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GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. 5, 1920
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(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. - -.