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ILY OA Weather: Local Cotton 17 Cents Fair and Colder ,VOL.XLM. NO. 40. GASTON I A, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1922. " SINGLE COPY S CENT! . A DA WATSON CHARGES MELLON WITH HOLDING POSITION IN VIOLATION OF LAW Secretary of Treatury Is Accus ed by Senator Watson of Il legality in Holding Office Cites Section 243, Revised Statutes, Prohibiting Treas ury Secretary in Business. CRy The Associated rrcss.j WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Secre tary Mellon u holding tho office of seere tary of the treasury hi violation of the law and can bo arrested for retaining the place if anyone aecg lit to swear out a warrant charging liiin with the offense, Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, de clared in the senate lute today. The law which Mr. Mellon is violating, Senator Watson said, prohibits the secretary of the treasury from engaging in any kind of business or commerce. Senator Watson tola the senate that Mr. Mellon could be impeached "any time we see lit" and rend to the senate the provision of section 24IS of the re vised BtatuteH which, he declared ex pressly forbids Mr. Mellon to retain his place. lie declared" that by staying in office, the secretary va9 iolating the law, adding that it was generally known that Mr. Mellon was one of the wealth iest individuals iu the country. The assertions by the Georgia senator were made iu connection with several speeches of the aocomplishmcuts of the two major political parties. He in-rni-mo,) tln senate ill the course of his re marks that the law, now listed as section 243, was passed in the first Congress of, the United States and that during the administration of President Grant, the name of A. T. Stewart had been with drawn as nominee as secretary or Tncn.nt treasury when attention was called to.Umt provisions of the act. "Time To Act." Senator Watson asked Senator Herlin. Democrat, Alabama, for his opinion on what llic peopie our government is -.ill think ot tne way; icing d but run when a! lis ibeviug, the I criminal, unconvict! penalty openly and tint? a crime, is left notoriously, commit-1 in charge of our na-1 tionnl funds and the refunding ot debts off eleven billion dollars. Senator Hcfiiu said that Senator Wat son had shown that Secretary Mellon was violating the law and that it was time for senators to speak. Mr. Watson stated that Mr. Stewart had resigned three days after his con firmation by the senate and after 1 rrm- ( dent Grant had learned ot tun provision. of the law. j "And if Mr. Stewart resigned," con ! ' - - - - . ' - . ul, .Iftft, MF 1 Timica inc wnaioi, i Mellon resign? Why Khoiild he continue i in office in insolent violation -f the lawf I He knows it; so docs I'resnl.nt Uannng knuw.it, and th? Republican party is going to have to answer for it 1his fall, for I do not believe the people will stand for open violation of the liw by n mem ber of the cabinet when persons through out the country are prosecuted for trivial offenses. ' ' Calls Mr. Mellon Impudeat. Asking why the President did not "respect the stal.is" Senator Watson said that Mr. Mellon was "impudent" for retaining the office and ought to re sign. "If he doesn't resign." he added, "then the Presnh lit ought to n -k l'oi his resignation." The Georgia aerator referred to (he recent passage of the allied debt funding bill and said that never before in history had so much m uu v been placed in the hands of one mnn to handle, "and that man is violating the law everv da- of his life." He challenged "all of the law yers in the senate " to ref.'te his state ment relative to Mr. Mellon 's right to re main ns secretary. Mr. Watson referee 1 to Mr. Mellon "a rnloswl figur .in the business world," and di" .dared that he had no more right to bo secretary of the treas ury than had "J. P. Morgan or John D. Rockefeller or a member of llie firm of Sears, Roebuck and company, if you please. ' ' ne also read frem James G. P.abre's "Twenty Veais in Congress," a refer ence to the circmi'sfniiees .surrounding the nomination of Mr. Stewart. This told how Mr. Grant bad asked Congress first to amend the law to except Mr. Stewart and then, after if was seen that Congress was unwilling to make the changes, the President withdrew- the re quest and the newly named secretary re signed. MELLON SAYS HE HAS NOT BROKEN LAW I (V? Tho Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. H). Rasing his view on legal advice, Secretary Mel lon considers that he has not contravened the law prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from engaging in commerce or business, it was declared today by high administration cfficials in commenting on the attack on the secretary made yes terday by Seuator Watson. Democrat, of Georgia . The law was called to Mr. Mellon 's j Mlanlnn ofTlcias Sa 11 . WtlCn I1C WilS considering the invitation of President Harding to join the Cabineiit . A nuin Ikt of lrgal authorities were consulted, it was declared, who gave it as their .minion Hunt the mere ownership of stock in rnrnorutioiis did not i constitute en- com- fruriiiir lliris-tlV or illlli ITct I.V ' in ,- Jf inerce or busiuess. Before accepting the treasury portfo lio, officiuls said, Mr. Motion's only ac tive participation in business was upon the directorate, of a number of banks aud from these he resigned before eutcring Mr. Harding's Cabinet. Since In coming treasury sisvretary, Mr. Mellon, officials aserted, has not d-voted a mo ment's time to private business. The ease of A. T. Stewart, nominated for secretary of the treasury by Presi dent Grant, but whoso nomination later was withdrawn, cited by Senator Wat son, 'is regarded Hi ot an entirely differ ent nature oSMr. Stewart was an aetivc 'merchant actually engaged in business at the time of the nomination. Sales Taxis Only Way To Raised l ' Money Tor Bonus Says Harding 15 YEAR OLDS MARRIED Sixteen Hundred Boys an 12,834 Girls of That A Married in 1920 According U. S. Census. (Bv The Associ.nea Press.) , 'WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Sixteen I hundred boys and 12,8.14 girls, 15 years i of age in the United States were listed j as married in ltf20, the Census Bureau j announced today iu a statement present-1 ing a special analysis of marital statis-1 tics. JMgnty two uoys ami wv gins 01 the same age were recorded a widowed or divorced. I The analysis revealed 4 distinct in-1 crease during recent y nrK or since the: JitliJ census in the pirccntago of mar- j ident Harding by Representative Long ! j ried persons for each fear of age from worth, of Ohio, a republican momlicr of I I J.) to .'It, especially 4111011 g the younger the House Ways and Means Committee,! I members of this grjup. The age groupafter a call today at the White House. , I from .'!5 to 44, inclusive, also showed an j The Ohio Uepriscntativc did not say . increase in the ratio of married person iu the decade, although less pronounced, especially among the women, while the, of the financial committees of Congress, proportion for persons 43 years of age! Such an executive view also was re nin! olilcr showed a d"f reasc. fleeted by Senator Frclinghuyseii, Re 1 11 1920, the figures show, ,'!,222 boys publican. New Jersey, who called at the of 10 years, or three tenths of one) ikt j White House while the President's let cent of the total of that age, compared ter was in course of preparation. j w i' h I were one tenth or one per cent 111 ihiu.i married, while those 17 years of I age married numbered 7,(ifl9, or eight tenths of one per cent of the total of that age compared with half that proportion ten years previously. The number of married girls 16 years of age increased from 34,829 or 11. 7 per of the total female population at age, in aimo, 10 ii,u-u, or .- per cent of the corresponding total in 1920. j BIG PER CENT OF SOUTHERN TRAINS ON TIME (tiy The Associated PresO WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. During the vear 1!)21 the Southern Kailway System operated 179.8M passenger trains, miuiv of them beintr throuch trains operated in connex-tion with other line and covering distances from. 1000 to 15O0 miles, trains, 172,18; Of this great number of or U5.1 rer cent ran on schedule or made up time ou the South orn and 100,277 or 92.5 per cent reach- .o per cent reacn-i d final terminal on time, ice-President Henry W. Miller in chargo of operation unnouue-od today ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF BANK OF KERNERSV1LLE. V.-. .-I...W . . ' . . I . .... X' 1 . , u 1 AM 1 1. Ai,r..n. . . ., re. in. (;,., (v ( l,,.,, J . D. (ardwcH, Roy ilni ciiarles Huffman, were arrested in Washington, just south of the city by policemen and deputy heriffs about 2 o'clock this morning and committed to jail here on the charge of attempting to break in the Hank of Kernersville, n state institution in a town 11 miles southeast of Winston -Snleni . phone oH'rator, who was in tin located over the bank, heard fill and looking out she saw attempting to enter the bank, the alarm and the men fled. The tele- exchange, a window four men She gave The auto- mobile iu which they were tracked in the snow by a trnvoling u.ls pose from Kernersville to Wauglitown, men were arrested. where the WARMER WEATHER IS PROMISED FOR FRIDAY. WASHINGTON. Feb. Hi. A dis turbance of considerable intensity is central this morning off Cape Hatteras and .moving rapidly northeastward. There have been snows and rains within the last 2 hours in West Virginia, Ten nessee and in the south Atlantic a n d least Gulf States. Rains are heavy in as' the Carolinas and Georgia; freezing tem- peiatures prevail this morning as far south as extreme northwest Florida. The temperature will rise Friday in the east Gulf states nnd the interior of the south Atlantic States. Storm warnings re main displayed on the Atlantic (.'oast at and nortli of Cape Hatteras. Mr. Robert C. Roger, of Philadel phia, a traveling man, as struck and injured this afternoon about 2::S0 o' clock by an automobile driven by Mr. W. K. Todd, of the Gastonia Laundry. Mr. Roger was taken to the City Hos pital where he was given medical atten tion. The accident occurred on West Main avenue near the Realty building. TENCKES SPINNING CO. HAD STRIKE ON HANDS PAWTFCKET, R. I., Feb. lo. The card and spinning departments of the ,Ienckis Spinning Company r sumed operation today after having been dos-' ed since Monday, because of walkouts in connection with the strike against wage reductions. The departments employ 500 persons. I'nion leaders said those who went to work were not considered strikers but were persons sent home, when the departments were forced to close. The Jenckes Company, which em-, ploys 2,000 hands here, had notified all eranloves to report for work today It; thev wished to retain their positions. Mr. William Henry Patrick, who is; ill with pneumonia at the Gaston Sanito riuiu is reported today as getting along 1 nicelv. His condition is not serious. j , I Cotton Market CLOSING Rins ON THE ' NEW YORK MARKET! NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Cotton fu-1 turcs closed at a 'decline. j March 17.57 May 37.30; July 16.S0; j d.int.er ir, sr. n. .,.,.. tw..- i fi TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Strict to good middling Cotton aeed ... , :.. 17c .51c UNLESS CONGRESS SEES FIT TO ENACT TAX BONUS SHOULD BE DEFERRED Hardin g's Communication Leaves Bonus Situation in! More Complicated Fix Than j Ever Would Defer Bonus I Measure Temporarily Unless Sales Tax Plan Is Adopted. (By T10 AgsO(.iat0d PreM.) vakii t Villi i it; v.a..t. meat of a sales tax as the only practica- , bio means of raising money for a soldier bonus was stated to be the view of J'rcs- whether that view would lie set turtn by the President in his letter to members WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The) soldier' bonus question was tonight still j verv much in the air. I Congress was without any official word i " . ,, V jwsss.itTi discuss puss for mittees which have licen handling the; : pr(,blt'tii continued to mark time. Among senators and representatives j generally there was considerable private! discussion and conjecture with the revivji! I on the bouse side of talk about a smusli i ing of annual appropriation bills as a means of providing the necessary fin ances for the bonus. " Representative Moudell, of WyomingA and some other leaders m the house wero miilerstood to be giving this proposal elos" study. Mr. Mondcll called at the White House earlv in the day, but did j not (,0 t Iio President. He said after-j j warja that the supdIv measures would be! examined carefully to determine wheth- or ,nll,.i, of the sum needed for the bonus ,.nlli j not , obtained from that direc-l , This proposition met with considerable response from members of the house j where apparently there is a growing de-l sire to put the bonus lull through, lucre , were suggestions that Ai V'To'iSTt' bf T7tiv"nf . I agreement for a naval holiday as much I ns $200,000,000 could be cut from the i naval bill and that another large sum i could be saved by cuttitng down the sizel of the army. I MAY CUE ARMY AND NAVY i i BILLS FOR BONOS FOND! Neither Tax Nor Bond Prooso al Are Supported Hard ing's Expected Message on Financing of Bonus Has not Come. i Rv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. JH. With neither the tax nor bond proposal for financing the soldiers' bonus receiving general siippoit and both known to be re garded with disfavor by President Hard ing, although Congress continued with out official word from the executive of the subject, House leaders were giving close study today to the possibility of providing the necessary funds by slash ing some of the annual appropriation bills. Althoiight not prepared without caie- ful study of the subject to estimate how much of the bonus expense might bej financ;d from this direction, it was in-1 dicated 'that the naval bill particularly nnd also the army supply measure would be carefully examined to determine what savings might be diverted for this pur pose. At the same time sales tax proponents were pushing their campaign with re newed vigor and were said to be hopeful that the President would suggest this kind of a tax as a means of financing the bonus in his expo-ted communication on tho subject. There Was no general belief that he would, however, and senti ment in both the Nmnte and House was sail to be strong as to make it im probable that the bonus bill could be passed with such a provision. FAIR TONIGHT AND ! FRIDAY. COLDER! i Rv Tho Associated Tress.) I WASHINGTON. Feb. Hi. Storm warnings were continued today by the Weather Rureaii from Cape Hatteras tot Aastport, Me., with the information thatj a disturbance of considerable intensity was central off Cape Hatteras and mov-j ing rapidly northeastward. Strong: iralcs were forecast this afternoon and' tonight. j arms conterence. was expecteu 10 resun Snow has fallen during the last 24 i in definite action on the Hitchcock res hours in the north Atlantic States, ! olution. The republican leaders also snows unit r-.nns in the middle Atbintie States, West V irginia and Tennessee, and rains in the south Atlantic and east Gulf States. The outlook is for fair weather to night and Friday in the States east of the Mississippi, but colder weather is in prospect in the Atlantic States. - Six Inch Snow In Virginia. RICHMOND, VA.. Feb. 16. tnp- pled telephone and Irollev service in Richmond nnd vicinity, and similar con- j ditions in mauy other parts of the State, .were reported Here eariy xoaay. as me- result or insr. nigius si'osiono, nuirn resulted in six inches depth. Fears were expressed by the local weather bureau director that damage has tiei-n wrought to trees iu Virginia's fruit belt. , CALENDAR. Thursday. 4:00 Board of Direcetors. 5:00 Community Service PUy jcenearaai. 7:30 Pythian Band. Fiiday. 7: 4 J Membership Meeting. BELMONT AND DMAS MEET IN FIRST PRELIMINARY Scheduled to Play at Belmont Next Tuesday Bessemer City and Kings Mountain to Play Same Date. CRKKNSROR, Feb. 15. Athletic directors and coaches of .'11 Vigh schools in western North Carolina met here to night and fixed a schedule for the cliiii nation games to decide the winners of the high school basketball championship in western N'orth Carolina. ' The schedule follows: Group No. 1 - Concord at Charlotte, February 21 ; Hunt ersville at Moorrsville, February "J! ; I l'nlla at Rehiionf, February 21 ; Hesse- i nier at Kings Mountain, rcbruary 21. ' The winners of the 'harlotte Coii -ord ' .match will play Mooresviile iiunters-j villc winner at Davidson, February 2.'!. The winners in the Holmont-Dnllasj bout will meet the Kings Mountain Pes senior City winners at Charlotte on Feb ! ruary 2.'!. The winnrrs of the above I bouts will play at Davidson on February' 23. I AMERICAN LEGION MARKER , Meeting or Those interested in Erecting Memorial to Gaston Cnunlv SolrliVrm Called For Tuesday Evening, February 21. VNext Tuesday evening. February 21. thefe will be held an informal gathering of all those interested in the matter of a marker or memorial to Gaston county's dead soldiers. The meeting has been called for the courthouse ut 7:.K) o'clock. It is especially important that all mem bers of the American Lemon, the Wom- nil's Auxiliary the War Mothers, friends j nnd relatives of the Gaston count v sol- j diers who died in .service, be present, , Special in itations have been scut. All other citizens who are interested in this movement are also requested to ijo pi The locil poht of The American Leg . is planning to erect as soon as pos Si marker in the city in memory i f all lino ulio died in the service, and it is desire.! Mint all who are interested in this have a aice in the matter of design ing and erecting it. Dr. J. H. Henderlife, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will preside at this meeting called for Tuesday eve ning. I CHARGE DAUGHERTY WITH BE I FRIENDING MAIL ORDER HOUSES (By The Associated Cress CHICAGO, Feb. l(i. H. K. Hart, of I Long Piairie, Minn., speaking before the I Interstate Merchants' Council here to- day, said that there seemed to bo only one class of merchandise distributors i that have a "a good standing with either ; the democratic or republican adminis' ra tion and those are the mail order , houses." lie charged that Attorney Gen era! Daugheity is ignorant of true u I ditions and is inspired by mail order houses. ! "What would it be Worth t mail or j dor interests to have the public educated by the attorney generals and the radical ! newspapers to believe that every lime t they made a purchase at a retail ptole I they were being held up and robbed? It would mean millions ot extra tiaoe tor the mail order concerns." Mr. Hart said. ' "If you are going to bs -ucessf til in P'22 you niii-t meet this vicious propa iganda. yon ni'ist answer the qinlion in i your advertising to your own community. I You stand convicted without a trial by i one of our national officials." PACIFIC TREATY COMES INTO LIMELIGHT AGAIN 'Hy fho Associated x'ress.) WASHINGTON. Feb. lti. The four power Pacific treaty, which was negotia ted at the Washington conference, again assumed today a prominent place in ben ate affairs, both on the Senate floor and befoie the Foreigu Relations Committee. Pending before the benate was the res olution of Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, ranking committee democrat, to ask President Harding to transmit to the Senate additional information and documents relating to the treaty's nego- j tiation. Before the Senate convened to day the Foreign Rclatims Committee was called to resume consideration of the treaty, which liegan last Saturday. The return from Massachusetts today of Senator Lodge, committee chairman, ami one of the AinyricMii delegates to the wire planning to pre.- commit te,. action on the lour treaties. power and other conference FIVE CHILDREN DEAD FROM DOSE OF SALTS fRv The Associated Press.) CEXTRALIA, WASH.. Feb. 16. The package of epsoni salts from which Mrs. Edward Rhodes, of Klatier, Wash.. administered doses to her five children last Saturday, after which all five died, contained about ten per cent of an ai kaloidal ponioit, according to Herman Allen, prosecuting attorney of Iewis) county, following an analysis of the re mainder of the package by the State chemist. An analynis of the stomach of one of the children ha not ho-n com pleted. Mr. Allen said that an irtibaHy would be heioV inpitsO ' V L ARMF1ELD IS N0W I IN JAIL AT LEXINGTON iimtii nnwn ic niiorn UilllL UU11U Id l.UOLU Former Thomasviile Banker Who Once Dealt in Thous ands Borrows an Overcoat to Wear from Lawyer's Office to Jail White Haired Fath- Both Maen Cryl. They Me"t. I.F.NINGTON, Feb. 15. Failing up to an early hour tonight to provide bond in 1 hi -nm gf $175,Otm( Jesse L. Arm fit Id f, inner president of the Hank of Thoniasvillo, which failed August 22, bn nght back here today from Mexico City by Chief of Police George H. Wim berly o'' Thoniusv ille to face charges of ciobcz'eineiit, abstraction anl misappli eatioii of I lie bank's funds, went to jail at .1: 0 ihi, iif leriioon, after .siending the :i l'i 1 in mil in an attorney's olliee in cu-'o .y of W11 riff Fred C. Milk. Haiie,'i-I 1 or;, lis proceedings will be liT'iiight be fore Mime .judge a early as possible in .-in cffoi'l to have the bond re duced, it wiis slated by conns 1 at the tune Mi. A millet, I was eondiii'ted to jail. On hiN wav to iu,-ar, eratichi for the night lie signed the habeas corpus application befoie a notaiy public. ' It had b, n cxpoitc.1 all afternoon that! numbers of ids family would arrive here and sin the bond, it being stated thati the bend would be temporarily given as required by the sheriff and then steps; taken in court to have il reduced. How-1 ever, no on h: at nightfall, a! tllnli'l a mcs.iae; said to have been re ived earlier in the afternoon from a wealthy loo!!, cr of the accused, that he 1' Would c lu re. The brother is said, however, to have staled this morning over the telephone to the sheriff that he flouhl iii.I sign a bond of such propor- I tlons as r, 'ines-ted. The amount Ls per- Daps the largest ever asked in Davidson ' ouely and attorneys for the accused man staled I la y believed it without parallel in this section. I Habeas Corpus Main Hope, j In the event that the relutives. whom j lit ua thought might have been delay I ed by flic roads, should reach here Inter I 'in the evening, it was stated that tho ! bond would hardly be signed, the ae.! jciised banker, instead, to rely on t lie j habeas corpus proceedings iu the hope I of bet ter terms. i At o'clock this eyen'ng, counsel were in consultation ami stated tuat the time1 and place for the habeas corpus procee ; ings would perhaps not be decided upon until afbr the arrival of a train reach-1 ing here a !' o'clock tonight. I Frank Armfnld, well known lawyer of. Concord, a brother in law of prisoner, : reached here at 5: lit and went into con ciliation with the (inn of Walser, Wal-j ' srr ,t Wnl r. w ho represent Armfield. ; While :i!tnrneys for Armfield protest-' ed strongly against the size of the bond.) Sheriff Sink was unyieldng. He talked i with Chief Hank Inspector Latham over I he deplume this morning and the lat-l ter is (pioted as having mid that the; bond asked is not excessive under the1 circumstances. ! Chief Wimberly arrived with Armfield at I2:2n today and delivered him into; i ustodv of Sheriff Sink. The Thomas ville i, Hi -or, vv bo sa id hi since leaving, Laredo, had slept none IVxas, Sunday then went im Thomasviile to night with his prisoner, mediately to his home at rest. "Been Through i It was from the lips bunk president himself 1 1 description of the arrest from Mexico was given. ilell." of the former ml a dramatic : and return j ' ' I have been through hell," the former 'banker told) the siieiilV, and he burst into tears scv-: cral times while describing his cxper-: leiices In fore and alter his arrest by' Mexican detectives. Armfield declared that the Mexicans who arrested him read no warrant to him and did not tell him u lt- tluv wiiite.? liini fli wis l,e!,l in. I comiiiuiiicudo, he declared, the last night I,, he was in Mexico City being confined in a room that he declared was ptact h-al-ly a dungeon, his males being drunken 1 "greasers." it w:is not until le ivn delivered in to ciislody of the sheriff of Webb eoun-' ty, Ti xas. that a warrant was read to Inn. li- said. That official had been provided with i i-op. r extradition papers and turned Aniiliehl over to Wimberly, who soon -.tinted the long (tip. ! Friends Missing. When ho arrived here n d iree or two Tlioinasvil!" men were about the court- house, bat friends of the Greensboro, man epp, ;i ri I scarce. Of his relatives1 and the friends ol his days of affluence,! only tin- w h itr. liaired father in law, ex-1 Sheriff C. M. Griftith, of Thomasviile, was there to greet hjm. Doth men cried wli'-n thty met. I'p to nightfall no tela- j fives bad reached here except a brother-' in law. Prank Armliehl, of Concord. : Mrs. J. L. Amfieli is r.t her home at Greensboro, it was reported here, and Armfield inqnin d about the welfare of her and children through Mr. Griffith. The man who dealt in thousands of dol lars for years was without an overcoat; and borrowed one for the ride from hisi attorney's office to the jail. He told the! sheriff that lie had expected to go into! tho oil business in Mexico and make' enough money to pay off his obligations in this State. Prior to his arrcbt he had lsen selling accident insurance two or three months. for TREASURY OFFICIALS LOOK FOR ONLY GRADUAL BETTERMENT IN BUSINESS (tiv ThA Asaomate.1 Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 . P.usincss conditions throughout the country are better than they were a year ago. in the view of Treasury officials who declared, however, that' the improvement has been gradual and there was no immediate pros just of a suihlen pick up in business activities. Some seasonable activ ity might be looked for in the spring, thev asserted, but in general onlv gradual betterment was to be ' luoked f'jr. AT BRITISH EVACUATION OF SOUTH IRELAND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT STOP Michael Collins Is Evidently Satisfied With Con ference With Government Officials Houia of Commons Ready State Bill. COMMUNITY CHORUS PRACTICE FRIDAY NIGHT The Community Chorus will held a practice meeting Friday night of this week at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the central school instead of at the Chamber of Commerce on account of the fact that the latter place will be in use for the address by Dr. Eat on. Mr. Hoffmeister is particularly anxious that every member of the chorus be present Friday night. WANT RECEIVERSHIP FOR ATHENS DAILY NEWS New Daily Newspaper ens Has Hard Time -pany Is Hooelessly ed. in Ath- Com-Involv- ATHENS, (i,, , Feb. lti. A petition lor n it ivor tor The Allien. t);i,. News, a new daily newspaper published in Athens, was privciited to Judge W. L. Hodges, in superior court, of 1he hurt hem circuit, at Atlanta, today. Judge Ulanfoii Foster, 0f the western circuit, with headipiarters in Athens, be ing disqualified. Judge Hodges order ed the officers of The Athens Daily News to show- cause before him at Hart well on March 4lh why the company should not be permanently placed in the hands of a receiver. Tin- petition was filed by T. .1. Sim mons, former editor and general manager of The Athens Daily News for the past four months, who has had charge of the I i paper trom its first issue, .September 27 io .in unary i.. i tie petition was pre i seated to Judge Hodges by Hon. Laiiiar I Hacker, of Athens, as attorney for Mr. S i ill II I MIS . Tin petition nlli-gcw that the company ' is hopelessly insolvent, stating that the I total liabilities of the company are $5u, OOu. It ;iUo alleges that .Simmons' con 'tract with the company has been violat'd without cause and without notice to him. BANK OF ENGLAND REDUCES ITS DISCOUNT RATE LONDON, Feb. lti. The Hank of Lngland today reduced its rate of dis count to four and one half per cent. ' The discount rate of the Rank of Fng : land has been live per cent since Novem 1 ber .", last, when it was reduced from the five and one half per cent rate estab lished on the preceding July 21. To day's action was forecast in it Loudon I dispatch last night, ill which it was i pointed out that the treasury had ' ocmled temporarily its issue of BUS- per cent treasurv bonds. The highest rate was reached in August, 1014, afier the outbreak of the world war, when it was set at ten per cent which had only been equalled on tow pri vious occasions, those of the panics of 1 s";7 and 1 Sfiri. Since then the rate has fluctuated, but the figures today is. the lowc-t since the outbreak of the wai. ; PART OF TAYLOR'S PROPERTY 15 Ktr-UKlJiD MlbblNG LOS ANGKLL'S, Fob. Ifi. Oil stock and money, believed to have constituted' part of the estate of William Desmond' Taylor, murdered film director, are miss ing. accoruing to Charles A. Jones, in vestigator tor the district attorney. Jones made thbr statement after checking up Taylor's personal papers and belong-, ings, a in I then conferring with Mrs. K, M. Reiver, an income tax expert, with whom Taylor is said to have discussed his 1021 income tax report a short time liefnrc lie was killed. ; From this it was learned, according to Jones, that Taylor was prepared to pay a tax on securities and money which have not been located. Further investigation into the murder was planned for today. Thomas Li e Woolwine, oistrict attorney, stated wit nesses would not, howaver, be summoned to his office, but would be questioned at their homes by his agents. It was be lieved the publicity attending their! visits to his ofliec frightened persons in keeping to themselves what might prove valuable clues. SAY TWO SOLDIERS TOOK PART IN LYNCHING. F.LLA VILLE. Ga.. Feb. 16. That two Cniteil States soldiers were with the mob that tvjok Will Jones, a negro, from a hiding place near here last Sunday night and shot him so badly t within a few hours, is the (that Sheriff P.attle claims that he died information he lias in : hand. Two John Doe warrants are held by Sheriff Rattle for the arrest of the en Misted men, and it is expected that their I identification will be completed during the day The men same to Elbmlte . S. V. r,.,-u,,ys oclo.u ,ur n..... IV. ! ) I ruin g a Koern,e..i .noiurryc.. 1 j IIUIIIIHT vi muu'U cvn"v cuuiiijr uurtis J say they have ia their posse&Mioa. j j j I . in THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; colder ; least and central portions tonight;" alow Jly rising tempuature Friday, ". to Take Up Irish Free ' fliy The LONDON', 1 lins' return to At Hiciated Press.) b. lii. -Michael Col Dnbliu after only twelve hours in Loudon nd his admission that he w of i,: ( la Is f!ri;i i not ilissj.ti.sfi, d with the results conference with government offi are taken to mean that the -Il ai nation of South Ireland will d forthwith, and continue un- dly. be reslllll int rrupti This will re'teve the situation of one of its most serious features. No official explanation of the as-siirances given Mr. Collins, however, has yet lieeu made. No troops have I,,.,.,, m,,V., from the South since Monday, except 40(1 caval i r.vmcn who embarked at Dublin for Liv erpool last night. 'file other troops .which a i rived in Dublin on Monday are still there. The snspii ions a roused ill Ireland by tin' s,i pension of the troop movement are reported to have been provoked by l he con! ad'ctory statement, in Parlia-. incut v . s;e, .lay by Lord Chancellor Rick enheail, and Secretary of Colonies Churchill. '1 he former, speaking in tlm House of Lords, in: 'mated flint tho halt ing of the evacuation was due to disor ders in the smith, while Mr. Churchill told the lloi.se of Commons (hat it was in consequence of troubles in the north and detention of the Mouaghuu football players by l ister authorities. Mr. Churchill al o announced that im partial commissions, each of which will include several ibitisii representatives and officers of opposing sides, are to in vestigate the fa-ts of the border dispute.. Notwithstanding declarations that sev oral kidnapped unionists were released yesterday, only three have reached their homes, according to latest despntches from Ibdfnst, where there is no relief in . tension pending arrival of the others. It is not. clear here whether the nn mninci'inour in Dublin of release of 11 captives is identical with Collins' state ment before he left London that "elev en more" had been located and that probably would be released immediately. Tin- House of Commons was again to take up today the bill establishing the Irish Fi"- State, Mr. Churchill moving bvond reiding. The debate is expect ed to occupy at least two days. Strength of conservative opposition to the measure, which is stated to be grow, ing apace owing to recent happenings in Ireland, especially kidnapping, cannot ye! lie satisfactorily gauged, and will probably depend upon duvelopments be tween now and the vote, as well ns upon the statements of the government minis ters. Rest informed opinion at the mo ment is, however, that the dissidents will not ptove powerful enough to prevent passage of the bill. Strife in Belfast, which yesterday went from bad to worst', is causing greatest concern to the local authorities, u Im. o efforts to stop the dis orders have faihd. The outbreaks arc confined to certain areas, and authori ties i:t tribute the bad feeling to religious prejudiys. Tumps are' co-operating with police efforts to root oul nests of snipers. in 116 N. Y. SOLDIERS COMMITTED SUICIDE ALRANY, N. Y, Feb. 16. Ono hiimlrc I and sixteen New York State soldiers took their own lives overseas dur ing the world war, says a statement is sued today by Adjutant General J. Les lie Kin. aiil. One hundred were enlisted men and sixteen were officers. White it is impossible at this lata hit,- t assign a proper cause leading to eai h individual suicide," said the State ment, "the ufticers particularly wer oveviome wiMi the feeling that winning the war v.nj ,m impossible task and that the world's culture was to 1)0 swept by the triumph of German arms. Impulses of a more pi rsonal character were evi- d id in tin: suicides of the enlisted pi r-ioinel. During the civil war there were S6 State suicide. The New York Stato had .:75.noo me,, in the civil war and 426,133 iu the world war. LESLIE HARRINGTON THOUGHT TO BE IN PALM BEACH CHICAGO, Feb. 16. The police were awaiting word from Palm Beach, Fla.. today, in their search for Leslie Harrington, missing head of one of three concerns here said to have defrauded foreign born citizens of many million dollars. A woman said by the police to be Harrington's wife, was located in Palm Reach and is being kept under sur veillance. Federal authorities think Harrintoti is euroute to join her there. Harrirgton fled Chicago Soturday f. ter the arrest of Raymond J. Rischoff for operation in which he is said by the police to have lost 4,500,00O invested with him by six thousand foreign born stockyards workers Harrington has debts amounting to at least that figure, according to Federal investigators. - . ' judge REVERSES RY ' VERDICT IN NEGRO'S TRIAL AX1,ERSOX s. lvb. j6. Aftor Calhoun Ware, negro railroad, fireman fnim Abbeville county, had beeu. found guilty of murder of A. Macy, white foreman of a road construction gang, yesterday afternoon, Judge W. H. Town-send reversed the jury 'a verdict and granted a new trial to -the defendant. Judge Townsend held that tho Stata had not proven malice on tha part of the de fendant nnd that there ws no eviUcn J to support a verdict of arjrJvr.