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VOL. XLIII. NO. 150
GASTON I A, N. C.t SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 24, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
OAS'
Weather:
Fair
DALLAS-HIGH SHOALS
ROAD BE HABB-SURFAGED Modern Seven-Story
a limit, Mia mr )zu,uuu
McCanlea Gets Contract For
Seven Mile to Bridge
' at Shoal.
ROAD TO THE MOUNTAINS
Commissioner Pleased at Atti
tude of Harmony and Co
operation In Gaston.
According to announcement from tin
office of the board of county coinmis
sioncrs today, the road from Dallas to
too bridge over the South Fork and High
Shoalt will he hard surfaced at once, the
work to 'be a continuation of the con
tract with (Mr. McCanless, who lias just
finished- the JJallas-Gastonia ruad. The
distance to be Jiard surfaced will Le
about seven miles and will follow the
course of the most popular route 10
Lincolnton mid" the mountains from
Gastonia end points South. The cost of
the new road will be approximately
$20,000. Mr. W. C. Wilkinson, of the
State Highway Commission, was instru
mental in securing this badly needed
piece of road construction in the coun
ty. The Charlotte News says:
"'Mr., Wilkinson was very compliment
ary to the co-operative spirit indicated
by the officials of the neighboring coun
ty, remarking that few counties in North
Carolina have Shown enterprise unl such
interest in road construction as Caston.
"Mr. Wilkinson announced that the
Gaston road authorities were building
a highway of hard-surface from Gas
tonia to the South Carolina line and
turning it over to the state."
HEILMAN GIVES SISLER
A RUN FOR THE HONORS
CHICAGO, June 24. (By The As
sociated Press.) Harry Heilman, the
great slugger of Detroit, whose batting
in the last two weeks had been a big
factor in the winning streak of the
Tigers, promises to givo George 8isler,
the star of the St. Louis Browns, a bat
tle for the batting leadership of the
, American League.
Heilmann, a week ago, was bitting
,351, but according to tho averages re
leased"' jtoday, ho has shown a gain tf
thirty bno points, and is right on the
heels of' Trist Speaker, of Cleveland, who
is the runner-up to Sislcr, with an aver,
age of .387.
Sister continuesc to top the list with
a mark of .4;(4. The averages include
games of Wednesday.
The St. Louis idol ulso is far in front
among si ho tmse stealer, having stolen
26. SisWr also increased his lead in runt
scored to 58, his total hits to 112 "and
total base mark to 167.
Kenneth Williams, a. team mute, in
Creased his lead among the kings of
swat, by smashing out three home runs
and bringing his string to eighteen.-
Other leading batters lor forty or more
games: O'Neill, Cleveland, .377; Celib,
Detroit, .369; Blue, Detroit, 366; Witt,
New York, .365; Kd Miller, Philadelphia,
.330; Schang, New York, .350; Bassler,
Detroit, .337; McManus, Bt. Louis, .33:1.
Practically no changes resulted among
the leading batters of the National Lea
gue within the last week. -Rogers Horns
by, St. Louis premier second sacker, bag
ged another homo run and brought Lib
total to 15. !
Besides his homers, he has cracked out
16 doubles uud three triples. His bat
ting average is .397. B. Griffith, ol
Brooklyn, continues to be runner-up with
an average of .383, while Hank Howdy,
the Boston catcher, is next with .375.
Max Carey, tho fleet footed outfieldci
of tho Pirates, broke the triple tic
shared a week ago with Hornsby ana
Young, of New York, for stolen bases,
by pilfering three sacks. He is show
ing the way with 14 thefts.
Other leading batters for 40 or more
games: Bignce, Pittsburgh, ...;
r.
Griffith, Brooklyn, .:61 ; Grimes, Chicago,
J58; Kelly, New lork. ; J. John-
ston, Brooklyn, .35.'!; Daubert, Cincin
nati, .347; fcf. Smith, Ht. Louis, .339;
Brancroft, .338.
ROAD DISCONTINUED.
WASHINGTON, June 24. The At
lantio and St. Andrews Railroad was
authorized today by the Interstate Com- j
merce Commission to abandon its branch i killed as hie wan leaving his residence in
line out of Panama City, Fla., for alGrunewald, a suburb of Berlin, for the
distanco of two miles. The commission (foreign office in an automobile. Tho as-
has required experimental operation to'sassin escaped.
ne mmntAlnprl nn thA hmn.li tl...
! fir nf lit .i i .l. :i
awwv v uiuuiju, lUUUgll lilt lUll
road had permission to abandon it, but
at the end of the period, the nsticc to
day said, has determined that the serv-
ice cannot be efficiently maintained
. '
HALIFAX. V. S J oi in. Jnn
schooner Puritan, out of Rlniintr i
prospective contender in the interna
tional fishermen's races next fall, has
wrecked on Sable Island. Advices re
ceived here stated that seven men had
reached shore, but that 15 were miss
ing. Mr. A. B. McDonald, who is head
of the Prisoners' Uplift and Welfare
Movement, is spending a few days in
the citv. Mr. McDonald
nnitfntiar!fti aiwl nihoF lika in. tw.,. ;.,!
and organizes in these Prisoners Brother-'
hmvl wth the oliin t nf rrima t,,...... !
tion, constructive prison reform and the
restoration
zenship.
of offenders to good eiti
THE. WEATHER
North Crolin, fair tonight and Sun-
d7, warmer in west tonijhl, . - -
Third National
TheCostToBe
Work to Begin at Once and to
Be . Completed For Occu
pancy By April, 1923.
JONES CO. GETS CONTRACT
Ground Floor of Building Will
Have Four Store Rooms t
Besides the Bank
Announcement was made today by
officials of the Third National Bank of
the awarding of the contract for the
erection of a handsome seven-story home
for tho bank, at .the corner of South
street and Main avenue, to tho J, A.
Jones Construction Company, of Char
lotte, work to begin immediately and
to be completed within ten months.
The approximate cost of the building,
together with banking fixtures and
equipment will be $290,000.
The building will be of steel, gran
ite and brick construction throughout.
1 lie ' main entrance will be on Main
avenue. The dimensions of the 'building
are 50 x 110 feet. It will be exactly
100 loot high. In addition to the
bank, tho tirst floor will have four
store buildings, two facing on Main
avenue, one on each side of tho main
entrance to the bank, and two facing on
South street at the rear of the build
ing. Opening directly from the lobby en
trance to the bank is a large open
space, 23 x 30, tot tho use of the pub
lic. The working space of the bank
and private offices o tho bank officials
are arranged around three sides of this
rectangular space. The cashier's office
is on tlie lett, the president's desk on
the right. To the rear is the vault,
which is of the double storage type,
steel liued and cased aud with the cir
cular type door. There are also safety
deposit vaults. The interior of the
bank will be liuished in marble.
The basement of tho building will be
occupied by a barber shop, reached by
stairs leading from tho lobby and also
by elevator. The elevator service in tho
building will - be of the double Otis
express type.
On tho mezzanino floor there will be
ten office rooms and a directors' room.
DR. WALTER RATHENAU, GERMAN
MINISTER, IS ASSASSINATED
Had Been Guest
For Dinner of
Last Nigh I
American
Ambassador Houghton
WIZARD OF GERMANY
Was One of Most Prominent
Banking and Fnancial Ex
perts of German Empire.
BERLIN, June 24
dated Press.) Dr. Walter ifathenau
German minister of foreign affairs, was
assassinated today.
Official announcement of Dr. Kathe
nau's death was made in the reiehstag.
The murdeu-er, who was driving in h
motor cur, slowed up as he was nearin
Dr. Ratlicnuo anil shot twice at the for-
eig nmin ister. the shots taking imme
idiate fatal effect. Putting on
high j
speed the assassin escaped
No clue to the identity of the murder
cr had been discovered up to noon today
Dr. Rathmiau was a guest at dinner
last night of Alanson B. Houghton, the
American unrbassador. On receiving
news o f the assasination of the foreign
minister this morning the American em
bassy promptly hoisted its flag to halt
mast
The minister was shot and instantlv
I herp wcrA tivn net-xmis in Hie uutf-1. '
lw,i,;i tm, .i,;..k !. 4i... l;ii.i
I ni.-..'v , will n,.vii lliv oilWLU I llcl I BH".u
I B-r. Ratlienau were fired. His car was
Inearing "his house and had reduced its
j speed when the machine containing the
' assassins was encountered. Both the oc
cupants arc said to have onened fire uu-
the foreimi minister, who felt tn tli
floor of his car fatally wounded, exnir-I
ing shortly afterward.
Large forces of police were quickly on
the scene and a firing squad was dis
patched in the direction of the murdervrs
were believed to have taken.
The assassination of Dr. Rathenau
followed hard upon a vitriolic attack on
the foreign minister by Dr. Karl Helfte
rieh in the reiehstag yesterday, when the
nationalist leader grilled the Govern
ment generally and Dr. Kathenau in par-
ticular ronccrninz the Cabinet's repara
tiou P'iT and its attitude towards the
populations of the Rhineland and the
Saar valley .
The news of the assassination Te.-uh.'d
the Reichstag at 11:0) o'clock, just
when the commission on taxation hal
ronvened. Chancellor Wirth announced
the assissi nation, upon which pandemo
nium broke out among the various party
gjoune.
Two socialists jumped up, shouting to
Dr. Hdfferteh: "You arg the .af.4&.;'
Bank To. Erect
Building;
Nearly $300,000
Finds a Brewery In
Egypt 3,700 Years Old
CAIRO, EGYPT, June 24. A
model of an Egyptian brewery ap
proximately 3,700 years old, has been
discovered here by Dr. Flinders
Petrie, of the University of Pennsy
lvania. The model, which is believed to
date back to 1800 B. C. shows a dozen
employes making beer from barley,
A handful of barley was also pre
served, but little except the outside
hulls was left.
Dr. Petrie sent the model to the
University of Pennsylvania, where it
will be placed in the museum.
There will also be a balcony overlook
ing the banking room ami offices.
' Each of the other five floors will con
tain 21 offices. Either tho first or
second floors will be fitted up exclusively
for doctors and dentists. The building
will contain a total of 115 offices, most
of which have already been rented.
The building will bo erected by the
Third Trust Company, a corporation re
cently organized with a capital stock
of $300,000. Work is to begin just
I us bouii us me uunuiug now occupieu
by tue tjtundard Hardware Company is
vacated, which will be boou after
July 1. The contractors state they will
have tho building ready for occupnacy
by next April or May. Milburu, Hcis
ter & Co . , of ushiugton, are the
architects.
There are many new features of mod
ern construction ami architecture em
bodied in this building, say bank ofli
ciais. One of tiie most important ol
these is the type of lloor construction
througiiout. ah the corridor Hours win
be oj. tcrraza construction . floors ol
the offices will be of a composition type
which is absolutely lire aud noise prooi.
Announcement of the plans for this
bunding nas beeu held up for some
weeks until every arrangement could be
completed. -News tuat this bauk, the
youngest of Uastonta 's national banks,
has uecKlea to build a modem home toi
its rupidiy growing business will be re
ceived with interest iu banking circles
throughout the state.
They treatened .to pounce upon him.
and Dr. Helfferidi hastily left the com
mittee room.
In one of the Reichstag lounges a
heated outbreak of recrimination occur
red between Deputies belonging to tin
left and a party of representatives of
the other extremcX in the chamber.
When tho news was communicated tu
the Reichstag itself at 11:2.1 o'clock it
was received with deep emcflion. Then
amidst a turmoil, the Reichstag adjourn
ed.
Dr. Walter Kathenau, was styled "The
Wizard of the (ieniiau Empire," be
cause, by liis high powers of organiza
i tion and business efficiency, lie devised
I expedients which kept "the people cat
(By The Asso-iing and the army shooting" when Un
blockade had shut oft the importation ei
raw materials .luring the war. At'lei
the war, as minister of reconstruction,
his meetings with the French Minster,
Louis Louchcur, brought about, wit
businesslike directness, adjustments and
arcuiiiiiiuua nous nincii nail neen I lie ue-
spair oi. diiiiomais. no was or .leivisn
" "as u, i M.r'i s a man m
great force, and energy, business acumen,
vision and initiative. J lis father found ,
ed the Allegemeine Klaktrizitaets Gesell- ;
schaft (German general electric com.
pany of Berlin i. commonly known as
the A. K G. After studying at the Uni
versities of Berlin and Strasbourg, Dr.
Ratlienau (egan his profession of engi
neer with establishments in Switzerland
and Savoy. Then he went to the A. K.
G. and rose rapidly to the head of th&
organization. Later he retired after fail
j ing in an attempt to oppose a eombina
tion with the Siemens -Srhiikert Com
Ipanj - .
Aside from business obligations he ac
cllllinnniPil l)r Hernlitiriy- 4lin (.r.-tnr i
n ... ,.i:.l i
" "iuii; AW I"' umviii-, oil il I mil Ul I
i the German possessions in Africa. He i
'later represented German concessionaires )
in mine exploitation in Morocco. Ban j
ing next engaged his energies and he !
became the head of one of tho leading '
German fin-.n. Lit Louses He Iwmn. i
chairman of th administrative council ,
!of the A. E. ;. and soon made a name !
for himself throughout the empire as a
commercial magnate.
At the outbreak of the world war while
immersed in the development of bie busi
ness on a tremendoui, scale he wa offer,
ed the office of Minister of Raw Mated
als. His work in that capacity obtained
extraordinary reesults. Upon the suc
cess of his work depended not only the
eronomie life of the interior of Germany
hut also the maintenance of tho fai
flung German armie. His organization
almost nullified the allies' blockade. It
was not until after the war that the ac
tual fod jirivation afflicted the people
Tho exactions and complexities of bu
reaueratie life never appealed to him an.i
he was glad to plunge into the aotiuties
of the A. E. G. after peace had een de
clared. He dropped his Hosen work
without a murmur, when he was offered
the portifohc tf SUv'v-tr-t of Pew.nstiuc-tiorj.
Lady. Greenwood "
f it. - , ?
' Lady Greenwood, wife of Sir
Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary
to Ireland, Is recognized unofficial
ly as one of the most Interesting
and Influential personalities In the
Jiisa tangle. ;
FIGHT ON TARIFF BILL
FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES
WASHINGTON, Jun 24. Charging
that the democratic fight on the pend
ing tariff bill was for political purposes
and not with an idea of improving the
bill, (Senator Townsend, republican,
Michigan, asserted in the senate today
that the country was weary of "thy in
terminable debate which has dragged its
weary length through tho days and
nights of tho past, eight weeks."
"Every senator must have noticed,"
ho said, "that two or three democratic
senators are apparently operating in re
lays and when one gets tired the other
relievs him. And yet, we are told there
is no filibuster on. '
"The object that these senators huc
iu mind is political. Is it not strange
that these gentlemen who are more in
terested in party success than iu pass
ing. a good revenue bill should try to
delay the enactment of a law which they
insist will destroy the republican party?
What these senators fear most is the
passage of tho bill a sufficient time be
fore election to get a practical test ol
just what effect it will have upon the
general prosperity of the country.
J'hey doubt the tested logic of their
own argument, and under the existing
rules of the senate they can, and prob
ably will, prevent action on this meas
ure until late in the summer or full."
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
RISE TO RECORD PRICES
NEW VOKK, June 24. Movements
of securities on the stock exchange this
week were very uncertain. (Shares
showd considerable irregularity, while
bonds, especially liberty loans, rose to
record prices ot tthe year.
The extraordinary performance of!
Mexican Petroleum, at an extreme ad I
vauce of over fifty points siioju the hit- i
ter part of the preceding week, dwarfed
all other developments and occasioned
much criticism, which finally rsulted in
the adoption of remedial measures.
No very definite trend was evidenced
by the geural list, although lowest call
money rates in ajmost the years and
easement of short time quotations en-j
couraged a revival of speculative opera
lions for the long account .
Kails were the only standard issues
to show consistent strength as u group.
Higher levels in that dhisiou accom
panied the pblicatiou of Utter earn
ings, increased car loadings an. I the
growing belief that labor difficulties
would be voercoim .
J lie most siguihcant and constructive I
most significant and constructive I
4& A-, ft xtjki
W 1
event of the week was the lowering ofiMO, f,.t.i,,K
rediscounts ana adiunccs ".V me local
federal reserve bank iu recognition of
country-wide cheap money and the pre
vi.ms week's rductmn of the Bank of
England rate.
On the surface, foreign political con
ditions were nunc hopeful. Further
sharp depreciation, however, iu all Eu
ropean currencies at this center sug
gested an increase of the conomic strain
aiiroa'i, tue reaction applying wmi spe-
ml force to so-called neuirai countries,
or non participants in the world war.
SHELBY STOPS KINGS
MOUNTAIN'S WINNING
SHELBY. June L' .;. Shelby defeat-
ed Kings Mountain m today by a bat
. ,
ting rally in the eighth that to alc.l nve
Tln (" fore it stopped. Red Johnson, o.
Carolina football fame, le i oft with a
threeJbagger and tin- rest followed,
pounding Costner and Dagijenhart all
over the lot and Johnnie Hudson cleaned
"P with the cases with
a two-tmgger.
Kobin.n relieved M'"v tor wicmy .n
h n"'",h 1111,1 f"',f''1 "m 111 or,1''r-
Dick Gurley got a three Nagger, a two-
hagger and two singles nut of four times
K"'B Mountain claim, to have won
'the last sixteer. games. Nut foheloy
has the habit of breaking the
winning
streaks of other cluli".
MhoH.y 12 2
Kings Mountain 6 8 2
Batteries Moore. Robinson and Gur
ley; Costner, IV.iggenhart and Lowe.
MINERS LEAVING.
CARBONDALK, Ills., June 24. -(By
the Associated Press.) More than 150 hi- d-ath 't the examination was etontin- j many' more mieellaneous enterprises, in
miners from the Herrin district passed j ued. It "a ''K'n adinitted that he was eluding large interests in copper, iuaur-
through here last nigui ami eany loday,
going out of the coal fields. They were
believed to be union men.
Those that could lie approached would
give no if ison for this exndns and the
names of the mr. wcr, likewise not
vs'laMo -
ILLINOIS MINE MASSACRE WILL BE
INVESTIGATED BY THE
UNDER ORDERS FROM
CLOVER IS ON h BIG
BUILDING BOOM
Outside Capital and Investors j
Are Coming to Prosperout
Little South Carolina City to
Locate.
CLOYEI1, H. H., June S3. People
continue coming to Clover with a view
to locating here permanently now that
a new spinning mill is to bo built and
the town is on a boom generally. A
well known (iastonia merchant was here
this week looking the town over with a
view to establishing a branch of his
dry goods business here. Information
is that A'iveus brothers, well known gro
cers of Yorkville, will estublish a large
grocery store here near the New Hamp
shire mill, .lames A. Page, cashier of
the Bank of ( lover, remarked Wednes
day that he expected to see quite an
extensive building program iuauguratd
in Clover, eoniincncing within the next
30 days. The town is greatly in need
of business houses and there is little
to attract people from other towns until
there is some construction of buildings
for business purposes. A well known
Greek confectioner has been here looking
over tho town with a view to opening
a candy kitchen and restaurant, and
there is talk of a man who has bad
many years experience iu the hardware
business coming here to open up a publican army men were killed aud sev
store. Real estate agents any that they j eral wounded at Cushendall, ' in south
have recently hail a number of inquiries j eastern county Antrim, when they am
relative to business properties here, and bushed A party of military and special
business in that lino is beginning to Ulster constables. The crown forcei
look up. suffered no casualties. .
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA
Brother of John D. Rockefeller
Died at Age of 81 Years
Early This Morning.
WAS WORTH $250,000,000
Pneumonia Set In After He
Had Been Wet -In Heavy
Rain Last Sunday.
TAIfltY TOWN, N. V.. June 21
William Hockefellcr. oil magnate and .
brother of John 1). lioekcfcller. died !
here today from pneumonia, shortly be
fore 7 o 'clock
Mr lioekcfcller bad been ill at his
home, Kockwood Hall, in
town, since fcunday, but
North Tarry
word of bis
condition uas not made public.
Fhe doctors, under the charge of Mr.
Rockefeller 's personal physician. Dr.
W. Robertson, were in attendance when
the end came. I'ractically the entirn When attorneys representing him fin
Rockefeller family were assembled at the . ally capitulated bv uccepting the sub
death bed. poena for im, it was disclosed that he
Mr. Rockefeller, who contracted a1"1' 1,i8 southern cottage on Jekyl
I heavv cold during the rains of the last
Iweckrud, had pist completed building a
! 2.-o,imio mausoleum in the Sleepv Hob
l.,v. , i,rv The mausoleum ;.
constructed according to his own plans
aud under his personal direction.
Mr. Rockefeller returned to his homo
last Thursday after a visit with his
brother to the farm on which they were
Ixini :.t Hiclifnnl. in Tioira countv.
j.-, ;(.)V
HI H III I I I Mil Oil I III 1 1 OL
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but the following day
be insisted
on going out and
was ;
dp in-lied in a
hi- mid g;ik'
l ii umoni.i ijiiii
a heavy shower. Sunday
,. his family concern and
kly set in. During the
Week
Mr
Intie were summoned.
Rockefeller Im gall to sink rapidly
yesterday morning, but rallied about ti
j,. in. I i !l.e evening came another
Kinking spi i'. Physicians aud surgeons
fortilied wi'h all the resources of sci-
,.,.,. i,,.,,,
i night watch, but it was
losing fight.
leu kefeller remained at his
i, su
I John I
honi" in I
-I-. Hill
but was kept
j ii ; 1 1 Tin t ot his Nrothcr s
II- naehed liockwood Hall
ili s alter the end came. At
In-i eie Mr. Rocket'clli r '
li! rt and two suns. Mrs.
died about two years ago.
Teller, who was M years ol I,
i' Neen active iu Niisiness
Mr. K
had not
ulthmi.
dar.l Oi!
its estahl
though
elder In
liam e
ica.
A'!..,-'
ties -!:i
in '.-
A t
wi"e
head of the Man
.any ot .ew otk trom
i i.i in until I i 1 1 . Al
a hat overshadowed by Ids
.lohn D. Rockefeller. WM-
: the richest men in Aimr-
! time when bis activi-
i. h newspaper space was j York, the brothers were seldom seen to
ll' II, when the Congression- ; get her.
investigating the "money William Rockefeller departed furthei
1 the country for him aslafield from the oil industry than did his
11 was finally located near j brother. Ho was a large factor in the
... Imf when an effort was railway world, having succeeded Corneli--'ioii
him in his cottage us Vanderbillt as a direetoi of the New
. .lized with such spasms of (York Central Railroad and having feeen
it the committee was warn- .officer or director of a score of other iru
ivsicians that it wigh cause I nortant traiLsoortation lines, und n
.. ij
III
thrr
cousin i ig
suffering rm caneer oi me inroat.
Vitlioiigh he retained many of his di
rectorships, Mr. Rockefeller of late years
fluffed much of his business responsi
bility t o the shoulders of his son, Percy.
of ins w-aii fctreet associates
r teit"r.I anestimate of Ms fortune,
Jap Council Approves
Quadruple Treaty
TOKIO, June 24. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Japanese
privy council today approved unani
mously the quadruple treaty recom
mended at the Washington arms con
ference. The tieaty was sent to the
prince regent for ratification. He
promised that this formality would
be carried out.
JUSTIFIED IN HAVING
ENGINES REPAIRED PRIVATELY
WASHINGTON. June 24. The Sea
board Air Line Hailway company was
held by the Interstate Commerce Com
missio ntoday to have been justified in
sending locomotives to be repaired in
private shops in 1920, even though the
average cost of each repair job in the
hands of the contractors was $14,91.1,
while the railroad cost for similar work
in its own shops would have beeu
7,ir,i.
The commission found that tho lail
road 's shops during 1920 were unable
to handle all of the work and tho over-
How had to be taken care of in order
to maintain transportation. The docis-
ion came in an investigation insttuted
upon complaint of the American Fcdera
tion of Labor railway department. The
commission has previously criticised
other railroads for similar policies.
BELFAST, June 24. Four Irish re-
but it was generally believed that had
between $11)11,(100,000 uud $250,000,000,
concentrated iu various Htandard Oil
! C ompanies, Anaconda Copper, Consoli
dated Gas, Brooklyn Union (Jas, Bt. Faul
',. I V..H......I I'll, Hu Ir
A friend recently stated that Mr.
Rocket' -Her 's death when it came should
have no appreciable effect on the stock
market, as none of his holdings would
be tossed on the open market.
Announcement of his death was re
ceived in Wall Street nearly au hour be
fore the market opened.
William .Rockefeller had been in ill
health for many years. The state of his
health, in fact, and his whereabouts,
became a matter of intense public curb T , ,' ' . -
osi.v in lltia-13 when the Congressional u' "V" " 1"'t"' and jet ignor
committee investigating the " luonev I (:OOMl Hater's WQuest-that same
committee investigating the
ru!,t ? ' desired him as a witness. He
could not by found. For months tho
sergeant at-amis of the House of Repre
sentatives led a search which was fruit
less. The financier's . Fifth Avenue
House; in New York was besieged by
subpoena servers, detectives, reporters
and an idle throng for days; his resi
dence at Tarrytown, N. Y., the Standard
Oil Otlices on Broadway aud his clubs,
were watched without avail.
, "ear munswicu, ua., but his pay
"lrlil1" emphatic. Ily maintained that to
"lhk -Mr- Kokefcller to answer questions
"" il witness stand was to invite his
,,;:,tl'- "' ws abject to such spasms
j"' 'oi.gh'iig. that speech above a whispei
,' "'. o '- ".
Vlthough the active head of the !
Standard Oil Company of New York I
from its estaldishmct in I860 to 1!)1 1 !
one of the richest men in America.
that of his elder lirotlier .Inlin 11 Hiw-lrn.
,.... ., .. , , .,' .. , .. ?"
icner, mc lounuer or ine iiockeifiicr in
terests in oil, and for many years the
head of the parent company.
They were both born at ItichforJ,
Tioga Co.. New York, on their father's
farm; William on May 31, 1S41, two
years after the birth of John. In
Cleveland. ()., to which the family re
moved wliile the brothers were boys,
William oegan his mercantile career in
the produce commission business, as
his brother, and .joined the latter soon
after he liecame interested in oil :iloiif
lso'j.
In
ilmost every retipect except his- sue
ss as an oil magnate, William Uooke-
ili t differed from his brother. He was
i club man; bis brother belonged n
none, ije was interested but slightly iu I
iihilaiithroni,- worTt nf nnv- ki..,l r Veli. !
gmm activity. Alongside the blocks ot
millions his brother gave away William
Rockefeller's tarec.it ad ft was 100.OOb
.to Vlh-ley College. He was au en
' thuiasti- motorist, and saw nothing in
Kif, ol which bis brother was such a
deote, . He did nnt enjov the latter'
rugged health. Although there was no
known estrangement and they both had
summer residences at Tarrytown. New
ance and pirfilic utilities.
On May 25, 1S64, he was married to
Almira, Geraldine Good sell of Fairfield,
Conn. He had two sons and two daugh
ter, AttUiani G... Percy A, Ethel G-, wife
of fMarveUu H. Dodge, and Kinnia,
wife tf 1. David H, McAJpin, Jr.
MILITARY
GOV. SMALL
GEN. FOREMAN TO FIND
WHY LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HAVE NOT TAKEN STEPS
To Tour Fight Area and tp
Summon Those Who Have
Any Information.
OFFICIALS ARE BLAMED
Want to Know Why State and
County Officials Have Not
Done Something.
HKKItl.V. ILL., June 24. (By Th
Associated l-ress.) A state military
investigation of the Lester mine mas-
sacre, which took between 25 and 43
j llvo"' ' begun today 'by n board head
i '"'i ''' Major General Milton Foreman,
of the state militia, acting under orders
iTom (ovcrnor Len Bmall, which were
issued when th chief executive became
aroused over failure of local officials tw
take any stops against the miners who
captured und killed the majority ot
si Tine oreasers working in the strip mine.
General Foreman and his committee
reached here this' morning, iotoring
from Carbonda'e after reaching there by
train. They were met by Colonel Samuel
Hunter, of the adjutant general's office,
who has been here several days. His or
ders to return, to Springfield today were
cancelled and he immediately became a
guide for the military board. General
Foreman und the officers accompanying
him proceeded to Marion, (tho county
seat, where conferences with state's at
torney Dvlous L. Duty and Sheriff Mel
vin Thaxton, were planned.
A tour of the area of the fight wan
made and it was expected that numerous"
persons believed to know something of
the disorders would 'bo called before the
board.
General Foreman has been instructed
particularly to learn why tho State's at
torney had not taken steps toward con
vening a special grand jury, and why the
coroner 's inquest had not been held and
why these officials repeatedly refused t
authorize Colonel Hunter to call for
troops, even after au indignation meet
ing of miners was held the day before
the fighting started and even after the
miners had marched on the mine." He
also had been instructed, it was under-'
stood, to learn why Sheriff Thaxton ro-
1.....V...1I.. t.t.i m II ...L-l l i
made. - , . .. i
Failure of the (local officials to send
out an adequate force of deputies the
night the fighting began and dilriug the
following day when almost unheard of
deeds kf cruelty and brutality were com
mitted also was a, point to bo investi
gated. ,
Another matter to be looked into wl
why numerous -requests from the gover
nor for information after the trouble
started were ignored by county authori
ties and why, when ho was receiving
scores of telegrams from private citizens ,
telling of the outrages he was contin
ually informed by the authorities that "
the situation "was well in hand" ana
that the troops were not needed. There
was little doubt that General Foreman,
ami his board would not receive a wel- .
come of tiny particular cordiality from
""' C0UI." as a, w."olu- -ny per eens
u"!,l'r? 11 I"'! 'auon' ami iuo per cens
unionized illiamson county has shown
a "isnic.inaiion 10 welcome any
ouisnie lUUTicreilce iu iuu uiaasw-.ivt
which is looked on as a personal affair
which should bo ignored 'by the rest ot
the world. Persona on the street have
been heard rcpcatedlly to remark that iff
troops had been sent their guns would
hao been taken away from them.
Comment on the streets expressed re
sent inent over the sending of the mili
tary board, although officials said they;
wou'd gladly co-operate with it.
The situation iu the county was mad
; considerably more tense for a. short time
I last lugm, wnen scores 01 carcuuers
I guarding the mines during the strike
j through agreement between owners and
j unions, quit work under threats from
I groups of miners. Shorty afterwards
I Hugh W'illis, district board membe? ot
the union, and other, officials persuaded
lulul "" "
heen station. .! to protect them. Had the
men remained away, millions or noliars
wortli of mines would have been ruined
through rl'io.liiijj within a few days.
These caretakers re not mine union men.
Search for bodies continued today at
some points in tho county, although the "
searching parties were . few. Twenty
two bodies had tieen recovered and it was
considered certain that many more still
could lie found. : "
COTTON MARKETi
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
XEW YORKt Juno 24. Cotton fu
tures closed easy; spots, quiet, 80 points
down.
July 21.40; October 21.40; Deeem-Tter
21.23; January 21.0; March 21.01;
May 20.80; Spot 21.80. .
T0DArsclu1ni.:.'.:iET
Receipt I
Price it Cr
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