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Bij Special May SaleThursday, Friday and Saturday, May 19-21 TONIA DAILY GAZETTE BIG MAY SALE May 19, 20, 21 COMETOGASTONIA BIG MAY SALE May 19, 20, 21 COME TO GASTONI A VOL. XLII. NO. 118. GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18, 1921. SINGLE COPY $ CENTS OAS FRANKLIN K. LANE, ONES OF WILSON'S CABINET MEMBERS, DIED TODAY Pnrmr ScrretarV of the Inte. rior Die at Rochester Fol- lowing serious uperauon -y Was Native of Canada and But For That Considered Presidential Timber. (fiy The Associated l'ress.) ROCHESTER, Minn., May H. Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of interior, died at a local hospital here early this morning. Death was due to an attack of angina pectoris. Mr. Lane wan operated on hereAIay ti for gallstones ami appendicitis ami was said to lie recovering Alien heart disease from which he hail suffered from time to time (luring the past eight months dovel opeil. Jlusjiital physicians expressed the helief that the operation wouhl remove the heart affection lint an attack early toilay developed fatally. Immediately after he ha. I recovered from the inlliicncc of the anaesthetic, Mr. Lane said: "I am surprised to he nlive. I hope to lie alile to live a long life doing good things forever." Mr. Lane left no estate. Following his resignation from the Wilson ealiinet, Mr. Lane sought to re cover his health ami came here in .Ian nary of this year.. He was ailviseil to upend the winter in a warmer climate nnd visited in California, returning early this month. His condition w:i.s favor Ithle for an operation and cnntii d im provement was noted until the heart at tack was developed this morning. Mrs. Lane and George W. Lane, a brother, were called to the former cc no tary's liedside shortly before a. in. to day and were with him when he died. Last night it was thought that Mr. Lane was much improved. His brother i-pent several hours with him and when be left Mr. Lane said: ".Sec you in the in uu ing." Although Mr. Lane said, following. he De ration, that he was surprised toj be alive," his improvement had been so marked that his death was unexpected. His son, Franklin K. Lane, and his daughter, Mrs. Phillip Kaiiffman, oi Washington, were at their I ics when their father died, as was his sister, Mrs. M. A. Anderson, of Oakland, Calif. George W. Lane said this morning that his brother left i c.-tate what soever . ' ' Mr. Lane's body will be taken to t 'hi cngo tonight, accompanied by his broth er and his widow . It was often said of Franklin K. Lain that if he had been born in the Failed ; states iiiste.id of Canada, he would h.'iw ' been presidcnti.il timber. Alter serving j seven years in President Wilson's cnbi j net as (Secretary of the Interior, he te pig 1 his $ IJ.IMIII ;i year post in cxpcn ! ivc Washington early in 1 "in .pis tiep to his family" to beeoiiie vice prc-i-. dent ami legal ,-idviser of the Mexican pe troleum companies controlled by Ldw;ird L. Doheny. Horn near ('liarlottrTown, Prime IM ward Island, July .", IMil, the son of a Canadian doctor who removed to nli ! forni.-i during the boy's childhood, young! Lane was educated at the Fniversity of; California, from which he as graduated in lSSIi. Uy reason of his scholastic achievements the himornry degree of LL. P. was conferred upon him sonic years later by his alma mater and by ; New York and Hrown Fniversities and ! the Fniversity of North Carolina. j Fpon leaving college he engaged in j newspaper work, becoming part owner nnd editor of the Taeoma. Wash., Iail.v News. In lss;i he was admitted to the bar of California and fr.m IM'7 until 1!02 served as cor)orat ion counsel of Ban Francisco. In the latter year he was the Democratic candidate for governor of California, but was not elected. He received the party vote of the State legis lature in l!o:! for Fnitod States senator. Appointed a member of the Interstate; Commerce Commission bv President Roosevelt in l!o.ri, later becoming (hair ; man, Mr. Lan was serving in that ca pacity when he was made Secretary of' the Interior. Mr. Lane married in 1 sit.". Miss Anne Mintermute, of Taeoma. Wah. Two children were liorn to them. Mrs. Nancy Lane KaufTman, of Washington. and 'Lieutenant Franklin K. Lane, Jr., F. ti. A., of Los Angeles, Cal. ! FRANCE NEGOTIATING FOR LOAN IN U J. s. (Bj the AwKM?teit Fres.) PARIS, May lV Negotiations for a French itovernnient, loan in th Fnit.d States have been attracting interest in financial circles here. Thomas W. La mont, of the firm (rf .1. P. Morgan Si V. who has been conferring for m veral day.i with grnvrnmeiit ofticials, left for Lon don with some ' his partners. Mr. Lamout aid lK-fore leaving that any further dcvclopim-nK n-mihl .-onu' from New York, ire expressed eonfi-il'-nee that if a loan trere arranged it wonl.l ! on tenns attractive to the .American investing puhlii;, and at the (anif time creditable to France. i IME. CURIE, DISCOVERER HERE TO RECEIVE FROM WOMEN OF U. S. $100,000 OF PRECIOUS METAL I S t. .,. s, f - . - - ...n mm iiii nil inMimnwiay !! ,' .1 f4r- , . . N 5tf I'm" 1; - -Jr.c : If 'r ill in . z i Wage Cuts Will Extend To All Classes Railroad Employes (-J l pff f nf Decision -Will Be to Retard Track Work Says S. M. Felton, President of the Chicago Great Western. i (Uy The Associated Press.) Cll l 'A(iO. May Is. geneia! re. I ac tio 11 of wages for unskilled railroad i ni ' plovcs eflectue ,lul I, which was f.ire icast by the railroad labor board in an i ani,ouiie( uu ii I last ni-.dd, w.;l! b- ni oh .the basis of reductjoiis (xtiiiding to all classes of railroad ein'l"es, it was nil derslood today. Although on'y tho 'hicag i Cr.at West ern, the liicngo Jt .lton and a few other catriois ha... requested that the wage reluct ions be extended to all class. ji pro vision was made l,y the board in it- a'l ti i ii i iiceineii I for the tiling of otle r peli t inns up to .1 line ft and it was ,-lieved others of the 10 i lass A roads would amend their applications to imdu le shop train serice au. oilier classes of i tn- ploy i s- .Ian,- i won! I The in-u api board 's ided to i'ioiis III, d llouile. Ill, II tl -aid. o on , If. Jii'y l. The .I line I dei isi"ll. it vv will nivi r ai't'licat o.r - ti s aiinoiince l. d prior to I t n at i t Icse . all t. April Is, arid decided dan,, i iile tai since will lie ( IT, , t .I ,i!y I. ,!as, roads i p II ' es in time f .re April Ii t hat I ho wage Nearly half of in t in- e(iii at rv ti to have tliem do, but only a lew i Ih, I ! ket, qm ! decreases npidy to all d.is-. No in t hunt , ai was e i v , n i i the d's cut aiiliouueeineitt ;.s t,, tl,, pr ,l, (V i;d of the cut. I.. creas, ,j wauo s ,, .I :!v ,lsh I o M lab, S Ulle ot loT ela- ', s ! V ing it ret r' . a t i v ,. t ,. " The g.-i cat en- I. !!''' t .1 will be to retard tra,-p M. Felton, pr, sal, n! (iron; Western. II iiii ; track m.tiiitei.ato-,. and been kept a t skeleton for a wage cut elfc' t i, lisaqointm. nt was , cut vvtis to be delayed bv that time, it was - iid S. le 1 , e-tive- s:,;, i. pair r- vv s iiad s'rength doping A , i i I I . via, ! th.a' th, im' i i .1 a' v 1 . ii, the h'avi, part of track rehabilitation wo orally completed. The decision last .In'. afF proximately L'.H'iii.oihi ine,, an o:k is gi t-d increases, totalling m arly ""'m ."im iino year. Tne average rais.- tin u iij. t nni'v per ii iit. The normal numb, r cf in (killed employes on class A road , aril road executives saj, was .".i Ki,i mil, but in anticipation of a wage cut. the number of maintenance employes has I.e. n k' pt considerably In low that figure. BIZZY BEAR SAYS: : Cloudy in east and fir in wst tonight ; I and Thursday, no change in temperature j OF RADIUM, CIIEIF JUSTICE WHITE AT POINT OF DEATH Native of Louisiana and Comes From Long Line of Jurists Was Appointed on Bench by Cleveland in 1894 and to! Chief Justiceship by Taft in i 1910. , .... , ,, ' UASII1N.,.,. May 1 v -Physicians , attending Pdward l-'ouglassi White, chief ! " . ' .l'.-n, e ot ine i nitci .-sum s .-supreme , ( our!, a n iioiinc, d at In a. m. In, lay that 1 1 h ! r patient had not rallied from the sii.hiog sp, oi ,.,ie yesier.iav aim mai his lie, 'V , I V was nit expected. I I h .fl ed the t'olluvv ing hub I h f .lllsti, l'i iday Iiii,,,, ti d He ' at tin e White was operated ast . Ait hough in a scri r1 s, a,,, iiiiint hs prist, he p, rat 'mi as he felt hi i ourt was imperative, s sat isfactorv with nor :pou p.,-- I- -i to e lbs prog licit pais, a I Ii r.u.on near; . an I temp, rat lire until Tuesday i, vvien a.i.te dilati'Mi of the .irr.-d. lb iuis not rallied from lit ion a id his recovery is not t il is expe. Fl! i ds I !l iM . I IH l i ti l i .p.s-ti,,. -., e 11, the p. e might ia but that to I, a-, I!. II M.N KU. M. 1. i I. A V ION. M. D. j s. I FF. M. It." , 1 - - i. ia lis at tend ing t he ' , I 1 1,. e had l,i , ii no I , -' t condition and 1 1. rough today ;i ml to 1 1,, re vv as not liing upon u a , ' , r.. t ion f rum t heir ! night previous i WAsIM toe Whit. 'oiir vvh g ra v e y . s Ni .TON M , v 1 s. Chief Jus .; e , I St a t.-s S I ! -renie lion bi', a me sip bbuily f: r an operation to ! Ia--t I id. i v , i mil in ,,: deal a early today i. i . , us e xpe. t ing the I r. F'.-.n. is I!. Hag Xpc ''! lh ili'n-f .ill -iught, re"iitcd his -', a liiy decluiiiig and liope that In- wouhl vv I .Ii h, ia I at the pon.t With a f ' ell ! , i.g r '' e t : , ' a ii v oi .ii" ' ;o r. iv ho had n'" ' , tiee to slll'Vlv. tl e -.. I ' IOII t od.i V as sa i t 1 here was 1 1 ! t live through the .sine.- he was o lo.ai hospital for .lu.'l.v White's .- lay. ..la'ed on Fii'l.iv at a bladder trouble. Chief n-li' i' li ha I improved a-ti ip t. s'er lay afternoon n ;s-te, , lull and j lb' has remained ; last right. On , conditions Justice1! n ' . a he su'Ter.-.l a t !u a decline. 1 ripM'V. unci. i. -s. iou..i sin.-f, la! hearing of his ci itical M c Ki iiii.a a nd ot he! f his associates in to- Sunn ine ( ourt visitcl tlic lio-spital ! last i.i.rht bt not ,,-,t, I th.- chief iiisti.. l msed int.. , us. mnsu.-ss Mem. ! rs of the inline, lint,, family remained ! a I at tin- bedside throughout the night. i We envy Einstein. IIovv gnr.l it would be to know i milch almut some- thing that uolxidy could a"rne with you state,! one of the guards had lieen rtsign-! alKiut it I .it t ! Rock Arsna-i G.ie.l to aeeompanr th ssf on'tho tmin I zette, ' BUSINESS MEN DELIEVEGASTONIA CITIZENS MGreat Britain CITY MUST HAVESYSTEM OF PUBLIC PARKS Parks and Playgrounds Com- mittees of Business Men's Organizations ' Inaugurate Definite Movement May be Made Community Centers Ball Set to Rolling in Earn est. That the agitation which has been carried on intermittently for the past several yiars for a system of parks and playgrounds for the city of (iastonia has developed a constatnly glowing heiili incut that has reached a point where tangible results are seon to lie seen was evidenced last night in a meeting of bus iness men of the city at the Country Club when the entire evening was devoted 1" .'I practical discussion of the whole tub ject . President .1. II. Sep.-uk of the (la-to nia Itotary Club. President Ii . C. ban kin cf the (iastonia Kiwanis Club and Mr. .1. II. Kennedy were hosts and their guests were the members of the parks and pla grounds commit tees of ese clubs ami of the Chamber of ( 'out merce, the mayor of the city, Mr. b". I.. Cherry, and a repi i seiita t i ve of ,he .i. ss A splendid dinner was wrved bv Man ager Hindi of the Country Club at 7: M and the meeting continued until nearly 11 o '(dock, when this group of men dis I pcrsed carrying with them an enthusiasm oil tins Mll,ect which will undoubtedly soon show itself in action Those pus cut bi sides the hosts were Messrs. ('. C. Armstrong, l. M . .limes, M . A. Cai penter and S. . . lioyce, coui,osiug i he Kiwanis enuimlt tee ; Messrs. ,1. II. Kin nedy, .1. L. Cray, II. . While, .1. , White Ware and A. C. Myers, coiisti luting the Kotary coinmillee; Mis-is. : W. T. linnkin, A. M. Dixon and P.. II. Parker, constituting the Chamber of Commerce committee; Mayor Cherry and .1 . W. Atkins, representing The ia.i Me. Mr. W. T. Kankiil acted as toastmas j ti-r and chairman of the meeting. Mr. Kennedy opened the discussion by' J stating to the gathering why the n t i ing had been culled. He also out line. I I briefly some of the things he had had in mind for a long time as to (iustonia V need of parks and playgrounds, his ideas i to how a system of parks and play ninds might be obtained and how thee parks could be made community centers v. here public libraries, Y . M. 1 As. and W. C. As. could be is tahledod and where ample provision could be made for the outdoor life is penally for the young people of the tow n . Kvery man present was an enthusiast on the subject and each cxpio.sed him self as heartily in favor of the project. I was the consensus of oi.iniou that .he -'" "as ri; for taking the paiks and ptaygriiunds subject up in dead earinst. I hfore the close nf the meeting commit .,., ..,,;,,.,, ,, r w If., i,. r ,, iiaiiKiu an i lia irma u ex-ollicio of all el , , Jll(k into the availabili .V ot III the t (.as ; property for possible park mIc, ! cent ral sect ion of the i it v inl ', Moiiia and in W, .est (iastoln BRITISH CAPTAIN SHOWS POLISH INSURGENTS HOW THE WAR WAS WON BEUTHEN, May 18. Colonel Cockerill, British control officer, lec tured, disarmed and sent home 15 Polish insurgents who halted him at 3 o'clock in the morning and at tempted to examine his papcis and give him orders. The colonel jumped out of his automobile and shouted: "what are you boys doing out at this time with guns? Give me your names." The insurgents, who were mostly youngsters, were nonplus'd. The Icadir finally handed over his ritle, and the colonel boxed his tais. He then made the others give up thcii guns and advised them all to go home. Loading tiie.r 15 rifles into the machine he piocccded to British headquarters. The colonel's chaffeur, a Prus sian soldiers, said affciwards: "I have been through foui ycais of war, but that was the ncivitst thing I ever saw. CENTRAL WEST PUBLISHERS OPPOSE 44-HOUR WEEK ( Mil 'Alio. May 1 V I wo hundred and sixty three newspaper publishers up th,. central west, a- represented bv In. Inland Haily Press Association, at a "semiannual meeting today, adop'ed a resolution endorsing the zone postage rate which four years ago they vigor oiisly opposed. Opposition t i the II hour wa eklv s.-hediile for the print ng trades. ;ii affects the publisher, al-o was voiced. EXPRESS WAGON ROBBED. CHICAOO. May Is. -Six robbers late last ingiii hckl UP an . me r nan Hailwav Express waimn. shot one of the guards, ki.lnai.H - ,l two others, and escnr.e.I with small safe supmsed to contain a valu iable shipment of jewelry consigned to MiiuieaHilis ir St. Paul. Th.. robln'ry took place only a few , blocks from the railroad st;iH ion. . It was c ,3t'cf;ArJ ' I COVER TRIP OF 1 20 MILES BOOSTING SALES DAY; News of Great May Special Sale Is Carried Into Four riintii f.lltlnn I inrnlil ' ' ' Cleveland and York Ind cations Are That Enormous Crowds Will Come to Gasto nia For Event. Knt ii usiast ie, and dustv, fnrtv i et ill in d fit' S' !a over one imiel spreading the ii e s 1 1 i I e liei ng fa t ig lied eight i a s 1 1 . ii ia ( it i.cis i 1 1 1 ) i 1 1 I i .ln a t rip of . d and t .venly miles . vv s of tin gnat May Sale ;. !a t in la v tile A ft. I I onilllil. be led I Thursday, Knday aiclj the I )epa It ll" III of Meivali- ' of t he t ia stoiiia I 'haniber of 1 1 v. as an event ful da v and i :o:i u at hade nut with lii'-pit.iMe n v i rv i 1 1 1 : t v is'lted. . flic lues cp age if Castoiiia w: arried into four io..!,,r W lit. with I ' . I. hief I lav ii of P.. f the depart olice .1. K. Orr as pa rl.v. The .hi-lied tliliudei, liea. was riidl. v and d.spii tl III! da a llured to thriuigli the the fad that the party ..as twenty arrived hoin (.Its W i I e I I ' : lit i n P.a miniiles lab- in - an hour a In a I i lid. led at everv el. t he III. llll.el s starting it f ime. 'on stop by the if the hand tor the second tune thus - i. Ic ring llu ir lov.dtv I" their eilv. The concerts hi great I V apple, i . 1 1 1 1 1 l. t I row. I, galh nog at i very point. b'.lllhl Was the tir-lt -t ip. Lowell, Cril no rt.ei. M. A d ii v ill,, I Imoiit, Mount ll'dlv. Staid, v. Iiil'as. High Shoals. Lin .olntoll, (ions, t ' her ry V i I le, Itessemcl I'itv, Kings Mountain, ( lover and Howl ing 1 1 re, u u ere visited in turn. The only uulovvaid incident oia urred on the road b.-t vv, , n Mount Holly and Stanley 1 're. k. hut had no ill lesult, through the splendid pr, sem e of mind display. ! I,y l.vouard l urry. One of the parlv in Ih, had flopped by tie side of the road around a sharp iiirve to repair a puncture. Another car stopped along .side to see what vv a . the niattir. thus blocking the load. Mr. Curry came aioiind the curv, being l ollovvi .1 bv on the two cars at the ra'e id' speed the csviileade and was before he could stop. To avoid crashing into either he had to leave the road. Tliele VVIIN a deep gully at that point, but by his quick grasp of the situation he skirted the rim and kept his c.,r mi aU four wheels. With the help of in. lulu r, of the party he had his car I. a, k on the load in a in iineul, uom- 1lu W s,. f ,r t ),,. i n, j, h ut . I ';,', a i i ,, v ' tin territory v isit e, a re inl, rested ia the sale and are coming to ( . , i s t o 1 1 i i . Man , sjmke of the values received on hollar May and staled that they ate (oiu.ng a! least on, c during the three dnvs. GERMAN 0PP0RITI0N TAKES FORM OF A BLOCKADE (P.y The Associated Press.) Fl l I M IN. "II to Ii,,- ,-upi.d mo , have tak. o, K. ,!,-. Men . mo! M a v I s. ( .erma II iq.posj. 'olisji insurgents who have I of nop, i Silesia appears i ti., l ,rin of an economic ,!oyed by I I to trails t in i tl railroads it food supplies e ,, f, ,-r t 'ill P,.', - ,k ha 111 ,1!" a, ok in'o I.I v i . o t I , ie, III,. I to tie- , 1 i si r'n -t w here ,. and the rei'hs s. i. I into Silesia , i s f"r wotk done , .!i-u u 1 T i -l!v i. ,. be lli an . to , Km laul.v , the lie ' .u.n.-il. p. leg forvv; ing. ISerlin t, plans on nlist hunger 's forces, ting o f the ssii.lv early r-i, and an Fi. par.-ilu, II th. n.n.-ii will hold a s, , oi to fore title a I " a t ion :d Fp, d Poh h, 'VV, , II the I known t',e Vh is a' work on : rmaiis I I com j report. I f,,r tb, council, and t he of he ( ollll il of A m to the law frontier ..my and Poland in the be. I time in the hands ,t b' I t 1 lie a I -- 1 1 t debate ,-parat , h cha r I':' Milling m in i ii si (pa st ion I.I..1 of dep ii i r Itria nd his v lew nt Si!. sin, a n. I f the Poles b-.rg,. last Pr- I llO.ls. and v if i ominous. 1 1 II receive a vote the debate. I M P. I tidem NIGHT WAS 0UIET .w rue Di,.rD inn rv were lodged against Weinberger before IN TUG RIVER VALLEY;,, 0. . , , , Mr. Sherbune announced that there was! l . . n s 'Bv th Auui'tated Premi. WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. May IS Th. few reports received here from the upper l ug river valley early today indi cated tin- night had been quiet. The op- nosiin? factions iii the industrial disturb- am e.s of the past w.vk cave no indiention 1 that tiny were still on guard. Kentucky guardsmen as well as the West irginia j slat,, police continued to hold their posi- tionst. It was expected that state and county authorities would continue to patrol tlicj d'ustriet with th nH jfn'ec-j t their ').; See The Treaty Trampled Upon, Says Lloyd George D 1 M. All.:!. 1 f D 1 l t.l Ll I QLCB L1IL U U III U in Silesia - Declares Allies Must Stand Togeth er During Coming Years. SECRETARY ALLEN IS BACK FROM COMMERCIAL ?CPDCTIDICC ICCnPIITinN uLviiL i niiiuw nuuuuin i iuii Meeting at Jacksonville and.""' ','n'"t''1 "('"papers. St. Augustine Was Particu larly Enjoyable and Profita ble. Secretary Fred M. Allen, of thi' .Chamber of Commerce, lias returned from Jacksonville, where he attended the Southern Commercial Secretaries' Asso i elation. There were more than hundred delegates in attendance. Mr. Allen occupied a place on program . one the full of interest, excellent 1 1 re papers by secretaries who have made good i j in the profession were very much enjoy ! ( but the question lioi conducted hy olvin Ii. lirown, of the F. H 1 haniber of ( 'limine rce, was one of the chief feat ures of t lie convention. I Might ful lunches, banquets, bout ride down the famous St. John's river, thea Ire party, automobile ride with informal reception at country clubs were eanil vv iched in between the regular business sessions. On Saturday the visitors were taken iii automobiles to St. Augustine, a distance of 42 miles, where they were the guests nf the St. Augustine Chamber of Commerce nt an elegant repast nt St. Augustine bench, and afterwards were given a ride over the historic old rity. Nashville, T. 'tin ., was chosen as the next ((invention eity, and B. R. Kessler, secretary of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, was elected president. Mr. Allen reports that this session of the association wus the most profitable held in years. Mr. Allen's visit to Jacksonville and Mt . Augustine was particularly pleasant for him, as he was back on his old "stamping grounds." Both Jackson ville and St. Augustine, are homo to him. Mr. Allen was a former newspa per man in Florida. BEnGDGLL'S COUNSEL IS HELD FOR CONTEMPT' (By Ths Associated PreM.) WASIII.N'CTO.N, May .IS. Harry Weinberger, of New York, counsel for (inner Cleveland Berg. loll, in court mar tial proceedings, was ordered before the bar of the House of Representatives to day for contempt after refusing to tes tify before the House investigating coin mittee regarding fees paid him by Mi rgdoll's mother. Weinberger chaLleni'e.l the riirht of the i committee to investigate thn escape of I liergdoll on the ground that he never had been inducted into tho army. Chair 'man Peters brushed aside the content ion, i declaring it was entirely aside from the ! quest ion a t issue. Asked how much money had been paid him by Mrs. Bergdoll, Weinberger re ! fused to answer, contending it was not relative and was privileged matter. When ttie witness refused to produc,. bis books,' (),;,( Iteprcsentative Johnson, democrat, Kcn-'m;it( t o.-kv, moved that he be heb in con- tempt. There was no objection. ' After Weinberger's refusal to answer John II. Slierbiine, counsel for the com I mittee, asked the witness about the bur ' ied gold. liergdoll, the witness said, told him of tho buried treasure, but did not give its location. The witness re fused to turn over letters written him bv the late I. Clarence (.ibboiiey, also one1 or i.erg'ion s lawyers, ami tne coiiiuiiuce again ,-i'lopted a motion to call him ih' fore the House. Mr Sherburiio made formal demand for all documents held by the wit lies? j cept the plebiscite a.s an expression of which had a bearing on the case. the wishci. of the people of Silesia, but "If the House tells me to answer I'll having gone into the great war and stw-' take its decision," said Weinberger. ! tatned giga utu losses in defense- of aa, "The House will do more than rule,",01,1 1reat' ,0 nilkh '" Mr. Johnson declared. party, Great Britain cannot eonst-ut ti Four separate charges of contempt o 8 uinnrr UUW! . the committee could get his papers. j ! "Were you counsel for Emma Gold I , man f 'I aske.1 Representative McArthur, .:i.:i: ..r : t .1 . 1 r,'I,UDI1''an' wg""- Bas- if J know," be re- plied, "but I don't see where that has anything to do with this inquiry." llliairman Peters informed tho lawyer that ha would be formally served with a subpoena, requiring his continued pivs enec heref tending his atw-aniuce be fore the lionw for tnsl on th attempt ;aTi '''' "' . . ,-' Can Not A L T 1 P " I H I ILIAII I I W I I I 1 . II I 111 I 11 I - I (By The Associated Press.) I M).JM)N, May is. Mr. Lloyd jCcorgc, the premier, issued ; statement j this morning rein rating tin- ni itish ai'- tli'le towards the I i.inr Si!es,,,M , on si in'. -'xpresMs-l by him in Ms roc, . speech in i ti I the house of commons a,., I disclaiiniust I responsibility for the di aori. I leports hi In the course of the statement, Mr. Lloyd ( ieorge mi id : "The fate of Fpper Sihsia must ho decided by the Supreme ( onu. il and not by Korfauty . ' ' He cont in lied : "Children of the treaty cannot In' allowed to break crockery in Europe with impunity. Somebody must place a ie straining hand on tin in; otherwise there will be cont innal trouble. "ireat I'.ritaiu cannot consent to stand by while the treaty her n preseutn tives signed less than two years ago in being trampled upon . ' ' The prime minister's statement began as follows: I "I :i. there i,. il,,. ti.., ..,.1 i i.. - , s,,.. III. Ill 1 , i . , . , .. ; me iioiimc in commons oil llll' sunject OC Silesia. Naturally, I can only accept re I sponsibility for what 1 actually said and not tor the distorted reports in the French newspapers. The abmiM unaiii. mous approval given by the American and the Italian, as well as the liritish -press, to the sentiments I then express ed hIiow that the great nations who stooil by the side of Trance in the war mean ro inierprci. ine treaty ot Versailles lair- ly. "I have never witnessed mih-Ii uunui mity of any question," continued the statement. "All shades uf opinion in these three countries lake the mine view It would Ik- unfortunate ware ihu French press to take a different view, hut we must he tolerant of differences of opin ion nn.oiiir .in rsa.l c.'u ..uu an res pi -ci, l would say io TUC French press that the habit of t renting - . iir:,i. ..ii . ii . . . i. every expression of Allied opinion which ,.i ..,.;.,..i.i., ...in, ii...:. ..... ,.... ..... ,, ni... imiji an Hit' impertinence is fraught with mischief.' That attitude of miml, if persisted in,', will be fatal to any entente. "The stand taken bv the liritish. Am. erican and Italian public' on the Wiles-' f.n ,iin,ui,.i ......l.i ...a ... i... ,.ee ..... ,. ...... ..... .,..h.n ii... ,.i iiiiriiaivi; to France. They stand bv the treaty of..." 'ersailles. They mean to aplly the terms of the treaty .justly, whether thev . . . - v happen to he for or against (.erinany. "The course of the world in the com ing years cannot be forecast. Tho mists ahead are more than usually dense. ; M....1. ..ill .1 1 .... .1... VII-.... i.-.i.i: . ...... ..in .i, mi iiii nif aiura Hunting I. .....11..,. lVfe..l.ll. . , "Apart from tnaty obligatioim. events which cannot be foreseen, must, determine the future groupings of the', nations, and the future of the world, ami, especially of Europe, will be dctomiulCAl by old or new f r'n tuUliips. ' . I inter these circumstancoM the trea- 1 r ..I Y i , I. ... .. ...... ........ 4 C moment, esK'cuilly to the nations of the entente. It binds us together wheu there is so much to divide us. Those r who treat its provisions as if they were the sport of passion and prejudice may not have long to live to regret their hot hcadedncss. ' ' J ; "The liritish people shirk no part of , their There make these over s' responsibility under this treaty. are temporary dilTerenceS which '; it difficult to spar" trixifs, but ; I colltidelll V allli, iliate. will 111) ion, and I ,a!i attention to the fart t tne re.-, nt , (inference we inti- .l our readiness, jf ( icrma n y refused ' the terms of the Allied council, to plaee . the liritish Meet at the disposal of the ; Allies for any operation that might b determined upon. ' Ttie Urtthsh io vera oieii . vv -i s iiiiri.wia to have the division of Silesia settled at the London run fi t en. e. All the flats df the plebiscite were known. However, Our Allies were not ready to prjeeed with tho iiiscii.ssiun. , h win a mile iai iiuuv dv - (h,. decision given by a majority of the powers who have a voice under the treaty in iletiiiing the Silesiaii boundaries, -what ever Dial vcr.flet ne, c 1.' .. follf .. stand by while tne treaty (ht represon- : tatives signed less than two years ago i . . . . ,, being trampled upon. n . TROUBLE EXPECTED THURSDAY. (By The MM lw) WASIII.VGTO-V, .Mar LS. Quiet in he Mingo comity strike region, was tf 'norted to N-cretar.v Weeks today, by thn .faff officer tent ly MajT General ' Georg W. Rea,l, roiuBinii Hhj the rlft corps area, to inrestiguto th sitnnlinn. Thci message ffiti rated that federal troops were not needed at this time. --'."Trouble, w ' expected n Tbur.lay, th anniversnrv fcf jratehsnt suid tla report, '''nnd ewjbc-uV. frighm 1 ana by t rrk". A
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 18, 1921, edition 1
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