III GA
ETTG
Local Cotton
ir Cents
VOL. XLHI. NO. 89.
GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14, 1922.
SINGLE COPY S CENTS
OMTONIA DA
Weather:
Cloudy
MINERS TRY TO
ENLIST MORE HON UNION
MEN TO JOIN THE STRIKE
Today End Second Week of
National Coal atrike - itue i
Miners Gained Total of 25,-1
000 During Week. j
(By The Associated Press.) ;
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April 11.
With the end today of tho second week ,
of the nation-wide suspension of work mi ;
the coal industry, interest at union head,
quartern hero was centered in the progress :
of enlisting more non-union workers n
the walkout. The total of tibj.uuO itl ,
miners, claimed -by the union, showed ;i
gain of more than 2o,00U during the j
week, and the opinion in union circles j
was that the strike had iut yet readied'
its peak strength.
Gains scored in the Pennsylvania j
coke districts were the most significant'
developments from the union point of
... . . - ..v I I l I
view, wnno me oniy ri-u'i.w r
tenujorarv injunction, affecting two
un-
VVout Virirluia fields, wind
lia m-
....... n
uproit th union activities. In t
tlie lat-
fi I. a inivpvnr. T no union '-
admit any loss of men, who .lome, in
tho suspensin durinjr the first week. 1 Urns
also were being laid 1'Y. counsel fur the
union to contest the court- orm rs-
Tho support gained in
rnnia 11 Oil - II ill 0 11 fields'" lia
the I'onnsyl
encouraged union ofliclals to concentrate much of U
..rV there, new organizers having been
sent into the districts,
apparently was to gum
trm-n of tho mines then
While th
liO.'O
nli.it-
:i complet
, no pre
id ion oi
such success hud yet
been
mad.- I'.v
. n: . h-.m ii i is in siiiiie locni-
Hies were said to lie having ti".i..!e es
tablishing contact with th- "in """'
workers, union ofli.-inls n-seit,ii; the
meetines were diim-ii;. or imp
cause of the activities u
mine guards.
1,500 NEGROES HOMELESS I
IN BIG NORFOLK FIDE i
i
300 Homes Destroyed by Fire
in Berkeley District Tents;
From Navy Yard Are Being!
Used.
(By The Associated Press.) I
NOKFOLK, Aptil 1 I - - With the
break of day this morning Norfolk
Started its preparations for the relief
of the 1 ,50(1 or more negroes rendered
homeless lry a lire in Berkeley lasf j
night, which destroyed .'!(() hones.
A large cook tent was on did to he.
operated by the Department of Public f
Welfare, and tents from the navy yard j
were erected in the St. Helena reserva -'
tion to give men of the negro colony j
shelter. Women and children were ta-j
ken cure of fit the homes of negroes iii ;
Berkley and Norfolk. !
The city with the aid of the red,
cross, the negro ministerial as.'ocrit ion j
of Norfolk, and other local agencies j
will be able to handle the situation.
A guard composed of police, sailors
nnd marines, will he thrown around the
Kt. Helena
the homeless
;'seratiou. and
men vill be al!
no o
iwed
,e lei
in th
tents.
Ho rapidly did the f
suddenly did it start,
was dunned and hard
ie sprea
that all
y knew
I and so
I'.eikley
wiiat to
iks nave
.es Were
ontlagr i
do. Then the show
is
ot spa
warning that the iso
l.-ited Id:.
but the
licginning
f a big
around
tiou, and for
gnu to move
block'
their
ITects
t
streets.
As daikms- fell eonfn-i
worse. Lights in th,- disiii,
ened by fire were cut off.
s Hin
elllp.-ll!
of sailors and marines tli.it na
d b.
early on the scene, v. ere a ug oieiit
the night drew on by additional
tachments. The men were u i
d
guards and in lighting the tbines ami
in tearing down houses in tic path of
the blaze. Control of the tire was an
lioiinccd when the wind died down.
Ifeports to police today indicated that
the matches or cigarettes throun by
youngsters who were tinishing up a
game of ball near the dismantled lum
ber mill was responsible for the star!
of the blaze, which began with a small
lire ut Hie lumber mill and soon beeolne
a roaring furnace covering i or
eight blocks of homes and business
houses .
Four navy yard tug wire engaged
ill helping to fight the lire along the
water front. While the tug advance
carried detachments of men back and
forth from Berkley to the navy yard,
other tugs brought hose and fire fighting
apparatus. A party of bluejackets
kept watch over buildings at the St.
Helena reservations and threw water
on them and on the grass tjiere to pie
vent spread of the fire to government
property.
McCORMACK UNABLE TO
SING FOR MANY MONTHS
(Bv The Assoclaxen Tress.)
NEW YORK. April 34. John M -Coruiack,
noted tenor, who was stricken
with an "affection of the throat here last
Saturday and whose illness became alar.n
inj on Wednesday, was declared to have
pusxed the crisis, but he will not be able
to ttin again for several month'. I'hysi
r in lis in attendance upon the singer as-
aerted the illness would not affect thei
quality of his voice, as the infection was
above the larynx.
All concert engagements made by Mr.
McCoruiack, have been cancelled nnd he
has given up his plan to leave on May -for
a tour of Ireland and continental
Europe. The illness was said today to
have dated lck to February oy when
the tenor, while filling a concert engage
ment at Minneapolis, had a severe attack
of laryngitis, fcinco that time his condi
tion bag not been good.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, partly cloud; toai&ht, j valuable (docks in several stores ha-..; j r, ported dying in tho hospital, and the Washington for the purpose of present -Saturday
local showers, no change in J been ruined. Crest of the flood is notj third, a baker, named Sloan, Froteslant,! '"K tllC for air and; sea fightiue;
temperature, , cxpt. ted for another day at k-aft. - !; .lied in tho street after being '!"- ,'"Bft Uf ' 'raffiy
TO GROW WHISKERS AS
IN THE DAYS OF '49
SACRAMENTO, CALIF., April 14.
In keeping with the pirit of '49
ail memberi of the Sacramento base
ball team, from Manager Charlie
Pick, to the utility brigade, today
agreed to grow whiskers provided Wil
liam H. McCarthy, president' of the
Pacific Coast League, will permit it.
The movement started with Oscar
Stanage, who argued that in view of
the days of '49 celebration to be held
in Sacramento next May, it would be
proper for the Sacramento ball club
to grow whiskers and look like "For
ty Niners." The days of '49 com
mittee, hearing of the plan, has de
cided to make a contest of the whis
ker growing and has offered a list of
prizes for players growing the best
set.
A telegram has been sent to Presi
dent McCarthy, in San Francisco,
asking for a whisker ruling. Pend
ing the ruling Sacramento players
will not shave.
NONE OFFER TO FURNISH
BAIL FOR GEN. SEMENOFF
Former Anti-Bolshevik Leader
Is Still in Ludlow Jail
' Surety Companies Refuse to
j Give Bond. :
(iiy The Aomtea Press.)
' NKW V()!K. April 11. Attorneys
retained by (ieneral (iregorie Hemeiioff. I
former leader of anti-bolshevik forces jii )
eastern Liberia, resumed their efforts
today to secure the release of their cliiftit j
from the Ludlow street jail, to which lie
j was committed last night on default bf
i bail. It was declared that in a few bouts'
a new tiail liond to replace mo one cay
j ceiled yesterday by the Fidelity and 1
' i,i,.-it ( loimnnv. of Mai viand, would b
arranged and that the Cossack chieft
j would again be at liberty.
I Several surety companies refused to
! furnish bonds for SemenofT, pleading
patriotic reasons' for their action. As
' a result, the general surrendered to Sle-r-I
iff N'agel shortly after 4 o'clock. lie
; declared his occupation was " lieutenant -i
general" and that he was I'.'J years of
j age. lie was assigned to cell No. -S, on
the upper tier of the jail before his pret-
ty, young bride appeared to make ar
I rangemeiits for his meals being sent into
him.
I A hearing in the bankruptcy proceed
ings against Semenolt' by the receiver of
! the Yourovota Home and Foreign Trad
ing Company, which caused his arrest In
this citv, was called for this afternoon.
SOOY OF SOLDIER SPEAKS
AT HOME STILL UNBORIED
Father
Not
ance
of Dead Soldier WiK
Accept $5,000 Insur
From Government.
(By The Associated Vress.)
iST AT Kt? VILLI-.'. April 1:!. There is
nation -wide interest in the unusual an
nouncement that an Iredell county man,
John Speaks, has refused to accept $.1,
iiini insurance which the government has
ollered and is read,- to pay on the life of
his son. Thomas Speaks, who was killed
in oeisea.s service ilurimr the world war.
Another pecu'iarity about this citizen
is that he refuses to bury the body of his
boy. The remains of Thomas Speaks ar
rived in Statesville in August, lill'l, ami
wo-" immediately taken to the home of
hi-i parents, near Jennings p itsollice. a-
I t L" miles north of Statesville. lnj
St pti oilier following, the writer male a j
-I'o-ial isit to the Speaks heme audi
found the casket of the dead soldier bov j
rest ing
in the
Mr.
want t
on tvv
hairs in the best room
house.
peaks
bury
dated that
his boy and
not
WOUle
do so
not
so unless
he
was forced to
bv
law.
adding that he
house nearby in
until bis own di
meant to build
which to koi p ;
ith ami then he
little
body
noted
t!
li
mains of his boy to be placed be
side his own. Lat"st reports indicate
that the young .soldier's body still rests
undisturbed in the home of his parents,
eight months after its arrival.
Another peculiarity about Mr. Speaks
i-i that while he reads his Bible regular-,
ly and claims to be deeply religious, stiil
be is at variance with the churches and
will not' attend a church or Sunday'
school an i will not permit a no niUr of:
hU family to attend public religious scr-:
v in s ot any kind.
Local authorities would have forced'
Speaks to hurv the body of his son if it.
had been shown to be insanitary, but the;
remains have been reduced to a skeleton
and the county health officials could not'
say that it was dangerous! to Hie health;
of the family, and therefore w ie power-!
lies to enforce burial. j
PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM ;
HOMES BY HIGH WATER
.Bv The Associated Press.)
I'.KA HDSTOWN', ILLS.. April 14. j
Waters of the Iiliinois river continued
rising today and three fourths of the!
population of this city of .""" had been I
driven from their homes or weie residing)
i in tlie second story rooms, nan oi m. .
area of the citv is under water.
Railroad tracks of the Chirag. Bur-;
lington & Ouinev, the only road still able;
to operate trains here, were tlucati
by the rising waters. A force ot
men worked to maintain the road
tied
:;oo !
Another large force was at work on tno;
south Beanlstown levee, which prott.ts
6,nti acres of wheat land. :
During the night thirty more tannins ;
were compelled to leave their homes ami,
join the refugees in- Hie high land-.;
Jsoine difficulty is being experienced n
maintaining sanitary conditions, as inaiiyi
nf tl wvpm hnvp ttfen broken. So tar:
it is difficult to estimate the damage, but,
Europe's Financial Tangle Is'SDICIDE OF WIDOW THIRD
Brought Up For Consideration
At The Genoa Conference
Louis Barthou'a Plea For France Is Widely Commented on
Seeks to Justify France's Position.
(J5y The Associated Tress.)
GF.XOA, April 14. Kuroiie's finan-
I cial tangle was brought to the front for
consideration at today's sessions of tic
i (ienua conference, further discussion of
! Russian affairs having been postponed
j until tomorrow.
Sir Hiixil Blackett, eontryller of the
! British treasury, called his special con
j sultutive committee of financial experts
together, hoping to evolve the basis for
, a preliminary report to the financial coni-
mission of the conference tomorrow.
tins spo.-inl committee, winch was ap
pointed yesterday, comprises repn-senta-thes
of virtually evojy European coun
try except Russia, and its members are
reputed to be the leading financial ex
pcrts of the
continent. They are
i'X
for
ma
the
peeled to di
vise practicable plans
straight ning
lit Europe's economic
clmiery.
Louis Bnrthou's address before
Ijiglish and American newspaper
respondents y sterday, the report
whic
spread through conference circles,
DR. JOHN GIFFEN DIED
IN CAIRO, EGYPT
Brother-in-Law of Dr. J. C.
Galloway and One of Fore
most and Best Known Mis
sionaries of United Presby-
n . ... rt h
Pneumonia Was Recogi
nized as International Ay
M -
thority.
New
Dr. .)
his In
recogi.i
siomirh
'htirch
Giffen
' was received by cable todny by
'. Galloway of the death of
other in-law. Dr. John Giffen,
el a -i one of the foremost mis
s of the I'nited i 'resbyterian
At the time of his death Dr.
w a s
president of a tug college at
Assiiit. and
I
rotessor in the theological
.seminary in
I charge of al
Cairo. He was also in
I the building operations of
'resbyterian mission in ('ai
the I'nited 1
ro .
Di. Giffen went to I'.gvpt in
1 S7."
a missionary from the C I'. church.
On the same boat went Miss Mary Gal
leuay, a sister of Dr. ,1. (.'. Gullowir .
of Gastonia. She was the first mi
sionary sent out by the Associate Ke
formed I're-by terian Church. They
were married within a year or two nf
tei their arrival in Kgypt. Mrs. Gif
fen died some s'Veil or tight years la
ter, and her body was interred in Cai
ro. Dr. Giffeu later married the sec
ond time. All h's children live in the
North and West.. He was a native of
St. i lairsvillo, Ohio. At his death he
was "s vears old.
; No details concerning 1 he illness were
contained in the cablegram other than
'that he died of pneumonia last week.
I The body will be buried in the Ameri-
i eiin cemetery in Cairo. j
; Dr. Giffen was recognized inti r na-
liona'lv as a keen student of affairs in I
I the Kar Last. Dr. William T. Kllis
Csaid that of all the diplomat', army of
ficials and dignitaries he met during
j his world journey . Dr. Giffen had the
'clearest grasp of the problems and sit
Illations in tilat section of the world. I
j Dr. Giffen had often visited in Gas
' toniii at the home of Dr. Galloway and
jnews of his death will be received whit
genuine regret .
PROPOSE DAILY FLIGHTS
BETWEEN N. Y. AND CHICAGO
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. April 14. Daily flights
between Xevv York and Chicago by air
planes carrying Jim) persans. will be in
augurated .soon, according to an announ
cement by Mrs. Kdilh Rockefeller M;
Cormick, Mrs. McCormick told a meeting
of the women's committee of the civic
opera association yesterday that she be
came interested in Hie plans for the air
lino two years ago. She predicted that
in a short time trans-continental pa
sender planes excelling those now in it'
in Kurope in capacity, and comfort, will
be operated.
'!t vv.Di almost two years ago,' - said
Mrs. McCormick. "that the plans were
submitted to me and I became much in
terested. They provide for two pas n
ger panes costing jl'MUi.OOO (ach wiih
a capacity of L'Ud persons and J.l.ooo
pounds of freight.
"We expect they will negotiate He dis
tance lietweeu Chicago and New Vork .a
ten hours. The rates will be as lea-oi
able as those in our best transcoiii
nental trains today, and round trips en
be made easily in a single day."
STORMY EASTER IS
PREDICTED FOR BELFAST
(Bv The Associated Press.)
BELFAST, April 14. A stoia v
Kastertide in Belfast is predicted by
those wIki have watched the sequence d'
disorders here, as the result f a con
certed attack on a patrol of special con
stables in Joy street last night. The
members of the patrol were making their
Tounds after the curfew hour, when a
burst of firing from windows and roofs
wounded four of the officers. The so m
of the attack is ini the Sinn Fein sis tion
of the city.
Further shootings, although not be
lieved to have been in the nature of re
pristua. occurred today at the termination
of the eurfew period. All took place in
Crumlin Road, two miles from the scene
f last night 's affair. The first victim
was a Protestant baker named Carmich
aei, ,,0 was assassinated while return
intr from work. th I .. ..,.r,.r-i.
tion cleaner. Catholic, who was shot and;
I was widely coin incnted ,m t,is morning
- as indicating that Frame, while persis
tently conciliatory, is determined to play
no second tiddle at ('cuoa. On the con
trary, the impression is strong tint
France will insist to the bitter end on her
Tight to live," as tin- French put it eol
!oitiially. The head of tin- Fu n. h delegation,
who is one of his country's most per
suasive rti tors, was in-u r in better form1
than when he scored those whom he
charged with unjust ilia : ,! v indicting
France as a inililai is i , - nation. After
sketching
.ation, in
Fra lice '
the art-
contribution t
liter. ilure. and
i civili
science he added :
"It is the very
Fiance which is
vain enough to
still needs Franc
we are calm and
I lt i II -c
at -l-iki
1 M ' i( V . ' I
C. ,' ;,,
rca-ii ii ;i i i !i
of intellectual
and we are
lat the world
not excite I ;
, a m I read)- I o
in'.ng Kurope,
e gieat need
: to be judged
work in the great ta-k o
for work, not wonls, i
of t he hour. 1'ra m e w U
bv her acts, not words. '
MR. E.P. LEWIS TO GO
INTO DAIRY BUSINESS
Another Gaston County Farm-;
I er Is Getting Into Milk and.1
Butter Production Will Be-
Gradually.
-'
I
on
Ninother (i;iM"ii counlv
vint.. ,i. .i,,,-, i. ,,.,. .
w he
M r.
lied
the
1 P. Lewis, whose line farm is
the New Hopr
('. ( )i 't hopuc'1 ic
mean that Mr.
load ,iist
bevon I
N.
not
I a i.
t ho
the
Hospital. I 1 1 i
Lewis will all
wis
:t le
ill
cultivation ot cotton. He is one ot
11
most successful cnttoa planters in
county. However. Mr. Lewis plans !
into the dairy biisines-i, with I In- a
tance of his son. Mr. William Lewi
graduate of N. C. State College. Mr.
I'witi has been connected with D'ihks
dairy farm at Kui-kinghnm for the past
year or two, but came home a few months
ago to take charge of the dairying on
his father's farm. It is not the inten
tion of the Messrs. Lewis to plunge Mid
denly into the cow business, but to work
into the business gradually.
Mr. Lewis has one of the !ines. farms
in the county. It is abundantly stock
ed witih fruit trees. Mr. Lewis sold
more than worth of apples alone
ear before last. The 1'JL'l apple crop
s short, ide is expecting a good crop
nr. Mr. Lewis has lately install
ed ;. 'egnll witter system plant, sold
by ;i n ' concern. Tin- pi, i nt, 'accord
ing to Mr. Lewis is giving complete satis
faction in every particular. He has
water a. his barn, in his h inse and else
where on the premises. The systini do
livers water by a process if -oiuptcscil
air. This system ran be used in wells,
springs, lakes or rivers, regard less ut di
tance from where po.wr is located, ami
i water supplied to as many faucets as ,
sired thus providing the home in tin
! country, villasj' or school, with the same
conveniences as tliosc Iouini i!i city.
This t-ysteiu of water is not store I In
a tank where it becomes Male and warm
in summer and freezing in winter, but,
is delivered directly from the bottom of j
the well, or spring, at all times undet j
direct pressure. I
ROPER OFFERS TO MEET
ED "STRANGI.ER"
LEWIS
(By The Associate,! 1'resj.)
WICHITA, K AS., April II. Ca,i
tain Hob Uoper, heavyweight boxer, hen
for the wrestling match last night be
tween Kd "St rangier" Lewis, champion
and Karl Cadiloek, of Iowa, challeugei
Lewis to a mixed wrestling and linvm;
bout. l'wis win the last two of t'n
three falls last night.
In issuing the challenge Uoper -aid:
"I am willing nnd very anxious '
meet Lewis in such a bout. Hof tak
inn on IVnipsev. Lewis can trv out lib
.stuff on snue one not so
willing to meet Lewis in
and will post :i side be' '
I ran beat him. It' hc
his l)enii-ey offer good i
rue first."
nmd. I am
i mixed boet
.flu. mm that
ints to make
should nice;
ATLANTA COUPLE TO BE
MARRIED AT BASEBALL GAME.
(By The Associated Press.)
ATLANTA. April 11. A wedding at
th. home plate .ni l a serenade by Geor
gia Tech's " Kambbii' Wreck" band
were added attractions announced for
the opening game in Atlanta of the
P'L"-' Southern Association season be
tween Chattanooga and Atlanta today.
I!. .J . Spiller, president of the club,
stated that Mrs. Cora Cooper and Gor
don Flowers, both of this city, had ac
cepted his offer of $j" to any couple
who wuld be married at the plate prir
to (he game, and that he would also
present them with season passes.
YACHTS AND AIRPLANES TO
COMBAT BOOTLEGGERS.
fBv Ttm Aoo;atd t'reaa.j
SAN FRANCIS! O.April 14. Arm
ed seagoing yacht- and war airplanes
to combat the ring of international
bootleggers, said to be Hooding Pacific
coast cities with tliusamls of gallons of
smuggled liquor monthly will be re
ouested of becretary of the Treasury
.Mellon, it was made Known today, as a j
result of the conference bctwen William
ji. namuion, rsaa rrauciseo eolieetor I ,,ari v v
of customs, and Millard T. Hartsou, 0'vio.k
collector of customs at Seattle. j,,1 ".
Hartson came to San Francisco to ' !
confer with Hamilton on means of ' c "
meeting the situation on the Canadian
bonier. Hamilton leu last night for
lett
IN SERIES TRAGEDIES IN
THE OLICKSTEIN FAMILY
Widow of Dr. Abraham Glick
stein, Who Was Killed Last
December by Mrs. Lillian
Raisen, Brooding Over Ac
quittal of Miss Stone, Kills
Herself.
NFAV YORK. April I I
Mrs. Anna
Abraham
(ill, kstein. w iduw
(licksti-in. wlni was
Hi
-hoi
and killed by
llecember lit,
i front of her
iiue, Brooklyn,
n had appar-
M is
l!L'l.
home
ea rlv
entlv
I. ilb
li.li.Sl II, 'ill
1 1 1 1 1 dead il
. Jersey av.
The Wnlh;
! d suicide .
of Mrs. I i
w
on No
today .
commit
Sllidd.
i ii k st i-i n is tie
third death in a tragic - ins which be
gan last llecember, when in. Abraham
(ilickstein, a practioinr ni - 1 1 1 prom
inence in Uiooklyii, was slain by H
woman who had been admitted with
other patiouN to his office. The actu
al shooting was not witnessed by auv
of the ollnr patients in the physician's
Mailing room, and the hist that was
know ii
St lllllll
ne loss
escape
lice.
of it was
o.l through
the thie-lio
I by a real
w hen
a door
d. Hi
door b
Dr.
and
tin
( i Iii kstein
fell dying
;illant ha 1
inner of
I J)r. (Ilicksteii
I w hen she iew e,
l: l ;..... .
em s mother tell ilcail
lis body upon its be-
jug taKon into
the (ilickstein home.
; For severa I
; Vork pursued
ia s after tin
lays the police of New
various clues, but th.ee
shooting n woman nam-
I Mr
Lillian Raisen siirrcn I
e, confessing that s
killed III. (ilickstein
i
I nlli
and
had
She
for
per-
her
,dei la red her
1 a n oM'i'a t ion
motive was veiigean
the physician had
her, which renderc
j termed upon
i incapable of
j admitted she
, Im-i 0 ' 1 under
; t.,i and hail
becoming
had fur
the J 1 1 ll lit' II
submitted
i mother. She
several years
" of the" doc
to the alleged
I opeialion nt his reipicst .
Mrs I'aisen is now a prisoner in the
j K.'ivinoiid street jail, this city, awaiting
trial before the King's county court on
a c ha rge of murder .
; Mrs. Glickstein apparently eneded her
I life by leaping from the third dory
w iudow .
J Mrs. Glicksteiu had been laboring
under ;i heavy mental strain since her
' husband was shot, members of the fam-
ily indicated, and it was said she had
j been brooding over the recent, acipiittal
, of Oliv ia. M . 1'. Stone for the murder
lot' Kllis Guy Kinkead Mrs. liaison,
I who has confessed the murder of Dr.
Ghikstem. is now a prisoner in the
same jail where Mis Stone was incar
i era ted, awaiting t na I .
.Mrs. Lenta Tubnusky, mother of Mrs.
(ilickstein, said that nt the time of
Miss Stone
trial her daughter cx-
claimed :
"If the Stone woman goes free
woman who murdered my husband
go fi'v. Anyway, as long as the
tor is dead 1 might as well bo
nil -elf. ' '
, the
will
,loc-
dead
DEATH OF PATRICK CONNOR
MAY REMAIN MYSTERY
Was Shot Four Times by Un-J
known Assailant in Central (
Park Was Former S i n n j
! Feiner and May Have Been;
Shot in Retribution. j
j NKW YORK, April 14. Death to-j
j day w.is s'aliding by the bedside of I'at-j
: rick Connor in the. IL-const i net ion hospi-j
tal, and ready to seal, perhaps forever,;
, the mystery attending the apparent l j
; premediated atta.k upon him late last I
night in one of the most exclusive ivsi-
donee sections of the city. The man who
, fired four shots into Connor's body hadj
been lying In wait for him near the Herd'
i st root (iitram-e to 1 Vat in I I 'ark, and lie J
I was seen by a number of persons talk j
' ing with another man and a girl, who
j were today Ik ing sought by the uuthori-
i tic. !
I Connor lapsed into unconsciousness,
before he could tell the name of his :is
i sailant, and members of i.is family wviv '
I silent. Around the case, however, tin re
j was a n atmosphere of cold blooded indie!
tiveiiess that has been missing in most of
New York's long ljst or' iceelit homicide
cases. Many reports eaiiu
,1
ciirrencv. ,
fragment i
romantic
bill mi ' 1 hat , -it her ha 1
of tru'h supporting i'
onie
or was
I'llimil to be bellev
was to the effect
sii.ii Feiner, had
ei'iou fur having
that Connor, a f-.rmer S
been shot dow n i a ret riou
bet raved his I-isii comp.i
British.
riots to the
LINES DRAWN FOR FIGHT ON
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL j
WASHINGTON. April 14. Lines'
i were draw u
battle over
j naval approj
; an enlisted t
tee House today for the
1"
Isollllel section of the
i-i! 1 : ! : . providing lor
,,t' b"i.oiio. Both- sides
i.-tory iu the vote on
0 increase the force to
1 apprentice seamen as
,v, led iu the bill. The
were claim:-'
the amcieiu '
Mt.000 wi'ti '
ngaind -. '
1 1
porsonm 1 -' '
reached la'c b
ed doubt f vi
nicndineii! won
,:i wis expectoil to be
lay. although it appear
, fiicr debate ou the a
I .nd in time to iiermit
a vote
fore a
in
l.ilKH
ell 1 11 1 1
.lllelit
tee
of the whole
the night.
be-
FUNERAL
OF CONG. BRINSON
TO BE HELD TODAY.
II
NKW f unera i
The Associated Press.)
;Ki;. N. ('., April 4. The
,,t I,', ides, utative Samuel M.
f the third North Carolina
Brins
distri'
on.
t.
v,ii,i died at a local hospital
sterday. ill be held here at 3
this afternoon from the First
ehnrdi and interment will take
Cedar Grove cemetery.
TDDirS COTTON MARKET
Strict to tout middling
Cotton Seed
. .17e'
, .6'Jc
FATHER RESCUED BABY
FROM CONDOR'S CLUTCHES
GENEVA, April 14. Seizure of
a Swias peasant's baby by a huge
bird identified as a condor, is chron
icled by the Oberlander Voks Zeitung.
The mother, while weeding her gar
len on the slopes of the high Hasli
berg mountian, left the child sitting
on a blanket on the grass. Her hus
band, seeing the condor swoop down
and lift the infant into the air, ran
for his army rifle, and shot the bird,
which feli so slowly that youngster
was only slightly injured.
The condor had a wing spread of
17 ftet, 5 inches, and a beak 16 1-2
Inches in length. That it is a true
condor, which is a native of the South
American Andes, is vouched for, ac
cording to the newspaper, by Profes
sor Cochson Maul, University of
Berne ornithologist. It will be stuff
ed in the Berne Museum.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
HOLD EASTER SERVICE
Rev. R. C. Long Will rreacn
Special Sermon to Gastonia
Commander y, No. 28,
Knights Templar, at Main
Street Methodist Church.
Special Kastor services will be observed
by Gnslnnia Comma ndery. No. L'S,
Knights Templar
li'.l. It rt .
Sunday evening, April mmgerousiy small ami imperils the na
Long will preach ai t iniii 1 defense,'' General Ilarbord eon-
"i ii. uev. n. . i.ong win preach a
ipeeini sermon to the Kinuhts at Mam
Street Met hodist churi h at 7 : 10 o 'dock.
I'll, following instructions h.m
been de
iivered to the Sir Knights:
Gastonia Coinmanderv No. US, Kni
Templar will observn Kaster Servici
bts
on
Sunday evening. April ICth, l!l'J.
Vou will therefore ass, -nihlo in the
Asylum, Masonic Hull, in full Templar
filiform, promptly at li:l." o'clock. Sun
day evening ami go in a body to Main
Street Methodist Church, where the Kast
( r Service will bo held.
Attendance at this Service is obliga
tory upon all Knights Templar, and your
prompt attendance s expected.
The program for the day:
f:4.") p. m. Assemble in Asylum in
full Templar 1'nifurm.
7 : GO p. m. Rehearsal and Inspection.
7:1.1 p. m. Leave Asylum and march
to Main Street Methodist Church.
7:ob p. m. Special Kaster Sermon by
Uev. Sir Rosvvell C Long.
SUNRISE COMMUNION SERVICE
AT MAIN STREET CHURCI .
'out inning their beauiiful custom J of
welcoming the Kaster Ihiy with the lis j
ing of tlie sun, the congregation of
Main Street Methodist church will aV
semble promptly at ti o'clock Sunday '
morning tor tin.-) most delight t ul ami en
pressivn service. The choir will render
a lie.iiitiiul aninein ami ueaii.v loved Today marked tho dose of the 192J
hymns of the Resurrection will be sung., spring training for George Wiltse 's Buf
There will be a brief Kaster message by f;ilo Internationals as far as Gastonia
Miss Lola Lug, director of young pe.- ( concerned. 'n. lin.ti workouts ended
pies work of the church, after which the Kriday afternoon, when the Bison-Coluui
pastor will administer the sacrament off: bia game ended in favor of the latter,
the Lord's supper. I IS to 17. .
.... , . . , -111 1 .11.. I .... '
I lie i nurcii w in oe ncniii 1 1 no v uocoi
ate. I, the general oai-Kgrourid Doing
same as al i nristmas time witn ine audi
tion of palms and Kaster lilies. Tlie
freshness, tin' fragrance, tho beaut v of
early morning, combined with the sense
of triumph all Christians feel on the an
niversary of the Saviour's resurrect ion .
w ill make this Holy Communion a sacred J
service indeed.
A cordial invitation is extended to all I
who do not plan to worship elsewhere ioj
join in this service. The church bell will
ring one hour before the svrvho anC
again nt .":4.. J
PRETTY GIRLS MAKING
JAUNT OVER TWO STATES
Mount Airy Maidens Carry. Along A
Big St. Bernard For Their Protection, i
WINSTOX-SALKM. April
Clad in the latest design of sport suits
and attractive gray knickerbockers, bear
ing their haversacks on their hacks and
loaning lightly on long walking staffs,
two of Mount Airy's pretty daughters.
Misses Sadie Burk and Kate Hollings-
vvort h were here tod.i
on a jaunt to see ph
Tin" girls are out
omit Carolina and
wn they visit, tln-
signature of the
1. 1 id from one of
uling lawyers on
trirl -irp mill tin-
Virginia. In even
ti
tourists will seciir.
t!
mayor. They have a
the Granite ( it.v 's !
which he tells who tin
" " ,
l'"rpose of their tramp. A large m .
Bernard dog is also making the .jm.iney.
and is regarded a one proiecrnr. .ner
a visit to lipviislinrii and High l'oiir.
the girls will return here and then hike
for Ifoanoke and thence up the Shenan
doah Valhy of the Obi Dominion.
SPARKS FROM ENGINE
BURN NITRATE LOAD
Fertilizer For Farmers In Upper Cleve-
j land Destroyed In Twelve Minutes. ;
! SHKLBY. April Li. A car load o:
! nitrate of soda was burned on the Luvvu
i dale railroad this week when this in-'
j fiamable fertilizer caught from a. spark :
i from the engine three miles north of
j Shelby. The Lawndale railroad has been;
j running extra trains in order to hamUci
I the fertilizer for the fanners in upier;
I Cleveland, who are making great crop !
j preparations. There being a scarcity of
' liox cars, and knowing the necessity to
I rush shipments through, the train crew
loaded two flat cars, put them in front
I of the engine so the sparks would not ;
endanger the fertilizer. However, one of j
the cars caught, and the cargo was com-.
Pieteiy .test roye-i w. ... 7'"u'
flam a 2 1 feet hieh shot into the air and
A
, i . ,i ,i., i
Uie siream oi suusia.u-ra xium i .i,.
1, 1L. 4 .1, ni-., n.nlt,ll 1,1 vn Tll,
cross tie were burned, the rails warped
and the flat car completely destroyed.
Value of the soda was "00.
ran uonu me o, .. . -
NEW YORK, April 14. Bandits
invaded downtown .EW York last
night. They overpowered a watchman
in a largo office building at 81 Wil
liam street and theu ripped open four
tmfes on the eighth floor N
ARMY CANNOT FUNCTION
I WITH LESS THAN 150,006
SAYS GENERAL HARBOARD
Something Must Give Way
Former A. E. F. Officer
Tells Senate Appropriation
Committee Nothing Be
low Charleston or North of
Norfolk.
WASHINGTON. April 14. The re.
ular ain.y cannot accomplish the task
set for it by law with a personnel of
less than lob.OOn. Major General J. O..
Harboi-d, deputy chief of staff, declari
cd today before the senate appropri.
Hons commit 'ee. in connection with its
consideration of the pending army ap
propria t ion bib. To attempt to earry;
out the work laid down for the war
department cith less than 150,000 men.
lie nam. ne won it mean thnt
some
thing must give wav. "
"Ther
IS
minimum limit below
which vou
aiinot go with safetv .''
(ieneral
Ilarbord told the committee.
' ' The
air service cannot be efficient be
low lo.Oim men; the cavalry and field
artillery cannot be safely diminished.
If lo.noo or more men cannot be had,
then in my judgment Congress should
frankly state a different missiou for us
and not mislead the eountry ou our na
t ioiial defense . ' '
"l believe the appropriation as pass
ed by the House of Representatives is
iiiiueM, particularly striking at thii
. nationa 1 guard, tho organized reserves,
the reserve officers' training camps and
the civilian military training camps and
so reduce the regular establishment that
the purpose of the act of June 4, 1920
t national defense act, amended), can
not lie ( arried out . "
"There is "nothing practically left at
more than care taking strength south of!
( Charleston or north of Boston," tho
w it ness tlccln red .
"Should we be. again forced into
war," he said, ''our overseas garri
sons would practically remain as the
emergency linds them. It is doubtful If
we eon Id reinforce them after war had
actually begun, ami to do it while re
lations were strained would probably
precipitate matters; the first overt act
in the war between Russia-and Japau
preceded llie declaration ot war.
BISONS DEPARTED TODAY
HOMEWARD BOUND
Break Camp and Trek North
ward Have Been in Gasto
nia One Month Were
Pleased With the Town. .
M-jm
igor Wiltse arrived in the tity on
M:iri-h
irch 17. inspected t u Lorav Bull Park. .
and finding everything satisfactory Bet-.
tied down to work, his club of playerv
reaching here the following Sunday,
March During his stay here the Bis
on manager tried out twenty-nine play'
ers at Loray Park, twenty-one of these '
being saved for the early battles in the
International circuit this year, which,
opens in New York next Tuesday.
Games wt ro played on the locaf
grounds, from March 24, to April 14,
with Mack's Moline club, champions of
the Three-I-League ; Chief Bender's
Heading club of the International; tho.
Charlotte Sally league contenders; ami
two somi-pro clubs, Ranlo and Belmont,
Out of town games were engaged in wili
Kelley's Greensville, Spinners, and tho
Charlotte Hornets.
The Bisons were brought to Gastonia
under the auspices of tlie local athletiu
association, if which Mr. Fred L.
Smyre i i chairman. Mr. Smyre reports
that the bringing of the big leaguers tv
the. city was successful and that arrange
ments will be started early next fall for
the reliiMi' i f t.'ie Internationals, or a
similar
Man.-,
many ft
lurin
iti
u ot ball plavers.
Wiltse an I his men inn do
n is- among citizens of the town
eir -: ; i - here ami they them
e p'ea-ed in e very respect with,
is s((,:ti!ern hospitality extend-
the g.
ed 'o
SUIT FOR $200,000 WAS
CAUSED BY WORLD WAR
NKW YORK, April 14 .Bitterness
caused by the world war has fouud an
echo in a suit for 200,000, begun by
Mrs. Henrietta Hunt her, of Orange,'
N. .1 , -i gainst Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Cii tor. i f this city. The action was
brought in the supreme court at White
plains, because the Victors have been
maintaining a summer home at Irving
ton on the Hudson.
Mrs. Gunther alleges the. defendants,
the uncle and aunt of her deceased
husband, alienated the affections of her
two children in revenge for her refusal
to accept their pro-German views dnr
iug the war. The father of the chil
dren committed suicide in the city in
1913, and in 1917 Mrs. Gunther said,
she consented to surrendering "custody,
of the children' til 'the VietorS, beinjf
promised in eusideratiou of her action
money for her support from a fund set
aside for the support and education of
the children by their grandmother, Sho
declared she had received only small
liayiiients and that the Victors bad ue
ceeded in alienating the affection of tl0
.... . . . ,
cniuiren iro.u ncr.
At a hearing relative to the jurisdie-
: .wl.. V...
the action, held here, it wa alleged by
counsel for tho defendant that action
in the case hud been delayed so o
prevent Mr. and Mrs. 'Vietor nailing
for Europe today and that th plaint
iff's allegations bad no basis in fact.
A reply will be submitted by the at
torneys for the defendant iu a fe