f . : , 1 . . flASTOMIA DAILY QmETTE Weather: Ltfaz Cofen 171-2 Cents Wairahd Coldet GASTONIA. N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS VOL. XLIIIKO. 9. BIG FIVE NAVAL HEADS PUTTING FINAL TOUCIIFS TO LIMITATION TREATY ' Agreement Reached on . All. Articles of Treaty Draft Ex- ; cept Details of Pacific For-: tifications Left Subject to Approval by .Japanese Gov- ! ernment. '- j - ;: (By The Associated Pieaa.1 ... , WASHINGTON Jan. Ika ! tioii heaJa of the five -power continued, today their discussion of the naval liini- j station treaty to dear op r-cmaining de-; tails of phraseology while, the full naval ! eomniittes of the conference was called j to meet later in tho day to w over the completed sections of tho .part. Agree-, went was reached by the deleft ion I beads yesterday on oil articles of the treaty draft except for detail of the Paeifie fortifications agreement, upoui which a tentativo settlement was reach-' cd subject to approval by the' Japanese- ' Government. This was awaited today)- a Ull vu till.ULvt v - on. final drafting" f .several of its ar ticks. , .Tho question prising under the fur,i fkations artiflo, which provides for set tlement on a status fiuo ba,sis, was un derstood to relate to certain small inlands lying to tha southward of the principal 'Japanese group and whether these are to be included iu the area within which no further fortifications can be erected. The Japanese delegates were confident, however, that Tokio would approve promptly tho delimitation tentatively a greed to by them in the American draft of tho articles. Another ouestion still awaiting filial ilecislon 1((l;iv was whether tin; miiuiiii- l-ine and noison eas resolutioiiH, ailnjded by the five powers, would be included in Ilieilt ,vaH ,.ev,-rly planned nud fauth-ss-the naval treaty or made the.aub.ject of,v ,.nrrjC(l ut from the decorative motif a separate agreement. On tins a Brow-)(;f r(( gnvn which brightened the ing inclination was understood to have 1 1 ,,.,,,1,. hu to the final nuinlx-r on the been revealed at the meeting of the 'big i.,,,,,,;" varied proaram. five' to miopt me muer vouise, ! ground that the resolutions covering those rjuestions did ll'it properly belong in the same instrument with the provi sions for tonnage limitation. Meanwhile, the Hliantung negotiations hold out new promise of un agreement In the decision of the .lapi'iiM i mi i-nin- delegates to resume their scr , rati, t . conversations on the question today SECRETARY WALLACE IS - OUTLINING PLANS FOR ' FEDERAL AID ROADS Department ,of Agriculture Is Consulting With State High way 'Officials in Disposing of Federal Money. fBv The Associate.! Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 1 .Secret a ry of Agriculture Wallace is .-nasidpi-ing n tentative draft of ruhs and regulations fnr iiiliniiiiHtr.itioii of the Federal hih way ad, under which .75,0(M.(m(i is made available for const met ion of Fed- j eral-aid road::, it ns aniiouuccil todi'.v. j In formulating ihese fundamental rules. ; it was said, the. Depsdiiu-nt is consuM - j ing the Klat" highway ofVicm's. wh-. will , liave much to do tOlh carrying out the i purposes of the act. ns rcjtn rrn'.e.l by I the executive committer of the Aiaeriran , ! Assotiatiou of Htnte Highway Offiri ils. j Kach Stata highway department, j cording to the unliouncement, has been i requested to submit h the Department a i tentative map showing routes ' propo. cd for primary and secondary systems of roads to be constructed under the act. In considering these recommendations, it was said, special attention will be giveu to social and economic questions invdv rd. Meanwhile, pending definite de cision upon details of the Fedeal high way :rystem, each project siibmitte-I by the fjitates is to be -given close study by " the bureau Of public roads to determine , whether the proposal v. ill fit in with the general jsstem ,as finally worked out. " NEW IRISH CABINET MUSTPRDCEED CAREFULLY (By Tho Associated PresO ' DUBLIN, Jan. 11. Arthur Grif fith,. n-w pnsident of the Dail Kireanu.i - and his Cabinet assumed today the place to which they wtre elected yesterday. .It . whs recognised 'that careful work wag necessary, if pitfalls were to be avoided during tlm full month which must elapsy before final ratification of the " treaty creating the Irish free State was possible.- . - ' On February 11, the Bail will recon vene to ratify formally the document wbich.it approved r.s Ihe representative body of tho Irish republic. ' ; It was feareij in some quarters that tho republicans might use tho interval in attempting to turn popular feeling to' .. their- side. Neither had the sjMi-tre of! (the possiblo establishment of a conipet-' ing executive been wholly laid. - j ; '.'But no such ugly foreboduun haunted. thif new Dail leiuhrs. They claimed to: have assum.-jl their tasks, b:M-ked by the;- utmost good will of tho majority of Ire-j ' land's population. The reported deci-i - sion of Great Britain to liberate imme-jl diately oil political prisoners would, it was believed, strengthen "their liauds a-! gainst any extremists' efforts on ' thisi :: score, and if the British troops and any other sign of foreign' dominion " were ri.piilly icmoved. their troubles would be further lightentiL , . GERMANS STILL TOUCHY ON SUBJECT OF AMERICA . -H':- By The Associated rest.) t . BERLIN, Jan. If Munich theater-goers art still touchy on the subject of America, v1t appears, trom an incident just reported hre. . The Neue Berliner Zeitung tells how an audience in the Bavarian capi tal fairly raised the roof in objecting to the American background and AmerJcan names being used in a new theatrical production. They hooted and hissed and stamped, and finally the performance was brought to a atop. . The authorities, when the manager was brought before them, forbade him producing the play until the scenes were placed - in - some other country than the United States. The versatile producer readily complied and laid his scenes in the Caucasus. The name of cnt character was char ged from "Sruth" to "Smirski" and that of Gladys Chicago, Dollar Princess, terMarsha Petrograd, Mil lionaire's Daughter." The metamorphosed play was a success. ' ":,:ikiwanis ladies hight A BRILLIANT AFFAIR New officers of Gastonia Ki- wanis Club Inaugurate the Year's Activities With Most Enjoyable Event Retiring Officers Presented With Loving Cups Splendid Menu Interspersed With Music and Fun. (llv Mrs. Zoe K. Urorkiiian. ) Ladies ' Night 'aa celel.rate.l Tuesday evening by the Kiwanis Club was the brilliant affair which local disciples of the shiRiin, "We Iluild," know so well how to stage. The evening s entertain- The hosts for the evening weru. D. II. Williams' .team of gallant Kiwanians who were defeat eel in a recent attend ance contest by another redoubtable fenm under the leadership of Mr. Kruest IJurwell. Good nuturod siwirring between . i. . . . nt inn,. .... - .. .,,.: 1 ill" 111 UirOUJfllOUl. evi llIHB, uuoi"S . . i .. t. ... i u v: I III visiiors to n oimer nueiuer im: jh wnniaus had somehow discovered a foun tain of wit reserved for club members only . Ivory baskets of red roses and cut fern were used here ami there on the long ta blet and ltchind a platform improvised for tV entertainers was an ivory trellis twihl with ivy and starred with red rrx.es. liev. W. C. Barrett offered the invocation and in a particularly well worded and appropriate speech past president I. Grady .Rankin turned over th.' uae! of offie to the incoming pres ident, Mr. D. M. Jones. A delightful surprise awaited Mr. Itaiikiu ami the re tiring secretary, Mr. George B Mason, each of whom received from the club tthich they had served so efficiently siiu-c l its organization a handrome silver lov j in;; cup suitably engraved and bearing the Kiwanis emblem. j A delegation ot Kotariaiis with their 1 wives, including 'Mr. and Mrs.,J. H. jSepark, Mr. ami Mrs. A. G. Myois, 'and Mr. .nml 'Mrs. 8. A. llobrtison. were special guests on this occusioii. Greetings from the Potary Club were of ; f i red by its president, Mr. Hep-ark, who also extended an invitation to the Ki wanians for - a similar delegation on Rotary ljulies' Night toNie hld Feb-ruarj- 14. One of the treats of the evening was the splendid vocal numbers rendered by the Kiwanis quartette, assisted by Miss Marie Turrence and Mrs. Da Microti II. Williams. The quartette includes Messrs. D. If. Williams. P. II. Thomp son, K. M. Glass and Lacy Adams. Fancy dancing was a 'so introduced into the program by that prime of entertain ers, Mr. D. 11. Williams, to whom much of the success of the evening is due. A joint discussion between Dr. D. A. Garrison and Mr. K. M. Glass with "Did Hurwell's Team Win or Williams' Team Lose" as tho tub.jcct was -amusing in the extreme and called" for much ap plause from members of both tennis. llaniWomo gifts were drawn by the ladies present and the retiring officers and directors presented to the ladies of tthe First Baptist church who are tae Kiwanis caterers n check for $ to bo applied to the building fund for the new church. This was? very gracefully ac cepted on belialf of the Lndie' Aid Si ciety by Mrs. II. B. Moore. The menu cards t each place an nounced the presentation of "A tragedy in four courses entitled "Feed 'Km and Weep," but never was a tragedy so smilingly and delight fully received. The dinner was both elaborate and delic ious ami the menu as WTitten out by Mr. Williams is given bHow: , MENU -. "Feed 'em (See below)? Maa-hadn 't-Cocktails , Turkey with Clothing Bice, a la Buice Peas (and Q'si . "Cautey " Yams : Drunk Oysters Bolls (Koyce) ,Craiilierry lee, a Li Junk Torrence Pineapple Salad Lettuce (Rabbit's Delight) Chastized Biscuits l'ussoucll Cake , (Blue Points) Sand wishes Scream '.' . - Home of Jim Kendricks' Coffis? Clieese Htraws, a la Hkinny Sjieiicer liome vMa.le Mints, a la Jimmy Sloan Usually in last "and Wcvp' ' , ' . The officers and directors of the Ki- Army Officers Testimony Of (By The Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON'. Jau. 11. Army officera were called in today by the Sen ate committee investigating charges that American soldiers had been hanged in France, to check up en testimony of tZZZZZnl? " thU UiWgM ugai ixetuuous., Jr. H. E. Ross, of Danville, III., a j battalion surgeon, with the 16tb Infant-t ry, declared he heard of no lynehings at j Condrecourt and that he never heard of j any hangings in that locality, i -.-'Hubert Harrison, of Wilmington, N, C had testified that he saw a Mexican lynched near Condrecourt ami tha tthe the body was taken to a hospital with rope mark around the neck. "If a man in the 16th infantry had neen nuhgen: ns cnargel, would you nave i heard of itf" Chairuiau Hrandegee ak- ed. " I'uipjestinnubly, ' t replied tho wit- net's . " Was a body with a rope stub arouiul tho mvk ever1 sent to vour ho.sjiitalf" "No sir. " Senator Watson preKented to the coin- mittee nu affidavit by J. A. McDonald, of Younjrxtowu, O., setting forth that he was at the Uhhwiin prison iu France Danm-ns prinon in ranee when J rivate ritzgernld wan shot an l killed "by a sergeant (kiiiixr or Kuip- pa, of Newcastle, 1'a. " McDonald said he was ready to testify iu supjiort of recent testimony to that effect ty Kd ward Duller, of San Francisco. Details of the .execution of a soldier at Gievres, on June 'M, 1D19, was given lv Colonel Charles .1 . Symonds, of Camji Hhcrmau, Ohio, who was in command there at the time. The gallows, he said, was erected the night of May ID. "The execution was roe ret and it was not known generally until the next day,' he said. "I saw no reason for making it pub lic, because the crime was not commit ted at Gievres. " he added. "I directed that nobody should attend but a certain number of witnesses. " "Was there any other gallows at Gie vresf' Chairman Brandegee asked. "Not while I was there, from Febru ary, 191S, to July, 1P19. " . Colonel .Synionds was shown a picture of a gallows at Gievres, as submitted by a former service man. "It corresponds closely to the one nt Gievres. I believe it is the one I order ed erected there," he said. Questioned regarding testimony that two negroes were lynched near Gievres, Colonel 8yiu6nds said he could not con ceive of anything of the kind happening without a report of it reaching him. Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, sharply cross-examined Colonel .Syniond;; I concerning the "secrecy (urrounding the execution at Geivres. "Was the soldier hanged in a uni form ? ' ' Senator Watson asked. i "ies. The body was taken down and buried in the regular way. The grave was iu a separate part vi the cemetery. " MESSENGER OF PEACE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL ENGAGED IN WHISKEY TRAFFICKING (By fhe Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The Brit- ish schooner Messenger of Peace, held by j During Arbuckle 's trial, Mrs. Irene Federal authorities at Wilmington, X. C, I Morgan, a Pasadena nurse and defense was described as one of several vessels;! -witness, vas poisoned in mysterious mmi " engaged in the whiskey smuggling Pr, and another defense witness, Mrs. game on the South Atlantic coast" by I Minnie Neighbors, Los "Vnget.'s, was General Prohibition Agent F. L. Berg-j Purged with perjury, Mrs. Morgan re strom, of Jacksonville, Flu., in a report ! covered today to Commissioner llaynes. "My attention," he said, "has been called to the press reports of the case of the Messenger of Peace, British registry. "This veasel for the pa.t two years has done nothing but bring whiskey from Nassau and Bimini, Bahama Is lands, to the coast of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and is listed by the prohibition department at Washington, 1 D. C. as one & several vessels of Amer- iciin and British registry engaged in the SSI coasBtg,in!; K,imc 0,1 ," Southi "If one of the members of the crew; couhl bo induced to t-ilk, he could tell n wonderful tale prsnnn v. I urn not in. possession or direct evidence, but l.am sure that an investigation pushed by the internul revenue department would cause the Government to seize this vessel. "Tho favorite plan of these smug glers is to have two sets of clearance papers, one for Nova tjcolia with a car- transport Crook, which is bringing Am go of liquors and the other to some erica n troops from Germany, i-prnng a American port in ballast. The liquors -1,. about 4.0 'miles from New York, are disposed of off shore or in some re- j hut the damage has I icon temporarily" re mote place and tho vessel puts into port j paired and she is in no immediate dan in ballast and clears from there. Wish ger, according to wireies-. messages re I was able to give j-ou more assistance. l;eived today. The transport St. Mi Look for two sets of papers on every jhu. left this port today to render her one of then;; smugglers." ! assistance. Jnvcs'igation of the activities of the, ; .Messenger of Peace along the lines sug-j j gestcl by Mr. Bergstorm will be pushed , i b- prohibition headquarters, officials de- j WASHINGTON' Jan. II. The j dared. ; army transport'Crook, reported )o be in ' COLD WEATHER WITHIN distress flno Iniles east or New Vork, is tULU WKAIMJtR .WITHIN f continuing to .ort under her own steam, - uricuiMrTOM BfcXI 36 HUUKb ,(, War !),.(,., r,)n,.n was ad-ised offi ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Tbe!fia,,v ,0(1.1V T1(,rt. as danger t.i ! storm which was central yesterday over ,tlie ni ,r 10 tr01, poard ,.,. Arxansjs movea rapiaiy easc-nortneasi-j , ward, increased in intensity and early to- day is centered over the Virginia capes , wun, ine rowesr oarometer za. ai vape; HwrjTttoyweather Bureau adrised to- day. Storm warnings remain, displayed l on the Atlantic and east Gnlf coasts and hn.T.irr. hsv hn marid hv th I Bureau to exercise caution. Thia storm, the Bureau said, will more rapidly northeastward and be attended by heary snows in north and middle At lantic States. ' J Colder and fair weather was forecast ed east of the Mississippi jiver within the nest thirty six hours. wanis Club are as follows: . President. Mr. D. M. Jones; vice president, Mr.. F. L. Smyre; secretary, Mr. Ernest Jturwell; treasur;r, Mr. K. X. Aycock; frusU-e, Mr. B. G. Kankin. Directors, Messrs. D. A: (Jarrisdn, L. W. Kellner, Arthur" Winget, 8eueer av, John Kirby, J. -W.-C. Johuson, D.. U. Williams. Check Up On Service Men FATTY ARBUCKLE ON TRIAL FOR THE SECOND TIME ' Mo t i o n Picture Comedian i ; . . , i . vnargeu tt ii.ii iiiiiugii ter in Connection With Death of Miss .Virginia Rappe, Noted Film Beauty. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. ItoscOe I f. (Fatty) Arbuckle. motion picture j tomedian Wl.llt 0Il triill l0ll;iv for tlic! , A. , .', , ! mxw'1 l"'e " a ,har(- ,,f ""tnataiiicli- j ter growing out of the death of Missl i iririuia aipe,) -t-year ola los Ange ..,:.. ,.:.,.... Arbuckle's lirt trial, which linte.l three weelw, ended in a (iisngreeiuent of , the Jury on J)eeeinber 4 after a delibera- ! tion of 4-1 hours. The volt.-, it was an- ; nounewl, was tell fur ai'ijuittal and two i fur conviction. j Miss Rappe, who was "a itueat at an! , illtorlni nrty iv u u Arbucklu in his! suite at the'liotel Jrit. Frauds here Hept 5, died in a hospital four days later. It was charged by the prosecution that Ar huckle was responsible for her death. A police court hearing followed and the cumodiau was held to the superior court cm a charge of manslaughter. An autopsy on Miss Happe's body Unclosed that her death resulted from u J ruptured bladder which the state assert ed was caused by external force applied by Arbuckle. . Two prosecution witnesses. Miss Zey Provost and Miss Alice Wake, show girls, testified that Miss ltappc was a lone with Arbuckle for a time in his lied room during the party and when tho liedrooin door finally was opened they saw the actress) lying on the bed writhing in pain. Arbuckle Vtook the Bt?Md at the trial and testified that ho did not know that Miss Bappe had entered hin room until he found her on tho floor of the adjoin ing bathroom apparently in great pain. He said he tried to assist her in every ... l .1.. ' i ... i nay jHMtsiuie, earr.yinK ner iu i.c ra. and summoning other guests to ait lid her. Mrs. Kambinu Maude Delmont, a gueifl I at the party, filed a murder charge i-i gainst Arbuckle soon afte Miss Jtnppefs death. At the police vourt hearing tile charge was reduced to lnunslaughti ki..l A Police Judge Lazarus declaring nothing was shown to connect Arbuckle itkleX with tho charge of murder, which was brought under a California statute pro Ming that a life taken in rapo or at' i :'ited rape is murder. A grand jury ii. ... :oent charging Arbuckle with mini sluuglu. r was also returned and has not been diKi.ist'd of. Mrs. Delmont, the complaining wit ness, did not testify at either tho prelim inary hearing or the trial. Daring the trial she was arresled at Madera, Oil., on a charge of bigamy but later was re leased on probation after she had en- tcred a plea of guilty. A charge of violating the prohibition laws, in that he possessed ami serve.! 11-i quor illegally (luring nis parry, was mci against Arbuckle and is still pending. Gavin McXab, prominent San Francis co attorney, is chief counsel for Ar burkle. He was retained by motion pic ture interests to handle the case. . TRANSPORT SPR NGS 1 '""" ul LEAK 450 MILES OUT . ' t QKJri With American f 't Soldiers on Board in Dis tress. (By The Associated Press.) NEW VOUK, Jan. II. The ainiy T,((, (.rp(k is )(IXI, fT,,m Antwerp for! x-,. Y rk I , . . : . f th . of 1 occupation in Germany, the despatch . ... . A radio from the ( rook transn itted 0 ar ,I-irtmeiit. sa.d tne vessel ; I-fow-'ding ' una.-compamed, but ships in close proximity. Making nine miles an hour. Danger passed unless very- bud storms are encountered." tOS ANGKLKS. CALIF, Jan. 11. ' Bothers circus and was billed to .New The Standard Oil Company of California' Vork- Al""' W1,h V"?. iaU'rrns ''"'l. hs niir.has.v.1 a nuarter interest in the;"'lf n3S- another bull weighing -OO; Washington Vaiidcrlip syndicate, which more than year ago reported the acqui sition, of vast concessions in the Kam chatka prnisula in Si!cria from the Rus sian soviet Government, according to a story the -Los Angeles Times-published! today, TnniViP TtnTTnM wlinirT ' lUUAI U uUIIUtl IlInJiACI ' ' Cotton Seed ... -45c SUict to Good Middling ....... I7J.C IN ANCIENT COOK BOOK '(By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 11. - Sonneta in marmalades, symphonies in frag ile pastries, and' poetry in homemade wines offerings on the shrine of the epicures of a by-gone age- were of fered for sa'e in a collection of anci ent cook books here today. 'Most of the books were printed long before the American revolution, in days when a salad was worthy of profound consideration and all bore testimony that cooks, like poets, were born, and not made. " Vft1n . ny ,,rrT0 Jjj LRU! illttlo DEATH IN ACCIDENT Miss Gregory Employe of Lo- ray Mill, Dies From Wound , Th.i PiA U. Riktin.-:i....i iwiM r-i j i. in. . d j t i . a J"1"" Wl " "lea vyas. Uroin Body taken to An-; Written in 1902 and Leaves j drews For Burial. All His Property to His Wid- ow i Miis I.ora Kilen Gregory, an employe. . I of the Loray mill, died at !:.'It Tuesday lriorning from the effects of an accident, sustained an hour previous while at work in (he mill. Death resulted from tho piercing of the right groin by the ha mile of a small brush or broom which Miss Gregory was either carrying or us- ing around one of Ihe spinning frames iu the mill. Iu some way or other one i 1 1 I of the brush caught in the niachin- crv ami the other i ml entered her right ! side, entailing a fatal injury. Missl January INl the I'icdjuont Power and: Gregory was removed instantiv to tbe!I"',,t coinaii.v of Buningtou verbis thej " I t .. $ I (.. .1 : 4 1.,.: b I I Loray community bouse wnere medical aid was summoned. iShe died withiu un hour. , The boily was taken today to Andrews, f'herokoo county for burial. The fam ily, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gregory, father and mother and five other children had only recently moved to Gnstouia from Western North Caro lina. - Aiurr nannsit iiurnn u LL HflKHGN MYt-K I unit! iinuunu mikiiu TO ENTERTAIN SKRINERS M-L!E nf Mvttlc rii-iri tr R Guests of A. G. Myers at Dinner at Country Club Friday Evening. Gaston county shrincrs, sonic strong, will be the guests of Noble .id . . . ;V Myers, chief rabban of Oasis Temple, A A. A. N M. ., at a banquet to be ten-j dered by him at tho Country Club Fri day evening.. Mr. Myers is milking an earnest effort to reach every shriner iu the county. If there are any who have liceii overlooked the following letter is to be taken as an imitation: Gastonia, X. O, January !, 1921. Dear Xoblrtj. I want you to be my guest at dinner at the Country Club at 7" : :t o'clock, .Fri day, January liitli, and as it is impor tant that I know the number that will attend. I am enclosing a card which you will please sign and return not later than Wednesday, designating whether or not vmi u-i he nrcKctit. Tll;H jnvitation is being seuflo every XnLli- in the county belonging to Oasis, I',. ..... In well nth r ",.U,.. tt-l.n ,.TO ,- . 1 : ., , . living in tl,c county now lM'lohgii.K to o he rentes and in the event that you, should learn of anv Noble who did not ., , ., .-' .,. , 1 receive tha invitation, you will plea.-.e ex i tend him the invitation for m- and ad vise me his name immediately. In the event tlm you canno attend llst wi .,., testament that their mother ; f-. K,a,':. 7 ,,m ,hL '"'r'1 I"'1 is he very noblest and sweetest woman ! """""'",'l- i,-inm ,t"'1 w,,rl,, if 1,icy Wi" Wi,lk ini It has been suggested by Noble Bill, ,K.r wiy Uie wi w lmn,y. I Want this : Warren that a 1 Nobles wear their Ira ,.,, f wi to 1)t rt:tJ , May I indulge the hope that you w,!l j ,,, om.c a yeor; ' be with us on the occasion. item III If ..... .n ,l,.in. , Fraternally vours, A. ;'. MVKRS. DALLAS HAllMEAND GROWING FEED PLANT hlsrwhcie in today's Gazette will be found a page advertisement of the Tar He. I Mixing Plant, of Dallas. Mr. A.i !. Martin, manager. This is one of Dallas' most important and fastest growing industries. It manufactures a line of poultry and cattle feed which is very highly endorse,! l,v (hose who have i:m-.l it and the demand for which it and the demand for which is growing steadily. This concern is a member of the Dallas Business Men's Club, a live organization which is be ginning to put Dallas on the map. With hardsurfaee roads radiating in al most every direction ' from it roads either U'ing built or soon to be built Dallas has before it now a brighter fu ture than ever. . nniTHT. D TTT T niCCITC o , 1KNCF.U. Jan. M. - The biggest I ever seen in this neck of tho woods throii.rti Kim m-rr in .-in exi.ress . SI boll :tssei through Swncer 111 an express car Sat!tf.iov night. It weighed 4.200 pounds and was seven feet high. It was en route from a Texas ranch to HingHng 1 j.oun ls consigned 1o the KHine placc.j there Viug just t.Ooo pounds difference in the weight of the two auiuutls occupy ing a whole express car. THE WEATHER i .. ; - North Carolias. fauwad colder toaiMt! .except probablf tnow ia ths mouaUias;!, present at this meeting so that the, 1 Thursday fair and colder in east andjplans may be developed and definitely central portions; west and- northwest i worked out with ai little deluy ul gales. , .. 1 trouble ss possiWc ' ALLIED SUPREME COUNCIL AGREES ON FINAL TERMS OF GERMAN CASH PAYMENTS ? Franco-English Pact Holds Interest of Supreme Council Briand's Policy Meets With Opposi-, tion He Returns to Paris. ;HEARINGS TO BE HELD nit innrnn nr n minr I " TMU lUKAUt . . . PUBLIC SERVICE RATES! t" " ""St in Greensboro News.) KAl.hlGII, Jan. in. bnecial hear - ings before the state corporation com- j of the opposition and to demand that mission were authorized today, nearly all j the Chamber of Deputies support or ro of them being apicals for . the increase I joct him. of,yi',("?,.1" l'"1'1'1' 'rvice. j The principal differences between tho The Tidewater Power .company of Wil-! premier and the opposition, it is learn mington will be here January 111 ask-jed, are with regard to the new terms of ing an increase in street car fares, and j payment by Germany adopted by the as Wilmington never fails to raise a council's experts but not yvt ratified by row on public service business a big 'the full council, crowd is expected. This hearing will be j France, iimlcr tlicse terms, would re nt It! o'clock in the iiuii-tiini n. nil nf!ceive tH tlum ii,.L.. them are. "' . issue u .....n.i.K i raics uu uierirw iigiiiuig will bring its case before the commis-1 gain disenssed tlm negotiations at Vans'""- ' ! 'cs, conterning which Premier Briand January 21 the Concord Telephone had telegraphed a request for instruc ctMivpany will present its appeal for anitions and advice. The meeting lasted increase iu telephone tariffs, and Jan- j three hours and the results of the deliver' uarv :, the Kmololph Telephone com- ations were transmitted to tbo Premier puny of Atthchuro will give the final i at Cat! lies. , ', ' demoiistration of the postulate that talk i The ofliciul c'oniuinnique issued after is not cheap. , the meeting was silent concerning tho na The wholesale let itiouing of public : tare if the ntieslimm .liu.iiun.I ln.t . I service corporations for on increase in rates, many of them coining from small French defensive agreement was the businesses which cannot 1m; called trusts, main object under consideration, may be a little embarrassing. They I A llavas Agency despatch from Cnn seem to suggest that running this sort! nes says that Premier Briand is coming of business has not been profitable. to Paris this afternoon to inform tho Bicketfg Will Probated. ; Cabinet of the Ktate of the n.-gotiations The first posthumous fragment of a( Cannes, and that he will return to Thomas W. Bickett's thoughts was ; Cannes Friday. -found yesterday in his will and pro-; ' ' bated in Wake county court, and its . ("AXNK8, FltAN'CK. Jan. ll.While ntibii.-at inn w ill im fur tnwnril itistifviiifr !..-. i t:... y : A ... j , -, .i .'-(-. t ii. Mtnti. in tin. Ihi-imI. t.Yiiiiilitiir., .if !,f. l ,. , . ,' ...... v, ,. , . , " . It is doubtful if any Xorth Carolina Cabinet was to hold a special session to woman has ever been so devotedly mem- consider Franco's position as the.resul orialized as in this brief paper writing. 0f Hie decisions reached here. Adyers written iu his own hand, read with some criticism of Premier Briand is said to, difficulty. At the time of its writing in j l;,V(. .Uneloped iu his Cabinet in con nee-' IDOL', four years niter the marriage, i iin w jth ihe proposed Anglo-Freneh de thcre were two children living. There fen.dve alliance, and there is much spec were three born and two died. .The latiou as to the result of the Cabinet's J will was papers by his old law partner, K. H. -Malone. it rea.ls: "Last will .and teslaisent of Thomas Walti r Bi. kett. "I. Thomas Walter Bickilt. do make,' liatlienau, due today, was expected to be publish and declare this my last will and! brief. . ' ; ttsfament: No .lelavs will be granted for tho pur- ' 'Item I. To my wife, Fannie, I give, ,1(w 0f conferring witli' Berlin and ad." and devise all inv real nn.l i.eriuiiial '..;... ... 41... ii. A..nui ... !.... . . ' , . . . . propeny 01 every Kimi aim cnaracter, s,)(.vor ,,, v ,ln,,j for what ,,,. ;, (lone flir , "it.-... II T ..... l,il,lr,..i T 1,1 1,1 " 10 '". ciiiiuren 1 leae uic MnUo ri(.n,,8 of their-mother's lore, for.: though they arc young now, and may not ktiriw it I W:int ti t !! t)i(m in niv ...... . ..... ........ ... ....... iaiue 01 1 , ou,o"o,imh gum bus to be a lawyer, I would like for mv;uallv. France, finally renouncing an. desk and library to be kept for him. I' ,,;irt ", t)ie 1.000,000,000 gold marks al appoint my wife my cxcrutrcs and she' rru,y p., will cet 1,12.),000,000 marks shall not be required to give any bond ' p t j,0 pilvments in kind each year, tho or file an accounts. ; remainder going as follows: ; This July 4, ll"2. 2Pt.00ii.000 to Italy; 100,000.000 t THOft. WALTER BB KCTT." ,;r,.at Britain : T 25.000.000 to, Belgium; -4 Eitate SmalL 7,0110,0110 to Japan find the rest to other At that time Governor Bi.kett was j iMneticiari, s tinder tho-treaty. under .'14 years nnd he made no change; of .a 720.OOO.OO1) fold marks rav in ins win. 11 mere was anv ciiange in ward -Mrs. Gi.kett it was an irrejiressi Ide desire to do her greater honor. Xu intimate friend of hi ever heard him ascnlie less than nil that he was to tier, wonderful sense and power of self-con-'. trol. In 25 years she had never uttered a false note nor missed one step. The estate of Governor Bickett will be: small. He was not penniless and he ........ 1 ........... ..i,:.i ,-;i,n.tt ...it,t..i. mMlie lived on the salary. But disaster overtook his sole brother in , Newton, the governor wi nt up there and sank all that he had to save the business. : Ami his widowed queen has dedicated ; herself to carrying on. Wie will sop it all through. That ia tho kind of part-j nershios the Bicketts made. The broth ' . ... , . ... , ,,,1 or ,ta n.ls by t he b r.tl w I the w ife l r he lmsl iml. It is the fimt chapter in . ' ne ll S( U DOf.ft. RllfFTRil I RiMFS 5 ' a important UMeting of the Gas-! Woman's Athletic Association will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Armory. At this time! plans will be made for some private i match cames of basketball with a view to later baring some public exhibitions' of tin- irii me. All member of the ssso- eiatioa are urgently reqmtcl to bertnet today. Ihe .pi;.-, a. t on : r (Hy The Associated Press.) CANNES, Jan. 11. The British memorandum of the proposed Anglo French past, which was telegraphed textually to London, declares Great Britain makes the security of France a problem of her own, and that she will be srrr"" i Buand Keturns to Paris. cannkn, jbu. 11. Premier Briaud ill have Cannes for Paris at 3 o'clock tl,iM afternoon, it was announced this movninK, not only to inform the French Cabinet its to the status of tile liegotia- ; turns here, hut, it is understood, to meet - land answer criticisms of certain vrmiim meats, but ... i.rci.ier ,.,-...-.,m ... i.. viZt PAULS, Jan. 11. A Cabinet coun- ' I . i -l . . . . ...... 1 c. presiueu oyer oy ITesnlent Allllerand. niei 111 ine r.iysee I'uiaee today anil a- underston,! -tlmt. tin." i..,'l ini,tA. u- 1IMI.-.I ir-iMui-iue -uuncii jni'fc lofiay ia e... . ... .. . .niiniuer urniiany a war reparations, "" ' 'eresir rne ue.egai.s, was unci ing. ....,.-.' The reparation! question is tho most t important item left on the nire'ndo there) Conferences with the German renara-!' ij(.s ,,. fr,,tinn under l)r. Wultes . "" " """ ' ,u ritl .c , the de hgat on has f u 1 powers to act in R0TCrPBt. : The de- Germany to participate in tha .- . - . s eousortiuni which is coma to engago in ,1 ..,,S. n, ,.,.1 EnrliJf t. finding Austria and Bussia, to normal i ; : : . ..,...,., ! ... IIV hesitancy she might have to sub-: K,riU, ,0 ,lle AUit. ,iew terms. The final terms for reparations pay ll)nt 1h(, 4,crmaB delegation will 720.OOO.O0O gold ,niirks, fiIld reparations in kind to th . ... , aa,. -11 v. able in rash in 1922. Great Britain will get 1. ,0.000,000, of whieJi she will ion l.lO.OoOjiiii ti. France, the loan being re payable from later cash payments toy. Germnuv to France. The rest will ap ply on Belgium's priority. BANDITS AT WORK ' , " ON MEXICAN BORDER.' NCMiALK.S. Arix., Jah. ill. Line riders of the United States eustoms r-; !! " ' " ' " ' .; 4,nK;'."" '" " 4 ' 7 . , ' , - noMH-d las t night to watch forisum- : ,MT ."f. "'.'" " "e., . .. 1 1 .? - -. -1. . ... .. 1. Kj. '' " ' .Y11" ' ' w rd,r Walter Hewitt, an Airn..,-. ,h UZ '.' 1? by ,rCC mn " the oisirict near r.l 1 lgre, oonora, nis k horse, nnd snpplies uf(, 'xhr ... , ...... .,,.1 In. ' j iiaiMiiiH luirmeM 111111. uutvvi, fled to the .border. He sjiid he Uiicved that the bandits .. ... , ! ... ........ Ii-. Kta.ntlv W.KIh-hI a Phi- Klon- near Cuohuri. and murdcre.1 ban. I. ho iid. nrobablv are oin-ratine ia nort heru Souora, close to tbo Aineriran line. ATTEMPT TO WRECK CAR WITH BOMB. BELFAST, Jan. It . A iinb a thnorni nt a train t-Hr bearing 7j it. to their work 111 the Cniiiiini rad ii river, who put on full s ! ' I heard a v revolver !o -t. r t t mihvle guia v i.ie ,.f ; i en : n v ' -' r' 1 ! ' - r