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CICTp'l county, ths fine ' ' : combed 7T" . Buanf acturing center ef ths ,' South. Mir tula fourth U ' America; 1.025,92$ spindles. Ill V-'V. v stoma" Daily Gazette GASTO beautiful homes and prosperous people a place worth living ia. Pop latioa 1271; 123 p. c gain- MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS yOL XLI. NO. 191. GASJONIA, U. C4 TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTO RESSB of s m YOULD BLOCKADE RUSSIA ,:.x ? STRICT TERMS ( Nothing Has Been .Made Public Until Premier George Speaks: In V House of Commons Sweden, Norway and Denmark Will be Asked : to Suspend Exports to Russia - Could Not Apr peal to League of Nations. V ' (Py the Associated Press.) " PABIS , Aug , iO-t-While nothing will fe made public relative to the conclusions reached at the Hythe conference on i Bn ay and Monday until Premier UoyJ Oeorge speaks in the house of eommons. ' : 1 understood that he and Premier 3filleraad agreed upon steps to be tan 1 4n in tne event the boUheviki seek to im : poee eruahlng terms on Poland at Minsk inTwedaesday, says a Havas dispatch " from Hythe.v These steps eonstat of a naval blockade, of Bussia by the British 0eet. ailed by French destroyers. ' i Nedghboring ? neutral nations, : . such as " Sweden, Deamark and Norway, would be aiked to suspend epertt to Bussia; and v tjiur aid the fight against the world dang ' r of botahevism, and eventually the al .'' lie may appeal to Germany to effect the isotation of Bussia by land. ' " Another measure considered consists of forming a defensive front against Bus ia by appealing to Letvia, Lithuania, CMueasus and Aserbajin as well as other tatea formerly parts of the Bussian em . pire. General Wrangle, the antVbol ) sbevik leader in southern Bussia, would be aupported by both England and V France, and Poland would naturally re ceive every material and moral aid. If she should be eut off from Damig, ma teriala might be sent to her through Caecho-Slovakia. There was no ques "tioii of sending French and British troops to Poland. Should the bolshevik continue A stubborn and provocative attitude, the ' soviet trade mission in Ixmdon will be jgiven a week to leave that city, and the commercial negotiations, which might Siave soon transformed into political con Tersations, would be broken off. The premiers at one time," the Havas dispatch adds, "considered ap ' pealing to the league of nations to set tle the Russo-Jt'olisn proDiems uui . were TIO MiUK UUOOW vimjm I' .ki;os1 ttttnimize .that the league as . i . ..tint, and t.hftt. the vei iaca umiui u. .hbi experiment might result in failure, which would have a regrettable effect on the future of that organization . " PREMIER GEORGE HOPEFUL. vnwnnN. An: 10 "I am still lopeful of peace," were the opening -words f Premier George's announce- snent in the house of commons today with regard to the Russo-Poliah crisis. XUS$IANS CUT WARSAW- - DANZIG RAILWAY , ' - PARIS: Aug. 10 The Russians have captured the town of Ciechanow, thus " cutting the Warsaw-Danzig railway, ac cording to reports fr,om the French mili tary mission to Warsaw, received by the - foreign office today. ' UNNECESSARY TO SEND ALLIED TROOPS TO POLAND PABIS, Aug.' 10 The military de V cisions reached at the Hythe conference between Premiers Lloyd eGorge and Mil lerand and their-advisers were as fol lows, according to the French foreign of - tlee: . . First That it was impracticable and ' unnecessary to send allied troops to Po land, and; ' Second The integrity, of Poland's - -western frontier was guaranteed. (This palpably means that any effort by G$r- - many to use the present erisis in an at tempt to regain any of the ; territory ceded to Poland under the treaty of ; Versailles would be decisively negatived by the allies. ) j , , Third That the allies would eontinue ' sending munitions and skilled officers to ' Poland: ' CREAT BBTAIN HAD -; SEVERAL ANXIOUS DAYS JiONIKJN.r Aug. , 10. Great Britain v bas been given a fey very' anxious days a result of the-Polish situation. No body in th5 country wants to embark la another war. Not only has England no soldiers to send, but the whole community . Is tire of war and c-erburdfiTd with taxation.'. vVvJ- V-'-- Beeults of the Hythe 'conferenca are " r considered as a compromise between the - British and Freneh, as all the decisions reached at recent conferences xhava been- ' Sunday's proceedings were proclaimed by the Fmch to be a victory for the policy f Premier -Milleratd, but yesterday's seems to hare been success for Premier I IMPOSE TOO TEf.TiESSEE SUFFRAGISTS ARE GREATLY ENCOURAGED Gorernor Cox Sends. Message of Hope and Cheer to Lead ers in Tennessee T,wo Sick Legislators, Come . Despite Illness. (By.The Associated Press.) NASBLLE, Tenn., Aug. 10. Suf frage advocates were hopeful that first steps toward ratification of the women suffrage amendment would be taken to day by the Tennessee legislature with the introduction of resolutions of ratification in the senate and house. Both houses were to convene at 10 o'clock. The suffragists were greatly encour aged over the prospects of a successful outcome of the contest as the result of a telegram from Governor Cox, democratic presidential nominee, to Miss Charl Wil liams, of Memphis, vice chairman of the democratic national committee, and chair man of the woman 's general ratification committee, which Mill Williams made public today. "I sincerely hope the Tennessee legis lature may ratify the suffrage amend ment at once," the governor telegraphed. "It is not onlv a matter of justice and right, hut I believe one of utmost benefit to the demoeraic party, because the great issue upon which the campaign will be decided will find its response to the demo cratic appeal in the hearts of American women. ' ' Miss Williams declared the nominee's message was expected to have much weight in bringing about victory and said that several members of the assembly who Dreviously had been advised of us con- tsnta ovnroaaad the nmninn ratification i n i n v - - -f i waa almost certain. ! TA lA;ulatnri favnrftlilA to Rllff rflffA. i w uifuivu t . w . and whose health was such that they were unable to come to Nashville alone, arrived last nighTto vote for ratification. Sena W a C. Collin, republican, of Elizabeth- ton, is very old and for months has been I .. T ! U - . III, Dut Tne lengrny journey iruiu me i eastern end of the state did not deter him from making the trip. Representative R. L. Dowle'n, democrat, of Ashland City, who recently was discharged from a hos pital, was brought to Nashville, in an au tomobile, by friends. "If I live,' I'm going to be up there to vote for that amendment," he said, as lje was lifted from the car and carried to his room. He had selected quarters within a stone's throw of the capital in order that he ! might be taken to his seat with little in convenience. COX QUIET TODAY. DAYTON. O., Aug. 10. After voting today in the democratic primary Gov ernor Cox had two clear days to close up affairs here before starting for Camp Perry, Ohio, to spea next Tuesday. The governor had no callers on his list today, and hoped to dispose of all correspond ence flowing in on the heels of his noti fication address. He has ordered all fur ther mail sent to the executive office at Columbus. Governor Cox east ballot No. 12 at Carmonte, a village near Trail's End, his home, about 10 o'clock today on his way to his newspaper office here. The polling booth waa in a combination bar bershop, printing office and tobacco and stationery store. The governor was greeted by several friends, including a lathered man in the barber's chair. Lloyd George. The British premier apparently had two policies for dealing with the present siuation. One ia to arrange terms with the bolsheviki of Russia, and the other is to help Germany get on her feet, both poeies antagonistic to what appears to be the French9 view. France wants the allies to support Poland 'by ail possible means', and suspicion of any assistance to Germany seems to be apparent, as Freneh newspaper have recently been outspoken ia opposition to the policy ef Mr. Lloyd George, The third important member of the alliance, Italy, was not represented at Hythe,' but it ia asserted she ia in entire aeocrd with Mr. Uoyd. George and has opened diplomatic relations with so viet Russia, although her allies have- re fused to take a similar atep. .. SUFFRAGE VILL GOME UP THURSDAY III RALEIGH j Preliminary P o 1 f s Indicate i.inui r iirni uutci uvi uuv- ett to Urge- Ratificaion - Scales and fcrerett are Lead ers For Suffrage. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 10 The North Carolina legislature met today in extraordinary session to consider ratifica tion of the federal suffrage amendment and local tax matters. Ratification was not mentioned in the message from Gov ernor Bickett read at the opening ses sion, but'the governor has announced that he will submit the amendment Thursday with a special message recommending its approval. The executive's message today was de voted wholly tp tax matters. He sub mitted figures compiled by the state tax commission showing that under the re valuation act the total value of all prop erty in the state was placed at $3,139, 000,000, as against $1,099,000,000 in 1919. On the basis of this showing the governor recommended that the consti tutional tax limitation for state and county purposes be reduced from 6 2-3 cents on $100 to 15 cents, not including the school tax. It is understood Senator Lindsey M. Warren, of Beaufort county, has been asked to introduce the bill to reject the i suffrage amendment and that he will lead the fight against ratification in the senate. Former Lieut. Gov. Robert A. Dough ton, of Alleghany county, is looked upon as the most likely to lead the opposition i in the house.. Senator Scales, of Guil .ford, and Representative Everett, of Richmond, are expected to lead the fight , for ratification in the seuate and house, ; respectively. Suffrage leaders say they will not wait on the action of Tennessee, but will launch the fight for ratification as soon as Governor Bickett submits the amend ment. Both antl and suffragist leaders to day expressed satisfaction with the out look, although it was admitted on all aides that the vote ou ratification will be very close. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 10. Although the North Carolina legislature convenes I today in special session to consider taxa tion reforms and ratification of the fed eral woman suffrage amendment, leaders in both house! predicted that the suffrage question would not come up before Thurs day. Governor Bickett 's message to the legislators today was devoted entirely to taxation. In another message Thursday, it was announced at his office, the gov ernor will urge ratification of the suf- I irage amendment. Preliminary polls indicate a close fight, according to anti-suffragists, who report ed a slight majority in the house opposed to ratification and a majority of the sen ate in favor of the amendment. Senator A. M. Scales will lead the fight for rati fication in the senate, while Representa tive W. N. Everett will head the pro suffrage forces in the house. Democratic leaders in the legislature, it was said today, plan to hold a con ference the latter part of the week to decide on a course of action in reference to the suffrage question." " SUFFRAGE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES BOARD i Special to The Daily Gazette. j BELMONT, Aug. 10. Interest in the ! m . is u ii m ge question in oaston county has greatly increased within the last few months. Mrs. W. B. Puett, president of the Gaston County Equal Suffrage League, which has among its membership many of the most progressive and public spirited women of the county, announces that the following men have consented to serve on the Gaston county men's ad visory board in the present campaign for ratificafion: Rev. J. H. Henderlite, D. D., Ernest R. Warren, CoL C. B. Arm strong, Major A. L. Bulwinkle, A. G. Myers, A. K. Winget, a C. Hendricks, H. R. Thompson, Joseph H. 6epark, Rev. J. W. C. Johnston, Geo. W. Ragan. J. Lander Gray, R. G. Patrick, Geo. W. Wil son, W. N. Pharr, Mayor R, G. Cherry. E. D, Atkins; Sam A. Robinson, R. B. Babington, Hugh A. Query and L. E. Rankin, of Gastonia; A. P. Rhyne, W. T. Johnston and J. A. Costncr, of Mt. Hol ly; A. C. Llneberger, Rev. J. T, Dendy, Mayor W. D. Crawford, Dr. C. R. Mc Ad ams and Rev. Geo. EL Johnston, of Bel mont. As will "be seen by the foregoing list, some of the most prominent men of the eounfy thus place themselves ia favor of North Carolina becoming the "immortal 36th." . ' . HARDING DISCUSSES QUESTION'S OF POLITICAL STRATEGY (From Wednesday's Daily.) MlRION, O, Ang. 10. Major ques tions of political strategy, together with many details of party management, were give! consideration by Senator Harding today in consultation with active leaders of his campaign. - - - - PRESIDENT OF POLAND o Uenerai Pilaundsici, prescient or the lie public of Poland, who is actively com manding the Polish armies in the field against the advancing Bolsheviki. PUBLIC HEALTH NORSE WAS BUSY DURING JULY Following is a partial report of Miss Alice Ward, public health nurse, for the month of July: Number cases under care first month 155 Number of new cases 33 Total number cases during month 188 Number cases dismissed 11 Number of eases at end of month 177 Condition of discharge: Recovered 3 t To industrial nurses 8 Nursing visits 40 Infant welfare visits 2 Tuberculosis visits 12 Attendance at tuberculosis clinics ... 91 Other visits 26 Total visits 40 Analysis of new cases: Reiorted by families 3 Reported by .others 30 Ages of patients treated: 2 to 6 years 1 6 to 20 years 2 Over 20 years 30 Nature of cases: Tuberculosis 30 All others 3 Seventy-four interviews were given aud three social service visits were made. Record for other work for month: July 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19 and 24 assisted Dr. C. S. Mangum in anti typhoid clinic. July 7th, visited dental clinics. July 17th, at 8:30 p. ni., ut the Red Cross rooms Dr. Mangum lectured to the puMic health nurses. July 9th, attended a meeting of t tie Associate Charities. July 15th and 22nd, visited each mem ber of committee appointed for the movement to secure a tuberculosis sani torium for Gaston county. Attended first committee meeting. July 21st at 8:30 p.m. Dr. C. 8. Mangum lectured on "The Nervous Sys tem." All nurses were invited. The public health nurses, all the nurses from the Gaston County Sanitorium. Dr. Gar rison aud Dr. Henry Glenn were pres ent. Dr. Mangum delivered a most in teresting and instructive lecture to the nurses. July 19th, attended meeting of com munity workers at Ldray community house. July 2ith and 31st, tuberculosis clinics three days at Loray community house and three days at Red Cross rooms; 91 pa tients examined; 22 were found iositive and 5 probable. Dr. Spruill and Miss Katherine Myers of the State Board of Health Mere the directors of the clinics. August 1, attended meeting of county commissioners with committee on tuber culosis sanitorium. DR. E. E. RANDOLPH GOES TO N. C. STATE COLLEGE WEST RALEIGH, Aug. 7. Dr. Ed gar E. Randolph has been appointed as sistant professor of chemistry at State College to succeed Dr. Harry I, Johnson, resigned. He will teach qualitative analysis and physical chemistry. Dr. Randolph comes to the State Col lege with an enviable record aa a teacher and for original research in his field. He received his A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. degrees at the University of North Caro lina. His researches here won for him a scho'trship to Columbia University and a fellowship to Cornell. During his three years of graduate work and study, Dr. Randolph was a Carnegie Research As sistant, a considerable part of this period being spent at the Ctty College of New York, where he was head assistant in the laboratories of qualitative analysis, physiological and pharmaceutical chem istry, and toxicology. After the completion of his graduate work. Dr. Randolph taught for eight years-in two standard colleges. Ia the fall of 1918 he was called to the A. A M. Colelge of Texas. EMPLOYES AMERICAN EXPRESS INCREASE 16 CENTS AN HOUR Eighty Thousand Employes Benefit by Raise Which is Retroactive to May 1, 1920 - Express Company Will Raise Its Rates to Meet Increas ed Labor Cost. OHIO IS ELECTING . STATE OFFICIALS TODAY Congressional Senatorial and Gubernatorial Elections Be ing Held in Buckeye State. (By The Associated Press.) C0LUMBU8, O., Aug. 9, Ohio, this year's chief aource of presidential nomi nees, goes to the polls tomorrow to choose from among its sons, candidates for sen atorial, congressional and state offices. Among the men who voters will pass upon in this primary are rormer Gov ernor Frank B. Willis, who placed Sena tor Harding in nomination at the Repub lican national convention, and Walter F. Brown, of Toledo, a leader in the old Progressive party, both candidates for United States Senator, from Cleveland, all running in the Republican primaries. For the Republican ticket there are a number of spirited contests. There are few contests on the Democratic ticket. The leading contests on the Republican ticket are for United States senator, and governor. For the senatorial nomination there are five candidates, Walter F. Brown, former Governor Willis, Justice R. 'M. W'jui an maker of the state supreme court, Macy .Walcutt, of Columbus, and J. P. Walser, of Elyria. In the Democratic senatorial contest, the two entrants ore W, A. Julian, a Cin cinnati business man, and A. V. O 'Neil, a judge of the Akron municipal court and overseas veteran. A. V. Donahey, of New Philadelphia, state auditor, is un opposed for the Democratic nomination for governor. The Republican gubernatorial contest, however, is a spirited one with four can didates entered. They are Colonel Ralph D. Cole, of Finlay, former Mayor Harry L. Davis, of Cleveland, Representative Roscoe C. McCulIoch, of Canton and David Wesley Wood, of Ohio Soldiers' Home at Sandusky. Colonel Cole, a for mer Congressman, served with the 37th (Ohio National Guard) division in France. He was a candidate for the sen atorial nomination in 1916. Davis was three times elected mayor of Cleveland, resigning when he became a candidate for the nomination for governor. Wood, a Civil War veteran, is an inmate of the soldiers' home at Sandusky. He never has been in a political contest before. All of the 14 Republican congressmen are up for renomiiiation and only two, Jolm G. Cooper, of Voungstown, ami Henry I. Kuierson, of Cleveland, have op position in tlie primary. Representative Emerson is opposed by former Senator Theodore E. Burton. Mr. Burton did not seek renomiiiation in 1916 being Ohio's candidate for the presidential nomina tion. For some years he has been associ ated with a New York bank and his re entrance into Ohio politics is looked mon with much interest. Of the eight Democratic Congressmen, all are seeking re-nomination excepting Warren Gard, of Hamilton, and Clement L. Brumbaugh, of Columbus. Both parties have a full list of candidates in each of the 22 districts. Spirited contests have developed for the other state offices, for which there are many candidate on both tickets. AMERICA PUFFED UP SAYS JAP NEWSPAPER TOKIO, Aug. 6 Assertions that Americans are "fostering disloyalty among the people of Japan and that American missionaries in Korea are "using the eloak of Christianity to in still anti-Japanese sentiment there," are made in a series of articles appear ing daily in the newspaper Eokumin Shimbun. This journal is considered the organ of the military groups. America is declared to be " using Jap anese educators, thinkers and business men as tools to spread dangerous thoughts, destroy military discipline and influence Japanese youths to avoid con scription in the army." The news paper says Americans "foment labor troubles" for the purpose of hindering Japanese industrial development and re ducing -her production. vv 1 "Anerica is puffed up since the war" says another article "and considers her self the sole arbiter of the world. '' . 1IERICAN RAILWAY COMPANY GIVEN (By the Associated Presa.) CHICAGO, Aug. 10 Thirty million ' dollars was added today to the nation's ' express bill. The United States rail way labor board awarded the 80,000 " employes of the American Railway Ex press Company an increase of 16 cents an hour. The decision is retroactive to May 1, 1920. Under the terms of the Esch-Cummina transportation act the express company will be permitted to raise its rates suf ficiently to meet the Increased labor . coat. Arguments in the rate east al ready have been presented before the ia ter&tate commission at Washington. Today's award does not go into tits question of rules and working condition. As was the case last month, when tha board granted a (600,000,000 increase t f ' railway employee it waa announced thai a decision covering new working rales would be handed down later. The express decision applies to all ex- ' " press employes save 2,500 shopmen who -were ariven an increase at 13 nt am I hour in the railway award last month. The award to expressmen is slightly bet- . ter than the average increase to the rail road men, the board finding that express employes, as a class, were not so well paid as men in other lines of railroad work. Four unions are affected by the board's decision. They are: The Broherhod of Railway and Steam ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Qtation Employes. The International Brotherhod of Team- v stersT Chauffeurs, Local No. 720, of Chi cago, ' The Order of Railway Expressmen. ? For the purpose of the award the board divided express employes in five classes, but the increase granted was in each case the same, 16 cents an hour. Messengers and other employes in the train service whose hours are computed on a basis of a 240 hour month will receive an increase of 138.40. All other employes working' on the 204 hour per month basis wiH re ceive $32.64 more. The board directs that pay from May 1 to August 31 shall be paid to employes separately from their September checka in order that they may know the exact amount of back pay re ceived. ; Describing conditions in the express service, the board states, in its decish: "As in the case of the railroad em ployes, this long delay and succession of disappointments (referring to the unsuo- ' eessful efforts of the men to get an in crease early last spring), coupled with the pressure of a further rise in living, costs, produced deep and not unreason able dissatisfaction on the part of express eiiiployes, even to a greater degree than urwn many of the railroad employes, as . the wages paid to the express employes were generally less than those paid for analagous service by the railroads and ia many other industries. The express em ployes thus felt themselves called upon to make sacrifices, as they believed, far beyond those of any other class. For these reasons, and as a measure of jus tice, it was decided that this decision, .i when made, would be effective as of May 1, 1920, and that the increases herein specified should be slightly in excess of those decided upon for railroad employes performing similar service." Presidents of the express unions who were present when the award waa handed down, were non-committal of its accept ability, but the general impression, was that the labor board had been slightly more generous than either the unions or the express company had expected. Two of the unions had demanded increases of $51 per month, while the other two asked - an increase of $35 monthly. The Brotherhod of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,' Ex press and Station Employes will bold a grand lodge meeting here tonight to pass on the award. Abou 66,000 of the SO,- 0QO express employes are said to bo : bers of this union. ' ;V;.- x; CHICAGO,, Aug .10 The United States railway labor board today handed down a decision increasing wages of em ployes of the American Railway Express Company $30,000,000 yearly, v Eight thousand men not provided for by the recent $600,000,000 railway wsr award, are affected.