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FONIA DAILY GAZETTE GASTON COUNTY Ths Combed Tan Cuter of - ths South. GA.STOHIA The South' City of Spin diet. . GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1921. VOL. XLII. NO. 73. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS' PROGRAM FOR EASTER CONCERT MONDAY, 28TH Hon. Frank R. McNinch and Tom Settle Will Make Short Speeches During Program Plana are practically complete for tlic big Easter concert Monday night to be given under the auspices of Gastonia Community Service, W. I). Anderson, president. The concert will be held in the auditorium of the Central (traded School. The program is as follows: Invocation Kev. J. H. Hcudcrlite, D. D. Pilgrim's Chorus ("Tannhauecr") Bichard W,agner. Fairest Daughter of the Graces (Quar tet "Rigoletto" (iuiseppi Verdi. The Duke, Lacy Adams; Gilda, Marie Tor it nee; Maddelena, Uuth Mason; Rigo Lrtto, P. II. Thompson.) Address Frauk II. McNineh. j Massa's in du CohL, (iolil (iruund .American Folk bong. I Believe Me, if All Those Endearing 1 Young Charms Old Irish. The Soldier's Chorus ("Faust") Clinrles Gounod. The tttar Hpangled Banner Everyone . singing. I J. H. Separk, rhnirman of the evening. DR. JACKSON DISCUSSES THE QUESTION PILATE FAILED TO ANSWER Baptist Preacher Delivers Strong Sermon on Supreme Question of Universe, "What Shall I Do With Christ?" Taking for his text the winds of Pon tius Pilate, "What fchall I do with Him who is called Jesus," Dr. Charles 1.. Jackson, of Wjadesboro, who is preac h ing at the First Baptist church here dur ing the series of meetings, held the close attention of a large congregation last night, the largest which has yet attended the services. Dr. Jackson referred to the day as being Good Friday, the an niversary of the great event of tiacred history and around which the speaker built a convincing sermon. Viewing the question from the side of Pilate, Dr. Jackson said that it w;in a pity that he did not ask the question of himself only and not of the md; or that he had asked only his wife, who warned him not to have anything to do with Jesus, as she hail been warned in a dream concerning hint . The audience was made to see the graphic picture of Pilate vacillating between what hi.s higher nature pointed out as his duly and the craving of his hoastal nature, anxious to plea.se the mob. What an opportunity for Pilate to make a name for himself! Children might have been named for him if he had taken the course which his littler nature pointed out to him. God made it hard for Pi late to gn wrong, but. his ambition tnnjuii please1 the mob and get on the wave of i popular opinion, overcame bis impulse to oley his better judgment . What has this fragment of ancient hiatory to do with us F asked the speaker. But history repents it.-elf and you, my friend, sit tonight where Pilate sat. We, too, must meet and answer this question. When our day on earth is done, we will have given our answer to the question. We must take hides. Home may say' that this is mi antiquated question but "What shall 1 do with Jc aus, " is the one question which will not clown. CARDINAL'S DEATH BRINGS HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY (Bj The Associated Press.) ' BALTIMORK, Md., March Among the hundreds of messages of syin pathy ami regret at the. death of Par dirral Gibbons that continue to pour in at the archepiscopal resilience from per ', sons of all creeds and rank was an offi cial testimonial from the Baltimore He ! brew Congregation. It. extended the sympathy of the congregation to Hie' mrnilters of the household and to their i "Catholic brethren of Baltimore." j A tribute to the cardinal's memory! was voiced in a resolution adopted yes j terday by the Baltimorn Federation of Churches, representing virtually all the' Protestant denominations of the city : which said that he mprits the praise and i esteem of all men " without distinction! or creed or sect. " i "The Baltimore Federation of' Churches," he resolution said, "desires' to express the appreciation of the Tro j estant churches within its membership for the life and works of our fellow citi ton James Cardinal Gibbons and to ex tend to our fellow Christians of the I!o man Catholic church our sympathy on the occasion of their great Iwrenvi-mcnt 'w the death of this pre eminent leader and churchman. His name has long been a household word in his belov.il Baltimore and the fa nip thereof has reached to world proportions." Jules J. Jusscrand, French amhnssa dor at Washington, sent, the following telegram to Bishop Corrigan: "We mourn with you a prelate ad miralde for his sanctity, a citizen' ad mirablo for hiaf patriotism: a model American whom during the pri-ai . iijis fiance iguni n friend," UNSETTLED AND SHOWERY FOR EASTER SUNDAY WASHINGTON, March 26. Any thing but favorable weather for the annual Easter fashion parades was forecast today by the weather bureau. An unexpected storm of marked in tensity, with it tail swinging low over southeastern Colorado, caused a revision of preliminary forecasts of fair weather tomorrow. The storm is sweeping east-northeastward and high today off the Atlantic coast and high and rising rapidly in the north west. Elsewhere the weather was acting badly, with showers and thunder storms in New York State, the Great Lake region and lower Missouri val ley. There were light rains and snow in the northwest. In Montana and North Dakota the temperature drop ped below zero. Everywhere east of the Mississippi river there were promises of unsettled weather and showers over Sunday. Some sections may escape, but th-.re was no comfort on the map. In California there were storm warnings. Only Florida, from which the winter throngs are scurrying home, showed "fair tonight and Sunday." BELIEVE BALLOON DID NOT DRIFT TO SEA (Bv The Associated Press.) PENSACOLA, Fla., March 26. On the advice given by Lieut. W. F. Reed, instructor in meteorology at the naval station here, that the naval balloon missing 3ince Tuesday with five men aboard could not have diift ed to sea in the face of southerly winds prevailing Wednesday night and Thursday olf St Andrews bay, and the Calhoun county coast, where the balloon was last icported, a naval dirigible with two days' supplies and a double crew aboaid set out from here caily today to scaTch the for cits of west Florida. Lieut. Heed believes that the crew of the drifting bag would have cut a way the basket to prevent its drop ping into the gulf and would have ta ken refuge in the rigging . A carrier pigeon which arrived here with a mes sage from the aeronaut stated that the balloon was 20 miles at sea off St. Andrews bay Wednesday night and that the bag was sinking and then was about 100 feet above the water If the basket had been cut away, Lieut. Reed said, the bag would have risen and he believes that the pie vailing winds would have blown it in land . WASHINGTON. 'March '2D. irclt for the naval balloon In their missing from air station at Ponsaeol.i M lie)' last Tuesday, airplanes, dirigibles, anil naval ships have covered approximately square miles of territory without Mgbting a trace of Hie big gas bag, navy department was advised today the b.V the commandant at I'cusacida. "No trace of free balloon A ".")! 7 to dale,-' said the message. "Thorough search of gulf shore and swamps cover ing ."i.tiiiu .square miles of waler and L', tun square miles of land has lieen con dinted by r-caplnnos, dirigibles, Kagle boats and subchasers." The search is being continued and na vy department oflicials have not given up hope that the five men in the balloon will be rescued. PRECLUDES POSSIBILITY OF RESUMPTION OF TRADE i WITH SOVIET RUSSIA (Hy The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March L'n. -- nndi in laid down bv the state deie.rtmont 1 1. a., prerequisites to any resumption of t'-ade relations between this country and seiet Russia, while dealing exclusively vi;h the econoniin frailties of' the soviet system, were regarded today sinking sn fundamentally at its entire structure as to have ended practically all possibili ty of an early resumption of commercial intercourse between the two countries. In a statement yeterdav replying to the re en! s"viit m s-snge to this govern ment, prapo-iiig a reopening of trade re lations, Secretary Hughes declared the I n it-. t Slates iil ( not consider sic h a course until fundamental ihanges had been qiade in the ei onoinic system under I.' ing the soviet regime. Safety of hu man life, guarantee of property rights, fiee labor and observance of the sanctity of contracts were among the require ments laid down. Ilnlv bv meeting these I requirements, the statement -ail. could j Russia hope to achieve economic r.hnbili jtition and rebuild her foreign trade, j Is.-ued by Secretary Hughes at the : conclusion of a two hour diseuss. f the Russian question at yesterday's cab ' inet meeting, the statement, which was t.ansinilted to the American cinsul at Reval for delivery n th(. soviet authori ties, was regarded as having the solid ; l acking of the administration in defining the nation's future policy in dealing i with the balshevist government. " Mr. C. . R. Spencer has a card in today's paper announcing hi-, , an.tidacy . for city- councilman. This muk.-s six i candidates for the council j WOMAN'S PRESBYTERIAL AT RUTHERFORDTON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Miss Corinne Puett, of Dallas, President of Presbyterial Delegates Urged to Attend Opening Sessions. The Kings Mountain Presbyterial meets in the Presbyterian church of Kutherfordton next Thursday and Fri day, March .11 and April 1. This meet ing is one of the most important in the history of the Presbyterial. Mrs. N. Buckner, of Ashevillc, is one of the prin cipal speukers before the Presbyterial. Gaston county women occupy prominent places on the program. Miss (orinne Puett, president, re-I quests that ull those going to Ruther ' fordtou arrange to le present at the opening net-sinus to be held at 2:'A0 Thursday afternoon, if possible, and by all means to be present at the evening session for Mrs. Ruckncr'a address. The program follows: Thursday, March 31. -:dO p. in., meeting of the executive commitee. .'(Mm p. m., call tu order. Devotional. ( ircct ings. Local auxiliary, Mrs. R. W. Logan. Response, ' M i s. (.coi gn f ord. Minutes. Kurolliiic ut. : Report of president, secretary and treasurer. j Report of Committee on Constitution. I 'l ayer. ' S:tin p. ni., Devotional Exercises, Rev. I .). C. Crier. Address, Persona I Evangelism, 'Mrs. i N. Muckuer, lien. tJecy. N. ('. Barai'iu j Philatliea I'nioii. Hymn. tittering. Prayer. Friday, Apiil t. t:l.".. Devotional, Mrs. E. F. Reid. Minute". Roll Call. President 'i Mes-age. Reporl of Secretaries of Causes. Delegates Hour. Report mi Synodical, Mrs. B. F. Falls. ll:Wi a. in.. "Syiindical Home Mis sions." Miss Margaret Rankin. Report on Greenville Conference, Mrs. K. F. Reid. Friday, April 1. '2 MO p. m Hymn. I 'ra vel". Report of Secretary of Young Peoples Work, Miss Mary Ragan. J Young People's District League of; Kings Mountain Presbytery, Miss Jennie i Saint1. Address, The Chinch's Duty tu Her Young People, Rev. R. (.'.' Long. I Hymn. Offering. I Presley terian fen nee : Objective 1. S. Hainiter. I'rogressiye Program Con Spiritual Life, Mrs. VV. Objective J. f.vangiMisin, Kvangelism. Mrs. C. F. 1 lanibright. Objective .'!. Missionary Kdiicatioii, Mrs. C. K. Neisler. Object ivo I. Christian Kdnca t ion, Mrs. A. If. Crawford. Objective o. Religious Literature, Mrs. W. P. Mitch.il. Object ivt i. Stewardship, Mrs. R. f. A bema t hy. Objective 7. Every Member Canvass, Miss Annie Hall. Objective S. Ministerial Support,' Miss Kstelle Arrowood. Reports of Committees. Cnfinished Business. Friday, April I. Vim p. in.. Hymn. Praver. Address, Foreign Missions, Rev. ('. N. Caldwell. Hymn. Benediction. The officers of Kings Mountain Presbv lerial Auxiliary for 1 !L' H'''l are: President, Miss Corrintifi Puett; Vice Piesident. Mrs. F. P. Hall; Recording Secretary, Mrs. R. M. Reid; Treasurer. Mrs. P. P. Murphy; Secretary of For cign Missions, Miss F.llcn Krwin ; Scire . tare of Foreign Missions, Miss Kllen Erwiu; Secretary Assembly's Home Mis sinus, Miss Kdith Hambright ; Secretary of S. P. & C. Home Missions. Mrs. C. P. Robinson; Secretary of C. K. & M. R. Miss I.ida Ormand : Secretary of Liter at tire, P. !. and Bible Study, Mrs. .1. F. Jenkins; Secretary of Y. P. and S. S. , Extension. Miss Mary Ragan; Hecretary of Barium Springs Orphanage, Mrs. C. K Neisler. ARREST THREE MEN INVOLVED IN ROBBERY (By The Associated Press.; CHICAGO, March 26. Three men said to lie connected with the million dol lar mail robbery at the I'nion station last January are under arrest today, and postal inspectors say they have recovered f il.iibti of the stolen bonds and have, obtained information which they will he ; lievc will lead to the apprehension of the, rest of the robbers. The three men arrested yesterday were given a secret hearing before Cnited States Commissioner Lewis F. Mason. They gave the names of William K. hri'-tzer, Isadore Goldberg, and ('. A. Jet res. According to the story told by Krietzer, be found the lionds in a vacant lot. took them to Goldberg, who gave ft to Jet res to sell. The efTurt to sell them to a bond house i,ei b- : to ':f. ur icst ol trie, thrto. Southern Banker Favors'-; (Foreign Trade Credits i (ft l nomas liy McAdams.l vtce president of the Merchants National Bank of Richmond, Virginia,1, is a member of the Committee on Or ganization I of the Foreign Trade Financing I Corporation, .which is now being formed to I stimulate American export trade by means of providing long-term credits to for- Last year cotton planters had to tarry over a surplus of 2,000.000 bales because foreign buyers were unable to purchase at the unfav orable rate of exchange and there existed no satisfactory machinery for financing export trade that would have absorbed raw products in excess of domestic consumption. The Foreign Trade Financing Cor poration will supply this need. lll?riNGELir CONTINUES TO DRAW CROWDS Tvv Large Congregations Hear, i wo op lt-lu iU jt-i muns r ri day Church Taxed to Ca pacity Friday Night Camp FJr-o nit-l. r,A Rw s... from Dallas, Gastonia and West Gastonia Attend in Companies. Two large congregations heard I'r. Frank Hall Wright, Indian evangelic, preach at the Charles B. Armstrong Me morial Presbyterian church Friday after noon and night. All available space in the church was tilled at the night service and upward of .Ml persons, voiing and old, came forward when the iuvitat ion was given. At the afternoon aervice Misses W. B. Otey and Alice Ward 'pcroned the Little Mothers Club and a lar; number of uptouu people were present . At the .i o'clock sen ice I r . Wright preach d one of the strongest sermons of the Serb on ' Personal Responsibility.'' It is not enough, said the speaker, to ac fpiire salvation for ourselves, but the in fallible proof of one's i onersion is when we Iti me anxious and zealous for the salvation of others. fir. Wrighl i sang "My Mothers Hands" at the close Of 'the Service. ' rjegiittiiag at 7 p. in. Ir. Wright en . terlained almost three hundred young peit j de with 1 lie customs, ha!.its, hm gujgi" and slgif lauffiiag. of Ho- Indians among whom he has lited and winked a - a missionary. Without intermission the evangelist merged the Indian stories in 'to a splendid gospel inesqjiye on the plan j of y;alatiou that was su dee., ami at 'the same time, so splendidly simple that the youngest child pn sent could grasp it. This 1 1 1 I i : 1 1 is a rare genius as well i as a highly polished, educated, relined and spirit filled Christian gentleman. Mrs. doe dibble, of Mallas, Miss lo r j t rude Taylor, i corted numbers Coy Scoots to I Wright w ill pre : e cry a ft ei noon d" Loiay, id' ( amp the nili ach t w ice a ml ol hers . s Fire (.iris and son ice. lb . on Sunday and and night m-xi week. NEW WAGE STANDARD FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES WASHINGTON. March -b. A bill to (ix new wage sa n.l.i rds for all gm. iii mcnt employes is to be one of the lir-l measures to obtain consideration ;ii the approaching session of emigres. Sal.ny stales in general, according to plan-, oul lined, will be raised, but wage, for s.-v eial classi s of . mploves may be reduced Senator Sneo!, rep'iblic.-nt, t't.ah, wi'ii the aid of lieas-iiiv experts, is preparing a bill for the reclassification of gmeru unlit salaries. It is the plan to ceas. paying fediral employes from lump sums, at salaries fixed a' the will of bureau chiefs, and also to dispense wiMi the bonus system adopted during the war The increase co-t wage seal''- "I" private i other factors are to I . omit in fi x ing I he new d' living, higher tel n ! ry a u 1 ma ny 'i t a ki ti i o t ' a .I'iin sta nda r I .-. Among the abuses aimid at are con-li tions found, according to Senator Smoot. in various depaitments where sorm- em ployes receive many hundreds of dollars more or less than others doing exactly similar work. WILSON HAS SUFFERED NO BVD EFFECTS WASHINGTON, Ma ret, L'o. Former President Wilson was described today by his pliysician. Rear Admiral Cary T Grayson, as a litt'e weak as a result of an acute attack of indigestion yesterday, but otherwise apparently" recovered from tho attack. WEATHER. North Carolina, paitly cloudy tonight and Sunday, probably local thunde storms in interior Sunday. ' Thomas B. McAd&ma I 1 4 a. - - - NEW YORK MARKET SHOWS EVIDENCE OF 1 INCREASED TRADING Despite Extensive Profit Taking Market Shows Activity marked improvement in Steel and Textile Industries. m m i (By the Associated Presi. ) NKW YORK, March l!. Trading in the stock market this week was tu no material degree lessened bv thH Faster recess, aggregate transactions for t he four full sessions attaining fairly large proportions. li spite extensive profit taking, furl her substantial recmeries from tl revious previous fort niglit were recorded, largely if not the diseoinlit lire of all over short interest in speculative . wholly ; .-mi ti . b ut : shares. Oil, automobile, steel and e.iiipinent stocks, more or less in the order named, uio the principal beneficiaries of the ! ri bound, together with a score of affiliat ed issues, particularly motor accessories. Food, tobacco, copper and chemical is sues wiTc under restraint, as well as most ol the rails, the latter group being again . . , , ' , handicapped bv poor earnings and uu , Marked improvement in the steel and textile industries was reported and com modity markets also were more stable, but consei v.i t ism continued to prevail in those branches of' business subject to seasonal i n fl lion. . The money market eased slightly on call and banks bought moderately of coinuieri'la I paper. There were few indi cations, however, that the approaching second iinarl.il would cause an i time funds. period of the year pronounced releasn of p AMINE IN CHINA REAPS HARVEST 1,000 OF PER PEKING DAY March 24 Famine, which holds the ptovinccs of Honan, Shensi and Chihli in its sinistrr giasp, is reaping a dreadful harvest, according to reports at the headquaiters of the international re lief oiganization in this city. In twenty two counties of Honan, the average daily death rate on Marcn 15 was 1,000, while deaths from famine in the six northern counties of the province averaged 300 daily. Sixteen counties in Shensi covered by r.licf coiiiiiiittees have suffered terribly, it is shown by reports, the most serious phas. of the scourge being found, ap parent ly, near I'uping. In the Hi counties there have been .Ml, deaths from starvatii.i since the be ginning of the famine. 1 Pneumonic plague recently made its a ppea ra in-,, in twenty villages along the border between the provinces of Chili and Shantung, lis persons dying from, the malady. j Funds amounting to .'l.H.Ml.tuHl ti.els ( normally I. ."..Ml. I nib I incimiingj ; .nun, nun taels from the American Red Cms.-, have been apportioned to nil fain j ii,c districts bv the advisory committee of a ! stii.-l., working I eg lolis. orgaui.at ions in the DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE OF FINDING MISSING CRAFT PENSACOLA, Fla.. March 'Mi. Though discouraged by the failure of their two days' search to reveal notne I race of the missing craft, naval officers, to. lay had not given up hope of finding I he missing naval balloon with its five occupants which has been missing from the air station here since late Tuesday. Airplanes, dirigibles, eagle boats Mild subchasers continued to scour the air and coast in the vicinity of the place the balloon was last reported. As the sea r. h progressed the belief gnu that Chief (Quartermaster G. VV. Wilkeii-on and his four student compan ' ions had succeeded ill reaching shore at some isolafed place, possibly an island or reef and might not be heard from for days. BERLIN, March L'ti .- Order has been restored at Eisleben and Hettstedt, it is announce. I by the German government. The rioters at llettst.lt blew up the rail load -tat ion. however, before they retir d In tic hills sin rounding the town and sit up machine guns, which are reported to be tiring at security police in the city. Ilal'e was ipii.t but night, it was re ported and municipal and utility plants u.ie again in operation. ( Irga n iat ions known a.s "Councils of Action' ' are be ing organized at Bit ti rfield . Govern linen! Inmii. t.-i v e toil I ei r 1 1c i :. I ... t 1 11 the opeiatiou of suppressing communist ri "ting in iciitral Germany, it i officially di-lapd, and the work of restoring or di r has In en carried on by Prussian t-e-canity police' and local organisations. ROME NEWSPAPERS PAY TRIBUTE TO CADINAL. ROME, Manh Jll --Obituaries of the late Cardinal Gibbons are published by all iicwspapeis in Home which comment upon hinoble cl.aiacf. r, his genuine pie ty and his ni i. virtues . ''The death of Cardinal Gibbons," says the I'liirnrc I' ltnliii, "must lie deplored by all classes of citizens of America and must cause true national mourning ' ' The Giornale Il ftalia recalls that 'King Yi. tor Emmanuel conferred upon Cardinal Gibbons the grand cordon of the crown of Italy, one of the highest honors possible in the kingdom. . The lo.-.i says: "('ordinal (Jib i IkI1S must be consider.-.! fl. nfltitinl ulo- Back Broken, Coney Makes Hanno- Avloto, Ho. q fji ! iijraiwiaii - uunuuion IS uescriDea as Very Serious. COMMUNIST FORCES FLEE BEFORE SECURITY POLICE j OKKRROF.RLINCUKN, Prussian Sax- ' ""' Miir, h 20. Reorts that the com- ' n"miH' fnr wt,i'h have been fighting; : 111 r'lwn ' ' security pol.ee tor tlireo days had been dnvea out of that city were brought here lust night by men breathless from running the 1U milea which lie between Kiglebrn and this little ' Haxnn villago. They said that the com- iumi" nni' rcircniiug across rue neiiiM, for tho most part, in good order, but hoiiii. hail thrown away their guns and ! others had Imh'ii taken prisoner. The tidings ivero received without rinriliiin l.vr inun t.ti.l 1. ...... 1... u......l .1 i . , , , . , ., , , ,, I 'he coinmamler of the communists. Inn , . . ., i few minutes, however, these men and boys began to stragglo away apparent-' ly to join their communist comrades in another stand against the police. One of the refugees from Eisleben said to the correspondent last evening: "You haven't this sort of fighting in America have you?. Things must go better there. " He said that women who had been camped in the outskirts of L'islcheu day and night wince fighting began there en tered the city immediately after rifle fir ing ceased . I I "They would have gone earlier," he added, "tint the workmen would not per- I mit them to go in. The women do not nave much interest in the world revolu tion. To them the fight at Eialeben whs just a row between workmen and the'p,,.in,. Vet if death doe-, not ,tmi ..,.. " green police.' " Meinbers of the communist forces w hich werp in virtual control of Eisleben permitted the corres.pon.lent to enter that city yesterday--, bet ween bursts of firing, but they were unwilliuir to escort him back, saying that the only convey ances available were in the hauds of the police and that capture was probable. The correspondent, however, succeeded in securing an automobile, and left the j town, but lis bullets began striking the road around the macihno, ths chauffeur fled, and the correspondent walked as far as Oborroebling. n. After his experience in Eisleben, and scenes of bloodshed and violence, tho cor- respondent, found this little village, par- ticularly peaceful. In spite of the fact that heavy fighting was going on only a few miles away church bells were ringing here last evening, women were Dravinar in It he churches and chUdreu were laughing. ami playing aoout tue Ktr-eftj. All com mtinieatinii between Ibid town and-Ernie bob has been cut off. iml aulos eftnot he secured tri go to Eisleben unless the full price of the machine engaged is depos ited. As n coiieoiienei of this interrnn I tion of traffic, there is a food shortage IRVIN COBB TO BE COL. ON GOVERNOR'S STAFF LOFISVILLE, Ky., March Sfi.-Irvin Shrewsbury Cohh, noted humorist and hcturer, who served his native state with distinction as a colonel on the staff of Governor A. O. Stanley, has been renom inated for a commission at his former rank. Governor Edwin P. Morrow an noiinces that when Mr. Cobb arrives here April .'! he will b called back into service and c o in in i ss i i mc 1 a colonel. At a meeting of the Gaston County Par Association held this morning it was decided not to hold a civil term of court here next week, although it had been an i need in yesterday's paper that Judge Ferguson would hold court here. "These here lawyers are a hard lot to keep up with,'' said one this morning. COOLER WEATHER FOR FIRST OF NEXT WEEK WASHINGTON, March 26. Weather predictions for the week beginning Mon day, are: Middle Atlantic States: Unsettled with showers at beginning of the week and again Thursday or Friday. Much cooler weather first half of week; normal temperature thereafter. South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Showers the first part of week and again after Thursday, considerably cooler weather the first half of week. SENDS $5,000 BILL TO BROTHER ACROSS THE SEAS. BUDAPEST, Mar. 25. Stephen Nemeth, a clerk, wasting sway on the little food his salary would buy, ap pealed to tin almost foi gotten brother George, who went to America years ago and is now in Chicago. When months later, there came from George simply a large photo graph, Stephen Nemeth, disappointed and angry, threw his brother's pic ture in the fire. The next day there came a letter. It read : "My dear Stephen: If you will carefully divide in two the photo I sent you yesterday you will find a $5,000 bill concealed between the two sheets. Enjoy it in good health and don't forget your loving brothe,, George." Body Paralyzed Fight For Life rk T il I i r i i NATCHEZ, Mim., March 25. With his back broken and his body paralyzed from the chest down. Lieutenant W. D. Coney, trans-con- tinental flyer, whose airplane crashed near Crowville, La., yesterday, while he was attempting a record brfak- ing flight from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., today was bat tling for his life in a Natchez hos pital. Physicians said he had about one chance in ten for recovery and that his condition was "very seri ous," but the flier himself remained cheerful and expressed the hope he would yet be able to make the flight. Lieutenant Coney was brought hero ft iiii Crowvillp by nay of Monroe, La., lllHt night. An ray examination show ed fractures of the third, fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae and physicians ex pressed the fear he also had suffered in ternal injuries. This morning consider able, fever had developed. The tlier'a mother, who watched him hop off at Jacksonville early yesterday morning and who was prostrated when she heard of his fall, is en route here tu be with him. The lieutenant explained that his mis hap was due to engine trouble which de veloped after he had been si hours in the air and which forced iiiui to descend. In landing he strum a tree and was thrown from the machine. He was un iTiiscious when extricated from the , wreckage by a farm hand who had wit- nessed tho fall. ' MONROK, La.. March 2.".. 'I will w., t. a;),t fr,.. tl... vnr...t;.. i ti,. Lieut. William Pevoe Coney, trans conti- ,.ntal flier, who crashed to earth mi the Most. Lanier farm at 7 this morning, declared this afternoon shortly after ho una fnnvevp.l bv rt ntoinobili. find tr;.in in Natchez, Miss., where h,. will be given treatment at a sanitarium. "I wanted to break my own world's rteord in my triji hack to the Pacific and iiiv keenest regret is keenest regret is that I have failed, the injured flier continued. "I - know that I would have established new record if I had not been beaten by ' nature. It is pretty hard to overcome ,'til0 j.,.-, of Kr;,vit v n,i(1 nd 0t. new ,.jllErt j nature. I thought that 1 was ; learning some of her secrets when this a(-,.j,et occurred. I would have won out if it- bad not been for those fogs a,,K the Missisisppi river. I had a fair flight until I struck the fog banks along ' il,- rm.r .....i i.., i i,.ut t .... ,)it,,,lt an,t frm t Mississippi river . ,.,.iii i i,,t n,., ground I was flying low. 1 was preparing to make a landing be cause of tllo engine trouble when I struck a tree mid went down. I do nut remeni- Iht much jtbont what occurred after I struck the tree until I found uiy.elf in ! the arms of Muse Lanier and his good 1 wife who conveyed me tu their house. I guess it is all over. ' ' Physicians Cheer Him. Lieut. Coney early ill the day kept re peating over and over that he was going to die, but his physicians had cheered him up to some extent this afternoon and he was inclined tu take a more philo sophic view of the accident. His keenest disappointment is over his failure to set up a new record; the fact that he may die or be maimed for life being sec ondary, according to those who have talked with him. . , .. lbs. C. M. Harr.ll and J, V. Winn, who attended the young fli.r throughout i the day, were not prepared to sny tonight ; ih to whether he would live or die. "If he does not die," said I'r. I'arrell, "I fear that he will be crippled or paralyzed for life. Of course there is hope, and f would not say definitely he will not recover the ue of his limbs, but the chances are against him.' lbs. Darr. II and Winn late today is sred the following reporl as to his con dition : "Lieut. Ciiiirv i; paralyzed in his lower extremities. There is loss of sen sation and moii hi in the lower extremi ties. His temperature is Pl'J'j. pulse Inn, respiration L.'b. Lieut. Coney is con- si ions i nd cheerful but d"e not talk much. The injured rl.er late Sent a telegram to Miss San Diego, ( nlif.. -aid h The message was brief. thi; afternoon Mary Margan, be hi.s riancee. simply stating. ' ' .My plain tell tins me ruing and my spine ti seriously injured. ' ' Wetps as He Leaves Faim House. The lieutenant's mother male frantic efforts to get in t:...-ti w ith lit r son by telephone thic af'eruoou, but was unsuc cessful. Mrs. Coney was at Brunswick, (a., where she went tioitt Jacksonville this morning witter witnessing the lieu tt nant 's ' ' hop off. ' ' After frjienditig the day at the Mose Lsuier farm Lieutenant Coney was taken to Winnsboro this afternoon at 3 o'clock. He was in charge of J. O. . Parker. Drs. Parrell nud Winn ul others. At W'innsboro lid was trans- . ferretl to 5 Irain for Natche, wher bo was due to arrive early tonight. Tear fell from the youn niiiii'g eyet when he told Lnitier and hist wifn good- -bye. V'ou have Intra- gol t.f we," he jtni, ''Mud t t.haU i.ivrr-torget. ou." lib S1U thankeu the liiij.eivij.i9 bul i
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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March 26, 1921, edition 1
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