J
SILESIAN FOLKS
EXPECTING WAR
four Cities in Upper Silesia
Form the Bone of
Contention.
Wa?hins:ton, June 25. "Four cities
pf Urr?1' Silesia, which are reported to
j.ave recn seized by. Polish insurgents
,v,;n feared that the bulk of Upper
c 'i was to be turned over to Oer
,r3!y are experiencing real war for
tl-- i;:st time since they became cities,"
fays a bulletin issued by the National
(jeorcrnrkic Society.
Tii, cities are Tarnowitz, Beuthen,
-.-.f r.isshutte and Kattowitz. Though
:Yxi ire situated practically at the
mn';;r. point of pre-war Russia, Ger
,ivrv ami Austria-Hungary a rather
prf,.;:i'Tus position on the outbreak of
ho World war so valuable is the
mining and industrial district which
urn -unds them that Germany took
,nro id keep them outside the zone of
virilities.
Th.' four cities lie within a few
miles of each other and in the heart
I f the coal fields for which .the coun
ty is famous. None is more than flve
miles from the old Russian border, now
boundary of Poland: and all are al
.,0?: equally close to the old Austrian
jr..-. row that of Czechoslovakia.
-Oi these cities, Beuthen alone is of
appredable age. The others are the
lirret result of the development of
oa! mines and rr.ytallurgical industries
:r. the vicinity after the middle of the
ij;h century; and Beuthen itself re
v'Bived a great impetus from mining
,r,, ir.dustrial development. It is the
capital of a district, and has a popula
i,m of about 68,000. "When Silesia
was a part of the old Kingdom of Bo
hemia. Beuthen was capital of the
luchy of Beuthern. - The title, Duke
,f Deuthen, is one of the mediatized
it'es among (he German nobility.
'Konigschutte, with nearly 75,000 in
'ai ;tants. is the metropolis of the
1'pper Silesian miring- district and may
v considered the Silesian Pittsburgh.
I: lies only three miles south of Beuth
fn. In Konigschutte is situated the
largest iron works in Silesia. Half
the population is said to consist of
Poles.
'Kattnwitz, three miles south of Ko
masehutte, is supreme as a coal mar
ket. It is perhaps the strongest Po
!i.h center among the Upper Silesian
'it.es. Zinc, as well as coal, is mined
n the neighborhood. The place was
t.'v a village in 1815. Its population
is row about 45.000.
Tarnowitz. a few miles north of
mhen. is the smallest of the group.
Its inhabitants number close to 15,000.
In addition to iron works it has other
metallurgical factories and lime kilns.
It is also a Tolish center and its vote
in the Plebiscite is reported to have
1 een i f markedly adverse to Germany.
THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE; N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1921.
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By BUD FISHER
CHOICE OF WARREN
A GREAT SURPRISE
Washington, June 25. Charles B.
Warren, of Michigan a lawyer and busi
r.ess man who for a number of years
has been a prominent figure in republi
can politics, has been chosen by Presi
dent Harding for Ambassador to Japan.
Announcement of the selection was
maie at the white house upon receipt
i f the customary assurances that Mr.
Warren's appointment would be accept
ahie to the Japanese government. Soon
afterward his nomination was sent to
the senate but reached there too late
to be received formally at Friday's
session. It will be. sent again when the
senate reconvenes Monday.
Although Mr. Warren has been close
iy associated with the Harding admin
istration and at one time is understood
to have been seriously considered for
a place in the cabinet, his selection as
ambassador was a surprise to most of
official Washington. His name never
hart figured in the long list of those
publicly discussed for the Tokio post
and some of his closest friends had un
derstood that he preferred not to enter
public service.
Upon arrival at Tokio the new ambas
sador will find several important diplo
matic tasks awaiting his attention.
Administration officials had indicated
they regarded the post as one of the
most important in the diplomatic ser
vice. Besides the question of the California
snti alien land laws, the subjects 'which
now are pending between Washington
and Tokio include such factors as Jap
anese control of Shantung Japanese
occupation of the northern half of the
ts!an,j of Saghalien, and disposition of
the island of Yap. Informal conversa
tions are understood to have been in
progress here between the state depart
merit and the Japanese ambassador and
it is expected that when the new
American ambassador goes to Tokio
he will carry with him important in
structions regarding the stand of this
fovernment.
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The Montague Mystery
Copyriffbt, 1921, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Book Rights Reserved
It was one morning early in Decem
br that the president of one of the
Chicago national banks called at the
office of Allan Pinkerton, with the re
quest that he investigate a robbery
which had taken place in Iowa the
deputy county treasurer having been
assaulted-by some ruffians who had
nearly murdered him and taken $16,000
out of the safe.
Pinkerton immediately dispatched
one of his most trusted men to the
scene of the crime, and received a
brief outline of the case over the wire:
A man named Xewcomb had.g-one to
the office of the deputy treasurer, "Wal
lace Montague, to purchase a county
bond. On entering the . treasurer's
office. Newcomb was startled to find
tho body of a man lying, prostrate on
the floor. It was Montague himself.
Blood was flowing from several deep
wounds, and the room betrayed evi
dence of a severe struggle. The chairs
had been thrown about and broken,
the rugs were disordered and the door
to the safe stood open, while papers
and parcels were scattered in every di
rection around it.
The treasurer was immediately tak
en to the hospital, and though it was
thought for a time that he might not
recover from his injuries, he finally
pulled through and told the story of
the events which led up to the rob
bery. Two men in oil-cloth coats had
called at his office just after dark, he
stated, announcing that they wished to
purchase some revenue stamps. One
of them presented a $100 bill, arid as
Montague turned to get the change
from the cafe, the men sprang upon
him, one of them seizing him by the
throat, and the other slashing at him
with a dagger. In the struggle, the
treasurer had clutched at the weapon,
but the dagger had been drawn through
his hand, nearly severing the thumb.
Weakened by his efforts, Montague fi
nally ceased to resist, and fell to the
floor insensible.
An examination of his wounds prov
ed that, though, dangerous, they were
by no means fatal. There was a deep
gash through the lower part of the
hand, and four wounds on the left side
of the body, where the assailants had
evidently attempted to stab at the treas
urer's heart. Montague's throat had
been bruised, and a deep cut on his
head had laid open the skull.
The safe had been ransacked and
$16,000, chiefly county funds, had been
Such was the outline of the case, sub
mtted by the Pinkerton operative. On
the following day, however, he filed
another message stating that a search
ing inquiry had failed to bring to light
the presence of any strangers in or
near the town during the past week,
and requested that Pinkerton himself
join him in attempting to solve the
mystery. It was impossible for the
master-detective, to leave Chicago at
the time, so he directed the operative
to secure the past history of every res
ident of the county, and to forward im
mediately any further data which seem
ed to throw the slightest light upon the
matter.
Some three days later one of the re
ports contained a sentence which made
Pinkerton decide to take charge of the
investigation himself, regardless of oth
er engagements.
"Mr. Montague is ceaseless in his ef
forts to assist me," read the dispatch,
"but seems to be very much opposed
to my going so hard upon some of
the people in the village, as he con
stantly insists that the job was done by
professional criminals."
"Why is Montague so solicitous
about his fellow-townsmen?" Pinkerton
asked himself repeatedly. "Why does
he attempt constantly to impress my
operative with the idea that the rob
bery was done by professionals?"
Accordingly, Pinkerton instructed
his agent to appear to fall in with Mon
tague's reasoning, but not to relax a
particle of his watchfulness, adding
that it was probable that interesting
developments would occur in Dubuque,
Iowa, within the next day or two.
Sure enough, . before the week was
out, Montague was informed that the
Pinkerton operatives had arrested two
men in Dubuque who answered pre
cisely to the description he had given
of his ' assailants, and the treasurer
was asked to aid in identifying the
men, who had "been-'brought on to-the
Pinkerton headquarters in Chicago.
Still weak from loss of blood, Mon
tague accompanied the operative to the
Pinkerton office, and was theie con
fronted by two detective's, carefully dis
guised and rehearsed for the role of des
perate criminals. The-treasurer look
ed them over carefully and then shook
his head, stating that while he might
have seen them before, he could not
swear to the fact that they had been
guilty of assaulting him.
Pinkerton, however, was not in the
least disappointed. He had staged the
deception for the purpose of getting
Montague into his office without arous
ing suspicion and not with any real
belief that the man would be careless
enough to identify the first persons
brought before him.
"What would you say, Mr. Monta
gue, if I should tell you that, although
you have failed to identify the men
under arrest here, I now have the per
petrator of this crime within my of
fice?" The other's face grew livid and white
by turns. His eyes seemed to start
from their sockets.
"Where? Where?" he gasped, giv
ing a startled look in every direction.
"There!" shouted! Pinkerton, swing
ing his swivel chair in Which .the treas
urer was seated around so that he was
face to face with a large mirror.
"There! Take a good look at him!"
"For God's sake, Mr. Pinkerton, you
don't mean "
"You know what I mean. Montague!
Tou know it now, out with the truth
like a man!"
And heedless of the alibi which he
had built up, forgetful of the wounds
which he had inflicted upon himself
and the way in which he had stage
managed the "robbery." Wallace
Montague broke down and confessed
everything. He had started by think
ing of the ease with which he might
be robb,ed, he said. Then, when he
had felt the pinch of financial pressure,
it was an easy step to formulating an
elaborate plan for robbing the safe,
secreting the money where it could not
be found, breaking up the office fur
nture, and at least inflicting upon him
self the terrible wounds from which he
had nearly died, in order to give color
to his story.
"The money." he continued, "is se
creted under the sidewalk in front of
the office but I'll never live to stand
trial. One such ordeal is enough."
Two days later he .fulfilled his pro
phecy by slashing an artery with a bit
of glass, and bleeding to death before
help Could be obtained.
DEATHS FUNERALS
J. B. STANCHFIELD.
New York, June 25. John B. Stanch
field, New York lawyer, who appeared
in many important cases, died today
at Islip, Li. I. Mr. Stanchf ield suc
cumbed to kidney disease after an ill
ness of ten days. He leaves a widow,
daughter and son. Mr. Stanchfield was
prominent in politics as well as the
law.
Born in Elmira. in 1855, he served as
mayor of that city from 1886 to 1888,
after having practiced law there. In
1895- he was elected to the New York
assembly, of which he became demo
cratic minority leader the following
year.
THE A TERS
Last Showing of Varied Program.
You'll agree that the funniest pic
ture you have seen is "Seven Years
Bad Luck," a new Robertson-Cole super-special
with Max Linder . which
ends its three days run at the Broad
way theatre tonight. For the first
timci the moving picture lover is priv
ileged to see a roaring comedy which
has not the slightest suggestion of
"slap-stick" humor in any of its five
reels.
There are really too many funny
situations in the picture to begin to
describe them.. Mr. Linder appears
as himself in others words as Max
and he is the victim of the title of the
film. At the very opening of the first
reel the comedy begins and -also the
bad luck for Max. After celebrating
his last bachelor dinner, Max arrives
home with a decided list. The morn
ing after the night before, he hurls one
f his shoes through, a big mirror. En
ter the bad luck. '
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"Mary's Ankle" at the Academy.
The Jack X. Lewis Players will pre
sent for the last half of the week, a
"lan!" producer that heads the list. An
avalanche of fun is what one might
call it. A young doctor, a young law
yer and a salesman are broke, dead
broke, they haven't any money to eat.
Mary sprains her ankle, she is brought
to ttie doctor for treatment. His first
case to get some money and love at
first sight. But alas she left her poek
etbook at home. Hope all gone. They
payn the landlady's parrot to get mon
ey to eat with. Mar comes back sil
iciting funds for a charitable institu
tion" and takes their money. Broke
again. But we are telling you about
the play. ' Come and see for yourself
and if you don't say there are more
laughs to the minute than any play
you ever saw, well we miss our guess.
"Mary's Ankle" is a play that will
win you as- it is full of action all the
time and one of thosei plays which
keep moving with no dull moments. No
one can tell what will happen next. The
stories these young men tell and the
schemes they work to get along, would
make, a mummy laugh. "Mary's An
kle" is a play with a plot, a purpose,
and a result, in fact it is a winner from
start to finish. Don't miss it or you
will miss one of the best ever. The
Jack X. Lewis Players, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday at the Academy.
BIBLE IN HAND AND
REVOLVER IN POCKET
TELLS OF MURDER
OF WEALTHY WIDOW
Wejgt Hempsted, N. Y., June 25.
Lawrence Kubal, 36, a farm laborer,
confessed Friday, police said, to having
murdered Mrs. Minnie S. Bartlett,
wealthy widow, in her home here last
Wednesday.
Kubal, in his alleged confession, said
that he had killed Mrs. Bartlett with
a chisel. He said he called at the
house on the morning of the crime and
represented himself as a possible pur
chaser of the premises. She demanded
forty-five thousand dollars, but he said
Kubal said he noticed a fountain pen
which Mrs. Bartlett kept opening ner
vously in her hands. At the sight of
it he said, the thought came to kill
her. Drawing a chisel from his pocket,
he struck her on the head with it,
police reported him as saying, and seiz
ed her by the throat. As she reeled
at the blow she clawed at his face
and then Kubal struck her again when
she lay still. He then took a ring from
her finger.
Kubal was born in . Poland. He has
a wife and two children and admits
short prison ' sentences in New Jersey.
He stayed at his home after the mur
der and refused t leave it in search of
work. He told his wife and brother-in-law,
they said, that he was afraid to
he told her he had only twenty-two 1 rnY.: "us?? ne. K11Iea a woman.
thousand and would return later in the
day with his wife and brother.
Kubal returned to the Bartlett home
in the afternoon, according to tne con
fession, and on being admitted by Mrs
Bartlett, told Tier he must have about
fivo hundred dollars, and that he would
not harm her if she gave it to him.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 25. Newly
arrived from his work among the 4,000,
000 hereditary members of criminal
tribes in India, the Rev. Samuel D.
Bawden, the militant missionary who
"preaches the Gospel with a Bible in
his hand, and a revolver in his pock
et." and who was awarded the Kaiser-i-hind
medal by the Viceroy for hio
services, last night contrasted India's
method of dealing with her criminals
with that in vogue in the United
States, at the Northern Baptist Con
vention in this city.
His work, h- said, was ' "a curious
mixture of the law and the Gospel,"
since the Criminal Tribes' , Act. gives
him certain magisterial powers over
the Kavali settlement of criminals
in which. 1,988 members, wera enrolled
when Rev. Bawden left' India. At
times, he said, he had found it neces
sary to carry a revolver, in quelling
a riot between two castes, or in sub
duing the rebellion of 350 criminals
who had just been sent to " the settle
ment. But he declared that many of
those who had to be most severely dia
cpilined at first, became excellent citi
zens "under the law of work and the
law of worship.-"
PEOPLE ARE BETTER
INSTEAD OF WORSE
Des Moines, Iowa, June 25. Con
trary to- the general opinion, . people
are gettjjig better instead of worse,
according to. the report made - today
at the Northern Baptist Convention in
this city by he Rev. Thomas J. Villein,
of Detroit, chairman of the committee
on evangelism, who said that the last
year had been "the greatest year ever
known in evangelism," and reported
"the largest number of baptisms in
our history."
."There was never such a quicken
ing," Dr. Villers declared. "There
have been nearly twice as many ac
cessions as in the preceding year. Since
October here have been 50 series of
revival meetings, with converts. ,more
numerous ' than u3u&L'" - --"' ''
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A super-comedy that has been
a big hit in Charlotte.
"SEVEN YEARS
BAD LUCK"
With MAX LINDER
A 5-Reel Scream The Laugh
of a Nation
ADDED ATTRACTION
EXTRAORDINARY
JACK
DEMPSEY
and
GEORGES
CARPENTIER
in a remarkable interesting film
'The Fight of the Ages'
Also
RESTIVO
Wizard of the Accordion
THE BROADWAY V
A Charlotte Institution
information became known tndav
avd led to his arrest, followed by his
alleged confession-
AVIATORS UNHURT
BY 4500 FOOT FALL
Moorehaven, Fla., June 25. Major
Gklieson and Lieutenant Frost, army
aviators stationed at Carlstrom Field,
Arcadia-, Fla., fell 4,500 feet in the heart
of the Everglades, 45 miles from here
Wednesday, and escaped with only
slight injuries, it became known Friday
when the flierse reached here in a row
boat.
The aviators were lost in the wild
erness of the Everglades for severa1
hours before they reached the horn oi
Dr. James R. Price, a retired physician,
who treated their injuries and furnish
ed them the rowboat.
According to Major Gilkeson, the
rlan.-i of tho T)a Maviland four tvnp.
To clean ruetv knives -thrust tho Liihoh until within a fow-wt of th
blades into onions and leave for about Urnnnfl when it nluneed six feet into
an hour, then polish, them with an I the muck soil. The aviators were fly
ordinary powder or bath brick. ir.g from Carlstrom Field to Miami.
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