ONIA DAILY GAZETTE Weather: Fair Local Cotton 18 Cents VOU XLIII. NO. 48. GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 25, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GIST GASTON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL C0NVENTI0N IN OLJjllm HLuL llLAI iTLLtl Beginning Wednesday, March 1, Will Meet Twice Daily in First - Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Prof. M. A. Honline and D. W. , Sims to Be Principal Speak ers on the Program Con tinues Until Friday, March 3. The Gaston County fcJunday School Convention wil meet in Gastonia next ; week at the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, March 1, 2 and 3. The county Sunday School Association is an affiliated brunch of the N. C. Suu day School Association . When tho Association began aggres sive work, November, 1020, nino counties were organized; now 49 arc organized and all hare held conventions in 19-1 . In these 49 conventions, 972 Sunday Schools wero represented by 12,723 peo ple. Among those present were 4S7 preachers, 8a9 superintendents and 3,. 093 teachers. The State Association furnished two speakers for each of these conventions. Eighty-one townships held conventions in the first half vf this convention year, reaching about 12,000 people from boO Sunday Schools The program follows: FIRST SESSION. Wednesday Afternoon, Match l. .1:30 Devotioual.' Dr. .1. O. Galloway, Pastor of First A. it. 1'. Church, Gas tonia. J:40 The Teacher lkfore the Class. Mr. D. W. Sims, Genera! Superintendent North Carolina Sunday School Associa tion. Kaleigh, N. C. 4:10 The Needs of Religious Kduca tion. I'rof. M. A. lionliu , Associate Kdticational Superintendent of the In ternational Sunday School Association, Dayton, Ohio. 4:50 Period of Business: Attendance itecord. Announcements. 5:00 Adjourn. SECOND SESSION. Wednesday Night, March 1. 7:;!0 Devotional. Dr. J. Ii. Hendcr lite, Pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Gastonia. 7:40 The Weak Link in the Sunday 6chool..Mr. D. W. Sims. 8sl0 1'eriod of 'business: Kcport of County Oflicers announeenieuts. Attendance record undi 8:20 The Place of Keligion in Lduca-j tion, Prof. M. A. Uonlinc. j 9:00 Adjourn. THIRD SESSION. Thursday Afternoon, Match 2 ci.'jrt r. .....I i ah.i i i.... t. srt.nt ford, pastor f Main Street Methodist , i'i,,,.,.h Ccinnh, i 3:30'The Place of Lducatiou in Ke- J ugiou, i-ror. -vi . a. Jioiiune. 4:"o Problem Solving Period, con ducted by. Mr. U. W. irjims and Prof. M. A. Honline. : 4:50 Period of Hu.dness: Attendance ' record, announcement . 5:00 Adjourn. FOURTH SESSION. Thursday Night, March 2 I ! : i.ilni ' 7:31) Devotional. Rev. .1. W. Marks 'Lpiseopal' son, pastor of tit . church, (iastonia. 7:10 The Place of the Teacher- in Re ligious Education,. I'rof. M. A. Honline. B:15 I'criod of business; Appoint ment of commit tees. Record of atten dance. S;."0 Steps of Progress in Sunday School Work, Mr. 1). W. Sim. 9:00 Offering for support of the Xorth Carolina Sunday School Associa tion . 9:1j Adjourn. FIFTH SESSION. Friday Afternoon, March 3 r:,'0 Devotional, Rev. .1. C. Diet, i pastor of Lutheran church, (iastonia. ; 3:10 Tho Subject Matter of Religious Education. Prof. M. A. Honline. 4:25 Problem Solving Period, conduct ed by Mr. D. W. Sims and Prof. M. A. Honline. 4:50 I'eriod of business: Attendance record. Announcements. 5:00 Adjourn. SIXTH SESSION. Friday Night, March 3 7:30 Devotional. Rev. W. C. Bar rett, pastor of First Baptist church, Oastonia. 7:40 Trained Workers Why and How, Mr. D. W. Bims. 810 Period of business: Attendance i record. Report of committees and elec tion of officers. 8:30 The Child as the Object of Re ligious Education, I'rof. M. A. Honline. 9:00 Adjourn. Officers Gaston County Sunday School Association President, Prof. W. P. Orier; vice presidents': W. J. Francis, Marshall Dilling, W. L. Bait his; becrctary, Miss Georgia Copcland . Division superintendent: Children's, Misa Loin Long; Young People's, Mrs. J . Y. Miller; Adult, H. Rutter; Adunn istrative. W. II. Wray Township presidents: South Point, T tn:. Riv-r Prof. Excell r i m.. ..(..;.. i n, l.am; Dallas. Robert H. LrVis'; Cherry, j vi lln. M I . Min.o.t I t:iKt.oni.i. J. - 11. i Mauney; Oastonia, J. - H. i ! Kennedy. - Mabel Normand Improves. (By The Aswx-iated l'ress.) LOS ANGELES. Feb. 25 Con tinued improvement of Mabel Normand, film 'actrean, who' i suflfering from in iluenxa nnd nervous hreakdowu, wtls pro Uided early, today by her rliybician. Chicago And O- gy Explosion Of Thirty Tons Of r uynamite in Damage Estimated at Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Many Thought There Was Concerted Bombing Squads, Earthquake or Falling Meteor Only One Man Hurt. WAR DEPARTMENT CLERK IS GOFESSED AUTHOR Of DIIPVMMI I CTTCDC Ul ULftUMIInlL LLI ILIIO George E. Long, Veteran Em ploye, Wrote Threatening Letters to Prominent Wash- ingtonians Wanted to Help Poor Children of the City, He Said. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. George K. Long, veteran clerk in the War De partment, ami, according to the police, confessed author of the blnckmril lit ters recently received by Henry White, and several women prominent in Wash ington society, was tendering to t h e needs of n seriously ill wife and his three fiiiltli-pii tit their finmc tjul.'iv which lie 1.nililt,,, to r,.turil ,ninutos afu). tl(, uu,Ketl confession (ra : f , t M headquarters yester- day. .No complaint had been lodged a gainst him today, for sending the letters, and the police said none would be hied unless those who received the letters j showed a disposition to press the case 'against him. Tho authorship of the letters was traced bv a peculiarity in the hamlwrit ing and by a water mark used in the war department stationery. Long, whose reported confession followed two hours of (piestioning after he was taken into custody at his home yesterday, ae cording to the police, said: "I don't know why I wrote the letters; but I was anxious to see the children of the city provided for and I thought these rich people miirht help. " He added that jie j never v.ent to the places where he had (directed the money to be sen, and i " would not have touched it." WANT GUARDIAN FOR LOS ANGELES MILLIONAIRE . , , . . i.Ub A.XUtl.l-, rec. M . 1 - U - turn for the appointment or a guardian for William F. Wendt, Los Angeles mil lionaire, once known as tho "Iron King" of Buffalo, X. Y., was on file in the probate court here today. The petitioner is his wife, Mrs. Mary Wendt. .She asked that their daughter, Miss Mar garet Wendt, he named. Wendt disappeared for scvera hours Wednesday wun cunency, siocs uu; bonds , valued at $7o0,U0 ) m his posses-1 while olbeers were looking tor nn a warrant charging insanity. They, si on with locatd him Wednesday night and placed iiim in the psycopathic ward of the countv hospital pendinir a hearing bc- tore 'the Los Angeles county lunacy - )t .,,..--... 0.,1,.),,,,l.i . On Monday there also is scheduled to come up in the superior court here the ! suit of Wendt airainst his daughter for su,r 01 " V" . ' Mtendancc ' recovery of I5,000, which lie charges 1 she 'drew from a bunk wtihout his con j sent . recovery o. .T -i, v, ".V"" . I he petition ior a guaruiau aucgen Wendt is suffering from dementia and ia no longer capable of handling his own affairs. A Buffalo court declared him incompetent last December. ....,. .. I NORTH CAROLINA MifcTi , NEWBERRY TEAM TODAY ; ATLVNTA, OA., Feb. 23. Tho' meeting tonight b.'tween Vanderbilt and , Oeorgia, old rivals in all forms of col- ' Icl'C sport, was looked forward to as one ot the ehict events ot the second ! round of the Southern college basketball tournament here. ! Thc contest .scheduled between Kcn ' lucky, last year's champions, and Mer- cer, promised to be another feature of 1 Hie second round. The game between thc ' Chattanooga quintet and Tulane will complete the evening schedule which fol iws three contests during the afternoon These bring together South Carolina and Wofford; Mississippi College and Ten nessee, and North Carolina and Ncw Iwrry. Alabama and Goorgfa Tech were passed into the third round by failure of opporcnts to arrive. HULL CALLS IN LEADEff OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TULSA, Okla., Feb. 23 -Mrs. Kuiily Newell Blair, of Joplin, Mo.. Democratic National Committee woman for her state and prominent in politics, received a message from Oordcll Hull, chairman of tho Democratic, National Committee, ast night, requesting her to come to Washington to confer concern ing eadersliip of the National Demo cratic woman's organization. Mrs. Bair returned to Joplin last week and will go to Washington Tues day. Mrs. Blair had becu prominent in na-1 tional suffrage work many years. Her husband is an attorney with officers in. Joplin and AVashington. i INTEREST SUBSIDES IN STORY OF H. M. FIELCS LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2. Interest I resulting from the "confession" of yc '":r f? .'?" ""egeci ueians ot ine mur icr u , William Desmond Tay!or, film director, " ' today. 'ithn.,t out-j 1 , ,' j is- i i i i a , " disbelief In Fields' statements. ' . ". "T". """" :u " ! declared they had been tinable to sub-! . .utiAtit i tii j it-iuB Bmtviui'iiw). in j i Thai, I A stantiato any of the allegations Fields ; made to the Detroit authorities. t'i. . : : Ai i e l....nlt- ! 1 i. : a . .1 , t t : A I anjrij- into a n'sumiiiion ot me iuuctt of running to. ground the "tips" niysM tery that were said to be reaching the! various officials as during the tlaya af : tcr'Fcbrunry 1. .... ! Suburbs Shaken! I o. , oione vuarry (By The Associated l'ress.) CHICAGO. Feb. 23 Chicago and dozens of iU suburbs today found out just what caused the explosion which literally shook them to their foundations I ( -au"t :i frenzy of excitement last; ) night. Thirty ton of dynamite let go I in a stone quarry southwest of the city shortly before nine o'clock and hundreds I of thousands of alarmed residents went to bed not knowing just what hud hap pened to shake them up, damage prop erty and give rise to rumors and reports 1 01 eoucertcrt niombing squads, nn earth-1 ! quaxe, a railing meteor, and disaster to. koiiic of the major manufacturing plant For an hour after the blast, Chicago and its suburbs were in furore. The smashing of glass in thousands of win-1 (lows, the shaking of the buildings and' the noir of the explosion gave rise to reports that bombings were occurring! simultaneously in many parts of tho city. While the police and newspaper of - ti ... a l.. i l t l.. I., uct's ncn uuotieti mm iniiiurcus ui ," cjnines ana thousands or rrigtitoncit per sons were trying to find the sauxce of the! blast. The Associated Press, tlirongh a crious coinriden.e, wms able to give the first authentic cause of the explosion. A Mono railroad signal tower at Dyer. I ml., received a definite word of the blast, and this was relayed to tho ! Mono dispatcher t Lafayette, Ind., ' whence it was transmitted to a Lafayette newspaper and the word of the explosion on the edge .of Chicago came back to the city over The Associated Press wires. In spito of the large area, affected by the blast, only one man was seriously injured, (though scores were cut by glass and shaken and bruised, some of them living milca from the scene. Al bert Kendle, the injured man, was op erating n crane some distance from the explosion and sustained a broken arm. Heports that hundreds had been killed proved groundless. The McCook quarry of the ( onsuiners Conmanv. nbout 11 miles from rihicairTi . downtown district, contained two powder! ' magazines where dynamite was stored i to thaw out and dry. In each magazine! ;K()0 f.;1SeM of dvnamit( were store, each containing fifty pound of the explosive.! The causo ot the explosion probably never win oe Known, ji is possmie niai a case of tho dynamite fell on another case or that a rafter fell on a case. " ! The damage caused by the explosion i" . nutSttinti.fi tit- liiiii.lrit.la rtf t liniis.n nilsi of j dollars. There is little to show the ef- fwt of (ho j)ast J(t ,,u, SJ1()t wl(,r(1 it no. , a (treat hole in the ground some fif, fo(1, wid(, ., thc ,.lc0 where v sloo,i L'OU feet long marks terdav the powder magazines stood Workmen at. the qua try today working at the edge of thc crater ( tGQQJ gAMARITANS" ROBBED NEW YORKERS 0 F$153.O0O (Bv The Associated Press.) XKW YORK. Feb. 2o. Police to rdav were seeking Good Samaritans" j ' who relieved two New York business men ' tnli mi n r irnniB .lllil l'l rri'lU'V 11 IIIOII II I 1 w to morn than $133,000, when they ... - unconscious in fainting spells. Leo Sherman, .Manhattan diamond im porter, fainted in the Times Kquaro sub way. When he he awakened in Hellevue hospital sometime later, he announced he lmd bopn T,h)H f .lij.monds which he snj,i wt.rt worth $7.-1,000. me name or tne second victim nas 1101. ; l""1'" known. '1 ho police say he, suffered an attack of vertigo after leav ; "'"""k' 1"'M inir a brokerage ollic j withdrawn $7OU0. Passers-by carried I him into u doorway and he was revived. One of his "benefactors," police way, made away with the money and a dia niond cravat pin when the man was un conscious. : NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND RAINY NEXT WEEK . (By The Associated Press.) . WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Weather! i predictions for the week beginning Mon- j day are: Middle Atlantic States: Temperature, near normal: snow or rain Tuesday or; ) Wednesday, otherwise fair. ' South Atlantic and east tJulf: Normal I 'temperature; considerable cloudiness ; rains first half of week. 1 Dead at Age of 94. The Kings Mountain Her;jld of the' 2rd says: Mrs. Aunio Reichel died at conditions in the Near Last are arriving her secluded home Ix'tween Bessemer , daily at the Cituuis National Bank. City and Liuwood college Monday. The Flint Mill, 13.10; Arlington Mill, remains were brought to Mountain Rest j 3.5 . 70 ; Myrtle Mill, $11. fin. An ad cemetery tor interment Tuesday ami ' (iition.il check for $7.01 was received Rev. H. B. Schacffcr conducted the ' from the McAden Mill this morning, in funcrnl. She was born in Germany ill J creasing the gifts of McAdciiViKe U years ago and moved to this country with! 37.S.01. her husband who died in 1911 at the' age of 7. She is survived by a son. i Will, and two daughters. Mrs. and Mrs. Finn. Bomby Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NFW YOH NEW YORK MARKET (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Feb. 2.". Cotton fu- mies ctom ti ltlt t,t . 1.. March 18.4H; May 1S.22; July 17.57; October li.S7; December 16.70; binits IS.ho. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Strict to Good Middling ISC .SIC Cotton iced . G1 coSnofkInsas shb n viti Rrni so SHE CAN KILL BLUE LAWS. Miss Helen Pettigrew, auburn haired, i I blue eyed slender, pretty and only 20 ! .., nn hi latest nnl'tir.il nmhUm i J ' -. r r m Kansas She is running for governor f thr rra stt trrarHitiu m n.u. paper reports from Kansas City, Miss Pettigrew includes in her campaign plat- form opposition to all blue laws, and favois the cause of light wines and beer, rbiie believes that women should Have Uu right to dress as little or as much as they please; ii in favor of Jazz music, and says women have the constitutional j rieht to emoke BOLD BURGLAR ENTERS H. Scream8 of Young Lady ArOUS - ed Household But Unidenti- fied Man Gets Away. A burglar entered tin , home of Mr. Long Avenue, morning and the household not secure anv- ! H. hchneider, Jib Lust at n early hour this frightened members of but, so far as known, did thing ot value. Arous.d by the screams i f .jss Dora .S hnieder. who awoke to And the man standing over her bed with , his haml on her arm, Mr. i-v-hneidcr "ushed to his daughter's room and as he ,, I so the burglar escaped. Kfforts to ;t. : "'I the electric lights revealed the j fuel to, ! the burglar had taken the re- I caution unsvreiv every lirht bulb it: the house. Miss Charlie lluss, at the Huss home next door, awakened by M'.vs Schneider's ;-.ere;nns. looked out of her window and saw the man running. j! is not known whether l.e was white or colored . The police department wns notified at once ami members of tho force were soon nn Ho. frrollllil loit wi fn r no elilo h:i4 lieeri ,(.V(.(ll.,i as to tnu identity of the per petrator of this ci'inn i i. i - t p .. i. Mr renaeiuei is oi 1 lie opiino'i vna-. i I the man secreted hiinsef ui the housr : early in t!ie evening while ail members I of the family were absent. He was the first to urrive at home, reaching there 'about it oY'oi-k. While reading a iicv.k. j paper he thought he heard someone a I the house and made what, lie thought was 1 a thorough search which convinced him )u, w,s j,,!,,,.,.,,. As a r,.slllt ,lf h,,r in,.n, bllI.K.,r M i ss Dora Sehneid. 1 r with I ''K' si.n' r.-.: ., 1 co . ei in- severe nervous shock Out i from tne elicits very uiceiy. ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEAR EAST RELIEF WEST SCHOOL FLIES THE NEAR- EAST SCHOOL BANNER West school, under the i'lic'nnt and effective leadership of Superintendent Aboruothy, has sent in a check to Near Ksat headquarters for $ I :i'.t . '.m, nine teen dollars more than enough to care for two orphans for a vcar. "And a little child shall lead them. " COTTON MILL OPERATIVES STILL CONTRIBUTING Checks for thc relief of distressing OKtAllK LUKAY . i A committee of Loray ladies are mak- ing an active lanvass of the tir"uter Lo- ray community today. Tho canvass be j gall yesterday and early in the lifter j noon 1,00' i envelopes had been distribtit i ed and a caM sent in to headquarters ' for more. Lorav holes to hoist the. Near Fast banner for single mill contri butions . ENCOURAGING REPORTS. Reports of Near East Relief collec tions from Dallas, Bessemer City, Iiowcll nnd other county points are most encouraging and all of them will do more than tpiota a portioned them. A number of places in the county an' yet to be heard from and nil are requested to remit collections at the earliest possible ! convenience to the Citizens National Bank (iastonia.. Tomorrow ia the last! day of active campaigning, but cwntri-l bution begladly received at "y ' time. The new' is always with us. ' I CSV J y it V K i ill nY ?v i 1 K lvf I;ir v f API "il bonus! proposition is (again in hands of ways 'and means committee Sub Committee Fails to Pro vide Any Way to Finance Soldier Bonus After Reject ing Sales Tax Prooosal Look to Harding to Offer So lution. M'.y The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON', Feb. 25 . Failure of the spieial tuhcotiiiiiittcc uf republi can uicmU rs of the Huns'' Ways a n d Verms roiiiinittce to approe any provis ion for liii.'iueiiig of the soldiers' bonus, .t:'ut 1 1 i -i-1 nf tin sales 1 ;i x proposal by ml.' of 7 lo 2, had placed the question a. i in loorn in the bands of the entire iiiajuriiy ineiiibersliip of the committee lor tnrther studv of the ituation. Jn addiiion to the vote nirninst the srihs tax. tli" sill inniillee wns innlel stood to have uoue on record yesterday, o to -t. in frivr of i. po'tiiq; out a bonus bill ii'liiii! any piopositiou for raising the: revenue. Tie majority members ef lh" commit I tee " - 1 1 rot in, el again until next Tiles ; day, li;:iiii; ao.iounie.l vestevday after rt'ceixing the report of the sub-eonunit I ce ! to permit time for study of the whole que I inn bid ore reaching a decision on' its rei'iimmemlat ions. The sentiment of I i the ma.joiity. numbers wns said by j ! of Milne to t.nor rat ilieat Ion ol t lie aid loll i b lomniitlee, bariiiiL' unforeseen dev. lopan nts In to:,, I Some nppor: i- ,.i' in.wew.r. m pnmin Tuesday . the riles tax plan, their hopes iod.ty to the po tii.it President Harding li:l);lil aain take a hand in the si I iint imi, believing that it was the present inten tion of the committee to report out leg islation b;;sed on pioeeeds from tne re fiinde.l foreign bonds, a plan of Uhich, liny said, tie' President had expressed disapproval . Those who favor a bonus bi'l without any revenue provision, sriid tin - i iiuld be followed by another nieas are piiniilini; for the us of the bond pro- i ,-e.-., ulib-li should be available they be- Mrewd, in pait, at least, before th" cash j I'.a.Min nts to former m-rvice men would i ''" i ii- : COTTON COMMISSION MAKES rXvOMMEN DAT IONS. ( I'.y The Associu,ti d Press.) ORLKANS. Feb. 23. Com- mitt.e ehairiiieu arc today piitting into loi-in tor pri'seiitation to the governors of tin' cotton growing states the reeoin- iicndaiioiis ndoptetl by the cotton stales cotniuis'-iou, wliich cinicluileil a two-day se-sion hire late yesterday. Among the nunc important objects of the roiuinis inn is the formation of a permanent eottou commission whose membership will be composed of three commissioners from each state in the cot Ion belt, one of whom shall be an officer of his stale's department of agriculture. The objects of such permanent orgntii zitinn would lie "the control. of in.ect pes's, the bittci meiil of living condi tions for farm dwellers, the establish meiil of adi-(iiale and uniform ware house systems, reduction of the costs ot iiiaikeling. the financing of the fanner .lining periods of depression and mar k'ling and other problems of like char nder. ' ' Pending the organization of the per manent cominirsion through the action of the governors the organization which , fori I here this week with the elec tion of 1!. (). Kverett, of Durham, -N . C.. as chairman, will continue to func tion and wiil make every effort to secure tin- iidoptii f the plans formulated i. 11 bv the several states. BEGINNING INQUIRY INTO THE ROMA DISASTER i . ., . 1 I By Th. XOUI'OI.K, inquiry by an vssjciaieu icw.i VA.. F. b. 25. Formal army investigating ari 1 into the rounding ' ble Jioma hilling .' t ters of th a uses an. i el rcumsiaiucs ior-1 he di-aser to the semi-ilirigi it annv supply base, I uesday men, was begun at hoadquur supply base here this morn ; ing. Preliminary investigations have I been made both by Langh'.v field officers and olliecrs especially detailed by ihe , War Di partmeiit, and these will be sub mitted to the board. The inquiry is in the nature of a coro ner's inqmst and it is th' inttnti'Mi of th-- board, acting under inst i u.-t ions from the War I 'eon 1 1 ment. lo bring out eveiv feature of tiie i rash before the re- pol l is inritle. ' Caplaiu i. B. W. st, medical ofiicer, who ixamined 1 he bodies as they Were , removi 1 from tie- wreck of the airship '. . lest rib. . I the nature of the burns' suffer ed bv imiv one of the victims. tne i ths.-iiptiou did for all. for the bodies were cooked and seared alike, he fold th" board. It i understood that medi cal ollieers testilied that the majority met death from burns, some having been j asphv xiated, and other being crushed toi : death by the steel girders and suports. , Following Captain West, rrfheers and' attache of Ihe army base testified as to I the 'position of the li.ima n the air when ! s-be was first seen approaching the r'-ser -i vation from a northeasterly direction. S"er:il described their impressions when tiiev fiist s.'iw the airship and all lagged that they thought she was in ! trouble. Statements as to the rudder supports, apparently giving away on the h ft hand: !de. throwing tiiose on the light into a' vertical jiosition, were practically the same as those made on the afternoon of the tragi dy. The memb'-rs of the board are Majors !. Johnson, ' H. Jouret. and J. Mc-i Murnev, all stationed at Langley field. GEN. CARR BETTER. (By The Associated Press.) Ttl'KH AM. N. C Feb. 23. The con.lition of General Julian S. Carr, fominander in-chief United Confederate j Veterans, who has boon seriously ill with Influenza at his home here since Sunday, was much improved this morn- ihe. t was stated at the uflke of hi9 secretary, ' liNDRU, FRENCH BLUEBEARD, PAID LIFE PENALTY ON THE GUILLOTINE EARLY TODAY Maintained Until the Last Air of Indifference and Cynicism Stoutly Refuses to Confess Faced the Executioner's Axe Without a Trem or Crowds Gather to Witness the Execution. PARTY OF SCIENTISTS WILL INVESTIGATE WE1R0 ' NOVA SCOTIA GHOST; Many Have Visited Haunted House Onlv to Flee in Ter- ror Tell Tales of Being Slapped by Hands Flying' Around Loose in the Air. (By The Associated Press.) HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 23. A party of inquisitive ncicntist now threatens to break in upon the (piiet of the Antigoiiish ghost wluxse fame grows with each new thrill it cause. The exclusive wraith will make the acquaintance of a small group of dis tinguished men. if pans being dis cussed today are tarried out. Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, director of tho American Institute for Scienti fic Research, New York, has de clared his intention of calling at the haunted house if he can nrrange a leave of absence. The Antigoiiish ghost has gotten to be quite an international affair since first heard of a few months ago. The haunted house is the homo of Alexander MacDonald, near Cale donia Mills, in 11 little inhabited valley deep in the mountains and woods. Mr. MacDonnld, his wife and their adopted daughter, fled the place in terror in the dead of win ter, with weird tales of ghostly cattle tampering and a series of in expli"able tires. The talc obtained wide credence, and the provincial police sent a de tective to the place, lie was accom panied by a newspaper man, the two taking up their residence in the MaiDoiiald house for three nights, fleeing it, finally, with nn eerie tale of being slapped in the night by hands that didn't nooiii to be at tached to anything in particularf Now comes the cnlL for scientists ' investigation. I BROTHER DECLARES THAT j SMYTHE TOLD TRUTH (Bv The Associated Press.) I CH ICAOO. Fob. 23. Robert M. I Smytho, Jr., brother of Lieut. Clifford j Y. Smythe, onu of the victims of the I Roma disaster, today reiterated his j statement made ust Weduesday that ho I had seen letters from his brother in the air service, declaring the Roma unsafe. I ' The letters were addressed to my I father or my mother, who gave them to .me to read," he said today, following j tho reported denial 0 tho statements I credited to Lieutenant Symthe by his ! father, Robert M. Smythe, in Hampton, I Va., yesterday. ; "I don't r. call exactly what they said,; I except that ihr motors were working . I poorlv and that Lieutenant Hmvthu re-' turned from Hie- lloinri tnur trip' by train. I lune every reason to lliink that I Dr. Nicholson in. v;..i...M,.v ... ... 1,.. I Was ; very close friend of the family rre.spon.led with my brother regie un,i , ;irv. ' jj wa:J ,- J. M. Nicholsjii who gavi out what he said was the text of Lieute nant Smythe 's letters expressing the opinion that tho Roinn was unsafe. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smythe. Sr., will arrive in riUieago tomorrow at'te;. noon with the Lody of their s ui. WANTS INSURANCE FOR AUTO INJURED BY BULL. (By The Associates Press.) TtM'I'K A. Kas.. Feb. 2."). Fred Kniidson, a farmer, today appealed to the slate superintendent of insurance for aid in collecting collision insurance on lis automobile. Kiuulsoii in Ids com plaint states that he painted his automo bile lid, that a bull at a public sale at Orion attacked it and that the insurance company refused to even consider his claim . PLAN TO STANDARDIZE ALL JUNtUK CULLt-liJii ter 10 o'clock were treated to a very in MLMPH1S, TF.NN., Feb. 2o. .foresting concert given by the Detroit Plans for the standardization of juni.r ; Syihphony Orchestra sent out by tho IV colhgis in the Cnitcd States, based on! ''"it New Radio Station. This wonder a committee report providing a currieii-! ful orchestra which compares favorably lum covering two years for such institu- ""''' the Boston Symphony Orchestra tions. were under discussion at today's ":ls miiril so clearly that it could easily session of the second annual conventi' n ' understood and the applause of the her- of the American Association of ; audience in the theatre iu which the pro Junior Colleges. gram was given was clearly heard. A!- . Z j so. one of the special features of the con. HARDING THINKS NAVAL i cert program was the solo of Miss Me- Fnprir. nirr.HT to re an rum Neeley accompanied by a violm and AVASHINGTON, Feb. 2o. Presi dent Harding is umh'rst'iod to have told republican mcmU-r of the House naval committee at a White House conference today that while he felt some reduction should Ito made in. the naval personnel the total number of enlisted men ought not to be out under 80,000. PATDOLMAN SHOT I FOLLOWING BIG EXPLOSION f CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Patrolman Mi 'cliacl Forgan, ot Argo, Ilia., was proba bly fatally wounded early 'today when he was allot through tho bead while stand ing guard in front of the Summitt State Bank, the windows of which had. -been shattered by the explosion of di"auiit iu McCook quarry, nearbjv . ( By The Associated Press.) VL'RSAILLKri, Feb. 23 Henri De sire Landru, "Blue Beard of Gam brnis. " convicted of the murder of ten women and one youth, gave his lifo this morning in exchange for the eleven ho had taken. The trianiful.tr knife of , the guillotine fell at (i:03 o'clock, twenty 'v minutes after the time originally set ",r U1L' execution, me ieiay causinc many lo express tlie erroneous opinion that Laudru was making a confession. Mysterious until death, Laudru resented Father Loiselles' query as to whether he had any confession to make. "It is an insult to a man like me." ( was his reply. "Had I any confession lo make. 1 would have inudo it long ago," but never did he utter tho word ("Innocent" as he had failed to utter during his "4 months of imprisonment and the twenty one days of his trial. j He ref used the sacrament, but con versed a few moments with the priest. "I shall bo brave, never fear," ho told the clergyman. Vlthouirn plans for thu execution had been kept in utmost secrecy, crowds be gan to gather about thp old Versailles jail a little after midnight. Tho clatter of cavalry horses along Georges Clemen ceau slreet. in which the execution took idace, was plainly audible in Landrtt'a ceil, and when he awoke he heard the sounds1 of hammers as workmen erected "timbers of justice " by the flickering light of two square, old fashioned candlo lanterns. The guillotine was erected only a few feet from the uiain entrance of the jail. At 0 o'clock the doors of the prison opened slowly, revealing in this court yard the procurator general, the warden of the prism and Iaudru's two lawyers, M. Moro GiafTeii and M. D. Dutrcuil. Then Laudru apeared clud in dark, trousers and white shirt. Ilia beard, which was one of his most striking char. ncUristics. and which had become fami liar to thousands through jmlilication of his portrait during tho trial, had been trimmed, his head was shaved, and his neck and face were deathly pale. He walked exriitly live steps before the executionist ' assistant caught hiitt around the waist and levelled him on tho table, which was immediately upended; the heavily weighted knife alid down, aud the whole affair was over in less than twenty seconds. 1-nndru never faltered from tiie time he apjiearcd in the door: lie gave the guillotine onu look, suu.-ircd his shoulders nnd walked erect, uttering not a word. s The crowd, which had been kept at such a distance that it saw nothing of; ihe details, uttered no cry, and the lil. ' ence was only broken by tho bugles ; tounding reveille in the nearby barracks., and the anelus bells. The platoon of. cavalry with sabers bared, saluted as tho "nivstcry man" went to his death. Then the hundred or so newspaper cor respondents and the few officials whr . had witnessed the execution left the scene, while outside the lines of cavalry the citizens of Versailles and many from Paris were asking: "Is it ail over . " There aeetned to be more pity than bittern ss. anil never a word of invective against the man who had just paid the pcnaltv for a series of the foulest mur ders in the criminal history of France. CIVILIAN GUARDS ARE REPLACING THE MARINES. WASHINGTON".' Feb. 25. Replace mi nt of marines mail guard by a spe cially recruited force of men from the Department is now being carried out by the PostoiTice Department, it was stated i today by postal officials. Officials said it was expected that within a short time all marines now engaged in guarding the mails won!. I be withdrawn. Thc civilian guards are being carefully selected and will fin in a permanent service, it was as serted. Since the murines have been on duty robberies have decreased and postoffiec department officials have been highly plea-ed with the result. Heard Detroit Orchestra. Visitors who lingered tit the Radio room of Michael & Bivetis last nislit af- flute. Besides hearing Detroit, tho vis- , itors were able to hear" Pittsburgh, Chi cago aud Washington, D. C. . Died From Injuries. GREENWOOD, S. C. Feb; 25. D. T. Kinard, president of the Cam bridge Bank of Ninety Six, who had both legs broken and was otherwise injured by a falling wall while lighting a tiro which destroyed three atore buildings st Ninety Six Wednesday night, "died at B local hospital today. THE. WEATHER North Carolina, cloudy tr ,;'.t and Sunday, possiMy rain in south portion, no change in temperature,