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'.y jVV'.i-';:,. fi v-Y--''s,h y :- '. : yf K;-:;yY:'y' Xr-V'v ir'M'j'v'ir'V:1,- -J'''"' 4'-. 44-: y j - ..;-','..-, ,y , '.- '." 44?4 ft WEAtHIK-'SIx North Caroiiai, 4: fUr to Bifbt nd Wdnetdy; wider ETTE LOCAL cdftOX. 14 to 15 CeataJ lOftBXS OP THX ASSOCIATXO PEKSS "VOL. XU. NO. 310. ' GASTONIA, fi. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1920. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS PROORAMSdREATLYCURTAILED vlVIorning Post Declares That If America Builds a Big Navy, England . Must Do. Likewise La- nients Action of American Politicians. ' t'4 ; By The Aesociated Press.) LONDON,' Dee. 28. Calls for the . ' United States, Great Britain and Japan to ctirtail naval expenditures by mutal . agreement were featured by a number of .'London newspapers tbia morning. In following this course the journals give expression to the anxiety which has pre vailed hero since the reeeipt of reports of the new Auiericun naval program jin anxiety which may be traced to the assumption that if the United States , Ibuilds a big navy, Great Britain must do -likewise. The Morning Post, laments that Amer ican polticians have chosen' a moment when the wartime fellowship of the Am- eriran and British navies and the "chiv alroui courtesy of American seamen" have united the naval services of the 'two nations, to "declare, in effect, that 'the British navy is a perpetual menace to America." The newspaper complains in this con.ieution of the "essential con tradiction between American politics and American practice. ' ' Professing no 4csire to question America's right .to uBd a large a navy as she thinks prop ter, and admitting America can afford to buflB .the biggest navy in the world, while ' H3raat Britain cannot, the Post contends tUutt !fike "conclusion of. a workinj ar Vangement between ths United States , and Great Britain would do more to es tablish and maintain the peace of the world than any other plan conceivable, ' ' and urges that .' 'the recent utterances of Senator Borah and other Americans en courage the belief that such an arrange ment is possible. " Another plea for an agreement be jeen the United States, Japan and Gre4 Britain b 9?. l Te DaiW !News, mil A erg that the interval be ttween the pnsent moment and the in auguration of President-elecJ Harding tahould be utilized by the statesmen of i the three countries to educate the public . "The .time should alee be utilized," ,!the newspaper continues, "by the public 'to stimulate statesmen to initiate con versations with a view to arriving at the tnost desirable and most practicable step toward relieving the peoples of a burden which is condemned universally in theo jy as intolerable. " An identical plea is made by The Ex press, which maintains that an agree tmcnt between three powers would "as taure rospe'rity as well as peace. " CITY OF HE OCCUPIED By Tho Associated Proat) "LONDON, Dee. 28, There is rea son to believe Fiume is occupied by reg ular troops, Premier Giolittl, of Italy, declared at a press conference in Borne last night, aays a Central News dis patch from that city. D'ANIftJNZIO WOUNDED. By tka Associated PreaaJ TBIEST, -Dec. 28. News confirming .reports that Gabriele D'Annnntio, the Italian Insurgent leader at Fiume, bad bee voanded in the recent fighting be fiaV regular troops, waa received acre . twee ale legionaries and General CaTil . today.' No details were given, however. ' SSS1SMM .. , . CAUSSD BT SHXLL. 47 The Associated Press.) PARIS, Dee. 28. Newspaper reports -received here declare that the wound suffered by Captain Gabriele D'Annun :jio at -Flume was caused ly a fragment of shell 'which fell oa the place where D'Anaunzio has his headquarters. A Borne 'dispatch states that Premier Gi olitti declared to a delegation from par liament thai Italy was forced te hasten ir actio against D'Annnaxie to' arert aa attack upoa Frame by Jngo 61a via, ASKS FOB SUSPENSION, ' (By TSe Associated Press.) EOME, Dee. 28. The mayor ot.Fi- tat has asked General CavUgia, eom- .' snander ef the regular Italian forces, for a suspension of hostilities, says a Fv nme dispatch today. General Cavligia 1 stipulated two conditions, one of -which mi.T-m T hen irceitcd.. It is ex pected that inah injerview arranged for t L y between t!i.-mayof" and General r-.rh, corrman,1'; ef '-tha llwkadiBg " . t-T"-s oi'rfT.pitulation will be SECRETARY COLBY FACES ROUND OF GAYITY (By The Associated PreBS.') MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 28. Bain bridge Colby, American secretary of state, who arrived here today, faced a busy program of entertainment, which will continue until Friday night. In ad dition to other functions planned in bis honour there ha been added a ball by the American colony, a dancing party by the Uruguayan club, a banquet by the municipality. Elaborate police ar rangements were made today to control the throngs gathered 'to greet the secre tary at the dock. Immediately after landing, a series of formal calls and interviews will begin, one of the first acts of the secretary be ing to call on President Brum. Later Mr. Colby will be escorted to his quar ters in the Parque hotel, which over looks the Atlantic. A rr t i i tt ' a vrv i-njiuiiiK.iau ugenis, xienriquez Carvojal and Henrique Z. Urena, who are here in the interests of their country, are staying at the same hotel, but de clared yesterday they had no intention of discussing the independence of San Do mingo with Mr. Colby. ' They declared they were pleased with the recent an nouncement from Washington that the United States government planned soon to permit elections in San Domingo, but asserted they would not abandon their mission, as it is their desire to make South Americana better acquainted with San Domingo . They say that island is entitled to play a larger role in Pan American affairs. BUENOS AIRES, Dec. SI imme diately afte? ih arrival 6f Secretary .of State Colby in tilW e'it.v on Saturday he will be received by Torelk), acting minister of foreign affairs, wW will ac company him to the office of Premdent Irigoyen. On Sunday Mr. Colby will be a guest at an official banquet at the government house. Plans for the enter tainment of Mr. Colby in this city have not as yet been definitely announced. A popular welcome is being arranged by various organizations, and a number of vessels have been chartered to meet the secretary's ship at the entrance to IS 6Y REGULARS PROTEST AGAINST SHOWING PICTURE OF EXECUTION (By The Associated Press.) HAVANA, Dec. 28. Official protest against the exhibition of a moving pie ture film portraying the execution of Edith Cavell, who was put to death by the Germans in Brussels,' October 15, 1915, was made here yesterday by Dr. Frans Karl Zittolmann, German minister to Cuba. As a-result of his protest, the film was withdrawn by the management of the theater where it was to be pre sented. Dr. Zittolmann first went to the head quarters of the secret police, but was re ferred to the state department. After he had stated the ease to officials there aa unofficial commnnieatioa was sent to the theater manager, who - later an nounced the film would not be shown. McADOO TO MEXICO. (By The Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, Dec 28. Newspapers of this city give much publicity to the expected arrival here this week of yU liam G. MeAdoo, former United 8tatee secretary of the treasury, who is said to be representing stockholders of the Mex ican National Eaihray. Some .journals assert -that Mr. MeAdoo, who was for merly director of railroads in the United States, will play an important part in the contemplated return of the National lines by the government to the original owners. . WILL LAY OFF loa EMPLOYES. , (By Associated PressO ST. AUGUSTINE,. Fla Dec 28. One hundred employes ef the mechanical department of the Florida East Coast mil road will be laid off January 1. ac cording to an official announcement made mibhe today, s -:- FUNERAL COL. ARMSTRONG WAS LARGELY ATTENDED Many People Pay Last Tribute of Respect to Memory Prom inent Gastonian AJlxBuai ness Housea in City Are Clos ed During Hour of Funeral. Funeral services over the remains of the late Col. 0. I". Armstrong were held from the First Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. J. H. Hen derlite, pastor of the 'church, was in charge of the services, assisted by other ministers of the city. The funeral was probably the most largely attended ever held in Gastonia. Long before the hour set, the church was crowded and hundreds of people .were turned away. Many were present from Charlotte, and other North Carolina cities, and from Philadelphia and New York. The floral tributes were many, and elaborate. The following business associates and close friends of Col. Armstrong acted as honorary pallbearers: Messrs. A. K. Winget, A. G. Myers, J. High Dainger field and A. W. Latta, of Philadelphia; It. Jl. Ray, John M. Scott, A. M. Smjre, W. T. Love, K.' K. Davenport, W. T. Rankin, J. El wood Cox, of High Point; J. W. Carroll, Capt. F. Dilling and R. A. Ratchford. Out of respect to the memory of Col. Armstrong every business house in Gas tonia was closed during the hour of the funeral. Tho following local firms and business houses were closed from 2:30 to 3:45 o'clock this afternoon during the funeral of tho late Colonel Armstrong: Kirby-Warren Co. Torrence Drug Co. ' u H. P. Stowe Co. The Efird Co. Spencer-Atkins Book Co. Gastonia Furniture Co. Saunders Tailoring Co. - r Howell-Armstrong Co. The Daily Gazette. ' ' " C. L. Richey. ' B. H. Parker & Co. , Burwell-Parker Motor Co. T. A. Henry. - . , I). M. Jones & Co. f Kendrick-Riddle Co. ' American Real Estate & Insurance Co. 0. V. Birmingham. Gastonia & Suburban Gaa Co. Tanenhaus Bros. Rankin-Chandler Furniture Co. M. gchulu. ;: " 1 0 'Neil Gohipany. " -L Broadway Sample Shoe Store. Coca-Cola Bottling Cd McLean Bros. W. L. C. Killian & Son. " Askin Clothing Co. Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co. Home Building & Loan Association. Tho Globe. Gastonia Hardware Co. Citizens National Bank. Walters Barber Shop. W. L. Balthis L Co. Gastonia Mutual B. & L. Assn. J. Y. Miller. 7. John L. BeaL Todd's Bakery. Ideal Roller Cover Shop. W. H. Wray. C. K. Marshall W. P. Gibbons. Gastonia Motor Co. Morris Cafe. M. Kaufmann. W. L. Thompson. M. Silver. Craig & Head. . . . Pierce ts Jenkins. E. Frohman. , ' Piggly Wiggly Store. B. Silvers te in k Sons. Poole's Grocery Store. ( Craig Wilson. Harry-Baber Co. The Young Men's Shop. H. M. Van Sleen. Matthews-Belk Co. . . Harper Drug Co. -H. Schneider. Wiwtet Jewelry Co. Hope Mercantile Co. -8weetland. ... i 7i Jim Le vent vs. Carolina Cafe. J. B. Boyd. Michael Bivens. Wixard Bakery. 8Ur Grocery Co. , v lu Gastonia Mill Supply Co. Columbia Tailoring Co. Kenedy Drug Co. Standard. Hardware Co. J. L. Adams Drug Co. McNeely Company. Pearson Adams. Royal Cafe.i.-vv v,' -Robinson Shoe Co. , McLellaa Stores. .. RaBkin-Annstrong Co. D. kit. Lebontn. ' . Torrence-Morris Co. "t Sherman Brothers. " Moss Barber Shop. George Knuekley. J. D. Heath. John Farris. Ford Henderson. . Xew.York Cafe. Boston Sample Shoe Co. -" B. a Harbin Meat Market. Gastoa Times. -r JL. J. Earby k Co-V" R. H. Jacobs. t 7 , Sam Sing. ; . :" . 7t---':. Spencer Lumber Co. ' Third National Bank, CHAIRMAN PAGE CALLS m GASTONIA FOR HELP Iskies Urgent Appeal For Uni ted Effort in One-Day Can ass for Funds to Help Re lieve Situation in Europe Where Millions Are Starv ing. Be v.. Dr. J, t. Galloway, pastor of the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and chairman of tho Gastonia Ministerial Association, received the fol lowing telegram this morning from Mr. Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen, State cUair. man of the European Relief Council: "Am wiring presidents of the follow ing organizations in Gastonia to confer with each other immediately for tho pur pose of holding a one-day canvass for benefit of suffering children in Europe: Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, Ro tary Club, Kiwanis Club and others. As president of the Ministerial Associniton will you not co-operate f The need is im perative. Please phone secretary of Chamber of Commerce who will call the meeting on behalf of these millions of Buffering children whose lives will be saved by your active assistance. I thank you in advance." It is probable that this matter will be taken up at once, and some plan devised to meet the request of Chairman Page. Practically every church, Sunday school and other charitable and religious organ ization in the city have already taken collections and sent in several hundred dollars for this cause. However, realiz ing that the need is imperative and that the call is urgent, Gastonia stands ready as she ever is, to do her full rart in assisting in any worthy cause and espe cially when the call is to, relieve human suffering. HOSPITAL REMEMBERED BY GENEROUS FRIENDS To the Editor of The Gazette All the good people are not dead yet. Some are dying occasionally in our State, but. there remain enough to carry on the work of education and humanitv those who think beyond their own needs aj happiness. Selfishness is one of tuff greatest detrimental factors of the age. Cut selfishness and personal gain out to a larger extent than, obtains at present and we would see the world move toward an earln according to Luke 2:1-14, ' ' Peace, good will toward men. ' ' lipoid my desk this delightful Christ mas morn I find the following: A letter from a man and his wife who say, ' ' We desire to make a contribution to tho hos pital to help crippled, deformed children of North Carolina and we authorize you to equip one ward and render to us the bill for the expense and we will mail you our check for the amount." This is one of our gifts at this Christmas sea son ; another letter from the Gastonia Hardware Company containing a check for $100 as a donation to the ortho paedic hospitai; Kerfu'rvk Riddle Com pany enclosed a check of $50 "for the help and care of our crippled children"; L, T Lineberger sends check for $23'for the same purpose; other checks to the amount of $83.71 from friends at Gas tonia, Newtpn, Charlotte and Wilming ton are received this Christmas morning "to help and assist in this work and labor in the interest of helpless hu manity." . We hope to receive quite a number of New Years gifts which will assist in enabling us to open this great institution by May or June. We have three othej private wards to furnish which have noj yet been taken. If you are interested, think it over, then act. You will not regret it "some future day when the waters are troubled." ' "Peace on earth, good will to men, from Heaven's Gracious King. Oh, rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing." B, B. BABINGTON. December 25, 1920. - -w MACHINE GUN SQUAD v WILL GUARD LIQUOR (By The Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 28. Pur chase of a machine gun to guard intoxi cating liquor seised and held here by fed eral authorities will be recommended to Washington, it was announced today fol lowing an inspection of vaults where the liquor is sequestered. Collector of Customs John O. Davis said the liquor was valued at more than $2,000,000. Fear that the crime wave new reported in the east may spread to the Pacific coast underlies the. proposed recommen dation for a machine gxn Davis said. ANOTHER DARING MURDER t - r i IN NIW YORK TODAY (By The Associated Press.) iraW YORK,' Dee. 28. Baymond Amos, -a negro, early today leaped onto the running Wjard ef tn automobile, shot to death Lucia Harper, one of the car's four negro passengers, and then killed himself. The murder and suicide'' oc curred after a police ',' sharpshooters squad' had passed the spot in an auto mobue. . t Police are -, searching for Charles Brawn, : chauffeur ef -the automobile, which they said bore the license number of tbe late Bishop Charles finmner Bareh. NEW TREATY WITH JAPAN PROVIDES FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEADERS Roland S. Morris, American Ambassador to Ja pan, Confers With Japanese Ambassador to Washington Relative to Plans - Kahn, of Cali fornia, Is Consulted. CAM MORRISON TO BE INAUGURATED JAN. 12 W. H. Richardson, Charlotte Newspaper Man to Be Pri vate Secretary Message tc Legislature fo Be Separate From Inaugural Address. Chnrlotte Observer. Following Governor-elect Cnmi'ron Morrison 's announcement yesterday of the selection of tho. personnel of his ex exutive office staff, it was learned that he will suggest to the legislative commit tee on inauguration that January 12 be selected for his inauguration as gover nor snd the retirement of Governor Bickett to private life. Thniich thfl arrnntrpmenrn. for thfl in- auguration are made by a committee of members of the legislature, this commit tee always confers with the goverrnor elect and acta in accordance with his wishes in the . selection of the date and other natters . This announcement lots at rest rumors which hve been current in the state that Mr. Morrison would have the inauguration postponed until an unusually late date in January. The inauguration will be just one week after the convening of the legislature on Wednesday, January 5. Governor Morrison's executive office staff, as announced, will consist of Wil liam II. Richardson, of Raleigh, private secretary; Miss Margaret Willis, of Charlotte, executive secretary, and Miss Mamie Turner, of Raleigh, executive clerk. i i. mn, -'-: Mr. Richardson Is a newspaper man of about 15 years experience. He began as a reiorter on The Raleigh News and Observer, wjiere he worked for a number of years, after which he worked on The G'haftanoogA Times and Richmond News Leader, later reluming to The Raleigh Times. Later he was for quite a while The Charlotte Observer's Raleigh cor respondent, which 08t he resigned at the end of last summer, coming to The Char lotte News, where he worked until last week, when he resigned to return to his homo at Raleigh. Miss Willis ia at present employed in Mr. Morrison's law office in Charlotte, where she has been for quite a while. Miss Turner is in the office of Governor Bickett and was also a member of the executive office, staff of Governor Craig. In connection with the inauguration plans, Mr. Morrison said yesterday he was considering seriously a break away from the usual custom as to the inaugu ral address, and instead of combining his address to tne legislature with his inaugural address, aa has been the cus tom, be might deliver a brief inaugural message to the people of the state and deliver or send to the legislature right soon after the inauguration his message to that body, or he mighfc "break up" his message as it were and transmit a se ries of about three messages instead. It is Mr. Morrison's view that to combine the address to theJegialature with the inaugural address makes it too lengthy and technical and tiresome for a popular audience of thousands of peo ple. More effective, he is inclined to be lieve, would be an address of about 30 minutes or less to the whole people of the state on the occasion of the inaugu ration, an address largely inspirational in its nature, and later deliver or send to the general assembly a comprehensive address covering the matters which should be dealt with in a message to the lawmakers, including his recommenda tions to that body, or a series of messa ges each dealing with one or more of the major problems before the state. MAY DO AWAY WITH FOOTBALL'S TOKWAKD PASS (B The Associated Press.) CHICAGO Dec 28. Conferences of athletic officials of various middle west 'em, eastern and southern institutions in session here this week may change the tenor of iater-collegiate athletics next year. , The first meeting will be held to day by tbe Athletic Beaeareh Society. v On -Wednesday the inter-collegiate ath letie association will discuss proposed .changes in football roles. The elhniaa tioa of the goal kick after touchdowns and the suppression of the forward pass have ben talked of. Barring of distance penalties within 10 yards of ; the goal line, except for intentional roughness sufficient to f.t a r layer out of the IN CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Prepara- r tions on the part of the United States government for the negotiation of a . treaty with Japan defining the property an.) other rights of Japanese nationals in tin' I'niteil States have been Broadened to itv!inl( consultation with leaders in '' ingress. The suggestion that eongres sioi:al leaders be called into conference' ' i understood to have been made by state department oflicials with u view of ensur ing npproval by congress of various pro- visions of the proposed treaty. ' Roluud i. Morris, the American am- ' bnssudor t Japan, who has been cot- v ducting tho treaty negotiations with Baron iShidehara, the Japanese ambaasa- . dor here, conferred yesterday with Rep resentative Kuhn, of California. Ambas sador Morris had consulted previously ' with Senator Johnson, of California, the only member of the senate foreign rein tions committee from the Pacifio coast states, and with Representative Johnson,' of Washington, chairman of the hooee immigration committee, and it is under- ' stood conferences with other members of both the senate and house aro contem plated, " Representative Kahn, after his confer ence at the state department with Ifrv Morris, said bo had reason to beliere that Japan had withdrawn opposition ta the California law as ratified by the rot errs of that state in the November elee- tlon prohibiting Japanese from acquiring title to real estate. The California rep resentative added that he had' called a meeting of house members from his state for tomorrow to discuss a proposal that the Calif orpia legislature be aske4 to enact & subltUute statute which would' prohibit any alien front acquiring land -in California. lie refused to say whether the reported withdrawal of Japanese op- - position to the present law had been made contingent on enactment of the substitute statute. f The understanding here has been that the negotiations between Ambassador -Morris and Baron Shidehara hare not yet reached the stage of actual drafting of the proposed treaty and this under standing was said by Mr. Kahn to have been borne out by the impressions he had' received in his discussions with Mr. -Morris. Satisfactory progress, it is said, has been mado in the negotiations, how ever, and a mass of material ia the shape of reports is understood to be about ready for submission to the Tokio gov ernment and to the state department ARMED FORCE GOES TO CLEAN UP LIQUOR J01HT (By The Associated Press.; . CHICAGO, Dec. 28. Forty-eight armed prohibition agents headed by Jo seph Callahan, chief of staff to Major Dalrymple in his Iron River, Mich lieuor raid last spring, were en route to Hurley, Wis., this morning, to clear the town of alleged bootleggers. The party carried 38 warrants, with instructions to arrest every man named. The town of Hurley is said to be one of the wdie open spots in the north woods. It is a logging eamp snd said to be the seat of extensive moonshining operations. The armed force left Chicago head quarters late yesterday and was expected ' to arrive in Hurley about noon today. It was ia the Hurley neighborhood , that John Chiapnsio, an alleged liqpar runner, wss killed last fall by Leo J. Grove, prohibition agent for upper Mich igan, for whom Wisconsin authorities as now seeking to extradite for trial. Grot made the complaints that caused Major Dalrymple, former prohibition enforce ment agent for the central states, to lead his expedition to Iron River. WILL END TRIAL. BEFORE NEW YEAR'S OAT (By The Associated Press. CLEVELAND, O., Dee. 28 Jadga Maurice Bernon, presiding at the trial ef ' William H. McGannon, chief justice ef 4 the municipal court, charged with second degree murder of Harold C Kagy, is -prepared to end the4riaf before New Year's day if his program is carried out. , The defence will rest its ease follow- ' ing the testimony of Judge McGannon and his wife today. , Judge McGannon was to take the stand ia his own behalf this morning. - -. ; . v .v. ,?-- ANTHRACITE MINERS' " " ' COMMITTEE MEETS ' (By The Associated Press.) HAZLETON, Pa., Dec. 23. Tho r-v eral scale committee,, ropr "?'-: r . than 125,000 anthradto r :. v.. ' - ' Pennsylvania, met li rj t " v 1, f set inn on the rr; rf 1' , jeeiing their ? 'n.:. ' i f r incrcn$.-s of j: - if.-.-:. (