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-9 Buddy, Why Not Join The American Legion? mm Weather: Local Cotton 17 1-2 Cents mairand Colder VOL. XLIII. NO. 67 GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS DMA- DM11 GAZETTE TEXTILE ' UNION LEADER! CONTRASTS CONDITIONS IN; NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTH; McKosky Returns in Interest; of Organization in South 1 Vice President of United! Textile Workers Discusses! New England Strike. j ' - The condition? among textile workers in New Englan,'., particularly as in- j dividual, is better than is found in the! south, -was the statement made lust night j ly Frank McKosky, vice-president of! the United Textile Workers of America, who is spending sonic time in Charlotte and this section in the interest of or ganization of textile workers, says Mon day's Charlotte Observer. A meeting of representatives of the tixtilo locals irr the Carolina was held in North Charlotte yesterday at which agreement was reached to proceed with tho organization of a liermanont joint council of renresentativos and a meeting 11.- I . tl., Ant M Atiduv ill A mil.' in Charlotte, for tba purpose of perfect ing this council Mr, McKosky stated that he did not care to go into the question of compari son of conditions of workers in the New Kngland and tho south, but did say con ditions favored the workers in the north ern mills, in which a strike now exists to resist tho efforts of the mills to redact wages and to increase hours from 4S to 54 it week. ' Discussing tne claims ', southern "mill owner that supplying haul's at a low cost, water, lights and other conven iences nt low rati or free, as overcoming any differences in wages, ui compared with northern workers, -Mr. McKosky ad mitted a difference, but said the houses were only places to live, were bare, con taining littlo furniture, enrjets or other requirements. New fcngiand Mhkc Whilo he is not in c!o.- touch with the New Knirland situation, Mr. McKos ky reports that his iiu'ormation is thai l'resident Thomas F. McMahon moving along successfully with the tstrik' The textilo union favors arbitration with ret crence to wages, but not for the number of hours of work, the vice president said. The New Kngland mill owners are u ing the argument that the workers in tho Mouth are being paid less for their work, as a basis of their efforts to reduce wages and increase hours. Mr. McKonky said, adding that he would like to nee the workers in the north and south on the anio footing, so this could not be used us tho reason for the reducing of wage-, in one or the other section. Tho workers in New Kngland mills rent their homes themselves and for this reason tako more iuterest in them, Mr. McKosky said, contrasting with it thj condition in southern mill communi ties, in which the mill owners furnish the homes and the workers, tho textile union ofliciul said, feel that they are owned, body and soul, by the mill owner!". Often the operatives, who come under the' displeasure of the null owners ot their agents, are ordered to vacate the homes, and not only those, but all of their relatives, he naid. lieminded ol futile efforts of mill owners to have (striking operatives ejected from their homes during the strike in this ection several months ago. Mr. McKosky said that it was harder to do while the eyes of the piiD'hj are upon them, 1m t ea.v during normal times. Plan Spring Campaign. . Mr. McKosky has been in Charlotte arrttbis section for the past two weeks find expects to remain here for two or three weeks longer, he said. His pres ence here is a continuation of the organi sation efforts started here last fall and held ip in November. He announced that a enmpuign for members will be waged this spring. lie spoke of conditions which he said wero not very favorable toward tl: tex tile workers in the south and said that efforts are being mad.; cons-tant'y t ini Hrovc thette conditions, through collective .bargaining. Strikes ore avoided if pos sible, he saiil, adding that the workers want to confer with mill owners when ever possible in the adjustment of differ ences. There are probably about 20 local unions. in North and Soitth Carolina, most of them within a radius of 00 miles of Cuarlotte. Mr. MeKoskysaid , stating that there has been a slump in the membership and activities, but probably not more than has been the easy in other 'organizations. Vice l'resident McKosky attended the meeting of the representatives of textile locals, held yesterday in North. Cliarlotte. rnd expressed satisfaction nt the spirit of the delegates and predicted that much good to the textile workers and to the miction will result from the : movement they started. Meeting In N. Charlotte. About 50 delegates, representing sev eral of the local union of the section, were reported to have been in attendance at tho meeting, which wag called to con sider organization of a permanent joint, council of the textile locals of the Caro Unas. Cotton Market ft nstNfi RIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET ' F.W VORR March 20. Cotton fu- tures closed steadv. March IS. 05; May ! 37.90; Jnlv 17. 30; OttoWr 16.S; De- according to the explorer, eember 16.73. i "'dwdy lauded on Wrangel Island , j after the Americans were there in ISM. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET is.!"" 1 W"."M s"'"", i . j htcfausson claims to Lave finance I -Cotton seed 3Ici his own exiedition, whieli sailed from Strict tq Good Jdiddlini 17Jclome, August , 1921. BROUGHT NEGRO BACK TO TOWN IN GARBAGE WAGON WINCHESTER, VA March 21. Winchester is determined to enforce its quarantine laws at all hazards and this accounts for the ride of "Boots" Lavender, a negro, from Charleston, 'W. Va., to Winchester, in the city's garbage cart. ( Lavender tired of the smallpox quarantine, about his home a week ago and took French leave. He was captured by a railroad conductor and locked up in a train compartment. He crawled through a car windpw only to be recaptured later and placed in the Winchester detention house. But he tore out the floor of his prison and fled to Charlestown, where he was again made prisoner, and handcuffs were brought into u. Winchester health officers were notified and the garbage wagon was dispatched. Deputies armed with shotguns with bayonets attached are on guard a round Lavender's home today. ROTAIilUNS OFF TO BIG WINSTON-SALEM MEETING Large Delegation of Gastonia Rotarians and Wives Go to District Meeting at Winston Salem. Gastonia is sending a big delegation of Rotarians to the District Convention in Winston-Salem which meets Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of those gning loft by auto early this morning going via Salisbury and Mocksville. Other parties have been leaving throughout the day. The sessions open at the Robert K. Lee hotel Tuesday morning ami continue through Wednesday. The following is a list of tho;e going from Gastonia : Fred M. Allen, and Mrs. H. M. Hnrklcy, Mr. and this, Mr. and Mrs W. J. Alexander Alexander, F. W. Mrs. W. h. Dal- J. P. Hi veus. J. S. Hovec, on, P. K H . S. Clinton, A. M. Dix Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Chits Ford, I. II. (inntt, Mr and Mrs . .) . Mrs. W. K. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. J. Lander Gray, Mr. ami Havnes, C. C Harmon, P." H. HuffiAetler, Mr. II. Kennedy, P. C. MeLain, E. (1. McLurd, Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. ' A. C4. Myers, (). L. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kankin, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Hobinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Thompsou, Mr. and Mrs. .1. H. Separk, Mr. and Mrs 8. Klmer Spencer, Mr. and Mr.. J. White Ware, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. White, 7.. C. Wagoner and Mcsdames J. Flay Hess and D. K. Jackson. WRANGEL ISLAND IS CLAIMED FOR GREAT BRITAIN Important Land in the Arctic Region Near Siberia Belong? to Great Britain. Say Ex- plorers Is Strategic cation in Arctic Lands. Lo- 'By The Associate-! Press.) NKW YOKK, March 20. Wrnngel Island, one of the most important land?, in the Arctic region, has been claimee for Great Hiitain, by a party of three Ainei ieans, a Canadian nnd four Eski mos, it has been made known through Vilhjalniar Stefansson, Arctic explorer, organizer of the expedition. Mr. .Stef ansson said the Hritish flag had been planted on the island September 21, lat. Stefansson. a Prilisli subject, said his fifth and latest Arctic expedition, made up of Allen Crawford, a sou of a Toronto I'niversity professor, K. I.. Knight, McMiunville, Oregon; Freder ick Maurer, of New Philadelphia, ().; and Milton (ialle, of New iiraunfels, Texas, with four Eskimo., was sent by him into the northern wastes for the expics purpose of c'aiining W range. Island, for the British. Wrnngel Inland is about the size of Jamaica, lying 100 miles off the north eastern con t of fc:bctia and 4ll miles west of Hehring strait. .Strategically, the islaad dominates northeastern Si bona. Mr. Stefansson said only the hii.b r of the party, Crawford. Knew o" th" mission of the expedition. Tii Americans, he said, became conneete ! with the expedition purely througa love of adventure. Although Stefans on said lie knew of the expedition's success the itiK the Wrangcl lauding, h lay follow i has just made the fact tuiblic. He said h' ia tended sailing this spring for Englnu'l. to present HritainV. new p. s c ;ioi lo the British prime minister, s Wrangel Island was first discovered in ).S4t, by a Diit'.sh naval expedition under ( utiiaiii Keliett. who sailed close to the hind, but did not not go ashore.. it... ..v,l,nru lii IMi't. Didiitiir. an Amrriran wh.-ilimr eaiitaiu, discov ered )hc island, Which it was assumed, i was the same sought by Baron Wrangel, !a Jtussian, in ls-'5. In lssl never tl j American naval ships landed men on the hlmd. John Muir, according to,1 Mr. ' StefansoiK was one of the landing (parly, jsut all tnese j American and British landing parties,' alike, lost claim ; to tl land nft-r the lapse of live years, ' CICAGO LAWYER, HEIR j TO EARLDOM, ELECTS TO ! BE PLAIN U. S. CITIZEN. f?Y-;: . .!, J i Vs. ' JJL . '. '..ea' ..Cyril W. C. Armstrong, a Chicago lawyer, was iccently notified that he was th2 nearest hvjig heir to a British earldom and cstaic-s in India. He in formed the executor? of the will that titles meant nothing to him, sine: he si i ready had the greatest title in the world, that of an American citizen. Armstrong v,as bora at Lahore, India, was educated in England and went to Canada at the age of 16. He was ad mitted to the oar in 1908. BiSONS START SPRING TRAINING PRACTICE TODAY Manager George Wiltse and Bison Herd Quartered at Armington Moline Club to Be Here Friday and Sat urday. lieorgo Wiltse 's Buffalo Bisons blew into town early fr'undav for their snrine j training which tiny will do here at the . Uiray Park during the latter part o' I this month and the first of April. Nine teen players reported to Manager Wilt1' headquarters nt the Armington j j Hotel, (i'thcrs are to follow on Monday: end Tuesday morning. Tho following' men will begin their workouts Monday i afternoon: Harrv Hi itman. Dick Mc-i Cabe, James Miller, jiitchers with the Bisons last season; Ed Miller, first base man of last year; John Jacobs and Don Donelson, 1021 outfielders; Gene Mierl dan, third baseman, formerly with Brooklyn and with New Orleans last season; John Nonis. new outfielder; i. Mohurt, pitcher obtained from Brooklyn last winter; Kelly, first baseman former ly of Philadelphia Americans; 11. F.j Ionian, ouineiuer; i iery, last, year s captain of flu- High Point, N. C, club; John Mereher, outfielder; Harry ("ran dayy, C'iarenco Fisher, Clyde Kusscll, pitchers; .Mike Demphsey, catcher ot Chicago, who Captain Jack Sheehan and sliort stop brought along; and E. Ket chem, Buffalo boy, his first year with the Bisons; James Hutch, th" club's trainer also reported. B. A. Potts, a Cliarlotte j boy, stopped at his home and is expected j to report to the Bison manager Monday. Local fans have their eyes on Luke Ur ban, young catcher with tho Charlotte! Hornets last year, and property of the: New York Americans. Crban nnd Joe Burns, who was secured from the Road- ing club in a trade, are expected Monday j or early Tuesday. Mr. Wilts. states that all of his men' ore in prima tondition and he was well pleas.-d t. find all lin king surplus flesh j which so many clubs have to combat; with when they begin to entrain. I Old King tjoi took a rest tmnday and! an advanced April shower reigned it, Gastonia. The former resumed his we!-) come woji Monday and everything will I start promptly. .Should the Lorayi grou.ids prove too muddy for work, thn! Ciara Mill diamond is available. Aj large baskcthnd court is located near the. hotel headquarter should the manager i and trainers see tit to run their men tlre.ii;h si:me indoor exercises and gym-! na--t.es. ! I THE WEATHER North Carolina, fair tonight and Tucs-I diy, colder tontfcrit and On the coast: next with a gain ot-t. per cent. 1 lie greatest decrca'e in numbers cmploi ed. , , I (i.l per cent, was shown in the cot- itm finishing hides! ty. Tuesday. : ' ': CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. Monday. 3:00 p. m. Gas'on community workers. 4:00 p. m. Department of Con ventions and Public Affairs. 7:30 p.m. Gastonia Choral So ciety. Tuesday. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com merce Glee Club Thursday. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. F:day. 7:30 p. m. Chamber, of Com merce Glee Club. Saturday. 6:43 p. ra. Annual memberilfip dinner. Hon. Thoa. Heflin speak er. t i Cotton Production for 1921 Was 7,976,665 Bales As Opposed To 1920 Crop of 13,270,070 Bales WASHINGTON, March 1!). Cotton; production for 1021 was 7.!7,fi." run ning bales, of 7,i."i2,,")ji) equivaeiit 5ut. pound bubs, l!ie Census Bureau announc ed today in its final ginning report of the season. The lDU'i) production was 1.'!, 270,970 running baits, of lo.l.'ij.ooj equivalent 500 pound bales. The crop was estimated by the Depart ment of Agriculture last December in it Until report at H,'M(t,W) equivalent' !i'M pound bales. Hound bales included in tiie crop f HL'l h;h Il'!,7:i bales, compared with 2(Hi,.r).'lt in ltJO; Amrric-tn-Kgyplinii cotton .imounte.l to ;:7,0!4 bales, com pared with ii-,"it;i, anil H.a ikIhii 1 cot ton amounte', to .'!,.'! lii bales compared with l,x6S. Cotton riiii.iining to be ginned after the March canvass, and which was in- BELMONT WINS THIRD GAME FROM DALLAS Final Game Goes to Team From East Gaston by Score of 36 to 26 Basketball Championship of County Goes to Dallas. In the fastest game of high seiioi i basketball ever witnessed on the loet.l court, the Belmont highs wen from tie Dallas quintet Saturday night by tiie score of .10 to 2(1 in the thir.l and final game of the championship series. Dallas won the first two games, and thus earned the championship title of the county. fsaturilny's game was marked by thf fiercest sort of play. Both sides played like fiends from tho opening whistle, and displayed a brand of basketball sei doin seen in high school teams. Dallas was fighting hard to winn all threo game of the series, and Belmont was equally determined that they should not be blanked. In passing, teamwork aim shooting, toth teams outdid any previ ous efforts displayed by either. New' stars were uncovered in the persons of Stanley Brown, of the Belmont team and Itatchford, of the Dallas team. These i two youngsters did most of the scoring for their respective sides. As usual, tin. oik of tho two Dallas guards, the i oriiburgs was outstanding, as was also ! t. of Hand, center and l.rep. r. r iva.i I, r Belmont. The Belmont team, for tht i ' time in the county series dis played son., of the form which inrnet them in the si at-: championship pielimi- i aries. A huge crowd witnessed the game. This game chw-d the bask, t.iiall season; in the county high schools afd the young sters are now devoting their time and attention to baseball. MARRYING TO GET OUT O FTIIE COUNTRY (By The Associated Tress.) 01ESA, March Jib Marriage to the frontier-only is one of the new forms of commerce in Hussu.'i Women are will ing to pay li'in.lsemeiv tlose foreignets who, by virtue of their passports, ma pass freely out of Bussia and also rnb r Poland or Rumania, (rerinany or other country, and take with them women pass ing as their wives. As Kussian subjects neither men nor women may easily gi : permission to leave Hussia, and, if so, the other countries will not receive them. Subjects of Turkev and other Moslem countries engaged in this marriage bvr.i nes sometimes take out four wives at a time, the number allowed by their mar riage laws. Wameti'iies sn-li marriage ol th in" a iiiri to wo h.s ina the meiif end unhappily. Tli" hush an. Baku lady of beauty succeeded in get out, and thin planned for his wife marry a local othcinl for the journey The official fed in love with the man and insisted that she remain as legal wife, as she had in fa"t Lee through her own declaration before local soviet marriage bureau. TEN BIG INDUSTRIES SilOW INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT (Bv The Associated Press.) WAS!)IN(T(l., Menii 2". b" fourteen principal industries 1" s'.owd an increase in th. number of t r oa employed in pebruary, as co.ipand with J-J unary, uhi'e four showed a dt i reas", acrordiae to r. tnl-'tlat ma of re i or of of try Is announced Clay by lie labor statistics of th, l'ep a r rtinent I-'ibor. T.:e iron and led with an increase I lm'.us !' . .' nor ot cent, and the automobile iiidiisuy was GUNMEN ACTIVE. (Bv The Ass.KMated ''ress.) BELFAST. March 20. Giiimen were again active in Belfast today. A num ber of carters proceeding to work were stopped by a man who pointed a revo'ver at them and ordered them back. In the ensuing altercation oe of the carters was woun.l"d. An ashman employed by tho city was wounded in the ja-.r while working in the Iia.Uy;uai-.irrett section. PLANNING PROGRAM AFTER COAL STRIKE IS CALLED WASHINGTON, March 20. The general policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America was called today to meet Friday in Cleveland to formulate a policy to be followed by the bituminous min ers when work is suspended April 1. The call was issued by John L. Lewis, international president, and announced heie today, 1 in the total cnip wan rstimatrd at bales, compared with 2U.S'J.'t bale l after 'tho March canvass last: year. The average gross weight of cotton bnhs fiir the cr was -IKS. 5 jiounds, compared with uOti. 1 pounds, the average f the lii-'U crop. The nuiulier of ginneries operated was If..!.", eonipared with lSJPl tof ( iiimiiiKs by states, in equivalent 50'r pound bales to' lows: Alabama ."il.Pti.") ; Arizona -l.',:'j:i ; Arkansas 7iMi.sii:t ; Caliiarnia ,-U,10U; Klorbla lil.lHiii: tleorgia 77,O.J'J; Louis iana L7s,Mil," ; Missi(-s'ipi SlL',.S(i7; Mis sum !;.:.! 1 ; North Carolina 77li.(iOii; (di'ahoma 4 s J ,(iSi ; .South Carolina 7,11, 0.11; Tenn. usee .'Id 1 .'.Mil ; Texas 2,1!7, 1)44; Virginia Hi..'H!S. All other states 71 APRIL 15 IS MTE Democratic Executive Com mittee Meets Saturday E. R. Warren Is Named New Chairman Carpenter Re tires. The Deinoerarie met in tho court house i.oon, Manh Is, j,i l ! a call made lv th" in ive ( i inr.i:ttee Saturday after 'chick, pursuant chairman, John G. Carpi liter. The difte.ent precincts of the county in addition to the com mitt. . in. 'ii were represented. Practical ly a'l the (audidales who are se.king nominations cither in the county or Mate primaries were present. The committee, with the approval of the candidates, fixed (Saturday, April !", licl'J, for th" county primary . 'fie' commitl "C passed a reso'utio i re quiring .".II candidates who ixpeet to enter the cou.i.y primary to tile ttietr I names in i r.nicry i. nenny, h ereiar.V of the Democratic Executive Commit tee, on or l.eforr April ot !i . Mr. j. E. Kineaid's nam" vai or dered placd upon th' ballot .is a candi date ior iiuintv coroner. The committeemen Mere r .piehted to fi'e n itli the chairman on or before the I'-.th 1115,:., the names of person., men j or 1.1 lies, nhu v. ill set ve as poll holders ' ,a the iippri.in-lriig piimarv. j "'he ne mailer for the attention of; the committor nas 1 ae chairmanship. Mr. Carpenter expressed Ids nppreeia tiou for having been given the honor to ) se:ve as chairman for four vears, but ! said briti mad'' long. I hat others matters and rrsponsi s re-ting upon him at this lime it impossible for him to serve r, but he di'dg"d his continued ac tive and loyal support to the committee and to the pally. Mr. Ernest K. Warren was iiuai.iimiu.sly elected to si rve as chairman for the next tio years. T,:c follov. ing resolution w.is passed: That whereas, .loon C Carpenter has s lied this committee a. chairman for the past four ears, haling labored in season and nut of season for the cause of Democracy, having given of his time and energy nnwllislily to further the interest of the party, that Wheron-, under his leadership the party has had a eoiitiuuors and splen did increase in its tr.a jorit ies, therefore, Be it resolved, that this committee endorse his work and his splendid lead eisiiip and it hereby extends to him the thanks of the committee and or ders that a copy of these resolutions be filed with the secretary of the eommit- DEATH PATE I'KOM SMALLPOX 13 GREATER WAMH;ro Manh '!. --Deaths from smallpox in the deat i r-gisl ration are,i of th. country in l'.t''i ii lai.'d 3s as computed with .i.":s in lOl'.i, the con Ms bun an a aiiounced today. It :i pointed on!, however, that irtu-tby the sume it.e . 1. was el pre ias; x maintained .le-iii vious'y .siine l!i:i4. car that the death i ar s I. the the .hirh vi as rate from o!i,ooti time, the .!:.' exceeded one per ,.u!:.tion . At the same ie!y high death rate in I :atis, .u. 'ii t's tie' rati' .''o'l ii. l.ouisuina, should ning, it was said, of the at ioti . SOIII" ill ! s .i a per 1"' es a w.i i .1' ia... i.. of !'. -cr.c need CYCLONE SWEEPS ACROSS dude giniii ALABAMA CUUflll ( Inc i rogress vino in 1'ie ciiio rooms no oLUMBl't?. GA March 20. A (the second floor when the. blaze was dis eyelono, accompanied by a heavy rain, I covered. hail and electric storm, swept across I'e I county. Alabama, a few miles to tho ! UMPIRE WORE EAR-MUFFS northwest of Columbus early last night,! , IN HOT SPRINGS GAME ibMrov ing much property and killing onej fBv The Axoiaatea f'ress.) I person, according to report reaching tho) PITTSBURGH, March 20. Some! city. i thing new on the baseball diamond waki Telephone aud telegraph wires were) inaugurated by field umpire Von tfickeit blown down, many houses crashed to the) in the gamp between the Boston Amerl j ground, according to reports, anil h jeans and Pittsburgh Nationals at Hot' church was destroyed by the severe wind,; Springs, Ark., yesterday, when he wore which appeared to travel in a northeaster ly direction across Lee county over 8a!em to the Chattahoochee river about two miles to the north of Goat Bock. $175,0000 WORTH OF LIBERTY BONDS RECOVERED ' WASHINGTON. March 20. Ilecov- i ry of all the li' rty bonds amountiug . to .fl "o.oihio rtoloii from the bmicli of fiic of the treasury department Sntur i day nic.ht. was announced today by the i secret si r. ice. j C O. Wams'e.i , formerly of V,";,sh j iiigto'i. was arr.-sted by kikt 'I servic-1 ioperalives in Chariot lesville. Va., aud irirH witli complicity with Char.es C'evenger, an emphiye of the boad I 'partimmt f the treasury, already inltive Republican." and added that " tract Irii-toeij- tii romiK-tn !i ut the liberty boudx. witii Cic robbtr- WIRELESS TELEPHONE PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT Music Program. Robert L. Johns, baritone soloist of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Pitts burgh. Mrs. Robert L. Johns, accompan ist. The A. W. Giles Orchestra. Selections. 1. April Showers, Orchestra. 2. Glorianna Selection, Friml, Or chestra. 3. a. Mattinata, Testi. b. Friend of Mine, Sanderson, Robert L. Johns. 4. Lonesome Hours, Orchestra. 5. Blue Danube Blues, Orchestra. 6. a. Shalimar Song, Finden. b. The Trumpeter, Due, Robert L. Johns. 7, tri. Indian Lyrics, Finden, Orches- 8. tra. 9. b. Tell Her at Twilight, Orches- a. Life, Curran. Prologue from I Pagliacci. Leoncavallo, Robert L. Johns. 10. Right or Rong, Orchestra. 11. M'He Modiste, Herbert, Or. chestra. 12. When Buddha Smiles, Orches tra. ONE DEAD IN GUSH WITH OFFICERS AT TRENTON, S. C. Constable Surprises Robbers in Act of Blowing Safe Had Previously Robbed An other Store Other Robber Is Captured. CBy The Associated Press.) TKKNTON, S. C. March 20. An unidentified man is dead nnd L. K. Ha w is. said fo be of Batesburg, H. C., is held in the jail at Kdgefield, S. ('., following a clash between officers ahd robbers here early this morning. The unidentified man was shot to deatii by Constable C. M. Crouch when he surprise. 1 two men in the let of blowing the safe of Mathew 4 Whit '.ock, Trenton merchants. The two men lad a lew minutes Del ore Nueces: rully iot(,,i .1,,, s..f., 0f (ieortro Wise's mer cantile company. Following the exchange of shots be tween the constable and the unidenti fied robber the second man leaped into mi automobile standing in the street and made his getaway. He was inline, diately followct by a po.se of Trenton olV'n'ris and citizens and captured in Aiken county. Money, fhe amount of which cannot be ascertained, taken from the Wise store, was found in the pockets of t dead man. Constable Crouch was on his rounds, and Hearing the Mathew & Whitloel; slore, saw a man peering at him from the corner of the buliding. Challeng ing him the constable was met by a pis tol shot and replying brought down his man. The safe in the store was found charged with nitroglycerine and ready for tiie match. It is supposed that af ter preparing the safe the dead man went out to reconuoiter before touch ing off the charge. APRIL 7TH DATE FOR ROLLER SKATE CONTEST Priday, April 7th, is tho datn which has been selected for the Roller Skating Contest which is to be held under the direction of Community Service, Inc. A list of the events! was published in The Gazette last week. A list of the prizes is now being prepared and will be pub lished within tho next few days. Much interest is being manifested by the young folks especially in this) contest. They are putting in considerable time practicing. City Manager Alexander is making preparations to have two blocks of paved street illuminated for this event and in dications are that there will bo much popular interest in it. 5230,000 FIRE LOSS IN McKEESPORT THEATER , l By Tho Associated Press.) PITTBl'RGH, March 20 - Loss esti mated at $ 2'iO.OOOresultod when fire girt- ted the Literary Theater building in Mi: Keeport, near here, early today, and for i a time threatened the entire block in . whieli it is located. ! A general alarm brought out the city's' j entire fire fighting force and assistance: I was asked fron nearby points. The. i building is owned bv llarrv Barney, who; ' was giving a luncheon to 125 members ol ! , ear mulls at a protection against the cold. It was the coldest weather the Pi rates had exiM rienccd dnce their arrival and fans bundled in winter clothing to witness the contest, which the Red Sox won 1 1 to 5, SENATOR McCUMBER ANNOUNCES At u'rlock tomorrow' morning CANDIDACY FOR RE - ELECTION! must appear in court nt Ka'amazno (Bv Tiie Associated Press.! jand face a charge of teckloss driving, WASHINGTON. March 20. Sena-i following a midnight automobile, riile tor McCuiiibcr, Republican, North Dnko-' recently, during which Miss Emetine ' ta. chairman of the Senate Finance Coin-'Kwakernatik, jumped from I)odge's ear miitiH", tolay annomu-etl formally hisi while it wan traveling tit a high rate can.Udacy for re-election. Former Sena-. (of iccd, ad . sustaiai-J st-rious injn- tor Asle J. Gronna last week announced, rit-s. as an opponent. Senator McCumher said- he would run "as a straight, eonsorva-j Republicans always stand for nroirres-! aioa. BISHOPS FROM' PULPITS UHGE THAT TEXTILE STRIKE BE SPEEDILY SETTLED Thousands of Idle Mill Work, ers in Manchester Walk Streets Bishop Sumner Says That 48 Hours Is LogU cal Working Week. (By The Associated Tress) MAN'CH K8TEB, X. II., March 20. Bishop George A. Oucrtin in a letter read in all Catholic pulpita in this city yesterday, urged a peedy settlement of the strike that has kept the cotton mills here cloned for five weeks. He atiggested that mill owners and strikers submit tho questions of wages and working hours to arbitration. The letter praised ths strikers for their maintenance of order. Mass meetings in the largest theaters of the city Were addressed by strike lead ers. Thousands of the idle mill work-' era walked up nnd down the main streets. Bishop Walter T. Bumner, of Oregon, addressing a largo congregation at Grace Episcopal Church, said that economists nil over the country agreed on the efficacy of 4S houra labor a week, and that anv man who started to work In the dark and went home in the dark was not getting the "fullness of existence. " The bishop said that nino or ton hotira a day weakens u worker's iiower of r. Kistance. , , WANT BOXING MATCH BETWEEN TWO PARSONS T A COM A, WASH. March HO. Amer ican Legion officials of Washington stats re attempting to arrange, a boxirtp match between the Rev. John W. Beard, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church hero, I who was the "fitrhTTnir chnrdain" , of tho 9lst Division, and the Rev. Earl ' A. Blackman, pastor of Chanute, Kan sas, and national chaplain of the legion. Both men are known to have eonsid I eraldo ability with tint gloves and rjotU I are in tho middleweight class. If or j ranged, tho bout will take place during I the 1022 t;ito convention of the legion j to be held in tie fall at Wenatche, . Washington. . , I Before Rev. Beard went overseas with ' the "Wild W est "division during tho war, ho was known as the "Sky Pilot of the lumberjacks" and wua popular with lumbermen throughout the Pacine north west. When the SMst 'Division went into training nt Camp Lewi here. Rev. Beard attracted attention by riding a iwekins broncho. The .wildest horse at the re mount station was .picked out for hint find he successfully navigated the animal, PRESIDENT HARDING HAS NO RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE ON SOLDIER BONUS QUESTION (By The Associated Press.) - WASHINGTON. Muren 20. Presi dent Harding told republican house lead ers today that in view of expressions on the soldiers' bouua he shad previously made, he did not think it essential to of fer any recommendation at this time. Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, . who headed the House delegation, made this announcement in a'format statement and added verbally that it was the plan l: to go ahead with the compromise hill as recommended .by tho Ways and Meani , Committee. The formal statement issued by Mr. Mondell, after the conference which last-' ed almost, two hours, follows: "Tho legislative situation relating to,. the bonus bill was fully presented to the President, with detailed explanation of the provisions which remove the menace of excessive drafts on tho treasury in the immediate future' and avoid any program of added taxation. The President went over the entire situation, with an ap praisal of commitments made.' . , JOHN D. DODGE IS RELEASED FROM PRISON. t Bv Tho Associate!! PrVss.) DETKOIT, March 2J. John Duval Dodge, possesor :f a fortune of $1,- . ifiOii.oiii). left fhe Detroit House of Cor. reetinn this morning with $S in his pocket, having completed ,i fire-day prison sentence for automobile speed- mi; . : : I His release came r.t 8 o'clock aud was carried out with the greatest se ; envy, at the request of the prisoner. . 1 Dodge was taken to the rear of the I House of Correction, allowed, tV slip un- . J observed through n backdoor, and was I whisked away in a prison automobile to the home or the father-in-law, M. . P. O'Connor, iu this city. Given his freedom aii hour earlier than the time ' originally :ct the prisoner escaped a , ery of newspaper enmera men gath ered in front of the institution. The camera and newspaper men waited in vain in front of the prison for Dodge to apiir. Whea Dodge entered the prison last Thursday he had $10( in his possession. He paid $100 of this to the city, the amount living exacted as a line in addi- t tion to the jail sentence. Dodge left so hurriedly this lnurning he forgot to take with him a . sterling silver eork screw, that was among his possessions when he entered the prison. The cork screw will be mailed to Dodge, prison authorities said. . Although his puuiihmeut for violat-' ing the city, speed limit ia ended, with . exception of loss of his automobile driv ers license for a year. Dodge is not yet "out of the- woods." The revkk'sj driving charge (Liposeu of. Dodge is wheduled to ! arra'gucd tomorrow morning on charge of bating the probilition laws. It lleged ha carried liquor on tlo j.