W fl AZETTE
Weather:
Warmer
Local Cotton
17 Cents
GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1922.
VOL. XLIII. NO. 102.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
TRYING TO HARMONIZE
DIFFERENCES IN FRENCH
AND BRITISH DEMANDS
British Program Deals More
Fully With Credits For Rue
sia French Want Former
Owners Given Indemnity
Barthou Will Not Quit Con
ference. (Ht Tho Aaiociated TresO
GENOA, April 29. In line with
Prime Minister Lloyd George 'a declara
tion that the new Allied proposals to
the Russians must !e considered :ig a
whole, a HiH-eial drafting committee was
endeavoring today to frame n docu
ment which would harmonize the differ
ences iu the demand submitted by the
British and French delegations.
The prcmable wan completed last
night, and the remainder of the draft
was exiK-cted to lie ready fur submis
sion to the full sub-commission on llus
sian affairs, scheduled to meet at 11
o'clock today.
While) the French document Ktated
that "agricultural recount met ion should
Come before other things,'' the British
program dealt more fully with credits
for Russia, favoring a reduction in her
war debt und conceding that foreigners
forenirly owning property in Russia be
grunted the use of it instead of a re
turn of actual ownership, which would
conflict with the soviet principle of na
tionalization. France would demand, that, if private
property cannot be restored, Hie form
er owners by given indemnity. The .
French further desire an arrangement
for payment of interest on the Russian
state bonds. Failing an agreement be-
fore December :'.! next, the matter j
would be decided by a mixed arhitra j
tion tribunal with an impartial chair i
man.
Louis Barthou, chief of French dele
gate, took occa ion yesterday, formally. I
to deny rumors that he intended to j 1 J i t 1
the conference, and said it was not sure I
he woidd go to Paris to confer with
Premier Toimare. It is understood,
however, that lie may leave fur the j
French capital after tie Allied lius
sian proposals are reported to the con- I
ferenee proper.
The correspondent of The Central )
News nays he learns that tie British j
draft proposals to Russia, set fortli
tight points, the principal of which is,
thut Russia shall recognize all her
debts, nud, after a moratorium of five
yearn, pay two per cert interest for
five years, and then four per cent for j
another live .wars.
The document does not specify that I
Russia must accept the principle of pri- ,
vate ownership, but demands long has
en of private property to its former
owners. A credit . scheme to finance'
trade would be. favorably considered if I
Russia accepted the proposals. j
M. Tehitcherin, chief soviet delegate, ,
at first refused to comment on the pro- j
posals. according to the cm respondent, i
and then looking at the French draft,
he shook his head as though dismissing ,
it entirely.
I'AtdS, April 9.-Tho Echo do l'af !
is understand that M. Uarthou. chief
of the French Genoa delegation, is in ;
dined to accept certain coiicessioiu to ,
the Hussians relative to w.tr dilits, tor 1
rillllateil by the Itlitifii delegates lie-1
cause he has received assurance that j
the Hritish irmrrnmcnt is ilisposed to ;
reduce or cancel, in the same propor ;
tion, France's war debts to (.ireat
Hritaiu. ,
STILL FIGHTING.
l'EKIMI, Aril !'!. -- I'iu'o""-' u.h
of the I'ekinn -Ti ntsin railway wan -1 1 -1
in procress at noon today. The I ore,
of General Chans; Tmi I. in, military c.ov
ernor of Maio huiia, and (0 ner.1l W11 I'e.
Fu, military leader of central China,
were reported en(;ni;od aioii' a line ex
tening from Machang, twenty niih.s
south of Tsientsiu. to a point south of
'eking. A despatch from Tsients 11 sa'
there has been iuax.v aiiilliry lighting
near Manching for the last twenty hour-.
The foreign legations here have ad
vised the nationals of their 1 esj.ect i 1
countries who are now outside I 'eking
to hasten to the capital as a measure of
self-protection.
The lighting which began at dawn thi
morning at Changsintien, tnehe mi'
Konthwest of this city, was c nitinuing
nt .'t o'clock this aflenoon. There v is
artillery firing in the vicinity of the
Marco l'olo bridge.
BARTHOU TO OUTLINE
SITUATION TO CABINET
PARIS, April 2!. A meeting of the
entire Freuch Cabinet has been 1 ailed
for Sunday night, when Vice Premier
Louis Harthou, head of the I'r -h
(ienoa delegation, will outline the con
l'eeiice situation
i
l
-Mr. .1. AVIiite Ware left hist
on a business trip to New York
ni'it
and
Washington.
All who travel by the I'iedmont k !
Northern trains are reminded that be i
ginning Mimlay morning trains will not i
toinn up town, nut will use the new
jiassoner station on East Franklin av
enue at Broad strwt.
Sunday Services At Olney.
Rev, T. J. Tate, nastor. Sunday stdmol
10 a. in. S(H'eial invitation to join our j
Young Men's Bible 1ass. Preaching at
H a. in., subject "The tsilt of the!
i-.ann.- .nr.siian r.nn. avor at, ,,. - J
jiueresiiiUK jrugr;ttii. o evening mt
viees us the pastor premlies the eom
menrement sormon at the South Gaston
ia, graded wuool at 7:.'UI p. m. All are
cordially invited to all these services and
make use of our church.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, cloudy and cool to
night, Sunday fitr, jth )iig teninera
tSi ...
750,000 Acres
Water In Mississippi Flood Area
More Than 50,000 People Homeless and Property Damage
Will Run Into Millions A Result of Crumbling of Levees
Thousands of Dollars Lost In Cotton Planted.
(By The Associated Press.)
NATCH KZ, Miss., April 25L More
than 50,1)00 people will be homeless or
suffer disastrous financial losses, nnd
the total destruction of property will
mount into many millions in central
eastern Louisiana as the result of the
reient crumbling of the levees of the
Mississippi river, releasing a niightii
torrent of water which is piling higher
the backawater from various streams
that had already inundated the low
lands, it was stated here today.
Across the Mississippi river from this
ill fated section, five Mississippi coun
ties are Hooded with backwaters from
i swollen streams and C. F. Patterson,
Bed Cross secretary at Natchez, an
nounced today that preparations miit
I go forward to care for 17,500 regugees
j fiom that territory alone exclusive of
the distress iu Louisiana.
Approximately 7"0,(H)0 acres of land,
(one half of winch is culthablc, is to
' day under water in Concordia, Catahou
i !a and Tensas, Louisiana, parishes.
I The entire parish of Concordia, roll
' tabling 4J.'!,."L'" acres, is flooded, 10,
00(1 acres of which had jtl.-t been plant
ed in cotton at an estimated cost of
$S00,oo0. An area of about 2j0,imiii
acres is affected in Catahoula, includ
ing 7".ti(Mi acres that had been planted
in cotton and corn. The flood is
spreading into Tensas parish, where it
is estimated that NO.OIN) acres of cot
ton land will b .vere.l. The damage
from loss of crops, ruined highways
and devastation to the fertile planta
tion will run into millions of dollars.
The light to ho!d the levee lines is
costing thousands of dollars a day and
the end is not yet in sight.
Among those from whom the flood has
taken a heavy toll in addition to plant
ers are operators of saw miM plants
mi, I railroads. Much valuable lumber
has
1 ii washed away and the ro:ul
of the rail lines are -eriously at'
,. The transportation of live
beds
f er t.
st o. k
to places of safety from the flood
has also
Ided to the cost of tlie mini
da t ion .
With the Mississippi river hen
stage two feet above the highest
ions record, and much mole flood
in siirhf. it is believed that a
at a
prcv
water
large
nail of the section now
inundated wi
remain covered until July.
In proportion to the population
comparatively rmall number have 1
their homes, but as flood conditions
trnsify it is expected there will
iii.miv additional refugees to arrive
j
a
ft '
i ii
be
at
the points where relief
have been established.
Light hundred blankets,
a number of aimy camp
adipiartcrs
."00 cots a ml
kitchen out
todav from
lits ;
New
here.
expected to arrivi
Orleans for the refill
camp1
AS MINISTER PRAYS
( Itv The Associated I'n-ss.)
' .M A Nt II Efc-T Ell, KY., April
1 1
' Twenty (i c uioiliitaineers ot lay uuinty
i coiil'cncil that they had been making
! moonsiiiiie and departed for their homes
1 in the hil's to bring their stills into cour,
lieii .hi aged minister arose iu the crowd
j , . courtroom, and prayed that lawless
1 10 -s in the mountains) ceas.1. Women and
I lie n l.i ike down and sobbed while the
j iiir.ist r prayed for -an end of the law
I, ssnoss in ( 'lay county.
The lir-t confession in the investiga-
J t ion being made by Circuit Judge lliraei
' .1 Johnson, came from Mrs. Frank
'Sn.itii. who began crying when she took
I tic witness stand and nked tiiat the mill
lister olTer prayer. Mrs. h'niith confessed
that he r husband was in the band that
! 'at eik ambushed and wounded Ic
puty HicrifT Stivers and ran other pence
' ollicers out of the Mill Creek territory.
1 She said that she had begged her has
baud not to join Hie band, alluding to
, the fait that the death of their little
I daughter -omelime before had been sent
as a warning for him to ecu He lawless
ness. ,she said that despite this appeal
he went out and jojnod the ambiishers.
I minediate'y after Mrs. Smith's eon
' fession the twenty rive men, many of
thei.i trying, aliounced their reformation
'111. 1 ak.d to be permitted to co home
I
ml eef their stills. Judge Johnson I
urant 'd the request .
i SLAYING OF CITIZENS
i CAUSES A COMMOTION
(Bv The Assoi iated Tress.)
: MT.l.lN", April 2!'. The slaying of
(several prominent ciliens of Cork J'os
jterday has caused a sensation here equal
jto that caused when sevrr.il members of
;the family of Owen M nMahon wore kill
,il in lieil'as; last rtm'itii.
i Thr full storv of the outrages is still I
'larking especially the one in which either
' l!ev. Kiclmrd Harbonl. of the Murragh
,.,,,.(,, rv
or his son was tic victim. Jrrv-
veral reports agree that tin sou was the
one killed, but none relates the cirtiiai
stances.
It is widely believed here that the
murders were intended in reprisal for
the McMahon killings, or rather for the
impunity with which their authors re
main at large as many a .southerner
li'iv., vi,ij-,.l th, cimvirtion that the Mr
Malitin, were
kille 1 by members of tlie
speecial polite. '
The provisional government is credited
with tho declaration that tho-t' guilty ;
for the Cork outrages will lie breught to
justice regardless of the time and t fT"ii
this may take. The public lu re fears more
terrible eounter reprisals in Btdfast.
which in their turn, would have a
quel elsewhere.
Mr. .eorgo (I. ilenn lias r-tuni '
front a Inline trip to Atlanta' ""
cisnt. l..foiit t'ir- o-It,,
Of Land Under
LOCAL HIGHS PLAY
HT. HOLLY MONDAY
Rain Broke Up Game For Fri
day Play on Belmont Col
lege Diamond Monday Lo
cals Have Won Eleven
Straight.
(C. K. Marshall ,Jr.)
Old King Jupiter and his son, Kid
Cloud, staged a battle royal in their
kingdom in the skies all day Friday,
thus preventing the muchly looked-for-ward
to game of national pastime be
tween Coach Armstrong's local highs
and those of Coach Abel netliv, wearing
the colors of the Mount Holly high
school. County wide interest has been
hoiliiiL' over this name which was sched
uled to have been played at McAdcuviHc
(yesterday afternoon. It also may be
said that the whole Western Carolina
was also watching for the results, as the
; other high schools who have entered the
'Western series are desiring to see the
jdastonia Highs bite the dust before any
of them have to meet the local nine,
i Just as the Durham high debaters
! watched the morning dailies last month,
hoping to read about the Gastonia ora
tors being defeated, which pleasure they
were not denied, so the other outside
school teams are hoping to read' with
much pleasure. a head line something on
this order; "Gastonia Highs Fall lie
I fore Mt. Holly." But such a pleasure no
Kmc has had up to the present and many a
scene of airtight scientific base ball plays
on the part of tin- locals will go down
in t j the annals of history, we are a
ifraid, before the world will read such a
head as stated above.
If rain continues throughout today,
the local highs will mis some good wori
nuts. If a least iiossililc chance nf a
i, ..,.; i,.,.. ,,, t..i ..,,..),
will shoot their prodigies through a short
practice this afternoon. However, if
such is impossible, no doubt the Gastonia
youths will workout early Monday be
fore they meet the Mount Holly Highs
iu the first game of the Western series
of the state between the high schools who
hito entered the contest for state honors
;it Chapel Hill. Weather permitting the
game will be played at Belmont College,
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The locals have plaWi twelve games
with other high school teams this
mm, ticing 011c and winning eleven,
lowing is the list of games played
scores:
Lowell 2, las' nu ia J.
Mt. Holly 0, Gastonia 4.
Bessemer City ."), (bistonia
Lowell J, (hi st on ia S.
Charlotte 7, Custonia 10.
Cherryville 0, Gastonia 3.
She'l.y J. (I.istonia 4.
i.'haro'tte L'. Castonia lo.
Bessemer ( ity I, (iastouia 7.
sea-Fol-an.l
( at.i w ha V. L. -, tia-tonia
I.
Shelby (histonia t.
Opponents .".1, (iastoiiia 7l.
CLOSING AGREEMENT
IN EFFECT NEXT WEEK
I The summer half holi.la y closing ayre '
ment recently tntere.l into hy all tlie i
tail merchants who are nieiiihers of the
Mercantile )eartinent of the 'liamtii r
of 'oinmeree. cm s into eff.'ct next Wr.l-nes-lay.
May an I will remain in force
'ilurinj; the months of May, June. .Iii'y
ami August. These stores will close at 1
,k in. everv Wcilnes.hiv an.l remain c'osi .!
for tiie rcmaiinler of the lay, (jivin; tl.eir
it ini.hiycs a rtKiilar wekly half holiilay.
' It is nn.lersfoo I that the merchant-" . f
.the Loray iieiKlihorhooi) have gotten to
iBPther an.l atjree.l to follow tlie .:ie
I'raetice anil it is prohrtlilo that a 1:-
;of those sicjninir this additional au'c
nient will ho juihlishe.l before next We 1
-
300
MILES BY AUTO
ON GALLON OF FUEL
COSTING 5 1-2 CENTS
(P,v The Associated Tress.!
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. April 29.
Three hundred miles by an auto
mobile on a gallon of fuel costing
five and one-half cents, is the
claim H. H. Elmer, treasurer and
general manager of the Globe
Malleable Iron and Steel Company,
of this city, makes for an engine
designed by himself, revealed to the
directorate of the company at its
annual meeting here Thursday.
Internationally known engineer
ing experts, including Arthur West,
chief engineer of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, have inspected
Mr. Elmer's engine and are said
to have pronounced it hundreds of
years ahead of time.
Three full-sized models were test
ed before the directors today. One
of the models, a one-clyinder, 3
norsepower engine, ran continuous
ly for it hours on one and one
quarter pints of fuel, the directors
stated.
ine iuel used is oil.
either min-
erai or vegetable. No
igmtion or
carouretor is used.
PEORIA. Ills.. April 2!). The Tdv
of the Rev. W. j. Lea,.ni mis.ig pas
tor of the Averyvillc presbvtcrian
cimrt-li wan foim.l tolay V.v a tisiierman
wetlget (sotwoon win 'p ti,,, tip,,,,;.
r,
!
l
FOLLOWS IN FATHER'S
FOOTSTEPS AS CHIEF
IN TRANSPORTATION
i
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I . V
A new photograph of Avcriil Harri-m.-.a
taken on the arrival of the largest
ship, privately owr.ed, flying the Amtri-
I can tlag, tlie Kesolute, on her maiden
trip. The Kesolute a 20.000 ton oil
burner, was built in Hambu.g and has
just arrived in New York. Mr. Hard
man is chairman of the owning compa- '
ny. I
ADVANCE IN STOCKS
AND BOf.OS IS CHECKED
Wall Street Notes a Re;
to Normal Conditions
Week.
(By
The As
I I'
NEW YOiiK, Anil
1"'"
the
K.-.l
longed advance of quoted
stock ami bond markets
this week. Friers re.n to
conditions which be..ol,e
tended bull position.
Keversals were mo.lera'
son wilh sub. taut ial gain
two months, but tley v
to dislodge weak holdings
I tt, te Ii
eotll
tlie p. is
-illl'iciellt
ciallv in
!
esp,
tlie more speculative issues.
Primary factors in the s,
the eoal strike and the t'.o
tion, although international
ici't v.ere
iTH sittia
eiirreucie-
showed only oei asion:.l mis. 1 1 ienn nt .
Home, tic money rales remained low 011
abundant offerings.
Confidence in lie iron and s'eel trades
was ilemoiiHt rated by the ma i alen:: ace
of regular dividends 011 the common
shai'tS of I'nited Nti.tos and liethleheai
Steels, although neither was earned.
Backward seasonal 1 oiel i; ions ac
counted for l.ss fa vol able commercial
returns. I i;t rilml o:s of the more
sent in I lim s of merchandise were hope
ful, however, of a gem :.i' revival of
business with the approach of t ie mid
year. 1
CITY FILLING STATIONS
ON GASH BASIS MONDAY.
System Inaugurated by
Dealers Is Not a Combina
tion Against tha Public But
Is Designed to Secure Bet
ter Service and Eliminate
Bad Accounts-
I'i
Hill
no 1 1 1 .
yilillino; Moii.'.a'
si at ions of 1 ...
K on a k' r i t :
irinent to thi
thrtiush the
ina I.1
of 'I'll
.liiian
ia s
(h-izette tor
kini; for tic
.' I. the in:. a
of these !;,!
There is un
the
the
' i
lillir.K -
the 1 II!
ar.ls
kin. I
of
a to .nilf na ' i .
e concert".! i
has tr feriii. .
if our Iniii
whatcM'r ;.
pas or ail.'.
In fact, iv
.if. 'i'l
lat ions
fi at are
ill!",
ash
re! tit
ICI
i; of
ces on
li.'i'i.llf.
. " a "' iev u e
, I."' do that
.'. no di'siT" to
.kL'oinobilists
. I'Tud-t priv-
a tilling sta
le point where,
i.g down over
. iiininat" bad
: . ii-. s. fie . y
to Kve the
! i. .s.'illle illon-
... eisli basis
aaioelv: I'i. ,i
.'a -a : Ihinkin
I'i".. West Klld
i I'iiiing Sta
. . i o., Jas.
i.o-. V. I,.
j if w e w ished and h
lo so. The fne' i
have veiyliadly ah;
j ilexes extended t 'n n
I tions. It ha i con
j in t he interest o'
i head rxpenses, u
a omit, bot.kkeepii.
' doing this we shall
! public better sen ice
.I .
Tlif firms
going
IS foil.
Mondnv .'in
, niont Oil 'o. , t v. n
Til'ing Station, V .
, Filling Station, lias
j tion. Carolina Auto
I. Manna. S. I..
; T..1N A" 'o.. Yict.,r
j Service Supply Co.. ;
I ' 'I'
ll.
i
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., Auto
I Talker
MICHIGAN MURDER MYSTERY
SIMILAR TO MANNA CASE.
(Hy Tin- Associated Tiess.)
ONTOXAGOX, Mi, 1.. April 2!.
Investigation into the a'h of Frances
Teniiin. resulted iu (hidings by a coro
' oner's jurj' that she had lieen niurder
'e.l. The hotly of tin- girl was found
in a iKiwtler house at North Lake yes
terday, smothered in turpentine. In
many rospocts tlie case is similar to'
that of Miss Gertrude Manna, the,
Hoopcstown, Ills., sehool teacher. ' I
Officers at Paii-.esdah' and Houghton'
were ordered to'detain eorge Stimtu- '
1 ! New
who was discharged by the girl's fatli-jon
. r. for whom he had worked. Witness I a r
is at the inipu-st tlec'ared iH h-!-''1o
h ri.-i f n.t f,,',,- i
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN INDUSTRIAL
SITUATION
LIE PASSED BETWEEN
ATTORNEY AND WITNESS
Harry M. Smith, Counsel For
Defense, and A. R. Crowth
ers Have Verbal Tilt
Trouble Smoothed Over.
'Bv Tiie Associated Press.)
MOXTKOSS, Va., April '.'!. An
atmosidiere of excitement still lingered
in the court room today when testimony
wti8 re. limed in the trial of Miss K.trali
E. Knox, charged with the inur.ler of
.Mrs. lioycr 1). East lake :;t Colonial
Heach last fall, as a result
hal clash yesterday bet m en
of the Vor
Marry M.
Smith, chief counsel for tl
lief el.se
and A. 11. Crowihers, of Ocean City.
X . J., a witness for the state.
When the lawyer branded a.s untrue
an assertion by the witness who, the
prosecution contends, sharpened the
hatchet with which the murder was
committed, that the former had told
him . hiring a visit to Ocean City in
January there would be no question
rai.-ed at the trial as to the identity of
E
jtlie hatchet, Crowihers Ha red back that
'he had ''never heard any man call me
XtlOn'a lair 1a my life. "
This The attorney's retort, ''well, you
jliear oae now,'' brought a warning of
0 insnie settlement from tie witness
1 A !')
, .ir.y
Mi
d tli
S to
Smith had thereupon ad
com t iu defense of his rec
thics iu lo years of practice.
( iow t iiers. on resuming lesti
id tne atloiiiey had coin! uctod
s a gent I. man at his home ami
r I lien ripohigii -I for his re
The wh-de incident was
lib
I til.
. it ;
lath
I ma rk
!snooilie. .out ween .linlge limit tie
cl.-ired he would not admit in evidence
1 any discussion of Mr. Smith's visit to
j Crow t hers ' home U fore a private hear
1 ing upon which to base a ruling. Com
jinoiiweahh Attorney Mayo had previous
' Iv asked tiiat the witness be permitted
to explain his testimony in
ie vl ion .
j Other witnesses heard v.
1 .-bided lb.ger l. East lake,
told of his li ervntious on
that
roll
.tenia
Jr..
I he
II.
wh
om sto
1 vi
ing ol his 111.1I her s min i, .
I r. . lu.wev er, added lit I Ie to
' d. nee alreadv before the intir!
the
BOY SCOUTS GAVE
EXCELLENT EXHIBITION
Gymnasium Exhibition at Cen
tral School Auditorium Fri
day Night Showed Results
of Splendid Training.
Tin' i ' x li il lit i i in ..111,1 .IrniiiiiM rat ii .ii nf
iniias'tiiin :ii'tiili." as pri'si'iHnl nt tin
iitral si lionl nii'litiM iiim l-'miav ni',!il
iv Tron)
t' Alll.T
No. i of tin' I.t-ray l' iy Souls
a n.-iM a most r e i i i : 1 1 I hIiow
' h:m to lie reyrelte.l that tie'
weather ..'H ntcl so many
inu an I
I. in. ii1
1 1'.. iii v. il in sir. it.
Th.' viihl lifting' l'.
i' I I .ev is Has a w oil let l'il
.mh'Veliii.e.l jimvcr in a in
ling 1 l-y nr
xliiiiit of tiie
my. The ii fin
h a s cretl i ta h'e
the wrestling
I i red it on the
: ie
all tlie
d. Cre,
Hits !' ,
HI'S.
a-tcr, I
wim a
! r..l.:c
.,,!,
if Wesl
in tiie
I of III
I.or.iv
t lining
to a mark '
and hoxiii' 1
hoys and tra:
The Sum:' I
his as-is'tau!
formers and
tihaieil on ti
for the l.ovs
t'lltler ti,
:1 coll.hi'l'll Ii
Pythian and
a in
ecle
I.'. ' I.ong, and
tar athletic per
ie to be eoiigra
vork being done
on ia .
Mr. F. C. Todd,
ialis from tac
Is turiiished t
t the prrform
oiliers of liov
I in a body and
i ning.
cellent i:ui-ic.
anee. Tin nl
three
1 Scout
thon.i
'"I
- alt.
joy
I Ii!
Out Of Worst Flood In History
Into Greatest Shooting Affray
t.i:a
i.-ToWN. I
April 25.
Out of t In
to the gr.
cinity (er
Tear Istov,
ick. separ;
river, join
exact justi
i.k late 1:
Lashbnsik
lor eounty.
i lie t '.' "
died t'.i
shooting.
I hi its history, iu
'ing affray this vi
ieoi l, the city of
.id'ige of, Krt-tler
he liooiled Illinoi:
in an attempt to
kiiiing at Kred'-r
Muriff Kdward
d- II t ics of SrllUV-
: . were Curl XelT. who
. , i f hours after the
I :... k t'tter, who, with
:- kdad instantly.
i r-1 k section ban. Is
. i I'-g.-d with the killing
a i,u.i i teretl at Frederick
si.s: the otTicers occur
sheritT ami his tlepulies
arrest some of them and
s 'o be more peaceable.
.1 tat-re had lxea nightly
at Frederick.
the she
T in
were ai
Tley I
and to.
retl h ii
went t
to w;.r:
It as
for T.e:
a hands boarded n train
na after the shooting, of
Tiity were arrestetl there
Ii
rs :
tiie.
:i-n
te la
. i
although fonie of them
plunged waist deep
jirr wliicli
for weeks has ma-le
tr,.o(.' tmrias-tttl.
INDICATED BY ASSOCIATED
REPORTS
FROM
Federal, State, Labor and Industrial Leaders in
Many Sections Report Progress in Many
Lines Unemployment on the Wane Open
ing of Seasonable Lines of Work Will Help
I Ureatly in Absorbing Surplus of Workers
! Conditions Improve Over Winter Months.
j CHICAGO, April 29. (By The Associated Press.) Gen
, eral improvement in the industrial situation, described in sev
eral instances as slow but steady, particularly over conditions
jas they existed in the winter months, was indicated in reports
'gathered by The Associated Press from federal, state, labor
jand industrial leaders in many states of the union.
I Labor commissioners and other officials in virtually every
state from which reports were received, not only declared
i that unemployment had materially been lessened in the last
few months, but nearly all were optimistic concerning the fu
ture, holding that the opening of seasonable lines of work,
such as agriculture and road and building construction would
.help greatly in absorbing the surplus of workers.
J While no definite figure on the present number of unem
ployment was available, approximately 1,350,000 persons
were reported idle in 1G states from which estimates were re
ceived. Large industrial states such as New York, Pennsyl
vania, and Massachusetts contributed more than 1.000.000 tn
this total. New York leading with an estimated 600,000 out of
work. The total population ol' the 10 states was in excess of
I4,UU0,UU0.
I Samuel Gom.pers. president of the American Fetleration
of Labor, estimated the unemployed at 5,000,000. Miners
land other workers on strike were not included in the state
! estimated. The miners' strike, which union officials estimated
as involving nearly 700,000 men, was the largest industrial
.controversy in progress as May day approached, with a con
siderable number of workers affected by textile and stone
cutting strikes in shutdowns in New England and in minor
, walkouts in other parts of the country.
In some cities there was declared to be a demand for
skilled workers, although the supply of common labor, gener
ally was declared to be larger than the demand. Some state
labor department officials definitely stated, that the unemploy
ment crisis had been passed in their states and that a move
toward normal conditions was in progress. Some localities re
ported that conditions already virtually were normal, but
from most of the states reporting there was declared to be
unemployment in many lines. Only in a few isolated instan-
j ces, however, was it declared to be acute, and the general
j tenor of the statements was one of optimism, particularly with
: reference to the future.
! A iH'oKC'im if inti'iisc liuililin' rnthi
t.v .-1 1 1 I i ity anil nt.itr improvi'im-nt orl:
' h;is (ml liiicil in ri'iorts from viitu;illv
I'UTV .Stall', 21 T I il Win CKIM-rtcl f.t
.many i.lli' workiTs ivoiilil (inl omjiloy
J ini'iit in ;i gigiintic i-onstrurtioii liooni
w'liicli whs iinlii iitcil from niniiv soilrrt s.
Mniitiily rrronls of Iniil.linjj ai'thitj
1;' liy tlie Aini'iUiui ( 'iintriictnr nim-i
nt Tr Iiroki'ii hy tho totiil v.ilun ion
nt' Imililiiitf ii rinits :it li'inling cities fur
M.-inli. tlie ,-k;),' recite of ifiiJ.L'H:;.!'."
for lim cities was believeil l.y ihat iui
liciition to lie the largest for nil time.
The iiiinilirr of neniiits issue. I last
ii ii in i it -r of permit s issiu
niontli
in I nose cities was liJ.H I
As compared with March T.c'l. nle n
the pirmits numbered 1 ." and the
valuation amounted to 1 1 :'. 1 ,uti."i,.'i I 7, the
i-aiii in value was US per cent. Nc.v York
fs! ahlished an unprecedented record of
f I o l.."i!s,.- IS. 'hit-ago 's permits w ere
the largest in nine years, according to
the Illinois Department of Labor, tle.s
pile the handicap of unsettled labor
conditions in some building trades. Tli-y
aiiiiinn'cd to if 1 !.::;. !.!m m, an increase of
I -'.ii.'.:;, Sill) over March of last year.
The Chicago building contro or.-v
hinges on the Lamlis wage award, whi-h
several const met inn unions have refusal
lo accept, and over which there appears
to he no present prosper! of sett lenient-.
Although in Kentucky the number of
rails for farm labor Has ib-scrilnd as
th - rmaliest in year. Colorado reported
inability to meet the demand for reliah'e
farm workers. Whilo no shortage of
farm labor was indicate,) in the uiid-1'e
west, some stales reported tiiat there was
cept to bon
M. -aiiw hi I
Keliy. who
h-s t. i t ti
asked that
Is and boats.
Deputy Sheriff .1. M .
accompanied the sheriff in
the quarters of the men,
the coroner's inouest be
tponed until he rounded up somt
of
men stiil at larjo. He h-atb-d :
sc which killed one man outsidi
derick today. Another was arrest
Fi
rd.
Tieparations were made at Rus'
for the reception of the prisoners
i i He
but
doubt was expressed whether the ri
moval would tiikc place bsause of tl
oopnlarity of the slain officers ;:
Itu.-hville.
(uanls alffut the Ilrardsbn-.n ja
,vt re greatly augmented.
nEAlinsTOWN, Ills., April 2!.
One unidentitied (ircek was shot and
kilhtl early toilay by a posse which was
net-king- to arrest four or five men want
I ed iu connection with the killing- hist
night of Edward I-asliliroofc. sheriff of
1 Schuyler eounty, and two of his depu
I ties, for which 25 Greek maintenance of ,
I wav workers are hebl iu the fitv inil
Jiere. The iosst- was lot by J. AI .
in-"Kellv. a deputy pheriflf, wlio was with
Shi-riff I.ashbrot-k's force l.nt So
I ,-5t !;) till It i ,
MANY STATES
1 work fur
Of fill II l
.wryii..y who wuntetl tin's typo
viiicut, ,mi, Kansas declarations
"ere lli.-it only
Biio.l weather was noeded
to rt'liict1 iiiieiiiiilovment
ti) a
minimum.
i t.inu laix.r wages generally were nrbund
o." a mouth, with board and lodging,
j Coiisiilerabli- uncmployiiient was dl
jclaied t-i exist aiming i'aeifie, coast ma
jrine Workers, with no iiitlicatioil at int
Ijirovenit nt.
j The most adverse sjiteinent from a
state t 'mpioynu nt head t-omo from Louis
' iana whttre F. 11. Yofik eonimirtsioniT of
'.."or. ui'i iari-ii mat tiie employment
situal urn in Louisiana, was dad." Mr.
Wood .said he estimated 2:t,000 men were
unemployed in the state, 7,000 of thorn,
in New Orleans),
A reduction in wages was noted in
statements, fr.jiu so, eral tslate-, alonj;
with di elarations that the eflit-ieiicy of lu
br was in. na sing. Several states report
ed that the recent campaign of the Amer
ican Legion to plan- former soldiers in
positions hail nut with cimsiilerablo suc
ess nnd had helH'tl materially to do
creav uni-inp'oyincnt .
Statemeats from some of the largo In
dustrial centers were ciirouraging, De
troit reported ihat employment in tho
automobile in. lastly was 70 per cent of
normal, while the general percentage of
employ inciit was u"i per cent of normal,
n con. par. 1 w ;n, :;n percent a year ago.
Among th" brightest reports wero
i those
Ohio
thou:
jMa.i-
I H, re
I Mav
from ' h .li-rsty, Xorth Dakota,
1 1-imii. Call and Xebraska, al
ti ''a i wi re accompanied in one in-1-y
'h v.aming that no outsiders
in h-man-l. Nebraska was listed
1. 1 :! aiiior.f; the states with con
I sid. ra
ic i. in in .-'in un nt with 12.000 esti-
i in.iied as out nf work. This year Frank
A. Kenne l ', s r tary of the Xebraska
Stale Department of Labor said "Xe
l oraska wi'l be enabled to take caro Of
jail its niiempluM 1 in another four weeks;
, 'fate and federal agencies are beginning
to have difheirty in filling calls for la-
borer-; re"
an umisual
added, hone
outside la!.
vest hands ;
ots from the state indieato
r serines condition." Ha
n f. Nebraska, will need no
r, unles possibly some bar
ate in the summer."
1 litre
is
a jo,i now
open for every-
; b
y w ho wants to work" in Xew Jersev.
a- f irdiiig to Ilu-'st ll Eiritlge, fetleral di
lertor of enudoymeiit in the state de-partiii.-nt
i f labor. He adtled that there
is a shortage of skilled mechanics s'l
over the tate.
.lo-n ; h . Kitchen, tlirector of the
North Ih.ki.'.'i iiata Federal Kniploy
ment Agency, declared at Bismarck that
next month there will not be a farm
worker in the state who wants to work
who will Ie out of a job. Mrs. M.- B.
Howe, in eh:-.rge of the Fargo State
Federal Employment Agency, declared
that there was no acuta Unemployment
problem in North Dakota, aud that tho
state continued to absorb much lator
from the south and east. The demand
in almost entirely for farm labor, ht)
added. -
In Idaho, wh-re it was entimaW twelve
thousand were uiieippbvd lay I, il21,
u. ;IIoviikii. his virtually be a
j
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