,7 Weather:
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Local Cotton
17 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. IS.
GASTONIA. N. G, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY; 18. 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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ROBBERS GET $150 FROM
COARLOnE; STATION OF
P. & N. TUESDAY EVENING
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wright,
Ticket Sellers and Miss Ze
man, Sales 'Clerk Are Held
at Point of Pistol While Ma
Goes Through Cash Draw
era No Clue as to Identity.
(Chaf lotto Observer.) -
Holding a uistol acuinst the ribs of J.
P. Wright ami ordering Mrs. Wright,
iul young lady to keep still and kocp I
their mouths shut, two daring robbers
held up and looted the Piedmont' &i
Northern cash drawers in the passenger
station, on First street, last night at
7:45 o'clock ana escaped with more
than $150 in cash, with no due left as
to their identity, according to the report
of tho three people.
'The lit at ion was deserted at the time
" according to statements made by the
three, reporting tueywere held up at thej
jtoint of tfc un, with the exception ofj
two officials upstairs, who knew nothing!
of the affair until Mrs. Wright, .rushing i
into the room In a hysterical condition, I
told them 'of a daring hold-up. j
H. C. Holtg'uouser, supervisor with the !
P. & N., and i M. Efird, train dispatch- j
er of the same company, to whom Mrs.'
Wright gave the alarm, informed the,
police by telephone and within a few
minutes half u dozen detectives were at j
tho depot. . !
At n late hour last niuttt they had
covered no tine as to the where abouts
or the robbers.
A mechanic, working for the ioryu
Carolina Motors corporation, just acrss
tho street, reported that lie saw the wo
men slip around tho corner of the
depot anil vnnisn up a ilnrK alio;
According to Mr. Wright, his v
ami Miss Mary Zeman, the young I
who operate the soft drink and ne
liapcr stundof the Lmoii .News company
the depot was deserted, except for t hem.
They reportod noticing two men sit
ting facing tho ticket window, where
they had -been bitting for some time. Mr.
Wright called to Mrs. Wright to come
in and post her books, she neting in that
capacity for the company at this place.
ISlio waa at work at her books, with Mr.
Wright standing over her, assisting in
getting the work attended to, when Miss,
Zemnu eanio into the rather small ticket j
booth, bringing a magazine which Mr. j
Wright wished to see. j
Ah Miss Zeman stepped 'm through j
the door, Mr. Wright turned and wnsi
about to walkout whon, tliey report, he
was met at th-J door by a rather slim )
j'oung man, with a not unpleasant face, j
Mr. Wright said that the young man
stuck a ratlKr ugly-looking gun against
Mf. Wright's ribs, and said:
"Stick 'em up."
"What do you mean?'' queried Mr.
Wrigh
"I mean sluk 'em up!" replied the
young man in a somewhat sterner voice.
Mr. Wright stuck his hand up.
Mrs. Wright turned at the tirst eoni
maiul, saying to her husband before she
turned ;
"Who 'a your friend,'"
As che turned around and saiv In
husband with his arms in the air, sin
was also ordered to do likewise, us was;
Miss Zeman, and incidentally both were
fold to keep thoir mouths sdmt, they re-j
ported to tho officers. They replied i
with the rather emphatic request.
" All night," called the young man'
with tho Jjun, to his companion on thej
outsido and the other man was said to
have entered and rifled the safe and cash !
drawer. j
The second man was described as be-.
ing low ana hunw set. lie was said to t
navu urfn inv oiuer oi lite io, wearing
eap, which he pulled down over his
eye. Tho younger man with the gun
was reported to have stood up without
any mask or) his face and looked his
quarry straight in the eyes.
"They didn't seem to be in anv hur
ry' about it," said Mrs.' Wright, who said
lie wit in her thair and watched them
go through tha af and later tj t';
cash drawer.
"Where do you keep the main
stuff f" Ilia heavy man is said to havei
asked, when he found only about $."50 1
in the safe. He was told that a deposit (.
liaa neen thuup mat dav ami tliat there,
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.. v. .. , .. A, . i
CTeuig me rnsn iiruwer, wnere ine,
money for tickets in kept, the robber;
wont over, jerked it out and .stuffed thej
bills intD his focket, officers were tohl.
iie toos; nrst rne f iu notes, then the .f.
notes and last tho $1 notes.
He ignored
or missed seeing some $25 in silver. He
also, in his haste, left a $10 note and two
f j notes in the ensh drawet
iuier waning tne liaut the men arei
said to hairo slowly bucked out and alip -
ped around the corner of the depot and
were gone. Mr, Wright grasped the tele- i
..1 .. 1 l -u.-J.l. .-.. I
I'lllllll- HMU -UI9. VTIIIIl. TW?IICO llISlflirS, ;
.ur. nrigiu, sct'ing tnar nis wire nan
gone to telephone, snid that he dropped
his 'phone and went to follow the men,
but they had gone. .
CANADIAN STENOGRAPHER
- INFATUATED WITH AMERICA?
;' PHILADELPHIA,' Jan.' l. ' k-a-i
trice Hebert, a young Canadian steno-j
grapher, threo timrs deported by L'ni-j
ted ctatea immigration authorities as
the result of Iter infatuation for William
Ziuscr, distrist manager of a tourist
" agency, today faces hr fouTth ' cxjcr
ienec.of the kind.
- She attracted- attention by returning
from the first of her enforced trins to
Canada by airplane a year Jgo, dolging
the authorities. Alk'uists dttlare iho is
sane excciH on tho subjivt of Zinscr,
whom shit met on a trip to India, und J
who complained to tho police ot her at-1
fmitiniia ' KIia sitomto.l tint t 1u sent I
back again, dcclariug that nIic lmd not j.
liothered ZinsrrJ tn this occasion, but .
had come to" I'hila'lrJphia last Thursday j
If. i
tfe,
Kb-
1
nndei; an assumed tianic, ano obtained
work to bo near him. aceording to the
authorities. Mr. Hughes, imigration
commissioner, said he had no alterna
tive than to deport lur. . v. v .
v '
WANT OPEN DOOMINCIPLE
APPLIED MORE EFFECTUALLY
' ' '
British Delegation Wants to Provide For an In
ternational Board of Reference to Review
Present and Future Concessions.
WAKE COUNTY MAN MADE
NO COMPLAINT WHEN LOCKED
UP THROUGH MISTAKE
RALEIGH, Jan. 18. J. W. Reeves
of Wendell, came to Raleigh to ap
pear in Wake County Superior court
a prosecuting witness in a forgery
case, not knowing it had been con
tinued because of his failure to be
on band the day before. A murder
trial was in progress when Reeves
reached the court room and there
was only one vacant seat and that
was in the prisoners' dock. Reeves
promptly occupied it. When court
adjourned late Wednesday, Jailor
Jordan escorted the prisoners back
to their cells and locked Reeves up
with them. Reeves was under the
impression he had been imprisoned
on account of being late for trial
and offered no complaint. The mis
take was discovered by his family
yesterday, however, and he was re
leased. LOCAL TALENT PLAY
TO BE GIVEN SOON
Community Service to Present
"Nothing But the Truth" for
Benefit of Library First
Week in February.
Rehearsals are under way fur a home
talent play to be given the fir.it week in
February under the direction of Gas
tnnia Community Service for the bene
fit of the Gastonia Public Library.
The play to be civju is "Nothing Put
(The Truth," a comedy in three acts by
1 .lames Montgomery, and the cast as se
i lu ted is splendid in very way ami this
play promises to be one of the best hamo
talent performances tver given in Gas
tonia. The play itself is especially attractive,
being built upon tho simple idea f its
hero siieakinu nothing but the absolute
i truth for a stated period. It is a novel
I idea and so well has it been worked out
I tiat the audience if kept in throes of
(laughter at the seemingly impossible task
to untangle snarls into which our hero
I has involved all thos" he comes in con
tact with. It is a clean, .bright farce of
j well drawn characters and was built for
laughing purposes only,
j William Collier played Nothing Hut
The Truth" for more than a year at
! the Loniruero Theater, New York, and
j it has been on tour for several seasons
" QUEBEC LIQUOR SALES
AFFORD A LARGE FUND
Will Pay Off Public Debt in 20 j
Years, Maintain Roads and
Provide Funds For Educa
tion.
(By The Associated Tress.)
Ql'KBI-X', Jan. IS .Profits f r mi li-
nlor j t;,,
province of Quebec will
t pay off the public debt in "0 year.:, ill i! i 11 -I
tain roads and priidc funds for educa-
tion, according to a report jirepared by
I 1'remier Taseliereau, prepared for sub-
mission to the legislature in its present
I session .
Musing his findings on the lnisiuess
; done since May, ldl'l, when the liquor
j trade became a Covert. mcnt monopoly,
the premier c limated that the yearly
i profit would be $4,00!i,l)iMi.
I From the moral, as well as financial
standpoint, Quebec liquor las have
proved successful, Mr. Taschcicau
1 1 ms .
, ,
"No dount, he admit
sonie
drunken men are found. 1 hey
Irunken men are found. They will al
ways be found, and Ihere are more of
them in prohibition communities New
York, f ir example. ' '
The premier announced the government
' . .1.. .. .. ...1 ..iijiiiiii"! r..i (ii., ..iinuiniiii! inn
, . , ,,. of
I spirit?. To that end a purchasing of
t'ii'e will be r.lablished in Paris, to buy
twines directly from the producers in
'i e. i... i.. .....I I .. im'm I
T,' ,'' m i, j.'iivcrcd to 7on-
I These supplies
, ' '
' OS!
sinners in Quebec at little moie
than
rpj
(loveriiment 's ordinary p.'fit is
20 per cent. The liquor commissioa
maintains 51 liquor shops, 1-j stare hous
es and three department for rhipping.
The monthly payroll is 71,fn(i.
DIAGRAM EXPERT TESTIFIES
IN ARBUCKLE TRIAL
(By The Associated Press.)
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. IS, F. X.
Iitulip, police department diagram ex
pert, was readyito resume his testiinouT
tfMlay in the second niauslnuglitrr iriar
of Ros,oe C. Arbuckle. in Superior!
Court here. He was called to explain
regarding maps and photographs of thej
Arbuckle suit in the hotel ot. r rancis.
where Arburkle gave tho party at which
Miss Virginia Rappo is allegeil to huve
suffered fatal injury.
Tho proceedings ntcrduy were a re
versal of the first Arbuckle trial in that
District Attorney Matthew Brady start-
ont with medical testimony.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, unsettled and warmer
tonight and Thursday with probably 'c
sacional rains.
i
l (Bv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Extend-
j cd di-ussio of the American proposal j
j to apply " more effect ually " the priuei' ;
1 pie of the open door in China was in j
; prwpeet today when the Far Eastern
J committee of the inure conference met to i
resume cous'dc ration of the subject. i
I Revised at the suggestion of the P.rit-I
: ish delegation to provide for an inter- j
I national hoard o reference to review
present and future concessions to di'ter-
I mine whether they conflict with the open
door policy as redefined in the original
'draft of the resolution presented by
i Secretary Hughes, the proposal already
i has lceii riven the approval of that l
l;B
edition '"as it lands while th
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in principle. V
.The resolution, briefly, would bind j
the represent ed powers not to seek spe- j
eial spheres of influence in China nor se-
cure concessions or monopolies which
would abridge the principle of equal
economic and commercial opportunity,
while China, on her part, would under
take to cooperate in maintaining that
eu.'i lily .
Although 15a ron Shidehara, for Ja
pau, expressed "accord with the general
principles' embodied, he reserved judg
ment pending opportunity for more thor
ough examination of the propo al. For
the French delegation, M. Sarraut, while
indicating, with the other spokesmen,
itfc.cpt.'incc of the provisions redefining
the open door principle and setting up
the iiiternation.il board ot reference,
riously questioned the practicability
of
the provision in Article i, whereby
istim: concessions may be subinittei
cx
I to
if
the board for possible adjustment
they appeared 1 neonsh tent with tlie open
door prim-ipli's set forth.
M. Kiiiraut said lie felt this provision
mjght result in existing riglits beiuR
foniiirouiised and contended it would
mean introduction of the principles of
retroactivity and of revision which hud
"not before been admitted to a recon
ni.ed local status." He said it would
be necessary to study probable effect of
the article more carefully before" leach
ing any final decision.
The Hhaniiiiig negotiations, meantime,
were continued today by the Japanese
and Chinese, delegates, while completion
of the naval treaty Ht ill awaited a solu
tion of the Pacific fortifications prob
lem, despite receipt by the Japanese oi
partial instreutious for Tokio.
TOBACCO FIRMS CHA RtED
WITH CONSPIRACY TO KEEP
JOBBERS' PRICES UP
WASHINGTON", Jan. IS. Three of
; the principal tobacco manufacturing
companies, the American Tobacco Com
' puny, the 1. l.orillard Company and the
' Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company,
I were charged with engaging with nuiiier
; ous jobbers' association to keep VP
'.jobbers' prices in a report transmitted
I todav to the fteuate by the J eiicrau
i Trr.de Commission.
The 'throo companies, the commission
declared, in giving the results of an in
vestigation ordered under a resolution
by Senator r-niith, Democrat, Smth
i Carolina, were formerly parts of the
tobacco trust dissolved by Ihe r-u-
prenio Court. The K. .1. Reynolds Com-1
pany, thu report says, was not a party
to the alleged conspiracies and was com-j
mended for it,s opposition. The com mis- j
Mon proniisod prosecutions where the!
evidence discloses there have been viola
tious ot, law.
START WAR ON POLICE
COURT RINGS AND CROOKS
CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 18.
War has- been started here against
organized police court "rings" of
lawyers,, runners, and. crooks,
through whose practices criminals
have escaped punishment. Acting
en the suggestion of officials in
charge of the administration of jus
tice, an agreement has been reached
between Edward C. Stanton, county
prosecutor, and Lee L. Skeet, police
prosecutor, that no murder trials
shall be brought up in police court.
GERMANY MAKES FIRST
PAYMENT ON REPARATIONS.
PARIS, Jan. 18. Germany made
her first payment today of 1,000,000
gold marks, in accordance with the re
cent decision of the reparations commis
sion at Cannes providing for such pay
ment every tsn days pending a decision
on ths whole reparations i?aue.
MAYOR SUBMITS PLAN
TO SETTLE STRIKE.
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 18. Mavor
i ( urge Ains'ic l.ida.v submitted to 1he
j 'irjiiM;i Railway an I Rower Company,
i.s striking cmplovos' anil to members
of U'o city lOiim il, a plan by which he
Mies' the controversy between the traction
company anil its men over thcninttcr of
wages can l-e satisfactorily adjusted.
The plan, which wou'd apply to the city
1 of Richmond, aione, briefly is as fol-
iws:
That both sides submit to arbitration,
agreeing to abide by the results,
That the striking employes return to
!.,Vork ar "nee at the romniiiy s propos
the rrKrt of tlie!'ished Thursday
ed wage scale
lending
arbitrators.
'Thai coueil al'on tlo- eonipany
y a scv-
cn cent fare until April 1.
That the arbitrators body Ik- chosen
in a maimer decided upon U,twt.,ii the
company and its cmp'oyes.
WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION
FUND.
Previously acknowledged
B. B. Babington
'V
5fi.00
1.0UI
1
$57.00!
ROUND THE WORLD IN
17. DAYS IS POSSIBILITY
OF FUTURE MAIL PLANES
PARIS, Jan. 1. A trip around
the world in 17 days by internation
al mailplanes is regarded as one of
tb possibilities of the future by air
plane experts. Thy say 1 7-day
acedulea with stops for deliveries at
the chief cities ea route may be real
ized when transatlantic flying be
comes a reality.
A suggestion for even reducing
the time to 300 hours was made by
one expert who said this would be
possible if "airmen's islands" or
floating fuel bases were stationed at
points on the Atlantic where the mail
planes could replenish their fuel.
Such a scheme would make posajble a
speed of 100-miles an hour, he esti
mated. It is claimed that in a recent test
a letter despatched from New York
by land and sea went around the
world in 89 days and that this is the
wcrM's record to date.
? MJE 8. & L. MADE GOOD .
GAIN IN BUSINESS IN 1921
Association Closed Year With
18,000 Shares of Stock in
Force Is Building Onej
Good Substantial Home Ev
lery Week in the Year Of- j
ficers and Directors Chosen'
for Coming Year. '
Klei-tion of directors for the ruining,
year, hearing the annual report of the;
secretarv and treason r and an informal
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discussion or the prospects tor the coin
ing year featured the tenth annual meet
ing of the stocklioldvi of the ll nne
Building & Loan Assi-cuil ion held in the
ansociation 's office in the Kealtv build
ing last night. John It. Ivankin presided.
A larev nunilH'r ff shares of stock were
represented either in person or by proxy.
Directors were elected as follows,
namely: J. W. Atkins, A. K. Wingct, K.
M. Brittain, 1. G. Kankin, G. It. Spemer,
II. G. Wingct, W. T. Kankin, A. J. Han
kin, A. M. Dixon, W. M. Morris. W. K.
Kincnid, A. C. .Innest A. (i. Myers, John
R. Rankin, (i. Ii. Mason, Henry Rankin,
V. D. Anderson, C. C. Armstrong, I'aul
G. Caldwell, L. 1). Gribble.
The annual report submitted by Si ere
tary and Treti surer A. J. iRankin show
ed that the association had a splendid
business during the year lilL'l notwith
standing the business depression. The
year showed a net increase of about
2,."i00 shares- of stock, the number in
force at the end of the year being ap
proximately IS, 000. Since the first of
'munry l,(Kl(i more shares have been
'led. A neat profit for the year was
s '. Secretary Rankin slated that the
an. on;; of money being received weekly
on iiista '-tents not, on l!,oo'i shares.
was suflicieul to provide for the
of at least oije good home en
in the year.
Following the stockholders
the directnrsv'mct and elected
for the ensuing year as follow
dent. K. H. Brittain ; first vice
C. C. Armstrong: second i " p
building j
rv w ej k i
meet ing
ofliccrs
.: I'rcsi j
resident. ;
resident, .
K.
J.
Spencer; secretary and treasurer
Rankin.
njnii.i
EXTRADITION TO STATES
Fund Has Been Raised to Fight
the Case by Negroes a n d i
Britishers Wanted at Nor-'
Iina.
fB The Associated Jresa.
HAMILTON. Out ., Jan . Is. - Mat
thew J.nllock, negro, whose deportation
to N'or'ina, X, ('., is sought on a charge
of inciting to riot, v. ill appear tod iv be
fore inspector': of tin- Canadian i'umigi"'
tion department to lie examined mi the
(Uestion of his alleged il'egal riilry into
Canada. lb" will be aecompanle 1 b.
counsel. The public will be ev'uiled .
There are ample funds to fight the
case and whi!.1 the colored people of
the I'nited Stairs a. id Canada have suii
scrilM'd the greater amounts, orgaui.a
tious of liritishers are aiding sub-lan-tially.
liulloi k also will appear
in p.
eleirg
I here,
lie,-
if
but
i court today to answer to t:
i vagrancy on which he is he
ja postponement is expected.
TO REMOVE GASOLINE
PUMPS FROM SIDEWALKS
At its regular meeting heel Tuesday
night in the city hall the city council
passed an important amendment to the
existing onliiiance regulating the plac
ing of gas.jline filling pumps or filling
stations. The ordinance as passed some
time ago provided that all gasoline fill
ing pumps ami tilling stations, in the.
future, must be placed back of the build
ing line, in other words must not 1 it
placed, as many of tli'-ui now aie, on
the sidewalks and mar the curbing.
The anandment passed at last night's
session provides that ull filling pumps
und lilling stations row' located on side
walks much be removed back of tho
building line within a period of six
months from the passage, of the ordi-j
nance.
The council also passed upon s"veial
petitions for sidewalks and street pav
ing, a corre. t list ot wiucii wilt be puu-
MORE THAN THIRTY OF '
75 MILLION COLLECTED!
(Ry Tho Associated l'ress.) I
XASHVILLK, TKXX., Jau IS. I
CtfllectwiiK made, en subscriptions to the!
Flautist "5,uoo,0tm capaign. taken fn,
tlie drive of two years ago, amount tojtiou," 8,'iiator Overman is satlsfiel tli.-it
.'10,160,84:!, it was rei-ortod to the mid-1
winter meeting of the cumpaign eon-,
nervation commission here tinlav bv I'r.t
L. K. Scarborough, of Fyrt Worth, Tcs.,j
chairman. .. ' .
Declares He Was Put In RoomjTESTIMONYOF LAWING
In Paris So Crowded That He'
Could Not Even Sleep On Floor
Harry KrWalmer in Air Service in France, Was
Arrested in Paris While Transferring to An
other Station and Confined in Close Room
Another Claims He Saw Two Men Hammered
to Death With Axe Handles by Sergeants at
Camp Merritt, New Jersey.
WASH 1 Mil ON', Jan. Is. Four of
the u i ; nesne 4 summoned to appear
toii,, lief ne a Senate cnmr.iittrc i.iwsti-fcut-u-,-
charges tNit Amcricsii soldiers
er- Landed wit lion I trial in France
faile.l to appear and the sergeant lit-
! a rnis
1 lliitte-
I to he-
.1 . Ill
Frii , v
Itm in
r the Senate reports to the eom
tliat il had b-en t'ouod impossible
te tlo'iii. Those ho lised were J.
u n, Ka t I 'iiii ! , (in . ; Ivy 1 .
V u York oily ; Arihbr (J.
jioii. IVli iit. :.nd Finest Farmer,
Cliattai.oi-ga, Venn . 1
Harry K Waliuer, of New Voik, told j
the cominiitee tint! wiiiie in the air serv
ice in l-'i.nice h" as transferred to an- i
other -.i;;ti'ui, the tin ii i of tOiich be did
not reni imTTi r, and in passing through'
I'aris was icked up and put in prison
as a ni! a iid found person. " Despite j
his transfer orders, uhiih 'Acre submitted
to an A ill: l ii nil officer, in charge of thej
arresting .quad, Wainier said He was
fun ed tn sign a i:ard staling he was a
prisoner. lie did not lennnituT the of
f ic. r V na me .
' ' I was put
others that v..
n a looM Willi
could not sleep
si many
even on
and was
was not
the floor," the wit ne
kept I hero two da, s
c iii a chair i" the re
Were on e er t n
-i said, '
There
in .
1 yea wen
I :i;.in..:in i
under !
rande- '
a in
g, i
i-t or v. hat tor t
asked.
No sir .
Were ou
I don't I
given
mile,
foOl I ,
l;d III
gl
on water
l'ii
a :
.No. but
got some on
t.ie Q. T
W.VSHINO TON. Jan. 1 7. Contin-j
uing its investigation today of the
charges of senator Thomas K. Watson, I
of (ieorgia, against army otlici rs and.
the conduct of the war, the special s n-l
ale committee heard testimony tending;
to establish that Ronnie 1". King, of W'il-j
min'ton, N. ('., vvus. killed in action and
was not hanged at 1 he direction of
'Hard Roiled" fmith. of the A. K. l'V
This testimony was gratifying to fc-cu-;
atoi l.ee J-5. Ovennan, a member of the
investigating committee, who had previ
ously put into the record war depart
ment ii-porls showing that the last thing1
heaid of the Wilmongton mini was a ci
tation that l.e was "wounded ami mis
i'ug in action."
Vanity K. Wells, of Wilmington, N.
C, forerly a sergeant of company i.
lllMh infantry, testified before the se
nate i ominit tee today that he had gone'
"over the too" with Hennie King and
never saw him afterward, lie ipiote.l
another sold -or us faying that young
King ha I boon killed in that battle. Mr.
Wells ilis.-oiiiitcd the story that be had
been i xi''-u I e I at the command of "Hard
Moiled'' iNiiith, in charge of a orison
amp. !
"Hard Roiled" !"-eiith, who was in-'
vest igate.l by Congress and who hvas
convietod for his cruelties' to soldi'Ts iiv
his charge, is now warded by the senate
committee lm his whereabouts are said'
to be unknown. He was last reported in
Mexic).
Was Bennie King's Pal.
Nuiie wei ks aen Senator Wat-on in-'
eluded the name of Ronnie King in his'
charge of illegal executions in France
and prodined a witness that Paid lie Iia-t
l.'ien execideil. After this iSonator Over
man obtained war department leports
showing that tlicie wa ''o substantia
tion of sin Ii an execution and that, in--toad
young King ha I died an honorable
death while fight ing ' for his country in
battle. To. lay there was produced a
Wilmington witness who was a "pal"
jf Ronnie King and testified that lie was
with him as lie went over the top.
r-'ergoant. Wells said that King had al
way, been a good soldier and that he wa
never
any other
far as tin
"I lav
nie King
Iv -aid S.
nt without have or guilty of
infraction of military law, so
witness knew.
no positive proof that Ron
was kiiled in action,'' frank
igeant Wells, ' because I did
i. it a
that 1
ing a
Numb
inn
e him die, but. 1 know
jumped off with his sipunl dui
ttlc on September .!. HMv His
I an I Number - men wire kill
,-, and 1 assume that Kin;.' was killed
also in that enage-nt. 1 never saw
l im again after lie went over the top.
In Hiscniber. RH. I met Oscar
Miel
iii 1
he I
shell
tion
fore
l-'tl.
Old
el .
of Druid. X. C. who was then
in. Sheldon told mo then that
i l'ii King blown to pieces by a.
lie was reported missing in Jie
I know that 1 saw King just be
we jumped off into battle and I
- saw him after the lighting."
p.ator Watson ai-ked the- witness
why he had not gone to the mother ol
Ronnie King with his story.
'Iil you not know that she had been
noriving u'mut her boy for two yiars'"!
asked the (ieorgia senator. "Why did
ou not see her about the matter:''
Overman Is Satisfied.
. T 1.. .11.1 wr.t ..-I'.nl f.. .1 l,l.r..i'Il
I Slllipi.V IH'I ll"l "(Jin M-J- ,
: In r about the unfortunate occurrence,",
; said the witness. "I could no Hwear!
I that he wa killed in action, so I have,
j not said anything until now." '
With tho testimony of this witness
who finally testified that he saw Heiiniej
King go over the top and never return!
and the insertion of the war department
reuort howing that tho last trace-of
Kinir was "wounded and missing in ar-l
the records today refute the claim of i
Senator Watson that young Kinir was j
nonir those llleirallr eseciiteil in r ranee.!
There probaWy will bo no further 'testi-j
inony along tui3 v-'"1' ..... '
MILLIOAIRES PAY TRIBUTE
TO FAITH OF NEGRO MAN
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 18.
For thirty-three yeara William Hen
ry Shores, a negro, guarded the
door of the President's room in a
local bank and carried bank fundi
through the streets. He never was
late at his work and never was short
a penny.
Yesterday bank presidents, million
aires and important figures in the
city's financial circles attended his
funeral in a-church for negroes and
mingled costly floral gifts with the
humbler tributes of members of his
race on his coffin.
FIELD ARTILLERY TO BE
CONCENTRATED AT CAMP
BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA
Big Artiilery Training School At Camp
Knox, Kentucky, To Be Moved To
North Carolina Camp Nine Main
Training Centers To Be Retained By
War Department.
i WASHINCTON, Jan. l-. - Rctcn-'
i tion by tin War Department of nine
main irainHig centers, one in each orpsj
i an a, and of a number ef other special j
i camps was recommended today by (leu-;
1 oral I 'ershiug, chief of staff, at a hear-'
i iug before the House Military Commit
tee, iiciieral l erslnng recommended re-
teiition as military training centers of
I the following: Camp Devens, Massnc.hu-j
setts; llix. New Jersey; Meade, Mary-,
i hind; McChllaii, Alabama; Knox, Ken-'
Ititcky; Custer, Michigun; Fort Riley,1
1 Kansas; Travis, Texas; and Lewis.'
Washington. j
As supplementary camps for mobiliza- ;
i tion and training of national guard, re
serve units, ami upeeial detachments, tho.
general urged retention of ('amps L'p
ton, Xeiv York; Lee, Virginia; Jack-'
sou. South Carolina; islieriiian, Ohio;,
Ijrant, Illinois; Pike, Arkansas; uud 1
Dodge, Iowa. j
The War Department's program, Gen-!
era I Pershing said, calls for the cunsoll-j
d.-itioii at Camp Rragg, North Carolina.!
of all field artillery schools cast of the
Mississippi. The great artillery center i
at Camp Knox, Kentucky, he suiii,
should be moved to RragK next Summer. ,
The War Department's program, (ien-
eral Pershing said, calls for the consoli-j
datum at Camp Rragg, X. ('., of fieldj
artillery- schools east of the Mississippi
river and retention for the present at'
least of the artillery school ut Fort hill,
Oklahoma. During the coming summer,
the committee was told, the artillery
school at Camp Knox, Kentucky, should ;
be moved to Camp Rragg and the Ken
lucky trait used entirely as a fifth corps
urea training centre.
A number of the War Departuien
recommendations are in direct vari
ance to t h iro of the House sub-commit
tee which has iccommcadcd disposition
ot a large unmoor or military crTrsf a
tioiis. Opposition to the propjpMl on-
didaiioii at Camp Renning, tleorguf; of
the tanks corpi school at Camp Jffcade.
Mil., tin' cnginiK'ering ju'liool aLlumplf
r. ys. Va., and the signal cilrs school
at Camp Alfred Vail, X. J., waa ex
pressed by General Pershing.
He recommended immediate weeding
mil of ineflicieiit officers in the r gnlar
army, especially those in the higher
grades and doiiland it was imperative
than an efficient officer for.-o of approx
imately ll.iMJO be retained by thu War
Department.
General Pershing declared that the en
listed personnel of the regular army
should not be reduced below ."ifl,iu)i.l
men. Asked if Congress cut the appro
priation to a point where a reduction to
llilMioii men was necessary, whether
there would be a proportionate cut in
the number of officers the general sail
emphatically there should not Is-.
Central Pershing read to the commit
tee a letter froih Marshal Foch, in which
the French commander emphasized th
necessity of maintaining an efficient of
Iii or strength. The present ollioer per
sor.nei, the general declared, "is top
heavy." with promotions too rapid in
lower "rades and too mauv liieflici nt
ofbeors m the higher grades. He recom-1
mended : board of five general otlicers
to clear the active list of the least rt
fective otliccru with th" prospect of
bringing the officer strength down to
lJ.duii. This accomplished, efforts
should lie made, he said, to build lip
the lower grade by appointment of
captilde eeond lieutenants and by rigid
requirements fir promotion, service of
at le:st three years as a second lieuten
ant should ! n-fpiireiT fpr promotion and
proportioiuil length of service for eleva
tiou to higher grades, the general said.
Anderson Bank Closed.
AXllKUSOWK.-r. Jnn IS The
p, - ,,,!,.. Hank, of this itv. fai!el t onen
its .Itxtrs this morning. Failure to reiii- J
it0 ,.n loans and withdrawal of deiio its
j8 the cause given by officials of the
bank. The bank has a Tamtal and sur-
plus of :Hxt,(i'tti, deposits vt marly two
mUlioii dallars. , t v
GIRL IS CONTRADICTED
BY DEFENSE WITNESSES
Setzer Children Contradict Ev
ery Statement of Lawing
Girl Mayor Walker, of
Charlotte, Character Wit
ness for Defense Woman
Spectator Fined. !'
JX OliD, Jan. 17. Contradictory
! in oveiy respect to the testimony offered
by the state's chief witness. Globie
l.avving. was the testimony offered in
; the trial of O. G. Thomas, charged with .,
murdering Arthur J. Allen, by the de-:
i tense witnesses during today's session
of the trial. Mr. and Mrs. L. At. Bhinn, .
Viola and Carry tfetzer and K. M.
llohlsbiook were the chief witnesses in
troduced by the defense, and each offer
i ed testiinuiiy in direct contradiction to
that offered by the Lawing girl.
Mhinn ntnl his wife stated that they '
had ju.-tt gone to bed at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. O. 8. Overeash, on
the night of October 2", when they
heard n car stopping in front of tho
house. They thought it wag their ehil- ,
Ireii and Mrs. SHiiin pulled the cur
tain b.-i' k to see. J nst as the car stop
ped tluy both saw three shots fired from
i the automobile but they did not see any
i man. The shooting was on the left sido
of the car. The jar then drove off. The
engine on the cur was not stopped and
j the lights were "angling" toward the
right.
The in , tst encouraging evidence for
I the defendant was given by Viola and
Carry fetzer, 111 and 1j years of age.
' They both told practically the same
i story, ami both contradicted every point
brought out by the Lawing girl. Viola
took the stand tirst, and testified that
Globio did not leave tlfe house until the
shots were fired, fche and Globie had
been in a back room of the holme to
give her brother nonie i-nndy. Wheif
coming baik to her mother's room to
see what timo it was they met Carry
Setzer at the curtain that evenly divid
ed the hall. Tluy went to n room in
front of the house and saw the clock.
Then they went to'the hall and just as
they reached the front door they heard
the shots. They were both in the house.
They saw the man fall. They did not
see a car. Globie was not on tho porch
at any time without her, the witness said.
Xo car passed after they reached tho
porch. .
Othfr Similar Testimony. '
The tcs',imony of Carry Setzer was
similar in every reaped. Shu had gono
to the back porch to get water, bhe
passed Vii la and Globie at tlie curtain
in the hall. Just us she reached tho
back porch she heard shots. After sho
had gotli ii ,a irink of water and from
the back porch r:he saw the car drive off.
rapidly.
Holdsbrooks, who lives just above Mr.
(.vercaKh, stated thut ho heard three
shots, but hud heard no cars pass' be
fore the shooting occurred.
Fifteen character witnesses for Thom
as wore introduced during tho afternoon.
All gave him a good name. Eight Of
them were from Charlotte, including,
Mayor .1. O. Walker, and seven wero! r
from Spartanburg. Three character '
witnesses Were introduced for MrW
Hubert 1 owe, who was with ThomasJ"
when the killing occurred, and who, thoj,
defense stated, would take the standi I ,
later. The defense nlso stilted that Mrsr
Thomas would take the stand.
Nfrs. Clary, spectator, was fined $23.
for contempt of court when, with other- J
in the audience, she applauded the res-'
ponse of J. '. Pdiickwood, solicitor 6f
tin- seventh district of South Carolina,
that there is ;v difference between the
character of any man and any unusually .
fine woman." The response wn niado
to the question if "there is not a great
leal of difference between the character
of the defendant and his wife." Other"
spectators were fined $10 for standing,
on In uohes in the courtroom.
Attorneys for the defense, in answer
to oiiestioiw of the presiding judge, J.
I'.iri li.iy, stated that fhey believed the
case would be i oiiclmled this week.
Hun lie. Is stood iti the courtroom a
gain today, and hundreds were not nbl
to gain jelini-sion. It is believed tha4
Thomas wi'l take the stand tomorrow.
State Rests Its Case.
The s'.ite rested its case after intro
ducing but five witnesses. Two witness-'
is for the defense were heard before
coert ricissed for noon.
The inn-: important witness for the
state, liluliie La wing, 1 it-yen r-old Kanna
j olis girl, was the last wittiess for the (
s'ati . Th? defens? introduced L. -M
bin ii, formerly of Kannapolis, to offset
i he testimony of the girl, and his testi-
mony was directly opposite to that of
fi red by the Lawing girl.
In answer to questions ly Solicitor
Clement, Clobie said on the night of -October
2 she wn at the home of 'Mrs.
Frank Seizor. After being there about'
half hour she started to leave. Oarriu
S-tzor went with her to the porch. There
he saw a sedan car going south. A
big car hi the left hand side of the
road, about 00 steps from the Seller-
units, wis; st:iii,1
r.g in the road, header
south. The II;
big viir. but th
lit were burning on the
engine was not running.
Nunc on- in the big cur hollered at the'
Ford sedan as it came by. '-.
The sedan ran 50 or 00 yards in front .
of the 'j car and stopped, and two per
sHiua got out of if. The people could tie
seen from the lights of the big car. The -persons
came luick to the big rar, whero
some conversation took place for about. .
live minutes. Then there was Iicardtbu
sound of a door of a car shutting. The
ne"xt thing ho heard was the report of
a pistol and-a 'man reeled acroiM tho s
road. " -
The man was starting back to his car
and had made about two steps toward
the sedan when the first shot was fired.
After
tho first shot was fird th Bias
turned and two more sluds were fired.
Then the man staggered away about
five steps and fell. When be was h:)t
tho yiHB a. n the right sido of tliO,
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