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AStoNiA Daily Gazei WEATBEK: Fair Tonight and : Wedaes , day. LOCAL COTTOIf : ' " - , U to 14 Cento Today. MJCMBXK Of I MR ASSOCIATED PE& GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23, 1920 SINGLE COPY S CffiKTi VOL. XU.'. NO. 281. I COUIlt AND MAY CLASH OF ; . GENEVA, Nov. 23. A clash between the council And the assembly of the , league of nations on the question of the arrying out of the assembly's resolution of yesterday for intervention in the Ar rnenran situation loomed up as a possi- ' toiUty this forenoon as the assembly met for foday's session. ' ;The subject of Armenia was early to the fore, the chairman announcing the auake . up of -he committee to examine into the details of the eventual interven- " tion. The committee was headed by Lord Robert Cecil, of the Union of South .Africa delegation, who is a strong pro ponent of help for Armenia, and had on its membership list likewise. Bene Viviani, Of France, whose eloquent plea yesterday swept the assembly into unani mous approval of the resolutions for ac tion on the subject. The other members announced were Senator Henri LaFon taine, of Belgium, Dr. Fridtjof Nanaen, or Norway, Honorio Pueyrredon, of Ar gentina, and Signor Schanzi, of Italy. The order of the day for the assembly contained several resolutions of ah ap parently innocuous character promising In themselves no such sensational interest as yesterday ' session developed. The possibility was seen, however, that , the failure of the council of the league to et last -plgM on the Viviani resolution might pjrpvoke another debate on Arme nia mad 'raise the entire question of the relations of the eonncil and the assembly. The .wspeetire powers of these bodies U looming up as one of the biggest ques tions Wore the assembly. The clash on -this subject would naturally come in dis cussion of the report of the organisation corainittae in regular course hut it could easllhe precipitated by refusal of the eouncU to carry out any resolution of the assembly, It was known rest night that the eoupctl had met but had taken no -otion. frith regard to the Armenian reso lution and Mr. Balfour's attitude after the meeting was taken to indicate that ho was in no hurry to nrge the eonncfl to such action. HARDING IS FLOODED WITH INVITATIONS ON BOARD STEAMSHIP PAltlS TH3NA, Nov. 23 As President-elect "Harding approached Pnnama today on his vacation voyage he was flooded with wireless messages inviting him to be the guest of honor at a long string of public functions during his five days visit to the canal xone. Most of the invitations he will be compelled by his vacation plans to decline. As now formulated his plans shape uj as follows: Reach Cristobal at Atlantic terminal of canal tomorrow morning and party go ashore and spend entire day resting at Cristobal hotel; Wednesday trip through theeanal with a call on Presi dent Porras, of Panama, at his palace at Panama City; spend night on Pacific side isthmus Wednesday; Thursday night guest .of President Porras. All ether invitations have been held under advisement although it was regarded as not improbable that he will accept the invitation of Governor Harding of the canal lone, to dinner and may also be a dinner guest' of Cristobal and Colon bus ness men. Arrangements have been made for a stop of several hours at Kingston, Jamaica, on return voyage. Xeaving Cristobal Sunday, the party -will reach Kingston the following Tues day morning. A short outing has been ..planned ashore before departure of the Teasel that afternoon. ARRIVES AT CRISTOBAL. QOLON, PANAMA, Nov. 23. War ea G. Harding, president-elect, of the United States, arrived at Cristobal at 9 'clock this morning on board the steam--er Pammina . He was given a noisy .welcome by the craft in the harbor. Mr. Harding went direct to a hotel. JILLIES PLAN RELIEF TOR RUSSIAN REFUGEES (By The Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22. Measures to bring relief to the. thou sands of Russian refugees held on ships now at anchor in the Bospborns have oeen started by allied representatives in this city. Rear Admiral Mark L Bristol, commanding American .naval forces op erating in Turkish waters, has, with Mrs. Bristol, organized a series of teas at the "United States embassy for the purpose of raising funds for the Russians. Tens f thousands of subscriptions have been received from the people of Constanti nople, all elements joining in the work. "The French ramp and barracks near ere hare been turned ever, in part, to the refuirees. and the , British military authorities) have been providing rations lor these people. ' v :' ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY ON VAST SUMS INVOLVED IN APPliSATION SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY RAISE Mill Men Return From Raleigh Where They Appeared Be fore Corporation Commis sion Hearing to Be ' Held January 24 Big Issues In volved. (W. T. Bost, In Greensboro News.) RALEIGH, Nov. 22. January 24, 191 , was set today by the corporation commission for hearing in the Southern Power Company's application for its $1,500,000 raise on contractual rates in North Carolina and South Carolina, where the big hydroelectric eompany con fesses it is making a prodigious effort to eke out a miserable existence after years of nigh starvation. The preliminary hearing in the com mission's room was quite the most spec tacular sparring match refereed by the newspapermen in a long time. It was a no-decision affair in which Zeb Vance Taylor, of Charlotte, took on everybody who would stand, up before him. There were two meetings, one in the morning with scores of big lawyers and business men as protestants and a few fellow at torneys of Mr. Taylor, who came to pre sent the Southern Power's slde of the controversy. Everybody agreed on one thing it was the most momentous thing that the commission ever heard. Potentially it meant more than anything that either ap pellant or protestant would ever have nn opportunity to present again. To Mr. Taylor it meant the life of his company which has $46,854,520 invested in this great development, on which the com pany never has earned better than a trifle more thamB per cent, generally less than 3 and with the new scale of rates could not exceed 6 or 7. These fturure would have been put in the record and a tabloid statement was fur nished, bnt later it was withdrawn be cause the commission did not go into the case this morning. The exact per centage would have been worked out, but that will be left to thP later hearing. To the protestants it meant their ability V pay the rate. Ita Real Meaning. The Southern Power presented an amazingly powerful case as affecting its earning capacity. Mr. Taylor is tremen dous as advocate. He carries conviction on tiie simplest ex parte statement. Ac tually every man in his presence con cludes that Buck Duke is a boob -who 4Virnrd hia mnhpv out. anion? North Caro lina fellows as American tourists scatter it nmong the dagoes to see them scram ble. Every person present had a feeling of corporate responsibility in robbing Old Man Buck of his hard earned cash. It is an unescapable conviction. Even Aubrey Brooks admitted that he wouio. like to give Buck Duke 6, 7 or 8 per cent and then add two millions to the divi dend as a bonus. Then Buck Duke is not only the boob, or the booby, he is the rich baby wh gives away his money because he does not know what to do with it. The hear ing this morning wasn't really a hearing ; it was a feinting for position. Mr. Tay- Ljor saw where he was leading. He was about to admit something when he was talking back to everybody's prodding. Nobody had ever heard his company brag about being a baby ; it was a giant of $46,000,000. But Mr. Taylor knew how to get out. In the courts of the land the giant is an infant. - So, Mr. Duke, who always has been re garded as a pretty good trader, mad? some contracts. Some of them are for 10 years. Notwithstanding the fact, the company is before the state asking- for the privilege of raising its rates. By the scores of protestants here today this is construed to mean that the eompany asks for the power to breach ita rates. In other words. Buck Duke, as he is affec tionately called down here, asks a body whose jurisdiction he always has chal lenged to come in and get him out of a box. Would Affect All Companies. Nobody has said this and certainly no body has asked any newstvarter to sneak fir him; but the effect of the anneal to the corporation commission would be felt In every Camlet in the state. If the Southern Power Company eomee in and rets the raise asked, of course, that nwsts that th Carolina Power and L'cht ComnnnT and every eonr-vany fur- T?sMn pnwer rn eVm irrt-n "the enrg sid Wt the sime fatps. The smaller wWld he deHrMed rm t1 hnet, "which Tfheralry Interpreted, hat ther would take Vreat joy fa having h PotrtVrn Power Company to J SITUATION OFFICERS 60 TO ALBEMARLE TO VIEW NEGROES HELD THERE Chief Orr,' Sheriff Carroll and Others Go to Investigate Pos sible Clues Negro Despera does Held in Stanly. County Answer Description of Ne groes Wanted Here For Mur der and Assault. Chief of Police J. E. Orr, Sheriff CarrolL Miss Effie Grice and probably others went to Albemarle today to take a look at two negroes held there as sus pects in connection with the recent Ford murder case here two weeks ago Sunday. Victims reported that one of the negroes was tail and yellow and the other short and black. The two negroes held at Al bemarle answer this 'description. Their names' are Joe Lowery and Mangum Scott and are said to be desperate char acters. They killed a negro woman at Badin last week and wounded an officer. Chief Orr was in conversation with the Albemarle chief last night and as a result went today to investigate. The coroner's jury is still in session, and so far has given no intimation as to when adjournment will be had. They were closeted with the Beatty girl in the hospital last night for three hours, dur ing which time they had her rehearse the whole story over from beginning to end. She told it exactly as she first narrated it on the night of November 7th. A rigid cross-questioning failed to shake her testimony in the least Wild rumors gained circulation in ( sons having accounts with fyTusser, fhil Gastouia yesterday that the coroner 'a lipson & Co. are members of princely jury had unearthed evidence of a sensa- i houses, and some of the Hohenzollern tional nature that was to bo produced at family. The finance department has the hearing . This all proved to be i nothing but street rumors. The most sensational thing they did or heard was to go and listen to the story as told by Essie Beatty for the nth time. It is also reported that they had sen sational testimony from a young white girl who heard the screams of the Beat ty and "Grice girls on the night of the truffedv in the woods, as she was nassinsr , n k - ' - 1 by . Subsequent happenings and doings I of this reported witness served only to j refute what she might have told, for it I 18 understood that she was In police J court this morning charged with disor derly conduct out on the Gastonia-Bes-semer City road, according to a telephone message, from residents of the vicinity. These incidents serve to show to what desperate straits the officers are going in their efforts to apprehend the guilty parties, although street rumor again has it, and the rumor will not down, that the police are overlooking the most obvious clues to the identity of the perpetrators,, that a little coercion and third degree, stuff administered to .the only living oye-witnesses of the tragedy would be f;ir more effective than this running around to look at every ';tall yellow "ne gro and short black one" lauded be hind the bars in every county jail in North Carolina, Scnh Carolina or Geor gia WASHINGTON', Nov. '22. President 1 Wilson was considering today a number I of appeals for executive clemency .end within the next fesr "lays it is expected that the usual number of pardons grant ed by the president at Thanksgiving will be issued. ' I the odium of breaking its contracts. For, j when the Corporation commission grants these rates the Southern Power can go into the courts and break all contracts because that corporation will have the power of the state behind it. And the state does not require corporations to run at a loss even when the infantile Mr. Duke makes a voluntary offer to do so. Such is the meaning of the move. PEPOSED KING CONSTANTINE MAY RETURN TO t it? i i 4 J , x . -f '..v"K L i ';$ i ,"" '.',.. ;-. .- ; ft vWx . ;H 1 ' - ' ' v,V J , f .;. -V- V, :...-" It ' f I ' J O According to reports from Athens the Teniselos Government was defeated .photo, made recently, shows Former King Constantino and Queen Bophie with .Catherine, at, Lucercne, Switxerland, where they have heen living in exile. EMINEHENT GERMANS CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING MONEY INTO HOLLAND BERLIN, Nov. 23. One hundred emi nent persons, among them Crown Princess Cecilie, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Prince August Wilhelm, the late Prince Joachim, Count Radolin and Princess Wanda Radsiwill, Lave smuggled to Holland money aggregating 250,000,000 marks, asserted Hermann Mueller, former Ger man chancellor, in the reichstag today. The former chancellor interpellated the government relative to thv activities- -of the firm of Crusser and Phillipson, bank ers, which is declared to have carried on an extensive business in smuggling prop erty out of Germany. It was asserted that the head of the banking firm had been enrolled in the German army and was on good terms with the nobility, and that the concern had "been known publicly as a speeinl firm for the carrying on of contraband in poods nnd capitfll. " ''The government," said Dr. Wirth, financp minister, "learned a few days ago that millions of its cash nnd seciiri ties were standing to the credit of Ger man subjects with the firm of Crusser and Phillipson in Amsterdam, and that these millions had gone there through the intermediary in contravention of German laws. The public prosecutor started an inquiry into the flight of this capital, and the firm's books have been seized. Proceedings are pending against a num ber of persons who seut money to Hol land, but I am unable to give exact de tails. It is correct that among the per-' been instructed to demand eecunty up to the highest possible figure from cus tomers from the Crusser bank. "When one reads the list of people who did business with this bank he must blush with shame. It has made a strange impression ift learn, that princely person ages employed the Crusser firm as a let ter bearer. Every effort was made apprehend Crusser by surrounding hlJ f office, but he was warned and succeeded in escaping. ' ' Professor Kahl. a member of the Ger- man people's party, declared Herr Muel ler was "trying to throw mud on the Hohenzollerns and the monarchy." He asserted Crusser had only once visited Crown Princess Cecilie in order to hand ner a letter from the crown prince ROTARY LUNCHEON AT 7:30 P. M NOT TO BE DRESS AFFAIR. Seven-thirty ' o 'clock this evening is th hour for the Rotarv Club 's ladies ' night imieheon insteHl of S o'clock as stflt(,(1 in VPfitenlav's Gazette. The luncheon will be held at the Armington. Everything is in readiness for the oc- casion which promises to be a nvjst de lightful one. Chairman Balthis of the committee on arrangements asks The Gazette to state that the event is not a dress iiffair (any man wearing full ev ening drcs will be barred.) 'i he la dies, of course,- can attire themselves to suit their own tastes and pleasure. I WRESTLING" VS. BOXING. j NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Wrestling I vies with boxing as an attraction for sporting enthusiasts in New York city, j according to figures announced today, ten thousand persons attending the match in the 71st regiment armory last night, when Ed "Strangler" Lewis de feated Wladek Zbyszko. QUEBEC, Nov. 22. Fire, which caused the deaths of nine persons in a Padoue farmhouse last night, was caused by the eiplosion of a kerosene lamp which was being filled, it was learned today. hi in in i i i i.umjj i ui u hi wmmmmmmfi m umin.ij j x,wm m . mum TRAIN SERVICE A N 1 1 OUT OF PASSED VERY QUIET NIGHT Every Road Leading Out of City Is Heavily Guarded - Paralysis of Traffic - Soldiers Search All Residences. ; DUBLIN, Nov. 23. All train aerv- j uqpu in au effort to arrest aUeged gun. - ice in and out of Dublin were resumed j men were fired upon by' pickets, andi ae this morning, after the city had passed a , a result of the resultant lighting thsr juv mgui. ivi.u uiV uuuuuj B uiuuu- shed and the raiding activities of yester day. The Curfew law was strictly obeyed . The night, however, did not witness any let up in the work of the military, who were continuing their minute search of the city, presumably for suspects in wuuLk nuii niwi uuuiutjr b aaodflommiuus , i before the Curfew hour several of the ' streets were surrounded by barbed wire barriers and the persons passing. soldiers examined all DUBLIN, Nov. i;3. Strong military patrols manned every bridge and road running out of the city of Dublin last night. All avenues of egress and in gress were closed, and even persons holding permits were not allowed to pass the lines drawn through the out skirts of the city. Beporta reaching the center of Dublin during the evening indicated that virtually the whole mili tary establishment in this district of Ireland was employed in maintaining this cordon. Late in the evening the strict guard placed around the city made absolute the paralysis of traffic in and out of Dublin, which was begun when orders were issued on Sunday suspending all railway service. In the meantime soldiers were con ducting scores of raids throughout the city, reports reaching newspaper ouices showing that all classes and types of residences and other premises were be ing searched. From early in the morn ing this work went on, and reports came in quick succession of scores of raids which were attended by more than the usual amount of incidental clashes. It seemed certain that many casualties had marked the day's activity. The thoroughness, with whieh the cor don about the city was drawn and raids conducted led those in close touch with the situation to believe the military au thorities were determined to arrest the parties responsible for the murder of 14 officers on Sunday. Streets in the down town section of Dublin were thickfv peo pled early in the evening l,y wnaU knots of citizens who wire discussing the situ ation ninl oxpr -'ng fear that the reign of terror had not eu!ed. As a consc quei.ee of the ai vam eineni of the C'Ur few ho;ir Ki !'i o'clock, however, the crowds soon dwindled and a little after 9 o 'clock there wd-i scarcely a person a broad . Au atnio I, ere ( distrust and susp! cion was no .ccable on every hand yes terday nnd last night. Travelers on trains, jiedestrinns in the streets and loungers in hotel lobbies showed reluct ance to venture any opinions relative to the possible consequences of Sunday's tragic events. Above all, no one would give any indications as to his personal sympathies. It was universally agreed, however, that the situation was most delicate, and the spark which might pro duce the long-feared conflagration was momentarily expected . DUBLIN, Nov. 22. Crown forces which went to Croke park Sunday after- THRQNE tmu . w.w n , j yi n ,1 in the recent election. This their youngest chili, 1 Princess RESUMED IN DUBLIN; CITY uunu uisiiio iue par stampeded, said a- statement issued at Dublin castle late- today in reference to the incident at the park. r 1 ... j iiuu ueeu arranged, ' ' gaid to statement, "tJiat when the grounds had!, been surrounded, an officer with a phone would announce to 'the crowd th Auuuuu ui luo military 0 seareft pss sons in the park for arms, because it wa the belief that men associated with th murder of fourteen officers Sunday mora ing were hiding in the crowd. An officer was detailed for that purpose, but be fore the crown forces could approach the field, they were fired upon by picket Thus the whole plan was upset, and the , crowd was stampeded. There in goo reason to believe some of the shots wer fired inside the grounds for the, purpow of creating a panic, which would allow the men wanted to escape, as many o them "undoubtedly did." The Gaelio Athletic Association has of ficially denied there were any pickets a the grounds, or that anybody fired o the troopa. Wieman Clarke, of Toledo, O, piese dent pf the American Glass Workerar" Union, and Thomas MacBeady, snperi tendent of the Phoenix . Gas Compaurji Monaca, Tenna., visited Croke park t day and inquired into the circumstancee -attending the disorder ef Sunday after noon. Military authorities today comma deered the city hall, for troopsy- and the men occupied all the offices except those assigned to the town clerks. The Central and Exchange hotels werw both cleared of guests today and are oc cupied by soldiers. Officers residing i private houses have been recalled to their barracks. No trains run Into Dublin to dny, not even tho morning mail from " Kingstown pier arriving, and passengers- . from England came into the city in cab HUMMER SHO JENKINS IN LEAD IN SPENDHSE Jenkins, 10th, Spent $3,704.70 In the Race For Congress Hammer, 7th, $2,518, ;Z-: ("Theodore Tiller in Greensbora NewstJ WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Campaigi statements filed with the clerk of the -house here show that L. L. Jenkins, ol ie 10th district, and W. C. Hammer, of the seve..:h, led in the amount of money expended by the various North Caroline . candidates for Congress. V Not all of the final returns are in, as candidates have until December 2 to filr their final accounts, but both Messrs Jenkins and Hammer have sent in thei? expense account covering the cost of th , general election. Mr. Hammer shows total expenditure--of $2,518 for his successuleampaiga. Mr. Jenkins' effort to beat Eepresenta tive Weaver cost him $3,704.70. William D. Merritt, candidate againsv Representative Stedman, expended $2 ' 225. Representative Stedman reportesw-' a total outlay of $1,775. Other expense statements as filed n'-' to tonight include the following totals:' H. 8. Ward, first district, $275 Wheeler Martin, same district, nothings Representative Brinson, $285, iritfc-' final statement yet td be sent in; BL. lt ; Herring, $350, with final statement to come. Edward W. Pou, total, $1,520; Jaa. B Parker, with final statement laddna - $350. . Homer L. Lyon, $225, shown on fire' statement, final to come; R. Sw Whits. . final, $53.50. Representative Donghton, $850, witw final statement to come; J. L CampbeL. $991, with final statement to come. William H. Cox, candidate agains " Hammer, $535, both statements in. ' ,.' A. L. Bulwinkle, $200; Jake T. Ne-i ell, $350. Both are yet to file finaT t statements. . Zebulon Weaver, $555, final statemew yet to he made. , - - APPEOPEIATIONS COMMITTEE i BEGINS ON 1922 BUDGE) " ' (By The Assoeiated Press.) ' , WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 . WdrU -en twe of the regular 1922 'appropriation" bills, the sundry civil and the -r'- 'f-- tive, executive and 'judicial me----was begun today by the house t ations committee eoinci I t return here f'Beprewnt"'- (own, chairman.
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