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Gaston Daily Gazette GASTONIA ?: -v; COTTON, J V. 39& 'CENTS TODAY LAST EDITION aOlCBXX OF THE ASSOCIATED PKXSS .'VOL.XLI. HQ. 17. GASTONIA, N. O, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 20, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS HOME B. AND L HAD SPLENDID YEAR PYTH1AH DRUM CORPS . TO BE REORGANIZED PLANS WORKED OUT A RUSSIANS ARE GIVEN ircirmic im c lfLLuulilL m Madame Gorky Extends Freedom of Russia to , All Who Are Politically Persecuted - Gold man, Berkmann and Whole Party Enter Bol shevik Russia. I (By The Associated Press.) TERIJOKI, FINLAND, Monday. Jan. 19. Russians who were deported from the United States were given what might be termed an official reception just out ride this village today. In the crowd that greeted Alexander Berkman, Emma Joldman and their "comrades", was M. Zorian, member of the allNoviets' execu tive committee, who after a brief confer enee with Berkman, agreed to permit the whole party to enter bolshevik Russia, ' ' There is no question they will be wel comed in Russia," said M. Zorien. "We will give t!iem work according to their .-profession a. id trades but first we must provide them with comfortable tyunes ana feed them well." Madame (Jorky, wife of the novelist, said -when she met the deportees : ' ' Rus sia opens her arms to nil who are politi cally persecuted." There was a slight delay in getting in -touch with the bolsheviki, whose lines were about a mile distant from the brook marking the frontier of soviet territory. AVhen finally a conference had been ar Tanged, Berkman. accompanied by Fin nish officers and newspaper correspond ents, went out on the ice, meeting the bolsheviki in the middle of the stream. Both parties conspicuously displayed white (lags, .the one carried by the bol shevik soldiers being a table cloth tied to a red pole. After a short parley the -soviet officers summoned the members of the soviet committee of Petrograd, which included Joseph Feindeberg, former Brit ish labor leader, and M. Zorien. The ommittee was conducted to Terijoki, where a conference was held. On the way back to the village M. Zo Ticn told Berkman that Admiral Kol vhak had been made prisoner In Siberia. This news was shouted to other deportees who-were leaning out of the windows of the train and was received with cheers. Shortly after the decision to receive the deportees was received, the whole party detrained at a point where a road leaves the railroad and runs toward the forest. A few who were unable to walk were placed on sleighs. Finnish soldiers -guarded the roads and the transfer was made without a hitch. Captain Emil Nielson, of the British Ked Cross, entered soviet Russia with the deportees for the purpose of arranging a shipment of supplies to British prisoners. The train waited for him at Viborg and it was not until 9 o'clock this morning UNEARTH EVIDENCE OF PLANS TO WAGE BOMB CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Capture Made Possible by Revelations Made by Alien Scheduled to Sail on Buford - Scores of Radicals in Seattle Suspected - Senate Investi gating Committee Idle. " (By The Associated. Press.) NEW YORK, Jfn. 20 Search was made today by the police bomb squad and department of justie agents for a half dozen radicals believed to have been leaders in a bomb plot which is declared to have been nipped yesterday by the ar rest here of 18 "reds.'" Two of the men sought, it was said, were members of the Russian red guard when Lenine and Trotxky seized the Russian government . Capture of the 18 men yesterday was made possible by revelations made to fed eral agents by an alien who had lieen schedule! to sail on the soviet "ark" Buford with 249 other radicals. This man's deportation was held up because of the fact that he had failed to pay his income tax and he divulged the terrorist plot, federal officials say. in an etfort to obtain consideration from government agents. The 1H men arrested, it is charged, were reorganizing the Federation of Russian 'Workers, whieh had been badly crippled hy the Buford deportations. Evidence to ahow that plans were on foot for a bomb campaign against government officials was obtained in the raids, it was stated. IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE, Washn., Jan. 20 Federal authorities were busy here today exam ining scores of suspected radicals taken ' last night In raids which department of justice agents said were intended to "break the backbone of radical activities ia the northwest."' ; ; It was reported that arrests during the A ROUSING INLAND i that it reached TerijokiP Conditions have considerably improved in Petrograd, according to M. Zorien, who said everyone thero was getting one i and a quarter pounds of bread per day. j There was comparatively little idleness i and wood and fuel were more abundant. making life more pleasant than hereto fore, he said. "Our Crack Third army, which was the nest of those used in Siberia against Kolchak, was withdrawn from the front,' he said, "and although this organization is kept under strict military discipline, it is no longer fighting, but is a working machine. Its principal task is supplying Petrograd with wood, which is secured t direct from peasants, ami bringing in wood. When our military requirements I decrease we hope to convert more of our I troops to industrial purposes." FLU SPREADS AT RATE OF 1,100 GASES PER DAY Total Number Cases Exceeds 4,000 Many Cases of Pneumonia Reported Look ing For Serum. (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Jnn. 20. Influenza in a mild form continued to spread today at the rate of 1,100 new cases every 24 hours. All available trained nurses were mobilized by the health department to help combat the epidemic. At least-10,-(Ktti additional nurses would Ik? -weeded, Dr. John Dillon Rolertson, health com missioner, announced. The total number of influenza cases exceeds 4,0(10. The hospitals were filled. Expert pathologists are engaged In laboratory investigations with a view to creating a definitely effective serum a gainst the spread of the contagion. A campaign also (is going on against pneu monia, which daily has claimed a great- j er number of victims than influenza. Dr. Edwin Godfrey, epidemiologist of the New York state health department, is on his way to Chicago to study the ep idemic here, Dr. Robertson was informed. During the last 4S hours 2.279 new cases of influenza were reported, and the deaths numbered 2fi. There were 382 cases of pneumonia and 66 deaths. night numbered 700, but an official check later indicated the total probably did not exceed 300. The raids were di rected principally against members of the Union of Russian Workers, but many Industrial Workers of the World -were caught . SENATE COMMITTEE IDLE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 The senate foreign relations subcommittee, which is investigating bolshevik propaganda in the United States was idle today, having adjourned after a brief session yesterday until Monday. Postponement until then of further hearings came after the com mittee had voted to retain Wade H. El lis, former attorney general, of Ohio, as council. Mr Ellis will not be able to reach Washington lief ore Monday. ... In the meantime, Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, Russian soviet "ambassador" who was on the stand at adjournment yesterday, was technically in the cus tody of the committee and will Ik thus considered until his testimony has leen completed. LOUISIANA VOTERS BALLOTING. (By The Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. Louisiana voters today were balloting on democrat ic candidates for' governor, lieutenant governor and other state offices in the regular primary, the result of which Is equivalent to election. . The gubernato rial candidates are J. M. Parker, of New Orleans, in 1916 Progressive Party can didate for vice-president, and CoL Frank P. Stubba. of Monroe. Reports Ajt Annual Meeting Last Night Showed That 1919 Was Banner Year Directors and Officers Elect ed For Ensuing Year. Nineteen and nineteen was the banner year in the history of the Home Building & Loan Association according to reports made to the stockholders by the president and secretary ami treasurer at the an nual meeting held in the city hall last night. In the nine months ending Ie cemlier :ilst the association added .'i,ht0 new? shares of stock. It was incidentally announced that, since the first of Janua ry l,.'tl)(l shares of new stock have been sold. Some of the figures given in liis rejiori by Secretary and Treasurer A. J. Rankin which were of especial interest to the stockholders were the following: Num ber of shares in force December ;'l, 9, 500; total assets, $252,000; paid out to shareholders during the year, $50,0X1 .o;i ; loaned during year, $ 102,000. Directors fur the ensuing year were elected as follows: James W. Atkins. W. B. Morris, A. M. Dixon. A. K. Winget. E. H. Brittain, W. V. Kincaid. It. G. Kan kin, A. ('. Jones, George K. Spencer, A. J. Kankin, Fred L. Smyre, John R. Ran kin, Henry Kankin, Andrew E. Moore, ('. B. Armstrong, II. G. Winget, George B. Mason, W. T. Kankin, W. D. Ander son. Following the stockholders meeting tlie directors met and re-elected officers for the year as follows: E. B. Brittain, president ; C. B. Armstrong, first vice president ; George R. Spences, second vice president; A. J. Rankin, secretary and treasurer; A. C. Jones and G. B. Mason, attorneys. Col. C. B. Armstrong, first vice-president of the association and one of the principal "B. and L. boosters" in this section, was present and made a short talk in which he complimented the asso ciation on its great progress during the past year. Jle stressed the value of the building and loan to the community and urged renewed efforts looking to the wider extension of the system. Colonel Armstrong organized the first building and loan association in the city as well as the second. It was through his Initia tive that the first co-operative cotton mill, the Mutual, was built in the county, largely through the instrumentality of the building and loan association. All of the stockholders present were highly pleased with the reports of the past years accomplishments and were very optimistic with reference to the future. JUDGE FRANK OSBORNE DIED THIS MORNING Prominent Jurist of Charlotte Died Suddenly at His Home This Morning Heart Fail-, ure Cause of Death Was One of Most Prominent Law yers In South. News reached Gastonia today about noon of the death at his home ia Char lotte this n-orning at 9:30 o'clock of the death of Judge Frank I. Osborne, one of the most prominent and widely known members of the legal profession in the South. Heart failure was the cause of his death. According to friends of ludge Osborne in Gastonia, there was no indication of ill health when Judge Osborne last visit ed Gastonia. He was a brother of the late James W. Osborne, of New York, who died a few weeks a;o. Judge Osborne was 66 years old. ADMIRAL MAYO IS CALLED TO TESTIFY (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Rear Ad miral Mayo, coniniander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet during the war, whom Sec retary Daniels said ranked Rear Admiral Sims, was called today to testify before the senate sub-committee investigating the award of naval decorations. Admiral Sims, who precipitated the In quiry by his refusal to accept the dis tinguished service medal, completed his testimony yesterday before the commit tee, in which he charged that the navy department had failed to co-operate with the allies during the war. After the present investigation is over this charge will be investigated. The full naval committee also has au thorized the appointment of another sub committee to investigate the charges made by John - Rathom, editor of the Providence (R. I.) Jsurnal that with the knowledge of Secretary Daniels 4 many seamen in the nary have been used for most vile -and nameless practices in order Local Organization Once Pride of City to Be Rejuvenated Was' Valuable Publicity Agent For Gastonia. The old Gastonia Pythian Drum Corps will met tonight in the Pythian Club rooms for the purpose of reorganization. This organization, in its palmy days, was the best advertising and boosting agen cy possessed by the city of Gastonia. On their frequent trips in and out of the State, and to Washington they attracted favorable comment wherever they went. Much valuable publicity accrued to the city as a result of their splendid per formances. It is urgently requested that all those named below be present tonight at 7:.'i0, as well as any others who are in terested in a band or drum corps for the city. The following-named are members: F. C. Abemethy. F. D. Barkley, R. O. Harbin, B. E. Douglas, C. M. Robinson, Carl Laughriilge, Bill McArver, Amos Morris, D. S. Rhyne, Hoyt Cunningham, Hunter Morrow, Lee Spencer, Floyd C. Todd. William I'ursley, W. H. Morris, l.xni.-ir Abemethy, O. O. Dunciiu, L. T. Lincberger, Bill McKee, John Schrum, C. E. I'lemiucr, Theodore Morris, Law rence Kankin, 1.. E. Kankin, Jr., K. A. Atkinson, Bli.i Guforth, W. B. livens, Banks White, Everett Jones, Clyde Mc Lean, Wilke McGiunas, B. Gray Kankin, John Kirkland Craig. Dr. E. J. O'Brien, C. C. Kimbrell, Hugh MeCorkle. I. W. Moore, Wilson McArver, Zeb Pearson, Ijuiuir Rankin, Ralph Stowe, R. L. Mun day, Caldwell Kagan. COTTON MILLS NUMBER 84 INSTEAD OF 80 Corrections to List of Gaston County Cotton Mills Swell Total to 84 Instead of 80 As Was Published. The list of Gaston county cotton mills as published in last Saturday's Gazette, as was to be expected, has undergone a revision that makes a total in the coun ty now S4 instead of 80. There were 80 names on the list of Saturday. Through misinformation or an oversight there were omitted from the list the fol lowing mills : Modena Cotton Mills No. . Myrtle Mills, Ine. Lola Mfg. Co. No. 2. American Processing Company. The last named organization is lo cate! at Mt . Holly and is a plant for mercerizing, gassing and bleaching cot ton yarns and is partially in operation. This is a new business for this section of the country. Mr. C. E. Hutchison is president and treasurer and Mr. J. M. Holland is secretary. The list as revised now stands at 84. NO WORD RECEIVED FROM POWHATAN (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Army trans port headquarters at Hobokeu today was without word from the transport Pow hatan, disabled at sea since early Mon day night. The last word received at the naval communications office here last night said the White Star liner Cedric was standing by and that everything was O. K. A wireless report picked up at Boston last night saying that the Cedric had taken off the Powhatan 's passengers 200 miles southeast of Halifax, was at variance with a radio message received at Halifax early this morning. The Hal ifax advices said it had been impossible to transfer the Powhatan 's passengers owing to the unfavorable weather. The Cedric was reiorted in the Halifax message to be continuing her voyage to New York, leaving the transfer to United States destroyers t dawn today. A wireless message received here from the transjKrt Northern Pacific. lound for New York, stated that she would reach the Powhatan's position at 4 o'clock this afternoon and lie prepared to render assistance if needed. The North ern Pacific is bringing home the final contingent of the American exeditio!iary force in France. Navy officials here understand that an attempt will be made to tow the Powhat an to Halifax when the seas moderate. to entrap innocent men." Chairman Butler, of the house naval committee, announced that Major Gener al Wood would be called before the com mittee to explain statements attributed to him ' that American naval vessels were "floating death" traps, ' ' ' General "Wood explained last night that whajt he said was that naval ships man ned by untrained men would be death traps in battle. FOR RESUMPTION TRADE WITH RUSSIAN PEOPLE Expected That Bolsheviki Will Permit Free In terchange of Manufactured Goods and Raw Materials Ocean Tonnage Needed to Carry Supplies to Russia. (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Mouday, Jan. IK Elaborate plans for the -resumption of commercial relations between the Russian people ami allied nations have bocn worked out and it is expected the bolsheviki will permit the free interchange of manufactured goods and raw materials. It will 1m a comparatively simple matter to distribute goods among the Russian people under the agreement announced last Friday by the supreme council, it is said by Rus sians who assisted in the negotiations that preceded the nnnouuceineiit . Sur plus stocks of wheat, tlax and lumlicr await export from Russia and nil that is needed is ocean tonnage to curry these products to the markets of the world. Terms of the accord were given The Associated Press today by Alexander M. Berkenheiiu and Constanin Krovopous koff. respectively president and member of the foreign board of the Russian co operative union, through which trade will bg carried on . They conducted the negotiations with the supreme council, which brought about the adoption of u policy reversing that followed by the al lies during the last two years. "It must be understood the agreement has no political character whatsoever," said M. Berkenheim. "It is merely an economic, financial and humanitarian ar rangement. Russian co-operative unions, organized 50 years ago, now number 50'i branches and have 50,000 local societies with 25,000,000 members. These societies operate throughout Russia whether under bolshevik rule or controlled by other gov ernment . It is a sort of Russian eco nomic red cross. "This plan is very simple. We have in Russia great stocks of wheat, cereals, cattle and flax, which owing to the com plete suppression of exportation during the last few years and the record crop of , 1019 are now larger than Russia ever dis- J posed ol previous to the war. "We require in return farming and agricultural implements, cloth, shoes, locomotives, motors, automobiles and med ical supplies. Ship tonnage must lie fur nished by the allies as Russia's shipping has completely disappeared . We must import first in order to export, " The correspondent informed M. Berk enheim that it was the belief in France the bolsheviki would sujiervise distribuA tion and allow goods to reach their adj j WITH OPENING FORMALITIES OVER SECOND PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS , William G. McAdoo Presides Over Second Gen eral Session - Frank Criticism of Shipping Facilities Between United States and South America - Group Committee Appointed. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 0 Organiza tion completed and the formalities of wel come ovei. the delegates to the second Pan -America n financial congress buckled down to business today with the aid of three hundred of the most successful financiers and business men of the United States. Group committees, representing the 2" Iatin-Ameriean republics, divided into subcommittees this morning for the pur jKise of studying transHrtation, bank ing aii'L credit u4l the miscellaneous problems from the standpoint of the needs of their respective countries. The second general session of the con fereni e will 1m- presided over by William G. McAdoo, the discussion being on "Commerce and Agriculture; Interna tional Co-operation. " Frank criticism of shipping facilities between the United States and South America was made at last night s ses siou of the conference by lr. Kicardo C. Aldar, of Argentina, who declared that the service was as bad as it was thirty -five years ago. .Creation of an international steamship line to be owned by all American coun tries has been recommended by the Chil ean delegation.' LEFT TRACK. (By The Associated Press) EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 20. One person was killed' and seven injured at New Waterford, near here,', today, when a passenger train on the. Pittsburg. Fort Wayne t Chieago railroadV left trie track. - - .- ' , herents while the rest of the opulatioa might go barefooted and naked. "Our stores are not under the control of the bolsheviki," he replied. "Al though the Moscow government consid ered us a somewhat reactionary organi zation and elaborated plans to close our stores, they were never put into effect. We do not wish to enter into politics, but feel sure our headquarters in Mos cow can reach a satisfactory agreement with the soviet authorities for an im partial distribution." M. Berkfiiheim said he did not know whether the agreement included America, As far as he and his colleagues were con cerned negotiations were carried on only with Premiers ClemenceJau, Lloyd George . and Nitti, but he expressed the hope that it would not be long before a similar arrangement was made with the United States. While M. Berkenheim and M. Krov opouskoft' insist the arrangement is mere ly economic, a different conception is placed o ion it by Russian resident ia J'nris. Prince Koudacheff, the consul general, said the refugees believed diplo matic relations . had been resumed with Russia and that a state of peace had been reached . EFFORTS TO GET KAISER ' WILL BE UNSUCCESSFUL. (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 20. Belief that the ef forts of the allies to get former Emperor William out of Holland would prove on -successful was expressed today by Baron Kurt von Lersner, Germany's chief rep resentative here. ' ' I am absolutely sure the Dutch gov ernment will never surrender the former German emperor for trial on charges that are not provided for in any constitution, any laws of any treaties regarding extra ditions, " he said. With regard to the expected demand for the extradition of German subjects for trial for acts com mitted during fhe war he declared himself certain that public sentiment in every country was against such a demand. "It is contrary to any law or any pre cedent, " he said. "The feeling of the whole world in favor of peace is stronger than the feeling anywhere for revenge. I hope strongly that the allied statesmen will find a solution of this question that will leave the world in tranquility." COLUMBIA CITIZEN SHOT BY CAMP JACKSON SOLDIER COLUMBIA. S. C. Jan. 20 Mili tary and civil authorities are investigat- I ing the tragedy of Monday night when William S. Chaplain, a civilian, superin tendent of a local business college, was shot and almost instantly killed by a sol dier from Camp Jackson. Private San ders, of the 48th infantry, is being held by camp authorities. A coroner's jury will probe the case late today. No eause tor the shooting had been ascertained Tuesday morning, except that a number of guards were searching for an escaped prisoner from the camp and had halted the car in which Mr. Chaplin was rid ing The car was told to move on, ae cor.ling to the statement by ('. W. Rice, the driver, and then the shot was fired. MURDERER IS DECLARED INSANE; IS SENT TO ASYLUM NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jau. 20 Sam Haskins, confessed slayer of John II. King, Rutherford county farmer, in May. 1919, was put on trial oa the charge of present insanity at Murfreci loro yesterday and ordered committed to the asylum. The body of King w found hidden under a brush pile near Kingwood school house, west of Murfeesboro. - Aji inves tigation resulted in the arrest 'of . Fayette Irwin, a neighbor, between whom and King there had been a quarrel over a division of line. Baakini made a swero statement t that Irwin . had killed King? in his presence, but in a second statement said he himself had done tb killing at the instance of Irwin. i
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