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GAST rm Lora Cotow 171-2 Cents A DAI Weather: J ! ( Cloudy VOL. XLIII. NO. 44. f COmllUIilTY CHORUS PRESENTS FI'iE PROGRAM Local Musicians Under Direc ' tion of Mr. Roy. Hoffmeister Give Splendid 'Concert Program Embraced Unusu- rll u WI 1 IT miT iicarr mimoeri wil der, Direction of Community ervice. , An- audience that packed the Central echool auditorium Monday evening lit'iirji the concert given by tbo Gaston'ut Com-j inunity chorus under the direction of Mr. Boy h. Hoffmeister, , of " Community Service. Kvery Beat in the main audi-j torium and in the balcony was taken and I there were many, standing in- the rear.5 of the auditorium. There were manyi visitors from out of town for thejnusical.l The event was one of the most en-1 joyable Gnstonia music lovers have ever heard. Nowithstanding tho fact that the program consisted of what 'is gencrajly known as heavy, classical music, every number was received by the audience with hearty appreciation. Notwithstand ing tho fact that only three "weeks had been spent in the preparation . of the program, evey number, so far as the au dience knew, wan rendered .with fault! lesa .precision and. accuracy xno concern was given unier uio uirec - turn or tommunuy eervice, me., repres ented in Gastonia by Miss Blanche Hois emutn, recreational director. Hiss Heis erman has taken an active part m help ing with' the rehearsals. Preceding the concert. Mrs. 11. B, Moore gave a short resume of what Community (Service, is' endeavoring to do in a musical wrfy for Gastonia. and the community. She also briefly outlined what had been accomplished by the niusie club. Gallia, the wonderful' motet t by Gounod, was the rirsc number offered by the oommunity choral society. Oue would hardly believe that in sj short a space of time a work of this character and dif ficulty could bo creditably performed Gallia is taxing vocally ns will as from tho .interpretative standpoint. The Opening word, Solitary, ' ' tbe spirit of which seems to dominate tlie entire work, was dlnely attacked with precision that showed careful training and effort on the part of the ringers as well nsthe conduc tor. Perhaps the rro:itst art tat i heights reached by the choral soi iety were in the piaiibsinio ffects in which ' Gallia abound. No h'ss artistic were tho majestic fortissimo effect! achieved by the "singers. The attacks and-releases were especially clean tut . The solo work by Miss Mario Torreneo was beau tifally handle'd, especially in the mag nificent solo and obliarato "Jerusalem! Jerusalem t O Turn Thee to the Lord. Tby God!". The' number makes heavy demands .upon the artist and Mi.ss Torreneo- filled the rospom.iliility . She was ably supported by tho chorus. Tho Chamber of Commerce Glee Club. Mr. l. Wagoner directing, acquitted it self very favorably as was evidence.! by the 'enthusinstje applause of Jhc au dienco. "The Heavonsnre Telling," the treat chorus from Haydn's "Creation," was most inspiringly done, the woik of tho terrors and basses being particularly commendable. This chorus ruhks as ono of tho most difficult in oratorio repertoire' both from thestaudiicin! of execution aad vocal rendition. The trio by Mrs.' i i .....i'.;.,.. 'pi, .i i..; D. H. Williams P. II. Williams and John M. Miller was beautiful iu con trast with the bigger choral effects. '1'iiis trio is a thing of huriuonv and inflii'iln, beauty and the voices if the siloists were exquisitely bleiided. Not until the end of this tremendous eheius did the so ' ciety reach its biggest effects. ' Tho Bridal Chorus fnm Cowan's ".Itoso Maiden, "'suns.bv llm Women's. Chorus, was excellently ilone', -"'the tune, throughout the entire chorus bi nig, the ' light, brilliant quality deman hd in tin song. The pianissiito a ires' in the I chorus were beautifully -nindled and the! clear eraUm-iation 'marked. j , The final number of Cue (1nr.il ho-' ciety-was the soul liftii.g " IItiIK lujah Chorus" from Handel's oratorio, "The Messiah." It irt hard to imagine a more -stirring, sweeping number than this chorus as sung last night. One sees why at the first performance, and at every' one since, audiences arc thrilled to the point of rising to their feet when this triumptant-Halleiujal, horus , sung. Tho beautiful sustained work nf the sopranos iu the chorus wss .pkn.lid, and, throughout, the entire mimbcrth,; bab ai.ee or vmm we.i aa me M,a my or tone ramjHl the t" -along to the supreme cliun of the final adagio end-; ,n'"" , The aocompanylng of the two pianists, Mrs. A. C. Jones and Zinmiernian Wagoner, was excellent, aad their en-i Bemble work played a gnat part in the creditable rendition of the entire pro ! gram i s The Chorus under the direction of Mr. . initiated at once. Koy Lv Hoffmeister,, of the National, (Secretary Weeks ' h. promised Mr. Community "Service, is a definite, clear, Knhn to send th .Vlaicma compass 's and convincing evidence of the cult uralj ,,ff,.r f Congress Isfore the wei-k-und. as well as actual benefits and ends to probabl tomorrow, if not today, so the which it is possible for n group of un-, inimitte' could continue its study of trained voices to a sipro. j the que: tion of Musi-le- Mioals without The work of Mr. HofTmeUfcr was. interruption. Only witness's Yepresent beautifully earried oat, hU .interprets-' ing the Alabama Power Company, the tion ft thing long to b. remembererf by! American Farm Bureau Federation, and the choral Ixxly as well as the music! the Nations Fertiliser 'Association, rc loverri of Gastonia: It is seldom wi maineil. to be heard on the Ford offer have ever observed the work f a direr-, when the rommittee met today to con- tor who was abb S3 thorotighy to grasp and impart ta a cbonis the real , Mr. J. O. Hammitt, rii-e-president of jinterprctalion and messuge of the com-" the Air Nitrates (krjoration, a suljsid poser. "Mr. KnnineiaUr ii a musician iary of the American Cj-aaamid Com whoso culture and ffiM'nicnt as well as ny, of Maine. his innate feeling for the tcantiful in Mr. Hammitt continue.! his defense of music be is able to give out t.i others. In as interview with Mr, HofTmeiaiT last night after tin concrrt be expressed , himself as 1eing delighted with the sin cere effort put forth by the sjelrty throughout the intire evening and theif ((ilendid co-operation an-I svinpathv dur-, iag hi stay in, Castoaw. f FORMER DIRECTOR WAR After the com-ert the Ti.ns organijtcL RISK INSURANCE DEAD, themselves Into the (iastonkt Choral - NEW YORK, Feb. 21 . 4:olonel R. ciety, the object being rn "carry On'G. Cholmelcy-JoitcB. formerly director this fine bt-Kinuing of the ber mnsic,J of the Bureau off War Bisk Insurance, and to stand for the finest in t!w moi-ldiod cal world. Mr. Z. Wagoner, ciccllently ' (Contiiiued on page t.) TONIGHT'S PROGRAM OF ' PITTSBURG RADIO. STATION 8:0O p. m. "Personality," by Herbert Lytic, President Pittsburgh 'Academy. ,'"-..-... "8:00 p. m." "Pittsburgh Big Art School' ' by E. R. Bossange, fean, College of Fine Arts, Carnegit In? stitute of Technology. "Women and the Public's Health," by Hiss Mary Marshall, Nursing Secretary of Na tional Tuberculotia Association. ; , 8:30 p. m. Varied program of in strumental and Tocal selections. ' Col lins Smith, concert pianist; Katrine Louise King, foprano, accompanied by Mi&3 Sallie Galliger Fulton; Mrs. Josephine Hepp Blume, contralto, ac companied by Mrs. , Mary Keiiter Kerr. MOTHER AND THREE ; -CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH Mrs. E. F. Monti and Children, of Aiken, Perish Fire Be, lieved to Be of Incindiary Origin. C, Feb. 21. Mrs. K. her three children were j E jjont8 alll burned to death early this morning when their home here was destroyed by fire. Mr. Moots was severely burned and is iu the Aiken hospital. Bodies of the, mother and two of the children have been recovered. A ncro named Sum it it is bciiiK held by authorities for investigation, officers believing that the tire might have been of incendiary origin. Uesdes the mother the victims are: Ijhiuar Moots, 17; Clarence Moots, l.'l, and Kugem1 Dubois Monts, three. Mr Mmts was awakened shortly after midnight by .smoke entering his bedroom on the second floor. With the two j yoifligest children iu hand hemade his i way to 'the rront door, but when lie re- leased them to open tiic door lie Turned back to find that they had left him. While groping about the fir :t floor hunt ing for the children, Mr. Monts was se verely burned.1 Neighbors arriving on tiie scene rescued him just before the house fell in. All four bodies were re covered but they were burned beyond recognition PRICES FOR JANUARY LOWER THAN AT AN TIME JINEYEAR 1913 Agricultural Products Show Slight Increase-7-Food Shows 3 1-2 Per Cent Decrease. (By The Associated Press.) . WASHINGTON', Feb. 21. Whole sale prices on the average approached slighUy nearer tho IHKl level in January according to information made public today by the Bureau of I-ibor Statistics of the Department of, Labor. The bit- rPMiip wciffhtcil indrr nmiiliir 1inAtd nil l(i) for the 191.! wholesale price levol, stco.l lit US last nisnth compared with 14! iu December and 177 in .lanuary l'.21. Prices generally last month r'i-j resented a decline over the same month of a year ago of Hi per cent. . Of all commodity groups, agricultural i products alone showed an advance inj prices duriug the month, gaining approx imately 2. 'It pn cent. In all other' groups decreases were recorded, ranging from one half of orte per cent for build ing materials to .'11-2 per cent for food. Cloths and clothing declined one per cent, chemicals and dftigs 1 l .'l per cent, liedals ami house furnishing goods 1-1-4 jier cent, and fuel and lighting mater ials over two per cenf. In the group of inisci Ilaneoiis commodities, the decrease in average prices wash 11-4 per cent. i Viiniui rin? nrices in Jannurv with 24 per cent is shown for the group of I the general public a number of "Pnn h.use furnishing goods.' Metals and i rem Mary wedding balls" have 1-ecn metal products declined 2.1 ocr cent, fuel I planned, one of them to be held in the and lighting materials lt H-4 ikt. cent foods. 17 1-4 per cent, building mater ials Io 1-2 (kT cent, farm products 14.14 per cent, clofhiii.? 12 per cent and miscellaneous commodities 2.'! ht cent. C0NCLUDE INVESTIGATION OF HENRY FORD'S OFFER, (Hv The Associated Press.) WASHfN(;XOV, Keb. 21.-Investi- joi( f ie fff f u f , , , , f fh(. C0V(.rIim(.llt llitrat(l VT0 !tt Slum Is, Ala., wil lie concluded this wS'k . f,v th(1 House Military Committee. Chair- ' ;..,. K-.l.n ,,,,,,,.iie.l tndav on,l hi-nr-' lnoi. riimiianr ' i j.roios,-il for the propcrtic, involving i purchase of the Warrior steam plant and 1 ,.asi, for ,50 rears of the other units, will ' chide th- hearing , Is-guii yesterday off the option, claimed by the concern be represented, giving it the right to pur- chxse nitrate Plant No. 2 at Muscle! gnosis, in tue event it was ilii-nleu oy ihe governiiMwt t 11 tli.it prnperty to private interests at the Fresbytcnan hospital early He had Ihvu ill at the hospital I today. 'since October 30, tint. GASTONIA. 'ROTARY GlUB TO OBSERVE Organization Which Started , Out With Four Members Now Has 76.000. 'The Gastonia Rotary,-club will cele brate the seventeenth birthday of Rotary st the weekly meeting Thursday which will lie held iu the evening at the Coun try Club, A rompiittce has been placed in chargo of the program, which will be devoted especially to the celebration of the birth- Way.' " The Rotary Club was organized on February 2.'!, seventeen years ago, and j me ciuns ati over the world, tor the or ganization has spread ta every part of tho globe, will celebrate tho birthday on the, meeting date nearest this birthday. I'aul Harris, of Chicago, was the man who fjrst developed the idea of a Rotary Club. He. called tfle first meeting of the mea who afterwards worked out the idea of an organization that would combine the social and idealistic features of a luncheon club aim a club that would serve tho community into a coherent form. That the Kotary idea is something more than a proposition of getting to gether for dinner is shown in the won derful growth of the organization during the, seventeen years it has been in ex-, istence. At the present timo there are nearly 1,100 affiliated clubs, several which have been organized but are not yet affiliated, with a membership that approximates 76.1MK). GETTING READY FOR PRINCESS MARY'S WEDDING Big Event Takes Place Febru ary 28 Rehearsing Proces sion From Palace to West minster Abbey. ( LONDON, Feb. 21. 1'lans for the wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascclles are Hearing completion and early frequenters of London 'a Btreets will see some morning this week empty carriages drawn along the route, escort ed by cavalry, in rehearsal of the pro cession from the palace to Westminster Abbey, so thjit nothing may go awry on the all-important day. In reality there will be two proces sions on February 2S, the day of tho wedding. Queen Mary and Queen Moth er Alexandra with escort ami attendants will form the .first the King following shortly afterward with the bride and an escort. s r ..Tb4 soul Uuruuh The Mull. , White Flail and Parliament street will not bo decorated throughout, but there will be twM triumphal arches near tho Abbey the roadway will be adorned with fes toons of flowers supported by pillars with intermediate ornamental devices beuring portraits of the bride and bridegroom. Tin wedding coach will be drawn by bay horse instead of the tradi tional grays. . , The marriage knot will be tied by tho Archbishop of Canterburry, the Areh- bishop of York, tho Bichop of. London, the Bishop of Oxford, the dean of West minster, and Canon J.nscelles, the bride groom 's uncle. Preparations also are under way for popular celebrations of the wedding ac tivities. The "brighter London so ciety," aud organization comprised mainly of business and theatrical men, aims at making the week of the wedding "Brighter London Week" in honor of the Princess. The society hopes to make the city more attractive for American tourists and other transients who recent ly have showu inclination to avoid stop overs here, preferring Paris or other con tinental cities with their' greater variety i nt nniifHCmenty. In social, court ami diplomatic circles , such a.rbun-1 of dances n'nd dinners and rcfl7d5i.s Ims Uen Planned as London labs not seen since the-coronation. For i rent Albert Hall. Hotels and restaurants are arranging gala dinners and dances. Clubs and various societies will have house-warmings and house-coinings1. The railroads are running special cxeeursinns from all parts of the kingdom and giving special service from the channel ports for the benefit of continental visitors. Treasury Lacy Recovers. NKW YOJtK. Feb. 21. B. I!. La-i cy, state treasurer of North Carjlina, was rcTtortcd slowlv recovering at the ho tel Pennsylvania fodav from a break- I down suffered a week ago. Mrs. Lacy said that while physicians had not de dared her husband out of danger, they had given her strong ho) for his recov- cry The breakdown, snffered two days af ter his arrival here, was attributed to, overwork . DISTRICT- ATTORNEY PELLETIER IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE. BOSTON. Feb1. 21. District Attor ney Joseph C. PcPetier, of Huffalk county, was removed by the Hupreme Court tin lay. The court found him guilty in 8vral counts under charges of malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeas ance in office. GENERAL COXEY WANTS JOBS FOR UNEMPLOYED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Congress was asked to day to give General Jacob H. Coxev. who onre led his army of the unemployed to Washington,- another chance to help the jobless, In a bill introduced Keprescntative GpJib. republican, Ohio, the secretary of the treasury would lie authorized to is sue 40,0O,'Hl in new currency for use in baying 112 shipping board vessels. Once bought they would be sokl to Gen. Coxcy aad Thetxlore D. Wells, who in turn would give the government a mort gage lien on the fleet . The general and bis partner would then cut- loose', operate the hips,where the openwuig wns found to U- good, ami provide many jobs 'for i tbo idle. SEVENTEENTH N. CM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 21, 1922. CORSET STAY CAUSED ' DEATH OF YOUNG WOMAN GENEVA, Feb. 21." A whale bone corset stay caused jthe death re cently of a Zurich young woman while skiing. She was making s steep descent with s party of friends when she fell over a ledgfe landing twenty feet below in deep snow. Her companions attached no importance' to the fall until they found the bone had pierced her "heart This is the second accident of ' the kind in Switserlaad this winter. KU KLUX KUN IS ' ACTIVE IN OKLAHOMA County Commissioners Get! Threatening Letters Fromj Klan Three Deputy Sher-j iffs and Former Jailer Are! Wounded in Shooting Af-i fafr. .. ; (By The Associated Press.) AltDMOP.K. Okia., Feb. 21. Wide county officials gathered up details of a shooting in the county attorney's ofljro j here yesterday, iu which three deputy I sheriffs and ta former jailer w;re slightly wounded, citizens of Ardmore today were du cussing the possible effects of letters received by tho county commis sioners stating that the Ju Klux Klan was watching condition iu the county and "that the peopc 's wishes were go ing to be respected and obeyed hence forth. " The letters, purportiiii; to come from the Invisible Kmpire of the Ku Klux Klan of darter county were scut the com ! missioners by sperial, deliery yesterday I afternoon as the committee met to con j siiler the appointment of a permanent ! successor to Buck (larrett, slu .iff re- cently ousted after conviction on charges of misconduct in office. The letters urged that Acting Hheriff. Kwing Loudon, local American .Legion coiniiiuiiili'i, ap pointed when Garrett wan suspended, be given the office permanently. Interjec tion of the Ku Klux Klan angle offset, iu the opinion of man v, the interest arous ed by the shooting, inid the interest was in no manner slackened when it became known information was reaching local newspaper offices that the Kin it propos ed to Iwcome active in the event there were any iiforp shootings. There was no official explanation as to the causes of the shooting. The most generally accepted explanation was that the trouble begaixjUiejj, ,Ji, JL Martin, county tick crudieutor cxpcrT, called act liug Hheriff Loudon into the prosecutor '.i office and inquired whether he had a i stol. When London replied in the , -ative, 1t is said the two men cluich ei. . The commotion attracted the oth ers W..U iH'came participants and more than a o... :i shots were fired. BRITISH SCHOONER REPORTED , SEIZED BY AIRPLANE. (By The Aswcluted Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Prohibi tion .headquarters today was still with out report from Miami, Fla , of the seiznre of the British schooner Auabelle by airplanes off Jewfish Creek, last Nun day: Commissioner Haync,s) said die had not as yet received word of the wi.ure from Florida .officials ami that as, soon as report was obtained it would be made' public . -Officials apiear'ed somewhat surprised at the reported ojieratioii of a large fleet of prohibition airplaues along the Flor i.l'i fn.'iHt ;i it W!ik lieli(veil that Dans j had not yt Im-cii perf ected for utiliintr a.. ..". I jir. i in yncii prorcsscu io nave no knowledege of the (aptain Lodgers re Iorted from Miami as being in com n'"1"1 "f ' "f the" airplanes which cap ! I tured the schooner Aauabelle The (iastonian Theater present tislay and Wednesday Anita Stewart in " The Invisible Pear.'' Also u good comedy and Pat he News. This is hirst Nati mal Week ut tlto (iastonian. ,0 WOMAN HARDING MAY NAME NEXT SECRETARY OF EMBASSY IN PARIS Miss Lucille Ateherron, of Columbus, ; 0., is being considered by President ! naroing urc nesi srtreiiy wi mil American Embassy in Paris. ' i T 1 r . If I- f T .- STRIKE SYMPATHIZER KILLED NEAR JENCKES SPINNING STATE CAVALRY PATROLS THE VILLAGE OF PONTIACi ARTILLERY HELD FOR DUTY Village Is Cut Off From Tele-1 phone Communication When Strike Sympathizers Cut Wires Machine Gun and I Coast Artillsry -Companies Are Held in Readiness Of fices of B. B. and R. Knight! Company Are Besieged. By The, Associated Press.) l'KO'll)i;.(.K, . Keb. 2 1. Two troops of State cavalry today patrolled the mill village of Pontine, tell -miles south of here, where winking cotton operatives yesterday besieged the mill and office of the B. B. and K. Knight Company. The cavalry, dispatched last night at the order of Governor fan fcinuci. was to be augmented today by a detachment with machine guns and pos sibly by one of four const artillery com- i pniiies rum sepi iasi nigtit in the ar j morii's hero. , " " o iiom leti'iiiioue coill-1 j munic.ition when strike sympathisers sev-j I ered tho wires, was quiet all night, ne- eonling to reports from the neighboring j I town of Arctic. Today Major fctnnuicl! ! A. Mall, commanding the cavalry, wia' j prepared to semi a detachment to Na-j tick, a village about eight miles from' here, in anticipation of a recurrence of; disturbances there. ' The Kightli Company, coast artillery corps, spent the night in the btute ar.j inories at 1 awtucket. The troops dispatched were billeted in the Knight flees ot w hich was wrecked by a mob late yesterday. Major Hall ordered every one to re lire to their homes, closed Main street to t rallie and seat a detail to see that the streets were kept cleared. There was no opposition to the movement of Hie troops. ( loi-nrmii. k.,i, is,,.. '. : ., . i . to 2.V rells of' o . a! "a Kent! coua.ries, directed all persons to desisl from riots and tumultuous assemblies, Mayor Kols-rt A. Kcnvon. of Paw tucket, warned labor leaders not to pa-! rade without pennission of the policV. Strikers Jam Street. TK'U' p I i.i. .11 U4 l- 1 i i ' I ... .i .. . "',,"I " c-xni" woraers ami sympntiiizers ,ani and aympntliizera jarn - Hied the streets of this villna-e todav , waving small American Hags, hut pro ' serving i ilence. McnliwhiV mounted 'cavaln- troops and police kept s.'riet jm trol forcing the throngs to keep moving. In the village of Poutiac, eight miles away, people remained in their housos with the blinds drawn down, and the i streets were virtually deserted except for I the cavalry patrol. The orders to re j main indoors were issued last night by the military authorities after ili.-tiirban-' ccs had occurred at the mills of the B. : B. and It. Knight Company, j In Nat iek hundreds of children, each bearing a tiny American flag, swilled the ranks of the strike sympathizers. There j was no cheering and in spite of the size I of the crowd and the tenseness of the sit I u.ition there was little noire of any kind. , A machine gun detachment of t h e ; 10:;d field artillery which arrived at Nnt- iek early todav from Providence, mount- ,.,i guns nt the mills involved in the ! strike. Field artilerynieii formed the a trol. HOW TO HELP YOUR COUNTY PAPER. ( From The Brorkvillc Ameriraii.) First of all, give the editor the news he wants it. (Jivv it to him, cvu though sometimes it does not get iutu the iiaper. He hasn't lime always to i tell yon why some pieces of nes arc . not nwd but tea to one he has a perfc' t j ly good and impcMonal reason. (ii.. j him tin- news, even though you may not i be eypeciiillv interested in it. fou; ! folks never think to give the editor news I except when they are concerned in it one i way or another. ! Kecond, don't give him.a piece of n'ws I and tell him you want it printed just as if is written. There's a right and a. I wrong way to do even such a simpic I thing as writing an article for a country : paper. One printer had to leave townj i Imc.-ius' he printed every piece of news I ust as it was handed in-spelling, punctna-; tion and all and printed it with the ' name of the person who gave it to him. j Third. .Ion 't try to play a joke through I the paper unless you explain it to tho; i editor. A thing in cold type looks a lot' j different and sounds a lot different from' i a thing repeated by word- or when the voice, a facial expression anil a gesture I perhaps, help to show its meaning. I Fourth, don't worry for fear the cd:-' i tor is making too wp'ch money. You I should wont him to be prosperous. He can and will give you a better paper. He will lie less likely t i have compromise with his conscience over certain kinds or" advertising. And, anyhow, he can't j"make a big fortune out of the paper he will be lucky if he keeps going, i Fifth, lie ready to tell your editor i when something in the paper pleases you i Once in a while you tell your preacher h. ' has a g:d sermon, so tell the editor f something uliout his paper, j Sixth, get your ctipy to him early. Tako it to him for the next week the; t day after the previous publication, if you ! can. It takes time to set. type, and make I a iwiper. Did vou ever wonder what the editor did all the time between public-.-! f tion Jays f Yon would know if you were. ; j publishing a newspaper yourself. lastly . oro in some dav when the naner i i, ii,, printed. Go in several times ' during the dav. and you will hav mora,! 0f realization of what a job It 1J to make a weekly paper. ; GIRLS ARE SENT HOME BECAUSE THEV WORE KNICKERBOCKERS TO SCHOOL PATTERSON, N. J., Feb. 21. War further to safeguard advancing prerogatives of the female apeci fically, the right to wear knickerbock ers where and when they please loomed in Patterson today. John Lyle, a travelling salesman, was pre paring to storm the board of educa tion to compel local high acbool au thorities to permit his daughter to at tend classes in the objectionable ap parel. The girl, Dora Lyle, and a friend, Iona Carola, were sent home by Prin cipal Francia R. North when they ap peared in class attired in knicker bockers. "Don't return." Professor North told them, the girls say, "until you have appareled yourself in sensible garments." He indicated that he meant skirts, whereupon Min Lyle wept out the ex pulsion to her father, who immediate ly iBsued notice of impending war. Mr. Lyle said to day he was prepar ing to take the issue before the city educational board. HAD CONSENT OF JOHN D. TO MARRY MAX OSER A,ge of Switzerland Riding School Master Is Still Ques tion of Dispute Among Rel atives. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. That lr! year old Mathilde McCoi'inick has obtained .. 'approval of her proposed marriage to to lontiac.Max Oser, Zurich, (Switzerland, riding nulls, the of-1 , iimi,i v. i,.. ,if..'.... ,lhu I). Bockefeller, Sr., was stated to day by family friends. It whs reported that his one condition was that. Oser should become nil Ameririiii citizen, but there was no confirmation of this front the Mi'Cormiek family. Mr. User's aire (till ivim mdiieet I " V - . iul ".'ie, ii iiuii-rioiB persons nere ai d MUft J?1 W VT, 7 UflV ii,", m u , i ' r'.e"' f .Mt( TZ '"""f ."T'," 1 ,"" ! ""i '" "m """"l? I lir ,ihL '" ""j i, K"" VMt,Hn inUT llrontl ""' 'he ''"t cousin to make himself !.,... i n... viiv...,i..t i.... i i ... ' . 1 door that Mr. McCorniick und Miss Ma-j thilde were not receiving. I "It is the oM custom in the old country," he tftld newspaper men camp ed about the McCorniick home, "when a couple become engaged for all her rel- at i vps to cal upon him, und al Ids rca- I fives call iis)ii her right nway. " Mrs. McCorniick, who recently ob I taiiied a divorce, maintained yesterday j her previous statements that she had i nothing to say regarding her d.iugtcr's ' t'ligngemyiit . DEATHS. IfOBKIfT VVADK JORDAN. Following an illness of tw weeks Kobeit Wade, infant sua of Mr. and Mrs. L. D, .Ionian died Monday af ternoon at 2::i() o 'clock, aged lo months. Funeral services were held ut the home on K'ast Third Avenue at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. A. li. Stanford, pastor of Main Hreet Methodist church. The lierenvcd parents have -the deep sympathy of .1 large circle of friends in the sorrow which has come into their home. I. .1. WILLIAMS. News was received in (iatonia last night of the death nt his home in States ille at 7 o'clock yestwrday evening of Mr. D, ,f. Williams, brother in law of Mrs. (ieorge A. Jenkins, of ftastonia. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were in Stati sville, having been soinm upi previously be cause of Mr. Williams' desperate ill ness. Death followed an illness of some time, Surviving is his widow, who as a hisfer of Mrs. Jenkins. Funeral ser vice,, were held in Statesville at II! o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Warren (iardncr motored to Hatesville this morning to attend the services. De ccastsl was a well known citizen of; Stntesville and his death is the cause of sorrow to many friends. MKS. NANCY HA.MSK.Y. Mrs. Niim-.v b'amsev, aged 74 yean. was found dead in the bed Sunday morn ing at Isr home in Stanley, where sle lived Willi lier niece, .Mrs. 1 . r . Ian non. Although s ic had Is-eu slightly : unwell for a few days, her death wa 1111 txsstel. Funeral services were con-1 ducted Monday at II o'clock at the' Stanley Lutheran church by U'v. Albert; Sherrill, pastor of the Stanley Methodist ' church, of which Mrs. ilamscy was a meuils-r, assisted by Uey W. W. Binl ' mcr. the Baptist pastor. Mrs. Ramsey, is survived by three.' brothers, Mr. Jacob Jenkins, of Stanley, j Mr. Itufus Jenkins, of Mount Holly, ami Mr. William Jenkins, of Lowell, and. mil' sister, Mrs. Mary Conipton, of Mo-j bile. Ala. Ib-r husband died a number i ! of years ago.) ! Attending the funeral r;m (rtv tonin j imrc Mrs. George Smith, Mr. Italian 1 Smith, Mrs. A. R. Rankin, Mr. J. L . . it t mi "eS8 nn" Mr- to--1,lOB- THE - WEMHEB ' - -! North Carolina, generally cloudy to-! . .l i exirerae avrin pwruvn, i SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS IN TROUBLE COMPANY PLANT JOSEPH ASSUNCAN KILLED i WHEN POLICE DISCHARGED RIOT GUNS IN CROWD Two Others Are Wounded in Disturbances Around . Mills When Mob Refuses to Dis perse Mayor Had Read Riot Act to Crowd - Hun dreds Gather Around Mill. (By The Associated Press.) i PAWTPCKKT, R. I.. Feb. 21. Joseph Assuuenn, "of Valley Falls, one of a group of strike sympathisers, was killed today when police discharged riot guns after a mob refused to disperse. Two others were seriously wounded. Mayor Kenyon, in command of the po lice, bad read the riot act to the crowd. The shooting occurred near the Jenckes spinning company 'a plant, where then) is a strike. .'. , , The Jenckes company has been operate ing its mills with partinl forces. A dis- ' turbtiiicc there yesterday wai marked bv a police attack on a crowd whieh halt ns:iiiilted four young women operatives.. The crowd that gathervdat the open' ing hour today numbered huiulrtils. Al j though national guardsmen had becit I held nt their armory here overnight they were not called and the police were ill ! charge of the patrol duty. Mayor Ken- ' i yon to.ik command of the situation him ; self. j The crowd was ordered to break up and moe on. When they failed ta do ' i so, the mayor read the riot act. he mob held its ground and tho order was I given for the o!iee to fire. . The riot guns were discharged and iu tht spray, j of shots Assiiuijan and four others were i i truck. Two 'of those wounded woro I said to be seriously hurt and they were I token to a hospital. The wounds of tho j other two were considered alight. RIOT IN PROGRESS. , (By The Associated Press.) PA WTUCKKT, ILL, Feb. 1. One man was killed, two were seriously wounded and six persons were hurt when the police used riot guns on a eorwd of 1 ,1)1X1 persona who gathered at the plain of the Jenckes Spinning Company, where a strike is in progress. The guns' wero brought into play when several patrol-' men had Inch knocked down after the arrett of three strike aympathizcra.' The dead man is Juan D 'Ass um Beau, of Valley Falls. Joseph Diax and Tony' llegoss, of this aity, Were taken to a hoa- I pitnl in critical condition. m :' Mayor Hubert A. Kenyon, witnessed the shooting. Jl had arrived at the gate ! of the plant early in the morning to ob serve the crowd that has customarily ' gathered to watch . working operative enter the mill. ; The, mayor, believing j that there was danger in the crowd, read ! the riot act. Hr then told the patrol' ! men to be careful and calm, but to do I their duty, and (o "shoot if neeessary.'? i Meanwhile women were pulling and ; mauling at the girls who were attempt , big Io enter the mill and aeveral of the I workers were knocked to the pavement, j The police put their shoulders to tbu I crowd and were countered; 'with fist and club blows. Throe- patrolmen were 1 knocked down and the arrests followed. A passing furniture van was com ; mamb ered by the police to serve ns a ' patrol wagon, but when the patrolmen attempted to hustle their prisoners a-' board it they were met with a bombard ment of Hf-Hies. Then riot guns swept the crowd. Eight persons fell, all but two of whom got Up and ran away. The crowd disiiersed. The Highth Coast Artillery Company, which was mobilized iu tho State armory last night for possible duty in eonnee. tion with tho strike tints, left the ar mory at, f! a. n. today. Its destina tion wat not made public. The distur bance at the Jenckes plant occurred af ter the departure of the troops. i TAYLOR MURDER MYSTERY FAR FROM A SOLUTION. (By The Associated Press.) LOS ANO.ELEM, Feb. 21. The mys tery surrounding the slaying Of William Desmond Taylor still remains as 'far from so'ution as when the body of the director was found in his apartments here almost throe weeks ago, investiga tors working on the case said today. With the elimination of Daniel Me Shea, a tnxicab driver, who had been re j ported as missing since the night of Fcb I ruiirv 1, the night on which Taylor was ! murdered, from any possible connection with the case, the investigators said they i again were "facing a itone wall" in i fhj'ir efforts to solve the erime. ' McSliea yesterday surrendered to the I authorities, who released him after i a two-hour examination. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NKW YORK, Feb. 21. Cotton fu tares eloocd steadr as follows: March lss.2.t; May 17.91; Jtilv 17.41; Octo- ber 16. SO; December 18.65; Sjwts 13.- TODAY'S COTTOSIMET 'Strict ta Good Cotton seed . . Middling ny,o ...Sle The --Black-aud-Tsns are hiking honia from Ireland. After this it is to ba . . , im.wi, ...