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SUBSCRIPTIQN $1.00 PER YEAR GASTONIA, N. C.,APRIL 27, 1916. NUMBER 90. PERSONAL AND LOCAL Jonday to conduct the meeting a Loray Baptist church, number of machinists from Eng- ^ are here installing machinery in " mills. y Mrs. W. C. Garibaldi, who has been (dpiting her father. Mr. F. A. Costner^ * i^urned to her home in Charlotte to- The Browning Meeting. I ■ The erection of the Taberaacle on I • -Ti^ursday was an event unique in our | Prak Robinson, of Lowell, wa-s j^jstory. For one day at least the i terday. | gc-od people of Gastonia practically N. Cook, of'Hickory, will bel followed the profession of their Mas- tVio tei’-^-that of" a carpenfcer. In this buildiirg of a structure to His wor ship they honored he Prince of Peace and exalted the honorable trade of carpenter. '^he meeting the first Sunday '.n ' *- wl! be appreciated by all our . pis of all denominat'onSr as is at- , -^t?-d by the kindly interest asked for ;t by .the pastor of the Fir^t Baptist church of Henderson. . Mr. Browning The telephone company is removing ■“le poles from our streets. This is a le poles from our streets, ihis is a ^o-do u& good. He preaches feat improvement to the beauty i Christianity only, and we hope he wqi rece've a cordial reception from iry- one Gaston'a will co-operate Svxth'^every movement that tends f?r the uplift of humanity such as this one. ,ir. streets. ^ Mullis will speak at the I M.ll Hall Sunday night at 7:30 ock. She will be assisted by Mr. iii.T-i, Mason, of Charlotte. Miss Mul lis is soon to return to her • chosen field in China. The Osceola M'lls perfected their organization this v/eek by elecf.ng W. T. Rankin, president and treasurer; vV, W. Glenn^ vice president, and W. r. Rankin, W. W. Glenn. A. E. Moore and T. W. W Ison, directors. They are conside ing a site for the new plant. The -.e well known men assure the success >f the mill. Fr’day ev jning ?t the graded schocl building Shakespeare’s plays w'll be rendered a:^d all are 'nv'ted. There' vill ho ho •.;harr-3 f'" a'-m=nsi'-n _bu" ->ks will '.e accepted for the school '.ry, Ir the fire the library'was royed and it is hoped to get an- m ^ ^ laudable under- ng. ^'he Pythians held their district '^ting heife on the 24th. A large -ation of splendid fellows attend- greatly enjoyed the hospital ty hosp‘tabl'2 c'ty. In heart and 15vest delegate was Dr. L. A. , 'Concord, whose 82 years do \-,urb him at all. He is one of j just as he was 50 years ago. To. Messr?. frowning and- Tillm^h— ••My Dear Brethren;v. • ^ I just now called up the New- '•n-ibs to see if I might yet have the ripcrtunity to tell you goodbye, and ‘xpress again my appreciation of the rent service yu rendered the commu* ■ rou'h the meetings. I learned ' ■^,-o‘Vrr Charlie had already gone ■ ] ther Ray was at'the station, h'd up to the last moment hoped ■ t I m ght-be able to run down to -■e you—or try to do so. vcn bothi can say some of the - '!» h’ngs.Vand so I am wiiting • t,-> you both. First, I wish to ■'■ 'rrr: 'i"rson il testimr-.ny to the ry high quality of the work rendered by you both—^nor would I bmit Miss •TevN^ell. I have rarely heard in evan- gei’st'c meetings preaching that pleas- ''^1 me so fully or that did, me so much -iood personally. Taking it as a whole, ''’'^r?.at'ly value it for the large ele- ^nt of instruction it contains, and •’.T'te as much for its bold—almost ■;.ai’;^ig—prophetic ring. Poss'bly I now and then that Ray would a b t more more cautious '.n his ^[ennnc'.at]^^, but I have at the same time ^tfiiiJB^ysel fsaying: “It is like :o^it old boy*JiniL God GENERAL NEWS A narrow escape for Emperor Nicholas of Russia from bombs drop ped by an Austrian airman is report* ed from Stockholm. Thomas Nelson Page, American am bassador to Italy, is at home on a vacation. He is accompanied by Mrs. Page. ^ The British admiralty says 49 lives ^'eer lost when the British steamship lent was sunk without warning by e German submarine on April 5. Chairman McCombs of the Demo cratic national committee, has noti fied the President that he will retire from the chairmanship at the meet ing of the national convention. Seedless tomatoes and. cucumbers are the latest freaks in horticulture. They were grown by E. P. Sandsten, professor of horticulture of the State Agricultural College of Colorado. ’ Resolutions pledging loyal support to rPesident Wilson and the Federal administration in the present crisis were unanimously adopted by both branches of the New York Legisla ture. The great plant of the Westing house Electric and Manufacturing Company in East Pittsburg, Pa., is closed on account of a strike of its thousands of employes, who are de manding eight hours a day. By a vote of 59 to 10 the Senate "aturday rescinded its own amend- M:;-t which would extend the ex'stiug ugar duty of one cent a pound four years, and accepted the House b'.ll, which continues the sugar tax indefi- ,1’tely. Rev. H. Buchanan Ryley, Episco pal rector at Greenville, S. C., will ■'.ave the ministry in order to volun- er in the British army. Mr. Ryley is ■n Englishman and once served as •intain of the Que^ens Westminster 'olimteers, in the British Territorial Passengers on a Union Pacific v.^re robbed by a b^indit west of na', W '' ’ ’ ' ha§ brou^ ai.-_ ■'j.;c.>gether unprecf my stay- of .two and a half j li^re. The whole, town, so fat | derjr- I my stay oi .iwo ^ ^ _ „ ' > in- ..,'t: year» H4ve. The whole, town, so far tiie Annual Con'J .ce (of ^l^^rof the audienccj as I can'judge, has swung nearer Methodist Episcopal ^Jhi^ch . n;ifl rio'hteousness, and a Be^ at^ ( North) in Chicago, the a,if^.^mative- J m no novices as coipedians ties to the suit had me'f., ^ed, liifo' was a dream o? •e.- ^Afterwards ■ it was the . Yduth had married for the money. He got fooled—the was nit. She sued for diVorctf ..llomony. The jury gave her the ree and 42 cents. She had sued God and rig-hteousness, and & iiewat fmosphere been created for-,-the'Pi6s-j ent at least in which sin and frivolity will be slow to vaunt..themselves', and in which godliness'rnajr fere to look into the face of the world. I regret '„very.much that, so far'as li-was-aible to judge, the world’s boasted Society and A.risctocracy were not largely represented in the congregations, and 520,000 000 tat this i-T of sub- ,perfection thought 1 „;,1 still move on unabashed One of the allegations of he - “ ^ „eouW will for a time mdant was that the skirt of th.e ntift' was modern. _ vraS^ so; held by the Honorable /ge. All in all this farce-comedy (s well rendered and highly enjoyed all. The proceeds go to the Py- in Drum Corps. There are a hundred and sixtfeei unprotected landing places betwe Portland, Me., and the Virginia Capes. See “The Battle Cry of Peace.” Cozy Theatre Monday and Tuesday. '' Paysour-Payne. Bessemer City Journal. “ tast Saturday afternoon at 4-.30 Iioct Mr. E. B. Payne of Bessemer ,ty and ilis? MarietS Paysour, of Jrouse were united in marriage at •the home of Rev. E. R. Caldwell, as- bisted by Rev. J. C. Galoway, D. D., of r-Mtonia. Mr. Payne is a son of Mr. / City. The ycStiP’Sai. wishes of a large number of fr'ends. V Pay your poll tax this week if you wish to vote in November. But- most of the peopjg will 'for a time fet least feel that they' havej discov-_ 'bred a nobles society and aristocracy- and that those that spell themseWes with capitals have been discredited and shorn of their power in a meas ure by the blows you have dealt. If this .is tfae—if the Society set ^has ^%restlge—I count fliis one of'the csl hopeful results of the meeting. This is significant: One of my prom inent men came to see me today. He is one of the type likely to hold aloof from a meeting in another church, and to criticise, if everything does not please him—likely eVery church has several of his ilk. I was muih pleas ed to learn that he had attended near ly all of the evening services and that he had only praise for the preaching and-the methods, and counted it a great meeting. This feeling seems widespread. I will now feel better after trying to malfe you feel how gratefully I ,"hcr YOU . ai...' .how heartily I pray God to oless you. Yours cordially, ,, r; S’.'X: :M0MA}N; > vote failing by 680 votes to reach the necessary two-thirds. Rev. William Smith, a Bal>fist min ister of Spartanburg, S. C., dropped deadi&unday afternoon soon after ad- m'nistering baptism to a class at West Springs, S. C. Coming out of the water he walke,d to the hotel, where he died. Mr. ^mith was a Con federate veteran. ,' Miss Mabel C. Iflyun, 32 years old JUDGES AND REGISTRARS FOR COMING ELECTION. Election Board Names Men to Have Charge of the June Primaries and the November Election- The following have been appointed registrars and judges for the election and primaries for June 3rd. The first named is the registrar and two last named judges: Gastonia No. 1.—W. C. Abemethy, W. F. Pearson and Jas, L. Hannah. • Gastonia No. 2'.-.—J. C. Owens^ R. C, Patrick and John 'W. Stewart. Gastonia No, 3.—-A. B. Elliott, H. E. Conrad and H. W. Counts. Glenn’s—E. G. Petty, Boyce Fergu. son and H. W. Huffstetler. Robinson’s—John C. Robinson, Mar shall Robinson and I. S. Robinson. Spencer Mountain—J. R. Dellinger, J. W. Wilkins and John Sills, Lowell—P. W. Hand, S. J. Gaston and Paul Titman, McAdensville—G. M. Patterson, G. L. Wright and J. W. Rankin. Belmont—W. A. Leeper, G. B. Stowe and Oscar Armstrong. Un’on—J. R. Henderson, R. M. W^il- ;on and D. B. Harwell. South Point—A. M. Suggs, Jno. L. •Zagan and Sloan Dixon. Mt. Holly—Jno. W. Patterson, G. vV. MeGinnas and W. F. Holland. Mt. Island—J. M. C. Henderson, 'as. Ridenhour and R. C. Farror. Lucia—J. M. McIntosh, E. 0, Da- ■‘s p.nd J. B. Hart. Stanley—C. F. Smith, J. W. Del linger, J...P. Calloway. Alexis-r-S. M. Stroup, D.’^'M. Rob- nson and W. E. Strouj). Dallas—J., W. Suiiimey, W. P. 3ranch and Jno. M. Pasour. Carpenter—Jno. A. Kiser, Anderson :Ciser and W. Sid Carpenter. Cherryville—Stephen Stroup, Jno. Houser and D. E. McLane. s—H. S. Selins, T. M, :?lo^k, Jr., and Ben Smith. Bessemer City—C. E.' Whitt. T. Oates, and R. R. Rollins. S. M. ROBINSON M. A. CARPENTER, Sec. April 22, 1916. MARTIAL LAW | IN IRELAND! THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY PLATFORM. The Republican party in, County Convention assembled February 24, 1916, do hereby favor and pledge our- REBELS STILL HOLD PARTS OF selves if entrusted in power to use THE CITY. our endeavors to enact into law the following, viz.: Revolt Spreadas to Other Parts of First—We favor the election of «>,■ , , ^ T • I County Superintendent of public in- Irciand—S»r. John Maxweiy Gcies: ^ J j ^ r. j u r 4. ^ ; struction and County Board by direct to Take Charge of Troops. London,' April 27.—Martial law has been declared ‘ throughout Ireland and Maj. Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who NEW PAPER FOR GASTON COUNTY COMPANY FORMED TO PUBLISH REPUBLICAN PAPER, until recently, commanded the troops in Egypt has gone over to take charg^, the Irish Executive officials having placed themselves under his instructions. He has been given full disciplinary powers for the extension of the operations and the suppres- ,^ion of the rebellion. Fighting is still going on in the streets of Dublin. The revolt, which broke out in Dublin Monday, has spread to other parts of Ireland chiefly to the West and South. This information, to gether with the fact that the rebels vote of the people. And all other of iicers by direct vote of the people. Second—We favor the nomination and election of the County Commis sioners by township. By “each town* ship respectively by direct vote of t.h‘ peup)e.” Tli’rd—We favor llte abolishment o fall unnecessary offices especially County Treasurer and County Auditor. The abolishment of these two offices would save the tax payers of the coun ty .?2-400 a year. • Fourth—We favor free school books fo rail pupils attending schools sup ported, in v/hole or in part, by the tax money collected from the people. That is the state furnish said books. are still in possession of parts of the i as is done in California and other pro city of Dublin, was given to the Na- gressive commonwealths, and that no tion by the HMtniiersgT.CSscmfwy ’ books be bought from the book trust, tion by the Ministers in Parliament nor from any other person firm or cor- today. '-toration who has a monopoly on any cr books, and that the printing Right You Are. and sale o fany such books as might Statesville Landmark. 1 be selected by the properly constituted They're trying to raise $40,000 for j authorities shall be open to the frest the Y.-.M. C. A. at Greensboro and j competicion. this is what Everything found: I Fii’Ui—We condemn the act of the “Those who were soliciting money' State corporation commission in mak- for the Y. M. C. A. in Greensboro| !n ga 5 per cent increase in.the taxa- heard more tales of woe than they|ble property of the county, after an suspected existed this side the war | unreasonable increase had been made zone. Men who. were joy rid'hg aiid | by our local tax assessors. We pledge men who were living on big incomes! ,>ur'representatives to repeal^ 'y •md suddenly became very poor—and oth- all laws giving the corporat’o., com Ho- ers, men not suspected of having any too much of the world’s goods, came across handsomely.” It’s usually that way. The fellow mission the power to thus unfairly treat the already overburdened tax payers of this county. We further favor a more equitable, fairer, equal Jits usually uiat way. aiic leiiuvv lavui a xxiuic — of comp^atively small means pays j assessment o fthe property of thi: more taxes in proportion to what he i :;ounty. has than the wealthy; and as a rule ihe pays more to the give,s ^‘■^e tp^. charity low «H8t t..v . > man—tne iioys 5eman-^is the dependence. Bor ' . . .. [)ur county offi- •oads^^^^ash HentTSter Sixth—We con; r allc* ,4;i:omy. CharU'r is Received and Organization is Affecied—Dr, Frank Kobimton, of Lowe)l, is Elected President With J, M. Hoyle, of Gastonia, Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager. The Gaston Republican Publishing Co., of Ga.-5tonia, was chartered this wtek ijy the Secretary of State, with $25,000 rtuthorized capital and |1750 pa'ld in now. J. M. Hoyle, John M. Morchead, W. D. Beam, J. A. Smith, Dr Frank Robinson, Eli Dickson, J. ’ W. Armstrong, J. P. Huffman and othc-j-s are among the incorporators, n Tue.'jday April 25th, and organized The stockholders are among the most substantial men in Gaston. They met by electing the following directors: Dr .Frank Robinson, J. W. Arm strong, J. M. Hoyle, J. P. Huffman, Eli Dickson and J. A. Smith. These directors met April 26th and elected the following officers of the corporation: Dr. Frank Robinson, president; J. P. Huffman, vice presi dent; J. M. Hoyle, secretary and treasurer and manager. By purchasing The Gastonian plant and the Beam Printery they are en abled to start business at once. They have employed G. E. Kestler of Con cord ,as editor and will retain the services of Mr. Brumlcy and Mr. Beam as printeds. A suitable location will be sccured in a few days. The .patronage of the public will be greatly ipprcciatcd. PKOKi r ON GASOLINE FROM 300 TO 500 PER CENT Gas Can Be Produced at 6 cents or Less A Gallon^—Gasoline Selling^ From 19 to 30 Cents a Itep^^ed to Dep^ You Can Bank on This The banks of Gastonia are unions America for American.^. See “'The Battle Cry of Peace.” Cozy Iheatre The hanks of Gastonia are a.nouK ; Jnd,-Tuesday. the most substantial financial insti- j ^ ' tutions in the State. Their assets,, are over $2,000,0/J0. They are ably; managed in the interest of Gaston CHERRYVILbl'; NI3W.S. thoritatively said that' virtually ev- in tne iniereai. ui . «Ty ship would be in; top-notch of | pg(.pie and Gaston interests. Their! efRciency in 15 days. | buildinss and fixtures compare fav-1 Gen. Funston has forw-arded to the j orably with f From the CherryTiUe EaRlo. Mr P.alph London; ^vllO holds a po rtion'at Kings Mountain, visited home runbuua nas> War Department another long report ies. A more generous cn largei ,nd courteous [folks here Saturday and Sunday. from Gen. Pershing on conditions in that part of Mexico through which his troops had moved. General Fun ston said it picture a state of fright- ?nii, sion saiu it pici.ui.c « — of Warrenton, Va., widely known in t„i destitution of the country and re- society circles in Washington and U^ced the apathy of thi, peons to throughout Virginia and the South as j wards the American troo]?8. horsewoman, died Saturday c;ottoii 12c Cottoi^ Seed ®^c PENNY COLUMN. Washington from injuries received a wee kbefore by her horse falling on her. The first separate American volun teer squadrilla of the French flying corps ha? been constituted and is sta tioned at a point on tlie front, where it is fighting as a separate unit under a French officer. A number of Amer ican have been on duty in France and it was decided to bring them together. Near Matewan, W. Va., James Ful ler sot an dseriously wounded Miss Myrtle Keese, a school teacher, and thinking his shot had proved fatal, he killed himself. Miss Keese ;is e.ipect- ed to recover. The shooting is said tc jhave resulted from the; young wo- i man’s refusal to allow Fuller to visit ! her. Because of the increase of bread lines and the growing nuisiber of des- Tet of men do not live than the bank-! The commencement exercises of the ers of Gastonia. This is why Gaston I Waco High School will be held April has more cotton mills than any coun- j 28, 29, and 30. ty outside of merry England. Such | Jennie Lineberger, matron at men controlling the financial blood of j Li,jjustone College, GaSaey, S. C. any section add industries galore to | gp^nt from Saturday to Tuesday hei- that section. The wise use of money j relatives and fi’iends. is the bed rock upon which every town ' Sidney Weaver oI this must rise to eminence and The Gas-; attended preaching at the Hall man school house Easter Sunday Mr. Albert Mauney of Crouse conduct- ;rowmg nuisiber of des-1 Republican sees the evidence of titute persons in Belgium and nortn- | and institutions em France the Commission for Ke-, ^nd lief in Belgium has issued a call for eight additional delegates of Amen- can birc'.i and- parenlfige to volunteer for duty in the stricken territory. •‘Flag Day” contributions to the re lief fund, according to the Daughters if the American Revolution, probably vill reach a total of $850,000. After three day.s debate on. the Binkhead good roads till the Senate adjouriiL-l Friday witliout reachmg a. ed the service. Ml. ar,d Mrs. M. L. Rudisill left last Friday for Biscoe v.'here they spent i Easter w^th their son and daughter- in-law. Mr. and Mrs. J. -A.. Rudisill. GASTON. her earlv, boost her late, i iu-i«», - n- For this is the way to make her great; | Mr. .1. A. Rudisill is prmcipal of Bis Boost her high- and boost her low, ■ coe High School. For this is the way to ^nake her grow est 1 be at it.. This stau. senate committee day by E. J. Justice o. special assistant attorney genx,... _ the department of justice who is . -estigating the largest land frauds . the government has ever undertaken. The st>itement of the North Caro lina attorney startled the committee and they questioned him closely. Mr. .Justice declared there could be no mistake about his information and produced a letter signed by the re ceiver for the oil w'ells on the Pacific coast, who had manufactured the gas oline, showing that his facts were straight. . Mr. Justice told the committee ot results of the work of some of his .-eceivers w'ho had been appointed to take charge of the oil wells on the '•oast “One receiver,” Mr. Justice said, “has over $2,000,000 on hand and over 2,000,000 barrels of oil. In most cases the receiver is producing crude oil at not over 5 to 7 cents a barrel and after establishing a small gasoline plant at a cost of a littla •er $« 000 he is manufacturing gat- UP IN CAROLINA Special %me for G The children should all .>500 "The Bai ■ "'V of Peace,” They must be j oi-„,e at 6 cents a gallon. ; . . . .lOfalong'Ihe line of frepared- ’ v.y TliciUre Monday and FOR SALE—Tomato plants—early June and Pondorosa. 10c per dozen or ^ 8 for 25c. Phone 371L. Phone the Gaston Republican for rates on all job work. -Our solicitor will call and serve you. Subscribe for the new paper today, ffhone 39. Can you give one single reason for unpreparedness? There are hundreds shown in favor of preparedness in “The Bajttle Cry of Peace.”. Cozy Theatre Monday and Tuesday. No. 3fi Leave Track North of Lynch burg. Lynchburg, Va., April 27.—sSouth- ern Railway passenger train 36, At lanta to New York,' being pulled by two engines split a switch at Bar rett’s, 3 Smiles north of here shbi^tly after 7 o’clock this evening, one en- » • ‘ — i aiLci I VI v-iwn. ciiio s,. I Read our advertisments" this issue I gine and five cars leaving the track, and trade with those who want your; Piper and wife, who were walk- business. | beside the track are reported • ) killed and the engineer and fireman We^-wish to enlarge our column. 1 engine weer injured. No pas- Oifty one cent a \'ord. Phone us your killed. , ads for this. r ® F. Wagner for postmaster at New York and Dixon C. Williams for post master at Chicago. The appointments have been under consideration for some time and the President has en deavored to name men who will excite little opposition on account of fac tional differences. Hon. Geo. W. Peck, former Govern or of Wisconsin and a veteran news paper man, died recently at Milwau kee, aged 75. He was a native of New York and began work in a news paper office when a boy. He was the author of “Peck’s Bad Boy,” humor ous articles which gave him much no toriety. A dispatch from Boston says 7,000 bluejackets at the Charleston Navy nis is ge.nn.lW r?v:*-i‘‘ied as mca.-.ius that t'-ere ivi'' be no roads legislation at this session. Attempts utn secure _jinanimous consent for a vote on the roi H bill were blocxed by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Twenty-four thousand miners em ployed in the Pittsburg (Pa.) district weer ordered out of the miines Satur day by President Van Bitner of the mine workers’ organization because their pay envelopes did not contain the 5 per cent, increase provided for n the New York agreement. It is ex- •■pected that the difference will be ad- iusted. Fifteen huge motor field ambu lances, one of them the gift of Wil- i'am K. Vanderbilt, Sr., left the port of New York Friday for service on the battlefields of Russia, after hav- ing been consecrated by dignitaries of the Greek Catholic church in New Up'n Carolina, luisette.'i. Special Where patriots Therare nt rebels The climate driv :i„ .. -f up in vttftJuiTt*, Benath the skies so blue, Happy is life, for man and wife. And for the babies, too. Up in Carolina, Near the forests great, Hope and health, love and wealth, Bless our earthly state. Up in Carolina, We are prepared always; The hills and stars, ui peace or wars, Protect our nights and days. "'»*v,„tJ'>jamittecr'i.^ . work, makmg a total membership in Gastonia Council of 318 at present with more to fellow. This is only in line w.th the other fraternal orders of Gastonia. What about a fraternal or der convention for Gastonia and Gas ton county some time in the future. A MEMBER. bluejacKetS at viie vnaiie&wii oi tne ijreeK. Yard were put in overalls Friday for j york City. The other fourteen cars the purpose of making the 30 war i were bought with cash contributed to vessels in .the harbor ready for sea at | the American Hospital and Ambulance the earliest possible hour. It was au-1 Service in Russia. Up in Carolina, Freedom rules supreme, No master’s hand tries to command, For things are what they seem. Up ip Carolina, We dream of'breeze and sky. Smiling away the years so gay— Thus we live and die. —G. Ed Kestler in The children of today will be I Burkemont Succumbs to Auto. I Morganton, April 24.—Burkemont iithe highest and most inaccessible peak I in the cha^n of the South mountains I has at last been conquered by an I automobile and A. C. Cliaffee'of the ! Morganton Furniture Company ac- die. I complished the feat in a Reo. This Greensboro News.. considered the most remarkable mountain' climbing feat ever per- formed in this section and the gen- men and women of tomorrow. They ophiion was that it could not be should see “The Battle Cry of Peace.” done. Mr. Ed Alexander accompa- Cozy Theattre Monday and Tueeday. ^ nied him on the trip. icharging against the plait ). \t market price of crude oit 'ill other items of cost and icent, a year as interest on 'yent, 10 per cent, a year ^tion in value of the plant, ^st of manufacturing gas Ix cents a gallon. W compa^j^'ft can produce rasbline at a lowej.- cost ti..^ o''- •rnment receiver. Yet the large oil concerns are selling the product in Jalifornia at 10 cents a gallon or at more than 300 per cent, profit.” Mr. Justice admitted to the com mittee that his findings had been re ported to the department of justice, and that Atomey General Gregory had turned the evidence over to the federal trade commission who would fctart an investigation based upon the facts found by him. Edward J. Quigley was arrested in Baltimore Friday on suspicion of being a man wanted in St .Louis on a charge of raising money orders. Ex amination of Quigley’s grip disclosed the fact that he had in his possession $400,000 of securities stolen from a , registered pouch on a New York ferry boat on February 26. •%
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