ILY G ETTE Weather: Rain Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 38. GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GASTONIA DA STATE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY INCOME TAX Judge Devin Rule in Favor of Judge Long Says He Thought It Might Have Been Good Policy For All Judges to Pay Morrison to Pay His Tax. (By V. T. Bost, iu Tho Greensboro News.) EALLTGH, Feb. 13 Devin ruled against A. Judge. "W. A. Waits, revenue D. commissioner who disagrees with t!ie oon - i - i : t iv;i.i siuuuuuai tuiuiiutnuu w ... vu.iv. fetates and the North Carolina tiupreuie courts, and today when Judge B. Long's income tax issue came before his honor, Judge Devin declared the Iredell jurist is not liable. Both State uud federal iacouiu tax de-: partmont have indicated that judicial! officers and others not hitherto liable for this income tribute, should bo taxed ncverthele as. The constitutional bar riers wero recognized by the federal de- ...,,...,.,, -l.w.i, f ii, ,,..: v iaiVlllVllia ll nil il i uokV. ii ...v. mujv, .ij , of salaried men to make voluntary pay.j nothing to do vwth the case, ment rather than contest, if any law- The air is full of rumors concerning yer in the federal jurisdiction held that ," mystery men" and "mystery women" the two highest courts are wrong, the 'and "mystery witnesses," "drug pel f7intlim.in does not sock faiun bv stand- ine behind such an argument. But Colonel Wattg has not hesitated to dis - agree with both seta of courts. He de - dares his ruling is bound colonel to be dearlv pop' loves lar" and the "pop'larity. " Judge Devin made short work of the rase. It was presented by Aubrey L. Brooks who told the court that if pro tecting tax dodgers had been the pur pose of this presentation the lawyer would not have been Brook.! nor tho client Long. The J rede 1 1 .jurist had uj fine record for supporting the govern-: ment, Mr. Brooks said, and always had paid taxes liberally. But the courts, must recognize the law ami the coustitu- tion, the lawyer argued. i The Greensboro attorney argued for the righteousness of the constitutional I provision, quite apart from the other considerations in the case. The debates on the constitution in the very beginning showed the wisdom of the law written originally into the nation. And he warm- cd up when he contemplated a propa-j gandn. throughout tl.e ijtate which has for its object the forwarding of the suggestion that the .judges of North Carolina are ta dodgers and that thoi revenue cominiiisioncr brought them to! justice. Mr. Brooks did not make it quite to definite as that, hut he did not j like the possible reaction of the State to' fuch a campaign. Devin Pays His. i Explaining his position after Judge Devin ruled with him, Mr. Brooks re-1 ferred to a story lotto Observer, in Watts' position i in buuday s (..hur ts hie h Commissioner set forth in the form The purpose of that of all interview, announcement, Mr Brooks interpreted to be a sort of repudiation of the origi nal position of Colonel Watts who had said that he would abide by tho court opinions .should these tribunals hold that the constitution is contrary to the com missioner's construction of it. Mr. Brooks recalled that, recently in this country a judge .discharged a grand jury and the crowd on the outside be came so displeased when somebody sug gested taking him off the bench that the judge had to flee. -Mr. Brooks fancied n " pop 'In r" disrespect lor the judges ns the result of the t jiuini.-.-imu r 's effort to make them appear i:i the role of tax dodgers. Judge Hein declared that in the North Caro.ina 1 I'nge against Pur cell, uud in tho I'. S. 'J:, F.vuns against Gore, the courts had spoken with some thing of finality. In the North Carolina case .Judge I'urcell had been taxed on Ids income. IL refused to pay it and fcheriff Page of Wake wt nt after his property. Chief Justice Clark sat down on the Wake sht riff so hard that the question never bad come up until Com missioner Walts found a way to be "pop 'lar." .Bulge I'urcell was - very "unpop'lur;" he once lined Josephus Daniels $2,1100 for contempt, ami when tho editor of tho Democratic daily re fused to pay the tax, Judge I'urcell sen tenced the editor to a Mini in the Yar borough. Vet, "unpopular"' as Judge l'nrncll was, he was relieved of the lax. The L'nitod States Supreme court in a very recent opinion by 7 to 2 with Chief Justice White traveling majority wards, "pop Marly" as courts go, held the same way and until Colonel Watts came along there was no other opinion which appeared to have any court stand ing. The case will go up. Watts Enjoys It. Colonel Watts is having a good time.! He is satisfied that he has done so much more "pop'lar" a thing in getting af ter the judges than he did when he re bated the big tobacco companies of Dur- ham, that one rarely hears him discuss the first and much bigger tax business, j For instance, tho tobacco paupers (Continued on page 5.) I I SCORE OF SHIPS SEARCHING FOR SAILOR ADRIFT IN BOA T NEW YORK. Feb. 14. A score of ships of all iinds, from battered trami ttteamers of the seven seas to graceful, pleasure freighted pas-singer liners, were leaving for rxian routes today on a mission of merry. They were continuing to search for John Birkuer, 24. the srlilor who was cast adrift from the steamship Gaff ney, last Wednesday, 7(0 miles in an unfropieiitil part of tho Atlan tic. - If Birknrr's frail craft if still afloat, today's tlajrn marks the be ginning of his seventh day adrift on the waters. The waster of the Gall- Taylor Murder Myster Will Never Be Cleared Up Until Edward F. Sands Is Found Too Many Rumors and Tips, Too Many "Myste ries" and Not Enough Genuine Clues, Say Of ficers. (By Tho Associated Tress.) LOS AXUKLES. Feb. 14. No offi Wiul connected with the William Desmond Taylor murder mystery would say tod; illttit nriL' .wtn-.l iti-iicTri.ua lifl.l bltetl mil. j towarj jts toiutioii. I .... ' T 0ff icersnvere at work and stillcx- pressintr iletermination to do their test F.jto find the slayer of the film dire ' uut round .liemscives oiirrouicu 'too many wild tips," they said, I too few genuine clues. Members of the police department are firm in Uieir lieiicl thai me case I er will be cleared up until Edward 1 Hands, the missing former butler to Th lor, had been found. And the sheriff's deputies were still linn in Tlicir contention mat snuu. nan d els. "jealousy motives, and re vengo theories" but buck of them all 'wero the facts that Sands had not been been ; found: that the murderer had not arrested, ed . and that the case was unsoh SWINDLES OF CHICAGO ; CONCERN TOTALLED $6,500,000 ; CHICAGO, Feb. 14. Investigation of the deals of the Western Land Opera tors' Company, the third concern raided! Iv authorities within three days, and 'be-. Moved by them to have swindled foreign!" born citizens of more than $1,500,000 was under way In re today by Govcrnjnent Within three davs gigantic alleged swindles totalling approximately $ri,5U0, - 00(1, according to estimates by officers, were disclosed with the arrest Saturday of Raymond .1. Bischoff, and the arrests yesterday of three employes of the West - em Land Operators Association and three employes of the American Xovacu- lite Company. Leslie Harrington, Hai l by poliee to be tho moving spirit in the affairs of the American Xovnculite Company, and Charles L'rnich and Charles i'hillips, (ieneral manager and president of the Western Land Operators' Company, are being sought by the police. The raid on the offices of the Western Land Operators ' Company was made last night noon the complaint of Sidney Banes, attorney, representing H00 crei tors. The police believed they had tablished a connection between the wo ing ot Bischoft and Harrington, and n4w .think that the Western L;jnd Operato (omiianv was connected with too otlrr two ami that the three were oporntiii huge swindles jointly. The inve.stig tors indicated today that the total loss es to the families who" invested their savings in the companies may run much higher than the tig urn now set as $), 5(1(1,1100. RISKED LIFE TO SAVE DOG WHICH ONCE SAVED HER MLVKH CHF.KK, N. V., Feb. Lydia Harris, a maid employed home of C. I). Livermore, lawyer. LIFE 14. in the risked her life to sate a dog which recently had protected her from attacks. The Livermore house caught tire: the family and the maid escaped in night clothing. After they had arrived at a neighbor's house, Misi Harris thought a bout tho dot; and rushed back to the burn ing building to bring the animal out in safety. THREE PERSONS IN FIRE ARE STILL MISSING IMCIIMON'O. VA.. Feb. 14. Police early today declared that three persons, known to have been in the Lexington hotel here the morning of February 7, when the building was destroyed by fire, still are missing, and that they are puzzled at their failure to find the body of K. T. Cox, one of the proprietors of the hostelry. The list of known dead, they said, is twelve, with two of the bodies remaining unidentified. Hev. J. B. Hood, pas'or of I'isjali Associate lb formed Presbyterian eliun h, and Mrs. Hood left this morning for Hamlet in response t i a te.legraoi an nouncing the serious illness of their son, Mr. .1. B. Hood, Jr. Young Mr. Mood, who travels for the International Har vester Company out of Charlotte, was taken suddenly ill Monday night with an attack of acute appendicitis and was taken to a Hamlet hospital, where he underwent an operation at a late hour last night. Rev. L. Ii. Niell, of Covington. Ca., who' is visiting relatives in the Pisgah neighborhood, will conduct the mid week prayer service at the Pisgah Associate Reformed I'robyterian church Wednes day night in the absence of the pastor, Hev. J. B. Hood. i ney, Captain Walter Beckwith. ad vised every craft carrying wireless to sHk the drifting sailor. Birkner was one of four Railors ordered to lash n lifeboat in a ter rific !tortn, when a giant wave heel ed Hip (iaffney over. The MfelMuit was swept into the i'a. and Kirk ner nitli it. Ho clambored into the 1ioat, but the GafTney was already too far away to throw him a line. For sixteen hours. Captain liock with cruised about, trying to get close enough to put a line aboard, lint the bigh stas frustrated each attempt. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IGNORANT OF FACTS OF CURRENT HISTORY Heroes of the Movies and of Baseball Diamond do Not Stand so High as One Might Suppose Some Did Not Know Pershing or Harding. (Uy The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, K'eb. 1 ..Suppose I national heroes of 1 h diamond, t I j gridiron and the silver sheet do : stand so high as might be supposed I the high school anil college stud This was learned today when the ! tute for Publi. Service niade pif some result of lory test taken I a national current iy mere than JOH.nop pils. fwiMi'.v thousand of tin' student eragoil only 40 per cent on ten quest i about basebfdl, foot brill mid the movi Of 5(H) seniors more of them knew abot De Valorit, Lloyd George, Briand an General Leonard Wood than about whicl team won the world's scries or what seining light of the screen is starred in current popular picture. A majority of 5(10 girl seniors know more about Sinn Fenier thau about Mile Leiiglen and Huth Law. Some of them thought Mile Leiiglen , was a French chemist and some others 1 identified her as Japan's representative "' the armament conference, As for Christy Mathewsou, his picture : elicited the answer that he was the man j who sold out the world series in I !)"(). j Thirty five per cent of th" boys did not know who won the last world's scries; .50 ver cent did nut know Babe Ruth's home run record and 70 jmt cent of the girl seniors did not know the name of the only woman member of ( ongress. Three of a hundred high school seniors could not identify Pershing, and four out. of the snme 100 did not recognize a ititfture or l resilient naming DR. EATON'S ADDRESS IS DECLARED A MASTERPIECE Prominent Minister and Edu cator to Address Chamber of Commerce Friday Night, February 17 Native of No va Scotia. If Br. Katou okry and delive would have an could come back to another address here audience of not less than l.oOO people anxious to hear him," is the message of a leading Hickory cit izen to the chamber of commerce re eeived today. Dr. ('has. Aubrey K.itdn will address the members of the hamber of commerce , 1 Friday night nt 7:4."i o'clock, his address being preceded by an interesting pro gram to lend variety to the occasion. Ft i to 8 o'clock this morning 87 mcmlicrs of , the chamber have sent in cards stilting that they will attend the smoker and by Friday night il is expected that not less than 200 or 2.r0 will be on hand. Reports received from over North Car olina points where Dr. F.nton has spok en all indicate that his address is one of the most vitally interesting to business men ever heard in the state. All want him back soon. There is every indica tion that the members of the chamber are going to enjoy a real super-treat. Dr. Baton is a man with an unusual history. Horn in a family of modest circumstances in Nova Scotia, he was by nature endowed with tremendous physi lal and mental energy. As a lad he worked at ship building. Later he be came n railroad navvy. So he knows the hammer and adze, the pick and shovel, not by theory alone, but by right of earning his bread by the sweat of his brow . By bis own efforts earning his wav, he ((itnlilieil for the Haptist ministry, in which he ipirckly won success. In rapid ! (.accession j ,. progressed from Toronto ! to ('letoland anil then to the Madison i avenue church in New York, considered o be perhaps the leading pastorate of ' that faith in America. A speech he J made at a meeting of naval authorities ' iu New 1 ork caused the government to commandeer him for the work of put ting spirit into the s'lipyards. From that day until the armistice lie traveled night and day, working without ceasing, explaining to the men why they were jiorsoiinlly vitally concerned to sxed up shipbuilding and produce tonnage as fart as possible. SAYS PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE LIKE MOVIE STARS (Bv The Associaien Frcss.) CHICAGO, Feb. It. Profe sional I I ! athletes are imnh like movie stars who j get paid for being heroes, in that they jals and in their belief that they are en i titled to sK-rial privileges. Coach Alon j Zo A. Stagg told students of the Univer J sity of Chicago here yesterday, j " Professional athletes are a xor class ! to have in a university," he -aid. - "All the moral and educational value of eolleire siMirt will be gme. You can't i: mix cash and character. The reasou for! intercollegiate athletic would disappear; college faculties would not i term it a mix- I tare of professional and ama'enr athlet !?. Intramural athlrticn would lt; the 'one ?iort that could exist. " (ith j die Ibis- I"' TELEPATHY IS THE COURT LANGUAGE OF HEAVEN SAYS PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Angels communicate with each other by telepathy and converse with men by the same means. Dr. Horace C. Stinton, secretary of the Presbyter ian Ministerial Association, and a student of pscyhic phenomena, de clared last night in an address be fore the association. "Telepathy is the court language of heaven," he said, "it is used by three omniscient, omnipressent beings the Father, the Holy Ghost and Christ The Father and the Holy Ghost never had any physical organs or speech. Therefore, thought trans mission must be the language used. "For centuries scientists have noticed the marvels of telepathy and clairvoyance." Dr. Stinton quoted many passages from Scripture to show how the angels communicated with humans by means of telepathy. In every case, he said, the thought fansmission took place while the man was asleep. DHMITTEE URGES THAT MORE GRASS AND FLOWERS BE PLANTED IN YARDS Civic BeautiBcation Committee of Chamber of Commerce ( Wants Space Between Side walks and Streets Planted in Grass More Roses and Shrubbery in Yards Urge Planting of the Creoe Myr tle. I Planting of park space bet ween side walk and street curbing with grass, more roses and shrubbery ami a general clean ing up; are among the first recommen dations resulting from the Mention of a Civic Ueautification Committee as a sub committee of the Department of Civic Affairs of the Clastonia Chamber of Commerce. The first meeting of the committee was held Monday afternoon with Chairman II. K. White presiding. The committee at the outset realizes that it has a man sized job as there are practically no limits to what may be done. ti. Rush Spencer, a member of the committee, made the suirtrost ion tleit one 'of the lirst lilies of work possible to un dertake and one that would do n h hi mprnve the appearance of the city would i to urge property owners to imnicdi la ' take cure of the park space where tin v not done this. It tti i soiiii be too late to plant lawn grass Inn , ere are a few weeks yet iu which it may be done. Property own ers are urged to help on Hie g ral plan by enriching the soil in Hie small plats between sidewalk and curb with ro.'m good lawn fertilizer and to sow lawn seed therein. This will cause but slight ex pelise and will do much to make the city more attractive. Owing to the warm spring and the fact that the sap is already beginning to rise in the trees no one will be Tirged to plant shade trees until next fall. In this connection there seems to be a gen eral sentiment by many who have ex pressed themselves that variety would make a street more attractive. Shrubbery may yet be planted and it is urged that roses be planted inon also that the crepe myrtle be given siileration, especially as a baikgi planting in the rear of front ards. Theie are numerous instances in t and '.lib b the city may be made mole attraetit l. some cleaning up and in these cases property owners are going to be urged to help by removing some unsightly fliings The entile commerce in that of appe the pri perty eratioii bv a attitude of tin- clianib. r of th.- matter is going to be aling to the civic pride of owner and urging his co op ist i ng No hardship .till no I at be wolko'l upon anv oin in tins way vet (iastonia will be ma far nunc tractive. The committee will work out a el ite plan covering all details later general work of a permanent nature the co o s' ra t ion of the Woman's l din for and iub. whie'l has alway. taken a h in this splendid woik, will In the shaping up and carrying general plan. ;iding pari sought iu out of the SUN SPOTS NOT TO BE SEEN TONIGHT. (Bv The Associated Press.) NKW YORK, Feb. 14. Aurora V pleasing colors aren't to be exhibited tonight, sun smts "r no sun spots, an nounces Dr. Frank Schlesinger, observ er at Yah' Observatory . He advises a gainst seeking the nurofa. although the' despatches from Miami, Fla., announce ' that the spots now visible on the sun's face were likely to cause a colorful dis- play overhead. "The s)K)ts are toil small," the scientist reported, "and not likely to offer anything striking."' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. Tuesday. 2:30 Gastonia Manufacturers. 3:00 Gaston County Manu facturers. 7:00 Chamber of Commerce Glee Club. (:00 Community Chorus. Wednesday. 3:00 Women's Meeting. 5:00 Textile Superintendents' Club. Thursday. 4:00 Board of Direcetors. 5:00 Community Service Play SehearsaL 7:30 Pythian Band. Fiiday. 7;! 3 Membership Meeting, I HARDING EXPECTED TO TELL CONGRESS HOW BONUS MONEY IS TO BE RAISED President and Secretary Mellon Confer on Plan by Which Money Can be Raised Gowing Opposition to Levy ing of Additional Taxes Short Term Notes Proposed. ( He Tins Associat WASHINGTON', Feb. question of bow the s'lould be linaneed still 'd Press. 1 H . T h e loldiois' bonus was under con- sid. ration by President Harding and was understood to have been I today oeght up at the regular Cabinet, meetinir. A i.i- decision was expected toon, perhaps ter in tin' day. At the Capitol it appeared that uti inent was steadily growing in favor of an is-uo ot' short time Treasury notes to cow i the estimated cash payments of (about . mmi. (loo, nun, which, under the terms of the bill as now considered by the House Wats and Means Committee, would be made oxer thy, ;;tl months pe riod, beginning .l.inuaiy 1, HUM. Nome i ougiessional leaders were op posed to ill-pending directly upon any ! part of the refunded foreign debt as a I means of linnin ing the bonus, but they said that v. Inn the debt bonds had been obtained, pail of the interest or priuci al could ii - used in retiring the TreiiN- I ury notes. It is understood that t h e uggested life of the notes is live years. V.,sN(iT(i. ..b. i. Members f i 'ongress ehnigeil with the reporting , of soldier bonus legislation expected to recelte fjom President Harding today an expression of his views as to how the ; licccs-sary fund:, should be raised. I When Hie Prcsideul conferred on this ipicstinn i. est i i day witli Secretary Mel I Ion it was understood two proposals re ! suiting fioiu committee discussion of the subject had been presented to him for ! discission. Ifcpuhlican members, of the Hon-1- vn.s and Mialis Committee hate ! suggested a program of special taxes to raise the necessary revenue, while Chuir- man Mi Cumber, and Senator Smoot, of I Ptali, ranking republican member of the I inane. (ommittie. have put forward a ; plan under which short treasury notes or bonds would be issued during the period i of cash ia t nieiit s. The two plans are under-). nid to lme been placed before I I he President following an attempt to i thresh the matter out iu joint conference jafter the House subcommittee proposal i had been opposed bv majority members l of th linniici committee. Tin was to indication to. lav that Ion, fol.oniiig bis coiifcr President, had changed his a rd to the issuing of notes xpre.ss.d in his recent let Secretary Me eme with tile t iew with le; or bonds a i ter to ( hairmau Fori and Means mnimillc leaders, on the other liny, of the Wnvs e. Congr hand, saiil ssional there; appeared to the letting t i me. growiti; Idit ional ooposition to taxes ut this DISCONTINUE PICTURES OF MINTER AND NORMAN D ! Mlv The Associated Press.) j LYNX. Mass.. F.b. H. Local pic 1 tun- Hn-atres hate discontinued .-hotting pictures featuring Mary Miles Minteri and Main I Normaud, whose names have been mentioned in connection with the murder of William Desmond Taylor, no . lion pi, tine director, at Los Angeles. ' The action was taken at the reipit st .if the cilv's board of censors. I SPOT COTTON MERCHANTS OPPOSE CHANGES IN SMITH-LEVER BILL. (By Tln Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 Opposi- ! lion to any i linage In Hie Smit h Lev er I 'cotton futures ait was expressed today j i at a hearing before the House Agriciii-' Mure Coiumitlie bv a group of Southern, spot cotton tie'i. bants. They contended -the present law was f unit inning sat isf'in - , toi'ily and deelrire.l that it would be del rimeutal ti othels v. ho the p hand er as well as to all j 1 1 mi, to amend it s , provisions . The ilelega t ioi Houston, Texas ton, Texa-; S. Aik , and i: II in. ludi d .1 . W. F.v.i rs, I i.iyl is Harris. Cal'es Y. West, Little Bock Norman, Ni t Orlea ns . NEAR EAST MEETING IN BESSEMER CITY To Ec Held Tonight At 7:30 O'clock In Auditorium Ot Graded School. Ti t at :: o 'chick, lo t'. I!. ''mint v (hairmau of Near Fast ill a I. In s-i a union mass meet .lief. ing to I.. he d in ti e graded -clmol audi toriuui of li'SMiuer Cl) A large chorus r .ri uiti . from all choirs of the city w.i! fu'iiisii the inu--i.nl entertain ment. All n,iiii-!. rs o: tae city. .h s dailies S. .1. Iiurnam and George M. Ma ii ley bate iscn er.thousiastic workers tor the stnrting women and children of Armenia and .Mr. R. C. Kennedy has Im'i u appointed city chairman for Near Last Jielii I'. THE WEATHER North CaroLna, rain tonight and Wed nesday; little change in temperature. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Cotton fu tures closed strong. March 17:; May K.ol; July Di. !'s; October Di.4"; IVccmbor lt.;!7; i- . TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Strict to good middling Cotton seed . J7c .51c CONDITIONS IN IRELAND ARE SUCH THAT CIVIL WAR MAY BREAK OUT ON THE FRONTIER Dangerous Tension Exists Between North and South - British Military Evacuation Causes Suspicion - Ulstermen Are Angry. WOULD REGULATE COAL INDUSTRY DY FEDERAL TRIBUNAL SAYS KENYON Iowa Senator About to Retire to Federal Bench Proposes Plan to Settle Coal Strike Troubles Employes, Em ployers and Public to Be Represented on Board. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 I. Ktnb lishinent of a Federal tribunal and code of laws for regulnt ion of the coal in. Ins try was proposed iu a bill introduced to day by Senator Keiiyou, Kepublican, Iu wa, chairman of the Senate Labor Coin mittco, which intestigated the recent West Virginia coal hold disorders. ! The bill follows the line of Mr. Ken ! yon 's recent report on the West Vir ginia situation end probably will be his ; last before he retires to go on the Fed eral bench. It would create a "nation lal coal mining board" ami provide stat I utory rights for both labor and capital I iu the coal industiy. Decrees of tin' I board would be enforced bv public noiii ion and tlu-ir violation not made pun j islui ble . j The board would be composed of nine j members, Hiree each representing the employes, employers and the public. All j would be appointed by the president, I subject to senate confirmation. The la bor group would be selected from six ! names presented by the I'nited . Mine 'Winkers of America. Kmplover nom inations would Is1 made by the National I Coal Association and tho Anthracite Op- erators ' Association . j Fnder the bill employers and employes ! would be required to make every possible j effort to settle disputes between them ' selves, but iii event of failure would be ' required to submit the controversies 1o i the boa rd . I Decisions assent of a of tlie board would require majority. The board nicm nceive annual salaries of I Id's would li(.(H'((. 1 he coal mining "code detailed in the bill follows the recommendations of Senator Keiiyon in his report on the West Virginia controversy. It includes eh ten "principles declare coal to b The first would ! a public necessity , I and i's production and distribution tin public interest is predominant.'' Oth i is would declare for collective bargain ing, human .standards in fixing wages and working conditions, adequate return for intestod capital, a six-day standard working week on an eight hour basis, and would prohibit employment of wo men or children under Hi years of age. Other provisions would prohibit interfer euce with noti union men or with union men seeking peaceably to organize. The bill was referred to the Senate labor coniin it tee . MARTIAL LAW ON BORDER TO INCLUDE THE COUNTY AI'STIN. Tex.. Feb. 14. Martial law in effect at Mexia, boomer oil. town, for some time, probably will bo extend I to include all Limestone county, a.' ii.rding to a si;it, ii, nt by Governor Ni IT. after a con fi retico with Brigadier Gen eral Woltiis. Adjutant (ieneral Barton and others. Tim Governor also said that if local officers of Limestone and Free stone counties did not give military au thorities their fullest co-operation they would be suspended and militiamen ap pointed. "ins I I' .po:ie ,'n.l of lifting martial law, we to extend it,' ( loternor Ni ff said. The State ordi 1 1 v clem' boom a.-iiiiu nssiiiind i-i, nt rol after nts ciiiiing in with the I the upperha ml. CRITICIZE ALLOWANCES PAID TO ROYAL FAMILY LONDON, Feb. 14. Criticism of the allowances made to the Royal Kami iy. and the ex peinlil ores on the Indian and auadiaii tours of the Prince ot Wales were made by John Robertson, la bor memlsr of the House of Coiiiiiiolis for Buthwell, yesterday, ill debate oil the economy tis-omineiidat ions of 'tin' Geddes committee. Mr. Robertson said he was sure the royal family would W willing to is-'iiiomi.e "when so many women and children arc starving. GASTONIA GOES OVER THE TOP IN NEAR EAST RELIEF CAMPAIGN campaign for Near Fast Belief mids in (iastonia was pushed to a whirlwind finish Monday afternoon when the city's quota of 4,00 was over subscribed. There was turned into cam paign hcadquarter-i at the Chamber of Conimerc late Monday afternoon the sum of $l,3o."i. It was stated then tliat practically 00 additional was in sight. The quota for the county was practi cally IS.OUO. the sum required to sup-, lrt JXt orphans for one year. Ofj this a mount the city of (iastonia assmn-j ed half, or I.M20. - j Following the Sunday eveniug ma's: ousting, teams were appointed at the. church and they met Monday 'afternoou for th canvass of the b'uiness section. (By The Associated Tress.) BKLFAST. Feb. U . Snipers con tinued their grim work in the disturbed, sections of Belfast this morning and by mid day the death roll since Saturday had been increased to Is by the deaths of two men who were victims to flying bullets iu 1 he streets during the noon hour. The number of wounded nt the same hour hail reached the total of ap proximately .10. In the main thoroughfares of the city biisim s.s proceeded apparently as usual, but iu the storm centers the sniping was frequent and dangerous. LONDON. Feb. 14. Michael Col. lins' dramatic disclosure of an alleged republican plot to overthrow the provi I sional Govi ruineut, the sudden and un explained suspension, of tho British mili tary evacuation, and the dangerous ten sion between the north and south have combined to produce a serious situation in Ireland. Dispatches show that the position on the frontier is not far removed from a state of war. Indeed, tho prospect of civil war is being seriously discussed in Belfast and elsewhere in the north. Dispatches sent by the Belfast cor respondents of the London newspapers represent the temper of the Ulstermen as being Mich, that, unless tho kidnapped unionists are speedily released, there will certainly follow all explosiou which may lead to War. Concerning the supposed plot against the provisional Government nothing is known here beyond what Mr. Collins re vealed in his cable correspondence with Thomas Lyons, secretary of the Ameri can Association for Recognition of the Irish Ifcpuhlic, and the Dublin corres pondents refrain from even speculating on it. Of the suspension of troop movements, although, little mure is known, hero than the fact, but it is generally believed this . development is due to the dangerous state of a.Tairs on the northern border of the free state, although some correspond ents refer indefinitely to "certain week end happenings in south Ireland" as a contributory cause. It is obvious from Mr. Collins' state ments to the reporters in Dublin last night that he strongly dissents from tho British action in holding up the evacua tion, and will insist that "the contract "I'"!' be carried through." Last re were (hat he was coining to Lon- lou todav to Ms-k an explanation. Dispatches from Belfast show that tho risteimeii arc still skeptical of Hie abil ity of Collins and GriHith to procure- tho release of the kidnapped unionists. They regard the free state as in a stato of auanliy. and faith in any help the Im perial ( ioyrniuent might give, is prac-. tically noii exintent. Nevertheless, the British Government has promised to increase the troops in Ulster by loir battalions, bringing tho total to II, and to si ml more if neces sary, and it is assumed that some of tho fmns In Id from embarking yesterday an- destined for the north. Premier Craig, of l ister, is said to have suggest ed to the British Government that tho desirability of posting troops on tho ouih side of the border, but this was lirmh All ; nii.n d a r as. fa-t c. refused. itailably imrihern police are being li tin frontier from the quiet i. cord ing to the Daily Mail's Bel rr. spun. lent, and the boundary i ;d soon is' .1 and disc lined with ten thousand arm iplined men. Tho difficulty i prel cut ill" the guns going off of themselves" under theso circumstances is emphasized by the correspondent who says that at Pettigoe, in county Donegal, the rital forces are separated only by width if a -street, while at Beleoo, and Belli k, in county Kerinanagh, they arc watching each other from the opposite ends of a bridge. The British Government is vitally con cerned over the latest developments and their possible effect on the House of Commons. Many conservatives who hitherto have supported the Govern ment 'a Irish policy in the interests of peace are sai l to be losing faith in the prospect of a settlement, and may with hold support of the bill establishing tho free state wio-n it comes to the second reading on Thursday. Lord Car-on plans to raise the sub ject of the Clones nhooting and other matters concerning Ireland in the House of Lords, today. Iu two hour, or less, the teams had finished their work aud wore reporting their several amounts) to headquarters. The campaign in" the eity and eounty has lutii most thoroughly organized and . advertised. Fnder the leadership of Revs. J. H. Ilen.ler.ite and G. K. Gil lespie, widest publicity had been given the movement. The wide publicity, to gether with tho nature of the appeal for funds struck it responsive chord, and leople gave liberally. Many of the more prominent business men took two and three- orphans as their quota. The can vassing eommittee- in the tity was head ed by Mr. J. II. Kennedy. The canvas in the county has not boon fiaiieL Mas nus-tinfs arn to bo herd nt several points thxoujhout the County this week

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