.''V . , - " c. GASTONIA' COTTON 40 CENTS TOD A READ THE WANT ADS ON PAGE 5 MEMBER OF THE ASSDCIATXDPXXSS GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS VOL. XLI. NO. 82. Imett Gaston if n r. A I 1 JU-U - CHICAGO TRAIN SERVICE PARALYZED BY STRIKE OF SWITCHMEN FOR MOBE PAY i , - w . "Entire Police Force Placed in Reserve - Service Already Crippled by Heavy Snowstorm -2,500 Switchmen Were Out at Midnight Ac cording to Strike Leaders Demand Higher Rates of Pay. ' Bv AufxM-iatetl Y rw. CHICAGO, April 5 Train service throughout the Chicago district, already -seriously crippled by a heavy snowstorm, virtually was demoralized today by the spread of an unauthorized strike of -switchmen, according to reports from the -eleven railroads affected. Fearing possible riots John J . Garrity, yhief of police, early today placed the entire police force on reserve. Five hundred policemen patrolled the switch ' yards last night. "Mr. Garrity said the situation was Serious and added that ' ' it may be neces sary to call out the militia and 'declare " -aailitary control in the railroad yards. ' ' Approximately 2,500 switchmen were -out at midnight according to strike leaders and the Gen oral Managers' As ,, aociation, representing the railroads. ;. The strikers asserted 9,000 men would be affected today and predicted a "com plete tie-up of freight traffic and ser ious impairment of interurban service. " .v After a long conference with repre- -sentatives ot the Brotherhood of Rail--way Trainmen with which the switch tsoen : are affiliated, and the switchmen's j. tnion of North America, the General .Managers ' Association issued a declara "tiom that there would "be no compro- ' , naise ' ' with the strikers. '.' Sixty per cent of the switch engines i. in Chicago are out of service," said the -; managers' statement. "This has been caused by an 'outlaw' organization which has presented demands for rates . of pay that already had been presented to the railroad organizations by the Bro . ; therhood of Railway Trainmen and the switchmen's union of North America. ."These demands are being handled by the wage conference at Washington and " must, under the transportation act, le concluded before the labor board, yet i , to be named by the president . ' ' The trouble broke out five days ago, . 1 switchmen in the Chicago district yards of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul . r Railroad going on strike. The Illinois Central and the Northwestern next was Affected, the strike spreading to the other railroads yesterday and last night. TheOhicago switching district covers a- radius of 30 mile and in it 25,000 cars are. handled daily . The yardmen make up. and "break" all trains in that area, 'also 'spotting" cars at loading and un loading platforms . - The demands of the "outlaw" or ganixation.Mbj recently formed Chicago yardmen's association, are: Foremen of all yard and transfer en gines, $1 per hour; yard helpers, 95 cents . an hour; switch tenders $5 a day for at- tending not more than three switches; helpers rate of pay to apply at 95 cents an hour; time and a half for overtime, Sundays and all legal holidays, and where T they are requested to work more Shan ' ifht hours on Sunday or legal holidays . double time for all time exceeding eight tour, , TBI FEflSC:iS IKIED . VHBI FLATBOAT SQS ---,. ' - . t . - (By The Associated Pressj ANDERSON, 8. a, April 5. Ten young people were drowned Sunday after- I - I 1 .V C -1. noon woen a urn Doat vn mo nnunu J river, at Harpers Ferry, near Lowndee ; -ville, 8. C, sank. The flat boat was - hooked to a cable and used as a ferry, t and It was the slackening of the cable -which caused the finking' of the - flat. Early report' today give the list of dad as follows: Miss toes Manning, age 22; Miss An - ale Manning,, 18; Mr. Robert (Manning, 20 ; Miss Lucy Bradshaw, 16 ; Miss Allie Bradshaw. 14; Mr. Albert Southermad, 17 ; Charlie Machine, Mies Alice Machine, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Waters. Robert Bradshaw the eleventh member of the party succeeded in reaching the Georgia eide of the river and was saved. Savan nah river was some eight feet above normal due to recent rains. No bodies axe yet reported recovered. "POSSE SCOURS COUNTRY . , rox 15 insane persons ; CHESTER, IH., April 5 An armed posse today scoured the Minissippi river ' bottom south of Chester, in pursuit of " -eight of fifteen inmates of the Chaster -state hospital for criminal insane, who escaped late last night. Hospital of ficials said the "men wers considered among the most dangerous at the insti- "-fution. :,. T - GREENWOOD, S. C, YOUTHS FACE SERIOUS CHARGE (By Tim Associated Press.) GREENWOOD, S. C, April 5. In lirtnients agaiust John and Kenneth Gog sett, young white men charged with criminally attacking two, white girls at Abbeville Hunday, March' 14, will be handed the grand .jury at a special terns of court which will convene ' at Abbe ville this morning with Judge Thomas 8.- Sense presiding. If a true bill is found attorneys for the defendant will ar(uc for a change of venue on the ground that a fair trial cannot be had at Abbeville. In the event that Judpe Sease orders the trial to pro reed the defendants will be brought from Greenville, where they were removed from the state penitentiary a week ago. They will be guarded by a state militia eompany. Threats of violence are re ported to have been made since the al leged attack. McADENVILLE MATTERS. Correspondence of The Daily Gazette. McADENVILLE, Apr. 5 Among the McAdenville people in Gastonia for shop ping purposes last Wednesday were Rev, and Mrs. C. A. Caldwell, Miss Eliza Hooper, Miss Daisy Hooper and Miss Barbara Brittain. Mr. J. C. Pool went to Gastonia ?ast Wednesday to visit his son, who is in a hospital there. Mrs. William Farrington was in Gas tonia on a visit last week Miss Lucy Webb and Miss Lorean Webb were in Gastonia chopping Sat urday . Messrs. Ed C. Ray, G. L. Webb, George Costner, John Bentley and Brunt Ir.gie attended the district meeting of tli" Red Men in Dallas Saturday. Mr. J. C. Poole and son Wa'ter IW1-? visited relatives in Taylorsville Saturday and Sunday. The meeting which has been in pro gress here for (he past two weaks at the Methodist church closed Sunday. A t erics of meetings will begin at the Baptist cl-ureh here next Sunday and will prctably continue two weeks. Mr .'James Turner and two daughters, Pearl and Isabel, of North Charlotte, spent Sunday here with relatives. . . Miss Edith Kennington and sister, Miss Rubie, were visitors here Sunday. A mass meeting will be held in the Library hall tonight for the purpose of taking some steps to obtain a better ob servance of the Sabbath here. There' is much complaint of the, selling of coca Cola, and other disorder of various kinds. A movement will probably be started to elect a new set of town officers . iDomom SOCIETY HAVERLY-BURKE WEDDING INVITATIONS ISSUED. Invitations - reading, as. follows have been received in the city: Mr. and Mrs. John Locke Burke request the honor of your eompany at the marriage of their daughter Edith to- Mr. Edward Hugh Haverly on Wednesday evening, April seventh nineteen hundred and twenty at eight o'clock St. Andrews Episcopal Church Bessemer City, North Carolina The bride-elect has made her home in Charlotte for the put three years and holds the responsible position of chief bookkeeper in the offices of the Western Union Telegraph Company. 8he is a young woman of marked business abil ity and is extremely popular with a wide circle of friends. Mr. Haverly is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Haverly, of Middleburg, N. Y. He- saw service with the Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment and was sta tioned at Camp Greene prior to going overseas. Prior to entering the service Mr. Haverly was with the General Elec tric Company at Schenectady, N. T. Af ter . returning from overseas he m to Charlotte and is ; connected with' the Begent Garage. ' , V " A: The littlo daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. Tom Rankin underwent an operation Sun day -for the removal of her tonsils, REV. BARREHT PREACHES SEfOi'l TO KNIGHTS Pastor First Baptist Church . Delivers Excellent Discourse . to -; Gastonia Commandery Knights Templar Musical '. Program Very Good. ' The annual sermon ' before Gastonia Commandery, Knights .Templar was de livered by Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the First Baptist church, at the . First Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Barrett preached an able an.! effective sermon from the advice given the young king Solomon by his aged father, David, 'JShow thyself a man." Mr. Barrett's subject was " Manliness". In a strikingly appropriate and able man ner he showed the threefold nature of man, physical, mental and spiritual and urged upon his hearers the necessity of the highest development of manliness In each of the above. . The musical .features of the service were particularly impressive. The three special numbers were: Quartet ' ' Remember Me ' ' Mrs. J. Holland Morrow, Miss Marian Harvey, Mrs. H. Rutter, Miss Edmee Smith. Bolo, "The Old Rugged Cross," Miss Ruth Mason. Duet, "Crossing the Bar," Mesdames Morrow and Rutter. The anthem, "Easter Vespers" sung liy the whole choir was also very beauti ful. Members of the local commandery, Kuights Templar attended the services in a body, although their number was de pleted by the absennce of several who attended the funeral of Mr. Clyde C. Riddle at Union church. AMERICAN CONSUL AT EDINBURGH DEAD (By The Associated Press.) EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 5 Rufus Fleming, American consul here, is dead. Rufus Fleming was born at West Le banon, Ind., July 11, 1853, and was graduated from the University of Michi gan in 1871. He entered newspaper work shortly after his graduation and became managing editor of the Cincinnati Times Star in 1 882 . He remained in this position until 1897, when he was ap pointed consul at Edinburgh by Presi dent McKinley. His wife was formerly Miss Annabelle Lee Hutchins, of Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. Fleming was wide ly known as a writer on commercial and economic subjects. CENTRAL WEST DIGS OUT OF EASTER SNOWS Warm Spring Weather Turned Into Texas Blizzard Which Wraps Middle West i n Blanket of Snow and Ice Train and Electric Service Badly Crippled Tempera ture Down to 20 Decrees. t (By The Associated Press.) ( CHICAGO, April 5 The middle and southwest, heartened, by weather bureau predictions of a 'return to balmy weather' ' today set about digging them selves out of record breaking easter snowfalls . "The warm bluzard," so official forecasters designated it, de veloped in the Texas panhandle, aad yes terday swept rapidly through tha cen tral west, today.. continuing steadily east ward, the snowfall ranging from six inches to two feet. In the open country of the southwest cattle were reported to have suffered. There were few official reports of crop damage anywhere, however. 43jr noon yesterday the snow, driven in to huge drifts- by galea? that?, veraged 43p . to 45 mile 'an hoar had buried railroad regions. 8aarbaa and trans-eontinea-tal trains moved hours behind schedules; Telegraph and telephone communication was eat off in some sections and, electric service was crippled. ' la Chcago, where the snowfall ap proximated six inches, street ear ser vice was abandoned partly and many au tomobiles WCT0 stranded in deep drifts. Tempeatnre .in portions of the sooth west dropped as low as 20 degrees while in the central west, 27 was the minimum. AMATEUR BOXERS GATHER. BOSTON, April 5. Amateur boxers from many cities were here today" for th national championship tournament which is to begin tonight under the aus pices of the Boston Athletic Association. Withh 122 contestants for the eight titles the first night will be given over to eli mination boats. The semi-finals and finals will be fought tomorrow night. DECREASE FROM LAST WUZ, (By Th Associated Press.) JfEW YORK, April 3 The actual eonditioa of clearing house banks aad trust companies' or the week shows that they hold $21,819,700 ' reserve in exeess of legal requirements. This Is a de crease of $10,010,240 from last week. DEMOCRATS OF COUNTY IN SESSION SATURDAY Gaston County Democrats Elect Delegates to State Con vention In Raleigh .Next Thursday Endorse Coun ty, State; and National Ad ministrations. , The Democrats of Gaston county as sen) bled in the court house Saturday at the cull of the chairman of the executive committee, J no. U. Carpenter, who wei coiucii the delegates ami explained the pur post of theieeting. Representatives r'roiu all pjinit were present. K. R. Warren was elected secretary of the con vention and J no. G. Carpenter w as uiiani nuiimh- re-elected county chairman. Delegates to the state convention at Raleigh next Thursday weie elected as follows: Gustouiu township, A. M. Dixon, C. B. Armstrong, J. U. Curpwutcr, A. (.'. Jones, A. G. Mangum, A. L. Itul- w inkle, H. li. Gardner, K. R. Warren, A. Woltz, S. B. Dolley, O. li. Car pouter, A. (.'. Stroup, J. A. Suimney, G. W. Wilsou, George Warren, Major lavis, W. F. Kiucaid, T.. L. Craig, ft. N. Hoffman, A. B. Elliott, O. B. Killian, it. L. bigmon, J. 1. yuinmey, W. N. C'lon- luger, 1. A. WUkins. River Bend township, R. K. Daven port, C. E. Hutchison, Jr., W. T. Corn- well, K. E. Thompson, Wade Rutledge, Howard inmpson, Frank Rhyue, R. L. McLurd. J. W. Holland. South Point, E. C. Ray, R. li. Ruy, JR. L. Harris, E. 1). Maynard, H. B. Gas ton, It. L. 8towe, W C. Wilson, T.- P. Rankin, Cornelius Helton, J. D. McLean, J. R. Gaston, J no. Bentley, W. E. Rob erts and Geo. Webb. i'rowders Mountain, J. R. Carson, C. K. Whitney, S. J. Durham, Jno. 11. Wil kins, W. fc. Mauuey, S. fc. Wells and "J. J. Harmon. herryville, T. B. Leonhardt, D. 1'. Bellinger, M. A. Stroup, N. B. Kendrick, il. i. Sellers, C. A. Witherspoon, J. F. llarrelson, D. R. Mauney. Dallas, 8. A. Wilkins, E. L. Ray, F. IL Robinson, II. G. Rhyne, J. W. ttum mey, 8. L. M. Pnsour, John Puett, L. D. Oribble, J. V. 8troup, Tom Garrison, 8. R. Kennett, Joe Perry and T. R. Eidson. , It is understood that any Democrat in good standing may go as ii delegate. The following resolution was proposed and adopted: Resolved, that we endorse the con structive and progressive policy of the Democratic Administration under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson and the Acts of Congress passed while the Demo ( rats controlled such Congress, and iu conformity with such policy; and liesolved, further, that we endorse aud .-ominond the wise and economical State .in! county administrations. LOWELL LOCALS Correspondence of The Daily Gazette. LOWELL, April 5. Miss Isla Titman nnd Miss Reeta Lowry, students of juen's. College, Charlotte, spent the ln ,ter -holidays with homefolks here. Miss Mary Reid left Friday for Win ston-8alem to spend several days with friends. Miss Iva Horn, accompanied by Mist Lottie Will Ivey, left Friday for Mocks ville to spend taster at the home of Miss Horn. ' Mr. W. H. Holmes left Saturday morn ing for Atlanta, where he will spend s few days on business. Miss Irene Harris spent Easter st bet home in Newell 's. Miss Meek Beard left Friday morning for Lenoir to spend the Easter holidays with friends. 1 Those who went to Lincoln ton last week as delegates to the Kings Mountain Presbyterisl were Mrs. George Ford aad Miss Moena Hand from the Lowell Pres byterian church and Mrs. P. P. Murphy and Mrs. J. R. Titmsn from the Coven ant Presbyterian church. Mrs Murphy wes re-elected treasurer of the PreebyteriaL Miss Marion Bridges, of Lattimore, was the Easter guest of Miss Etta Ford. Mrs. J. H. Kennedy, Mrs. Frost Tor rence and Mrs. M. H. Curry were visitors in town last Wednesday, the guests of Mrs. W. P. Eddleman. Miss Isabel Morris spent Easter st ber home in Concord. The Woman's Club held its regular April meeting last Thursday afternoon at the school building. It wss voted to give $10 to the Orthopaedic Hospital. A most ekceUeat musical program . was ren dered under the direction of Miss Myrtle Titman. A special feature was s series of songs by Mrs. Frederick L. Strang, of Mayworth, who was accompanied by Mrs. Paul' Titman. ' AGREE TO END STRIKE. (By The Associated Press.) .. h COPENHAGEN, April 5 An agree ment to end the general strike which re sulted in 'forcing King Christian to dis miss the Liebe cabinet has been readied by employers sad workmen, : .The sriko weapon now has bees em ployed in two important constitutional crisis. The first was la Germany, when the reactionary government set up by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp was forced to relinquish power at the end of five days. FRENCH TROOPS ALONG THE RHINE ARE READY TO CROSS INTO GERMANY Under Command of General de Goutte French Soldiery Prepared to Enter German Territory - French Government Will Occupy Cities on Right Bank of Rhine as Reprisal For Move ment of German Troops Into Neutral Zone Fixed by Versailles Treaty. MICHIGAN VOTERS WILL CHOOSE FROM THIRTEEN (By The Associated I'res. ) DKTROIT. April 5 Michigan voters are toiiny registering their preference for presidential nominations, with l.l can didates, seven republicans, five democrats, and one socialist seeking indorsemnt. An exceptionally heavy vote was in prospect, although a large portion of the state was covered with two, to six inches of snow. The vigorous campaigns made by several of the Candidates and hotly contested municipal issues in nearly all the larger cities were counted upon by campaign managers to bring most of the j voters to the polls. Confidence in the outcome was express ed by the headquarters of Governor Frank O. Lowden, Major General Leon ard Wood nnd Benator Hiram W. John son, all of whom made several extensive campaign tours. Other republican can didates were General Pershing, Senator Miles Poindpxter and-William G. Simp son, of Detroit. Herbert Hoover's name appeared on both the republican and democratic tickets. Attorney General Palmer was the only democrat to campaign through the state, the others named on that ticket be ing William G. McAdoo, William J. Bryan and Governor Edwards, of New Jersey. The polls opened at 7 o 'clock and were to close in the rural precincts at T and in the cities at 8 p. m. JEWISH RELIEF FUND. Local Committee Will Mate Canvass or the City Wednesday to Raise Gastonia's Quota For This Worthy Cause. This week, the week of .prll 4 to Hi, has been set apart by the JewUn Jtelicl' Campaign in America f.r u nation-w iie canvass to raise funds for the relief of starving, helpless .Jewish tail. iron in tne various countries of Eastern huropc. 1 lie American Jewish Relief Committee is ask ing for a fund of ;if,000,000 to carry vn their humanitarian work among the al most forgotten waifs from whom the war took their homes and all their possessions. The local committee will make a can vass of the city on Wednesday, April 7, and will, endeavor to see ererywnly that they can. If you are missed in any way, send your contribution to Mr. J-. Lee Robinson, at the First NationafBank, who is treasurer for Gaston eounqr Tbe following are some pertinent, facts in regard to the work given in one of the pamphlets published by tbe American Jewish Relief Committee : "With $200 you can save one child's life in eastern Europe for a whole year. ' ' For 20 you can feed one little girl for a month, even in Poland, where food costs twice as much as it does here. 'For 2 3 cents you can buy a- ten- year 'old boy more food than be has had to eat at one time for tne past nve years. 4 4 There are 6,000.000 Jews in eastern Europe whom the war has left dependent upon America for aid. About 800,000 of them are children. 4 'One change of clothes may save a boy or girl from the terrible typhus epidemic which is raging now ia eastern Europe. "rola"d is full of children of eight or ten years old, no larger than infants of a few months, who cannot walk, be cause of lack of food. 4 'There are hundreds of thousands of Jewish children in Poland. Czecha-Slovakia, Lithuania, Rumania, Siberia and the Orient, left helpless and homeless by the war. Thousands of them unable to get into the already overcrowded' or phanages, beg on the streets by day, and sleep on the streets by night. And there, but for the grace, of God," goes your own little boy or girl! COTTON MARKET STRONG. (By The Asao dated Press) NEW YORK, April 6 The cotton market was strong aad excited at the opening here' today, when, all deliveries made new high records for the season. Toe continued rains aad low tempera tares ia the south ever Easter gave rise to greater anxiety than heretofore over the start of the new erop. .' -i . . j- -if ;.v : Attention, Gastonia Commandery wi2 do work ia The Red Cross Degree tonight at 7 p. m. ' . (Hy The Associated Press) 1'AKIS, April 5 French troops com manded by General de Goutte, which are stationed along the Rhine, are prepared to enter German territory this morning, according to the Wiesbaden correspon dent of the Matin. It is reported that the French government has decided to oc cupy cities on the right bank of the Rhine as a reprisal for the movement' of German government troops into the neu tral sone fixed by the Versailles treaty. No official announcement has been made of such an order, however. Newspapers continue to discuss the sit uation resulting from the entry of Ger man government troops in the Ruhr basin and the Petit l'arisien declares the indi cations given by the German note con cerning these forces do not correspond with the information received by Marshal Foch. Demand is made by the Journal that the expenses of the occupation le borne by the Germans, and it is suggested that cities occupied be taxed to make up this amount. The British government will decline to co-operate in the occupation of Frank fort, Darmstadt, and other German eities, according to the London correspondent of the Petit l'arisien, but will, he says, "favorably follow the action of France, realizing the importance of the situa tion." In the southern part of the Ruhr dis trict, says the Echo de Paris, the Gey man government troops have advanced without resistance, but have encountered serious opposition in the central vorticn of the Ruhr basin. Two hundred persons have been killed in a fight near Duisburg, according to in formation reaching this city. PARIS. April 5 French military measures destined to force the German government to withdraw its troops from the Ruhr basin are now entirely in the hands of Marshal Foch, it wus said at the foreign office today. It is advanced in some well informed Uiarters that occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt, Ilomburg and Hanau is un likely to exercise sufficient pressure upon the Germans since they may well argue that this occupation is distasteful to the French as well as to themselves, and can not continue indefinitely. On the other hand the expense of the operation comes up as a vital question in the present state of French finances. The news papers recall war tributes imposed by German troops upon French snd Bel- -gian cities' and ' suggest similar meas--nres being applied to German cities oc cupied by French troops. Dispatches from Wiesbaden saying that General de Goutte 'a forces are un der "alert" orders are explained as not necessarily meaning an immediate ad vance, but complete readiness to move forward unless Berlin promptly recalls the troops which have entered the Ruhr district against protests from Francs No censorshio has been . established here on news of the intended operation but since tbe matter sow is entirely ia the hands of Marshal Foch, communica tions from the army 'probably will be surrounded with the usual precautions, al though the operation is not considered oa a basis of war. COLO WAVE PflEOICTEO FOR THE CJWOLOS WASHINGTON, April 5. Tho storm which was central over the lower Ohio valk-y ttunday advanced northeast ward, divided and formed two centers of diaturbanee, the weather bureau reported today, one over Virginia and the other to the northward of Lake Ontario. Cold weather is following ia the wake of the disturbances and a pronounced fold wave has overspread practically all districts between the Appalachian aad Rocky Mountains.' Freexing - tempera tures were reported today as far south as th interior of Texas, the north por tions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala bama. - A failing temperature tonight and to morrow with a cold wave is predicted for Virginia, North aad South Carolina and southeast Georgia. Frost and freexing temperatures are probable tonight ia the east gulf state, north sad west Oeorr's, extreme north Florida, aad Tennessee. Storm warnings are displayed en t' Atlantic coast st and north of J -i-viHe, Fa.