GASTONIA;' N. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14, 1920
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SDER TOVN
AGAINST CARRANZA
Republican Official Estimate That First Battle
- Is a Week Away But Trenches Are Being Dug
, .and Vantage Points Fortified. 5
The Associated frees, i
" A flTT k PRTETA. -Sonora.' Aoril 14-
Thia border town, objective of Garranra
-troop under Colonel Fox . in the opening
of the campaign to bring Sonora back
into the Mexican federation Of state, was
lriag prepared today to meet the invad-
' rs with force, Sonora republic officials
estimated the first battle was a week
; from today, but trenches were being dag
sd vantage points . fortified .against the
federal troops scheduled to leave-Juarez
today. Those men must travel 135 miles
. hy train to cWs Grandee and thence by
foot over desert country and , mountain
paths for 200 miles before they can reach
feere.' ' . '-'-- . - ' ' .
- , pecial attention wil Ibe given to guara-
, lag Bnlpita passwtacn, military oracers
juwert can be guarded by a small force
- against great number and !; through
which an attack on Agua Prieta would
Siave . to' come. : . ',-''
At Ilermosnio yesterday Governor
.Adolf de La Huerta, provisional pres
ident of the republic of Sonora, declared
"the entire state was supporting him in
"the secession movement. -Ha declared
( that the states action was legal and in
V defense of state rights under the Mexican
T. constitution. -..
Federal troops in Sonora were declared
tnr mtMtm officials to have cons over to
-the state government. ':',ISZ '.
Customs collections are being. made. as
awual and busiaesa has not been interfer
wed with, :-..t'-t v
Order exists throughout the -state and
ay government has the. fitm determina
" tkm to .continue , imparting to -Mexicans
ad foreign aliens all guarantees eoneed--,
.by law,a',',de La Huerts's statement
jrae governor aescrioea xas-evenis
which led up to the break with thejMex
' jwaa City government.1' The Brat step,
, ' fce declared, was the attitude of the Oar
, vaasa government in taking direct action
sutd a notoriously partial attitude in local
. elections of the several states and in the
Hertrol campaign for the nomination of
eaauiuau xor leueroi" omces. v ,
After the conference' of Governors at
Kexico City, which de La Huerta -re
fused to attend, he declared Car ran za 'a
displeasure with Sonora authories be
came intensified. He said he learned
. about two months ago that the president
.--proposed "to overthrow the constitution
I ad government of this state and to re
V plsee t with an absolute despotic govern
SmentrV iy : -. -The
governor referred to" the recent
' aaebilisatioa of federal troops destined
; some to this state" and declared they
' were practically ; the -same forces that
' verthrow the constitutional government
f the state of Nayarit. - (The former
, territory of Teplopy.) ; iT ' ,J
Be declared the secession step-was tak
v s by the state eoagresa only after hs had
, xhaosted all "conciliatory aad pacific
v vwaonrees),
WINSTON-SALEL1 IS'
LARCE3T crrr m n: c
Tlrares of 48S3 PUce Twin
. Chy Alxead of Charlotte Iry
- Orer 2,000 Gain of 113
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WAflfflNQTON, April liPopulatkm
-statistics announced today by the census
Wreaua .included . I "
-' Winston-Salem, K. C, 48,195, aa la
'rease of 25,605, or 113.2 per cent.
'. Kiagstree, 8. C, 8,074, inereaM 702,
rS1.2 per eent. .
Plymouth,. . Mass.; ; 13,032, .'increase
Ml, or 7.3 per cent. ' i-
Port Arthur, Tex., 22,251, iasrease of
3488, or 190.4 per cent. - V.
STALLS Olf CAKXARZA TD SESICir
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'i WASHINGTON, i April 14 Private
adviees received here today from Nuevo
iAredo, Mexico, said that General Pablo
3onxales, formerly chief military leader
under the present Mexican government,
had' rejoined his command and Issued
" proclamation calling on Carrania to
resign. He said tha supreme court
should name a provisional president who
I'weuM hold elections.
. General Goniales at the same time
withdrew as a candidate for president
aud requested Geaeral - Obregon and
Tgnaeie Bonillas,. ambassador . to,, the
United Sutes, f olkrw his example .
When he first became a candidate Goa
sales was said to have been -supported by.
President Carraaxa, but sw Bonillas k
xegarded as Carranxa "e beice.
PREPARES
FORCES
LDiVOEN YCJS IN
' - HIS HOME STATE
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CTTICAGO, "April l-f.Ai-cording
!nUst lettrrns today, Governor Frana O.
Iiwdon, of Illinow,, won the republican"
presiidentinl prclertute primoiy iii , in
, me state yeeterJay ; by a plurality of
84,574 on returns from all but 430 scat;
tered precincts -although Major General
Wood carried Cook county (Chicago) by
7 .443,' and Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, whose name had to be written
in the 'balolt, surprised political leaders
iv running no a vote of 45,193 votes, in
cluding 40.WS1 in Cook county. There
fre no , dt mwratic 'candidates on the
ticket, but a number of nam were wnt
en in by ft few hundred voters. ; .
. William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chi
cago, republican "national -committeeman
for Illinois, carried every ward except
Vne for committeeman, thereby gaining
complete control of tlie Coos county or
.animation for four years. .
while les sthan half the vote in the
state was cast, and only a sixth as many
women as men went to the polls, feminine
thrift added to the plurality by which
four bond issues for t34.000.0OO for mu
nicipal improvements, "were defeated In
Chicago. ' ' ,
..The woman vote down state for Johnson
was not counted separately. The figures
from 5,260 precincts out of 5.0KO i- i
ate, including all 1,448 in Cook county
showed the following results t
'."Lewdest Meh-!-190,480i women -32.'
102; total 'tt&9.?i.-M"
""Wood! itett34,J women-4!3,743 j
total 158.408. , Vi,.'r.i
. Johnson; Men- 3516; women 563
total'43,193.-::';: 1
Of the iistrict delegates elected to the
national T conventions, - all the democrats
were uninstructed, while thirty five of the
publicans were pledged to Lowden, and
Jtyrti ran as unpledged. One of the un
llged" delegates in the tenth district
(Cook county) had . announcod that lie
would suport . Senator, Johnson and the
other fourten were adherents of Mayor
Thompson. The eight delegates at large
-nil be selected at the state convention
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SOLDIER RELIEF BILL
READY FOR HOUSE
Wars and Mean Committee
A Will Report BUI ThU Week
Granting, Compensation of
$1 Per Day to All Enlisted
Men Will Reouire Raiamx
. of One Billion Additional
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WASHIKGTOX, AsrU 4. A. omj
te eoldisr relief bill granting adjusted
on peroration at t4r each day's ser
vice to approximately .3,000,000 former
mirvir men'wiU be reported to the house
withia a week. Chairman Fordney of the
ays and means committee, announced to
toy. , Passage of the measure by the
house is planned before May 1, senate
leaders having announced the bill would
be approved by the senate before the con
ventions in June, should, it be passed by
(he house this month.
-With, the elimination of all 'commis
sioned officers, alonif with those who serv
ed less than sixty days or who were em
ployed ia shipyards or, received from their
employers the -difference between thlr
civilian Income and army pay, the aum
Wr of those eligible has ben narrowed to
approximately 3,000,000. Experts ' have
informed the eotnlttee that 'the average
service ia ten months, making the aver
age payment $300 to each man. Thos
who were commissioned after serving as
enlisted men would be paid on a basis of
time served la the ranks. . 1 '
rNo definite 'plan for raisisg necessary
revenues has been decided upon, the plan
most favored being a flat tax of not more
than one per eent oa all sales. Such a
tax, the eommitto has learned from tn
ury aeparunenT omriais, would net a
proximately 11,500.000,000 or more
needed. It is said that the other pro
mus of the original bill presented by
land settlements, home building aid aid
extension of vocational training also til
be recommended by the committee.
Although th4 wars and means comn t
tee is expected to report the . meas re
promptly, soma members of the house -Heve
it will not be passed by the sen te
before the conventions. The attitude or
both parties, they claim, wil be aanou:
v : t the respective conventions, aad fli m
scttoa will h$ deferred until after Co
gress reconvenes late la the summer.
Villi-ATTB.7I TO- '
Next Friday, April 23, Prof e
sor Todd, of Amherst Col
lege, Will Make Effffort to
, Signal to Mars Balloon
Expert at Fort Omaha Will
Assist." ; ' ' .- ' ,: 4 -
OMAHA, Neb?, April 14 The at
tempt by Professor David Todd, of Am-
heret College,' to signal Mara from a bal
loon will be made April 23 according to
aa announcement by .V. Leo Stevens, bal
loon expert at Fort Omaha, whose gas
bag will be. used in. the effort. f-r,.Th
professor suggested next week because
Iars then , will be nearest the -earth . . . ' .
In a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel
Jacob Wueet, commander of Fort Omaha,
Professor - Todd referred to the appara
tus he will use to ascertain whether, sound
waves or other 'dipturbancW are coming
from the far away planet and whether
they are electrical or otherwise..
r The tests. Professor Todd said, win be i.
made with a recorder he has worked on
for several yetrs. The device " carriss
records sensitiVe to ' all atmoHpheric
waves and which will bold impressions
mad ia uch f o w that, they may t be
studied when the4 balloon has returned to
earth . . r ' 5'f ,' . ' :; : r
-, To ascertain' the chemical composition
of the air at each altitude small vacuum
containers will be. carried. These wijl be
opened at various altitudes and the 'air
collected. It wfll.be subjected to', an
analysis after ther balloon haaxdcscended .
' " Dust articles1 In the atmosphere will
be examined by means of apparatus fur- J
nished by Professor B. W." Wood'ef ; tol here tonight that Mrs. George W.
Johns Hopkins University, i " VanderbUt will offer her handsome1, man;1'
- Experts from ihe Eockefeller Insti- BiRmore, in the suburbs of the.ity
tute'are preparing,nethods for studying t President Wilson for his summer ca.
the pathological aw, physiological prop- j Hoi.- ! '.;.'
erties held in the upper air. Tho bear- j lt believed here that he will accept
ing of pressure" changes, on curei for I ,lc place;!' offered. It is more than
various diseases, they said, will bet of ; Uirse enough; for: the entire party to be
especial interest. " - - .j taken (to.ttMr.ittjranet pHol'-eelded,
Meterological tcsbr will ' be made by I ret within a few aninutes of the-. raflway
means of a special -wiod tosting oppara- end telegraph offices, with wonderful
tus which is said to be aa innovation In ' seel? views on every side. Miss Mar
that as device formerly had been invent-1 garet. WiJaon' has just returned to "Wash
ed which would tell the velocity of air ' Inirton after spending two months here,
eurrents from a free balloon. Moisture ; encouraging reports from pri
pressure and temperatoxe gauges also, ; sources', from Washington tnat the
wmbfl3e4. It is hoped by aa stady&yE,?.!1' might, consider - Asheville's
the upper Jilr' strata to "gift new-f act, 'er.'a atwamer home for, the presl
bearing on the" origin of iot u4' 'litiirirty,i 11 rirU oreuiutiwi
waves, typhoons crolottea and toraadoes. ' r prepariuB'to go, to Washington to lay
Pilot Stevens expects to- reach a .Height before th chief executive per
of 60,000 feet. ' - , ' r, sonally if possible. . - '
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MAJOR A. L. BULWINKLE, PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE
GASTONIA BAR AND CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMO
CRATIC NOMINATION FOR CONGRESS IN THE NIN
DISTRICT. ,
Four years ago Major Burylntle was a )
candidate Tor u mate senate from uas
ton county.' In the midst. of tiie cam
paign there cam the eaS of the govern
ment for National Guards to' go to the
Mexican' border to' oueQ ' disturbances
t.en raging alongtha Rio Grande. Major
Bui winkle was then e;ip tain of Company
fi. North Carolina National Guaras. He
answered tho call of his country and took
ii men to th Southwest -where they
Nde a splandM record-for tbemscveft.
Tho attorney geaeral ruled that a man
holding a military commission under the
"wenuDeat coulif not hold a eeat tn the
leaate, whereupon ilzjjf Bulwiaklo with-
cuxto:i ISSUES All J v
r.'J'-r EI.1ERGEKCY GALL
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, v (By The Asaociated'Press.) , '-
WASHINGTON, April 14. Bepresent
ativa citizens from every state were called
today by Commissioner of Education Clax
ton to meet ia Washington May, 19, 20
and 21 "to consider the pressing problem
"T education' 'from the standpoint : of
Statesmanship and the public . welfare."
special invitations were sent to the vart
u'i ovemors to head their state delega
ti 3,' Commissioner Claxton declaring: :
"The emergency in; education in the
,1'nited States' arising out of tlte preseni
mil prospective shortage of teach'ers, ths
i eessity for immediate increases l n funds
f or the' support of schools of nit ' grades,
ad the nerd iot better adjustment of ed
ucationnl programs to the requirements of
Ihe new era r, . I believe, of so, great
Important-- ai,to justify the calling of a
mnonai roi'.fercuee -oi repreaenrauve nn-
n i9-4 'XT sider these' jressilng problems
c;luoiition from the standpoint of
i.atesmanship'and'the public welfare. ',
Business men, fanners, labor .leaders,
members of education and editors 'are
among those invited, ' '
KKS..YANDERBILT.MAY v " "
.OFFER' PRESIDENT H6ME
1 Diltmore May be Tendered Mr. Wilson as
Desirable Spot-for Summer.
(By The Associated Press)
ASHEVILLE, April 13. It is under-,
cw from the race," .
s He remained ia the service and the re
, rd of hie valiant services overseas dur
, the great war is a matter of prldeful
hktorjr.itt his county and State.; Major
Bulwinklo is ow a candidate to repre
ent this, the Ninth district, la Congress
nd the support be is receiving over tho
liatrict is most gratifying to him and to
his friends. " Oaston county is going to
rtvid by him in this race aa a unit and
the other counties are lining, up behind
Sim -enthtradastieally1." ;; Every;; day' ea
ouraging reports come from the far cor
icrs of the Ninth indicating that he la
fining strength. . The soldier- vote Is
it ending aolidhy with him aad Its lafiu
ence it growiag daily. "
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VOLUNTEERS OFFER SERVICES
- TO HELP BREAK TRAFFIC
TIE-OP IN IV YORK
College Students, Former Soldiers and Citizens
' Help to Operate Trains - Believes That Atti
tude of Public Will Quickly Bring Strike to a
Close - Initial Peace Overtures Rejected By
- Strikers.
CABINET DISCUSSES '
RAILROAD STRIKE
Conclusion Reached But Noth
ing U Given Out to the Pub
lic ' ' Ry Ti-e AMorim! Vew '
; WASUINGTON, April l-President
Wilson and his cabinet disciuwed the
railroad strike for more -than an hour
today and apparently reached some con
clusion, but there was no intimation as
to its naturo. - .
'Attorney General Palmer made this
statement as he loft the white house.
"It is. fair to couclude that the strike
situation was discussed, but I am not
prepared to say what conclusions were
reached."
Other members of the cabinet would
make no statement, referring inquirers to
the attorney general, u Borne intimated,
however, that definite decision had been
made one way or another, aa" to, govern
ment, intervention. -.: ''::' J.YJi,f
The cabinet assembled, promptly at
10 o'clock this morning to discuss the
railroad strike . The members went di
rect to the white house to meet Presi
dent Wilson in his study instead of the
executive offices where cabinet meetings
usually are -held.'"., ': ,
' Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Payne
werethe first to arrive, coming on foot.
They were followed, by f Attorney Gener
al Palmer, who had complete reports from
department of Justice field, agent investi
gating the- strike. 1 MrV Palmer drove
to the white, house ia an automobile, the
only member to so arrive; . '
The attorney general was followed by
8.-retaries Meredith", Houston, Colby,
Alexander and ; Wilson. Postmaster
General ' Burleson was an early arrival,
entering the east gate, and the full cab
inet was present when the president open
ed the meeting.
t This was the first cabinet session' call
ed by the president since he was taken
ill last fall, and it was the first to bo at
tended by Secretaries Colby, Payne,
Meredith and Alexander, who have been
appointed recently.
BIS LEAGUES GET
UNDER VAY TOOaY
Tanned and hardened by six weeks
off
nteiMuve training under southern suns,
the baseball teams of the National ana
American Leagues open the 1920 season j
this afteraoon, weather 'permitting.
Vhile it is too much to expert mid-sum-
nor .playing form, there appears to be
rverq indication tliut the 'cootescts will
e conducted under favorable conditions.
The players, however, are not likely to
.ke their debut in the same congenial
I mosphere that favored their preliml
s ry wof t below the Mason - and Dixon
"c, . for the general forecast calls for
U, fair . weather with high winds,
rhero may be exceptions, for the opening
chedule is far-flung. In tho National
.eage, Bostoa plays at New York;
i'hiladalphia at Brooklyn; Chicago at
"Hncirmati, and Pittsburgh at Bt Louie,
while the ' American League clubs will
.asJi" as follows; " ' '
New York at Philadelphia; Washing
n at Boston; Detroit at Chicago, and
t. Louis at Cleveland.
la eah citys special ceremonies will
nark the birth of another baseball sea
i -c, and although there dp not appear to
e auy novelties in sight the fan will
-Tclcome the parades, band concert and
:'ier formalities with the usual entbusi
m as tho harbingers of diamond doing.
According to baseball prophets tho big
t little leagues are facing the most
rmiperous and successful season la the
irtory of tho sport ' These predictions
"re based upon attendance at the South
tu training camps, tho subsequent Inter-
neue exhibition contests, and the extra
rdinary interots generally evinced ia all
Srm of athletic contesots ; la, several
CUTS ADVERTISING SPACE.
(By Tho Atsoexated .Press). ,"
IRMINGHAM, Ala, AprU. 13. The
ingham News today announced that
g ' to the news print shortage, an
rtising space of; tegular clients wiU
ut one half.'aadt bat ao advertise-
. at :
nt larger tnan one oair a page, wui
1m Secetoed. .. -
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NEW YOEK, April 14 Omciala ef ' i
the "big fouir" railroad brotherhoods - -
renewed their efforts today to bring to,
an end the unauthorizod ''rail strikes ia
this district while thousands of volua- Z"
teer railroaders poured, in offers of their i.,
services to break the traffie tie-up lrliehV '
has paralysed most of the lines entexxag
New York. - . " . '
Although initial jx-ace overture were '
unanimously rejected by the strikers La ..
Jersey City last night, the brotherhood '
leaders expected to renew their proposal
that the strikers return to work and sub- '. .
mit their .grievances to tho new railroad .
labor board, appointed yesterday by Pros-'
ident Wilson. They hoped. that the e-
tion of Washington strikers in adopting ..
a Bimilar proposal would Influence the -men,
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Accepting the offer of eollege studeats,
former soldiers and citizens to opersto
trains, railroad officials declared that la '
attitude of tho public would bring the
strike to a speedy close. '
',llt is evident that there is bow a. '
thorough understanding that this is aa .
assault upon law and order sad not sa
ordinary railroad strike," said J. Jr'"
Mantel!, spokesman for the roads.; '
Twenty-two trains oa the Lackawmaaa
and Krie systems were manned today by i
volunteer Crews. '.,. ' ,
' Although the strikers made gains yea; ;
terday, 'aotably by Interfering with tho ,
commuters service on the Long Islaad
railroad, other roads held their 0wn by
maintaining t passenger' schedules' in the ' '
face of great difBculties." The freight ,
situation, however, remained chaotic,' ex-
cept for the movement of food and xaUk
trains. Tho city's supply of coal was
said to be fifty per cent of normal. , '
- Health officers said the food and milk
situation was serious,! but Hot yet criti
cal. Food prices continued to soar and :
federal, authorities issued a Warning that
arrests would follow - the inflation of
prices. .
The strike, which had been peaceful,
was marked by sporadic scenes of viol
ence in Staten Island yesterday. A rail
road policeman was beaten, tho , arew
dragged from one train by strikers sad
shots were fired at an engine driver who
refused to stop when' ordered. Loyal '
workers who remained at ' their posts '
WaMk mimuI AnI tlimtiui ittV-jvl '
Condition ia West Improving. "
, (By The Associated Press.)
I CHICAGO, April 14.
-Improvemcst of
ftolght traffic conditions in tho central
Irest continued today with Insurgent rail-'
Ifoad men returning to work at sevsral
flints, , but the industrial sitoatloa, ia
Ohioand Michigan reached a crisis as a
result' of stoppage of fuel supplies, saw
'the far west where a doson passenger .
'rains were reported stalled In soutBsra
California,' tho : aituation ' becama ia
ereaaingly serious. -";.'."-(,.
, Both insurgent ' leaders a4 roilrsa
brotherhood officials said the fight fcad
evolved into a "lingering affair" bot the
brotherhood men said tha insurgents grad
ually were losing strength. 1 ;
Almost Isolated. .
(By The Associated Press) '
BOSTON, April 14. New Eaglasd
as confronted today with almost cssa
ileto isolation so far as rail transports-.
Jjn of food, coal fad raw materials was
oncerned. The ," ; situation 5 caused by
itringent freight embargoes en througa
of railroads due to the strike of
railroad workers outside tho district ftour-
was becoming more serious. ...
Railroad workers with few exceptions
outinued today to remain loyal to bs
; m ; in " this section. Fewer than 200
men. are said to be out, al lof them in
Connecticut. ;
NEW EYE SPECIALIST.
"r. E. C. Pierce, Optometrist, aad Opti
cian, Formerly of Newberry, S. C, Le
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Or. E. C. Pierce, optometrist and opti
-ian, who has been practicing his pro
tension in the. Stats of South Carolina fur
i number of years, has decided to locf
in Gastonla and male his homo here.
Dr. Pierce is a native of .North C:
na. but ks been out of the stutc f -pwt
thirteen years. lie
Hne his oSee opened pp st fi
Hia venue. .-''