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VOL. XLL NO. 35. GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 10, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTO E OPENING WEDGf FOR GENERAL STRIKE 1 1 AY 8 ALL EMPLOYES FORMER CROWM PRINCE OFFERS TO GIVE UP OFFERS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF HIS COUNTRYMEN Sends Telegram to Kings of England, Belgium and Italy; Presidents of France and U. S. Of . f ering Himself In Place of 900 Germans Who Only Served Their Country. (By The Associated Press.) .AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10. Former rown prince Frederick "William, of Ger many, has offered to give himself up to . the allies in place of the hundreds of Ger mans demanded for eitradition on the list recently submitted to Berlin, accord ing t.n a. taWram nurnortinir to have eome from him published in. the Handelsblad of this city. The telegram, addressed to the kings of England, Belgium and Italy, . the presidents of France and the United states, and the emperor of Japan, says: ' "As the ex-crown prince, 1 wish to take the place of my countrymen. If the allied and associated governments desire a vlc J tim, let them take me instead of - 900 "Germans who committed no other crimes 4han in una their eountrv in war." BERLIN, Feb. 9. Germany is pre paring a list containing the names of al lied soldiers and high officials who are accused toy the Berlin government of vio lations of the laws of war .and plans to ubmlt as a counter-proposal to the de mand of the allies for extradition of Ger- . ; mans who are alleged to be war criminals. This list is in the course of eompila- , tion and it is expected it will be ready for publication and delivery shortly. It will contain specific indictments based up on alleged authenticated material, which is on file in the German achives. It was stated tonight Germany, however, would not demand extradition of the men named in its indictment. WOULD MEAN INSURRECTION. BERLIN, Monday, Feb. 9. Decision was. reached by the committee on 'foreign relations of the national assembly today - to support the government's stand in de claring "the ethical and patriotic indig nation of the German people at the al lied demands for extradition of Germans accused of war crimes is such that the carrying out of extradition measures have been made physically impossible and vnirlif nrmliiAA intornnl inaiirimtinii. " Independent socialist members refused to subscribe to this-declaration, which VETERANS OF CHATEAU THIERRY PATROL THE STREETS OF LEXINGTON (By The Associated Press.) LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 10. Dawn today found Lexington an armed camp. Squads of armed soldiers who saw ser " vice at Chateau Thierry were patrolling the streets or guarding all approaches to the city to prevent a recurrence of yes - terday's bloody mdb violence that cost ' ' ' l nm r ,! ..Haul Itlinftt X.V M pull UJ. nv-yruuui wu uuku mjmj to a score of others. ' ' William Lockett, negro slayer of 10-year-old Geneva Hardman, a school girl, was confined ia a steel cage ia the Fayetw oanty courthouse here, awaiting removal oitber to the state reformatory at Prank-, fori or to the prison at ddyville. Reports last night that 1,500 moun taineers Were - enroate to Lexington to lynch Lockett caused the commanding of ficer to throw cordons of ' troops across .every road leading into the city and to place other, detachments at every etrate gintwitmtlesity. So extensive were the plans to prevent a further up rising that at 10 o'clock last night the brigadier general ta -command announced that the situation was under control and that no farther trouble was expected. No attempt will be made by the author ities toremove Lockett from the steel - age until danger of further violence has ' passed,- it was announced. ' "I don't know why X did V the negro is quoted as having' said in the course of a statement prepared for sub mission to the jury which convicted him yesterday- Lockett threw himself on the ' snerey of the court. But one witness, a neighbor of the dead girl's father, was placed on the stand by the state.' The -witness indentified the stave with whieh the girl 's head bad been crushed- The jurymen returned their verdict Without was adopted at the meeting of the com mittee which lasted for three hours this afternoon. The government hat decided to sub mit the official extradition list to the first attorney general at Leipzig with instruc tions to investigate the offenses listed and determine whether the charges made by. the allies can be punished under the German criminal or civil codes. He will also be asked to determine to what ex tent these charge trespass upon the rules of warfare. It is presumed the at torney general will proceed on the ground that the entente presents material evi dence against German subjects and may prosecute the accused in the same manner as if the charges had been filed in any other way. "DOWN WITH FRANCE" SING BAVARIANS. (By The Associated Press.) MUNICH, Monday, Feb. 9. After a meeting of Bavarian democrats today to protest against the extradition demands of the entente, several thousand persons formed a procession to the hotel where a portion of the entente commission is resid ing. The ercwd san "Deutschland Uber Alles", cried "Down With Franco," and otherwise gave vocal expression to its feelings. ANOTHER SNOWSTORM HITS NEW YORK. (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Another snowstorm hit New York today with all but a few of the principal streets already blocked by drifts. There was a prospect that the snow would change to rain, but early in the day the fall was heavy with a strong wind. An army of 14,000 men has been work ing day and night since Wednesday, shov eling snow, but little headway has been made. Most of Manhattan's surface car sy stem was still out of commission today. In some sections hard packed snow more than one foot thick eovered the tracks. leaving their seats. Lockett is about 33 years old and came here from Henderson, Ky., seven years ago. He enlisted in the army and served for eleven months at Camp Taylor. Death last night of J. M. Rogers, 61, a farmer of near Versailles, Woodford county, shot during the rioting, brought the death toll to five ' It was an attempt, to- lynch? Lockett yesterday that caused the rioting. Short ly after the death sentence had been pass ed on the negro a mob of 100 or more men charged the entrance to the court house, bent upon lynching the negro. The troops fired rifles and machine guns into the crod. Additional troops were rushed to the scene from Camp Zaehary Taylor during the late afternoon and evening and mar tial law was declared by Brigadier Gen eral F. C. Marshall, upon his arrival. The ery '.'let's gettlim" from a braw ny farmer on the outskirts of the crowd, turned the crowd into a mob which be gan surging toward the entrance to the building. Soldiers and police dropped back into close formation and trained their guns on the mob. which never hesi tated. Adjutant General Deweese, in command of the militiamen shouted a final warning to the crowd and then fired a revolver into the air. It was the signal for the troops to fire.: Soldiers and police fired point blank into the crowd and a nearby machine gun rattled. ' From the windows of the courtroom above another hail of bullets shattered down on the asphalt street. (Continued on page 8.) PRICE HELD UNDER BOND TO FACE GRAND JURY Former Gastonia Real Estate Man Required to Give Bonds Totalling $800 For Appear ance Bel ore Grand Jury Charged- With Obtaining Money Under False Pretense Other Warrants Hinted at. Before Judge A. C. Jones in Municipal Court this morning J. L. Price, a former Gastouia contractor and real estate man who was brought back here Sunday from Spartanburg, B. C, on warrants charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses, was tried in two cases in each of which he was held under a boud of $400 for investigation by the grand jury. Price was represented by Attorney P. W. Garland while the State was assisted in the proHecutipn by Attorneys Bismarck Cnpps, It. L. Sigmon and J. M. Hoyle. Prosecuting witnesses in one case were Mr. nnl Mrs. W. M. Childers who alleged that they had lost their home because of misrepresentations made to them by Price in their transactions with them. The prin cipal prosecuting witness in the other case was T. J. Redmond, a real estate dealer, who made substantially the same charges against the defendant. Quite a crowd, gathered at the city hall to hear the trial of these cases. It is re ported that several other warrants are out f-or Price and that there is a proba bility that he will face the court on a numler of other charges similar to those he faced this- morning. Price was a resident of Gastonia for a number of years prior to a year or so ago when he went to South Carolina. He operated extensively in real estate and ta the building and selling of houses. He returned to this State without requiring the issuing of extradition papers. ENLISTED MEN GOT BIGGEST SCORE OF MEDALS Receive 63 Per Cent of Medals Awarded 30th Division Receives 12 Medals of Hon- or. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Enlisted men of the army received 63 per cent of the medals awarded for service in the j world war, it is shown in statistics made public today by the war department. To enlisted men went 57 out of the total of 78 congressional medals of hon or awarded, while 3,503 out of the 5,109 distinguished service crosses conferred were given to enlisted men. All of the (41 distinguished service menials award ed for meritorious service and not for .'icts 'of valor were conferred on officers. The 30th division, which, with the 27th division, broke the famous Hindenburg line, received 12 medals of honor or 15 per cent of the total of those decorations awarded. CINCY AND WASHINGTON RUNNING NECK AND NECK (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. For the honor of being the first city to report in the deceennial census, Cincinnati and Washington are running a neck and neck race, census bureau officials said today. In computing the population of Wash ington, which was the -fiiaL city to. report in the- MgP't'errMw; 'only tWefehefkiftgtoi several districts and the final tabulation remains. Reports from Cincinnati, it was said, also are virtually completed, and an nouncement of the first census returns, either of that city or Washington may be expected either tomorrow or Thursday. COTTOK BROKERS WAX ' RICH IN EGYPT (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 10. "Egypt is burst ing with wealth," accumulated from cot ton, says -a correspondent of The Daily Epress, ia Cairo. "Illiterate natives living in mnd huts have made 20,000 pounds sterling out of cotton deals," he'eontinuea.- "Some have made 100,000 pounds. They are buying land at inflated prices and paying off mortgages which are regarded as family heirlooms. One British, official says that the country has made at least 100,000,000 pounds. Naturally there is an influx of new millionaires in Cairo with a huge de mand for automobiles, jewelry, new houses and' all kinds .of luxuries, but in the pro vinces many of the newly rich have-not changed their standard of living at alL WAS SEVERELY INJURED IN SAVANNAH WRECK Mr. Paul Neil, Brother-in-Law of Rev. W. J. Roach, of Gas tonia, in Serious Condition in savannah Hospital. Among those severely injured Satur day night in the wreck of a Seaboard pas senger train near Savnnnah, Ga., was Mr. Paul Neil, of Rock Hill, 8. C, a brother- in-law of Rev. W. J. Roach, of Gastonia. At present the injured man is in a hos pital in-Savannah and bis pliysieians fear that he is seriously injured. ' At the time of the accident Mrs. Neil and children were visiting relatives In Spartanburg and Mr. Roach was at the bedside of his brother, Mr. J. K. Roach, hi Rock Hill, the latter being seriously ill from pneumonia following an attack of influenza. Mrs. Neil came to Gastonja hint night from Spartanburg and was joined here by Mr. Roach who motored up from Rock Hill. Together they went to Rock Ilill last night and from there on to Savannah. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE UNI VERSAL MILITARY TRAINING Feel That They Know Senti ment of Country on Military Training Better Than Presi dent Does - Despite Wil son's Appeal Action is Tak- en. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Democrats of the house were on record today as ap posed to universal military training de spite an appeal from President Wilaori that they refrain from declaring them selves on the issue until the democratic national convention in June. The action was taken at the party cau cus last night when the house democrats came out, 106 to 17, against any meas ure providing for universal compulsory military service or training. Earlier in the session the democrats flatly rejected President Wilson's nppeal by voting 8H to 37 against a proposal that action oil the measure be deferred. Explaining their action at the caucus several democrats declared that they felt they knew the sentiment of .the country on military training better than either the President or their leaders. Representative Caldwell, New York, who led the fight in favor of the Presi dent's proposal, declared that unless there is a change in sentiment on the democra tic side of the house it is apparent there are not enough republicans who favor universal training to include it in the army re-organization bill. BOLSHEVIKI MAY ENTER JAPAN PROPER Have Captured Alexandrovsk Fear Is Felt Thaf Forces May Enter Island Govern rhent Negotiating- For Evacu ation of Japanese Popula tion. HONOLULU,' T. H., Feb. 9 Si berian bolsheviki have captured Alexan drovak, capital of the island of Sakha lin, and fear is felt that the radical forces may enter Japan proper, accord ing to a special cable despatch from the Tokio correspondent of Nippu Jiji, Hon olulu Japanese language newspaper. ; The, Japanese government is negotia ting With the Alexaudrovsk authorities for the avacuation of the Japanese pop ulation from the city, the cablegram said; Tokio dispatches under date of Sat urday, January 31, reported bolsheviki uprisings against Japanese residents on the island of Sakhalin and attacks against important Japanese mining and petroleum plants there. A rescue party had been dispatched to the island, the despatches said. Sakhalin is a long narrow island off the eoast of Siberia north of Vladivos tok. The city of Alexaudrovsk is not on the island,v being on the mainland directly opposite Sakhalin. The capture of Alexandra vsk and the insurgent bands in northern Korea pre sumably with the assistance of the bol sheviki would seem to indicate a serious menace to Japan from the reds. Details as to the' localities in northern, Korea from which Japanese troops are reported to have been forced to retreat are not yet learned, but it seems pobable the bolsheviki have spread their wave of in vasion of the east ' southward from the neighborhood of Yladivostock, which is not far from the extreme northern fron tiers of Korea.- WHITE HOUSE REGARDS SITUATION AS SERIOUS Secretary Tumulty Will See President Wilson Today to Lay Matter Before Him - Believed That General Strike May Result. (By The Associated 1'rensJ WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 White house and railroad administration of ficials regard "as most serious" the railroad situation precijiitated by the orders for a strike February 17, issued by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. Secetary Tumulty will see President Wilson today to lay the matter before him, emphasising the possibility that this strike may be the opening wedge for a general strike of all railroad employ es, should the wage demands be refused j by Director General Hines at his con ference with union officials now in pro gress. ) Mr. Hines is understood to have con ferred with Secretary Tumulty for more than 'three hours last night, outlining the situation for representation to the pesident . GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR STRIKE. DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 10 Executive officers of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers were going ahead with' strike plans today while a committee of heads of various divisions of the union were enroute to Washington, where they will make a final effort, if called into con ference by Director General Hines, to avert the walkout on February 17 of nearly 300,000 railway workers. Allen E, Barker, president of the brotherhood, would make no statement early today in reply to the assertion by Mr. Hines that the strike call violated the Union 's wage agreement, but he re called that a strike was voted last fall set for November 1 and that it had been twice postponed since then in the hope that an agreement might be reached on a new wage scale, or that the govern ment might be able to reduce the cost of living. ''The cost of living continues to rise," Mr. Barker said. "And we are con vinced that the railroad administration does not intend to grant increase in wages unless forced to do so. It is ri diculous to think that the government employing these laborers who are raising American families would force them to work for an average of 35 cents an hour while the same tlass of laborers throughout the country employed else ARMSTRONG MILLS WITH 120.000 CAPITAL The history of the growth and ex pansion of the Armstrong chain of cot ton mills in Gastonia and surrounding counties from the modest beginning in 1907 of the Clara manufacturing com pany with a $200,000 capital stock and 10,000 spindles to the present day with a combined capita! stock of $4,041,000, representing 119,600 spindles, is one of the most marvelous of the many wonder ful fairy-like stories of the textile in dustry in Gaston eounty. From one mill early in 1907, the industry headed by Col. C. B. Armstrong, A. K. Winget and others has grown to 13 mills in 1920. an average of one mill a year. This rapid rise to unparnllelled heights in cotton manufacturing his been due to the wonderful insight into the future, coupled with a business skill and fore sight, possessed by few men, of the captain of the industry, Col. C. B. Armstrong and his chief lieutenant in the work, Arthur K . Winget, whose rapid rise in the textile world has been second only to that of his superior officer. The Clara mill was built in 1907 at a cost of $200,000. It has 10,000 spin dles. The Mildred was organised in the latter part of 1919, with 20,000 spin dles. It will cost $1,200,000. These figures give some idea of the difference in cost 13 years ago and now. - Two of the latest mills in the Ann strong chain, the Victory and the Win get will soon be running, la the former mill practically all the machinery has been installed aad is ready for the power to be' turned on. Ia fact a few bales of cotton will probably be ran through the picker room this week to test out and where are making up to $1 an hour and while many railroads are bringing Mex ican laborers into this country and pay ing them 25 to 40 per cent' more thaao the men affected by this strike eaU. "We are determined to have fair in creases now The men involved are all employed on American roads, although the union has a membership of 28,000 in 'Canada, i v '.V- WAGE INCREASE DEMANDS NOT TO BE GRANTED , (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 10It was gen erally believed here that Director Gener al Hines would . today go before the representatives of the two million - rail road workers and inform them that' their wage increase demands could not be . granted. He is willing to 'go no for- , ther, it is understood, than to adjust el- leged inequalities in wages. The employes' representatives are a-peY-tcd to come forward with a new proiKsition for the settlement of their case, but none, of them would disc bos their plans prior to today's conference, which is expected to end the negotia tions. The director general is understood to advisable for the railroad administra tion to order a general wage increase ia . view of the return of the lines to their private owners in less than three weeks. He is said also to believe that higher freight and passenger rates would In evitably follow an increase in wages. INTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT PLANS CAMPAIGN. (By The Associated Press) . NEW YORK, Feb. 10. An immediate nation-wide religious educational cam paign was among the plans of the Inter Church World Movement conference whieh opened here today. In attendance were leaders in this country ef various Protes tant denominations. At the conclusion of the conference " teams of speakers will be sent on a to or of state conferences to be held within the iiext four weeks. International and in dustrial and religious questions discussed at the is terl church conference will be ex plained by the team speaker!. - ' SPINDLES HAVT OF $4,000,000 loosen up some of the new machinery. v The whole mill will probably be running by some time in March. The Victory mill represents the last word in cotton mill building. Said Mr. Arthur Winget this morning as he and a Gazette man went through the saiD: "There's nothing but the best of everything in this mill the best brick, the best lumber and the best niai liiasij that I could buy. All the btest 'devices' and improvements for the successful op eration of the mill and health and earn fort of the employes, have been install ed. " The interior of the mill is finished ia ; white and pale blue, and presents a wen ch r fully soft and pleasant light. Ait the pipes, motors, eae., will be painted a light blue. Mr. H. G. Winget is superintendent of the Victory mill." The Winget mill is also rapidly stav ing .completion. Over half the roof ie now on, and already machinery is being brought in. In a few days, the plam bers and pipe-fitters will finish their work, heat will be turned on, and the machinery erected. It will be running by June or July. A list of the Armstrong mills, their number of spindles, capital stock, ef- -fleers and 'directors is as follows: Clara Manufacturing Company " Spindles, 10,000. Capital stock, $200,000.00. Directors: C. B. Armstrong, C. C Armstrong, K. A. Batchford, B. T. (Continued on page 8.)
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