys for the da- ''Kennedy Is alleged to have been: responsible for C. B. Holleman. main wltnesa In the case In whlh Herbert Dallas Is charged with fhe murder of Joe Southwell, 'not having been prevent In Superior Court laat week when the caae was scheduled to hsa'j been tried.

Kennedy has cited to appear and show cause wny ne should not ba In contempt. HAVE ITH US TODAY BERT SWOR am always glad to be In Ashevllle and look forward to annuaK ly opening th declared Bert Swor, star minstrel artist, to a representative of The Citlxen Bert Swor Is by-word In minstrelsy and has msde thouaanda laugfe at his dally performances throughout the country. The blnckfac artlat, although a "fun-maker" on the stage, would be taken for a business' man on the street and la a "booster" for Ashevllle. seeing In this section an unlimited opportunity for future development. Mr.

Swor has been coming to Ashevllle for a number of years, being with companies that always play tht city, in more recent years with Al O. Fields, and upon each trip note th new buildings, renovation of former landmarks and numerous signs, of progress. When marching with Jhe minstrel parade last year, he said. Uaywood Street did not resemble the busy thoroughfare of today, aa the Caatanea Building and the Loughran building, which Is under construction, are additions during th past twelve months. MANY DAVITS It NT PEACE PLAN To Expedite Return ol Striking Shopmen on Southern- Railway.

CELEBRATION AT SPENCER ON TODAY Soon -to Resume Operation of Trains Cut Off as Emergency. WASHINGTON. Sept. U.Offl-oinls of the Southern Railway and representatives of ths union shoo crafts of that system late toda' aimed theWarneld-Wlllard-Jewell agreement. The atrike among th workers of the Mublle and Ohio Railroad, which la controlled by ths Southern also waa settled on th same bnkla, The Workers ot th two roads, and those employed on all other lines controlled by the Southern who went on strike are to return Immediately to work with seniority rights unimpaired.

Orders were telegraphed by the shop len'lra tonight to th divisional chairmen of the various labor union throughout th South to instruut their men to return to work at qji.ee. Similar orders war sent our by th Southern's offlnlsls to their superintendents to put all the former workmen back at their old jobs as soon aa they applied. Henry W. Miller, vice-president rf the Southern lines. In chargi operations, exhibited a copy of agreement bearing signature nf the union leaders and representatives 6f the Southern, remarking that expected most of ths striking workers- to bo back at work a week.

The refusal ot the shoo leader tn sign last Saturday led tp doubt In some quarter tm to the outcome ot today's meeting. tVASITWGTOW RAILWAY OKHCIALS ARB FhEASED WASHINGTON, C. Sept. IS. Southern Railway officials hs-e are pleased over th signing today of the Chicago agreement by the representatives of striking shopmen.

They expect th strikers to to their Job tomorrow. This correspondent was told tnat in Southern' will soon resume th Deration of train out off to meet strik conditions, TACKLE JOB OK GETTING ROlilJNU STOCK. IN KHApE i RALEIGH, Sept. 18. Four hundred Seaboard Air Un shopmen, who went on strike her July 1 returned to work at I o'clock this morning after an hour's delay doe to disputes over minor details ot th agreement.

They were set to work iTimedlatelv putting ths shops in reguluatlon shape and rady for tackling the Jolt of getting a mass of dilapidated rolling Jnito condition taking the rail. It Is understood tHat the Seaboard Will add many additional shopmen to Its force here In order that the work of getting th rolling stock back to normal condition may be accomplished at th earliest possible moment. This road Is supposed to have Its engines and other equipment In better shape than most of the railways owing to Its early recruiting of men to take- the strikers; places. Never-; theless, much of th equipment la In a bad way and ths work of a big fore will he necessary to get It Into shape so that operation may be brought back to normal. J.

McMahon, leader of th striking shopmen, said the men go back with full seniority rights and that the other points ot less Importance will be settled by conferences between th employes and railway hands. He expressed satisfaction with th general agreement and said that ths shopmen were enthusiastic over their return to work and anxious to get th equipment running smoothly without delay, RECRITT1NO OE NON-UNION WORKERS IS TO STOP CHARLOTTK, Sept. 18. While the return of the striking shopmen will be expedited on th Southern Railway, the men will not be taken on in a body except In places where non-union workmen who were employed during the period ot the atrike desire to leave In a body, ac-cording to orders received her' yesterday from W. H.

Miller, vice-president of the road, and Simpson, general manager of the IJaea. Kaat, following agreement between the road and the striker Recruiting of non-union work--era. according to the orders, is to stop at once. It Is stated that any striker guilty of acts of violence during the period of th strike will pot bu returned to work. The non-union men will be furnished transportation to th point where tbey wer recruited and will be paid for their time while novating thereto, the order stated.

CHICAGO. 'Sept. 18. (By Tba Aa-aoclatad frees.) But few outbreaks were reported today aa aeraral mora railroads put Into effect trm ahop eraft pesos plan. Th number of men employed oa ether roads In.

cieaaed and It la no estimated tht hop forcea are about 8 per cent itormal. Jifficiala of both th Chicago. Mil. wiukee and 8t. Paul and the Northwestern announced that th etrlklng ehopment returned 1o work by th lOMMasat a tttt To Engage In Thomas Car Works In High Point Burn At A Loss of $250,0001 HIGH POINT, The P.

A. Thomas Car Works, of this place, manufacturers' of electric cars, was destroyed by fire early tonight. The origin of the fire is unietermlned. It is estimated -that the loss la approximately $250,000. A large quantity of steel for use In constructing cars was destroyed WILMINGTON, Sept.

18. Fire of undetermined origin this afternoon destroyed the acid warehouse of the Ameri- can Cotton Oil Company here-entailing a loss of $25,000, fully covered by insurance. Other buildings of the plant were saved after desperate work by the firemen." ALLEGED SLAYER ES ESS STAND Walter Brooks Is Relieved of Pistol as Crowded Courtroom Looks on. A dramatic moment was reached Monday in the-trlal of Walter Brooks, special officer for the. Van-derbllt Estate, who killed Laurens West and Emory Lance, a few weeks ago, when the defendant on the witness stand wan relieved of a large revolver.

Trial of Brooks on the -charge of second degree murder began Monday morning and the jury was secured without difficulty. A the session the. slayer was grilled by attorneys for the prosecution, who began efforts to show the defendant was a man of bad character. One of the attorneys appearing for relatives of the deceased men, said ha noticed when Brooks took the' srnd the latter carried a weapon: Upon cross examination, the slayer, admitted he had the gun in his pos session; whereupon Judge George L. Brown ordered him to surrender the revolver to the Sheriff whd wastStandlng nearby.

Judge Brown said Brooks had no right to carry the gun when he was on trial. Asked why he had brought the weapon with him. Brooks said ha carried It to protect himself and he had received reports since the shooting that he might be shot down In the street. The defendant added that he believed, as an officer of the law, he had the authority to arm himself. At this point the prosecution endeavored to show Brooks had been sworn in as a special officer to patrol the Vanderbllt Estate and not the property of the Biltmore Development Company on which' the two men were Kinea.

isrooKs ma na(i been told to watch the prop erty of the development company by Jim Taylor, head ranger for the Vanderbllt Estate. Question Defendant About Past Ufa The prosecution then cross ex amlned tha defendant about nisi past life, ssklng him If he wss ever tried in Savannah, for the murder of Henry Barbjur. They received a negative answer and later the witness lrfformed them there were three men by the name of Walter Brooks. am one of them," he said. name Is plain Walter Brooks.

The o'ner two are named Walter B. Brooks, my double first cousins. One of them is now serving a term on the chain gang in Georgia. I under-stand the other Uvea in Baltimore and had some trouble with his wife recently." Attorneys A. Hall Johnsonid J.

Sneed Adams, appearing for Brooks, then brought Jrt the fact that the defendant had been di- (ha mm Hh tha rrcwu Aavelnnment company and Vat-1 GUN Schools of the City, delayed on, ac- OI ine raw Saturday evening, and installation began yesterday morning. It Is hoped to complete the installation in time to open the grammar schools nexi' aioouoj, next' OTonaay, W. L. Brooker, Superintendent or CHtt bhnnii Mid veaterdav More than a week ago officials found the schools could not be opened on scheduled time because of the delayed -shipments, and at that ttmA it will announced open-, lng of the schools was aetayea indefinitely. With the equipment on hand and forces at work some estimate can be made, and Mr.

Brooker offers Monday as the earliest date. Repairs, alterations ends additions tn the school buildings have all been completed and the slow' moving of freight because or me strike is causing the week's delay in the schools opening, and more time may be required to complete the work. Work of installation Is being hiahi wuh V. nnoslhle yeed. In hopes of having the J.hooi buildings ready Monday.

T-M 1 111 Til 1. D.k.n. III. ABIIVVJUV 1 i 1 1 dviiuui the West Ashevllle grammar school were the only ones to open yesterday morning, the time scheduled for opening of all the City Assignment to rooms and daks was made and classes Lftill begin this morning. 1r The four negro schools in the tempted to show that the was at his post when the young men drove op the old foad.

"I shot them down bee a. is a they were advancing toward we and had threatened to beat nre ifiaul aa nn 4 City will not open until this morning, and classes will begin at ri1111 1 1.