North Carolina Newspapers

1AILY i ccd ri cm wwtti AZETTE A ctty of ftao hoawa. 1 , Ul UMI1H ... Ceaaty la 11,811. Pepul. risa f UJ; total wealth, M1.S7S.749 good schools aad ckanhta-a A good plact to Kt. irrav Uton 13.71. 123 J p. . tali MXHBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLI. NO. 275. GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16, 1920 SINGLE COPY f CFVTI m ii iwnvnnmi rnnaniMir imrivc iinTU Vv. U. iKixwmrii uwirrim diveaivo vvun STATE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY WORKERS HELD 'j st- INTERESTING MEETING At Clara Hall Monday After, noon Gaston County Com munity Workers' Association Heard Interesting and Profit- v able Addresses Next Meet ing Will be Held at Ranlo. (By Mrs. Joe Oribble.) Thl regular monthly meeting of Gas toa Count Community Workers con- - M - a . t. !.... . , : . i Monday " afternoon and with each suc oessiro meeting the interest and impor tance of the work grows. , Despite the disagreeableness of the ant touch of winter a goodly representa tive number braved the storm, including everal visitors, among whom were Dr. J. II. Henderlite, Rev. A. L. Stanford, Ir. W. B. Hunter and Miss Florence .Bradford, superintendent of the Gaston fcianatoriom. Another important phase of work that lies within the grasp of the community worker was forcibly revealed by Dr. Mil lard Knowlton, who is in a position to know whereof ho speaks, being connected with the state board of health at Ra leigh and P. A. surgeon in the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Knowlton highly complimented Gastonia and Gaston county on their way of doing things and that this body of workers vera to be commended. Public opinion or sentiment is the greatest asset in re storing evils that endanger the general public. Therefore spreading knowledge of the existing evils is of vital impor tance, pr. Knowlton emphasized the im portance, of good clean recreation and , eport that would aid the young people . ia keeping their minds on purity and fhus Inesnn the -chances for venereal dis eases, pt which there is an appalling a umber Infected. Much literature for free distribution was given out whi treats of the transmission of these dis ease and of what can be done to eradi ate and prevent this menace. Becaqee of this special feature of the program but little time was given over to business. However, a general discus sion was In order as to the betterment of the mouthpiece of this organization, The Community Survey, and we are proud to acknowledge the fact that another col umn has been added and every page full of good reading material due to the un tiring efforts of our efficient president and editor-in-chief. Miss Nell Pickens, eonnty home demonstration agent, and to Rev. 0. R. Gillespie, business manager. Under the supervision of Miss F.liie Garrison, principal of the Clara school, a, number of small boys anil girls with shiny black faces and quaint costumt'S exacted a negro dialogue introducing a medley of southern darky sings keeping time to the music with a lovely little folk dance which proved some excellent home taleat ' ! An invitation wns then extended that we continue our meeting up stairs. Here we were seated at tables arrangd T shape with center decorations of late autumn flowers, and served by Miss Otey, rum manity nurse, to hot cream o tomato soup with croutons and a cheese entree. The December meeting will be held at Ranlo and the program wil consist of a round table discussion of mutual prob lems, election of officers and plans for tie coming year. No community worker eaa afford to be absent and a full at tendance i urged. AUTHORITIES REPORT NO HEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FORD MURDER CASE So Far Police Officials In dicate Murder is as Far From Solution as it Was a Week Ago Beatty Girl Contin ues to Improre. There are no new developments what rer today in the Ford murder ease, ac cording to the city police authorities. Jfejtaer have the eounty authorities any progress to report. Coroner W. N. Davis bat had a jury in session for a week bat as yet they have no report to render.". No advices had been received at a late hour today from Tifton, Ga., regarding the plausibility of the minstrel story ss told by the negroes, Jones and Allison, fceld in the Hall eonnty jail. So far as the authorities know, the affair is still shrouded ia mystery. Miss Beatty continues to improve at the hospital. WOT AFTER HORWSBT. (By The .nss-wiated Press.) NEW YORK, Not. 18 Manager John J. MeGraw, of the New York Giants, indicated today that the report-' d offer of $200,000 for Roger Horasby, hard hitter of the 8t. Louis Cardinals, made last season, will not be repeated! "It isat our policy to keep driving' af- usr u mu id a way 10 Dim an svaouer ewners ball club he said. . :. TRINITY FACULTY MAY TAKE SUMMARY ACTION 400 of 700 Students Signed an Agreement to 'Cut" Classes on Armistice Day ? DURHAM, Nov. 15 Summary ac tion may be taken by the officials of Trinity college here against leaders in a student "strike" here Armistice day, ac cording to meager reports from the col lege today. Is is understood a faculty meeting is in session this evening to de termine what steps are to be taken in the matter. According to reports, approximately 400 of the 700 Trinity students signed an agreement Armistice Day and the day before, by which those signing were to cut all classes following Thursday morning chapel, if signatures of 75 per cent of the student body were obtained. 1 A tnnfs meeting was held in Craver Memorial hall Wednesday night, it is said, at which several speeches were made by members of the student body. The "addresses" were characterized a s "firy" and "inflammatory," and urged the students to join in the movement for an Armistice day holiday. It has been declared that the greater portion of the students who signed the agreement that night and the next morn ing supposed they were signing a pe tition asking the faculty for a holiday, whereas the agreement was not even pre sented to the faculty, and had nothing of the nature of a petition . It would ap pear that it was rushed through Ly a few and signed hurriedly by many with out a careful reading. When Dean Wannamaker appeared in chapel hursday morning, it is reported, with the supposed purpose of speaking on the movement, which had apparently come to his ears, he was hissed by many students, and the greater part of the student body rose and left the hall, re maining away from classes for the rest of the- day . All students who took part, or who were absent from classes Thursday were "called upon the carpet" the next day, it is reliably stated, and asked for an ex planation of their absence. When it was made plain to the students who signed the agreement, which apparently has never fallen into the hands of the faculty, many declared they had sup posed they were signing a petition, and stated further that they would not have signed such an arbitrary paper had they read it thoroughly. Several scholarship students and one army student were in volved, if it stated. Rumors of expulsion were frequent, but no inkling of what is to happen has come from authorities, who will not d scuss any phase of the occurrence. Tempor ary passes to classes were is.sut d to all pending action by the faculty, and foot ball pluyero involved were allovud to par ticipate in Saturday's game ag.iin.st Klon. It is rumored today that all scholar ships will be revoked where s:u lents par ticipated, and that ringleadi rs, who knew what the agreement prop! s.-d, who n: tub' addresses supporting the step and vvno engineered the affair, will be ent home, and all others reinstated. NATIONAL FARMERS' UNION MEETS AT KANSAS CITY tBy I'ne Associated i'ress. ) TTANSAS CITY, Mj., Nov. 1C Es tablishment and extension of co-opera-ive sales agencies to elimina ehe mid dleman in the marketing of farm prod ucts was one of the principal subjects on he program of ,the conven ion of the N'ational Farmers' Union which Opened here today. Delegates from 28 states ere present. The organization, according to dele gates, directs a co-operative farm busi ness aggregating $500,000,100 anunally and represents more than 800,000 farm era. CVunmittMt Hnnrt. m,a-ra t,,.i t, l - - - w vivt f v- a v uvS I XX 7 J opening session. The first photograph of the new French cabinet, during a recent session at the ETysee ralace, raris; Seated at table, Pf." a i iA r"V?c sal':: , rfii; . III.- iA's I i miiiii34 itiw iS.i .iiiaT''"..' J GENERAL WRANGEL SAILS FOR UNKNOWN PORT Left , Sebastopol on Russian Cruiser Filled With Soldiers Transports Carry 20,000 Other Troops. LONDON, Nov. 16. General Baron Wrangel, head of the South Russian government, whose army has been vir tually wiped out by the bolshevik offen sive in Crimea, left Sebastopol on a Rus sian cruiser filled with soldiers, says a Constantinople dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The cruiser was accompanied by three transports carry ing HU.'HiU troops and another carrying wounded men, the fleet sailing for an un knuwn port. Russian soviet forces had not reached Sebastopol before the city was evacuat ed, it is said. The United (States de- s rovers Humphreys. Whipple and Ed wards arrived at Constantinople refugees yesterduy. with DOES NOT MEAN THAT FRANCE WILL RECOGNIZE I PARIS, Nov. 16. The defeat of Gen- i inovi) n iiodv ui ii iiuaoiau ft v ernment has been recognized by France, does not mean that F ranee is ready to consider recognition of the Russian soviet government, it was said at the foreign office today. The French government is pessimistic regarding any further military move ments in Russia at present, it was indi cated, not seeing where any basis can be found fer reorganization of the fruit less effort against the Moscow govern ment made by General Wrangel, from the Crimea. DISCUSS TRADE CONDITIONS. LONDON. Nov. 16. Representatives of the Russian trade delegation in Lon don, headed by Leonid Krassin, were in conference yesterday with the cabinet, discussing the preliminaries for the pos sible resumption of trade with soviet Russia. Some progress was made, but it is stated there is a sharp division of opin ion in the British cabinet on the subject. Premier Lloyd George is reported to fa vor resumption, but several of the promi nent cabinet members are opposing it. HUERTA WILL HEAD CABINET OF 0BREG0N (By the Associated Press.') MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 Adolfo de La Huerta, provisional president of Mexico, will head the cabinet to be chos en by General Alvaro Obregon when the latter assumes -office as president on De comber 1, says the Excelsior, which de clare? it has authentic infnnnation to that effect. Alberto .1. I'ani, the news paper says, will be named secretary of he treasury, and General P. Klias Calles will succeed himself as secretary of war. General Obregon has thus far declined o 'liniment on the make up of his cfticial fanii'y . The provisional president suffered a re currence of his attack of apeiidicitis yes 'enlay while conferring with h s cabinet and is confined to bed at his hotin in Cbnpultepec castle. HERBERT HOOVER DISCUSSES 0UFSTI0N OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE ( Bv Tlie Associated I'ress. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 Ques tions of industrial pence and related problemF were discussed today at a con ference between leaders of organized lalxir and Herbert Hoover, former federal food administrator, and member of Pres ident Wilson's second industrial confer ence. Mr. Hoover, who came to the confer ence of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor at the re ouest of President Gompers, said he had made the trans-continental trip from i F.anfl;a.n in H iscuss " the whole in- Sm Francisco to discuss "the whole in dustrial and employment situation NEW CABINET OF FRANCE IN FIRST SESSION eft to right: Chapiteau, Minister of Jus- tice; President Millerand, Steeg (In- terior); ' Hoaarar (Fine Arts), 8arraut . CABINET OF VENiZELOS RESIGNED EARLY TODAY Reported That He Will Leave the Country Victory of Opposition Seems Complete. (9y ft JUsMilated Preso. ATHENS, Nov. 16 Premier Venizelos' cabinet resigned early today and Admiral Coundouriotis, the regent of Greece, has sent for George Rhallis, to whom, it is expected, will be entrusted the formation of a new ministry. The complete victory or the opposition teemed almost eertain last night, al though final results v. ere still lacking. Even leaders of the elements opposed to Premier Venizelos in the elections held on Sunday were surprised by the show ing their candidates hail made in Macedonri and Attica. It is said M. Venizelos will leave the country, and he has advised liberals to abide by the verdict of the people. Demetrius Gounaris, leader of the op position, has declared the foreign policy of Greece will not lie changed. Latest returns from the election give the supporters of M. Venizelos 118 depu ties against 50 royalists. M. Venize los and all but two of his ministers were beaten. None of the Venizelista candi dates were elected in Greece and Mace donia, with the exception of Epirus and th Aegean islands. LONDON, Nov. 16 George Hallis, former Greek premier and minister of finance, has been asked by the regent to form a cabinet succeeding that of M. Vennizelos, which resigned this morning, says a Reuter's despatch from Paris. The Bourse at Athens lias been closed i . . . oecause oi ine rear or a panic, it said. 18 DEFEAT OF VENIZELOS CAUSES SURPRISE PARIS, Nov. 16. Reports that Pre mier Venizelos, of Greece, met defeat in the electio'ns held on Sunday, came as an unpleasant surprise to Paris. News papers here agree that England, and probably France, will forbid the return of former King Constant ine to Greece. Hope is expressed by "Pertinax," po litical editor of the Echo de Paris, that even a compromise placing Prince George, the eldest son of Constantine, on the throne, will not be sanctioned hy the entente. ?I st writers fear the result of the election, if it brings about the f.nll of Venizelos, will still further complicate the already difficult situation in the near east. PARIS. ov. lfi With the defeat of Premier Venizelos regarded dv !lei !... I e . ft- . . . . .1 r rencii :oreign ouicc ns certain, it is sail the position of Franco and Great j Hri'ain with regard to former King Con ytnntine is very clearly against his re j turn, and t1 at both powers are determin ed to do everything possible to prevent ' it. Cn:.! Britain and Franco, it is in dicafed, will a, t together but w iP await j some indication of Conatantmoi It- 's in i tentiori to return . Shou'd th e ma ui I fested tl ey then will do whatever mav be neccsv:; rv . I! was declared to.la nt the foreign office that France would take a'l possible steps to koop the ex king fro:,. th. throne . The finest ion of the return of former Crown Pince George had no; yet been raised, it was added. "The defeat of Premier Venizelos." a foreign office statement said, "may be termed a display of gross ingratitude by the Greeks for the man who brought the country to the allies side ami great Iv increased its size, jiower and int!uenc 1 and this view is shared by the allies. It ' been announced that the opiosition lead was a great shock to the allies. " : ers in Greece had decided to entrust the ; formation of a cabinet to George Rhallis, A new implement for farmers or i but as he had refused to undertake the florists deposits a measured amount of task it was believed former Premier fertilizer in a ring or disk surrounding Gounaris would head the new govern- a growing plant. ment. (Colonies), Breton , 'Hyjicne), BeibeL Under-Sec. of State; Gignan, Under-See of State; Le Tracquer (Public Works), j M" (Finance), Premier Leygues, REFUSES TO rUKInhli LAtiLt MtooAuto mil Finn nrri i n nri rn 1 m UNLtM IIILLi) fHLTAlU i (By Th? Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The long standing controversy between the state de partment and the Western Union Tel g raph Company has reached the stage of an open break, the company refusing to handle any further cable messages for the department except upon pre-payme nt of tolls. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETED DEFORE NOON ........... v, ,. . , , . Nov- 6--lhe ,lel,;f tes ,t0 the assembly were slow in assembling for this morning's suasion, but the work of , ,1 the assembly nevertheless was well under way before noon. The report o' the coun cil of the league on the work that had been done since the league was organized was taken up by the delegates after some preliminary matters had been disposed of chiefly completion of organization of the committees. GENEVA, Nov. 16. All danger that the assembly of the league of nations may encroach upon the Monroe Doctrine by considering American questions in the absence of the United States has been averted by the withdrawal of a request by Bolivia and Peru for revision of treaties with Chile. Their requests were withdrawn yesterday, it having been Bo livia's purpose ti. gain access to the sea, and Peru's to secure reconsideration of the vexing Taona Arica question. It is not expected that any other American questions with dangerous pos sibilities will come before the present session of the assembly. Six committees, charged with dealing with all' questions on the Agenda, began work today. Each committee has 41 members, all the na tions having delegates at the meeting here being represented. It is reported that South Am-rican dr-lpeates have agreed that the league of rations should do all it can to get the United States to become a nvmber. Arpentina is regarded as a strong can d'dne for rejiresentaMon on the council of the lencne. 1he four plpftive members I (f which will be chosen hv the nssemb'y jaf'er receiving the rpnort of thp com- mi iv-nornf ortrnniz.'i'ion. AMERICAN MINTNC. CONGRFS j MEETS IN DENVER I ' Bv The oaocinto.' P'es.) I lFNV!:K, Cob... Nov. 16 Gold and ; the iT'iblc'i s of i's production under x J is! ;ng cen d't ions were to be discussed nt a ci.'i f ere'it-e of 't h,n-s hi re t-ilay in t v. i, v h i ri I a nana Id owners and oper connection with the eon en' ion of the Am.-. Th a'tr: ..le' cordi a Mr ii a ii M MM! tingrt ss . yellow metal which has 1 1 1 1 t tic aces, has lost lure of t In te I man tl. of glitt. r for th- pr s' aV'ocii t alrea-l ucers, ac made in t. the convention . "' - i ,'!'- -p.-riviin'; "-.' of operation, coup'i-d with what tl:r term "exor bitant" tavatitin, is given as the cause for the decline of the gold output in the I'nite.l Sl.ates from if L"J.i(Hi,n()0 to $7, Oiin.bijO in five years. PREMIER GOUNARIS MAY HEAD NEW GOVERNMENT PARIS, Nov. 16 An Athens dis- patch received here this noon said it had Isaac (Commerce), Ogier (Devastated Region), Ricard (Agriculture), Thonra yre (Food), and Landry, Minister of Navy HANDLE The company's order was issued 0 Novembe. 10, it ws said today at the departme.it, and osuMsibly was to apply to all departments of the government It was understood, however, that mee j sages sent by other departments has been excepted informally from the ruling. The Western Union Company is stated I ... , . , , , j ' nil e Ilimt-M IIS iti null mi Hi usiaj of the department in making payments - i i . : 1.. i I on came messages previously uaumco Department officials asserted today, how ever, that it was in their opinion a stet in retaliation for the failure of the de partment to permit the landing of a cable at Miami, Fla., connecting at Bar harnes with a British cable from 8oot America. In stating that its order regarding cable messages was issued because of the failure of the state department to pay for messages, the vVestern Union Com pany was said to have pointed out thai the department had not made any pay ment since August, 1919. Department officers explained today that payment had been withheld because the company began to withhold th government rebate of SO per cent on cable messages. The Western Union was said to haw explained that because of war time eom gestion the international clearing boos in London was far behind in the pay ment of tolls to 'which the company was . : . i .. i J . . -.i.iiin'u iur government messages dw that no rebate to the government could be made until this balance had been pais the clearing house. Quesuons now before the international communications conference also are sale by officials to be a part of the row be tween the Western Union and the state department. Neotiationa heenn hv tl merien government to obtain one of ihe former German trans-Atlantic rahlm now held hv the British and thus givs direct coble communications between the United States and Germany are said te iia reached a successful termination and to have deoended for financial fru) ion only uoon the willingness of as American -ahlf company to exchanger of its linps for the former Germaa line, which extends from Halifax to Pea 7.an'e It is understood that the department wa negotiating with th Western Union for th -Tchnnff of cables, but these neeotiititins are sid to have been broken off as a result of other differences bt twpf-n th department and the company. OPERATORS RECALLED. MIAMI. Fin.. Nov. 1G. The WwVt, TTnion Telepraph Company has recalled 'n .--,v York the IS cable operators ano tes men who hr.d been here since Sep om)wr. swaiting completion of the Mmii Rarbn.lne cable, which has bees hpjd up bv the intervention of th United States government. It is under stood the Western Union intends landing the cable at Havana. Cuba, the men said fnre leaving. LEAGUE OF WOMEN PLAN FOR MATERNITY LAWS NEW YORK, Nov. 16 Plans for creating public sentiment in favor of a bill to be sumbitted to the next seesioa of congress providing for proper care of mothers and new born babies, today oc cupied the attention of 200 women dele gates to the first conference of the see on d region of the National League of Women Voters. "Unless we can get the bill passed by this congress," declared Mrs. Man Wood Park, chairman of the league "more than 500,000 mothers and babies will be lost. " She said at least 20,00 mothers and babies die every month foi want of proper care during maternity and infancy. Mrs. Park announced a conference of representative women thoroughout th -country called to meet next Monday it Washington to discuss methods of pre mulgating the bill. PERUVIAN MINTSTFR TO FRANCE IS REBUKEI (By The A?so-iated 1'ress.) LIMA Ppm 'tir IT. Diunn-nV- of nvent statements wie in Europe by Dr. Mariano Cbrnejo. Peruvian Hiaistsr- to France, and delegate to the meeting . of the assembly of the lea rue ef nation ia Geneva, has been cabled to " Dr Coraejo by the Peruvian foreign office. . Some of his statements relative to Unit. jjwuuca, iiicu no is aaegea u- have made to a newspaper ia raris, t declared to. be ittprUvleLt .