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KITCI1IN VISITS HOUSEjSupreme Court
FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE SERIOUS ILLNESS
Democratic House Leader
Plan Minority Report Op
posing Some Feature of
the Bonus Measure Gil-
lett to Decide Todav onln. it said, "lU prevent New lork
Monday's Program.
(By The Aisociated Press.)
"WASHINGTON,- March IS. Repub
lican house leaders exitoct to confer
with President Harding at the White
House tomorrow night regarding pro
cedure in handling the compromise sol
. diers' bonus bill. They are hopeful
that he will approve their plan for pas
sage of tho measure under a. suspen
sion of tho rules.
WASHINGTON, Mareli 18. Speaker
Gillett was to decide today at a confer
ence with House .Republican leaders
whether ho would entertain on Monday
motion to consider tho soldiers' bonus
bill under a suspension of the rules.
Upon his return here list night from
Florida, where he was tho guest of Pres
ident Harding, tho Speaker said lie was
trot inclined to look with favor upon such
a procedure, but ndded that he was open
to argument. He declared that lie had
no message from the President for House
leaders regarding the bonus bill.
Mr. Gillett expects to leave toni
for Springfield. Mass., where he is
;ht
to
speak tomorrow nfb moon on the treaties
growing out of tho arms conference, but I
Bald it was his intention to be bad
Washington in time 1o preside over
1,1
t'10
House session on Monday.
Representative Kitchin. of North Caro
lina, the Democratic House leader, who
visited the Capitol yesterday for tho hist
time in nearly a year, expected to con
fer again today with lAmocrats on the
Ways lld Means CotmnitU'u t) com
plete tha draft of a ininoritv report op
posing some features of the bonus mea
sure; Whether this report would he sub
mitted t,i tho Ilo ise todav or on Moudav
J..., .,!. I ,,r.n 11... A,,,. !.,;,, nf N,imMi.
mi'vuuvi ui'w , 'v ' .i..... . I'm.
con leaders us to the time that the bill
would bo en lied upon the floor. Repre
sentative Gamer, of Texas, i.nd one or
two other committee Democrats, were not
expected to sign tho report.
TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS
HELD IN CONNECTION WITH
SUICIDE .OF YOUNG LADY
(By The Assooiaterj ;'res?.;
DOO 1 , l.iJtll X t. tin. rtctiti;f, T
for the suicide by iwison of Pauline Vir
ginia Clark was a subject of police in
quiry today. The authorities had estab
lished, they said, tliat the young woman
who, as a model a few years ago, was
declared by sculptors to be almost per
fect in form, ended her life while drink
ing with a group of friends in her apart
ment. These friends included Hayard
Wharton, of Philadelphia, a student at
Harvard College, where he has been ac
tive ia athletics, and Otto il.ilderhrsen,
of Christinnia, N'erway, a student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wharton has given his account of the
tragedy, but the police, ay that Larscn
disappeared soon after efforts to resus
citate Miss Clark failed.
As Pauline Herrick, her engagement
to James Davis, a Harvard student, was
announced, in 1D13. Hut it was 1, lent, j
Commander William Thomas, of the navy,
that she tnarried. JShe was divorced from ;
him a year ago.
Wharton, who had known Misi Clark
about a year, said she had invited her
friends to the party of Wednesday night,
tideiihnnintr him nt hi llarvird d.irmi-
tory. She had been melancho'v since work with good grace. One of his fel
her divorce and in financial ditlicuitiesj low prisoners, apparently in facetious
recently. mood, told him if lie preferred to "sit
, , n J around" all that was necessary was a
Although it appears now Me s.-t the whieh would lead to
Itim that in-licatcd morbiihie- tlmt night.
one of which she said, contained perfume
The other she did not describe.
Medical examiner Magratli said, Mi.'-s
Clark had displayed a bottle to a young
woman friend- several days ag. saying
there was enough poison in it to "kill an
army." w nen sfie was tlirougu with Jite
she said, eho -would use it.
It was early Thursday morning
.the young woman, sitting with Wharton
nnd Larsen while thpy munched
wiches and drank, collapsed, the forme
aid. tSlie made no remarks i adieu
her intention to take lur life, ho
and so far aa known died without
lug a suunenr. ;
Other members of the party who have!
ueen quesiioiieu uy ino yonce were
Robert Christie, described ns a western
business man ; Joseph Tory, of Worces
ter, and Miss Annie Cosskley, also of
Worcester.
. GAMBLING ON WEATHER.
(By Tho Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, March 18. Police to
dav announced they had, discovered the
existence here of a gambling pool based
niton weather temperatures with the eon-1
fiseation of 1,00U tickets wriicli were
found in the possession of William Gard
ner, n salesman, v. ho is under arrest.
The tickets were priced at "o eents'
and 50 cents and the prizes for winning on their property within the State at
numbers ranged from $1 to $2,000, ac-.its full valuation. ,
cording to the police, who Raid the lucky '
numbers were determined br taking the1 RAINS FIRST HALF j
last numbers of a few se'et ted tempera-L AND FAIR THEREAFTER
. ! : ! 1 ...- ' f , .! 1 1 ' . r mi.. . : . , .1 r .
lure rvaiiliijn- oaiii'ivi n mi, m i n a it" J ?,30C ui ini AirD9.r
the delivery iy Lim of tiehets to a pa-i WASHINGTON, March IS. Weath
trobnaa in plain clothes. j er outlook for the week beginning Mon-
This is tho second alleged lottery un-iday:
earthed here since yesterday, when the! South Atlantic and East Gulf States:
poliee announced that operation of a na-!
tion-wide baseball pool, with ' headquar
ters in Cleveland, was indicated as the
result of the arrest of a man believed by
the police to be tbe localagent.
Death Knell To
(By The A)OCJatert J-'resi.)
NEW YOBK, March 18. Tie adage
M
"Marry in haste and repent
I has teeth put in in by a
' Appellate division of the Supreme Court
ers. wishing to rid themselves of matri
mouial ties, going to Reno, Nev., und
other plates to obtain legal relief.
The decision makes .permanent an in
junction grunted by toupreme Court Jus
tice Donneliy last July, restraining
Archibald H Gwnthmcv. a. New York
broker, from prosecuting nn action start-; championship of Ga ton county in bas
ed in Florida to obtain a divorce from ; ketbu'l Friday afternoon by defating
Isabella C. Uwathmey. The appellate: tlll, jfc.Imont high school team at Del-
ueci.sion, renuereu uy unanimous vuic,
holds that Gwatluney 's change of resi
deuce was a fraud upon his wife's matri
monial rights, as they wero married in
New York anil had their legal residence,
here.
Tho decision is interpreted to mean
that person married in New York State
or maintaining their matrimonial resi
dence here cannot go outside tho State
and set up a residence that will be recog
nized as legal.
"This decision sounds the death knell
for fake divorces," said Edmund L.
Monney, counsel for Mrs. Gwnthmey,
.... ... . . . i . . , t .. J:..
when apprised of tho court's findings.
It also goes a foug way toward solving
national situation which has given to'
mucn agitation lor a national divorce
law. Anyone may go into the Supreme
i Court of New ork now, whenever an
action is started against mm or her in
another State, and get an injunction."
Mr. Mooney contended, in defending
j the suit, against his client, that Gwath-
mey was a resident of New York, but.
fraudulently stated he was a resident of the two Thornburgs at guard was the ,
Florida. j outstanding feature of the game. Time!
In previous divorce actions filed in ' " "Bain these two husky youngsters!
other states against New Yorkers, with up Belmont 's signals and con-j
one exception, tho person sued had per-1 verted the play into a Dallas wore.
mitted the action to go by default. It Katchford, forward tor Dallas, was the l
it wero desired later to re open the case,i8t;ir t-0M of t,ie B1,n,('- ;
,1... .1......... ,.mn nM.,.biI
decree had been attacked on the
w,.i v, rt ,,ni;n, if hn,
IZLn ' "
Mrs. Gwathmey, however, attacked hcr
huiand's action on tho ground that she;
was anowe.l on y j.i.-ou n jear irom ,
,u allnn.-.,.! onlt- 'l flO n vmt frnne
property given ncr i.y ner nos i '"lia t)le Arkansas river near Okay early
slie could not afford to go to Florida and, t0,av.
resist suit. ..... , , .1 Itlief was cxprehsed by some local
fcho also claimed that her husband ; ailtllorHies (ll.lt thl, ,,, miK,lt ,,ave
wanted her to go to Letio and divorce ; l)(Vn t.h.linP(1 .l!ivi, 1(, t. iog nd ,.n;
him. Ho promised, she said in her U(h.ifu l0 (.vi,enee of blow s or oth
petition, not to contest the action, and tocr ,V0U!1,,rt ,vm. foul
reward her handsomely, but she refused j
to consider it, she averred. ! FLOYD GLOTZBACH COMES
I RAfV WITH .QT A T1T.MTT 1VT
USUAL PRISON FARE
flly The Associated Press.) .
DliriiOIT, March IS Attorney! fori
I aim Duval Dodge, under sentence of !
live .lays imprisonment for violating
tne spcel laws, were prepared lotlay to
make a s-eond attempt to iroe t h
youthful milliousire from the house of
correction. Their effoits yesterday.be.
fore the tin'uit as well as th" state
siipreine court, were iinsucie sfid, :.u l
uo'ii'e
wen:
buck to tiie inunici'iai
prison, ate
pie sauce,
spent his
one of the
a sapper of noodle .' inp, up
bread and h'aek coffee, and
second night in jail on
cots in a corridor, provided
for short term pri. oners
Today, it was announced Dodge would j
. pMinriifd In mai'iinl labor .ilotiir with I
iiu other members of the institution s
speeders ' club," rnles.s his presence
was demanded in court, or he was free,
This morning Dodge, who possesses a
million and a half in his own right,
was assigned real work with others who
are serving short term sentences. He
shovelled coal.
The voting millionaire took the menial ( i.
: confinement in the prison dungeon,
I Dodsc merely shook his head and
ARREST MAN WHO ONCE ;
SERVED UNDER TAYLOR J
icy IW .unraira xnTo. i
LOS ANGELES, March Is. A man;
said to nave aitmuteu ne s-re.i as a
, . .. , ,: ..rr,.s; .,, Vl.
ill
, ' i-aif0rniy -said to have
be 'tl
ivoliml-iry on his part and his wsiiis
'from the hands of Mexican to Los A"
I teles officers were conducted with all
possible secrecy, it was stated.
Tli. prisoner ib -lied any connection
with the Taylor death.
NORTH CAROLINA WINS
RAILROAD TAX RATE. j
'Bv The Associated Press.)
EALEIGH. March 18. The State of.
North Carolina today won its railroad
tax ease when the Federal court in ses-,
jsion here dismissed the injunction:
i sought bv several railroad companies to ,
prohibit tho State from collecting taxes.
Unsettled and warmer with rains first
part of week, followed by generally fair
and normal temperatures uutil Friday
or Saturday when rains are again prob
able. .
'..n..a;n., t-,ti.i.- i unt'4.1 nmiiniiv , , .i . . .... ... : iwn nv cnv anii i-ooiii
, - " . . ' ,', ' "c-Kn, uitv pi.-iiii oui, aim ii. i.s iirooHuie. , . , . ,
c.mt.iined overseas during the world : 4i. .i. ;.,J.;.. i..-.i '"g" -.;r:ol games.
whenl .' w;n;.., Hesmoi.d Tnvlor. vas . ', J . ' M:nac-r Wilts t is a'so well pleased
i""' . uiKf inace ui inc ex iiranra or tne pres- ... . , , , , ,. .:.,
: r.-wie.-te,l to reach Los Aviaries early to- ..... ' , . ... ', ' with his heHd.uarters at the Arming
sand-. .i.. ; .!,. r.f in nen m ce i - , ton'Ho'el. I he mean are liist wli.-.t
".':!.. who 'had sought him in eon " , . ! . " "''. , . ... '"e want and nothing is la. king ill the
ding :' . .: 41 .a,,, ,,irwlrv !.,' v-l-rni-.is .. .run um. luc f ,.,..;,.,.,,, for my m,, . Tl
ulded,: i-.Z ;" . n wasreemem won... ,.e urswn ami -; ,y (,,ljwtion y ,K(V1. tha, .M.
,..l. i1'" i. .,...... rerrive neiare trie consuinmg puiiiic oe- , , , ,i ,i ;,.,
n,ak- The mime of the pri oner was not t ,M ., . .,.-.,! , ; have to dress at the hotel heie or ng
Decree Sounds
Fake Divorces
DALLAS WINS COUNTY CHAM-
AmW FROM BELMONT
Wins Second Game of Series
by Score of 27 to 20 Clear
ly Outplayed the Belmont
Team Third Game to Be
Played Tonight in Armory.
Pallas
s, hool ti'aiu n the
niout by the store of
to I'D in a
hard fought g:.;oe. They had previous-'
ly won the .lirst of a thrce-gaino scries 1
by the store of .ii to "J7 at Dallas last j
Wednesday, l'.y mutual arrangement a !
third game will be played tonight in i
tho Gasionin Armory at S o'clock. j
The showing made by the Dallas '
team in Hie two game:i played came as j
a big Kiirpri.f to followers of, high
school basket hull in the county. Prom ;
previous reputation and from the show-
ing made this season in former games,
ind especially m the State champion- I
Ki .j .,...
;
it had generally been ,
thought teat Belmont would walk
away
how-
with all ti,ree game. Dallas,
..... ..i... doiiunwtr-it
I a superiori
ty ia play in the two games. This
might be accounted for by the fact, the
Belmont supporters say, that their team
had gone stale siiicn the .State cham
pionship gMiic'. and had not paid mucli
. attention to the county championship
contest to be settled.
For Dallas, as usual, the playing of!
FOUND IN RIVER
CHAINED
TO LOG.
I if... ti, i ..!,,, ..i ir-a
xtt'MvOtiKK "(Skin.. Mnreh" is
,.,,. , ,' lii,(.i lvifi, ,
., .. . rt '
thl, 0,M,y o( a Iuau foun1 floatillK
DEL MONTE. Calif., March IS.
Floyd Glotzbach, chauffeur by choice,
today merged from : ilence long enough
to take exception to some statements
attributed to him since Mine Mat.enaur,
"his wif nnon;i.-e.l she had started di
i voire
proceedings .
"I have been n,uoted as saying
things 1 did not even think of," he
said. "I think it is a personal mat
ter that should not be dragged in the
newspaperK. I have not said, and do
not intend saying, anything derogatory
of Mine Mat.enaur. 1 do not care
what others say about me. My friends
know that I have not been a party to
this publicity. All I desire is to
be ! 1
left alone so that I can continue
to
eiin, nn honest living."
i
MARGIN OF SAFETY" IS
REDUCED TO TEN DAYS
NEW YOHK, March IS. The arbi
tration committee of eight of anthracite
coal millers and operators, charged with
the task of negotiating a wage agree
ment in time to avert a suspension of
the mines April 1, tr.day reduced the
margin of safety" to ten days bv de-
riding to delay their first session
iint'l
'
next Tuesday.
1 'I-0U1, l,,n f T . ,1 T. T ...Tita ih. T"nt
ted Mine Workers, a member of the coi.i,r"" .,,!,v'n! " ! 'I.-' ' '
n.ittee, announced that the delay was due ," .,r;"'."
to desire of labor men to consult their .,lu'r ,,,',,f (';"'!,.'!"-'! "
r.rr-i.,i,:,-,.,i, .,,,.1 ,l,.t., ...! 'i1" r "f !1 prote .sional
ing the wage controversy, before opining
'''it'i" "lera'l'lv agreed the n.'w contract
ta fZ.l acted un w!h!n
1np t(,n )nvs
x,.Rri,i!ltioni, of provios
agreements',
h reouired from a month to seven
pli. cn hand would 1 sufficient for a
coiiKidi rably longer period.
ATLANTA. OA.. March 1 S. A
.stampede was nairowly averted at a St.
1 Patrick's day celebration in
! auditorium here last night
the "',
when the
; metul-lHinled costumi
came in eonfact with an electric switch
board nnd caught fire, causing a panic on
j the frtage. An audience estimated to
; numlKT 5,uf'0 persons was in tiie hall at
the time of the accident.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS CN THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK. March IS. Cotton fu
tures c1om.nI barelv stend-y. j
March 1S.U; May l.i'0; .Tify 17.30;;'
Octolier JG.00; December 16.SO; Spots!
1S..
" I
TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET
Cotton seed ....51c
Strict to Good Middling 1746
,, , ..t, .... . I..... j.. ,..rL- ,ni. Id..
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT
7:30 p. m. Music and Uncle Wis
gily's bedtime story.
8:00 p. m. "The Federal Reserve
System," by G. C. Watt, President
of the First National Bank, Brad
dock, Pa.
8:30 to 9:30 p. m. Music.
9:55 to 10:00 p. m. Arlington time
signals.
Music Program:
Martha Vincent Gerber, soprana.
Maude Johnson Fisher, contralto.
Franklin Biddle, reader.
Ruth Bowers Gibson, violinist.
Joseph Giovanni, flutists.
Adalaino Merrill Biddle, accom
panist. Selections:
1. a. Nobody Knowa the Trouble
I've Seen, White.
b. Canebrake, Gardner. Ruth
Bowers Gibson.
2. a. Wet Weathercock, Riley.
b. Canary at the Farm, Riley.
c. Doodle-Bugs, Riley, Franklin
Biddle.
3. a. A Song of Jey, Woodman,
b. The Last Rose of Summer,
Martha Vincent Gerber.
4 . Malaguena, Cinna, Joseph Gio.
vanni.
5. a. Fair Exchange, Weaver.
b. The Pits. Weaver.
c. Mame, Weaver. Franklin Bid
dle. 6. Ziguenorweisen, Saiasate, Ruth
Bowers Gibson.
7. a. I'm A'longin' fcr You,
Hathaway, (with violin obligate).
b. Birds in the Night, Sullivan,
Maude Johnson Fisher.
8. Docoybird, Papp, Joseph Gio
vanni. 9. a. When the Foiks is Gone,
Riley.
b. The Train Miser, Riley.
c. Mylo Jones' Wife, Riley.
Franklin Biddle.
10. The Year at the Spring,
Beats, Martha Vincent Gerber and
Maude Johnson Fisher.
MANAGER WiLTSE PLEASED
l WITH LOCAL BALL PARK
v
Bison Mentor Finds Loray
Park Admirably Suited For
j i r x .
NCs!,d-8:0f Jram,? Gund,s
-Main Squad to Reach
Gaatonia Sunday Begins
Practice Monday.
Manager
Vilo liisons
Wilts
(ieorge Wills.', of the
ball '-lab, aceomiianii
, arr'vi i! in (msbini.-i
Pe.f ,
d :.-
early !
hue
dual ,
aii- I
Mr. !
prei
iiig his team bsp
th.it he miiiht nn'ke
for the lalt-r win
d...s . order
arrange. .
expected i., t ie city
Wilts- ui coi.ipiiujed by
president r.f tho local
tion soea! Fridav afb
the Loray Pall Park, '
will do most of their
for the coming season
tional League.
Manager Wi tse foun
be in iiooil tonditiou
better then the aerag
mouils. Th' lark, hi,-:
Snnd.'.-,
Kred I . . Sie vre,
athletic assiei.i
nio-.ia inspecting
In re the Ili.-ons
i ring training
in the Interna
I ti e uriciii l'1 f"
an I a- vi h de
e iii!i.eii! d:.i
icated in the si::, I
ow ot t,ie mills troin w.itrh u gets i
iiaiue: namely. The L.u-.v Mills, l.-:i..
of its kind in the wor'd end in:iru!'.i,
turing automobile tire f: brie t'..-a:v
hours a day. Loray It:. II l'ak is di
ieet southwest ot da Ionia s business
section and one mile awav coimeeted bv
paved streets; a five minutes ride by
s'ree railway. Tho seating capacity
of the grand ftand and bleachers is
nearly twelve hundred. Local officers
of the as ociatioa have I. ad laborers ;it
work on both the grounds ;,:nl seats t o
t ie past weik gi'ttin; the scenery in
good shape for the liisoiis' coming.
1 l-arK lias neeii iai scene oi inanv
,a hot baffe in big leag';- b:.ll. the
Xeu York Yankee:: and Ty (nib's De
li ie on tne
,in;
ur-
Vague 1
World W
barge of
ar, was
I in th" days bi fon- th
Ciiief P.enili r, who is in
Ml
lib
' Inti rnatio'i.i! Club this y,
taiued by local fan.; to In
I through the championship s
their club i
s for Car
ri.'
I olinn dorinir one of the s
seasons. For '
i;irk has 1m-i ii
-
Ill' f i",r,l., in
leagues and
no cluli House m uie 1 :.rw, sain in,
I.isui manager to a reporter Friday
night .
The let! m will liegin training Monday
and continue same throughout Tuesday.
V'.1.. ,l-.v -.ii.i Tlioisibiv in nri,!,ai:i.
tjon for games on Friday and Saturday
. vf ..,k i;..,,.,,. M:1,k' Mo-
line chumpioiiN.
TWO SOLDIERS ARE
frsou,
r lha Associated Press.)
(By
PARIS. Mirch IS. Twj soldiers,
t helping to hold a biiloon to the ground
during Tianenver, yesterday at the An-
K,-r ........ v..-
the bag wa, freed by the breaking of
.n m r tha rn i i rni nr t tin ntt'ii er
carried some distance at a high altitude.
The bag finally came down to within a
reasonable disttanre of mc bushes and
the soldier jumed, lauding uuhurt.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, cloudy tonight; prob-l
sb!y followed by rain Sunday, warmer on
the coast Sunday,
. - k .;it I'M f.-.t in ni, nn,l I"'""' thus far this year.
ni ?f hi. ini..riM Thl .,G.,.r siib. 1 1 Vtup tendencies were higlicr in a vast;
die.1 ot ms injuries, ine ot m r sm ceeu. u . j cf instances, but the more sub-j
,a r?nn.Jf..t . r.'Listautial gains were registered by low i
Augusta Has
.
Early Morning
.
JLesiroys urana upera riouse
HAP.D!MC ST'RIS BAGX
TO WASHINGTON TODAY
j w liii h was prwtically destroyed by fire
Has Been Much Benefitted by!ar,y U:'H wi,h tho, los-, Uv-H'
xr 19 D ci -j 8(,t ullr,l wn found after an a-
Weeks Kest in Honda ; vestigutiou of the charred structure was
Will Take Up Navy Fuel made.
Situation. '
i i AUGUSTA, (ia.. March IS. James
(Uy The Associated ''ress.) i-V- Taut, Gil, and his wife, 43. perished
KT. AriCTl.E, FLA.. March IS.
Refrtshel by his tell days of rest and
r .,.'ixal ion, 1'ivsidi nt Harding w ill bring
his vacation trip to a close today when,
with the members of his party, he
boards the special train tor the return
journey to aslilligtoil
golf here was ,n the
j gram before his departure,
tn-erelary nnd Mrs. Weeks, who camcj
to Florida for a vacation shortly before
j the President, will be among the return-1
' ing party, which, besides Brigadier (Jen-!
' oral Sawyer, the President's personal
! plivs'cian, an I Secretary Christian, nlsn
includes Attorney Genera!
Dnugnerty
and i ii'ier f-ecretarv f state, t letcher. '
Ceneral Sawyer said today the President;
showed great ben, fit from his trip and
th" outdoor exercise afforded in his golf
fjames, for which the weather has been:
ideal. ;
President liar liny; lias informed Secre-1
tary Deiiby tliat one of the first things'
he will take up on his return to Wash-1
in,:ton is the navy fuel situation re-;ir me lams wiinoui avail. i. rt.
soiling from Congressional reduction'! in Hnydtr, city electrician, and M O. Mat
the appiojiriatioii for thi puriose, which Ihews, p.cial city officer, ascended to
n.u.tl o!licial,s say mav result in drastic I "u" fouith Hour of the building where
curtailment of tile movement of naval I they found the charred bodies of Mr.
vessels. The Secretary talked with the; 1 rH- Tant just outside: the door
President on the subject by Ion;; distance1' ,lll ir bedroom, indicat ing that they
telephone yesterday. I had tried to escape but had been over-
. , . i collie .
HIGH BASEBALL TEM
PROMISES TO BE WiNNERi
. , r "f D
Locals Are Full of Pep a n d
Slogan Is on to Chapel Hi!l
Slogan Is on to Chapel
New Men Show Up Well.
(By C. K. Marshall, Jr.)
Friday afternoon's practice of the
local tilths brought to surface more
evidence that thi.s year's team wi'l rave
a winner and put. fiastonia on tho map
of prep school ball before the state
championship games at Chajel Hill ill
May. Prof, drier told the student Iwidy
at their chapel exercises Friday morn
ing that the material was at hand for a
dam which would fight its way to (.'Impel
Iliil. The .slogan, "On to Chapel Hill"
is ringing loud in i very player's heart
and tle'y fighting hard for a berth on
the team.
Thursday's game with the Lowell high
school, which resulted in a two-tot no tie,
brought out t-evcral faults of the incn
and ;,t the same time brought to light
splendid qualities of a couple of players.
1 he Lame showed that the sound as a
wind,. ,e,le,l 1 ,nv i.r c
al insl ruction in baft ing. In the gana-
l -,:i I, ..i uin, ic.ii.,,. ,,er.-...,..,.., f
..t:.:!, while several of the men averaged,
.L'.'xl. .I. Bird's pitching brought back'
memories of last year's games; hi'
ability to tighten lip in pinches still ;
I roved as gold us ever. C. II. Under-
wood's fir-d game as backstop showed
that he had the makings of a catcher. :
His work brought, several good comments
from Coach Armstrong uml the fans,
Fnil Katchford, a new boy to Gnstonia
support' rs, played a good, game at cen
ter Held and showed sharks r.f excellent
base running. ,
Manager Wilson state tliat 1. i 4 sched
ule is n it c niiiih te on account of several
schools having not answered his letters
ri'-piesting a game. Games will be prob
ably jilayed witii He;;semer City and Mt.
Holly lux! week. The manager has i--:ti"d
uniforms to the following members
of I he i;'.ad :
C. II. rnlerwood, C. E. I'lidcrwoid,
Glenn, H ird, Falls, spencer. Henderson,
Sparrow. Smith. Digger, Jenkins, H.
Katchford and F. Katchford.
VICTIM SYS NEGRO
WAS NOT RIGHT MAN
(Bv The Associated Press.)
KMC, l. a.. March IS. -Jim Dris
doiu, the negro t.:l.: :i frciu the .tail h-re
e:ir'y (his morning for the purpose of
l in liing. it w.ts Ixdieved, was taken to
the plantation of J. L. Harrison, the
. si -en" of tl' alhge l uttiik on a white
i woman last Tuesday, and was declared
by her not t: be the right negro.
Iri doiu was then removed to the jail
,"! Wriglilsvilie, and the mob di.spersed.
; ! serves to emnh.tsiao the need, or tho
. , , , , , . , work of a publie health nurwj in ono
TRADING ON STOCK EXCHANGELSX
MARKED BY GREATEST ACTIVITY.!!'
i"
Vl'W VllllV r.....!. K T....K,.,. '
" ..i'' lU was'char-
..tl.r:A.l bv the greatest activity and
mtsltioM ot any s;niiliar
. -
grade industrials aud Pieeia!itics, Rails
of the investment class were almost en
tirely ignored, but secondary issues, es
tiecialiy (jrangers and -tton earners.
strergthened as did also the bonds
those roads.
Additional divideniV omissions bv sev-1
J eral prominent industrial companies, in-j
eluding Crucible Steel, exerted little sd-1
rerse influence, having evidently bees dis-i
counted. la the main the industrial Bit
Another Big
.
Blaze Wh ch
,
'By The AncatM i"res.)
APGirsTA, Ga., March 18. What
official t regard a -unmistakable evi
nee that the Grand Opera House
in flames that gutted tne old (iran.l
Opera House at .1 o'clock here this
miiriiiug. I lie eouple liveil on t h '
fourth H'or of tho building, which hu ,
been their home for "0 years.
Frank .1. Miller, manager of Sotith-
A last round of 1 rn Lnterpnses, Inc., n theatrical , eon
President ' jiro-'eern owning the opera hou.e building,
said this morning that tho fire appear
ed to be incendiary. Ho stated that
the tire appeared to have broken out in
two places, both on the ground floor
and on the fourth floor which is the
Taut apartment
The loss to the the! re building is es-
tiinated at $:il),K)0 by Manager Miller.
i lie nre wiis (iiscoverea snortiy alter
:t ii 'clink. Friends of the Tant fami
ly, as well a i the firemen, were told by
various person that Mr. and Mrs.
Taut had gotten out of the building
ami were somewhere in the crowd. This I
repon prevented a search for them.
Just before o o'clock, after the fire
was under control, a search was made
I'airolnia'i J. S. Williams, who dis
covered the fire, states that "Mr. Tant
came to the front window, put his head
out nnd shouted at him, then disap
peared. Realizing the man s- plight,
William.
wnv, but
W th,
says he started up tho stair-
n t upon reaching the second
(lames blocked his passage.
None in the crowd of epoefntors real-
i i-'.ed that lives had been lost in the lire,
i Williams did not turn in the alarm un
til after he had attempted to rescue the
i Tauts.
' At one time it was thought that Mis.',
Frances Dewen, a niece of the Tauts,
had been burned to death, but she was
j Liter found in the crowd. Miss Dewen
lived with the Taut for a number of
years, but of late has made her home
:at II- (ireene street.
IRISH TERRORISTS
RESUME THEIR ACTIVITIES
(By The Associated Press.)
BELFAST, March IS. Terrorists,
who had riui.niiied under cover all of
St. Putrn-k s day, resumed tlieir netiv
j Oi'lnc .miortlv Hftor tin,
curie'.-
hour n news vender proceeding hom--! A k'ansman in regulation wlute eos
..r, on his bicycle was shot f Inoii'zh j ,,,nu scood at the entrance of the hail
the breasi. and a man was - hot Mid i a".J handed out cards on which were
i.ikilled iii Newfoiiards Road.
A bomb was thrown in Tlmmpion
street the niissiio wounding several ier-
sons. A gir who was wounded by the
bomb, died after being taken to the
hospital.
Newtoimrds Bond wa:i in a turmoil
until after the breakfast hour,
Two men dashed into Thompson street
in Sinn Fein district, and threw u
bomb through an upstairs window of a
small dwelling where an elderly wom
an, bose .Metireevy, ami ner niece, Ala
ry Mill Inn, were sleeping. Pedestrians
who forced an entrance found Mrs.
McGreevy teriousy wounded and her
niece mortally hurt, one of the young
woman's legs having been blown nearly
off. T'.ie two women were taken to a
hospital where Miss Mullnn died short- '
ly afterwards. ;
Marly this morning the bodv of a
man was found in Claremont Lane with j
a bullet through the head. ,
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!
COST OF WIFE BEATING
IS ALSO GOING HIGHER
SAN FRANCISC0,X March 18.
The cost of wife besting is going to
be higher in San Francisco from novr
on, according to Superior Judge Thos.
F. Graham. After fining a man $500
yesterday for applying a lighted
match to his wife's arm, he announc
ed that blackeyes hereafter 'would
cost $250 each instead of $150 as
heretofore, and that kicks would be
raised from $150 each to $250 and
blows ftom $50, to $100.
,, ,,
nd coppers also
strengthened on the
increased inquiry!
fur meta's.
conditions) were the chief ,
Mouetarv
factor in tlie wei k's expansive dealings.! Us and in conducting elnsses of girls
Pasing of the Federal income tax pay-itt the Little Mothers' Leagues in tho
nient peritnl was followed, by lowest care and feeding of babies and young-
money rates for tho year. CaU loansj" children i!" 4dily mi .that
., . . . . ....
were readily obtainable in the open mar-
kets at 3 per cent and this quotation was
lowered in private offerings!.
The investment situation was auother
fl source-of encouragement to banking in- j
J te rests. Mmy new domestic and foreign,
underwriting, includinir a French rail-'
way SJO.000,000 bond issue, and one of -
$40,000.000 -for tho Dntch East Indies
met with large over subscriptions in this:
market. ' . v I
KU KLUX KL4N WILL GO
IS L LU PI H I I IILIV Ul II I III If
r ' 1,1 U1'
IS THE CURRENT REPORT
Invisible Empire Promises His
Return to North Carolina
Or. Arthur Ta Image Aber
nethy Tells Hickory Audi
ence of Klan's Aspirations.
RALEIfiH Vn,.h it tir
know absolutely nothing about it
and have no comment" ti make."
This is all that "Governor Morri
son would say regarding tho state
ment made by Dr. Arthur T. Aber- .
nethy at Hiekory that one million ;
Klansmen were pledged to see that
a man, believed to be Matthew Bol
lock, is brought back to North Caro- ,
Una from Canada to atand trial on
charges preferred against hiia in this
state."
iUL.-ft.OKr March. 17. One million
members of the order of tho Ka Klux
Klnn, from Maine to Texas, are pledged
" " mun .uaiiuL-nr iiuuoci, , negro,
wanted at Norlina, on a charge of at
tempted murder growing out of a race
riot, is brought back from Canada to
North Carolina for trial, Dr. Arthur Tal
madgo Abernethy. of Asieville. lecturer
of the klan, declared in an address hero
last night. .
Dr. Abernethy said Bullock wauld b
brought -l.ack to North Carolina within
!0 .lays, but did not say how thi was to
be accomplished.
Dr. Abernethy tohf a large Hickory -
autnciice some or tlio tilings tho "invis
ible empire" is fighting in the Unite"
States, and appealed to local people to
join his organization. In tha course of
his speech he mentioned incidents that
occurred at Asheville, his homo city, tell-
I ig or me case tnere in which tho klan
j had secured the conviction of two negroes
I for violating social ethics. Tho whitu
I women, ho said, wero escorted out of,
town.
Dr, Abernethy, who is a native of
I Kutherford College, Burke county, must
I havo madi) a favorable impression on
j largo part of his audience, judging by
the npplause. He reviewed history to
show that the ancient empire fell be
cause of muterinlism, and declared that
the American empire would fall unlesa
the work of undermining the jfigrulo of
its citizens was halted. . -
The speaker aid that a millioi? mrni
bers of tho KuKlux Klan from Main
fo Florida were pleged to bring Matthew
11., I.... L. r,..l; . ai i
.'"mini i.-jr, irom vanaaa to
North Carolina for trial, nnd Dr. Aber
nethy said Bullock would be back in 90
days. ' Ho asserted that the negro is
given a fair show in North Carolina and
declared that no raeo of ieoplo under
the sun hud been so blessed and fostered
as the black race.
The klan is opposed to lynchings and
violence, but merely assists in enforc
ing the laws and in combatting the evil
effects of German rationalism and evolu
tion, both of which ho denounced. Dr.
Abernethy said that the press is eon
trolled by the Jews and Catholics and
that newspapers dare not print anything
' i-itut.
.loi.ii.u u.o jii-mcipies or me organizanou.
, fct"te Organizer Neal. who has been
here for somo time, said that there was
a larger organization or kiansmcn in
Hickory than peoplo had any idea of, and
he urged people interested to talk over
the question of joining with liini.
While Abernethy did not mention tho
name of the man ho said was sought by
tho authorities of this state, the sudi-.
ence understood him to refer to Matthev
Bullock, wanted at Norlina, on a charge '
of attempted murder growing out of a
race riot at that place about a year ago.
Bullock was recently given his liberty by
Judge rinyder at Hamilton, Dnt., where
he was arrested, when Governor Morri
s.m refused t.- send witnesses to Canada '
to testify at his extradition hearing, t .
'
SHOWS GREAT NEED OF
A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
I'1'1' following letter has been received
at t,,L Gaston County headquarters of
the Red Cross, addressed to the publie
health nurse: .-;
"Dear Madam :
"There are revenil children in tho
Long Creek School who cannot get up
their studies as they should. I know
that nt least four seem to have eyo
trouble. They say they haven't money
to have their eyes properly examined.
I wish you would advise nie , as to
: what eaii be done for them.'' ..'
This appeal comes from Mr. J. A.
Ormaud, the principal of a small coun
try school in one end of the county.
' The need of four children in this
school must le multiplied many times
by the number of children needing
the same attention in other schools
1 throughout the country, and such a call
! ways) and means to secure help for
those who need it even where thero
no money.-- The physicians invari
ably give tbeir help in cases that aro
brought to their attention , by tho
countv nurse.
other Valuable work doue bv the
public health nurse in the schools isi
instruct inir the children in health hab-
work of this kind is far reaching iu
its influeace for health building and
hg constructive in the highest sense.
Publie Health Nursing hss had mo-:
efficient .representatives iu this countv
in Miss Ward and Miss Sliern m, i
accomplished valuable feundai ,
and it i the hope of the G
ty Chapter of the Ked Cro
new nurse for this work
cured it aa esrly lt it