GAS LY Weather Rain Local Cotton 25 Cents II IL VOL. XLIII. NO. 295 GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 11, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS SEALKUKLUX DOINGS ARE TO BE EXPLOITED Q IN RALEIGH THIS WEEK jGuerard Trial May Add ' Names to Haywood's List - ; In the State. JUDGE LYON TO HEAR IT He Is Not a Klucker and Will Require Answers to Ques tions Asked In Court. (By W. T. Boat.) KALEIGH, Dec. 10. Heal Ktt Klux : doings are going to be exploited here this week when the defense in the ease against deposed King KlagleW. V. Guerard, who will be tried in Wake county court ou a ehargo of embezzle ment, will add names to the immortal banded down by the Rev. Oscar Hay Hood. The Gucrard indictment will lie tried before' Judge i. 0. Lyon, who docs not ride a circuit in the invisible em pire. This case will not only bring out the financial system of the khui wtu its imperial capital in Atlanta, it is almost certain to develop the per sonnel of the order sufficiently to de termine whether there is nny solicitor iu this neighborhood who belongs to the Simmons Clark shebang. ; Efforts to get a legislative rise on the reputed membership of Judge Henry A. Grady in this super-kingdom, Lave failed. Letters sent out to the new members have found most of the respondents undisturiied by the klan. If not positively apologetic toward it. Thero are many answers yet to come, but anr amazing viercentnge of un masked Americanism must )e revealed , in . the letters yet unanswered if the suspicion that many legislative mem bers are of the invisible empire, is Cured. In the trial of Guerard, once the big Ike Of the klan, Chief Counsel J. W. Bailey expects to have the imperial wissrd from Atlanta here. It is not believed that the klan can proceed against Guerard without Clarke or Sim mons, or perhaps both. It is possible to get testimony as to individual trans actions, but the grand imp is needed, the whole chocc wizard is an absolute essential. And if these high financiers with their joke titles, wizards, klcaglos, goblins and whatnots, get n the stand for a cross-examination they are oirig to be asked a lot of uestions which a judge not of their empire will force them to answer. . Make 'Em Answer. Rev. Dr. W. K. Thompson, most erudite of the visitors yet to come here, was grilled by Bailey two months ago. The preacher got mad at Bailey . , (Continued on page 6.1 FORMER GOVERNOR BILBO WILL NOT SHOW UP Most Sensational Law Suit In Mississippi About to Come : to ; Close Attachment Is sued for Witness. OXFORD, Miss., Dec. 11. Testi mony of two witnesses, Theo. G. Bilbo, former governor, nnd Major Will Perry, A friend of the governor and presenta tion of a hotel registe us documentary evidence, was cxiccted to conclude the rebuttal evidence in th suit Tor $100,000 darangs filed against Governor Leo M, Kussoll, of Mississippi, by Miss Frances C Birkhead. ' stenographer, in federal district court here today. Failure of Mr. Bilbo, who had Wen mimmoucd as a witness for the plain tiff, to appear, caused suspension of the trial from Saturday until 0 o'clock this morning. Major Perry was detained on account of illness in his family. An attachment issued tiy Judge E. It. Holmes, was placed in the hands of a United States mnrshul with instructions to bring Mr. Bilbo into court, but ac cording to the marshal's office, no service has been secured ou the order Bp to last night. The former governor and Major Terry, a member of the governor's staff, are alleged by the plaintiff tO have knowledge of the circumstances that followed the incidents alleged in the suit and of negotiations which, she assert were "undertaken by the gover nor 's friends. 'In the event neither of these wit nesses appears today the seventh day -it Ik ooi-teil tlu cae-u-ilt be closed 'aud arguments begun, thus closing one of the most sensational law suits ever tried in a Mississippi court. ANOTHER CARPENTIER-SIKI FIGHT IS ASSURED. I'ARIS, Dec. 11. -A second Carjion-tier-Siki fight w-cins to be a certaintv, according to La Journal, which points out that President Rousseau, of the box ing federation, is inclined to be clement toward the incgulcse. "I will box Siki under anr condition 8t a date to tie fixed upon niv return j to ran this evening," Carpcntier tele graphed Le .Journal, from Brighton, England, last night. "Please say that to beat feiki would be the greatest joy cf my life," the telegram said.. It added that Georges wag to get the opinion of surgeons as to the .condition of his bauds, which were injure! in his bout with biki. . : A report is cBrrent that biki has dis appeared but neither his friends nor thiL police seem unduly alarmed. , Conference Adjourns To Avert Open Break Between England and France on German Question British Cabinet Rejects Measures of Force for Ruhr Upon Which Poincare Insisted British Opinion Opposed to Military Measures Against Germany. 12,000 REFUGEES FROM VLADIVOSTOK IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. (By the Associated Press.) Nine vessels loaded with refugees from Vladivos tok under command of Admiral Stark, anti-Bolshevik Russian leader, which arrived here last night 'have furnished a problem for the Chinese and -foreign authorities. The refu gees, upward of 12,000 in number, are officers and soldiers and their families of the white or Bolshevik faction of Vladivostok who fled when the far eastern authorities recently tock over the government on the evacuation of the Japanese. All ar destitute and are being held aboard their ships. The ships first went to Gensan, Korea, where the officers say they were refused per mission to land by the Japanese authorities, although they were given fuel and supplies sufficient to carry them to Shanghai. They report 8,000 other refugees already landed at Gensan in a terrible plight. Six more ships are expected with in a short time . Admiral Stark seeks either per mission to land, his destitute charges here, or provisions and fuel to carry them to Europe. YOUNG MAN FOUND DEAD IN BATH ROOM Charles Shuford Expired Sud- denly Following Shower Bath No Suspicion of Foul j PInv Fun oral ami Rurlnl ! Sunday. Onirics Shuford, aged Hi employed as n. floor nia n by T. . L, Craig, automobile dealer, was found dead in the bath room at the Craig automobile establishment on -West Airline avenue' Saturday after noon about .'!:4.'i o'clock. A negro of fice boy employed on the place discovered the prostrate body of young bhuford ly ing on the hath room floor, and called Mr. Noblett, a mechanic who was near. The hitter brought the body out of the bath room only to find that he was ap parently dead. The oflice force was at once notified and Drs. Garrison and Hun ter were immediately summoned, arriving within ten minutes. The physicians found that he was dead. About .'! :."l Mr. Lee Raincy, a me chanic, stepped into the bath room to wash his hands and found bhuford dress ing, he having finished his bath, lie talked to bhuford and says that he was apparently in the best of health nnd seemed to be in the best of spirits. Rainey was the last man to see Shuford. alive. Coroner L. E. Kincaid was summoned and, after an Investigation, ordered the body removed to the undertaking es tablishment of the Ford Undertaking coiin..'i'i v. He summoned a jury com posed of X. B. Davis, W. T). Ayeock, VV. H. Grady, G. J. Harris, F, L. Furgu son and J. B. Broom. This jury nut at the courthouse Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and examined witnesses, aft:T which they rendered n verdict to the ef fect that bhuford came to his death from some cause, unknown to the 'jury. There was no suspicion of foul play of any kind, the supposition of the coroner, physicians, employers nnd co-workers be ing that he died from some sudden attack of heart disease. , j Young bhuford, was a son of the late Sheriff T. E. bhuford. He had leen in' the employ of Mr. Craig most of the i time for the past four years, lie was apparentlv strong and healthy, a clcin upstanding boy without bad habits and was very popular with all the men with whom he came in contact in the cstab- lishment where he worked and' on the j outside also. Surviving are the following full brothers and- sisters, namely: Mrs. Bernard Banner, bf Atlanta; Mrs. C, C. Boshamer, of Gastonia ; Mr. Boycc Shuford and Mrs. C. L. Brown, of this city; and the following half brothers and sisters, namely; Msr. J. W. Suiumey. of Dallas, Haywood R. bhuford, of Dal las, Thomas V. bsliuford. of Hickory; and Mrs. diaries M. Moore, of. Gns totiia. He is also survived by his mother with whom he lived. . Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Kirst Baptist church, the pastor. Rev. W. C. Harnett, ofliciating. Interment was in the cemetery at Lowell. Young bhuford was a regular attendant at the First Baptist church and Sunday school.' REVOLVER BATTLE ON NEW YORK STREETS NKW YORK, Dec. 11. A revolver battle between four men in an auto mobile and an eii'ial number standing at the curb startled the liPart of the I theatrical district . early today. At least shots were exchanged." n one was hurt. Charles Rosen and Mayer Allwrts were arrested after, detectives charge, they threw revolvers in the street. The automobile was partially wrecked on the steps of the Longncre hotel when it? chauffeur let go the steering wheel to join in the shooting. The police expressed the opinion that the-(.hooting was due to gangsters' disputes. LONDON', Dee. 11. (By the Associat ed Press.) Adjournment of the pre miers conference touieht fur eight days in order to avert an open rupture be- tween England and France over the ques jtion of German reparations'' has been vir jtually deeided upon, it was learned to- j-day. . I The British cabinet rejected the meas j urcs of force for the Ruhr district upon j whieh rremier Poincare insisted, i Prime Minister Bonar Law informed (Premier Poincare that British public opinion was overwhelmingly opposed to jnny military measures against Germany. I The conference probably will resume ' its session in eight days in London or j Paris. Meanwhile it is hoped that some ' guarantees may be found which will sat i isfy the French and at the same time j j make military action uiinecesnry. ! It is stated in French circles that the ! imminent adjournment was merely a- maneuver to prevent an open break among the allies, particularly between France and Kn;laiid, and that there was little liklihood of finding a common basis of agreement between England nnd France. It is further pointed out, that in spite of Premier Poincare 's desire to co-operate with the new British government he has been forced largely by the politi cal situation at home to demand the Kuhr as the price of any concession to Germany. .The meeting of the premiers scheduled for this noon was postponed until t o'clock. It was expected in the mean time private interviews would take place among the premiers in an eleventh hour effort to save the conversations from what seemed this rooming to be inevit- It Wi)H stated' in an authoritative American' quarter that of bringing the British the chief hope and French to gether during the period of adjourn ment to which the conference now seems doomed, lies with the United Btates. I(t was said by this authority that England will probably ask the Ameri can government if it is willing to can cel the French debt to the United 'States provided England in turn can cels the French debt to Groat Britain and at the same time enters a definite agreement with the American govern - (Continued on page six.) WHOLE TOWN JOINS IN CHASE FOR NEGRO FAIRFIL'LD, Tex., Dec. 11. A negro, believed to have attacked a white girl at her home at. btreetmau this morning, has been captured by a posse, but has not yet been identified, accord ing to reports here. 'Excitement is high, sad hundreds of persons are hur rying toward Street man. The girl failed positively to identify the negro who gave his name as George Gay, as her assailant and he was locked up in a small house under heavy guard pending arrival of bloodhounds from the state penitentiary at Huntsville, which will be put on the negro's trail. The girl's condition is not serious, the negro having been frightened away after throwing a sack over her head I and stuffinir her mouth full of cotton. A mob of about 1,500 is gathered at Street man. CORSICAXA, Texas, Dec. 11. Bloodhounds are being hurried from Huntsville penitentiary to Street man to take up the trail of a masked negro who attacked a '-twenty -year-old white girl at her home at Street man this morning. Excitement is high at Stroetman and the streets and surround ing country are filled with armed men. . Streetman is only a short distance from Kirwin, where three negroes were burned to death by a mob several mouths ago after one of them had con fessed to the murder of a white girl. A few days later, the body of an other ngero was found hanging from a tree near the scene of the burning. Officers expressed the ' belief he was another victim of the mob. Two weeks ago a jiegro' trusty in the Freestone county jail attempted to attack the wife of the sheriff. He escaped searchers, but an uncle of the negro was shot to death by a posseman when, it was said, he offered armed resistance to the posse's search. FAIRFIELD, Tex., Dec uess houses iu Streetman, miles northwest - of here, this morning while their 11. P.usi a town U0 were; closed '-proprietors ana employes joinert tlie posses organ ized following the -report that a negro had attacked a white girl. Freestone county, in whihe Street ma u is located, has been the scene , of at least three lynching in the past few months. XKYV YORK, Dec. 11. Decision to resrict competition in the women's na tional golf championship to players having a handicap of not more than 11 strikes, has been announced by the Wo men's Committee of the United tates Golf Association. For the pairing of mcmliers, it also" was decided that-piav- j ers having a handicap of 1 to 6 inclusive shall be paired one with the other; those having a handicap of 7 to 10 shall be similarly paired, while the third class in j the pairing shall provice handicaps of not less tlian IU nvr more than 11. J ' Sm.Ic events held i;t the women's n:i- tional shampionshiii wilt be limited to a J match against women's par, a lest ball j foursome and a mixed foursome. Klan Threat " Hubert K.C3ajt i 'Harvard sopho more, said he r celved threat! from the Ku Kim Klan and h a i n o w left Cam bridge followins an lllnes. day,, who t from the South, saya he la a victim of the Klan, but denies that he left col lege because of its threats. The Day's News' At A Glance Irish ngaiust homes irregulars resume reprisals Free State officials, attacking of Postmaster General Walsh and other government leaders. French again call for Ruhr seizure; British are oposed and success of Lou don conference upparoutly hangs on slender thread. King George appoints Duko of Aber corn governor of northern Ireland. Japanese restore province of Shan tung to t'liinu; Peking, pays bandits $100,000 to refrain from violence after withdrawal of Japanese troops. Turkif.li delegates that Angora is to uople as capital of at.- Lausanne say replace C'oustanti Turkey. Observers declare that Tchitcherin has failed to convince Ismet Pasha that Turkey shall plunge into arms of soviet Russia. Dublin Sinn Fein women and girls carry stretchers of laurel iu funeral procession of four executed rebels to Glasuevin cemetery. Pope Pius completes plans for to day's secret consistory, in which he will name eight new cardials, among them Monsignor Bunznno. Election of continues to tions. new president irouse hostile of Poland demons! ra- Kwiss union declares that Huco Stinnes has invested twenty million gold mark in Switzerland to escaiw taxa tion iu Gennunr. Masked, robed Klaiisman sneaks from pulpit of Brooklyn church and escapes molestation by police authori ties. Secretary of Labor Davis investigates charges that foreign contract laborers are working iu railroad renair tdinns. Public meeting in ' Washington ap proves resolution calling upon president to grant Christmas amnesty for prison- cm held for wartime esnionaee. i.iemeueenu mis iienetit ot crisp moun tain air in walks out-ide of Pittsburgh in day of rest on way to Chicago. . . ..... Ii. tail food costs increased in 0 of 21 representative cities in United States iu month ended November 15. ' SHOOTING SCRAPE AMONG NEGROES AT MTN. ISLAND One Negro Killed and Several Wounded In Free-for-All Fight In Construction Camp At Mountain Island Dam. Sheriff G. R. Ithyne, Deputy Miles Rhyne and Coroner L. K. Kincaid were summoned to Mountain Island lato Sun day in response to a. message stating that there had been a wholesale shoot ing among the uegroes near the South ern Power Company's dam. One negro was killed and several others more or less seriously wounded. The only name by which the negro was known, accord ing to the officers, was "Bad Eye." He was shot with a pistol in the breast, in the head and a load of birdshot was emptied into his groin. The negro who did the shooting escaiied, but the of ficers have his name and dcscriidion and an arrest is exneete.l short lv. Sheriff Rhyne states that the shoot- jing leg-in among some negro camps ,-jiiu nii;uiin's iu me woous, not oa the Southern Power proicrty. It seems that the crowd was drinking and gam bling and that the quarrel was renewed a second time after it had been quieted oiu-e. It was the usual result of a Sunday afternoon of drinking ami gambling among negroes at a construc tion camp. 95 REGISTERED COWS BURNED TO DEATH MtlXnoK. I ;i IW 11 v;no. I've registered Jeier cows were burned I to death in a (ire that dest roved the Grciihotise. Model Dairy, here, yesterday. , The property loss was ' estimated at $50,0110. ' THE WEATHER . Rain and warmer tonight and Tues-day.- ' Wm. C. Faries Will Not Di Dec 29' YORK. S. C.f Dec. 11. William C' Fariea will not die oa December 29. Today Judge Jamee . Peuri foy signed an order staying the exe cution of Faries pendig the motion for a new trial before the Supreme Court. Fariea was recently con victed here of the murder of Newton Taylor, a thirteen-year-old boy, at Clover on September 6 last, and was sentenced to electrocution four days after Christmas. It ii expect ed the convicted man will be brought back to the York jail to remain, pending his appeal. CLEMENGEAU BACK IN CHICAGO FOR SPEECH French Diplomat Has Hard Schedule Secret Service Man Acts as Traffic Cop. CHICAGO. Dec. 11. Delegates to tha American Farm Hurcuu Federation in convention here today expected to bear Georges Clemeuceau, France's wartime premier, take a tack different from that followed in the other speeches of his American tour. The Tiuer had for a subject "The fanner os a world citizen' and would, it was announced, deal inn in ly with foreign markets. Representatives of agricultural or ganizations from all parts of the country were here to grc,et Clcinenccau. While preparations were being for welcoming the former premier the all American National Council of . Illinois adopted a resolution protesting what it termed his "efforts to embroil tho United States on matters wherein it is not interested. ' ' P1TTBURG, Doc. 10. (By the Asso ciated Press.) En ronte with Clemenr ccau to Chicago Refreshed by a day of leisure spent in the crisp air at the crest of the Allegheny mountains, at Cresson, Georges Clemeuceau is on his way to Chicago tonight, to make a brief address there tomorrow before n convention of farmers. Tho war premier of France took two brisk walks with members of his party one being n hike of more t ha im mile along the Lincoln highway, with Bernard M. Baruc. h unci Colonel tepheii Bonsai. Scores of motorists whizzed by and on several occasions when the Tiger stopped in the middle of the road to engage in animated discussions, the secret service man with the party was obliged to act as a tra c oniccr ami 'detour" the ma chines. A recent statement of Lloyd George touching upon the charge that France sought secretly to obtain tho left bank of the Rhine, was discussed this after noon by M. Clemenceiiu in his private car, at the second extended interview that he has granted newspaper corres pondents. "I know of no party in France wish ing to annex any German territory," he said. "We never claimed German ter ritory and that shows wiv never meant to."' Reiterating that he had no means of knowing whether the terms of the guar antees offered Premier Briand nnd Poin care were satisfactory, since he had. never seen thin, he exclaimed; "Do you think n guarantee offered by Bonar Law Would be similar to one offered by Lloyd George I Ceiitninly not." The Tiger is due to arrive In Chi cago at S a. in. He plans to remain in his car until 10 ; :. leaving just in time for his address. The speech will consume about ill) minutes and will deal chiefly with foreign markets for farm products. He is to start for New York iu the af ternoon. RESOLVE TO MAKE NEW YORK DRY FOR CHRISTMAS NKW YORK, Dec. 11. Further steps in the campaign to make the metropoli tan Christmas dry w?re taken last night iu the issuance of drastic orders to ever)' patrolman in the city. ; The new regulations are designed o check up on every saloon, resturant and calx-ret in the city, and also to check up on the police who enter them. Officers stationed iu premises previous ly raided are required to submit at the end of the dailv hours of duty a report which includes a brief description of the premises, the names of the owners, the waiters, bartenders and other assistants; the approximate number or customers served daily; whether or not the police is equipped '"' dumb waiters running to floors above or lelow, and what sup plies lire carried thereon; whether there is a stock ticker and the number of Jiersons interested in the ticker informa tion; the kind of liquor served to cus tomers and the prices charged therefor as shown on the cash register! ami the names of all police- who enter the es tablishment. MORE EARTH SHOCKS FELT IN CHILE. SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. 11. (By The Associated Press.) Strong earth shocks were felt at Illaped and Ovalle early today, according to a dispatch re ceived here, tate railway officials said that communications north of the laf- 'ter towM had lccn' interrupted and that the station at Coquimbo did not an jswer calls. The shocks were felt very Utrongly at I.os Andes, but apparently (extended no further south than Valpa raiso, where a tremor was noticed. The center of the disturbance is be lieved to have been in the Vallenar dis trict, where the recent disturbances oc- eurrctL Farmer and Laboring Man Have Discovered Their Power, Says Johnston To Progressives Political and Industrial Future Is Brighter Than Ever Before Recent Election Let Loose Stored Up Wrath of People Against Captains of Industry, Free Booters and Profiteers. PROMINENT LABOR MEN AT PROGRESSIVE MEETING Two Hundred Delegates From Every State In Union Farmer-Labor Vote Is Re sponsible. CLEVKLAND, O., Dec. 11. (By the Associated l'ress.) The two-day conference for progressive political ae tioa opened hero today with represen tatives of labor, the farmer labor and national iiou-nartisau league gioutis, progressives and socialists in attend anoe to map out a policy for present and future political nctiou. Most of the oH'iiiug hcssiun was de voted to tho reading of reports, ap pointment of committees and tho annual address of William II. Johnston, iuter tiatiouul president of tho machinists' Onion and president of the conference. Approximately 200 delegates from nearly every state in tho Union, mainly accredited delegates of international labor organizations and national farm groups, attended . Among the promi nent leaders here are Warren H. Utono, president of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers; 1). B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Knginemen ; Sid ney Hillniau, New York, president of Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Ed word Keating, of Washington, editor; Morris Ilillquit, cw York, member of the national committee of the socialist party; Benjamin C. Marsh, Farmers' National Council; .1. O. Brown, na tional secretary farmer-labor party; Fred C. Howe, New York, 11. F. Sam uels, representing the National Non partisan League, and representatives of the United Mine Workers of America, the Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Order of Kailroad Telegraphers, ami ..Women's Trade Union League. Kach international ' oriraiiizatio will have three delegates. in the case of a roll call vote, however, instead of vot ing by delegates, each organization will be allowed one vote for each 10,000 accredited members. Prior to the convening of the confer ence, 'Mr. Johnston and other leaders said the formation of a third political party was not contemplated". Mr. Johnston said, "We are committed to the principle that the primary is u distinct institution nnd that, it is in tended as a means whereby voters can place their candidates in nomination anil we intend to use our power in the primaries to nominate tho right men, regardless of political faith." It was said, however, that some of the rank and file were strongly in favor of a third party 'movement . Demand for the primary nomination of candidates iu states where there is no primary is made in the annual re port qf the national committee of the conference, which states that "through the primary ballot progressive candi dates can be nominated." The com mittee declared' that "in those states where the primary Jaw does not exist a ilemaiiil tor the enactment ot sue u a law should lie made on the incoming legislatures; states where the law is de fective, efforts should be made to per fect them and that efforts of big busi ness and politicians to abolish or de vitalize the primary should Im) de feated." Summarizing the achievements, of the recent - election, the report states: "It has brought together the industrial workers and farmers and demonstrated their common "economic and political interests and that they can and will unite their forces in the political held, and "it has given dignity' anil stand ing to the progressive movement that it has never had before." NOTORIOUS CIRCUS CASE COMES TO TRIAL. TODAY. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Dee. 11. Mrs. Doris Bruiien, and her brftiiiv, Harry C. Muhr, go on trial today before Supreme Court Justice Kaliseh, mi charges of having killed Mrs. Bruneii'.i husband, "Honest John' T. Brunei, circus owner. Bruiien was shut on March 10 last as be sat by the window of his j home at Riverside readiim a newspaper. Both defendants, a bout two mouths repeatedly have ccnee. More than 100 summoned, bv the who were arrested' after the shooting, i protested their inuo-1 j witnesses have been proKrtition, the chfT I of whom .Charles- M. Powell, formerly of Indianapolis, said by the authorities to have confessed firing the shot tint killed thp circus man at the investiga tion of Mobr ami Mrs. Bruiien. Powell, formerly v holder of a consession wiHi the Bruiien shows, is alleged by the in vestigators to have stated that he was promised $1,000 for slaying Bruiien. The date for his trial has not been fixed. ; I Col. Marshall Lost. j 'PHOENIX. Ari;, Dec. 11. The search for Colonel Francis C. Mar shall and Lieutenant Charles Lr. Web- I . ... 1 tier, army aviators wno nave Deeu "nss- ; ti,,.i.,,- i,n tiw.v ,li:m. n:imi1 on route from San DieifO. C:il..l tn. TX.a,i rW hift,..t f.irthrf k.mth I into the Arizoua border -strip today - the result of two reports indicating the presence of the missing plane and avia - tors iu that region. CLKVKLAND, (")., T)ec. 11. (By the Associated Tress.) Farmers and labor have discovered thier joint power through the primary and "there is now hope that our political and industrial future is safer thuu it ever was before,' William If. Johnston, international president of the machinists' union, declared here to- . day in opening the conference for pro- pressive political action over which ho is presiding. ' ' Our first experiment is ended and our first preliminary skirmish on behalf of equal and exact justice has come to -a close," Mr. Johnston declared, sum marizing the recent elections. "Through you, as a result of the efforts made by your associates and neighbors at home. 'jthe American -people have spoken most emphatically. "Ou that day American citizens vot ed more intelligently than they ever did -Ix-fore. They voted with rare discrimi nation and magnificent independence. They not only . brandished the big sti-ik of outraged -indignation, but they used it that day most effectively, so thorough ly in fact that, the predatory interests in and out of tho present a dmisist ration are till ir.Mnl. II.,,. i.itl. fr,,, . . . iiviu niv . lops they got and they are quivering with fear as to what is likelv to happen to them when they voting intelligence and independence of tho people develops in every legislative and judical district of our land. "You showed 'them' limr helpless they were and how ineffective their ballots' were on election day if thy had it oehoice m'tween two evils. The, first place to make a choice is at the primaries.- You have exposed the crcatest ir.ifpiitv of the sleight of hand shell game iu American politics, whereby candidateson both-major party tickets have heretofore been luindtieked by the predatory, un-Ameri: a it corporate interests. . "A very deliberate nnd dishonest iiropaKiinihi of iiiirtisanshio and rreiu. dice has been kept In circulation to fos 'er mistrust among the farm workers ss " against the city workers. Fortunately, the dawn is breaking nnd we now see each other more ch'nrly. "We are not mendicants 'seeking fa vor or blessing of any other groups, any parties, 'any institutions. We have our 'uuilations, but they were becoming less. We have our shortcomings, but they are iK'coming fywer. . " We have consecrated our lives to the highest ideals of fair play in industry, ni'd the proper representation in polities. Thus there will be brought together in understanding nnd political fellytfship those great constructive and productive forces upon which the welfare of the na tion fundamentallv bests.' . . . OLD WAVE ACTUALLY ' COMING THIS TIME Weather Man Who Slipped Up On Previous Calcula tions Says He Has the Right Dope Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The , official weather man who, for the past week or more, has been pre dicting semi-frigid temperatures for the south, promises the "actual", appearance of a cold wave in the Atlantic and Gulf States by Tues day night or Wednesday. Follow ing the tint forecast for the south of premature cold spell, a change took place, but instead of going down, the mercury rose to surpris ing heights and aftormed some un seasonable though not unfavorable temperatures. -Latest officials word was that the cold wave now over the northwest; would spread eastward and southward over the plains states and the great central -valleys during the next ;ti or 4S hours and by Tuesday night or 'Wednesday would touch the Atlantic. nnd.Ciulf States at tended by temperature "lower than pre viously recorded this-season, ' in the re gions comiitg under the influence of this i old wave.'' As an indication of the wintry weather . conditions over the country during the coining week and "perhaps longer, tc weather bureau pointed today to the general- pressure distribution over the United States, western Cauiula ami Alaska. Lowest rempcrntiires tins morning wero 2S below zero at Calgary, Alberta r 2t Mow at Havre. Mnut.; 16 below dt Helena. Mont.'; It below at. WKIiamston, N. D.: ami 8 below at Nortlifield, Vt. COTTON MARKET GASTONIA COTTON. Receipts, today. .............. Price. i . .... Receipts: Dee." ."ith, MO bales; ."-J bales; Dec. 7th, 12 bales; ."11 bales; Dec. Mh, ?.o bales. .12 bales ...N5 13 6th. .Ma, Dec ,rr, CLOSING BIDS ON THE I ! NEW YORK MARKET. NKW YOKK.. IVe. 11,--The c(ttn mnrset eiosea siea.y a i.u.wj 2-1." 1; -March, ..,.vv; -Mri . .", -'Uiy, ; --W : July, 24.72;- vUet. Dec, j'2l..";. pots, i"i.lU. .