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A IL GAZETTE ( Weather: Warmer Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL.XLIII. NO. 41. GASTONIA. N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 17, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS iiSTONIAM SENATOR TOM HEFLIN TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL DINNER OFCUAMBER OF COMMERCE Alabama Senator Consents to ' Come to Gastonia March 24 For Annual Membership Dinner of Local Chamber Congressman Bulwinkle Se cured Him For Occasion. Senator Thonius J. llcllin. of Ala bama, one of the must famous rwou tours in America, will be chief shaker at the annual membership ilinner of the Gastonia Chanilier of Commerce this year. The annual dinner will be held in the chamber of eommercu auditorium on Friday, March Uttii. All members in good standing at the time will be guests of the. organization for the affair. Congre.siuau A. L. Bulwinkle advised the Chamber of commerce Wednesday afternoon that, following request made to him, he bud seen Senator Ilorliu a"l that the senator hul agreed to come on the date mentioned. Louis A, Brown, I a member of the chamber' of commerce, j accompanieel Major Bulwinkle when he went, to see the senator find states that : he was most cordiul in the way he spoke j of Gastonia. He is Hooded with re- quests from all over the country to de- j liver addresses and limply has to turn ; them down but his gexd feeling for Has j tmiia induced him to make an exception I in this case. Many members of the chamber of ( commerce have insisted to the officers' for over a vear that .Senator Hi-flin be brought here. Kvery effort was made, to get him last year but ponding h-gis- I lation prevented his leaving Washing ; ton. , : BAKK DF 0ELM3ST EUlS PEOPLE'S EXCHANGE BUS nUr Belmont Bank Effects With Ycunnrer lnsti tution Bank of Belmon H Had Prosperous Histc- ry. ; Announcement is made today 01 a mer-i k . . I. ..t. .'!.' .... I thd ' gfr Ol luc railK ue ec muni iii'' v , lVnMe's KxchiiiiL'e Itni.k ot tac. same, town. The Bank of Belmont, it is ua- derstood, takes over t!,e assets ot the I People's KxchangB Bank. The People's; n.,nU n-tia . nrcnitiy.,! aliont two ve'Ut'S ago with It. B. S'i,-,e, president and HKLMONT, Fob 1 -W. I). Crawford, casl.i.r. i 'fuint fl'w the local high Tho u....t f r.,.,nn . oreniuzc. us in 1908. and the strongest It. L. St owe Puett, cashier. has grawn to be ins; itatii rs in tin is pres'.dent and on.1 of t-:tnte. W. B. THERMOMETER HOVERING ! AROUND 22 DEGREES BELOW , ZERO IN VERMONT ' Northeastern United Slat?3 Is Having' Coldest Weather Of The Winter Northwest Is Comparatively Mild Cold Wave Extends South. j (Bv The Associated Press.) 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. North-, eastern United States was sheeted in ico today as a result of cold snap of un usual severity, neeonlln t.i reports to the Weather Bureau, whoso forecasters j would predict little relief before fcutur-; day. On the other hand, the north-; western sections, which normally would be enduring the coldest peri.nl of the season, was said tj have comparatively high temperature. Tho coldest spois in the t ' ; i t 1 States, today were Canton, X. V.. N'orthiiol.l. Vt., and Greenville, M... where the thermo-' meter shivered r round -'- degrees below zero. New York City, with a tempera- ture of flat r.cro. wcatjier bureau ofticia's ShM, probably was undergoing " colder j TveaUior" than cities with lower regis ters, however, bceanw of the abnormality' of such temperatures, in the metropolis and the fact that it was accentuated by; a" moisture laden wind. The cold wave was in eff: ct today far below the Mason an 1 Dixon line, scvend cities reporting recant low temperatures for periods of several years. With the northeastern disturbance now centered off the Grand Banks, the official forecaster predicted "fair and cold" weather throughout the eastern, tier today with temperatures below zero! genefally in New England, eastern and' central New York and northtenstcrn Pennsylvania, with nurh warmer weath-, er Saturday. A dVeidod rise was said to be already in progress throughout the I Mississippi valley and thes plain States.: TRYING TO SETTLE COLUMBIA CAR STRIKE COLUMBIA. S. C, Feb. 17. H. F. Thompson, of Batcsburg. member of the state board of conciliation, is in Colum bia, intere-steel in bringing about, if pos-' Councilman W. A. CuU-nian nnnouiueel (By The Associated Press.) j that a meeting of city council will proh-; XEW VOKK, Feb. 17. Curing the' ably e held during the afternoe.n or else' ills of business through p ychology ap Katurday, with a view to loeiking into! plied to finding for each individual the! th situation. However. Mr. Coleman , sort of work he is licst titted to eh, was' stated, tho franchise of the street car; the announeeel aim of a group of psy- ; company was granted by tho Htate, tho cliole. gists who incorporated under the struts belonging- to the- btate, and it may ; name of the Psychological Corporation,: bo difficult for council to take any hand j with offices in ew York, in the matter. The plan of the board of directors, j F. II. Knox, president of the company,! hoaeled by Or. James K. Angell, j.re-si- 1 stated that no plans for resuming opera-! dent of Yale, is to give tests, similar to! tion of the c-ars has becu made ami he the army intelligence tests given during j docs not know what the company will dei.l interfere, ToJel had whipped a pistol from 1 As yet H has no plans in the matter, hcjas a basis of vocational guidance. Haid. Mr. Knox slated that he dexs Through this method, the iucorpora- . not Inow what the next move would be. tors announced, it is hopoel to double the! A. A. Gerald, president of th car-j national wealth each year by avoiding; men's union, irtateel that lie too did not!mht in busiucss and professional life, know what the next move would le. Ui - said he did not consider that t!u men MINISTER GETS LIFE were on strike-, but that they had Lecnj TERM FOR MURDER 'Kicked out." MOUXT IDA, ARK, Feb. 17. The - - j CHICAGO. Feb. 17. Fiv e rippled men were to meet chauffeurs' tani in ' a bowling matcli tonight. Oiie ot the rripples bowls from a wheel chair aud Las averaged 10 iu iscvcral gaincs. - , OREGON HUNTER HAD STOMACH FULL OF SHOT ASTORIA, OREGON, Feb.17. John H. Bell, noted locally at a hunt er of wild fowls, and who for a period of yearj past has eaten hia kills reg. larly, was reported seriously ill with his intestines fU of shot which pro duced lead poisMng. Physicians re moved more than 200 of the shot which they said Bell undoubtedly had swallowed in eating wild fowl whose carcasses he had sprinkled with them. COLUMBIA WOMAN GETS 540,000 FROM DESPORTES FOR BREAGH OF PROMISE Prominent Columbia Financier Sued For $150,000 by Mrs. Lyde McDonald Had Liv ed Together as Man and Wife For 20 Years Mr. Desnortes Is One of Colum bia's - Wealthiest and ( Most Prominent Citizens.' (By The Associated l'rcss.) COLUMBIA, t. C., Feb. 17. A verdict of forty thousand dollars was awarded to Mrs. Lyde McDonald today, in her suit against Richard S. Desl'ortos, prominent Columbia financier, in which she sued for $150,100 in an alleged breach of promise! action. The trial started Wednesday morning and the jury was out all last night. Mrs. McDonald alleged that, she and Mr. IVsPortes had lived to gether as man and wife for twenty years; that they had been west to gether, registering at. hotels as man and wife; and that he had paid her many attentions, and that lie left her recently. Mr. DesPortes is director of a large bank here, he is owner of large properties in the city and is a mem ber of a prominent family. BELMONT HIGHS WIN FROM WINSTON-SALEM IN BASKETBALL Fast Going Gaston County Quintet Takes Close Game From Twin City . .Lads by Score of 38 to 32 Play Char lotte High Today. -The i fchool pe-eiiv won ! school j :;s t i 1 irom i ne v liiseou csaioin high score- of team licre tonight by the '..2 in a fast, hard-fought game. 1 he lo- cals won by superiority in goal shoot -ling. They were uncannily lucky in cag I log the ball from every angle. In toam i work and passing the Twin City lads were equally as good as the locals, but ' they were slightly off in their ability to , locate' the basket. Caldwell and Keeper were the big scorers tor their respective' : teams. Wiu.-tuti-Nnlem goes to David son r rnttiy to play tlie Daiulson l oiicgi ! Freshmen . The Un als plav ('harlot i highs Friday afternoon in Charlotte. ' Coach Hi'.Il is whipping his men into , shape for the first game next week with Dallas legh school in the State prelimin ary contest. The game will he played at Belmont Tuesday, February :!.!. The winner plays the Kings Mountain Boss--mer Citv winner at Charlotte, February 25th . The line-up and summary of tonight', game: Belmont (.;-'. Brown, S. (til; Keep er (11); Hand (1). Garrison (1), M. Brown( 10 ) . Winston-Salem (.''.I') Co f. r vis, Boberts, Caldw-'l (It), tl"). Bet'eree, Hall (Davidson. ) (Si, Da Conne-llv SEARCH FOR SANDS HAS NOT BEEN ABANDONED. ( Bv The Associated Press.) LOS AXGrJLKS, Fob. 1 7 .Following a two-hour reexamination of William i Davis, chauffeur for Mabel yesterday, investigators, police ives, deputy- s'.erilTs and others assignee to the task of trv to solve tin nivsterv I surrounding the murder of William Des mond Tayior, resumed their duties to day with the announcement that they had made- Vracticaliv no further progress- in the case as a re-sult ot quizzing Dims. Though some of the investigators have eliminated Edward F. Sands, former l,i-e!er for T-ivlor from a. iv e-e. title-. : ion with the case 'the 'search for the missing j man has ne.t Ik-cu abaueloned. La reports to the authorities here relatirg te. him came from Hartford, Conn., wiser. Sands was to have- bcrn known ame.tiQ navy sailors during l!UlJ, as ' (.Chief Suyelrr. Another repirt receiveel by police elete-ctives was that the- missing butler luni tied to Mexico and had been seen in Chihuahua. Hev. Harding Hughes, supcrannateel IliioSu..T' .l.qvnAJ w. 1 1. tn..la, 1m ...in. ' HUIIID.tl j I liaiJVU .T 1 . ,1 ll.U. 'I' . . 1, , nection with the death of Mrs. Anna' McKcnnon last May, was found guilty! by a jury early today. His punishment' was fixed, at life iiupribouiuint. ' BONUS OUTLOOK MORE BEFUDDLED; SIMMONS ASSAULTS SALES TAX Harding Plan Draws Fire from j All Leading Democrats Bonus Looks Like Dead ! "Hope" Seems AH That Is Left Simmons Urges Use ! Foreign Debt Interest. (By The Associated Press.) j WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. President Harding' unexpected ultimatum that ai soldiers ' bonus bill must be accompanied ! by n general sales tax to pay it, or that ! the whole scheme must be postponed! brought confusing comment f rem mem- j bers of the senate and house today. The soldier and the average seeker after in-; formation us to what is to happen can1 only become more befuddled than ever j following receipt of the President's; views and the reaction they brought in 1 longresg. Democrats, headed by Senator Sim mons n ud Fllelcrwood in tho senate, and Garrett and Gamer in tho house, are openly antagonistic. In an interview; with The Daily News correspondent to day; senator Simmons tersely recounted ; tho bonus situation and saw in the latest1 development a plan to indefinitely post pone the bill or to recognize ttie sales tax, for which there has been a propa ganda for some time. Mr. Simmons still i thinks the nay to pay the bonus is from1 the interest of the foreign debt, even if a moderate amount of short-time treas ury certificates must be issued for tho ini tial payments, these to be absorbed ai little later by the fund received from foreign countries. He denounced tjie ' svileg tax plan. Democrats says the sales tax will nuv-j er do, and in this view many Republicans, i including those of the agricultural bloc: agree. It looks tonight, us though the loldicr bonus were dead, althoueh cor- tain members continue to give the sol- Idiers the oxygen treatment of hope. Simmons Attacks Sale Tax. Speaking, no doubt, for the Demo cratic minority of the senate, Senator Simmons, ranking Democrat of the fi nance committee, said: "A sales tax is nothing but a con sumption tax. There has been a propa ganda in favor of a sales tax for a year or more. It is a tax that relieves busi ness and the wealthy of their share of taxation, because the burden is passed on to the consumer. It has twice been re pudiated in Congress. I do not believe it will receive any Democratic support nor do 1 think it can get through Con gress. "By linking this impossible tax wit'1 I the suggestion of a postponement of a bonus legislation, I believe the President really means to bring about postpone ment. That seems to be the prospect to night. The President says a sale tax does not commit the govcrnintmt to class imposition of taxes.' That is true, it; docs not commit us to class impositions' but it docs commit us to class exemp- j tions. It exempts the business ami , j wealthy classes, who alrenely have hail: I their burdens partly lifted by moelifica- I tion of the surtaxes and repeal of the j I excess profits. Mr. Harding is incon- ; ' siatent in that he has sail we cannot! ! have more taxation to pay t hi' bonus, but now he proposes more taxation in form , of a sales tax." j ! Hous? leaders say that a sah'S tax ! can never pass the lower boely because j 'of the opposition of the Democratic i j minority, flnnke'd by tho agricultural bloc. In the senate; the sales tax re- I ceived only " votes when it was sub-; , milted several months ago. I "There will be a bonus bill at this session said Chairman rordncy of the, Ways and Means committee, late to day. "How will it bo financed! '' he was asked. "That is for fh committee to do ciile. " was the non-committal lOinment of Mr. Fordney. Representative T.ongwerth. of the Normand 'im'so suoconimniee on ino oonus, sug e letoet- nested that today's development meant that cither there must lo sales tax legis- lation or payment of the soblicr bonus must await the time when Oreat Britain begins to pay the interest on tlr amount that country owes the I'nited States, which might be within a few months. More Loans To Banks. The war finnne'c corporation today an- nomie'C'l that it hael approved additional I l" .. . - . loans to North l arolina banks amount ing to $21.Vo00 for agricultural purposes in that mate. The war department annouiie-rs that the rark Belk company, of Concord. X. ('.. were nmon the successful Welders for a part of the large consignment of new trench and field shoeR recently offered for sale bv tlie department. In all 20 ..wards wy made and the Concord firm , C0MpETIXI0N BETWEEN BIG was one of the number. . BUSINESS AND BOOTLEGGER Miss lone Ki.tch.n. daugnler of Re-p-, fBv TW As,.i.(to,, j resent at ive and Mrs. Claude Kitehm.' I.oi'lSVIl.l.E, Kv., pel.. 17. ! whose critie'.il i!lneS was ree'cntly re- Xmiibling pries' for 'mooo-hine uhisk. i ' ported in these' dispatches, has taken h.1!( r(,n)(., jM ., fitter war b twei'n big mother turn f. r the worse and the end i i,UH;no n. ordmarv bootlegg- r; is believed ne-ar. M'ss Kitchin is said 1;,r,, ait.or,iK to Kdwar.l 'oU. pndnbi ! by physician to be seffcring from an in-jjj,,,, ,,nie-er. curable malady and I cr end is exacted . yhe . . hsj,10M msui" lens int. red the at any titec. j Held. Mr. Volz s;iiel. with tpiantity pro 1 THE WEATHER NorUt Carolina, mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday, rising temperature. 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 tatter place will be in use for the address by Dr. Est on. Mr. Hoffmeister is particularly anxious that every member of the chorus be prewit Friday nijht. THINKS MUSIC WILL MAKE COWS GIVE MORE MILK KINSTON, N. C., Feb. 17. Will music make cow give more milk? Dr. Banks McNairy, superintendent of Caswell Train ji 2 School, near Kin aton, has a hunch that it will, and within the next few days two phono grapha will be installed in the cow barn at the school to furnish music while the herd of Holsteins are being milked morning and afternoon. While Dr. McNairy hat not decided on the numbers to be played, "Down on the Farm,". "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree," "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," "Home, Sweet Home," and others are among the tunes being considered. WEALTHY KENTUCKIsN SHOT IN LAWYER'S OFFICE A. H. Wilson Shot and Killed by John F. Todd in Divorce Hearing in Judge's Office. (Bv The- AsHueiateel Press.) SOMKKSKT, Ky., Fid.. I V . Jed,.. F. Te)del, farmer, who yesterday sheet i:ud kilh'd A. H. Wiimiii, wealthy land own er, in an attorney's office l.eiv al'ler Wil son hail deiieiunie'd as a ''l!aek lie''' Ten id 's charges that he1 had In'eu iliti mate with Mrs. Todd, fuday reuiaine'd silent eoiii'erniiig the ease-. 'I he shooting e.ccurieil iluriie; ti Ink ing eef expositions in elivorev preice'e dings. Wilson had be-on name'd ceirrespoiid'-nt 11 Teidel 'h counter claim to Mrs. Todd's suit, charging erue-lty. Mrs. Todd was in an ante 100111 v U r. she' eeiuld he-nr the- testimony. " We-re' you ever intimate with Mrs Te.eblf" asked Judge' William Catron, attorney for Mrs. Teidd. ' ' Absoluti'ly no. It's a lie as bia I. a one- as ever was teild. " Before t he-re was time- fe.r any e.ne to interfere Toild hail whippe- a pistol 1 rom his pe'kct and fired four shots at Wil son, seated e.nly a few fee-t away. Thre-e shots toe.k effect ami Wilson die d a ti w minute's late'r. Todd surremle're-d . 1. ... ... .:i 11 . :.. .... was lasi'ii 111 jaii. in- is 1 ne liiimi 01 1 thre-e children. Wilson has a .laughter, ,,) who is the wife of James SeTe Fniersity of Kentucky foeitf.all r, star idayer. WESLEY BARACA CLASS HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET Young Men's Bible Class Of Main Street , Methodist Church Held Enjoyable 1 Banquet In Dining Room Oi First j Presbyteriar Church. Oflicers and membe-rs of the Wesley Baraca Class of Main Street Methoelist thurett, of which Mr. R. N. Avoe-V"1s president, met iu the spb-ndiel ih -v din ng room of the First Presbyterian ' ri'h Thursday e vening at 7::!0 for t. I'tnual banepiet. In .spite of the inc.. 1.. ". we-ather Ihere was a goud at tendance 'id the occasion was a most e-n je.yal.h- one fre.m start to finish. After the invocation by the' paster, leev. A. L. btanfe.rel, the' addre-.-s ed welcome was .ielive'ied by M.sj'T 1. i. Che-rry, a former teacher of the class, and response- was maele by Mr. A. .1 . Kirl.y, one of the former class j. resi dent h. Messrs. P. 11. Williams and K M. Glass gave several se.ug. and niono logs which were of a diverting tiature. Short talks were then niade by :i 11:1:11 bcr of menibirs of the class along the line of he.w to improve and stretigthe 11 tho splendid work already be'ing .lone by j tho class. I A tempting menu consisting of ham. fried oyster, potato 'salad, green peas in patties, ehecse- straws, pickles, celery, hot rolls, e'oflVe, ice- cream and take was served by ineiiil.ers e.f the- ladies' circle.' of the church. At each plate was plae-ed a email booklet containing the i menu and program for the evening 's 1 entertainment, together with a .i.inplct. j list of the officers and eommittees of the class and a roster of the entire nn ni , bership. i Before adjournment a riing in!,- of thanks was tendered the ouVcri of the , First Presbyterian church for tin ir . kiiielness in voluntarily oiTe-riiig the 11 e i of their elitiiug room and eipiipii.e n' . and to the ladies fe.r the spleadid nie'ini , which was s rved. 1 This class e xpe-ets within the n.'Xt two 1 months to be located in its own epiarters , in the handsome lew Young People's I building erf Main Street Methodist hurch. and under the hade'isiup of its new officers hopes to make even greater progress than in the past. The oflicers. of th- class are R. X. Ayeock, prcsi h ut ; B. K. Jordan, vie'e-pres-i.leat ; John R. Hus, secretary: T. B. Carpenter. asist ant sceri'tary, and R. Lee Spi nci r. treas urer. Mr. Oreirge W. Wil.sm is ti'acher ami Messrs. Howard R. Thompson anil Clauele B. Woltz sre assistant teacher. auction anet low pru-cs. ite is iH'ii'g fought by the smalh-r operntur whose, chii'f we-apon is tlie law, and who is coking to maintain high prices l.v for- ; nishing "tips" almut large' stiPs to pre.-J hiiiition officers. J Business jealousy. Mr. Ye.!. d.-c!ans j"caiise-s more raids than tic deteetive abiftty of the offit-. rs. " I Moonshine is v lling here at abemt Iwliat formerly was paid for guo.l wh-s-; I key, or $i a gallon, the agent said. i f Baseball Rejected, j PARIS. Feb. 17. The French com j nut tee iu charge of the Olympic games : for 1!-1 has rejected baseball as an of i ficuil sport scle-cting canoe racing to ! complete its program. ! It was indirnted, however, that an no-' jtifficial international bawball tourn.i i ' mettf tit .'fnns f tt.ei mill tlie l) eitiel , - ---- i would be approycJ, KIDNAPPED UNIONISTS DANGER NOT REMOVED British Military Evacuation Is Resumed Today Forty Two Ulster Unionists Are Returned to Homes. ' liv The Associated lre s.) BFJ.FAhT. Feb. 17. Uetuni to! their he. mis e.f a large number of fhe' kidiiappe I i:iiionisls has had a stiuml(i- ting etl'evt on public e.piniou in l ister. . but the' situation on the' Ijorde-r continues,! i to be eon- ol' danger owing to the proxi-l , mity of nval force's at Mime points. News of tlie arrangement fe.r laii..n 1 i'iifiiiui.sii'iis em eai-ll h'uli' of the frontier also was re e-ive-d with sati.sfae'tii.u and1 . ti:i- iie.pe- is wide'ly expressed that they! j will I. voin.' operative' as quickly as pus- j ' sihle. Appaie'iil ly, however, e'onsiele ral.le j pre'linduaiy work is nece-ssary bi'l'e.ie the,' 1 co!hoii.-,.t:iUs 1 an begin to functii'ii. i Evacuation Resumed. l;U, IM.. 17. -- The Uritish mil e'V ,-i'Uai ion of Irclainl is expected iv-iniied today or tomorreuv, it was e-d h M.i iiael Ce.llins, head of the 111 itary tej he ih.vhi provi&ieuial j t urn from I Winston l;i IIom i iwiient, on his re 1 where he interviewed t rhurchill, gecretary ,'ii 1 Colonies. tie-iural .ir Ce.-il . miiitai v l eiiiun.i ode r MacUeaiiy, in Irelainl, Iiritish visiti'd 1 Mr. Ce.lli.is in ihe afternoon and their j e 1111ve rs.it ieni. it was aveiiiued, was in con- 11 t-et iu ii with tiii' withdrawal of tho ; troops. I n t.i last night the troop move 1 on nt had not be. 11 ii-sinm-il but prepara ' lien's were iiiider way fe.r the iiumeiliate I shipment ol lniiiilreds of tons of army j Wem s. 42 Returned, j UKU-'AST, Ki h. 17. Forty two Fl- ster liiiiouislN, kieluapped elnring the re . cent raids across tin- bonier from the I Ninth, have' been released. Michael Col 'ins. head of the provisional Government j I today te-le-grnphcd Colonial N-cretstry I 1 mireiiiii eiiai ne nan suceee-ui'ii in on- taining 1 he- lil.i ration of thia number of prisoners. FAMOUS INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN KAISER ALMOST ; MADE PUBLIC TO WORLD i Dcfccr.dant Of Noah Webster Tells! Journalist Students About William Bayard Hale's Interview In 1908 With Kaiser Wilhtlm. 1 By The' As. joe iale'd Pr-is.) t'lllt'AHO. K.I.. 17. - - William Bay-; nrd Halo'; famous inteiview with the, I 11 K'mIo . V',ll, IF u.,1.1 1.. ll.nl ('.iitiiry Maga.in.- 111 HMi.s, for .fl.DiH) and partly juinte'd before it was sup- pr. sied. eas almost made' known tei tlirt! world last night by William Webster) Kllsivurth, feu mer president of the- Ce'll-j ti n- 1'iilile.liio'i ( 'enii 1 'any, and elescend-j ant of .Nosili We .lister. i Pelt ions of the 1 :-111 e 1 1 s interview wi le lol.l In th- students of the M.-dill 1 ot .luiiriiaiiMii aiter reporters had ). re 1 111 ise.l not to make them publie-. 'What was it," ake'd Mrs. Kdith l.'oi kefe ller Me t 'onnie k, daugliter of John D. Uocki'I'elier, at the conclusion of tiie addii's. ''teat the Kaisi r said alien: my father.' I ei tell me even though it was unfavorable." ' My .bar holy." repli, ,1 Xoah Web ster'-. great grandson. ,-l eon e.nly re peat that it was unfavorable. ' Other than that, 1 remi'iiilior nothing in that part e.f the interview. And e'Vety sin-: gle ii'py of th.. iiite-nh ev was taken ."(III ; miles nut into the At'autic nciaii and; thi'ii' burned in a icke.l detaediinent of liiiniaii naval edUce'is who -sj it-Ik t the day' in the frunaie looms of a wars.,i;i to elo it." i Mr. liilswortli told how William Bay aid It.!.' eb tailed permission to inte'i vien the' Kaiser aiel how the latter spoke freely to him 011 scores e.f .subjects; wl.ih' pacing the deck of a yacht i-i the, mooiii igh; . He toll !iow the ('entm.V penpl. ii.iught it. an 1 sup;ir-"5si'd it a fti-r j repa st- to .In this, ponied in on tin in, when I lie ondini Telegraph printed an! int'-rvi-iv with the Kai-i-r tliat aroused much ill f.'liv; in Kii-larel and also in ie 1 inn . II .1 l-e. told Is jw Pn y-de-nt RofssiA elt '.;is oieen a e-opy alii how all I tie- other jiintid page were plu -d ill a! fafe-t.v ibt'O'-i! vault and later were turn 1 id oer to the Ihrmaii C.o rnincnt, wliieh s. nt a war-hip here' to ge't them. FIRE DESTROYS FOURTH OF BLOCK IN BIRMINGHAM ( lie The Associated PreSiJ BIRMINGHAM, Al... Feb. 17. , Fire original ing at o'clock this morn ing wiped e.ut one fuuith of a city block nt Twenty Piiset street and Fourth ave i nue in the heart e.f the downtown busi ness .li-'rict. Included in the burned ana was the (tst.-r building, which house! the' Osier P.rot Ihts ' Furniture ; Cum,'ii. y. I'irt estimates place the loss i above $".i'o,M)'"i. New Iowa Senator. ( Bv The Asswintnt Press.) IK.S MOINKS. Feb. 17. Onirics A . Raw-mil. chairman e-f the State Republi can coimiiitt.-e, was appointed by the govcriH.r toil.iy as I'nited "STaTe s ' Sena tor from Iowa to fill out th" term of Senator Kenyeui. who has accepted nn apiHiintment from President Harding as a Federal circuit judge. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET XKAV YORK. Feb. 17. Cotton fu tures ci.n'd steady. March I7Xi; May 17..7; July 17.0.; ! October lti.."7; December 10.47; ISpots is.l'i. j TODAY'S COHDS MARKET Strict ta good middling . -1 7C ; ,.5lc Cotton teed UNIVERSITY STUDENTS KILLED, THREE INJURED WHEN TRAIN STRIKES AUTOJT DURHAM Dead Are George Hadley, of Mt. Airy, George Peoples, of Tounesville, Va., and T. H. Bryant Chauffeur, of Chapel Hill Charles Iceman, of Monroe, P. Boney, of Goldsboro, and J. C. Spaugh, of Winston-Salem, Injured Were Returning From Dance at Raleigh. MILLER SCHOOL IN YORK COUNTY BURNED THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS TIME YORK, S. C, Feb. 17. For the third time in less than three months, the Miller school, nesr here, was de stroyed by fire early today. The State sinking fund commission has 0 fleered a reward for the capture of the incendiary. The original school building was burned December 11 last and the school was given temporary quarters in the Harmony Presbyterian Church, nearby. The church went up in a blaze January 2. A new school build ing was completed on Wednesday and this was discovered on fire shortly after midnight this morning. TO CALL IN LEGION OFFICERS TO CONSULT ABOUT THE BONUS PLAN Uncertain as to Whether Bonus Bill Can be Put Through or Not Cash Payments May be Made in Lump Sum Rath er Than Spread Over Period of Two Years. (I!y The Associated Pre-ss.) WASHINiiTOX. Feb. 17. Major-! ity members of tin- House- Ways ami Means committee-, in whose- hanils the Holdiers' bonus 'problem now r.'sts, be-: fore meeting today, hael indicateel Ihe-y, planned first to consider President Ilnrd- j ing s sHggistie.il that the cas.li paytnents I be ele'ferrcd until t li - coulel be made in ! lump sum instead e.f spread over a pe riod of two and a half years. It was stated that oflicers of the American Leition j would he ealle-il in first te give- their i views e.n thia alternative which the com mittee planned to examine instead of taking up immediately the question of 1 taxation or othe r uie'ans e.f liiiaiieing the i l.illlllS. ! Whe'fher the- bonus bill could be put j through with a general sale's tax pieivi- j sion, as reioinineiiili d by the- President ! iu his letter yes'e'relay as the ouly al ternative in his view, te. postponement 1 of the- legislation, was regardeel by le-ad-: e rs generally today, both re.iiblie:un and de inoe iatie. as t e uiie ertain to warrant t preelii-tion, in view of the strong 0. posi tion to such a tax. Senile of thnso favorable- to such a tax, however, be'lie-ve.l i that many of those- now opposes! to it would come to accept sue'h a precision 1 iu 1 1n- bill rather than see the bonus , program elefi ate. I. RADIO OPERATORS DISCUSS VACUUM TUBE TRANSMISSION ( It The Associated Press. WAMLINCTON, Feb. 17. Vacuum tube' transmission in wireles. telegraphy, which made possible coast to eoa-t cenii ninicatiou l y low powered amateur radio stations iicently and which assured the sue'ce ss of the American radio re lay lea gne in re-aching ae'ioss the. Atlantic, was tin' main topic of discussion nf mi'inbers of the le-ague from the Third and Fourth ladio elistriets, who mi't in an eiiai 1 e.11.1 -nt ion he re' toelay. Among thct lei. gates were represent utiles from North and touth Carolina, and Georgia. Six Million Starving. ( l.v The Associated Pics?.) SHANGHAI, I'HIXA, Jan. 10. Mure than ti.OiWiOO people are faeing nt a rvat ion in the proviiuen of Kiangsu in which Shanghai is locate.!, and Chekinng and Anhwei, according to estimates com piled here'. Unpn-cedenti-il fiiHeds which wipe-el out twenty tier rent of the rice crop in these districts tire blamed for the food shortage. The Gastonia Community Service . Presents the Cnstoiii.-i Community Chorus in Its Se.-oiiel Annual Coneert, Monday livening. February 2fth, at S P. M. PKOGRAM tJastonia Cammuuitv Chorus r.ailia Music Claml-r of Commerce Glee Chib The Heavens Are Telling" ( From " The Creation" .... Gastonia Coinmuuity' Chorus "Bridal Ciorus" (From " Kosc Maiden') Woman's Chorus iolo Se'Iet'ted 'The.., Hallelujah . Chorus' ' (From'''The Messiah") Handel Gastonia Community Chorus Koy L. lloft iiie isle r. Community Service, IeJC.j rouelucting. Assisting Soloists : Miss Marie Torrence, soprano. - Mr. D. II. Wiliiauis, baritone. Mrs. I. H. Williams, soprauo. " Mr. Z. YVaffoner, accompanist. 2dr. John H. Miller, tenor. '.Mrs.'-A. C. Jonci, accoiuiauist. I Dl'KUAM, . C, F'h. 17. Threo I boys were kille d and three- others injur '. ivheu the automobile in which they : were riding was ;,true k by a switch ell-giin- at a crossing in the eastern part of this city about 4 o loe-k this morning. With toe exception of the elriver of the ear, win. was killed, all were- stuilentg at the i 'ni e .tmI v of North Carolina. ! The .lead: : Ci'oige lladle-y, .Mount Airy, X. C. . fieoige Terry IVuph's, Te.wnsville, Va . ! T. II. Bryant, Chapel Hill, chauffeur. I 'I he in jure , 1 : Charles Ieemau, Monroe, N. C, frae j lured sk'ill, will probably elie-. ! I. Itoney, (ioldsbe.ro, X. C, dislocat e'll e'lbow. .1. C Spaeh, Winston-Sale'in, X. C, scalp w mud. The six youths wero returning to Chap el Hill from tialeigh, where they had at tended a daiii e: last night, when the acci- ! dent oe e iirre d . Hpni h. who was not lel ly iujuii el. told hospital authorities that ' he- l.e lie've'd all the l.e.ys we re asleep ex- j ce'pt the elriver, when tho engine struck. , the- ear. I BULLOCK NEGRO REARRESTED i ' IN HAMILTON. ONTARIO. 1 mi 1 Negro Who Successfully Resisted At tempts at Extradition Is Again Ar ! rested After Hiding For Several ; Weaks U. S. Depattment of State ; Issues Warrant. HAMILTON. Out., Feb. 17. Mat ; the'iv Bellock, who re-e-ently won a fight to prevent de-jiortat ion from Canada into the- hands of American police for trial in Norlina, X . C, 011 charges of inciting the riot, today wai rearrested on a Unit eel States extradition warrant when he reappeared after hiding fe.r Several ; ive'e ks. ili' was taken in custodv us he whs 1 starting In work for a contractor by whom he had be e n inploy.-d prior to his previous arrest . Tlie warrant was issu e'd by 'utility Judge- Hnyiler on e harges e.f the I'nited Slates De-pnrtmi-nt of State that Bullock attempted to murder 1 P.ibey Tay'or, of Xorlina, in connection with race' riot s . Iliillnik first wa . taken in custody here at the request if Xorlina authorities, and deportation pricee'ilings be-gun oil ' e h iries that the n-gro enteri'el this coun try sin rept it iotis'y anil was all unelcsira ble' e itii'en. He fought removal to the United State', asserting that he woulet sull'er the same fate' as a brother, who .was iyin bed i,t North Carolina after ri e.ting in v.li ifli Matthew is alleged to have pa ri icipated . The uegio ii.pulation of Toronto came to his r.'i:i- wiiii a defense fund ami scleral public officials interceded with the' goiernni'iit in his behalf. As a re sult an examining bourd's order that he be deported was repealed by the com missioner e.f immigration, who eauseel P.il!ock 's release 011 the ground that his coii'iucf hail been good during his stay 111 Canada. KILLED WHEN HE TRIED TO HIT NEGRO WITH GUN II AZKLIirieST, CA., Feb. 17. Frank Co'lins. a farmer of Jeff Davis e-eiunly, ri'c ivv-d wuunds from which he died in a few hours at his homo near In re yes'eiila v when he) attempted to s'rik- Joha Whittie, a negro servant, with the butt cud of his gun anil it ac-e-ieleiit;. y elisi-ha rge.l, according to in form :' hoi le'eeiviil hero by officers. 1st U. S. CAVALRY IS HELD IN READINESS PAn'O, TKXAS, Feb. 17. De the f n i lure of Mexican revolu F.I. Hj.it e tionists to attack Jurtroi, opposite here, as i' was ru in '.red they Intended to do, an 1 the assertion of General Eugenio Martinez, commander of the northern military zone of Mexico, thtat there was ne. sign of revolutionary activity in the z -n.. the firs Fnitetel Stattea cavalry, stationed at Fort B!ie, here, still was liedd in camp this morning in readiness for emergencies. Gouuotl Selii-teI . Hayebi . Coweu V