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GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 29, 1920
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
IGffllG MWEEN D'ANNUN
AND ITALIANS IS SUSPENDED
n
JIERGE FIGHTING BETWEEN
AND ITALIAN REGULARS
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legio'naries Set Fife to Powder
" Magazine in Woods Near
- V Fiume Italian Regulars
Continue to Advance. .
'ROME, Dec. .29. D'Annunzlaa le
gionaries at Fiume set fire to a powder
'magazine in the Beeerta valley, southeast
. of . the city, last night, according to a
freport from Abbazia. The explosion,
"which occurred toward midnight, set fire
"to the woods surrounding Fiume' to the
eait, and great clouds of black smoke
YATIail flawn ftvcr t)u titv Tn .nma nti.r.
tent the belief was expressed, the dis
- patch states, that a petroleum refinery
near the powder magazine- had also been
set on fire.
Italian regular troops surrounding
Fiume continued to advance west and
north of the city yesterday, while on the
eastern side the situation was unchanged,
at the regular troops remain on one side
of the Enso river and the legionaries on
the other, and it is impossible to cross
"thi stream because the bridges have
teen destroyed. The fiercest, fighting oc
curred west of Fiume, where Alpini, ad
Tancing from CnstTa, reached the public
gardens. When they hail forced their
-yny that far they found all the houses
surrounding the gardens had been trans
formed into machine gun nests, from
which a terrific fire was poured upon
them.
An armored 4ar advanced against the
regulars, and inflicted heavy losses, the
.Alpini throwing themselves on the
ground and continuing the struggle for
some time. Major Dambara, in com
mand of the Alpini, rode through the
gardens on horseback and rushed toward
the ear, but was wounded twice and his
(torse was shot s dead. When the fire
ceased Major Dambara was able to
struggle toward the car, and upon enter
ing it found three dead legionaries and
two seriously wounded commissioned of
ficers. -Wounded regulars have been taken in
tnotor lorries to Trieste and Gorizia,
where special hospitals were organized.
The number of men being taken to these
hospitals is increasing hourly, and all
agree in declaring that the regulars find
themselves handicapped in their fight
against the legionaries. They are armed
only with rifles, while the D'Annunzian
troops used hand grenades and machine
cans, and, besides, have laid mines
everywhere, so that at every step the gov
ernment soldiers are in danger of being
Wown up or killed by debris and splin
ters. Two houses in Fiume have already
"been destroyed by mines.
The majority of the wounded were
struck by machine gun bullets or splin
ters of hand grenades. They say the
regular troops were ordered not to fire
Unless absolutely obliged to do so, while
the legionaries have taken every advan
tage to inflict the heaviest possible losses
upon their assailants. While at the be
ginning of the struggle the government
forces-held a numerical superiority, their
progress is very slow, as the legionaries
are entrenched in buildings and have an
enormous advantage. It is agreed that
unless Captain D'Annunzio capitulates
the' occupation of the entire town of
Fiume will be accomplished only with the
utmost difficulty.
DISCUSS RIGHTS OF
JAPANESE IN UNITED STATES
Question of Aliens Acquiring
l iue id nesi saiaie oemv
Discussed by Kahn and Col
V leagues.
- (Br The Associated Press.)
"WASHINGTON, Dee. 29. Rights of
Japanese in the United 8tates and other
subjects involved in the negotiationsnow
la trroeress between the United States
and Japan were up for discussion today
when California members of the house
met in a conf erence called by Represen
tative Kahn.
Chief amonr mutters that it was
understood were likely to come up was
. the proposal recently advanced in some
jnarteas that the .California members
set as a substitute for. the present anti
alien land law a statute which would
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a rest estate. ; xne ipanese govern
ment has contended that the nrnt law
discriminates against Japanese, and the
suggestion has been made unofficially, it
tute would eliminate the source of much
of t) pxintinir' friction.
' The California representative 'aha
. were expected to hear from- Representa
tive Kahn something as to the progress
' m am . -
i im negotiations waicn nave oeen in
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progress ai xne Biaie uepsnmrni dc-
tween Roland S. Morns, the Amrnran
ambassador at Tokio, and Baron Shide
nara. the Japanese ambassador, to the
leld a eonferesfre-Monday with Ambas-
-ador Morris. !
WHILE OUT HUNTING
Reuben. Joy Met Instant Death
While Attempting to Pass
- Through Wire Fence With
, Shot Gun Funeral and Bur
ial This Afternoon.
Reuben Joy, the fifteen-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs.' J. K. Jojywho live near
Stanl-y, accidentally shot and killed
himself yesterday morning while out
hunting on the farm of Mr. T. A. Liue
berger, adjoining the Joy farm. With
him at the time were his younger
brother, Jesse Joy, r.ud Lloyd ypnrgo.
Tlic two younger buys were some dis
tance in advainc of Reuben'and were not
rye witnesses of the accident. Hearing a
gunshot they ran back and found their
older companion hanging in a barbed
wire fence witli u gunshot wound in Ins
face. They were so frightened that they
picked up the gun which was lying on
the ground in front of the dead boy and
hurried off to t lie I.ineberger home to
summon aid. How he came to his death,
therefore, is a matter of conjecture. The
supposition is that lie either caught the
trigger if the, gun on the barbed wire
and it was thus discharged or that he set
the gun, barrel up, on the other side of
the fence before attempting to go
through himself and that his foot struck
the trigger. Death was evidently instan
taneous. Funeral services over the remains of
the unfortunate lnd were held at 2
o'clock this afternoon at Ebenezer Meth
odist church and interment was at that
place. The boy was a member, however,
of Hickory Grove Baptist church and his
pastor conducted the funeral, assisted by
the pastor of Ebenezer church.
Young Joy had many young friends
with whom ho was popular and his tragic
death has cast a gloom over the com
munity where it occurred.
COLBY IS GIVEN
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
(By The Associated Press.)
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 29. Great
throngs lined the streets of this city late
yesterday afternoon to welcome Bain
bridge Colby, the American secretary of
state. American residents of Montevideo
declared it was the most enthusiastic
greeting they had seen' given any foreign
visitor in many years. The battleship
Florida, on which Mr. Colby came to
ISouth America, was met at. sea by the
cruiser Uruguay, bearing the American
minister and representatives of the Uru
guayun army and navy. After salutes
had been exchanged, Mr. Colby and his
party were transferred to the cruiser,
which brought them to this city.
The crack cavalry regiment of the
Uruguayan army was drawn up at the
pier, where Mr. Colby was greeted by
Foreign Minister Buerro. The drive to
the palace, where the secretary was re
ceived by President Brum, was one con
tinuous ovation, there being an almost
uninterrupted rendition of the "Star
Spangled Banner," which was played by
eight bands stationed at various points.
Each band took up the American na
tional hymn as the party drove by.
Upon reaching the palace Secretary
Colby met President Brum, and after
conversing for some time, stepped out on
the balcony, here he reviewed the milita
ry parade, waving his hand to the peo
ple, who shouted for an address. Later
he was driven to the Parque-hotel, where
the foreign minister was his host at din
ner. In a short address following the
dinner, Senor Buerro praised President
Wilson .
"Holdup Man Refunds Victim Car
fare." Showing the essential difference
between a footpad and a profiteer.
Kansas City Star.
BERLIN
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Berlin children marched ( recently
through the streets of Berlin bearinj
..grewsome placards showing what will b
their" fate . nriTfesa food, enneciaftv rai-
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is secured, at once. Most of
cards -bore the inscription "Kinder iiif!
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2037 New York Speaking at a din
ner given by the Japan Society in honor
of Baron K. Sidehara, Japanese Am
bassadoi to the U. S. Judge Gary, in
defending Japan from criticism caused
by her efforts for naval expansion, said :
"Isn't it fair and reasonable to judge
I Japan by ourselves? Is there any other
i nation in the world that is building as
! many instruments of war for conflicts
unforeseen? Aren't we the chief offen-
ders, if there are any?
House Pauses Todav to do Hon-
or iu lis uraiiu viu if i an
-Champ Clark to Speak.
! (By The Associated Press.)
! WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. The
house of representatives had arranged .o
pame today for an hour or more in its
consideration of appropriations, taxation
and other governmental matters to pay
tribute to its "(ir.'.nd (Md Man," " t'n
e'e Joe " Ca unon .
Establishment by Representative Can
non of a new record for length of serv
ice in congress was the occasion for the
celebration. The former speaker set in
the new mark yesterday, surpassing in
length of service Justin Smith Morrill
of Vermont, who previously had held the
record of 4'i jears, nine months and 24
days in the house and senate. Mr. Can
non long ago exceeded all others for
length of service in the house, and last
November was elected to the house for
the twenty-ithird time.
Recognition of establishment of tin
new record, according to plans of house
leaders, was to take the form of a round
of addresses, each of the speakers pay
ing tribute to "Uncle Joe's" long serv
ice, not only as one of the 400-odd mem
bers, but as the house's presiding officer
for eight years. Champ Clark, the vet
eran Missouri member and a former
speaker, was to lead off in the speaking
ceremonies and other "old timers" were
to follow. "Uncle Joe" was placed
last on the program to permit him to
thank his colleagues, make eome remin
inscences and incidentally tell some of
his most recently acquired stories.
North Carolina members were also ex
pected to participate in the occasion, as
"Uncle Joe" was born in North Carolina.
CHILDREN MAKING PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FOOD
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MUCH MONEY TO BE
Greenville Cotton Mills and
Banks Will Pay Out Much
Money Bank Showing Bet
ter Than That of Mills.
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to;i mill and bank dividends running
high i 11 : o tlie hundreds of thousands of
d. i ars will be paid January 1 by Green
ville institutions. In some instances,
bank dividends are higher than those
paid last January, but most of the cotton
ntill dividends arc nut on a paritv with
thosi
yea.
paid in January of the present
1'" ictor M innghnn Company, op
erating a chain of eilit large mills, Vill
declare a regular one and three-fourths
per cent quarterly liidetnl on the pre
iVit" I stock of .fl ,ii(.ii,ltoij. This com-p-iid
a two and a half per cent dividend
on (i.liou.oiiii ,( iimii.n stock.
Tin' W'oodside Cotton Mills Company
v.id pay the semi annual dividend of five
per tent on 1 1 ,7."o,oiO common and will
pay the usual tiiree and a half per cent
dividend on the preferred Stock of $1,
7."il'.ooo. Kasley Mills will pay a three and a
'.alf pi r cent dividend on preferred
slock aim tinting to $ 1 ,.'50.000.
The American Spinning Company pays
fiw per cent semi-annual on ijOlOOO
common stock.
The Union Bleaching and Finishing
Company pays fivo per cent semi-annual
on .t 100,000 common.
The Brandon Mills pay five per cent
semi-annual on the common, $937,000,
and three and a half per cent on the pre
ferred, $500,000.
The F. W. I'oe Manufacturing Com
pany is to pay a two per cent quarterly
dividend on the common stock at $2,
000,000. Poinsett Mills pay five per cent semi
annual on $470,000 in common stock.
Woodruff Mills will pay 10 per cent
semi-annual on the common stock of
525,000.
The- Judson Mills pays three per cent
semiannual on $750,000 common stock.
Mills Manufacturing Company pays
four per cent semi annual on the capital
sock of $264,700, and a two per cent
extr." cash dividend.
Approximately a million dollars in
dividends will be paid January 1 to
itf.ckholders by 2o colt.on mill corpora
I'.ons of Greenville comity, at cording to
information obtained todav from the
various institu'ions. The nrlls have an
a !?srrosato cnpi'plization of about $'10,
e:io,0i)0. In some instance, particularly it is
true with the banks, the dividends are to
bo larger than the percentage declared
las venr.
Manufacturers, in announcing the
declaration of dividends, said the profits
earned earlier in the year, prior to the
present depression, enabled the mills to
pav substantial returns to t''e share
holders at this time.
HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS
COMPLAINTS FROM NEGROES
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The house
census committee continued hearings to
day on the congressional apportionment
bill. Among the witnesses to be heard
were representatives of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, who were expected to urge
reduction of representation from south
ern states on the ground of alleged re
fusal to allow negroes to vote. A bill
recently introduced in the house provides
for a reduction in the number of repre
sentatives from southern states, where it
has been found that enfranchisement of
the negro has been denied.
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RUTARiANS TO OBSERVE
FATHER AND SON RIGHT
TOMORROW EVENING
At the A niiingt'in Hotel tomorrow
t veiling a! o'clock the (ia-.oiiia K itary
Club will observe its first Father and Son
Night. Kach of the lifty-ddd members
will bring as his gins! his own tn.n, be
Hm en the ; ges of ten and eighteen years,
or the son of some friend or neighbor
who i not a Rotarian. The committee
in charge of arrangements has ruled that
e.o member will be admitted to the ban
quet hall unless accompanied by a boy.
A program consisting of a well-balanced
mixture of fun and seriousness has
been prepared Cy the committcp in
charge and it is expected that the Ro
tariaes and the boys will all have a
most enjoyable as well as a most profit
able evening. Hon. Frank l. McNin. h,
former mayor of Charlotte a id now en
ga;e, in lecturing over the I'niled
Stales for Cotnmiini'y IService, Inc., wiU
be the principal speaker.
An interesting feature of the evening
will In- the reception of six new members,
namely: Dr. T. '. Quickcl, 1). K. Jack
son, J. E. Kck, Dr. Paschal McLain,
Parks R. Huffstetler and VA C. Adams.
Negro Accidentally Killed.
Rufus Froneberger, colored, was shot
and instantly killed on the Oliver farm.
Let ween Mount Holly and Stanley, yes
terday morning by his companion, I'M
Rozzell. Details regarding tho homicide
are lacking, but it is claimed that the
shooting was accidental.
STAR IS FOUND TO
RE 300 TIMES AS
LARGE AS THE SUN
Alpha Ononis, In Constellation
of Orion Has Diameter of
Three Hundred Million Miles
'By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Results of the
first successful experiments on an as
tromical device at the Mount Wilson,
California, observatory revealing that
certain remote stars in the firmament are
many thousand times larger in size than
astronomers had ever surmized, was dis
cussed today by Prof. A. A. Michel
f.ii, noted scientist of the I'niversity of
Chicago, who perfected the device, be
fore the American Physical Society,
meeting here in conjunction with the
American Association For the Advance
mint of Science.
1'nder the direction of Prof. Michel
son, astronomical experts have just com
puted the diameter of Alpha Orionis.
one of the stars in the constellation of
Orion .
The orb is found to be three hundred
million miles in diameter, approximately
.100 times the sun's diameter. Its vol
ume is 27,000,000. times as great as the
sun. The sun being almost a million
times greater in volume than the earth,
this planet seems most insignficant in
comparison with Alpha Orionis.
Prof. Michelson, winner of the Nobel
prize in physics, thirteen years ago, is
recognized as one of the foremost au
thorities in the world on the subject of
light.
The i.evice perfected by Prof. Mich
elson und used in calculating the diame
ter of Alpha Orionis is brieflly described
as follows: v
"The mirror of an eight foot reflect
ing telescope is obscured by an opaque
cap with two slits adjustable in width
and distance apart. When the instru
ment is focused on a star, instead of an
image of the star, there appears a se
ries of interference bands arranged at
equal distances apart and parallel to
the two slits. When the slits are prop
erly adjusted a distance is finally at
tained between them at which the frin
ges disappear . ' '
The angle of the subtended star is
obtained by a simple formula and when
the angle and the distance of the star
from the earth are known, the diameter
of the star can easily be determined.
The device was perfects last summer
and taken to California by Prof. Mich
elson and its secret was carefully guard
ed until today. On Tuesday the suc
cess of the device was telegraphed to
the professor. The device is accurate to
within .0001 of a second of longitude,
or approximately the angle subtended by
the head of a pin at a distance of 1,000
miles .
REFUSES TO CANCEL
RATES ON COAL.
(By The AssodatetJ Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 29. The in
terstate commerce commission today re
fused to cancel joint rates on bitumin
ous coal in carload lots from mines on
the Kanawha and Michigan railway in
West Virginia to southeastern points,
claiming that the , schedules ' proposed
would "increase rates and work as a dis
crimination against coal operators. .
D'ANNUNZIO SURRENDERS HIS
POWERS TO COUNCIL
'By The Associated Press.)
MILAN, Dee. 28. Gabriele D'An
nunzio early today surrendered all bis
powers to the Fiume communal council,
Geueral Gavligia, commander of the
regular Italian forces, will arrange the
conditions of peace with a delegation, of
the ( ouncil today. '
A i onfi ; nee for the purpose of ar
ranging the tinal cessation of hostilities
between the regular Italian forces of
General ( avl'gia and D'Annunzio 's le
gionaries was set for this morning.
Meanwhile all military operations have
been suspended.
The truce was arranged during the
night and will continue until the eon
elusiou of tiie conference. Mayor Rick
ardo (iigan'e, of Fiume, and Captain
Host weni nri, in whose hands D'Auuun
7.io p.ne.i tie defense oltiie city, will
be the spekeMiu u for Fiume, D'Annun
zio ;:ppaienti.- i.e.i.g ignuied.
FIGHTING AT FIUME
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
PARIS, Dec. 2!). Fighting at Fiume
between Italian government troops and
Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio 's legion
aries lias been suspended for a time at
least, it was reported here today.
A dispatch from Rome stated that del
egates appointed by the mayor of Fiume
met General Ferrario, in direct command
of the Italian regulars, at Abbazia yes
terday, and agreed to terms laid down
for the capitulation of the city. D'
Annunzio was expected to sign them this
morning and a truce was arranged until
noon today.
The Duke of Aosta, cousin of King;
Victor Emmanuel, was said to be on his
way to take part in the negotiations.
Seisure of tho port of Fiume in Sep
tember, 1919, by Gabriele d'Annuniio.
Italian poet warrior, at the head of 8,000
volunteer grenadiers and arditi, was the
dramatic climax to a controversy reach
ing back to the Treaty of London, con
cluded in the spring of 1915 between.
Italy and the Allied powers, under which
Italy entered the war against the Central
Powers.
The treaty assigned the part of Tyrol
south of the Brenner Pass, as well as
Trieste, Istria and a section of the Dal
ination litteral to Italy, but gave Fiume,
the seaport of Hungary, to Croatia.
When the war ended, Italian national
ists, including d'Annunzio, demanded
that Fiume, with its preponderant Ital
ian p 'pulatioji, should be given to Italy,
an ad that would have required the re
vision of the Treaty of London. T5i
Italians, however, invoked the principle
of ''self-determination" enunciated bjc
President Wilson and pointed to the faet
that the population of Fiume, upon the
dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Em
pire, had proclaimed through their na
tional council, the union of Fiume with
Italy.
Croatia, now a part of Jugo-Slavia,
opposed tho claim on the ground that
Sussak, an important suburb of Fiume
and part of the city itself, was over
whelmingly Jugo-Slav. In addition the
Croatians charged that, whereas ItaJj
already had an excess of valuable porta,
their country and the adjoining lands
needed Fiume as their only outlet to
the sea. This position won the support
of President Wilson who was subse
quently denounced by d'Annunzio and
his sympathizers as "the only obstacle
o the realization of Italy's aspira
tions." President Wilson's view, how
ever, was shared by the British and
French.
Backed by Italian public opinion, the
Italian delegation to the Paris peace
conference, headed by Premier Orlando
and Foreign Minister Sonnino, refused
to yield Italy's claims. In April, 1919;
the crisis came to a head when President
Wilson threatened to withdraw from the
conference. He issued a public state
ment sustaining the pact of London in
sofar as it related to Fiume. Receipts)
of the document in Italy precipitated
numerous anti-Wilson outbreaks in whiefc
d'Annunzio took a leading part. Mean
while, Orlando and Sonnino quit the
Paris conference and returned to Sonne
where they were, received with wild ac
claim by the people. The Italian Cham
ber of Deputies adopted a vote of conff- -dence
in the Orlando ministry. Later -however,
the two statesmen returned to)
Paris at the invitatios of their eol-'
leagues and participated is the negotia
tions and the signing of the Austrian
peace treaty. . . ;
Failure to reach a satisfactory sola- '
tion of the Fiume embroglio, however.
was one of the principal causes of the
downfall of the Orlando ministry 0
June 19, 1919, and it was succeeded by
the moderate Nitti cabinet, whose selec
tion exasperated the Italian nationalists -and
was the forerunner of the d 'Annum- '.
zio coup d 'etat the following September.
Finme, at the time of the entry of the
d'Annunzio forees, was under the miS ,
tary control of General Pittalnga of the
Italian army. The General had led a
strong detachment to the outskirts of
the city to intercept the invaders wbe
(Continued I6n page 4.)
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