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VOL. XUII. NO. 61.
GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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BONUS BILL WILL GET
FAVORABLE REPORT FROM
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Secretary. Mellon' Criticism of
Attempts at Amendment of
Bill Will Not Result in Any,
Delay Secretary of TreaS'
ury Opposes Measure.
(By Tho Associated Tress.)
WASHINGTON March 13. r'avora-
Lie report by the House Ways a n il J
Mean Committee on the compromise
soldiers' bonus bill without any import
ant change in provisions was regarded
as assured when tho committee met to
day for final consideration of the meas
ure. Although several committee num
bers were expected to vote aginst the
bill, h ctprovision for issuance of ad
justed compensation certificates as was
raid to command the support of a safe
majority ai a "satisfactory" compro
mise. The only amendment of conse
quence which appeared probable. Chair
man Fordney said, was elimination of
tho requirements that a wr veteran must
decide within six mouths which of the
options provided in the bill he would
eeji
There was believed to belittle proba
bility that Secretary Mellon 's crit iobi:i
of the bill in his letter to Chairman
Fordnoy would re.-ult in any attempts n t
amendment or delay in ordering it re
ported. Expressing the view that t;ic
measure as now drawn involved a ' dan
gerous ubuso of government credit,"
ttecretiry Mellon disapproved the provis
ion for bank loans Upon adjusted sonice
certificates as indirect and "forced"
borrowing by the government . He con
tended that it is both "dangerous and
unwise" to seek to avoid paying the
cost of bouus for the time being.
GHOST OF ANT1G0NISII
CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL
ENERGY SAYSPROFESSOR
, "
Scientist Declare, Phenones. Caused By 1
rZ,M0 SUtions - BriwTne oil
r . wwri r t Unl.irnan Illft
Grest Radio Stations Braiding
Cow's Tails Done By Farmer's Daugh
ter. "(By The Acsocwted l'ress.)
BOSTON, March bS. Edward J.
O'Brien, scientist and author, declared
today that the ghost of Antigonish was
in reality the product of electrical "Pner-,
y- i
After a month's investigation in the (
Kova tVotia country, where he was lec-
turing ut 8t. Francis Xavicr I'liiversity
when th ehost stories lirst came from
Antigonish, O'Brien said he found that;
strong wireless currents between t lio ,
two great radio stations at Wollflevt,.
and Glace Bay, N. ran through the
valley at Galedonia Milli, whore stands;
the home of Alexander MacDonald. scene
of tho eerie events. j
"The MacDonulds," said O'Brien,
"will have to move their house out of,
range of these powerful radio currents if;
they wish to avoid the ghost like inci
dents. If not, the house may be burned ,
lown when the utinosphoi is conditions
are just right, as they apparently wot!
When the tires were set around the barn." .
The braiding of the tails of the Mac-;
Donald cows, which has been consider-j
ed another of the manifestation of the
unseen influence, was done by Mary Kl
len, the Antigonish farmer's foster
daughter, because it was good fun, in the!
pinion of u Brien.
Harold Whidden, the reporter who had
experiences of his own when he went to
investigate those of the MacDonald fam
ily, continued O'Brien, was ' compl. 1e'
carried away by bis enthusiasm and real
ly believed that a ghost slapped him."
"Whidden slapped his own face when
he suddenly waked in a temperature of
25. below zero and his numbed arm lie-
came suddenly suffused with good warn.
blood," O'Brien said. "Take the map,
trace- the line, apply your svientitio ,
knowledge of wireless operation, st ... y
.the curious effects of electrical currents
in fires on ships and on land and von
liave the solution of the fires charged a 1
gainst the ghost of Antigonish."
O'Brien predicted that
ir. i tint.
n,.
Franklin Prince. New York, director of :
the American Society for Scientific He-' country unfo when it was feeble will have
search, who has spent the past week in departed from it and our record in bis
the 'haunted house" would fail to find i lory will be that .lriving tn barter our
any other causes of the phenomena. J heritage for safety, wc h.t safety it-
GE0RGE MURRAY GOING ! Mr. Johnson (piote.l many utteran.es
GREAT WITH YANKEES, of Japanese and British statesmen giving
(By 'The Associated Tress.) assurance that the Anglo-Japai.es,. alli
JCEW YOIIK, March 1.1. The Yan
- . .. . ti . . -
miiewii.ni w.. ., ,,M"' " j solemn declarations were not to be bo
the work of recruit pitcher George Mur- Oovernmcnt was folio,
ray. 1m pitcfcM five innings yesterday . f h oH ,)V tal,,i(l,linl
aeainst ine .ew wrieans ciuuiirn rts - i,
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STO lttllOM VIUH an'i "I- ....... i
Murray is from the Rochester Interna
tional League club. Babe Kuth got two
bits out of five tries, but failed to clear
the fence.
Coal Strike Certain.
(By The Associated l'ress.)
WASHINGTON. March V.l. Gov
ernment officials were represented today
as being without lioe that the threaten
ed coal strike can be averted or that the
proposed conference- ltetween the itera
tors anil miners will be arranged. It
was indicated that government interven
tion at least in the preliminaries of th
situation was practically at an end.
Holding that a strike call April 1 is al
most inevitable. Government officials, ac
cording to the riew presented today on
liigh authority, now are cheifly interst
rd in Bering: that, a sufficient supply-of
eoat is maintained for the country as a
whole;
European Comment on Demand
Of United States For Priority
of Payment For Rhineland Army
unnor of-
FINAL FAVORS
Malcolmn R. Giles, State Su-
n.nn'.. f nA
!T, ".. j An ij V- tion: "America's bombshell," says: !
Moose, Will do AH He Can "Intrinsically the claim is not unions
to Locate Mooaeheart ationable, and if the practical o fleet is to
Linvvood. make some of our continental friends less
I zealous to prolong the occupation of
A letter received by the committee in. German soil this would be quite as much I
charge of locating a Moose home at Lin- to the taste of British public opinion us:
wood from Malcolm R. Giles, fcjtato Sup-; to American." I
ervisor Loyal Order of Moose, says "the' The newspaper admiis it may be urged'
Home for Aged Moose will be located in! Hint, a the l'nitel States in not partui-;
tho South. Tho location will be deter-, pating in the treaty of Versailles, it has
i-iined in the next few months, and any; no claim to money collected under tliat;
effort to locate same in North Carolina' treaty and that the more correct course
will most undoubtedly receive mv hearty would have been t claim it direct f roni j
support and co-operation, and I feel that' Herlin under its own treaty, but thinks:
Uastonia Lodge has undertaken a fine' the fact that America undertook the I
work in endeavoring to convert beautiful1 Bhine occupation .jointly with the Allies
Lin wood as outlined in copy of The' "does give her some moral claim for
Daily Gazette received by me. You joint reiiahursenieut. "
hate my hearty good -wishes and sup-! The Westminster Gazette, using the
port."
Xow is the time for Gastonites, as
ii i .i .... . i i .
i.vu us iiioinoers ox inc -nooae urucr i
get busy, in an earnest effort to save this
boaiilif.il piece of property to the lasting
Sloi.,- and credit of Gaston County. j
Mr. (iiles i, Supervisor for both Xortn1
and outii Cai olina and -will be a staunch;
ally if the people of Gaston mean busi-j
r.ss. I
SON OF AUTO MAGNATE I
HELD PENDING INJURIES.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., March l.'i.
John 1. Dodge, sou of the late Johu V . I
: Dodge, millionaire Detroit automobile 1
.manufacturer, and Ilex Earl, of this
I city, were held in the county .jail today, I
pending further investigation into an au
tomobile accident yesterday that, result
ed in serious injury to Miss Knieline
I Kwakemeck. 1! years old, Western State
Normal School student.
Miss Kusan Ntegena ml Miss Clemens,'
also Western Normal students, who a Iso j
wore in the machine, told officers Dodge
and Karl offered to take them to their
home from u dance, and that IMiss was received there with undisguised satis
Kwukerneck leaped from the machine! faction at the einbarrasinent it was like-
when Dodge, who was driving, ignored j
1 1
I 111 I Iklil HI ttt UUII IU I 111 I I 1 Will Hlg I
- .se.' They charge he drove into the i
country at high speed.
Miss Kwakemeck was found at the,
roadside bv a ia-sinir motorist who took
her to n hospital. Officers declare a
bottle of liquor was found in the ma
i bine .
NATIONAL BANK CALL.
WASHINGTON, March l.i. The
.mptroller of the Gurrency today issued
call for the condition of all national
banks at the close of business on Friday,
March 10.
Hiram Johnson Says Four Power
Treaty A Quadruple Alliance
(By The Associated l'ress.) '
WASHINGTON. March l.'i. Assail-
ing the four power treaty as a "quad-!
ruple alliance,'' (Senator Johnson, lie-
.publican, California, told the (Senate to- this sort, of thing we looked forward in
: day that its ratification would mean not the limitation of armaments conference,
i only a rectssiou from American tradi The President himself really thought
tion, but a national surrender under when he addressed the Senate anil pro
threat of foreign powers. I seated the tn aiits, that the conference
! If the statements of the treaty's 11,1,1 l,rl" conducted in this fashion. In
friends are to be accepted, Senator John- ,t"' multiplicity of his duties he could
son declared,, and abrogation of the nt k,inw a" ,hi" transpired. He evi
Anglo-Japanese alliance is to In- regard- gently was not aware that in all tho nun
e.I as the chief puriK.se of the four pow- u,"' presented there is nothing concern-
er atrangem.nt. then the only conclu- ,nK ,lie K'n''lde alliance. Indeed.
; slon is that the V nited Slates must enter ,hcro 1,a' nov" Crater secrecy con
the "new alliance" to escape a threat " doc.miont submitted to our
1 of danger because of the old. 1"'l!"''. , ,, , , ,
, , It is true that two distinguisho.l
"The argument for this present sur- n,,i,r- s;..,..,so ...- ..,..,..irU
render of our ancient policy of hide
non. lent, national action." continued the
California Scator, "is othing in the end
lt tll:lt om. WOrd langer. The Anglo-
j:ir,:,noS). alliance, the gent lenient on the
o1l.r si(lo , xr,os,.s us to danger. 1
xi.refrPt e have no choice. We must
thi, treaty.
..j si,a vot,. against this trcav be
,;,. if any foreign alliance can ever
sim ai. it. tins itiun. ii .... . .. .......
i. .i.: ;u .l, n.,,1
'must.' then the spirit which ma le this
ance never was tnrecc'i agaius. tne . m-
tea Plan's ami nseno.i inai n in -.
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libera tely deceived the American people.
The present conflict in the Senate, as
serted Senator Johnson, is not unlike
that which was precipitated by the lea
gue of Nations.
"Kor the second time," he aid. "the
Senate is asked to change the foreign
policy which has prevailed in the repub
lic since wc became a nation. The old
familiar arguments ring out again, that
we may be forced today to accept what
yesterday we rejected."
" From the beginning of th- eontot
concerning the Leagee of Nations, some
of us have endeavored to make plain that ',
our positions were not one of aloofness
or isolation for the I'nited States. We
neither exert nor wish to live a hermit
nation. I bclcievc in consultation ami
conferences among the nations of the
earth. No leagues are required for this; ;
no alliances; no engagements to devise j
efficient means to meet aggression; no'
freezing of the status quo- by ambiguous j
LONDON. March 1.1. Although
i America's claim to priority of payment i
lor the upkeep of the United States army
in the Rhiiielaud has been featured in tho
news columns, the lirst extended com-i
ment appeared only today.
J"e uany VJiromcie, nntlor tne cap-
! same, head line, says that there is not
much doubt that every penny the I'nited
... i. .... :itt.. ........ .,f .I., .
oiuieo ume iiac iu vu.i.i- "-
Allies share ot the reparations.
"America has already intimated that
slut thinks the whole reparations que-
tion a proper subject for discussion at
Genoa," added The Gazette, "and we
may properly asMime that this sudden
ami unexpected insistence on her rights
as a part of the same policy, and that.
she wishes the curtain finally rung down
on the reparations farce. Very possibly,;
also, sho wants to take her troops' nway,
and considers this a subtle way of per-
suading her Luropean
speed the parting ally.
"This action by the
associates to
United htates
compets te auics to race tne. iae, n
tho cost of occupying German territory
.... . .1....
in altogether out of proportion to the
debt for winch the occupation is security.
land that the whole scheme of payments
and sanctions needs to be substantially
revised. "
The Morning Post's Berlin correspond
dent says news of the American demand I
ly to cause the Allies.
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nil.l iliki nun i in. .............. ' ' '
Germany to inaugurate an active foreign,
policy aiming at. oimternuou oi ine
treaty ot Versailles.
The correspondent ascribes
to tho
!.e statement that. America
antagonism to France being no longei
concealed, the German demands are con
qnering the eiiniy world. In conclusion
he quotes;
"Away with control commissions. A -
wav with the reparations betraval. A -
w. . v wid, tho locust idnBiie of armies of
occupation
Out of your trench Heir '
Wirth and up to the counter
attack." I
j
treaties, so t ha; wronged peoples will be I
forever without retires.
"Openness, frankness, the sunlight of j
publicity alone are required. To just I
i the conference. It is obvious from their
kn.A. ,ittlc ()r 1tllillR ,.on)., rllilI , it's
makillK. T1. 1rr.lU- is ,,.,.,,,,.,! to the
js,.,,..,,,. ithollt ,,' ol explanation au.l
jth a ,,,,;.,, f ,1Ily inforln!ltiall . -
;
Picket jig Continues
i. r , .
x, WT! .KhT'. ' '; Jlil'','h '.m 7"
..i.ins i.i nei.ii.' in iiini .ii i ill- jiark-
stone valley textile plants nffevtetl by .
, ,, .... ,
the controversv over wages and working'
hours marked the opening of the eighth i
week of the s'rike today. State militia j
and mill guards kept t ie pickets from j
the mill gates. A minor incident at the !
Crown Manufacturing Company's plant
in Att Cl.oro, Mass.. just over the state
line, win re a worker said he was attack !
ed and brui ed by thr.s' pickets, was thr j
onlv .I ist ui ba in e reported. '
FLOATING LIQUOR PALACE
BEYOND THREE MILE LIMIT
NEW YORK. March 13. Plans
for a floating liquor palace off New
York beyond the three mile limit, are
going forward, according to James V.
Martin, the promoter, in spite of the
announcement of Roy A. Haynes,
Federal Prohibition Commissioner,
that the vessel will not be permitted.
Furthermore, declares Martin, a
second and possibly a third liquor
palace will be constructed, should the
first be successful. In answer to
Commissioner Haynes' assertion that
he will seek to thwart the scheme,
Martin says that there is nothing in
international law that forbids a re
sort of this character.
Martin asserts the vessel will be as
lirje as the Levithan, that it will be
constructed in Europe snd that the
investment will amount to $10,000,-000.
HIS DISBARMENT SOUGHT
BECAUSE OF GOULD DEALS
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Thomas L. Ch.idbou:nc.
diaries upon which ths No at Yoik 3ar
Association will ask th d '-Garment of
rhnrn. T ruirthm.r-. it r
CUSJi0- tat he aided "gco.j I Could
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flj (hg t.mS vhon it wa:. allecd th.Tt
Gould looted the trtrsuiy of the M:3ou
ti Pacifis Railroad of eeveial million dol
lars when Mr. Gould was prcTdort of j
the road and Chadbourne wan csuasc 1 for
both Gould and the read. It is alio
c.'iargged that Chadbourne, s o::ns(l for
Gould, knew that tho lattar an tlu t.uit-:
ea of the estate of his lather, lay Could,
improperly took money front the trust in
tne form of about $600 000 seCfet cunv
mg:ons derived from the sale ol West
orn iTnir.n nrk hv the p.-f-itp
ii in nut r ni nn cm r
U AUIII 1 If UlflVV l.lll h
A yjj U I Lfi 1 J UUL1
I
WHILE COUNTRY WGRRIES
ABOUT THE BONUS BILL
Runs Away to Florida in Effort
to Escape Responsibility?
"Normalcy" in Bad Fix
Even Outlaw Liquor Traffic,
Takes Advantage of the'
President's Provincial Cred
ulity. (l.y-II. I.. l!i.ai'.i
AMI i TON, March 1-. -- The
nblienu load, is hcie are in a ja.n on
t '.mis. At heart the administration
1 'I'' '' 1 ll!.ving our cash to men
1 who cat. nut of the world war without
I il wratch, but fear the results at the
!''" " '"o im.i iahe seine ad ion. in.
men wh put up the moiie.v tor the last
two G. O. I', campaigns are soro over the
failure ot t ongress to pin through a pro
tective tariff bill, and are in no hniiior
for a soldier's bonu. I'n sident Hard
ing is on their i.e in the liyht, and
! threatens to veto any bill far additional
j compensation unless it carries with it a
i provision fur a saie t!.x, width is uu
i popular in the house and s. nate. There
fore, the f,.i,irres is nullum one wav and '
the White Hse the o.h. r. old Normal-
cv is in a tight .lace and nothing about
him so. ms normal.
.
Ti I i , ,rn.Kf , 6 . , u '
the old game of pits-ing the ..u.-k is
ancient, but no American a luunist ra
tion ever found more enlist;. lit us . for il
than the present one. it w'ill bo recalled
that at the niitse! of this i .ut reverse
! President Harding boldly look the r.
I spousibility tor a bonus or no bonus
from tlte shoulders of l'.uie;i. but s ion
he began to waver and treiob e. and then
i eonsonted I i a I.oiiim witi; (,,. nnder
, stan. lin;; tlcit the saies t.-... or .some
; thills o'se akin to it would .;, t!.. bill:,
i Mr. Harding has hopped a' .n! until lie
lande 1 mi a hot one, and there he is to
' day skipping from position t.. p s.tion.
":i s hi I) ; t . m bt.ame so In t hill, lie
j had to run away to Florida to . ..(T.
The pa'h.tie figure in the while no ss
; ed op affair is iVvi-. t:i I v .M.'h'ii, who
stands like a roc'.; wall in ti. mi- -t of
quivering jelly fish. Notion.' ui'-v.-s the
sturdy old Scotch Irish l'n si.vt. ; but
he is the i.i'.t loiielv niaii in '. .'.';;1oii.
! He was deserted arly in the a."n ; n 1st ra
; tion by the White Iloii": and l'oi.res on
the prohibition ouesiioii. and now l.o is
like the bov that stood on tin- l.nrniii
deck w-h.nce-fi!! but him bad tl .1 on the
iKinus issue. He frankly ass. r's thai the
govornm n'. cannot stand the drain of a
Ik.Iius bill. lie thinks that it would
mean fiiiamial ruin.
The Harding best minds have failed to
moke much iio.r. s-ioii ; they lloun.lor
from pillar to post.
The consensus of opinion n r.- is that
the bonus will die in the senate, and that
some t xeiise will be givcu for its failure
to got throu,;h.
GEN. CARR ILL.
Pi'UlIAM. N. '.. March 1-'.. - The
! condition of General Julian S. I'air. commander-in-chief
of the I nit.-I ('onltder-:
ate Veti r.liis. who is seriously ill with;
pleurisy at his home here, showed not
: iinprovt nint today.
Cotton Market
I CLOSING BIDS ON THE
; NEW YORK MARKET
I NEW YOKK. March IS. Cotton fu
! turs closed steady.
' March 1S.10; May 17.SC,; July 17.no;
October 10.1-; IVocmber 10.LM.
I 'TODAY'S COffOfl MARKET
j Cotton seed
Strict to Good Middling
...5ic
17)ie
DEMOCRATS ARE SULKYtA DBflV AnnDnniJIATinMC Dili
AND HAY STAY AT HOME' AmiUnUHllUllO: UILL
(MiiE date of election;WII I PUT ARMY Tn IK nnn .MFM
East Is Grouchy on Account of ,
&wlntwJ?&'
Not Going Well West Car
olina Not Suffering From
Taxes, Cut Is Nearly an
Even Half Republican. ,
U!.v W. T. Bust, in t; rceusbi.ro News.) !
KALKKill, March U. Xortn t'aro-'
boa's off ear of lyJJ with v ry few
impoitant candidacies before it is ac-j
Kiiovvledged to be tho in. -at momentous
campaign which the democracy lias had
i.i a vu:n ti r-ceiit ury.
That can be explained ly the 1. lated
dismv. ry that the western lialf of .North1
'i'lvliua and that a line j.ulled
a r,,s Hie state about where tlnilford,
ji'ia-; Al.imaine will find the I'einocrats
i'. -t w'th imi.v a nlightly better thau 100 ;
e'ajiiritv. Th" east, which loe not vote
l'early so hi in nuiiibcr.s, is overwhelm-)
ingl.v Democratic an. I the .-ast always has
'inly h.i.lcd it if the nest chose to do it. ,
Tin-.
t;roiir!i
ainpaign year the east is on the!
It lias been tax smitten aud if!
threatens to stay at home, ft will not
vote Uepi.hiieau; it has hate.l too long1
for that. Hut it can pout. Tliore is atii
anxiety in the ,!omo. racy which apjH'ars'
to be better founded than that which
moved the late Jutico W. H. Allen to
write homo when a young judge that he
would sit but a short time the fusion
Uts would gel hi-.i.
There are man - Democrats now mind
ed to write homo tliat things U not go
well. The party is l.a.l v ul sot from
within. Factionalism has hurt it great
ly. Its governor i an irreconeiliable
and his minister of politics a cynic. The
t ra il I i of the administration lind them
w lvo ill at ease abuiit 1hi executive.
.vom,. nf those who tore their shirt, from
nariative to col'ar do not go about the
idiic e ami various and sundry are the
lawyers who will not take pardon cases
I ..cause of the affront offered some
w. iM ago. J here is only one cohesive
I, owe.- lilt II... .i.lminwtr,,.;,,,, 1 tl...t
1 ; ; ,
i.s an .'inc.-. iniwe are neaiiy an uiiea.'
and those who hold them frieze to them.
The west, which is so .Marely Hemo-
ratic, is liurt little ti.y taxation and the
east, whii'li grow:
such rank Democrats,
is sick unto death. The Jieiniblicans nro
dead certain that they can carry tho
tenth, eighth aul seventh districts and
they have hopes in tho third. They
would have no chance normally' in the
thrt-'l, tmt it is never normal.
I'luy came m ar getting the eighth in
uio regular election two years two
With taxes l.urdens'.ime the battle-!
ground shifts from the west to the east,
whtie a slay at-home vote could easily,
do the tri k that, was done in. 1!1. Tho
reiiisl rid ing of the l!)-'l legislature in
such way as to take care of a Democra-,
tie son. no was a most provident sort of'
procedure, undemocratic and cynical as!
it was. But the calculations wire nut,
wiil.t.ul a busts. 'The conditions in I lie.
east may lual.e a surplus of senators j
noc . Ky.i ry.
If things were going naturally there,
would 1 ic liii tear. I ndoubteilly there is
a national swing nwav from the enor
mous majorities of ll'.n. But the nn-
tion doesn't, moan anything. When the
Democrats earned t 'ongress ami govt r .
jinrsiiips in J!Mu with almost the samtv
ratio as that marking the Republican !
landslides of HL'0, Tennessee went He-j
publican. This year the tendency in I
North Carolina is contrary tn that in the:
"..'""' - V "' . ..' .
, '" V "l" ""' )''l'" j
,ai!' ". ,.JU- 1,'ll"''-' "y !
IT1, V''"' ' ns year the tendency in
North ( arolina is contrary tn that in t !. u j
,l:',i""'. ,Ti"' is''"' ,VI" o U'
Jial did Con'-rosa fail to do. but what!
Noita Caioliua iK iuocrals uctually did. t
Roads Not Fast Enough.
was believed at the special session .
It
of the legislature that mad-, built rapid-!
ly in the east would nut only carry a:
lot t.f prompt rity with them; they would :
t.ilci:. 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i ilissatis'.'a. ' .on hecatlr'
many hundreds would be employed audi
set a talking pros) erity. But the har-:
vests ar.: over and the people are still,
erying out against tavs. The "sop":
to the 1 in :. ii fanner who get a striking:
reduri ion in his taxes isa'l riyht for poli-
t iojil purpose, but the landlords can out - !
talk the t. nan!-. Ibis campaign is gt
ting off to an alarming s'art,.
And tl.eie in.' sundry individuals
who trouble. There is J. W. Jiaiity, ivno
rims on tin. eastern men's distresses. He;
thinks tax's ale ton high. There is M.'lji
Gardiit r, who buries hiiiee'f in a Sh dby
law ofli.e and tots from the east move
boosting than from his o,n section,
which onlv :.-t that he sav the word.'
There i-t A. W. M. I.. an. whom Governor
Morrison an ; l.o'. A. I). Watts arc un
.lorstotid to I. grooming for governor '
whatever tl.se betide. But Baihy and
Gardner ar.- too dang. Tons a pair to take
rhan.'t - wi'ii them. Besides, the farmers
are bring stirred tip by anti McLean :
propatrania showing that bt: was svm-
path.ti- with the deflation which caught .
the agricultural pet.jde in tho middle of
the N...-I t xpensive fop ever grown and
put 'h.-m at the m, r, of a market relu-;
tive'y lower than any they bad known in'
recent yars. i
Ito
I !.'!'
lavs
troui.
st rit '
ed te
The ;
utter all is said. Iae t right, of the;
,i. v i-n "t so much the result "f j
That is tin- acute h.vuiptom of the
It has bad -I years of nun -'
I tenure. It has grown accustom-
victory an I I. as hecn.no card. s.-.
irty has at. last fallen into abs ilute
cynicism
gain, just where it was in 1MH
win n it thought itstdf invincible U'.;u:ft:
it had the office and the election ma-1
chiner... It has them still, but if has
what it oarrio.l in lS'.H great distress in
i-trtnig'y agricultural tlistricts. It is
Ixaring some load now.
Stone and Alexander Worry Morrison-.
(itivernor Morrison's protest that there
l.. . mii. lt protesting is construed by .
1 l.oliti.al loaders tn mean that when the.
! I'.'J'! general assembly meets here there'
' is going to be same crawfishing.
i . Nothing To Kick About. I
The Stone-Alexander agitation isn 't,
approved. Tlie governor lias been wou-j
dering if some of the newspain-rs which!
i do ilot like him will cneonrage tlicse mal-j
cot.teiits to make war on the ndimnistra.-!
(Coutinucd froui page .
II ILL. GUI niUU I
- .Bm Would Require Return to United States of
All Trcops Stationed
Hawaii and Panama
the Rhine.
BUFFALO CLUB WILL
i-HRRiVE NEXT WEEK
Luke Urban, Former Charlotte
Catcher, on List of Players
L. A. Potts, Native of Char
lotte, Gets Try-out.
(.astonia has been receiving some excel- thl, tota, (1p,,ropriate.l for tto current
lent publicity in the Buffalo newspapers year and 71!)UG,0h8..s0 less than bnd
as a result of the coming of the Buffalo IS1'1 estimates. .
team of the International Lcatnic to' As drafted by a sub-conunitte headed .
train here. Several news articles have'1''' ",,l'r'otaHve Aiithony, republican,"
i ;.. , ... . ... I . ,he would reQUiro the return
arrie.1 featuring the Textile City.
1 '' """v vu" '"' Ciirrl Ul"1 11,1 ' t
favorable if the usual Gastonia
glad hand U given the athletes when they
are here, m the opinion of one of tho tion on the Khilie.
fans who has I ccn active in getting the' No limitation is proposed on tho nuntr
city on the training map. j her of men to be maintained in the Phil'-',
Manager George H. Wilt so expects to' ippincs, the committee's report stating,
have Buffalo tomorrow or Wednesday; however, that fciecretary Weeks believes
for Gastonia. He is in Buffalo today' mat under present conditions "some re
froni his huni" in Syracuse winding up j duoti.m " can be made in tho force there.
affairs at that end. The most of tho The contemplated withdrawals, it n-ns
members of the loam will arrive ncxt: said, would leavb 5,000 men in the Ila- ;
Wednesday. : waiian islands aud n like numljer ill tho
In the line up of the Buffalo team canal zone. The present actual strength
training here lire K. ('. Tomlin. Harry of the army was given try the eommitteo
Heitmaii, Frank Werre, Dick McCabe, as about 1J.001) oflic.ers und 13.000 men,
Joseph He. Idy, James Miller, pitchers exclusive of 7,1100 i'bilipiae scouts,
who were with the club last season; l! An appropriation of $27,fl.'iJ,2tiO is
bchwert and K. Bcngoiigh, catchers with recommended for continuance of work on
the club last season; Edward Miller, first various river aud harbor improvements,
baseman with the club last year; John' for which the chief of engineers re-
.llti'dhl .ll.it I).... I It, il. !.,.., .,,.,.....1 k 1 ' null lllllh . 14)1 .111.) .L
. . . " .' " 1 1 """"",
I
wini ""' ,'''"11 111 i.'-i; i . H. l)v.
bought from the M. & O. League last 1
fall; Joe Hums, secured frOm the Head-1
: .. 1..1. i-iii i . ... . . . l
iiiir oio u.r iiiii iMiiey: Aril r til Tier,
second base man with Kansas City hint!
j neason ; I. uke I'urhun, catcher with Clinr
loue m u-ji nn.i nougnt D.v llie .-New (that sum suuieient to provide for a
York Americans; Jack iSheehan, short-;" ininimuiu amount of development jsvork
stop, formerly with Brooklyn; Gene and training along lines compatible with.
Sheridan, third baseman, formerly with present conditions," and for maintain
Hrooklyn and with New Orleans last ing Kdgewood arsenal in Bfandby eondi
s.'ason; I'.mery Ketcliem, a Huflalo boy .
I who was with the club last fall; L. A.
I'otts, a ( harlotte boy. infielder. with the
club for the first year; John Woineke, if 1,800,000 for civilian military training
bought from Chicago last winter; John j camps.
Norris, outfielder, with tlie club for thej Tho bill carries $7,740,090 for the or
lirst. year; Mohnrt, pitcher bought from ! finance department to meet, in addition
Brooklyn last winter; ami Kelly, lirst I to other expenses, the cost of maintain
bnseiiian, formerly with the I'hiladclphla I ing n skeleton foreo Ut arsenals 'to
Americans.
OFFICERS ARE NAMED FOR
Dfll I CD CVITIIIP PflUTCCT
nULLLn OiNAIIIIU uUillLOl !
i
. r t . r i
Announcement of Prizes to Be
Offered Will Be Made With-
in Few Days Exact Date:
Not Yet AnnouncedMuch!
i a v
nre?1 mong vuy 8 loung
Fo,k m Approaching Event,
.,
At a meeting (Saturday of the commit-1
u'- '" ''" "f ''' Hkating Con-!
test, which is to be held soon under the
auspices of I'omuiunity Service. Inc.,'
many of the details for the carnival were
worked out. The exact date for this
event was not deti rininctl upon but will
be announced within a few days. It will j
probably be on a Knday evening within'
the next throe or four weeks.
Officers for the contest were named as
follows: b'efei-ee, W. I.. Balthis; judges, '
John I., li.nl. Mrs. Ihnncroit II. Williams,
I'r.d. K. J. Abcrnethv; starter. I'rof. W.J
I'. drier; timekeeper, .'. K. Marshall. '
,lr.: scorer, l 'apt. Stephen B.
clerk. IVd M. Alien.
Honey
City Manager Alexander, who is a
member of tin committee, will provide
two blocks fur this contest, the space be-
ing on Second avenue between Oakland
and South streets. These blocks will be, been shown for the maintenance of anv
roped off and well lighted for the era- troops in China."
sitm. It is probable that music will be The bill also nrovi.les 6,67O,000 "for
furnished by a trood band. About fifty prosecution of flood control work on the
prr.es will be offered ami a list of these, Mississippi river. A total of $400,000
wi.l be published this week. .would be available, under the bill, for
TI k will be the first roller skating construction of additional quarters at
contest held here and the young people ' (-..,.,, Kenning, Georgia and $33,000
of the city, i-spccially those in the city l0r,. recommended for the infantry
schools are looking forward to it with a conducted there. . .
gr...t .leal nt pleasure. , ;
A list of the events has already been
published in The Gazette. Mis Blanche;
II. iserman. recreational director of Ccm-
munity Service, and a member of the'
eommittce in charge of this event, will'
announce thi. week the methods for regis-
trat.on by the who desire to enter. It ;
i probable that Mie school pupils who ;
enter will "ne asked to resistor with some
one at the school they attend while others
who are not school pupils w ill bo asked I
t register at Community Service head-.
tpiarte is in the Chamber of Commerce '
building. '
PACIFIC MILLS TO
ANNOUNCE WAGE REDUCTION
(Hy Th Aasorisretl Cresi.)
BOSTON. Mas,
Paeilje mills which
March l:!. Thej
mploy ,,i'l00 ersons .
in lltoir plant at Uiw renco, largely of
cotton goods, probably will announce a
w.ige reduction within the next week or
itwt. This statement was made today by
, Edwin Karnhani (Jreeue, treasurer of
1
:
i
I
the coriioration, which is one of the larg-
est in the country. I
The rut apiH-ars inevitable, lie said, but
final decision to iminec it and on the a-
mount of it, has uot as yet been deter-
mined. It was probable, however, he!
thought, that it would lie tho same as
the retluction in llhode Island and New j
Hampshire 20 per cent and tliat oth-;
er cotton niill interests would liud it j
necessary to wake a similar cut. i
1U IIU)UUU HlLll
in China, Most of Men in
and Leave Only 500 on
! (Bv The Associated Tress.)
WASIIiXUTOX. March 13. ' Witi
prutisiuiis wuicn ouiit necessitate reUue
! tion of the sue of the regular army to
. Jl ,ouo eulihted men and 11,000 officers
j the army appropriation bill, carrying .
-70,3jJ,OU.b7. wan reported today by
; the House Appropriations Committee. -The
amount recommended for the mili
I tary and non -military activities? of thn
I war department during the coming fiscal
' ear in it riiliirt'mn nf ; 1 1 ti fan) I mo am
to tho L nited Htates by next July 1 oi .
, lru"Ps stationed in Cliiua, 8,500
fr"m Hawaii, about L'.DUO men fron
V""""" (,;inil1 ?,lt' uni1 a" but 501
men
from the
500 of-
tii'il-U !l flil lltitll in t liii i rmt r t Anmina.
1 '" T'",' , ir IHO
air service auainst 13.000.00a reauest-
ed and flM.BIO.L'UO for tho national
guard about !,000,000 Jess than budget
. .
est iniaies.
I'l,,. i... ........ I,.. I tnnnnn
for chemical wnrfaro service. Ilm-larinir
lion. An anuror. nation of 2.7."i(1.000 is
roi'tiiumctided for supplies and equipment
of the reserve officer., tr.tininif mrim ntitl i
kroi-'alive th know ledeo of the method
manufacture." )
The amount currb.! in tint bill fnr cti. ,
j count fortifications; the committee report-
U0U,J ,10t provide for any new pro-,
J ets, but would go entirely for muinten-
ante of existing fortifications and for
continuing tho construction of a limited :
num,H.r of B4a t0U(lt RUUil. , ; f v
The total recommended for rivW Wl
harbor improvement,' about 13,000,000"
monnt by the etiief of en-
gineers, is arriea lis a lump sum ana
lir(,j(N.ts tm wlli(.h work wuW fee eon-i
t'.nu.sl are not specified. None of the
appropriation will ro for new projects,
however . ,
Kor subsistence of the armv tho com-'
...;.... ,...!. i iiim...n
iinntek- l:i (ifionno l'ttmn 1-iat vonr'
appropriation, the decrease beinjr brought -
i,.,f i. n nl.i,.t '..... tv
ration.
-.Jt seems to be the fixed policy of the
B,i,eral staff to station full divisions in
Hawaii and Panama," the report said.
"LVept in the times of emergency it is
( believed such a policy is justified,
;lH j, P()Ht s much to maintain theso
( divisions in Panama and Hawaii as
i.tir rntir.. roirnlnr nrnm i-iwl 11. in tha
irs following the Hpanisli -war.
Commenting on the eost of maintain
ing troops on the Bhine. tho eommitteo
calls attention to Germany's failure to
niiv the cost. Thn committer lihto do
ela're.t that "no mlcauate reason hai
THE WEATHER
. .
North CarolmS, increasing Cloudiness
nd warmer tonight, probably -rsm in
we?t . Prtlon Tuesday rain and warmer
0n tne coast- ' ;
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR.
Monday.
2:00 p. m. Curb Market
Conference
3:45 p. m. SL Patrick's Day
Rehearsal.
7:30 p. ra. Choral Society.
Tuesday.
7:30 p. tn. Chamber of Com
merce Glee Club.
Wednesday.
7:30 p. m. Textile Superin
tendents Club.
Thursday.
4:00 p. m. Bosrd of Directors.
7:30 p. m, Pythian Band,
Friday.
3:00 p. m. Gastonia Sunday
School Superintendents.
7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com
merce Glee Club.
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