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XXYBXS 07 TH1 ASSOCIATED PSXSS VOL.XLI. m& GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 7, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENT3 DEMOCRATS JACKSON DAY DINNER ; y Presidential "Timber" Will Come Into Limelight at Quadrennial Event of 'Democratic Party Many Cities Making Bid For Convention. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Democrats from all parts of the country continued to arrive in Washington today to attend tomorrow the Jackson Day banquet, the famous quadrennial event of the demo cratic party when speakers considered of presidential "timber" discuss public questions. Although the banquet is supposed to be .a aide issue to the meeting of the demo cratic national committee for the selec tion of the time and place for the national convention, mala interest cement m It. A letter from President Wilson, announc ed as important, will be read and an ad dress by WiMiam Jennings Bryan will be delivered at that time. The message from the presiden. and the speech by the form er secretary of state are expected to have an important bearing on the presidential campaign. 6ix cities are making bids for, the con vention and Kansas City and San Fran- cieao Lave launched vigorous campaign! for the honor. Chicago, Cincinnati, In dianapolis and Cleveland also are active. It was estimated that 1500 democrats would attend the banquet which will be held in twj sections. The sjfiiie speakers will address both groups with prospects of the oratory extending until late into the nighj. COLONEL TAYLOR RESIGNS AS COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS James H. Cowan, Secretary of Wilming ton Chamber of Commerce, Succeeds Him. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 Col. Walker Taylor has resigned as collector of cus toms for North Carolina, it was announc ed today at Senator Simmon' office. He will be succeeded by James II. Cowan, secretary of the Wilmington chamber of commerce and formerly ed itor of The Wilmington Dispatch. Senators Simmons and Overman rec ommended Mr. Cowau after conferring today. Colonel Taylor, who has been collector of customs seeral years, resigned to at tend to private business, it wai said . OAK PARK COUNTRY CLUB WINS CHAMPIONSHIP CHICAGO, Jan. 7 Awarding of the women's western golf championship to the Oak Park Country Club here was an nounced today. The tournament will be held the week of August 23. A proposal to stage a junior champ ionship, with an age limit of from 13 to 18 years, in connection with the event, is ander consideration by the executive com mittee of the association, it was said . WILSON AND ROCKY MOUNT NOW IN VIRGINIA LEAGUE. (By The Associated Press) NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 5 Di rectors of the Virginia baseball league, meeting here today, awarded franchises to Rocky Mount, N. C, and Wilson, N. 3., thereby making the league an eight elub circuit. The season will begin on April 22 and close on September 11, being split on July 3, the winner of the first half to play the winner of the second half a post season series for the championship. MYERS PARK IS NOW A CITY TO ITSELF. Raleigh, Jan. 6. Myers Park is now a ity with a mayor and three commission ers, so created today by the state board of municipal control, sitting in the sen ate chamber at Raleign, after hearing H. C. Dockery, an attorney representing the citizens, and George Stephens, present as a citizen of Mecklenburg's newest munic ipality. The mayor is H. C. Gover and the com missioners are J. P. Little, J. M. Harry and Dr. John 8. Clifford. This fact was forcibly brought out that, in seeking incorporation, Myers Park was not trying to curtail Charlotte's growth in any manner. Messrs. Dockery and Ste phens made it plain that the new munici pality -will not seek to ward off absorption by legislative authority at some future date. It ws shown that 9S per cent of the voters of Myers Park signed the petition and that the petition was properly signed" n.l vrifioi1. TJn nnrnnse of Incorpora tion, it was shown, was not to antagonize the city of Charlotte in any manner shape or form, but to secure such benefits as fire and police protection, light and schools. GATHER FOR CLEARING HOUSE OFFICIALS WILL MEET AGAIN Detectives Force Entrance Mother of Boy Is Armed With Pistol Bergdoll Found Hiding in Box. (By The Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 Grover liergdoll, one of the two brothers ac cused of draft dodging and who have been sought by the police for the last two years, was arrested in his mother 's home here today. Detectives broke into the home by the front and rear entrances. While one of the men wrested a revolver from Mrs. Bergdoll, mother of the two draft dod gers, the others went through the liou.se and found Grover wrapped in a blanket, hiding in a box seat. He was without collar, vest or coat. The prisoner was taken to the federal building in a motor car. CAUGHT AFTER DOOGING DRAFT FOR TWO YEARS (By The Associated Press.; WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Another conference of representative!! of clearing house associations and federal reserve board officials will be held in Chicago on January 23, when another effort will be made to reach an agreement on the ques tion of interest rates on bank balances. At the conference here yesterday, the bankers failed to reach a decision. A resolution adopted stated that the Chicago meeting would be "to consider the whole question of interest on balan ces in order that some basis may bo a greed upon that will be mutually satisfac tory, conducive to conservative banking and benefit the entire business and bank ing community." . PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 The search for the Bcrgdotls took the federal agents all over the country. Grover got away in a high-powered motor car and reports reached this ' city that he was seen in various sections of the west. He sent messages written on postcards to the authorities. Once he was seen in Mexico and again in Cuba. He was pro vided with a large sum of money Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, mother of the two ac cused men, is the widow of a wealthy brewer . Although born in this country, the Bergdolls were of German descent and declared they would never fight against Germany. Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested several times on the carge of obstruc ting the draft. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 Later Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested, charged with obstructing justice. With a revolv er she had kept the officers at bay for several hours. Young Bergdoll was taken to the fed eral building and locked up. An of ficer of the department of justice said it was the expectation that Bergdoll would be trned over to the United States military authorities. PROGRESS MADE IN TRIAL OF NEW (Bv Associated Press.; LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7 Re plies of three alienists to a hypothetical question of about 5,000 words today would complete submission of evidence for the state in the trial of Harry 8. New for the alleged murder of Miss Freda Lesser, his fiancee, it was indicated by District Attorney Wool wine. The defense planned to introduce a small amount of evidence intended to contro vert that offered in rebuttal by the pros ecution . With each side planning to require a fulltday for argument, it was" believed the ease would go to the jury Friday night. - Court adjourned earlj yesterday to per mit Mr. Woolwine to prepare the ques tion he intended asking Doctors Charles A. Allen. Louis Weber And D. H. Cal-der. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST FROM EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS Possibly Thousands of Lives Are Lost Volcanic Erup tions and Flooded Streams Add to Peril of People. (By The Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of lives were lost, as a result of the earthquake which shook the state of Vera Cruz Saturday night. So widespread was the damage done by the shock and so wild are some of the sec tions that suffered from it that it is prob able the number of casualties will never he known. Private despatches received from Vera Cruz and Jala pa state that 1,000 persons lost their lives at Couztlan. These re ports, which are said at both cities to be reliable, confirm information given out lust night by presidential military au thorities. Thirty lives were lost at Teo relo, where three churches and 40 houses were destroyed. Volcanic eruptions have occurred at Coff re do, Terite, from which point to the volcano of Oriaba the shock seemed to center, according to rumors. Flood waters pouring down the Pesca dos river have inundated Ishuacan, Ma haudtlan and Tlapanala, while many ranches are under water. Darranca Grande and Los Simones are also suffer ing from floods, it is reported from Vera Cruz. Twenty bodies have been recovered from the PescndnH at Jnlomuleo and Apa .a pan. Subterranean noises are still noticeable in the Pedregnl, a rocky waste near this city, and great cracks have appeared in the earth. Travelers returning here from Vera Cruz say some streams were dried up as a result of the shocks. INTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT MEETS IN ATLANTIC CITY (By The Associated Pntss.) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 7. A three-day conference of the Inter-Church World Movement at which a program of Protestant denominational co-operation fur the "evangelization of tlie world" will be formulated and the amount of money necessary for this purpose will be determined, opened hero today. More than 1,000 delegates, representing about "0 denominations, and 200,000 churches in all sections of the United States arc here for the meeting. The conference was called by Robert Lansing, secretary of state, chairman of the gener al committee of tlie Inter-Church Move ment. Owing to pressure of government business, however, it was said Mr. Lan sing probably woubl not be able to pre side over the sessions. Leaders of the movement said it is hoped to agree upon a plan whereby, through the avoidance of duplicated ef fort iu the fields already covered by mis sionary campaigns, men and money will be available for great areas which have never been opened to the missionaries. Spectacular evangelistic methods are not to bfleneouraged in connection with the drive and none of the funds will be employed in raising the prohibition issue abroad, delegates said. Estimates as to the amounts of mon ey necessary to carry out the plans vary from $500,000,000 to 1,000,000 ,000. Au independent campaign, for which 1100,000,000 already has been raised, will be conducted by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Its slogan is ' ' One Million New Members by June 1." BIG EXPLOSION AT DU PONT PLANT. (By The Associated Press.-) UNIONTOWN, PA., Jan. 7. Approx imately 1,000 pounds of powder, stored in the truck shed of the Du Pont powder plant at Fair Chance, six miles from Un iontown, exploded early today and total ly destroyed the building. There were only four men working in the vicinity when the blast occurred and three escap ed unhurt while one, an engineer, was slightly injured. The cause of the ex plosion has not been determined. WOMAN SUFFRAGE BEFORE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE. By The Associated Press.) ANNAPOLIS, MD., Jan. 7. The federal woman suffrage amendment, con current prohibition enforcement ana race track betting are among the measures that will come before the legislature, whii h opened its biennial session today. CALL FOR NATIONAL BANK STATEMENTS ISSUED. (Ey The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The Comp troller of the Currency today issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Wednes day, December 31. Wallpaper From Leather Waste. Much of the best wallpaper is mads yom leather waste. TWO MORE AMERICANS MURDERED IN MEXICO (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The Mexi can government has been called upon by the state department to use every means possible to apprehend and punish the murderers of R. J. Roney and Earl Bowles. American oil men, in the Tampl co field. Immediately upon receipt of the report of the murders of the two men, the Am erican embassy- at Mexico City was In structed to urge the Mexican government to take prompt steps to bring the mur derers to justice. In an effort to get ac tion also by local authorities, similar In structions were sent to the American consul at Tampico. The despatch to the state department said the two men were murdered near Port Lobos and that their bodies were discovered January 5. They were em ployes of the International Petroleum Company and were supposed to have had the company's payroll when they were killed. AMERICAN CITIZENS KILLED IN MEXICO WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Gabriel Por ter, an American citizen in the employ of the Penn-Mex Company was shot and killed by a Mexican federal army officer at Tuxpam on December 21, according to advices received by the state department today from the American consul at Tam pico. AMERICANS MURDERED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Earl Bowles and S. J. Roney, Americans, employed by the International Petroleum Co., have been murdered by Mexicans within one mile of Palo Blanco nenr Port Lobos, ac cording to private advices received here today from Tampico One Mexican also was murdered. No details were given, but it was said that the American consul at Tampico was In possession of all the facts. He has not yet reported to the state department. The territory in which the murdors oc curred was said to be under the control of Carranen forces. NEWSPAPER MEN MEET IN GREENSBORO GREENSBORO, N. C, Jan. 7 Tim first of tho three day sessions of North Carolina newspaper men will begin here tonight at 7:30 p. m., when the publishers of daily newspapers of North Carolina meet. (3onser'ations of news print paper will be the chief topic of the meeting tonight and it is hoped that an agreement to cur tail consumption can be reached. Thursday morning the first session of the North Carolina State Press Associa tion will be held at 10 o'clock. This association includes the weekly papers of the state as well as the dailies, the meeting tonight and that beginning Thursday morning being of separate or ganizations. There will be a morning and afternoon session Thursday, followed by a banquet Thursday night. It is ex isted that about 150 newspaper men of the state will be in attendance at this banquet. Governor T. W. Bickett will make an address on the tax revaluation law and there will be other addresses. The sessions of the association will con tinue through Friday. GREER AREA IS RETAINED BY SPARTANBURG COUNTY. SPARTANBURG, Jan. d The Greer area of Spartanburg county will remain in the county according to unofficial re turns from the election held in that area today. To annex the territory it was neces sary that two-thirds of the voters cast their ballots for the annexation to Greenville county. According to figures received tonight from the eight precincts voting, Spar tanburg has won by 15 votes. The re turns follow: There are some contested votes but it is not believed the result will be chang ed. The election ends one of the most interesting campaigns in the history of this section of the state, developing in a contest in which Greenville and Spar tanburg counties became deeply interest ed. The Greenville campaign has been directed by T. M. Marchant, of the Vic tor Monoghan mills who has had with him throughout the last two weeks, Sen ator Proctor Bonham, of Greenville. Spartanburg speakers have been meet ing them in relays. It was said tonight that the Spartan burg highway commission would begin the development of the highways of the area at once in accordance with its guarantee. FEDERAL AGENTS VILL PUSH RED ROUND-UP ,.,:;... With 2,500 Members of Communist and Com munist Labor Parties Awaiting Deportation Department of Justice Continues Drive Against Radicals. DEMPSEY TO MEET FRENCH CHAMPION Pugilists Will Meet Somewhere In Lower California For Purse of $400,000 Date Has Not Been Fixed. (By The Associated Press) i flfLOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7 Jack Dempsey, heavyweight pugilist champion of the world, woke up this morning to learn from the public prints that he and Georges Carpentier of France, would meet in the ring sometime soon at Tia juana. Lower California. 'James I), ('orlroth recently obtained an agreement from Dempsey's manager, Jack Kearns, for the champion to meet Carpentier at Tiajurana for a purse of $400,000 and news cablegrams last night brought word that Carpentier 's manager, Descamps, had agreed to the match. The only stipulation was that j be not over 15 rounds and to this Coffroth in San Diogo expressed no disagreement . "A fight of that length ought to be decisive, especially with heavyweights," he said. y Regarding the date for the match Oof froth said he could not fix it definitely, al though he expressed a desire to hold it as soon as the arena he plans could lie constructed at Tiajuana. This arena, he announced, would seat 50,000. Construc tion, he declared, would take several months. The site of the arena will be near the track and big grandstand of the Lower California Jockey Club. "I am sure I am not oversanguiue when I say I hope for an attendance which will total 1,500,000," Cofforth said. "There will be no trouble in get ting the crowd there. San Diego now has a direct railroad line to the east which passes through Tiajuana. Those coming from the north will take other lines or steamships or automobiles. "Naturally, I should like to have the fight in the summer time, wheu we cau be absolutely sure .that the weather will be good. But the date must depend largely on what the boxers themselves say about it . "The decision of the money is another question which the boxers must decide. That it will be the greatest match the world has known at least in point of in terest, is certain. Everyone knows of Carpentier, partly from his war fame; every one has a good idea of what Demp sey can do. The whole world will be in terested in the outcome. " CARPENTIER'S MANAGER ACCEPTS TERMS. PARIS, Jan. 6 Descamps, manager for Georges Carpentier, wired James Cof froth, manager of the Tiajuana race track, last evening, accepting the latter 's terms for a championship bout between Carpentier and Dempsey in America. The only exception taken was relative to the length of the battle, Carpentier be ing unwilling to fight over 15 rounds and favoring 10 rounds. The decision to accept Mr. Coffroth r. offer of a $400,000 purse came after a long consultation with French promo ters in which the latter expressed their inability to meet the offer of the Ameri can. "This talk of a 45 round fight is stu pid," said Descamps last night. "If the championship cannot be settled in side of 15, then neither Dempsey nor my boy is worthy to be champion of the world . " Descamps offers to split the purse fifty-fifty, claiming Carpentier is as big a drawing card as Dempsey, whether the battle is staged in America, England or France. Freneh promoters were dis heartened by the spirited bidding of Americans and have given up the idea of holding the fight in this country,- one saying: "The Americans knocked us out be fore we entered the ring." j (By The Associated Press.) I WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. A warrant J for the arrest and deportation of Ludwig i . a. jv. Martens, self-styled ambassador of the Russian soviet government, has been ordered executed, by the department of justice. Martens, regarded, officials said, as tlie real leader of the communist party in the United States, was said to be in Washing ton. His arrest was expected soon. WASHINGTON. .Tun 7 TWIU. tion oi tne government to take Martens into custody was definitely made after all evidence which had a bearing on ac tivities of the Russian soviet bureau in New York had been assembled by As sistant Attorney General Gar van. While officials would not disclose the nature of the evidence they said some of it prom ised to be sensational. Martens came to Washington nearly a week ago from New York and with his secretary and other assistants has oc cupied a suite at a local hotel. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 With 2,800 members of the communist and com munist labor parties how awaiting de portation proceedings, the department of justice agents had orders today to push the round up of "reds" and proceed ings against the prisoners in several cities were set to begin. 1 While the government agencies were preparing for the final stages of the de portation fight, a statement was issued from a hotel within a stone's throw ex the department of justice building by 8. Nuorteva, who said he was secretary to Ludwig C. A. Martens, self :styled am bassador to the United States from the Russian soviet government, in which he charged that department of justice agents ' 4 had actively participated " in the prep aration of some of the planks of the communist parties on which the "prose cutions" now are based. He further charged that "the chief figures in such celebrated bomb plots were agents of a similar nature. " Official comment on the charges were unobtainable at the depart ment of justice but privately some of the oflicials said they regarded the charges as " humorous. " New appropriations aggregating $1, 150,000 have been asked of congress by the department of labor for use in fur thering the government's' campaign to cleanse the United 8tates of violent rad icalism. PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AT CHICAGO TODAY. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Proceedings to rid the country of alien radicals taken in re cent raids by federal authorities wers in stituted today when hearings of tho eases of more than 200 alien "reds" were be gun before a United States immigration commissioner. At the same time tne grand jury was conducting an investiga tion of the activities of the 300 naturalis ed agitators held by local authorities for indictment under state laws against syn dialism and anarchy. Attention of the special county grand jury investigating radicalism was turned to William Bross Lloyd, wealthy officer of the communist labor party. Inter views and utterances of Lloyd were tes tified to yesterday by two newspaper re porters. Rafael Mallen, formerly a clerk for the federal trade commission, arrested by lo cal authorities, was at liberty today after his release was ordered on the ground that no evidence was found connecting him with radical organizations. John T. Creighton, special assistant attorney gen eral, gave out a statement denying that federal authorities had requested Mal len 'a arrest. BAD HOTEL FIRE AT MACOIf, GA. MACON, Ga., Jan. 7 One hundred and twenty-five guests, many of Whom lost their personal belongings when 'they were driven from hotel Macon, by fire early today are being eared for in other hotels here. Heroism of Clyde Sharpless, a clerk, who remained at the telephone switchboard until every guest was in formed of the fire, probably prevented loss of life or injury. Practically all of the damage was done to the first floor near the entrance to the elevators. It is estimated at $6,000 and is covered by in surance. Short circuited electric wires are supposed to have caused the fire.
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