I GASTONIA . -. COTTON j CENTS TODAY QASTONlA ly Gazette LAST EDITION MXlfBEfi OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "VOL. XLI. NO. 4. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. 5, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS AMI LEGION IS AS TOOL OF THE Pa CAN CHARACTERIZED CAPITALISTS ABOK PLANS TO OUST Mi (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 5. More than 100 alleged radicals arrested in the New Year's raids by state and city authori ties, today were arraigned iu criminal court, and a special grand jury began -tackling the masses of evidence seized at headquarters and meeting places, or ob tained in the past five months. Agents of the federal department of justice spent the day preparing evidence for submission tomorrow at the hearings of 224 red aliens held for deportation as ft result of. the new year's drive and the national crusade a day later. Officers today still sought for alleged reds, for whom warrants were issued, but John T. Creighton, special assistant at torney general, said another concerted -drive against dissentients wi'not be made until present cases are disposed of. William D. Haywood, secretary of the Industrial Workers of the Worbj, under sentence to a federal prison, and for whom state officers had searched since New Year's day, announced in a morn fag newspaper that he would surrender today. The federal officers said they did aot want to arrest Haywood. States At torney Hoyne, who directed his arrest, eiade no announcement of the charge a gainst Haywood. "Regardless of recent official state ments to the contrary, I wish to say that there has been, is, and can be no connec-'-tion between the communist party of America, and the communist labor party and the Industrial Workers of the World," Haywood saia. "The communist partes are political organisations. The I. W. W. is an in dsstrial organization. Our methods are totally different," he said. He said that the communist manifesto regarding overthrow or the federal- gov ernment never had been included in I. W. W. propaganda. Haywood also said that if the states attorney sought to invoke the new state -syndicalist law against strikes, "and I imiinnitand he is working toward that end, he will have to fight for his life." In that connection, it was commented upon that the Chicago federation of la bor yesterday adopted two resolutions against the federal raids. One asserted that the executive board suspected that the raids "were a part of a gigantic plot to destroy organised labor by the employers", and the other that they 'were repressions resembling Caaristlc methods in Russia and terrorist tactics. ' ' E. N. Nockles, the secretary, charged hat the raids were "financed by a slush fund supplied by the capitalists." Th- ncialist narty also issued a state- vent deploring the raids against radi- eals, and the local painters union an nounced it was planning to oust all mem bers who held membership in the Ameri can Legion, which was described as a -"tool of the capitalistic system." FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CONTINUE RAIDS AGAINST SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS PARTIES ( By The Jasociated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Although nearly 5,000 persons nave been arrested since the latest radical raid was started last Friday night, department of justice .gents over the country still were seek fag out today members of the commun ist and communist labor organizations, who thus far had escaped the general dragnet. Apparently New York and Chicago -were the chief centers of activity. Sev eral hundred warrants were yet to be served fai the metropolis. Nearly 3,000 of those arrested have been held for deportation proceedings and because of the congestion now at El lis Island, all of them cannot be concen trated there. At the bureau of imnugra- tion it was said that if army and navy branches at the island were removed, there would be ample room to concen trate all of the alien radicals who might U deported. Immigration officials would not diszuss reports that they would ask the war department for use of either mps, Mills or Upton, New York, as a concentration camp. Congress had be fore it today the request of Attorney General Palmer tlrat it take prompt ac tion on a bill proposed y him several soonth. ago and designated enable the government to deal with citizens f6und to be engaged in radical activities. There Is no federal' law. onder whkh they can UNION IBERS TO EARTHQUAKES SHAKE TEN MEXICAN STATES Many Houses and Cities Bus iness Blocks and Stores De molished Seismic Dis turbance in Neighborhood of Vera Cruz. By The Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, Jan. !. Ten states were shaken by the earthquake which on Saturday night destroyed at least two villages and caused many deaths in the state of Vera Cruz. These st:it.v, were Mexico, Puobla, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Morelos, Jalisco, Tlnxcnla, Hi dalgo and Querretaro. They stretch from the isthmus of Teqwuitepec in a north westerly direction, a distance of nearly 500 miles and from the Oulf of Mexico to the Pacific Reports received up to 11 o'clock last night indicated the centre of the seismic convulsion was in the neighborhood of Mount Orizaba, a volcano about 70 miles west of Vera Cruz on the line between the states of Vera Cruz and Puebla, It was in this neighborhood that the most serious damage was done. Teocelo, a village 35 miles northeast of the volcano, was virtually destroyed, and a similar fate 'befell ('ouztlnn, a email hamlet in that neighborhood. Wires were torn down by the violence of the tremor and only fragmentary reports reached this city, but it is stated there were many cas ualties in both towns. ' Many houses and churches in .Talnpa, a city about !0 miles northwest of Vera Cruz, were damaged, while reports from Orizaba, a city ten miles south of the volcano, state that several business blocks and churches near the center of the town were cracked. In the suburbs of Orizaba the shock was very severe, many persons being reported killed. The shock came during a performance at the theatre at Orizaba and panic-stricken people leaped from the balconies into the pit in their efforts to escaie. Many were injured. Fifteen shocks were experienced at Cordoba, a city ten miles oast of Oriza ba, where 11 were distinctly felt. First reports received here state that the trem or centered at Acambaro, a town near Teluca, about 25 miles southwest of Mex ico City, but more recent advices state the shocks were not severe there. Whilp telegrams last night from the state of Vera Cru, where the earthquake was more severe, stated that scores had perished, accurate estimates of the casu alties cannot be made as yet be dealt with. Hundreds of citizens were tafcen in the raids Friday and Saturday and these must be turned over to State authorities for trial. CONTINUE RAIDS ON COMMUNISTS NEW YORK, Jan. 5 Continuation of the raids on communists was expected here today. About 600 warrants Temained to be served. At least 58 local branches oiKthe communist and communist labor parties which have not been raided are said to be in existence in greater New York. A "red" conscription camp near here has been urged by local officials because of the overcrowded conditions at Ellis Island. It was said a request would soon be made to Secretary Baker that he des ignate either Camp Upton or Camp Mer ritt to house the prisoners. INFLUENTIAL RUSSIAN COMMUNIST IS ARRESTED. NEW YORK, Jan. 5 Gregory Wein stein, chief of staff for Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled ambassador to the United States of the Russian sovie: re public, was arrested on a deportation warrant today by agents of the depart ments of justice. Weinstein, according te department of Justice, is the most in fluential Russian communist,' nextjto Mar tens; in America. LEGION ARMSTRONG MILL MEN ENJOY PLEASANT BANQUET Sixty-Eight Representatives of the Armstrong Chain of Cot ton Mills in Attendance at Fourth Annual Banquet. Representatives of the Armstrong chain of mills in Gaston county and South Car olina. iu hiding officials, superintendents aud overseers of the Clara, Dunn, Mon arch, Armstrong, Seminole, Piedmont, Mutual, Victory and W ingot mills of Gastonia and Dallas, and the Wyinojo and Lockmore mills of Roclf Hill and York, S. C, were the guests of Col. C. B. Armstrong Saturday night at an elegant ly appointed banquet, served by Mr. A. A. Armstrong at the Arming ton Hotel. Vrecisely at 7 o'clock the guests were seated in the capacious dining room and served with the following menu: Oranges, queen olives, sweet mixed pickles, chicken soup, baked turkey and cranberry sauce, fried oysters, mashed white potatoes, English peas, steamed rice, chicken salad with mayonnaise, hot roll-, brick ice cream and nabiscoes, cof fee. After all had partaken heartily of the many good things enumerated, cigars and ligarettes were passed anil Col. Arm strong presided as toastmuster. Rev. G. K. Gillespie, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who asked God's blessing upon the repast, extended greet ings for the New Year and on behalf of the superintendent and overseers of the Mutual Mill, presented Mr. C. C. Arm strong with a handsome fountain pen, as a token of their love and appreciation. Toasts were then responded to in three minute talks by Mr. J. R. McElwee, of the Wyniojo; Mr. W. G. Gaston, of the Seminole; Mr. F. C. Woods, of the Lock more.; Mr. S. W. Smith, of the Seminole; Mr. Crenshaw, of the Wyinojo; Mr. H. G. Winget, of the Victory ; Mr. A. K. Win get, of the Gastonia office; Mr. Mac Jen kins, of the Victory nii Winget; Mr. L. 1). Gribble, of Dallas; Mr. W. I,ee Smith, of the Mutual; Mr. N. B. Davis, of the Armstrong; Mr. W. S. Smith, of the Piedmont ; Mr. W. B. Roddey. of the Gastonia office; Mr. W. E. Jackson, of the Kennedy farm; Mr. Harris, of the Park farm; Mr. P. P. Huffstetler, of the Dunn Mill and Mr. H. ('. Davis, of the Mutual Mill. Among many good thtings said by Col. Armstrong to his men, were. "Keep in good humor, watch your business, make better .vain and more mn than your com petitor and colleagues. Keep sober, keep seasonable hours, go to church as regu larly on Sunday as you do to work through the week, and when possible, and as often as possible, to Sunday school. Mix and mingle with good peo ple, you will find them at church. Re member that 00 per cent of the people are honest, don't be afraid to help oth ers. ' r The growth of the organization was ev idenced by the increased attendance, 27 at the first banquet, 68 at the fourth, and every single one a home-grown product. Mr. W. F. Kincaid, who arrived on a late train from a business trip to south ern Georgia, told of the vast differences in wages, working and living conditions of operatives, as prevailing in Gastonia and the territory visited, showing that Gastonia mills paid their superintendents ami mill hands more than double the wa ges in all department, and that no inter est whatever was manifested in the wel fare and well being of the mill working classes in the places visited. Mr. G. O. Willis, of the Citizens Bank, complimented the organization on the working forces for the last Red Cross drive in the mills. A rising vote of thanx to the hotel management was cheerfully given and the happy company disbanded at 11 p. m. Besides those mentioned, Mr. Ralph Armstrong, of Rock Hill, 8. C, Messrs. C. C. Armstrong, Raleigh Armstrong, W. L. Wetzell and R. W. Stowe, of Gastonia, represented the office forces. NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR NEW VICTORY MILL Mr. H. G. Winget, former superin tendent of the Dunn Mill, in South Gas tonia, assumed charge of the Victory mill January 1, and is already busy getting the machinery properly installed for the early beginning of operation. He reports that steam will soon be finding its way through the cold pipes and with in a few days machinery will be in place. VIRGINIA LEAGUE WILL LIKELY REFUSE N. C. APPLICATIONS. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 5 Di rectors of the Virginia League met bere today to draft a playing schedule for the coming season and act on the appli cations of Wilson and Rocky Mount N. C, for franchises. Officials of the local club said they believed the applications from North Carolina would be refused and that the organization would continne as a six club circuit. TODD'S BAKERY CHANGES HANDS R. Hope Brison and J. B. Pear son New Owners W. E. Todd Retires After Seven teen Years in Bakery Busi ness. "For Todd's Sake Eat Bread," a slogan so long familiar to Gastonians, will continue to decorate the delivery wagons and advertisements of Todd's Steam liukery, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. W. E. Todd, proprietor of the business for 17 years, retires from the firm today. By the terms of a deal just consummated the business was taken over this morning by 11. Hope Brison ami J. B. Pearson. The new owners, however, will continue to operate under the Todd name. J. B. Pearson, with the R. Hope Brison Ice & Coal Company, until that firm changed hands recently, is to be the active manager of the bakery. He be gan this morning the task of learning the mysteries of pie-cake-aud-hread-mak-ing. From a small beginning 17 years ago W. K. Todd had built up a business with few equals in its line in the State. A year or two ago he moved into larger quarters and installed the latest type of bakery machinery, very greatly in creasing the capacity. Mr. Todd has not yet decided what lie will engage in. JITNEYS COLLIDE, TURN OVER; NONE INJURED Several people had what was appar ently a miraculous escape from death about 8 o 'clock this morning when two jitneys ran together at the corner of West Franklin avenue and South York. As it was no one was injured, barring the discomfort of being badly shaken up, but all were considerably frightened. The cars turned over on their sides and were considerably damaged. From the best infon a tion obtainable it seems that the big Pinkney-Hanover jitney, which is a heavy closed car with glass windows all round, ran into a smal ler jitney driven by John Grant. The I'inkney-IIanover jitney was driven by ('. ('. Hush, quite a young man, whose father is the owner of the car. Botn turned "over. In the big car were six or eight passengers, most of tliem ladles. Despite the shock ami a lurc quantity of flying glass no one was hurt. PASTOR THREATENED WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS. The many friends of Rev. W. A. Hough in South Gastonia will regret to learn of his being confined to his bed with what at first threatened to develop pneumonia, he having contracted a severe cold during a twenty-five mile drive on Saturday. The pastor's sudden aud un expected illness necessitated the canceling of preacliing services at the 8outh Bap tist church yesterday morning and even ing. He was resting easier yesterday afternoon and his physician declared the danger of pneumonia had passed. SERVICE FLAG LOWERED AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. One of the most impressive services ever held in the First Baptist church was that of Sunday night when the service flag of the church was lowered. Miss Mary Hildebrand, the retiring president of the R Y. P. U. of the church, presid ed iu a most gracious manner. The meeting opened with the singing of an anthem by the choir, after which Rev. W. ('. Barrett offered a prayer of thanks for the return of our boys. This was fol lowed by the roll call and introductory remarks by Mr. Denny. Mr. M. O. Tbomburg then spoke briefly on "The B. Y. P. U. and Our Boys," This was followed by talks by Mr. J. D. Moore, "The Sunday School and Our Boys." and Prof. .1. S. Wray, ' ' The Church and Our Boys. At the conclusion of these talks Miss Mabel Padgett, dressed as America, low ered the Service Flag into a large Ameri can Flag which was held by Mr. Everette Jones, representing the Army and Mr. Clyde McLean, representing the Navy. After the service flag Jiad been folded into the American flag. Prof. J. 8. Wray, also in uniform, presented the flag to Rev. W. C. Barrett, who, in behalf of the ehnrch, accepted it sayirig it would be placed with the records of the church, for safe-keeping. The representatives of the stars on the service flag, together with all othermen who had seen servire, came to the front and with the singing of the Star Span gled Banner, a huge American flag was raised. Twas a service long to be remembered by all present, and the B. Y. P. U. of the church are to be commended, as they had entire charge of the service. CONGRESS CONVENES TODAY FOR BUSY SESSION LASTING CONTINUOUSLY (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. f Returning to work Monday after two weeks holiday, congress faced one of the busiest sessions in history and .a staggering array of problems awaiting solution. Iu addition to innumerable domestic mntt'-rs, some of which have a far-reaching effect on the industrial life of the country, there are international questions of far reaching import that must le settled, including the treaty of pence with Germany and Austria. Adjournment was not expected before fall and the only break in the long ses sion that members can look forward to is the brief recess that will be taken coin cident with the holding of the national party conventions during the siumer. But despite the mass of work ahead there were indications that ample time would be found for partisan politics and no angle of the coining presidential election would be overlooked. Political sieeclies in record-breaking numbers were looked for. Besides the treaties with Germany and with Austria, international problems to be considered include the propose! al liance with France, the Panama canal set tlement with Colombia, treaties with Po land and possibly Turkey, and numerous measures dealing with the war changed conditions of American commercial and financial relations abroad. Important domestic legislation await ing action includes the railroad rcor ganizaton bill and the oil, coal, gas and phosphate ltfnd leasing bill, both of which now are in conference; army re organization, shipping legislation, con trol of undesirable aliens and scores of other subjects. Many investigations also have lieen arranged for both the senate and house. Among them will be inquiries into war expenditures, the Mexican situa tion, bolshevist activities, the coal situ ation, the federal trade commission and the Ford-Newberry election controversy. This afternoon the senate planned to resume consideration of the sedition bill of Senator Sterling, republican, North 2,000 DELEGATES MEET TO DISCUSS THE COAL STRIKE FORM PHYSICAL STANDARDS AS GUIDE FOR DOCTORS (By The Associated Press) WAHINGTIN, Jan. 5 Formulation of physical standards as a guide for doc tors in examining and determining the fitness of children in industry was the principal topic for discussion today by the permanent committee appointed last June as a result of the child welfare conference held by the Children's Bureau, department of labor. It is the purpose of the committee, many of whom are ex perts in industrial hygiene, it was an nounced, to determine what constitutes normal development, sound health and physical fitness of boys and girls who have reached the age at which they may start work. Minimum standards adopted by the child welfare conference provided that "a child shall not be allowed to go to work until he has had a physical exami nation by a public school physician, pr other medical officer especially appointed for that purpose by tlie agency charged vsith the enforcement of the law, and has been found to be of normal develop ment for a child of his age, and has been found to be of normal development of the law, and has been found to be of narmal development for a child of his age and physicially fit for the work at which he is to be employed." Fixed in tervals for examining all working chil dren also were recommended. Dr. T. M. Leggs, senior medical in spector of factories of Great Britain, was among those here for the meeting. Superlative Good Thing. It is n good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it Is a bet ter thing to be beloved ofinany friends. Euripides. . UNTIL FALL Dakota, and to begin work en the house , water power development measure. Th house, before taking up various appro priation measures, expected to vote on the question of seating Victor Berger, Milwaukee socialist, who was ousted last session, but re-elected at a special elec tion held recently. Leaders predicted s prompt rejection of the re-election certi ficate. SUGAR CAN BE BOUGHT SEPARATE FROM OTHER 600DS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 The federal trade commission today held that the selling of sugar in combination with other goods to force purchasers to buy other things in-order to obtain sugar, was an unfair method of competition aud ordered the Cole-Conrad Company, of Chicago, to cease the practice. The Chicago case was one of many similar complaints which had been lodged with the commission, it was stated. CAUSE OF DANVILLE FIRE YET UNDETERMINED. (By The Associated Press.) DANVILLE, VA., Jan. 5. Cause of the fire which Saturday night destroyed property in the business district valued at $800,000, had not definitely been de termined today, although it was said to have originated in the department store of Z. V. Johnson & Co. Professional men were busy today searching for quarters, the destruction of buildings used for offices having cre ated a shortage. The fire loss is said to have been covered by insurance. Concerning the Venus of Mllo. It is said that the base of the Venus of Mllo, with the name of the sculptor upon it, was destroyed for the purpose of deceiving a king of France Into the belief that It was more ancient than it really Is. (By The Associated Press.) COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 5 More than 2,000 delegates, representing the 400,000 soft coal niniers of the United States, were assembled here today for the con vention .which is to discuss the settlement of the nation-wide strike, terminated on December 10 by a truce proposed by President Wilson, which gave the miners a 14 per cent advance in wages. Plans are also to be formulated for presenting to the commission of three men appoint ed by the President to consider all mat ters in dispute, and rejtort within 60 days the final terms of settlement. John P. White, one of the members of the president's commission, will attend, the convention and obtain from the miners direct attitude in the controversy before taking up with the scale eom mitee in Washington next week hearings on the miner's demands. The miners are not satisfied with the 14 per cent advance, but are confident the commission, upon full investigation, will find they are entitled to more. They have gathered a mass of data, relative to the increased cost of living in mining dis- i tricts, which will be presented to the commission. I The Columbus convention, it was point ed out by the officers is not called for I the purpose of ratifying or rejecting the ! action of the officers in accepting the 1 proposal of the president. President l Lewis and members of the policy com- . i mittee take Che position that not to have accepted would have meant defiance- of the government. It is expected that the J radical element in the convention may take exceptions to the actions of the of ficers, but they are said to constitute a small minority. , - J Alleged discrimination on the part of: operators in Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Colorado and parts of Illinois against union officials is expected to come before the convention. ' Secretary Green said the alleged discrimination had been brought to the attention of Attorney General Palmer. - -.