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Qastonia Daily Gazette GASTONIA COTTON 34 Vic TOrMY LAST EDITION MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XL. NO- 142. GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 14, 1919. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS TERRORIST OF LAST UNEARTHED IN GARY Maker of Bomb Exploded On Steps of Attorney General Palmer's Residence Arrested Ad ditional Evidence to Convict Terrorists. (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 14 A radical leader named Ivanoff, now known, it is said, as the agent who carried the Gimbel bombs from Gary to New York for trans mission through the mails is being sought. He was last seen in Chicago several weeks ago when he spoke at an I. W. W. onvention. He is supposed to have gone aat The gun cotton and other high ex plosives in the bombs were obtained from the Aetna Powder Works, four miles east of Gary, it is said. It is also stated that the efforts of a radical to obtain a further supply of the explosive led to the raiding of the cel lar bomb factory after federal operatives had traced him there. While the federal authorities would not announce the name of the man held as the suspected bomb maker, it was stated that he was steadily employed in the ateel mills at Gary until he went on strike fieptember 22 and that he was one of the most violent radical agitators during the early part of the strike. Only a' few pieces of the bomb ex ploded at the Palmer home were recover ed and they were so small that thev were Tegarded as almost valuless as evidence. They were compared with parts of the bomb found in the Gary basement raid, however, it is said. Revelation of the arrest of the alleged bomb maker ami the uncovering of the terrorists plots followed the finding on a striker at Gary yesterday of four copies of a handbill purporting to be a proclaniri tion of the communist party of Ameri-a advocating overthrow of the military forces at Gary. Colonel W. 8. Mapes. commri'ider of the troop in the steel 7uie. caused an in Tcstigation to !'' mad f'i s in the distri t loll nrinted. but. of a'! vnnt'.'U' find v. here f'c it is said, the search produced :.o information. 'obnel TWape said he did tielieve the strike eoirmnttee authorized distribution of the bills. CHICAGO. Oct. 14. Federal authori ties at Gary. Ind.. where military con trol was established by Major General ljeonard Wood after the situation grow ing out of the strike of steel workers became too threatening for state authori ties to handle, have arrested the alleged maker of the bomb explonded ou the night of June .'! last, in the doorway of the home of A. Mitchell Palmer. Tinted States Attorney General at Washington, and have obtained evidence clearing up CONSOLIDATED TEXTILE CORPORATION ACQUIRES NORTH CAROLINA MILLS New York Firm Gets Possession of Cotton Mills in Raleigh, Burlington and Shelby. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Organization of a large corporation, to be known as the Consolidated Textile Corporation, to acquire, manage and inane textile mills throughout the country and to di rect the merchandizing of the products of the mills, has been effected by promi nent New York banking and tea tile in terests, according to an announcement published today. The properties to be acquired include the Pilot Cotton Mills Company, Kaleigh, N. C. ; James N. Wil liamson & Sons, Burlington, X. C, own ers of the Ossipee and Hopedale Mills, and the Ella Manufacturing Company, Shelby, N. C. Many economies of operation will be effected, it is declared. The plan was underwritten some time ago and it is re ported that within a very short time the organization will have a capital of $25, .000,000, representing many interests ready to be consolidated when all the plans are formulated. The corporation will have an authorized capital of one million hares of no pa' Ta3ue and has been organized under the Delaware lawn. "Frederick K. Boppreeht will act as presi- PLOTS MAY ARE the terrorist bomb plots of May Day and June 2, according to authoritative information here today. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Oct. 14 Police clashed with strikers who were stoning cars loaded with men on their way to work in Brier Hill early this morning. A Croatian striker, Peter Buyell, had a leg broken by an officer's bullet. He was ar rested but his companions escaped. Operations were resumed on a larger scale than was predicted this morning, and the number of men returning to work is gradually increasing, it was said by mill officials. CHICAGO, Oct. 14.-Kviden.ee also has been obtained, it was said, that re vealed the entire terrorist organization responsible for the attempts against the lives of law enforcement officials through out the country who had been active in the arrests and prosecution of radicals. The man held in connection with the Palmer bomb is believed, it is said, to have been the manufacturer of the thirty six bombs sent through the mails in boxes wrapped in paper from the Gimbel Bros, store in New York and timed to reach their intended victims on May 1. The peculiar style of manufacture with the ingenious contrivance of the explosive has linked them unmistakably with a basement radical factory raided at Gary by the federal troops, it is said. Since the 1.5WI soldiers of the fourth ami sixth division took control of Gary investigations have been shrouded in sec recy. There have been many arrests luaor and a strong blockade was built to keep the prisoners in. How many men besides alleged bomb makeis aro held in connect ion with tin' ua! ion -w idf plots lias not been revealed by the authorities. I'HILAIiKLI'HIA, Oct. 11. "Fine, " said A. Mitc hell Calmer, attorney gen oral, when he was informed today that the ii. an aliened to have made the bomb which expl.icb I ill the doorwa of his Washington home on June ' had been arrested at Gary, Ind. "I knew they would get b i in. We had information to that effect a week ago. These fellows can't escape. We have our fingers on any ono of them at all times. " Kvery anarchist or red in the coun try is ticketed and labeled like so much dry goods. He can be reached at any time. ' ' "The peril from the reds in America." Mr. Palmer continued, "is greatly c- ( Continued on page 8.) ! dent. In New York dry goods mercantile centers it has been contended for some time that more direct control of pro duction was essential in the development of foreign trade and in the elimination of difficulties in handling goods of dif ferent mills for the home trade. City Court Yesterday morning's docket in police court showed an array of offenders before his honor, the judge. More than 30 cases were up for trial. The majority of these were for speeding, operating anto without license, and drunk and dis orderly. There were several cases where the defendants were charged with carry ing concealed weapons. Their fines rang ed from 25 and costs to 175 and costs. First offenders in speeding were let off with the costs, while those who were up for third and fourth offenses were fined $10 and costs. There were 12 viola tions of the auto traffic laws, some for speeding and Others for driving a car without license. Eleven drunks faced the court, the majority of whom obtained their freedom by the payment of $5 and costs. Considering all things, it was a very profitable day for the school funds. There was no court this morning. Philadelphia must be a thirsty town. Even its ball clubs stick in the cellar. Columbus Dispatea. CZECHO SLOVAKS WILL NOT MEDDLE IN RUSSIA Lettish Force Reject Offer of Armistice Made By Com' mander of Army of Russian General Government. (By The Associated Press) VLADIVOSTOK, Friday, Oct. 3, (By The Associated Press). Czecho-Slovakia forces in Siberia will take no part in the political life of the country and will maintain strict neutrality between the various factions, according to a memo randum handed to local representatives of the foreign ministry of the all-Russian government at Omsk by Dr. Valda Girsa, Czeeho-Slovak commissioner in Si beria. The text of the memorandum fol lows : "In view of rumors circulating at present in the far east, I consider it my duty to inform you that the Czecho slovak government does not intend to interfere in the internal political life of Russia. Therefore, the Czecho-Slovak army will not attempt any political coup d 'etcut nor participate in such an at tempt. Our army maintains strict neu trality and will act only in self defense." ALL GERMAN SHIPPING ORDERED FROM GALTIC (By The Associated Press) COPENHAGEN. Oct. 14. Rallied by their officers after the panic that sized them when armored cars broke through their lines west of Riga. Lettish forces. reinforced by Esthonians, have regained the initiative and have moved across the Dvina river, across which they Heel late last week, according to advices received here from Wenden. Lettish forces never abandoned the portion of Riga east of the Dvina but clung to their positions in spite of a heavy bombardment from the (iermano-Russian army that attacked the citv. Offers of an armistice made by olonel A aloff liermondt, commander of the army of the "Russian general govern ment," have been rejected, it is report ed, by the Lettish government. Troops are being mobilized everywhere in Livon ia ,'ind the neighborhood of Riga seem ingly preparatory to a struggle against the invaders who suddenly began their offensive October V British warships in the harbor of Riga are said to be as sisting the Letts in driving the oi niaiio Knssian army back ti:m; t!c ci'. . I'.erliu reports that tieneral mn der (iolt;:. commander i f ( :e: i:::: n tones in the Baltic- provinces, has transferred Ins authority to General von Kberha i dt ami is expected to in rive in Berlin soon. It is announced in Berlin that mens tires have been taken to prevent more (tcrman soldiers I rum goin tu t'our land. the center of the mm maim Russia u movement, and that all food supplies have been cut off from troops refusing to return to del many. All Geiinnu siiip ping has been ordered off the Baltic- and the entire Russian Baltic is virtually blockaded. ARCHANGEL. Oct. 14 In continuing their offensive operations ou tiie northern front, Russian troops have captured bol shevik positions over a quarter mile front near the village of 1'leseUkaia. on the Emetza river, a branch of the Dvina. 135 miles south of this city. Reports from the front declare that after mutinous sol diers had been shot, the 4'Jnd regiment was sent to the front lines, other re serves not being able. Interviewecf as to the situation, a repre sentative of the northern Russian gov ernment declared : "The Russian army now is demon strating efficiency, despite the demands placed upon it by the withdrawal of British troops. Our forces, which they considered incapable of holding the front and doomed to disorganization, are scor ing a series of successes such as have not been seen during the last year. ' ' LONDON', Oct. 14 Presentation by the entente powers of a suggestion to Cermany that she join in a lockade of soviet Russia has not as yet been report ed from allied sources, the only informa tion received here being through German newspaper comment. The Daily News refers to the incident as a " curious development ' ' and asks why diplomats at Paris have not dis closed the facts. ' ' STARTS FROM FRANCE ON FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA (By The Associates! Press) ISSY LES MOULINEAUX. France, Oct. 14. Aviator Poulet started this morning on his flight to Australia. He was sighted over Troves at 9 o'clock. On his first attempt to start on his flight last Sunday he met adverse weath er conditions and was forces to return to his airdrome here. BREST, Oct. 14 The situation aris ing from the strike, which seemed to be increasing in gravity yesterday, now ap pears to be easier, employers having greed to an increase in wages. FRANCE GAY OVER RETURN PRE-WAR CONDITIONS Military Control Removed- Cafes and Restaurants Will Remain Open Till 1 O'clock. (By The Associated Press) PARIS, Monday, Oct. 13 General re joicing Dy the press over the death of "Anastasie" as the censor has been call ed in France during the war, marked the first day of the return of 'a state of peace to France today. Military control, not only of the press but of all police measures for the con trol of movements of travelers across the frontiers, as well as inside of France, the supervision of ports, restrictions on importations and other matters which have been in the hands of army officers, passed to civil authorities. The right of requisitioning was terminated and the military authorities also lost jurisdiction over certain crimes and misdemeanors, no longer having the right to search private property. Lifting the state of siege restoring municipal regulations to the police will permit restaurants and cafes in Paris to remain open until one o'clock in the morning, but there seems to be some loubt whether this practice would be profitable. PARIS, Monday, Oct. 13, (By The As sociated Press). Parisians have during more than five years acquired the habit of retiring early and waiters are quite satisfied to have them continue this prac tice, as the night life of Paris does not yield the same revenue as it did before the war. Moreover, the eight hour law complicates the situation by requiring restaurants and cafes to engage addi tional help. Only on the boulevards where establishments are supported by foreigners, do proprietors incline to in sist upon keeping open until late at night. Further comment on the resumption of liplomatic relations between France and Germany was provoked by the publica tion of the presidential decree this morn ing. 1'aul Dutastn, who acted as sec retary of tin- peace conference, is still one of the most prominent men men tioned as tie probable ambassador to Berlin. The well-informed Echo de I'aris ays it had ccuilirinnt inn of tiie report that he1 has been selected for the post ami that it is expected the German gov eminent will al mice be asked to approve his nominal ion. Baron Kmt "ii I ..-net , non Ueiniau representative at Versailles, who has made a visit to the Gciman embassy on I.' ie dc Lille, is supposed to be Ger i , .. 1 1 's i hoi. c as charge d'affaires, I . it 'ifg tin- iicmiii::' tion of an ambassa dor. !"i.v pi..'o'dy w!l! haven charge a" a ;rcs :u I i ! i n tempora nlv. NO INFLUENZA OUT BREAK THIS YEAR (By The Associated Press) ST. LOP IS. Mn., Oct. 14. There is no indication of an epidemic of influenza this winter, according to speakers at the convention of Association of Military Surgeons of the Tinted States in ses sions here today. Colonel Victor V. Vaughn, in an ad dress, declared the fouler the atmosphere and the more bacteria one breathed the more immune he would be to disease. This was proved, he said, by statistics compiles! 'luring the war, which showed that the greatest death rate from disease was among men from rural districts. "The city-reared man." he asserted, ' is accustomed to breathing filthy air, while the country bred man is not and consequently a four atmosphere will af fect the latter sooner than the former." LIEUT. MAYNARD BE6AN RETURN TRIP TODAY (By The Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 Lieuten ant Belvin W. Maynard, who blazed the trail from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the first lap of thv army's trans-continental air race, was prepared to start at 1:12 p. m. today on his return to Mineola, N. "., in the same Dellaviland airplane in which he made his record breaking flight. The only new part the machine required was a tire to replace one which blew out when he landed here. The hour set for Lieutenant Maynard 's departure was the earliest possible under the rules governing the race. Six west bound flyers arrived here yes terday, four more rre within ft days flight of their western goal and three others had crossed the western boundary of Nebraska and were well within the Rocky mountain country. Lieut CoL T. S. Bowen passed last night at Battle Mountain, Nev., 3.16 miles east of here, and Lieutenant Colonel J. N. Reynolds, Lieutenant C. B. Newman and Lieutenant H. W. Sheridan were at Salduro, Utah, 162 miles further east. SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGE IS CAUSED BY STRIKING NEW YORK LABORERS i At Least 220,000 Workers Are Striking or Idle in Gotham Express Company Places Em bargo On Express Which Handles Most of City's Food Eatables Rotting on Docks. (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 14 With at least 220,000 workers either on strike or idle as the result of strikes, according to union estimates, New York today viewed with increasing concern the prospect of a serious food shortage rendered immi nent by the refusal last night of the longshoremen to return to work and the continuance of the teamsters' strike. The osiy ray of hope was the announce ment by President T. V. O 'Connor, of the International Longshoremen's Associa tion, that various locals would now take a referendum vote on the question of returning to work. O'Connor, who was hocited down when he attempted to speak at last night's turbulent meeting, said to day: "I still have hopes that the serious thinking men in the organization will see that a mistake has been made in trying to repudiate their word given to the gov ernment ami the people and that they will yet abide by the decision of the National Adjustment Commission." The walkout of the 11,000 teamsters. chauffeurs and helpers has caused the American Railway Express Company to place an embargo on all express packages entering and leaving the city. Virtually, all of the fish, vegetables and other perish able food are shipped here by express. The strike of the longshoremen, harbor ami ferry workers lias caused food to rot on the clocks and in ships. No eoal has reached here for several clays. Some milk and vegetables have reached the city by circ uitous routes. The industrial unrest in the city is shown in a statement by Ernest Molim, secretary of the central federated union of Greater New York, in which be says 1 L'li.'iim vv.ukeis alliiliated with the Atnei ban I'edcrat ion of Labor aie on strike. In addition, Mi. If. dun state's ti.at there aie oil. non "unclassified strikers and ."n. i'1"' nun strikers thrown out of Work." The priiuipal strike heie and the mini be" of Mien affected, according to M-. I'.ohin. aie: Marine wmkeis L'".""" : c igai makers ,"..u : niliiueiv ker 7..V'1' ; shipbuilders ::,oii; pi-inters. pi iik-ii . j etc.. .', : piano wot k.-i s 1 ' i.o, n ' ; I. mid ing ti.ides 2",'ioh; taiiors .t.ii'in ; arid' la and i v wm kei l'ii.H'iii. .n ililcies. ing ,iev c,o.oeiit in ti.e stiike of pressmen and otner workers in REOSLUTIONS DISCUSS RELATIONS BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR Industrial Conference Hears John Spargo On Relation Between Capital and Labor Labor Demands That Steel Strike Be Arbitrated. (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. H- Labor's de mand that the nation-wide steel strike be arbitrated was reported to the national industrial conference today by the steer ing committee of 15 without recommenda tions, but with the suggestion that if ar bitration is undertaken the proposed com mittee of six be chosen from among re presentatives of the public not attending the conference. Six resolutions dealing with the rela tions between capital and labor, and par ticularly the right of labor to deal with employers through unions, were intro duced by members of the public group today when the national industrial con ference reconvened Chairman Bernard M. Baruch of the public group, announced that the resolutions were not those of the group as a body and that their presen tation had merely been assented t-- le cause the subjects were believed to relate to the purpose for which the conference was called. John Spargo, of New Y'ork, offered a resolution proposing that the conference endorse the following principles: The recognition without qualification of the right of workers to combine into unions and combinations of unions for the furtherance of labor's interests and protection of labor's right. The right to representation of workers by union officials in dealing with em ployers. Making it a penal offense for any or ganization or Industry to refuse to hear the claims, demands or complaints of or book and job concerns was a letter seat to Samuel Gompers, by the heads of three international unions affected by the strike, in which expulsion was demanded of the central federated union of New York from the American Federation of Labor, unless its "sympathy and moral support" waj withdrawn immediately from the "out lawed" pressmen and press feeders ' unions. NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Heavy police guards were placed today within and about the criminal courts building, where two alleged anarchists are on trial fol- lowing the discovery late yesterday of' highly incendiary circulars threatening the lives of Supreme Court Justice Bar tow S. Weeks, Assistant District Attor ney Alexander I. Rorke and Detective Sergeant James J. Gegan, head of the police bomb squad. NEW YORK, Oct. 14 Hope for an early settlement of the express teamster's strike was seen in the announcement thia morning of Martin Lacey, business agent of the local union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, that as soon aa a reply to the teamsters' demands Is re ceived frotn the railroad administration a meeting of the union will be called and the reply submitted to the men for con sideration and action. FORMER PREMIER FRANCE TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL (Ily The Associated Press) I'ARIS, Oct. 14 Joseph Caillaua, ('iiner premier of France, will be placed c.i dial before the high court Thurs day. ( i tober 2 !, iii-i ,,rd ing to Le Journal today. Le I'leniier ( aillaiiM. charged with in ti.gi.mg ( hnng about a premature and 1 1 s i h i (( i a I tie pea. e witn iierinan.v has been , i a-t cry for a vear and ;i half await cii trial. Last month he was removed from prison to a hospital because of ill loam,. (in September 17 the coinmiw sen ,.;' the high couit decided after J pi oh,i.'cl inquiry that he must appear be, t or.- tin- coin t to fact the accusation against him. ganized labor, as voiced by union of ficials, and recommending that congress enact laws to make this principle im mediately applicable to every department of the government except the army and navy and to every industrial corporation or concern of every description. Providing that any attempt on the part of any employer to penalize any work er for lawful activity in promoting the interest of any union whether such pen alization take the form of discharge, re fusal of employment or otherwise, should be made unlawful and punishable and providing machinery for the investigation of all such cases. Indorsing the right of labor to nse every "peaceful and lawful" means to promote the principles and aims of la bor organizations, including the ritfht of free assemblage, speech and publica tion, subject to necessary restrictions in time of war or great national emergency. Advocating the estamishment in every state of a special group representing cap ital, labor and the general public, to in quire into charges of suppression, of the rights of free speech and " assemblage and to order the removal of any prohibi tion of these rights which may have been issued without just cause. There was no immedate action on the report, the conference adjourning for an hour after there had been a sharp de bate over interpretation of the rules. Thomas L. Chadbourne, chairman of the committee, announced that the labor and public groups in the committee op posed the resolution proposing arbitra tion, but that a majority of all the mem- -bers of the committee favored it.
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