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V iLocal Cotton 17 Cents VOL.XUI.NO. 16. GASTONIA. N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19. 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS . -. I. .: : S ' '''..'-. 7 - , , : ; - , " Weather: Rain GASTONIA DA L GAZETTE MRS. LOWE TELLS STORY OF THE FATAL RIDE WITH O. G. THOMAS IN BIS CAR : Declare Thomas Wat Frien of Her Family Her Tetti mony Is Not Shaken Thom as Given Good Character by ; 'Witnesses from Home Town. CONCORD. Jan. 18. Mrs, Kobert Lowe, handsome leader of the Kannapo lis social whirl, went on the witness stand here at noon Wednesday and told the first eye-witness story of the fatal Bergcrbufg auto ride. Amid frequent objections bv Solicitor Clement and his aides of the State's leg al staff. Mrs. Lowe told how she sat in a Bnirk automobile on the night of Octo ber 25. and saw O. G. (Bed) Thomas. Charlotte auto salesman, shoot and kill Arthur 0. Allen. Concord plumber. Mrs. Lowe said Thomas pumped two shots into Allen's body as he stood by the automobile and ordered Thomas to 'throw up his hands. The -witness will be cross-examined later this afternoon. Thomas, the de fendant in the first degree murder trial, is expected to follow her to the stand. Mrs. Lowe, looking pale and wane and plainly slewing the terrible strain she has been under for the past three months, faltered as she walked to the witness stand. Every eye in a crowded courtroom was upon her. She quickly recovercr" hcrslf, however, and after getting her bearings engaged in the animated repartee indulged in by the opposing lawyers. - Mrs. Lowe, looking pale and wan lilua silk dress with tan slippers and hose to match, said she was born in Willianis that her maiden name was Lizzie Choate. Sho spelled out the name. C-K-O-A-T-E. She said sue tias been married 1 years and has a son 11 years Id. fche has lived in Kannapoiis six years and prior to that resided in Memphis for eight years. Known Thomas For Year. The witness said she has known Thomas for - a year and a half. She met him in Kannapoiis at Cline's board ing house. ,She also knows Mrs. Thomas quite intimately and said the relation between the two, families was of tie friendliest nature. Frequently, she said she and Mrs. Thomas have visited in each other's homes. After admitting that she was with Thomas on the might Allen was slain, Mrs. Lowe testified bb follows: 'We left in his automobile from Cline's boarding house, intending to go to the home of Oscar Overcasii, where Mr, Thomas said ho had business. We Lad- planned'to- luter go to a movie nnd Mr. Meal and Alise Sloop were to be members of the party, but they left be fore Mr.. Thomas wus ready and so ir went alone." "When you camo down stairs did yon find Peal there!" she was asked. '"Yes," " What, if anything, did he tell you?" "He said Mr. Thomas had gone to town to try to locate W stolon pistol." 'What became of M!s Sloop and Mr. Deal!" "They went ou. to the picture show." "Did" they telt why they went?" "They said it was because Mr. Thom as was so long getting back." "Did you ask them tJ wsitl" ;iI insisted, J certainly did." "How long after they left did Thom as return f" 'In about ten minutes Mr. Cline. of the boarding house, enme in about that time and Mr. Thomas asked him to go with us. but he said he could not." "All right, Mrs. Lowe, now go ahead and tell in your own way, just what happened, " said Attorney J. J. Park er. Carried Pistol. "I got in the car first and sat on the right side. Mr. Thomas handed me a pistol which he said belonged to Deal. He drove the car and I carried the pistol ,in my lap. ';We rode south to a crossing and then out into the National Highway, af ter widen we drove south again. We went to a little garage a short distance down the road, but, finding it closed, turned aronnd and started back towards j the Overcast) home. "At the intersection of the highway nnd the Beth-Page road we saw a Ford Sedan turn around in front of -im. It remained about 60 yards in front of us. Mr. Thomas -was ana-ling his lights from right to left, trying to locate the Orcrcash home, He never shut off his engine, but was running very, very slowly. When ho did stop the car he -did I not switch off the motor." j "Just as we stopped. I heard a door slam in. the Ford, just ahead of tin, but' paid b-attention to it. A man came up on the left side of the car. He wore a brown shirt but I ; eould not tell whether he was white or black. The Ford was standing fid yards ahead of us on the right side of the road." "South or north of the Overcash hornet" asked Mr. Parker. "South." "I)id the Ford, ever rasa your carl" "No sir." . Continuing Mrs. Lowe said, "the man came tip to Mr. Thomas and said, 'are! you following me'f" "Mr. Thomas said. 'Why no, I am not following you.' " "Then the man said: "Throw up your hands." "What did you -do then?" queried Mr. Parker. . "I said 'Lord Lave mercy.' "Mr. Thomas frabbed tlia pistol out of my lap and fired three times at the man." "I asked Mr. Thomas to please take me home and he did at once." Tho witness was then dismissed and turned over to tbe state for cross-examination which was to start immediately after lunch. On cross-examination Mrs.- Lowe was questioned by L. C Caldwell for the state. She admitted that she had rid den with Thomas a number of time, but only twice st night, once on the. eight of the homicide and once daring the last Continued on page 4). COTTON FIBRE CAN BE SLICED VERYVERY THIN PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. 19. Cotten fibres can be sliced into see tions leu than one-five thousandths of sn inch thick for microscopic ex amination and photographing, under a system perfected by Professor Wal ter H, Snell, and N. 0. Howard, of the botany department of Brown Uni versity. , ' Development of this method will open a new field of scientific investi gation in the cotton industry, accord ing to Professor Snell, who says that increasing attention is being devoted to the action and penetration of vari ous classes of dye into both fibre and yarn and the effects of dyeing pro cesses, mercerization and lizurg. "BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, NUT SPECULATION " SAYS BAN Undue Stimulation and Expan sion Will Not Work This Year, Declare Herbert P. Howell. (By The Associated Prow.) NEW YORK, Jan. 19. This year of 1922 will be "a good year for re membering above all that business is business and not speculation," Herbert P. Howell, vice president of the Nation al Bank of Commerce, today told dele gates to the convention of the National wholesajs Dry Goods' Association. "Undue tdimulatiou and expansion simply will not work this year," he as serted. Stable businesses will command ade quate banking facilities at reasonable rates, he said, for the banks are better fitted thnu they were u 1921 to finance legitimate ami worthy enterprises. "The attitude of the public in re gard to buying is a more calculable fac tor," he continued. "It the first place, the idea that the public will buy at al most any price can be eliminated, from business calculations. It can (be set down as definite that the public tins be come thrifty and discriminate, in buy ing." He asserted that tho re-opening of world markets must play un important part iu tho business of 1922. "Excess production must be sold," he declared. "While the world mar kets are in their present demoralized condition tho marketing of such sur pluses will be a problem. America has the resources anil is equipped to do an enormous business. But markets in both tho foreign and domestic fields are sadly out of gear." SEEK CHANNEL FROM ATLANTIC TO GREAT LAKES (By The, Associated Press.) OTTAWA, Jan. 19. While the pro ject to provide a great international channel for ocean going ships by im proving the St. Lawrence river to tho Great Lakes Xis being studied by the Governments of the United States nnd Canada, proponents of an alternative plan, the proposed Ottawa und Georgian bay canal, are seeking to enlist support for their "a 11 -Canadian " waterway. Advantages claimed for this route over the 1st. Lawrence ship channel include its position Entirely within Canadian ter ritory, its immunity from the storm hazards of the lakes anil the saving it offers in mileage. According to reports -of Canadian Government engineers who have made an exhaustive study of the project, the Ot tawa and Georgian bay canal scheme js practicable. As surveyed, the canal would follow the St. Lawrence from Montreal to the junction of the Ottawa and St. ljiwrence rivers; thence the Ot tawa would be followed to Muttawa; and Ijike Nipissing and the French river would provide outlet from the Ottawa river to Lake Huron. BASEBALLS TO HAVE RUBBER CENTERS (By The Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. Base balls with rubber renters will -be used in the Pacific Coast League during the 11)2:2 season, the directors have decided. For several years the oftiiinl league balls have had cork centers, which, it was claimed by many, made the balls too lively. Tlu- rubber ball, it thought, will not be as lively. PHILLY NATIONALS TO PLAY EIGHT EXHIBITION GAMES (By The Associated Press. ) PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1!. Might exhibition games will be played, by thf Philadelphia National league! club, after leaving the rtaining camp at. Lecsburg, Fla. ! The schedule follows: April 1. Co-; lumbin, 8. C; April .1, Charlotte. N. C.;' April 4, Baltimore at Winston-Balnu. N. C; April 5. Baltimore at Winston Salem; April 6 Richmond, Va.; April' 7. Hendersan, X. (I; April 8. Athletics, at Philadelphia; April 9, Newark. j Kfforts will be made to arrange a series of games with the Washington' club, which will train at Tampa. (iamee already have been scheduled with seven 1 Florida teams and others are under enn-j sideration for the training period.- The nlayers will leave for Lecsburg, the first week in March. ONLY 45,000 QUALIFIED DENTISTS IN AMERICA (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO. Jan. 19. Preventive denistry and mouth hygiene were the underlying themes of the 58th annual meeting and clinic of the National Den tal Association, which opened here to day. .Leaders in the profession declared that there are only 45.000 qualified dentists in America and that this number is not large enough to rare for neds of tbe-jKp-ulation. Therefore, they assert, the on ly solution of the dentistry problem of the country lies in perfecting preventive measures. Tells of Seeing Soldier Shot By A Firing Squad In July 1918 Near Town of Chateau Thierry (By The Associated Tress.) ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. The shoot ing of a soldier by a firing squad in France was described to the Senate com mittee investigating alleged illegal exe cutions today by Oeorgo W. Yarbrougb, of Roanoke, Ala., who said he was an eye witness. "During heavy shell fire near Chateau Thierry," said Yarbr ugh, "I was go ing up the road with other men when we saw a soldier, his hands tied behind him, being marched toward the woods mi i . .. I . ,1!.,.,. , I L IIC B1K11 nUO SU U lUBUttl il UlUllilVlVU ... i...n; . Th... 1-1 . . m;.c ";' . z .. in charge of the squad, and when they started to Bhoot the sildier. a white boy, about 20 years old, he asked that he be not blindfolded." .. - . . . . The witness sa.a ... was twenty steps unay n ui-u un cifiiimuim hub git-u iu fire. He wan positive the execution was in July. 191S "i"- ... ... . . iarbrough said he did not knowl . .. ... , , , ... , ., . i whether there had Ixn-n a trial, and that he knew of no other execution. Ynrbrough, who said he had appeared here, reluctantly, after a. soldier had re quested that he be summoned, testified that he had beard the soldier was shot for neglest of duty. He did not know to what command the man shot was at tached but said he understood the of ficer iu charge of the firing squad wus EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF AMERICAN LEGION MEETS Executive Committee Whip Organization Into Shape Commander Bird and Adju tant Burgesa to Attend Con vention in Indianapolis. GREENVILLE. N. C. Jan. 18. The cxective committee of the American Legion met here today to whip into final shape affirs of the organization before the state commander, T. W. Bird, of Asheville, aud Adjutant Cale K. Bur gess, attend the convention of state commanders nnd adjutants in Indianap olis, national headquarters, Friday and Saturday. Reports on the activities and progress of the state division will bo made during the meeting. Discussion " of the soldier bonus nt the morning session resulted in nn agree ment to begin an educational campaign to show the merits of each form of 1h nus suggested . The paid-up insurance or tlie home ownership plan' was favored by the committee as the most desirable. It was shown how the paid-up insurance bonus has three and a half times the value of a straight -out cash permit. The committee could see more lasting good from the insurance of home-ownership bonus than from the cash plan. Visit to North Carolina. Commander Bird and Adjutant . Bur gess were authorized to confer with the national commander in Indianapolis a bout the mutter of his visit to this state, : probably in February, it was suggested I that the state be divided into a western rxpresse.l confidence in Mr. Hays' abil ceiitral and eastern section, and that hf j ity to "direct the industry to its pro- commander Ik? nivite.t to speak at a suit- i aide city in eacn division. The commander made the announce- ment that examining physicians will be j sent out by the government soon to vari-l ous soldier hospitals to adjudicate the Claims or ine ex-oruiers in me nuf- pitals. There is a large number of con- troverted eases, he pointed out, that uied the attention of government men. Tho committee voted for the motion tha,t nil resolutions and endorsements made by any legion post in the state should first be passed upon in the adju tant's office lwfore promulgation . It is thought tha ! the posts can better co ordinate nnder this ruling. With the exception of three, all mem bers of the executive committee were prsent. Those in attendance were T. W. Bird, who presided; J. It. Hollis, C. K. Burgess, Rev. T. C. Vickers, If. 8. McNeill, Dr. C G. Dixon, It. T. Allen, T. C. Daniels, D. W. Terry, K. E Denny and J . W Pies. Jr. Bevera! , in mem wjione on iiium-s in ieii tivities with the nim to show how posts could operate most efficiently and prof itably. BELIEVED TO BE KEY CHECK OF BENEDICT ARNOLD NKW YORK, Jan. W.-What is be- j , i. i . , .i i. . . i i. .1. . . i even it, lie i lie Key r. ec , w-."r.. ( .t'lll lUI ill iiiiiii I a.i in, in o nmii uiii. nn whenever they, unlocked' official dM-u-ineuts, is one of the revolutionary relics acquired by the Field Kxploration Com mittee of the New York Historical So riety, it was learned today. The key check probably assisted the traitorous Arnold the night he removed military plans from West Point and came down the Hudson to meet Major Andre, of the British. It was found ih the ruins of an old house in Brooklyn, and with it were about two down eop ler coins of the stamp of Ocorge IF and Grorg- 111. Arnold, it is known, after his defection from the Continental Army lived in New York as long as the Brit ish held the city. The check is made of lead, about One eighth of an inch thick, and about three inches long. On one side is stamiied "Arnold's staff," and on the other "Con Army." . FARM BUREAU DELEGATES GATHER AT FLORENCE. FLORENCE, Ala.. Jan. 19. Rcpiro seniatives of the American Farm Bu reau Federation from most of the' cot ton growing States and from the corn and wheat belt section of the Mishiasip in valley, were arriving here today for a meeting of the Southern group, of the farm bureau, whi'-h begins here to morrow - with an infantry regiment of the Third division." James M. Elliott, of Newark, X. J., who described himself as a lawyer, and who served with a medical corps over seas, told of swing two men shoved un der a faucet, fully clothed, and forced to stay there twenty minutes. One died a few days later, but he did not know the cause. 1'iuler questioning he said he had suffered from concussion after be ing hit by a falling tree, and that it had affected his memory. , Colonel Walter A. Bethel, assistant "udgi I UUllKI 1UWHII- UVlUiai Ul UHT ,11141,, . , , , , .... ., .1 ; told arbrough he was an extremely in il'lliut III wlliiCM, mi ilv niwiiiu mill m ..n: . - 1 l... ,,..,Hia.l l.;... tA :iip whi.-i. might enable 1he War Department to '" i, . . V Jook "lto ,lu l"0,'- . , ' "l wlsl' 1 f"nUl ,,ell'- 8:11,1 I. ...... ..I. (.,, I .,11 I L...... I I IllUUKili 1 1 U 1 . llrt loin .in nu". a lme to th(. , I1R.mlll.r4 of which fired at the coiuiniind. The Red- j dier fell nnd the oltire walked over, felt. bin pulse "for a moment, nnd turned a- ' . , ... . . ., , , , , , ...... way. Then he ordered the squad to move ., ''Was there anything about the exe cution to make you believe it was an a biiHM of power?'' Chairman Brandegee asked. "Nothing whatever, but 1 felt that if they had detailed a squad t j kill a man (Continued ou page 8.) WILL H. HAYS TO GET $150,000 A YEAR SALARY To Be Effective "Immediately After March 4th" Will be Directing Head of New Na tional Association of Picture Producers. (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Will n. Hays will become directing head of tho new National Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors "Immediately after March 4." it was announced tonight ut a dinner at which the postmaster general was the guest of; a group of motion picture officials. Mr. Hays' formal resignation from Presi dent Harding's cabinet will be presented soon, it wus said. Mr. Hays announced that he had sig ned a contract which makes his esexcu- 'e head of the organization. His sal t reported as tentatively fixed at .0 a year, was not announced. ' The orposo of this association will lie to atiii.ii and maintain the highest pOssiblo standard of motion picture pro duction nnd to develop to Hie highest degree the moral and educational vauic of the industry." Mr. Hays said. "I believe in the earnestness and in tegrity of their determination to carry out these purposes and am convinced of the possibilities of the large plans and successful consummation. My ser vice will begin immediately after March 4, next." A statement issued by the producers ,ostmed place of importance in the civi Nizaon of todav an. tomorrow." "The public "will find we will follow ,u, ,.Hdership of Mr. Hays with that faithfulness and enthusiasm which he i , never f-iilcd to inspire " it added "V nr.. tintli nrnud nml' lomnv i.. nnbut which sheltered a peasant family of association with Mr. Havs and we look forward to the future with perfect con fidence." The producers whose names appeared on the formal announcement as the com mittee in charge of the forming the as sociation were Adolph Zukor, William Fox, Marcus Lowe, Iwis J. RelznicU. K. C. Cole, Bainuel Goldwyn and Car! Laemmle. WHOLESALE PRICES REMAINED STATIONARY I Declares Report of Depart ment of Labor Announced Today. (By The Associated I'rcis.) I WASHINGTON, Jan. !!. The gen ! nil level of wholesale prices remained j stationarv throughout Novenil'r and i Bureau of Labor .Statis- of ,h)1 !..,, rt 14.t of Labor nn noiineed todav. The Bureau's weighted 'index number, with the lfi:t price level i denoted by 1(1(1, stood at 1-41 in those two months with the prices of :t'.'7 com- , modifies considered. i i Foodstuffs, farm . products, cloths,; clothing, chemicals, and drugs showed a ' declining tendency, which was' most pro- I uounced in such articles as cattle, hay, i hops, peanuts, butter, cheese, eggs, laid. lemons, oranges and sugar. Metals and house furiii.-hings goods were listed as , , ,., r , . , unchanged, while fuel prices showed a slight increase and building materials advanced three ix-r cent iu De-cmler over the November level. i n incrase for me iiioiil.i 111 mu it I . . - , ' ...... , vna .n.Oll 1,1 till Dmilll l.f ,111. " ' ,'" ""., !' i fei aneons co , nmiuii ., ...c.uu.ng ran. , . ' ' Mexican sisal and tankage. Of the 32 commod ities, 116 were shown to have decreased, 89 increased and 1-2 remained station ary in price in IVceniler 1 ne general i wi -mniiiiiir .n. i3 in December, according to the annonuce ment, was 21 per cent Inwi-r than it was i one year liefore.with house furnishing j goods showing tin? . greatest decrease of ' :J,7 per rent, met;ils and hunaing mate rials 24 per Cent. farm. products "IVi per cent, fuel 21 ht cent ami food 19 per cent. Of the remaining gnmps of ciiui niodities showed wnaller. decreases. BULLET NEAR BASE OF BRAIN WAS CAUSE OF BAD PRISONER'S OUTBREAKS CHICAGO, Jan. 19. Results of an operation performed to remove a bullet from the brain of Benjamin Buckner, serving a life term in the Joilet State penitentiary for murder, which transformed him from a "bad man" to a model prisoner, will be put before the State Board of Par oles and Pardons, in an effort to ob tain his release, it became known here today. Buckner was sentenced in 1905. Upon his arrival at the prison, he be gan a reign of terror, engaging in fights with other prisoners and refus ing to obey order. He continued to be unmanageable until recently when he complained of severe headaches. He told physicians that years ago he had been shot in the head and the bu'let had not been removed. The bulla was found near the base of the brain. Its pressure, physicians said, was the cause of his outbreaks. zz WILL TRAIN AMERICAN TROOPS WITH FRENCH "75" Chief of Field Artillery Issues Orders That All American ; " v v .Mf . . . . a . Model French Gun. j WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Training I of regular army troojis with American ! mod. led 7.r-ii'ilii!ieler guns will be (lis i continued and training with the French T.'i'k will b extended to artillery units of I1"" regular establishment, the nation , ul euard and officers r.f the organized l ri'r''n Mrl.ri ntre.ili' li-ivi. kin ia. ' sued by the chief of field artillery, it was lenrned today, directing organiza tions in the regular army equipped with the American models to turn them in for the French type replacements. It is the policy of the fleid artillery chief to equip all field artillery brigades stationed iu the Vnited States with thn French guns. They have been accepted as the standard light gun for the regu lar nrni.v anil the national guard and, in time of national emergency, would be Issued to the organized reserves. In extending the instruction to organ ized reserve officer', the letter says, a new departure iu army training hns been made. "We arn now inaugurating," it says, the systematic instruction of the third component of tho army of the L'ni I ted States the organized reserves, lr so far as the chief of field artillery Is concerned, the size of the classes will be limited only by the amount of funds Congress makes available " 'Sufficient funds are available nt the present lime, the letior continues, for cortduclin? course of instruction In field ar'illerv mibiwts at Fort Bill. Okln j ::oinn, for a limited number of artillery reserve corps olheers. J he plnns tenet tiyely approved call fo- two officers froir e-'ih corps area to attend the ten-week course which begin March J. TRADE GLITTERING TRAPPINGS FOR SOMETHING TO EAT KFKBK. Itl'BKI A, Jan. 17. Trap pings of civilization are finding strange! uses in the peasant huts of Kussia. City folks who have fled to rural districts in pcarch of bread ami peace have frequent ly been compelled to trade their belong ings to the leasaiits for food. Fre quently, however, they have little idea how to use the articles which come to 111 exchange for milk and flour, I An American who recently visited a j vil,!K' ,-ar this city Raw a magnificent I concert grand piano in one room of a I six- . Tl"' family cooking utensils were stacked on top of the piano nnd a small pig was tie.T to one of the legs. Cnder the Ikon which hung in one corner of th room the visitors saw- a number nf glittering objects which up on closer in-iiiectiou proved to be the sil ver fittings from a man's toilet case. ; The handsome Russia leather case from : which the toilet articles hail been taken J was lying on the floor, filled with cow j feed. UNUSUAL COLD WAVE HITS PART OF COUNTRY ; CHICAGO. Jan. !!. A cold wave j bearing snow, reached eastward from the I liocK.v .MniiuinriiH Touay, leaving neiiimi I the coldest weather known in Washing-! ton and Oregon since limit, and below j zero weather iu the li'-arer we tern states was expected to reach Illinois todav. The lowered temperatures will spread in-I 1,1 Kentucky, oiHsian.-i, Mississippi and j southwestern stales, the government weather bureau said Texas felt the cold wave which reai h- ld tar south into that state while New Orleans was preparing for some unusual cold, following the forecast of a drop in temperature of degrees in parts of Louiinna lid Mississippi. HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON OTHER AGENCIES CHICAGO. Jan.- 1!. Highway de velopment must deiiciid on a more crit- ;....! .I,-..:.. 41..... ; tl... ...mi . .. . . ' r- 1 .. , land highwnv transport officials must , f .y w K (if(,c. ' ' B(U.iMlri. i,rir,. hilri,Kav r,.. search of Wa-hiiigton, I). '.. told dele- Uilies 01 me .ittiuu.ii ii.npii iw.i.in .. 1 . ... 1 .. "Th.' proportion of the available for the purises of translation is limited," he snid i ' Tins proiKirtion must tie distributed a i mong the various agencies, railroads, 'highways, etc. In as much as the mon ; ey spent on one agency is not available t r .1. :.. ..t.... o. i.:nt. .. n.. traiiHMirt is intimately bound up with I transportation in general. THE WEATHER North Carolina, probably rain tonight and Friday, warmer In east and colder in extreme west portion, colder Friday. DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL FAMES IN CHINA Question of Chinese Eastern Railway Is Refer red to Special Committee of Eastern Experts. BONDED WAREHOUSES SHOW UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE Figures Are Compiled by De partment of Agriculture to Present to Agricultural Con ference. (By The Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Figures showing the growth in Federal bonded warehouses for storing i-'.iini iri'iiitcii of airrieultiiral prodiu-ts have been compiled by the De Zr!"7!, Ji,B.ri?,V,,rn :, """'-1 i if Nil: IIMIlllllill 'IK1" Ui' iirnc tuial eourerence, which meets here next Monday. Federal warehousing is ex pected to be considered by the conference ill connection with its study of rket - ing. . The figures as compiled and made pub lic today :-lioiv that under the Federal warehouse act. one of the laws recently put on the statute books, the Dcutrt nient has licensed J77 cotton warehous es, with u capcity of l,2l)(),00l bales, L'7li grain warehouses with a capacity of bout H.IMMUHH) bushels. 1H wool ware houses with a capacity of about one scv- enth of the iinnual wool clip of the eouu ' ted that retention of the present eon try, and five tobacco warehouses. ! trol of this line, trn veriimr iV. . Declaring the movement has received j a gnat impetus in the past year, ofl'i-j cials said that an application was ih-iiiI- iug from a big cotton warehouse in New Bedford, Mass., with a rapacity of over lOd.OOU bales to comtf in under the Fed eral act. This was said to be the first one received from the cotton mill section ! of New Kuglniid. unicials of the Ilepurtmcnt believe i hat absence of lederal grades for to-, delegates todny that, this had been perm bacco has been responsible for only five nll.ntly sidetracked when it was stricken tobacco warehouses so far '-'''idying un- OIlt ,)f th(v nsolution vcst,,,.(lay bcfofe der the re.leral law. The Department d,ption of itn oihcl pJovlstoai. is now working on tentative tobacco! T)nit.. i. . grades and when this work is com pleted j tha this f 2l . T, , n 77 le,Cato? it is the opinion of t hose doing the' work ! llL ?L '.U ll !" he ."I" that the tobacco industry will join the cotton, grain and wool interests in seek ing benef its of the warehouse act . THOMAS TAKES STAND IN HIS OWN BEHALF. CONCOUl), Jan. 10. O. O. "lied" Thomas, took tbe stand today in his own defense iu Cabarrus County Su perior Court, where ho is on, trial, for first degree murder. The defendant's testimony followed closely that given by him at the habeas corpus proceedings in Charlotte and the statement made by him immediately fol lowing the shooting. It was in sub stance that Allen hail come up to his car ou a dark street in the suburbs of Kannapoiis and said : "Cap are you following me?" Thorn- as is said he replied ".o. ' Whereupon fie ueciarcii me man suiu: i uen nom i 1.. .I 1. .1.1 ;i. i.mi i ill up your hands, " Thomas said he seiz- ed a pistol which was lying in the lap of Mrs. Lowe, who was in the front scat of his automobile, and fired three shots in rapid succession at the man. Thom as said he then drove off to Kannapoiis, not knowing whether he had killed the man or who he was. At the time of the shooting, Thomas tetified he had on his person approxi- j mately t((iO which ho bad collected for automobiles and his first thought was I that he was being held up. HflRd win PFIir nv HOBO HAD RELICS OF ' j DR. COOK S EXPEDITION j OLD TOWN, Maine, Jan. 1!). A hobo on Arctic trails who had with him' a notebook and other relics of Dr. ! Cook's expedition of 1 f years ago is di sc ri bed in a letter received here from Kenneth M . Clark, a Harvard gradu ate who is now cruising timberlaiuls in the northern Quebec wilderness. Kxploriiig a strange trail with a guide, Clark wrote he found a rough igloo nearly buried in snow. Inside was a lone Eskimo or half breed, clothed in furs. A notebook in a corner of the hut, together with papers and bits of metal apparently parts of a sextajit, I aught Clark's eye nnd examination of! ..... . .. - I the book disclosed the name of Dr. Fred crick A . Cook . The pages contained notes on weather, latituinal and logitn dinal data, conditions of ice floes and oth er memoranda. Eighty-nine was the farthest north position decipherable, Clark wrote. With the help of his guide, the timlsr cruiser said he learned from the lone oc cupant of the igloo that he was a wan derer of the wilderness. He had been with the Cook expedition, he indicated one of the few who stayed with the ex plorer after Ins -party had been split by! blizzards, thinned by vcanty provisions ' and forced to turn back when the dogs j went mad. Before leaving, the man said he took j the notebook and other articles and had lioon carrying them siuce (it was in 1!)"9 that Dr. Cook came out of the north with the claim to discovering the pole ! on April 21, 1908, which caused heated controversy with Admiral Peary, who characterized Cook's claims as a ''gold brick.") Clark wrote that he was bringing the notebook buck to civiiiia tion. Bird Is Eagle. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. The bird on the new ace dollar is an eagle not a dove in case there bo any ornitholo gical dispute about it. Moreover, its the only eagle With folded wings on an American coin with the exception of the bird on the t-n dollar gold piece. Bird sharks "have been horrified to bear the eagle described as a dove of peace pn a mountain top. In truth,' if took some digging among mint officials to find out what kind of a bird it really was. . AH the other eagles are spread eagles.' (By Tho Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Tho American and British proposals for pro moting an equitable development of rail road facilities in China formed the sub. ject of discussion for today's meeting of the arms conference far eastern com- imttee. I-.xcept for brief utatements by Secretary Hughes and Sir Auckland Ged- des, in submitting them to the commit- ti licit lnr thn A i ,..,, " " " I " r""",! "vu,u "u lne,r ""I tor a" vt-utual unification of transpor- ! tatiou lines in China under Chinese eon Tol- no, the British proposal to pledge .... , i t . the po-vcrs Otiaist diseriinliintort- nrnn. ' J ("v- tiees on roads under their control, waa discussed yesterday, and it remained tov day for the other powers to rveord their attitude on both. While !n neither proposal was there any exclusion of either the Shantung or Manchurian lines, in approaching tba railroad problem the committee agreed, at the suggestion of Secretary Hughes, thnt the question of the Chinese eastern railway be referred to a special sub-committee for far eastern experts for sepa- mt.- vonMueniTion. it has been indiea- bet ween Manchuria nu, Siberia, by an interallied commission would bo recom mended in view of the present unsettled coiiuiHons in Kussin. Although the tllineso deleo-nte. rnr. ed the right to call up again the provi sion of the American open door propo sal which would have authorized an in quiry into existing concessions, in China, it wus th mnpl lmn.: . . 1--" ini-iii oi i a American pian. it was represented as the opinion of tho American delegation today that its eli-, minntlon did not materially weaken tho effect of the resolution as "there would still be opportunity nnder remaining pro visions for examination; of existing con cessions where lmth parties agreed to it. TWO WITNESSES WERE ' FORCIBLY DETAINED. BAN FKANCISCO, Jan. 19. What the defense in the second Koscoe C. Ar biickle manslaughter trial proposed to do so as a result of testimony that two prosecution witnesses had been detained at the home of an attache of the district attorney's office was a major topie of conversation around the court room to day. Miss Alice Blake, a participant in the .. . . . iiiri, ar me nmei St. J-ruiicis here at which A rlmi-lr I.. ; .... ,i !:.: fatal injuries on Miss Virginia Rapms teat fied yesterday that she and Zer Pre- vom had Dten detained at the home of an attache of the district attorney's of- iice against their will. Asked whether she had been coerced regarding her testimony, the witness Said she " would rather not state. " : RECORDS BROKEN IN CREATING PEERAGES LONDON, Jan. 19. All records in creating peerages have been broken bv I'r'-W,,t administration, according to the new issue of "Debrett." a standard work of n.rm.n,c COIU.erning 1he jJritiHJa aristocracy. . I" the -six years now expiring, .94 peers, 23.7 baronets and 2,016 knizhts have been created. W0MANIS SUSPECTED. BIRMINGHAM,, ALA., Jan. 19. Police were searching today for a wom an who possessed an expensive outfit of clothing, part of which was found this morning beside tho body of Isreal Hei mon, U'li, in a vacant lot in Fountain Heights, a fashionable residential sec- ," "t,s,'"'ns "f the neighborhood told '."". "enra a xnoi at O'clock l.if ,.i,.l.t Tl. . . 1... 1 . 1 - mm n.j;,,,. ir Hiau owiy was uiscov cred at day break. HIGH SCHOOL BOY MADE 88 POINTS IN GAME M I" NCI H, IN D.,' Jan. 19. What is thought to be a record for individual scoring in a basketball game was made by Jones, forward on the Fort Recov ery. Ohio, high school team, whp scored eighty eight points in a game against the tit. Henry, O., Academy team at Fort Recovery, last night. Jones team won 100 to 10. SANATORIUM FOR SOLDIERS OPEN ON FEBRUARY 22 WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Februarv 22ud has lieen set as the date for tho opening of Dawson Springs Sanatorium, at Dawson Spring;, Ky built at a cost of $2,uoo,0iu for tie accommodation of 700 former service patients, it was an- noil need today. .'-. Governor Morrow, of Kentucky, Amis- tant (Secretary. of .the Treasury Clifford and Representatives of soldiers' organ izations are to take part in th opening exercises, it is stated. COLD WAVE COMING. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. The westers cold wave, it waa indi cated today by the Weather Bareau will reach the Atlantic coast by to morrow. -y Cold wave warnings were i ed for the South tomono ar I t r. row night, ' . '
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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