tTf j county Us 51,34 tUlLl peopi represeut (ng aa increase ( 1.3 pet cent, , a gala unequalled . by ' any ether ' county in Stats'. - county . -!7J,70. r.a:.U 7ti la : - c - A tziU county foi i r aril iavestor.- . - . 112 JIB 2 OF THB ASSOCIATID PSZSS !y 1 GASTONIA, NT C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1920 7c rLi. ro. 212.': SINGLE COPY 5 CENT I17P Y ,v,. IS PflflMPtLY PAID; GAllIltlY Zamora' Threatens to Execute American and -Britisher if His Demands for Money are Not 1 Soon Met- Refuses to Answer Government., , (By The Associated Press.) Y ETXICOrf CITf, $P? I --'Pedro Zamora, the Jalisco ' bandit, haa threat oed to ' execute W. A 4 (Sandy) Gard iner, as American citizen, and W.: B. Johnson, a British subject, who were kid--sapped by Zamora's band at Cuale en jlajnat 20. v This information' baa been ;givu Government authorities by deserting members ef the Zamora forces, 'who say that the threat to kin the two eapitivea may be put Into execution if the men are not ransomed immediately, according to dispatches 'received from military head quarters at Guadalajara. . It ia reported Zamora haa refuted to communicatiana from the Govern. it, presumably relative to the release f the two prisoners, and it Is said he haa increased the amount ef ranaoa required. The EaperanM Mining Company, which employed Gardiner at Cuale, "Ja holding the ranaome money ready, upon advice 175 CiYE COHDIAL 17ELGO:.TETO AMERICANS . TtiKJO, Sept' 8. The American con ?ess.onal party visiting Japan was wel comed at the railway atation upon its ar rival at the capital today by Viscount JTajire .Tsjiri, mayor of Tokio, who ia a .graduate of Yale in the class, of 1879, And a delegation front the Japanese diet. Alao at the station to greet tiie Ameri- cans ' were fcd ward neu. tae enarge '-. 4 'affaires, and. the ataff of the American embassy. - . . The crowd outside the station, which jraa kept within fixed limita by the po- lice, made no demonstration either for or Against the Americana as the party en tered special automobiles and proceeded -to the Imperial Hotel. A large force of ' detectives : And supplementary police rfoscly scruituneea au onenuus in we throne, supposedly because Of allegations that Koreans and Chinese were likely to attempt anti-Japanese manifestations on thia occasion.." , .;. , ' An extensive program of luncheons, re- 4ptions and dinners haa been arranged " jor the enterHunmeni ,ox ioo vtuMin. fieven Japanese girls, proficient in Eng- liah, will act as guides to the ladies of .yhe congressional party. , Thr press in Its comment on the arrival 1 of the Americans adopts a tone of eor Jial welcome, but demands that ' the spokesmen of Japan seize the oppor tunity to discuss American relations with the visitors In' the frankest spirit. HESIGilS AS HEAD RUSSIJN . V.; PEACE DELEGATION WABSAW, Sep. &--M .X Bnnishveaky " liaa resigned as head of .the Russian 1 Bolshevik delegation to negotiate an wmistice agreement and a. peace treaty " with Poland, ; and has been replaced by Adolph Abramowics Joff e, former soviet . ambassador to Germany and chairman of the Russian peace delegation at Brest ' Iitofsk, according to Moscow advices ' received - here, v- M' . . Danishevsky re igMd because ' the soviet gbvernment I agreed to carry on further negotiations with Poland at BigaY The personnel of the new soviet delegation 11 not at present anowB but will be communicated to Pol . Ssh gevernment officials later. . Prinee Saieha,. Polish foreign min , ister, . received a . wireless message from eorge Tchiteherin, Bolshevik minister of foreign affairs, stating that the -essential ' condition, as to the Riga conference was a guarantee of the Immunity of the Rus sian and Ukranian delegates, the right to free and uninterrupted : communication in code by telegraph and wireless and by courier carrying , , diplomatic ; , sealed -pouches. Upon receiving such guaraa - tee, M. Tchiteherin said, the soviet dele ; cation; win leave or Riga with full ' power to agree to an- armistice prelimi . nary to peace and to negotiate final peace . treatr. :- : Prince Sapieha haa wired the Polish minister in Riga to obtain the demanded "- guarantee from the Lethian government and to communicate the result direct to the Bolshevik minister in that city. , I ." ;;- NOTICE; v , : : On account of thw: absence from the eity of several of the officers there will t ao rejnalsr meeting of Woodall Be-J tciah Lodge No. 128 tonight. , " i:r.3. r. a: catiiet, sc, DIE BOUTWilttoOFF . : m 5 III fiAin OR SHIHE Weather Will. Not , A f f e c t ' Championship Contest Be tween Dempaey and Miske Monday. - i . : (By the Associated Preaa.) BENTON HAEBOR, Mich . , Sep. 3--Rala will not eause' a postponement of the heavyweight ehampionship contest be tween Jack pempsey and Billy Miakej set for Monday afternoon, promoter Fits aimmons announced today. The ring and a large part of the open air arena will be covered with a huge canvas early on the day of the fight if the weather' ia threatening and the heavyweight rivals will go into the ring on schedule, time no matter if there is a downpour. . The referee situation ia expected to be cleared up today 'with (he arrival of Thoinaa Bigger, chairman of the state athletic com mission. -Jack Kearns, man ager of the champion, said that he would insist npon naming an official of his own selection. , ' Promoter Fitxsimmona. said that 'the advance sale has reached $50,000 and that indications were favorable for a total gate of $150,000. The work of raising the ring eighteen inches haa been completed and a barbed wire fence has been 'built around the en tire arena. Promoter Fitxaimmona said that in or der to prevent. $5 general admission seats from falling into the hands of apecub j t, it haa been decided not to plae- these seata on sale until the morning ol the contest. Only few scattering wagera have beeu (made on the outeome of the match . There is plenty 'of Oempsey money in sight, but the Miske dollars are scarce. One wager of $5,000 at even money that Miske would stay the limit was snatched up quickly. One bet of $10,000 to $8, 000 was recorded that Dempaey would win . , George A. Barton, "u sporting editor of Minneapolis, who refereed the first fight between Dempsey and Miske at 8t. Paul in May, 1919, in an interview today siad Miske held Dempeey to a draw in ; theif 10 Man encounter "Those who gave the fight to Demp sey" Barton said, "based their decision on the seventh round in which Jack, hit Billy on the chin with a terrific right upper-cut. . If the blow had floored Miske or if he had been forced to run or clinch to save himself the sporting writers might have been justified in awarding the contest to Dempsey. . "However, Miske waa not forced to run or clinch in order to save himself. Instead he came right back with a rush and drove Dempsey all over the ring! I figure that Miake's spurt after receiv ing auch a vicious bio wevened up mat ters. Miske held his own in the other nine rounds and clearly was entitled to a draw. " . i &7ER 300 CONTRACTORS TO BE PROSECUTED (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sep. 3 Department of Justice officials today were preparing to push vigorously the prosecution of more than three hundred contractors Al leged o have been involved in contro versies over war aontracta . Millions of dollars. are said by officials to be involved in the case, which, it waa stated, would be insitituted in both criminal and civil eourts in various sections of the country. ' Most of the prosecution win be started. Department officials said, as a result of information received from the War De partment. Other governmental depart ments were understood to be planning to request court proceedings against some of the contractors with whom . they hare dealt. ; '; :.; - ;.-. : The "contracts on which 'prosecutions I will be based, it was stated at the De- nartment of Justice. ialiui ar , - r - MivuavuvB ,Tfor the furnishing of various kinds of war supplies as well as for the const tve tion of'campa, eantonmenta and ware houses used by the army during the war . .' It was predicted by department officials that' many of the controversies involving 'honest mistakes' on the part of the contracting firms probably would be set tled out of eourt'. V . A hanger haa been patented that sus pends a towel from two corners so au can circulate through and dry it. rain gastc::lt.:;s view .:- .7 DEAD BOH BODY Identity of , Youth Killed '"at . Greensboro, However, Re mains a JMystery . Had Been ' With Uncle in Basic, City, I j Va., and Said Hi Home Was fV in Gastonii . Detailed De . -acription... ';r , v , i So far all efforts to identify the young man 'who met death early Sunday morn ing 1 the yards;rof .the Southern at Greensboro and wholt is believed, was a Gastonia youth, have been nnavailing. At least two Gastonians, Mr. J. E.vDea vera and Mr. J. T. Groves, both of whom had boys away from home whose where sbouta were, nnknown " have been to Greensboro to view the body and have returned home. . Each is satisfied that the boy wss not his son. . Neither saw the remains, ' as the', body was buried Wednesday because of the fact that his injuries were of . such a nature that it was found impracticable to embalm the body. However, an excellent photograph was taken and a view of thia convinced both the Gastonia men that the boy was the son of neither. Thia photograph is now in the' hands of Chief of Police Orr and may be seen at the city hall by any interested party. . As a result of the story regarding the young man's desth as published in Mon day's Gazette, at least two other Gas tonians made inquiries at the police de partment and were advised to go to Greensboro to see the body. No record of their names waa kept at the city hall, however, and it ia not known who they were. It ia stated by the Greensboro undertakers, Messrs. Hinton A Teagub, that at least four persons from Gastonia had been y their establishment to make inquiries regarding the body. - Mr. J. T. Groves, who returned to Gns tonia on an early morning train today, made a thorough investigation and glean ed the following description of the boy: Age, 14 to 18 years. , Height, 5 feet, 3 inches. ' Weight 130 to 140 pounds. Hsir. dark brown. Eyea, blue. Prominent cheek bones. Wore black suit, brown cloth hat, tan shoes, striped shirt and collar and four-in-hand tie. Had slight srar under chin and slight scar on right forearm underneath hand. Had coma ony hand, indicating that he had been doing manual labor. .Had small, smooth, ven teeth. , Had hatijit of biting finger nails. The only article found on his person was a small grip key. The "brakeman on the freight train on which the unknown boy came into Greena boro states that this boy, in company with one or perhaps two others, was beat ing his way on the train, At Danville they were put tfff but evidently got on again though they were not seen any more until detected in the act of alight- ing from the freight train at it eame into" the Greensboro yards. This boy told the brakeman his name, but the Jrakeniad remembered only the first name which was Tom.. He said he had been staying with an uncle in Basis Utty, Va., that he was broke and that he was trying to get to his home in Gastonia. Mr. Groves' suspicions were aroused when, on phoning to Schoolfield, Va., where he knew his boy had been for some time, he was told that his son left Schoolfield Saturday night on a freight train. He feared that the unfortunate b5y might have been his son, but is convinced that such, is not the case, notwithstanding the fact that his son has not yet arrived in Gastonia. That the dead boy was in all probabil ity a Gastonia box seems certain and the police department is willing to co-operate in any way possible to secure tba -identification of the body. Any. Gastonia fami lies having boys away from home whoae whereabouts are unknown will find the department ready to give any aid it can in thenattter. CHARGED WITH BEATING . CHILD TO DEATH (By The Associated Press.) DEFIANCE, O., Sep. 3 Accused of having beaten Arthur Gerald Bullock, three-year-old son of hia houst-keeper, Ida May Bullock, to death with a leather har ness tug last July 8, Josuha Botkins, a Noble Township fanner, 'went on trial here today. The jury was completed late yesterday and taken to the alleged scene of the crime. Botkins is charged with first degree murder. He is alleged J to have held the chQd by the ankles while administer ing the beating which resulted in the child 'adeath before the arrival of physi cians.; - t- - " It required several days to fill the jury, more than one hundred men being excused on challenges by the defense, ' ' -PARIS, Sept. British, French, Italian and German . delegates have ar rived at Strcaa, Italy, f or a conference at which will be arranged the conditions of payments and advances to be made to Germany forThe delivery of coal to the Allies. ''.-. " ' , '' 'V '' - am notiwii tnaii shreds jo ami) t Sariooqt q sjonrnq suS V)q2ir tr lpd to po;ireil uvq rq jnid y p. & h: TMicris in - -DJCToyscQiino;! Y. 4 .' As Result of Bad Rail Cpnnec : - tions Electrolysis U Damag v inf Water Mains and Pedes j' trians are Subjected to Poa v; sibility of Dangerous Shocks h City Takes Action. ' '.-'..-. .... - , The, dangerous condition of the tracks and roadway of the P. A N. lines through the eity was reported to the city council at its meeting Tuesday night by City Manager Alexander. "' The council imme diately empowered him ' to instruct the P. ft N. to remedy this condition. The track' when laid had good con nections between each rail for the return of the eleetrie current. '.But now these connections are broken at several" points. A bad . break exists at the ' corner of Franklin avenue and South street. These faulty connections cause the eurrent, fol lowing the line of least ' resistance, to shoot straight down to the water mains. Following the water pipe until an easier path is found on a line of well-connected rails, the eurrent again passes along the track." B,ut in running throughtbe water mains the. electricity causes what is known as electrolysis, or chemical de composition. A number of cases of such decomposition have been brought to the attention of City Manager Alexander. He has at his office now a 'length of iron pipe which has been eaten through by the action of this grounded current. Mrs Alexander tells of a 2 1-2 inch water main which, , during a fire in a city in Florida where he was located, at the time when there was imperative need for it, blew up. Exactly similar is the possi bility for Gastonia. Furthermore, imperfect connections at certain points on the line make walk ing across the tracks of the P. ft N. dangerous for pedestrians.. By chance getting hia feet on the tnds of rails joined by an imperfect connection, per son is in peril of receiving a severe shock, if nothing worse. The voltage carried through the rails is about 1,100, an amount easily sufficient to seriously shock a person, if not to cause death. A man working in a ditch out on Franklin avenue reently received such a shock, just after the car passed, that he was knocked out for an hour. It ia ex pected that the 1. & N. will not allow its trucks to remain in such a condition as to menace the safety of the public COX ROTARIANS' GUEST At LANSING TODAY EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX, Sept. 3. The western swing of Gov. opened informally at sunrise today when the Democratic Presidential nominee ad dressed a crowd at the railroad station in Toledo while en route to Michigan. . "We're in the fight to win. We will win because our cause deserves to win," he told his listeners. In urging the League of Nations Gov. Cox referred to the present disagreement over German indemnities. "The Voice of America," he said, ' ' must fix it Now they say that we should substitute for' the league the old Hague tribunal. That institution closed up before the war. I imagine there are bats in its balcony and spider webs every where. It was a distinct failure, having failed to prevent war in 1914. The op position candidate aays he will go back and open this old institution and try to keep house there." Declaring that the league "is the mod ern idea of bringing the nearest guaran tee of peace," Gov. Cox said it was a progresisve plan and that iof (Senator Harding, the republican nominee, stood for reaction as he had done also in op posing the new Ohio constitution. The labor issue also was discussed by the governor, who reiterated hia charge that republicans were receiving contribu tions from persons "who would substi tute the bayonet for the golden rule un dent reactionary national administra tion." The? "senatorial oligarchy" also was attacked, the candidate declaring "it has stolen and taken charge of the repub lican party." Referring to the Harding front porch campaign Got, Cox said that on hia trip be waa ' 'going to see thousands of front porches from coast to coast in the belief that the front porch of the people is ths seat ef American sovereignty." LANSING, Mien., Sept. 3. Michigan democrats gathered ia force here today to greet Got. Cox, opening a month's campaign tour' planned to take him through 22 central and western states. A strenuous day had been arranged fol the democratic nominee. En route to the Michigan capital, the program e ailed for several rear . platform addressee and a half hour speech at Jackson. A luncheon with Lapsing Botariana 'was scheduled for 1 p. mY fololwed by aa address be fore the Michigan- State Good Boade As sociation. , A second speech waa to be made late in the afternoon from - the state eapitol steps. .-: - , This evening Got. Cox "a program calls for addresses at Battle Creek and Kala maxoo, r "' . - ' A Massachusetts inventor has patented n eimrle device for truing up autamoLCe wheels ji-'y ud accuriUV- " S R MARIF'S SMI UtJSVllIIllIBl 1BJ U UI1U II i SPENT. NEARLY UNDER OCEAN Thirty-Five Men Comprising Crew of the U." S.. Submarine S-5 Rescued by Army Transport After Having Given' i Up Hope "- New! Device - Proved Their Salvation. -'v: FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS IIE1V U FRAIiCE TRUCK Fire Fighting Facilities Dou bled New Pump Afford Much' Larger Water Supply - New Parking Regulations For South York Street. With Mayor Cherry, Treasurer Winget, Councilmen Smyre, Clifford and Ander son and City Manager Alexander present at the meeting of the city council Tues day night, matters of more than usual moment to the eititens of Gastonia were transacted. - City Manager Alexander received au thority toypurchase a new American La France fire truck and 1,200 feet of hose. While the present La France ia a four cylinder truck, which haa a pumping ca pacity of about 500 gallons per minute, the. new one is of the Big Six type and furnishes 750 gallons per minute. The truck now furnishing fire protection for the city cost approximately $7,000. The new one will be purchased at a cost of 112,500. Additional hose authorised will cost $1,800. Bids and proposals were re ceived from three representatives of fire truck manufacturers and considered, with the result that the council backed the judgment of former councilmen in buy ing the La France. The new truck will be an addition to the present fire fight ing apparatus and will not replace the truck now in operation. However, the two horses and wagon, relh-s of former times, will be, dispensed with. An ordinance waa passed prohibiting the parking of vehicles within 35 feet of either of the corners at the junction of York street and Main avenue. Also on the east side of South York atreet no vehicle will be allowed to park longer than ten minutes at a time within eighty feet of the corner of Main avenue and York street. Beyond this limit the usual freedom is, of course, allowed. Further, all vehiclea are prohibited from parking in front of the driveway leading to Col. T. L. Craig's residence. '(Observance of thia ordinance is expected to relieve the annoying and undesirable congestion which has been for pome time experi euied at the points mentioned. The city council authorized City Man ager Alexander to buy the necessary mo tors aixl pumps for additional water sup ply. ' "We now have in operation 'a new power line to the creek pump station fur nishing 250 horse power to the pumps there, giving us an additional water sup- ply of 600 gallons per minute. This is 864,000 gallons every twenty-four hours.' A new 3,000 gallon per minute pump haa been received and installed at the creek which pumps the raw water from that place to the receiving basin in the city. While the water system in the past haa been able to supply only from 700 to 800 gallons per minute, today it has a ca pacity of from 1.300 to 1.500 gallons per minute," says City Manager Alexander. Instructions were, given to the city manager to enter into a contract with the Wntinghopse Electric tc Manufacturing Co. to furnish twelve-panel switch board "for the chy'a power plant. CHIEF OF POLICE ORR RECEIVES SIGNAL HONOR Chief of Police Joe . Orr haa just bees elected to membership in the Inter national Association of Chiefs of Police. Being in a eity of the six of- Gastonia it ia an especial honor to Chief Orr. In order to be elected to membership in this organisation a 'police chief must be recommended by two members in larger cities and their recommendation must be approved by a standing committee. Joseph M. Quigley, police ehief at Bochee ter, N. T., is president and George Black, of Wilmington, Delaware, ia sec retary of the association.. Thia organi sation promotes greater co-operation be tween the police forces of cities whose chiefs are members. " ; To Address PhOatheas. - Miss Lola Long, prominently ideati .fied with religious work in Greensboro, will address the Jhilathea class of Main Street Methodist church at the usual hour Sunday morning. Miss Leng will also be the principal speaker at the Sundaj night service at Main Street church. This service will be in honor of the young people of thia congregation who are to leave soon for collys. - TWO DAYS -ft- Jv Af'i. ?let (By The Assoeisted Press.) : PHILADELPHIA 8ept. Badis messages flashed from the army transport General Goethalt to : the ' Philadelphia, navy yard via ' Cape May told of the rescue early today of the officers and crew of the submarine S-5 after they had spent ' nearly two days locked in the disabled vessel,, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, 55 miles south of Cape) Henlopea. If was after 3 o 'clock this morning when Lieut, Commander C. M. Cook, who-exereised hie prero'gative of being the last man te leave his vessel, was taken aboard tho steamship Alanthua. Nine hours had elapsed since the plight of the undersea. boat had been made public throsgk a wireless call picked up by aa' amateur -operator in Farmington, Conn. , v It was a small buoy, a development of ; the World War, together with the vigiu ant eye of a lookut on the bridge of the ' transport General Goethala,' that gn the 30 men on the submerged submarine 8-5 their chance for life. Thia small buoy, with a bell and trasner device that can be operated when the boat is submerged, ia part of the, equip ment of the later type of submarines. It was csst loose when the 8-5 went down. The lookout on the General Goethala saw. it, being attracted by Its bell, aa well aa the fact that it was noted on the chart. A small boat, with an officer ia com mand, was lowered from the transport ta investigate. When the buoy was reached, the busier "device could be heard, .The officer cut into the connection and quickly there came this message: "The submarure S-5 has been sub merged for 35 hours. Air is running short. Machinery is damaged.. Scad for help." ' ' Y i This plea was sent broadcast by the wireless of the General Goethala. - Among . those who responded was "the steamer Alanthus, which with the army transport stood by the submerged yessel and nun' aged to attach grappling hooka to its atern. Holding the submarine in a ver tical position, a hole 'was bored through her plates and air pumped through to the suffering crew, who had almost given up all hope of rescue. . : , In the meantime the call for help. had been picked up by the navy wireless sta tions and by command of Secretary Dan iels destroyers were rushed to the rescue from Philadelphia, Newport News, and" New York. Before all these vessels had had time to reach t he - scene, however, word waa flashed that all the crew had been taken aboard the steamer Alanthus. The wire less did uot tell how the rescue had been effected or what vessels beside the Alan thus and General Goethala, if any, had participated. It merely told that all were safe aboard. None had been in jured, although all had suffered 'for lack of air. It was one o.!clock when the first man was taken off . the, submarine and more than two hours later before Lieut. Commander Cook left hia vessel.' ' The submarine 8-5, which was partially flooded while making a' dive 55 mihw southeast of Cape Henlopen, is "being towed to the Delaware Breakwater by the steamer Afanthua. " Y ' Informed by wireless that all members of the crew of the submarine 8-5 sab merged off Cape Henlopen, had been res cued. Navy Department officials today awaited farther details of the rescue and a report as to the eause of the subma rine's disability. ' YY Word from the army transport General Goethala that the 26 men and four of ficers comprising the crew of the 8S were safely aboard the steamer Alanthoa which had been standing- by with the General Goethala were relayed .to the de- . partment early today from the Philadel phia navy yard. Y Officials were relieved ' to hear t&st. although the men were' in rather bad shape, none had been injured. " . Lieut. Commander Charles M. Jpook, Jr believed to "have been ia command of the submarine, was thought here to have been the last man taken, from the wrecked craft. The radio message from "the Gen eral Goethala said the "captain eame est last.'' -As bo naval officer of that rank was aboard it was. believed that Com mander Cooke was meant. . His home it in Arkansas. ' Y Y . Other officers - reported; en August 1 with the 6-5 were lieet J. G. Graham, home address sot given; Ensign J. BaOey Longstaff, of Nebraska, and Ganaer Bobert Holt, of Indiana.' In the falls of the tjusrn ri tina has one of the V t r the world for eosv?-;- j electric 'y. mm

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