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T Oastonia ' Daily -'(Gazette GASTONIA v C9TTON 38 CENTS TODAY LAST. EDITION MEMBER OF THX ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLL MO. 31. GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 5, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTO .:CftBiNEF' express ismm to ihe allied POWERS RELATIONS BETWEEN ALLIES AND GERMANY SEEM TKHAVE REACHED CRITICAL STAGE Allies May Adopt Measures That Will Compel Germany to Carry Out Extradition Clauses of , Versailles Treaty Sir Auckland Geddes Sug gests That Former Emperor Be Put On Some Island Outside of Europe. . By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Feb. 5. Relations between the Allied powers and Germany seem to lave arrived at a crisis as a result of the re $ iMal of Baron von Lersner, head of tho rerman delegation here, to forward to Berlin the names of Germans whose ex tradition is demanded by the entente. This incident apparently finds an echo m the attitude of the Berlin cabinet,) which 3s' reported in London dispatches to have expressed, through Gustav Noske, minis ter of defense, seeming defiance to the powers. Baron von Lersner left for the German capital last night. The list of Germans accused of viola tions of the Jaws of war whose7 arraign ment is contemplated by the, allies will be sent to Berlin direct by the council of -ambassadors. It is pointed out there that measures intended to compel Germany to carry out tho extradition clauses of the Versailles treaty will be adopted but there is no In timation as to their nature. London advices state Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of national service and reconstruction in .the British cabinet, has declared in an address at Andover yester day that Holland might be requested to pat former Emperor William on some island outside of Europe. Whether he expressed the view ef the British govern ment is not known. Refusal of Baron von Lernser to trans mit to Berlin the list of persons whose extradition is demanded is considered by Paris newspapers as a personal incident. There is, however, evident a disposition ' on the part of editors to aek whether or not 'withstanding' the disapproval of the 'Oerman government or not the Baron "s action, it will not tend to encourage the national movement in Germany. They ai-1 o speculate on the question whether the Baner cabinet has not conceived a hope that the incident might induce the allies to reconsider their decision. PARTIAL LIST OF THOSE DEMANDED J" OR EXTRADITION. (By The Associated Press.) BERLIN, Feb. 5. Following is a par tial list of the persons demanded for ex tradition from the German government:" ' Karl Aegidi, Dnke Albrecht, of Wurtt mberg, Submarine Commander Arnold de La Pert1 re. General Count Sixt von Araim, General Otto von Below, Count Johann von Bernstorff, former ambassat dor to the United States. . Dr. von Bethmahn-Hollwcg, former im perial chancellor. General von Beseler, Count Bismarck, General von Boehm, General von Bothner, Crown Prince Rap preeht, of Bavaria, the Duke of Meck lenburg. General von Bredow, Bronsart von Schellendorf, General Otto von Buelow, Admiral von Capelle, General Groener, General von Daunling,Enver Pasha, Gen eral Falkenhausen, Prince Ernst, of Sax ony f General Falkenhayn, Prince Freder- " kk of Pnistfia, General von GaHwitz, Al fred jwn, jMaaenapp, Otto yon Gottberg, General von Gravenits, General ' Count Haeaeden, Hammerstein, Dr. Haniel Ton Hahnhauaen, the Grand Duke of Hesse , Field Marshal von Hindenburg, whose extradition is demanded by France, and Belgium t Prince August of Hohentol tern. Prince Eitel Friedrich of Hohenzol lern, the crown prince of Germany, Prince Oscar of Hohensollern. ' General von Hutier, Ismael Hakki Pa aha, General von Kluck, General von Lin auger, General Ludendorff , Fied Marshal i von Mackensen, General MalUahn, Gen eral Baron Kurt von Manteuffel, General von der Marwitt, Von Moltke, Von Mont - gelas, Robert Morath, von Ohein, von der .Planits, von Plettenberg, General von Quasi, Prince Ratibor, Admiral Scheer, o der Schulenburg, Count Schwerin, Tniaat Pasha, Admiral von Tirpite, Gen- oral von Troths. .v, Submarine Commander Valentiner. Count Waldersee, Waurg, Prince Wltt- genatein, Count Vttxtum, von Eekstedt, Alfred Zimmerman, former secretary of foreign affairs. Some of the names in thfc list are dis torted and the military or civil rank of the Tjersons desired is not indicated.- The fist contains among others the name of "Hellfritx", which possibly is tele graphic error for Dr. Karl Hclfferich, former minister of finance. WAR TO THE END FOL LOWS ENRIGHT'S DEATH Chicago Gunmen and Labor Union Feudists Resolve to Avenge Death of "Mossy" Enright Ten More Killings to Follow Say Police. (By Tho Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 5 War among Chi cago's gunmen and labor union feud ists to avenge the murder of "Mossy" Enright, chief of feudists and leader of gunmen today hinged upon police efforts to apprehend and hold suspects before the dead man's friends found them and cancelled the score in their own fashion. The call for the Enright clan had gone out, the police &d and "War and wholesale murder" was imminent. There probably will be "ten more killings" before the murderer is caught, the chief of police declared. Enright 's fate was decided many weeks ago and gunmen shadowed him, biding their time, ttntil Tuesday night. Then they discharged the contents of a double barreled sawed-off shot gun into his body as he sat in his automobile in front of his home. "We knew Enright was the next of the old-time gunmen destined to die," said Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney. "But we were powerless to prevent it. The tips were too elusive to follow up. But we knew it and Moss must have known it . " Enright was the twenty-third victim of Chicago labor feuds and the ninety third man to die by the sawed-off shot gun.' Policemen, working in squads, today followed quickly each new clue. Many men, both enemies and friends of the dead gang leader, were arrested and questioned and some were held for fur ther investigation. Moso of them were released and at least two went away un willingly, the police said, for it was known that they were "marked men." "Big Tim" Murphy, of the "Street" and his "pal" Michael Carozzo, presi dent of the Street Sweepers' Union, were among those arrested. Carozzo was held but Murphy was released. He denied he even used a gun in a fight. FURTHER FARM LOANS SUSPENDED (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Further loans from federal farm loan banks have been suspended until the constitutionality of the farm loan act has been determined by the United States supreme court. Instructions to, this effect have been sent out to the farm loan representatives by Commissioner Norris, who explained that the order did not affect loans on which applications already have been re ceived but that it shut off new applica tions. The commissioner insisted that prospective borrowers be informed that the step was taken as a measure of pro tection to them. HOLY WAR AGAINST BRITAIN IN SPRING. (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 5. A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Constantinople yesterday says: "The Young Turks red army will in the near future reach Constantinople to throw out the Turkish enemies. The Turkish bolshevik announce that a holy war against Great Britain will be under taken ia the spring." STILL IN GRIP OF STORM. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5. Eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware 'early today were still in the grip of the northeast storm which started shortly after midnight Tuesday. A, com bination of sleet, snow and wind that at some points reached a velocity of fifty six miles an hour, -made the storm the severest of the winter. : Four schooners and a yacht broke from their moorings at Lewes, Delaware, crashed into the iron pier and were badly damaged. . LL. JENKINS LIKELY TO BE THE MAN Millionaire of Asheville Stands Best Chance of Getting Nom ination - Has '- Plenty' of Money Is Good Baptist and Will Make Good Run. The ninny friends in Gastonia and Gaston county of Mr. L. L. Jenkins, pres ident of the First National Bank of Gas tonia and a factor in many textile cor porations in the county, will be interested to learn that he will probably be the choice of the Tenth district- Republicans for the congressional nomination. Tic following d'ntch from Asheville gives details: The linn! dofe on the republican con gressional convention, which will be held in Hendevson villi- next Sntuidnv, 'Vspite the denial of B. Jackson of Hentiersan ville, district chairman, who says that no decision has been reached by the com mittee, but that the committee will meet this week has been learned . All doubt as to the withdrawal of L. L. Jenkins, millionaito candidate for the nomination, seems to have been done away with, al though it is admitted that such a possi bility was talked of here last week and the week before and that pressure had been brought to bear on Jenkins to get him to leave the race, which all admit he will win, at the convention meeting. A prominent politician, who seldom goes wrong on things of this nature, is responsible for the statement that T. J. Harkins and Brownlow Jackson "are not candidates and never have been. " This is the 'big turn over in jxilitics in western North Carolina for this cam paign, and will be received with almost as much interest, as though final an nouncement had been made that a re publican candidate had won the con gressional seat. True it is that Harkins and Jackson never did issue formal statements that they were candidates, but they told their friends they were and Jackson has visited many cities and counties in the west during the past few months in rounding up his forces. Harkins has not been active, but his friends have worked-for him day and night, and now on the eve of the showdown for the nomination, all doubt is removed as to who will be the choice of the western republicans to bat tle ngainst the democratic candidate. The announcement will come like a bombshell in the ranks of the old-line re poiticians, for Jenkins is the candidate of the younger and more progressive ele ment of the party. Jenkins perhaps will go into the convention Saturday with the strongest following of any republican who has ever sought the nomination, not excepting James J. Britt when the poli ticians implored him to run four years ago and "save the party" after a num ber of smaller lights had failed to achieve any success against the democrat ic candidates. While it is generally believed that the convention will be held at Hendersonvilc, which is a republican stronghold, still there is a chance of the committee final ly selecting Biltmore, which is in Bun combe, county, and Just outside the city of Asheville. There is no chance what ever for the convention to be held in Asheville and will not be between now and the time it is held, owing to the re strictions on public meetings, due to the influenza epidemic. With the nomination, which he will re ceive Saturday, Jenkins will probably be the hardest man the democrats have ever gone up against in the "bloody" tenth disarict. He has unlimited money, likes to spend it, is popular and agreeable, a a friend to labor, being an honorary member of the central labor union here, and a large employer of men, which he has always treated well. And last, but by no means least, he ia a strong Bap tist. He will make a strong race and will be hard to defeat. WILL OUST REGIME IN BULGARIA. (By The Associated Press.) SALONIKI. Feb. 4. Bulgarian hot sheviki have fixed May 1 as the date of a coup d'etat by which the present re gime in that country is to be ousted by violence, according to Sofia advices which tell of the seizure of .bolshevik documents there. More arrests of eummunists ars reported. Two hundred and thirty have been taken into custody at Sofia, 35 at Philippopoli and 300 at Plevna. ' PART OF FRENCH LOAN TO BE FLOATED HERS. PARIS, Feb. 5. A portion of the new French loan will be floated in the United States through a consortium of bankers and will be placed in' dollars with a view to easing the exchange situation, it Is learned here. These bonds wiH bear five per eent interest as in France, being re deemable with a 50 per eent bonus within 60 years. Traffic through . the Panama canal in 1919 jras the greatest of any year in its history, 2,396 Tecsels of 7,128,000 net tons, exclusive of naval craft, using ths waterway. . . BAPTIST EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IS POSTPONED County - W i d e Campaign Schedule to Begin February 15th Postponed On Account of the Influenza Situation Quarterly Mass Meetings to Be Held. At a meeting of the Baptist pastors of Gaston county held Monday morning at the First Baptist church, Gastonia, it was unanimously decided to postpone the county-wide evangelistic campaign which was to begin February 15tb. On account of the seriousness of the influenza situa tion throughout the county it was deemed unwise to have the meetings at this time. Up until a few days ago when the flu became epidemic throughout the county everything looked favorable for a great and successful campaign and -it was with much regret that it had to be postponed. Rev. W. C. Barrett way appointed to confer with Dr. W. W. Hamilton, super intendent of the Home Mission Board Evangelistic Force, in regard to arrang ing for the campaign to be held at n la ter date this spring. While together Monday the pastors dis cussed plans and appointed a committee of which Mr. W. J. Francis, moderator of (inston County Baptist Association, Is chairman, to arrange for quarterly mass meetings to be hold at some central point in the county; the first meeting to be held about April 1. The purpose of these meetings will be to promote the spiritual interests of the county. PROMPT ACTION AVERTS LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY Governor Morrow and Sheriff Moore Disperse Crowd Bent Upon Lynching Negro Mur derer of White School Girl. (By The AssVioted Press.) FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 5 Prompt and decisive action by Governor Edwin P Morrotf and coolness of Sheriff Bain Moore, of Franklin county, averted ser ious trouble last night between state re formatory guards, deputy sheriffs and policemen and several hundred farmers who came here bent upon lynching Will Lockett, negro confessed murderer of little Geneva Hardman, South Elkhorn school girl. Following the appeal of the sheriff and a warning that they were going "into a death trap" the mob dis persed at 12:30 o'cock this morning. Notified tAat a mob formed at Lex ington was enroute to this city to get Lockett, who was brought here for safe keeping yesterday afternoon, Governor Morrow hastened to the reformatory and took charge. Guards and other defen ders were assembled within the walls and Sheriff .Moore was dispatched to meet the mob coming from surrounding counties in automobiles. As the long string of cars ascended the hill to the prison the procession was halted when a machine in the van was stopped at right angles across the road in accordance with instructions from the sheriff who then appealed to the men to disperse and let the law take its course. A, few of the men descended from the automobiles and started toward the pris on but they were turned back or placed under arrest and no trouble of conse quence occurred. METHODIST DEPLORE IN CREASED USE OF TOBACCO WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Increased use of tobaeco among women during 1919 was "appalling,' according to the board of temperance, prohibition and morals of the Methodist, Episcopal Church. In a statement made public here today the board called attention to ''the 'necessity of making an earnest ap peal to women to refrain from the use of tobacco in the name of the country's welfare, no matter what strict justice may declare their rights and ' privilege to be.". ' "No nation ean maintain the vigor which has been characteristic of the American people after its women begin the use of cigarettes," the statement said. "The sedentary life of women tends to an excess in the use of to bacco and produces more serious results than ia caused by its use among men. The effect of tobacco upon women is similar to its effects on immature youths. " PLAN FOR UNION BEF0RE COUNCIL PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 A plan of the ad interim committee for the onion of all the evangelical churches in the United States was before the Inter Chnreh Council on organic union for final action today. The plan, with certain por tions and a number of amendments re ferred to the committee on plan, was ten tatively, adopted yesterday. ' . About 30 denominations are represent ed at the conference. ELIMINATION OF ANTI-STRIKE PROVISION BREAKS DEADLOCK IN CUMMINS RAILROAD BILL It Is Planned to Expedite Bill In Both Houses So That Measure Can Be Enacted Into Law By March 1, Date When. Government Will Re linquish Control of Railroads. TRY TO LOWER PRICES FOODSTUFFS (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Market of ficials from 30 states assembled here to day to organize the National Association of State Marketing Officials, 'ihey seek to solve problems which will tend to lower the pi ice of foodstuffs. The con ferenco will be continued tomorrow uid Saturday. Greater production, better truiiHportn tion, prevention of loss in perishable foods, standardization of fruits and vege tables were some of the questions be fore the conference. Others included in siiectious and certification of products, licensing storage warehouses, activities of co-operative association interchange of market quotations, and measures for prompting uniform legislation concern ing marketing in the various states. Temporary officers chosen at the pre liminary meeting were Dr. Eugene II. Porter, New York state commissioner of foods and markets, president; L. G. Foster, of Wisconsion, vice-president; L. M. Rhodes, Florida, secretary, and Guy C. Hmith, Pennsylvania, assistant secretary . TO CONSIDER DECISION ON WAGE INCREASE (By The Associated Press.) DETROIT, MICH., Feb. 5. Interna tional officers of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers met here today in special session to consider the decision of the federal railroad administration on the demands of railroad workers for a wage increase. Before the meeting Allan A. Barker, grand president of the brothehood, said that if a satisfactory adjustment of wa ges was not decided upon by the railroad administration an immediate cessation of work by the organization 's 300,000 mem bers would be ordered. Fully 100,000 members of the brother hood, Mr. Barker said, at present receive less than $3 a day. The average increase asked, he said, is 40 per cent. SOUTH CAROLINA REPUB LICANS IN SESSION COLUMBIA, 8. C Feb. 5 Repub licans of the state of South Carolina hold a state convention here this after noon . ' It was forecast before the meet ing that there would be a contest be tween two factions, one known as the Talbert faction and the other as the Webster-Adams party. Two sets of del egates were elected from Richland coun ty and this contest and possibly others will have to be settled, it was stated. PRESIDENT DID NOT KNOW CONTENTS OF LETTER WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Various in timations and reports that President Wilson might have known in advanee of the contents of Viscount Grey's recent letter on the status of the peace treaty were met bv administration officials to day with the statement that while they did not care to assume the position ox denying them, there was no foundation in fact for such conclusions. There were indications that the government here rather was inclined to feel that the President should have been advised of Viscount Grey's expression before they were published. White house officials said that the President all during his illness, has been reemviner communications in writing and j that diplomats were not prevented from intercourse with him, although it migm not. be a personal one. Viscount Grey, writing as a private citizen, expressed approval of the Lodge reservations and reminded the British public that membership in the league of nations was a wide departure from the prior policy of the American government. Secretary Lansing said published re ports from the American government had sent a letter of pretest to the British government regarding the Gey lette here without tie lightest foundaion. " H added that be had not even discuss ed the matte with white house officials. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Chair Cummins and Each, of the senate and house conference committees respectively, began today ironing out minor differ ences on the railroad bill on which vir tually a complete agreement was reach ed late yesterday by the eonferene. Elimination of the anti-strike provis ion and modification of tfie rate ing section contained in the bill as it passed the senate, the chief issues be tween the two branches of congress, broke the deadlock that existed for weeks and conference leaders expressed' belif a rport could be made rady by ths 1 end of the week. It is planned to expedite the bill in both houses sd that the measure, which is designed to meet conditions growing out of the return of the railroads to their private owners, can be enacted in to law by March 1, the date on which ths government will relinquish control. In agreeing to eliminate the anti strike clauses of the Cummins bill ths conferees substitutes a provision that la effect amounts to compulsory submission of wage disputes to a federal board ap pointed by the President. Such dis putes first would be considered by boarde eomposed equally of employes and em ployers but the findings of these boards must be approved by the board named by ' the President, which also would hear ap- f peals in which agreements are not reach ed by other boards. All classes of em ployes would have representation oa the lower boards. i . " . A net railway operating income of 51- ' 2 per cent for a period of from eighteen months to two years would be guaran teed under the agreement on the rate making section. The senate measure had provided a five year period. The compromise further authorises the in terstate commerce commission to pre scribe rates which would yield the rev enue necessary to maintain the fixed guarantee for the period named. The commission also would be given author ity to change or suspend rates during the six months following the release of the roads. ' '.' The Poindexter long and short haul . amendment was agreed to after alight modification . EGGS SHOW A MARKED SLUMP (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Victims of the high cost of living were given cause for revengeful chuckling today when mark et reports showed that eggs recently pot in cold storage at 50 cents a dosea were being thrown on the market at prices ranging downward from 45 to 11 cents, wholesale. In many places today they were bev ing retailed at 50 cents and the stump was reported to have affected the fresh egg market, bringing prices dowa 8 cents since last Friday. t . The. decrease in cold storage egg prices was explained as being due to the fact that the expected European de mand for eggs did not fully develop. ; WILL GO TO SENATE . WITH BARS DOWN. (By The Associated Press.) , WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Limitation of senate debate on the peace treaty through cloture restrictions, which the rules committee had before it today, has only a small chance of being enforced, ta the opinion of senate leaders. From present indications, they believe the trea ty win land in the Senate Monday with the bars down and debate allowed to go unrestrained. . . Some senators predicted that the nasi vote will be reached within 10 days. FRENCH MINISTER ASKED TO DEFINE FRANCE'S ATTITUDE PARIS, Feb. 5 Jules J. Jusseraad. French ambassador at Washington, has received instructions to define the atti tude of the French government toward reservations to the covenant of the leagoo of nations, according to the Echo de Paris, which says he has already taken steps to acquaint President Wilson with the views entertained here.' . . ;
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