TONIA DAI
ETTE
GASTON COUNTY .
Tba Combed Yarn Center of
toe South.
GASTONIA
The South'e City of Spin
diet. VOL. XLII. NO. 84.
GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1921.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
GREAT BRITAIN FACES INDUSTRIAL CRISIS OF UNPRECEDENTED PROPORTIONS
OAS
LYQAZ
GASTON REPUBLICANS
to HOLD BIG POW WOW
Bolshevik Meeting, It Is Re
ported, May Be Held Aa Re
sult of Action of Certain Gas
ton County Republicans
Pie Is Big Issue at Stake.
Gaston Times.
Rumor upon top of rumor, conjecture
linn II Inn nf -mi icr-t 11 ' " WllV till' IllilSS
ptingf" "What does t lie committee
mealrt, wimt are iney going ,
dot" "Why .lil they?" "We'll lie
there ami we. " " It Ml Ik- :i hot lime.":
"Lot of fun; maybe a big scrap; I'm:
going to be there. " i
These were the expressions in concrete '
form of the many voters casually inter -j
viewed. "A commit tecman has a righC
to have nii office ami still lc on the Lx '
eeutive Board. "" He hasn't; Will Hay!
Bet the precedent," are opinions of otli
y era.
Anyway, from what the Times man
could learn from going arounil and lis '
teniug there will !c many men ami some
women there.
It Beeins that some voters feel tliat the
chairman and the county executive coin
mittee have tried to "hog" everything.'
yet the executive committee does not feel
thnt they have.
8ome contention has arisen over tin
recommendation of the tommittee for a
postmaster at Lowell. The executive
committee feels they were right in tins
matter.
Houscr Is Interviewed.
Kvon L. Hiu.ser, chairman of tin- tin.,
ton County Republican Executive Com
mittee, whs seen on the streets of f ;:-.!
nia Wednesday afternoon and was inter
viewed by The Times .
Mr. Houscr at first said that lie had
nothing to say. That if he knew any
thing to Ray that would do any go... I
he would say it .
He asked the Times man several iios
tions, then said :
"(let your paper. Yes, I'll make a
formal statement .' ' This is what Mr.
Houser had to say about the matter in
general:
"I am opposed to this meeting for the
reason I think it out of place. It' any
republican in (iastni county has any
grievance or any suggestion to make as
to party management, or to the dislribu
Hon of offices, the committee will be on
ly too glad to receive him as a father
would n son. I say this because I desire
to Bee the Republican party occupy the
same, position in (iaslon county as it
does in the nation. I am not a candi
date for office myself, nor will I accept
one. I shall be contented 'to see good
republicans, whether they supported in,
for county chairman or not, take the pla
ees."
"Will you be there Saturday, Mr
Houser?" he was a.'ked.
"I will not. "
John N. Hanna Speaks.
of
on
cd
John N. Haima, another member
the commitlee, was interviewed Wei
dnv night at his place (if business
West Franklin avenue, and was asked
for a statement. Mr. I la una said: i
"I have beard th.it the reason of the r
meeting was Ilia! the committee coders r
ed a democrat for postmaster at Lo,
but we only endorsed Ir. Unions., n 's a ml
Joe Arinst rong 's recommendations .and
if we did wrong and any one will show
it, we call always rectify it. I have al
so heard that the reason of the meeting
is that some arc sore became they were
not endorsed or not having their man
endorsed. If that is the reason, the
meeting will do no good.
"If the obje. t of the nn cling is to
eliminate the committee and I au be
advised of the fact, I 'II eliminate my
self, for there is no money in it and,
anyway, it would get me out of a hob
hie. "
"Will you be there, Mr. Hann.a?" he
was asked.
"No! I hardly
think
Still.
I I..
might."
Eli Lineberger.
Mr. Lineberger was seen in Castoni;
yesremay ana in repiy 10 a rc.pu si ior
a statement, said:
I nave nothing whatever to say now
I will 6ay what I want to Saturday. "
.. m , I.
vori was inane 10 gci ... .00.1.
with Mr. Lauble at Bessemer ity but
he could not be located.
TURKS RESUME ADVANCE.
(By The Associated Press.)
PARIS, April S. -Turkish nationalists
have resumed their advance in the Lrn-a
sector of Asia Minor, according to dis
patches received at the French foreign
office.
Fears are entertained here for the
safety of the entire Greek expeditionary
force. The magnitude of the reverse -uf
fered by the tireeks appears to
greater than first supposed, judging from
the latest information. Six thousand
wounded Greeks arp said to lie in Ims
j.itals in Drusa.
BIG WHEAT EXPORTS.
(By The Associated P-ess.)
GALVESTON, Ter.. April S.-Eight
times as much wheat was exported
through Galveston during March as com-
trI with the name month last year,
neenreling to figure made public today '
hf ihf Galveston eotlon exchange and (
board of trade Total shipments of;
grain amounted to-5,023,192 bushels. " 1
FEMININE JEALOUSIES
DISRUPT POLICE DEPARTMENT
KALAMAZOO, Mich , April 8
Feminine jealousies have disrupted
the women's squad of the Kalamazoo
police department, Chief Taffe de
clared today in announcing he rad re
quested the resignation of two police
women .
"Something had to be done," the
chief wrote City Manager Harry
Freeman. "The women are suppos
ed to work together irrespective of
personalities, Lut there has been more
or les? friction for weeks and co-operation
has become impossible. Dis
missal! was the only solution."
GRAND MASTER TILL1TT
TO SPEAK HERE FRIDAY
Head of Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows in State to Deliver
Public Address at Court
house Next Friday Night.
t.iand Master 1 1. II. Tillilt, of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows of
North Carolina, will pay a special official
visit to Castonia Lodge No. I ss next
Friday and will deliver a public addre-s
at the court Iti u i at S o'clo-k Friday
eight. Not oiilv Odd fellow, bill the
public generally are cidiallv invited to
attend tin- meeting and hear Mr. 'I'll
lit t-' adrd.-s.
Mi. Tillitt is a prominent attorney of
Camden and is a must interesting and
i uteri a in nig - pea lo r.
Thole will be -.pe. ia I mils,,, at this
meet ing.
Mr. Tilbtt was ele-i.d grand ina-ter
at lite annual melting id' 1 lie Ciaiel
Lodge l, ld here la-! M iv. His cueing
t. l.ast.inia a' this time )s ,,(' .articular
interest to local ' d I Fellavvs. T,e lias
tenia lodge is in a Ibuirish ing condition
and is g run i ng la pel ly.
WHITMAN IMPRESSED
BY HARRIS' STORY
Former New York Governor
Will Prabably Have Roy
Harris Brought to New
York.
(By The Associated Tress.)
NKVY Y'll.'K. April V- Improved by
the detailed ai count of the h 11. HI
well murder, giv.n at llut'l'alo vit.r.liiv
,v l.'oy Hani-, to; our I , ..verier Whii
man. who is in charge of tin- l r in
vistigatioti. said today he was beginning
t, tiike more seriously Harris' alleged
confession of complicity in the ciime.
Mr. Whitman at tiist had be, u -k, pti
en I of Harris' .story, told Wednesday
uighl .afler his arrest in I ', u I fa lo . This
skepticism, it was explained, ias due 1o
the fact that the authorities already had
iecriel seen different. , on f, -sinus, si
by h i ler and one in 0,1-011 .
II was r, ported today that Mr. Whit
man mis milking :, n etfott In have Uar
brought to t hi- city . I la i l is. arrest
e l on a forgery rlia rgi . signed a Male
unut that he .ainl Wiili.ani hum-ail, a
fr'n ml. win l.ir.d, with r.,nus, of t.",.-
111111 ea. h. to kill the turfman. He
claim. . I that a woman known t., him ;i-
"Mm. I "a n , h , Id ", .inph.ved them,
Lct.ntion of a mv ,,rk woman,
whose hotog , ( i, v.:,- den! died lent:,
tivelv by ll.airis a . that of "Mrs. 'an
child", was soo,.,., t,, Mr Whitman
by the district attorney at L.tiflalo, but
Mr. Whitman dc ah d to wait for furth
er dev elounic n t -- b.tor, taking aita.u.
MARSHAL FOCH HOPKS
TO COME TO AMEHICA
I'AIJIS. April s M,,,. ,.,1 I'm I, h;,.
lint ii;. V. t been ;i.i-c I of anv III! t,l! I ,11
extended to him bv t ae m ra.iii legem
visit the Lni'c 1 M.r.s . luring th.
tinning -uininer.
He hi.d intended, how. v- r. ',, v -M
.Miiericii during tin- t'r
,t II hat
e II' e--ltv of
I, albel colli.
,,,., Hl,n, ; v , ,,v ,,
conferring with th- sup,,,
ell. It is most dilli, ul' for t ! . mat -h.il
to make plans in advance. I luring a
'
,j,.V ,,f a ,Ull,,ih , p.
he
.:.s r.
. tl.re,
called
frmn Lritli
to la
t lines.
Marshal Foci, hope-. ),,. v. r. f) I
able lo find time for a vi-M to Am. in
ia the near future.
UNABLE TO CARE FOR
WOUNDED GREEK SOLDIERS
CHv The Associated Press 7
ATHENS, April -4 --Woumb' I Creek
s. Idi.Ts are arriving in sm h mhiiI,i".
fiom the Smyrna and Hriisa front- fist
sanitary authorities in thit eonnt.y are
u.ial.le to care for th. in pr .;.. rly 'IW.
t hou-niid injured men arrive. I :.t I'lious
yrslerdiiy. and f.iun.lina.e.iia!e hospital
at. omiiiodations. the institutions ing
without Is'ds and erpiipmeut and having
deficient personnel.
Queen S.pl.ie has appealed to the
American lied Cross in Paris for nurses.
and four da-si's of doctors have b.. n
ailed out by the government The
governinei.t.
wounded men ar,. 1m ing brought in tram
cars from Piraeus to this city. Most of
tl.e wounds from which thev suffer were
inflicted by rifle bullets or bayonets,
Many women of Athens ore leaving to
work hi the baiehospitals iu Anatolu. '
JURY WILL GET THE
WILLIAMS CASE TODAY
Barring a Mistrial There Are
Three Possible Verdicts, Ac
quittal or Conviction of Mur
der With a Chance of Rec
ommendation For Mercy.
(liy The Associated Tress.)
COVINCTO.N, (ia., April 8. John W.
Williams, Jasper county planter, was
willing to sacrilice the "convict lives"
ol eleven negroes on his farm to his own
security and pride of position, the jury,
trying him for murder of one of tin in
v.iis told here today by former Congress
man Howard.
Only those negroes wild had been bail -j
ed out of jail, and whom he said Wil-I
liams held on t lie farm by force to work,
out their debts, were subject to this1
"dreadful contagion of death," h( said
in making the cloving argument for the!
stale.
I
Croon T. Johnson followed with thej
final plea for acquittal and it appeared
thai the .judge's (barge would be com .
pleled and the case in the hands of the
.jiirv before night.
II,. IV 11,1 eo, , tell, lei licit CV'I'II If till
, , ., i i ,. , , , ,,r Husband, Commissioner of Immigiation
puv dnln t believe the statement ot ' , .
' . .. .. . ,i , i in the new administration. He succecd-
.vile Manning, negro (arm boss, that he . . . .
, '. . , ,, ,, , ,,, , cd Anthony Caminetti in this impoitant
helped Williams kill the men, that thCj J '
fact that they were killed and that Wil- I Post-
liams alone had the motive remained. j ws- -
Mr. Johnson assailed Manning as a , nnn V flC PflDDflD i I
i ,.ul'cs', liar and an admitted mill"'
urderer.
"'who on his own statement, knocked a
nigger In the he.id as he would an ox."
Manning's ignorance had allowed him
t believe he ''was as guilty as Wil
liatns" of n.ige and that furnished
him ii motive for the killings, lie ,1c
clan d.
Mr Howard, closing for the state.
untied the el. 'veil I a nil haiiMs killcM ami
. ... .. . i aii.
1 " , I I I I , , , . , ., , .1'"'" o. ,,'.., .,
I a or Macon evceot one who was blliled
,,o. ,.f e.il in Moeticcllo ami all work
e, for Williams or his Wills,
The Williams farm and those mlioiu
ing operated bv his Rons were referred
to as the ''plague spot" by Mr. How
:inl. "The otliers on the place seemed
immune," he added, "and neemed able
to live and move on the Williams planta '
mas without getting tins MreaMtul con
tagion ol Mise.ise ol .lentil.
The eh v-n negroes taken from jails to
work on tin' f.ai ins met .lea 111 within the
1 iielve days from Lebruiirv J I to March
s. lie said, and .added he would look for
.a cause for this ''scourge of death" as
phv-icians look for the cause of a pistil
cii
Mr. Iloiiard then turned to the nub
.f, I of peonage and brielly outlined its
origin in .Mexico iiini traceti it lo ine
soul i l e, era .aws were i i ,' i uj nsi
.' , , ,1 ' I
it, he said, ami told of investigations by
d, i.i it iiMii t of justice agents on the Wil-
li; pliicc Lebruaiy is.
Mr. Ilowiird did not make the direct
chiiigc th.it peonage was the cause of
the "scourge of death," seeming to
leine the juiy to draw its own conrlu
M,,M,
Mr. .loliiisi.n praised the address of
llowarj. and added. " As for my friend,
Mr. Liiind. the distinguished solicitor
general, .just between you .and lue, gen
tb men of the jury, confidentially, I
can't c-;i', the conviction that Mr.
Lr.aiid has not got a sipiare deal."
.lust beginning his term of orlice and
having worked up his first big case, he
was about to n ap the reward of his la-
I,.,r i'lid had visions possibly of honors
from il of the governorship even- when
this -.Atlanta crowd got busy and muM
Ilics-e disi ingiiished men to take bis
place. "
IJ.feiriiig to Howard having conducted
the cyani i na t ion of witnesses and having
made the closing speech, he declared the
former . ong i os'-tna n did not appear as
did the .solicit-. r general or the assistant
attorney general, doing their duty as
worn olttc. rs of the stiile, but as the
paid attorney of ''private prosecutors. "
The ''tie n win. guaranteed the fund
Ii. p:iy Howard had the light to do o."
be said, and added they ha.l the right to
lure anoth.r lawyi r to uphold "this
splendid ch:i rioter -Clyde Manning."
"I would suggest, however, they
might well c'e.an up their own house
fir-t."
lefeiTiiig to the Atlanta race riots of
1 '.""'.. he .aid no one hired lawyers to
1'iiiii. h the slayers "of more than one
hiiielrcl unfortunate negroes."
Mr. .I.ihn-on than made a plea that
Williams for whom he h;id sought a
postpom incut of trial had not been given '
-utlieient titim to prepare lus defense.
He ashed the jury to remember this
w hen it retir. .1 " especially when yon run
up agiiinst suspn-ious f.'icts ami tircum
- tiinces nne-vpla.ned . ' '
Mr. Howard turned to the defen-e'.
caun that ly te .Manning, helieving
v. a- i.s "guilty as Williams was" of the
peonage charge-., might have killed the
lio n. The speaker deiioenced such an
idea as unfeasible and. his voic rising
to a high pitch f..r the first lime.
launched into a d;scusion of "that in
visible thing motive. "
"If the jury did not want to lielieve
Matining's M,ry accusing Williams, and
b !t it out, the attorney continued, the
fact that the killings took place re-
niaine l mid the reasons for them re
rnained.
Against his own pride and position in,
'Wf, the defendant was pictured s? c:r J
Succeeds Caminetti
Aa Immigration Chief .
M,,
W. W. Husband
Here is a new photogtaph of W. W.
UUU I Ul UUIII UMHL
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
Mr. John T. (
Kate-, of iVT.eue r Cilv ,
received a telegram Thin-day nmr
advising him lhat the bodv of hi-.
Corporal Ibuvard O. Kates, who met M.
lea t Ii in I- ra me Mm ing 1 lie war.
id
v i i ii i
arrived in lloboken, N .l, and would be
sent here for interment. Mr. Oa'es !
I'1"''1 1 h" b'legran, today.
t iie
graves regis! rat ion bureau to notify hioi
when the bodv will anue here. Ar
tM.igc.uetits will be made and unnoumel
through The lady inot, for fun. ra I i
s rvices ami a milibirv bmial b,- tl
local post of the A
Unerii'an Legion.
: ,,,,(1,1,, fr"lh louviet liv
,).,.,. ;r,. pv, rs ;( r.-ujn, s t
f r t,,.;r ,,ics
As i- ' uecit Wihiams ail I Mauuilie
having ii -as. ui tor the killings, Mr
Howard asked :
'"Mid Clyde halo anv .oil - to plo'e, ' .'
Lid he ov.n any propel t v .' Iid I., ni.ak'
nl' eonir.icis rn it., s,. i to
gr''''sf
, I I I , I 1 1 I X 1,1 I
Tin
',"!l" l- Willi:"""- ''"I" r
t v
farmer, on trial in superior
iill-l
!'"r Hi- murder of oi I' the II to jr ..
alleged to have been kill. , I while I I I ii.
peonage on his plantation, was expected
go to th- jny i-dav. WiHi tin pr.
e-.tatioii "f cvidei .ompl.ted and argn
teenl begun late y, stii la.. il was be
beve l that final pi. ,-ot . oun-. I for both
sbi. s w.eiM I on' h.d. d today wiM.i..
"ire - four hour .
The trial has be. n horl.-ue.l bv tin
pre i't a I noi of onlv . wit f.,r '!.-
defense. Willia nis i -iking the in hi.
own behalf y, s', r ha iislh, h ali.mpt
by his attorn, y ... to lefote the I. 'in v
ol the stab 's st.n win.-.-. 'y h- Mao
ning. ii.-gr.. I.o-s i, t he W.lli lai ai.
that the ,.:ev. n n.-groe. w.-- I.i I led a! i,e
.hfemM":'. or hi-. . r ing h,s "a..
silnt" in no'" of the mil' hr ehnrg.,
Williams. vh, wa . e-.t - ,v r:i and In,:,
lore ijiid, r th- fi-or.-i . law not -ubje. ted
. cross e a m i aa I i n . ,,., tared in in-
slatnii. nl to the n r he lull Maminj
as the man having a ' ' pr ,ba l,le m..iive ' '
for the k'llm:'-. I '. l.-n-i cni I
t"iight to uppor' ! ..s stnt.-tii. uf l, ', I'
ing the tm 'ha' Manning, igu ,M ,.'
tie p.n,.l-. tor peonage, had b. am
..Ian I at tl,.- f ir,' ii'..-' r.: a' iai
closing arg-ni.eiit for tl.e i a i
will be mad,- tola-, bv W. M II .w:,rl.
f, rtn.-r e.tig i ,--a,., n true fie-.-gi'i, w'.r.
iv.vn I-'. of M-.nti. . '... Cm
. I.icf , I f-.r th. 1.1.1,-.. wib a;.,.'
nll:, ,,,.., for a .i-'... I'ri- .hg. .,f
oj.uiiig an! !"- -g a". .in lit w.-., gi-,
t).. defer)-, l-v r. "ss.ii .." i's having i 'ro
,j the d.-f. n Lit ' a- its onlv wi'i - -
Barring a tm Inal the-.-are thr, p.
.,,,. v. rdi. N. a .oi ling lo opining ar
k imont of !,;h sib-. :ie,p,iM,'l or ci
,,tioii ,,f tnurdcr. with a ihan I th
l,tt.r being .m -. on, pa n ie-1 b, t ai,
n,cnd.,t ion for m.i'V wiihh v.odd im'o
. , nv change the death penalty to
if,. imprisonment
s,l,l'l Wiliian-s be aciiiitte of tim
present charge. In' would not b, fi '-, a
.-olici'or (b-netal l'i ." I ana niio. 1 a.
eonld Lo held for t.ial on tin. o n, r
.nT., T jtrms r.'iirn.d again. t him i.
,H ,.,IIltv j ,., ti will, , ,, :,
,,f t,r,.P negr.M'..
The courtroom was packed to eapiclt .
nc-.,jn today, sp. .-tators standing sh.e.l
llrr f ..houhbr in the .aisles and in th.
spa. P Udweeii t he pe.t.it ' scats and
,, railing of the bar. High school stu
,, s were given the morning off from
v, i0 t 1,,-ar the closing argument-.
1
CO V I X( iTON ", La., April 7. The fate
cf Jt.hii S. Willian s. accused of the tuiir
,,.P f ij ,., f,.,nn hands, will rest
wita a jury tomorrow-. In even, dispas
r ttii. P V' s,4L
11 1 r.Hm'iy . J 1
PEOPLEiOF THE STATE
WARNED TO LOOK OUT i
FOR BLUE SKY ARTIST
Former Welfare Commissioner
R. F. Beasley, of Monroe,
Mixed Up in Big Oil Promo
tion Scheme in Texas Car
olinians Warned Against It.
l: l.ldl.ll, April 7. Thirty four
North Carolina eitc-i vteie warned today
bv liisuiaioe t iiiuinissioliei- fsl.aev W.
Wade that the blue sk.v artist is abroad
ii tin- land sepatating Norlh Carolinians
: i tiii Heir nioii. - . and with the outcry
1 iiajie l I. nil t In s,. ua I 0 i ii...-. I n a les)
lien be ail' t.-..
S.v in lii -omuls v. Mil tin telegtams to the
pilne lii. fs ,,(' tiies,- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ie i palM ies vvas
g'Ven enl a sta:. meat by the pu'ih, ity
d. pariiienl ol ti e iii-eiraicc coniniis
Sloliel's litllee III V ! I I'll the I 1 1 ' I 1 1 1 . 1 I 1 1 1 1 : 1 1
Teliol. inn oinpaii.v ol Texas is attack
' I and the name M' a d i -I ing ui died
Not til Carolinian is .ailed. He is lfo
I lid I', la .s, y , ol Monroe, hca diplil I I ITS
baleigh until a loilnighl tigo. Mr
Lea-ley resigned Lis postilion of coniniis
I 'I1 of public Helta in to go to Texn ,
"'I 1 he i omp.i n y, it h a sense of tnlver
I ' nig propor! ion, ma ki s nun li of this
ipiisil ion. It plays up L. C. Williams,
in, oil, , r Tar II, el.
It is this -eri, , of cncunistani'i's which
I -uugs a 'tinging comment from the
1 lii ,- ol tie- iiisoi iiice commissioner. Mis
life ii-' 'f '.e.a-lc, 's name is explained
ii the light ol Hie freer employment of
M b the oil lompanv. The Texas com
pan. cinch lnev ii cruel lap! over
Mr. I'.easley duly .a ppi ciates its catch
and doles mightily on him. Il doesn't
fad to play him up as welfare man who
ligat.d th
eoinpa u y 's c I ii i m s and
is entiielv ,( isi;..,l with them
' """ ' '"'""' ' ''
Ilic lie --ag, lo th,. police chiefs says:
' Lor l he pi olect mn of your i ity I re
in, -I that you be on the lookout for un
''ens, d .sloci. sale-uien. There is evcrv
i n, I ii a ! ion that man, wildcat slock
be ii inb rt:i ken soon. A t
I ."-en! liioie is not a licen-ied blue slock
-ib sinaii in the state. Arrest any mall
y ' ii liml offering such slock and report
to this d . , a i i 1 1 1 e n t for f'uilher inslrue
I. ..lis. I'l.a-v give this message the
vid, t publiciiv posdble in your cum
tmiiiitv i'V p.. lag epics am I using news
papers."
Mr. Wad.- thinks the rn.iew.ed i.etivi-
of th. blue -l,v fellows is probably
in 1 1 ' ; i 1 i v , ot' impr.v.d li lii. m-iii I condi.
t "ii-. the ..perntor. of this kind of gel
I o il s' hem, - gele radv knowing about
vtn u and whi m l.o liml money. llllll
'r. ds ol lh..i.,an l' in money have been
losl r . eat ly iind at least t wo hanks de
si lay . I be I h" libera I loan . on this kind
of pap r.
Flood of Ailvc i tising Matter.
I in ' a l , I . ' i ' ' I e j ' a l 1 1 1 1 1 ' i M of t he l n (jur
al - ,' olln e s,n , today : i
"i i h I a i ,'iaa i , being lloiided wilh
a ,''! -in,, in .'I, i bearing the name of
'.,' I a ' e: na ' loua I I'eiiolcum Company
''f I '"..,-. Si u lllolilo, I . ,:,s. It is
I i - v a a I op, ' m i - ,,- in tone. It
lid ,. : v .a -' I or! lines made in oil and
pel' - 1 lo,,. ol s-aeeesful companies.
i i''i i'air , leu moils dividends and
'ami i"-v pi' lire- of a future made
':;. v . . r i I ..ai. li.,- be an investment of
a tew hiha l 11, I heir -to. h. It Is tin
Hi"- ..id ii. ' I). il k that has relieved
- a k'-i . and ...-'. marks o f their money
' ' I 1 1 . ' all t he ag. - a ml would not l
I i; ' ai nl. ' ia i, lo rou - iii Ninth Carolina
i. .1 for two la i -, Loth of them artfully
' Lii .1, tli..t bolnti I K. Hen dev. late
' ii inm-ioii.T o! public welfare of the
- it. of Nona i at,., i, a, is now working
: a the In, i ii.a I ioua I. '1 he .onipanv
. - thai :! a II or I , t h. in ' pecilia r pleas
i. I : am . t'.a' l.'oh.nd I'. Heasley
' i"i'im' ui r of public wcll'iire of
' a t ,,, . ,,.;i Caroita.a. ha- been
I to tio -taff ' 'lie- a nnoiinceuieiit
g- "H ' . -'ate t nit Mr. Beasl.-y came
'" I v. ', ii-.- ' gat.-) their pi oposit ion
'"i-'Ujh! . . - . b f oe accepting a posi
' ea wi'h i!o in an I lhat hi has unbound
i f ,, i di ia th, .""in pa ny . ' '
jAYS VERDICT CONTRARY
TO LAW AND EVIDENCE ,
(By Tho Associated Press.)
.'il Ml l;(i.-"iX, Va.. April 8.
I' 1 ..li.g the vi'i let contrary to the law
, ni m.i'ieme. A " "i eev.s for John Dia
i" r. lotiinl gin'tv "t a-.aa't in i-oniiec-'on
with th" s'. , rmiiig 'if th Halifax
ci.i'iy ii. 1 1 bv a mob March L'I. will ar
.iie a it". lion ii. 'ore .lodge Marksilale to
uioirow am: mug to let the jury's de J
'en ., le. Jtrap.r, charged by the
a'.- icing tne i. al. r of the moh 1
. ni. : ! in un -m cessf ul attempt to:
r.-n troiu ti.e jail .inn '.olemnn, a
in gro. v.a . I.uiii I guilty last night and
utem . I to one year in jail and to iay
a ti f C'.'.o. Trial of twelve others
.haig.d wilh participation ill the attack
,m the jail is exp.vted to lake place at
the next term of the Halifax county cir-
' court.
The trial of Lraper was regarded as a
test case. Cmnnionwealth 's Attorney
Kaslev expressed . himself S satisfied
with ttu- verdict of simple "assault. v
Draper denied partkirnt?nr in tho at-
4 tr:
Railwaymen And Transport
Workers Support Strike
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE i
DIRECTORS MEET
Will Call Attention of Northern
Manufacturers to Desirabili-j
ty of Gaston County as Pos
sible Location For Plants. j
At the regular meeting of the directors1
of the Chamber of Commerce held Ttiur.i- :
day afternoon, the attention of tint hoard
was called to the fact that many indus i
liiiil plants in 1'hiludelphia and vicinity!
wire f; to face wit Ii serious hi bor prod ,
leins ami that many of them were investi
gating possible sites mid locations in
other parts of the country. I'pon rccom I
nicndiition of the secretary, the board
directed lh.it tin- advantages of tiastoniii
ami Castoii county be set before thej
Philadelphia manufacturers, i It was.
pointed nut that the menace of strikes,
and other labor troubles wore contribu
tory causes to this feeling on the part
of the Northern manufacturers.
The date and arrangements for the
annual dinner of the chamber were left
In the hands of the steering committee.
It is probable that, reindeer meat will be
one of the features of the banquet. He
grct was expressed that Congressman
Thos. .1. Hetlin will Lo unable to accept
the invitation to bo the speaker of the
evening.
Keports of the Unhviiikle demonstra
tinn committee .a ml of the Kings Moun
lain orphans' borne committee were ac
ccpled ami the committees discharged.
FAIL TO FIND TRACE
OF THREE AUTO BANDITS i
CINCINNATI, ().. April 8. Postof -i
tice inspectors and police early today had!
failed to find nny trace of three ban
dits who Inst night held up a United'
! States mail truck here and robbed it of
I three pouches of registered mail. Board
' ing the truck ns it was leafing the Hal j
timore & Ohio railroad station, the hold !
up men forced Joseph Arbino, Hie driver, t
and Wlalfer I). Holder, railway mail
clerk, to drive to n secluded alley, where1
the two were handcuffed to thtt Bteering !
wheel of their machine. ,
doing to the rear of the truck, the
bandits, using a duplicate key, unlocked
the truck .ago and carefully picked over
tin sacks of mail to select those contain j
ing registered matter. Obtaining these,1
the thieve hiiK!.l from the track vtrith ai
warning t" th. .hriiitru'fffcd nfu fmrt .to
make nir outcry- itn.hr ptnaltv )f Leine
shot, nnd jumping into a waiting auto
mobile, escaped. GREATEST INDUSTRIAL
An estimate of the amount of loot was 1 CONTROVERSY IN YEARS,
unobtainable because of the fact it was I,0H April s. Lenders of tho
incoming matter from Detroit and other National Federation of Transport Work
points and the facts will not bn diselos ers and of the National I'nii.n of Rail
ed until a further investigation is made, wayinen, which orga u i,a lions h;e voted
to suppoil the miners in the treat coal
OUTLAW MEMBERS WILL strike, decided this morning u.ii a
PLAY INDEPENDENT BALL strike by the tw unions. This brings
(By The Assoe--tod Pres.) t the entire p..w. r of the "triple alliance
CIIH'ACO, April h. - -Three- ousted of labor" int.. the rn :ili-t industrial
..embers of the White box club, who
vere released because of indictments in
onnection with the 19111 world's scries
scandal, .ire organizing a team of their
own, will, the object of playing clubs
not in the major leagues, witji (ieorge
K. Miller, an investment broker, asso
mated with other brokers in backing the
.-.heme, it, was learned ttnlav.
The thre,. players are Joe Jackson,
outfielder; Charles Rijierg, shortstop,
."iid Claude Williams, pitcher. It is stat
f i that two other former members of the
Whit Sox club, Fred M.Mullin, third
I aseniaii, and Oscar "Happy" Felseh.
outfielder, also will l included in the
line up.
Another player, Joe Gedeon, formerly
with the Washington and St. Louis
Americans, also is expected to join. lit
addition to those named. Miller said that
three other former big league men would
be included.
The new organization is now trying
!o obtain dates with independent clubs
and both players and backers were opti
mistic in their outlook on the venture.
,ttc .,r
OIL MILLS BURNED.
COVINGTON, (ia.. April R. The
Covington cotton oil mills plant was1
aUnost completely destroyed by fire of
undetermined origin here early today,
entailing a loss estimated at approxi- ,
ii.ately $1 23.000, practically covered by
inborn i ioo
The fire started in the linter room and
swept the main part of the mills.
FLOUR PRICES DROP. I
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 8. ;
Flour prices in Minneapolis have dropped j
50 cents a barrel the lant week, bringing (
the price of standard patents at the mills j
down to K.L" to t.40 a barrel.
WEATHER. ,
1 North Carolina. unsettled to-
night and Saturday, probably
showers; not much chaagg in tem-
persture. .-..,' ', - '
8 6 3 a d i fi 1 Q & ft
Representatives of Miners Re
fuse to Meet Mine Owners
on Conditions Proposed
England Faces an Industrial
Crisis Brings Triple Alli
ance of Labor Into Contro
versy.
(Hy The Associate! Press.)
LONDON, April 8 All efforts
by Mr. Lloyd George, the piimc min
ister, to bring the mineis and the
mine owners together to discuss the
dierencrs which led to the strike in
the coal fields having failed, the
miners' executives vint into confer. '
ence thi3 afternoon with their part
ners in tho triple alliance the
transport workcis and the railway
men to decide when the members
of the allied oiganization should be
called out in a sympathetic strike.
Last night's decision bv the prime
minister at the suggestion of the
more moderate labor interests to in
vite the miners and owners to a con
ference this morning, at which the
first subject for discuasion would be
the resumption of pumping to dear
the mines of water, ltd the general
public to believe a settlement was in
sight and that the impending strike,
promising to be the greatest in the
history of the country, would be
averted.
The miners, howevi r, were ada
mant in their stand, insisting there
should be no restriction regarding .
the questions to be discussed by the
conferees and an exchange of letters
between them and Mr. Lloyd George
failed to change their minds.
LONDON, April 8 Great Brit
ain today appeared to he face to
face with an industrial crisis of un
precedented proportion". The Na
tional Union of Railwaymen and the
federation of transport workers de
cided to etrike in support of British
miners, who have been out since ear
ly this week.
Hope that the mineis and the own
ers of coal pits might meet the gov
ernment officials to dircuss means of
settling the strike were apparently
blasted shortly after noon, when it
was announced the miners had refus
ed to meet their employers.
They based their refusal on the
fact lhat the mine owners had ac
cepted the government proposal of a
conference on condition tlrat the
striking pump men and engineers
would return to work at once, pend
ing negotiations of the difficulties
which caused the stiike.
controversy in r.ngln ml lor many years.
(Ifli.'i.al aniiouuc. ui. -ut that the "triple
'alliance"' had decided upon a strike was
made shortly afltr noon today.
A general strike of the railroaders and
transport work, is will be called unless
the striking miners and the owners of
liritish coal pit i leach a settlement .
British mine owners, this itioruiug con
ditionally accepted Prune Minister Lloyd
(ieorge's invitation to confer with lead
ers of the miner,' union relative to a re
tain of pump men and engineers to the
mines, pending negotiations for a settle
ment of the coal st , ike .
The mine owners stipulated that the
mutter of the pump nun returning to
work must be the lir-t ipie-tioii settled at
the proposed conference.
The miners declared they wished to
meet without being hamper"'! by any
restrictions on ti e iri of their .ILi
cu.isiona. They sa i I th.y wished tho
meeting to be entirely free from limita
tions e.sH-ci:illy regarding the .piestion
involving the return of the pump men
to work.
MINERS REFUSE.
'By the Associated Press.)
LONDON. April fc. . -LYpresi utative
of striking Briti-h miners this afternoon
"'fuse't to accept Prune Minister Lloyd
George 's invitation to i.t the owners
of '' f "e conditions proposed.
f 1 1 ii i i Mr 1 1 in i ii ! i imp )!:
nn'' engineers to the pit
to the pits would foe too
first
matter :clt led at the conference. V.
MEXICAN ROADS CONGESTED.
(By The Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY, April .S.CoHgestl.m
of Mexican railroad has resetted a erit-
ical stage and commercial and industrial
interests of the country hare appealed; t'i
the government to tak eMrnor linary
steps to relieve fie situation. At Ver
Ciux, Tampieo. Pmn M. 'n o na t in
cities along the t'nif.-d -f-Mtr.s trnuiUr
thousands f tons of i.e--. 1 e di l a
been lying frfr Mith t. h i---
ing tinaWe to move ,' .. " h - t mi-; f
destination.