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TONIA DAILY GAZETTE GASTON COXJIITT The Combed Tan Center ef the South. GASTONIA The Sooth's City of Spin dles. VOL. XLII. NO. 83. GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1921. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS v ROTARY AND KIWANIS! CLUBS TO STAGE BIG BENEFIT BALL GAME Friday Afternoon at 4:30 O'- j clock at Loray Park Will Oc- cur One of Fattest Exhibi-i bitions of National Game j Ever Witnessed in Gastonia ! Will Be For Benefit of, Gastonia Community Service Preachers, Doctors, Law-, yers, All to Play. j The business houses of the city signed an agreement this morning to close their places of business at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon so that everybody can attend the ball game. Friday afternoon at 4:-'!" o'clock there will be pulled off iit l.oray I'ark, n baseball classic which will rival any event of similar nature over ;tl -ittj t -.! by the Cincy " HciK" or the I'.rnoklyn "Buperbas." (Irmly Rankin will 1 1 :i I his Kinetic Kiwanians ; f: i n st the re doubtable Rotatians of Ab Myers, the whole affair to lie staged for tlie benetit of Community .Service. 1 'layers ,-ni.l spectators will all be charged a small admission fee, and the i h-i I- will (jn to the fund being raised for Hie pill pose Oi' I'stablishiijj; I .'(immunity .service in Gastonia. The Kiwanis t'lul. challenged the Ko tarinns Wednesday at the Rotary loin n pen. Despite the fact thai tin- l.'.tary Club, generally speaking, is emu io.-i I oi older heads Mini slower footed gen in s, s than the younger, more agile Kiwaniau-. the challenge was imiiii1 ly accepted Joe tjepark, Jim llcndctlite. and F.I M l.urd stoutly aver thai although tin ir temples are somewhat fringed with gray they can still bat and run with the younger ones. Jim Kennedy, it will U noted from the line up. has been placed liehind the bat, for obvious reasons There are three men for each position, too, readers will observe. Whelljcr tln nrray of superfluous talent is fur sul.s'i tute purposes ir not, this scribe kuowelh not, but it is generally suppose. I that there are three catchers, for iny'.in.-e placed on the line up, so that tl.e sec I in line can lie down if the ball gets pa-t tl.e first one, and if it bounces m.r hi prostrate form, there will still be another to get in the way of the ball. The keen est rivalry is existing between tl ppos ing "hind catchers." fro. I !iin re George Mason and "Dinty" Adams. (,f the Kiwanians. solemnly declare that John Miller, Klmer ISpencer and .Inn Kennedy will not be in the game at all It is mentioned for the benetit id' the outfielders, Kmmet Atkins, Arthur Wm get, Clyde Armstrong. Al. My.',. !--uiii Robinson, Jim Heinlci lite, and ti.e oil. ers, that bicycles will be provided toward the end of the first inning for u-e in running down fly Uall'. The Cm!' hi also promised the use of the .ity's mo torcycles and side ears for the hdls that go over the fence. Kach man is asked to bring his own liniment. Charlie Fold will be air. .1 i. en the ground. There will l.r the pr. h ers, Jim Hemlerlite and Charlie Ham-it. too. In the case of o,s fatal iniuri. -Henry (ilenn. Redan. I linton an I Km Carrison, will administer first ail. It is also aiiiuuince.l that all .ne. and nbstructioTis are being removed f. mi the field so that these who wish to do ,., may play barefooted. Chris I.ov.nti, i Stated for the first baseman's j. i. ..e the Rotary team. Chris never .saw a ball game in his life, but he says that he i going to prove a regular "Hal" I ha-".' Most interest centers in the rival per forma rices of the opposing shortstops. For the Kiwanians, Henry (Ilenn, Charlie Gray and Wiley Rankin will oppos,. I;., tarians Kelly Jackson, John tak and Lauder (tray. Fa.h man declares that the famous Honus Wagner will haw nothing on him. I,. A. States and J. I.e.- Robins m will "empire" the game to the entire satis ' fact ion of contestant s and spectators If not, they say they have the goods bought from Jim Culp's hardware store ta make it so. 1 The Kiwanis line tin is a- follon.sr ! ..' Pitchers: (irady Rankin, J'.tirke Car if ler. Arthur Jones rati'1 pre Vr,.,l Snu-pi' lli'iir".. M'isoik 'Dinty" Adams. First base: Henry Rankin. I'i.k Ay- : ctck, Mont Jones. . (Second base: Joe Wray, Dave Car ; rison, Henry Van Ween. Wiort stop: Henry Clean, Charlii Cray, Wiley Rankin. Third base: Tom Wilkin-, John Car penter, (leorge Marvin. Outfield: Lawrence Rankin, .7 il.it Miller III, Terrell WebsterCharlie linn ter, Lester Kellner. Jim Taylor. Knunet Atkins, Arthur Wiiiget, Clyde Arm strong. Immediately upon receipt of the dial l-!Tce of the Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club got busy. A committee was ap pointed to draft a lineup, and to see that all those drafted were present. This' committee, eoinposed of George Coc ker Billy Rail his and John M iller, has n r formed its duty and has dispatched t lie following communication to the lineup,. which follows herewith: "Our president, A. O. Myers, in his great wisdom usually manifested in crit-j ieal conditions, appointed . the under- ' signed committee to seleet; the jrlayers to j SpholJthp honor and dignity of the Ho- (Continued on jmga 8.). . ass:1 SV' isAT HARDIN'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN as a Brigadier General in the TJ. S. Army. Dr C E Sawyer, in the uni form of a Brigadier General in the U. S. Army, to which lank he wa3 elevated at the time of his appointment recently. Dr. Sawyer was photographed at the White House. BULWINKLE IS GIVEN B!G FAREWELL PARTY Leaves for Washington With Plaudits of Townsmen Ring ing in His Ears. Cn n c i' i s 1 1 1 a 1 1 e I c . t A . left C'.-inma .-bi. s. Wn-hingto,, w ill. tl.e hi..; lou townsmen ne.;:'iL' in the Washington I,... oi.l t . from 1 he stat ion il h I hi i. i;ui c.ini. I. Light of I. l'i 1 I h.s I. d -.I.i n-1 1 n hundreds n the car door. ot leingl d wi'h 1 ' tiiiau horns sp 1 n act In,, d l.v fan well i I a. i ing t o tl.e I Hand, i f un a le I on 1 w i ' ili.l till s ii wo; i II,, I ot . ot I'lo-i Oil. 1,11 .11 wa.- In K. (. th, nil Mr -M. I. r in: a Arth sp, , , M . I ' in . fo-cielit s sin. i n i le. I c.liolis oiiv.y. I to th, d w ishes ot' i I high lril.nl, Pole, i, k'. . f-' I'.' Mi f, li, war !, id in, hi. vot... I it., h. felt at tl.i- b.V I he I ! o is.suted the audi. I. iii;. ,1.1 I his higl t aim to r, of this district mi con have him stand for pledge had he lll.-ot, . s 1 1i. y vv , I ll.'v M a I'l'. lO.ti. e that d wa- I,, ti. to .. ee that d dl ,1.! th. oi.lc I v. ;, , ol the 1 A--. i I the Id, I 'y t h i.i n s'!e, t .. i I I e .a.i'i v vi I : I 'he isic.il P.Mld. 'I f DECLARES SPAIN IS SHUT OFF AS MARKET FOR AMERICAN COTTON VV AMI1 i apparei,',, A 1 1 1 1 I o a u , .. ...rdlli.; to l II. I nailing! I . nil, I I lie . I i i , il-.-t . In re kfd .lav t cat it, I d I at ti c. .11-11111. ,r ! tn A me. i. a plus wh w i moidhs. I a dis. a-., Spain, Mr. in n trig i k has tak pla a buy ing center due of A in, rica n l.a nks are being made by t their hisl trade, h, a . importers see the a tie ir i-otion w'fh ,,.ll co'iversion of ev.-han T i meet t llis -iha f j,, s id, P.ritish l.ank, a. tatoiis in dollais and h-r rate than Amen, , . n . .-ii t but PIP, it. onf. d of 'wo. Vl in ins. i' SURVIVORS OF HUNGER STRIKE ARE REMOVKI) (Hy Tho Associated Preas.) coiiK, April 7. Nine --litviv.r, ot ! famous hunger strike . ui ia.-ted in t.'ie I otk jail by Sinn Fein prison fail, have be.-u removed from to, the deteiifioii barracks connect, military lu-adtpiarters. Ttii-. si tak' n by tli,. authorities because sensational attempt about two vv. rs last jad t.. I wita p wa of the ks ago to rescue some of the men. At the time of the attempted i.iil .e Mverv. all th,. prisoners were in the jail hospital, where they had bi en under g-oing treatment sim-c declaiiiig off their ' hunger strike. They were immedialeiy takn to their nary pr!s.me .-.Heged th.y cells- ;e. I Coiitiu. ,1 a ordi s. iiela! ives of the men were mistreat.-1 and were aligned ordinary prison fare, which. they declared, was endangering the lives. o the hunger slrUters. j . A. .111111 "- lli ' V J f V . : 1 ,A ,-1 ' ,4 i !R0CK LEDGES NEAR THE TRACK RIPPED OPEN TRAIN I CARS LIKETIN CANS ; Four Killed and 30 Injured in ' Wreck on Southern in Ten nessee Caused by Spread ing Rail. i i (I'.y "I hi S(MI-.RSKT i Vesligal ion of Associated Press.) K.v , April 7. An m the wreck of the Royal I Im Limited, of the Queen ii Crescent Route, wrecked ye?terdav near New Riv er, Tenu , with the loss of four lives and lin injured, today was being pushed by oflbials of tin' Sunt hern Railroad. That the greatest damage was caused by rock ledges near the track ripping open the day coaches was the opinion of surviv ors here today. The train, bound from Jacksonville foi Chicago, ,, ;1 curve when i-prcading rails or bin kling tracks derailed three caches and three Pullman cars. Th e train ran a shoit distance Im fore eoming to a stop, the .lea. I and injured being hurt b.v flying debris and rocks. It all happened so ipiick there was no time to think,'1 said .1. C. Higgs, of Olive Spiings, Telia . , who was on his; way to P.lackey, Ky. ''I remember, I was in a day i oai h .just starting for the lour to go up into the smoker when I felt the jerk and bump as the car left the rails. 1 knew it was a derail. The car was filled with dust and dirt and. huge r. l.s, so that it wasn't possible to mc in ii. h of a ny 1 1n ng . This suivivir said none uf the ears overturned but were leaning against a im I. ledge whin the train stopped. The train was speeding along around a sharp line and when derailed lurched against a si;i,, outcropping of rock which rip pi d open the coinbiiiat ion day nun h ami an . her and the d.,y coach l.ehiud it and smash, d in the fri.nl of the Pullman, he s.a.d. The Meel initi'li. he said, w. ri ii). pod i. pen like liil cans, and it is a' wonder more were not killed. I Tl.e death h.- follows: j I'. II c,,k. Orion. Mich. , II. .1 P.ushey. I let roil . I' l.'.iinmich, I i tr,,it . .Ih.in, Parks, s7, Soldier's Home 1 '.land Rapids, Mich. 1'ollowmg is the list of injured ad united to t he Somerset hospila I : Mi l ild Mis W II Perkins. Loiil- ,1.1c to go the hotel aft treat II, cut . We si, y Mlss 1. -a HI lle Mr. a i 14 Winters, Hesperia Mich ssett. Somerset. Ky. W Hawkins. Kesaca. ( I Mr- V. A Molder. Hir in oi g ha m . Tom l a 1 1 1 n is, India na poll i.i p. i. M .1.: II, M ,.d l.'i I. mini. I. no addre- . Ja, kson, ( auflield, W Paniiing, (ir.ind Hi I enn . iplds. i ll 1. I l.l V idsoli , no a. Id I ess . M Mc ,11 lam Shelby v ille. Ky . s Ph. nine Hii.wn. t.ilforl, Conn me liin-more, ('.iiilmi, (). I.' V.. ung. I .' ii-I , in. hi 1. In, I. ,oh John, Idmt. Mich. , k P W'aiwii e. l.rand I.'api.h Pphi ii la, I, mo ud. Sunt h. M a h . I. . ". b'ainwall, Ashland. O. Mi i . t-.ftiicld. Saginaw. Mi. Mr. and Mrs H. Myl, (..and Pap Is. Mi .1 Mi W. H. Shcfln ld, War Ha v sv 1 1 le, Tenn . In, I. IP U I'm. Is HUGHES STATES THE RIGHT OF AMERICA TO PARTICIPATE IN SETTLEMENT ( Py The Associated Press . J W sllli, TON, April 7. The right of the American government to partud pat, in tl.- p, ace settlements affecting the t'oiiu. i ovrseas po.-sessiiuts ,,f tier ii. any has l.i.n stated anew by Secretary llnglos in similar notes which are now 'Lei'..;-.- the Japanese, Pritish, French and Pa I in ii g... tiiiu, nts 'on t in ii : ug' a . ort cs,omh nee begun by the WiPou .a I in i n is! ra t ion, the new see rilar.v of slat. pec i thai ly asks those -e ,sf of si goveriMiient s to r, consider the award a man, hit, to Japan for the Pacific is and of Yap. Mr. Hughes argues that the failure of the Pnited States to be come a party to th, treaty of Versailles has not alt ma n v r, imii 1 he pi in.-i pa etc, I lis lights ill the over oils, the titles in which tier oe, in the peace treaty to 1 .' , 1 1 : I a ml soeiated j,,,iv Ms. 'lb. altell'ioli of the four allied gov ( inn, outs j, again .ailed that Presob nt Wilson al tl,, me. tings of the council ot four in Palis dining the framing of the treaty s j ., iti, ally made reservations alfeiting the future status of Yap. Furthermore. Mi. Hughes embodies in his note a uieinorandum from Mr. Wil son to the -tate department under date of list March in which the former president declares he never agreed to a mandate for .(a pan over the island, and thai it was his understanding that the .pies'ioii of the disposition of the island was to be deferred until the question of cable ... nun on nat ions was tettled. I, had been contended that the man date over Yap was awarded lo Japan by the cnuitcd of four while President Wil sou was at Paris. w WEATHER. North Carolina, unsettled to night and Friday, p.obably show ers in east and. central portions; not much change in temperature. I AND PERHAPS MASTER OF ARTS IN COW-MILKING EDMONTON, Alia., April 7. Such degree as "Doctor of Cheese making" and "Bachelor of Butter churning" may be conferred upon graduates of the Univrrsity of Al berta. A professorship in but let and cheese making has been added to the faculty. The post has been ten dered to C. P. Maiker, piovinrial daiiy commissioner, whose achieve ments have Kv(,n him an interna tional reputation in scientific daiiy inc For years Mr. Marker has been preaching the gospel of scientific dairying. CONFESS THAT WOMAN HIRED THEM TO KILL NOTED WHIST EXPERT Roy Harris Say That He and Another Were Employed to Kill Joseph B. Elwell Last June, by a Mrs. Fairchild. 'By The Aso laied Praia.) 1U PI APO. NY, April 7. A I P. Peon original niMid, r we.-.lihv I , polo', of Ins tain d.s Ml lac's si t ing clock ,11 I h is a I nail call though Hoy Harris, alias C C ard, has not deviated fioin tin story of his alleged part in th last June of Joseph It. flwe'l New York clubman, the P.nttal today, after a lareful an.dys, signed con fessioti, pointed to ,. crip ancies between it and km of t he murder . Harris ties the time of t he of Khvcll at shortly tiller .. o the morning. lie aUo tl.; leged pal. Hill lunkin, us, .1 a s bre rev id vcr . Kl w ell ,1 ith il li. I was inflicted by a bi the wound was is doubtful he , tillie mentioned llet of large calibre and ,f such a nature that it mid have !:,, d from t h, bv Hal l is nut il s, vera I hours later, win u he was found l,v his housekeeper unconscious . Ilanis also fixes the dalt of the nr.r der as June PJ, whereas it ociuticl on t he nun mug of .1 um- 1 1 . (In the other hand, llarri. go. s into a wealth of detail in regard to the no . dents preei ding the murder that indi cafes, the police say, nth, r knowiedg. of tin1 criiiii or a luost 1 hormig h s' u.ly i . t the case. Hai i is reiterated In. lav Im has not seen his all, g. nor the woman, known t Knirchild, who is alleged 'ho pair to slay Klwell, si the , laim that d pal. Iiiiiikni. . him as Mr. to have hired si II, e he reel i V e, I partial "ele ' lu.irdi i I Harri. Ichar-e of "it at It been bv , ig payment to receiv of t he ',.nil V hi. h ' t or , ollilll It I lllg 1 he as arrested list pa sing a forg, Catharines, Out at a hotel her. night ,, I lloak irio II, ..in , M,. tin had with his vv if, . Mrs Harris, or Mr- laoiiai has been known, told the pol t hat she pal te, with her hllsl.; d. l,l: II, I ; months ago in Svr.o u-e s ,, sa I met her husband heie l.i.t Satuida a re cum dial ion wa . . t fete. I Harris said her hieliaud Iie,U, utly i d of New Yoik a. qua intan, es . N KW VnKK, A pnl 7. Th. a confession nt Pnl tab, la t night ,, H a i r is that he and a I t lend w , i . I ,y a w oni.i ii to kdl Jo a h P. I whist expert, and tollman, h. m- eg. I,'. la .lime, heighii in I le-w investigation 't.i i led last w. ,-k toinev Charles S Harris, arrcs'e is repolted to ha ml , s tod., the of II,, hnttbiig nun I by f oi no r I i-t i ;, t hit ma n . on a I org. i y . ha , ; ,- s j; ue, a Colli. s tie bv t he and M is William Hii in w . i . I, Pan. lul l" t and kill him. will', home d,,, I. w Ii o h 1 hey w , i , Klwell had ma and a number el at I with I, to, vvnif gl.t i th. to t he case 111 1 he lo w , -I t h. li, ay . I ever, was named lla me, the pol e e -. a'Sllllled fot the , Harris mnv !.- al.l IVest Igill loll that No,,,- , f ' Pail. I, v. might asion to .les, th. in, ! Id", have I Th. y I ll.e th. P.,.r. I,.! abb. t. ma ii know n to , , ;n and in this even' II taldish her identity The all, ged cool ,r ii.-, sorting that i ma u h i ri , t w , kill l.liv, il. is pia. ti. allv nf t In ci ime w hi, h had vaiici d . the l.evi dv th. been Klwell was t,, through his head .epti.ni hall of hi stili alive when I him at s ;.i ,, , June I I He wa rn night clot!, mi; me I with a a loom . 1 1 s i,. ie . .If th. I- holis, ke, "I ' k on 1 1.. 1 1 1 ,. i no. b.-.r.l'oole.l and lb died ,-, , horns later without uttemig a word that would lead to t In identity of his a--,,! ant. One opened lettir and several o'h ers, unopened, lay on hi,, lap u,,u th. housekeeper found him. No i.volv.r was found in the room . NEW DISTURBANCES RECORDED IN COTLAND TOWN (Hy The Associated l'rem.) LONTWtN. April ".--New .list nrl a a ces ik-( urred in the town of C.nv i. n heath. Scotland, last night. Poring llo disorder a shop window was broken and the contents of the place were cat in. I a way. Tin police dispersed Hie cloud with their clubs, according In m C.nlial News despatch from Dunfermline TraiisK.r1 workeis of the liritish licet in the Firth of Forth have been gin-l. sleeping bsyrths on board the battleships' Creweut and Kosyth. Double guards: have been placid on all caissons in the! jt'orth area, J WILLIAMS DECLARES HE IS ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT; ARGUMENT BEGINS TODAY I (IV I i . 1 1 I II, , III I lie I 1 in i ,,.) u it h ii l.a.. April 7. fvi of John S. Williams, ler of one of I I lie I I h alter 1 edel a I i 11 Vcs r..e w h. v:i I ion t !. i . v I ; n :. go cond it ions, 1 o ; iii, . .i - i on, inded here , I oil I- id, w i ; i.-ss I , the d. t ease was i inis, i i , , ie , t ..l.J t he pi ry ( ' I i .tt... 1 nl as a uia li ca n be. j :ll, a- I n, I died 1,1 - I I v . -!,,!. ,s witness..?, who les , I o I loot, 1 a 1 c. I statement S of iing, i. g i . i 1 a i in boss. Man the ,i ,u y esteiday W ill in ins killing o I he ineii, three of d ro w lie. I in N i w t,,n count y Hilling, wile of I , i i Man ; led ii, currop. .ration of hei si a. a., a t that on t In. night V : la- I 'l esl on an, 1 1 a i i y ' i . -' - - a ., 1 1 . .-, W illiams ca r 1 and M.i'ii.iiig and I hai In I '.y .le Man ii i g l,,M l ie. ted II, W h olll W I I K, ii. , M li.ng, lest. I ..-.band s P. I. isou. Wile i, - 1 . Ihciu aiei "liil oil 11. I nil P.. I V, lesllll. i , .dies of I I. , Mini in N where the s , a r. 1 Johns. ,ii, ol Newton Ml Mil, nil, g Identified It Is, i ii , Presl oil a lid h I , hi count y im is and .! In r bodies i ould be I', in, , i .1 o. took Ilia ke liie stand as the first 1 st I ellleli t HI Ills OWIl I., I II. I he, al , hai, ole llo-. 1 U dual illl.ili i g th, ' vi r had any kind of ci iiu l.linst llie, U- my boy H bf w , 1 1 among I he fi rst vv ol ds to t he jury . ,ii his lou i grow ii suns w ere i -' in tin- enmity to answrv call to War. st la I no t s, I have bun, led m l woiked flu-ill," he con I I. , olllll I. ike In: pa id t hese men told of the lederal in stalled last pebruary. d, pa i t nieiit of just ice . e tl I l.a I s III,! . tell him lie asked au'ents to xactlv whal peonage I ud nil being told that working .:i..es was, that he told the . . i I, I agents h, might have been tech guilty a nd f ha t ' ' muM ( leorgia I w ere, if ill, i r ,, linit ion was cor i lv iiig s ound ret, y,,u ought to oi.i n, . k In ,, ken, ' ' Williams sa id Hi. ag. nis mi,. I to Manning after mg l In- v ei sum Williams had ! .nt the recapture of (Jus Chan "" !v -' ' negro w ho had run off ami that I g had captured. Chapman had 1 a a luouohl l.a.k af'er attacking Man 'g s wit., the d.t, use had expla inel. Ho m,. ,, M. iniiiiig denied to the i's Cat he knew of the capture of a f .ma u. ' ' The - - ,n T. i u ii lings a r,-, much better 1 vp. . t. I, ' ' ag, nt , told him. he I a id. I, on may be te. hlii .11- of peonage." i,' s , i,i nt c I that the fa nil '. 'I fe a l,. Well dressed, ' ' ail. John,... . '"I a i ii 't t rcated me 'on .n ide mc ;, liar right be ' .ig.ni- " Williams said Man I I I alt. iwai.U. - ! ! me I w a - .pi.t as guilty of j ' i v on w , i , , ' ' he also quoted j : ' o as j.i I ii .-" mg', I I'm -Ion, Price and Pe - 'i. -a id, they came to ! - ! !h. v wai t, I to visit their ,' c, i.i I I. turn They asked for ! h d Hai - ,-a, .. he 'added, and 1 I ' lake I li. m to the t ra ill. 1 i",-'n an I i !dc Manning got - a if' !' oni him, Wll'iams ,e t I r, 1 1 r a vv of t hese r lo I'cter.-loll. Ma 'tiling next ' ' ' I'hcv went i 1 icp 1 g 1 , t talking lon.ally n , 1 t!, alilig la I I.. , n I in a calm, . iade a slow ' .p.rv. t. r that t he omul and of lear ges- ,n I his ,d.c tin r iv er II I would vv here mo ' ' 11. g. nth in, a. I t l me to g, t i ir hand- on .1 p,,t I lie Was ' ' falsely ac v done t' accii.s,- me wa. goiiii ' ' vv hat I h, y make h.ln a v vv i, at h. , I hilli on th, stand," Wil w. id into d, tads of n, p ...i incut on t he fa rin. I v do Ma im i ng ' mot her ke Ci v . le Ma mi mg a nd ii' a, take , a I e of t hem , 1,'N.oi could not control .I" pav lug do, tor bills , make I hem do right.'' us .as,- is concerned, I lo.-ciit , ' ' coat inued Wil d' I,. a! a l 1 can say,"' he eon e t't the stand, in hi; statement, had eon f soi. lv to th,. deaths of the s found droMued iu Newton is,- rested. u le Wi I and I I lies, h oils, unity The ci i V I i ;toN, April 7.The pi. s. , iition expected to conclude its ease today in the trial of John H. Williams, .rasper county farmer, in the -superior ii.iirt. t,ere, on a charge of murder of one of the 11 negroes alleged to have fen Irille.j in an effort to COTCT On pOU- BOTTLE OF CONFISCATED BOOZE EXPLODES IN DETECTIVE'S POCKET NEW YORK, April 7. New York'i night court, busy as a result of the police department' first drive at enforcement of the state prohibi tion law, adjourned temporarily in disorder early today when a quart bottle of confiscated liquor exploded in the pocket of a detective. The detective stood before the magistrate supporting a man, who, with bowed head, was confessing that he had partaken too freely of the brew that intoxicates. "Where's the evidence?" asked the court. The detective's hand moved to ward his pocket. Followed a loud report, some one shouted "Bomb" and a rush for the exits began. The detective was hurled to the floor, as was his prisoner. The magistrate and others in the court gathered out side, returning only when apprised of the cause of the explosion. The nixt defendant on the docket, a father of ten, still trembling as a result of the explssion scare, took a pledge to abstain "forever and ever." More than twenty men were ar rested on charges of violating the liquor laws during the first night's activities of the police department. NAVAL UNITS INSTRUCTED TO BE READY FOR SERVICE. QPKKNNTOWN, Ireland, April 7. Naval units here and at other home iorts Ivave I i instructed, as a result of the, strike uf Hiitish miners, to hold them selves in readiness for emergency service. Shore leave has been curtailed, and lin v.a I officials view- thn situation aa lieing tilled with the gravest possibilities. Attorney K. 1,. Campbell, of Kings Mountain, was a business visitor in the cify yesterday. He returned s few days ago from Klorida where ho spent the winter. go conditions on the Williams planta- i lion. Indications that thn defence prob i ably would require little more than a lay to present testimony offered a good prospect today for the ease being in the I ;i orge this morning for the purpose of hands of the jury by Saturday. j di lermining whether some plan could be Clyde Manning, negro boss on the Wil dt vised which would permit a resunip liams farm, thn last, of four witnesses1''0" 0l negotiations between the miners i put on by the state yesterday, testified , ni"' owners of British collierie looking ; in gruesome detail as to the killing of'0 a settlement of the great coal strike, j the 11 negroes, in which ho said he sS ( 1 he prime minister was expected to rf sisteq af Williams onler becausn the injure mo executives or tin- union argn l.itter said it mennt "Their necks orln'o's which might result in pemiiin yours." According to Manning's tei j b ing given for pumpnu n to descend into timoiiv, m i x of the negroes, bound ami niines ami , ave the piN from fltm.l weighted with rocks and iron, were '"g- Should he be sincessfid in his ef thrown into rivers nesr the WillianiF ' forts, a conference between the miners farm and fivn met death either by gun I the employers will follow late in the Hhot or blows from an nxe st the haiub I -lay. of the witness and another farm hand, j ' declared lu re (hi-- morning that P.fforts of counsel to prevent Manning, ')'p min(. nvvneis had a m-n wagn jdan and two department of justice agents ' ready for presentation if they met the liiiin testifying as to nlleged peonage londitioiis on the Williams farm were overruled by the court., Prospects today were that, barring unexpected developments, file) case? would i go to the jury tomorrow, although argu j ments are expected to consume at least a i d:.y. Hena Manning, wife of Clyde Man i.or 11, .. ttrut nitt.nua 1...I,.,, lAultfin.l , l.iietly ill support of her husband's state 1 1 1 cm 1 1 that the negro Lindlcy Peterson. Willu. Preston, mid Harry Price, weie last seen alive, that Williams took them 1 nlty. . I. ramp, president of the oil in a car. Manning and Charlie 'his National Pnion of Pailwaymen. waj to holm, another negro, vent with them, she I ''''' reported as say ing that the prospect added. Who told you to tell this!" (Jreen P. Johnson, counsel for Williams, asked r.peatedlv as he went over the woman's statement on cross cxaniiuat ion. Sheriff H. L. Johnson, of Newton county, testified next, telling of the re ci. very of the bodies of Peterson, Preston and I'l ice from Newton county rivers. Unbind, Marvin and Leroy Williams, sons of (he defendant, for whom flover '' nor Hugh Horsey has asked indictments in Jasper county when the grand jury ! there takes up on April II investigation; of th, deaths of the eight negroes ill that county, were not in court again today, but lr. tins Williams, the oldest son, ' flatly denied reports they had left the state. They probably will atend the , trial later, he said. The state put up four other witnesses. besides Manning two federal agents, Clyde Freeman, a negro farm hand, and a negro woman cook, and was expected to conclml,. its case by tomorrow uight. The defense indicated it would conclude its testimony in about one day and that1 the case should go to the jury Saturday. Manning Tells About Murders. Manning was the state's chief witness and during his testimony the courthouse was packed to capacity, Judge Hutche- son permitting all who could to stand in aisles and around the bar after all seats had lieen filled. The court asked for order and again todav, as was the ease yester.lay, there was hsrdiv a murmur from the crowd as men and women lean ed forward to eateh every word. Manning seemed little affected by his recital, and rarely changed the inflection of his voice. He is unable lo read or write, he said, and gave his age as about 2(1 years but did not know where he was born. "When T first remember myself,' he said, "I was in Jasper county.' , luring some three hours of direct ex amination the negro told in detail bf the alleged murder of the 11 negroes, giving his description in simplest words. He was not asked to deserilie the alleg binding of the negroes who were drowa- TnilDICTC DDdlT I Til itUImLLlL DltAI"l!i OFMINERS, OWNERS AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT j (By The Associated Press.) I LONDON', A,,, il 7 . c,pi. t,. break up of the conference l ).,,.. n i, piesenta tiv-PM of the miners, the own, rs and the ! government with the v u I,, -. tiling the I coal (itrike was announced in the house oi commons .y I reui'er Jdm.l I. forge this afternoon . j LONKON. April 7. la , miners ' union, who ,n , , , Minister I Joy I i..-iuge tin I fused tn order pump men , in mines' affected l.v 1 1. j resume work, pending n,g , the mine owners. As tne refusal the miners and I! v ill not meet to. la . i h i s ot the I w , t Prime in, 'i ring re iiid ( ugiueers oai strike to fiat ions with M'sult ,,f this or employers Peadeis of the Tr-ms;, Federation, which aliea.u support the miners, met (hi adjourned until I o'clock m order that they might I, r: Workers' as do I. led to lliojliilig ,ut his afternoon nut he result ot the conlereme n! tl mini-is and thd I prune minister before deciding what j form the mrpport w ill take. ! The National I iiion ,,f Pailwnymen also convened during the forenoon, but i. remained in session to hear the result of ! he premier s eon fen-nee. Th conference of the prime mm inter1 end the miners' leaders lasted two hours. Mr. I. toy, I (ieortre. .-o-.-om i .a ie.l l- Ki 1,'obert S lloriie, th,, chancellor of th exchequer, Thomas .1. M, Namara. minis ter of labor, and officials of the mines hi partiiient, urged the miners to accede to the owners' conditions, that pumping be resumed pending negotiations. This the miners' representatives declared they were nimble to consent l.. .....I l,,..-n aftr ad.jnuriimnt of the conference tho board of trade issued an official state ment, saying "the negotiations have broken down." MINERS' LEADERS MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER GEORGE LONDON, April 7. -Leaders of tho Miners' union met Prime Minister Lloyd I leaders of the slrikiiu 1 theless, the industrial min.is. Never -crisis resulting trom th,. miner, strike appeared grave, as the miiiei.--,' officials expressed doubt that the pumpmen would obey orders j from tch them to return to work. Hope that some ad in-1 meiit of (lie sit j nation may be reached is i xpressed by I the London Time-, that newspaper's par ' liaiuentary correspondent saying that I last night neither the government nor 1 the miners viewed th,. attitude of the pumpmen as an unsurmountable difti- might b. regarded, if not with I'ontt- dence, wilh some revival of hope. One feature of the -triko menace is found in the f-ii t that Pnglish bakeries' sepplies of yeast have been cut fifty per cent by th,. order of the government. Kresh supplies are being rushed to this city from Scotland and Ireland by de sl rovet s. DAUGHERTY ISSUES WAKMNIJIUrKUrllthKS IN BUILDING MATERIAL fRy The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON', April 7. lave-diea- ' t inn of illegal practices in the building material tiades is to be undertaken nt nee in all parts of the country where necessary. Attorney Cen. ral daughter ! announced todav. A general warning to bu-iness that the department of justice will i ouuteiianeo llo violations of the law was .sounded to day by Attorney (bneral Daughter'. The country, Mr. Daughtery said, "should take notice of a new day and a new way," and that those who had beert guilty of illegal practices should not "close their eyes." His statement, he added, was a ' modest, but emphatic ; warning " to those for whom it was in- tended and could Ik1 regarded as ait op imrtilnity for any of those who should mend their ways to do ho. The attorney general said the. depart ment of justice did not intend to harass business in any way, but that it did in tend to enforce the law. If pointed out that while the profiteering seetions of the Lever act had been declared uncon stitutional, the department Mill old proceed under 1 th Sherman snti tw t law. i ;.".'. '- llaulo high school v game of the season from Wednesday by toe t-c.ie ui features uf the gaine w Ot Cot and t?- l'iifii-s .' ..I the 1
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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