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TONlA "DAILY GAZETTE OAS Local Cotton 17 1-2 Cents VOL. XLIII.NO. 51. GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS v Weather: : Rain MECKLENBURG MAN MAY ENTER TRIANGULAR RACE FOR THE SOLICITORSHIP Reported in Charlotte That , Mecklenburg Attorney May Enter Race for Solicitor Against Wilton and Dolley Heretofore Solicitor . Has Come From Gaston County and Judge From Mecklen burg. A Mecklenburg 'attorney nmy also en ter the race agaiust Solicitor Wilson, ac cording to reports coming from Meck lenburg county, and summarized in the following story in The Charlotte News of Tuesday: That Solicitor George W. Wilson will be opposed in the June primaries by an attorney of the Charlotte bar was indi cated Tuesday at the court house when the proposition was being freely discu cd in connection with the solicitor s tii- iiounccment made Monday to the cfrf-ct that ho would offer himself again tothe voters of this district for the offi The Charlotte Hnr Association will dorse a local candidate, it was accordance with the desires of a Jiimlier of attorneys that this position be to a Mecklenburg attorney. That is no opposition to the solicitor such as is bused on the sentiment : local attorneys that he has held I fice long enough was plainly stated The names of a number f local ntvr nev were ueiiur mentioned in connection with tho post, but the plan as being no discussed by a number of Charlotte at tonieys is to select only one candidal! from the local field and concentrate up on him. What eff""t, if any, '.ho proposed can didacy of a Mecklenburg man will have upon the district judgeship is vet to be worked out. There has ben a friendly working agreement among t ie leading party men of both Gaston and Mecklen burg 'in the matter uf office disti ibutioii and by reason of this arrangement and under; landing, Mecklenburg wax given the right to select a candidate for the judgeship while Gaston nominated the solicitor. Mecklenburg thereupon nom inated Judge Harding and (Iaston unit ed on Mr. Wilson f'r the solicitorship. It is thought by sonic that the proposi tion being put forth lure to Humiliate a man for the solicitorship in opposition to Mr. Wilson might militate against the future operation of the agreement which effects the judgeship now being held by Mr. Harding. LENTEN SEASON BEGINS TODAY, ASH WEDNESDAY Observance of This Season by Leading Denominations Be coming More General Espe cially in the Cities Sched ule of Services at St. Mark's Church Here. The church season of L. nt begins to day. Ash Wednesday, and brings with it to millions of Americans a time of special religious observance. The life of the cities of America is in very marked way affected by the use ma le of l.inl as a season of devotion and its I, old grows up on the eliurchi'8 of important deiiomina tions in tho larger civic centers; some times by n greater number of services in the churches tilld most widely by united noon day services in downtown churches or theaters. Lent is essentially a season of devo tion, wherein the practice of prayer and a more intimate knowledge of the Christ, through Scripture rending and preaching, give richer spiritual opportunity for God ' people in the time of their chosen retirement from the pleasures of the world to find themselves repentant and alive to Uod. The church appointments at St . Mark 's Episcopal church for A h Wednesday in eluded n service ut 11 o'clock this morn ing and ut 7:.'!0 this evening. Throughout Lent, in addition to the Sunday services, there will lo week day services as follows, until Holy week: Mondays at 5:13 p. ni. ; Wednesdays at 7:.'0 p. n. and Fridays at ":1." p. in. The afternoon devotions will last one half hour. The rector, Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, and tho congregation of St. Marks church have extended a cordial invitation to our citizens to attend the Lenten services. i THE WEATHER North and South Carolina, rain to night and Thursday, somewhat warmer Thursday in east portion. Florida, unsettled weather with local rains late tonight or Thursday, colder j Thursday afternoon in north portion; much colder Thursday night. Alabama, rain tonight, probably clearing Thursday morning; much cold er, cold wave in southwest portion with temperature near freezing to the coast Thursday morning. . CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. Tuesday, February 28. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of merce Glee Club. Coin- Wednesday, March 1. 7:30 p. m. Textile Superin tendents Club. Thursday, March 2. 4:00 p. m. Board of Directors. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. Friday, March 3. 7:30 p. a. Chamber of Com merce Glccn Club. 0 II en- siild. in given I I there i keept i liming k of- I i I V I GIRL BANDIT RUNS AMUCK IN SYRACUSE SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 1. A girl bandit, armed with a repeat ing rifle, and a rerolver, accompanied by a man equally well armed, raided a store in the Tillage of Camillus near Syracuse early today, and in the residential section of Syracuse en gaged in a running gun battle with the police which ended in the arrest of the girl and the escape of her comrade. The girl under arrest is Myrtle Bates, 22. According to the story of Ernest Monyea, taxi driver, the girl and the man entered his car in the centre ot Syracuse and ordered him to drive to Camiilus. The girl covered the driver. At Camillus, Benjamin Hart, grocer, was shot and seriously wound ed. Returning to Syracuse the taxi cab was trapped by seven patrolmen. Firing her rifle and pistol, the girl covered her comrade's escape. She refused to give the man's name. EVANS SPARROW, WHILE IN BRITISH HOSPITAL, TALKED TO THE PRINCESS Young North Carolina Officer of 120th Infantry Was in British Hospital 111 With Flu When Princess Mary Came Along and Talked to Him Told Her Tales of Wild and Wooly West. Evans Sparrow, a son of Rev. (ieorge j A. Sparrow, pastor of Union l'resbyter- inn church in this county, ta;kcd to!f01)r I rincoss .Marv, or t-nirlaim, while in , HrUlsh jJUS(,i'r:l j jyis during the i World War, according to information gnim.il by The Charlotte News. Mr. Sparrow had a lot of fun out of the royal Knglish lady while he was a patient in tho hospital. The News' story reads: Today the eyes of the world are cen tered on Westminster Abbey, where Princes., Mary of Kngland is to lie wed ded. She is the object of admiration of the world. Hut back in the days of the World War, she was the object of good liatured " kiddin;; " on the part of a Tar Heel doughboy. The doughboy soldier of Uncle Sam was Kvans Sparrow formerly a partner in tin' Spnrrow-Blaiiton Wholesale Gro cery Company of this city, but now of Statesvilh'. He is a brother of (ieorge Sparrow of the local bar. At the time of his meeting with Prin cess Mary, Mr. Sparrow was a first lieutenant of Co. " M ". U'mh Infantry, With Division. Ho was in a British hos--pital. suffering with the "tin" immedi ately following the great September of fensive, in litis. Princess Mary visited the hospital. mm ing from bed to bed, and shaking liainls wttli sick tommies. fMie was j greatly surprised to learn that Lieuten ' ant Sparrow was an American and ling j cred for a time and chatted with him. j Then it was that the doughboy as ! saved to jest with the Princess. She ! seemed to have an idea that all Amer ! ican sildiers were ''wild and wooly'' i cowboys and the mischievous officer tol ; her he was a cow herder from Montan,-, I nnd related to lu r all kinds of thrillin tale. a mailer or tact, lie was only la salesman from Charlotte. Yet he was a iuisk.v aim romtsr ciiapt ami the I rincqss be-ieved his story. The Princess was impressed with the who more than once he lay on his cot. probably grea young A merit : smiled to himself HELD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF MAN IN 1670 H ram f NaM b. Alisi C.porire Nichols, on Trial For Crime Committed 52 Years Ago. (Hy The Associated Press.) Tl'SCALOOSA. ALA.. March 1. Several of Hie older residents of Home, (ia., will be witnesses when the hearing on a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Hiram Casey Nettles, alias (ieorge Nichols, is called in circuit court here on March 11. Horace C. Alfor.l, attorney for the State of Georgia, declared today. The sates f Alabama and (ieorgia charge that Nichols is Nettles, and that he is responsible for the death of Peter Moviney at Kome, October il. 170. Other witnesses for the two common wealths will lie members of the man's own famiiv, Mr. Alford stated It was through the divorced wife of Nichols and his eldest son. Hiram Nichols, that the history of tho Koine I killing came to the attention of the' I courts, tho attorney said. j Mrs. Nichols was granted a divorce in' this county about one year ago, t ho ! records show. This proceeding led to the inquiry, Mr. Alford said. 1 The defense, it is understood, will pre-; sent numerous witnesses in an attempt j to substantiate Nichols' statement that1 be is not Hiram Casey Nettles and tluitj ue never went under any name but Inst own, wiucn lie maintains is .Nichols, lie: lias presented marriage certificates to show that he was twice married under the name of Nichols. Nichols was arrested Monday on a warraut issued in Jefferson county. Governor Kilby at once granted a retpii sitioti drawn by Governor Hard wick and j directed that the man be turned over to jlhe sheriff of Floyd county, Georgia, for; railing as far south as Corpus Christi, . re t, rce-i I in hii r. . ..r U..kA..tT...,. Tl. 1.. .. ....,, v,.-., I ..... n. ... - - --' v Diutv 111 AKdUdni corpus proceeding;! utsyed removal of the I prisoner. Both the state and defense'. have thft right of sppoal from the deei- ion of tuc circuit court when tho mat ter is determined by that tribunal. FOUR TENNESSEE BANDITS DIE IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR MURDER OF GEO. LEWIS Charles Petree, Tom Christ ' mas, Otto Stevens and John McClure Convicted of Bru tal Murder of Knoxville Man on May 30, 1921 Sen sational Trial in Town of ' Clinton. 'Bv The Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, TENN., March I. Charles I'etree, Tom Christmas, Otto Stevens and John McClure died in the electric chair it t 1 lie (State prison this morning for the murder of (icorgo Lewis, of Knoxville, on May 30, ll21. The men went to their deaths with prayers on their lips and all except i'etree met death calmly. An hour before the execu tion I'etree became ill. The men died in tho order given: I'etree at 0:15 o'clock; Christmas 6:2; Stevens 0;'.io, and Mc Clure at (5:4". Tho story of how the four men were captured and convicted of murdering Lewis near Clinton, Tenn.. May .'iO, 1!2I, is fraught with dramatic incidents. The gruesome murder, the wild chase over the mountains of east Tennessee for the out laws, the tfubse(iunt trial and convic tion, all served to engage the interest of the pioplc of that section more, perhaps, than any murder case for many years. It was brought out in the trial that, having planned the robbery of the Oak- dale, Tenn., bank, the men lured a 'taxi' driven by Andrew Crumley, of Knoxville, Tenn. (Ieorge Lewis accom panied' Crumley on the trip which the men hired the latter to make. When the party had reached n seclud- ed spot mar Robci tsvillc, Tenn accord ing to testimony by ( ruinley, Lewis nnd the driver were bound en over the head with 'Hid sagged, beat a pistol, ami left for dead. Holh of the victims' throats were cut. The bank robbery failed to inatoraiV ie. Then followed a search which was joined by hundreds of mountaineers. Two of the men were arrested in the mountains and the other two were later acptureil at Harriman, Tenn. The outlaws had killed Lewis, but Crumley lived, and it was his testimony which went far toward convicting the men. Mountaineers from many sections crowded into the little town of Clinton to' attend the trial. Fxcitcment rani high, aal for a while violence wa threatened. liefore it was evident that the de fense's case had collapsed an attempt was made to show that Ptree had pos-1 Messed low mentality since childhood, j This effort failed and the defense enter-j I'd a pica of guilty and begged' the court 's mercy. The four convited men were scutcm-cd' 4, 19J1. to die in the electric chair, September fi. An new trial was later nverrul appeal tor a d and the de- fen- appealed to the Supreme Court of Tennessee, thus suspending the elec trocution pending final decision. iOUTHWEST IS IN GRIP OF A HEAVY BLIZZARD Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Neighboring Territory Suffering From One of Heaviest Snowstorms in His tory Fair Weather Prom ised for Thursday. (By The Associated Press.) ! KANSAS CITY, MO., March 1. i t i The Southwest faced a continuance to- ! day of the snowstorm that, has reached ""' proportions ot a blizzard in many ! mi uiiim, ,'viiueii io a intra wimi in inauv places, low temperatures generally aid ed in making the storm the worst this section has experienced in recent years, according to the weather observers. Kansas, Oklahoma. Missouri, Northern Arkansas and Texas are bearing the brunt of the storm, although it spread to other States. Trains were reported in sn iw i in south and southeastern Kansas portion of the state reported to have fered the worst snowfall. Virtual I has ritts th all sections of the southwest reported trains late. IV'ays ranged from thirty minutes to several hours. Sleet and snow is re ported to have broken wire connections in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan sas. Snow plows were kept huy all last night and still were at work this morn ing. General fair weather with relief from low temperatures were promised for Thursday by weather observers. COLD WAVE SPREADS OVER SOUTHEASTERN SECTION I A cold wave was In prospect today for the extreme northwest Florida, Southwestern Alabama ami southern Missi sippi. The Weather Bureau, an nouncing warnings for these sections, re ivorted a disturbance of moderate intcn- ity central over southeastern Louisiana this morning with prosiiocts of it mov- iug nortficastward in the next .1(5 hours attended by mow in the northern, snow, sleet and rain in the middle and rain in ihe southern sectii-ns, east of the Mis sissippi river. Temieratures have fallen decidedly in the west gulf state, the bureau report- el, varying degrees below freezing pre- e.M3, X lir- junt-r. i i, la.ui, n recorded in JIarcli were rejiorted from El Paso and Abilene, Texas. Ptorm warning are disidayed on the Atlantic cl.ast frnui (liarhTttou, S. C, to D?!aware Breakwater. DUG UP 50-YEAR-OLD CACHE OF GOOD LIQUOR BOSTON, MASS., Feb. 28. Workmen excavating just across Tremont street from the old Granary buryinf ground, where repose the bone of Paul Revere and other New England forefathers, set up a cry of buried treasure. They had tuined up a 50-year old cache of liquor, Mid to have been towed away at the time of the great Boston fire in 1872. It eonsizted of two hogsheads of old New England rum and a quantity of Madeira wine, Thorn dyke rye, champagne, gin and other rare li quors. In the confusion that followed, the liquor disappeared mysteriously. The diggers said pedistrians got most of it, although a spirit of gaiety and good cheer was said to have prevail ed on the workings the rest of the day. NEW YORK MORNING PAPERS LIMITED TO EIGHT PAGES Pressmen's Union Met All Night and Men Were Not on Their Jobs Contest Be tween Union Pressmen and Publishers. (By The Associated Press.) NKW VORK, March 1. The con troversy between the publishers of the daily newspapers of .New York ami the web pressmen's union over the nrhitra j tion award of Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, was ended today, lon C. Seitz, j manager of The New York World, an uounced after a puljlism rs meeting tins morning. j NKW YOliK. March 1. - Morning newspapers published in this city ap peared in abbreviated form today be cause of a controversy arising from the pressmen's wage arbitration award made on February L'Miy Judge Martin T. Manton, of the United States eourt of appeals. A meeting of members of Newspaper Web . Pressmen s I'uioii No. i Lo, the local organization, canon id oi j der at H o'clock last night, did not ad j journ until so late this morning that j the publishers were forced to print eight page papers, pMmiiuiting practically all I advertising and special news features, (ieorge T. Merry, president of the Inter national Printing Pressmen's and Assist ants' l'nion of North America, was present. The meeting, which was reported to have been a stormy one, resulted in the union agreeing to abide by Judge Mm n 's award, but it was decided that a . 'nittee of twelve be appointed to m g ' with the publishers in an efToit to cite I a modification of some of its terms wi. 'i were found objectionable. The union members were ordered to return to work in the pressrooms of to day's papers, and to report for duty hereafter at the regular houis. The publishers held a meeting lad last night, but issued no statement ;is to the attitude they would take regard ;ng the action taken a the union's meeting. Larlhr in the night they declared thev Would abide by the arbitration award, adding that if "the local and interna tional pressmen's unions, both of which signed the agreement to arbitrate all differences, now repudiated the decision.' the newspaper owners would not again mak" a contract with the pressmen '-. union. ' ' The decision handed down by Judge Manton fixed "' and $." as pay for day pressmen in charge, and journeymen, re Kpcetively, and $.Yl and $H for night pressmen in charge and journeymen. OBJECTS TO DOCTOR'S TES- ' TIM0NY IN ARBUCKLE CA! (Bv Thi Assnclaiei t'ress.) SAN Fh'ANCISCO, March 1. Milt T. I' 'Ken, assistant district formally ob jix ted in superior terday to the appointment of I ! to! tie; nut c COIIIUM e Chi. - i sum to take dessit ions troni f. go witnesses for use by the the third manslaughter trial C. Arbiickle, in connection defelll llf i.'l le n: iscoe 11, e doc- with e five death of Miss irginia Kappe. The proposed v it nes-.cs W"ie tors said to have been familiar tain alleged physical defects Kapp. . with Mi "TRILBY, THE FAT LADY." OF THE CIRCUS, IS DEAD. (Hv The Associated Press, i ( IIICAliO, March 1. Mrs. George A. Keiiua. known in circus side shows for years, as "Trilby, the Fat Lady.'' died here yesterday. Mic ipiit the cir cus Hi years a'go and made her home in Chicago. She weighed toll pounds w lien she died and while with the circus her weight is said to have exceeded this by more than I'M) pounds. A casket one yard wide and sit feet, three' inches long, is being constructed for the body. Cash Feature Of Soldier Bonus Is Eliminated By The Committee (Bv The Assoi-1 WASHINGTON. Elimination of the the soldiers' bonus agreed upon today ate.I l'ress.) March I. cash featnre virtually . of ;,-L Iiy Kcpuliiit an members of the House Ways lind Means Committee. tliairnian Eordney announced that a sjiecial sub-committee- of six had been named by - unanimous a . greeiiient to "work out some plan that would not entail any large drafts on the Federal treasury with in the next tyo years." buck a plan would make unnecessary any immediate bonus financing and would remove the cause of contro versy in the House over thojiill. Tno special sub-evuuiiitteo will CAROLINA MEETS MERCER FOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOUTHERN BASKETBALL! i Defeated Alabama and Geor-i gia Tech Who Will Play for! Third Place - Mercer and Carolina Are About Evenly Matched. ATLANTA. March I. With the Southern basketball championship at .stake, M, rci r and North Carolina Cul vers in-, will rnee! tonight in tiie final ro.ind of tin- .Southern college tourna ment hero. ' A la i ' i in.i and G.-orgiu Tec! I lie semi linals last night, will thiid ph.ee. Tho Alabama doivn before North Carolina, and licrgia Tc.-h was defeat' losers in oat. si for live went ' ' to 11, I b.v Mer- eer -' to II. iiotii of winner-, took their last night's game-, brillg I,: Iv fashion. the result never) .1. from the time thev start-! .ad ,nd :i.e. e considered well match-' n-;. i". -ent.itive teams, ultliougiij I'limnt appears to favor Mercer,, inllneiiced ley the fact that it is! i:i in- I it lit ion. j of th- finalists has met and de-j em l,. -mi.-,. North t'n roli mi run-j a toial of l.'U points to 7li fo : innts Mttd Mercer making lL'1 to' .a I po.-v-l, a K: feat, ning its o 71. N- 1. n nrnailn s ilcfeate.l nppo the tournament to date are N e.v beri.v, Georgia and Ala- iient s Mown: damn. Cent! !, an I (li Wit I Ihem-. ;t l I those that .Mercer .(owned are K. nt I'cky State, ( huttniinnga 'rgia t liei r 1'c.di. t. .i; I scores, both for ir opponents, practi teatris also have met ibi'ut eipial calibre, lowned the Kentucky Ulol lie on .i par. the .(il l ol. I s of while Mercer , clia inpionsliio II els defeated ol in an ! St.V Tn r live ot last year, the (ieorgia which failed eo win tin- title in the finals last year by the margin of a foul goal. OFFIGERS GET GO-GALLON v STILL AND LOTS OF BEER Wildcat Outfit was Within Mile and a Half of Moun tain View Mill One Thous and Gallons of Beer Poured Out. A -ixt.v -gallon still ad J.utl'l gallons ot beer were ci'ptured Tuesday afternoon on Crovvilers Mountain about a mile and a ha!f from the Mountain View Mill. The b ir was pnuied out and the still w is broin;h! to (iastonia. The opeiatora of the out'ii escaped but the officers ex p.cl lo Mi-'ke Mime arrests in conneitinn v it h 1 iie c.t-e verv soon. The party which made this upturn was ccmnosvd of lleputv Sheriff J. W. Cole, Spe-iil Ofli.-er A. It. Hord. Deputy Sheriff Aaron Dameroii' and Policeman I'.lV'lie of Hesselller City. There were evidence that tie' still had been r. ntly operated though no pcr -c.ns were in t if? neighborhood w hen the idliccr, arrived on the -i cue. The farm on which the still was found is the prion rty of .1. P. Moid, of '.':'.-! onia. PLAN TO SIFT ALL ROMA RUMORS TO THE BOTTOM il Board of Inquiry Will Spend Week or More Tracing Down All Reports as to Con dition of Roma Before III Fated Flight. N i;VP( )KT NKWS, VA.. Mai ch 1. Kvir.v- report and i : !i t he i it--1 rncl ioi last Tiusday with bi in;; i u vest iya ted ijit i ry . Tins wa t he -st at hers of tie- b-eii-'l : in e-t igtit inn and ' every rumor dealing of the airship lioma l loss of I lives, is by the board of in- meiit 1 1 1 1 i v of ircin ' - t hey resumed tu.-ir j .nt into session at La !!U ley li 'id. Serjeant Har'v Chapman, was inter viewed c-'el day ill tile Public He,-.;tl) Service hi..-; it,'.'! .it Norfolk, but ChaCes Dworaik wa- till too ill to talk. The-.-two men were among the most serious!;, injured. ''I can't say how much loni r the in quiry v. ill cent iinie, said a liienibiT of the board this nioininu'- "There ale hundreds if ie;,oiti and rumors which vv, ci:t."d to sift to the bottom if such a thiiia is possible and we mav not finish our wruk for a iveek or more." Ofii.ial; at La lie; Icy Held have been In-set with reports and rumors that the Koma v-as considered unsafe before she made In r last flight, but thus far they have been una hie to find any one who has thrown any direct lilil on this phase of the cata -I rojdie. The board of iiupiiiy nlready ha, xar.iiued scori s of persons supposed to know something about the liceid- nj and its' report is growing more voluminous dailv. set this afternoon and Mr. Fordney . Kii.l il was the lilicf that a meas ure . 011M le made ready certainly within two or three days. He added that it was possible that details of the bill could be worked out at the first session. Mr. For.lney heads the subcom mittee and flic other members are Iteprcseiitatives Green, of Iowa; Longnorth, of Ohio; Hawley, of Xc- York; Trea.lway. of Massach usetts, ami Copley, of lillinoid. , He fore .lciding to nppoint the (.ubcommittee the majority Metnlers 'airain canvassed the whole situation. The compromise finally reached was said t have been . by unanimous eoaseut. 25,000 JAP SHIP WORKERS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT TOKIO, Feb. 7. Navy Depart ment orders to stop construction on eight capital ships in four dock yards, as a result of the Washington agree ments, threw 25,000 workers out of employment, according to the Asahi. Some of the eight ships were nearly completed. GASTON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION IN SESSION HERE THIS WEEK Prof. M. A." Honline to Be Principal Sneaker at After noon and Evening Sessions Beginning Today at First Associate Reformed Pres byterian Church Program For This Evening. The opening Sunday School this afternoon First A . i . I' session of Gn-iou 'omit y Convention will lie held at .1 :.Ut o'clock in tie church. Afternoon and night sessions will be held on Wednes day. Thursday and Friday, Mar. h 1, i and ;. Sunday school workers of ail dc Humiliations are urged to attend. The vice president of the association "'HWPV 'Of J PROF. M. A. HONLINE Associate Educational Superintendent of the International Sunday School As sociation, Who Will Speak at Each Session of the Gaston County Sunday School Convention This Week. 'will pre-ide over the sessions Wednesday j afternoon and Wednesday night. The devotional period will be conducted by ; Dr. .1. C. (.aHovvay, pastor of the First I Associate I.Yformcd Presbyterian church, j Wednesday afternoon and by Dr. .1. H. Heiiderliti , pastor of the First Presby teiian church Wednesday night. Prof. M. A. Honline. of Dayton, O.. , associate educational superintendent of j t In- 1 iitei n.-il ional Sunday School Assoeia ion will bo one of the speakers at each session ot the convent ion . J rot. lion s known as a leader along the line i of religious education. For a numlK-r ! of y ears he was professor of religiius j education in P.ouebroke l'nion Theologi ial Seminary of Dayton, Ohio. For the j i.lsl few yea is he has lroon connected vm'Ii tin- educational department of the j 1 ill i i nut loiia Sunday School Assoeia jtieu. Hi-, woik iii this capacity ha.s cr lied him into every section of America I to help in conventions and institutes in many of the huge. si cities in the conn It iv. lie is one of the regular instruct or s at the I ntei nat innn I Lake Geneva i Ti a i lung School in Wisconsin, known as I tie' largest an. I hest suniMti r ug ciiups fur Sun. lav school work o- . He will give a series of six lectiire-i i.o r. bgti.us edueatieii n the meeting. lie'- i a i It lecture will be cou.ph-'c wifl'iii itself. S and iv cieiol vv.uk I - will ha , o; port ni'y of hearing Mr. D. W. Sims, general sapcriiiteiid"ii of the Norrlt ('aioiina Sunday School Association, at vatiocs sessions of the convention. When Mr. Sims took charge of the in operative Sunday school work in North Carolina in November, li'l'li, there were; ou'v nine of the I'm counties in the slat' with a ( einity Sunday School A-sis-ia thin. According to the report which lie submitted to the state executive commit tee a few weeks ago there are now I!' county Sunday school associations in the state and plans are under way for the organization of other counties lis speed : ily as practicable with the growth of the' worn. Mr nia several and is no;, . ti.-a! and ii Sims has spoken lines during the I for his huiuornU", st nu t iv c address, s lor this evening ' in Gusto past year yet pra - I'murain tor this cveniliu s ses loll foi low s : 7:.;" Mevotional. Dr. .1. 11. Hell derliti", pastor of First 1'iesbyteriail . ho i i h . 7 : lo- ''he Weak Link in the Sunday School, Mr. H. W. Sims. :l!i- Period of Husitiess: Kepolt of County OH ieers; Attendance Uecor.l and A iiiiouncements . :L'" The Place of Religion in Edu cation. Prof. M. A. Houline. $:( Adjourn. IRISH SOLDIERS TAKES OVER MILITARY BARRACKS BELFAST, March 1. Command ant General McKeown. at the head of five hundred men of the Irish repub lican army, took over the Athlone military barracks from the British military yesterday in the name of th -provisional government. Ten thousand people witnessed the formalities. . , i i SIX DRUG PEDDLERS ARE TO BE QUIZZED TODAY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Mrs. John Rupp, Housekeeper for Ganr of Done Artists Gives Police Clue on Which Men Are Held If Wom an's Story Is Straight, They May Know Something of the Murder. (I'.y The Associated Press.) LOS ANGL'LKs. Calif., March 1. Further ('lestioning of .six alleged drug peddlers and boot lexers as to their knowledge of Hie minder of William I. Taylor, a mouth ago. was phnnrd for today by the police ;,. ,),,. ,li,trl(.t at. torm-y 's office. Their arrest was said to have Ihvh the result of a ouariel between one of them. I.'.iy Lynch, who said he was a gas inter. ..ad theii housekeeper, Mrs. John onpp. Known also, aeenr. i iccor lini' to the i. Mrs. M-.y Lynch, ami said by be an eccentric . ' others gave their names, ages, upatmns as William Fast, U6, la- ! tiein 'I'll, ml o bor- r ; Wa He II. ol hi! sheet he;!!, i The clan d tar. at had ' declar drug . All ."orge ( a I vert. . gas tter: K irhv. property man at a i pa-t ,iro studio; .1 till ti Herkcy, 2.1, ue tal worker, and Harry Aiimior- r A i-nlieitn, l'7, i haufTeitr. pob, ,- sai.l Mrs. Kupp had de Kirby and Calvert had made open - against Taylor on the ground he injured their business" which she d was dispensing contriband ."lid I ii i il ii'M . six of the men have been hid, I in. eominv.n.i ado .-itne their arrests, and a police guard was thrown about the Hupp house throughout yesterday ;nid last night to prevent any attempts at com munication uUi Mrs. Hupp, who was said to be ill in bed. Mrs. Rupp was reported to have told the police she hud accused one of the nu n of having killed Taylor, and he had told her never to "mention that .-gain." She ul.-o was reported to have told her landlady, Mrs. I'M it h Spil.er, the dnv after the !imr- Me, that stie "knew who killed 'f.iy Mrs. .Npitzer was said bv the Del I lor. " lice t . made I Th, I ports i h.i e 'iicii a toid tiiein Mrs. Jupp hm declaration at that time. practically confirmed rp- police hat a wittiess called by them 1 Fi relic iv ii'iiil'i'. summoned heron; the district attorn o.v. was a remits ole tea. her of the French language, who had been caile, ia to consultation by Maliel Norman. I when she wanted ail inscrip tion in French engraved "on a cigarette case. It was not disclosed what other luforni. tiuu the witness liad given the officials. It was stated, however, that another ipiesliouing of Miss Xormand, who was oic of the last persons to see Taylor : liv", was planned. She is at Altadena, a suburb, recovering from inllueuza and a nervous breakdown, foly lowing a fainting spell at the Taylor funeral. QUESTION OF GERMAN REP ARATIONS TO BE REFERRED Commission Has Been Investi gating Germany's Ability to Pay. ; PA IMS, Maid, 1. The Allied pow ers are expected to refer the whole ques- tion of German reparations to tho Rep arations Commission fr division after a meeting of the fiifnicc ministers of i their governments lu re on March 9. In the mouth since the reparations commission referred the late German , meiuoi-iiidiiiu to the Allies, it has been conduct ing an intensive investigation of (i ermnny s finances and nbilitv to liav. ' o th: the (uestion is again put.' up to if, the commis,'iion will he in a no- to sit ion Th. reach adecision quickly. negotiations between Belgium and Hie Lit! Entente on one side and Ger the other for neroements aim- many ilai t Fi a in tie' i. m, i I" n-i.ort be',-,, , gre, i, '' In reached by Germany anil at Wiesbaden are independent of ; .rations commission. Officials 'his explanation upon receipt of. fi on Mi l ! in that a concord had igiied extending the Wiesbaden a nt to tin -e countries, reparation officials said the necro- The tint iou and fl - h. .at nl not reached a definite point any agreement would be sub- approval of llie.l powers. the commission and ;h. RIVLRS AND HARBORS CONGRESS IN SESSION IN WASHINGTON . WASHINGTON. March 1. - A (le I. ;. oa the St. Lawrence greater wa t r.'.av project, and a number of ad dresse, Iiy prominent shipping men form ed the program for the opening ses-ions today of the 17th convention of the Na tional Rivers and Harltors Congress. In the debate, regarded as oue bf the thief feat''-es of the convention, Governor X. L. Milh r. of New York, was scheduled to speak against the St. Lawrence proj ect, while Governor H. J. Allen, of Kansas, and H. H. Merrick, of Chicago, were lisied as the affirmative speakers. Today's program of speakers, in ad dition to those taking part in the St. Lawrence project debate, included Sec retary Ik'iiby, Ambassador Jusseraud, of France. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE 4 NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, March I. Cotton fu i tiiresi closed stead v. . - .' , March H-Sa; ILi.r 1S.10; Jury 17.31 ; Octcbcr lfi.UOj December 16; tipuU : is.ro. . - - , - . ! TODArS COTTOniSET Cotton seed ........... Strict U Good Middiinj ...5t0