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ASTONIA DAEIY OA2E3TTE C.7i weslth of Gaston . IMdlU'-l fiM home, I food achoola and churches A good place to lire. Popu- - laton 12,871, 123 JS p. e. giin County is $1,611. Popula tion 51,242; total wealth, 182,375,749. . 1CUCBSS OF THS ASSOCIATED PSXSS VOL. XU. NO. 242. GASTONIA, N.-C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER $ 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CZUTZ ANARCHISTS SOWING COUNTRY ; , . .V . : . - RED Two of Most Dangerous Radicals in America Ar ' rested in Chicago From Which Point Tons of I Anarchistic Pamphlets Were Being Broadcast N ed-Officers on Trail of Radical Headquarters. . CHICAGO, Oct 8. Diecovery ol vast .'- .amounts of radical literature in the poa ( session of Nicolal John Jauinaki and John' Holoeny, declared to be two of the anost dangerous radicals in America, who were arrested here last night by agents wf the department of justice., was an ' aounced today. . " In Jazsinaki'a possession was found joearly half ton of communist articles, ; . 'including-' samples of a new - pamphlet advocating aimed revolution by foreign lfffnfTts in this country. One hundred . thousand of these pamphleta, it waa ' aaid, were shipped out of Chicago yes terday by Jazzinski via the American .Express Company. They were traced .and. are being held for the authorities. The agents, said documents were found tin Hoioeny'a possession which, gave . evi- 4ence that he was associated with a radi- cal Russian anarchistic group in America. v It was said virtually every anarchistic document ever printed in the Susslan 'language waa found among his effects. T .Chief among fhese, they said, was the preclamaQoa ef the Union ef Russian Workers; calling upon all Its members to iae and overthrow the government of the : United Stages by force of arms. This . proclamation was' printed - inj ZXussUa, the agents1 aata, ana translation ..".sf it revealed a complete plan for the revolution, s - '-m -"";, ' . ' Holoeny, it was said, is 34 years old, and unmarried. He has been under sur ' veiUance In TJ'ew .Yttrk city and Water. .Ybury, Conn. for some time, the authori ties said. The department Of justice agents who , made the Arrests said they now were on the : trail ef the' "mysterious anarchist print shop" believed to be located here, . and which they declare has been turning ut milliona of anarchistic pamphlets. 10MB MYSTERY STARTLES , : "' A KANSAS TOWN HUTCHINSON, Kans., Oct. 8. A bomb plot mystery engaged the attention f local authorities teday following the Hading last night of a cylinder contain ing a powerful charge of explosives, un der the approach to the Main street via duct in the center of the city. Absence of threatening letters and a close check recently which indicated suppression of - " ,u!u;al activities here put officials at a loss to understand the presence of the. bomb. ( Early today the poliee had no clues to work on other than the story told by boys who picked up the bomb while fishing, and the possibility that an exam ination by experts of the construction of the cylinder might lead to the identity of ia maker. ' , ... , 1 The bomb, which C. M. Knowles. chief of police, declared contained sufficient -explosives to destroy . the viaduct, ' the Convention Hall, and other nearby build- logs,' contained no timing device but had several fuses attached. , . r I Blact powder constituted the principal charge contained in the cylinder. Other Pieces believed to be high explosives lay about the fuse. ' ; . The cylinder ' measured .15 inches in irenmf erence. 1 ' t - CLEVELAND INDIANS ARK ; ; : . GIVEN' BIO OVATION ' CLEVELAND, O, Oct. 8. A big ova tion awaited the Cleveland Indians when they alighted from the train which brought' them from-Brooklyn today, de apite their .tw defeats at 'the hands of the - Brooklyn Dodgers in the world 's erles there. The two- teams, winners of the American ; and National League championsMpe, . respectively, will open a four game series here tomorrow. M In a proclamation issued by Mayor W. 6. Fitzgerald yesterday;; he called upon iall.Clevelanders to'do "Honor -' to ' their teajn.'"'-C;v i,vv'' i v- -': i Xi''. --: "They will win he series if Cleveland backs them as it backed them in the tennant fight,',' the proclamation read. "I ask that Cleveland Friday show' in very wa possible its appreciation.' f The proclamation suggested that auto mobile sirens and factory whistles be sounded" at noon today "to urge the team .to victory,' '" . .. v ." N That the fans have not lost interest in the scries is indicated by the n amber of applications for tickets to the. games and admittance , to the roofs of houses and buildings in. the vicinity 'of League Pa rfc Property - owners were swamped vr!lh offers ranging from $1 to $25 for reof standing room. , . DDI WITH " LITERATURE DANGERS WILL COME; X FROM REACTIDriARY SEHATE United States Supreme - Court Vacancies Would Also be Filled by Reactionaries if . Harding: is Elected. PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 8 Effect of the presidential contest upon prospective t'uitod States supreme court vacancies was declared by Governor-Cox, of Ohio, in an address here today, to be "the real danger of a reactionary victory, next to the scrapping of the league of nations. " Te democratic presidential candidate stated that at least four vacancies in the high court were in prospect and referring to the senate 's control over confirmations and to Senator Harding as the "reac tionary ' - candidate, he added : "Besides, it would naturally follow that a reactionary president would ap point four reactionary members of the supreme court.". 'The governor declared this was one of the reasons why. "the senatorial oli garchy" should be defeated. ' ' There are several . reasons why the senate oligarchy should not be permitted to win this election," he said. "Throughout the years, the senate has trespassed on the authority of ihe house of representatives. The constitution pro vides that all legislation providing for the raising of revenues shall be initiated in the house. Yet there has probably not been a tariff measure in the last 50 years which was not changed in its every line after the enacting clause once reach ed the senate. By the nomination of one of its own members as the reactionary candidate for the presidency, it now ban the opportunity of annexing the executive department. If the senatorial ring should win the election it would in addition to controlling the president, also possess the constitutional right of confirmation of members of the supreme court appointed by the president. Four members of the court being now eligible for retirement, there will beyond, doubt be at least four vacancies in this court within the next four years.- "It will be seen at a glance that the senatorial crowd is playing for big stakes, which are no more nor less than absolute control of the three constitution al branches of our government. No president of the United States will aj-, point any one that he deems unworthy of a plac on highest court in the land, but we must be reminded that the sena torial nominee for the presidency has con firmed his faith many times in the theory of plural government, which means that he will not only confer with the group around him, but that this same group has the constitutional right to apply its check if the president should show any signs of independence. Besides, it would naturally follow that a reactionary pres ident . would appoint four reactionary members of the supreme court. This would bind the country to reaction for the better part of a generation. It is a simple matter for the people to make a change, in the executive and legislative branches of the government,' but not in the judicial. As I see it, this ia the real danger of the "reactionary vietory, next to' the scrapping of the league of nations.".' . , ' - . ' Governor Cox spoke here upon arriving from .Nashville, Tenn., where he' ad dressed a large tabernacle crowd List night. ' His Kentucky campaign, was to end after a doien rear platform speeches from his special train tonight at Louis ville. ' : -'v'-;r HARDWICK WINS. ATLANTA, Oct. . 7. With complete returns received from only 54 of the 154 counties participating in the mrirny. the" Constitution figures gave Hardwick a total vote of 27,383 and Walker 2424. The election was marked by light voting in nearly every precinct despite the ex cellent weather.- ' s . - . :.; , . Of tnealx larger counties in the state, with six unit votes eih. Walker was given f ourr-Bibb, Chatham, Floyd and Muskogee. Two were' placed" in the Hardwick column Fulton (Atlanta) and Bichmond (Augusta). . Fourteen of the four vote counties were credited to Hard wick and 12 to Walker. ; ' The results of the primary will be of ficially declared by the democratic state convention to be held at Msf on, Octo ber 25. - . ... - -t WEST AND SOUTH WILL MORE THAN EAST JN NUMBER OF CONGRESSMEN WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Examina tion of the final census figures of the country, which jplace the total population of the continental United States at 103. 683.10& Indicated that the west and the south proportionaely will gain more in a political . way than the east or middle west through increased membership in the house of representatives, more votes in the electoral college and in larger del egations to the national political conven tions. , ... This result, will obtain whatever basis Of apportionment is adopted by congress next winter,' fixing the sise of the next house, which: is turn is reflected in the electoral college and the conventions of the big' political parties. As a result of the increase of 13,710, 842 in population during . the past 10 years fifty-new seats must be added to the house to prevent any state from los ing any part of its present representa tion. Should the present membership of 435 be left unchanged by increasing the basis of apportionment there will have to be' a transfer of 13 seats, now held by 12 states, to nine other states. For the past half a century the prece dent has been to Increase the size of the house so as to prevent loss of existing representation by any state. As a result, the louse has grown , from. 243 to ,435 members, with only three states Mame", New Hampshire and Vermont losing one seat each in the last fifty, years. " If "this precedent is followed this year five additional representative seats must be given to California, four each for New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, three to iyinois and Texas, two to Mas sachusetts, New Jersey, ancr North Caro lina, and' one each to Alabama, Arlsona, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Mon tana, New. Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon. South' Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Ar kansas and Minnesota. While the present basis of apportion ment is 211.877 inhabitants or its major fraction to the congressional district, congress can increase the basis to 219.487 without causing any loss, , To advance beyond the latter figure will mean that Maine would lose one seat, with the net result of 48 new seats in congress. Congressional leaders are strongly op posed to sny large increase in the house as they regard the present membership of 435 as too unwieldy, and when the house census committee, headed by Bep res'!i!ative Siegel, of New York, begins ( oii-.iilerntion of the problem, effort will ! made to hold down the increase. But liresjnre" for the increase is expected to come from the states, which would benefit from a larger house. Only oaee in 1840 has the size of the house been reduced. t one time, just before the civil war. the apportion ment was held down, with ihe resulting Iosk of seats falling most heavily on the southern states. By holding the house membership to J-.?.'), gains would he distributed with thne to California, two to Michigan and Ohio, and one each to Connectieut, New Jersey. North Carolina, Oklahoma. Texas, nud Washington. To offset these gaius, Missouri- would lie forced to lose two congressmen, while Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia would lose one each. All other states would retain their present numerical delegations in congress. CAMP FIRE GIRLS PLAY WAS A SUCCESS Asa result of "Ihe play given last week by the Ganoca Camp Fire Girls at the Central school auditorium, the camp treasury now shows a balance of more than $60. The play will be repeated to night in Ihe High School auditorium at Belmont; Following ia a report of the camp's financial standing: Receipts. From lawn social 1 25.00 Commission on tickets 8.00 Friday night's play 67.30 HARDING CAMPAIGNING IN MISSOURI TODAY ON BOARD SENATOR HARDING S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 8 Bearing the republican standard again along the political borderland, Senator Harding headed into Missouri today," An afternoon meeting at St. Joseph and a night address in the Kansas City convention hall were the high spots of the day's program. Besides there were a number of short stops scheduled at smaller cities along the way . The nominee's voice showed today the strain of yesterday 's vigorous campaign ing, when he made sixteen speeches in Iowa, and Nebraska. Aside from the hoarseness,, however, he seemed in ,fine trim and. declared he was ready to meet as many audiences as eould be reached by a fast train schedule. -The presidential nominee spent the night in Omaha. Leaving Omaha short ly after 9 o'clock his train was due in 8t. Joseph at 2:45 p. as., and at Kansas City at 5:50 p.' as. FAIR GROUNDS IN SHAPE ' FOR OPENING DAY ,' The Gaston -County Fair grounds have been in the hands of painters, carpenters and workmen for the past few days and already the old puce has, lost the look of desertedness that was with it all sum mer.' , Buildings and grounds and fences are being touched . up and repainted . Many of the buildings and exhibit halls have been thoroughly overhauled and re modeled. New booths have been added and more exhibit space gained. Friday morning, a number of exhibi tors were on the grounds putting in pre liminary work on their booths, and when ihe Fair opeua Tuesday, Oct. 12, every thing will be in readiness, for the best display of exhibits ever seen here. The big exhibit hall on the right as one approaches from the gate, more com monly known aa the woman's building, will be given over almost exclusively to the exhibits of the women of the county. As one enters the' building, he will be greeted by the displays from the several m,ill communities of the city and county. These will occupy nearly all the long row on the side of the building nearest the door. The other side of the building will be given over largely to exhibits from the Woman 's club of Gastonia, including the several booths, art, educational, Bed Cross, dolls, etc., under the supervision of the club. The agricultural building will, house the ; community fair exhibits, farm and field products and the like. There will also be space in this building for auto demonstrations. Cho-Cho, the health clown will hold forth in the auditorium In this building. Between these two buildings and the cattle barns tractors of several known makes will hold daily demonstrations. Quarters for poultry, hogs, sheep and horses have all been thoroughly worked over and every comfort is assured the live stock. 1 Secretary Allen is highly enthusiastic over the prospects for a big opening Tuesday. Together with several assis tants, he is busy booking and listing en tries of every sort. If the weather man will be good, the Fair will be the biggest yet held in the county . WILL PREACH DEMOCRACY IN COUNTY TONIGHT Democratic speakers will hold Xorth in every section of Gaston county tonight. In addition to the regular tour of the county candidates who will be at Mc Adenville,"" Democratic rallies have been arranged at other points in the county as follows : Arlington schoolhouse, Messrs, Bis marck Capps and Claude B. Woltz. Baker schoolhouse, Messrs. George B. Mason and R. L. Sigmon. New Hope schoolhouse, Messrs. A. C. Jones and Emery B. Denny. Hanover Mill, Messrs. R. G. Cherry, 8tephen B. Dolley and R. C. Patrick. Seminole schoolhouse, Messrs. John G. Carpenter and Arthur M. Dixon. At McAdenville, Messrs. C. E. Car penter, A. E. Woltz, H. B. Gaston, J. W. Carroll, Howard R. Thompson and Clyde C. Craig, will address the voters. The hour for all these meetings tonight ia 7:30. Tuesday night, Oct. 12, Col. Albert Cox will address the voters at Dallas. AMPUTATE MOTORMAN'S LEG TO GET HIM FROM WRECK NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Physicians working with the aid of one flickering lantern, early today amputated the right leg of Henry Helms, a motorman. in or der to rescue him from the tangled wreckage of two street cars telescoped in a collision that caused injuries to 20 other persons. ' Helms, who was pinioned under the ear when physicians arrived, persuaded them to perform the operation without aa anaeslheitc in order to save time. Later, his other leg, badly mangled, waa also removed at a hospital Helms and the conductor, William Wherax, who re ceived a fractured skull, are said to have slight chance of recovery. . The accident happened whe the brakes failed to function on the descent of a sleep hill on -Amsterdam avenne. MAC SUFFERS GREATLY. LONDON, Oct. 8. Losd Mayor Mac Swiney. of Cork, was more refreshed this morning at Brixton prison, having passed a fairly good night. He had some sleep, says a bulletin issued today by the Irish Self-Determination League, but to bis relatives MaeSwiney seemed weaker and much more exhausted. , The lord mayor suffers great distress after saying even a single word, the bul letin declares. He tries to whisper something, gasps, becomes very exhaust ed and is unable to continue. MACON, Ga., Oct 7. Aa address by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Perkins, of Ann Arbor, Mieh will feature the opening day 'a session ef the Georgia W. C. T. U.s an nnal meeting -which will be held at Winder, Ga on October 19 to 23, ac cording to announcement made here to day. - . ' -. . - MR. EDGAR LOVE STRUCK AND INSTANTLY KILLED BV TRAIN THIS MORIi Prominent Cotton Manufacturer of Lincolntcn Struck by Train No. 137 at Paw Creek Cross ing In Mecklenburg County - Was Alone in Car Going to Charlotte - Body Brought to Gas tonia - Was Widely Connected in Gaston County., '-:'X:'S-' ' POPULATION OF U.S. IS HOW 105,683,109 Exclusive of. Outlying Posses sions Continental , United States Shows Increase of 13 Million in Past Decade Total Including- Alaska and Island Territory Will Reach 118 Million. WASHINGTON, Oct 8. The 1920 population of continental United States is announced by the census bureau as 105.683.10S. This wss an increase of 13.710.I4J, or 14.9 per cent, since 1910. This total does not include the popu lation sf outlying possessions, which will be anounced as soon ss the figures for Alaska and' the military and naval serv ices abroad are tabulated. It is esti mated, .however, that those possessions have 13,250,000 inhabitants, so that the total number of peopleliving under the American flag is in round numbers 118, 000,000. , ' The figures . for continental United States compare with 91,972,266 ten years sgo snd '75.994,575 20 years sgo. The .increase for the last tea years, however, fell 2,266,849. or 6.1 per cent, below that of the preceding; decade. Director Roger sL of the census bureau, In a formal statement, attributed this re duction to the almost complete stoppage of immigraion during the world, war, aa increase in emigration during the same period, deaths in the influenza epidemic of 1917-18 and war casualties. The statement noted that the trend of population from the country to the city had been greatly accentuated since 1910. For the first tinie in the country's hii tory, it wiid, more than half the entire population was now living in urban ter ritory. Preliminary tabulations, Mr. Bogers said, showed that 54,8.16,209, or $1.9 per cent, of the people were living in incor porated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more and 50,866.81)9, or 48.1 per cent, in rural territory. The growth of the country's popula tion was not expected to show ho large a relative increase during the last decade as during the previous decade ended with 1910 because of the almoot complete stoppage of immigration during the World War and the heavy emigration during that period. In the decade end ing with 1910 the total population of the United States, exclusive of its out lying possessions, was 91,972.266. Dur ing those ten years the numerical in crease was the largest of any decade in its history while the rate of growth was 21.0 per cent. The gain-in that decade was four times what the total population of the country was in 1790 when the first Federal census was taken, while the total population in 1910 was almost 23 times larger than it was in 1790. With the outlying possessions, the United States in 1910 had a population of 101,115,487. These possessions in cluded Alaska, Hawaii, Portd Rico, the Philippine Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, Guam and Samoa, and the total of persons in the military and naval serv ice abroad was added. This year the population of the Virgin Islands of the United 8tates, acquired from Denmark, is included. The "growth of the country's popula tion, exclusive of the outlying posses sions, is set forth briefly in the following table: Census Yr. "Population. Increase. P.C 1920 105,683,108 13,710,842 14.9 1910 .... 91,972,266 15,977,691 21.0 1900.... 75.994,575 13,046,861 20.7 1890 .... 62,947.714 12,791,931 25.5 1880 .... 50.155.78.1 11,597,412 30.1 1870 .... 38,558,371 7,115,050 21.6 1860 .... 31,443.321 8,251,445 35.6 1850 23.191.876 6,122,423 35.9 I 1840 .... 17,069.453 4,203,433 32.7 1830 .... 12.866,020 3,227,567 33J5 1820 .... S.638,453 2,398,573 33.1 1810.... 7,239.881 J ,931,398 36.4 1800 .... 5,308.483 1,379,269 .35.1 1790 .... 3.929,214 .... .... . . . With the announcement today of the eenntry 's total population, the Bureau of. the Census, under Director 8am I Bogers, has accomplished only a portion of its tremendous task which -will con tinue to occupy a large force of. statis ticians and clerks for the better part of a number of years. But the primary ob ject, for which the fathers of the country provided" in the constitution that a count- i Ing of the people should be made every Mr. Edgar Love, of Lincolnton, for inerly of Gastonia, waa struck and i stantly killed by Southern ' passenger ' train No. 137 this morning . at 10:18 -o'clock at Paw Creek crossing, soma eight or ten miles this side of ' Charlotte. , The body, teribly mutilated and mangted, - . was picked up by the" crew of the train.' in charge of Engineer, Will Gannaux, of-. Greenville, and Conductor Jim Rowland. " ' of Atlanta, and ' brought to ' Gastonia. where it Was prepared for burial. V, , The tragedy occurred at the top of the long hill a quarter of a mile east of Par Creek bridge in Mecklenburg conaty, near what is commonly called the Wooley chicken farm. Both the highway and the railroad are curved here, and it is pre -sumed that Mr. Love was coming op the ' hill at a faSrly good speed.- There no eye-witnesses to the tragedy the engineer and fireman, . Passengers a train No. 37, which followed a few min utes behind No. J37, say that Mr. Lev .. tried to stop his ear for a distance) f 50 or 60 feet before he was hit. The road here is a recently completed hard . surfaced highway and the marks on the road where the rear wheels of his auto were locked and slid , were plainly visible . for 50 feet, say; passengers on the soeoni ' train. Members of the crew, stats that , ' the car was fairly on the track when ' hit, that the engine "was just between the rails. According to passengers ' wa No. 37, the engine of the automobile was , knocked clear .of the chassis and . was lying 20 feet away from Ihe track.-; The '. tonneau, top and running gear of the car were reduced to kindling wood. ' " Mr. Love was instantly killed 'The legs and lower part of the body wen horribly mashed and mangled. The head and upper part of the body ware not.. ' mutilated but were badly crushed. ' The right arm was brokeu above the elbow. and the left arm was mashed- ' Mr. Love's friends and relatives in Gustouia had not seen him for .several days and did not know of the proposed trip to Charlotte. It is presumed here that he was going over probably to at tend th- sessions of the Federal court, or to confer with some of the. Democratic -speakers and campaign - managers in Charlotte. Mr. , Love was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the Ninth district. '; 'H ; . Mr. Love is survived by his wife, whe was Miss Kate McLean, a sister of Messrs. B. C .and L. T. McLean, of Gas tonia, and four children, Frank, assoeiat- -ed with his father in the. mill business: N Roberta, a student at Agnes Scott Col- - lege, Decatur, Ga.; Mary Spencer sad Edgar Lee, two younger 1 children at home. In addition, the following broth- 5 , ers and sisters survive: Mr. R. A." Love, of Gastonia; Mr. Jno. F. Love, of Char lotte; Prof. J. Lee Love", of Cambridge, Mass.; Mrs. W. W. Glenn, of. Gastonia, and Mrs. C. 8. Tate, of Brunswick, Ga. Mr. fi. A. Love is absent in New York on business Other members of the iiy were communicated with immediately, i but at the hour of going to press funeral arrangements had been made. MrfLove was a-son of the late B. C G. : Love and Mrs. Love. He was born and reared in Gaston county and - lived in Gastonia up until a few years ago., He waa engaged in the manufacturing sni. mercantile business here. At Lineobxtoat he was president and treasurer of the Saxony and ' Love cotton mills, of th Melville MillsNo. 1 at Cherryville, and , of the' Melville Mills No. 2 at Lineonton. . The body of Mr. Love was taken, te Lincolnton this afternoon. Funeral ser vices will be held 8unday, although the exaict hour has not been announced. . ten years, has .been achieved. . That ob ject was to obtain the total population. ' in order that apportionment of the mem bers of the House , of .' Representatives may be made by Congress. That apportionment, as soon as Direc tor Bogers certifies to Congress the exact number of people in each State, will be taken up "by "the House of Representa tives at its coming session and during' the coming year the body will by law fix the number of Congressmen from each State. - There has been discussion as to whether the membership of the House ef Representatives, now fixed at 435, should not be reduced as that number ia consid ered, by some parliamentarians as to large and unwieldy a -body. People ef some States are fearful that their rep resentation irf the House mlgtt TJe evt down and e-popse any reduction. y Ia 1790 the number of K.-rrenta!I- (Continued ca I ";9 4.) r
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