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VItSON'S NOTE COMES
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CONSTANTINOPLE, AprU 1,-Pres-3
dent Wilson's note to the allies intimat-
, ing tliat the Turks must get out -of
Europe came as a shock to all Turkish
parties. Several brief despatches as
, " erting.Mr. Wilson adhered to that posi
V ' tion had been printed here under Paris
.and London date lines, but until part of
VN the actual text of the note appeared in
y local newspapers Turks were unwilling
-to believe it. Mr. Wilson's note ,ap
' peared n a slightly censored form whieh
" .made the position of the United States
aeem harsher on the Turks than it ep
W ' peared in the full text of the communi
'i' ; ' -cation.
'" The note was equally displeasing to
the Greeks, who were much offended At
the American president's apparent un-
willingness to grant their claims to al
.large district about Smyrna and his m-
eistenre that Adrianople be given to the
Belgians.
' American business men here are ap-
';. :" prehensive over the effect of the preai
Kent's stand and there is considerable
- M Uneasiness as to the effect it will have in
Asiatic Turkey, where 500 American-born
. votcucrn J , Ahad insulted it woman employe, the of
ed to be in considerable danger if the1?, . . . . ... ' ,ti.
a i i l.. . nnwl a
Totection of Turkish forces should be
withdrawn.
TOLEDO IS AGAIN
WITHOUT CAB SERVICE
S5 TOLEDO, O., April 3. This city a
. gain is without street car service for the
' lourth time in ley than four years. Fol
lowing refusal of city council to ratify
an agreement reached between Mayor
Cornell fJchreibor and officials of the Tole-
v. do-Bailways and Li,t Company, provid
ing for au increase in fares to take care
v f the -age demands caclling for a max
imum of sixty cents an hour, the men
wted to strike.
All transportation ceased at 4 o'clock
i this morning, the cars being sent into
tbo barn There will be no attempt
to operate them with non-uniou men, of-
. cials of the company said.
Last night's meeting of city council
msm a stormy one in which Mayor
Sohreiber appealed W the aldermen to
' rant the fare increase in order to keep
the cars moving. Sixteen councilmen
'': Ydted for and ten were against ratify
- ing the amendment.
The strike will put the traction ques
' tion back into jurisdiction of the United
- States court. Judge John M. Killets,
who was responsible for restoration of
service 28 days after Henry L. Doberty
took the cars into Michigan last Novem-
her wnen an ouster ordinance was adopted
i yy a rote of the people, returned from
, ; CSerelaad this morning and is expected to
take some action today,
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WON'T TTjaif KSX QVEX
TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
WASHINGTON, April 2. The war
department announced today that it had
refused to surrender Lieutenant Talbert
P. fowler, Corporal Edmund F. Maston,
private Boy E. 6andera-nd Private Boy
Jaasase, of Camp Jackson, S. C, to civil
authorities for trial for the alleged kill
ing of William & Chaplin In January.
The men will be Brought to trial im
Bstely befo general -court-martial.
Aceerdlnr-to theTecordsChaplaia m
killed by lot fired by a military pa
trol looking for aa escaped garriaoa
prisoner. Automobiles were being search,
mH tot the man and the car in which Chap-
la was passenger was alleged not to
have baited when requested, or, u k
di d, to have proceeded on its way before
being Inspected, according to the war de
partment 's announcement.,
"It is the established policy of the
w department," the announcement
sajd, ' to defer to civil jurisdiction, if
thy jaay properly be done, when offenses
gainst the criminal law of a state are al
leged to have been committed within ita
borders by members of the military es
tablishment. This is not a case in which
fte office and enlisted men concerned were
a leave, each acting as an individual
Tjpoo hia own responsibility, but a ease in
which the officer and each of the enlisted
: mm -were charged with the performance
of miEty duty pursuant to military
forces.
' ." "Under the circumstances first men
' tioaed, the responsibility for any art ml
r leged to.ba violatioa of state law is
-primarily an individual one and the mili
tary aspects are incidental only, makine
It entirely proper to leave the determina
tion of each a ease primarily to the eivil
oeurta. The Camp Jackson ease . clearly
belongs to the second category aad eaUa
for reference to a military tribunal. ;
AS SHOCK TO ALLIES
N. AND W. STRIKE AT
ROANOKE SETTLED
(By The Associated Press)
ROANOKE, VA., April 3. The
strike of memtters of fourteen organized
crafts on the Norfolk & Western Railway,
involving approximately 12,000 employes
wa asttk'il curly toituy under au a
greemeht reached 'tween oflicials of the
railroad and local und international rep
resentatives of the unions. Officials of
both sides refused tu discuss the terms
of adjustment but it was learned from
reliable sources that members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks who walk
ed out would be reinstated "without dis
crimination" and that two non-union
clerks whose dismissal was demanded by
the clerks brotherhood would bo trans
ferred to another department.
The strike had its inception March 22
when company officials refused to dis
miss the two non-union clerks, who, mem
bers of the clerk brotherhood charged,
ficials tiaving decclared that an investi
gation had devclopexl nothing that would
warrant such action.
Other crafts, including sliop workers,
walked out in sympathy with the clerks
and members of the trainmen's brother
hoods announced they would not handle
trains under conditions which they be
lieved to be unsafe.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
THE BANKS OF GASTONIA
COMPILED FROM PUBLISH
ED STATEMENTS.
The banks of Gastonla in the period
from-November ll15 to March 1920 have
had a phenomenal growth both iu re
sources and deposits, as shown in the fol
lowing: RESOURCES.
Citizen National Bunk. November
191."i. $917.08.34. February 19l, 4.
080,363.32, increase 344 per cent.
First National Bank, November 1915,
$1,143,614.97. February 1920, $4,138,
4tifi.07, increase 262 cr cent.
Gaston Loan & Trust Co., November
1915, $101,318.10, February 192(1, $.176,
587.01, increase 271 pet cent.
Third National Hank, February
$802,494.31.
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Jotal. Novembers 1915 $2,162,021.41,
February 1920 $9,397,910.71, increase
33S per cent.
DEPOSITS.
Citizens National Bank, November 1915
$509,215.84, February 1920 $3,669,393.36,
increase 620 per cent.
First National Bank, November 1915
$715,542.19, February $3,209,124.17. in
crease 348 per cent.
Gaston Loan k Trust Co. November
1915, $71,819.62, February 1920. $320,
927.73, increase 347 per cent.
Third National Bank, February 1920,
$468,856.54.
Total, November 1915. $1,296,577.65.
February 1920, $7,668,301.80, increase
491 per otat.
As soon as the new ten-story build
ing of the CHisens National Bank is com
pleted, Gastonia will have two of the
finest bank buildings in the state. The
purchase of the Kennedy corner by the
Third National Bank puts one of the best
locates in the heart of the business dis
trict in their hands.
The phenomenal growth of the hanks in
Qaetenia is but an indication of- the
town's industrial expansion. Gastonia 's
fame as a cotton manufacturing center is.
now widespread, and compared with its
present growth, greater things will come
! in the future.
PROMINENT VIRGINIA WOMAN
ARRESTED FOB EMBEZZLEMENT
RICHMOND, Va., April 3 Miss
Anna L. Jones, prominent Virginia wo
man who was executive secretary of the
state food administration in 1918, was
taken to Lynchburg today following her
arrest in Norfolk and released on bond to
await trial April 12 ;on the charge of
embezzlement of $7,000 from Miss Elisa
beth Padelford Blackford, of Washing
ton. Both the defendant and the prose
cution formerly lived in Lynchburg.
To Preserve Furs,
Insects dislike pennyroyal ; the emell
of It destroys some, and drives others
twsy. Take oil of pennyroyal, pour
tome Into saucer, steep It In small
pieces of new cotton or wedding, and
place wtoere required. It Is aiso well
to place seme between the mattresses,
etc . Wben putting furs aside for tbe
rammer, fold carefully, with a tittle
pennyroyal, and then wrap thoroughly
m newspapers, gumming down the
edges. Place ta closely shutting draw
era witia i little cam shoe.
FIRST PHOTO OF VON
KAPP, UNSUCCESS
FUL GERMAN LEADER
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First photo to reach here of Dr . Wolf
gang von Kapp, leader of the late un
successful revolution in Germany, who,
according to some reports, has committed
suicide. '
CHEVROLET WINS
RAGE FROM BUICK
Latter Car Hit Post Not Far
From Atlanta, and Was Put
Out of Running Chevro
let Drives 288 Miles in 11
Hours and 45 Minutes With
Two Changes of Tires and
Slight Engine Trouble
Roads Are Almost Impassa
ble. Messrs. Yancey I). Moore and Press
McArver, two of the principals in the
much talked of automobile race be
tween the Chevrolet of Mr. Grier Love
aud the Buick belonging to Mr. McArver,
returned to liastouia this morning on
train No. 42. Both cars were left in
Atlanta, the Buick to undergo repairs
on account of a collision in the night
with a post, presumably a railroad cross
ing sign post, somewhere in Georgia this
side of Atlanta, and the Chevrolet to
find a new home for itself. It was sold
in Atlanta Friday.
As was stated in The Gazette yester
day, the Chevrolet, driven by Mr. Moure
arrived in Atlanta at 12:4.r, Hasten;
time Friday morning, having left here
at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
time was accordingly 11 hours and 4."'
minutes.
"Two tire changes were necessary",
said Mr. Moore this morning telling a
bout the trip, "and also we had to
ehange a cylinder-head gasket. We had
our first puncture this side of Kings
Mountain, and here the Buick passed us.
It was reported in Gastonia that the
Buick was ahead in Greenville, but we
afterwards found out the the Chevrolet
was ahead. We had to change tires a
gain in Georgia, somewhere near Hard
wick, I think. Our biggest delay was
caused on account of having to replace
the cylinder head gasket To do this,
of course, we had to remove all radiator
and hood connections, drain out oil and
water, and remove the top of the motor.
It was all done and we were back on
the road in 25 minutes."
."We kept in touch wilth each other
fairly well until we got to Anderson.
The Buick took one road from there to
Commerce, Ga.y and, we took. another, . It
was 'somewhere between Anderson and
Commerce that we passed them. Of
course, we did not know but what the
Buick would be sitting up in Atlanta
waiting for ua when we got there at
12:45. But it so happened that at a
bout that time they met with their acci
dent. If it had not been for their acci
dent and from the rate they were going
and the distance mentioned from Atlan
ta, .they would have been only 50 min
utes behind us."
"It was some trip", continued' Mr.
Moore. "Such roads you never saw red
hills, deep mudholes, mud, mud, mud.
The 'Mil ole" Chevrolet, however, pull
ed out under her own power every time.
We never did have to be towed out. The
only trouble we bad was these two punc
tures and when this gasket blew out I
think the Buick folks had two punc
tures, two.", y
Standard Weights and Measures.
The Ides ef sdoptlng scientific meas
urements as t basis of a system of
weights and measures,' was suggested
as early as the seventeenth century,
particularly by the French, astrono
mer. Jean PlanL who lived from 1629
to 1682. - The system was worked oat
sod taken op by the national assembly
of Franco la 176a It was adepts
tad Its use made compulsory la 18
SOUTH STREET PROPERTY
SELLS FOR $40,000
F. M. Francum Sells For
Messrs. R- C. McLean and
George Glenn Property on
South Street to Messrs. John
son and Phillips New Sys
tem Bakery to Occupy Part
of Building Other Real Es
tate Deals.
Anotlner big deal in Gastonia real estate
was transrSd yesterday afternoon when
Messrs. RrT!. McLean and George Glenn,
sold the site on South street now occupied
by the Gastonia Plumbing and Heating
Company, to Messrs. K. K. Johnson und
J. K. Phillips for a consideration of ap
proximately $40,000. The deal was
handled by V. M. Francum.
The property sold by Messrs. Mi-Lean
and Glenn has a frontage of 25 feet on
South street und runs back to a depth
of 120 feet. It adjoins Michael and
Bivins on the one side and the city hall
property on the other. The price per
front foot paid for the property was
fl,600.
Messrs. Johnson and . Phillips stated
that they had bought the property sim
ply for purposes of investment and had
no present plans for its disposition. It
is understood that New System Bakery,,
of Spartanburg, has leased the front of
the building on the ground floor and will
open for business some time within the
next month or six weeks. The knitting
mill operated by the Messrs. Glenn and
McLean in the rear will be moved out.
The Gastonia Plumbing and Heating
Company will occupy he basement of the
building and part of the ground floor I
made vacant by the removal of the Knit
ting Mill.
Messrs. Jhonson, Phillips and J. V.
Harper have also purchased through Mr.
Francum the Turner Williams place on
the New Hope road, consisting of 45
acres at a consideration of $200 per
acre.
Mr. 8. K. Johnson has sold to J. W.
Haley, of Bock Hill, a house and lot on
the corner of Columbia and Second ave
nue, for the sum of .toViOO.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
HEAR SERMON SONDAY
Excellent Musical Program
Prepared For Annual Event
Knights Templar at First
Presbyterian Church Sunday
Afternoon.
The annual sermon before Gastonia
Commander-, Knights Templar, will be
delivered Sunday afternoon at .'5:;0
o 'clock in the First Presbyterian church
by the pastor, Dr. Jas. II. Henderlite. All
Sir Knights are requested to meet at
rJirby-Warren 's store at 2:30 to march
to the church in a body. They will be
dressed in their regulation uniforms.
The program of services at the church is
as follows:
Hymn, No. 374, "Onward Christian
Soldiers."
Invocation.
Antbem.
Scripture Reading.
Quartet "Remember Me" Mrs. J.
Holland Morrow, Miss Marian Harvey,
Mrs. H. Rutter, Miss Edmee Smith.
Hymn, No. 422, "Faith of our
Fathers."
Sermon, Dr. Henderlite.
8olo, "The Old Rugged Cross", Miss
Ruth Mason.
Prayer.
Duet "Crossing the Bar," Mesdames
Morrow and Rutter.
Hymn, No. 157.
It will . be seen from the .above pro
grant that an elaborate musical treat is
in store for those who attend these ser
vices tomorrow at the First Presbyterian
church.
OPEN SEASON ON JANITORS.
NEW YORK, AprU 3. The "open
season" on janitors was ushered in in
the Bronx today with the arrest of
Rudolph Hornikel, janitor of a large a
partment bouse, on a charge of stealing
milk from the doors of tenants.
Hornikel was held on complaint of
Frank Scott, a tenant who declared he
"trapped" the janitor by aid of a string,
a broom and a dust pan. He tied the
string to his milk bottle and attached
the other end to a broom so that when
the bottle was moved the broom would
fall, banging to the floor a dust pan
which was plaeed on top of the broom.
He says he thus caught Hornikel deport
ing with the bottle after the trap 'had
been sprung.
The many friends of Mrs. George A.
Gray will be extremely sorry to learn of
her sudden illness at the Tranquil Park
Sanatorium' in Charlotte Mr Gray
was found i& an nneonseious condition
in' her room in the. hospital yesterday
and has sines been in a critical condition.
All her children are at her bedside to
day. . '
THROUGH COURTESY OF
SENATOR OVERMAN GAZETTE
IS FURNISHED FIGURES
Senator Overman Furnishes Figures of Gastonia
Population When Associated Press Is Unable
to Give Them - Gastonia People Well Pleased
at Showing Made By City - Rate of Increase Is
Considered Remarkable - 123 Per Cent of
Gain Over 1910 Figures of 5,769.
Gastonia Gazette,
Gastonia, N. C.
"Population Gastonia, 12,871, about 121 per cent increase.
Congratulations."
LEE S. OVERMAN.
The above telegram, laconic in its wording, but full of in
terest to all Gastonians was received by The Gazette this morn
ing shortly before noon, and came as the denouement to a
morning of impatience and restlessness for fear that the fig
ures would not be given out in time to be used today. In fact
The Associated Press had previously wired at 9:38 this morn
ing that it would be impossible to give out the figures until to
night: "Gazette, Gastonia. .A .
"Census bureau sorry bui says impossible give out Gas
tonia census before 9 p. m. Will send special soon as an
nounced. Can be used in extra when received."
"A. P."
However, in response to an appeal made to Senator Over
man, the story of which is carried below and which was writ
ten early this morning, the figures were obtained and the
junior Senator is due the thanks and appreciation of the entire
city. '
The figures, 12,871,' are entirely satisfactory to Gastonia.
The rate of increase, 123.5 per cent, as was figured out in this
office basing the 1910 census at 5,769, is a phenomenal record,
and is not surpassed in the South.
Knoxville, Tenn.,,&hows an increase of 114 per cent. Cer
tain localities in Kansas, and other Western states show
increases of over 200 per cent, according to the summary of
census returns, so far received and released by the bureau,
published below. It will be seen that the average in North and
South Carolina, judging from Columbia and Charlotte is from
30 to 50 per cent increase. The 123 per cent gain is, therefore,
peculiarly gratifying to Gastonia.
A wire from Congressman Clyde R. Hoey, received at 12:15
stated that he had conferred with Director Rogers and that Mr.
Rogers was unable to furnish the figures before four o'clock
this . afternoon and that the Associated Press would release
the figures tonight. m
' Had it not been for the prompt action and efficiency dis
played by Senator Overman in securing the figures the greater
part of the people of Gastonia would not have known the re
sult of the figures until Sunday morning.
The census figures for Gastonia will be
announced at 9 o 'clock tonight, according
to the information obtained in the fol
lowing wire received Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock in The Daily Gazette office
from the Associated Press:
Washington. D. C, AprU 2, 1920.
Gazette,
Gastonia, N. C.
"Census Gastonia be announced nine
p. m. Saturday."
THE AP.
Immediately upon receipt of this mes
sage The Gaiette wired the A. P., the
Census Bureau, "Bed Buck" Bryant,
Congressman Hoey and Senator Overman
to use their best endeavors 'to have the
figures released by noon today in order
that they might be given to the readers
of The Daily Gazette in this Afternoon's
paper. A copy of the telegram is as fol
lows: "Please use your efforts to have cen
sus bureau announce Gastonia census
figures by noon Saturday in order that
Gastnnia public may have figures in our
paper of baturday afternoon. Do not is
sue Sunday morning paper. Will appre
ciate anything you can do for us."
The telegrams to Messrs. Hoey and
Overman were signed by The Gazette, the
Gastonia Rotary Club, the Chamber of
Commerce, Mayor Cherry, Col. C. B. Arm
strong and other prominent citizens of
the town. It is the earnest hope of The
Gazette that the figures will come through
today in time to be released in this after
noon 'a issue or tne paper, uowever, ii
is hardly likely that such will be the ease,
as tne iron -clad rules of the census bu
reau are hard to break. In the event the
figures are not published in The Ga-
sette this afternoon they will be released
tonight at 9 o'clock and The Gazette will
post the figures on the bulletin board in
front of the office as soon as' they are
received. -
Estimates of the population of the city
run all the way from 11,000 Xa 18,000.
It is evident that Gastonia has a trading
population of 20,000 to 25,000, but the
eity limits stop short of including sever
al of the larger mills. Conservative estt
mates place the figures between 12,000
aad 14,000. .
SUMMARY CENSUS FIG
URES TO DATS
WASHINGTON, April 3 To date,
p opulation of 253 of the approximately
14.000 incorporated cities, towns aad
villages in the eountry hare been an
nounced by the census bureau. Prae-'
tically all show increases and seme bare
more than doubled in size. Portf alios
containing the returns of the various
districts are flooding into the census di
rector ' office. Some ef the larger cities,
including Chicago sad New Orleans, are
being prepared tot announcement, while
New York 's portfolios are almost all la.
Figures for. only ten of the cities ef
the group having 100,000 or mors inhab
itants in 1910 thus far have been made
public. The others ranged: Washington,
32.1 per cent; Daytoa 31.1; Syraeoae
25.1; Milwaukee 22.3; Albany 13.1
Cincinnati 10.3; St i Paul 9.2; Nash
ville 7.2, and Louisville 4.9.
Of the 59 cities having 50,000 to 100,
000 i nhabitanta in 1910, six have been
announced. Schenectady, N. T., leads
the increase in this group sVith 21.8 per
cent. The other increases are:Harris
burg, Pa., IS. 3 per cent; Springfield,
Dls., 14.5; Peoria, Ilia., 13.7; Wilkes
barre. Pa., 10.0; and St. Jose, Me.,
0.4.
Population of 28 incorporated places ef
the 119 which in 1910 had from 25,000 te
50,000 inhabitants, have been announced.
Knoxville, Tenn leads in this croup with
aa increase ef 114.1 per cent Growth of
the ether cities of this. size was: Shrrre
port, I4L, 56.6 per cent increase; Madison,
Wle 50 J; Columbia, S. C, 43.6 per cent;
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 38.9; Binghimtoa,
K. Y, 37.9; Charlotte, N.k C, 36.2;
Waterloo, Iowa, 35.7; Lima, 0 35.4;
Davenport, Iowa, 31.8; Chattanooga,
TewL, 39.8; Macon, Ga., 29 j; Taseltos,
Pa, 36J; Aurora, IDs, 21.7; ; Danville,
IDs., 21.1; Lewiatoa, Me, 30 J; Lexing
ton, Ky, 18.3; Sheboygan, Wis, 17J;
Lancaster, Pa, 12.3; Hamilton, O, ,
Blocsnington, IBs, 11.1 ; JsBet, Ins,
10.7; Amsterdam, H. j; Ills,
S.6; Colorado Sprints, Colo, 1.7; and
Qnhkoaa, Wis, OwS. Ia this group Kizz
stoa, If. T, showed a decrease ef 0.1 per
(Ceatiaued oa pagt g.)
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