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BASTOMA DAILY flAZE Local Cotton 17 Cents . - GASTONIA, N. C. THURSDAY AFJEfttfoON, MARCH 30, 1922. VOL. XLIII. NO. 76. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Weather: ) . Rain , SERVICE CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN LEGION WILL BEGIN THURSDAY APRIL 6 On Fifth Anniversary of the Declaration of War With Germany Legion Plant to Inaugurate Service Census of Former Soldier Aim It to Furnish Aid to the Needy. Tha great service campaign of the i American Legion in North Carolina will be launched on .Thursday, April 6, in , commcnoration of the declaration of wai with Germany five years ago. Final do tails in the big campaign are being work cd out by the State membership commit -' tee, under whose supervision 'the cam ' paiga is being conducted: It is the' ambition of fhe Department of North Carolina to reach every former service man and woman during this cam- naiirn. which hurts ten days. And m reaching these former service people it is the Legion's purpose to offer them every assistance in the power of the great or ganizatiou of which they may stand in need. - . - ) It is believed that there yet remain Inany former soldiers who are in need ot hospitalization, and who have valid claims for compensation men who are unable to work and whose families are suffering a a result. And it is believed that many of these men are suffering either from some kind of nervous dis order which, if taken in its earlier stages may be cured, or from tuberculosis, of which there has been a terrible amount since the war. But if the Legion or any human agency is to do these men any lasting good, it must be done at once. The longer these ailments remain un treated the harder it will be to accoin pish any lasting good. So the Legion has arranged a service campaign, and into this campaign is throwing its very heart, backed by its membership of something over 8,0o0 in North Carolina, and by a hort of good women who represent the American Le gion Auxiliary, who always are to b round helping in any sucn fine work. Detailed plan for the campaign are being . worked out to tnat extent that Chairman J. Will Pless of Marion of the committee lias announced the particulai phases of the general work assigned to the various members of his committee. Hiss immediate assistant will be S. a. t'handley of Marshall in general super vising of the work. Tho Bev. T. G. Vlckers of Henderson, state chaplain of . the Legion, is to handle publicity for the campaign through the ciiurcnes 01 wiw State. At. O. Cherry of Gastonia has been assigned to haudie publicity through fraternal organisations, colleges and schools. T. B. Marsh, Jr., of Salisbury, has been assigned as liaison officer with the American Auxiliary, and Charles A. Bloaue, editor of The Otcen Echo, the state Legion publication, of Otcen has been assigned to handle the newspaper publicity. Details of the work in the various dis . triets will be largely in the hands of the district executive committeemen, whin the final plans will be in the hands of post officers and members of the Legion and officers and members of tho Legion Auxiliary in every part of the state. An excellent response has been had from all sections on the rart of post officers and members and it is confident ly expected that very close to the De partment 's ambition will be realized to make personal contact with every former service man and woman before the tain paign is over,, WHAT ARE COAL ' MINERS WANTING? ' ' (By The Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. March 30. What are the coal miners asking for in new wage contracts with the operators! Briefly, the anthracite miners want increased wazes, the bituminous - Want to retain present basic scales, and the operators in both fiidds want waee proposals. While both : sides include various other demands In their wage proposals, the main issue is wages. In brief, the miners' , demands are as follows: . - Bituminoua--removal of differen tials within and between districts so as to result in increased wages for some workers and reduction for none; establishment of the 6-hour-day, 5-day-week; pay and one-half for overtime work, and double pay for Sunday and holiday work ; weekly paydays; a wage contract for two years, ending March 31, 1924. Anthracite, 20 percent increase of wages for tonnage workers, and $1 a day advance for day laborers; abolition of sub-contracting through individual agreements; establishment ' , of the "check-off" system of col lecting union dues by operators with holding sums from miners' wages ; uniformity of wages for similar oc cupations; extension of the .eight--- hour day to include all workers; a uniform "consideration" day wage for miners whose wage is reduced - by abnormal working conditions; in- 'reascd pay for overtime work: con tract for two vears, ending March 31,-1921. .- - ATTEMPT 4,000 MILE FLIGHT ACROSS OCEN (ttv Th Associated Press.) LISBON. March 30. The attempt ed flight from Lisbon to Pernambueo, Brazil, w;:s started this morning, the ravnl captain Sacadnra and Coiicinho taking the air at 7 o'clock. . They hope to wak'e the trans-Atlantic passage of more than 4,000 miies in 6Q, hours ae lua! flying time. They expect to ar rive In Brazil by April 18. The first stop will be at the Canary islands; thence the route is by way of ..the Cape Verde islands and Fernando Noranba, a short disfance northeast of Pernambueo. . , Author and Artist Stage Duel At Daylight; Weapons Are Encased In Soft - Harry Leon Wilson, Noted Writer, and Theodore Criley, Art ist, Settle Long Standing Feud With FistsThe Author Goes Down Before Blows of Artist. (By The Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. Har ry Leon Wilson, nationally known au thor j and playwright, and Theodore Criley, artist, fought a duel last Sat urday, according to a story printed in The San Francisco Examiner today. There were no clashing blades nor silver-mounted pistols. It was fought in a sheltered glen near Carmel, artist colony, seven miles south of here, on the Pacific coast, and at daylight, the traditional hour of du els. The weapons were fists, encased in riding gloves and backed, in Wilson's case, with a weight of specially train ed bone and muscle. Criley won. According to The Examiner, the feud was of long standing, arising from a quarrel after a New Year's festivity. Criley said he was attacked in letters which came through the mails and by messenger, but that he made efforts to meet Wilson to discuss the situation. Wheu Wilsou left for Honolulu early in the year, it was thought to mark an armistice in the feud, which was well known in the artist colony. But a let ter was said to have been written by Wilson to Criley before he sailed, say ing he would be back. His vacatioa time was spent in training, walking, swimming, boxing, lie returned irom Honolulu in fine trim. A challenge was issued, the story runs. Wilson sam lie would bring two seconds and suggested his oppoueut be similarly provided, but Criley declined to bring triends into it. Wilsou sug gested soft riding gloves worn over PLANNING FOR OBSERVANCE OF CHILDREN'S WEEK Miss Ida Womack to Confer Tonight With Officers and Teachers of Methodist Sun day Schools of City and Su burbs. Miss Ida Womack, who has charge of the elementary Sunday school work of the Western North Carolina Conference, is hero today for the purpose of confer ring with tho pastors, Sunday school superintendents and elmentary teachers of the several churches of this denomina tion in the city with reference to the observance of Children's Week the last of April. She will meet these workers at Main Street Methodist church at 8:.i0 o'clock this evening, immediately follow .ng the session of the teachers' training class. It is Miss Womack s desire to have present for this conference representa tives from nil the Methodist Sunday schools in the city and suburbs. Storm Warning. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March :). The Weather Bureau issued tho following storm warning today: "Advisory southeast storm warning ordered 10:.'!0 a. m. Norfolk, Ya., to Provincetown, Mass. A disturbance of considerable intensity over Missouri moving northeastward will cause strong cast and southeast winds this afternoon and tonight attended by rain and thick weather. " GAZETTE TO SOLDIER WANT ADS FREE Will Help Former Service Men Get Jobs Employers Given Like Opportunity Arrangement Begins Monday. In an effort to relieve unemployment I rents to provide for, it is impossible to among ex-service men and assist employ ers who have jobs Which they wish filled by fellows who responded to the color: during tho Great War, The Gazette, Monday will begin to play the roll of mediator and inaugurate a "clearing house," where both employer and pros pective employe may meet. Beginning Monday, any ex-service man who is without a job and is eager to work, may bring his advertisement to Tpe Daily Gazette office, and have it in serted under a separate section of the classified ails, free of charge, by simply producing his discharge papers. Likewise, any employer, who has a" job In which he is willing to place an ex-service man, will have a like opportunity to have his advertisement inserted in thf classified "ads" section of The Gazette without cost. The Gazette will act as host to both employers and cx-servicc men. This newspaper will say: 1 "Ex-service man, here is aa employer who lias a job for you. "Mr. Employer, here is an ex-soldier who wants to work." This opportunity which The Gazette places at .the service of employers and unemployed ex-service nu n will give em ployers a chance to get their pick of men and to fortify themselves against the future. Many employers are saying that they have positions vacant but no one tw fill them. It seems unusual when unem ployment is apparently so widespread, but nevertheless this statement is being made. The general cry of ex-service men' is that' they cannot find employment. They say that with families to spport or pa- Fists Riding Gloves lists otherwise quite hard. Criley accepted the rhallengc. It was said that Mrs. Criley exacted a promise that he would not strike the first blow. He appeared alone and spoke no word until the end of the duel. Wilson paced off a space the size of a ring. Old English rules were ap proved providing that a knockdown con stituted a round and for intervals of three minutes between rounds. Wilson stepped into the ring, stripped to his under garments and waited while Criley removed his glasses and his coat. With a cry of "Now" Wilson landed the first blow. Criley 'a promise to his wife was no longer binding him. There was little sparring. Tho men stood chest to chest and traded blow for blow. After three minutes of battle Wilson went down, "Your round," ho gasped and strug gled to his feet. The second round was shorter. Wil son went down again. Five rounds were fought, according to witnesses. At last Wilson stayed down. "You win," he said, "but don't think I am through with you. I've just begun." 'I am always at your service," re plied Criley. Criley formerly was a business man and retired to devote his time to the study of landscape painting. . Mrs. Criley has been under a doc tor's care since, the affair. "Tho whole thing was childish," Criley said. "It was schoolboy stuff.' REED SM00T TALKS FINANCE WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, March 'M. Legisla tive, matters including the tariff and bonus were discussed with President Harding today by Senator Smoot, of Utah, ranking .Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee. The Utah Senator Teitcrated the statements of other majority members of the finance committee that the tariff bill would bo reported next week to the Senate and given tho right of way as soon as an opportunity had been given Senate members to study the revised measure. With respect to Ijonus cgislation Senator Smoot said that he as a nieui ber of tha finance committee liefore which the measure now is pending would urge that the bill bo revised so as to provide by taxation funds sufficient to meet payments to former service men provided in it. Senator Smoot mid he also discussed with the executive Governmental reor ganization. The Utah Senator is a mem ber of the joint committee which soon will take uo consideration of reorganiza tion plans. SOLDIERS ON GUARD AT TEXTILE PLANT (By The Associated Press.) PAWTIX'KET, R. 1., March ;10. The Lonsdale Compnny, because of at tacks on second hands who have been at work since the strike started, an nounced that until further notice only overseers and the office force would re port for duty. About 200 pickets as sembled in Lonsilale today but only those known to be' strikers from the lo cal mills were allowed to operate. Soldiers were on guard at the mill of the Dexter Yarn Company, where an attempt was recently made to resume work. PUBLISH get worn. To Run Classified Ad Free. In an effort to remedy, this condition The Gazette, beginning Monday, will help both employers seeking service men and service men looking for jobs. Any employer wishing to engage the services of an ex-service man may have the use of space in the classified ad department. Employers are advised that there are men of all grades available. If one can not take on a man permanently, take I lum on for the tune being. A number of ex-service men will be offering their services to you, employers, in The Ga zette beginning Monday. Hire one of them. They are worthy of your consid eration. Spring is coming, when there are a dozen odd jobs to be done about your borne, garage, garden or plant. The on ly way to help bring bock prosperity is to start things going. Help along the ex-service men and at the same time stim ulate business. It is a worthwhile job for you. That The Gazette may be of service to you employers us well ae to all ex-service men, its classified advertisement columns will be yours for a limited time begin ning Monday. Remember, all advertise ments must be Jmiught to the main office of Tlie Gazette, and the ads will be in serted without costs. Representatives of the. ex-service men say that they will be eager to respond to the generous offer of The Gazette. It is up to the emdoyers of labor to 'meet; thein half way. Come to The Gazette office and get in touch with mui you want. w - ' 200 BUSINESS MEN OF NEW YORK MAY STOP HERE ON A TRIPJO MEXICO Through Efforts of Chamber of Commerce Big Delega tion of Business Men from New York May Stop in Gastonia Only Three Oth er Stops Are Scheduled. If train schedules can !e arranged at a conference soon to be held in New York City on the matter, Gas tonia will be visited in May by two hundred of the wealthiest big busi ness men of the nation 's metro polis. This comes as a result of ac tive work by the chamber of com merce to secure a toiover here. The only other stops on the way to Mex ico City will 'be at Atlanta, New Or leans and Brownsville, Texas. If the stopover cannot be arranged Gas tonia will at least have attracted tho esiH'cial attention of the New York Commercial, fostering the party, anil and others connected with it. Plans regarding the trip were not divulged as only three stops were figured on and those in charge did not wish to be requested from points all along the line for visits from the party. The local chamber, however, had a tip on it and brought nil pos sible pressure to bear, both from the local offices and through the several New York City members of the or ganization. In a letter received to day from those in charge Risking some special information the state ment is definitely made that they are anxious to include Gastonia in the list, if it can possibly be done. Kdi tor Barry, of The Commercial, is now in Mexico City making arrange ments for the visit there an I when he returns to New York a confer ence will Je held with the railroad men in charge of the train ami if it can possible be arranged Gastonia will be made the fourth stop. The visit of this party would be of mil importance to the Textile City in a business and publicity way. BE A CANNIBAL AND EAT RAW MEAT. CBv The Associated Tress.) BUFFALO. N. Y., March 110. "Bo 100 per cent cannibal; eat raw meat; drink the blood of the slaughter ed animal and gnaw the bones to the marrow to attain the highest degree of physical perfection. " Such was the advice given delegates of the Erie county women's clubs by Dr. Albert Hy, of the University of Buffalo, who spoke on food values at a meeting today. "Civilization has caused the average human being to become too pampered,' clared Dr. Sy. "We should not be ,,. '-stidious in our tastes. We dis card most nutritive parts of a creat ure. "The same practice is true of oar preparation of vcgetable.1 . liaw pota toes, raw carrots and sugar in its nat ural stale are included in the cannibal diet." And filthily, 'the delegates were told they should drink more water at least two glusses with each men I not be tween meals, as they had previously been taught to do. LITTLE GIRL STOLEN FROM HOME BY DEMENTED WOMAN (By The Associated Tress.) WOODBURY, N. J., March :;(). Two searching parties were formed to day to seek through tho pines and thickets of South Jersey for seven year old Ida Kramer, now thought to have been abducted from her home Saturday by a demented woman and taken to this section rarely visited at this time of year. The demented woman is said to be a well known figure in Woodbury and made a practice of living in shacks erected by berry pickers in the thick ets. Authorities said that she had be come demented after losing a child the age of Ida and often came to the butch er shop of the little girl's father, Isa dore Kramer, where she lavtdied affec tion upon the child. Her pa rents, it was stated, did not interfere, believing that Ida's presence helped to assuage her grief. MISSISSIPPI REACHES 46.9 FEET AT VICKESBURG By The Associated Press.) YlCKKtjBURO. MISS, March .'!(). The Mississippi river gauge here 1 bis morning registered 4(5.9 feet, a rise of .7 in 24 hours. The local pai kets, Percy Swain and tlie Uncle Oliver, of the Koyal Route, are continuing relief work be tween Vicksburg and N'atehez, moving residents, live stock, and jR'rsonul effects from points that will be inundated to higher land or behind the levees. Several hundred cattle have been taken to Natchez anil as many more will be shipped to Vicksburg, A. M. Todd, assistant in the United States engineers' office here, stated that no weak jmints in the levees have been reiiorted. The Mississippi river commission will leave St. Louis April 10 for an inspec tion trip down tin- river to- New Orleans, it was announced here today. BUILDING SUB-LEVEES OF SAND BAGS IN EMERGENCY (By The Associated Vress.) HELENA, ARK.. March 30. Con tinued caving ot tne lewea ot tne Miss issippi river two miles uclow uia lown, itlie I)r(1)l,Ilt time. near here, was rejrted today, inereas I ..AnvonP who will take the trouble to ing the gravity of the flood menace which re;J(j recolmm?ndatious of President now ensts. A torrential rain last night . Har,iing to this Congress from time to added to the diflieultlrs o the flood fight- j ,ime an1 t0 examine the record of Con ers. A sub-levee of sand bags is being j -.. .:n fin,i ttiat t,,.cticallv all of built to provide for the emergency. THE WEATHER North Carolina, unsettled, probably showers tonight and Friday; wanner in jwrthesrt orttpn Friday, THE SIAMESE SECONDS HUSH OF IDLENESS k ALREADY HOVERING OVER COAL INDUSTRY OF NATION Anthracite Miners and Opera tors Abandon All Hope . of Halting Strike Set for April 1 and Entrench Themselves For Long Struggle Over Conference Table. (By The Associate! Press.) NEW YORK, March 3U. The hush of idleness seemed today to be already descending upon the unionized coal in dustry of the nation, and the anthracite miners and operators subcommittee on wage contract negotiations abandoned all hope of halting the trik set for April 1, and entrenched themselves for a long struggle over the conference table. Strike notices have been posted in both the bituminous and anthracite fields, Phillip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America an nounced. Union miners, .ry5,00U strong, will lay down their tools at midnight to morrow, when their present working contract with the operators will expire, he said. While expressing a lripe for speedy negotiation of a new contract for the an thracite workers, neither miners nor oper-1 ators would predict today that such an agreement would be reached before the nation began to feel the pinch of a coal shortage. "We have been asked to substantiate our demands for higher wages, and we must have time to do so," said Labor members of the committee of eight. "We are content to wait until the miners have fully presented their case. Then it will bo our turn to come to bat,'' suid the operators. With these comments, they resumed dicussioli of the mass of data on costs of living, wage increases, hazards of the in dustry, mechanical production, and mar ket profits, on which the union men base their 19 demands. Among them the; are stressing the demand for a twenty per cent increase to contract laborers; a minimum of $o.20 a day for unskilled day laborers; the cheek off System by which the mine operator collects the workman' union dues and a uniform wage scale for machine) operators. To the' demands tho operators have tlm far made but one answer wages in the anthracite industry must come down. " What per centage of reduction they will demand, the operators have not yet revealed. "Wages in other industries have do creased," said S. 1. Warriner speaker for the operators. "A corresponding re duction must take place in the mines. Lower costs of living warrant it; the in ability of the public to buy coal at pres ent prices demands that it be sold more cheaply. ' We must cut the cost of pro duction, increase the market for coal, provide more steady woik for the miner, at a reduced scale, and thereby help re lieve tho prevailing industrial depres sion. ' ' To this Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, has rinlied that the stagnation in this coal industry is due to wasteful methods of production, excessive profit, violation of t lit laws of supply and demand in control of markets and prices, and that costs of living in the mine areas have advanced while wages remained station ary. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. Friday 3:00 p. m. U. D. C. 7:30 p. m. . Chamber of Com merce Glee Club. CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT ARE NOT AT LOGGER READS SAYS WASHINGTON', March ."0. Con gress and President Harding are not at logger heads, despite the impression created by "certain writers aud certain newspapers," Kepresentative Mondell, Kepubliran leader, declared today in a statement which he said he had pre pared for delivery as an address in the House. "The fact is that instead of the President and Congress being at log gerheads, as these writers and journals would have the country believe," stat ed Mr. Moadell. "there never has been a time in my quarter of a century of experinee in Congress when tho rela tions between the President and Con gress, particularly the House of Repre sentatives, were most plasant,- cordial, (svmpatheth' and horinomous than at thee recommendations have either been written into laws or in process of en actment, and this applies Particularly to I the record of the House. " The republican leader said he invited comparison with any period of Ameri can history and challenged anyone to find a record of ' ' finer relations of TVIMS DIED WITHIN FEW OF EACH OTHER EARLY TODAY Were Joined Together mp oi une ueing r usea 10 uie L.eic nip or tne Other Brother Refused to Allow Operation to Sever Them One Had a Son Eleven Years Old-Married German Captain Who Was Killed in War. "' UP-TO-DATE SWIMMING (A, POOL IN NEW METHODIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S BUILDING Will Be 20 by 60 Modern Tile Pool Tennis Court, Libra ry and Reading Room Oth er Features of Building Which Will be Open Throughout Entire Week. In accordance with revised plans a loptcd by the building committee tho new young people s building now be ing rushed to completion ly Main Street Methodist church will contain an indoor swimming pool, constructed of tile throughout, size 20 by 60 feet. It will be equipped with hot and cold water supply and the most modern fil tration and sterilizing devices. The pool will occupy the room, .'50 by 72 feet on the ground floor at tho renr, immediately underneath the room now occupied by tho Wesley Baraea Class. Separate lockers, shower baths, etc., for the boys and girls will be provid ed. The management will provide the very lest of supervision and instruc tion for the young people. Work will be commenced on the ool within a few days anil it will probably be ready for use by or before the first of June. Another provision for tho physical welfare and pleasure of tho young peo ple will be au up-to-date tennis court in the rear of the building. Plans arc also under consideration for a well eruipM'd library and reading room in the building which will be opened to the public six days in the week. There is a roof garden which will seat a thousand or more people and a largo banquet hall and well equipped kitchen. The roof has been put on tho build ing tins week ann it is understood inai it will be ready for occupancy just as quickly as possible. MANY THOUSAND TEXTILE WORKERS ARE IDLE. (By The Associated Tress.") LAWREXCE, Mass., March 30. The strike of cotton mill operatives hero hal advanced so far today that it was estimated not more than 3,000 were working. When the week closed Satur day there were about 21,000 on the pay rolls. Of the idle ones, 7,000 went workless by tho shutdown of tho Arlington mills announced as due to poor business con ditions, but characterized by unions as in the nature of a lockout. The re mainder are strikers, absentees or per sons out of a job because of the clos ing of plants. The Everett nnd Methucn mills linvo had to shut down completely. In the five others the workers present today were so few that only light operation was possible. The woolen mills, including thoso of the American Woolen omCpany which took no part in the wage reduction an nouncement, were tho only ones operat ing to any large degree. The strength of the strikers, increas ed daily since' the first walkouts of Monday, was augmented today on all sides. "At this rate no mills will be able to open its gates Monday morn- ing, one striae leader sam. vmiciuis at tho Pacific mills, the largest of the plants affected, said they had enough lcrsons at work to operate for some time, but admittedly on a basis of only about 25 per cent compared with re cent operations. more harmonious cooperation" be tween the President and Congress. There has been a general and substan tial accord, he added, not ouly on mat ters of primary importance but in the consideration of many questions of pol icy and detail. Declaring that there seemed to be a "sytematic attempt" on the part of various newspapers and writers to cre ate the impression that there was fric tion between the executive and Repub lican Congressional leaders, Mr. Mon dell asserted that "the anti-bonus cam paign of certain metropolitan newspa jiers has given us the finest example wo have yet hail as to the length to which some people are willing to go iu a cam paign of misrepresentation." . Efforts are also being made, Mr. Mondell declared, to" make it appear that there is a wide rift between the President and Republican leaders ia Congress over legislation affecting the army and navy. I venture the assertion," he stat ed, "that the President's view with re gard to the military establishment is much more nearly in harmony with the action which has been taken by the House than it is with the attitude of the majority of the newspapers and newspaper writers who have assumed to know and to promulgate his views." CONGRESSMAN MONDELL at the Pelvis, the Right' (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, March 30. Josefa anl Rosa Biazek, the "Siamese Twins," died at a hospital here early this morn ing. Josefa 'a death occurred first and was followed in a few seconds by the death of her sister. Physicians had de clared early iu the night that in tho event of the death of one of the aistara the other would die quickly as their brother, Frank Bazek, has refused to per mit an operation which would sever theit: bodies. , , . The twius had been in the hospital ten days. Josefa was ill with yollow jaun dice and that was followed by pneumonia Shortly before her death Rosa was af flicted with bronchitis. Preparations had been made for the severing operation and the physicians were ready to make every effort to savflt the life of at least one of the women. Hope of saving the life of Josefa was abandoned at midnight, according to Dr. B. II. Breakstone, chief of the surgical staff at the hospital. "I tried to get the consent of tho brother to operate to save the life of Kosa, but he refused to give his permis sion, ' ' added the physician. Dr. Breakstone explained that a deli cate operation would have been neces sary. Before their death he .had ex pressed the opinion that the psyehologi- : cat affinity of the twins was so. vital that if one should die the other ndght suc cumb before the band of flesh and bono that joins them could be severed. . Although the twins possessed separate respiratory and cardiac systems, Dr. Breakstone explained that they had only one set of secondary digestive and pro-. creative organs. The operation, he said, would have necessitated the building up of a part of the digestive and other es sential organs to save the life of ono twin. Kosa was once married, her name be ing Rosa Biazek Dvorak. She 'is sur vived by a normal 11 year old boy. Her husband was a captain in the German army and was killed in action in 1917, Sho was married 15 years ago. i Josefa' never innrried. The little son, Franz, has been at tho bedside of his mother, who, until within the last few hours was less critically ill than Josefa. ' ... . Tho twins were the second off-sprinjj of a normal-parentage in CV.echo Slova kia forty-two years ago. : There wer'o four other children, all normal and all . still living. The father is also said to bo alive, his age being 83 years. , The mother died a year ago at the age of 65 years. d During a tour of the world the twins" acquired considerable wealth. They died without making a will, although their at torney, J. L. Triska, has been at the hos pital several days in the hope that they . would be ill condition to dictate the document. As the women grew weaker last night physicians pleaded1 with the brother to permit an operation, hospital attendants . stated. He was the only, adult relative ' capable under the Illinois law of giving" his consent. "No," the brother was quoted as having said. ''No, not even iC Kosa lives for hours ; after Josefa ' death. There shall be no operation."-' Dr. J. Otragovee, personal physical oif the twins, appealed to the brother with out success. Their attorney was asked to intervene, but he declined to assume responsibility, . - Two hours past midnight Dr. Break stone said there was no need of pro longing tho argument with the brother.'" "It is useless," he said. "The con dition of each is now the . same the . condition that forecasts certain death, an operation now would do no good." The two patients have had a gradual decline according to tho chart which hung in their sick room. ; The figures on this chart showed tho following: Tuesday, 6 p. m.: ' Temperature Pulse Respiration, Rosa 9S - 83 20 Josefa D3 83 20 V Wednesday 6 p. m.: Rosa 101 . 100 . 32 - Josefa 102.2 120 ; 38 - The physicians said the women reacted differently to the same medicine, al though their illness recently has been of the mi me nature. ; Medical records recalled by physicians who have been interested in the case dls- , close a number of so-called Siamese twins. The oriitlnal Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. lived to the age of 64. They married sisters and Chang had sir : children and Eng five, all of them nor mal. Eng died first and a surgeon separated them. Chang died soon af ter. Twins that have attracted world-wide fame include the Uiudu sisters, who-were joined face to face, the connection being; at the chest; the Newport twins some what similar to the Hindu twins; the Orissa sisters, Raddica and Doddica, joined side to side; the Biddendea maid connected shoulder to shoulder with on ly two arms; the Hungarian siter Helen and Judith, joined back to back, at the lower segment of the spine and th North Carolina sisters. Millie and Chris tine, joined as were the Hongarifin si- -ters; and the Bohemian twins, Itosi iia and Josefa, connected in the same m in ner as the twins who just died. 'I' connection was through tha t i right hip of on and the left et t. ' being fused together.
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