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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