rrr Local-Cotton 22 CenU VOL XUII. NO. 224 GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS BRITAIN WILL FIGHT ALOI, IF NECESSARY, TO PROTECT DARDAILLE ' . v n A A DAILY (RAW , Weather ? Cooler V II II AsK As Expected FRIENDS OF BONUS CONFIDENT ' OF MAJORITY IN HOUSE TO OVERRULE ; VETO, B UT NOT SURE 2rin Imposed Upon Treasury t I Reason Why He - Vetoed It CABINET DISCUSSES BILL Calls Four . Senators Who Voted for Bonus (nto . Consultation. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Presi dent Harding's message vetoing; the sol diers' btmug bill was completed this fore noon and It was indicated at tho White House tliat it would be sent to the House , jiropably before 1 p. n. The President . discussed the message with his Cabinet, which assembled at 11 a. in.. ' Before meeting with Id official family, the executive continued his coufereuee ! wit It Senators, his callers Including Sena ' tor Cameron, of Arizona ; Norbeck, of South Dakota ; Oddie, of Nevada, and Ktauficld, of Oregon, who voted for the bonus in the Senate. The four Senators were underwood to have gone to the White House at the invitation of the President ' who, it was aid, asked them to gtve'strious consid eration to figures he planned to present as to the financial condition of the gov ernment and the drain which would . bo imposed upon the Treasury by the bonus. TELLS STORY OF FIRSTS EXPLORATION OF MINE JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 19. The story of tho first exploration iuto tho Argonaut's workings camo to light rnrJy toduy. It was told by Louis Mollimiti, , oue of. the five ' men .who made it. , . . . This exploration, an unofficial affair, Was conducted because one of the live men was impelled by a desire to help his brother, i'io Oliva, one of the en tombed men, if possible. Mino officials said all five took desjierate chances in making it. v " . ' , The five comprised the crew which . was enlarging the original one inch drill hole connecting the Kennedy and Ar- gonaut workings to a point where rescue crews could pass through, Mollinuti said. "We wero working on a ladder that led Up into the hole (it then was six teen inches in diameter). We got the 'hole broken open" large enough for a man to go through. William Sinclair, foreman of the Kennedy, was at the top of the ladder. He . weut through. Dan Murphy, as sistant foreman of the Argonaut, was next. I was third and I weut next. I was one of tho two digger bosses. After Die came . Louis Oliva . After Oliva came Aiigelo Bousa, miner. "We got up in the 3,200 foot level and the air seemed good. . So we went through the tunnel, holding our carbide lamps close to the ground. We would not tke a chance of running into gas . with them. But the air seemed pretty good and we went ahead. I. : ; ; RAILROAD SITUATION IN SOUTH IS BESTSINCE RAIL STRIKE BEGAN Recruiting of Non-Union Workers Ordered Discontinued By H. W. Miller 50,000 Southern Shopmen Affected Mar . Return to Work In Knozrille and Atlanta All Southern Shop Centers Report Workers Returning. ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 19. With Southern Railway striking shopmen al Jeady; returning to their former posts as a result of the Warfield-Willard Jewell agreement signed in Washington yester-jed,. dav. the railroa.l labor .i.itio.i in ttie South today was considered at its best, the best since the strike began. Approx ; iinately 50.000 Southern shopmen are af fected by the peace agreement. In Atlanta, several strikes resumed their work in the Southern shops, it was slate, and the full quota of 500men is 1 expected to be on duty before Satur- lay. I wo thousand shopmen in Knox-(The railroad also agreed not to reduce1 ville and six hundred skilled workmeu j foremen who walked out with (shopmen.' at Lenoir City, Tena., again will takef Conference between striking shopmen j up their duties tomorrow, dispatches in-; of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah i ilicated. Reports of a similar nature wvre received from practically all other I Southern htiiiwa shop centres, 1 Reign of Terror ; Continues In Smyrna CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 19. (By The Associated Press.) Per mission to tend vessels to Smyrna to take off the Christian refugees has been '. granted by Mustpha Kemal Pasha to the Allied powers, the Uni ted States and. Greece. Males be tween the ages of IS and 43, however, are expected and it is presumed the Nationalists intend to use them for military purposes. The situation in Smyrna is still one of the gravest character. The reign of terror continues among the Chris tian population and French troops are reported to have fired upon Turk ish irregulars whom they caught kill ing and pillaging. Armenians and Greeks are dying by the scores from exposure, fright and exhaustion. Ten thousand Ital ians and 12,000 French were evacuat ed from the city yesterday. The food stocks have become ex ahusted and the people are eating horse flesh. American relief workers distribute flour which the famished refugees devour raw. EXPECT HALL MURDER MYSTERY TO SOON CLEAR Arrests Are Expected Today County Officials Say They Know Where the Shooting Occurred and Who Did , It. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Sept. 19. After three days investigation of the murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor Bern hardt Mills, wife of James Mills, sexton of the church, authorities expressed con fidence that solution of the mystery was near at bund. Arrests were expected. County officials declared they knew who did the shootnig and where it occurred. The bodies were found Saturday morn ing side ' by side under an apple -tree in an orchard in Somerset county. Some of the authorities have expressed a belief that the shooting, however, oc curred over the line in Middlesex county and that the bodies were then removed to the spot where they were discovered . ( . It has boon disclosed that while the face of Mrs. Mills bore marks of pow der burns, no such marks were found on the body of Mr. Hall. This was thought to- indicate that the rector was slain as he attempted to escape and that the iicrson who shot the couple was close at hand when the single shot which killed Mrs. Mills was fired. Four bullet wounds were found in Mr. Hall's body. - i . i Strength was added to the theory that nnother woman was in the party when the shooting occurred when it was learned that Mrs. Mills' face and arms bore signs of deep nail scratches. One of four, witnesses who' think they heard either a woman's scream or the sound of shooting or both, on tho night of the killing, told County Detective Totten, of Somerset county she is cer tain she heard two women's voices." r Recruiting of non-union workers lias been ordered discontinued by H. W. Mil ler, vice president of the ijouthern. Any striker guilty of acts of violence during the duration of the strike, it was assert- will not be i l"" agreement accepted under the Four hundred Seaboard Airline strik ers returned to work at the road's shops here today. A feature of the local agree. mcnt was a , provision that the union men would not work with the men em - ploved to take their places during the strike. This was arranged by the rail-1 road in placing the union on the day shift and new employes oh uigut work. railway were resumed today, yesterday's sessions having been without favorable results. " .- ! OF SENA TE TARIFF FIGHT COMES TO END TODAY AFTER LONG AND BITTER STRUGGLE By Unanimous Consent It Is Agreed to Vote on the ' Matter Today. VOTE TO BE FAVORABLE? Senator Underwood Makes Onslaught On Bill for Democrats. ' , WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. -The longest and bitterest fight in the his tory of the American Congress was to end at 4 p. m. today under a unani mous conseut agreement for a vote Ly tho senate at that hour on the adoption of the conference report on the admin istration tariff bill. Favorable action was regarded as a foregone conclusion, as wus the approval of the measure by President Harding. In the four houis of debate that preceded the vote, the democrats made their final onslaught oft the bill, with Senator Underwood, of Alabama, their leader, delivering the principal address. While their fight in Congress was about ended they expected to carry, it to the country during" tlu campaign pending the elections iu November. The tariff, the first republican pro tective measure in nearly ten years, lias been twenty mouths and more in the making. The house ways and. means committee begun hearings on January 6, 1921, and the bill was passed by the house on July 21 of the same year. It then went to the Senate, where it re mained with the finance committee since last April 1. Days later senate con sideration began and it continued for four months with only one or two in terruptions. For the first time in American tariff making the senate considered the bill item by item with prolonged delmto on some of the separate rates. Here tofore the practice had been to discuss the entire schedules or only the high 8)ots in each schedule.- Under the new plan the bill was rewritten gradually on the senate floor,' but most of the changes were voted on recommendation of the finance committee majority. FOOD COSTS SHOW TWO PER PENT DECREASE WASHINGTON', Sept. 18. The re tail cost of food to the average family in the United States decreased two cr cent in the month ending August 15, according to figures made public today by the bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor, based on reiorts from 51 cities, . Among the cities showing a decrease in. the 'price level were: Denver 5 icr cent; St. Louis 4 ior cent ; Chicago and Philadelphia 3 per cent; Baltimore, Boston, ., New York, Savannah, and Washington, 2 per cent. , Nineteen other cities showed a 'decrease of on per cent or less, while Butte, Norfolk and Seattle showed increases of less than onchalf of one per cent. Decreases in' 22., articles of food ranged "from 28 per cent for potatoes to 'one per eent or sirloin steak and rib roast, while of 11 articles showing an increase granulated sugar led with 7 per cent. PERSHING TO VISIT STATE FAIR OCT. 18 RALEIGH. Sept. 19. General John i.J. Pershing has accepted an invitation to visit the state fair here October IS which will be celebrated m Military Day, it w-as announced today. J COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET XK WYORK, Sept. 19. Cotton fu tures closed barely steady. October 21.33; December -21.52; January 21-MJ; March 21.40: Mav 21.32; July 21.05; Spots closed quiet at 21.55, fifteen piyutg 1 up. j GASTONIA COTTON. Receipts 20 Bales 'Price 21 1-4 Cents THE WEATHER Cloudy, rain later tonight or Wednes day; no change in temperature, strong northeast winds, gales'ffi the coast. JENKINS IS ARRESTED AND HOLD-UP CASE IS CLEAR, SAY OFFICERS Winston Merchant. S. L. Jen kins, Charged With Acts of Immorality. HOLD UP WAS PLANNED? Ku Klux Klan Official Says Arrest and Evedince Clear Order of Charges. ' GREENSBORO, Sept. 19. S. L. Jenkins, merchant of Winston-Salem, was arrested and placed in Jhe Greens boro city jail yesterday afternoon on a charge of immoral relations, with Margaret Smith with whom . it is said by police that he 1ms been living off and on for two years in Cleveland, 0., Roa noke, Va., Winston-Salem, und Greens boro, in the latter city under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Webb; and for whom , He arranged the hold up party near Taylorsville last Thursday night during which the woman was taken by a group of masked men (engaged for the pur pose' by Mr. Jenkins and disguised as members of the Ku Klux Klan) and beaten by them because Mr. Jenkins was tired of her and wanted to get rid of her; and for whom also He tried to arrange another whipping party in WiustoivSnlem Sunday night mid asked members pt the Ku Klux Klan 0 do the work for him, Mr. Jenkins is 45 years old, is mar ried, and has four children. He con ducts b general store in Winston-Salem nndcr his own name. Bond in the sum of $5,000 was required of him and at -Lite hoar lust night he had not ar ranged it. Arrested In Winston. Mr. Jenkins was arrested in Winston Salom about 1 o'clock yesterday by the Winston-Salem police and was brought to Greensboro by members of the local force, who-had gone to Winston Salem to effect his arrest. Chief of Police G. P. Crutchfield sent for Rev. and Mrs.' H. O. Nash, with whom it is charccd that' Jenkins and Margaret Smith have' been living for the past three weeks under the names of Mr. and Mrs." Webb, and, according to the police, the man was jtositively identified by Mrs. Nash as the man -who came to her home under the name of Mr. Webb. Mr. Nash," tho police said, could not be certain of bis identity. Mr. Nash had previously said that he had seen Mr. Webb but rarely and doubted if he would know him if he saw him. To a reporter for the Daily News Mr. Nash said later that neither lie nor Mrs. Nash had any statement to make. . ' i The woman in the case, Margaret Smith, after telling the police that she had been with Jenkins, was not ar rested. JShe was at the police station yesterday afternoon and left with Mr. and Mrs. Nash. J. C. Gold, of Til lery, a representative of the Ku Klux Klan, who has been working , on the case for the organization, said she would go to Winston-Salem with him and would be cared for there by friends. The charge on which 'Jenkins is ar rested deals only with his alleged living in Greensboro with Margaret Smith as man and wife under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Webb. Police officials said he would almost certainly be prosecuted also on additiouul charges relating to the Taylorsville hold up and probably under the Mann act 'for his alleged relations with the woman in other states. Jenkins Denies. Jenkins, seen in the city jail, denied tliat he had used the name . of - Webb, denied that he knew Margaret Smith, though he said there was someting fa miliar about her face, denied that he lmd been to see her or any other woman in Greensboro,, denied that he had been to Taylorsville Thursday night, denied that ' he bad ' any connection with the ! affair. "Thursday night I was in Alleghany county on private business," he said. "I saw there my brother-in-law, Dan .Tones, who lives about 12 miles fnm Sparta, and had supjter with " him. Some time after supper I started home to Winston-Salem. I was on the road nearly all night and reached Winston Salem at 6 o'clock Friday morning." The jtolice, however, assert vigorously that Jenkins is the man. They regard the mystery of the Taylorsville hold-up as now unrftiestionably solved and they say that the Ku Klux Klan had nothing to do with it. On the contrary, both Chief Crutchfield and Assistant Chief Current said, members of the klan were of valuable assistance in unraveling the mystery and without them the police would probably still be i u the dark. J. 0. Gold, representative of the I klan. says the same thing. He regards the Taylorsville- episode as a reflection jon the klan and for the past few days 'lie and others, have . been . working to j clear the matter up. He saw Mar- afternoon, be said yesterday, and ob tained from her the true story-of her (Continued on page -). American QueenPj f "ft - YV V ' ' ' ' ""' ' t i The former Mrs. William B.1 Leeds, widow of the American tin . plate king, now the wife of Prince1 ' Christopher of Greece, may become queen of Greece.' King Constan tino, unpopular because of the, ' Greek defeat by the Turks, may be forced to abdicate in favor of Prince Christopher, his brother. ' SHOPMEN COME BACK TO WORK AT WAGES IN FORCE ON JULY FIRST (Special toThe Daily Gazette.) , WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 19. In a statement issued today by II. W. Miller, vice, president of ' the Southern Railway System, speaking with reference to- the agreement terminating the strike on the onthern widen lie signed with the shop craft Monday after uoon, Mr. Miller said: ."Shop- craft . employes of tho Soul hern system who have been on strike will Ik; restored to work as rapidly as this can' be done with out disturbing the orderly working of our shops. " "Under the terms ot agree ment," Mr. Miller added, "all old men with the exception of those who have been guilty of violence are to be put back within r0'duy. We shall probably be able to. place practically all our old men within a week . or ten days. The men come back to work at the reduced wages set by the order of the U. S. Railway Labor Board against which the strike of July 1 was directed. ' ''Men ein ployed sinfe August 15," when the. .Southern began recruit ing to fill vacancies in its . shop forces, who wish to leave our serv ice will be returned to the places ' at which they were recruited. In reaching a settlement with our men the text of the Chicago agreement was followed absolutely, not a word In'ing added or subtracted nor was there any side agreement. " ARGONAUT DISASTER WAS WORST IN HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA GOLD MINES JACKSON. Cal., Kept. 18. (By the Associated Press. ) Jackson. mining town, in the Mother Lode country, has paid the toll demanded of those who delve iu the earth for gold and stands unafraid but not dry-eyed today. ' Forty -seven of her men died in the Argonaut mine early on the morning of August IIS,, she learueit lut niglit, and today she awaits the bringing of their bodies from the rock tunnel, walled in with flimsy bulkheads of their own building, that has been their tomb for three weeks. But Jackson is un afraid, for her men showed they knew how to die. Moreover, those who did not meet that fate showed they knew how to live, for they gave of themselves without stint iu the effort to save their entombed fellow. It was California's worst mine disas ter, in one of tialifornia 's greatest gold producers, and it was the hardest blow Jiu-ksoa has had to puffer. . Three weeks jigo last -Sunday uight men deep in the Argonaut believed they smelted smoke. A shift boa took two men and went to investigate. They found the shaft a tire at the 3,6U0 foot level, chanced death from gas and were British Cabinet Stands By Its Policy as Already Announced French Cabinet Opposes Any Military Action PARIS, Sept. 19. (By The As sociated Press.) The French Cabi net today unanimously approved what is characterized as the "pacific" po licy of Premier Poincare in the Near East and the withdrawal of all the French troops from Asia Minor to the French side of the straits of the Dar danelles. The Cabinet went firmly on record as being opposed to any form of mili tary action as a means of settlement in the Turco-Greek situation. It em phasized the necessity of reaching an agreement through diplomatic chan nels and , eventually by a peace con ference. KEMAL PASHA HAS LOST CHANCE TO SEIZETIIECiTY OF CONSTANTINOPLE All Available British War ships Have Left Malta for Constantinople. TWO REGIMENTS ON WAY Strength of the British Land Forces Has Been In creased to 10,000. CONSTANTINOPLE, ; Sept. 19. Tiritish military experts hero believe that, whatever ' opportunity 'Mustapha Kemal Pasha hud for a coup against Constantinople, lias now been lost in view, of the quick strengthening of the allied defensive forces in the neutral zone. . AH the available . Hrifish warships, with the exception of the battleship Henbow, which is in dry dock, have left Malta for Constantinople and the Dor set regiment from Egypt and the Staf, fordshire - regiment from"? Gibraltar. ar on the way;; -; . i Forces lauded from the British ship have already entrenched themselves nt Channk, on the Asiatic side on the Dardanelles, bringing the strength of the British land forces to ten thousand. Two Italian battalions are exacted from Rhodes. The advance guard of the Turks is reported to be thirty miles south , of Clianak, and the army fifty miles. . , Jugo Sluvia has mobilized "three di visions on a line extending from Uskab, In southern Serbia, to protect, near the Bulgarian border. This is evidently lo guard against? any possible attempt it t the reoccupatiou of Thrace by the Turks or their allies. tl recce may be reiiestt?d to partici pate in the defense of the straits. As surances that the British dominions are alo ready to despatch troops to the Dardanelles, if necessary, has helped allay-the anxiety of the population, and Constantinople is breathing easier. It is believed that an . attack by the Kema lists would now meet with certain repulse. General Pelle, French high commis sioner, who has gone back to Smyrna to consult with Mustapha Kemal I'ashu, is reported to bo instructed by the allied high command to warn the ua- (Coutinued on page 8.) carried through the fire to the top of the mine. Then began the work of fire fighting which presently merged into one of reseuo for the men below, for the fire blocked the shaft and pre vented the escaiic of the miners. Men came from all over the west to offer their services,- the curious friend- ship of miners bringing hearty offers of service from all who 'could get to Jackson.- Mining companies in distant states, even in Mexico, telegraphed i proffers of assistance. The Kenuedy stinging Company, ocrahu;s of an ad joining shaft, sunk the bitterness of a law suit iu its willingness to be of service and loaned all of its projierty and facilities to the work of rescue. For many weary days", disappointed f at times by unexpected difficulties and heartened sometimes by equally unex. jx'ctcil bits of good luck, rescue crews drove through the choked tunnel that Waketiuld, head of the Sulfrdve run once had connected the two mines, or ' sion v is.it ni; Atbnl.i tmluy. battered at tin? rock separating oue of I Th former lord mayor of LoihIm, Kennedy's drifts from the Argonaut 's j expressed hit praLie f Aiiuruati 4,200 foot level. Early yesterday a j womeu in shaking of lin hf tn , .) drill was driyeu. through the alst barrier j the enthusiastic- welcome ti,v ...- of rock into the Argonaut. t lias -received in every city Vi-.' ! n . (Coctinued on page 8.) I the United States. , LONDON, Sept 19. (By The Associated Press.) The British Cabinet takes the attitude that Great ' Britain will undertake military ac tion alone if necessary, independent of France and Italy to protect the -freedom of the Dardanelles, it was authoritatively stated after this forenoon's protracted Cabinet meet ing. An official communique issued " from Downing street this afternoon declares in substance that the gov ernment stands by its pronounce ment of policy issued to the press Saturday notwithstanding newspap er reports to the contrary. , WAR NO NEARER THAN ' IT WAS DAY OR TWO AGO LONDON, Sept. 19. (By The As sociatt'd Tress.) The wideiy heralded "new war in tho NeaT East," which Trime Minister Lloyd George's political enemies barge him with deliberately in voking, has not begun, and so far as ap parent to the public, is no nearer than it was yesterday. ' - There is, however, no diminution of the excitement which the Government's declaration of a policy of force awak aned on Saturday, and the mntter con tinues to be a subject of hot discussion. ' Hi defense put forward by the gov ernment's advocates is that, far from seeking war, it is doing its utmost to prevent one, and that to this end it is uecessjiry to impresa Mustapha . Kemal Pasha with the fact that Great Britain win not anow mm To marcn on vonstan tinople, enter Europe, overrun Thrace,' and probably set the Balkans ablaze.: - This view does not make the least im pression upon t he government 'a oppo nents, whose nensnunera toil:tv rpnnw their bitter attacks upon Saturday's pro- ...... . ..r, .i ..... ti...i-. George as the chief author of it. The labor leaders especially are np In arms against what they described as the Cabinet's mudness. Their spokemen tell the government that the workers will not have another w;ar, and are determined to prevent it . The matter is to bo discussed at a general council of the trades union congress tomorrow, when it is anticipated some emphatic action will be decided up on. ' . Between those extreme views is an other which holds the government's in tention good, and its insistence upon the preservation of the neutral zone pruise worthy, but believes that, by moving without' the agreement of the Allies, it mude a clumsy, mischievious blunder. The advocates of this pinion particu larly insist upon the. earliest possible summoning of a conference of Euro pean powers to settle the whoW question of Turkey's boundaries. - , Meanwhile the activities of Mustapha Kemal Pasha are shrouded in mystpry. A Constantinople desputch to The Times reports that his cavalry patrols reach- i'u uut MMi uui utuaa, iuq uuuuuary vi the neutral zone yesterday, and there is an unconfirmed report that he is moving, or preparing to move, his army north- ward. The British preparations for this con- tingenry, foreshadowed y the govern-" meut's declaration, continue, and orders are said to have been issued to certain force to prepare for active service, their ofhVers and men on. leave being summon ed liiick to quarters. This, however,-does not necessarily mean these forces will be seut to the Near East. It is contended in some quarters tliat the parliament lias not bcu summoned, indicated the measures are 'precautionary, as, if hostilities were considered inevitable, the people's rep- , resentatives would hurely be called to gether. The outcome of Foreign Secre tary Curzon s discussions in Paris today is eargerly awaited to clarify the situa tion. FROST THIS MORNING " IN NEW ENGLAND STATES WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The dis turbance off the Kouth Atlantic coast is central this morniug in approximately latitude thirty and longitude 73 and mov ing north-northwestward, tho Weather Bureau announced today. Gales are re ported from vessels off the South Atlan tic coast and storm warnings remain dis played on the -oait at and between the Virginia capes and Jupiter, Fla. The barometer is high this morning over near ly aU districts with centres of maximum pressure over New England and the plains states and low pressure in the far, west and south west. Cooi weather continues this morning n the eastern states and their were frosts (this morning in New Kngland and the t northern plains (states. FORMER LORD MAYOR OF LONDON DECLARES AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MOST CHARMING ATLANTA. Kept. 19. America women are not only the most charming iu the world, but their imagination. energy and spiritual insight eiiiiiim ''one of tlw greatest nsmts ot modern civilization." declared Sir Charl.

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