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. NEW YORK, March Anthracite
miners and operators of Pennsylvania
- and Maryland opened negotiations for a
Hew wage agreement to become effective
March 31, when the present four year
contract expires. It was said by miners
and operators that little will be done at
' the present meetings aside from' the
formal presentation of the miner's da
ta an da and a possible general discussion
of conditions in the, anthracite field .
'Neither side, it was said, by onion of-
' ficiala, cares to proceed to definite eon-
' elusions until the award to be made by
' the bituminous eoal commission has been
sanded down in the case of the soft coal'
miners of the country.
, The wage demands call for a sixty per
iwnt increase in wages for contract
' aimers, au advance of $2 a day for men
paid fey the day, a six hour day and a
1 fl to day week of all classes of inside and
outside day labor and monthly men com
ing "under the proposed agreement. '
: 'The miners are also asking a two year
agreement, a closed' shop, uniform wage
scale, for like occupations at the several
collieries that coal produced shall be paid
for on the legal ton basis wherever prac
ticable and that the employers compen
sate the workers for the loss of tools as a
result of accidents. The demands also in
clude the granting of other concessions
of technical character.
The miners and operators went into
conference with the best of feeling pre
vailing, it was stated.
REFUSES TO ACCEPT FIND
INGS COAL C0MISSION
INDIAN APOI8, Ind., March fr The
United Mine Workers of America willrg
fuse to accept the findings of the bitum
tno us eoal commission unless a substan
tial increase in wages and improved work
lag conditions are provided, it was. in
ferred in a statement issue today from
headquarters of the organisation. Of
ficials of the mine workers' were absent
from the city and those in charge of the
Offices refused to comment on the state-
IIRPUtNE AND SPECIAL
TRAIN TO HELP
la Order to Break Deadlock in
West Virginia Senate Hurry
up Tactics) Are Employed to
Get Senator Block on Scene
- in Time. . j y--
(By Ths Aaaoeiatcd Press! '
' CHICAGO, March 9. A "tuned up."
airplane and a special train awaited the
arrival here" today of Jesse A. iUocn,
rstate senator of West Virginia, speeding
Charleston from California to cast the
deciding vote for ratification of the red
era! suffrage amendment before the )egis
lature adjourns tomorrow. Beputmcaa
party leaders here, anxjoua to claim cred
it for ratification by the thirty fourth
state, made extra-ordinary arrangements
when they found that Mr. Block could
nsi make the necessary connection at
Cincinnati-if usual facilities were relied
epos, lie West Virginia senate '1 dead-,
locked, 14 to 14, on the issue. . . ' ; '
- Travel in the air will be urged upon the
. senator, because the pilot promised a four
hour trip to Cincinnati which would as-,
rare departure on ths 7 p. m. train for
Charleston, The special train was en
gaged, however, should Mr. xtlocb prove
W be too conservative for the rush by
slrphue. r
SOUTH CAROLINIANS
DISCUSS MCONSTHTJCTION
COUMBIA, 8. C.,- March 9 The
- problems of the reconstruction period
are being considered at a state-wide re
const ruction assembly at ten tended by a
hundred and 75 prominent South Caro
linians here today. The morning ses
sion was featured by addresses by Gov
ernor Cooper on "Educating ths Farm
en' Boys and Girls," G. Croft Williams,
secretary of the state board of. correc
tions, ea the problems of the reconstruc
tion, Major Irving Belser, on "Ths
American Legion and Beeonatm etion, "
sad W. W. Long, of Clemsoa College,
on "Our Cash -. Income From ,1920
Crops." . - - - '
. A definite program of meeting after
war problems will likely be adopted be
fore the assembly adjourns. Ths meet-
' ing was ealled by the landowners asso
ciation. .:
Hour WklZ
'T6 The
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SIIS OPEN
FOR NEV WAGE
Contract Expires - at Thai
Call For 60 Per Cent Jni
Six Hour Day and Frv
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
REASONS VERY STROM
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 9. ' President Wil
son's reasons for. refusing to escape from
Adriatic questions by the backdoor which
the allied ministers held open ror him, are
very strong ones, says The London Times
iu commenting on Mr. Wilson's latest
nolo to the premiers. This newspaper,
which is the only one commenting on
'e American President's communication,
.commends him for having "always been
insistent, while the allies have wobbled
eebly from one impossible solution to
mother.
Notwithstanding its continued support
f Mr. Wilson, however, the newspaper
encrally chides him for "proclaiming
mself immaculate on the score of de
ay," and adds: "Had he always ex
hibited the firmness and clearness of view
'ie now shows, ' the Adriatic and many
it her questions might have been settled
long ago.'
BASEBALL FOR CLOVER.
t'orkville Enquirer.
Clover is going to have a good baseball
earn this spring and summer. In fact, it
may have two of them one aVthe Haw
horn Mill ond one with head quarters
it the Clover Cotton Manufacturing cora
W. The ait was warm yesterday, Che
inn shone brightly and everything smack
(1 of spring with a touch of baseball
weather causing some of the most ardent
dvocates of the national game to get
lit in backlots and warm up. At a meet
ing of baseball fans at the Clover Mill re
inty M. A. Knloe was elected baseball
inager of the Baseball Association and
.i. L. . Wallace was elected team manager,
'here is much good baseball material a
nong young men employed in the mill
nd an effort will be made to induce
ther baseball players to come here. In
'act, Manager John Tillet of the Clover
Manufacturing Company told some of the
jaseball lads only a few days ago to
our the country for a good baseball
itcher and he would look after the
Etcher's pay. Consequently Clarence
Harvey, Dan Barrett and others interest
1 in the team are now scouring for a
;ood twjrler willing to play ball and live
u Clover. The baseball bngs at the Haw
Horn Mill have not been aroused from
heir winter slumbers yet; but teey are
npected to iwake up almost any day. i
MEXICAN KESIDKNTS WARNED
Y AGAINST COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
. WASHINGTON, March 9 Residents
f Mexico have been warned" by the for
sign office to be on guard against efforts
that may be made' to circulate in that
tountry counterfeit money made in J)
United States, according tor advices re
vived by the stats department. Tbe
warning was based on a report by Bamoa
i de Negri, Mexican consul general at
Vew York, who, the foreign office an
louneed, estimated the amount of spuri
ous currency in circulation at $200,000,
300 and advised his government to adopt
trecautionary measures.
De Negri's explanation of the arena-
tton was that, agents, of the Busstan bol-
sheviki had manuf actured -an4 placed in
circulation ths counterfeit currency, in
reprisal for the "persecutions". of radi
al s by ths United States government.
He added that American authorities are
endeavoring to run down the counterfeit
ers and are making efforts to prevent tne
smuggling of representatives of the so
viet government into ths United States.
SCORES 07 TOWNS ISOLATED.
BOSTON, March 9 Scores of towns
in northern New England remained iso
lated today because of the storm and
freese up of Saturday. Several places
along the blocked braneh lines of the rail
roads reported a serious shortage of food
and fuel, but railroad ' officials before
night. The Boston A Maine estimated
that the mountain division could not be
reopened before Thursday,
URGE APPOINTMENT
' GEORGIAN TO INTERSTATE -COMMERCE
COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, !March 8. The- an
tire Georgia delegation in congress call
at the white house today to urge ths
appointment of former Congressman Chas.
1.- Edwards of Savannah, ip the Inter
;ta to commerce commission, to fill one
tf the new offices created by tne railroad
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G ASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9,
f,IR. ATKINS TO RETURN '
TO THE GAZETTE
v.
Will Not Stand For Appoint
ment to Local Postmaster
' snip Civil Service Exami-
to be field March
3rd.
James W. Atkins, who
recently
tamed as acting postm
r here to sue
eed John B. Rankinwho resigned
to
accept a position asAice-p resident of the
Citizens Nationajr Bank, announces to-
lay that sle wyf not be a candidate for
the permalienrappointment as postmaster
wbkk wilioe made following a civil ser
rir-examination to be held March 23rd.
Iti Mr, Atkins' intention to resume Ms
work with The Gazette, with which He
as been actively connected for many
years past.
r. r, r. Boekett. assttant postmas
er, is secretary of the local board of the
Civil Service Commission and will fur
!ish the necessary information and pa-
ors to any who desire to eneer tne con
test for the regular appointment as post
master.
TRYING TO KILL
BONUS LEGISLATION
Chairman Fordney Sava That
Umcers Who Received Good
Pay Do Not Want Bonus But
Privates Are in Favor of
Some Relief Plan.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. Chrages
hat members of the house ways and
nettns committee were "endeavoring to
kill bonus legislation by delay" were
made today by Chairman Fordney, wnen
. :e commltee resumed hearing on soldier
relief legislation.
"I am ready to begin businenss now, ' '
'he chairman said when members sug
gested that hearings be postponed until
ifter the legislative committee of the A
nerican Legion has met on March 22 to
further consider soldier relief means.
"I don't want to crowd this measure,
but we know the attitude of former ser
vice men," the chairman continued.
' ' Every officer who had good pay doesn t
want a bonus. The privates who suffer
ed financial losses are overwhelmingly m
.'avor, of some relief plan."
Representative Hitching democrat,
Xorth Carolina, said treasury depart
ient officials ought to be hoard by the
committee before any plan' was woraed
out. Chairman Fordney replied that tbe
attitude of treasury officials was well
known.
' But we want to get their statements
into the record,' Mr. Kitchin replied.
The committee decided to call Secre
tary Houston, Assistant Secretary Lefing
wfll and Governor Harding of the feder
al reserve board Thursday.
GERMANS STAGE AIITI
ALLIED L'HSIDEHT
(By The Associated Press.)
BERLIN, March 8 Closely following
the incident of Saturday night at the
hotel Adlon, here, in which Prince Joach
im Albrecht, of Prussia, was the chief
figure, leading a demonstration against a
party of French officers in the dining
room, another anti-allied incident is re
ported from Bremen. ' The victims is
this case .also" were high French of
ficers, who are members of tbe entente
military eommlssioa. '
When the frenchmen entered the bar
racks in Bremen, to conduct negotiations
with German officers, the accounts ran,
the soldiers sang "Deutschland Uber Al
lies." . The song attracted , a large
crowd which roughly handled the French
when they .left .the, .barracks v ,The po
lice Aspersed ths crowd and ss3rted the
officers to their quarters. An inquiry
into the affair was opened immediately.
Still another incident of similar na
ture at Bremen is reported by tbe Vos
sisehe Zeitung." It says that yesterday
two French officers and an Italian officer
stopped a man wearing a field gray uni
form, supposing him to belong to the Ger
man army, when the man failed to sa
lute them, and that high words followed,
culminating in blows. A crowd assault
ed the allied officers, who were consider
ably injured, the newspapers adds, be
fore they were arrested by the police.
The inter-allied commission, the tame
newspaper states, left Bremen Monday
evening.
WOOD'S NAME WILL NOT
BE IN CALIFORNIA PRIMASY.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF, Marca
The name of Major General Leonard
Wood will not be entered in the Califor
nia primary election as candidate for the
republican presidential nomination, ac
cording to a telegram from the national
chairman of the Wood committee, made
public today by the secretary of the local
Wood'elubv - - A
" It is out decision that General Wood
tame not be entered at the primaries,"
the telegram said.
KIIIGHTSTa'J'UR ..
v HOLD 616 CONCLAVE
Gastonia Commandery. U. D.,
Confer Red Cross and Knight
of Malta Degrees Sump
tops Banquet Served at Car
olina Cafe.
' - - : '. "'. . . , , ,
At a Special communication beginning (
.t 6 o'clock Monday afternoon and con
innnlng until 8:30, Gastonia Command-
jry, Kalght Templar, U. D., conferred
lie degrees of Knight of Malta and
Cnight of the Red Cross on two candi
dates, G. C. Andrews and Dr. It. E.
Khyne. Among the notables present
fere Bight Eminent Grand Comamnder
Geo. H. Norfleet, of Winston-tjalem, Past
Eminent Commander, J. Willard Baker,
jf Holy Sepulebre Commandery,. Paw
tucket, B. I., Eminent Commander, Wm.
II. Peeps, of Charlotte Commandery No.
i and Eminent Commander C. A. Eury,
jf Henderson.
At tne conclusion of the degree work,
i sumptuous banquet was served at the
Carolina Cafe, Eminent Commander J.
H. Henderlite, presiding as tosstmaster.
delightful menu was served by tbe
manager of tne Carolina Cafe, , Fete
jCaprones. Those present at tbe banquet
ire loud in their praise of tne excellent
niunner in which tbe feast was prepared
and served. vThe visiting masons were
lao very complimentary in .their ex
pressions of the manner in which the de-
reo work of the local team was carried
out.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY
IN HIGH LIFE
Murder and Suicide or Double
Murder Brings to, Finale
Chapter of . the Eternal
Triangle
(Bv The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, March 9. Borne or tbe
details of the dual life of Clifford M.
rileyer, president of an advertising a-
geucy which bears his name, were feared
.oday by a murder and suicide or double
murder, according to facts brought be
fore tbe county coroner. Lat last night,
n an apartment in a fashionable Chicago
neighborhood, tbe bodies of Bleyer and
jfrs. Ruth Randall were found, wnlle
Mrs. Bleyer was at her own home a wait -
ng word from friends who were search -
injf for her husband, who had been miss
ing since Saturday night.
Mrs. Randall, a vivaciously pretty wo
man, Zl years old, was divorced from ber
soldier husband. Norman Brown Randall,
md had been employed as an advertising
writer. Excerpts from a diary which was
found in the apartment, disclosed the fact
Jiat she and Bleyer had been intimately
associated for at least a year.
From the position in which the bodies
were lying when the police, with some of
Bleyer 's friends burst into the apart
uient, the authorities belieje that Mrs.
Randall shot Bleyers as he was sleeping
beside her, , and then turned the weapon
a eneap revolver - upon nerseli.
Tending to strenngthea their opinnion,
there was found, a poem in the woman's1
handwriting, somewhat clever as to meter
and rhyme, but almost maudlin in senti
ment, which foretold the dramatic con
clusion of the two lives. .
Bleyer was the son of a prominent
Chicago family. - His- father,. Charles S.
Bleyer, is in Cuba. Young Bleyer was
educated in fine arts in several European
countries, and some of his paintings ars
said to be noteworthy. It was while in
(axis as a student he met the woman
who has become his widow. They nave
two children.
Mrs. Bandall was the daughter of H.
5. Vale, a business man of Okianoma
CKy.., ,
RED CROSS HAS IN-
FORMATION FOR THESE
Information is being held by Miss May
rT&Uok,"Home Service Secretary of the
American Bed Cross, for the following
persons:
Mrs. Margaret McGinnis, Gastonia,
N. C, or Lowell, N. C.
Mira Mill Lorrance, B. F. D.t Gastonia,
N. C.
Joseph W. Williford, Gastonia, N. C.
Ha ttie May Waisnant, Pine street,
Gastonia, N. C.
Del Bio Price, Old MilL Gastonia, N.
c. V.
Fred MeLure, Gastonia, N. C.
Mrs. Alice Henry, Gastonia, N. C.
Katie Hinson, Dallas, N. C.
Mrs. Nora Broom, Paynie store, Gas
tonia, N. C. .
Dennie F. Pressley, Gastonia, N. C.
.RobertL Joyner, McAdenville.
Louise Harnett Gilbert, Loray Mills,
Gastoaia,N. C. .
Miss Tatlock requests that the above
persons, or anyone knowing the where
abouts of the above, communicate with
her or call at her office in the Fostoffiee
at ones.? ;
The world's production of crude pe
troleum la the last 82 years has exeeeded
a billion metric tons, of which the United
States has -yielded, more than ' 61 per
cent ..
1920
4
TO WEAKEN ARTICLE X
VOKCUT "VERY HEART"
FROM
President Wilson Declares That All Qualifica
tions Suggested Were Virtual Nullifications of
Treaty Pact.
BELMONT HAS ALL-NIGHT
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
Town's Sewer System Will Be
Enlarged New Streets to
Be Opened up Work on
, Charlotte - Gastonia High
way Nearing Completion
Real Estate and Business En
terprises Change Hands.
Correspondence of The Daily Gazette.
BEMONT, March 9 Belmont can
boast of an innovation that no other com
nunity that we know of possesses, sn all
night picture show. Tbe mills here
close at midnight on Friday night and
the Princess Theatre, at the Majestic
Mill, stays open all night Friday night
in order that the night hands, on com-
ing off duty, may enjoy an evening 'a (or
morning's) entertainment. We have all
beard of tne all-night banks and nil
night restaurants, but this is the first
all-night movie show to our knowledge in
this "neck-or the woods."
The Belmont town board held their
March meeting last week affd transacted
quite a bit of important business. It
was decided to install another septie tank
for the sewerage system here, as the town
has outgrown the present one. The con
tract was let and work on it is beginning
this week. A delegation of young bus
iness men apicared before the board for
permission to erect an up-to-date picture
show in the business district. The board
was in favor of this and it is thought
it will shortly be decided upon. On ac
count of the rapid growth of thg town
the opening up of a number of new
streets has become imierative and it was
decided to begin work on them as soon as
possible.
Work on tho Charlotte to Gastonia
highway, which has been hindered by the
inclement weather, is now nearing com
pletion in this vicinity. Part of the
road through the town of Belmont is com
pleted and on the rest the first rock has
been laid. If the groundhog would fav
or the workmen with a few pretty days
the rest of the rock and the tar would be
placed and the town's part of the road
finished.
The many friends of Miss Clara Arm
strong will be glad to know that she is
TnPv,rlg good progress and hopes soon to
be able te discard her crutches. ' Miss
Armstrong was able to make a visit to
Charlotte last week, spending the week
Mid with her sister, Mrs. CC Seines.
Rev. Hal F. Sehenck, of Danville, Va.,
was a visitor in Belmont Sunday and
preached a splendid sermon at the Union
services held at the First Baptist church
Sunday night. Rev. Mr. Sehenck is a
Presbyterian minister and the evangelist
for tbe Roanoke district in Virginia.
iti. and Mrs. J. J. McNeil have jmt',
chased the bouse of Mr. S. B. Ovcrcash
and will occupy it as soon as Mr. Over
cash vacates. Mr. Overeaah has also
sold his barber shop to Mr. W. F. Wal
ters and expects to move to Charlotte at
an early date.
The barber shop owned by Mr. W. T.
Edwards has also e hanged hands, having
been bought by Messrs. Walker Barnes
and J. C. Burns, who will hereafter op
erate it. : s
Miss Bonnie Turner, of Charlotte, was
the week-end goest of Miss Myrtle
Meaeham.
Miss Melva Tate spent the week-end in
Charlotte with Miss Edna Ford.'
Mrs. C. B. Holland, of Dallas, is
spending several weeks here with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davis.
Mr. L. H. Hoke, of Shelby, was a
week-end visitor at the Belmont hotel
with Mr. and Mrs: L. W. Meaeham.
Mrs. W. C. Fite, who was taken sick
with flu last Friday, has only a mild at
tack of the disease and is improving
nicely. Her parents hope to see her out
again in a few days.
UNMARRIED MEN WILL BE
TAXED 20 CENTS PER.
YOUNGSTOWN, ol. Mare 9. Ua
married men who pay ae municipal taxes
iay be taxed at a rate of about twenty
-ents a month. A measure in chid ing that
rovisioa was reported favorably by erry
council and is being considered by the
-flavor's advisory board. It was estimat-
1 such jkjs would net the city $192,000
annually. . . - .
SINGLE COPY 3 CENT!
1 LEAGUE COVENANT
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. A modi
Hod draft of the republican article ten
eservation to the peace treaty , is under
tood to have been assented to today by
number of republican leaders working
vitli the democrats for a ratification
niliromise.
WASHINGTON, March J President
Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock, out
lining anew his stand on reservations to
the peace treaty gave a new' angle to
day to the ratification proceedings in the
senate, where debate has been limited by
unanimous consent in an effort ,to hurry
a decision. , ...
Although the President did not say
what reservations he would accept or re
ject, he declared that almost all these
qualifications suggested were "In effect
virtual nullifications" of the pact. iTo
weaken article 10, of the league ef na
tions covenant, he said would be to est
the "very heart" from it. While there
was no objection to stating the consti
tutional methods by which ebligatiens
under article 10 would have to be fulfill
ed, ths president continued, it was mere
supererogation to do so, in as mack as
all the great powers recognised in fraxa-
1 the treaty that it was subject, ia ex
ecution, to the constitutional aafeguards)
imposed by each "country. :" i
Especial interest was evidenced by sen
ators in that' part of the letter dealing
with militaristic ambitions ef other great
powers. The president declared that the
military power of France was in 'con
trol of the government there 'and that
"imperialistic policies were by no means
dead in the counsels of the nations waoca
we must trust. " Without article 10, he
said, there could be no certainty of re
nunciation of plans for territorial ag
grandizement at the expense of weaker
eoples, whereas under it, the old ; pre
tensions of political conquest will be -
abandoned. The president mentioned
specifically in this connection that Great
Britain and Japaa before the was had
begun to find many interests in esmmoa
in the Pacific.
Four more republican reservations were
adopted yesterday, two without , change,
and negotiations for an aecepUble.com
promise on the article 10 reservatioa wero
continued.
LTiEsmnnsnwrs
. pain
(By The Associated Press.)
, WASHINGTON, Marca 9. Coagres
4inal investigations, of, the eoadect of
;- war turned today to ths part played
y the navy in the defeat of -Oerasmy.
riMt senate subcommittee, which recently
concluded an inquiry into tbe- award of
inval decorationa was ready t hear
rum Beat Admiral William tf. Sims, the
-videnc oa which he based hi charges
Hat the navy did not function at full
efficiency, dae to lack of eo-operatio be
tween the department and force abroad.
Other officers who will be asked to aes
ify are Admiral H. T. Mayo, Bear Ad
niral A. W. Grant, Bear Admiral L. C
Palmer, Captain Harris Laning end Cap
in J. K -Taussig. Secretary Daniels
uid Admiral William 8. Benson, former
hief o? operations, also will appear to
Ml of war activities within the navy de
'srtmeut. Much interest centered around the ia
uiry, because It was expected that dur
ng the hearings Admiral Sims would be
akedto name the person , who. gave him
Inal instructions prior to salting for
roat Britain, "Not to let the British
oil the wool over your eyes; we had as
oon fight them as the Germane. '
WILL GO TO ENGLAND TO
BRING BACK 1112 FLAG.
FRANKFORT, KYn March a,
James Buchanon, Louisville, a descendant
of Colonel William Whlteley, commander
of the Kentucky volunteers in tbe battle
of the Thames In Michigan la the war ef
1812 will go to England as commissioner
bf the state of Kentucky to bring back
the Kentucky battle flag ika was lost
it that battle. ' , J ,v
The upper house of the general assem
Sly yesterday appropriated, expenses for
Mr. Buchanon 's trip. '
The -battle is commonly called by his
torians "The Massacre of the River Saie
in" because a majority of tne Kentucx
ians were killed and sca!r?l fcy the Li
lians after they had 'sarr ' -r-1 ti tv,
British officers under sa sr. . - j
ia e protection from the I. -