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Gastonia Daily Gazette WEATHER. Cloudy tonight, warmer in interior; Wednesday prob ably rain. LOCAL COTTOK. IS 1-2 CnU MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLII. NO. 9. GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1921. SINGLE COPY S CENTS TWO STRUCK AND KILLED BY P. & N. FREIGHT TRAIN TVlr. Jeff Davis and Daughter, Mrs. Eva Armes, Struck by Eastbound Freight Train Beyond Flint Mill - Were Walking Tracks En Route to Ranlo - Two in party Escape. Mr. Jeff Davis, aged (50 years, of the Loray section of Gastonia aifd daughter, Mrs. Eva Amies, agt'il 26, were struck and instantly killed by a I'. & X. freight train this morning at 1 0 : 30 o'clock at a crossing a few hundred yards beyond the overhead bridge near the Chapel Lutheran church in Kast Oastonia. Another daughter. Miss lies sio Amies, and n niece, Mrs. Maud Itabb, escaped death by jumping from the track just, in the nick of time'. The train was east bound and was in charge of Conductor Fiher and Motorinan Hog ers . Both bodies were horribly mangled and torn. They were literally crushed and ground to pieces. Hits of hair and blood n ii 1 parts of the brain and skull were strewed along the track lor several yards near the scene of ifie impact. The head of Mr. Davis was completley sev ered from bis Isnly anil was not recov ered until 12 o'clock when representa tives of The Gazette, Ford 1'ndertaking Company and P. A; X . Railway visited the scene of the tragedy and picked it up in a box. Crosstics ami rails were spattered with blood and bruins, tufts of hair and bit.s of wearing apprrel. A ROYAL WELCOMEIAWAITS BALLOONISTS' RETURN TO MATTICE After Traveling Over a Hard Trail For 15 Days From Moose Factory Aviators Are Expected to Arrive Tonght in MatticeReported in Good Health and Spirits and Eager to Get Home. ( By The Associated Pre.) MATTICE, Ontario, Jan. 11. The three American naval balloonists Lieu tenants Farrell, Ilinton and Kloor broke camp at Skunk Island, L'U miles north of this town early today and start ed on the last leg of their long trek back To civilzation, according to reports brought here by Indian runners. If all goes well, the trio should reach this little frontier settlement by nightfall and a royal welcome awaits them. The men are reported to be in good health and spirits .and eager to return to their homes. Tho airmen and their Indian guides reached the island last night after travel ing over a hard trail for nearly fifteen days from Moose Factory, where the craft was wrecked in a forest after a wild flight from Roekawny, X. V. N o further details of tho men's thrilling experience were receive! here from the runners early this morning. Until it was definitely established that the party reached the. Indian settlement at Skunk Island lust night, anxiety had pervaded the town's population and the corps of newspaper eprrespondents and S057 Striking scene of a fur deal- I IB life at Moose Factory, Ontario.near iff J fftsWtHMfiWiuw, f.i.,iiM.i.ttjilfciffiwiwMwjyyeg'3www A - f i '.A I fi raw iL owvl.u.i?.F,s. " r; v ' - I I !f -'--.v.vv.fl&:v: SK ' s , , handkerchief and ribbon were together knotted in a piece of hair. The bodies were immediately brought by the train crew back to Gastonia and taken to the Ford Undertaking estab lishment . According to the survivors, Mrs. Ilabb and Miss Bessie Davis, the party was making their way by foot to the Itex .Spinning Company's plant where they had obtained employment during the temporary shutdown at the Loray. They were walking the tracks of the P. A; X. to avoid the muddy roads. At the time of the accident a freight train was pass iag, on the Southern tracks a short dis tame away. Mrs. Ilabh said, and for that reason they were-unable to hear the approach of the I'. A. N. train until it was nearly on them. She and the young er girl jumped to safety, in the mean time yelling at the others who did not hear ill time. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife and scleral children. Mrs. Armes has oiu; child . Xo statement could be obtained from the crew who resumed their run to Char lotte as soon as they had brought the bodies back to (iastonia. However, Mrs. Habb and Miss Davis said that they blew the whistle. AT NIGHTFALL photographers that some accident might have befallen them. Special interest was attached to the report that the men were in good health, for it is known that Lieutenant (Stephen A. Farrell, the eldest of the trio, suffered severely from frost bite and exposure. He is traveling by eariole, the others mushing through treacherous snows on snow shoes. When the men arrr" e at the rail head here they will be met by town and dominion offi cial and afforded every courtesy. A spe cial train has been provided for their convenience. Local interest attaches to the thrilling s'ory of' the a in tors mentioned above iw.Uii Lieut . L. K. Sin a ley. of Gasto nia. was in carrij with Lieu! . Ilinton at 1'ci'wn o'n, l"a., during the war. Lieu'. ,:ilv was s.ii-:.lrioi riic'iiecr and Lieut. ; n'l :i v.es ics'rts.- i Mr. Shea 'y sent i nes:i'te of i oiigrn'ulat ;on to his obi war "buddy"' this morning reading as t'o'iou : ''Congratulations to you and your pals ou ge:t:ng uv..:y v i.'h y . 1 1 r lives lifter undergoing such an c i r h nee . where the throe lest balh onis,.-. were l.o.n I :;i .1 from which 1.0'mt they nre p their way back 10 civilization MINISTERS OF COUNTY FORM AN ALLIANCE Organization Perfected, Here Yesterday With 34 Members Important Matters Con sidered. After enjoying a good dinner, as quests of the (iastonia Ministerial Asos ciation, at the Loray Cafeteria yester day, thirty four representative ministers of Gaston county assembled in the West Avenue Presbyterian church and effected a permanent organization Monday after noon. Hev. Dr. J. C. Calloway, of (ias tonia, president; Ke. i). F. Putnam, of Cherryville, vice president, ami Rev. G. 11. (iillespic, secretary treasurer, were the otlicers elected for the ensuing year. A eommitete composed of Revs. J. W. C. Johnson, W. C. Barrett and J. C. Dietz was appointed to draw up a set of by laws to be submitted for consideration at the next regular meeting. The thirty four ministers present, rep resenting every town and township in the county, were enrolled as charter members and the .secretary was instructed to no tify and enroll the pastors of all protest -ant evangelical churches in the county. Ministers, excepting those enrolled as charter members, without .regular charges, are to be elected to membership. Meetings are to be held on the Monday after the second Sunday iri January, April, Juiy and October of each year in (iastonia when not inited to meet else where. The most urgent and important matter presented to the ministers for yester day's discussion Has that of relief for the starving sufferers in the Xear Last, the Xorth of Chii.-i an d the Kast of Europe. Rev. Dr. J. II. llenderlite was apointed a committee of one to confer with like committees from other organ izitii ns, the c::ul-iucd committees to per fect plans for a town meeting and invite Governor Kickett to he.. the speaker and arrange for a county-wide campaign. A partial report of the committee's conference with tho county commission ers concerning the establishment of a rural police force was given by the chair man, Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, and the omtnitte conjinuetl-autil the -matter is made final disposition of. Other com mittees were appointed to confer with other State organizations looking to tho establishment of national and State cen sorship of moving pictures. It was very much regretted that, owing to the late ness of the hour, adjournment was taken without hearing Rev. J. B. Hood, - of Pisgah, and Kev. R. C. Long, of Gas tonift, who were on the program to Irpeak on "Community Service in the CotlBtty Church" ami "The Relation of the Church and the Community House." The minsters adjourned to meet on the Mon day after the second Sunday in April. The pastors of Cherryville were appoint ed a committee to nrarngo the program for the next meeting. MIULONAIRE'S YOUNG SON IS KILLED HUNTING By The Associated Press.) XKW OKLKAN'S, Jan. 10. -The death of Joseph Leiter. Jr., the lu-year-old son of Joseph Leiter, millionaire wheat king of Chicago and Washington, was caused by an unaccountable explo sion of a cartridge in his shotgun as he picked nil the gun after retrieving a duck he had just fchot, according to a b ug distance telephone message I' rem his father here tonight. The b ..V 's body "ill !" taken to Wash ington on a special train where inter no nt will take place. The s'ain youth, -.on of tint' man who be-anie w.-rbl famous when he oio-e i t tiered the whea' market in the Chicago pi, was a grandson of Levi '.. Loiter, of Chicago, who founded the immense Lei ter fortune. The boy was heir to an estate of sev eral miMion dollars. af'er four days in the Canadian wilds. . Inserts: Left to right, Lieut. Stephen I A. Farrell and Lieut. Louis Kloor. HARDING WANTS INAUGURATION TO BE AS DEVOID OF THRILLS AS A FRONTIER WEDDING LORD MAYOR WILL APPEAR BEFORE COMMIT TEE OF 100 THURSDAY WASHINCTOV, Jan. 11. Donal ) '('nllaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived in the I'nited States as a stow away and in whose case the state depart ment has refused to waive the passport requirement, is to appear Thursday be fore the commission of the committee of one hundred investigating conditions in Ireland. WANHlNiiTOX, Jan. 11. The con troversy between the stato ami labor de partments as to the admissibility to this country of Daniel J. () 'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived at Xewport Xews last week a a stowaway and with out a passport, was at a standstill today. The action late yesterday of Acting Sec retary of S'a'o Mavis in declaring that passriort r. : ri. t ions would not be waived by his department to permit the entraii.e of the Irish official although O'CaMaghan had been' temporarily ad mitted by Secretary Wilson, was met by tin' labor department with the assertion that the case st ill . rest i-.l exclusively w ith the labor secretary. Secretary Wilson said he would not take the O'Callaghan case under advise ment until it came to him through the regular channels of the deportment and no one concerned would predict today when a decision could be expected. COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT DIVIDED County Board Working With V- Absolute Harmony Among Member Heading in Ga tette Waty Misleading. To the Editor of The Gazette: The heading over the Dallas letter in your issue of yesterday was misleading in a way and as it might convey a wrong impression to the public I ask that you hiatie a correction. The head reads: "Commissioners Are Divided on Ques tion of Keturn to Fee System." I wish to state 1hat there is no division among the commissioners on this subject or on any other subject as far ns that goes. The members are working and have worked in the greatest harmony and I would not have the erroneous impression go out that there is a division. Some two or three months ago the question of putting the otlicers of the county back on the fee system was in formally discussed and a committee was appointed to investigate the matter to ascertain whether such a step would be for the best interests of the county. The committee found that to return to the fee system would, in the case of some of the offices, be a disadvantage to the county and that in the case of other oflices it would be a disadvantage to the one holding the office. So it was decided to go no further in the matter of seeking .1 restoration of the fee system. After thoroughly considering the mat ter it was decided 1o have the'eountyl attorney to prepare a bill which, if ! priced, would place in t in' hands of the board of county commissioners the mat tor of regulating all county salaries. This bill is now being drafted ami when completed will be submitted to the board for consideration and action and will be given to the people through the news pa tiers. One sentence in the letter is also mis leading. It rends: "Two of the body, Mr. K. L. Stowe and J, objected to any raise," etc. As a matter of fact this question had never come up in the board, no county officer having as yet requested a raise. The matter had never bis-n dis cussed between us except in casual pri vate conversation. J. W. SCMNiKY, Commissioner from Dallas Township. WOULD ABOLISH OFFICE ' OF STATE ARCHITECT (Ry Max D. Abernetby.'! RALKKHI, Jan. 11. At ihe openng session of the house at two o'clock yes terday Representative Glover of X'ash county introduce. 1 a bill to abolish the office of state architect and to put the &ork now being done by this official on a competitive basis, the successful bidder being paid in installments by the state building commission. The office which the fJIover bill would abolish was created by an act of the 1019 fieneraJ Assemhk- and s been held sin. e that time by .T. A. Salter at a salary of five thoii'and dollars a year. The committee on salaries and fees today Aote.1 to consider the proposed increases for state officials separately, that is to make its recommendations for increases of the five constitutional officers apart from the judicial and statutory officers. The report will likely fix the pay of the constitutional officers at around $4,500: President-Elect Overturns Plans For Inaugural Ball and Spectacular Parade - Wants to Take the Oath As Quickly As Possible and Get Down to Work Without Pomp or Display b augural Address to Be Brief and General -Asks That Not a Cent of Money Be Spent xm. Him. (liy The Associated Tress.; MAIMOX. ()., Jan. 11. If Tresi dent elect Harding has his way, tho in anguration of March 4 next will bo do- void of frills as a frontier wedding, j Having overturned plans for a revival of the inaugural ball, and a spectacular in j augural parade, he indicated today that j .so far as he could consistent l , tie would j keep away from whatever eiowds as seuililed in Washington foi the 1 vent and make the chaug of administrations just a matter of taking 1he eeeiitie otlh cs iiinler new management . The president elects pret'eri nee was made known in telegrams ii- sent la t night to inaugural oflicials in Washing ton. asking that in the interest of public thrift, the ball, the parade ami run other show ol pomp and lettivkv, lie omitted. Instead of taking the oalh from a specially built platform 011 the capitol steps, he suggested that it be ail ministered quietly within the capitol it self and that he be left free to go to work without more ado. The time honored custom of delivering an inaugural address, which has been observed since the formntion of the re public, is to be retained as a part of the day 's ceremonies, but it is considered likely here that, it will be very brief and couched in general terms. By his action the president-elect eud- al influential republicans had protested vigorously against the plans of the ir! augural committee to make the inaugura tion one of the biggest quadrennial cel ebrations the capital had ever seen. Not only did Mr. Harding request that the $5(1,(10(1 appropriation for grandstand seats 011 the capitol grounds be dropped, be he a.sked that not a cent of money lie sent on his Induction into office. How far the inaugural officials and public will let Mr. Harding have his way remains to be seen. I'nless it can be financed and managed in an uniiMial manner, it is considered certain here that the inaugural ball which went out of the program when Woodrow Wilson lirst took oflice will not come back this vear To prevent a street parade in honor of the new president may be more difficult. Thousands already have made their plans to see Mr. Harding ride down I'eniisyl vania avenue and in their number are the members of in.inv re oibi o-: e ehihs the country over who foil they cannot mi's the opportunity to march from the capitol to the white house when their party conies once more into power. This, however, is a problem which the inaugural oflicials in Washington haw to cope w.th. Mi. Harding k.ep in touch with the plans bo! ex 1 oct od t hat he i I pel mi t t In in a sidil'.ll'io leeway in decisions win. not d.rectly oiiiorn him persoualU William Hale Thompson', mavor 1 hongo. and flu- center of a bitter will will T coll during -lde,t D. lad- tiour-v within republican ranks the caini'.-i :i;ii, u.'i among I ' r elect Harding's ialler toda of t hi con f erence 1 re not re lied Others with whom the presid. nt elei ! had engagements during tin- day iin-lud ed I'r. Jacob Could Sihurmaii. president of Cornell I'niiersity, who was initid here to give his opinion on the sissocia (ion of nations plan, and 1!. S. Pen field, the New York manufacturer, who came to discus financial conditions WILL HANG UP HIS HAT AND GET DOWN TO WORK WASHINGTON', Jan. 11. Announce incut that at the request of President elect Harding, the Washington inaugural committee last night had cancelled all (dans for the celebration in connection with his inauguration next March, was received here with varying emotions. 1 1. jse who had opposed reviving the cut t 1111 of making the occasion a gala one, chiefly because of the expense involved, expressed commendation. Others, while sympathizing with the spirit that prompted Mr. Harding's request, showed keen disapopintment. The action of the committee in meet ing the wishes of the president-elect means that the parade, the inaugural ball and other features of the program that 'ti the past has attracted thousands of visitors to the capital from all parts of the country, will be dispensed with. As suggested by Mr. Harding the "in augural ceremony, it was indicated to day, will consist simply of the formal administration of the oath of office and an address by the new president, prob ably from the east steps of the capitul. Then Mr. Harding will proceed quietly to the white house, where, in his own language, he "will hang up his hat mai go to work." Inn telegram to Senator Knox, chair man of the congressional committee hav ing in charge arrangements for the asm monies at the capitol in which he ap prised the senator of bis request to the local committer, Mr. Harding requested that congress not appropriate and the committee not expend any funds what ever in connection with the inauguration. UNLESS NATIONS AGREE WE MUST BUILD A BIGGER MVl So Says Secretary Daniels Tes tifying Before House Naval Committee Would Advise Harding to Call Nations To gether in Conference to Con sider Disarmament. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. An iaar nationnl agreement "with all, or prac tically all, the nations which will guar antee an end of competition in navj building" was presented as the paljr alternative to the building by the IT si tea States of a navy powerful enough M command tho respect and fear of tko world," by Secretary Daniela in tea mony today before the house naTat affairs committee. The naval secretary, who appeared be fore the committee in connection with its consideration of the subject of disarma ment, dismissed as unworthy of IiHeo sion a third proposal for an America, navy less than equal to the most power ful s'a power in the world "because it is a waste of money to spend money m an agency of war which would be help less if needed. ' ' In presenting his views to the commit tee, Mr. Daniels took occasion to outHae the advice which he would give to Presi dent elect Harding should he le asked for counsel on naval matters. This ad vice took the form of a suggestion that M. Harding, immediately upon his i auguration, invito tho nations of the world to meet, wth representatives of the I'nited States in a disarmament, confer ence. Authority for such action waa given by the naval appropriation act of IPl'h the secretary said, adding that if President Wilson "should call a con ference it would bo impossible for him to make recommendations before his term of office expired." "If President -elect Harding should 6V me the honor to ask my ad Wee on the subject." declared Mr. Daniels, "I woo I nnhi si'af ingly say to him: '' 'If 'he I'liitid S'ates is not to b- a' on e a member of the lenjfao of . -.thins. I believe some plan should be adopt. I at 0 nre to secure a 11 agreement '' 'f a re. Iin tion of armaments. You wilt 'Mi" 'ic authority to call sudi a ennfef- You ra,i act on March 5, and i .'ei' M r ,., niiiig of the day when taa- pavers of this country and of all rooa- tro s may be safely free.1 from the great 'oir lens of war preparations. Until that .inference secures world agreement let there be no cessation in building ships a ut hormsl by congress.' " Characterizing the "naval holiday" brtw.su the I'nited States, Great Britain and Jaian. provided for in the pending 1 resolutions introduced by Senator Borah, of Idaho, as a "half Aay measure," Mr. Daniels reiterated his 'opposition to this country's "entering into such an agree ment " A naval holiday for one year or any period is like applying a poultice whea surgery is needed," declared the secre tory. "It is little if any better than the suggested half way agreement be tween the I'nited States and two nations which have a treaty of alliance. An allianee limited to tha United States. Great Britain and Japsa would make far suspicion and distrust and would be fol lowed later hy a counter entente of na tions jealous of what they regard as aa Anglo-Saxon and Japanese alliance ta dictate to the world." Holidays indicate a cessation froaa work for a brief period with a view t returning to the old job when the hofi dav is over," Mr. Daniels added. "Th only wise course is to end eompetiiiv naval building, not for one year or five year and not for a few rations, bnt for all time by all nations The time ie ripe for securing sin-h an agreement now and I would consider it a serious xristuKs to fail to embrace the opportunity for (Continued on page g.j A.
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