, Gastoa ly Gazette TONIA county is tM,373,749, Rsnks 7th ia the state. A put eouaty for farmer and investor. ing an incroAM of 31.3 per cent, a. gain saeqaaOed by any ether county ia State.' v MEMBER OF THX ASSOCIATED PRESS yOL.JXLI. NO. 200. GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOONAUGUST 20, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS POUSH DaEGATES On WAY to i.!i;isk co;;ferehce AMERICANS FACE WORTHY FOEMEN TODAY MOVE TO RECONSIDER ' TENNESSEE'S VOTE SHALL GOTH BE IN SALLY LEAGUE? HIGHWAY BEAUTIF1CATI0N PLANS UNDER WAY "THE FLOWER SHOP" MAKES A DECIDED HIT TOTAL WEALTH. lis Da J CU to Meet Representative Russian Soviet Government Numerous delays En- " countered Over Rough ' Roads. V , WARSAW, Aug. 19 Polish delegates 4a their way to Minsk to meet represen tatives of the soviet government of Rus sia encountered interminable delays and were forced to merely crawl along over grained roads in the battle zone east of -this city, says a delayed dispatch from "The Associated Press correspondent who accompanied the party. The delegation left this eity at dawn on Saturday, and bf Sunday afternoon, 80 hours later, it lad Dot yet reached Brest-Litovsk which ia but four hours distant by automobile in normal times. When Brest-Litvosk was reached, M. Dombski, head of the Polish mission, re fused to go further if communications -with Warsaw were not established. In the- meantime the camions carrying sup plies had become separated from the au tomobiles carrying the Polish representa tives, and the members of the party suf fered from hunger in addition to lack of aleep. It was not until 1 o'clock Sun -day night that the delegation boarded a special train for Minsk at Brest-Litovsk, the correspondent says. Nothing is known here relative to the refusal of M . Dombski to continue his trip to Minsk unless communications with Warsaw were established. One of the conditions laid down by the Poles before catering the Minsk conference was that the Polish delegates would be permitted to exchange messages with the govern anent here, but it was stated at the for iga office today that no direct report '.had been received from M. Dombski ant1 liia colleagues. Only meagre details of the first stage -of the journey to Minsk have been re eired from The Associated Press cor respondent who made the trip. His re port of the journey as far as Brest Xutoyek was sent by wireless from that city to Moscow after being translated in to Russian. At the soviet capital it was re-translated in French and then for warded to Warsaw. The terms laid down by the Russian soviet government for an armistice with Poland, as sent to Premier Lloyd eGorge by the Russian delegation in London on August 10, were: First the strength of the Polish army to be reduced to one annual contingent of 50,000 men, together with the army -command and an ' ' army, of administra tion'' (apparently a permanent force) tc ' aggregate 10,000 men. Secoffd demobilization of the Polish army to occur within one month. Third all arms, excluding those need ed for the army forces specified, to be banded to Soviet Russia and the Ukraina Fourth all war industries to be de mobilized . Fifth no troops or war material to he allowed to come from abroad. Sixth the line of Wolkovisk. Bialy etok'and Prawevo to be placed fully at the disposal of Russia for commercial transit to and from the Baltic. t Seventh land to be given free to the families of all Polish citizens killed, wounded or incapacitated in the war. In return, .Russia offered to withdraw the Russian and Ukrainian troops from the -Polish front simultaneously with the Polish demobilization and to reduce eon siderably upon the termination of these 'operations the number of Russian troop on the Russian frontier line, these forces to be fixed at a figure to be agred uon. POUSH MILITARY SUCCESSES CONTINUE PARIS, Aug. 20. The military suc cesses of the Poles continued yesterday, auseording to a report to the foreign office today from the military mission in War eaw, under plans elaborated by the French General Weygand and his staff of more than six hundred French officers. WATER IN 'PANAMA CANAL LOCKS IS EXTREMELY LOW WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The im mense reservoirs which supply the locks of .the Panama canal have just passed through a drought period which has harply tested their adequacy. The cur rent issue of the Canal Zone Record, of ficial gazette of the zone, reports that for several months and 11 days aot a idrop of water passed over rthe spillways of the Gatun lake. Steam instead of water power waa used to operate the locks and towing mechanisms, and the (water shortage became a distinct threat q navigation. .On July 28 the water level in Gatun lake had risen aa a result of June rains ao that the spillways could be opened Again for short periods. It has been found that the operation of the locks re- juires the mHhdrawal of 5,600,000,000 cubic feet of water from the lake each month. , - ,' For automobile tourists a wardrobe trunk that can be carried on end se curely on a running board has been patented. .. . ANTWERP, Aug. 2J American ath letes today faced worthy foemen in aj wide variety of events in the seventh Olympiad. The program for the day included the finals in the 3,000 metrel steeplechase, the 200 and 400 metre dashes, the 1,000 metffe walk, the pole vault and the first contests in the de cathlon. The team wearing the red white and blue shield had a full com plement qualified ih many of these events and was expected to score heavily. Trials in the heavyweight throwing competition and the preliminaries in the 3,000 metre walk were also to be run off today. Athletes from the United States have held their own in the short dash events and some of the field contests in which they have always specialized but as usual, hive yielded to the old world in the long distance runs. They are now threatened by the Finns and their old antagonists, the Swedes, in field events. The United States has been forced to sur render to Europe a number of first places in contests which she has been hitherto accustomed to consider her own, one of them being the shot putt, in which America lost the championship on Wed nesday. Today's pole vaulting contest found Sweden, and Denmark' with splen did performance qualified for the finals. It was believed that those two countries had an excellent chance to win a num ber of points in this event. THOUSANDS PAY -TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF CHAPMAN Impressive Funeral Services Over Remains Late Cleve land Ball Playen CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 20. Funeral services were held here today for Ray mond Chapman, shortstop of the Cleve land American League team, who died in Xew York Tuesday morning following an operation for a fractured skull sus tained in Monday's New York-Cleveland game. The service was held in SSt. Johns Ro man Catholic cathedral. Thousands of friends and admirers of Chapman gath ered at the church to pay their tribute to the dead man, one of t he most popu lar ball players in the country. Mayor W. C. Fitzgerald, B. B. John son, president of the American League, and James ('. Dunn, president, and the entire Cleveland team were at the ser vices. Three of the Cleveland team. Man ager Tr is Speaker, Steve O'Neill and Joe Wood, were among the pallbearers. Message of condolence and sympathy from all parts of the country were still being received this morning. More than :Mi floral offerings were sent by friends, among them being an immense floral blanket, a tribute from L'O.fiL'.'t person men, women and chil dren, who contributed ten c.nts each to a ' ' Flower from a Fan ' ' fund, each dime to buy one flower. The blanket con tained 2,063 flowers. The remainder of the money in the fund will be turned over to the "Kay Chapman memorial fund" to erect a bronze memorial tablet at Leneue Park. When the funeral party left the home of Mrs. Chapman 'g parents and proceed ed down Euclid avenue to the church, pedestrians paused and stood at atten tion as a silent tribute to the baseball idol of Cleveland. Hats of the men and of hundreds of small boys were doffed as the hearse passed by. Flags at City Hall, new courthouse League Park and on downtown buildings were half masted and oixrations in many industrial plants were suspended for a few minufeat 10 oclock. HAMMERSTEIN FACES CHARGES BEFORE FEDERAL JURY NEW YORK, Aug. 20 Arthur Ham merstein, theatrical producer, ' was the principal of some 200 witnesses sum moned to appear today before a. United States grand jury, which is investigating charges that he caused distribution of whiskey to " a surprised but delighted au dience" at the opening performance of a musical comedy Tuesday night. Others subpoenaed included dramatic erities, press agents and' the chorus girls who are alleged to have passed out tiny one ounce bottles containing the for bidden beverage, which Hr. Hammer stein claimed was "stage tea. " James 8. 8hevlin, federal prohibition enforcement agent, said the government had one bottle, gleaned from a search of tha theatre yesterday, to offer in evi dence. The bottle, he said, contained about four drops of pure whiskey. mtW METHODIST BISHOP GETS PASSPORT TO MEXICO WA8HTTGT0N, Aug. 20. Bishop Wtlbur P. Thirkiehl, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, recently as signed by the general conference of his church as the first resident bishop at Mexico City, called at" the state depart ment today to obtain his passport so as to proceed immediately for his aew poet His jurisdiction will embrace : Mexico, Panama, Cenrrat America and! Peru, Bishop Thirkield . was for eight years reJeit blalijp at "Stw Orleans. Speaker Walker Will Move That Legislature Rescind Its Action or Wednesday Both Sides Confident. NARITVTTlVP! Tnnn . Auir. 20 Anti- . " . suiiragists were preparea toaay to sees reconsideration of the vote by which the Tennessee house ratified the federal suf frage amendment. Speaker Walker, who changed his vote from nay to aye bo he would be in position to move reconsider ation said he would make a motion that the house rescind its action. His priv ilege to do so under house, rules expires tonight. Both suffrage advocates and oppon ents, aa they tightened their lines for the final skirmish, expressed confidence in the result. Encouraged by Wednes day's vote of " 50 to 46 for ratification, suffragists predicted they not only would hold their majority" in line but would have the added support of the three house members who were absents Suffrage opponents', however, announc ed that forty-seven members of the house had signed a pledge to vote to reconsid er the ratification resolution. Several other assemblymen, they predicted, would line-up with the anti-suffrage forces be fore the proposed roll call, thus insur ing a majority for reconsideration. Four thousand persons last night at tended an anti-suffrage mass meeting, at which Speaker Walker outlined plans of his faction for a battle over suffrage on the floor of the house today. The Davidson county grand jury, which yesterday was instructed by Judge J. D. B . Debow to investigate charges that im proper attempts had been made to in fluence legislators in their consideration of the suffrage question was expected to continue hearing of testimony today. Two affidavits alleging that a suffrage advocate had attempted to bribe Repre sentative Harry T. Burn, republican, Mc Minn eounty, were published yesterday in the Nashville Tennesseean and the Nash ville Banner. No attempt was made in the house at yesterday's session to rescind the ratifica tion vote. SAY BURN'S WAS BRIBED TO CHANGE VOTE Affidavits Made That Legisla tor Was Unduly Influenced Burn Gave His Mother Credit For Change. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. H. Kchoes from the bitter suffrage fight in the Tennessee legislature came today thick and fast. Judge Debow charged the grand jury iu the Davidson county criminal court on the subject of efforts to improperly in -rlueiice or corrupt t lie lawmaking body of the state; two Nashville newspapers published affidavits charging that undue influence had been brought to bear on Representative Burn, republican, of McMinn county, to change his vote in favor of the federal amendment and Mr. Burn in a- communication to the house bitterly resented the charges, declaring them utterly false. TJie affidavits were published by the Nashville Tennesseean and the Nashville Banner and were purported to have been made by C. ('. Wallace, judge of the city court of Lewisburg, Tenn., and Ennis K. Murray, of Nashville, general agent for the federal land bank of Louisville, Ky. They alleged they had heard several persons, including Representative Joe Hanover, of Shelby county, ami Major C. L. iXaughtry, secretary to Governor Roberts, insist to Burn that he change his vote. According to Murray's affida vit Burn was told 4 ' that they would give him anything in the world he wanted and that it would make him the biggest man in Tennessee and I understood Hanover to say it would be worth $10,000 to him." The affidavit attributed to Judge Wal lace said, "Mr. Hanover made the state ment to Mr. Burn that if he would change his vote he could get anything he wanted and in the moment of excite ment there was made mention by Mr. Hanover words to this effect, 'That it would be worth $10,000 to you.' " , The suffrage amendment was ratified by the house yesterday by a majority of a single vote. Representative Hanover issued a state ment in which he described the charge as "no more than a clumsy effort to em barrass friends and supporters of the rights of our women." He declared that he had only urged Burn to vote for rati fication and that Major Daughtry also did no more than this. Representative Burn, in his communi cation to the house, which waa ordered spread on the journal, declared that he had changed his vote in favor of suf frage Because of his conviction that jus tice demanded it. "I know that a" mother's advice is always safest for her boy to follow," be declared, "and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification. . '"I desired that my party in both state and nation might say that it was a re publican from tha mountains of East Tennessee who made national woman suf Opinion of Sport Experts iaj i nai vsasionia wan vei oenn in South Atlantic League If Fans Wish Some Sort of Action Necessary at Early Date. Whether or not Gastonia fans want professional baseball as a member of the South Atlantic League next year is a problem that is not exactly settled. It is felt here that the fans would heartily support a team once it is organized and financed. But the question is, whether or not Gastonia fans are sufficiently in terested to put up the necessary filthy lucre. And are they ready to come across with the coin that must be forthcoming to buy or lease a suitable park and grounds f It is known that several would-be managers of Gastonia 's Sally League team have been in the city on two or three occasions recently, dickering with certain fans in regard to Gastonia 's chances for landing a berth. What suc cess they attained or what assurance they were given has not been revealed. It is certain that Gastonia can get in if she wants in. It is up to the sport levers of the city to say. Of interest along this subject is the following from Eddie Brietz, The Observer sporting edi tor: President Hayman, of the Hornets, ia heartily in favor of the movement to ex pand the South Atlantic League into- an eight-club circuit aud he means to vote for it when the directors consider the proposition at their fall meeting." Mr. Hayman is anxious to see Gastonia get the eighth franchise. He believes the fans of that hustJing little city, some of whom are numbered among the best reg ular customers at Wearn1 Field, are suf ficiently interested in the national pas time to keep a club in the running throughout the season, no matter how trying conditions may be. Gastonia certainly ought to jump at the chance to secure a berth in the Sally. The advertisement a professional base ball club gets for a city, particularly when the club is a winner, is worth far more iu cold cash than the amount it would take to finance the club through a season. Gastonia aud Gaston county are chuck full of prosperous cotton mills. TFe management of these mills have shown in tunes past that they regard baseball as one of the very best forms of enter tainment and recreation for their em ployes. Why don't some of Gastonia 's good sportsmen Fred JSmvre and a few oth- I ., . i ers ger ousy ami land tlie eighth Bally franchise for their city? No doubt the cotton mills alone would be glad to con tribute sufficient funds to guarantee the franchise being kept the entire season. Gastonia. it looks to us, has the chance of a life-time. i?Avannah, of course, will bid for and secure the seventh Iwrth, for it was .Savannah fans who started the expansion movemeut. Asheville, Ma con and Jacksonville are said to be in the field for the eighth. Get busy, Gastonia, and put it over these larger but no more enterprising cities! LOCAL TALENT SHOW FOR BENEFIT OF HOSPITAL A local talent vaudeville show is being organized for the benefit of the Ortho paedic Hospital and will be given in the near future. This style of entertainment has been given at other places with immense suc cess and is the more enjoyable because no performer knows just what the other performers are going to do. There will be twelve numbers apd each one is supposed to occupy ten minutes' time. There will be no rehearsals at all except as to individual numbers. There will le negro stump speeches, male quartette!, instrumental quartettes, trombone solos, and Jimmy Cox and Warren G. Harding will be represented if not present in person. There will also be a ten-round boxing match. This will be one of the most enjoyable entertainments ever given in Gastonia and should draw a big crowd, as all the proceeds will be given to the hospital. And do not forget that one of the best minstrel performers in the entire country will be present and you will say he can represent the darkey character to perfe tion. Watch for the dates. Mr. H. Gary Rhyne, df Dallas, 'had a load of the biggest and finest water melons in town today ever; seen on the streets of Gastonia . Some - of them weighed 75 pounds. This is the first load Mr. Rhyne has sold in Gastonia. frage possible at this date." Major Daughtry, in a publie state ment, declared that he had heard the conversation between Burn and Hanover and that Hanover "did not at any time intimate to Mr. Burn that he would be paid any, amount of money or that he 1 would be given any oher consideration for his vote." . . . ( Chamber of Commerce Plans Program of Beautification of Highways in County Has Cooperation of County Commissioners. Providing for the appointment of a special committee on Highway Beautifica tion and transacting much routine busi ness, the 'regular meeting of the board of directors of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon , was a busy one. Vice-President ,k. G. Myers presided in the absence of President Fred L. 8myre. Present were Vice President 8. A. Robinson, Treasurer S. N. Boyce, and Directors C. C. Arm strong, C. D. Gray and Jno. R. Rank in. Much interest has been manifested in the proposed highway -beautification plans. The idea has been strongly en dorsed by the board of county commis sioners. A letter was received Thurs day by the Chamber of Commerce from the Americau Forestry Association in dorsing the interest of the chamber in the matter, attention having been drawn to the plans by an article appearing in the news columns of The Gazette recent ly. The personnel of the committee will be announced later. The action of the Department of Traf fic and Transportation Affairs in in ducing the Southern Railway to remove the fence at the passenger station, pend ing other permauent improvements, was approved and endorsed. Much routine business was also dis posed of. RAINS CAUSE 6REAT DAMAGEJN MOUNTAINS ASHEVILLE, N. C, Aug. 19. Enor mous Jamage has been done to growing crops in western North Carolina as a re sult of rain every day for the past 15 days. Railroad tracks, because of the excessive saturation, are being patrolled night and day to prevent the ballast from sliding. At Bridgewater, N. C, near here, the waters of the (btawba river are slowly creeping upon the em bankment on which the track is laid. The weather bureau holds little hope for immediate relief. All records for pre cipitation in August have been broken. LINCOLN HIGHWAY WILL HAVE PERMANENT MARKERS. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. i!i. Before next winter comes enameled steel mark ers will have been placed at every con fusing turn and crossroads on the Lin coln Highway from New York to San Francisco, making what is said to be the longest highway in the world with such guide marks, according to announcement from headquarters of the Lincoln High way Association here. The roail from Omaha to San Francisco already ha such markers and work of marking the highway from New York to Omaha now is in progress. The Lincoln Highway is M,L'23 miles long. It passes through Philadelphia, Pittsburgh; Canton, O., Fort Wayne and fcSouth Mend, Ind., "linton, la., Omaha, Salt Lake City, and Carson City, Nev., among other points. The Highway never has been ermanently marked be tween New York ami, Omaha. HUNGER STRIKE IN BALTIMORE PENITENTIARY BALTIMORE, Aug. L0. More than 5(1 "hunger strikers" started a riot in a dormitory of the Maryland peniten tiary here early this morning. Shortly before three o'clock the men, who had been segregated, tore out the electric lights and, with the building iu darkness, started a demonstration that lasted for two hours. Breaking out of their cells, in some unknown manner, the men, though un able to get out of the building, set up a shouting aud general racket that could be heard for blocks. City policemen re sponded to a riot call, but had little suc cess in quelling the disturbance because of their inability to see the rioters in the inky darkness. The warden then resorted to fire hose, several streams of water being played upon the men by fire companies called to the prison. The prisoners then began to quiet down. This morning's demonstration resulted from a strike a few days ago of prison ers who declared they would not work unless given a better variety of food. The warden met their ultimatum with a declaration that any man who would not work would not eat. Al Ibut about 50 of the men went to work. REPORTED PLOTJTO "HOLD" CONGRESSMEN IS UNTRUE WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Cabled re ports from Tokio that a plot to "hold" the party of American congressmen now visiting the far east when it arrived in Korea had been unearthed, were charac terized today by Kiusic Kimm, chairman of the Korean commission, as "another Japanese fabrication." - "No sane or even insane Korean would dreant of holding the American congressional party,' Mr. Kimm , de clared, 1 ' not only because of the absurdi ty of such an action, but-because the Koreans are' extremely anxious at this time- to gain tha ' sympathy ni moral Musical Operetta Given For , Benefit City School Library Pleases Large Audience ': Local Talent Stars To be Repeated Tojnight. The two-act musical bouquet, "Tha Flower Shop;" presented Thursday aignt by a cast of local talent under tha dirae- . tion of Charles Hilliard, was thoroughly enjoyed by a full house. Tonight's pact: -formance will undoubtedly be greeted Iry another large audience. ( Gastonia 's amateur Thespians outdl$ themselves. The several parts were takaa , and executed with an ease and skill that ' surprised' the most blase theater-goers of . Gastonia. Miss Ruth Mason ia the lead- ; : ing role of Grace, sweetheart of Toon, played by the author, Chas. Hilliard, both in her several musical numbers sad'..1, stage presence, displayed uncommon skill. Miss Gaynelle Boone, as Flora, the goddess of flowers, was particularly forceful. The two black-face artists, Miss Mary L&far and Mr. Horatio Whitsett, brought down the house, as Lushtisha and Hora tio, the negro maid and porter, respec tively. Their musical number, "Jasxinjr the Blues Away," was a distinct hit and 1 on their triumphal trip down the stags and through the audience they were given rounds of applause. Mrs. C. Highsmith aa Miss Smithera, the old maid, carried out the part to per fection. Her work was of a high order. Not in a long, long while has ao much of Gastonia 'a beauty been massed to gether as was the occasion last night. Tha choruses were composed of good looking maids and matrons. Native aad natural beauty waa enhanced by tha elaborate flower costumes provided. ' Chas. Hilliard, whose father runs a florist shop, wantonly destroys a roaa. ' Flora, the goddess of flowers, suddenly appears and declares that he shall be punished for his miscreant act. The play that follows is what happens to him while in a trance caused by the occult power of Flora. The cast is as follows. - Mr. Lock wood, Florist George Gray Tom, his son Charles Hilliard Dick and Harry, his pals.... Evan Gleaa Jack Ward Grace, Tom's best girl Ruth Mason Violet and Mary, Grace's chums Mrs. Holland Morrow. Annie Clifford Miss Smithers, old maid Mrs. C. Highsmith Horatio, colored ma id .. Horatio Whitsett Lustisha, colored maid. .... Mary La Far Flora, (ioddess of Flowers Gaynelle Boone A Voice Ruth Mason Lotus Blossom Heleu Torrenca (iirl in Basket Maxine Brawley Husband Cleveland Andrews Wife '. Elaine Myers Neighbor Carolyn Wray Mother-in-law Mary Sheppard Gray The supporting choruses and ensemble were furnished from the following: Jonquils Mrs. Ed. Adams, Mrs. T. H. McKaughan, Mrs. Ted Cashion, Frances Mason, Gladys Armstrong, Worn bra Mc- Combs, Virginia Brawley, Kathryn Shu- ford. Palm Trees Misses Louise Beai, Mary Love Babington, Christine Sloan, Elea- nor Smith, Elizabeth Marshall, Amy i?ue Jacobs, Gaynelle Hampton, Mary Kato Poole. Trellis Girls Jennie Tand, Mabel Beam, Auuie Rankin, Mary Neil Davis, Jennie Mae Henry, Grace Brawley, lol- lian McLean, Lois Rankin. Basket Girls Miss Burney Boyce, Mrs. Plato Durham. Mrs. Raleigh Arm strong, Mrs. Lawrence Rankin, Mrs. Ted Cashion, Miss Lake Simpson. Jonquil Wreaths Lydia Lane Moore, Rose Page, Eloise Hopkins, Evelyn John ston. Daisies Thelma Harbin, Wilma Kir- by, Josephine Moore, Isabel SBabingtoa, Mary Owen, Alice Wilkins, Emma Mae Henry, Elisabeth Parker, Edith Parker, Mildred Armstrong, Martha Moore, . Frances Robinson, Elizabeth Rag an, Car rie Taylor, Mary Lee Mason, Virginia Fayssoux. Sun Flowers and Ivy Vines Haaal Long, Lucius Wilson, 'Basil McGhee, Mack Underwood, James Sloan, Leom Schneider, Earl Dellinger, Edwin Walker. The musical numbers were as follows: 1. Fashion Parade Grace and Basket Girls. 2. Heart of a RoseTom. 3. Floral Drill Daisies. 4. Here's a Rose for You Grace and ' Chorus. 5. Honeymoon Dick and Chorus. -6. Rosy Moon A Voice. ' 7. Love Time in Picardy Mary and . Jonquils. " . 8. Can You Imagin Tom, Husband, : Wife, Neighbor, Mother. .j 9. Jazzing the Blues Away Horatio, ': Lustisha and Sunflowers. . - . '' In "?ar Poo,- :T.Am "Rlnaanm imI ialm Trees. v , " S 11. "Tom, Grace and Chorus. ' support of the outside ..world." What waa planned, he said, was to present a s' memorial to the party, aad he quoted dispatches to Japanese vernacular news papers as showing that this object well understood in Tokio. ft i 1 1-3