Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1929, Page 20

20 GARDNER DECLINES T0 SEE WORKERS Textile Labor Agent Charges New Attempt to Outlaw Communist Union. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 25.— Declaration of Gov. Gardner that he would not hold a meeting with Com- munist labor leaders, similar to that held Saturday with several textile mill owners, was followed yesterday by a statement from the National Textile Workers' Union Southern organizer at- tacking the Saturday conference. The neral situation was quiet with no new abor disorders reported. Gov. Gardner's statement was made Saturdsy conference was solely in the interest of ‘{uumnl order. “The textile representatives were in complete sympathy,” he said, * 'with my views that the supreme duty of the State is u; prave{n:hlrw'lehlwsd they assured me of eir ful - uog in every effort directed toward this end.” Inquiry into the death of Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, victim of a mob which sought to prevent her attendance at a Communist meeting is to be resumed tomorrow by a coroner's jury at Gastonia. HESS RITES TOMORROW. Masons to Be in Charge of Funeral of Ballston Man. Special Dispatch o The Star. BALLSTON, Va., Septeniber 25.—Fu- neral services of Thomas L. Hess, 77 years, who died yesterday morning, will be held at the residence of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Lillian Echols, with Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, F. A. A. M,, of Washing- ton, D. C., conducting the services, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Columbia Gardens. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Hat- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, PROHIBITION AGENT SHOT IN GUN BATTLE Texas Officer Dangerously Wounded as He Returns Home From Raid on Liquor Still. By the Associated Press, ' SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 25.—Charles Stevens, Federal prohibi- tlon agent, was shot and seriously wounded early today in a gun battle with alleged bootleggers on a highway near here, Stevens, who shot and killed Tom Chandler, 43, in a raid on his home near et, Atascosa County, last August, and Pat Mwhy, another Fed- eral officer, had participated in a raid on a still in the same county and were McCormick Medleal Glasses Pitt o College iy Ay LAUDE S. SEMONES D. C., WEDNESDAY, SELTEBER ‘25, 1929, ml.‘l&kll home when they were at- | Stevens had been shot in the chest and | TRIAL OF SHIP OFFICERS According to Murpl Hirzel, the third agent operators of the st city, Murphy said, when they came on a woman who had blocked the road with her motor car and was flashing: a spotlight. The woman was arrested and Hirzel was instructed to bring her here. > Mu .lnl'y and Hirzel were not injured. 1:‘y‘ t;‘gdnlfi. tl‘l’e They brought Stevens to s hospital, il escaped. The | where he underwent & blood trans- officers were within 8 miles of the ;:Lm&.ovmflen in Fire Under Control. IN SEA COLLISION ENDS an effort to SaVe | py yhe Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 25.— The trial of three officers charged with unskilifulness and neglect of duty in connection with the collision of the HAFFORD, Saskatchewan, Septem- | passenger steamer San Juan and the Stevens and Murphy were a consid- | ber 25 (/).—After doing damage esti- | tanker 8. C. T. Dodd off erable distance behind Hirzel and the | mated at $50,000, a fire, which threat- | last month ended yuu:dnyfsmm o woman when men on either side of [ ened destruction of this village, was Steamboat inspectors, before whom the road opened fire on them with belleved under control early today. Rain | the trial was held, announced it would rifles and shotguns. Hirzel, hearing the | which commenced to fall soon after | be several days before a verdict is ren- shooting, rejoined his fellow officers and | midnight aided harassed fire fighters, | dered. the three engaged in a pitched battle | who up to that time had been waging with their assailants, who fled after 'a losing battle, Robert Papenfuss, third offic San Juan, finch sank with :rloo:.n;? 13 lives, occupied the stand. Farnam Griffiths, attorney for the Standard Ofl Co., atempted to shake his story that he first saw the red light of the Dodd at 11:35 p.m., that she “then started to cross over,” and then her green light | showed. Papenfuss and Otto V. Saunders. third officer of the Dodd, were charged with unskillfulness. Capt. Hugo Bleum- mittee that arranged the two previous parties held at the same place, chen, commander of the Dodd, was | charged with neglect of duty. CAN BE AVOIDED Business Women Plan Party. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, CLARENDON, Va. September 25— The Business and Professional Women's | With Club of Arlington County will hold a | §§ dance and card party tonight at the S s Wo0oDWARD & LLOTHROP at Raleigh In response to an inquiry|tie B. Hess; two sons, Joseph Hess of . =T from the Associated Press. He said he | Raleigh, N. C., and Robert C. Hess of Eyesight Specialist did not “know how to confer with| Washington, D. C., and two daughters, Miationst oz such a group, who themselves do not| Mrs. W. F. Rau of San Francisco, Calif., and G Sts. N.W. speak the language of law and order | and Mrs. Echols. and whose whole doctrine is funda- mentally destructive and alien to North Carolina.” The State chief executive conferred Baturday with three leaders in the North Carolina textile industry on meaups of dealing with lawlessness which followed textile strikes. Two persons have been killed and two others kidnaped and flogged during the disorders. “General Situation” Talked. Beyond the fact that the “general situation” was discussed little informa- tion was given out concerning the con- ference. Present in addition to Gov. Gardner were Arthur M. Dixon, presi- dent of the American Cotton Manu- facturers’ Association; Stuart Cramer, a former president of that group, and J. H. Separk, president of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation and the Gaston County Textile Association. 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