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5 " , Weather: Rain vtr Local Cotton 18 Cents VOL.XLIII. NO. 62. GASTONIA, N. C TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENT ONt :MIffi 0A2ETTE . - " . ..-:' t " . UNITED MINE WORKERS' OFFICIALS AND OPERATORS TO DISCUSS SITUATION President John L: Lewis to Tke Part in Negotiations -' Nineteen Demands cf Min- ers Will be Laid Before Op-, . erators. - j ' NEW YORK, March 14. Further '' conference of officers of the United Mine worker of thu anthracite field and ; a general meeting of the scale committee vera held today in preparation for tlio conference -with tue coal operators herb tomorrow to discuss a new wage agree ment for the hard cout miners. 1'inal action on' procedure for the joint meet-; ing'will 1)0 taken after the arrival of President John L. Lewis, and Vice Prcsi- j dent Phillip Murray, of the internation al organization, who will, participate, and ' lead negotiations betweeti the . anthra-1 cite miners and orators. , The 19 demands of the miners formu lated at a convention at fthamokin, Pa., ' In January, will'to laid before the oper-! ators tomorrow and a- general explana-1 tion of each demand will be mado by the spokesmen for the union. The miners have information that the operators de-1 Sire to give their aide of the controversy and may make public a .statement.' Operators have declared that the price nt anthracite coal is too high, and that Ihi jnino workers shall share in any reduc tion in price of the fuel to thu con sumer. Beyond presenting the demands min ers have nat formulated any definite plans so far as known, except that there will bei- suspension of mining in the anthracite fields on April 1 if no satis factory agreement has been reached at that time. There is no foundation foi reports of arbitration .boards or govern ment commission! to iusestigato coal prices and mining conditions, miners said today It is too early to talk of those things, one leader said, as negotiations have not been oM-m:d and the miner: do not know how far the operators will go along with the Workers in drafting a new agreement. An investigation of eoal prices has often been sooken of a miong union men and was mctioacd in the Shamokin convention. Mine workers, it was said, would not he averse t' any in vestigation provided they had represen tation among the iiis-ostignlnrs, but no . one had asked for an impiiry. 100 PER CENT MAN GIVES SUP TO FAMOUS DIVA One Tim? Chauffeur Can't Sit on Cushioned Back Scat and Let Another Drive; Neither Can He Breakfast in Bed Ncr Listen to Luci?.. SAX FRAXCLSCO, Much It. Mai garotte MntwiiauiT, fani'iits diva. :.' parent ly has lost h--r chauffeur husband whom she termed "loo per cut man." The husband, Floyd Ghit.huo'i, Ins come luck to hist job at th.- Melmunte ho tel here driving tourists ;;bout . A year ago he look Mn' M -i I in -f Out for a drive for 1he front seat with 1 the scenery. Later .at ii, hvti.r ;inir lie' ti) cll.i" I llg-:-e incut and marriage ni the driving win el. -I lilo!..!.: Tile Nan Kiauci .: toil-iy I'-av'.ug liii ie. f'alifor Ihr psih;'--.-i gives Oiotzliach 's ie:'Mia-i t" grille in Now Vm k . "I'd rather l.e a chautTei; Ilia than to dwell forever in of Baliylon, he K.i:d. It would seem (ilnt.h i. -!i to let another man drive h'.-. moliile. "It would drive any i: ui hack among the cushions an cry time ho felt the hack'; Iran' mission, when all it i e r.e.l into r:iy- lo nt :i;iiirm ev il o! tin 1 ! real mechanician. ' ' lie r- .i t. Neither did (ilol.liai h i n.i fasts in hod Nor did hit tine after night through th" mad Lucia appeal to an oar altane iir: ; h- gh: ot the up to hum of a smooth running motor. The reporter' said filot.liash told him there had bct'ii no friction, that the chauffeur husband "just es-aped" when Ids lrid(J was not looking; that he will not go back. Madame Matteuauor, it is s;;i.l, uants lier husband back. There is,talk of nun-proinim- from Now York, but iiiilistoiuil to, Ray Olotsbacli. Before this marriage Muk- Maton fluer first uinrruigc, to Ferrari Kuiitana, failwl liocause of artists' toinporanient . Kha wanted a "man'' she said. The antithesis of her tcmpcramcut theory is hinted as re.-.ponsible for the wreck the new romance. Glotzbach, a six foot westerner, com ments: "Orchids will thrive in hot houses, but wild mustard needs tho California smi. " COSTS NEW YORK GIRL $250 TO CLOTHE HERSELF NEW YORK, March 14. It fcosts New York girls, t the least $250 an nually to clothe themselves properly, members of the League of Girls' Clubs announced today. Today's re port, filed after the working girls composing the league had answered a questionnaire on the subject, declar ed that Topeka, Kas., and Chicago estimates are too low for New York. A recent report of the finding of Topeka merchants declared that $82 was a sufficient dress allowance for a working girl Chicago girls later re. ported they could dress properly on $117 annually. To keep up appear pearances to New York business standards. New York girls claim their clothes allowance can be no lower than given in the following items: ' One suit $30; one coat $50; shoe $16; 'one doien hose $20; lingerie $34; hats $20; gloves $10; waists and dresses $30. WIRELESS TELEPHONE PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT 7: IS p. m. Entertainment by Bil lie Burke, who is starring this week at the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh, in "The Intimate Stranger." 7:30 p. m. Music and Uncle Wig gily's bedtime story. 7:43 p. m. Government market re ports, and a report of the New York Stock Exchange. Music Program. Selections. 1. Kalua, Carnegie Steel Orchestra. 2. Tuck Days, Carnegie Steel Male Quartet. 3. Believe Me If All Those En dearing Yonnr Charms, Carl Morris and Ray Van Fossen. 4. For All Eternity, Thomas Gren feU. 5. Selected, Joe Fee. 6. Coonville Collud Band, Car neigie Steel Male Quartet. 7. Ocr the Billowy Sea, James Rice, 8. Crown o Jewels, Carnegie Steel Orchestra. 9. PM Forget You, Thomas Gren fcall and Allan Digby. 10. Selected. Wilbur Scott. 11. .The Two Grenadiers, Charles Murphy. 12. Selected, Joe Fee. 13. Jim, Carnegie Steel Orchestra. 14. Sal 0 May, Carnegie Steel Or chestra. TEACHING GARDENING fiY . USE OF MOVING PICTURES County Agent Gowan Has Four New Films Dealing With Vegetable Gardening, Pig Production, Boys and Girls Encampments and Sweet Potatoes. County Agent C. Lee Gowan is busily engaged this week in exhibiting at vari-J ous point in the county four new moving. picture- reels which he lias just so-cured. ' und which are proving of great assistance. to him in carrying out his endeavors in ; tlu particular lines to which these pic-j tures are devoted. The films deal with j i the following subjects, viz: Vegetable ( Gardens; Fig l'roduction ; Hoys nnd! , Girls (..lub Kncnmpmont ; Sweet Potato! Storage and Marketing. 1 Fast night Mr. (iowan showed these! I pictures to a large gathering in the ; school house at Hesseiner City. Tonight ; he will show them in the public, school 'auditorium at Clierryville. Wednesday i night he will be at the home of O. 1j. ; Khyne in the Mount Olivet section. Fri j day night he will show thorn nt Belmont, I using the public school auditorium. Thu . pupils of the West Gnstonia city school saw these jiictures Monday afternoon j and they arc being shown this nftetrnoon at the Fast Gnstnnia school. . The subjects covert d by these now ' films are of particular interest to the people of the county at this season of i the year. The one on vegetable gardens appeals alike to the city gardener and ! the country gardener. The others are all timely and the information being divul j god through this medium promises to be be of groat aid to the producers of Gas toll. ; FIRST ISSUE IN SF.NATK FIGHT ON TREATY TODAY. WASHINGTON, March It. Tin- lir.sl issue of the Senate fight over r.'.'i j lieatioii of the four power I'licitic treaty will be decided today when a vote is tak I en on the amendment proposed by S-'iia-I tor I'obinson, Democrat, Avkan-as. t' laniniou.- consent for a oto ml the ."ini ndii! lit pt f p. in. was given by the Senate late yesterday nn the proposal of Senator Swanson, Menux-rat, Virginia, after an nil da; w'lich Sena Inr.t anacK on ine ireaiy, in .lol-nsnn. of California I and Morah, of blah took the lead. both Republicans. As modified yesterday by Senator Robinson, his amendment provides that tho rights of nations both in ami out of the four power group are to bo respect ed, and that tion signal ory as. well as signatory nations shall bo invited to any conferem-o heid to consider controver sies a (feeling insular interests in the Pacific "or any far eastern fjuost ions. " Administration loaders said 'hey wore assured of sufficient votes to defeat the amendment, whic.i. until Senator Robin sou 's spots h yesterday favoring its a doptiiu in the interest, ho said, of Ru. -;ia. China and other mm signatory na tions, had been touched upon but little in th" Senate debate. Iiv CHARGE OF MRS. McNEICE i PROVES BIG SURPRISE, i TAI.HOTTOX, ia.. March II. The' charge made yesterday by the prosoeu- j 1 1 T7 of) tion that Major Lee H . Coart. torin-r i inrtiiv officer, had killed A. 11. McNieee out of a "desire to possess Jirs. --tc- Noioe, coming after the months of si- i loner since the shooting last fall, proved i a surprise to spectators at the trial here j from w'iiich they had hardly rccovred, today. McNiote, who lived a sh ot lime after , the was wounded, toid Sheriff Wat kin. i only that a personal matter brought i' j on, and Coart after a statement that Mi home. ado.t"d a ,d.cy f BKcnoe. The o , , g s ..a . - ; ment of the prosecOon was " f "i": T 'rV t tJ llllt'Ul'll iliU'IIIIMS l-l '.!'' " J leave her husband and of t'.iarges that once he forcibly ki mil lior. She was afraid to toil her husband, she d'-clarcd, lielieving he would "dye bis hands in Mr. Court's blood. " " GEN. JULIAN S. CARR IS MUCH BETTER TODAY DURHAM, March 14. Much im provement was shown today in the condition of General Julian S. Carr, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who is ill at his home here with pluersiy. The general was brighter today and bis physicians said they feel very much encouraged. NEW YORK CLUB WOMEN PROTEST SCULPTOR'S IDEA Do Not Like Picture of Nude Young Man as "Civic Vir tue" Kicking Prostrate Form of Two Young Women. I iBy Tho Associated Press.) NEW YOHK. March 11. New York club women and leadorb in civic affairs today sent out what may prove to lo a feminine battle cry against sculptor Frederick M;u-M unities' depiction of "Civic Virtue." as a nude vouue man enthusiasts ally kicking thu prist rate form of two sirens representative of ur i ban temptation and vice. Protest was voiced by Mary Garrett liny and Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, champion of women's lights, nt the nn- J nouncouu'iit that the MucMannics sculpt i ure witi nUiiit loiupleted and was soon j to be erected in City Hall Park. The' j money for the moil inn ...it to "Civic Vir- j jtue" was loft to the city in the term, I of Mayor McCloMnu. i j Mr. MacMoimics had depicted the 1 spirit of his thrni" as on onward march- 1 pig you'll, -a mighty club slims acr iss j husky shoulders, spurning with either j f oot a recumleiit and nl. tiring female, symbolic of all that isn't niiv in civic1 : aspirations. Think i! i; a trille ridiculous. Alius lay declared. "Per laps the true syiu- jUtriiBm iii'b in i ic i.iii nun vi.i. tue' is depicted as naked. That strikes' i. :.. 11... .., w ;..;.. s1;... one as reasonable utter thinking of what civic virtue has had to undergo from the . City Hull politicians. No wonder the poor thing hasn't any clothes. "Why sliou d MacMoniiios have n od a male figure trampling down temptation women f Why not represent civic virtue as n man and woman hand in hand, mou'lting confidently and happily a dif flcult pHtllf" Mrs. Laidlaw agreed with Miss Hay. "Women stand with men," she said. "The spirit of the times, it seems to me, is against a n - criinimtuuii, ajiuuui ie or otherwise. ' ' LOCAL CHORAL SOCIETY ' HOLDS SECOND MEETING Officers Elected Last Night Hour's Rehearsal Also Had v Mrs. C T. Morris Chosen President Can do Much for Music Life of City. The Uastonia Choral Society held its second meeting last night at the (niam- bey of Commerce, and had an hour's re- heursal under their now liuider, Mr. Z. Wagoner. ( Miss Marie Tonenco, who had been elected president, declined to accept the position and Mrs. Li. T. Morris was nam ed in her place. A committee composed of Mrs. Frost Torreiice, Miss Mary Ramsay and Mr. K. 1). Atkins was named1 to draw up suitable by-laws for the! society. A music committee) with Mr. Wagoner as chairman and Mrs. A. (J Jones, Miss Marie Torronoe and Miss H. ! Hcisorman to select the music for the I society was named by Mr. Wagoner. j Tliis Choral .Society is a distinctly new I organization composed primarly of those1 persons who are interested in the study j and rendition of the host choral nuinliors and is a separate and different orgai.a-j I tion than the (iantonia Community Chorus, which v. ill still continue to f'unc-j J tion. It is the hope of the officers of j the Choral Society that the oflicers of! j the Community Chorus Tvill v.ork with' them whenever a meeting of the Coin-, I munify Chorus is desired and that, thni I Choral Society will bo of real assistance.! ' Tho Choral Society by virtue of its I aims and ideals will of necessity limit its membership to certain pialihcatioiv in ;, ,,,,i,..- while the Community no restrictions on its i...J members onlv a sincere desire to like to . .... . ...... . . ' sing. i ! The officers oT the Gastonia Choral Society are Mrs. H. T. Morris, president,! l'rof. (i. L. Sawyer, vice president. K. P.; I Atkins, secretary and treasurer, Mr. 7.. j Wagoner, direttor. Mrs. A. C. dones, ac-; ! coniiunist. J The officers of the (iastonia Community: j Chorus are W. (i. Jlainncr, president,! Mrs. Frost Torrome, vice-president, .and ! Mrs. I). H. Williams, secretary. i With two such organizations in Gns- tonia the Community Music should go. be I i i forward in j available on a slenliil manner ami an; special occasions. I REPORT OF COTTON ! CONSUMED IN FEBRUARY (Ry The Associated Tress.) ! WASHINGTON. March 14. t1 ton T I consumed 'hiring rebruarv amounted to i 47.'t,07.'i bales, of lint and oS.-'StW bales j of linters. compared with ol'.i,l 15 of( lint and ,"7,5C5 of linters consumed in February last year, the Ccns-us ISurcau announced today. j Cotton ort hand February 28 in con- suming establishments amounted to 1,-j 0!tH,.r)H bales of lint and 177,472 of lin-' lers, compared with l.'!27,l.V of lint and 2ofi.2l-'l of linters a year ago. and in' public storage and at compresses stocks i - nero 4.221 .s.'io hales of line and 122,- ;4." of miters, compared with 5,.0.'t,-J I,".!t of lint und 322,S(i.'i of linters a year; i- Februarv amounted :,4.76 lvilos. compared with 29.055 February last. year. Vww.-- Kxports for February were rUS.140 bales including 12.W4 IkiIcs, of lint, ! oompitrTil with 4!':!.41U5 lwlcs including ! 9,71.1 of linters in February last year. J Cb'ton spindle active during February numlxTi-d S.'!.7!17..'t29 compared with I J2.4!tj.5fi fn February last year. I IStatistic for rotton growing states ' follow: (.Vnmimcd :;n:t,56 bale cont-t ! pared with 24i,925 in Fcbjnary last! jycar. j On hand 'February 2S in consumingl ! establishments 79S.445 Imlos, compared! ! with 0'il,25u a rear ago. and in public ' I utoragu and at compresses 3340.1CS i bales, compared with 5,041,934 a year Isgo. ' I Cotton spindles active during Febro - rv 1 5.073.771, compared with 15,007,-j !t3 in February last year. - , v A 1 FORMER SENATOR KENYON TAKE THE OATH AS JUDGE. St ft t v. 3.' 1 William S Kenyon, who resigned as United States Senator from Iowa to ac cept an appointment to the Federal bench, is shown hers as he took the oath of office in St. Louis. He was swain in by Judge Walter H . Sanborn, senior judge of the eighth federal district. WHEAT WAS THE KINO OF AGRICULTURAL- EXPORTS ROM AMERICA IN l'J2l More Wheat Exported Last Year Than in Any Preceding Year in History For Firat Tims Value of Wheat Ex ports Exceeds Cotton. (Tlv The Associated 1'ress.) WASHINGTON, March H. -- W was king of American agricultural eat ports in 1!)-1. An analysis of the exports if thirty two of the principal agricultural products grown in the United States, made public, today by tho Popart ment of Agriculture, shows that more wheal was exported during last year than in any preceding year in the history of flu. country and that, for the f i rut. time tho export value of wheat and wheat Hour ex ceeded the value of cotton exports. V.- rN of corn in ll'JI, including con. , ! converted into terms of corn, v.i re h. , than in any ear since 1 !"i'. Since I. 'lit tin' I'uitod Stall's has coin.' an i 'orter of rice, the export hIMl.ti.V.HMHi pounds of rice in '.r2, ing more than twenty three times be- , of be the five average annual rice exports in th year periods of I'M (M'H t. The principal agricultural exports dur ing 19JI and their declared values were: Wheat and wheat flour $.." I .ih'O.immj ; cotton .f.V: 1,0(10,(1110 ; pork and p.nk pro ducts, iuelmling lard, .fj Hi, 00(1,000 ; leaf tobacco if L'0."i,000,(ion ; enm and' com final $!i".ooo,ooo ; sugar :H!i,ooo,oon ; rye if tf.000.000 ; eondonscl ami . v.i p irated milk :, 0011,(100 ; (ottnnseed oil ,JI, tioO.000; rice .fl.Ooo, i, and barley J21.IHI0.IMMI. Kxpoits which showed (piantity over 1!20 were: Wheat, enltoii, corn, ii and pork products except cottonseed oil and lake, green apples, c!'g, to'iaci an iii'-rcnse in re, i.irlev. pork ha. on. olej oil, refine. I sugar, o, dried apples. tried apricots und dried pruin . Kxports hich showed a di-cronse in q lantity were wheat flour, rvu and rvo flour, oafs, beef. bacon, butter and chi eso, i on-U used milk, ,..l..t..,v l.Mi.s , I r I... I I, I r-,'.oiw ; C V i , ,- . j ' : ." A -' .'W i t . .-s-. v ;. f s:; Wheat' experts totalled 27.V.M!M'' . I;"r' -bushels as compared with 2 1 2s7.uou w hei h bushels in l!f2'i, but the ab:o as l.'i2,-: According iM'io.ooo in t ! 1 as compart . I ilh . -"!,- police that !7."i,iion in ItL'u, a decrea- of inure than I n. iana .id i- .tliHi.oiiii.iino. were lH.M'o in doi-land vaha Kxports of v. In-at Hour iO barrels in l!i:J I. with a ' of .fl 1 7.!'.:tli,0H'i. :,s com parol with l:,.")4.(Mi!i barrels, .,lnid at 22t,72.ooo txporfe.l in H2H. Cotton exports in 1 ! U 1 tot;.ih -I ti.ii's.- 000 bales, of 500 pounds each. v. ;fh a do- cl.'irod value of ..V: f.2 12.0ini. com- paro.Rttit'i ",,::."!. ii h bales aliie-i .it if I,- I2fi.bl!i.ii"0 exported in )!''o. Coin i xporl.s, iiicbiding coi n .neal con verted into t.rius of corn, totalled l;i2. L,t)t.(i'i.i bush- Is). allied at s0d..1tili,0li0 as compared with 21 ,2:U,li'iii bushels valued at if:U,!:f2.l0i export, d in 102o. Imports of corn dropp-d from 7,7S4.- 000 bushr'- in H20 to I'if.i bushels- ill ' 1!21 ; rice imnotts from 1 t2.!."1.000 : pounds to s :,sii.".iMHl pounds. ( lieese imported increased from 15,(.l'.l4.ui'0 pounds in 1 !'' to 2ii,StMi,oiiu pounds in ; 19'Jl. Imports of eggs in the shell, jumped from 1.70'.,000 doze,, t "..tHi:;, i (MiO dozen. The Hopartinent asserts that an nnaly sis of Ameri. an foreign I rude i. incom-l plete without quantity and taking into account b..lh alue, for a'though rx- I ports of many leading agricultural pr to ducts shows a large increa- in ipiaiitity, in, do-lines in salue have greatly offset the i iKissible gain .b riveil fro.ii increased quantity. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET XKW YOHK. March 14. Cotton fu- tures closed steady: March 1H.09; .May 17.91: duly 17.22; Oct oler 16.71; December M.51. TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET j - Cotton seed -'. Sic 'Strict to Good Middling 18c Marion Butler Unwise To Lease Muscle Shoals For 100 Years WASIUXCiTON. March 14. De-, elaration that "it would be most im provident to lease Muscle Shoals with all : the remainder of this enormous water i power surrendered and mortgaged to a 1 private monopoly for loo years or more" is contained in a supplemental bricflilod today with the House Military Affairs Committee by former Senator Hufler, of North Carolina, acting legal adviser to Frederick K. F.ngstrum, of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Kiigstruiu 's of fer for completion and lease of the Muscle Shoals projects now is. before the , c.iiiimitt. e together with offers from i Henry Ford and the Alabama I'owoi Company. j The brief directs committee attention . to various rovisioiis of the Ford and ; Kiigstriiiu offers and dorlarcs that the ; ...oi-ati.u of the nitrate plant.-i at Muscle Shoals ."lnnil.1 be ipiick'y authori.ed tJ supply neeils of the tuition's farms. I Vhi;o Mr. Hufler asks parficii'arlv for the npcru'inii of nitrate plant No. 1. which, he sa. ''can be easiiy reino.lellod so as to make it work with complete, i success," In; contends that no time ' HMonld be lost in putting planl .No. 2 at. work in full time. The amen. Imriit of th; Ford offer pro 'xiiling that the operating company ir proposed n!inll ,e capitalized at 1 1 r. ! ' i,oo, the brief asserts, means that "neith 1 or the (iovornnnnf, nor the general pub-! ; lie will bo pr. idled :i the oxtetit of one i penny," by the capitalization. i "On the other hand," the document I adds, "it means tile robbery of the poo-, I pie and the industries of that section, I with a circle of 1,000 miles, means1 the! I robbing of agriculture for loo years nndj ! more, an. I more of the benefit of all that ; i iiormmis cheap power for producing ( heap fertilizers, except th" small u-! mount needed to run tio one nitrate: plant, and that o.- the old and expensive c naami.l process. ' ' ! N'.-ed for nitragon in agriculture, Mr.' Hufler continues, is "inert-using at the rate of seven and one half per cent a year," and "our starved condition will j be 100 per cent Worse at the end of the next, nine and one half years. j "At the end of 100 years," h, adds,1 "our needs for nitrogen will be greuler! HAD MARRIED ELEVEN GIRLS AND WAS ABOUT READY FOR THE TWELFTH One, of the Girls Named "Bessie" Liv;d in Wilson. North Carolina Had Pro posed to Several Girls Since Coming to Indianapolis Deserted Each Bride W-thin a Few Weeki and Took What Money He Could Get IMiIA.N'AI'Oi.ls. March I t.- Isial. .Moore's twelfth marriage was to have taken place in .Minneapolis today, as cording lo local authorities who arrest ed flu man yi sferday on a charge of bigamy and omb. .lenient . Moore is al ' legrd to nave In, I several aliases among! them being ticrge S . Melr e. M was arrest.il on a (huge of . eiii!ileineti' preferred by his last wife,' Harriet K.nis, a lloosier school teacher,1 and his e:eenili bride. lb- said to have enib. fed .,"nMi from li. r. .Moore d. melted the K.van woman af ter they had been married less thin a u." k and fool, y."UO, which she said, be-lot:",.-. I to ht-r. Ml s Kvans ai.l wiien Moor.- des -rtid her she re,orted the case to a n.ni.inal detectiv,' ass i.dat ion who trau'd " l'r v l,..:i Moli-os. nnri ied t h -ii ba , a i rest i , ' the name un him, to Logans k to Indianapo d. -d. nd the story M had looposc men since )u ore fold the I lo several nlrial here hist week. Of the eh he could n. a i: Is in- said he married names of meinhrr the tveo. His lirs- v was Flo- i ),,lf, of W.vn m h ma i rii -I 1 2. year -on i-hi'd. he said . ining, I'a.. ego. Tl. lie i- s.-i'.l ing lb., fo1 I..IVC cafe ng other .. -I lo i men n the order Am man i'1 Il.'ioie Sin- riiie d : lin W. ni. d ;.l W.i ,f II -ri. Ibirr . ri. d i. ii i- !'. ti-oi'. ' i li:i'i.'i , 111: Mil.:, I- , li .me of i ll . , I lu bo,. Mo,., -f lb r tl,. M "II I IV in me'r Mi-is in . 15. last i-.-i 111,1 tried ll e i he con of WIN, in.h-r th" :iot N amc r.-mciiiber her C.. Vlliolll he of (i.-lllg Shiolds. A u i ni;i a x- In se gi uani" w :s Cer said to reiiiem t rii'l. . but w In la t name he ii In- could n it base t" bo i- of H- g on that La or: Spokan. Flore w bum ' II. V.i 1U;. 1-p t coiit ti d ed cni ii "As to hne 1 the polii-e Kindlay, Ohio ni' his name . i.cc.-l-don, it J S. deals, win . Washn. ... .lohiiso-i. . married Hud ih-! n . I la r.lgra vo, -. Ill's t ime it Lis brides in -. it hi ii a few How ai I Wils . n. i aid. he marrii I; the lid. uaiiic eb of .1 . at Aug. ist. i, Ka-'. ie allege I that be person aad d-s-t-weeks. How a rd married il on ' ' Mo.sre is said Irene Hale, three years :!go in !iii: go. He met her througj a miiinage bureau in a Soul hern state, be s.li-l. He .lesi'tted her, taking with him $1,. 5'ii. it is alleged . In .lime of lard year, he is said to have niiirrieil Ijuira llort.lx rg at Peoria, III., tinder the name of George Churchill. His last mariinnnial Venture was that with Miss Kvans, of Vinceunos, Ind., w bovc father is sifid to b" in f.te now spa ist busiuess at Cohhvator, Mh-Ii. Moore is .".2 years old. He will Ik-r-. raLtnod in city court as soon as detii t- lvoh c-iotk up nuir.ir uoiatis or me ton- fci-iou ke is said to have made . j Declares It Is To Private Firm than could be supplied by the OliO.OOo horsepower which can wh be .Ie 1,-devel- oped at. Muscle Shoals." Attention of the committee also is in vited to the F.ngstrum proposal provi sions for the oerations of both nitrate jdants at their full Vupacity as well as tleit nrTeri.,,, f !,. lh ,tir . ! . "! " ..' " I ---. pru,i-ci lor .o years iu pruiinciug cnoap and sufficient nitrates for national de-! fense and to supply the growing needs of agriculture lor cheap fertilizers." Referring again to the Ford proposal, I the brief declares its acceptance by Con-' gross would require the government ta: spoml more than tiO,0o0,000 to complete1 dams Ao. . and .! and to acquire funds for fiowage at the latter. "After the (Xponditure of this large sum," says tho brief, "the only bene-1 Hi which will nccure to the public bene-j fit from tin- operation of nitrate plant No. 2 t i make fertilizers nt S per cent profit; this will require only loo.llOO! horsepower, while the remaining ofiii.tMHl; horsepower, and fill the power produced at dam No. :; will lie used by Mr. Ford's I company for other purposes anil for priv-' ate profit. ' ' At another point tho brief assorts Hint property which has rotrt the Government S.VMll,ooo i to be sold outright to Mr. Ford for ifo.OOO ooo, " which is less than one third or the scrap value ot tins im portant, property." " Reference also is made to the "long and expensive litigation" which, the brief assorts, may follow the acceptance of the Ford offer through proceedings of the Alabama 1'ower Company to protect its interests in the Warrior power plant, "to say nothing of the threatened litiga tion frim the Air Nitrates Corporation, if the nitrate plants shall be sold instead of leas -d. " In conclusion, the brief says "Thus llieri' are two basic defects in Mr. Ford's offer; if is not a good business proposi tion on the part of the government mho. it defeats- the purpose of the government I works and factories that had the install as ileckared in the National Defense act i nt ions and instruments brought front by diverting the public money already ; abroad. ' invested, end to be invested, largely to i servo stead pu'ili. the ends of a private ni'tnopjly, of using all the same to serve welfare." in the PART OF CENTENARY FUNDS SPENT FOR LOCAL CAUSES Much Is Spent for Missionary Causes in United States March day." 26 Is "World Sun- XAKHVILLK. Tenn., March 14 Not all of the .'17,0(10.0011 pledged bv Sou thern Methodists to the Centenary of! Missions movement entorprised by that denomination, is being expended irt for- , eign lands to the neglect of needy causes 1 in Aim-rica . , Figures from the home mission de partment, of the Methodist Kpisoopnl I Church, South, of which Dr. It. L. Kus ; sell, of Nashville, Tenn., is head, show that since tho beginning of tho Centen ary movement throe years ago, more than i$l,S00,OH0 has been given to inisidouarv , work in the I'nited States, including tho following lines of effort: if 120,000 yearly j . to tea mountain schools in the Applm-h- ' I inn section; $1011,000 a year to Negro j schools under control of the Colored Methodist church; work for foreigners in this country, including Cubans, Ital-1 ians, Itohomi.iiis, Mexicans and Orientals; : SNork among the coal miners and cotton ' mill workers; churches and schools for! the Indians of Oklahoma and Idaho;! tlo.ooo yearly in the work of Christian; literature; settlement work, ovailgelistic and city mission work, in 4S cities and1 .community work in many rural com-1 inanities. Ii i said that ten per cent of all Mi Centenary money paid in by a local con- ference is returned to that conference to help needy charges and open new mis sionary work in the homo land. A Con-; tenarv collections movement is now in progress throughout the bounds of Sou thern Methodism in an effort to bring up all arrearages before the meeting of the. general conference in May. March 2i ' has been adopted by that denomination as ' World Sunday" when Centenary claims will lie presented to every church in the! connect ion. j YOUNG DODGE IS UNDER $7,000 BOND n?v The Associated 1'rcss. ) KALAMAZOO. MICH.. March 11. Miss f.inmefiiio Kwakoniock, !( Western State Normal student. year old I injured ' wh.ii she .)iimpe. early Sunday morning' from an automobile driseii by .John I). 1 lodge, son of the late millionaire auto-i mobile maiiufacturi r. of Detroit, was said this morning to bo in a serious con dition. At the hospital where it. wasi stated she. was suffering from a fractured ! skull, all visitors were denied admittamc to her room. ( Dodge, arraigned yesterday on charges of driving an automobile while intoxi oatod. and illegally transortiiig liquor, I is under bonds of if7.mi0 to appear for a hearing Tuosilay, March 21. Miss Kthel . Hemens, and Miss Sue Stegenga, abo Western State Xorin.il students, who were also in the machine with Miss Kwakoniock, Dodge and Hor Earl, of this city, have Ixvii summoned us wituess : c at flip bearing. Karl, charged with drunkciinosss was released under bond of' i """. . .. THE WEATHER North Carolina, rain tonight and Wed nesaay, somewhat cower Wednesday in west portion. "BIG BILL" HAYWOOD HAS PCLSSI0N E TO OPERATE IRON WORKS Heads Group of American I. W. W. to Whom Premier Lenine Has Granted Conces sion in Ural Mountain Re gion. (By Tho Associated i'retj.) MOSCOW, March It. William D. ' v. V'ft ""' "-'.'OU, tieaU O group I ot .nU.n,.aii J. W. W. to whom I'rimiiap I.euiile lias granted B concession in. nn,. ate the big Nadojdinskv iron works In the I'ral mountain region, part of tha the coal mines in the Kosuttz basin and auxiliary factories. - . Haywood disappeared from the Uni ted States hist year, while under 163,000' bail arier no ana about ninety other r W. W. had been convicted of espionage and conspiracy anainst th irowrnmnt. ii me war. jio nan since taken aomo part in tho deliberations of the Third . Internationale at Moscow. It is stipulated that 4,801) fully quali fied American Workers with a technical personnel shall be brought into Bussia. . to operate the properties and that each of them inust purchase $100 worth of tools or instruments for his own equip ment and sign tin undertaking to ob 9 i ve all the rules of the aoviet labor code. The aiinouiicemenl states that the gov ernment has assigned s.'IO.OOO toward financing the undertaking. It is also to provide wood to build homes for work ers and assign 27,000 acres of land for agriculture. The American workmen aro to be organized Into a trade union asso ciation. . ;''. The whole production of nil these con cessions is to go to tho government, which undertakes to supply the workmei. with a ration and allow them part of tha production a necessary means to cariy on further work. , The agreement is -to hold for two years. If the workmen desire to leave Russi.1 enrlier, tho government is to as sit thorn to return to their country after they have Iinnded over to the state tha TORNADO DOES DAMAGE IN WESTERN STATES. (Hy The Associated Tress.) MCALLISTER, Okln.. Mure 14. '. Twelve Mexicans were killed last night when a tornado swept the foreign sectin'i of (jowen, a village 13 miles southeast of here, according to reliable workers from . inn... ie-, nut, rciuriltTft 1U 11IOIT flOmPS 1 today. Uiirtshorne is lix miles from ('uwen. Wire communication between ;'' and c.owcu is demoralized. WILBfUTON, Oktu.. March 14. Nine persons were killed and 2.1 serious-.-' ly injured by a tornado which struck 'ioweu this morning. BATON KOl'GK. La., March 14. A tornado hit the sett lemon t of Suit Jfiso, Ijt., near here, this morning, kill- ing one person, injuring eight and blow ; ing down a number of houses, according I to reports received here. .' '.; r , s . . ' f j TORNADO RIPS THROUGH v V OKLAHOMA CITY " 1 Sl id III U, Okln.. March' It. One ! j man wa.-i dead and half n doren othet ' i persons wore in u hospital seriously In- ' jured today as a re: ult of a tornado . which ripped through the, west side of ; this oily late yesterday wrecking abouf, ."in buildings, with property damage en- . jtimated around 100,000. Several of the seriously injured were not expected . to live. 1 Approximately 150 (K-rsons are home?: jloss. Tli -y uvf being cared for in resiy, 'deuces which escaped the path of th" i tornado. PRESIDENT HARDING BUSY WITH FISHING AND GOLFING ( Uv The Associate! Tress.! I'ALM HKACII, F!a., March 14. Ki Iiin7 and golf constituted the pro:, gram of President IL.rding today be-', lore leaving by train for St. Augustine?" Arrangements had Imm-ii completed for the piesident to be taken out early to day to try Iks hand at fishing and golf was expected to taktip the rrcater pa'rt of t h" af ternoon . BONUS BILL TO BE REPORTED OUT SOON. ' I'-v The Associated Press.) WAfslilNOTON, March 14. frVcreta is Mellon, Conipt ro'h r of tha Currency . Cri singer and Governor Harding, of the Fed -ral reserve board, ill be asked to appear lief ore the Houso Ways and Means Committee this afternoon to. give further statements with regard to the bank loan provision of tho solders' bo nus. Chairman Fordney said t'te bill would ' be reported out as soon ns the three offe-' cist Is had been heard ami that he did not think the measure would bo amended any further. ' The motion to ca!l in the three admin-' tration officers was made by Represent- ative (iarner, of Texas, the ranking dent- ocr.-it, and was adopted It to 11, after . what ssas described as n sharp contest. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR, Tuesday. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com merce Glee Club.-. Wednesday. 7:30 p. m. Textile tendents Club. Superin Thursday. 4:00 p. m. Board of Directors. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. , Friday. 5:00 p. m. Gastonia Sunday School Sopenntendents. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com merce Glee Club. t 1 1 t 9. t t t't 2 S 4 if
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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