North Carolina Newspapers

Daily WATCH TOUB LABEL Kord subieritori ikooUi rnw at least five days bfor their lotocriptioa ax pi rt. . ICKORY W BATHES Rain and coldor nighV Friday and colder. to- fair i ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 11, 1915 HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS record CAN TELL IIP 1 OF TREES Amherst. Mas.-.. Jan. .. How to By the Associated. Fres?. ioiow tipple trees by their leaves and Salisbury. X. C. Jan. .". Prehib f": alone by their fruits bid.. f:eir to ition Virtor Pw A. Kohloss is back neCorne pan oi UK nusine.ss- o. wie .-uocessfut orcharuist as a result of ..fVt'it years' reseaivh at the experi ment station of tl.e Massachusetts A gi icultui u! college here. Systematic t jdv i f the leaf characters of young l: pie trees conducted ly l)r. .J. (. haw, expert p melodist, has enabled r.im to announce a new method of identifying nursery stock that prom ises to remove one i f the most ser- !. nks of iru:t urowii.tr. r or no t ce who ha out a block . . . tosh.' only to find eight years later .i . . L ' I M.I. inai me sup p cu ""'n"" the sumr:sed M.Tntosh treesi v.e.e all UVif River, a vu'.-iety almost worthless in New England, can ap- not purchased and set.pioceeu to i-orsmoutn, tawe cnare 01 of trees. laWleu 'Mcln-ltho vessel and proceed with it to piecii.te what it means u ii.e iiuitjpoii wun uie .iesseiiKer m reace grower to nave uie umvi uuu. i- move.l Horn me pu.cnase i ... "- - serv stock sa s a 'uiruifin i.-.svu IV m the experiment station. Thi fall, with tne supp.vt oi th? M'..-achusetts Kruit Clrowvis' As sociation, Dr. Shuw applied his in dentification method to :ObO apple trees in nurseries in this state. To the amazement of the nursery men he tl.iew out neaily ten per cnt c: tlte tries for masquerading under a faise na.ne. lr. Shaw's investigation involved tudy of le:.ves of 'JUO varieties of apple trees collected fn'm orchards ,!' u'-'ant states as well as in New r.r.e'iai.i 1. Hi discovered lll.il iiiwf.Ns i i ..... ,i T ! el lalli weie ieila;:i iliara'tei- nival in leae:? of the f-'.'iii-1 variety : jj-reat many jjoint of differ between lewes of different v:t- ..id ( la I i . :es. During his years applied Ids leaf test :.iio!e trees as he set of research he i to llo( yt.'unjr set them in his own .si.eiimental plots. Only one tree niriie.i out. when it came into 1h-.it-i; it t- be different from his marking. Dr. Shaw doe.s m.'l pretend that i.:;vb.aly can identify fmit trees by Tiu'ir leaves. But study he say wili .nable th.e fruit grower to ilistin-Kui-ii any ;-ien variety 1n 'h- nur ' eiy. 101 EVIDENCE GIN SENATE ;v tli" Associated Pre?:'. Washington, .Jnn. 'u-.'ther timony i elating to the han.cnne; tes-1 of , m-rican soldi re- m r ranee w as roll- commit Watson's 1 1 . . i 1 . i . too iv it: i o e o. . i. ..... i... it,. i t... investiiratin;1- Senator yes that soldiers were put Id death i har without trial. Herbert I.. Cadenluad of Green ville, Miss., 21 years old, a former service man, said he saw ten or twelve men executed at Is-sur-Tille. War I'.vnartment records previously submitted showed that two u.i.ir-Tillo and that 11 soldiers soldiers v.sie handed in France. How many hantjinp's did you see all together?" Chairman lirandenye. a l:ed? "Ten or 12," he replied. The witness did not know how many had been tried. fine o f those nut to ath was lieutenant charged w ith assaulting a seven year-oiu-gn i. .1 a The witness went over the executions-ho claimed to have seen one ly one. TO ENABLE PLIE TO FUEL IN 1 Paris, Dec. 20 -An invention if-iilton at a IocaJ hospital soon after ho ently perfected by Godfrey Cabot, oti g shot was to the effoct that thl. Cambridge, Mass., the American i.oie- gate, is dei-igned to make possime -n lho uto-mobile as described by the tuking up of fuel by an airplane Wiss QuesS- in motion, aroused great interest j Evidence tending to. show there the li i st Congress on Aerial Navi - wprc siKns, (,f immorality a short dis gatti.n held here. Transatlantic "irjtance from where, the car was first liavel would be greatly facilitated by foun,i an,j a bottle of whiskey in the this method as stops at "airmen's Hamilton car have also been laid' be islunds" would not be necessary at if ! fore the jury. The testimony before tervals in the Atlantic ocean fm.the jury is being heard in secret. airplanes would have much atuuuon al space available for passengers and mail which otherwise would be taken up bv fuel .sufficient lor one crossing. Mr. Cabot thinks that transatlan- tic air navigation will be a payingj proposition within 15 years provided) airships do net cany fuel enough 'for an ontire trip. With a minimum tresses, will Dr. Lorenz please con of fuel amir a maximum of space for j suit the theater going public. De mail and passengers, it could be made' troit News. a successful enterprise, Mr. Cabot said. He assumed that ocean cross ings would b quite ordinary occur itnvea within a few years. S KOHLOSS !S MWATSON t FROM III! i I at headquarters here after a visit of inspection to the British schoon er Messenger of Peace, a Honor lad-j NT en chooner seized on" the Xorth Car-' olina coast several ifays ao, and!By the Associated Pros?. now anchoret: under guard at Ports- "Washington, Jan. 5. ( m -nth. Mr. Kohloss stated at noon(ffllv a senate committee t. . l at . i l i l l. . .... : today mat ne nan wired mo revenue cutter Seminole at N nmmgton to . .1 . T , U - 1. . . 1 A , Wilmington. i Tn,mi;.,t..i.. , . """" "''val ol the Seminole at that: j the arrival of na-eetor Koliloss will jjo to ilnniur - iton tu ?uptM.intenl the unloading f ,. .. , . , ... the car'o of liquor, whith will be "u""'. stored in the .government w arehouse ilitjvi. Ti... ..io,. ,..;n i. . .,,:., i mam- tained. j At;ent Tuttle of; Field Prohibition L"UV1U1 ivoniuss jorces is now at Port-mouth in charge of the British i : . .. i - . i. . . f schooner and cargo. Mr. Kohloss also itated that a hearin.t; in the case would be held at Wilmington before tile collector of customs and United' Statts ( ommis:-i( tier as soon as pos sible after thi? hi rival there of the relied ship. Meant one, the vessel carjio and eiew will Ij," federal oJlicial.-. 12 y the Associatoc' Press. Cr.nncs, Jan. .". Rerirescntaiive-! under uan! ot ! I i i ILL COfiSiDER GERMAN PAY IP WEEK from (heat Britain. Italv and?onmn hJm ne nad becn decorated by I-ranc- held two' sess?:'ns here today with the intention cf deciding on the prcPram for the Geiman pay iH nt of reparations. Wiih ihe arivn! of Viscount Isiii: at ihe head of the Japanese delep,n tion i.'f Premisr ThounvL- of Celim.'. ll.M forenoon e-erythinp was reauy Icr wnat is increasingly emphasize increasingly as the most sei ious of ihe past tw years j tru.Lrcle to net (iennany star', ed on her reparations pajnonts. Today there was an uiuifioal at mo phei of tenseness in epeetatior that Mr. Lloyd (Jearge tomorrow migh produtce the long-hora'-lod pn? giam for relieving Gemany and lift ing Euopo out of the sough of des pondency. T HELD IN SECRET Raleigh, Jan. Tx. The coroner's juiy investigating the death of 11. II. Hamilton, who' was mortally wound- ed when twice shot on the Milburnie rovd the night ot December lu one mile from the city limits of lialeigh, continues to hold stage center of the capital city, but ncTie of the two score witnesses examined have been able to upset the story related by Mis.-. Irene Guess, Hamilton's vo -panioii in the car at the time. Miss Guess holds to the story that Hamilton was shot hy two negro'es whom they passed :md' that the pistol was fired by one of the pegroes from the right-hand side of the road. Testimony befcTe the jury by Dr. C. A. Caviness, who. attended Ham ,(i not h,vo bcen shot wTljlo in other words, seme cf the dele gates are quite willing to give up flintlocks if Ihev can have rill the automatics they want. Manches;?r Union. Before going ahead and restoring the power of speech to any more ac- In Europe nowadays a king is so in significant because the people have raised the deuce over everything. Washington Post, HUH QUES LAUGHTE Only Poor Fellow, Who Asylum, and San Francisco Man, Who Proves Great Joke, Said They Saw Anybody Shot by Officers filled be- testify as t0 charges that II i.. upie oi r - t:iun ton V" lvol snot two soldiers in - - . i- vance, Horace Cook of Covington, va.. ,iw.i,,n,) t.uh- ihi Ilv in- . : J; l" i""nuxi "wie.ige. Claude P-rcedon of Covin-toii. a lui nier servict man, a Iso was excused - ; when he said' he knew nothing of the sliuotint;'. i i j ne -names 01 ureeoon and ( Ook. 1 w lio served V.'el'e , mentioned to Senator Watson in letter as likely to know somethiu of the matt.-v. Lemuel O. Smith of Dublin t who had "Uc-n in an institution Ya. for the iie-.ai.e since the war, declared he saw Major Opie shot t a soldier "While in a dug- out with three comrades and four German prison about a soki'ier. The man Opie shot was William Woohvine. He v;?.s shot in the dug out in the middle of the .1- " ,l'h. "W'liat did Major Opie -av?" he asked. ' . "He .said: '( shot him; take him mil." "What was said be.'i the shoot- mix : '"Not a word was passed Opie irave no reason." Major "How many shots were fired?" j "One. It, hit Woohvine in the! chest. He was dead when we picked' him up." . j "Did yr.'u make a eomnlnint --.honf. ' Ihe shooting: at the time?" In a letter to Senator Watson ooth the French and American gov ernments, but he admitted' that this was not true. "Why did you say it, then?" "A friend cf mine, :v patient in the hospital at Marion with m wrote the letter and 1 signed it without rend ing it." "Who wrote the letter?" "Benjamin Hugor." Smith said he had' been physically ) unnole to work since leaving the iavmy. Tak;n.g the witness Senator Wat-' son t.''.l Smith to co.npose himself and not to be afraid of Major Opie or anybody ir. the loom. "Ilrvo y(.'j any personal grievance I against. Major Opie?" he was ask ed. "None whatever. I told no one to write you that I had been decorated. I was a.' volunteer." The men named' by Smith as hav ing been witnesses of the shooting of Woohvine denied they were there at the time. All Were excused when they testified they had not been pres ent and knew nohing about it. Edwain Dunav of S.nn Francisco, a volunteer witness, stepped forward and declared he wanted to tell of ;:iison conditions in Fvance. "I was at Bivssens 7n-isons near Bordeaux, where I was sent up for three months for going across the street out of my area to get two sandwiches," be said. While at the prison Dunar said he saw a sergeant while drunk kill a prisoner for asking for a slice of bread. The sergeant, he added, shot the man down. He gave his name as John Fitzgerald of Philadelphia. Tho sergeant, he said, was named Cooper. Dunar also gtvvo the names of sev eral witnesses when asked if any body else saw it. "Yes, 150 negroes and 2o0 white men. We wore going to mob the sergeant, hut there were too many automatics. Later the colonel, a big Ol 1 rrr .nrvm fin o rwl .icL'fiil if fnt- A UllUtni llWl&. UU H1IU V. '11V .i. ..... body had sen the shooting. Several stepped out and were placed in soli tary confinement.' Dunar, a tall fair man, gave the committee a touch of refreshing com edy when Tie described prison life at Coblenz. "They had a lieutenant, a regular sr.ow bird, all lit up," he declared 1 'He used to come back from Italy, where he got his tonics and say: 'Boys, I am glad to see you.' WITNESSES CAUSE . I HO Has Been in Insane in France 'guess ho was, lor ho cot us midnight to do some rounds.'' Dr, nar eomnlained hoc-mi." ,-m the boys - ; v oynoo he me niter t ho u--.- iV the aboard one o th on., V V V vessels have built lt, win the war did not .. ... nr iiiL; cuiiee. ikoio ua., a K'oac outimrsf cht.-i imv w! wiicn i Umar. evivihi'inino- that he bad pa I his own railroad Frnn?iroo to ter.tii'v. far, f 1 in s:n t.n larod: '1 am 100 per cent American and ineie are a Jew 01 us lelt :-FEE0ll CHILDREN 111 BELIEF KJTCH! j Lubimovka, Tartar Reiniblie, Dec 5. Amc-vican workers who are ad- nllni?t'lrini ivlit-f to iliii.lv.n in 1? ,;,in '.-.;., ?,Vf,., : ,- -t .ovfw 0. i . . trymp,' to live up to selective plan of feedine; in villages where prae ti tally all the inhabitants are in dire Meed of food. Ity requiring the children to eat their meals in relief kitchens, the workers insure against the delivery j 0f food tr. persons who have not been l-'acu uiun uy e.xuiiuiiiiii pnysicians. But the children make many palhetic attempts to dodge the' regulations;. One little girl in the kitchen here ate only part of her boT. of rice, milk and fU-ar and asked permission to take the remainder of her rice and her white roll home to her father who was ill with the typhus. "It is really mere than I care for. I am not used tc having so much at once," the child pleaded. The case was investigated and the workers arranged an allowance of f.jod for the sick man, as the relief ! work may also ho extended to inva lids. In families where one child is recom menc.Vd for feeding by the doctors, while brother's and sisters are not iiiven looocaras. it is ik.l linnsioi or I.. .. j . . .1 1 . . n the fortunate one to take the others along to the kitchen and carry out to them a portion of the ration. The seii-sacrificing spirit of the little boys and girls makes it doubly hard for relief workers. II ADJOURNS TO STUDY UTTER Bv the Associated Press. Dublin, Jan. 5. The daii eireann after holding brief morning and af ternoon sessions today without mak ing further progress in its considei ation of the Anglo-Iri&h treaty, ad journed late this afternoon until to morrowr morning to hear the report of the unofficial committee on the plans for an agreement. By the Associated Press. Dublin, Jan. 5. The dail eireann met this morning r.nd immediately adjourned until 3 o'clock this after noon. The adjournment was to give the members an opportunity to consider the situation caused by Eamonn Do Valera's counter proposal. It was regarded as a good indication that the treaty would be ratified. COTTON 3y the Associated Press. New York, Jan. 5. Yesterday's advance was followed by renewer1 nervousness in the cotton marke1" I .v. 1,1 , de ,...lo. Mnuattn. flAmnriri 1 climng Manchester demands and less local buying. Rumors of business troubles in Manchester, Eng., evidently had r.'n unsettled influence and net were made. losses Close 8.4r 18.30 17.86 17.3?. 16.50 Open 18 52 March 19.04 Mav 17.5U Julv 17.35 October 16.63 s LIIRIL Uai i l Hickory cotton 17 3-4c. R IN COMMITTEE ! I ipnrrr rrnnrnu ufiLHi OLUnLUil i run i LNii'jtiL ; fc B a l& ft t mm, ra m I .... .. S l.UtlS. !U!S :i By the Associated Pros. Philadelphia. ( Jan. 5. 'file i'u of Senator Boise Pen rose w as this morning, the same great seen cy that surrounded the maU in:.c i . angemcnts t u- tne funera '"j po-! maintained until the body of the po litical leader was lowered into the bvirk lined riave at J-jouth l.auiil Hill cemoiei.". No . informal ion was cbtaiiied as. to whether theie was any funeral ser vice at the house or grr.ve was giv i i) out. Newspaper men were riot admitted to the house yesterday and were warned that if they entered the cemetery they would do so at their own peril. The cemetery was guarded. The funeial party was in the cem etery about l.r. minutes and left the c-t nietery about 0 m. By the Associated Press. New York. Jan. 5. Federal, stnte and municipal officials today at tended the unveiling at police- hcad cuartors of a bionzo tablet to ihe late Theodore Posevel in memory of his ser icea la .lho department in 1895. It was the gift of the group rf his frieiidn. T PR1CESS TI WED -FWBI ISIWWi iSLU UJlto!U.t,':WtJl By the Associated Press. . Louden, Jan. 5. Princess Mary, whose engagement to .Viscount Las cell es has been announced, is the first prinecss of the royal blood to marry an Englishman since the reign of Henrv VIII." some four centuries ago Since that timo only two English r rm'cesses nave mated oucsioe uw circle of royalty. Princess Mary's bridal veil will be 'he one., worn by Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandria. I is of "V very .tandsome design, though many mod ern brides woulcJ look upon it as be ng somewhat, old 'fashioned. After the wedding, the bride will be known as her Koal Highness ?rineess Mary, Viscountess Lascellcs, md her homo will be at Golds!. orough Hall in Yorkshire, which the Earl and Cruntess Of Harewood, Viscount Las belles' parents, are giving as a wed- iing present, io inojr sou. FvrUt ni stnte events, there will bo ... ' ',.: :.. ...... .. ..:...,. r no COUIL till Ul'UC li! i:i unuu.i m- i.,n.. i;r., .,,.a Him,.,, ...;ii lio on ?dies-in-waiting, people connected villi tne court sav. TV K IH TORPEDO BLAST sy the Associated Press. Athens, Jan. 5.---Fifty bodies have been recovei'ed from the Greek tor pedo destroyer Leon anchored in the harbor or Pirleau, which was wreck ed vesterdav bv the explosion ol. ai torpedo. ine explosion uamageu nearby warships in the harbor, broke' damaged glasses in buildings and caused sev- eral serious injuries STB BE BEATEN III 01 5v the Associated Press. London, Jan. 5. -J. J. Walsh, mem ber of the dail eireann, is quoted in a Central News dispatch from Dublin as saving: "I can definitely slate that as the p.osdion stands the treaty will be de - feated by at least two votes.' OIEIL TABLET TO I C0L01EL fflSEffil I m DUD RTH CUR DLf HU'LEHOIH TO START 1U te i I 1 1 I uuLUktl (P.Y MAX A HERN I THY) Raleigh. Jan. ,". North Carolina s recently advertised issue of five mil lions in five per cent. bonus for sehools may go by default which will ft Tee the stale to ehango its plans so as to raise the money need ed for (his purpose. ms information w-.s learvod to- a'v iii state circles iust mior to the meeting of the ioam:l of state this I pro-io'- d h issue is scheduled u !eral;bt 1 1. ken up. The fact that c'aly ono-lu-ld I tentii of ihe entire issue has been bid or has caused some worry hero and the oponion is expressed that slims must be taken to iron out the difficulty that, is lu lding b-.vk bid-1 dors m v the state's gilt-edge, tax-; live SOcUr-iI ..-. j The . a., -e of the complaint centers r.i'oiui l II .- a t which provides that. Ibe bonds., which are serial. begin maturing at Ihe en;l ot live years. This has been a great handicap, it is said to the sale of the bonds and has caused bankers and others to with hold their bids. The bonds begin ma turing at the end of five years and every year theieafter until the twentieth yeur at Ihe rate of $250. 000 annually. Treasurer B. P. Lacy is authority for the statement that nobody wants I to invest in bonds which require at t'tenticn again in such a short time. Buyers of state bonds are said to prefer securities which run for :v period of from 20 10 40 years. The council of state is meeting with Governor Morrison this after noon to discuss this matter and to accept or reject the bids made last week for $467,000 worth of the five million (issue. AGREEMENT IS ttam Bv the Assoc'atea press. 'Washington. Jan. 5. The agree ment for an increase of Chinese tai- ff v.-itos to an tflecuve five po.- con - - " -" ite "hto ai of lho t.i?ut powors represent tee ed on the committee approved the program revenues for ' increasing (..nines ma the committe headed by Senator llnderwod accented it. '1 he committee t'a.ns providing also' i or adopted rerolu eventuai with- d r.'.wa 1 of Chinese troops troiv China. The resolution provides mat a ei.'mniitte of eight conter with three Chinese. Raleigh. Jan. 5. Commissioner of Revenue Watts has' called his divis ion denuties to the capital and they ' . . . , .. " , c.,,, f,,r are receiving instructions from Gen oral Denuties Collie nd llavnes as ' . .. to their diiMes m amine in tnp col lection Of state income, inheritance and other taxes. Tbes daiilv "schools" will ; , .,;,. .lsi,nnic-" will he b-1-: by the. commissioner until the newly arointer' men are famii:arize c their work. Daily calls for employment arr somew'hat less than heret-fore, there being but 504 registrations with the six free employment offices in the state for the week-ending December 31, and of this number 297 were placed. director M- L. Shipman's report for the week follows: Registrations, 504.; requests for heln, 338: referred, 33: placed, 29. The Wilmington office leads with 100 placements. The others follow: Asheville, 30; -Charottte 63; Greens- hnvn 1 4 ! Raleigh, bU; Winsum-oai- em kinston delegations before the state corpomion cozna dav peLJiioiimg xkjl x iw , T 1 . -1 ib4- lUr. rtvAcxl o'er depot ieiu ausuicu will be issued at an early date. i Tb commission issued an oiuei, 'the city and the Atlantic Coast Line Land Norfolk Southern agreeing to I its provisions, in 1914 but the war j interrupted and the station was ne'-j er built. The Kinston folks now in- sist that, the order be carried out. O-O-OH MY! After having been repeatedly warn ed never to speak a profane word, fhr. five-vear-old son came to his mother to rent. the wickedness of one oi nis iiajiuaifs. , i.i t.t ij u , . , , f , hell." American Legion Weekly. I i M inS' DEPUTIES in intsn cpfflm i Hi HI l im UU , ' ! - ' C1P1N FOR HOSPITAL Leno ir. Jan. 5. A oimivii.-i t- raise $:U),00J for a hospital here wib begin this week. When the nm-.:;rv amouiu has been raised and tb0 hos pital established. Dr. I,. A Crow-"'-d' Lincolnton. one of the leading .'surgeons of the south. will tske ! charge and operate the hospital. Dr. i C rowel was bore yesterday to go over the details of the contract for the new hospital. It is believed that 'his , ana -ant w ill be o.iised within I --- , than 10 days. i The new hospital will take over the old Foothills Sanatorium prop erty. The buildings will be remod"' i and modernized in every rspect .'The agreement between the hosui. il company and Dr. Crc.well is that th-' hospital is to be equipped with al modern surgical instruments, mv.ikI intr an X-ray machine. Dr Oowell will operate the hospital under con tract for 7 1-1! years with the option of five additional years. Any charity cases that arise are to be taken care of thromrh. free sur gical work by Dr. Cowell and the hospital expenses, in addition to t'ej.', are to be taken care of by the i-n"-ty. city or charitable orinizi'i-m sending the patients to the 'i--iti; The plan to reopen the hospit.-M here meets the general approval of the people of the town and county. There has been great need for a hos pital in Lenoir during the past l'ir.-r or four years, since it was close' when Dr. Sturgis, who was operat ing it prior to the war, joined t'-' medical corps arid went to Franr-1 Every week almost his seen ensp? where patients have h'd to po t' hospitals elsewhere for treatmen' and operations. Lenoir and this sur rounding territory, because of inconvenience of having to send' pa tients elsewhere, has realized a crenr loss. There is a general feeling here thrvt it will be no trouble to secure the $30,000. and that the hospita' will fill a long felt need. The local American Legion h?1 bought the furniture and furnishings of the club rooms over Lenoir Pv Company and has leased the cW n oms and hall for legion hca 'li ters. The h:.'!l was well erW with all needed furniture and chn... and hrs two pool tables which v1" included in the sale. The next rre irg of the po'st will be held at the new headquarters. Chicago, Jan. 5. John provident of the HavwofiiV Bank, was slut and killed and is Sweeney, chief of police o suburb, and Arthur Benson, p. messenger, were wounded today bandits robbed them of a ?12 nn'i roll.. The ban '.i's d.id not g:ve th er and his two m"n a ch?'- " hold u- th-i. hands. Th"- -e. Chief Swecn-y was shot tin right, arm and Benson in the s''1 . ttr-v's ir :ur:es are serious robbers made off toward" by tir. so t j mavate " ' ;d "gbt to divert p?.rt of, th- w-1. T u' r.n 5ti':-.: " m. for irrigit:';n t"'t 05 northern Chile ha- led to om Bolivia. After diplomats n t'-t'ns the two fnvern -errfefl to submit the cuf :-i on to ... titration. Washington, Jan. 5. Italy has de cided to accept the second Root reso lution prohibiting attacks by subma rines on merchant ships, provided tv French delegation does the si: was said today m high Itahas . This decision will make it posk hold a full naval session, today. BIWDltSfiFP PRFRIRFPJT mm ITIILy ACCEPT? SUBI1E pnsmnw