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ttXKBM 07 XHX ASSOOATXD FtXSS VOL.XLI. NO, 139. GASTONIA, N. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CErTO A, WM OF NATIONS ISSUE CEK ON WHICH PLATFORM SPLITS AFTER MUCH EFFORT AVood, Johnson, Lowden, or Who? - Is Riddle " Confronting Republican Convention With League of Nations Thrust to Front. i lit"' (By The Associated Prass.) ," X3H1QA-GO, June 10. The ; third day Qt the republican national convention opened with the party machinery, for he , moment at least, doubly deadlocked. ' There bad emerged from endless ae- fcotiating behind the scenes no agreement either aa to a presidential candidate or a even a tentative draft of vital planks in the platform on which the party will Stand. ' 4 Overnight, the league of nations issue fcad been swept suddenly upward to a position of overshadowing importance, j muuwu. in Mrtv councils. It fens the rock on which the special bar-- anonizinff sub-committee on platform ' split after hours of fruitless labor to . fsrard a compromise. Unable to agree on amy declaration proposed to be ,incor . vorated in the platform, the ub-commit-" , tee adjourned long after midnight. A disagreement report from the sub-com- suttee faced the full committee on reso lutions when it assembled at 9 o'clock, ' o take up the task. Meanwhile, the convention itself must , anark time. (No real progress could be anade with its work and another early ad journment seemed likely today. When the mass of the more than 1,000 , foot sore delegates arose to .resume the endless, round of candidates ' camps and (other headquarters that fills the days lor them pending the final struggle or oai . Soting, the air about them was tense with .' mmianant of imoendina events. Unde- jfinable rumors of serious ruptures be T tween factional leaders were abroad. (There was talk of bolts and of what dele gations would walk out in that case, and - jthere was no one to say from where this talk came. 'A few hours ago H was the anti league forces against which a cry of prospective insurrection was raised. Yesterday the giro-leaguer, the " reservationists, " were Openly charged by their opponents " with having brought discord into the , council Of platform makers. And underneath this dispute on issues Ctill lay the unsolved riddle of the can didates Wood, Johnson, Lowden, or whot The first sharp turn to the treaty ques tion negotiation by the select sub-coin-tnittee of the resolutions committee came yesterday when former Senator W. Mur- ' ray jCrane, of Massachusetts, joining the ranks of those favoring qualified accept jsmce of the league covenant, served no- ; tiee on conferees that such a course must be followed or backed by Senators who took that position in Washington, the tfght would e carried to the floor of the ' convention. This was turning the enemy's guns upon him with a vengeance. Thereto tore, apprehension had prevailed among those leaders struggling for party har mony that it would be the " irrecon cilable" who would stir to action the uncertain waters of an " unbossed ' ' con vention if their views against the league v irere not met in the platform. , Fbr a moment the irreconcilable forces i in the select committee, dominated by Senators Borah and McOormick, seemed taken aback. They sprang to arms then in full fore and from that time until after one o'clock this morning ths bat tle waged furiously behind the locked doors of the hotel bedroom . where the committeemen in shirt sleeves. and worn Iry the long strain searched every aveu e for possible escape from an open "break. Echoes from the contest spread swiftly to even Jhe most outlying posts of the convention encampment. Toward the end, before the select committee gave up the task and decided to earry the league issue yith several other important points back to the full committee on resolutions the struggle overflowed the bedroom bat tlefield. A hasty conference in the corri dor outside was held after midnight with Senator Smoot, of Utah, a committee member, laying' before his colleagues. Senators Borah and MeCormick, a draft plank he had prepared.. Its nature was ,aot disclosed; but Senator MeConniek repudiated it with evidences of excite ment.". His shout of ,no, no, no,1' was audible through the hallway aa the con ference was broken off by his return to -the committee room. Senator Borah said he saw at that time no prospect of an early agreement. He and Senator McConnkk left the meet ing expecting te return and Senator Jiorah said he had been opposing a pro posal 1 that the struggle continue : all sight. Hia prediction was confirmed and his views sustained moment Jater; when the -committee adjourned. From j!iat -meeting Senator Smoot ear- fied th problem to another veteran of the historic struggle in the senate, Sen ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, ehairman of the convention. Senator Borah also saw Senator Lodge, but it was not in dieated that any new proposal had re suited which was more promising of a peaceful solution than those that had been offered in the committee. What eourse the resolution committee would follow remained undisclosed when ft met. Whether further deliberations by the subcommittee would be urged or a solution attempted with the full com mittee membership of more than fifty sharing in the debate was not clear. In any ease, it was evident that farther at tempts to patch up the impending break would be made with more delay in .report ing to the convention involved. The convention progrsm also was not known in advance. Under rules it has adopted it has been suggested that the naming of a candidate might be proceed ed with, leaving platform issues to be settled as "unfinished business" later In any case, the convention is to listen to many speeches of nomination and it appeared possible these would be deliver ed during the day to get them out of the way and clear the stage for balloting or for the treaty issue fight if there must be one in the convention forum. FOREIGN RELATIONS PLANK CONSIDERED iiij ri il ... .... .o.lmjj, june iu. when the reso lutions suD-counuiuee went into session again this morning with the league of nations plank still threatening a party split, a tentative foreign relations plank was under consideration declaring oppo sition to the treaty without reservations bu favoring rntificaion with American rights guarded. The plank was framed after all night conferences in which former Senator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, leading the mild reservation group, participated. It contained in substance the declaration submitted by Senator Crane yesterday and had not been accepted by the ir reconcilable. The tentative draft also condemned President Wilson 'g Mexican policy, de clared no Mexican regime should be rec ognized until willing and' able to give adequate guarantees for protection of American rights and pledged the republi can party to "a consistent, firm and ef fective policy towards Mexico that shall enforce respect for the American .flag, " and protect American citizens and prop erty. 1 here was uo direct reference to in tervention in Mexico, but it was declared that the party should stand for insist ence upon the maintenance of order" in Mexico. The proposal for a mandate over Armenia whs condemned and the ac tion of Congress in passing a peace reso lution approved. It wns indicated that although refer ences to the league of rations still were in a formative stage the sub commit tee probably would accept the tentative draft so far as it related to Mexico, Ar menia, and the peace resolution. As the conference began in a desperate effort to conclude its work and lay a completed platform before the conven tion at today's session, leaders on both sides of. the league of nations row ex pressed confidence of an agreement but conceded that material obstacles re mained. . At the same time the remainder of the full resolutions committee began its con sideration of other planks agreed on last night by the sub-committee. ' These included an industrial relations declaration from which reference to anti strike legislation had been omitted, a plank blaming Jhe depreciation of money values for the high cost of living; one opposing government ownership or opera tion" of railroads and one expressing in general terms without mention of a cash bonus, , the gratitude and generosity of the party to former service men. ' There was also a plank asking for prompt, ratification of the women . suf frage amendment, but the tub-committee voted against inclusion of any direct ref erence to prohibition. . . ' , The tentative foreign relations plank under 'consideration in the nub committee provided in parti ' 'We approve the action of the repub lican senate witE "respect to the proposed treaty of peace -with the covenant of the league af nations.. V"?, w declare our opposition to the treaty and the league of nations-as submitted by ;the president (Coatiaaed oa page 8) 3,000 QES i:i MB TO VISIT GASTOIIIA AGAIN Less Adams ami Family Drove rrom r hoe nix, Arizona to Gastonia Trip Required Seven Weeks Will Have Longer Drive o n Return Trip. i ne onjy thing i wore out on my Dodge car on a three thousand mile trip from Phoenix, Arizona, to Gastonia, was my speedometer," said Less Adams to The Gazette man ' this morning . Ac eompanied by bis wife, little nine-year old daughter, Virginia, and Mrs. Cecil Skinner, of Cleveland, Ohio., Less ar rived in Gastonia Sunday afternoon about 3 o 'clock to apend a few weeks in his old home town with his parents. Esquire and Mrs. W. Meek Adams, and his brothers and sisters. This is Less' second visit to his home since he left Gastonia for Arizona seven tee years ago. He went West for his health and in the high altitude of that far western State he found it . For many years he has. been engaged in the job printing Business in fhoenix in conjunc tion with his brother, Tom. Recently he sold his interest to his brother and de cided to take a six-months vacation trip. He expects to continue, however. to make his home ia Arirona. The party left Phoenix on April 17th and in the course of their seven-weeks trip had many and varied experiences. Two weeks was spent in camp at 1 Pas Texas, this being the first and longest stop they made on the trip. The next stop was at San Antonio, where three days was spent. It was their original intention to come the extreme Southern route by way of New Orleans but the heavy rains of the winter and early spring had put the roads on that route in such condition that they decided to abandon it. From San Antonio thev went to Dallas and thence northeast, in tending to leave Texas at Taxarkana. Perhaps the most novel experience of the trip was the seven mile drive from Farmville to Greenville, in northern Tex as. Kains which had been continuous sine last October had put the roads in that section in such condition that they could not le traveled. After sending eight days in Farmville waiting to get a freight car in which to ship the auto to Greenville in. they decided to trv a scheme which but few before them had had the nerve to tackle. Thut was n seven mile drive over the croesties from Farmville to Greenville. This seven mile drive required from 10 o'clock iu the morning till o'clock in the after noon, or five hours. In the course of this trip they drove over three trestles each about, twenty live feet high. Ask ed if driving over these trestles was not nerving racking. Less replied that . it was the easiest part of the drive, due to the fact that the crossties were much closer together than on the remainder of the roadbed. . They had planned to cross the Red River at Texarkana but discovered on reaching Atlanta, Texas, that the Sul phur river, which lay between Atlanta and Texarkana. was up so that it. was im practicable to cross at that Kiitit . Tlii. necessitated h detour bv way of Nhreve port. La. From Khreveport they went to Hoje, Ark., where the White river was crossed, it being necessary to ferry nine miles up the river for a landing place. Memphis was the point selected for crossing the Mississippi, but information that the river was up at that point caused a change in their plans. 'rousing bv ferry at Helena instead, it was necessary to go upstream five miles before a laud ing could be found. "Frequently we found it necessary t amytr bohip ieuce rails rrom sonir rarmer in order to make a corcturov road over a mud hole," aaid Less. "Rut always got across someway . ' ' Alter a visit of two or three weeks to relatives here Mr. and Mrs. Adams will start on their long homeward journey. l ney win go from here to Flint, Mich., where Mrs. Adams' rela tives live. After a visit there thev will go back through the Yellowstone Park They expect to reach Phoenix about the latter part of October. , hope to Recover kidnapped child NUBBI8TOYYX, Pa., June lO.-Hope of getting into communication with the kidnappers of 13-nionths-old Blakely Coughlin revived today with the arrival of a second letter from Savannah, Ga. It was received by George H. Coughlin at his borne outside of Norristown-ia the first mail. The letter is dated June 7. The. writing is identical with that of a letter received from Savannah four days ago. ' JSo attempt is made 'to disguise the handwriting in either letter. The spell ing 'and punctuation indicate the writer has deliberately feigned ignorance. ; f Aa in the; first' letter no attempt la made to establish the identity of the eHBd. The writer merely says' he has Blakely and the baby Is welL The let ter follows: V"'V , . ; -; "Whin you are convinced about the right party baring your child this I will deal with you if i isent too late. The child is well at prttemiX S' eaa bar your wife sobbing. She has my sympathy. ' But I aas Into it now l.!R. LEWIS FINDS COTTON FAR BELOW AVERAGE Gaston County Cotton Grower Finds Highest Stalk of Cot ton in His Fields This Year - Only 6 1-2 Inches on June 1C as Against 13 Inches in 1919 Average Height For 23 Years on June 10 Has Been Ten Inches. Following up a practice established by him 23 years ago, Mr. E. P. Lewis veteran cotton grower of Gaston eoun ty and originator of the Lewis long staple cotton, measured the highest stalk of cotton in his fields this morning June 10th. It was found to be 6 1-2 inches high. On June 10, 1919, the high est stalk measured 13 inches. On June 10, 1897, the year in which Mr. Lewis in augurated his custom, the highest stalk was 10 inches high. The highest mark yet measured was 14 inches and the low est 6 1-4 inches. Mr. Lewis does not remember the years when these extremes were attained, but it will be seen that the 1920 measurement is only one-quarter of an inch above the lowest lor the J3 yeaia, while last year's measurement was one inch below the higa;st for the per iod. The average for the 23 years has been 10 inches.. It will thus be seen from this report of Mr. Lewis that the 1920 cotton crop is far below the av erage in advancement. This is ex plained by the fact that the past spring has been unusually wet and that the crop was late in getting planted. In addition, the weather has not been adapted to the rapid growth of cotton. Days and nights have been cool, and it is well known that cotton will not start to grow ing until the real hot weather conditions prevail . Cotton growers long for the hot nights which are the life of growing cotton . Mr. Lewiii states that the "stand" of cotton generally is fairly good and that the crop will come out wonderfully in the next few weeks if the weather conditions are right. Corn, he says, is doing fairly well, despite the fact that it was late in planting. ANTI -TUBERCULOSIS CLINICS FOR GASTON Dr. Spruell, of State Board of Health, Assisted by Local Physicians, to Ghre Series of Free Clinics Over the Coun ty- Begiuning . I tine 14th and rout inuiiij; through July .'Ird there will Ihj held in Gaston county a series of anti-tiiliercu losis clinics under the direction of tin Ktate Hoard of Health. Dr. Joseph L. JSiruilI, of the State Sanitorimn and a meinlter of the State Hoard of Health will be in charge of the work. He will be assisted in this work by local physi cians. 1 nev win oner to r tie people oi the county an opjMtrtunit.v to receive, free of charge, physicial examinations. Frequent colds, coughs, failure to re cover good lieaitb alter pneumonia,, in tltienza or any other disease that weak en the individual, denotes something wrong. An early diagnosis will yften prevent serious illness. These clinics will afford an opportunity for sue diagnosis . Dr. Spruill is an expert in this line and has had several clinics over the State already with success. In his work here he will be assisted by Dr. W. B. Hunter, county welfare officer, and others. Miss Alice L. Ward, county public health nurse, will be glad to make special ap pointments for anyone and will try to ar range convenient dates to suit those who desire to avail themselves of this op portunity. Miss Ward will be in the Ked Cross rooms at the jiostoffice Saturday, of this week. Her telephone number is 48. Following is the list of dates for the clinics: June 14th, 15th and lb'th: (iaatouia Red Cross rooms.- June 17th : -Gastonia colored hospital. June 18th r Bessemer City. June 19th: . Belmont. Juae .21st; Cherryville. JuBe.22nd: Mount Holly. June 23rd: Stanley. June L'4th: Iray Community House. June 25th: June 26th: June 28th: June 29th: Mayworth . Ixiwell . McAdenville. Ranlo. June 30: Gastonia, community house Dunn, Armstrong and Clara Mills. July 1st: Gastonia, Red Cross rooms, Armington and Parkdale Mills. July 2nd: Dallas. July 3rdi Gastonia, colored hospital. On Friday of this week, afternoon and night, a special anti-tuberculosis film will be shown under the auspices of the State Board of Health at the Gastoniaa theater here. " - - ( ' .- . . . . J ' v-3 and don "t intend to be caught at mr own game. I doa eedd the child but! I do needd the money, (the word money is. heavily . underscored). 6o this ! ia a warning to "be very careful for I aaa aot sleep.? -' .'.v-,:',;,,i. o.'-.; 'Ye will never get ronr ehiM imtn I bare gotten the money and saved my PYTHIANS CELEBRATE BIG O.OJi.li. CEREMORIAL TODAY Many Tyros Will Cross Burning Sands R. S. McCoin Elected Grand Chancellor Greens boro Gets Next Session .of Grand Lodge. D. O. K. K. PROGRAM 9 a. m. Grand Lodge Session. 12 m. Dinner. 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Registra tion of D. O. K. K. Candidates. 5 p. m. D. O. K. K. parade. 6 p. m. D. O. K. K. ban quet. 7 p. m. D. 0. K. K. Cere monial, Armory Building. YTHIAII OFFICERS GUESTS OF THE ROTARY CLUB With a iarge number of guests present, including several of the Pythian Grand Lodge officers, Wednesday's meeting of the Gastonia Rotary Club was one of the most largely attended as well as one of the most interesting and enjoyable yet held by the club. Features of the lunch eon, which was held at the Loray Cafe teria, were short addresses by Supreme v ice-Chancellor William Ladew, of New York ; Grand Chancellor D. W. Sorrell, of Durham; Grand Viee-Chaucellor R. 8. McCoin, of Henderson ; Grand Prelate R. B. Owen, of Charlotte; Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Byron Clark, of Sal isbury; Henry W. Wado, head of the in surance department, of Indianapolis, and others. Each of these men expressed himself as highly pleased with the recep tion received in Gastonia and delighted With the town itself. J. H. Henderlite was in charge of the program for the day. Will '. Grier gave Hie guests some interesting facts ami fig ures about Gastonia and Gaston county. Fred M. Allen and J. H. Separk also made short talks along the same line, There were 7H menrricrs and guests pres ent. SOUTH MUST UNITE ON VICE - PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, June 10 A mass meeting of southern delegates, staged in a hotel lobby with some 300 attending, was held last night in the interest of demanding recognition of the south on the republi can national ticket. Virginia and North Carolina both have vice presidential candidates in the field and speakers from other southern states advised that they unite on one man o the other and that the southern delega tion then all join in supHrt of the man so named: A committee representing all southern delegations was appointed to canvass the situation and report to u second in a. ik meeting tonight. Among the sjieakers were ( olmie Henry VV. Anderson and Represents tive Slemp. of Virginia, anil former Sen ator Butler, of North Carolina. WOMEN'S PARTY READY FOR ALL EMERGENCIES CHICAGO, .luue 10 Virtually de void of hojie today tlmt republican lead ers here will urge the governors of Ver mont ami Connecticut to call sieciul legislative sessions to pass on the suf frage amendment, meinlers of the Xa tional Women s party prepared today to intensity their picketing attack on the convention. Pickets were sent out with banners calling upon voters to ballot against the republican party until it took more decisive action on equal suf frage. "The situation looks darker todav than it ever has since we" came to Chicago, "t jirs. ADoy ecott Hater declared. "W shall sharpen our attack from now on un less something is done. Our actions may lead to arrests, but we are ready for any emergency for we are tired of wait ing. " CHICAGO, June 10. As the platform makers resumed their work this morning they described the pros pec tsior sn agreement asr 11 pretty bad." The ir reconeilablea on the league of nations issue continued their threats to leave the party if the platform affirmed it in any Way. "NEW YORK, June 10.Unfilled 'or- ders of the tTnited States Steel Corpora tion tor the month ending If ay 31 we're 1047,468 tons, It was announced today. This h an Increase of 587,719 tons from the previous month, whea -the figures wer.J.0,359,747, Today is D. O K. K. Day in Gas tonia. With the major part of the bus iness affairs of the Grand Lodge already disposed of, Pythians in the city are turning from the serious to lighter vein today. Tonight at 7 o'clock in the Armory building on Airline avenue, the Dokie ceremonial will be held.. More than 50 Tyros are awaiting the word to commence their ' long and weary march across the hot sands of the burning 8sv' hara. Preparations are being mad te give them a royal welcome. Viertiag Dokiea from Charlotte, Salisbury, Hick ory, Statesrille and other nearby towns are here in full force. The exercises begin with the registra tion of candidates from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., followed by the D. O. K. K. parade at 5 o'clock and banquet at o 'clock . One of the most enjoyable features of the Pythian convention in Gastonia was the auto ride over the eity and barbe cue given at Armstrong Park Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock. Beginning at S o 'cioca tne visitors were snown over uas tonia and suburbs, the trip ending at the park where more than 500 people were present to partake of the viands pre pared for them. Under the capable di rection of Mr. W. E. Todd, assisted by many young ladies of Gastonia, a menu of Brunswick stew, barbecued beef and pork, pickles and coffee was served. Mayor K. G. Cherry and Col. C. B. Armstrong delivered brief aad appropriate addresses of welcome at the conclusion of the feed. Retiring Graad Chancellor D. W. Sorrell, of Durham responded in happy vein . The newly elected officers of the grand lo$lge are: Grand chancellor, R. 8. lae Coin. of Henderson ; grand vice chancel lor, E. M. Grier, of Canton; grand pro late, Rev. R. B. Owens, of Charlotte; grand master of exchequer, G. W. Moat castle, of Lexington; grand master at arms. Whitt. R Stone nf nrmtmhrtrn. grand inner guard, M. W. Woodside, of Charlotte; grand outer guard, H. A. Page, of Clayton. Greensboro was elected as the next place of meeting, which is to convene on the second Tuesday in June, 1921, aad this will be the golden jubilee of the or der, it being the fiftieth anniversary of Pythianism. The decision to meet at Greensboro was unanimous and the new ly elected grandmaster at arms, Whitt B. Stone, of Greensboro, promised the of ficers one of the greatest events in the history of North Carolina Pythianism. At the morning and afternoon sessions : it was decided to have the Dokies cere- . mouial on Wednesday, following the con vening of the grand lodge on Tuesday. While several recommendations of the grand retiring chancellor were adopted, others failed in the grand lodge. The effort to establish a permanent headquarters where the grand lodge ses sion would assemble, failed ; while the suggestion that a grand keeper of records and siils le elected to give full time to matters in connection with the order was carried . A good deal of time of the grand lodge ' sessions was devoted to the rejiorts of the various committees, having in charge vital matters covering the activities of Pythianism in North Carolina since the last session. Constructive suggestions were outlined for the subordinate lodges throughout the state, with a view of in creasing interest and membership in the future and the grand lodge's decision to elect and employ a grand keeper of records and seals who will devote his en tire time in the interest of the order, was. an outstanding feature of today's session . It is felt by the members of the order that this step alone will be instru mental in greatly increasing the member ship as well as posting the local Pythian lodges throughout the state in the ritualistic work of the order which ia eon ceded by all members to contain many . valuable moral lessons to candidate seeking the rank of kuighthood within its folds. The new keeper of records and seals will be expected to visit the various lodges in the state from time to time aud in a measure supervise and sue- - gest measures for the promotion of the order . Ths Grand Lodge adjourned today at 1 o'clock. W. M. Lyles, of Charlotte, was elected Grand Keeper of Records and Seals, to devote his whole time to the job. The details of the meeting will bo published tomorrow. FLETCHER NOMINATED. . uTAiMPA, FUu, June 10. Eetums oa Tuesday' primary gathered by the Tampa Times covering 620 precincts out of 977 in the state and including all but 10 cf the 54 counties give Duncan TJ. ITetcherv for 1 renomiaatioa as United States senator, 39,139; 8idaey J. Catts,
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