ONI A DAILY G'AZETT
Local Cotton
17 Cents
VOL. XLIIIt NO. 81.
GASTONIA, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS;
OAST
Weather:
Rain ;
IMRS ARE PREPARING
TO ENJOY A HOLIDAY;
SOME GOING TO EUROPE
For Eight Year Mines Have
. Operated At Full Blast and
V Now They 'Are Going to
Take a Rest-Making Gar
dens. ; '
(By The Aisoeiated Tress.)
WltKESBABRK, PA.. April 5.
Suspension of oerations in the anthra
cite eoal fields of Pennsylvania was lia.il
ed ly the a vertigo mine workers as an
opportunity for a vacation and most of
them are planning thoroughly to enjoy
tho holiday. Fot eight years the col
lerieg had been orcrated on almost a full
schedule, the war period being marked
toy unusual activity. The miners, there
for?, their leaders said today, were glad
that for a time, at least, they would not
Lave to answer the early morning
whistles, now silent.
Younger men and boys made idle by
the suspension have turned to athletics
as S means of breaking the monotony.
Baseball,' handball and quoits apiwar to
be the favorite diversions. Baseball
league are being formed in the three
districts and regularly scheduled gauus
are planned.
Other men are planning long fishing
trips into the Poeohono mountains when
the trout season opens April 15. Large
parties are being formed to live unde i
canvass -while in the woods.
The streets of the larger cities in the
hard coal region daily are crowded with
idle miners and business is reported
brisk. Theaters and motion picture
places are playing to capacity houses and
tho department stores report unusual i
large spring trn.de.""" Believing the siis-!
pension was inevitable, union leadirsj
aid most of tho miners started weeks
ago financially to fortify thenisles a
galust it, and that most of them are pre
pared for at least four weeks "id'enes.
In some places, chiefly head of families,
are seeking work in other industries to
conserve their Having, tho -leaders said.
In the Shainokin distriit hundreds ot
tho idle men are preparing gardens and
track patches for spring planting. Many
are going into the gardening projects on
a large scale, and in event of a pro
tracted tie up hope to realize a Mil)
stuntial sum on their vegetables. Some
of the plots nro located on property
owned -by tho coal companies, the of
ficials of which luive indicated that they
will not interfere with t lie gardening.
Large numbers of the one hundred and
fifty five thousand idle miners have left
for Visits to their old homes in fcJuropi-,
-which they- have not isited incc. the
war.
Tbe rxodus is still on. but it was said
that ninety per eent of the men bud
bought round trip steamship transport.-!
tion and that they would hurry back to
the eoal fields lis snon as the suspension
was lifted. Practically all of them are
certified miners, a qualification neeest
sary to anthracite cullers, and union
leaders said they would have no trouble
in finding places on their returr
THOUSANDS DO HONOR TO
UTE BOOKER WASHINGTON
Many Attend the Unveiling of
Statue to Founder of Tusk-
f gee Institute.
lLSKWitt,, ALA., April ... trans
portation methods ranging from fecial
cars to mule back were utilized to bring
to Tuskogee today n iftoady stream of
whito persons and negroes to attend tin
unveiling of a statue of Hooker '!
Washington, founder of Tuskegee In
situte.
School authorities said the gathering
was the largest in the history of the in
situte, Special cars brought partii s
from York. Washington, Chicago, At
lanta and New Orleans, and the country
side rallied in automobiles, on horse
back, mulpbiick, afoot and in t'Tery con
ceivable kind of vehicle.
The unveiling will take place during
the afternoon. Dr. Wallace Buttrick.
president of the General Kducation
Board, will deliver the founders' day
address and Ir. George C. Hall, of
Chicago, and Josephns "Daniels former
secretary or me :avy. also wni speas.
A letter from President Harding j
praising the work of Booker T. Washing-j
ton was made 'itiblic tod-iy. In it th .
President said: I
"I think there will lx- little divergence i
from the opinion that Booker T. Wash-j
ington was one of the most useful Ameri- I
cans of his time, and that the work he I
inaugurated and so long directed U al
ready demonstrating the wisdom of his
attitude towards one of the great pub
lie, questions of the nation. My own
views on : this subject are in no small;
part tbe result of my observation of lr. I
"Washington's work and its result. j
"I have Ion felt that Booker T.
"Washington had vision of the right wa j
to deal with our national problem of j
races, in a manner mort likely to pro
due the liest r-fferti from the standpoint
of the entire nation ami of all elements
of its people. I ant g!ad of the oernsioi.
thus to signify my rery high esteem fot
a great leader."
PREDICT SEVERAL WOMEN
WILL BE IN CONGRESS
DETBOIT. April 5. Several women
will sit In the neit Congress, in tbe opin
ion of Mrs. Harriet TayloT Upton, vice
chairman of the Republican National
Committee. The record of Miss Alice
Bobertson, of Oklahoma, Mrs. Upton do
ctored, would aid the candidacies of a
number of women who are seeking seats
in the eoming elections.
Women's political activities now are
Jn a transitory state and they probably
will never -figure prominently as oflit
holders, except In minor offices, but their
influence will permeate polities as it
does the home, Mrs. Upton saiL 1
One of the greatest obstacles, in the
way of women office seeker, she said,
"is the fact that man trusts -woman in
dividually, tut not eollectively " I
GREAT BRITAIN WILL ALS
CALL ON ALLIES TO PA
INTEREST ON WAR DEBT
Since She Has to Pay Interest
on war ueot to unuea ;
c c t a 1 - r I
to Collect From Other Al
lied Nations.
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 5. The British
Government has addressed a note to
the Allies declaring that, owing to the
fact that Great Britain has to pay the
interest on her debts to the United
States, she reserves to herself the right
to call upou the Allies in turn to pay
the interest on their war debts to Great
Britain.
In this connection it is pointed out
that Great Britain is now fully prepar
ed to pay the interest due the United
States.
PARIS, April 5. The French reply
to the British note concerning payment
of interest on war loans by Knglund is
likely to be that the question is bound
up with that of the inter-Allied debts,
which must be dealt with as a whole,
says J he Jv-lio Ue fans, quoting a wen-
inforiiicd source. Piecemeal payment
will only hamper the settlement, the re
ply will say.
The British communication notified
France that tho three yer's convention
expiring at an early date, would not oe
renewed .
The understanding in French official
circles has been that the whole question
of inter-Allied debts will come up soon
on the initiative of Great Britain, as
the result of the American funding hill
requiring the payment of interest on tin -
ileiits or i uo Allies to me. uuiieu muics r,.,.,.jvj,Ki transporting and keeping Ji
As all these ojioratioiis are linked to-()n(ir f(,r ,VJ1S (.()llvj(.ted on two
gether, it is held in French circles that ,., s ,IIU sentenced to 12 months and
a settlement between any two countries I j,, months respectively on the county
requires a general adjustment. roads. Through bis attorney he took
The British Foreign Office is under-'an appeal to Superior Court und his
stood to have informed the French am-' bond was fixed at $l,fM;0, which he
basstidor iu London that the British j gave. Testimony at the trial was to
Government will bring the questiou up, (the effect that Heavener furnished Ar
but the French Foreign Office declared j thur Sanders, colored, a five-gallon can
today no formal note on the subject
had yet been presented.
WASHINGTON, April .". Beyond
press reports of Great Britain's prepara
tion to begin the payment of interest
upon her five billion dollar war debt to
this country, the Treasury is us yet
without information on the subject.
Great Britain, officials said today, luii
been reported us laying aside 25,0011,000
p. s. in her budget for this year to meet
interest payments to this country. In
October iiie first semi annual interest
payment will fall due after the expira
tion of the three year period during
which, by mutual understanding inter
est on the debt was deferred.
On April 15 the deferred interest due
from Great Britain, officials said, will
amount to approximately . 1 .5,000,(100
hut this sum, it has been understood,
wild be the subject ot lumling nego-
uitions along with the principal or tne
bt when the new debt commission be-
. . i i : : i : ....
ins worKing out a general liquidation
(heme.
TO MEET THURSDAY
Frank P. Wilson, State C. E.
Thursday Evening at First
Secretary, to Address Gas
ton County Young People
Presbyterian Church.
A most interesting epot h in churc h
work amcng young people of Gaston
County is promised in the coming gather
ing -at thu J-'irt Prctib.vturiau Church of
this city Thursday at 7:.'!0 p. in., of all
the Christian Kndeavorers of the county.
The usual glad welcome of tho people of
the First church will be extended to all
who attend, and an interesting program
will ! rendered with Mr. Frank 1. Wilson,-
state C. K. secretary for Virginia,
an. I North Carolina as the principal
speaker. Interesting ta!k. will be made
on C. II. work by other leaders present,
an. I it is expected that a Gaston county
union for Christian Endeavor work i),
the county will be formed.
Every so. ici.c m trie county has been
extended a cordial invitation to be pres
ent and large delegations are expected
from the following rhuTehra and com
inunitb s: First Church. Charles B. ,
Armstrong Memorial and West Avenue;
Presbyterian church of Gu stoma, OJno.v.
Union. New Hope, Lowell. Belmont, Dal
las, Oierryvillc and Bessein. r City. Tin
importance of the meeting i emphasised
in the- fact that the minister- of the a-i
linv-A ,.htiri-li.. without ,x.-.:tl"'l huV-
.,lr,lfro.l ilw.ir i-n-niieratioii in fin' work.
and expect to 1 present at t n - gat
ing Thursday night.
her-
CIVIL YETS WOULD Trt
HAVE GREAT REUNION
(By The Associated 'ress.)
GETTSBURG, PA., April ".
war veterans have started a movement
for the celebration of the sixtieth an
niversary of the battle of G. "v-burg
with another great reunion here m duly.
19L'.t. The local Grand Anny !".
sponsor for the movement has
as-
sured the co-operation of the
of commerce and. business men a
rations in an effort to obtain
and State aid in financing the
and getting a military display
baiubcr
organi-,
K. d. ral
project
worthy
of the occasion.
While the ranks of both the bine ant
the gray have been considerably ti-.inne.i
since the reunion here in 1913. when
fifty six thousand men from the north
and south were" under canvass, it is be
lieved that the proposed celebration
oulwd receive the enthusiastic trpert of
the turviTng veterans. ...
CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
ROUNDING
Chief Orr and His Men Have
Venders of Booze Several
All Appeal to Superior Court Police Believe They Have
Several of the Worst Offenders.
'Chief of Police Joe (Jit and his men
lire rounding up t'.ie liquor sellers iu
Gaston in. During the past two we:-ks
a number of men have been arrested,
tried and sentenced on charges of sell
ing liquor ami the police ileparimeni .
thinks it has caught some of the chief J
offenders in the recent round-ups. In;
almost every liouor case tried before'
.li,.l.. X (' .1 ;,. Ariinicii.nl Court
recnnCv lmnoals linve lnwoi taken hv the
defendants to Superior Court which con
venes next month. At that time a large
number of these eases will come up for
trial ii lid it is expected that a strenu
ous right will be put up by the liquor
gang to escape their just deserts.
For several months past Gastouia lias
j been Hooded w it ti cheap liquor not
cheap in price, for it retails at $:i.uu
'a pint but cheap in quality. This lias
been a matter of common knowledge
and comment by the citizenship general
ly and yet it lias apparently been a
very difficult matter to put hands on
the blind tigers ami boot-leggers. It is
the hope of the law abiding element of
the city which is the large majority
that the present campaign by the of
ficers will result in lauding on the roads
every professional bootlegger and blind
tiger operating here. All of the men
tried for whiskey selling during the
past two weeks have been white men
with one exception and it is believed
that the one negro, Arthur Sanders, is,
but a go-between for one of
the whiti
men who is designated by the
police de-
partment as a "wholesaler.
Claude Heavener was tried
in Mu
: ;,.;,,, Vt)Uri Monday on the charge ofichargi
of linuor and the latter was selling it
AMERICAN LEGION WIL
HOLD A BIG MEETING TO
START SERVICE DRIVTIS WORST PAID IN U.S.
.i
Service and
fAmnfflMlilin
r:.. x:ii r: ti 1.
.
invc tt ill ucgui iiiuisuan
April 6 Aim Is to Collec
All Information About Ev
ery Former Service Man.
(Just. hi Post No. 2.'l, American Legion,
will hold an important meting Thurs
day vvening at the courthouse when the
National "berviee and Compensation"
drive for the countv will be inaugurated.
The following letter sent out to the'
member gives the purpose uf the meeting ,
and the drive: !
'Here's tin- idea: There will be start-,
ed in North Carolina on the tith of April!
by the Legion all over the btate. a Na J
tional hVrvice and Compensation lirive ,
Questionnaires will be given you. through
committees, which we want filled out by ;
every ex-son ice man in Gaston county, j
whether he i a mcmlior of the Legion1
or not. TIicm' cpn-stionnaires, when re
turned will give the Legion first hand j
information on every man who went to I
war. If he's in trouble through sick-1
nosa incurred in line of duly, out of a j
job. is having troublo -with War Bisk
Insiirauce or if t Here's any way he can;
be helped, we will then havo a record of!
him and will be hide to know how to go j
about helping hjm. If you'll come to
the meeting, we can. in a few words cx-1
plain more of this proposition
but from
this outline vou can judge that tins
drive is a nation wide plan whereby the
Legion wants to have written informa
tion about every man who went to -war.
'The on
ay we can get to every
ex Service man in Gaston county is
through n personal, mill to mid. .house l"
house, chun-h to church, biinin.-ssi to busi
ness canvass and to do this, we've got to
have the cooperation of every Legion
naire. "Thii is n t a membership drive, hut
a movement whereby we hope to do what
we've outlined above.
"'.Vow. there won't be any mnsie tit
this) meeting, no feed, no fireworks, but
we won't kwi vou over an hour. We've
got a world of "pep" started now nnd
if you'll take an hmr off and meet with
us, you'll oertainlv be helping along -1
god cause. It's mighty easy to pas us
up and go to the picture show but it s
very little we're H-H"g. so we're look
:r.g for rou Buddy and counting on you
io b-rd the "old helping hand.
"Briug a new nieniiier along with yon.
Here's some mighty cheerful informa
tion. Char'otte leads ns by about two
hundred members. "Winston -Salem comes
nest, then tJreensbori and right along
in rourth J'larc in the whole Mate i
Gaston Post .Xo.' 2.1. Lot "s put it firt.
Remember, all the other posts will !'
working tooth and nail to Ik- the first to
put over the driv Parting April th. S
what do you say (Jascton Post No. -:!
putting it over oni.-ker and larger thai
any of the others! We can do it. Let '
Go.
Court House. Oastonfa, seven-thirty
mi., Thursday. April 6th.
P
THE WEATHER
- - -
North Carolina, cloudy,' showers late
toni.bt ot. Thursday, somewhat warmer'
1 ia north portion.
i1
UP BOOTLEGGERSi
Thrown Out the Drag Net Foi
Draw Long Road Sentences-
Sanders is held uin
iu . Superior Court .
cr bond for rial
From the evidence
lepartment is con
adduced the
police
viured that Kami
selling agent for
officers designate
L. I). Costlier
-rs Has uctiug as j
Heavener, whom tin
as a ' whnlexu'cr. ' '
Mas arrested Saturday
with
lour puns or minor in Ins posses
f
sion. He was driving around in a
"'Igg.V
ami had tin- bottles wrappul in
tiius giving them the appear
' 1 "bber,
ance of small bundles of scrap rubber.
He gave :i .:'(( cash bund for bis ap
pearance at Municipal Court Friday for
trial. This is the second time Costlier
has been in Municipal Court for selling
liquor. About a year ago he was tried
on a similar charge and escaped with :i
fine .
Frank (iilberl. Noah M itcliein, Tyler
Bernhardt, Finest Mitihem, Claude
Long, Walter Parker and John McC.i!-
lough were tried on Mar. h lsth on two
counts in each case for rcihing, trans-
porting and keeping lienor for sale.
Kach was fined $.")! and the cost iu one
case and a suspended sciili nee of six
months on the
roads was I, el d over each
in the second ease.
Will Cunningham was
On March L'7tli
t I led
on
1 lie sami
and the
ided sell
j charges. He was fined
I costs and a six months m.
I tend' placed on him .
Cliff
Mitchem was tried
at Moiid
ay s
session on the -nine
given a sentence of
Charge
till dins
d
III
the
roads. He appealed aiul
le
.on.l was
fixed at !f.iOO. In default of
is iu the comity jail awaiting
Noah Mitchem was fried on
Loud
ho
trial.
1 he same
Monday
an. I
was sentenced to
ten months on the roads. He appealed
and his bond was fixed at thou, in de
fault of which tie is foulincd in the
county jail awaiting trial in Superior
Court. Mitchem has been fined before
for selling liipior.
Krnest Mitchem uns also tried Mon
day under the same charges and drew
a sentence of 12 months on the roads.
Iu default of a timi bond In- is in the
county jail to await trial.
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
T-abor Leader Savs That AH Thev Want
i. 1..-: .r. irnaf r,.hi;, t t.
Is Justice and Fullest Publicity-
'Ung to Abide by Arbittation.
?V, April
,". Iu a statement
Thomas F. Mc.Ma
Textile Workers of
to that, made last
Greene, treasurer of
today l.v . 'resident
I lion, of the United
America, replying
I week by Kdwin I' .
the Pacific Mills at Lawrence, regard
ling the reel nt wage cut and consequent
strike, the labor leaders declared for ar
bitration of the controversy, i
I The textile industry he described as
i "already the worst paid large indus I
jtry iu the United States.'' The wage
'data of tbe national industrial confer-j
jonce hoard covering 1! industries in .".d- ;
jdition to textile industries supported
jthis conclusion, be asserted.
President M.-Mahon said lie erred in
a recent public statement that a '' I --1 f
(per cent stock dividend was distributed I
'by Pacific mills in r.M!. adding: I
( "I thing Mr. Greene will agree with I
ino that it was a natural mistake to
I make since so very few increases in;
cimit.-ili.ation of New Kngland textile '
mills have been' made except by issuing
! stock dividends. That i., capitalizing
j profits . ' '
I Continuing, Mr. McMahon sail:
I "It seems to me clear that since Mr.
Greene s nulls 'welcome the tulles! piui
licity' and base their ease 'upon jus
tice' that nothing stands in the way of
.- ii park- settlement and hormonioiis re
lations thereafter; for he has has stat- '
ed the nreeise position of the organized ,
textile workers, justice and the lullest
publicity.
' "It deems to the textile workers now,
las it has ail along, that the best way
to achieve those aims- ,jst ice and full
publicity is by arbitration of the ex
isting controversy which the textile
workers have all along desired. If
Mr. Greene is ready to put his words
into effect the rest is easy. He has
stated the principles. It only remains
: to act in accord with them.''
Picketing in Progress.
LA WHENCE, Mass.. April 5. The
lower Pacific mill, which is the largest
of the plants affected by the textile
strike here, was the i-pecial object of
picketing at the opening hour today.
The strikers made a demonstration of
strength along the canal near the lower
mill, and develoi-d the biggest massed
picketing display of the strike to date.
Again the humor of the crowd appeared
! happy, although in the picketing of the
! dosing hour la-t night assaults and in
, tin.i lations were reported, and three ar
: rests made .
I Preparations for a long siege were
begun by the loom fixers union, one of
the craft organizations involved. Oli-
I ver Christ ia ii. president of the union,
'said that strike benefits were being
started, loom fixers to receive $17 a
week, and a soup kitchen was being
; made ready for opening-.
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS
PAWTUCKET, H. I., April 5. j j);i ,. taken there to effect organiza
Three strike gymi-nthizers were arrested i tion of the unaffiliated miners and that
for their part ia an attack today on j t1(.v expected constant growth of the
four
icraon vi irn- wruries cpin-
of the
ning company, wuo were set upon as
they were going to the mill. Militia
-and police rescued the workers after
they had beta badly beaten. Several
workers have bven attacked on their
ny(tj and from work receu'tly.
PRIVATE OPERATION OF
OADS WILL SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS SAYS WILLARD
i
Provided the Carriers Are
Given a Fair Chance What
Railroads Need Is Opportu
nity to Work Out Their
Own Problems Without In
terference. (By Mrs. Adelaide S. Bcard.1
WASHINGTON'. April Private!
operation of railroads promises to solve1
the transportation problem if tho cnr-
riers nr.- given "a fair chance" Daniel
Wil'ard. president of the Baltimore &
Ohio, stated today before the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee, ill con
tinuing his statement licgiiii yesterday in
reply to Government ownership state,
incuts of William G. M.A.Iuo, former
director general of railroads. Mr. Wil-
lard dec'an
ed to show
turning the
nothing had been develop
that Congress" erred in re
roads to their owners.
W hat the railroads i.e. I more than I
'anything else at the present time,"' he!
lasseite.l, "is an opportunity under the!
terms of l hi- transportation act to work
1 our tin ir
problems without unnecessary
iisome interference, and I have i
ami I
the iilnei-t confidence that they will
successfully surmount their present dif
ficulties if given a fair chance to ,. so;
I airio am eontl.lent that they will pro-,
vide the people of this country with I
adequate transportation at reasonable
(rates and lower rates than are to be
J found' for similar service in any other I
I country iu the world. This the railroads !
did do under the faulty neheme of regu-1
j lation in effect before the war. und how
much more should they be able to do so j
j under a iietter and wiser Scheme of regu- 1
J lation now iu effect. ' '
I Mr. Willard said that Federal con
trol ot the . an rs was not designed to
test the relative advantages of private
and public operation but to help win the
war.
"Any steps taken in that direction dur
i ing the period ot re.leriil control ami
which resulted on any manner inimical to
the best interests of the public or of the
carriers properties'," be added, "were
unfair, unwarranted and illegal because
j they were not justified ti.v law"
' He emphasized that in 19-'i after
termination of Federal control, the rail
.roads lurried two per cent more freight
i:i u white "n charge of the government.
Contentions of Mr. MeAdoo that the
j G.ernuient returned the roads in bet
: terVondil ion than w hen thev were taken
, oreil wen- denid hv Mr. Willard, who
j saiillthe earriir's contentions that their
con Jit ion was depreciated had an tinpor
til isf bearing on future rates.
The difference in standard. how-.
r gn at, must be made up," he said, I
J' and unless it is made up from monies!
pa of to the carriers oy tile dirivlor gen-
j eral on account of under maintenance,
i it will, of con"', have to be done with (
: monies colle, ted from the people through
the medium of transportation charges.
i The question itself had a very intimatf
, n l.'i'ion witt, the- future basis of rates. "
.Mr. iil!,ir.l prescind (tetaiiel ei
delice ill the case of the Baltimore &.
Ohio to show that the condition ot ;
cars, locumitives) and roadway was not '
as good as when Federal control ended'
as when l he line was taken over.
KIWANIANS WILL GO TO
COLUMBIA IN FORCE
At their regular meeting he'd in the
Bapti-.t Aumx Tuesday at noon m-in
bets of the Gaston!, i Kiwnnis C'luli laid
plaiis for going to the district i (inven
tion in Columbia. S. C, on April L'7 and
L'S in null force tn to bring back the
ntteti.l.iMre prize offered to the club hav
ing the lartjest percentage of its members
pres. nf at the district1 ni 'ting. More
than 'in member.) s gne, up at this timf '
to make the Columbia trip and from ten i
to twenty more are expected to deei.U
to oiu an
get awav
make proper arrangements t
I'iriiig the two days of the
meet ing.
ft being
there was ii
IStruthers, c
called up. ui
tied to him
a strictly business meeting
ttle oratory. Kiwauian Dave
ountv highway engineer, wa
to sneak to a subject assig
sonie weeks ago and told in
terestillglv of the work being done by tlie.
State and county Highway Commissions
j in Gastoa county. Outlining briefly the j
I various projects under way, and certain.
. t i be l. t ill the near future, he showed I
j that by May of next year Gaston county i
j wiiuid have a system of hnM surfaced j
I highway- ranking among the best in flu '
State, and far ahead of all but few
of
flu- largest North Carolina counties.
Mr. Thorns J. Brawh-y, cashier of the
Peop'e's Bank, was introduced as a new
...,....!.. . .,.., n-.,d mn.ln O...I
the next luncheon on April woftld j
be held in the evening, and would lie I
served by the pupils of the
Science .b-pnrtinent of the
High School.
Domestic
Gaston-a
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i
STRIKING MINERS MAKE
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS
(Bv The Associate4 Press.)
ClIAhM.FsTON. W. V.V.. April.
Conflicting statements again character
ized the s'rike standing in the coal re
gions yi ster lay. operators saying that
non-union mines were operating ot nor
Oial capacity while union leaders, main
tained that many of these were closed
and th.-.t the rnks of the strikers were
living steadily swelled.
President Frank Keener, of dis
trict No. 17. i f the union, after a person
al surv. v of the fields, soid all union
operations were "down" except thosi
granted permission to continue to pro
vide fuel for public utilities. Operators
i held that "'! mines jn the Xew Rivei
field were worked yesterday nnd union
I officials m.ole little comment on this re
I conn except to mr that no new steps
strike movemem.
Four more mines in the Winding Gulf
section were closed yesterday, represen-
tatives of tne operators admitted, la
the Kanawha field 16 mines were work
ing, the total number of employed be
le t than 490 naen, however.
MRS. DAY FOR
GIVES VERSION OF THE KILLING
OF COL. BECK BY HER HUSBAND
Declares That All Went Blank When She Saw
Husband Enter Room With Pistol in Hand -Three
Separate Inquiries Into Events Have
Been Started Military Commission to Investigate.
CHARGES THAT GANG IS
TRYING TO SWEAR AWAY
THE LIFE OF MISS STONE
(By The Associated Press.)
NKW YOKK. April ."i. Humming
today at the trial of Miss Olivia M.
Up .
i". ;
Stone, graduate nurse charged with mur
dering I-; 1 1 i st Guy Kiukead. in Brooklyn,
last Angus,, Kdward J. Keilly, .lefeiiso
counsel, charged that the "gang that
ruled Cincinnati." the city that Kiu
kead once served as corporation counsel,
was trying to swear nway the life of his
client.
In dramatic fashion Mr. Keilly dial
longed Kinkeiid's widow, who sat weep
ing in the courtroom, to defy him to
prove his charges that, she, had been n
woman of the underworld, and dared any
one to take the xtand and testify that
his client, "this good southern girl,"
lied.
W ith all the evidence in, court opened
today on a tense scene.
Wau and haggard after n sleepless
night iu jail, Misg Stone entered the
room weeping.
"1 put my trust in God, the
Judge Aspinall," who mid to
as she took her seat.
Mrs. Kiukead, who has been
esfed spectator throughout the
so showed the effect of the .strain. When
Mr. Heillv brought her name into his ad
dress to the iury, she Ko lost her com
posure that for a moment she had to
leave the courtroom. She soon returned,
however, and sat crying as he finished his
address.
"If the defense conies forward with
a defense of insanity," he said, "the
state must prove Miss Stone snne. It
must prove her clear in mind nnd estab
lish that she knew what she was doing
when sihe shot Kiukead.
"This is one of the most important
cases that has ever been tried in
Brooklyn. All the country is watching
it. It involves every woman in the Uni
ted States.
''You have a right to nsstune that I
there is some one behind the scenes, audi
from the names mentioned here you have!
the right to assume who it is that is!
trying to swetir away the life of u good
southern girl.
"The siiiuo gang that rules Cincinnati'
and which drove Olivia Stone out, has'
come down here and is hounding her now.
They came to damn a woman's reputa j
t ion. I
"I'll stop this speech here now ifj
.Muni i ormiev w in go on mis siaiiu aioi
defy me to prove what I said she was. '-1
Kiukead s relatives and irn-mis are
still alive, but they stay
behind the,
scenes.
"Let one of those Cincinnati
;
lawyers j
cniiii' here and say that tins good
ern gill lies. They do N't. hire."
RECOMMEND
RESUMPTION
OF MUSCLE SHOALS WORK
(Bv The Associated Press, i
WASHINGTON, April ". - Resump
tion of work on the gigantic Wilson dam
at Muscle Shoals, Ala., under charge ot
army engineers, was recommended to
day by the Senate Agnculture Commit
tee. The committee voted unanimously to
report an amendment to the army sup-!
ply bill when it is presented to the Se- '
unte providing an appropriation of 7,
,")UT).imm to finance work on the dam for;
one year beginning July 1, next. j
Committee members agreed with Chair- ;
man Norris that the action was taken
Bololi' in order In exi-llittf comoh-tiotl ot i
the project and was entir, ly without M..,r, j,,,,, , (,iiiiiig down the stairs a
prejudice to the offers for operation, j pain. 1 remember , very distinctly that
purchase or lease of the Muscle Shoals : ,e Bas standing on the landing with a
project received by the Government pistol in his bands. When I first saw
f. UAn. LVI I, a 1..1 fl ,!, VoU'l'l '
Company, Frederick K. Kngstruni, or
others
Some anxiety was exhibited by com
mitteemen that the amendment might b
held subject to a point of order in the
Senate but Chairman Norris explained
that after carefully examining the Sen
ate rules-, it was his opinion that a point
' of order could not bo upheld.
' Senator Harrison, Democrat. Mississ-
ippi. suggested that the agricultural com- j
mittee should communicate its intention j
to the suii-appropriatiotts coiumuier in .
chargc of the army ill. and. if Kismble,
obtain its approval of the proposed a
mendment. tsenator Norris said he
would see the appropriation meinlK-rs and
endeavor to win their support for tho
proposition.
On motion of Senator Hamsun 1iietorney and oil man, ended early today
committee authorized Chairman Norris to ,
draft the amendment and present it lO!urd Heck, assistant eommandant of
I the Senate ut
the projior time for ad0v
tion.
CHICAGO TENANTS COME
BACK AGAINST LANDLORDS.
CHICAGO.- April 5. The Tenants'
Leaguo of hicago has devised a plan
for combatting rent Increases ordered
for. May 1 by many landlords.
The tenants will eounter with suits
in the municipal court to forestall the
increases.
If the city court decides against a
tenant-he will appeal at once to a court
of record and it will be full two years
before hif caw wiU eome t" trialt I
THE FIRST TIME
Rv Tho Associated Tress.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 5,
Preparations were made today to
launch three separate inquiries into the
events surrounding the death of Lieut.
Col. l'aul Ward Beck, pioneer army
aviator and assistant commandant of
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla.. who was
killed by .lean p. Day, wealthy oil op
erator, and promineut Oklahoma attor
ney, in the hitter's homo here early
yesterday morning, when, according to
Day, Heck was found struggling with
. .Mrs. lny.
j A civil investigation by county au
thorities will determine tbo charges to
j lie fib-. I against Day.
I A military commission nf threo army
j officers, headed by Major Thomas B.
j Luiithier, will come here, according to
uu announcement at Post Field, and in.
vesligati- the killing. The commission
is expected to arrive Friday or Satur
day. ;,
The third inquiry got under way
when M . F. Meudows, Federal prohibi
tion dire, lor for Oklahoma, began to
click up to aseertuin whether liquor
might hav.. had a part in the party
which preceded the killing of Lieut.
Col. I leek.
County officials today were running
dowif various angles of the tragedy, but
until the coroner's inquest is held Rat.
j uriluy afternoon, county Attorney For
jury and est II iighcs announced he would not den-porters
i cide the question of riling charges a-
i gainst jlay.
an niter-1 ,., .. ,,.,, ,H j (..1nlot Kay at thi((
trial, ill- ' time vvh.t torn H, ,......, . : ...a.
- . ,. wui.FI D AUIJUCBb
may take, it is possible that either
mnnsla tighter or n murder charge may
be lih-il against Mr. Day following tho
inquest," said the county attorney.
Buy, iu an interview, declared ho
had no thought of killing Beck when ho
returned to bis home, and, he alleges,
found the army officer struggling with
Mrs. Day. His only intent. Day said, .
was to drive Beck from his home. Ha
feared Beck might bo armed, he said,
and obtained a revolver
He Ha id the nrniy officer drew back
one hand ami then he struck Beck on
the head with the revolver. . The dis
charge of the weaKiit was accidental, he '
asierted. Officials declared it annear-
i ed the impact of the blow wan mif-
licient to cause death.
Declaring ,e " iove.1 Hock, like a
brother," Day asserted he acted as al-
most any "red blooded American, who
finds bis confidence violated, his ,homo
invndeil, and bis faithful -wifo: insulted
and violently attacked. " '
A statement came from Mrs. Day,
early today, giving for tho first time
her version of the killing. Khe was.
under the care of a nurse. ;
"Be-k visited our home on numerous
occasions '
ie (;ii
Mrs. Day said. "One
d when Mr. Day was a-
i ut
WliVL tlUt it. Hill :l v,rv tirii.l viaif
nn,,veri ljni(, Jl(, (.'aie( previous
io .Monday night, lie acted us a perfees
KrMt ,,nu.n ; VYvry respect, eominir into
i our liome merely
as a friend, and one
w In mi we
were glad to see because of
his geniality. We greatly enjoyed bas
ing him, iu as much as he was a bril
liant and an acceptable addition to any"
company.
"Early Tuesday morning, however
after Mr. Day left in the automobile
to take the other guests home he seized
me by tin- wrists and threw one arm
around me. It was a total surprise to
me. .Nothing like that ever occurred,
before and I was dumbfounded by hi"'
action . As he held me, ho made im-'
proper proposals to me. I struggled
vainly to free myself from his grasp.
"It was while I was thus struggling
that Mr. Day oicned the door and
walked iu. Jle immediately went up
stairs. It seems to me - that several
minutes must have passed before I
him, I was terrified. 1 remember dis
tinctly that I screamed several times.
" After that 1 remember nothing
more. Weakened by the struggle to
free myself froni Beck's grasp, I felt
myself fainting. The whole room ewara
j before my eyes and passed away. The
next tiling i remeuioer is lnuistmei. ii
is that some one was undressing me
and telling ine to be quiet that
needed rest.
"What happened after I saw Mr.
lav on the lauding there, I am uuablo
to tell. l just remember that every-
thing
faded
ixsrllicd
dim before my eyes audi
out.
OKLAHOMA CITY. QKLA April 4.
A midnight party in the fashionable
home here of Jean 1. Day, prominent at-
in tho loath uf Lieutenant Colonel l'aul
IVt Field at Fort Sill. Okla- and wide
ly known in army circles.
Beck, ono of the pioneer flyers of th
Amcru-an army, was killed by Day, who
declared he struck tbe army officer over
the head wifh a revolver when he re
turned home and found his rurst strug
gling with Mrs. Day. The gun was dis
charged aecidently, lay asuer'ed.
Beck's skull was io badly torn th a of
ficials said they were enable to ' r
mine whether the bullet or the .'..' r . .
ed death. Day is under ".H" I It
appear at coroner's in.piesit s-.tnr
A committee of o.ii ers fi oi l'i ',
Con'inurd cn e-r- j,i