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COHCTEFIK PRESENT
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'GENEVA, D;--Dil!cU 'of a sol
emn, sasssags '' WtndHffj PreeidenK
trnann for tbe wayittixeQaaed to tb
appeal f the tooacil.' tf f.P "JaasH; of
-. rtto to im between- tfce
JLfaienUw?1TitfJ nitionajiata.
was proposed to tae aaeempiy or -w
league by Paul Hymans, ita president,
ohortly after today 'a session of the as
embly began.
" After the opening ceremonies M. Hy
anaftf announced : Mr. Wilson's offer to
snediate in Armenia, and read the coon
ell's reply. That body informed Mr.
"Wilson that it is asking. th Brazilian
' nd 6paniah governments, which vestas
4ay also offtred their services aa media
tors, to eommunieate direct with Wash
ingtoa regarding the means of action.
The reading, of Mr. Wilson's message
drew hearty applause from ths sparsely
HUedbouV-.A. large proportion of tie
Relegate are' suffering from colds, and
, , Vwsrs ; not present . at the beginning :6f .
JtodayV'saasioa. " ,
M. Hymans also proposed that mes
sages of gratitude be sent to Brazil and
Cpsta. " "
a Lord Eobert Cecil, representative of
' the Unioa of Sooth Africa, rose and said
v thanks were also due the French delega-
" tioV partienlariy Bent Tuviani, whose
eloquence, he declared, had inspired "this
. weritoriona effort to save Armenia.''
Qermany's protest against acceptance
i. by th leagrle of what the Berlin govern
i', inent deemed falsified returns from the
'.plebbdtea held in the Eupen and Hal-
tnedy districts along the Belgian frontier,
iaa been rejected by th council
There' waf apprehension in some quar-
v tera that a sharp conflict would develop
' today at the session . of the assembly
-' Irblea took up the qneation of amend-
i-snenta to the eovenant. Honorio Pueyrre
don, foreign minister of Argentina, and
end of that nation's delegation, bad not
yet renounced; iu4 opposition, to the re-
: ort rof - the. oommittee recommending
: postponement of: all amendments until
they had been studied by a special com
anission. He had deelare he would
oringjlto the Jfpbr of the assembly the
' . proposition tbatiill members of the coun
cil eMuld befe&cted by the assembly.
, Hope) ras ezprnsed, however, that the
clash fmight otake place. A large ma
jority of the delegates hold that the little
work "ibis segfeiofa of the assembly can
. hope, U accomplish should be done with
out ft rissenting, Voice on any question.
" vTfce aubcommiUee considering appliea
tionapf smaller itats for membership in
. the league has 'decided to report favora
bly Upon the admission of Costa Rica,
but unfavorably on Azerbijan and Lich
tensteJa. " Thia body will recommend to
v the- parent eomnkittee that a favorable
repofl be piade, jjjpon the proposition ad
vanced by President Motta, of Switzer
land; wich woul provide that states not
fiavihg; sufficient; importance to become
j full members of the league would have a
aTeciaJ?status-v1
Iti aa been' suggested in this connec
tion' ibey - might' be gu-en seats in the
asssmby for " purposes of consultation,
. but without the tight to vote. Albania
may; find herself in this class, being op-
. posed' as a full member "by the Italian
delegation in particular.
;C A.'; J. Balfottr' presented the report of
$he committee 'on amendments to the
ovenanl, explaining that the committee
bad found the moment inopportune for
changes The fact that no changes were
recommended did not mean that the com-
tnittee Regarded the covenant as perfect
: autd 4ounutable, be said.
' In reporting today the decision of the
1 , league of nations assembly committee oa
' aunendmenta to the league eovenant not
to recommend changes at thia session,
. A. J, Balfour, yt Great Britain, forecast
the 'possible need of important changes
In the future The eovenant was not re-
- sjarded aa perfect or immutable, he said,
. or the eventuality must be considered of
the next assembly being called upon to
'. eonsider amendments of far greater im-
- portanee than those now proposed.
, The pbvenant, )r. Balf our-pointed out,
was framed with .remarkable rapidity and
- doubtless amendments would be necessary
uttbe :'eommittee found the moment in-
opportune. Because the committee re
jected the amendments proposed by the
Scandinavian countries it was not to be
considered that.lt disagreed with them.
y ,$Jf fan amend the eovenant you
amend 'the treaty or Versailles, which
.'. gave seal to the peaee of the world," be
aid. -. ; i. .' ' -X:',- -'
Another motive-of tbe committee, Mr.
Balf our. explained, was the conviction
that ons year's experience ia the working
of eovenant was Insufficient to ahow
just what amendments should be made
and the committee deemed it advisable to
wait. 1 Be said a commission which the
committee recommended to . study pro
, ; po? l 'amendment could report tqthe
osncil of 'the league which ia ton would
r Tt to the next meeting of the aasem-
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bly at Geneva. . The date of thia be men
tioned' aav Beptember 1, next.
i By jeerring the changes' proposed now
to a commission for study Mr. Balf our
thought-the assembly oOuld establiah a
precedent of great value to the nex as
embly;k which might be asked to' make
more' important changes, v
GOUPROUL DISCUSSES
SUBJECT OF TAXES
HABBISBUBG, Pa., Dec. 2. Discuss
ing the subject of state income "and dis
bursements before the governors' confer
ence here today, Governor William C.
Bproul, of Pennsylvania, told of fforta
made by fiscal heads here to raise neees
sary revenues for municipalities, state
and nation without imposing a burden
upon the states' industries. ,
. In Pennsylvania, , the governor said,
no direct state tax v is levied upon the
property of the people, needed revenues
being derived from taxes upon, capital
stock, securities and the earnings of cer
tain elasses of corporations, upon inherit
ances and from fees and licenses.
All possible efforts, he declared, should
be made to relieve citieens and industries
of burdens made particularly beavy dur
ing the last few years by the expenses of
th war. Explaining for the benefit of
the visiting executives, who are here in
the hope that each may carry home con
structive ideas for legislation in their
own states, how the Keystone state meets
its obligations, he said it had been pos
sible to avoid levying upon capital stock
of manufacturing corporations.
"It will therefore be seen that our
fields of taxation here are still inviting,
and that much additional revenue, could
be raised withqut imposing any particu
larly heavy burden upon our people. It
is our desire, however, not to impose
taxes . which - will restrict business or
bring any marked increase in the price
of commodities."
Equal moderation on the part of the
federal government, Governor Bproul
said, was a more difficult thing to dis
cover. ' ' There must be some germ in the Po
tomac," he said, "which makes our na
tional statesmen forget that the nation
is made up of states; that those states
have functions to perform affecting most
intimately the life and welfare of the
republic and that the operation of those
activities requires money in generous
quantities."
Governor Sproul said that the cost of
everything necessary to carry on state
functions had increased so enormously in
the last few years that in many states
with Pennsylvania no exception "defi
cits and overdrafts upon appropriations
have had to be permitted to prevent an
actual closing down of tho work of caring
for unfortunate and dependent wards of
the state."
Incomes and land, he said, should be
subjected to no additional levies, either
by state or nation.
The governor ' said he esteemed it a
happy sign of the trend of the times that
there was a strong tendency everywhere
to impose taxes in proportion to the abil
ity of the taxed to pay, rather than with
respect to the supposed benefits derived
from the government.' Thia, be said, was
indicated by the growing popularity of
various' forms of graduated income tax
ation and the gradual getting away from
poll taxes anl the extremes of the gen
eral property, tax. The inheritance tax,
also, is a good illustration of the move
ment in this direction, be said.
SENATE WILL PROBE
PRICE ANTHRACITE COAL
WASHINGTON, Dee 2 Sen-
ate investigation into .the price of
anthracite coal will begin in New
York Saturday, it was announced
today by Senator Calder, chairman
of the senate committee on inquiry.
Senator Calder said the governors
of the New England states bad re-
quested the investigation.
AUSTRIAN YOUTH TRIES
TO GET WASHED. ASHORE
NEW YORK, Dee.- 2. After bobbing
around aimlessly in the harbor on a raft
for several hours in the dark, Wasie Ern
est, a 18-year-old stowaway from Austria,
decided early today to abandon bis novel
method of eroding Ellis Island officials,
and called dejectedly for help.
While thawing out by a radiator be
told a tugboat' captain, who found him
after much searching, .he had been told
that the way of stowaways entering Am
meriea was hard and, when his hip' en
tered the harbor be threy the raft over
board, jumped onto it and Jtoped, ioTbe
washed ashore . He was takes to Ellis
Island for deportation. x ' J
coum Go:.'Missto;ERS .
WILL BE. ASKED TO APPOINT
RURAL POLICEMEN
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Chamber of . Commerce, Rota
ry and KiVanit .plub Com-
' mitteea to V Appear .Before
County Commuaionera Mon
day to t Ask - For Appoint-
. .ment Rural r Policemen in
Gaston County.
E.iral police-for Gaston county will be.
nrged upon -the county commissioners
Monday afternoon by a joint committee
composed of committees representing the'
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, ..the
Gastonia. Botary. Club and the .Gastonia
Kiwani Club, as a result of a meeting
held by the members of the three com
mittees at the offices of the Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday "afternoon. Pres
ent also by special invitation were Sher
iff W. J. Carroll and Chief of Police J.
E. Orr. The Bev.. A. L. Stanford, E.
G. MeLurd, George E. Marvin, J. .
Thomson and W. J. Clifford represent
ed the Chamber of Commerce ; F. P.
Rocket t, H: S. JUgare, Dr. D. A. Gar.
riaon D. M. Jones and Miles A. Car
penter the Kiwanis Club, and E. J. Ban
kin, J. H. Kennedy P. W. Garland,
John K. Rankin and W. T. Love the
Rotary Club, of which latter committee
W. P. drier and J. H. Bepark are also
members, but were detained.
Rev . . Mr." Stamford was made: general
chairman of the meeting and -Fred M.
Allen secretary. Little time "wis given
to the discussion of the need of special
rural police, all. being agreed fully upon
that, but the time was chiefly taken up
with the discussion of what is most
practical. After hearing from Sheriff
Carroll and Chief Orr it was the consen
sus of opinion that to secure the law en
forcement desired by both officers and
citizens it will be best, to put on at least
six men, properly equipped and covering
the entire county by patrol system. It
was the belief that it is best to go into
the-campaign with a force ample to ab
solutely break up illegal practices.
The entire committee will appear be
fore the county commissioners.
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL BE
GLAD TO SEE HARDING
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.--President
Wilson will be very glad to see President
elect Harding when Mr. Harding comes
to Washington Monday for the opening
of congress, it was said today at the
white house. There was no suggestion.
however, that the president-elect planned
to call at the white house during his stay
in the capital.
Mr. Harding, who still retains his seat
as senator from Ohio, will come . here
from Bedford, :Va., where h6. will PReak
at the Elks home Sunday, and it is the
expectation of some senators now in
Washington that he will visit the senate
during his stay. It has been suggested
that the president-elect hold here the con
ference with 'republican and democratic
senators which he has planned for Mar
ion, 0., but so far as could be learned
today Mr. Harding has not communicat
ed bis decision on that question.
MEREDITH PRESENT.
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Secretary of
Ag-
riculture E. T. Meredith today was a
guest of the Grain and Hay Show, held
in connection .with the International Live
Stock Exposition here. The government
ia largely represented with exhibits.
King of Italy tells the tax man his
fortune is 92,000,000 lire. Subtle word,
lire, when you 're talking to an assesor.
Lexington 'Leader.
America Decorates French Heroes
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- " American; ambassador Hugh CampbU . Wallace, In the name of the
United SUte government, preaenttng dlatt&galabed servlcea and navy crosiaea
to about one bondred ofacerai of the -French army-and navy. The presentn
tloa waa mad In tbe gardens of tba American embaasy la Parta, -
EXPERT IN BOYS WORK
TO BEGIN WORK SOON
U1ER ROTARY CLUB
Bora Work Committee Secure!
Experienced' Worker From
'- Community Service and Will
Begin Activities January 1
Father and Son Night De-
cember 22nd.
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'As the result of a conference held here
yesterday between e boys work com
mittee of the Gastonia Botary Club and.
Mr; Gorge H. Harten, of 8partanburg,
8. C, field representative of Conrmunity
Service, Inc., of New ,York, a definite de
cision was reached. to, begin the club's
program . of boys ,work not later than
January 1. Community. Service; Inc.,
through Mr. Hartin, offered to send an
expert boys work man to Gastonia be
tween now and the first of January to
take charge of the club's activities in
this department. This man will be sent
for a period of three months. At the end
of that period, should the club find that
its program of boys work kis worth while
as all believe it will be a permanent
director of boys work will be employed
and steps taken looking to the permanent
establishment of a thorough organization
and physical equipment for the boys of
the city.
Mr. J. L. Beal is chairman of the boys
work committee, the other members being
Mr. J. H. Kennedy, and Bev. Dr. J. H.
Henderlite. Preeideat-Ao G. Myers of
the club is ex-officio a' member of the
committee. -mm
Community Service is a large organiza
tion with ample financial backing to
carry on its work. It hassthe moral sup
port and the active interest of many of
the leading business and professional
men of the country, urganizea aunng
the war as the War Camp Community
Service, it is being continued to carry on
much needed work among the boys and
young men of the United States. Mayor
Prank . McNineh, of Charlotte, recently
resigned his position in order to go with
this organization as a field worker and
lecturer. He is devoting bis entire time
to this work.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Rotary Club last night it was de
cided to set aside Wednesday, December
22, as Father and Son night. At that
time the club will give a banquet at the
Armington hotel; each member being ac
companied by his son. Those Rotarians
who have no sons between the ages of
ten and eighteen will be requested to bor
row a friend's son for the occasion. A
special program will be provided for this
occasion by the boys work committee and
it promises to be a most enjoyable event
an well as onf which shall prove bene
ficial to the boys;
AMERICAN UNO BRITISH
GUNBOATS HURRY TO SCENE
(By The Associated Press.1
SHANGHAI, CHINA, Dee. 1. Am
erican and British gunboats are hurry
ing to I-Chang, a treaty port in the pro-
nese troops have looted and burned a
portion of the city. The American gun
boat Monocacy, which ia now on patrol
along the upper reaches of the Yangtsee
river above I-Chang, is the nearest war
ship to the scene of the trouble.
Looting and burning at . I-Chang con
tinues, and -property loss there is heavy,
says a message relayed from Hankow
from the agent of the Standard Oil Co.
at I-Chang. The lives of foreigners,
however, are said not to be in any imme
diate danger. Chinese gunboats are
said to be there.
WILL CONSIDER
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Joint Sessiori Agricultural Committees Prom
Senate and House to
For Farmers.
GOVERNORS WILL EXTEND
AID TO FARMERS
Decide Uae Influence of Body
to Secure. Federal Legisla
tion For Benefit of Farmers.
(By The Associated Press.)
HARBISBUkG, Pa., Dee. 2. Encour
aged by lively discussions provoked at
yesterday's - sessions, the conference of
governors in 12th annual convention here
today, prepared for a continuation of its
deliberations in the senate chamber of
the Pennsylvania state capital.
Because of delays which crept into the
first day's proceedings, the schedule for
today was a strenuous one. Meeting at
half past nine in the morning, the gov
ernors and governors-elect took up in
rapid succession their program of ad
dresses and general discussion.
The general discussion which appeared
on the official program aa a minor phase,
of the conference, developed unusual in
terest yesterday when in one of the peri
ods Gkvoted to interchange of idqfiBj a
plan waa formulated to make tho annuS!
conference a 'power in national affairs.
At that time it was decided to use the
influence of the body to secure federal
legislation for the benefit of farmers over
the country. A committee of five gov
ernors will be sent to Washington to urge
refunding of farmers' debts to tide them
over for a year or until they are able to'
recoup lo&ses suffeed through bad trans
portation facilities and a declining mar
ket for wheat, cotton, and foodstuffs.
LIPPARD TRIAL IS
SET FOR TODAY
Morganton, Dec. 1: The preliminary
hearing in the Olenn Lippard ' murder
case, the investigation of which at Hick
ory has attracted much attention during
the past two weeks, will be held here at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon before
Esquire W. F. Hallyburton. The al
leged murder occurred about three miles
from Hickory, just across the line in
Burke county, on Saturday night, No
vember 20.
Since the finding of the body of
Glenn Lippnrd by horsemen on the day
following Solicitor Huffman has been fol
lowing every clue that would in any way
help to solve the mystery that surround
ed the case. "Dock" and Cecil Hefner
and Ixne Young are now -in jail here on
warrants charging them with murder,.
John and Jim Hefner, father and broth
er' of the former, are charged with being
accessories after the fact, each under
$2,500 bond to .appear here tomorrow,
and Lou Lynn, the white woman whose
testimony counts so strongly in tho case,
is held as the state's principal wutness.
Solicitor Huffman said this afternoon
that he would introduce at the hearing
tomorrow .'only enough evidence to bind
the Hefners and Tobng'over to the De
cember term of court which convenes
here next Monday.
He intimated that the most convincing
part of the evidence that he has received
in the case will be held until the time of
trial. ' ;
Self & Bagby and J; L. Murphy, of
Hickory, will assist the solicitor in the
prosecution. A. A. Whitener, of Hick
ory, will represent the defense.
It is said that he will attempt to es
tablish an alibi for his clients and try to
break down the testimony of Lou Lynn.
WILSON SAYS HE HAS NOT
POWER TO AID FARMERS
(By The Associated Press.)
8IOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dee. 2.
President Wilson, repliying to a message
from Senator E. ,8. Johnson,. of South
Dakota, in which the senator urged im
mediate financial relief for farmers and
livestock producers of the northwest, to
day sent the following telegram:
"Your message refers to unsatisfac
tory conditions unfortunately resulting
from the fall of prices. I regret to find
legislation has not provided me with pow
ers which will be serviceable in the mat
ter." "KAISER WILHELM" CALLED
OUT IN PITTSBURG COURT
PITTSBURGGH, Dee. 2. Witnesses
and spectators in criminal court bere yes
terday craned their necks about th big
room when a tipstaff, in a booming voice,
announced that "Kaiser Wilhelm" was
wanted at the bar.rr. ( . , ' v
Newspaper men, . . quirk to. scent .
"story,"" approached the court : and
asked that they be given information rel
ative to Kaiser Wilhelm. It was explain
ed thatJhe Wilheba in question was a
resident ef Mill vale,- a suburb f Pitts
burgh, and that b bad been indicted for
larceny but not yet aires tel. ' ,
REEEIP FOR
LTUftAL SITUATION
Discuss Relief Measures
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WA8BHiTjr, sT 2. Agrieottar
al eomaMtfrsM of tai ; senate and hiss's
will meet .in Joint'iessfon this afteraeels
.to eonaiajw. oeastUs aslief measure far
the agrietritural silaaton. The flllasj
is in response to an invitation from ties.
senate chamber. ' '
Be vital f the war finance corpo ratio
further eatens&aa of credits to fames,
plating of tarif on wheat imports, 0
iaation of twm4h in hands of the aw
property custodlaa as a basis of credits
to Germany, and subscription by at
gross to 51 per eeat of stock of compa
nies formed for export business nndtv
the Edge law are some of the measure
which will be considered'. Amendment
of the federal farm loan act to penatt
abort tune loans on cattle and agriesl
tnral product, and a resolution directing
the commerce department to make ba
rn ediately available reports on crop esav
ditions in foreign countries as loeelwj
from commercial attaches, also may be
discussed.
Sestoration of trade relation witb
Russia, it was said, also might be sg
gested.
Secretary Houston, member of the
federal reserve board and government
officials, 'and representative of various
agricultural interests are expected to b
heard.
DURHW HOSIERY Mill
.CORKERS CUT OWII WAGES
Vote to Operate on Fewer
Work Days and at a Redac
ed Rate of Pay.
Durham, Dec. 1. The congress 1
workers of the industrial democracy f
the Durham hosiery mills bere today vo
ted wage reductions and a curtailed
gram of working hours, including
Christmas vacation of slightly more
two weeks , ' j i '
The five Durham hosier mills bora,
and other mills of the state under eW
trol of the Durham hosiery mill w1II
close December 16, for jithe Chrkrtm$a
vacation, reopening January 3. ';
For this week and net the milWjwfll
operate on a four-day jiweek, 10 bottr
day, schedule ait a redaction of 10 'per
cent on the present wage! scale.
The following week, beginning ' D-'
cember 13, the mills will operate on "a
four-day week, 10-hour day, scheduW St
a further reduction of5 per cent oa the
new wage schedule, for a total reductase
of close to 25 per cent on the pre eat
scale. At the end of that week, Thais
day, December 16, the mills will close
for the holidays . , j
Opening on January I, the mill will
operate four days a week 10 hour per
day at the same scale in effect at tbe
time of closing.
Officials are unable to anticipate what
may take place after January 1, bat it
is hoped conditions at that jpne and iav
dustrial readjustment will be at sues, a
stage as to insure plenty of work tot ths
mill employes. . .'
BICHARD B. M'LATJGHIIN
ATEMPTS TO END LITE.
Statesville Lawyer Found la Office WHa
Bullet Wound In Forehead. y
Statesville, Dec. 1. Richard B. Mc
Laughlin, one of the leading lawyers sad
best citizens of Statesville, attempted to
commit suicide bere this evening " juat,
before 6 o'clock. He waa in his law of
fice and fired a .32 calibre pistol ia has;
forehead. D. L. Baymer, whose 1W
office is adjoining, hearing the report of 5
the pistol, rushed into the office sad'
found Mr. McLaughlin sitting in ki;'
chair with a bullet wound la' the middb? '
of his forehead and the pistol lying cri
his side. Two letters ia Mr; MeLaagb-r
Iin's own handwriting were left lying sav '
his desk, one to his wife and one to kia! '
brother, Dr. J. . McLaaghlia, leaviagi
instructions as to his business affairs and.
explaining his reasons for putting sss
end to his life.
EDISON PUNTS LAY
OFF 1,200 EMPLOYES
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: .NEW-YORK, Dec. Appnrrimats
ty 1,200 men employed in th New Jer
sey planta of the Thomas A. Ediaoa af
filiated industries' at Wet Orange a-I
8ilver.Lake, N. J., have been laid e ",
the eompany "announced tol.r. T "
tiona were necessary,' h wr s e- "Ii.
keeping with the general tuaiiic t: 5
throughout the, country.'
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