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GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 1, 1922.
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CHARLES, ONCE lEHPERpH
OF AUSTRIA - HUNGARY,
DIED IN. EXILE TODAY
He and His Wife, ZLita, Had
Been Exiled to Madeira Isl
and Because' of Attempts to
Restore Hapsburg Dynasty
. Position Resembled That
of Napoleon.
" ... . Br The Associated ,Frc.)
FUXCHLIi. MADERIA, Ajlil'l.
J Former Einporer Charles of lVuatria-
. ,i Hungary, died here today. ':'
s ' Former Emperor Charles of lustria
'. Hungary ami bis wife, Zita, wese sent
into exile by the Entente Allicl after
ue nail made two eoectacuiar atsmpis
to regain the .throne either of . stria
or Hungary. Thereafter he was ll'U
: ': political prisoner on tlio Portuguta- is-
lamU of Maderira, 4U0 . miles bfil tho
African toast. 1
Although hia situation in exile tlere
resembled in some respects that of
Napoleon at St, Helena. Charles and
Zita occupied a much more comforta'hle
position for they were given a pieasaat
home in tho beautiful cityof I'uuchil
whose residents treated them with
11.. ...... ....;.. i
; Kx-Empress Zita hnd left her chill
drcu in SwiUerlund and when one oft
them was taken ill the Allied govern-'
ments permitted her to return to that
i country and visit them.
After the establishment of the Aus
trian republic on November, 12, 1918,
Charles, who wns then in Austria, sought
permission to remain in that country but
" he was asked to leave after it was found
he was plotting for his resumption of
March. 1919 and rented a house on the
banks of Lake (leneva at I7ang:ns,
power. Ho eit witn ins lumuy mie m
-where he resided for some months.
Durintr this time reports of his alleged
pitting leaked out and brought iorui
il categorical statement from the En
tente that the restoration of the House
of Hapsburg would not bo permitted.
Charles hail steadfastly refused to abdi
cate, although he was requested to do
so at various times.
On Marh 20. 12.1, he suddenly ap
peared in Vienna but, his overtures be
ing repulsed by the Austrian authorities,
he went to Budapest, where he attempt
ed to take over the Hungarian govern
ment from Admiral Horthy. Hungarian
regent, but without .success. Although
disappointed by the lak of support, the
former Kmperor refused to leave the
country pleading illness. Later ho of
fered to renouiue all his titles, remain
ing as a simple citizen. .
Switzerland, meanwhile, incensed at
his violation of his agreement not to
leave tho country was reported as un
willing again to receive him. The mem
bers of the Little Kntente, Jugoslavia.
Czewhoslovakia and Rumania, sent un
ultimatum to Hungary demanding his
ejection and on April 6 he re-entered
HwiUerland, which received bun on the
understanding he would engage in no
more intrigues or propaganda. He was
ordered to remove his resilience from
i.,l..r tn llie central part of
" - .....i
ileal iv - - - -
Switzerland ami did , wea nm
near
UViriris. Tho Swiss increased
their
guard over him but on October
21 he
Ttached Raab. Hungary, having crossed
.. the Swiss iromier in ' ' , v,
formed a "legitimist cabinet" at Haab
and marched on Budapest with an army
of 12,000 men. ,
The Hungarian government scntioyai
troops against him an. J ho was finally
captured with his wife near Komorn
and confined in the castle at 'lata Icvit-
ros- until the Kntente Allies determined
that he should not again have an oppor
tunity tr attempt a coup d etat, sent
' them t Madeira.' .... t
Charles still rrfusfJ to abdii ate and
the nungarian government. " denwnd
oi the Allies. passed a bill m the -National
Assembly dethroning iuil an..' per
maaentlv ousting th, Uaj-horg regime.
A for' days later ue and. Zita were
conveyed by a British warship to I uuehal
where they arrived November 19. Un
AT EAST GRADED SGHOOL
There will be an Old Fiddlers' C.m-.'-!..-
.t Fnst. Gastouia city public
.chool on Saturday night April 8th, at.
8 o'clock. All of the old winters ...
Gaston and tho adjoining counties are
invited to -come and play- Substantial
tirixes arc offered for the best perform
ers as follows: Best fiddler, best ban
joist, best mandolin selection, best gui
tar selection, and best group selection.
All who desire to come and take part
iu competing for these prizes ajc re
quested to notify Prof. George L. bay-
rvcr, Gastonia. N. C, as soon as possi
ble.' An invitation is extended to lov
ers of popular and old-time music to
come out and hear these performers. A
mall admission fee of 23 cents will be
charged for adults, and 13 cents for
children.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, April 1. Cotton fu
tures closed steady.
May 17 Mi July 17.32; October 16.93;
TeeuW 16.91; January 16.82; Spots
13J0. , '
"..-"'TODAY'S COTTOH UARICET
Cotton seed
.Sic
.17c
Strict to good middling
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, fair tonight and Sun
day, cooler in east and central portions,
and frost in west portion tonight; ris
ing temperature in west portion Sunday.
Over Development of the Coal
Industry Is Cause of Strike Say
United Mine Workers Official
Phillip Murray, Vice President, Declares That There Are 10,
000 Mine Being Worked When 7,500 Would Produce
Sufficient Coal For Nation' Need.
NEW YORK, April l.Congreision
al aetion to prohibit over development
of the eoal industry was proposed here
today by Phillip Murray, vice presideut
qf the United Mine Workers of Anieri
ea, as "a cure for the great evil which
has America in the grip of a nation
wide strike today. " V
1 Ten thousand bituminous mines are
being worked in this eountry, when 7,
000 mines could produce sufficient eoal
for the nation's needs." he declared.'
"The reason for this condition is the
greediness of corporations, which hold
uudeveloed coal lands to make them
puy profits. New mines are opened be
fore there is a market for their" prod
uct, millions of dollars are invested in
properties i that can oiily work part
time, 100,flt)0 mors than the industry
can keep employed are drawn Into it.
' 'We have seasons of great activity
in all the. mines, followed by long peri
ods of idleness. Men arc reimired to
live 3o3 days on the earnings of from
40 to 200 days. There is a huge waste
of human power, of money and of coal
ollowcd by strikes."
To prevent such strikes, Murray pro-
oses that Congress pass "regulatory
ligislatiou " prohibiting further Uevel-
inent of bituminous coal lands lor
atl least ten years.
He suggests that the present mines
be; worked out until, as their capacity
is diminished, it more nearly equalizes
the national consumption. When this
! state s
reached, according to Mr.
i at. j . .
Mufrrav's plan, the government could
autiuirixe the opening of new mines to
rcphk-e the old ones that had been
works. I out.
bus there would be a gradual,
elimination of the evil of over develop
ment! tho root of the strike troubles
of toVlay," said Mr. Murray. "When
a niiiju became worked out, it would be
abuiiuViod and the miners would move
to thcVicw field. Tho thirty per cent
of excs labor in tho coal industry to
day wuld bo gradually eliminated.
Within! a decade the industry would be
stabilized, with the mines working ut
capacity! the year round, with miners
workingfull time, and tiie inexcusaDie
waste oi tho present system aboiishei.
' ' The
ublic, would be enabled to sat-
isfy its
coal needs at a reasonable
price, m
over development. . the great
disease v
th which the iudustry is af-
flicted to
would be cured. But an
industry
bor only
ut persists in paying its la-
00 days of the year must
continue
days. "
feed it for the full S63
Reports
tho progress of the strike
probably ll not begin to come in un
til Monday, iMurray predicts.
"So-calle.l demonstrations undoubt
edly will befreiuent today," he said.
"But the millers will be celebrating the
eight-hour day, and will do nothing
more disorderly than parade, wave flags
and make speeches"
NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. April 1. Weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon
day: Middle Atlantic States: Fair and cool
at beginning will be followed by unset
tled showery weather and normal tern
perature. thereafter.
South Atlantic and East Gulf States:
Fair and cool at beginning, will be fol
lowed by unsettled showery weather and
normal temperature thereafter.
HUTCHISON IS FAVORITE
IN PLAY AT PINEHURST
riNKHl'RST, N. C, April 1.
Jock Hutchison, of Chicago, British
open champion, was the favorite today
when dIiiv bcirati in the final :;0 hole
of the north ami south oi'ii golf cham-jare
pionshiii tourament. Owing to the ne
cessity of cancelling the second round
yesterday because of a heavy rain
storm, which made the sand putting
greens unplayable, the title will be de
cided on the scores made for 54, holes.
those returned yesterday morning and j -Cambridge won the annual boat race
for the full ;6 holes today counting. I witr. Oxtord to.la over the. Putney to
Hutchison went into the final day 's j Mortlake course on the Thames,
play with a one stroke lead over tho '
field. He was 3.1 .1770 yesterday, J LONDON, April 1. The eight oar
with pat Doyle, of St. Louis, second, ; ed erews of Oxford and Cambridge Uni
with 71. Fred McLeod, of Columbia, j versities wero to meet today over the
and Tommy Harnian, of Hudson River,, four and a quarter mile course oa th
tied for third with 72. Jim Barnes, 1 Thames river between Putney Bridge
American oixjn champion, took 77 and. and Motlake, in their fnnual regatta,
was tied with" Walter Hagen and Tom-U?ot. eights are described by experts as
my Kerrigan. Joe Kirkwood, Austral-j above the average, and, while the Ox
ian open champion, was 75 in the first ford -crew will be much lighter, neither
round, playing well and w ith a fine j is a pronounced favprite.
For the first time in historv both i
bituminous and anthracite union coal j poned congressional action to prohibit
fields were idle today as Hip result of the ; over development of the coal industry,
cessation of work by 600.000 miners,; Action to prevent a protracted strike
effective at midnight last night. of nearly 12.000 miners in Western
Union officials asserted that 1'Mj.OOOi Canada was started iu Calgary by the
non-union miners were included in the Government 'conciliation, board,
walkouts and that 6,000 of the 7,500 1 Miner's officials in Kansas, where the
mines in the country were shut down, j industrial eourt ordered that the present
Daily loss of production in anthracite ' arrangement lxtween miners and opera
fields was estimated at 303,000 tons and, tors eot.tinue for another month, aswert
tne daily loss in wages at present rates! od the walkont in that State would be
in that branch of the industry at S0A j shown on Monday to be complete.
POO, affecting 20,000 families.. The cold northwest reported aupllics
first day of the nation-wide sus-i
pension' fell on tiie anniversary of the j
adoption of the eight hour day, April!
1, 1S98. As the day Las been generallv
i observed as a holiday in normal times,
today V estimates of the completeness of ,
the suspension were not recarded as i
final.
Ample forces were left on duty for
necessary protection of the mines.
The Administration . in Washington
continued to observe a Lands off policy.
PhUlip Murray, vie? president oX the
WASHINGTON'S CONCERN
IS TO INSURE THE COAL
SUPPLY FOR TIIE PUBLIC
Intervention Would Be Futile
and Unnecessary Is Opinion
of White House and Gov
ernment Authorities.
(By The Associated Tress.)
WAbnl.MjlUA, April I. Decided i
upou a . policy of non-intervention, at
least at this stage of the dispute, the
Administration viewed the beginning of
the national coal strike in anthracite
and . bituminous mines today .villi the.
protection of the general pilblie in the
matter of coal supply and prices as the
uppermost concern of officials. This
they blieved was assured both by existing
...litions and tha present coal surplii.'-.
in addition to production at uon union
mines during the strike.
That the administration is convinced
by the government's long study of under
lying conditions in the industry and its
fruitless efforts to avert the present
strike that immediate intervention, iu
legal or extra legal ways, would be fu
tile and unnecessary, was made known
last night at a final White House dis
cussion of the question. I'eesident
Harding had lieen urged during the day
by a delegation of churchmen to make a
further attempt to bring the operators
and miners together for an adjustment
of difference but it was later stated at
tho White Houe that no action was ad
visable at this time;
Hefusal of the operators to confer wi
'
tho miners at the governments soliciyt
tion. it was stated, had left he govern
ment with nothing moro to do thanithe
general welfare demanded.
SITUATION ON MISSISSIPPI
RIVER GROWING SERI
(R The Associated Press.)
HELENA, Ark., April 1. Work
men returniuir form Old Town level', 17
miles south of here, where cavingHcon
tinned after midnight last nightrade
clare that the water has gone tlmLi'i
the gap in the front levee made by f.
cave-in last night. The water is heiiif.
held by the aub-levees built of sand
bags on the banquette, they declared.
Almost 125 feet of the front levee
it Old Town near here caved in to the
river about midnight, according to re
ports received here early today. Every
available worker has been rushed to
Old Town iu automobiles and motor
trucks.
The situation is under control, but as
a precautionary measure the Cotton
Belt levee board issued a noti.-e order
ing all persons not engaged in work on
the levee to remain off tho embank
ment. "The situation is being taken
care of and unless a further . cave-in
takes place, no serious danger is look
ed for," the levee board notice states.
A telephone message from Old Town
soon after midnight said that additional
caving iu of the front levee south of
the point where trouble lias been ex
perienced during the last three days,
was taking place. 1'olico and citizens
here roused laborers and sent them to
Old Town as quickly ns they could be
collected. This force, together with
the men who bad remained at the levee
all night are building new barriers of
sand bag behind the new cave-in.
Guards have been placed at short in
tervals along the Old Town levee and
watching for signs of weakness at
other points where the current is run
ning against the embankment.
CAMBRIDGE WON.
(By The Associated Press.)
BUTNEV, ENGLAND. April J.
United Mine Workers of America, pro-
suHicieni tor anom two months wnn
more than 18,000,000 tons pile.r up by
the railroads and at the Duluth docks
at the head of the lakes.
Preside Lewis, of the Inited Mine
W orkers, planned to leave ia.lianapolis
tonight for Washington to "lay the
miners case noiore me uouse Uitxir
Committee on Monday."
Onerators in the Monrantown dis-
fri.f nf AVent Virginia announce! theviinz of the peace eonferencc
would reopen vtt Monday on an oicn
shop basis. . v . '
MILLIONAIRE IN 60'S
WHOSE WIFE OF 21 HAS
RETURNED TO HER HOME
k. , imJJjSM tZjfa. -f"
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, . ..hwii m urn im.Miwiu !
1 Vj..w.rV.frft.y..frftwf..ftTnrJ..,1. V-f.. 1-Wlf-l M I
Jonathan Godfrey, millionaire rnanu-
iscturer ot unageport, Lonn., who, in
his sixties, finds himself deserted by
his young wife whom he married in
1919 when the was 18 years old. He
finds himself at a loss to understand
why she left him and returned to her
former home in Bristol, R. 1.
THE NAME OF CHRIST WAS
STRIKEN FROM TIIE ARMS
CONFERENCE PETITION
Savior's Name Not Included in
Arms Conference Petition
Force Used on Preacher
Christ' Again Crucified Be
fore World at Behest of
Weak-Kneed American Pol
iticians.
A
v (By H. K. C. Bryant
VYAl: XGTON, March 31. -- Kr
mouths an interesting rumor to the ef
fect that Rev. W. b. Abernetliy, of
Calvary Baptist c Intra-h. and pastor to
President Harding, had been requested
to loavo Jesus Christ out of his prayer
opening the arms conference in Novem
ber lias been in circulation here. One
day the Htory was denied and quieted
down, but the next it would rt r i n j; np
fresh and start again. The facts are !
out. He was warned to put on the soft
pedal, and lie admits it in a letter to
a prominent business man and i.aprist
of Baltimore. This makes a nasty
story, especially cinee the republicans
charged 1'resident Wilson with failing to
use his influence to have the I'nrU peace
canferenee opened with prayer.
Rev. Mr. Abernothy has admitted in
a letter to a fellow Baptist ti:it he was
requested to delete the naiae of Jesus
Christ from h's prayer opening the arms
conference. Copies of his . oiniiiuiiica
lion, and others that follow.. I are now
in the hands of five or six sinat.'M.
"Hud 1 been left to my own initiative,
I am very sure that I would have of
fered the prayer that I did in th..- name
of Christ." declared Mr. Aberaethy. " I
was reminded, however, that the confer
ence was not a Christian body, that
there wou'd be Buddhists and Confucian
ists present aa.l was told that it was the
feeling that a simple recognition of the
Deity would fi'.l the requirements. I
remembered that the prayer that Jcu:s
taught and which we repeat from Sun
day to Sunday did not contain h's name
and yet it had the spirit of Christ iu
it, as we will agree.
'I felt it wop Id he better to offer ft
r.io.-iv i...ii'riiit ifin nf ((i,l vlmiirhtv
1 : 1 .i ,' I
an.i a pc.i'i".. .' Kuei.iii. - i.t.ii.
have no prayer at all. 1 therefore of
fered the petition as it was published
in the papers I do not believe I cruci
fied my Lord as 1 have been ueeused of
doing.
"I nm s .rrv that mv brother ministers
have spoken :.s tl.ey have. I feel very
sure that if they had known everything.
i they would not have judged mo as harsh
ly as they nave.
Ever since the opening of the arms
conference preachers and others have
criticised Mr. Abernethy for leaving out
all reference to Christ. Kfforts have
been made to ascertain the truth about
the reoort that he had been asked to;
make no ref. r. n.-. to Jesus. A week ago
a iocal paper primes an nn. ainu
ment from Mr. Aberr.etny sWying that j
"There was absolutely no censorship of j
the openinz prayer at the Washington
conference on the limitation of nrma-1
"" . . : . .
ferenee that bmught it forth. President f
Wilson was charse l wtl neglecting Ins k,,
duty to the TiriJian church Cecaus he'
did nott insist on s prayer at the open-j
Th enitre .-..rr.-spomleii.-e aver
OMtiaccl c-a r?g3
the en
I
ment. No one of the high officials con-, s(rjj.rs ,v ari,jt rat ioii . He declared
nectcd with the eonferencc attempted tojtIHt fi0f(,00 ihtsohs. exclusive of the
dictate such a I"''-'' .numbcr out iu Lawrence, had been af-
Diggnig For The Facta. ! feeted directly bv the strikes iu Mas-
It was thin statement that started ; sa(.uetts. liho ie Island and New
senators to digging for the facts. Dur- j Hampshire.
ing the debae on the Versailles treaty j The uttio0i yxt. McMahon asserted,
one of the arguments against the pa' twag prepared' for a -0 week siege when
was that it nowhere eferrel to ti0,l i the Rhode Island ctrikes started moro
and no t-raver was offered at the coii-; tha twn .. :il'o.
NATION'S COAL FIELDS ARE TIED UP BY
STRIKE
BOTH BITUMINOUS AND
ANTHRACITE MINES ARE
CLOSED FOR FIRST TIME
I
At Least 600,000 Men Are In
cluded in Walkout Which
Includes Both Branches of
Coal Mining Industry For
First Time in History
John L. Lewis to Washing
ton Before House Labor
Committee.
'Bv The Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 1.
Confident that the suspension of work
began at midnight by union eoal mili
eis would result today in a complete
tie no ot the country's unionized fields.
officials n the Cnite.l Mine Workers
of America, at its headquarters here,
awnited reports from district leaders
showing .the exact effectiveness of the
shutdown .
At hast (loll, 000 men 1011,000 of
them nou union miners were expected
by the union to tie included in tha
walkout, which is planned to continue
indefinitely in an effort to force opera
tors to accept the miners' demands for
new wage contracts. Preliminary re
ports to headquarters here were said to
indicate that few operators, who con
duct their mines on the "closed shop"
basis, planned to attempt continued
product lull .
I 'or the first time iu the history of
the coal industry, union officials said,
both Lit ominous and uiitharcite fields
were tied up simultaneously, and tho
union estimate was that b,000 or the 7,
500 mines iu the country were closed as
.1. result of the walkout. The only pro
duction by union workers wus reported
from Kentucky, where 5,000 miners are
under contract to work another year.
Reports received at headquarters of
the jniners. it was indicated that tho
tie up in the Indiana field, where 2ti,
OtiO Jinion miners were employed, was
compete. All miners trains, used in
transporting the workers to ami from
the fiiines were ordered stopped by the
miii owners until the mispeiision of
wour. is ended.
yiie first .hry of the nation-wide sus
pension fell on (Tie iiiniiversiiry'of the
riLptioii of the eight-hour day for the
jpineis. On April 1, 1808, the miners
f the central coinpetitve field, com
prising Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
liana and Illinois, gained this eonces-
sion from the operators. Since the 8-
bmir day lias spread into other fields.
In the past April 1 has been one of
general celebration among union miners
in recognition of the eight hour day.
In the future, union officials said, the
day also will mark the start of "the
greatest strike in the union's history."
An outward calm prevailed at the un
ion headquarters and officials declared
their program for the future would be
determined largely by developments,
now unforeseen. 1 he suspension, they
said, would be directed largely by dis-tri.-t
leaders, scattered throngout the
eoal fields. Ite.-ponsiliiiity for the gen
eral leadership rests with international
President John L. Lewis, who said his
'tl'eld headquarters" would bo wherev
er he happens to be.
Mr. Lewis immediate plans called
for his leaving here tonight for Wadi-I
ington, appearing on Monday before I
the IlmiM- Labor Committee, and then '
proceeding to New York to resume j
wage negotiations with the anthracite j
operators. He declared he expected to i
lay the "miners' case before the House I
Committee in detail." He refrained
from further discussion of his prepared
,;stl y !
RED CROSS WORKERS DISPLACE
n . .rni t- .1 f T
blILt, rit ILH 1 UK.1JCO uii. :
(I!v The Associated 1'ress.j ;
T Hi ANA.
ALBANIA.
April 1.
Trousers, as the national costume tor
Albanian women arc to disappear within;
the next generation. inr .iniiiaiin.n .i.u
! mothers have decreed this after seeing
I the smart, comfortable and sensible
dresses worn by the women members ot
the American Bed Cross mission here
ind observing the results of their work
among
the ifirls.
Immediately after arriving i it I irana
the American nurses turned their at
tention to the pr.mcr c'othing of the
destitute poor, esneciaUy the young gif's
whom they supplied with dresses, petti
coats and' shoes in place of their luiggy
trousers of calico, coat of sheepskin
and crude moccasins.
The girls and their mothers were so
delighted with the change that this
mode of attire has become general in the
capital and is now spreading through
out the rest of trie country, displacing the
Turkish style which has been in vogue
five centnrie!..
i McMAHON SEES LITTLE HOPE
OF SETTLING TEXTILE STRIKE
I t 4 u-r !. f.m March 31.
T)(1j111)8 y McMahon. president of tho
UiiiUiil To'xi,. Workers, of America,
. , . , t ho sa little hopo of
New Kngiand textile
iu-ir inir T ie .e
"We're ready i..w to fight until La
The aveniiro nf xtile wage in New
England, McMahfi said, is now tH-17.
In the cotton mils the weekly wage av-
tl2 under the last
f
i
iges approximately
brctiou. . 7
OF 600,000 UNION MINERS
WORST STORM OF TEAR
, COVERS LOWER MICHIGAN
WITH ICE AND SNOW
DETROIT, April 1, Tht begin
ning of April found much of lower
Michigan covered with ice and snow
the result of a 48 hour atorm that
proved the most disastrous of the
past winter.
Today the weather bureau held
out the promise of clearing ikies and
a cessation of the freezing rain and
snowfall and thousand! of workmen
egan the task of Untangling tele
graph and telephone wires that had
been all but useless since Thursday
morning.
Railroads were the only public
services not almost completely para
lyzed by the glaze.
With Detroit all but isolated, from
other cities of the state, the full ex
tent of the damage was not known
today but it was estimated normal
communication and transportation
service could not be restored for
days.
ANONYMOUS LETTER
El
ii
Charlotte Observer Receives
Letter in Which Writer Says
He Was After McLean Boys
Instead of Shuford No Sig
nificance Attached to Let
ter Believed to Be Work
of Fanatic or Crank.
What might l.e a possible clue to the
death of Harry Shuford, young cotton
mill office man, whose dead body was
found a week ago this morning wrapped
in his bed in a lodgingiiousc in Besse
mer (Sty, came to The Observer last
night in the form of an anonymous let
ter to the editor.
Tho letter is of a nature to indicate
that relations between textile mill own
ers and employes formed the motive for
the killing, if indeed Shuford was mur
dered and did not commit suicide. How
ever, latest information from Gastonia,
home of the deceased, Is to the effect
that opinion there has been rapidly
swinging around to the suicide theory
luring tne last two or tnree uays. a
theory, by the way, which Solicitor Ceo.
W. Wilson, brothi'r-in-laSv of, the de
ceased, has never abandoned, -according
to reports.
The letter purports to have been writ
ten 1iy a person who not only knows the
inside facts concerning the death of
young Shuford, but whs himself at
least an accomplice in the slaying, but
, he says "they will not get me," even
though a reward should be offered.
"Got The Wrong Man."
The letter is mado the more interest
ing by the fact hat it says: "We got
the wrong man, as it was the McLeun
bovs we should have got," evidently
referring to Ifobcrt b. McLean ami
WRITER SAYS SHUFOHD
VMS THE WRONG MAN
Averitte A. McLean. Jr.. sons of J r. A. vm.t.n,.u f aIlv gort or attempts to dam
A. McLean, who controls the mill m ,: ,.rniM.rtv. Them will b no
whose office Shuford was .inrdoyi-.I at ;
me nine o. nis ueaui un.. . ...... ;
prior thereto, known as "the McLeun
mill." n
The McLean brothers and Shuford,
three young men, all unmarried, worked
in the mill office together, and the Mc- j
Leans, especially Robert, are reported ;
to have been the closest friends of young j
Kat ::J?lrlSy '33
"chums" or "buddies" and the weu
i a . i . 1 ...... . I '
uings or me iwo nan ut-n aiumum
to laxe place me same o.iv, .iprn -w,
Shuford s at -Mount lloiiy ami aic-,
Lean s at Lineolnton. ,
The letter received last night was!
postmarked "Charlotte & Atlanta. B. V.
O., train Hi, March 31, 1922," show
ing that it was mailed on a northbound
train Friday afternoon reaching Char
lotte about 5:5(1 p. m. from Atlanta, a
tr.,jn which passes through Gastonia and
Bessemer Citv, with stops at both places.
It is dated "March 2S. The letter fob
lows, Ixdng copied verbatim as to spell-1
ing, punctuation, capitalization, cc:
Text of Letter.
"Between hear and there
;; 2s 19 L'2
"Kditor Obwrver.
iliarlotte. NT. C.
"I see there is not any reward of
fered for the slayer of Harry
Jfhuford, and there will not be any
use as they will not get mc, if the
mill men of the South dout treat
there help better, there is outhers
in Uastou eo and els where that will
receive the same treatment tluit
Shufor got. and we got the wrong
man. as it wa9 the Mclane boys we
should have got. and Wv are going
to stop this shutting down of mill
and curtaining as it is only a blind,
as the mills are making money, and
they only do this to make thvre
help think tliey are not making any
money, so they can cut wages, and
put the cut in there pocket are on
nute.-'jrnd they had lietter go alow
if they dont wont something to
', happen to them and- there projicrty
as our gang is 29000 strong."
No significant importance is attached
to the above letter in Gastonia. Gen
eral opinion is that it was the work of
some one who wanted to create specula
tion and cause a lot of ucucccasary,
talking ami rumors. o tar as can h.
ascertained here there is no clue
the .lender of th letter.
APRIL 1 IS ANNIVERSARY
OF ADOPTION OF EIGHT
HOUR DAY FOR THE MINERS
In 1898 Eight Hour Day Law
Was Obtained Miners
Withdraw Tools From
Mines and Mules Which
Had Not Seen Liffht of Dav
V V A T- I
a car t r e l urnea
Loose in Pastures.-.
(By The Associated Tresi.) '
W1LKESBARHK,. PA., . April 1. (
: Operations in tho anthracite coal fields
were at a standstill today under the sus
j pension order of the United Minn
Worker of America. Reports from all
! sections of tho three districts were that
the fifty eight companies operating two.
hundred and sixy cHllieries nnd em
ploying approximately one hundred and
fifty live, thousand men and boys wers
idle. It wus the first general suspension
in the anthracite fieldn since 1912 when
a new wage scale was signed on May 20,
and was ordered but union pending tho
negotiation of a wage contract to taki
the place of the one which expired yes
terday.
April 1 always was observed by union
miners as a holiday in celebration of
winning the eight hour day in the soft
coal fields and therefore the first day
of the suspension v order could not ba
fnirly gauged ns to tho extent it had
been obeyed. Operators and officials of
the union alike, however, agreed that
the tie up would be one hundred per
cent effective. Only such men as aror
needed for the maintenance of equipment
and the protection of . property ap. .
proximately 3,000 - will remain at work, '
it was stated.
Very little coal was mined . yester
day, the men spending the greater part
of the day in removing" their tools to
prevent their being lost or buried by."
possible falls of roofs. Mine mules,
many of which had not seen daylight foe
years, also were brought to the surface
amt turned looso in enclosed fields, Tho :
only sign of lifo underground today was
the working of the pumps to keep out
the water and necessary work for ventU 1
luting the gangways.
The operators, in preparing for the
shutdown, it is understood, planned for
a, six weeks to two months period of
idleness. Supplies of coal stored at tho '
varioiii collieries to-opcrnto the pumps
and rngiiies were said to lie sufficient for
that, length of time. t . ( ;
District officials of tho miners union,
who had been in conference with tha
anthracite operators in New York in an ,
effort to negotiate a new wago scale,
were in their respective districts today.
directing the introduction of the sus
pension. They will return to Now. YorIC:
on Monday to resume the negotiations.
Orders have been issued by each of.'
the three district presidents, William J,
Brennan. district No. 1 ; C J. Golden.
'district No. 7; and John Kennedy dia -
' ,ri x y. warniB the men against
pj.-itptiaj,, union ofBciala sai.l. Although,
disorder is contemplated, the State
J)oIil,0 nn(, siierlffg 0f the various eoun-.
ticg axe prepared for an emergency. The
state troopers have established sub-sta
tions throughout tho hard eoal regions
and officials at Hnrrisburg are watchiung
the situation closely,
. f ,
three young girls injured
rj flyIJ
:
C T. Jackson, of Charlotte."
Lost Control of Car Which
Ran Into Telephone Post
Three Young Daughters Are)
in Hospital Injuries No
of Serious Nature.
Klizabetu, Helen and Louise Jackson,
aged about , seven, niuo ' and eleven,
daughters of . tVK Jackson, of HoskinsV
near Charlotte, are inutile' City Hospital
suffering from minor ; ' injnriea as the
result of an automobile Occident 'which
occurred here about 10:30 o'eloek this
morning.' With the exception of Helen,' ?
none of the party is seriously Injured,'
Her worst injury, consist of a Iaseer- .;
a ted tongue, which was a most - cut in
two. All other injuries to the three are
of a fleshy nature nnd are not con-. .
side n I serious. Mr. Jackson was not
injured. -, ;, - -
Thtr a.-ident oceurPf near the busi
n.s aeetion of the tity. Mr. Jack.fou.
was uriviug anu lost control or ms ear,
which, ran .into a telephone post. Tho '
ear suffcrei; eonsiderable damage. -
KILLED WHILE READING
ABOUT PEACE PACT
(By The .Associated Press.) .
BELFAST, April 1. A laborer nam.
ed Donnelly was seated at the lire
last night reading the terms of i i ,
London peace pact to his wife from a.
newspaper when a bomb was throw n -which
killed his three-year-old son and
wounded two other children and Dm
nelly himself.
Donnelly had just remarked to Li.i
wife that the trouble in Belfast wcru -over
when the bomb was hurled. Tut
child, was sleeping in bis chair when.
Tild.' r'uur hots were bred, bur witbt
tjlout tffoctj at Mrs. lVBneI)y, who .
juursuig an lufiiat, ,