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T Oastonia Daily Oazei Gf CTf 'M The center of ..jL,a.,l the textile in dustry ia . the South ' 96 cotton miH in Garton county. " - ' GAST0..IA jr" ia Worth Caroline.; 1920 population 12,171, a gala in . 10 years of 123.3 per cent. MEMBER: OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rOL. XIX NO. 168. gastonia; n. c, Wednesday afternoon, july 14, 1926. SINGLE COPY 5 CltliTS . 1 . v THIRD PARTY LEADERS UNABLE TO AGREE Single Taxers Withdraw and Nominate ,0 wn Presidential Candidate, Robert C. MasAuley, ; v of Philadelphia -j Platform Not Acceptable to LaFollette. 1 " ; (By The Associated Press.) - t :'l v 'CHICAGO, July 14 Hopes for the 1 ; t survival of the, new fusion party were - t ebb tide as the all night conference . o the new bodies resolutions committee , dragged along today in an effort to get together on a platform acceptable to Cenatr LaFollette. v The extreme left, which yesterday con trolled the amalgamation and forced its platform desires on the more conserva tive elements in the convention, struck a ' nag when it met the veto power of the ! ' probable presidential nominee of the new iarty. Forty eighters, who constitute . the right wing group of the fusion move tnent followed last night's session when the single taxers withdrew, adopted their j,One plank platform and nominated pres :' Jdcntial candidates. For president, , ' ; tbey'ehooae Bobert C. MacAuley, ' of Philadelphia, and for vice president -they elected B.C. Barnum of Cleveland. JThey quit the new party, Jerome C. Iteia, a single tax leader, said, because It was not only apparent they could not '. obtain their platform desires and a can didate committed to theh but also because ' they "could not stand the socialistic Ideas" of the dominant labor group. h ' . ' The birth of the new party yesterday, v sifter five tumultuous days fif confer nce, in which more than onee the fledg- W ling movement faced shipwreck on the 'rocks of jealousies and group antago nisms. In the very beginning the labor kwrty organization grabbed the rudder find steered the course until consideration , of the platform resolutons was begun. JSeveral planks had been read and ap proved when forty eighters began to in terpose strenuous objections to, their re legation to the background. In an effort to placate the angry dele gates the labor leaders surrendered the chairmanship to Parley Chriatensen, of CJtahr who presided over the original forty eight convention. The concession failed utterly, however, to iron out the widely divergent views on platform planks. Forty eighters then -jilayed their trump cards wheu they brought Senator LaFollettes influence to bear and demanded platform concessions before their presidential candidate would consent to make the race. Questions of nationalization of essential industries and plank dealing with foreign relations ' were the principal stumbling blocks. LaFollette 's representatives held out strongly against inclusion" of these planks. Two possibilities, therefore, stood out today: First that for the sake of har mony the labor leaders may yield to the LaFollette' forees and permit changes in their platform drafts; and second, that they may remain steadfast in their de termination and demand a candidate who can ride on their declaration of princi ples. t Leaders of both factions are eager to Avert a breach but yesterdays prolonged cessions showed plainly that their abili ty to control and direct the convention's actions has been strained to the breaking point. ; ' Two planks of the platform being ( drafted by the conference committee of : ; the labor party and the committee of forty-eight still were in dispute when V -word was received that Senator LaFol : .lette objected to certain planks in the " tentative draft. I- Inclusion of the Plumb plan and dec Jaration for government ownership of mines were said to be the points in dis "pute - 'I ;. The unofficial version of the tentative draft which did not meet Senator LaFol- lette 's approval, follows: , K' 1. Bepeal of all sedition and criminal anarchy statutes. ; 2. Amnesty for political prisoners jail ' ed' because of religious belief or indue- trial activity.' 3.. Becognition of the rights - of - all 1 workers, including government employes, toQstrike and stripping of the courts of "powers seised" in dealing with indus trial, disputes and injunctional proceed ingi 4. Beeognition of right of free speech, free press, free assemblage and the right of asylum. 5. Declaration against war except in case of invasion, without a referendum trots.' " . Beeognition of the "Irish republic" and the new government in Bussia and lifting of trade restrictiooj with Bussia. 7 Denial of military or financial aid to any foreign government invading Ireland or Bussia. , 8. 'Declaration for government ; owner ship of utilities generally. ," 9. Discharge of national war debts and all obligations to soldiers, 'sailors and ma- tines in the late war by means of a grad uated capital tax levy, imposed especially 'on profiteers. . . . fYhp nlflnlra in Th imnffiiMol Tpr!nn ON FRANCE CELEBRATES 131ST ANNIVERSARY TAKING OF BASTILLE PABIS, July 14. France today cele brated the 131st anniversary of the tak ing of the Bastile. j Artillery and infan try estimated to number 41,000 marched through Paris to the Vineennes race track, where they participated in a great review. Points of vantage were occupied by thousands of Parisians, who took up their positions shortly after dawn. All the buildings of Paris were flag bedecked, the French and American flags being entwined with the colors of the other allies. The brilliancy of the military review was marred by the absence of President Deschanel and Marshal Foch. The presi dent sent word regretting that ill health compelled him to continue his rest for several weeks, while Marshal Foch was at Spa, to which city he had been summoned by the allied premiers. The press today printed Gen.- Persh ing 's greetings to ' ' Foeh France and its army" and the American Legion message to the French was prominently displayed in the newspapers. A silk American flag, woven by California girls, was to have been presented to Marshal Foch this aft ernoon, but the ceremony was postponed because of the Marshal ' absence. Paris last night reverted to its holiday pleasures, stopped by the war. The gov ernment gave free concerts and street dances, iwhile military bands played in the park bandstands. Every known place of interest was filled, and the street danceH will continue tonight and tomor row night. Large fairs were held in sev eral quarters and itinerant entertainers amused crowds at street corners. Paris today was one vast playground. All business was at a standstill ami even surface transportation ceased. Tonight imemnse bonfires will blaze in several dis tricts of the capital and in many other large cities, illuminating the country for miles. AMERICA OBSERVES BASTILLE BAY (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 14 The French tricolor floated today from government buildings alongside the American flag as Washington paid honor to Fiance in commemoration of Bastile Day. The French flag also was widely displayed at business houses and residences. The day's observance here included a visit by Secretary Baker to Arlington National cemetery to place wreaths on the graves of French soldiers. At the white house it was said Pres ident Wilson had sent a message of con gratulations to President Deschanel of France. General Pershing last night sent a message to Marshal Foeh on be half of Americans who served on French soil. The American and French people "firmly cemented Jn the world war by the blood of our eons on common battle fields," General Pershing said,' "may look with confidence into the future and rejoice together in the present that our unity is unimpaired and that we have maintained for posterity our nig'i nation al ideals of liberty and j ustice. ' Though only six inches in diameter a tank invented in England for the use of compressed coal gas for motor vehicle fuel can withstand a pressure of 10,000 pounds to the square inch. Economy, better ventilation and more sanitary conditions are claimed by the inventor for a telephone tcoth supported on brackets with its lowest edge 40 or more inches fijom the floor. favor the referendum and recall, declara tion that the United States should not aid in exploitation of weaker nations "for the benefit of money masters," refusal to go to war with Mexico "for the bene fit f.WaH Street" aad abandonment of America 's " imperialistic platform with regard to Cuba, the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam and Santo Domingo." . Senator LaFollette sent a message to the new party convention last night ex pressing his willingness to head its presi dential ticket, ' according to a Jtement made by the senator to the correspondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel. He intimated very strongly, however, that the platform must measure up to his wishes before he would give his - unqualified consent to csrrr the party's standard, the statement said. COPS ANOTHER. v I 7 V ! Tommy Milton photographed after winning the 225inile race at Uniontown, Pa. Milton drove his sturdy Duenen berg at an average 8eid of 94.9 miles an hour. T0KI0 SOON TO HAVE ITS FIRST SUBWAY TRAINS. (By The Associated Press.) TOKIO, June 16 Tokio is to have a subway, the first in Japan, a charter for which has just been granted. This is part of a big plan for improvements in transportation facilities in Tokio and Osaka which will involve the expenditure of many millions of dollars. The decision of the authorities to undertake these im provements has followed bitter com plaint of poor service. Owing to the increasing population the street cars of Tokio are so overcrowded that it is a common sight to see passen gers hanging dangerously from the plat forms, while public taxicabs are insuffi cient to meet the demand. Tokio will spend $10,000,000 in street improvement. A bigger project is under way for im proving Osaka whi'h Japanese often call the "Manchester of Japan" because it is ,the chief center of the country's cotton industry. The proposed improvement of the streets alone' will cost about $75,000, 000. A new harbor is being built which will cost about $30,000,000. Fifty per cent of Osaka's manufactur ed products are moved through the canals of the city and more will be dug. Fifty million dollars will be expended in con structing a modern sewage system. Tokio and Osaka like New York. Lon don and Paris lack lodgings for the peo- pie. It is quite impossible to hire either a ' ' foreign style ' ' or Japanese home in Tokio. Hence the suburbs are constant ly extending. The city of Osaka covers an nrea of 14 square miles which is expected to be trebled when the project, of greater Osaka is carried out. The population of 2,000, 000 is increasing rapidly. In Tokio and Osaka, ns in New York, house rents are going up constantly and food is ever rising. CONCERNING MAJOR BTJL WINKLE. Congressional Candidate Not Talking Yet Bnt Soon Thinks He Will Carry Dis trict The following, with reference to Major Bulwinkle, of this city, in The Observer will be read with interest : , "I am not ready to talk yet. but I'm going to begin talking pretty soon." The speaker was Major A. L. Bul winkle, of Gaston, who is making the race for Congress to succeed Congressman Clyde Hoey. Major Bulwinkle was passing through the city yesterday on his way to Raleigh, where he goes on private business. "I will start campaigning soon," said Major. Bulwinkle. "I have no doubt of the result. We will carry this district by 3,000 or more." Major Bulwinkle is a native of Charles ton, 8. C, and comes of some of the bravest and best of Confederate folk, men who went to prison for the belief that was in them. This spirit dominates the man whom the democrats of the dis trict will send to Washington to take Congressman Hoey's seat. Major Bul winkle has-Kved in Gaston for years and has a beautiful home in' Gastonia. He found himself in the midst of friends yesterday, and was made to talk politics whether he was ready to talk or not. WILL SELECT CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN MARINES (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON; July 13. Major General John A. LeJune, marine corps commandant, announced - today r there would be convened at Marine headquar ters here on Thursday a board of officers to select nearly 500 candidates foe' per manent commission in the corps. . , The next officers will be chosen on the basis of record and physical fitness from all former officers of the eorps, reserve and temporary, and from former enlisted men who hold or have held commissions, whether now ia civil life or in service. NEGROES THREATEN TO- BLOW UP R0XB0R0 Roxboro Well Guarded Last Night in Anticipation That Revenge Would be Wrought For Lynching of Roach No Trouble Now Anticipated. (By The Associated Press.) ' ROXBORO, N. C, July 14. Rumors that negroes were eoming from Beidsville, near here, to "blow up" Roxboro be cause of the lynching of Ed Roach, negro, last, week, caused town authorities to place armed guards about Roxboro last night. The" night passed auietlv. how ever, and the authorities do. not now be lieve there will be any trouble. The .negroes, according to the rumors, were said to have become infuriated after N'ello Teer, a white contractor, issued a signed statement declaring Roach was at work on his road gang at the time he was said to have attacked a white girl. Sheriff Thompson, of Person county, said today that Roach was K)sitively identified by the victim and that a sister of the young woman also' declared he was the right man. Solicitor Gattis will open a formal in vestigation of the lynching here this aft ernoon. RAINBOW DIVISION'S . FIRST REUNION OVER (By The Associated Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 14 Election of officers, naming of the next convention city and a parade were the closing events of the first reunion of the Rasnbow division today. Wounded men and gold stat mothers were given places of honor in the parade. With the division sponsors they assem bled in automobiles at the head of the procession which was divided into eight sections with seven bands. Boy scouts were stationed at each corner of Twen tieth street along which the parade was to move, with large banners inscribed with the records of the division. A great majority of the thousand delegates planned to catch late after noon trains for their homes. PUBLISHER WITNESS IN KING WILL SUIT CHICAGO, July 14 John R. Rathom, publisher of the Providence (R. I.) Journal, will lie an important witness for Mrs. Marv C. Melvin, who with the aid of Gaston H. Means, is fighting to prove the validity of the alleged second will of James C. King, most of whose estate, now valued at $5,000,000, will become Mrs. Melvin 's property, if the will is genuine, counsel for Means announced to day. They petitioned Circuit Judge Baldwin to permit Mr. Rathom to make a deposit ipn that Means showed him the contested will in October or November, 1915. Judge Baldwin consented. It is the contention of the Northern Trust Company, trustee of the estate, that Means, before he showed the will to anyone made a prolonsed and thorough investigation of King's life. "He showed the will to Rathom in 1915," Mrs. Melvin 's attorneys declar ed, "shortly after he found it and asked Mr. Rathom to have it photographed be cause he wanted to send photographs to various typewriter manufacturers to de termine what typewriter was used in writing the will. Investigation was made to get evidence to prove the genu ineness of the will . ' ' SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON SWEPT BY SEVERE STORM SPOKANE, Wash., July 14. A vio lent windstorm, accompanied by a cloud burst, wrecked buildings and did damage to grain which will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars all over the Palouse district of southeastern Washington last night. Pullman, Winona, Wanawai, Union Flats and a half dozen other towns in Washington reported farm houses un roofed and barns demolished. The Wash ington state college farm at Pullman sus tained damage to buildings and crops estimated at $50,000. No loss of life was reported. BIG FURNITURE SALE v BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY On another page of today's Gazette the Gastonia Furniture Company makes announcement of a big reduction sale which is to begin at their store Friday morning, July lflth, when their entire stock will be thrown on the market at re ductions which will mark a sensation in furniture circles. This enterprising firm has proven the. worth of newspaper advertising as a means of reaching the people, and they are using The Daily Gazette as the best medium for extending to all the people of Gaston bounty a cordial invitation to ha present at the very opening of the sale, 9:00 o'clock Friday morning. See the special offers good only when store opens Friday morning. . FOCH ALLIED CONFERENCE AT SPA German Delegates Show No Disposition to Yield to Allies' Demands Concerning Coal. CHICAGO MURDERER A . STRANGE CHARACTER (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 14 Carl Wanderer was transferred today from the Hudson avenue detention home to the country jail, where he was placed in "mur derers row . " He is the strangest and the calmest inmate in the history of that row, police said. It was expected that during the day the two murder indictments against Wan derer, voted Monday by a grand jury, would be returned before Chief Justice Crowe, of the criminal court . They were delayed to permit the police to ques tion Wanderer further. The prisoner spent the greater part of the day reading half a dozen prayer books and bibles, which were brought to him by his father, and his sisters, whom he saw for the first time since he was placed under arrest. The former army lieutenant, who slew his wife and a man whom he had hired to be on hand sq he could' be killed and branded as a highwayman said that death by hanging cannot come too soon. COTTON CONSUMED IN JUNE OVER 500,000 BALES (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 14. Cotton consumed during June amounted to 555, 521 bales of lint and .'W,W0' of linters, the census bureao announced today. During June a year ago 474,380 bales of lint and 15,0.S.1 of linters werecon sumed. Cotton on hand June 30 in consuming establishments was 1,534,923 bales of lint and 270,171 of linters, compared with 1.3H3.049 hales of lint and 263,804 of linters a year ago; and in public storage and at compresses 2,304,639 bales of lint and 374,648 of linters, compared with 2,765,771 of lint and 207.7M1 of linters, a yearago. June imports were 19,635 bales, com pared with 17,269 in June, 1919, and ex ports were 241,450 bales, including 3,860 bales of linters, compared with 690,169 of lint and 3,710 of linters in June last year. Cotton spindles active during June numbered 34,503,754, compared with 33,950,358 in June a year ago. June statistics for cotton growing states are: Consumed 313,474 bales, compared with 258,820 in June last year. On hand June 30, in consuming estab lishments 757,304 compared with 635,910 and in publie storage and at compresses 1,958,498 compared with 2,511,356. Cotton spindles active during June numbered 15,081,044 compared with 14, 541,296 In June a year ago. BELIEVED STEP TOWARD SOLUTION COAL TROUBLES (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 14 Decision of the interstate commerce commission to extend for 30 days its order giving pre ferential distribution of open top cars to coal mines east of the Mississippi was accepted today by mine operators gen erally as a step that wouM aid material ly in solving the eoal transportation problem. The decision, which was an nounced late yesterday, came too late for formal consideration by the conference of operators who had held a two day meeting here to discuss methods of re lieving' a threatened coal shortage in New England and the northwest this winter. Individually, however, the op erators were well pleased. NO REPORTS REACH WASHINGTON OF OVERTHROW OF BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT (By the Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 13 Neither the state department nor the Bolivian lega tion has received any reports of the over throwing of the Bolivian government. While no dispatches have been received by the state department from La Pas for three days, previous information had in dicated, that President Guerra had a strong hold on the government. The fact that the reported overthrow of the government came from Lima was regarded by officials as significant. They explained that Bautista Savera had led a pro-Peruvian movement in La Pas and that on several former occasions he had sent out alarming reports ' about growing hostility in Bolivia " to ward Chile regarding the question , of sea port outlet to Bolivia. . COMES TO (By Thb Associated Press.) i SPA, Belgium, July 14. In So effort to compose the differences between the Germans and the allies over the question of coal deliveries by Germany and prevent a break up of the conference here a series of informal conferences was arranged early this afternoon. Following a brief talk which the sec retary of Ir. Walter Simons, the German foreign minister, had with Sir Philip Kerr, secretary to Premier Lloyd George at the villa Fraincuz this noon, it was stated that conferences looking to this end would be held. SPA, Belgium, July 14. No dispo sition was shown by Chancellor Fehren bach and Foreign Minister Simons this morning to yield to the allies on the question of coal deliveries. "The German delegatiou regrets that the conference may be dissolved without further agreement," said Dr. Simons to the correspondent, "but we have done as much as we could, and await the action of the allies." The allied ministers appear equally firm In their decision that Germany shall deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly. Field Marshal Wilson, of Great Britr ain, who was summoned here yesterday by the supreme allied council, after the German delegates engaged in the confer ence had rejected the allied solution of the coal delivery problem, is expeeted to arrive here tonight. He is expected to confer immediately with Marshal Foch, of France, who also was summoned by the council, and with the allied premiers. 'In some quarters there is expectation that the Germans will make a fresh offer during the day. Marshal Foch and General Weygand, his assistant, arrived here from Paris at 3:30 o'clock this morning, aud, with the entire French delegation, called on Pre mier Millerand to present their respects on the occasion of the French -national holiday. Later the delegates held a con sultation before going to the conference. Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chan cellor, and head of Germany's delegation here, and Dr. Simons, German foreign minister, suggested to the allied govern ments that they send a commission com posed of ministers and experts to Essen to meet' workingmen and their represen tatives for the purpose of talking over the urgency of increasing coal produc tion. This proposal was made yesterday afternoon, but the premiers have not re plied as yet. 1 KANSAS CHURCHES USE MOVIES FOR ADVERTISING. TOPEKA, Kans., July 13. The mov ing picture theaters have been enlisted as an advertising medium by the Grace Epis copal cathedral here. A reel of pictures of the church and various activities such as those of the Girls' Friendly Society, choir processional, a May f.ete on the church grolinds, the Men's Club, the girls' summer camp and others, has been made and'' are shown twice a week in local theaters. "Why shouldn't we use the 'movies' to advertise our churches," said the Bev. Ja mes P. deB. Kaye, dean of the cathe dral. "Churches should get as close as possible to the people." VILLA'S MANIFESTO DELIVERED TO HUERTA GOVERNMENT SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 14. Res tqration of the constitution of 1857 and the abolishment of the constitution of 1917, which is now in force, is the prin cipal demand contained in a copy of Franeisco Villa's manifesto to the de la Huerta government, which has reached here from Villa's camp south of the Big Bend district. Other demands made in the manifesto are: The immediate resignation of General P. Elias Calles from the portfolio of min ister of war and marine, and the with drawal of all federal officers from the Obregonista army in Chihuahua, and that Francisco Villa be authorized to name one of his generals commander of the north in charge of all operations in the state of Chihuahua. Failure to comply with any or all of these demands will cause Villa to reopen hostilities in northern Mexico and ''begin a new reign of terror," according to the manifesto. July 15 is the date given ia ' the demand for the resumption of hostili ties if the new government fails to meet, the demands. , . - Mrs. Hal Little, of MeAdenville, who underwent a noperation at the City Hos pital Monday, is reported today as rest ing very well. J;iv Of. English iavention is a revolving fireplace that eaa be so installed in a house, that it ean be turned to heat r -y one ol'lonr rooms, at the tr- im plying hot water to all four. I