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(S 0 - i -weathsr. Fair tonight and ' Than- day, v continuing probably " through tie week, . Somewhat eldef tonight. AST01W1M1 V AZETTE LOCAL COTTON. 14 CENTS TODAY BfEttBSR 07 TBI ASSOCIATED PRXSS fiNcxJc corr 1 crsre , 1 VOL. XLI. NO. 283. gastonia, n. c, Wednesday afternoon, December i; 1920. 4' Y MEIfflBER? .V I - v , ' ! - , IPAfillArPCDTCaVllQnW'Q LLrtUULf rtuULH !IU; HILUUL? y K Ht A lil Ad t ' t.-' -TTTrr w tr art w m ra sTV- -' vat a niimii i I - ; riltUIAIml IN AltiiltNIA , ,.iJy The Associated Press.) Li: GENEVA, Dec. lA letter to Prem -1 4ent WOson accepting hi offer to act 1 4M '.mediator in Armenia, Va being draft , dbj the eonneil of the league of nations r lore i today. Mr.. ,WUson jota, which waa receired thia morning, waa rqad to pnembera of the eoandl at 10:30 o'clock ';nd waa received with mark of liyeliert iatiaf action. : ' -'5.-. V " - Y Proaident Wilson 'a acceptance 'created great impresaion when it waa announced .today., ,. f - ; 'Poor old Europe will feel lesa aban- ioned," waa a remark made by a mem ' Iter of 'tha rreneh delegation while dia etuaiag tha. matter The aewi gave the V aaaembly great .' relief , aa the Armenian - oeetioa had become the bngbear of the aaemWy. 5i'f .'v;,v"tvv 7 .' Therr'ia much apeeulation aa to what , xera i&e meaiauon 01 juanema. wlu uae. ! iJL J. ?alfour, a leader of the Britiah , delegation, baa remarked to the aaaembly that in order to negotiate it would be ' neoeaaary to offer Muatapha Kemal, chief of the Turkish , nationalists, ; aomething, ' either money "or territory,: and this re mark if recalled la connection with Mr Wilson's known opposition to the dispo sition 'made of some parte of the terri- . ory of Turkey by the Beveree treaty, v Predietioa. famade here that in the nd the Greeks may pay the price for - earing what remains of the Armenian people. . - V President Wilson's action is a big etep toward ' a eolutioa of one of . the 'siosi serious problem before the assem bly waa the"" way Lord Bobert Cecil characterized the American president's . acceptance. ' "That is wonderful news," he de clared when the information was gi ven ' aim. t" It brings relief to all of us who are trying to find a way to help the Ar- vsneaiana out of the difficulty. Mr. Wil- ton'al aeceptahce is commendable and worthy of the best ' traditions of the ..United States, which have always been ' friend of Armenia and taken the lead ia. alleviating her sufferings. ".The decision of President Wilson is mot ia any sense political, from my point f view, and cannot give encouragement to all those who wish to see tho United -States in the league. It is simply a nat oral development of an old, humanitarian policy." Dr.Tritjof Nansen, who had been one eif, the first to become interested ia Ar menia, and is a member of the committee considering developments in that country, was rather inclined to pessimism yester-lay-' When he heard the ifews today, however, he beamed with joy. "We have found the man," he cried, "and the rest win be easy." . Theoffer of Spain and Brazil to join ia the mediation came during this morn, sag's session of the council. That body left it to President Wilson to decide if Ste desired this co-operation. ' After further discussion of the note ia .the -council meeting this afternoon! it will yo forward to Washington in the early fveaing. Lord Bobert Cecill announced stodaj that he waa still anxious that the20 400,000 which he had estimated would be puffleient to equip an expedition to help the Armenians be secured. It wao announced this afternoon that Cpaia und Brazil had offered to join President Wilson ia his role of Armenian enediator. This offer has been embodied ia the reply to.Mrj Wilson framed by ba eooneil. ' s The repb of the American president, it was stated, expresses deep appreciation f the president's acceptance. The allied Ugh commissioners at Constantinople, it aaye, are being consulted as to the beat 'way for Mr. Wilson- to. proceed. ' ' Th council, it is added, believes there Jr01 be ao great difficulty .about the president "l - mediators, conferring with -Muatapha Pasha,' the Turkish nationalist leader, who has been making war apoa the Armenians. ;- , CHAPPT DETZLOP1CXRT. " . . PABIS, Dec Is President WOsoa's aeeeptance of the. role of Anneniaa me diator is considered by the French for eiga office as a happy development and t oreiga offie officials declared today they were much gratified. It ia hoped Preai-' dent .Wilson's intervention will have a ' coed effect toward padfieatioa of thst region.,' t , . It is enconfaring to remember that bo J:rlty. Newark (Olio) i ' ) SUSPECTED SO FECI -' AG0ITS ARE ARRESTED (By The Associated Press.) , LONDON, Dec. i. Six men arrested at Southampton yesterday upon the ar rival of the liner Aquitania from New York, were released hers today by police Officials. When they were arrested, it waa announced they were suspected of being agents of the Sinn Fein. Bevolvers were, found on their persons, but the men asserted they were ignorant of the recently enacted fire arms act, which forbids the importation of those weapons. - They -were closelyLquestioned, and their weapons were confiscated. When they reached here they were asked to go to Scotland 'Yard. ' They refused to talk to reporters and their identities have not been disclosed. ItSras anonunced last night that the bodies of the 15 auxiliary police recruits who were killed near Kilmiehael, county Cork, Ireland, on Sunday evning, will be brought to England from Cork probably tate this week. One recruit in the party has been missing since the fight and has not as yet been found. Buildings housing Sinn Fein organiza tions in this city and its suburbs were raided by Scotland Yard detectves yes terday and it ia declared a large quantity of documents were -seized. No arrests so far asknown "were made. ' ' A new chapter in the history of vio lence in Irland waa written yesterday morning when two men, suspected of be ing sympathizers with the Sinn Fein cause, were called from their beds and shot to death. The tragedies occurred in county Louth, and a military court of in quiry has begun an investigation. . DETALS OF TRAGIC STORY MAY BE HIDDEN (By The Associated Press.) COBK, Ireland, Nov. 30. Details of the tragic story of Sunday evening massacre near Kilmiehael, in which 15 auxiliray police recruits were shot to death, may never come to light. The only available source of information is the sole surviving member of the party who was severely wounded and is believed to be dying in the military hospital here. , A magre story of the event, gasped out by the wounded man, has been told officials sitting by his bedside. He has declared that the party of recruits met an armed band marching in the road, the men wearing khaki suits and "tin hats." The "recruits mistook them" in the fading light for soldiers and thus fell into an ambuah. .; Statements from other quarters would eewn to indicate that tb annihilation of the party of recruits can be accounted for only on the theory that the road was mined or a trench had been dug across it. So far aa ia known fharo .n ....i ties on the side of Hhe assailants. r-ouctf authorities here still elaim to be gaining the upper hand ia the fight aganst extremists,. They assert the men responsible for ambuscades and assassi nations are being driven into a corner. """ "...1 20 BUSINESS HOUSES J DESTROYED BY FIBS ( By The Associated Press.) JA8PEB, Ala, Dec. L-Firo original ing at 4:30 ihie morning in the building of th Crawford Mercantile Company, had destroyed 20 business houses and tea resideaces before it wa brought under control at ft o 'clock. Early estimate place the loss abobe $500,000. - - Th principal v business block of the town and portions of three other blocks were wiped out ia the blaze, which gained rapid headway, fanned by a stiff wind. Included in the burned area was the property of tho Southern Bell Telephone Company and the Western Union Tele graph Company, the First Nstional Bank and the Southern HoteL - ' ' hrUBSES GET SOLDIEBS V . r . UUX Vr SUJUIIAQ HOSPITAL ' ' (By The Associated Press.) ' ; GREENVILLE, 8. G, Dee. 1. Sixty eight soldier patients from all parte of the country, ia the United States Public Health Service hospital at Camp eerier, had a narrow escape about midnight lt eight, when Vfire practically- destroyed wards 16" and 17. The patients, aided by nurses . and Bed Cross worker, were re moved without confusion ia record t" ani no one was reported injued. ; GOVERNORS OF 40 STATES' MEET Ci PHILADELPHIA Got.' Sproul Deliver Addres of Welcome Got. Camp- eponae Msxny, Qoeationa to j. M pucnMed. .V" (By The AesoeUted Press.) nABBISBUBG, PA., Dee. 1. Nelr England clasped hands with the Pacific slope here today and the denizen of the frozen great lakes shore met' and fra ternized with the clweller of the . land along the Bio Grande, when two score governors and governors-elect assembled in the Pennsylvania senate chamber for the opening session of their 12th annual conference. Discussion of weighty questions of government administration and the threshing out of problems of state-craft and economics which await post-war re adjustment in every state of the union faced the executives when they convened under the gavel of Governor William C. Sproul, of Pennsylvania, in his capacity of host and temporary chairman . Today 's schedule called for a rigorous program of official discussion; punctuated by entertainment at the hotel headquar ters for luncheon and at the governor's home for a formal dinner in the evening. At half past ten the session was sched. tiled to begin with the addresses of wel come by Governor Sproul, on behalf of Pennsylvania, and Lieutenant Governor Edward E. Beidleman, speaking in the name of Harrisburg. Response was by Governor Thomas E. Campbell, of Ari zona. - -'y ' ' ' .Each of the subsequent prepared ad dresses was to be followed by general discussion. The other subjects on the program for discussion were. . . "The national importance of agricul ture," Governor John M. Parker, of, Louisiana ; ' ' The responsibility of the state for industrial justice, ' ' Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas; "The work of the national conference on uniform state laws," Judge William M. Har geet, Pennsylvania 's delegate to the con ference, and "The decentralization of governmental functions and activities, Governor R. A. Cooper' of South Caro lina. NEGROES ARElUN OUT OF BUFFALO Southern Negroes Are Making Track For Home Causing Trouble in North. (H. E. C. Bryant, in Charlotte Observer.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. A news despatch from Buffalo, X. Y., says that a thousand or mora southern negroes had been run out of the city by the police. No official report has been made on it to government officials here. Newspaper men and congressmen arriving here from, the west, particularly the states of In diana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, report bad . conditions in cities where many southern negroes went durng the war. to work in industrial plants. From a spirit ed rivalry for work between the negroes and alien laborers has sprung a bitter feeling that may result ia serious race riots soon. Labor department agents have not re ported any considerable movement of negroes from the north and west1 to the south. They assert that about 10 jpet. cent of those who left the south during the last four years have gone back. Negro leaders here elaim that most of the better class of colored people who migrated to the north and west have worked hard, saved money and bought homes. A bad element has made trouble, and they will be driven out this winter. The Buffalo incident ia the first of the kind that haa been reported to the fed eral authorities, but 'surface indications point, to a bad winter for North Carolina negroes in the north and west. The Buffalo story reads: ' ' Within the past 48 hours more than 1,000 negroes, discharged during the recent business de pression, have been forced out of Buffalo by the police. Raids have been conduct ed, ia the negro districts and those who are unemployed are arrested. "Many negroes, becoming frightened, have left on their own accord. Some of these withdrew liberal amounts from sav ings bank and departed for the south. Pawnbrokers report that many pawned clothing and jewelry to enable them to get-away. Employers are. not disturbed, aa there has been a surplus of labor la Buffalo for several months." The south will have to winter many ne groes who win return to their aew homes iatha spring. ' ';, :':- :- GEOBGIA POSSE SSABCHIlfG f ' ' ll . '. FOB lfEGBO ASSAILANT VGULTBJE, Ga, Nor. 30. Posses of sooth Georgia farmers are today scouring the section south of the city, ia search of- a negro who yesterday afternoon attacked the 18-yearold daughter of a prominent Thomaa county farmer. The negro Till undoubtedly be lynched, if eanght, it, is DAREDEVIL AIRMAN WILL i JO 6,000 FEET TO EARTH Gordon Holder Will Give Won derful ' Exhibition of His Nerve and -Skill on Local Flying Field Saturday Af ternoon. . Something entirely jnew in the aero plane line will be witnessed by Gas tonians Saturday afternoon at the local flying field when- they will have aa oppor tunity to see Gordon Holder, the' dare devil of the air, jump front- an aeroplane tome four to six thousand feet in the air. If you want a thrill that will last for several weeks be out aV the flying field Saturday afternoon at 3:30 and, honest to goodness, the daredevil jump from an aeroplane 4,000 feet from tho ground will give you a sensation you never felt before. The daredevil is named Gordon Holder and he plans to put on an exhibition that will be worth coming miles to see. He will first walk all over the plane while it is flying near the ground and, among other things, will stand on his head while the machine is soaring through the at mosphere. Holder will then ' fasten a parachute to himself and, after the plane has reached a height of from 3,000 to 6,000 feet above the city, he will jump. In order to clear the propel- 'ler of the plane he has to cut two ropes. He will first cut a rope releasing himself from the plane and then, after dropping some thousand feet, will cut a second rope releasing the parachute. Although it is difficult to pick your landing place, Holder has agreed to land as near the flying field as his good judgment will let him. As we said, if you want to be thrilled, be on the flying field at Gastonia Satur day afternoon at 3:30. Press dispatches state that when Holder leaves the aeroplane the wind from the propeller strikeks him with terrific force, ofttimes knocking him for fifty or a hun dred feet behind the flying plane before he .starts downward towards the earth. BELTING REPAIR COMPANY GETS NEW CHARTER New: Organization Perfected and New Quarters Secured Mr. James A Walker is General Manager. Letters of incorporation were recently granted by the Secretary of State to the Gastonia Belting Repair Co., Inc., of Gastonia. Organization has been per fected by the election of the following officers: George A. Gray, president; F H. Robinson, vice president ; Bismarck Capps, secretary; Jas. A. Walker, treas urer and general manager; directors, the above together with A G Myers and S N Boyce, of Gastonia, and John Lineberger, of Philadelphia. This concern makes a specialty of repairing and renovating leather, belting. 5Tew equipment has re cently' been added and the firm . is now occupying the upstairs of the new Kirby building at the corner of East Main avenue and Broad street,, Mr.' Walker has been in the belting business in Gas tonia for the past two or three years and is an expert in this line of work. He is also sole agent here for Grant Leather Corporation, of Kingsport, Tenn. DEDICATION pr CHURCH. New Covenant Presbyterian Church to Be Formally Opened: at Lowell Sunday Morning All Ministers ia Lowell Will Take Part ia the Dedication Service. The handsome new Covenant Presbyte rian ehurch building and manse at Low ell have been completed. Rev. W. J. Roach, former pastor of the Loray Pres byterian ehurch in Gastonia, has been in stalled as pastor and he and his family have .been enjoying, the home comforts of the new manse for some time. The ehurch and manse are situated oa the most desirable lots in Lowell, at the east end of the main. street, and present a most pleasing appearance to travellers oa the railroad and motorists to and fro between Charlotte and Gastdnia. ' With all other pastors assisting, M. Roach and congregation will dedicate this church with appropriate exercises Sunday morning, December 5, at 11::15 o'clock. ' A most cordial invitation at tended to Gastonia Freebvterian. friends to be present. ' COMJCTTXD SUICIDX. - . (By The Associated Press.) fi GREENVILLE, 8. C, Nor. 30. The body of Joha T. MeNeeley, aged ' 43, large land owner pf Greenville and An dersoa counties, was found by a party of searchers late yesterday. in a lonely patch of woods near Saoam church, and the verdict of the coroner's inquest today was that he came to his death by his owa hands.-' . LEAGUE ASSEMBEY VILI. I PROBABLY RATIFY ACf BOTH SIDES : .? J.IACra AFFAIR PREPARE FOR HARD FIGHT Dr. Elmer Predicts That There Will Be Several Additional Arrests No Bail For Mrs. Cutts. (By The Associated Press.) MACON, GA., Dec. 1. Announce ment by council for Mrs. lone -Henry and Ernest Hopson, two of the four per sons under arrest charged with murder in connection with the death by "poison las) June of Fred D. Shepard, .Houston county fruK grower, that there would be no important developments in the ease until after the hearing next Tuesday 'on applications for bail, was taken here to day as an indication that the next few days would be devoted by the prosecu tion and defense to shaping their plans for the coming battle in the courts. The hearing oa request for bail for Mrs. F. E. Elmer, of Jacksonville, Fla., former wife of Shepard, also will take place at the same time. Counsel for Mrs. Annie Cutts, of Fitzgerald, intimate friend of Mrs. Elmer, and the fourth, person ar rested, had made no attempt early today to obtain bail for their client . No state ment has been made aa to Mrs. Cutt's connection with the alleged crime. Dr. Elmer, husband of Mrs. Elmer . left Macon late yesterday for Jackson ville, but he expected to return here the last of the week. Charles M. Durrahce, of Jacksonville, attorney for Mrs. El mer, also left the city, stating that he intended to go to Atlanta. . ' Before his departure Dr. Elmer pre dicted there would .be several additional arrests but Solicitor General Garrett said so far as he knew no further action of this character was contemplated . Persons in eloae touch with the case were of the opinion a" special term of Houston county superior court would be called early this month for the trial but Mr.' Garrett refused to comment on this feature. CHAS. E. DAVIS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN CELL (By The Associated Press.1 '. RALEIGH, N, C, Dec, 1. Charles E. Davis, prominent Wake county fanner, who early Monday morning shot and in jured his Wife so badly that she died! yes terday, hanged himself ia bis cell aj the Wake county jail here some time diring the night Davis used the two sleeves of his undershirt in hanging himself. ENGINEER C. W. BAKES DANGEROUSLY SCALDED WHEN PLUG BLOWS OUT Reported to Have Stuck to His Engine for Miles in Deluge of Steam, After Fireman Jumped. SPENCER, Nov. 30. Engineer C. W. Baker, of Spencer, was badly scalded this afternoon when a plug blew out of the boiler of his engine, attached to train No. 45 near Sumner. His colored fire man escaped by jumping. Engineer Baker was carried to a hos pital in Salisbury and is said to be rest ing as well as could be expected late to night, and it is hoped will recover. Passengers arriving on train No. 45 last aight about 8 o'clock, nearly three hours late, 'said the the fireman was evidently killed when the accident oc curred a few miles north of Spencer, but it. appears from the 'foregoing dispatch that this was not the ease. According to passengers, the train ran two or three miles after the accident oc curred before Engineer Bake could bring his engine to a stop, suffering' a deluge of escaping steam ajl the while. They reported that when he finally stopped his train he was found "nearly dead." Ac cording to fae story told here. Engineer Baker ejmfstted something of the heroic aa sticking to his engine for miles while beng scalded when he mght have left his cab as did his fireman. - ' - r A substitute engine and crew were se errted" at Spencer to complete the run. MIGHT HOLD DEMPSEY- '- - CARPENTIER BOUT IN TOLEDO . TOLEDO, O ., ; Dee . : 1 .-wNegotaationa were opened today between Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempeey, ' . world 's champion Y Thacher, T a view to s sey-Carpo' 'i' t publicist, and Ad I remoter, today with , , Domp- (By ".The Associated .)"ss.) GENEVA; 'Dec rAustria unanimously voted V 4 member of the . league of nations .ojr the commission for the admission of new ilatts here today. It is expected the assembly of the league; will ratify the' action. ' . BULGARIA APPLIES. GENEVA, Dee. 1. Applieatioa by Bulgaria for admission to the league of nations was expected to be brought up today at the session of the assembly ef the league. Serbia, Greece and Bamsv nia had indicated, they ..were seriously opposed to the admission ef Bulgaria, and it appeared probable they would make an issue of the matter.' ''" 1 :- Another attempt was made" today to ' gain approval of the league's budget for the forthcoming year. This ' matte came before the assembly yesterday bat objections were voiced 1 by several mv tions, delegates from New Zealand, Aus tralia and India pointing out that, ia their opinion, 7,00(r,000 francs ia gold ' was an excessive amount. ., ' APPROVES INVITATION TO U. S. GENEVA, Dee. vl. The council ' ef the league of nations today unanimously s approved the invitation drawn up by the : military commission calling on the Unit ed States to name a representative ta x sit on the commission., The invitatiea expressed the view that, the general eoa sideration of the subject of a reduction of armament would be "greatly faeOt tated" if the United States government '. could see its way to send a representa tive to sit in a consultative capacity; - WEALTHY YOUNG GEORGIA MAN ; FACES SERIOUS CHARGE. (By TbtTAssociated Press.) MQULTRIE7 A., Dee. 1. Charged with having attacked ' the 'daughter ef one of the most prominent women fa Quitman, Ga., James Baker, one of the wealthiest young men ia this sectioa ef the country, is today being sought oa a warrant charging him with assault with intent to murder. ' Baker, who possesses a croix de. guerre, won in France, and is a son of the late John Baker, former mayor of Dothaa, Ala., is charged by the young woman's mother with having made a criminal at- j tack upon-the. girl, who was out riding wim nun on last i nursaay. i ne promi nence of the parties and the nature of the charges have created a profound sation here. SCOTCH SNUFF TAKES PLACE OF CUP THAT CHEERS (By The Associated Press. BOSTON, Dee. 1. The cup that cheers' was replaced by the snuff that evliilaratee ; when the Scots charitable society revived : an old' custom at its annual banquet hast' night to take the place of anti-prohihi: -tion toasts. Scotch snuff from a silver ' mounted ram's horn, was passed about",': the tables. Ai;-v c First to take a cautious pinch was 1 Governor Calvin Coolidge, vice president-" ' elect, who was the chief guest. Front ; i him the horn went down the banquet J board. Sneezes followed, and handker -chiefs were quite generally displayed." "P Soon afterward Professor Charltoa Black, of Boston University, related aa . anecdote related to despondent victims ef ' . the 18th amendment. It. was the warm ing of an old Scotchman, to his ; sow : y against a too liberal use of snuff, with -the statement thai "I've been droaker : on sneecum than I ever was oa whiskey.. " The gueetsneesed again, and then tike. -speakers had their say. APRIL 21 IS DATE OF M. E. EDUCATIONAL DRIVE. (By The Associated Press.) . y ; MEMPHIS, TENN., Dee. ,1. With April 21 next definitely fixed - as the date for the opening ef the campaign te secure an' educational fund of 133,000,- ' 000 leaders ia educational aad missioa ary - work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in eessioa here, planned to devote .the final day of their confer ence to , perfecting plans for the cam paign and for securing the enlistment of approximately 5,000 young mea as ministers and missionary workers. GEORGIA NEGRO HAS : PROBABLY BEEN LYNCHED. THOMASVTLLE, GA., Dee.- X. Considerable uncertainty prevails here ae to the fate ef a negro captured last night at Paten, believed to be the eve who yesterday attacked the IS year-' 1 daughter of a prominent Thomas eour7 farmer. . ' ; .JNo one connected with t' oCce here was la tl.a r Patten when the er; 'vr-? v I 8-' 'r' 1 f v ' i si
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