THE GHAKLO'lTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921.
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GOODFELLOWS TO
ACT ASUSHERS
Free Band and Vocal Con
cert This Afternoon at
City Auditorium.
The board of directors of the Good
fellows Clo.b will be ushers at the free
concert which is to be given at 4 o'clock
this afternoon at the City Auditorium
by the Xew York City Concert Band,
the Metropolitan Quartet and Miss Ma
rie Caslova. the artists who have been
furnishing the music during the past
week at the Made-in-Carolinas Exposi
tion The concert is to be given under
the auspices of the club, which will re
sume Autumn activities this month af
ter beir.gr quiescent for the months of
July and August by vote of its more
than COO members.
The artists readily agreed to ren
der the Sunday afternoon concert when
approached on the subject and Conduc
tor Xusshaum of the band, after con
ference nvith the other artists, announc
ed a program. Some of the numbers
xvill be from the school of sacred music
and others from the masterpieces of
classical and semi-classical music.
Among the numbers will be the popu
lar religious number. "Hark! Hark! My
Soul."' There will be other popular
numbers.
In order to insure maximum comfort
for those who care to hear the concert.
500 hundred extra seats wiill be placed
in the auditorium. The doors will be
opened at 3 o'clock. There will be no
reserved seats in any part of the house.
The appearance of the Metropolitan
Quartet at the concert this afternoon
will mark the last appearance of the
singers here, who finished their en
gagement Paturdav night at the Expos
ition and will be replaced by another )
group of singers next week. Miss Mar-i
cuerite Fiinero. soprano: Miss Charlotte j
Teeee. contralto: Frank Cuthhert, basso
baritone, and Frank Troxtell, tenor,
compose the quartet. Their singing
each afternoon and night at the Ex
position has been one of the outstand
ing features contributing to the suc
cess of that event.
GOVERNOR ACTS
IN PARDON CASES
DEATHS FUNERALS
W. C. TICKER.
Greensboro. Sept 3 7. V. C. Tuck
er, chairman of the Guilford countv
board of commissioners, died to.iiy fol
lowing: an illness of several days. Me
was rt," years old
A Wonderful Story of a Wom
an's Devotion
"LAVENDER AND OLD
LACE"
P ISKOADWAY
nL Monday, Tuesday, W
r'ednesday
Nine Petitions Granted in
Whole or Part and Four
teen Peclined.
BY Jl'LE B. WAKEN.
Staff Correspondent of The Xew.
Raleigh. Sept. 17. Of the pardon pe
titions argued before Governor Morri
son during the past week, nine have
been pardoned, paroled or the sentence
reprieved for a period, and the remain
ing fourteen have been declined. Som-j
of those whose pardon has been de
clined will be looked into, later and the
pardon may be granted. Some are held
up in order to allow the Governor to
make a more complete investigation of
the case before he reaches a final de
cision. , The pardon mill will cease to grind
this week and the Governor will not
hear pardons again until the second
week of next month". This carries out
his new schedule for hearing pardon
petitions. He devotes the major part
of his time for one week in every month
to the petitions and then does not have
to be worried with them durfng the re
maining: three weeks in the month.
The papers, petitions and such other
records as are necessary to secure a
pardon, may be tiled at any time, of
course, but the hearings on these par
dons and petitions for executive clem
ency will not be heard at any other
time than the second week of every
month.
The only case of any special import
ance or interest and the only capital
oas presented to the Governor during
the week was that in which commuta
tion of the death sentence was sought
for F?ank Henderson of Madison coun
ty. The man was indicted for murder
and a verdict of first degree was ren
dered asrainst him in September of last
year. He has been in the State Prison
sincp that time, and is now sentenced
to death by electrocution on October
10. The petition for thhe commutation
was presented to thhe Governor, fol
lowing the failure of the appeal to
stand up in Supreme Court. The Gov
ernor could find nothing in the case
which made him helieve the ends of
justice would not be met if the man
was allowed to die, and he has conse
quently declined to commute the sen
tence. The majority of the other cases in
which pardons were asked were road
or penitentiary sentences of short
terms and in majority of these cases
tho Governor expressed the belief that
the prisoners should serve a while long
er before asking for the pardon. All.
who are paroled or pardoned are given
their freedom on thhe usual good be
havior condition, and failure to wa.k
the straight and narrow path in the
future will give the sheriff immediate
right to arrest them, notify the Gov
ernor, and have them sent back to prison.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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East Trade will be known in the fu
ture as the Vogler Armstrong Co.
The stock and equipment has been
largely increased and the new company
will be in a better position to render
you the service you desire.
FINS SETTING FOR
THE CONFERENCE
World's Disarmament Con
ference Hall One of Fin
est in World.
BY DAVID L. 15 LI 'M ENFELD
Vnited Tress Staff Correspondent.
Washington. Sept. 17. The disarm
ament conference, designed to bring a
lasting peace, will be held in one of
the most beautiful structures in the
world the Pan-American Building.
The actual conference will sit in a
great palace room, known as the Hall
of the Americas, a place that rivals
in beauty and grandeur the Hall of
Mirrors at Versailles, where the peace
treaty was srigned in 1919.
The Pan-American building, as -a.
whole, is a curious mixture of Latin
American and the classical styles of
architecture.
If you can picture a great white
marble structure situated in the middle
of a gorgeous park, banked on all sides
by smooth green lawns and approached
by a wide flight of marble steps; a
building long-windowed in the Louis
XVI style and red roofed as the an
cient Incas noofed their temples, you
have an idea of the grandeur and dig
nity of the place.
You can visualize those frock-coated
delegates mounting the long white
steps, entering the pillared hallway to
gaze on the Mexican patio which faces
the entrance. Here an old time Aztec
fountain splashes into a pool, where
goldfish float and turn: parrots gor
geous in their uniforms of green and
red and gold sit atop rubber trees,
while the gargoyle faces gracing the
fountain top gaze down on the mosaic
floorings, inlaid with figures of by
gone 'ncas' days.
Above the patio a marble balustered
galkry loads to the Hall of the Amer
icas, where the delegates will sit to
weigh world important questions. Here
the architecture is almost Grecian in
its severity save for the polished par
quet floor. Giant columns fluted and
wreath, crowned, tower to the white
ceiling where gold placmos represent
the countries of the Americas, while
from the long high rounded windows
the delegates can look across a lily
pond to an old temple gorgeous with
jade blue tiling, a faithful reproduction
of the Chichen-Itza, the one-time splen
dor of Mexico's Holy City.
A goddess in gray stone guards tlus
wonder building, calm and reposeful
in her gray stone draperies.
The whole place with its atmosphere
of peace and mystery anil long forgot
ten things is opposed to militancy.
Rather it is symbolical of the progress
of the 21 nations, of the two conti
nents' which make America.
The structure was erected in 1910
at a cost of $1,100,000 of which the
21 American republics contributed
J.250.000 and Mr. Andrew Carnegie the
remainder.
HARDING WANTS
NO OPPOSITION
Is Trying to Get Congress
Off His Hands Before
Conference Meets.
LOCAL BAR PAYS
ALLEN TRIBUTE
Resolutions Adopted and
Spread on Record in Ju
rist's Memory.
Before adjournment Saturday after
noon of the one week of Superior
court, civil session, over which Judge
J. Bis Ray has been presiding a resolu
tion was adopted by members of the
Charlotte Bar Association in honor of
the memory of the late Justice "W. R.
Allen of the Xorth Carolina Supreme
Court bench, whose death occurred
some days ago at his home in Golds
boro. The resolution was offered by
John A. McRae of the law firm of
Stewart & McRae and read as follows:
Resolved, that in the death of Hon
orable Y. R. Allen, associate justice
of the Supreme court the State has
lost one of its most learned judges
and one of its wisest and ablest states
men. That this bar extend to his
widow and children its most profound
sympathy.
"What when this court adjourns it
adjourns in honor of the memory of
Jude Allen.
'That these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of the court and a copy
of them sent to Mrs. W- R. Allen and
family at Goldsboro."
Washington, Sept. 17. In accordance
with the wishes of the President and
the Secretary of State, Administration
leaders on the hill today conducted a
quiet canvass of sentiment among
members now in Washington toward
adjournment.
The results obtained were anything
but favorable, and after a survey doubt
: was expressed as to wnetner tne wisnts
of the executive branch could be com
plied with.
A fight already is regarded as virtu
ally certain on the new tax bill, which
may consume weeks, and in addition
to this, it was found that a small but
determined minority, at least, will op
pose and probably defeat every effort
to unduly hasten the adjournment be
fore November.
At both the White House and the
State Department, the prospect of hav
ing the work of the conference criti
cised, or the national policies of cer
ain of the iarticipating powers attack-
! ed, while the conference is engaged m
its labors at the Pan-American build
ing is viewed with distinct anxiety.
Senator like Johnson of California,
Borah of Idaho, Reed of Missouri, La
Follette of Wisconsin, and others, have,
in the past, not hesitated to express'
themselves vigorously on the national
policies of some foreign nations, not
ably those of Great Britain and Japan.
There are a number of subjects to
he taken up' by the conference on
which many senators and representa
tives have pronounced views, and it is
feared that an expression of the.se
views at some delicate point in the ne
gotiations might not be understood by
the foreign power concerned.
It would be extremely embarrassing.
Administration leaders said tonight, if,
for example, the Japanese policy of ex
pansion in Siberia and China should be
subject to attack from the floor of the
House or Senate at the x-ery moment
when the conference was engaged in
trying to effect a settlement of those
issues.
Even in normal times, the State De
partment has, on occasion, been forced
to explain to ruffled diplomats that
the opinions heard in debate on the
floors of congress are not necessarily
the opinions held by the American gov
ernment. The easiest way to . obviate the pos
sibility of such embarrassments, the
Administration believes, would be to
have congress clean up its work and
adjourn before the President's confer
ence begins the delicate tasks of ad
justing international relations.
Whether an adjournment can be ac
complished is another matter. The
first survey of the situation taken to
day revealed a sentiment that congress
will proceed with its work and adjourn
when it is finished.
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i CHAMBER LEASES
TWO STORE-ROOMS
Business Manager Allison of the
Chamber of Commerce has leased two
j ot me store rooms in the new building
o: me tnamoer on West Fourth street
whirh are now nearing completion, the
French Hat Shop having negotiated
for the occupancy of one and the Un
derwood Typewriter Company's local of
fice to take another.
The store rooms on the ground floor
of the new building will be finished
up in elegance and they are espt?cial.y
spacious and well-located. The offices
of the Chamber of Commerce together
with the municipal assembly room are
on the second floor of the new edific?.
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FEDERAL
ARMY ENGINEERS
EXPECTED HERE
Advance Guard of Heavy
Artillery Regiment Was
Near Gastonia Saturday
The advance guard of the heavy ar
tillery regiment, being moved from
Camp Jackson, Columbia, to Camp Eus
tace in Virginia,, was expected to reach
Charlotte Saturday night or Sunday.
The detachment, which is composed of
army engineers travelling in trucks,
spent Friday and Saturday in Gas
tonia. Word from that city last night
was to the effect that they probably
would spend Sunday here and work
out of Charlotte for the next two days
naking repairs necessary for the trans
portation of the big guns and the thous
and or more men over the roads of this
section.
The artillery regiment is not expect
ed to reach Charlotte for several days.
On its arrival here a supply base will
be established and the troopers pro
bably will spend a wcer or more in or
near the city.
The advance guard was camped Sat
urday near Clover in Gaston county.
The members were engaged in inspect
ing bridges to make certain that they
would withstand the strain of the pass
age of the big guns which will be drawn
by trucks-
The regiment is the 51st and has been
in camp at Jackson for several months.
The move to Camp Eustace came as
the result of abandonment orders for
the Columbia post. The regiment will
travel in three detachments: the en
gineers, the heavy and the light con
voys. The advance guard, which is
expected here Sunday, consists of two
officers and 40 engineering soldiers of
the seventh regiment, all experienced
bridge-builders. They are travelling in
trucks.
Tho heavy convoy, which is expect
ed to reach here within the next two
weeks, will consist of two firing bat
teries of one battalion with guns and
tractors and other vehicles, including
trucks, which will travel 15 or 20 miles
a day. Charlotte is the first of three
bases established between the two
camps. One battalion will carry the
heavy convoy from Jackson here.
The light convoy will consist of one
battalion ,combat train, two firing bat
teries, headquarters batery, one serv
ice battery, trucks, etc. It will travel
50 or 60 miles a day, making a base
in two days, going into camp and await
ing the passage of the heavy convoy.
A big quantity of supplies for the regi
ment will he purchased in Charlotte.
MORGAN HAS SLIPPED
FROM yiEW OF PUBLIC
London. Sent. 17. The mvsterv of
J- P. Morgan's whereabouts was puz
zling Europe today.
The financier, whose European trip
has been a source of great interest
to the public as well as to financial
circles, has been variously reported in
several countries Avhich his London
connection declares he has not visited.
After a rumor that Morgan was in
Berlin c.aused a flutter on Germany's
bourse, the banker was reported in
Italy. The Messaggero carried a story
to the effect he had landed at Rome
in an airplane. A Paris message stated
he arrived at Le Bourget by air on
Thursday.
Morgan's London representatives be
lieve the financier to be in Scotland,
where he cannot be traced.
LOCAL MAN GETS BIG
HIGHWAY CONTRACT
F. McCanless, local - roads con
structor contraction, received a telegram
Saturday from State Highway Engineer
Upham announcing that he had been
awarded contract for the construction
of three and one-half miles of hard
surfaced roadway between Gastonia and
Dallas. The cost will be about $100,
000, and the work is to be completed
in 100 days. A five-inch concrete basis
covered with Topeka top will be the
type of road to be laid.
FRANCE SECURE
IN OCCUPATION
Treaty Provides for Occu
pation of Rhineland
Longer Than 15 Years.
liy ANDRE TAKDIEV
Former French High Commissioner to
America.
Special Cable Dispatch to The ew.
Copyright, 1921, by Xev Publishing Co.
Paris, Sept. 17. A discussion run
ning between farmer President Poin
care and myself has attracted such at
tention in the Amreiean press that a
clear statement of the question prob
ably will be welcome. Of course I
shall omit everything attributable to
domestic politics which, do not inter
est our oversees friends, but the de
bate also touches a grave international
question whosfi importance it is im
possible to exaggerate.
M. Poincare complains of the position
in which France has been placed since
the peace by the policies of her late
allies and associates in the war. Every
Frenchman complains with him. The
treaty of Versailles, the fruit of five
months of negotiation, was a compro
mise or a balance. The refusal of the
United States to ratify either the treaty
or the proposed special alliance with
France, and David Lloyd-George's in
sistence upon revising several of the
most important clauses in Germany's
favor, have deprived France of the
advantages for-which she made many
sacrifices.
M. Poincare holds that the- disadvant
age to France has been without com
pensation or remedy. That is where" I
differ with him. I hold that Clemen-;
ceau's Government, having foreseen
exactly what has since happened,, had
provided ample remedies. These in
volve the whiole question of guarantees
by Germany and the occupation of the
left bank of the Rhine.
Clemenceau demanded at the peace
conrence that the left bank of the
river should, be occupied until the Ger
man debt was entirely paid, meaning
at least thirty years. President "Wilson
and Lloyd George, the other members
of the "Big Three," refused this pro
posal and suggested instead the mili
tary alliance whereby the United States
and Great Britain would come immedi
ately to the assistance of France in
the event of an unprovoked attack by
Germany. Clemenceau flatly rejected
this substitute.
But finally on April 22, 1919, it was
agreed that besides the treaties of al
liance there should be occupation of
the left bank, ceasing after fifteen
years if Germany meanwhile had lived
up to all of her obligations.
However, M. Clemenceau very wise
ly reminded President Wilson that the
treaties might not be ratified by the
American senate and the British parlia
ment. In such a case if Germany faith
fully executed the treaty for fifteen
vers France might be obliged to evac
uate without having any guarantees as
to the further carrying out of the pro
visions. This remark was so obviously just
that first Mr. Wilson and then Mr.
Lloyd-George agreed to add the follow
ing clause to Article 429 of the treaty:
'If at that date (the expiration of
fifteen years) the guarantees against
unprovoked aggression by Germany
are not considered sufficient by. the al
lied and associated governments, the
evacuation of the ocupying troops may
be delayed to the extent regarded as
necessary for the purpose of obtaining
the required guarantees."
This text is so clear that comment
would be superfluous. If after fifteen
years the guarantees remain insuffi
cient .the ocupation may be prolonged.
Still more so if the guarantees are
lacking altogether, which of course
will be the case if the treaties of al-
liance are not t&Vh
in the present state V romSd
troops cannot legitimately be compelled
to evacuate by 1935. foto, ntrflmst
That is why I have protested against
M. Poincare ying, that France is be
tween two stools" on th,s suanurtef
question. On the contrary Jn
stands solidly on a right ascribed in
the treaty. I participated hour by hour
in the negotiations April -2 to
29 which ended in adding the above
clause. I still have the 7,
of the successive proposals with the
various amendments inserted by
Messrs. Wilson. Clemenceau, Lloyd-
Gu&fhlfinamSf-is incontestable and
moreover the treaty text itself is suj-
Tne question here Involved is abso
lutely vital to .France. The rencn
rightly demand positive guarantees
that invasion, suffered twice in nft
years, shall not be repeated.
We cannot afford the luxury of serv
ing as a battleground every twenty
years for the defenders of liberty.
GASTONIA WILL GET
SPINNERS MEETING
Other than the selection of Gastonia
as the meeting place for the spinners
division, to be held in November, no
matters of general interest were trans
acted at the business meeting of the
governing board of the Southern Textile
association following the closing-session
Saturday morning.
The association officers will select the
meeting place for the spring conven
tion. The time and place will be an
nounced after a meeting of the officers
in fhe next few months.
Most of the 300 delegates to the, "bet
ter goods" meeting of the association
left for their homes Saturday afternoon,
after spending the morning and all
of Friday in discussing principally tech
nical subjects pertaining to mill opera
tion. The election of officers does not
Icome up utnil the spring meeting.
The expected address by B. L. Geer,
president of the Judson mills at Iva,
S. C, scheduled for the Saturday morn
ing session, failed to materialize owing
to the inability of Mr. Geer to come to
the city. The session, consequently,
j was devoted exclusively to a discussion
.of technical details of mill operation.
MAYORS (l'ri.
AT CHAPEL HlV
Town and County Corf
ence Begins Monday u'
ing Three I)aV's
Chapel Hill, Sept.
see the opening of ii ...
Regional Conference- . p.
ty Administration, th . .
hold the center of t!i- ;
the n&xt three days.
In the course of ti;,
C. lirooks. Dr. V. s.
L. Poteat, Mrs. Clarr-i .,
ident Chase of the I':. . .
ors and city mamier
North Carolina citif --, ; ;
icipal government ox; , r
the State will makv i ;
change informatioa Mo
ment affairs
One of tho visitor- v;
looked forward to witi.
by the officials who i t, .
problems of munk-iii.
thur N. Pierson. ni-n.be
eral Assembly of N.
the author of the lor .; f
New Jersey, nnd is --v-.
experience and knowV;.
posal of North Ciro! . a
days, inviting all
the conference to fir- j
His first -iddress will
morrow evening.
H. W. Dodds. ex. cir
of the National Muni
nresent storks of nr
his League has found it,
study and inquiry.
A number of group co: : ;
Mr. Pierson. Mr- IjhIIs ;
Mr. Grinnalds. and .
ranged for the ben::V o: ::
city managers, and oh-:.- ,-.
administrative and V.r.z::--bilities
in city govermr.- v.
ious problems will be :
ute detail.
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