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ACTON
H THAN 200 REDS
AWAIT FEDERAL
.Members of I. W. W., Communist Labor, An
archists and Socialists - Raid Marks Culmina
tion of Five Months Investigation by Federal
.Authorities - Arrests Made on Authority of
x . Attorney General Palmer
(By The Associated Fress.)
CHICAGO, Jan. -2 More than 200
alleged members of approximately seventy
radical organizations . and cults among
.-whom mem berii of . the Industrial Work
rs of The World, the communist labor
party, the communists, and the anarchists
and syndicalists predominated, today
were in jail awaiting action of state and
federal officers aud raiding parties still
ought other suspects. The raids were
directed oy aaaciay jaoyue, siaic b amu
ey, and marked culmination of a five
months' investigation by agents of the
state's attorneys office, jrivate detective
agencies, and military intelligence oper
atives. State and city police officers
made the arresta. federal 'oncers with
drawing at the lust minute on instruc
tions of Attorney General Palmer, ac
ording to Mr. Hoyne. '
The raids on the 300 open aud secret
gathering places here of the alleged rad
icals were begun late yesterday after Mr.
Hoyne, according to a statement lie is
sued, had received a letter from Mr.
Palmer asking him not to proceed with
a plan for joint state and federal action
agreed upon several months ago. The
attorney general based his request on
the ground that the raids might inter
fere with government activities) said Mr.
Iloyne.
"Apparently Attorney Genera Palmer
and some of his friends are playing pet
ty politics with the situation and ara
pursuing a pussy foot policy," said Mr.
Hoyne 's statement. He also asserted
that radicals had been "tipped off by
some employe or attache of the depart
ment of justice" that that raid was to
take place.
The prolonged investigation, the coun
ty prosecutor said, had revealed that
members of radical organizations daily
preached the overthrow of the govern
ment and that the I. W. W., the com
munist party and the communist Jabor
party and armrchists and syndicalists
had distributed ton of seditious litera
ture. Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit
and 8e;fttle were the centres of the
"criminal conspiracy" the investiga
tion disclosed, he said.
Several women were among those ar
rested. Search was continued today for
"William (Big Bill) Haywood secretary
of the I. W. W., and other leaders.
A request that a special graad jury
be impanelled to investigate activities
of "reds" probably will be made with
in a few days, Mr. Hoyne indicated.
Uuder the Illinois syndicalist and anti-radical
law enacted at the last session
of the legislature, a maximum sentence of
tea years imprisonment may be imposed
4a persons convicted of radical activities.
4,000 TO COUNT
NEW YORK'S POPULATION.
Nearly 4,000 enumerators today com
anenced the task of counting New York's
'population.
In selecting the enumerators in New
York by competitive examination, prefer-'
enee was given to war workers. The force
of men ami women chosen in Brooklyn is
nearly 100 ier cent ex-service.
Arthur G. Pore, -supervisor of the
-census for the third district, estimated
-that Brooklyn would be well ahead of
Manhattan borough' for the first time in
history. According to his 'estimates,
Brooklyn 's population will approximate
2,250,000 while Manhattan probably will
fall below the 2,000,000 mark.
HC-4 GOES TO JOIN RANKS
OF FAMOUS AND UNIQUE.
CHARLESTON, 8. C, Jan. 2. After
an overnight stay, the trans-Atlantic sea
plane N C-4, Lieut Commander A. A.
Read commanding, left here for Rocka--way
Beach, L. I., from where after dis
aaantling, the noted flying craft will be
hipped to Washington to be placed in
the Smithsonian Institute. The NC-4 ar
rived yesterday afternoon from Pensaco
la. The craft has been engaged in re
ruitiag duty on the Atlantic and Gulf
-roast and in the Misstsslppi valley.
32-YEAR-OLD HEN READ.
DANIKLON, CONN.. Jan. The
death of Eusatia Pallidani, aged 32, a
ttpanish black hen, said to have been the
oldest hea in the United States, is an
aounred by the owner, James Blanchard,
oi ijbumiic, in opt youm rii
prise-wianinf pedigreed beauty. When
15 years eld her blftck plumage became
white. She mothered a brood lastpring
ami laid eggs in the fall. . .
JURY IN HALL CASE
CONTINUE DELIBERATIONS
(By The Associated Press)
MANASSAS, VA.. Jan. 2. The jury
in the case of Prohibition Inspector W.
C. Hall, charged with Killing Lawrence
Hudson, uu nllcged bootlegger, continued
its deliberations today after being held
in a local hotel all night under guard of
the sheriff. A verdict was expected dur
ing the day. The prosecution charged in
the final argument that the officers had
killed Hud noil to prevent him from testi
fying against them for killing Raymond
Shaikleford, Hudson's companion.
The defense charged that the prosecu
tion was financed by the "whiskey inter
ests" aud that Hall was acting in self
defense and in line of duty when lie shot
Hudson.
BOTH DR. SCHOTT AND
MISS GARDNER TO TESTIFY
(By The Associated Press.)
LOUISVILLE, KY., Jan. 2. Both Dr.
C hristopher G. Schott, charged with mur
der, and Laurine Gardner, 13, his chief
witness, were called to testify today at
the coroner's inquest into the death on
Christmas eve of-'Miss Elizabeth Ford
Griffith.
In the coroner's possession are two
letters that Miss Griffith, the physician 's
office assistant, and former fiaueee, wrote
to Dr. Schott and which may throw some
light on whether the girl committed sui
cide in the doctor's office or was murder,
ed. These may be introduced at the In
quest, the coroner intimated.
The physician has been released from
jail on $S,000 bond pending investigation
by a grand jury, on January 9. Last
night he arranged for bond for Joseph
E. Hudson, former Louisville policeman,
charged with shooting and killing Mrs.
Lillian E. Lynch here Monday night dur
ing a fight between soldiers and a negro.
FORMER COLLEGE PROFESSOR
FOUND DEAD
Dr. W. W. Greenlea, Profes
sor of Literature and Lang
uages Found Dead in Room
at Boarding House m At
lanta. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 2 Inquiry by
a coroner 's jury into the death here yes
terday of Dr. W. W. Gseenlea, former,
professor of literature and language in
various southern schools, was set for to
day .
Dr. Greenlea was found in his room
at a boarding house here, a bullet wound
through bis head and a pistol with one
empty cartridge by his side. Police pro
nounced it a case of suicide.
The former professor, who was about
48 years old, held a degree in medicine,
had been ordained a minister, and was
one of the most accomplished linguists of
the country. He was capable of teach
ing fourteen languages and spoke seven
fluently, according to W. F. Dykes, su
perintendent of the Atlanta public
schools. He formerly was a member of
the faculty of the Boys High Schoel here.
After his wife was accidentally
burned to death several years ago, Dr.
Greenlea left Atlanta and had since been
teaching in Asheville, N. C. He had
been in poor health for sjveral years,
and returned here a fortnight ago.
WAS TEACHER AT BINGHAM.
Asheville, Jan. 2. Dr. w. m.
Greenlea, whose death occurred in Atlanta
yesterday, had been an instructor in mod
ern languages at Bingham military acad
emy here during the school term that
closed ust before Christmas. Dr. Green
lea, or Captain Greenlea, as he was known
at Bingham, had been released from
further service at Bingham, and it is be
lieved here that this may have caused him
to become despondent.
A practical three-wheeled automobile
that weighs only 120jounds is 4he in
vention of a Japanese army officer.
Though a new helmet for electric weld
era weighs only 21 12 ounces it complete
ly protects a wearer's head, fac and
uevk. -.. . . r-
200 PRISONERS FORGED
TO WITNESS HANGING
NEW OFFICERS TAKE
CHARGE OF CHAMBER
As An Experiment In Psychol
ogy Many Hardened Crimi
nals Witness Gruesome Trag
edy of the Gallows.
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. An experiment la
psychology was conducted this morning
at the county jail, at the dim hour of
tiawn, when 200 prisoners were forced to
witness the hanging of Kaffalo Durrage,
convicted murderer. Hardened criminals,
selected from among murders and felons,
whose expiation is not yet the gallows,
were placed in cells, tier on tier, of
which-surrouiided the square where the
scaffold had been erected. v
It was the contention of Sheriff Pe
ters that the sight of the gruesome trap
pings would have a most salutary moral
effect upon those in whose life might
come future temptations to slay or to
rob.
And so firmly the sheriff believed in
the effiacy of this idea that he persisted
in despite of tlie request of Governor
Lowden that he' abandon the plan, and
the added protests from scores of other
persons win thought the scheme unnec
essarily brutal. f
Accordingly the stage was set and
Durrage was led forth. The quiet in the
death chamber liecame absolute for a mo
ment. Then the noose was slipped over
the murderer's head. Frum one of the
higher tiers came a strident shout:
"When do we eatt"
Tier by tier, cell by cell, the cry was
taken up. It became a roar above which
the warden 's voice could not be heard.
President Fred L. Smyre and
New Board Directors As
sume Guidance of Chamber
of Commerce For 1920
Secretary Allen Re-Elected
Committees to Be An
nounced Later.
New officers yesterday took over the
affairs of the Gastonia Chamber of Com
merce and held their first meeting for the
year 1920. The old board, with J. H.
Kennedy, the retiring president, in the
chair, held its final meeting in .Secretary
Allen's offices at 4:30. At 5 they turn
ed the meeting over to President Fred
L. Smyre and his board of effirwtors and
the latter started the ball to rolling for
another year. Officers for 192) are:
President, Fred L. Smyre; first vice
president, A. U. Myers; second vice
president, M. A. Robinson; treasurer,
8. N. Boyce; directors, the officers ex-H
officio; Wade S. Buice, cashier of the
CENSUS
ENUMERATORS BE
GIN COUNTING NOSES TODAY
CHI(!A(iO, Jan. 2.- The "two hun
dred worst criminals" in the Cook coun
ty jail did not receive a "moral lesson'
today by being forced to Witness the
hanging of Rnffalo Durrage, convicted of
u double murder. Governor Frank O.
Lowden directed a change in the announc
ed plans of Sheriff Peters after many
Chicago women had protested against
making the hanging a ' ' spectacle. ' '
The plans of the sheriff were to trans
fer as in any prisoners as possible, in
cluding the approximately 200 he desig
nated as dangerous characters, to cells
overlooking the court where the gallows
was located. The altered arrangement
called for removing from those cells most
of the prisoners.
Durrage killed his wife, Mary, and On
ofrio Gargano. Since he was sentenced
virtually bis only visitor has been an Ital
ian priest. He spent a sleepless night
pacing his cell and smoking continually.
BIRTHS DOUBLE DEATHS '
IN YEAR JUST ENDED
According to statistics obtained from
the office of W. Meek Adams, vital sta
tistics officer for Gastonia and Gastonia
township, the births in this township last
year outnumbered the deaths more than
two to one. In the township there were
696 births in 1919 as against 304 deaths
during the same period.
Figures for the year were as follows:
Births in the city 508
Births outside the city 188
Total births 696
Deaths in the city 217
Deaths outside the city. 87
Total deaths 304
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FIVE ALIENISTS TESTIFY
AS TO NEW'S SANITY
LOS ANGELES, CAL., Jan. S.-Tes-timony
of five alienists as to the sanity of
Harry S. New, charged with the murder
of Miss Freda Lesser, would complete
presentation of the defense's evidence,
New ' attorneys announced today before
resumption of the hearing after the New
Year's holiday. A hypothetical question
of more than 5,000 words based on all
testimony introduced in the case was ex
pected to elicit from the experts the an
swer that they lelieved the defendant
was insane, said Lecomte Davis, of coun
sel for New.
Rebuttal evidence by the state will fol
low. Witnesses summoned included Mrs.
Alice Lessor, the dead girl's mother, and
alienists expected to testify, they believ
ed "New was rational.
Arguments will require at least a day
for each Hide, defense and prosecution
have agreed. They indicated they thought
the case would go to the jury Wednesday.
FEED L. SMYRE
New President Gastonia Chamber of Com
merce. Third National Bank; C. C. Armstrong,
of the Armstrong chain of mills; K.
Hope Brison, of the Capitola Mfg. Co. ;
J. O. White, of the Modena Mills; John
It. Rankin, jwistmuster; A. E. Wolf.,
lawyer, and C. I). Gray, cotton broker.
Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen
was re-elected for another year at an in
creased salary. The making of the bud
get for 1920 was referred to the finance
committee which will make its report at
the next meeting of the loard. Presi
dent Smyre stated tiat he would an
nounce the standing committees for the
year later.
In splendid shae financially and with
a constantly increasing membership, the
Lchamber begins the new year with flat
tering prospects.
J. H. Kennedy, the retiring president
issued the following oen letter regard
ing the past year's work of the chamber:
Co-operation from the eople of Gas
tonia and the jieople of Gaston county
outside the county seat, has made the
year just closing a notable one in work
accomplished for the advancement of city
and county and I wish to take this op
portunity to extend my cordial and sin
cere appreciation of this spirit as shown
he Chamber of Commerce. As a new
administration takes over the organisa
tion I wish to beseak for the new of
ficials the same ready backing in all
their efforts for anything good for our
section .
Co-oieratioii made the last big Gas
ton County Fair a real success and co
oteration has made a success of every
thing attempted by the Chamber of Com
merce. The Chamber of Commerce is
but the agency organized and ready for
use at all times and needing only the
supjKirt of the jeople in general to put
everything good over for us.
No one man has made the work of the
chamber the past year notable. It has
been the team-work of officers and mem
bers and of those not in the membership.
It has been a splendid year for our
community and to all I wish to extend
a sincere New Years greeting and the
hoi that' the new- year may fbing
much to pass of benefit to Gastonia and
to all Gaston.
Population of United States Is Expected to Go
Over One Hundred Million Mark - 85,000
Enumerators Engaged in Work - Expect to
Complete Census Within Tw,o weeks.
TO CHECK.VARIOUS VERSIONS
OF BROWN'S DEATH
(By The Associated Press.)
MOl'NT CLEMENS, MICH., Jan. 2.
Authorities today questioned Lloyd
Prevost, former close friend of J. Stan
ley Browii, in an effort to check upon the
various versions of Brown 's mysterious
denth more than a week ago, when his
body was found in his automobile on a
country road near here.
Prevost was detained yesterday for the
second time and upon the advice of his
attorneys refused to add to his previous
statements to the effect that he was with
Brown several hours before his death, hut
that he had no knowledge of who shot
the young man to death.
Prevost, himsell', has lieen connected
with the case by Mrs. Cecil Vester, a
former friend of lioth 11141 , who nlso In
criminated Brown's widow, Mrs. Ruth
Prevost Brown. Early today no charge
had been lodged against either.
Mrs. Vester is in jail awaiting a pre
liminary hearing tomorrow morning, on a
charge of complicity in the slaying of
Brown.
DR. JAMES I. VANCE AD
DRESSES STUDENTS
BOY SCOUTS WILL
ATTEND FLAG SERVICE,
Assistant Scoutmaster O. O. Duncan
requests that all members of Troop No.
3 meet at the Columbia Tailoring Com
pany's store at 7 o'clock Sunday night,
in full uniform. The troop will attend
the Flag service at the First Baptist
church in a body.
A -Frenchman has invented piano music
printed on long sheets, so mounted' on
motor driven rolls that they are advanced"
as rapidly as a user -wishes, saving the
work of turning pages.
Student Volunteer Convention
Hears what Christian
Churches Are Demanding of
Students.
DKK MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 2 Just
what the Christian churches of the
United States and Canada are demand
ing of students in the two countries
was explained today by several speakers
of the Student Volunteer movement for
foreign missions here. Dr. James I.
Vance, of Nashville, Tenn., told of one
of the demands and how it is being met.
Dr. James Kndicott, of Toronto, Canndn,
discussed the Canadian side of the ques
tion, while Mrs. F, S. Bennett, of New
York, president of the board of home mis
sions of the Presbyterian church, spoke
on the subject from the viewpoint of wo
men. Dr. J. Campbell White, of New
York, connected with the inter-church
movement, also spoke.
This afternoon the convention dele-
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 The Fear
teenth Decennial census began today with
85,000 enumerators engaged in counting
the men, women and children of the
United States' and collecting data on the
resources of the nation. The census is
expected to be completed within two
weeks, but the compilation of the figures
probably will require four months.
The population is estimated at between
107,000,000 and 112,000,000, compared
with 93,000,000 in 1910. When the first
census was taken in 1779 during George
Washington 's administration, the popu
lation was reported at 3,000,000,. J
Washington is the headquarters of the
census work, which is being done un
der the supervision 0 Samuel L. Rogers,
.diief of the bureau. Officials here expect
.j lie able to estimate the population of
the larger cities by the middle of March,
but the returns from the country districts
will be slower. , ! .
Besides the enumeration of persons,
the census included the accumulation of
information on farms, manufactures, for
ests and oil production.
Gnston county and Gautonia are filled
with census enumerators today. For
the next two weeks they will be busy
(llin txtiir T Via .. i nil tiilBk!ti. -
the county. The co-operation of every
one is asked in order that the work might
be completely done.
Every enumerator has been sworn to
keep all information secured and a
heavy enalty is provided for divulging
information given them. This informa
tion will be sent to Washington, where s
preliminary report as to the larger cities
is expected within the next three months.
Information to bo asked every person
will include the following: Race, eolor,
age, native or naturalize!, nationality of
parents, speaking English, reading and
writing, occupation and a few other re
lated questions.
Incase of farmers, included is the
questions will be as to whether or not he
owns his own farm.mimher of acres owned,
number under cultivation, in pasture and
waste, stock, amount of animal products,
including dairy and beef, thickens and
eggs, what crops are cultivated, etc.
The price allowed enumerators this
year is 4 cents a head, or twice as much
as given for the same work 10 years ago,
while country enumerators are given an
gates met in sections aud heard various additional 30 cents for each farm, whieh
phases of mission work discussed. The i 50 per cent more than 10 years ago.
sections were divided under the heads of ;
agricultural, education, medical and
evangelistic.
Non-Christian religions, their work and
their failures, will be the subject for the
general meeting of the convention to
night. The Rev. C. A. R. Janvier, of
India, and the Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer,
of Kqypt. will speak. Mrs. W. , A.
Montgomery, of Rochester, N. Y., and
Robert K. Speer, of New York, also
are on the, program.
AMNESTY MAY BE
GRANTED FUGITIVES.
(By The Associated Pres.)
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 1. Amnesty may
be granted Mexican fugitives in foreign
countries by the government. President
Carrauza declared today at the New
Yearfc reception at th palace. The pres
ident's statement was in answer to a pe
tition presented by Colonel Antonio Jau
regui, survivor of the war of French in
tervention, who asked that former federal
officers be pardoned for offenses charged
against them. Many of these were in
volved in the revolt of 1913. 1
Maps of the heavens with the stars
made luminous by a radium preparation
have been iu vented by a California as
tronomer. .
HARVARD SQUAD RETURNS
HOME VICTORIOUS
PASADENA. Calif., Jan. 2 The
Harvard football squad today began the
long return journey to Cambridge, Mass.,
fully repaid for the twice trans-contineutl
trip by the 7 to 6 victory gained here
yesterday over the University of Oregon
eleven . The Crimson victory was the
first scored by an eastern team iu the
annual inter-sectional game here. j
Discussion today by erities of the
game largely concerned the ability of
Casev, Harvard 's sensational baekfield
man, in catching forward passes and
freeing himself frorrr tacklers and A.
Uorweeu 's line plunging during the final
jeriod. Church was given credit for
much effective punting.
Little, Mannerud and Steers, whose
drop kicks brought the Oregon score to
BIG EXPLOSION IN DEL
AWARE POWDER PHUT
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2. A tenifie
explosion at 9 0 'clock this morning in
the vicinity of Wilmington, Del., shook
the country for miles around. Telephone
service is interrupted temporarily. The
first report said there had been two ex
plosions. Later it is said seven had oc
curred. The force of blow up was so
great that houses 30 miles away were
shaken violently. "'
lt'er it was learned the explosion, was
in the Hagley plant of the Du Pont pow
er company. It is located on the Brandy
wine, three miles from Wilmington.
Four years ago an explosion in the
same plant killed 30 workmen.
BRYAN'S NAME WILL BE .
IN PREFERENCE PRIMARY
(By The Associated Press!)
DETROIT, Jan. 2. William Jennings
Bryan will be entered in Michigan's pref
erence primary for endorsement as demo
cratic nominee for president, according
to local friends of the former secretary .
of state. v
Petitions in his favor, which will re-
auire Onlv 100 nimn witl tu ! .imiti.
ui' .11 ,n uivu(mi iiic vn j, ' " V-. .
within one point of the seven, Harvard 's Jf a shortly, it was said. The primaries
touchdown bv Church and goal by A.
Horween produced, also came in for fav
orable mention.
That no new style of play was un
covered by either team, also was com
mented upon.
will be held April 5.
MAN FOUND FROZEN .
TO DEATH IW CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. With the ther
mometer registering fivebelow scro at
o'clock this niorniug, an unidentified man
was found f roien to death in the snow:
He apparently was walking to work, as a
full dinner pail was found at his side.
DAN RIVER MILLS GIVE
10 PER CENT BONUS
(By The Associated Press.)
DANVILLE, Vs., .Jan'. 2 An
nouneemant was made today by the
mm ruver aiuis tnai its D,UWJ employes
had been given a 10 per cent increase in
wages and free insurances. The cr
pany will begin soon construction cf a
new, mill, to cost $2,000,000.- A
T.M. 7. A. building a! i ; :
erected in North Danvil'o f r t '
mill workers.