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TONIA DAILY GAZETTE GASTON COUNTY Tko Combed Tan Cater of tbo South. GASTONIA The South' City of Spin, diet. VOL. XLII. NO. 95. GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 21, 1921. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS QAS ADMINISTRATION IS PLEASED AT PASSAGE OF COLOMBIAN TREATY Provides for Payment of $25, 000,000 to Colombia The Harding Administration, Through Ratification, Wins Its First Fight in the Senate. (By The Aiwoeistod PrwiJ WASHINGTON. April 21. .Exprcs eions of gratification were (c-iit-ra 1 today iu administration circles over wh.-it was regarded as a significant test of senate upport for administration foreign poli ties in tliat body's ratification of the long pending Colombian treaty. At the close of a; final session of heated debute, the treaty, which grew out of the parti-j tioning of Panama ami provides for pay I ment by the I'nited States of .fU.l.tiiMt, 000 to the South American republic, was ratifiel with a margin of 1 1 votes over the necessary two thirds majority, I") republicans ami four democrats oppos ing ratification. The vote was !! to 1'.. With the senate in a lull today after clearing its program of the first major, business of the extra session, the house was prepared to resume debate on tin' immigration restriction bill with proba bility of reaching a final vote before ad journmeut. Although a sale majority was predicted for the measure, propon ents believed it would not be as large as that given in the last congress. Origin of Treaty. The Colombian treaty grew out of the charge that the I'nited States had wronged Colombia in the partition of i'unaiim. It was mi,, thing in a scqucntc of many connected vvith the building of the l'nnama canal, and what was chnrac terised by its proponents "the taking of the Isthmus by Theodore Koo.-ovelt while Congress debated.'' ( Briefly stated, those who urged ratiti cation of the treaty charged that when 1'anamu revolted from Colombian rule. American forces prevented Colombia from recovering her lost territory. Those who opposed ratification of the treaty charged that Colombia, had long been engaged iu trying to "hold up" the I'nited States for a large stun of money for u cannl route; that l'nnama, once an independent state, revolted from Colom bian rule for just cause and that the presence of American naval forces had nothing to do with the failure of Colom bia to force Panama back into her state. In short, it was charged that the I'nited States winked or connived at the Panama revolution to get the canal zone. This charge was denied with orpin I vigor. The treaty as at first negotiated ex pressed "the regret" of the I'nited Stales. Later th" treaty was redrawn to merely pay ifeJo.nOltjuni to Colombia. It was argued by the treaty opponent-, that the payment of ikJ.'i.iniit.dOn was in itself an admission that the I'nited States had wronged Colombia. In the wrangle which has lasted over many years few facts seem to be uncoil troverted. It does seem undisputed, how ever, that. President Itoosevelt, ucjing under authority of a law fathered by the late Senator Spootier, of Wisconsin, ne gotiated a treaty with Colombia by which thp rights of the old French canal coin pany to build the canal, with a rash pay ment of $10,1100,0011 :ilid an annual pay ment of fcJ.VI.niMi. The treaty was rati tied by the I'nited Stalls senate, but the Colombian senate refused to n-cept it. The motives which were said to have actuated the Colombian senate in its re fusal furnished the ground work for : some of the charges against Colombia by the opponents of the present treaty. PeLesseps, the French canal builder.' had spent millions of dollars and thou sands of lives in unsuccessful efforts lo build the canal and the project wa the world's dream for at least two centuries. Oil November 1 !':, Panama revolt ed and set itself up as an independent state. A small American naval force, less than fifty men. the record says, was lauded to proti-ct Americans. Ten days! later the United States recognized Pan ama as an independent state, guaranteed her independence, and later made the treaty b.v which tin- canal zone was ceded to the United States and the canal wis buil,. Colombia claimed that according to the terms of the American treaty of Hill with N'ew Granada, to which Colombia' succeeded, the United States was bound to maintain the sovereignty of Colombia over Panama and to preserve neutrality, in the Panamanian revolt. , About these points the dispute has raged for more than sixteen yt a rs. Hack of it all was the implicati m that the I'nited States, being unable to close up the canal bargain with Colombia, ''ar ranged" the Panama revolution in some way and put the deal through with Pan ama. The treaty opponents contended that the ratification of the present treaty would sustain those contentions which they denied and place a stain on the memory of President RHsevelt. THOUGHT HE HAD LICENSE TO SPEED ANYWHERE NEW YORK, April 21. "Bal.e" Ruth, the N'ew York American League team's famous homer tin hitter, who was served with a summons charging viola- tion of the automobile speed limit while en route to the Polo Grounds yesterday. ' is required to appear in court here April 27, it was announce.! today. Ruth was with the Yankees at Phila- delphia today for the opening game there, with the Athlrtie. The Yankees will re-j turn here April 23 to open a series with Washington, o -. j AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAN PUT AWAY THE SWEETS COBLENZ, April 21. American soldiers whose predilection for sweets has often caused Frenchmen to gasp with amaztment, are still world cham pions in this respect, it is shown by figures compiled at the Cafeteria, the largest restaurant in Cobleni, under the management of the Y. M. C. A. During the past year, Am rican doughboys ate at that restaurant alone 233,138 puddings, 475,843 tarts and cakes, 310,874 cookies and dough nuts, 63,151 creampuffs and eclairs, 524,200 dishes of ice cream, 366,351 chocolate sundaes, 61,378 pics, 223, 787 apples and other fruit, 282,741 glasses of 1 monade, and 43,792 or angei. Eggs wire also "played across the board," the total number being 211,195. HE EATON IS GIVEN LIFE TERM! Louisiana Negro Sheriff Forgot lo Hang Is Sentenced to Life; Imprisonment by Pardon j I Board. ! (Hy The Associated Press.) MIKKV W'Oh'T. I.a.. April L'l. death sentence id' I.onnie liaton, file ne I gro the sheriff of Ouachita parish forgot j about when the day set for his hanging ! el mi- around last month, lias been com i muted by the state pardon boar, I to life1 imprisonment, according to reports re- I reived lu re today from Muton Kongo. The boar, I considered the negro's case on meeting there yesterday. Faton was convicted of murder several months ago and was brought from Oua-' chita parish to the Caddo parish jail for safekeeping. ' Coventor Parker set .the ! dale for the hanging, but the sheriff for got all about it until the legal date had passed. As he afterward wrote to Gov i ernor Parker he was so busy with other I affairs in his office he forgot the day ! that, he was to hang Futon. When the omission was discovered, at torneys for Faton held that as he had hern in jeopardy once, his execution would b,, illegal. (iovernor Parker se cured opinions from meiubers of the bar. but the attorney general held that as Faton had been sentenced to be banged, the law reipiired that the sentence be carried out, unless executive clemency was extended. The matter was then al lowed to rest until the meeting of the pardon board today. FREIGHT RATE CUTS WILL HELP FARMERS f By The Asstx inted Press.l WASHINGTON. April L'l --The need for immediate reduction in freight rate, as a men.sure of' relief for the farmers was to be submitted to President Hard ing today by delegates to the National Partners ' I'll ion convention here. A number of senators and congressmen were also expected to accompany ted to accompany t he del eg ates to t he w Jlit e house . The conference with President Hard ing was arranged yesterday after 1 1 n fanners had conferred informally with lui inbers of the interstate commerce coiiiin issinii mi the rate ipieslioii. This con leieiice was described as uieatisfas ,oiv. It is imdi 1 stood that they will urge t lie pri',ident to call a conference of repri s, ntat ives of hibor, capital, and the basic indii. tries iu an effor1 to ef fee 1 a reduction iu rales. 'I'he convention was lo be addressed today by Senator ('alder, of New York, on Hie coal and housing situation. DELEGATES WILL RIDE OVER GUILFORD'S ROADS (By The Associated Press.) GlIKK.NNP.OKo, N. C . . April l'1 Klection of ofliccis of the I'niied St; Good Ivoads Asmh-ia! ion. loovening Ol the P.ankhead National Highway Asvi rial inn and the .selection of a 1'il'J con veiithiii titv. const il ul ed the piincipal basilars before the Ian national good roads organizations in annuals -don here to, lav . It was understood tha1 I'h.iltaiu Teiin., had been teiiativeh selected the committee. The convention in ngo. b.V oinl session must ratify the select ion. On the program for the afternoon sc. sion was an automobile lour over Guil ford county hard surfaced highways to High Point and return to the I'ential 'aiolina fair grounds here where the del egales will lie guests at an old fashincd barbecue this evening. JAP STEAMER SMUGGLED WHISKEY TO JACKSONVILLE (By The Associated Press.) JACKSON VILLH, Fin.. April L'l. The Japanese steamer Erie Maru, seized here recently by the federal authorities after prohibition officers had found liquor on board, following the arrest of seven sailors who had smuggled several case ashore, steamed from the tit. Johns river today on her way to Germany with ;i cargo of phosphate. Thp ship was released under bond of, v lo,uOii and i order that Captain Han- boyshi might sail with his full crew, six 'f the seven sailors held in the eonaty J1"! were taken into federal court where they were fined twenty dollars each after they had jdendd guilty to violating the j federal prohibition law,. The ease ef one of the men "waa nolle prossed. - BASEBALL S HIGH COMMISSIONER ATTENDS OPENING GAME IN CHICAGO n B?..?..TrJT; "AK3S5X Judge Landis, greeting Johnny Ever, new manager of the Chicago Cubs. Judge Landis is a rabid baseball fan and knows the game from a to z. Believe Berlin's Reply Will Be Insufficient And Unacceptable (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, April .'.'I. (iertnanv's pro posals relative lo repartitions had not been received by I he I'ronch government la'e last night, but ufliciuls here declared 1 hey expected t hey would be the Name as .those puleisbed in German newspapers. ! For this reason, they said they believed I I he lierlin government's terms would be ' ' insutlii ient and unacceplable. ' ' It is probable that the Italian and Helgian ambassadors to Great Britain I will .'ittend nexl Sunday's conference at 1 Hvlhe, at which Premier Briaud will . coiumunii ate lo Premier l.loyd George the measures l-'rutiee pioposes to take if' I Germany does not make the reparation ipa.vineiits deiuauded. on May I. Louis' Lonelier, ministir of the liberated re gions, has completed a plan for the eco nomic pi unities to be placed upon Ger many in default of her pa.v mi nt of rep- orations. The K ho ,e Paris declares that his plans include a tax of ten gold, marks on each ton of mal and a i-nuiller lax on lignite and perhaps manufactur ed goods. A lax of fu per cent, p,'iyn tilt in foreign inoueVj would be levied on all cxpmts. Gciiiiauy would be allowed in 111: 1 11 1 1 1 .1, turf certain products and de liver it' 1 a in Value i.f the.-, the ,'p:ir.ili, materials to t he alio s prodiu ls being endilc li ;o 1 omit . the I lo ECLIPSE OF THE' MOON IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT BeRinninR of Totality at 2:23 O'clock; Visible Over North America. lia rl Wi h I, a in,, t bio "until and clips,, will he lie III III, total ec , seen loiiig jht l.igi mug at I . in I al 1': i 1 !,e m mi l.i II 'clock , ", From will be l:i totality lie, that lone ii total .l.i i k 1 1 Ti bp I. at II: .',7 w h'-n I he i t, i t he peniiinhr i. e. of I he ea rl h. and p, 'Miiu'ira at 1 :liL' moon in'o the pe w i v r. is d iflicult t o v ill hegin to show a lie eastern edge a o '. I,,, k tonight and i. 'a,-., of th,. moon iiiaiiiing thus for 'Z e'ern edge of the ght , re-cent of light ...led r it till il ,, umbra. c lips ti:,- n n is .per , oon d and not edge of Hi ' II I -oil of ha'f cue I g, -j f r , ,jii Ih.' en'r: n : i in f rri i 'fei ,.l,,ervo. lie ' ' li, e eul 1 1 1 1 1 I lew niltill,. I iv L':J.: Ili will app,';,.' minutes. TI III" ill W i d -': t h:: ! will grii a I : ,1 . Ih" a ! mi has pae Muring I it." likely to appear ,o; ,'i'tirely d.i-k. , ieltt it- s;i y I hi- i-f sunlight parsing ,nrr mnd ing a ! moph i due to ref rai l inn t tir uigii the earth 's "r. and bent tn- ward th, Tles detail of the e clips', it is ai.!. will depend on condi tions in the earth's at li'tpi. re .-md the re'a'ive position of the earth's ax:s and the sun and rno.m. The ua on. two weiks ago, passed he tw.vii the earth and sun, causing a total eclipse at the south pole. While eclipses' of the moon are more frequent, at any given spot on the earth, the iiumiIkt of ilar it'ii ! is greater, tmt tlicse are over a iiiu-h smaller territorv. WEATHER. North Carolina, unsettled, with showers Friday and in west portions tonight, somewhat warmer in inte- rior tonight. aaj93:c' GASTONIA R0TAR1ANS District Governor Honor Guest and Principal Speaker at Yesterday's Luncheon of Lo cal Club Echoes of Nop folk Convention. y s'rict Governor "Bin k'' I'.rrin, ol th 1 ith ilislr.ct of Iv'otarv lab,. coiii'irisir Nor h and S th I 'aro!i:,.i h, ,!,,,! :il I of the Mud Virgin,. was the guest o the r, "idar hi mouthlv lunch. Gasbiniu Uoi.irv bd the A I llii.lgliill : Is i t lie pr; li -casioll. I'ie-b Hotel ves'eld ,v . He was : cip.'ll speaker of tile oi l ; from the district nieetin I'errin brought to Galoiii,i real message. He spoke I fundamental principles of tiui, but addressed himself I icularly to 1 1,,, b , - work I th" Notary . bibs. s ,,i h tin- fundament:,! g ! , al end and a in, of I e ;, i Niutolk lal'i.-ins a i; idly of l,e e organi.i irmre par ,1- I li.lt lo I, I a man :tr-,iin, to l! ) e. i tin gr-.'t I l.i; a I vv a ; .1 mi Norfo a spe. , i;u. I, i in-, s:,r,a-io a how it hap; I inl. I the oif.k Poll." Sp:,,. it called on to p,M Iliads on,. -,!ver P.,t., i v .!,,!, ,,f ' h,. he COM red him. -If I 1 1 1 !-, Hoiking th" 1 gathered tie r. The new spa p, in gk.'.v i ng t .-r it "John li, lei 'it. P.. II i e i ' W. I. P. d I i re. tor .1 II K.i ul. iu. Bar's!.-.". 1 la rnuin . were pr, JOE H. SEP'RK HEADS GASTONIA ROTARY CLUB Sam A. Robinson is Vice-President Other Officers Chc-setr' by Directors Last Night, y A t a meet nig of t ie ii li rd of of tic ois'iuiia Kotarv I "Int. 1, n ght a' the l iticn Can's o the ensuing year tt.-re el, di d .is : t. rt id fl, o President, Jo,. II. S park. Vice, president. Sain A. KobiuM.n Si'cretary, .1. Stacev Itovce. Treasurer, .ddiii !. rjankin. Sergeant at arms, Chas. Kurd. I'. W'iMi.ls Garlan.l. on- of the newly elected d.reitilrs, ;, presenl. other new director, W. I.. I'.althi. absent on account of tdie iibess o two The iv a s his wife. I'luns f r the club's work for the corn ing year were discus-!. President Fe park will apKint the standing commit tees' for th von DDflTDCCQ IQ IMIIlDm rttUUIlLiJiJ Id 111 JUlAtU BY NATIONAL LABOR POLICY jAYS BASSETT In Address Before National As sociation of Cotton Manu facturers Declares Labor Unions Have Not Benefitted Employers. ' (Ry The Associated Prea.) H),T(, April '.' I A definitely st.it , ed i.a'ioiial l.ibor pub, vas opposed as , iiiimical "o industrial progress by V. It.1 ; P.; tt, of 1 a V.nk. in in address be I foie the N'atioual A " -locial ion of t'olton M.iuiifacfureis al their coiuenlioii today, j The biotory of guvei nmental interference I . in labor had Imwii s'lnissis h hen dei'ii j ions f.nored the workuien. It,, said, and,1 failures when verdicts favored employers. " lie I 'His a grea t ilea I a I hi lit the iron i 1 I" 1 I of 1 a pit a I is' ie despotism sijuee.ing ! 'I I I rofil nut of t he poor, duwiit rnddeii , ' oik.-i " ,,. enii' inned. adding that he. had t 10 ,i is, 10 r ;i ceinj.;in t bat had ! i1 spernlls hell operated I prim iple. " j I I ades 11 f 1 j on Idlest inn ' , lb, lb-, I,, th, ass. r'ed that although tin ! In I pet formed a valuable orbing unscrupulous employ d not 1 0 i' 11 in 1 1 1-11 1 1 y advanced betteie.l working conditions. s and bei ti" III, III s of eondi rented .111 I regulated by ceo h, 1. laupl lepr -.entnt icii i d hv It. I,. 1 manage lift li ! i:.-.-i I l,;,s,., .'Hid . , :t ! 10, I: r :is des.-ril Pittsburgh. 1. Iu, try ile, on th,- a, lllpl -i.M'S of Wilson!, of Is up, hi i n op, -ration ptaiic- by employer." me practicable appli ,'! tin are in' prim iple that capital am dependent, ' ' he said. TI:, worknnin ceitainly has ;i right 1 hiim lo s.i v in i-eL'.'ird to his I, winking condition, his conduct in tin shop, his relation to lil-l employers II lid Ins fellow emplove. It is necessary anil light that hi, d.siies Iu this respect be recogli i.ed. ' ' AVERAGE CUT IN TAX" VALUES 15 PER CENT FIFTY Counties Already Re porting Show cut of 25 Per Cent Others Will Decrease ' W. T. I!, i; ai.pi.,11 m Greensboro News.) pril L'o.- When all ol 'he 10, lull, have reported to I he tax ported to th, commissi., I, the .iverage cut in tax valuo .vill sho,', .-i i . 1 1 11 . 1 l."i or L'u per cent reduc tion, in the opine, H of idlicials connected wlh I he eoniioi-siiiM. The oil count IC' wliuh luive a I read v perfnruied operation en 'lie lax valuis show about 2o per, cent reduction hi the average. The c( ties Hell lll.l.l the largest reductions, 01 Iv to make the larger cuts ie li i-si to report . The coin a re Ilk, I liong t III I duel II, mining Ted, I, 'I il. I belli e I he reports from lO con n I les will show such is. an I that the averagi I lather than increase, . nt r, l in I ion i ti t he prop '.v : , , i ' 1 1 li,.i -, r. '''V ' aim of the st:, I,, a- ;i nhide will .. ! ;(,.,, i ,.,. ' :,'lO' n t lo a gieat Oc'il in the agglT ,f, - i1'', t'.l! I '' leavur iilt, of sum,. ...inn ,( r . , .. ,. , ' ' 1 : ai'oue l to stand, will put thus. , , . 1 O ''I' eg 'l'l' "lie of the most ri'Ill in 1 1 , 'i i, : ' 1 1 , . 1 1 , I m n . . , ., to,;,-., lal p,'.,l,. ih, v have had lo -.'live , , In th.- opinio, i ..; th,. ta commissi, ii I , , s.rr ,, , ''"ii'g the :.!... i not going to brnif . . . , ' ' '" ' !" 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' . c ,pii,rifing its mem Inrsl ip. -tl,,. ltejl e;,,!i ,,f the Virginia League i;.e;,., tol:, The su-he.luh' for the oiM-t,:i,g i.':iitie i ;'s foLlov s : I'eters burg at Kichmoiid; Suffolk at Newport News; Xorf dk at Portsmouth and Wil- s n .u Rn ky Mount. The local team j this afternoon will christen its sew dia-j f,,-o r.-tn,, I WILL PRINT DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AIR LONDON, Apr. 20. Initial trials will soon be made in the publication of a daily newspaper from airplanes in flight a new phase of journal ism. Airplanes will leave Paris and Lon don daily. Machines from Paris will print editions of the Aerial Mail in French and those from England will print their copies in English. Batches of the papers will be dropped by par achute in Boulogne, Rouen, Amiens and other cities where there are sub scribers, says The Daily Mail. The machines will be equipped with wireless in addition to complete print ing plants and will issue news Of politics, finance, sport and that of a general character. LANDS ID-POUND CARP K FROM CATAWBA TRAP Big Fish Is Brought to Gastonia and Still Lives After Trip From River to Town Caught Wednesday in Trap on River Knowing that mere affidavits, affirma tions, or other sworn statements do not "go" in a newspaper office when it comes to a fish story, Col. (1. II. Marvin took The Daily Gazette reporter and Mr. W. Y. Warren around to his residence this morning to "show ' them a specimen of German carp which was caught Wednes day in a trap iu the Catawba river. The fish, which appears to weigh H or 10 pounds, was taken from the trap and merely laidi n the car, wrapped in paper, but after the trip to town seemed still to be alive, ko it was nlaced in a tub of fresh water where it quickly revived. It shows no effects of having been in the air instead of the water for an hour or more, and swims around iu the tub as if impatient of restraint and anxious to be back in the long reaches of the Catawba. Mr. Marvin is vainly wishing that lie had ji fish-pond in which lie could keep his catch for a pet, but will probably have a baked fish dinner in a day or two. HESTER BOYS FACE BLOCKADING CHARGE Immediately After Bains Con. victed of Stealing Car John and Early Hester Are Indict ed for Making Liquor Oth er Case Disposed of in Su perior Court. Facing trial in superior court on it harge of stealing an automobile, on which charge they were convicted yes terday, John and Early Hester, two voung whito men of the county, put in,' ast. Saturday night nitrating a block-1 ide still ami making moonshiiio liquor, n'.ording t Sheriff Carroll. Cooper - rating with them iii this nefarious and' criminal business, according to officers! .. ,, , ... . . ., .. il the law, were hd Kale and Gus lies er, iwo otner wniie men wno were ar j rested and brought to jail here today The sheriff has strong evidence against ill four men and they will probably be red at this term of court. Immediately following the trial of lnhn and Karly Heater yesterday on the 'arceny charge. Solicitor Wilson pre tented them to the grand jury on an iu lictment for making liquor and the grand jury returned a true bill this morning. Sentence against them in the larceny case has not vet been uronounc d. Much of this morning's session was levotid to the trial of Robert Caveny, a oung white man of Gastonia, on three omits, viz: Driving recklessly, operating a an automobile i ar while drunk , im I tifsault . The jury this afternoon! returned a verdict of guilty iu each case. : NEGROES THOUGHT WORLD Sentence has not yet been passed 1 WAS COMING TO END It appeared from the evidence that' ALBANY, Ga., y.pnl 2t. Accompa-. vouiig Caveny, while going through Me nied by a sfi ies of sta rtling explosions, a Adenville one afternoon in February at flaming meteor, or aerolite, fell near a rate of speed variously estimated at Pitts, in Wilcox county, about fifty miles from :t."i to .in miles vr hour, struck a northeast of her;, yesterday, barge truck on which were several con , The explosions scattered fragments victs and six of them were injured. Ac ovtr a wide area, and caused great ex cording to testimony Caveny did not stop citement among th inhabitants, especially but went on through Me Adenville to among the negro population, who thought Charlotte and was arrested on his re the world was coming to an end. turn t Gastonia that night between 11 The meteor, whi, h was feen here as it '""' '-"''lock. i Hashed across the skies in bright sun- Th,. following eases were disposod of iiKlit. leaving a luminous trail Whind it, vettetday: ; was also seen from many other towns in M M. Long, charged with the larceny; this wet ion. The explosions which se lf an automobile; charge changed h, roiupanied its fall near Pitts were heard forcible, trespass and judgment was sus-as far away as Crde'o. Ci miles to the pen, led on payment of the costs. 'west, and Haw kiu.v'dle. twenty miles to Sam Wallace, operating car while drunk, fined $."' and costs. .lohn and Early Hester, larceny of au tomobile, verdi.-t of guilty, sentence not yet prouounced. .lames Walker, larceny and false pre tense; pleaded guilt v to eharirn of forci- im Wallace, operating car while i.ie trespass and judgment was suspended . on payment of the costs. j f ti. fragments nero ,it to scientist i Charles Painter, abandonment; defend- in Atlanta for examination. ant pleads guilty. Prayer for judgment ' ' ... .. ... V ; continued until next term of criminal! SHOT ACCIDENTALLY, court. In the meantime defendant agrees J ATLANTA. On.. Ap ril 21. Thu lly t,. pay -" a week for the benefit of his! of E. P. Morrissetie, Jr.. a etl knnwii children and to pay the costs before the 'official of the local bmrwh "f paikiajf next term of court. , RotH-rt Pretty, larceny: defendant pleads guilty; judgment suspended' on payment of the costs. . -, Lab- Hoffman, carrying eonVcaled weapons and tre"pi; not fuiltj, , 'TAR HEEL INVOLVED i IN THE BIG ATLANTA ! GAMBLING SYNDICATE Albert H. Thompson, of Buck ford, N. C, Near Biltmore, Son-in-Law of Former Mayor Carter Harrison, Is Wanted in Connection With "Bunco" Syndicate. BIRMINGHAM. Ala . April 21. Government agents were cut inning their search over a wide an,, o.;,y for Albert H. Thompson, son in law of die late Car ter Harrison, former mayor of Chicago, wanted in connection vtilh the alleged "bunco syndicate", whi, h is said to luive operated extensively in Atlanta, ac cording to postal inspectors here, tvlio arrested Jimmy Connelly, alias A. J , Conway, of Atlanta, on a' similar charge. Connelly's arrest ;)t II u n t s v ill.; was effected simultaneously with the arrests of George l.loyd, of 11 iintvi lie, Ala., at Indianapolis. J. j. 11 mil ington, alias "Hoosier Kid", and riiaihs MctJord, of Atlanta, at Cincinnati. Post.il in spectors cooperated uiih Solicitor Gen eral Bnykin at Atlanta in tracing down the four. According to po?tal inspectors the search now centers upon Thompson, who is reported to have disappeared from his home in Buckford, N. C, which ad joins the Biltmore estate at Asheville. Connelly is held in Jefferson cdnfy jail in default of $10,0(10 bond. Other Arrests. ATLANTA, ;., April 21. Baring of details of operations of alleged swin dlers and gamblers who are declared to have obtained more than $ 1 ,011(1,000 in the last few years, which is under way now in a coiincibnanie investigation, arid through witnesses in the trial of Wil liam Fletcher, charged with being a member of the band was I'iv.n ,l,)o,l interest today with news of the arrests' of three other men us members of the alleged ring. The latest arrests are those of James Connelly in Iluiitsville, Ala., and two others in northern states, made by post office inspectors who have taken a hand in the investigation on the ground that the mails were used . Efforts of the citizens' committee to show that certain city . detectives were in league, with gamblers and swindlers here, as charged by .Solicitor Genral Boykin, are to be continued tonight, while trial of Fletcher on a charge of larceny after trust iu coimei tion with the claim that he was one of a gang that' fleeced a wealthy planter out of L'7,500 here, is being carried on in superior court. O. VVvnnc, the planter, whoso home is iu Memphis, declared be is posi tive Fletcher was a member of the band that induced him lo part with his money after permitting him to win some small stakes at n fake po i-o.in 15 miles from Orlando Fla in 1!H7. : DOCTOR OF "HORNED NEGRO" FAME GIVEN LIFE-TIME SENTENCE . Al"M A" A"'' Dl'- J- R- Pcilge was convtcied of murder hero to :i , : ,., , ,, , ,,. night, in connection with tin. killing of Justi, ,. i '. J. year. Tim ,i .Meildcrs on July u of last r.v re. nm mended mercy and Uclge w as no in bale y m. nti need- to Jifo imprisonment. Hedge and Medder; vver iters iu the -how busiii.. s. the plan to put horns on tuur th,. country with bun h'iriied negro in captivity, Hon was uece.-sarv to in. former part 'iiey hit upon a negro ami is Cue "only ' An opera -t a big ivair of horns in the m gro grew into place and like real horn. T s bead and the skin m.nle them appea-r e show businejii thiived, il is said, a spree at 'al,, ago. disclosed t ha der.t had made a until the negro while On 'a, (.'a., several years fak''. Hedge and Med furtuno and returned ' ining an overseer on here, Me.hh rs In the Hedge plantation. the mirth - . rvores ot fragments nf cxulotttx meteor were found in fields in Wikox and Crisp counties, the Iragest so tr found weighing six pounds. They sit apepared to le of a heavy nuta!, similar to iron, and were red hot when dug from the earth shortlv after thev ML Ssnme- company, who died at hi ham,, here yf terday. was hifel tlny to Monfgiii ery, Ala the home, of hu threats, for bnrial. Mr. Morrissefte died ' t'ne rcult of a pistol wo'ind. sail by his UklHiS'tO hi "If If'.'H iceit' in.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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