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VOI- XL1H. NO. 27.
GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 1. 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
BAFT OF THE NAVAL ARMAMENT L11TATI0
TREATY WAS SUBMITTED TODAY
OAS
MANY AUTO PARTIES
STRANDED IN SNOW IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Rescue Partie Sent Out From
Cities Carry Food and Cloth
ins Story Reads Like Bliz
zard Tale of the Northwest.
FHLSNO, Calif., Feb 1. More
than a hundred persons stranded by C al
ifornia's recent record snow along the
ridgo route, much travelled highway
from Los Angeles, north, had been res
cued or accounted for, according to a
special despatch from rcpre oiitativos of
the Fresno Republican curly today.
The newspaper men fought their way
along a great part of the route, in an
automobile and ou foot. A rescue truck
Bent out of the automobile club of South
ern California hud provided !i0 strand
ed automobile parties with food, they re
ported .
Automobile club officials express the
belief that no liven were lost in the
storm, at least a!ong the roads.
An the groups of rescued : torni vic
tims arrived at Lebee they brought tales
of hardship that included stories or chil
dren being out all night in the guio l"'pt
alivo by the warmth of the mother's
body. Daylight yesterday revealed cars
along the highway within a few feet of
each oilier. One machine stopped with
in a few yards of a runner's ramp, and
the mother, father and child spent the
night in the car dinging to each other
for warmth.
Throughout yesterday men, women
and children came hobbling over tin- trail
to Lebee from the cabin of forest ranger
l)e Lapp, of the Tcjon district. Must
of ihum will remain here until their au
tomobile.! are driven from the snow j
drifts, Sacks i.nd old clothing were .
bound around the feet and limbs of j
ninny who were caught in the unexpected I
blizzard clad in too lig.it clothing.
In all 02 persons were marooned iu the '
little three-room cabin at Lebee . ;
Floyd Johnson and Alton Self, both,
10, lost in a blizzaid in the mountains
:to' miles east of here were led to safety I
by holding to the lail of a dog, it (wys
learned today. A short time later a
rewuo party found two other boys, lost
in the same blinding storm, lying in the
enow exhausted .
Billy Sunday Had A Great Day
In Little Town Of Due West
(Spartanburg J ournal . )
"FINE DAY OF IT."
"My impressions and observations
for the day, young man.' I've had a
fine day of it. and haw enjoyed my
visit to Due West and to Anderson,"
said Mr. Sunday. "You will hardly
understand what I mean when 1 tell
you what a pleasure it is to preach
to such people as faced me in both
those places. If yon had traveled all
about the country and preached day
in and day out before audiences of
foreign populations of peoples where
there is a great deal of foreign blood
about, then you'd know. Those peo
ple today showed by their very coun
tenances their Americanism and their
ideals and aspirations: they show the
character that has Jfceen developed in
them from the Scotch Puritan blood
of the South. Take the history of
our country anil run your mind's eye
over the tho big men; they are either
tho New England Scotch Puritan or
tho Scotch Puritan of the South.
Roosevelt is the only striking excep
tion to this rule, and this exception
only proves it.'
"What 1 mean is, these are won
derful and marvelous folks ; they have
an eager expectancy in their faces
and eyes to hear the old time religion
preached the kind they like to hear,
tho religion - their fathers and fore
fathers, who contributed so much to
make this country the greatest coun
try God's eye has ever lested on. Yes.
sir; I like to preach to such appre
ciative folks."
At 7:30 sharp yesterday morning the:
special car on the P. & N. lino carrying
Kcv. "Billy" fcufdny and his party o,in
Due Wert nnd Anderson pulled out from
the interurban yards, with tho following
members or the party aDoarn. .vir. un
lay, Mrs. Ashcr, Misj Floreige, Mrs
Carrie K. Eurle, Miss Marian Evans,
Homer Rodeeaver, Albert Peterson, Rev.
W, L. Ball, D. D pastor of the First
Baptist cchurch. Rev. G. E. Kerr, pastor
of the A. K. 1'. church. Dr. John O.
Clinkmales, of Wofford College. H.
Frank MeGec, Maj. J. C. Hemphill, and
P. IL Kike. In Greenville the party was
joined by Rev. W. A. McCauley pastor of
tho A. R. P. church of that city.
Tho car was in persoual charge of W.
C. Cothran, superintendent of the Hues,
J. P. King, ceneral agent and L. L.
Adams, conductor. These officials show- j
cl the party all courtesies ami const. ieya-j MrS- AseT VOI1,i giujf an 0!.-timoy folk
tion, and provided an abundance of nice; jore nnil jBsj,,tcl that any present
rruit an.i refreshments lor me emiro
trip. .
Coratnittee Meets Party.
Arriving at Donalds, the party disem
larked from the trolley and lioardcd'the
coach pf the Dues West railroad, under
escort of the following special committee
of that noted city: Kcv. Hubert Calvin
tiricr, president of Krskino College; Uor.
Contracts Let For 25 Miles Of
Hard Surface
Linwood Read to Mountain View Mill, South
Gastonia Road From Ridge Mill to Bowling
Green, New Hope Road From End of Hard
Surface to South Carolina Line and Mt. Holly
Stanley Roads to Be Built This Spring.
At a special meeting of the board of
wumy commissioners held Tuesday, con
tracts were let for four road projects iuj
too county totaling 23 miles at a cost'
Of approximately $225,000. j
Project No. 3, the Linwood road, go-j
ing out Linwood tstreet from Gastonia'
lo the Mountain View mill Leyoud
Crowdcrs Mountain was let to the,
Simmons Construction Company. The
length of this road is 6.5 miles.
Project No. 4, the New Hope road!
from Hand 's red schoolhouse to the j
J ...I. .) O. .li.inn,!. .C 7 5 '
ouuin w,ru ..m m.r, -j.
miles, was let to tho Carolina Contract-!
ing Company. This will give a hard sur.-
I fare road to the covered bridge below the
i McLean place near Kiversidu Farms.
I Project No. 5, the Mt. Holly-Btanley
' road, 7 miles in length was let to the
! Carolina Contracting Company.
Project No. tf, the road from South
Gastonia to the fcknith Carolina line near
Howling Green, a distance of 3.9 mile,
was let to the Simmons Construction
Company.
It was announced by Mr. Strut Herat
county highway engineer, that work on
nil these roads would begin by March 1.
W00DR0W WILSON FOUNDATION
FUND GASTON COUNTY.
Previously acknowledged $201.00
Mi. C. Rankin 50.00
"K. K. Ray, MeAdenville 100.00
Total .tJoi.OO
I. II. S'-park, chairman of the fund
for Gaston county, requests that persons
who have remitted funds to the State
chairman, Mrs. Joseph Daniels, notify
The Gazette of the amount so it can be
acknowledged through this paper. Tho
money does not necessarily have to go
through The Ga.ette.
'Remitted direct. !
R. L. Robinson, president of the Wom
en's College at Hues West; Rev. Francis
Young Pressley, P. P., president of the
A. R. P. Theological Seminary; Rev. J.
P. Pressley, pastor of the Due West A.
K. P. church ; Prof. Edgar Long, of the
chair of English in Erskine College; O.
Y. Brownless, business man of Pue West,
and R. S. Galloway, president of the
Pne West railroad. This representative
contingent of the classic city made all
the visitors from Mr. Sunday on down
the lino, feel very comfortable, on the
way to Erskine College, where a. short
while after 10 o'clock Mr. Sunday
preached to the student bodies of both
the male and female colleges, and the
citi.ens of Pue W-t. The comfortable :
and attractive auditorium of the college
was laiiinicii nnn pacucu n"u i-ui"c
long before the visiting party
arrived, '
and people stooil up in many sections,.
and the openings to the hall were crowd-!
ed it is estimated that fully LjOO per
sons were in attendance. j
Presented by Maj. HcmphilL
Maj. J. Calvin Hemphill had the hon
or of presenting Mr, Sunday to the Duo
West people, which he did in hi usnial
charming manner. He first said he was
glad to be at home again, where they;
sing Psalms and observe the Sabbath;
day. In presenting the honor visitor, hei
said: "He is a man seat from God
and his name is William Ashley Sun
day." The audience burst into loud applause,
at this statement. I
Breaks Sacred Precedent.
Mr. Rodeheaver was then presented
and played a solo ou his trombone that1
pleased "his hearers. When with the
diplomacy that characterizes 'him, Mr,
Rodeheaver took the preliminary steps
looking towards the breaking of a sacred
precedent that has rigidly obtained at
Krskinc ever since she was founded as a
college in 1 S:7 the precedent of sing-
Psalms exclusively.
He broke the
n(, gentiv i)ut firmly to the effect
on tlje wtlV" 0VlT sonic member of the
that
par-;
ty suggested that instead of ringing
Pasting he and Mrs. Asher shoulil sing
some of the tabernacle songs and let the1
Duo West folks judge of their excel-'
lency provided of course, that the uudi
rnce cared to have a change from the
Pslams. Great applause greeted this,
statement and that was near enough ac,-;
quiescence for "Rody" to proceed. i
He and Mrs. Asher then sang "The
Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Gar-
den." These offerings were? rounilly;
applanded- j
"Roddy" Gets Outside Help.
Then Mr. Rodenheaver became so em
holdened that he told his hearers he and
wno y.ncw u :; jn nmi he tm.m out.
join
At the tinio he glanced significantly to
wards one of the doors leading to tiie
auditorium where Nelson Martin, the
venerable colored janitor of tho college,
and several other colored people stood. t
The song Mr. Itodeheaver started them
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(Coutiiiucd on Svlo six.) 1
Road In County
SIMMONS' AMENDMENT
REJECTED BY SENATE
North Carolina Senator Had
Proposed Way to Pay For
Five Way Adjusted Compan
sation. (By The Associated Proas.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 . Karly ,
j nIjutn.ei.t of
. Unutu. ,
the differences between
Senate measures to an- ,
thorize the refunding of the eleevn lil- :
lion dollar foreign debt was looked for 1
today following passage of the Senate ;
bill. Three republicans Borah, Lal'ol-
lette and Norris joined with tiie solid j
democratic minority in opposing ihe bill I
put through the Senate last night by a !
vote of ;si to 2."i, gicing authority v snim
vote of 'M to 2.", giving authoirity to a i
commission of live members, headed by j
the Secretary of the Treasury, to lefun I I
the foreign debt into securities nmtur- '
ing in not less than 2.) years. The bill
as passed was amended by a provision
stipulating that the interest on the re
funded debt be not lens than 4 1-4 per
edit .
Among the amendments which failed of
adoption was that offered by Senator
Simmons, North Carolina, proposing to
add to the measure a soldiers' bonus pro
vision with the cost of the live way ad
justed compensation to be paid out of
the interest on the foreign debt. Over
the protest of democrats, a motion was
carried to table the amendment.
After pa sing the refunding measure,
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow
when the co-operative marketing bill will
be taken up, having been made the un
finished business by the adoption of a
motion of Senator Kellog. The id
journment was taken to permit members
to attend the plenary session of the amis
conference today .
DECLARES ROADS HAVE FAILED
TO REDUCE THEIR EXPENSES
I By Tho Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Southern
railroads were declared today by J. T.
Ryan, of High Point, N. ('., representa
tive of the Southern Trallic League, to
have failed to reduce their operating ex
penses lis fur or as effectively as rail
lotnls elsewhere in the country have
dire.
WEEKS'
REPORTS TO CONGRESS
ON FORD'S OFFER.
(iv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 .Secretary
Weeks' report to Congress on Henry
Ford's offer for purchase and lease of
the Muscle Shoals government properties
was said 1oday to comprise a .,000
word an lysis of the proposed transac
tion, and descriptive of the negotiations
conducted for more than six months be
tween the War Department, Mr. Ford
and his Agents.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Cotton fu
tures closed strong.
March If)..!; May Pi.."!); July 115.10 ;
October l.").(i(l; December lo.; Spots
17.2o. (,j0 points above
(lose.)
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Cotton Seed . .
Strict to Good
45c i
...16J4c!
Middling
THE WEATHER
T ,. . . . .
North Carolina, ra:n tonight and
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Thursday, warmer tonight, colder in ex-
treme west portion Thursdav.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR
Wednesday
2 p. m. Industrial display com
mittee. 4 p. m. Department of Civic
Affairs.
7:30 p. m. Textile Superin
tendents. Thursday.
3 p. m. Department of In
dustrial Affairs.
4 p. m. Board of Directors.
5 p. m. Community Service
Play Rehearsal.
7:30 p. m. Pythian Band.
Friday.
4 pv m. Girl Scouts..
7:30 p. m. Chamber or Com
merce Glee Club.
8:30 p. m. Community Chorus.
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CANNIBALISM IS BEING
PRACTICED IN RUSSIA
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1. Gra
phic pictures of light heartedness a-
mid tragedy the cheering smile of
America amid the starving hordes of
Russia are drawn by Beulah A.
Hurley of New Hope, Pa., now a
member of the Quaker relief unit, in
a letter from the Volga district to
the headquarters of the unit here.
After describing tho utter desola
tion m ncr uwn uuuicuiais uiaiiiwi,
where the bodies of the dead are
"piled up in trenches like so mucl
cordwood, the piles visible a quarte
of a mile away," Miss Hurley tells ol
having received a letter from anothci
relief worker, Doris White, whosi
station is forty miles from a nil
road.
Miss White "begged for moi
iielp," Miss Hurley said, but asked
that they "send some one w.h no'
heart, for it was a cruel ta3k." She
reported that "cannibalism has be
gun in the outlying districts and an
old woman and a child of nine have
followed the cats and clous that al
ready have been consumed."
Miss Hurley reached the famine
area of the Volga in the middle of
December and is taking charge of
the distribution of Quaker relief a
mong 15,000,000 hunger-ridden peo
ple in the Baiuluk district.
EARTH GETS OFF ITS
Shifts Its Axis For Few Sec- j
onds Then in Pacific Mil-1
lion Tons of Rock Slipped 1
Milimetre to Even Things,
Up.
j (By The Associated Press.)
j NEW YORK, Jan. ill. The earth in
its dizzying whirl througK space got
off center for a few moments today and
', shifted its "poles" or axis to lit the
j new ccntej; of rotation.
I Then in order that it might not be
traveling on a "flat wheel'' so t ) speak,
l few million tons of solid rock, mhiic
aere off the western coast of the I'ni
l Mates, in the bed of the Pacific
oi. ,u ' slipped" a milimetre and a half
to even ' "ings up.
This is the manner in which profes
sors of geologv and seismograidiie obser-
I vers account for the violent earth vibra
Itions which demoralized instruments in
observatories throughout this country to
. dny. Thus far the es.-n-t location of the
'huge "slip" has not been determined,
j although observers from Washington, I).
. C, to Berkeley, California, agree that it
probably was a few hundred miles oil'
I 1 he mouth of Ihe Columbia river.
' The absence of a recorded disruption
of the isiblc surface of the earth, or of
' the huge tidal waves which usually r;idi
I ate from the scene of an cartlupiake,
i lead the observers to believe the '"slip'''
j occurred miles below the bed of the
: ocean. Its violence was attested by the
; quivering seismographs whiih in some
install
were thrown lroni Wie record
ing liills, -while a "strong machine at
Berkeley was set in motion for the first
time in many years. ;
"No doubt the earth was rea'l.jus: ing
itseir, saii rroicssjr ,i. .i. i.vncn, ncis-;
i mogrnphic. observer at Fordliam l niw r-;
j sity here. j
1 "About every so often ir.e earth be-,
comes upset, goes off center, changes its
axi,-, and usually, about the same time
there is a violent earthquake, a slipping
, of miles of stiata, and we go iuerri!y
along again.
j The Andes, along the I'acitic eo;m! in
South Ann rica, and the chain of rocky,
'deformations which join the two conti-'
i nelits, disappearing into the sea off
' southern California,
trc continually lift-
' ing, falling ain
slipping ' ' according to
yesterday's'1'"' wismologist and the geologist.
j Meny of these disturUiiicrs take place
in mid ocean, the only visible eideiice
being the zig-zag lines trailed by a seis-'
Olograph hundreds of miles distant.
On.- of the most notable example of
Mich paroxysm occurred in December,
11120, and (ciontists still are cudgeling:
their brains to account for the "lost"
earthquake. Its source of origin never
has been definitely established although
I it was of "Mich proportions as to shatter
instruments thousands of miles away.
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and to send a tnlal wive circling th-..
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I A lew days later came news of an
'earthquake in Kan sii province, China in
tl which 2,000 persons perished. Scientists'
tf asserted there probably bad been two;
t! distinct upheavals, probably un opposite ;
fl sides of the plobe. i
$" "Lost" earthquakes, taking place in j
mid-Ocean, often cause vast changes in
the appearance of the ocean bed which
are not discovered until years later. Such
! earthquakes are frequent near the West.
Indies, and beneath the Pacific, west
ward from the Americas to the chain of;
o ' sunken mountains which form the ,Tapa-!
! nose archipelago. j
$j The first major catastrophe by earth-;
; quake or volcanic eruption which his-
tory records whs that at Constantinople :
' C . . . - , n nfit - '
; in inc year -jm, wiicii lo.-mo persons
. perished,
Since then there have leeii 29
sucn nisasiers.
The greatest toll of human life was
taken in a volcanic, upheaval in Yeddo,
in 170.5. when 1H0.0O0 persons lost, their
lives, More) than two centuries later, in
liws. ihero was a disastrous eruption
which buried Messina and 6fty-faur
other Italian fo?-ns. causing the death of
164,000 inhabitants.
FIVE GREAT POWERS DRAW UP AGREEMENT
FOR LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT
LROTARY LADIES' NIGHT
PROMISESTOBEGRILLING
EXPERIENCE FOR MEN
Ladies Are in Charge of Pro
gram, Menu and All Plans
For Rotary Ladies' Night
February 14 Not a Man Is
Expected to Open His Mouth
, on I Hat Occasion Many
ramily becrets Will Be Re-
vealed, Tis Said.
Tuesday. F. le
for the annual I
a lent ino I );
t:;u;;leinelits and
Cupid wiiii his
na iv 1 1 is t he date
let-try ladies' night,'
y and the a flairs, c
c-' -.ipadcs of one Mast
b.iw ami arrow are r
peoc
of tl
t
nmi h tin- main b.-ukgroun
ing s entertainment.
This M (
has ncirr
county, so
rccall'eth.
meeting is
Ml' II, Ci
l - a In
far as
li is :
tirelv
ting the like of which1
id in Gastonia or the
the memory of man
men's club, but this
in charge of the la
word as to the plans
for the evening's
dis
of
I r. ;
fair
And not
' fiiniiiiin
in v, 1 1 1 lii'
r foul,
th
livulged..
n a single
By no means,
illuminating
1 ul. of information be gleaned from the
women as to the nature, length, char
acter, make-up, size, or scope of 1 he
program, or meir.i. Tic men have be
gun to fear that this is one time thev
are going to be hoist on their own petard,!
w hat i vi
gcifulu,
that is. In a moment of fo'--and
rare indiscretion thev
handed the program over to lluir wives,
n. ver thinking hut what thev would have
n hand, and mayhap a voice in the
framing Hereof. Nay, not so, say Hie
belter uiiic-lcntV.
''This is one lime you are hooked,"
say tln-v, and they n.. knowingly and
cunningly the one to the other as they
say it. "Not a spoi illicit oi' the genus
homo dares open his mouth on the eve
ning of February 1-t. Ho does so ou
pain of suffering the inmost, secrets, and
iragedies of his homo life rev. aled.
Why, if Bill even so much as dares to
look s.assy at me tiiat night I am going
I i up and tell everybody tlieiv. about the
time In- objected to buying an extra
pair of silk louo lor me. J might also
tell the crowd, and his preacher and
fellow deaciis and stewards wi'l hear it.
Too, of v.h.it I found in his coat pocket
one morinii
when I was bending his
-sing club. Oh, these men
fiee riin for once, and
In lakt- ev r.v advantage
suit to t iie pri -have
ghen i :
we are guii'g
of it."
'M.o won. en
na n a u 'lo a
want, in t ii.it
nature of the
eh'tv, th'-v wi'l
In ( !ia rge a vi r i hat the
11 the talking now they
efforts to find nut the
luograiii. Kor, thev de
uot want to sav a thing
after Co- fireworks start on that night.
l! being Valentino Day, the. occasion
offers ui' ii.-'i.'t! opportunity for a display
of wit and humor. Hearts will figure on
tie program and perhaps en the menu.
The c!,-i nd"-t im- love affi.irs of many a
man will be bared to the cold and cruel
gaze ef Gastonia that night.
Furthermore, Mrs. BlnnV who is now
the wife of Mi. Blank it going to scare
the eyeballs or.) of Mr. Jones by re, mint
ing M'ine of tic couitins experien, es of
Je'ues bink iii the '9i's when he came
a court ii.g Mrs. Blank when she was- the
be'le ul' the 'own. b.-;ck in Ihe ila-i
wh' H Pr..;' . Sepyrk an I Reid ran op
!o.iiiig high s-,.i,0is. What Mrs. Blank
will rccal i n Mr. Join s that night will
not In- p:i rt ii i'iar'y pleasing to Mrs.
.lours. :.ud Jones will pridiabl.v keep ou
hearing e; ho, s the rest of the night.
The won" n declare that in vain at
tempt at b nl, i ry and cajolery their
husbands ha.e promi-ed to buy Uicm
everything fr"tu camisoles to cabriolets
if they will only keep off certain intim
ate subjects 'and incident Cut you
know 'lo fema'e of the species. She is
areas
ed fn
d and hard to
the bam. Bill.
stop. She'
Look out.
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MORE TEXTILE MILLS
IN RHODE ISLAND TO
i l'.v The Asociaed Press. 1
BE CLOSED BY STRIKE
NKW YORK. Jan. .'il. Plans for a
possible general strike in nil textile
plants throughout Khode Island wero
discussed at a meeting here today of tho
executive couru-.il" of the I'nited Textile
Workers, Thomas F. McMahon, president
of tin organization announced tonight.
The council, Mr. M -Mahou added, au
thorize I a meeting of the Khode Island
council on February o to determine just
what plants will be affected by the
strike. ?l,ould it be or,l-red.
' Unle there is some chage in the
fdtuation beforo then," he said, "the
Fnited Textile Workers nre sure to
strike. However, there will be no ac.
tion against those mil's or plants which
have not reduced w.iges or increased;
hours.
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FKO mr-M r k. i.. Jan. ..i. a . Chapter one is headed: '
general strike iu nil textile plants iii tho " ,rrnmvrTn- t ' "Genera! provision relating fo the
State where wage reductions have been - WfcWlAUIUA., I limitation nt naval armament.'?
made was indicated in the order of; Associated Press dispatches this f-j Article One thero under r merely the
Thomas F. McMahon, president of thej ternoon announce the death of Mr. J. H.j agreement, to limit naval armament St
Fnited Texttta Worker that all local- Weddington, postmaster at ' Charlotte, prm-ided is .the treaty. ,
unions pn-pare for a mooting of tho; and a prominent cieitien of tlwt . cHy. Article two provide that thn contract
Rhode Island textile council oh Sunday i Mr. Wcddington was more than 70 years power? inav retain respectively capi- "
"to complete p'mi for the fight that itf rge and had bvtn critically ill f--trtal ships specified in p.irt one, eh jrl r
i inevitable la JJiioJc Jilaud." j
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HOSPITAL HAS FIRST CASE
OF INJURY FROM SNOWBALL
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.
I What is said to be the first time in
ithe history of San Francisco hospi
tals a man, A. L. McKinley, of Los
ngeles, was treated yesterday for
njurien resulting from being snow-
aiiea. McKinley came to the Cen-
ral Emergency hospital suffering
rom cuts on his hands and face
,-hicb. were received, he said when a
snowball crashed the windshied of
L his automobile
A. J. KIRBY TO ERECT
MODERN STORE ROOM
ON WEST MAIN AVE.
Contract Let to H. B. Pattillo
& Co., For Building to Cost
$12,000 New Store Room
t Mount Holly.
A. J. Kir! iy bos let the contract to
If. B. Pattillo & Co., for the construc
tion of a business house on the North
side of W. .Main ave. adjoining the cot
ton wan house of H. H. Parker & Co. It
is to be .'IS x Ml) feet, two stories with
furnace basement. The front will be of
red pressed brick trimmed with terra
cotta.
It will cost about 1 2.000. Work
is to be commenced on this building at
once. When completed it will be oc
cupied bv music house of A. J. Kirbv &
Co.
Pattillo & Co., also obtained yester-j
day a contract from Farrnr Brothers.'
Mount Holly, for the erection of a one
story brick building, 20 X 7."i, to be oc '
copied by a restaurant.
WANT BETTER SCHEDULES
TO NORTHERN CITIES
i
Department of Traffic and
Transportation Affairs Try
ing to Arrange Quicker Time
to New York.
An unproved
men from this
che liilc p'ecin;
iitsines::
ction of the country in
N'-w York not I
ater 1 li-iti :.iO o clock m
the morning, ua
I'scusseil at a meeting
of the I . .: , 1 1 in, nl of Traffic and Trans
I'ortalion Affair. of the Gastonia Cham
her of 'ouici.Tce field at headquarters
Tuesday afternoon. Director G. ('. An
drew.i paid high tribute to the excclleui
work done by the committee in Pt2l tin
d-i tiie directorship of . I!. Spencer
and asked the full cooperation of the
commit tee in making this ,-m active year.
It is not know ,ei just what can 1c done
in inducing some kind of a schedule
change but it was brought out that then
is a geinial sentiment ill the Piedmont
legion of the ai.ilinas desirious of s:n o
a si In dole. The present si hedules place;
a biisiio s loan in New York too hue to
transact business unless he remains o i r
nut il the follow ing day ,
WITH RAILROADS IN FIGHT
( Hv The Associated Press.) ,,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 1. -- v.
The I'nited Mine Workers of Ann rii ;
arc willing "to unreservedly pool their n
interests with the railroad organization-; ;i
and stand with tin-in in res'st.-im :
the proposed attacks up their wage
sch' diih x. " John L. Lewis, interna' ion
al president of the miners, declared in a
statement today. The statement was
made along with the announcement that
imitations to participate in a meeting
with the miners had been sent to officers
of ihe I'i major organizations of railroad
w an kers .
Mr. Lewis declared the railroad work
ers have been "compelled to accept in
equitable wage reductions" and as
serted propaganda now is being conduct
ed on a gigantic scale to enforce further
"unwarranted wage cuts upon them."
"It is likewise apparent that certain
interests are seeking wage reductions in
the coal mining industry," lie continued.
In order to " suci essf ully combat this
frenzied hysteria," the miners are will
ing to join hands with the railroad work
ers. In' added.
Pointimr -ut that the l'Mf convention
of the miners directed that steps In- tak
en toward the promotion of a closer un
derstanding IkIwccii the coal workers
and the railroad men, the letter of invi-t.-
tioii declared the "time is now oppor
tune for the holding of a meeting of ac
credited representative of each organi
zation for the above uieutioned purpose.
DEATHS.
some time. 1 i
i
1
SPECIAL TREATIES TO
LIMIT USE SUBMARINES
AND POISONOUS GASES
Fifth Open Session of Arms
Conference Meets Today for
Presentation of Naval Limi
tation Treaty Is Divided
Into Three Chapters List)
of Vessels U. S. May Keep.
(By Thn Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON Feb. 1. At 12:28
i:i.
today Secretary Hughes preseuted.
' the
euly
arms confer nee the text
for r--;,-itiou of naval
of th
anna-
'III;.
The entire time of today's plenary
ssiou of the conference tho fifth in
Is course had been up to that mo-
m ilt consumed with tho presentation and
adoption of committees resolution
irovidiug t'orthe return of ' certain
soereign!ies to China mid the announce
ment of the settlement of tho Shantung
dispute. The naval treaty was not read,
l ut Si'i-etary Hughes outlind its terms
and declared that so far n capital ships
are concerned "tho integrity of the
plan proposed on behalf of the Ameri
can Government has been maintained."
The first part of today's plenary ses
sion of the arms conference the fifth
iu its course was devoted to the form
al adoption of Far Eastern committer
resolutions affecting China and tho form
al announcement and adoption of tho
Shunt ung agreemet between China and
Japan which was brought about through
the intcrccsniou of President Harding.
The naval limitation treaty, up to
ii ion, had not been reached, although it
was erroneously reported in somo parts
of Ihe country by various1 news associa
tions other than The Associated Press
tiiat it had been presented.
Kvcry seat in the conference hall was
occupied and many spectators stood.
The audience included Cabinet officers.
Supremo Court justices, members of
( ongress and other ollicials. Tho com
mittee revolution providing for withdraw
al of foieign troops from China also
;h adopted unanimously.
Mr. Hugher then announced that tho
Chinese tariff resolution would be pass
ul o. r for the present because, of speci
al coiisideiations affecting It It would
come before tie eoiiferenc! later, he
said, i nib,, lied in a customs treaty. In
quick Ku .e.-.-io'i the two open door reso
lution and the two resolutions pledging '
against discriminatory raiload practice
in China were adopted without debate.
Tin- declaration of the powers asking;
hina to reduce In r military farces and
the resolution for publicity of foreign'"
commitments in China followed tho same
rapid pathway to adoption. ,
The i (inference then adopted the Chin
i sc radio rendition of December 7 with
ihe ,-n co;n,,-in lug declarations of prin
ciples by the powers and by China al
ready made pub'ie.
That end d tiie string of resolutions'
and Chairman Hughes announced amid
applause that, he had been informed that
ti:e ."shantung controversy "has boon
Ha if l!
a ii'
ien.-e apparently was af-
Hided wir'a
Minio:; saii
lean Hughe
ol eoiomitt
ver - ::d"pb
i olds for there was a cou
iing and coughing as Chair-.
pioeeeiieii with the reading
resolutions, all of which
d.
Tl
we.-e maw Howard" glances.
rubers , the conference bcins among
those -who peeped through the glass1 roof
of (Vtitiiie !!,;! Hall for traces of snow,
i ul there was none. The big program
which had required months of steady
v.ork. went through quietly.
WASHINGTON. Veil I. 'The draft
treaty for limitation of naval armament
submitted today to the plenary session
of the Washington conference contains
only the following premable in explana
tion of the purposes of tho five contrac
ting Government in reaching tho agree
ments set forth :
" Di siring to contribute to the main
tenance of the general pence, and to re
dine the burden of competition in ar
h rment ; "
"Have resulted, with a view to ac
complishing these purposes, to conclude
a treaty to limit their respective naval
.irv ;,r-u nt, and to that end have ap-'
pointed as their plenipotentiaries -."
The treaty is divided into three chap
ters. Chapter one contain the general
Janguage of the agreements, covered in
"20 separate articles. -
Chapter two contains the detailed,
specific agreements on naval matters
.-n.iny of them iu complicated tabular
i"orm. which amplify and eompleto th
meaning of the general agreements of
thapter one. Chapter three in devoted
l.i arms alliance provisions and contains
four additional article of tho treaty.
(Ct-ntinueJ oa p .