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OASTONI A DA GAZETTE Weather: Unsettled Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XUII. NO, 84. GASTONIA, N. G, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS 1 . V "UNWRITTEN LAW" WILL K-! BEFORE CORONER S dUR I wn, p,.., of s..d J fense on Ground That He Was Attempting to Keep Inviolate Sanctity of His Home Army Officers to Attend Hearing. ' (By The Associated Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., April 8. '-Pleading the stern code of Oklahoma, the "unwritten law," Jean 1'. Day prepared to go before a coroner's jury here today and Bcek to be judicially ab solved of the killing of Lieut. Col. P. Ward Beck, on the ground that he slew in eelf-Uefcnce whilo attempting to keep inviolate the sanctity of his home. , Bix men, sitting on the jury, will hear this afternoon from the lips of Day and from his wife their sworn sto ries of tho slaying. And upon their testimony, and other evidence brought out, will be assigned the responsibility in tho tragedy. tor Colonel Heck there will bo none apparently to siicak his testimony of what transpired at the Day homo when he was slain. Day ami his wife nrc the only known witnesses. There will bo present his comrades, though, who declare they knew him as a gentleman, his superiors and subordinates, who tes tify to his clean reputation, gallantry in the air and his respect for women. County Attorney Forrest Hughes has stated his belief that Mr. Day thus far has not told all the truth iin.l that Day killed Beck after feeing "something that swept him off his feet" a thing upon which any "blooded jury would vote an acquittal. ' ' A handkerchief in the clutched hand of the dead aviator, indications that Beck had not been shot from the front, as Day alleges; the reported exclama-! tion of Mrs. Hay, "Oh, my honor, 'f shortly after the slaying, were report tho county attorney declared he want explained . An army board of inquiry from Fart Bill was to attend the. inquest. J-.idh airplanes were tuned ui at Post fidj. early this morning to carry the boa members and other officers to Oklah ma-City. Among them, Lieut. Pan Ward Beck, son of the slain officer; Lieut. John Beck, a nephew, and Ma jor K. B. Paddock, who accompanied Lieut. Col. Bcek to Oklahoma City last Monday, Prominent local business men, all ac quaintances of Day, make up the coro ner's jury. HI-Y CLUB HEARS INTERESTING SPEAKERS In carrying out the general plans of tho National Association of Hi V Clubs in the United fcvtntes, the loca club under the direction of Mr. .1. V. Todd, had as their speakers at their regular week;y meeting Thursday afternoon. Captain William L. Baithis and Mr. Twa.ldc'.l. Director of the Trinity College Glee Club. Durham, who made short talks to the boya. Captain Bait bis spoke of the work that the Community Service, Inc., will do in Gastonia this summer in tie' vvny'of preparing Parks and Play ground for the city's young folks. Regular sup. r vised play will be offered the boy- and girls under tho leadership of a trainci expert. Present plans also call for a i musical director wha will have charge of the coinmunitv music coiner's and sings. Mr. Twaddell addressed the mc:nb. rs on the ways and mean by which the Senior class can ami should set the ex amples and paces for the undergraduate boys of tho high school and help them to look upon their rrep school education with the proper spirit. The speaker cm phnsi.od the fact that the members arc looked upon by the boys of the lower classes as their i it 1 meals, as Tar as uuiricrop in ninicipanoii oi v ccin ruium, . high school education is concerned. Immediately following these two ad dresses, the club held a short outness meeting. Plans Tor organizing other the southern tarn.ers tost millions or nop local Hi-Y Cubs were discussed and the, tars ,ich went to tho Wal Street spec director was authorized to take steps j ators. which ho thought best towards such work Tho ,, ,,, v was adopted among - jthe wheat growers in the west and they THT A T HF SKVF.N ARE I in turn lost thousands of dollars. The KILLED IN CRASH (By Thf AssociATM Press.) PARIS, April S. K. K. Duke, pilot A v r L i i ii ' of the hnghsh idane which crash.-1 into , a trench Goliath on the Pans London aerial express route yesterday near Thieulloy, died in the hospital at Hcau vaig today, without recovering conscious need. He was the only person in either machine to survive the crash, and his death brought the total of those killed to seven. Low visibility, caused by low hangins clouds, and mist, is given as the pri mary cause of the catastrophe. Both pilots were flyin? low at the time, keep ing the railroad tracks in sigh so as not to lose their way, and this brought them together head on. The French company operating the Goliath which was carrying three pas sengers, has issued a statement declar ing that their piloU have perfect know ledge of the route, which they have lieen covering for a year. The Britisb ma chine, owned bv. a new company, had only been in the London-Paris service three days. -.-. . It seems ,1'erk.;. that those in the "ioliuth saw the rnglish" machine at least soma seconds before, the crash, when the body of Miss Christopher Bruce Yule was found, a hand was pressed to her eyes an though to shut out the sight of the impending collision. Besides Mrs. Yule. thfLchud are: Her busband, who was a Xew York exporter; M. Booriez, another passenger; I ilot Mire, of the Goliath, and his mechanic, and Pilot Duke and the eabiu boy ot the English machine. Countv Commissioners Will The Contest . . t u i u l Against Tubercular Hospital I Sav That Measure Was Originated. Advocated and Voted b Majority of People in County County Attorney Mangu inun diaiciucni ncgarumg The county commissioners will fight to the limit the proposed contest against the tuberculosis hospital election, it was learned today from county officials' and attorneys. No complaint has been filed with the clerk of the court as to the ex act nature of the fight the contestants and the plaintiffs in the suit will start. One of the county commissioners this morning declared that he was ready to meet any charge or accusation that may be brought. "We commissioners did not originate the movement for the hospital. We did not turn a hand or write a single postal card in advocacy of the measure," he declared. "What has been done has been done entirely by the people of (Ins ton county. A majority of the, voters sjKike their wishes about the matter and wc acted in deference to the majority. It is an ufTair entirely in the hands of tli. . : ' . . people, hut wc propose to stand b guns m the proposed suit. me our guns people of the county called for the elec tion, they voted for it, and we are going to build the hospital." In answer to a request from The Daily Gazette as to the position inecoun y co . ... . , .... mission! rs will take respecting the pro-j posed suit, county attorney A. G. Ma gum said: "The County Commissioners take the position that this movement was origi nated by delegations of men and women, taxpayers of the county, appearing be fore them, advocating legislation author- Senator Heflin Speech Before Local Chamber Wall Street Monied Interests Are Charged With Dominating Policy of Federal Reserve Board System Is Responsible For Depres sion in Business in South Low Price of Cot- on and Stagnation in flation. Senator Thomas ,7. Heflin, of Alabama speaking before lino members of the Gas tonia chamber of commerce here Friday night, denounced the deflation policy of the federal reserve lxiard in scathing terms, charging that the board is in the hands of Wall Street financiers and that Governor W. P. O. Harding is a renegade democrat who is the tool of the Wall Street interests. Senator Heflin charged that through the machinations of politicians anil mon ied interests the original purposv of the establishment of the federal reserve s.vs tern hail been set aside and in its place set up a monied oligarchy that is sap- is sap- j pjwg the life blood out of business in the 1 south and west. j Beginning with the election of Wood - row Wilson in HMJ. Mr. llelliu traced ; the history of the federal reserve system i and the purposes for which it was plan ! ed. In li-0, he said, at the call of Wall j Mreet financiers the federal reserve . banks began to raise the discount rate and to call on the member banks to shut j down on their loans, uttering the false I prophecy that a panic was imminent. As frightened chickens run to cover from a; 1..-...-I, ..i.. noo it ui a,i j 1 1,1 tho liwn I .,... v..,. banks and merchants. I They called on the cotton farmer, who . had in the spring ot l!-0 planted a huge i to pay up his heavy fawtilizcr and supply bills. Cotton in the space of a few weeks dropped to cents a pound and restriction of credits and the raising of discount rates at the command of Wall Street, which dominated Governor Hard I irz and the other members of the board, ng j.ml tn i in ,1iness were the can' of ,h'' ' of business and industry throughout tin- nation, said Senator Heflin. "In 1P2'I. "' he continued. " they loaned to'two New Yoik banks the :-t;.. r -on Otm .nun v. hi'e all 1,11(1 IV Sin" I" -, - that D southern statr-t !.".( J7.0O0. 1 have r colli. I get WHS eeiv. i h tfeis in f i.o sen-ife since I lcgan the fight in ",n ntr-iiiint th,. eviU of the d.-tlatoui pn. tat ion policy of the b .ar.1. from bank. i state in the union, urging ' llnmr f.,r but in CVi f" every i une n-tnnce their i. f r on .v. they have begge.1 me not to names, for. to onote one el - 1 my State, Alabama. 'There ar ; ways in which they can punish in Senator Heflin gave a -b rt loa the fight he is making in the ' expose the evils of the d-flati-a I of the federal reserve ysteni. ! fight he was ably supported bv t North Carolina senators, Over::.. in Simmons, he said. of t.vo .-.ul Next Week' Weather. fB The Associated Pn ttUHtVl!TnV Anril S. W outlook for the week beginning Men day; ' " Middle Atlantic States: Unv-'"'-warm and showery first half and gen. 'r ally fair and cooler the second half ' the week. otith Atlantic: Um-etiM. warm an showery dm half and generally f -' and cooler second half of week,. 4 u up vvuuuiwwuvi izing the construction of a Tuberculosis Hospital, and bonds issued and tax levied to build and maintain the same. Pursuant to these requests and petitions, and no opposition whatever being shown, the bi'l was introduced n"nd an act pass ed, same being advocjttccl.br the members of the General Assembly from this toun ty, and after such legislation was en acted the commissioners were asked by delegations appearing before them, to call an election, which they did, and it carried in favor of the hospital and in favor of the bonds and tax. The peo ple having voted such bonds and tax, it is obligatory upon the County Coinmis sinners to sell the same, or so much thereof, as may be necessary in the .jmlg meat of the County Commissioners and a Board of Directors! selected by them, to acquire real estate and construct a TiiIm I culois Hospital, the costs not to exceed i the sum of $1 .".n.OOO.OO. - - J in- i on it! v i .innnissiouers lane mm- furthor -lUnn t,at muni,,imll bonds , , ... . n. ; demand mid can lie disposed of at an ad vantageous price, but since the litigation which Inn been started for the purpose of preventing the issuing of the bonds, yi i t m..iry tllllt H1R.h ligation ! be terminated before they can be sold which probab'y postpones the sale until next fall. "It is ih- duty of the County Com inisaioners to defend tho suit and en deavor to sustain the legality of th j bonds, whir thev intend to d Makes A Great Business Effect of De DURHAM HIGH WINS THE AYGOGK GUP ! Will Keep It Permanently, Having Won It Two Years in Succession. I CIIAI'KI. II 1 1. 1.. April it. -. third lime in its history, and Pot for the the ! second time in succession, th- Durham I high school debaters copped state honors here tonisht bv winnim? over Hurling ; U)11 in Ine (tntll .,,11,liai i,, , school debate for the Aycock Memorial . ' "I1- Hv winning the honors twice in succession, i: i ana nuiliuiii Keeps the cup forever. Durham upheld the negative side of i,,. query : K. solved, that the Toiled jstatc Should Knler the League of N':i (ions. " Represent ug Durham were Lin ,v,,. Hollonrll and Vrecmau Twaddell. I'pholding the affirmative side of the i s,,,. for Hnrlington, wen- Miss Katherinc Martin nnd iile Nicholson. Both teams deported themselves! ixcellently and re t.on.v ,,,,.(, applau.sv from an audience 0f approximately- 2,(nin persons, ,.r(,si,,.lt (.haM, prri,,N) K. TJ. Rati- . . ...... km. supervisor ot the dilating union. (.f,., s secretary. President v hasv. on !,.,lf of the university literary societies. presented end of the speakers of bothi with a medal. Prank Graham i pr,.,, nted the Aycock Memorial cup to ,),,. Durham debaters with these words. Twice yours, thrice yours, and now for (v. r yours. Durham won the cup in 1PI.1, V.i-l. IO'Jl'. Following Mr. Gra hnm's spes h M. ( '. S. Noble presented the cups and meda's to the winners in the interscholasi ie track meet and inter sv holastic. tennis tournaments. Burlington and Durham won out for the final over -"iO other schools. Due hundred and nine'v of these schools were eliminated on March L' t over the ytate. The remaining were eliminated here 1- . ..;..!. 1 i,..l-.e Tl,,. four si.f,U- 1.191 11... , ..lo.s-ll f, tlio t.e.t nf!" I K Kin ' " a thous:ind or more high .- luol contest ants. The negative speakers contended that the league of nations was not nn efficient plan for securing world peace; that the league discriminates against the I'uited istates; that it would prevent war bv causing war; that (jimilar projects have failed; that it is contrary to the inter ests and principles of the Vnited Htatcs, and that i far it had turned out to be a failure. Th judges were H. H. Williams. L. P. McGi'her, L. R. Wilson. W. h. Ber iiarl and It. D. W. 'onner. FOUR KILLED IN OKLAHOMA TORNADO OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA., April 8. Four persons were re ported killed and a number injured in a tornado which struck Lawton, Okla., early today, in advices re ceived by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company here. Wires between here and Lawton are down and direct communication is impossible. Reports to the telephone com pany indicated that a number of buildings were destroyed. Half a mile of telephone oles were levelled just north of Lawton, the . account " . , .. . . -'. - GAVE UP TOOTH to BE ABLE TO PLAY THE FLUTE PHILADELPHIA, April 8. A real martyr to music has been brought to light by Miss Winetta L. Stacks, superintendent of the Methodist Epis copal deaconesses' home here. Miss Stacks in describing the efforts to ini tiate music classes in settlement work, she told of one small boy who con fided that his life's ambition was to play the flute. The teacher struggled in vain to teach him, but ms lips would not pucker right. Finally the tcachtr said, "foe, I guess you will never learn to blow a flute because of the way that front tooth has grown. It is in the way." A few days later the lad's mother returned home to fird her son's face bloody, but shining with triumph. Hi had borowed plyers and had pulled the tooth. "And at the the first recital of the students of the class," Miss Stadia concluded, "he blew notes on the flute." MISS MARGARET LAWS IS PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE Maryland Lady Accepts Posi tion With Gaston County Red Cross Chapter as Pub lic Health Nurse Succeeding Miss Sherman. Miss Margaret G. Laws, of Baltimore, has accepted the position ef j u 1 . 1 i . - hra'th nurse for Gaston county, and will prob ably arrive in Gastonia, April l." In taku up her work. Mi-s Laws is an expi r ienred nurse, being a gradual., of the Maryland Univer.ity Hospital, Haiti more. During the war she was in charge of one of the largest !.;nr hospi tals in France. Hie ha-i also done pub lie health nursing in Wieomiko county, Maryland. During th.- past year she has taken a special post graduate course ir, public health nursing and field work at Teachers College. New York, (she has al to done special work in child hvgionc and county organization in Maiiiiiioiith .county, New Jersey. Local Bed Cross ollii ials consider fnctiiselvcs exceedingly fortunate in se tjiring the services of Miss Laws. GASTONIA HIGHS DEFEAT CHERRYVILLE TEAM Armstrong's Youngsters Put Up Good Game Behind Hord and Come Off Win ners. (By C. K. Marshall, Jr.) In one of the tightest games of the na . ...:i 1 1 pastime played in this auction in U.u.i years between high schools, the Jast. .. . highs defeated the 'lierryviile lads ' to o. With it hot summer nii casting its rajs' down upon mother earth, the teams battled for tlu; entire s'.'ven innings in air tight fashion, most of the time being devoted to a pitcher's battle between Friday and Hord. The latter proved to be tighter in the pinches: which both hurlers suffered, Hord ndow-j ing only two base hits, while the (lierry viile mouiiilsman yielihsl three satiies. The battle as a whole brought back mem ories of a himilar game between the two highs back in the days before lie' war when (irier Friday and his t'herryville backers were nosed out in a Gastonia high school commencement game. 1 to D. The modern Friday showed dashes of the old I'Vidny and seems to be headed f r higher ball. The writer doe not have to praise Hord and his wares, heca;i"" it a well known fact that (iaslonia high supporters know vrhat he has in his fu ture salary whip. lie proved tha' he could keep his head in touches and hod out ill any endurance test that a pit. ! r has to suffer. Kadi one sent eight n. n apiece on the long walk back to the wa ter bucket. I 1 lie local prodigies of ( oa.-n Anu- strong chalked up their first t.ilU in the lit,-....! ..... ..-i... 'i..... i ,.;-!. ,,,,. ,' .... .. .. ',. , .. t ' u.'Huii iv ji(iii in..,, n.inin. o .i-iin classy base running and a fumble of Henderwin 's bingle. Two n oie units came in the fourth inning. Henderson opened this friim.- with a short safety; Friday passed I'nderwood. K . ami G'eim again poled out a ditto of his first hit. thus defining the suks (.f t-.vo men. I'ri - day tightened up a bit an I n tiled the I next man. i In the first, second, lii'lh. sixth, and! seventh fronico, both nines played airi tight ball and worked hard, fielding lion-! ors, which were divided a most equally.! Beam, A., for the viit"t- night a good , fanie and showed tl of the making niffty buck stoi.. Score by innings: II t'herryville ""' 11 Gastonia ""I ! Batteries; Friday ;md Beam, Hord and Underwood. K. Umpires: Harnett and irier. h i: L I : 4 A.: PRESBYTERY TO MEET i WITH PISGAH CHURCH. The First Presbytery of the Assoei- ate Keformed Presbyterian Church will ; meet next Tuesday, April 11, at 11 a. j m. at Pisgah church. The opening: sermon will be prcm-hed by the retiring , moderator, Kev. K. K. (iriffin, of Charlotte. In the afternoon a theolog ical student, Mr. J. L. Hood, will i preach and lie licensed. - Tuesday night' at 7:o Rev. (i. L. Kerr, of Spartan-! burg, H. V., by order of Presbytery,; will preach a special sermon on 'The I Divorce. Evil. " Wednesday will be ! spent in transacting routine and other business. Dinner on the ground each day. The public is cordially invited to attend all these exercises. . Iter. j. B. Hood is pastor. THE WEATHER North Carolina, fair tonisht; Sunday partly cloudy, probably showers in ex treros wt forties, s. . , BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING OFFICES CLOSED FOR INVENTORY i About 4,000 of the 6,000 Em ployes Will be Affected by Closing Order of President j Harding May Reduce J Number to Pre-War Status. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON", April . Di visions of the Buioau of Engraving and Print ing, engaged in tin- production of bank notes, bonds and postage stamps, will i be close t tonight for an indefinite pe- riod for the purpose of taking an in .venture of the plant from which James ; L. Wihnetli ami L'S chiefs, superintend ents and foremen were removed by pres idential order olio week ago. decision in close at least the princi pal portions of the big plant, tho larg est of its kind in the world, was dis closed toilsy as having followed a con ference late yesterday between Louis II ill, the newly appointed director, di vision chiefs of the bureau ami treas ury official. The closing is to be ef fected under an older issued by Sec retary Mellon, of the Treasury, under which department the bureau operates. i ne purpose or i ue closing uMer s lu.,t...l t, I,,. ,.flrj,.v,i ; . i i.. i M'l M . I t . the taking of an inventory, the repair ing of machinery in use almost contin uously since the entrance of the I'uited States into the world war and allow the transfer depiirtment of the bureau to issue new steel plates such as are Used in printing the nation's paper curren cy. The inventory, it was said will be undertaken by Treasury accountants : .-ind department of justice agents. Hints also were given that during the -losing ine iturcnu vvouki oe runner re organized or " llardingized " as one of filial put it. Installation of the new steel plates, it was said, will be for the purpose of preventing counterfeiting of tho vari ous bank notes and bonds printed in the plant as the old plates hail become so worn that it was found that prints taken from them were comparatively easy to counterfeit . The bureau employs about (i,(KJ) per sons and it was estimated that about t.iulu of the total would be effected by the closing. The total employes uuin ber about l.ooi) above the pre-war per sonnel ami it was suggested in some quarters that during the suspension re duction to tho pre-war level will be brought about. Partial closing of the bureau. Assist ant Treasury N'. relary Wads-worth de clared, was decided upon to enable a quicker and more accurate inventory of the stock. The order, he said, affects only the divisions using paper and work of the other divisions will continue un interrupted by the inventory. Fsually, -Mr. Wadnvvurth continued, in veiiTories of tin bureau's fctock, have been made while work was in progress but the committee appointed by !Si -re tary Mellon, of which Deputy Assistant Treasurer Tail is chairman, recommend ed .1 cessation of the v, .rk of the paper division to facilitate the count of the stock. The different processes through which the i'.aper is put. he said, made its count difficult while those divisions were running. The i ..mi: Ion to leak liepr. S' ntat ..ini:i it tee appoint by Mr. COIlsjuts etary of M.-l the i n 1 1 1 " i s of the fs. tie Treasury, the Treasurer of tho I'uited Stales, the Comptroller of the ( 'urreiu v , the Federal Reserve Hoard, the Post office Department, and tho Director of the Bureau. Printing and engraving work is done for those different govern ment agi 10 ies b" the It.ileaJ. Inventory of the Bureau's stock, Mr Wads.vortli dedan d, will be eomph ted ir. a few davs or a week at the outside. The partial shut hi.v ii, he said, would not af feet the government's supply of paper money, stamps, or government securities the bureau keeps a large surplu.4 stock oil hand was somewhat Ihe shutdown, lie sai.l. j imilar to the inventory of a manufacturer '. suit would be the ' books. ' T s'o. k on b; for the coming year p'ant aio take off el. and i I the re on tl i proce The Tr. a ployes laid credit a".! advantage SUHpetlsil.il. i.rv Secretary said manv iff had annual leave would be penilitfi d i it vvi'li pay d a t t.. ing their take the MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS LEFT EUROPE TODAY (By The Associated Press.) COBJ.KN'Z. April s. -More units of the American f..n-os in Germany said farewell to Kuropo today, 1,100 men and 7-2 ofl'i. is leaving Antwerp on the -teainshin antigov. Eighty five sol diers wives an I u's e i dren also sailed i on the Caiitigny. the largest number j since the dep. a i o re of the honeymoon i detachment li-t May. I The organizations iug today were i the hoad.pia Brigade, A: pit.ll coiiip,:: pany bM, s, and the t In fant rv . This red... crieati :irn one sixth " ago. ; -oinpa ny of the First ! . e l 'oinpany 56, hos- motor transport com- supply company lion of the fifth 2. in- i 'r. ngth of the Am Uhiue to ,o0 or imber here a year Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET N'KW VoKK. April 8. Cotton fu tures dosed strong. May I7.!'ur-Julv 17.41 - October 17.21 : IVceinUr l. -l: January 17.14; March 17.1M; lpots Is-03- TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET CnHan seed tii:t t3 Z rcidlliB .,...,...173 MINERS DRAW LAST PAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO COME Sum of Thirty Million Dollars Is Distributed Among Miners Only Cash Payment During Suspension of Work Union Representatives Fail to Reach Wage Agreement. (Hy The Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April s. Idle coal miiicri of the country, starting today and continuing next week, receive theii last pay, estimated at .'HI,U0ll,O00 by union officials and regarded by them as a strike fund. Th. ! big wiigii distribution, an impor tant factor in the miners' ability to to continue the general suspension of work that began a week ago on the ordi r of the I'uited Mine Workers of America, is for the final half of March in all, fifteen working days. The big sum is several times the total cash of the union organization national, state, and lo cal and comes to the miners with an indefinite period of idleness, ahead of them. It is the only big cash payment that will come during the suspension, the union war cheat not permitting any gen eral strike benefits. As most ot the anthaelte mines were kept on full time in March and the bitu minous mines generally operated almost two thirds of the time, the miners' last pay is among the best sums the men have received for several months. The exact amount and its apportionment in vari ous coal fields, is not a certainty, but William Green, secretary-treasurer of the union, declared that .tod.tMill.Om) W u "very conservative'' estimate. Mine onwers lu re agreed with this statement. Payment of the wages wns begun to day in the Pennsylvania anthracite reg ion, mid in parts of Iillinois. Monday is pay day in Indiana, ami some oilier fields, but elsewhere it is hs late us Fri day. More than .tLlO,0()0,lHlil will be paid to the men in the districts, regarded us forming the stronghold of the suspen sion the Pcnmylvania anthracite reg ion, the central competitive field and the Southwest Interstate District. For the anthracie miners, Mr. Green estimated that 7,"imi,000 was due them for work between March l." and ill. The central competitive field with its Jlo.UOb union workers, he said, would receive a bout 10,."'J.'),tll(l nnd the Southwest In terstate regions almost 42,:tH),m0. In other bituminous union fields, the wages due were estimated at, $7,1100,01100, a bout half being to the men in central Pennsylvania and West Virginia. From both the union ami operators sources here, it was said that the miners would receiver an average of t-lo to io each, with some operators estimating us much as $r" a man. On this basis, all of the union's half million members were: counted as being worked during the last half of March, ami Mr. Green estimated the approximate apportionment of wages uoiv being paid, as follows; j Pennsylvania anthracite $7,."i00,(uu) ; j Pennsylvania bituminous l.L'OO.ooo ; llli-i nois k I.oOO.IKIO; Ohio t24:;U,Oon ; West' Virginia L',lOo.(ino ; Indiana l.oOO.oou ; j Iowa "i0,00o; Missouri $420.0110; Kan i ' sas . 17",000; Oklahoma. Arkansas, nnd. j .f 7.",o. Odd ; Colorado. .Montana and Wash : ington tVi.oiMi cadi; Yvyoining f to". i ooo ; Maryland, .ioo.oiiO; Michigan i 1 J.'i.ooo ; 'Kentucky !oo,ooo; Alabama 700,000; an ! Teiinessess $li."io,IIOO. In some districts a part of this money, particularly in Kentucky and Alabama, was said to be due men, who are at work, but it also was pointed out that non union men participating in the suspen sion have some wa'p's due them. UNION SEEKS TO PARALYZE ALL NON-UNION OPERATORS PITTSBURGH. April v Karncst effort- to paralvze mm union operators in the most eastern r gions of district No. United Mine Workers of America, and the Western Imrt of the central Penn- yvv.1Mj., district are being pushed by ' ,,.,,,.r renorts from Westmoro- i union land, Fayette and .Sum rset counties indi I cate. i Officials of the miners' organization I last night inva.hd tiie Z.-mor'coal field j in Somerset countv and enrolled L'"i! of a possible 400 miners on wtriKe against a reduction ot v.ig.s. 1 lie miners em ployed ley the Itnepnal oaf .Mining oni , pany at Sward, also numm-ring about loO, were urgam.-d. Completion ot the organization of; miners at lb-vim- bus lieen effected. It was reported that mines of the Berwind White Coal Company at Winber would be tied up today. The Caimbrook field is said to Ix- almost completely organized and only two small mines of a total of mm1 due li that coke were operating yester.lay with re 1 forces. ports from Uiiiontovvu indicate.) the situation in the Cunnellsvilh region, Kavctte county, was un- changed. FAIL TO REACH AMICABLE N'KW VOUK. Arril s. I'nio'i rep-1 nseiitat ivi-s and delegates from the in j thraeitc coal operators, who have been in session as a Rage negotiation committee, suspended their conferences to.l.iv and returned to their res-ctive districts. It: was announced that they would resume sessions Tuesday, when their efforts t bring nlout a settlement of the strike will be renewed. The basis1 upon which oiierators wi!I conduct their tight for wage reductions were outlined today by S. D. Wrriner, president of the Lehigh Owl Coini.anv. ITe asserted, however, that the operators i had not yet decided what lereentaee ofitered in the reduction they will seek to incorporate in the new anthracite contract. "The price of coal has reached a point where the market i threatened by the competition of such substitute) as coke, gas. certain grades of bituminous coal. wood, electricity, which can now be burn ed more cheatdy than anthracite coal," said Mr. Warriner. MWhat we must have is a wtge struc ture by which we can produce ecthacite and deliver it to the public at a reason able price. I'nless people buy our coal tin' mines will be idle part of the time. A good market will mean mines in oper at ion the year around. We believe tho miners ouht to be equally interested in producing coal at a reasonable price and keeping the mines operating, for then ho is assured full time wages and a higher standard of living.' ' John L. Lewis, president of the Uni ted Mine Workers of America, and Vice President' Phillip Murray will continue to maintain Ntrike headquarters during their presence here, they announced to day. Both officials declared that in view of the government 's faiure to draw thebitu- j minion operators into a wage confer j ciice with the miners, TJiey were "en trenches themselves for a long drawn out battle." Although report of violence were beginning to come in from the West Virginia fields, their organizers would "continue to invade the enemy territory to form new unions and close down more, nun union mines," they said. UNION LEADERS MAKE PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS (By Tho Associated Vresa.) CHARLESTON'. W. Va., April 8. Union leaders of districts 17 and 29, I'uited Mine Workers, wero devoting; their efforts yesterday and today to personal inspection tours of the south eru West Virginia fields and to organ ization mass meetings. They reported that u mine at Matewaa had been clos ed by the walkout of non-union work, ers. Williamson oiierators claimed a production of 20,000 tons yesterday, with all mines working at normal ca pacity. Logan, Pocahontas and Fairmont re gion output was also said to be normal by the ojierators. Five mines in tho Kanawha region were to open today, they added, in addition to the 18 previ ously operating. Union headquarters at Beckley re isirted that two or three non-union, mines in the Winding Gulf field had closed when the workers, without un ion solicitation, laid down their tools. The first arrest growuig out of the strike situation, was reported from Ben wood, when a strike sympathizer was taken by a deputy sheriff, charged witl having assaulted a non-union miner. All but the Panama mine in- Marshall county were reported last night to bo closed . JUDGE J. G. JENKINS DIED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY. Col. Thomas L. Craig received a tel-' cgram Saturday morning announcing the dentli in a New York city hospital of -; bis uncle. Judge .1. -C. Jenkins. A message received late yesterday arter- noon from nr. L. Jenkins, Washington, had brought the news ot Judge Jenkins' critical illness. Judge Jenkins was a brother of Mrs. John II. Craig, of this city, and of Mr. L. L. Jenkins, formerly of Gaa--tenia but now living in Washington. Hi- spent many years in the Philippine' Islands as a United States Judge ami since his retirement from that iiositiou, had made bis home in Washington. Funeral services and burial will take place in New York city Sunday after noon. He was also a brother of Mrs. Mile Hoffman, of Dallas. ' DECLARES LABOR IS NOT LOSING GRIP. ( UMIiKKLAN'D, Md., April 8. J IvVprescntatives of the miners of ths Maryland i'nd upp-r Potomac (West Virginia) coal fields who wero request el to meet in conlerenee witn a num- .r - perators have replied that noth j ing ..in be done until a basis is estafi jj,M , ; (j nt rat competitive Beld, r-ler to stabilize tho n,., -, , v j coa' industry." U,l,(ir i, not losing its grip ill this scctinn. not w ithstamiing reports to tne contrary." declared President Frank J. Drum, of the union district. Tie Western Maryland Railway yes ti rdav reported 24 cars loaded in the upper Potomac, .'! in Somerset and 13 at mines between ('uiulerland and Con nellsvil'i The loading at Bayard, W., Va., i ' d the storm center of the up jh t l'ot.. mac, was rcporteil to be four cais. i'iio tons. Union leaders denied th.it any miners here had seceded from the union, contradicting reported State ments of oHT;ltors. More than joo rmployis of the Bat- tin, ore i. (tfio li'ailroad, working on tho w;f lx tvvei : fur'oue siou. of the Cumberland division Keyser aud ilrafton, have Iteen d on account of strike depres AUTO RACER WILL USE WIRELESS TELEPHONE. lM'IAN'APOLIS, April 8. A wire less telephone will lie used by one dri v r in the GoO mile automobile race at the Indiaiiawlis motor ieedway May : to keep in touch with his pit during; the long grind, it was announced hero today . The car was designed and en race by Louis and Arthur Chevrolet, of this city. Louis Chevro let designed and bailt the winning cars in tho 1920 and 1921 rseea. Pointing out that driver and chanicians lose track of their standing in the long race after they harm gomn several laps, the Chevrolet broiirs Ip clare.1 the wireless telephone mil enab! the auto-pilot to k'fp in constant ton. )i with bis pit and know at sll times t.i pbce and other v.Uuable lafnmiatty u.