MILI: flAZETFE Weather: Wanner LocUl Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XUII. NO. 71. GASTON I A, N..C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS (MSTON - j FATE OF BONUS BILL IN THE SENATE IS PROBLEMATICAL; SHARP CHANGES EXPECTED Fairly Certain That Bill Will Slumber Quite a xrri T.i .O-r .1 TL' 1""U 1! XXttll 7 Wmie LOngworin iiuhks iiaruuig vyiii Sign House Measure- Senate Has Tariff and Treaty Bills Still on Hand. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24. Passed by tho House lato yesterday by a vote of 3U3 to 70, tho soldiers' bonus bill was made ready today for the Senate. What would happen to it there was re garded as problematical, but House pro ponents proposed to use every effort to I prevent it from being shelved, as wasj too original bonus measure. In the long debate which preceded tho final vote in the Uouso, some speak ers predicted that the Senate would kill the bill, while others apparently were hot over optimistic as to the chances of its passago in its present form. Whatever its ultunate fate, it appear ed fairly certain that the bill would rlumber for quite n while at tho other end of the capitol, where already tho calendar is congested with treaties and annual supply bills with the pcrniaiteut tariff bill yet to be reached, : Thero were those who believed that tho Senate, finance committee, to which tho bill would be referred in the natur al course, would make sharp chunges in it, Some administration officers were knowu to look to the .Senate to. pass a measure providing means for iiuaneing tho bonus, but tiny were not prepared to predict whether the means would be taxes or thwuno of foreign bonds. President Harding has been repre sented as looking with favor on the fi nancing of the legislation with refund ed foreign bonds provided they were in hand before the bill was pa. sod. While the measure wus in the niakine by the Houko ways and means committee, the galleries been jammed as they were to Executive.' according to some' members ' day from the time Speaker Gillett 's of that committee, hiiggeste.l a delay of! 9t) days in tho belief that the treasury would by then be in possession of some of the British bond. There was some discussion in the Uomie yesterday as to whether tho J'resuhHit would approve I the biil in its proscnt form, with neon-, Diet in the opinions expressed . Kepre- j sftitative Longworth, Republican, said; that while., ho would not presume to i speak tor the Executive, he had reason j to believe that Mr. llardiug would sign j tho House cieasuro if it reached him without changs. On the other ham Kepre: entativo Snyder, Kepublienn, who said he had ta.kcd with 'Mr. lust week, declared he would Harding ' be "ex-! cecdingly surprised ' signed it. if the Executive ! WASHINGTON. March 23. The four billion dollars soldier's bonus bill was passed tonight by the house by an overwhelming majority. It now goes to . the Senate where its fate is regarded as uncertain. I The vote was 3M to 70, or 61 more than the two-thirds majority necessary for Passage of the measure under tho; parliamentary procedure selected by Ho-! publican leaders for the express purpose, of preventing the Democrats from offer-! ing a motion to recommit. j Tarty lines disappeared both in the; general debate and on the final roll call,1 010 V-..,Kl;nt.o OO 11.ininirita nnA mm .. S -4 m JI UU 1, UV . ' V v . .A .1 u..u socialist supporting th- bill and 42 Re-j publicans and 2S Democrats voting oa- j gainst it. Ready Cash For Some. Aa passed by the house, the bonus bill would provide for immediate cash payments to veterans whose ad justed service pay would not exceed S0, and would give the other veter ans the option of these four plans: Adjusted service certificates, with Dead Since Feb. 15 Comes Back To Banquet In Spirit Dr . James M. Peebles, Los Angeles Scientist, Sends "From Be yond" Message to Friends Is Exploring the Moon and Journeying Among the Stars. LOS ANGELE8. March 24. Dr. I the physical side the diet and excrcis Jamcs Martin feeble, physician and tSto lengthen tho rears. It is a crime scientist, dead siuco February. 15. not j f ,. d hundred years. " a.,1. nttanilit.l In tha mint n hnnmin 4 ' reteorate nis centennial, but nas sent back "from beyond" at least ono nies scge, guests assembled to honor his memory said last night. Dr. Guy Bogart, -head of the Longer Life League, stood beside nn empty chair at the hamiet and announced that Dr. "Peebles) "is with us, sitting in this chair." Later Dr. Bogart read a message lie stated he bad received from Dr. Pee bles since tho latter 's death, through the lato Herman Kuehn, publisher of Chicago. He explained that because of Dr. Teeble 's short life ' beyond " VA word to Guy (Dr. Bogart), aud tha Longer Life League friends," the! message said. "I knew in my inner most vision that I would celebrate my centennial bcyn,l tno gates but that I would be with the Longer Life League 'in the spirit' as well. It made little differeee, to mo ou which side of the gate I made. the celebration. Guy reralls that I told him a couple of years ago that I was anxious to explore the moon and go journeying amoug the itars. Well, I am getting my wishes gratified. And the old rheumatism . is a thing 'of the past. "In. the service of loe you will find yoitr nmw for living. It will make jour Ufa fuil and overflowing.. Watch, provisions authorizing loans by banks in the first three years after next October 1, and by the government , thereafter; the certificates to run for 20 years and to hare a face value at maturity of the amount of the adjusted service credit at the rate of $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day for foreign service, increased by 2$ per cent plus inter est at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent compounded annually. Vocational training aid after January, 1923, at the rate of $1.75 a day, the total payments not. to ex ceed, however, 140 per cent of the adjusted service credit. Home And Farm Plan. Farm and homo aid under which vet erans may purchase or improve farms or homos would bo paid after July 1, 1923, . Kuin equal to their adjusted service credit increased by 25 per cent Land settlement, under which lands would bo reclaimed under tho supervi sion of a special board and farm units established for sale to tho veterans at a prico fixed by the board less the amount of tho adjusted service credit due the purchasers. In oniy two important particulars does this measure differ from tho one passed use two years ago and that w.s shelved in the bona to iast July. Tho original cash bonus option was eliminat ed and the bank loan provision of tho ijust.d service certificate title sub stituted. Not since the war days have the house j nvel fell at 11 a. m. until the last vote enveloped the capitol. And not in many years havo such scenes been enacted on tho flour where there frequently was an uproar with alternate applause, laughter and jeers. Galleries Pro-Bonus, Like tho house itself, the galleries were pro-bonus and supporters of the bill were frequently applauded despite the infringement on the rules which this entailed. But the greatest applause whs not for a proponent but an opponent the members and many of the spectators, rising and tendering an ovation to "Uncle ,loe" Cannon as the grizzled holder of tho American record for length of legislative service arosts late in tho j day to deliver a two-minute speech m which h declared that tho men who ser ved in the world war owed that son-ice to their country. In all there was slightly more than five hours of discussion with 75 of tho 4:15 members taking part in it. Tran-! scripts of their remarks would fill about two ordinary newspapers. Many of j them were on their feet only a minute j or two, or three, but tho hotiso gavel unanimous consent for all members to extend their remarks in The Congreswion- al Kecord during the next five days and editions of that volume during that time promise to bo exceedingly bulky. ifirnnionta ntvnillat tha hill UtrA HlOrC -I' h """ " Pi '- frequent than those in its favor, due to j the fact that many Democrats who an-1 1 flint thev would sunoort it vigorously attacked somo of its provisions and the Ways nnd Means Committee for failure to provide means of financing the bonus. In the course of tho debate the meas ure was referred to as a "gold brick," a "bogus" bill, a " hokuspokus " and a "deformed and malf Mined creature." "This one word more: I am glad 1 to add n:y testimony to the fact that ! there is 110 death. " Dr. Peebles before his death told friends he intended to attempt to com- ( municate with them, as ho had been t deeply interested in various forma Of t psychic research. The program included a speech by Dr. George A. Morrison, who will be 102 ou Juno 4, next. A memorial sendee for Dr, Peebles was held last night at a Los Augeles auditorium. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK. March 24. Cotton fu tures cloW weak. May 17.71 ; July 17.21; Octolier 1G.S4; December 16.73; January 16.65. - TODAY'S COTTOSIMET Cotton seed .5tc Strict to good middling ..,,....,...17: COMBINATION OF THREE N.C. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROPOSED University, State College and Woman's College Would be Combined Under Proposed Plan Into "The University ' of North Carolina," Making It Greatest in South Gov ernor to Name Special Com mittee to Consider Propos al. RALEIGH, March 23 Consolida tion of the State university, tho State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and the Woman's college at Greensboro into one ' ' University of North Caro lina" will be considered by a sjKHiial committee to be appointed tomorrow by I Governor Morris.m. composed of trustees of each of the three institutions. ! The decision to submit the proposal for the consolidation of the three insti- j m nulla uus iiMuiiiiiiee,ii iixiay iv mo irov- ernor after plans had been suggested to educators and favorublo response had been made. The plan would involve no radical changes in the existing system of or ganization. The colleges, of course, would not be moved from their present locations, but they would be under one general directing head, and special courses would be divided among tho three institutions, much in the same order as at present. The consolidation would make the university the liiggest in tho south and one of the foremost in the country. The total enrollment would bo around five thousand, and the governor and educa tors who have commented on the scheme are of the opinion that more effective work would be made possible. The ilan has not advanced beyond the stage of a proposal, but it will receive careful consideration by this special committee from the three boards. The committee will be asked to make a thor- oueh investigation with tho idea of de- ,, u ' ".ZZr either of the colleges would bo handi capped, and tho many other matters that must bo cnreful'.y looked into. It then will report to the trustees as to the ad visability of carrying out the proposal. . The governor is submitting the plan as chairman of the board of trustees of the university, chairman of the board of trus tees of State college and chairman of the state board of education. Tf fvnrlir!nHnn should be effected, a vnunsr man or woman would not cut State college or the Woman 'S college b. t tho University of North Carolina an. which of the three institutions he or slii woud be assigned to would depend upon the course of stu.lv desired. The con solidation would make possible specializa tlou in all branches of work now exist ing in the three colleges. COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BIG GOAL STRIKE General Policy Committee Meets Behind Closed Door: to Perfect Final Plans For Big Strike. (Bv The Associated Tress.) CLKVKLAXD. O.. March 24 The general policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America met here to- . . . day to complete arrangements for put ting into effect what international Pres lent John L. Lewis declared will b "the greatest strike in history." The mpctiug was held behind closed doors, but it was understood steps would be taken to arrange and conduct the strike without leadership from tho time it starts April 1 . Full powers to conduct the affairs of tha union during the suspension of work was vested in the policy committee by tie miners in convention at Indiannpo lis last month. The committee also has tiie authority to negotiate ror a new wage agreement between the miners and operators. One of the most important questions expected to be decided by the committee is whether dhtrirt unions shall be al lowed to enter into separate agree ments with the mine owners. At their Indianapolis convention the miners vot ed rgainst regional conferences. The subject was expected to bring to tho fore th" iong' standing factional fight between President Lewis and Frank Farrington, president of the II Ihioismi ners. Farrington was said to lie prepared to demand that regional conferences lie permitted. He is said I to have many supporters. I Minn owner vrhn livo her Yiirpftnil iir,!K,s that Lewis and Farrington would n,:u.h Krw,n0t . Thev claim that ,hl, f the coal trade- of t h e creut 1.-ilceM iw :i ffei'tei! thi nntrr. versy . TEX RICKARD SAYS HE CAN PROVE ALIBI. By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, March 24. Opening the defense of Tex Kickard, charged with criminally assaulting 13-year-old Sarah 8choenfeld, counsel for Kick ard today told the jury that a perfect alibi would be proved for November 12. 1921, the date of the alleged of fense. Max Steur, chief defense counsel, al so set forth that the two apartments ! oh West 47th street, mentioned in con nection with the case, had been Tented by Richard while be was arranging the Deuirwey-Willard fight in (store his liquors, because ho Toledo to saw prohi bition ecnung Rickard. Steur said, never had been in the suites in his life, and had gone to the apartment rouses themselves on ly twice, to ascertain from tho janitor Irars were O. K.K that his cell ANCESTORS OWNED STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EIGHTS TO REGAIN 15,000 ACRES. ft v ' 1 H -v vf f 1 S " : . : j& X - ii ' LifciAiiiiiiitfi-nrHirijfrtarfaiii-fnMYIiMiMff.titilrtimi Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of Atlantic; City, a descendant of one of the thir-' teen original proprietors ot the State of new Jersey, has fonned a coiporation to go to court with a claim lor 11,000 acres of land whfrh was given in a grant by Queen Anne, of England, in 1693. Mrs. Clark has called a meet ing of the descendants ot the thirteen original ownen to push a campaign for resuiuuon 01 iana auegea 10 nave Doea sold without authority and clear title. Z. nnvo nilTimssnrn Tiir HUla uUINurcmrH Tnr "WiiwmuLii I ML. GIRLS IN DEBATE i i - . . . triangular u.Dates will lake:. , i V r V. i, , Ui .T , , , to be selected by Mr. Jtess tor cxperi- JTlace 1 tiroUgtlOUt the Mate mental purposes and tlu.se farmers who Tonight League of Na-i wish tu avail themselves of this oppor tions to Be Debated. ftunity are urged to sco Mr. (esa soon. While no device or method has been ( HAPEL HILL, March 2.!. -- Boys found to entirely exterminate tho wee will outnumber girls in the triangular de-1 vil, the Di-partment authorities have bates of the High School Debating lnion demonstrated bevond a doubt, that the i me liiufuc ot .auons, to De tiei.t in -ou communities ot the State on Friday,1 March L'4. ; Two hundred school have forwarded the names of their debaters to the e tral committee here, and nniiouncement n.-is inaue louay ly 1'.. n. KaliK.il, M cie- rl'ary, mat tliese records show i total of 4t0 boys ami .U0 girls. Fifty schools luive notyet filed the names of their ih-J aters, but it thought that these late r,- will make no material difference in '" 'io ' Filu :i dioo!s will be represented by j teams coioj.csed altogether of girls: Max- , ton, Roanoke Hanids. bwannonoa. JSimw ' Hill, Kobenlel, Arcadia, Cerro Gordo, , GibsonviJIe, (ilenwood, Drexel, Kllerhe,' Kenly. Mt. Pleasant. Xehn and Harris-'! burg. j Forty-ene schools will be represented1 by teams composed altogether of boy: I Albermarle, Wilmington, Winston Salem, ' Apex, Asheboro, Carthage, Farm School. Falcon, Graham, (ilade Valley, Concord,, Cary, Dell, Fairmont, Friendship, K.-i-ti Spencer, Fruitland, Kings Mountain, M'. Holly, High Point, Jamestown, Leak'- i ville, Littleton, SuninierficM, Stem, Sand1 Hill, Sparta, Stovall. Stonewall, Stony Point, Smithfield, Xorlina, I'nicy Creek. Pittsboro, Rockwe'l, Yancey Institute, Soul hmont, Vaneeboro, I'nionville, Tyro and Wesley Cliapel. Only once since the annual di baiitig contests were inaugurated ten years ag has the Aycock Memorial ('up been mi by a girl's team. In UU.'i Misses I.all.i Rookh Fleming and Ktlic! Gardner, rep- resenting the Wilson High sriiool, won the award of the trophy cup. In all; other yea is tho trophy u; lat gone to; teams composed cither of ihh !evs or i a boy and a e'r' I THOUSANDS ATTEMPT RUN ON CHICAGO BANK. (hv The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, March 24 - A special de tail of 2,') police, armed ith ritl s, was called upo'i today to control thousand of persons who be. ieged 1h Northwest ern Trust & Savings Haik to withdraw! their deposits fol'owing f;.ls- minor that the condition of the institution wnsu nstable. J Several women were crushed in the i scramble to enter the bank. Their in ! juries and the fear of hundred of oth er depositors Were the outgrowth of J f-ilse rumors concern inc the bulk's li-. nanci.M strength. Bank official.! were j nayil'g out money ns t'jsl as the de I positors could lie served and other bank- ' were said to lie ready to supply all the ' cash needed. ; John F. Sinuiski, presidii't of the bank, announced an offer of reward ' of .j,0(i0 for the identity of the ierson resiiousiblc for the falm rumors. The bank Mas ds dared by bunk ex amiiicrs as the btrongest bank iu Chi- 1 cago in iroportion to its size. The, 'ast statement shotted esoortes approx- ! imately of 20,(U)0,niMJ and i!emsits of ' iN.tH'tO.OHO. I The Federal reserve bank of tthieh' the Northwestern is a member sent 7.H,00( in an armored car to the be ' . ieged l.aiik 1 he Continental, and I Commercial National Bank sent I,0(lO-1 EXPORTS IN FEB8UA2Y TOTALLED 338,440 BALES 1 WASHINGTON, Mar h 24.--Ameri-j ean exports of raw cotton including; linters during February were j bales valued at il,113,fi!IO, comjared I with 4?:i,4L'6 bales, valmnl t 142,040, llj, expurted in February a year ago. J Kxports of raw cotton for the eight j months eudlng FTbruarywore 4.521,072 1 bales, valued at .ISS,3122-i omparel with 3,741.010 bates . valued at 4491,-' 349.810, for eight orth -rcdiiig FebrnaT 1 yt-ar ag T ! . HERE'S HOPING THEY PAY SOME HEED TO THIS WASHINGTON, March 24. Ex peditous handling of newspapers is urged on Postal employes in a state ment by John H. Bartlett, new first assistant postmaster general, publish ed ttday in the Postal Bulletin. "Despite repeated instructions for the prompt handling of daily news papers," the statement asserts, "many compliant are made of delay in receipt of this class of mail. "This condition is irritating to subscribers and inexcusable ftom a service standpoint. Unless received promptly a newspaper has little or no news value, and the postal service reaps the criticism of delay. "Postmasters are therefore urged to see that all daily newspapers, both outgoing and incoming, are handled immediately upon receipt in their offices, to the end that we may have a satisfied public and an ap pieciative press." TO HELP GASTON FARMERS FIGHT THE BOLL WEEVIL j Manager Cess, of Southern ! Cotton Oil Company, to In- troduce Dusting Machine in County This Summer Cal cium Arsenate to Be Spray ed on Growing Cotton Ten Experimental Farms to Be Selected. Through Kln.v He km, tiie th. 1o'-ji 1 representative J Southern Cotton UU ebyl j t'ompnnv I'" announced a plan whereby I 11 nope i m-ip uic couon growers in1 1 their liht against the boll weevil. - ! Machines to luat the growing plant with j calcium arsenate have been perfected ami I MalllK' r J' wi" m,vo i"M of tll0SO, i machines for use in (iastou county this - ner. llnrty acres per dav can he, red by one of the machines. It is. pulled by one mulo and covers threoj i ,.,.!.. t i;..... T,. f,.,. nr.. ; application of alcium Arsenate, prop erly applie ,.m,, k i,,,,,. ennmd, to nllow the. Cotfoni ui Lrti.i. I in iimniiT in: . . . . I'lant t,j develop a full set of bolls. There are those who believe that th" measures of control as recommended and iloinon-drated by the Depiirtmnt of Agri culture, ure tin lust that have been proposed. As an expression of confi-1 deuce in the practicability of these methods of weevil control, the Atlantic' Coa-t Line liailrond, Geo. H. MeFaddenJ & J',10.. Sxivanunh. Ga.. 8. M. Bully ,, . - . in: n. Savannah, (ui.. cotton factors, (.iti-, , , . , 1 111. Sl.itiflnipii llniilr Hn V tin ;lh n Till Barrett Cotton Company, Augustn.l i.ompany, vikuki" . l with Tho Southern. Ga., in conjunctien Cotton Oil Company and tho Virginia Carolina tlieinical Company, who iuitia ted the undertaking, have jointly Rlil) tcri'oed to a fund to be used in carrying nit such demonstrations on cotton farms. In accordance with the arranged program, it is proposed to conduct dem onstrations at approximately forty-two points adjacent to the mill and factory ooints of the Southern Cotton Oil Com- pany and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com puny in the States of North (Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. In all, demonstrations will be carried out en something like Ihree hundred farms in the Cotton Belt. At each of these locations six or eight Jarms win be selected on which Calcium Arsenate' uy an 0,i,is Thursday's gathering was ducting operations will be conducted and oll'0f t10 greatest meetings in the inter-j specific directions given the grower iu',. meetings in the interest of tho Le-' .,,... r.l 1., Hi- nr.'ti.'i r.ition of the hind.' ..;,, .,. i..,i,i ; e,.iio r. in (ttinm.. I f. rtili.ation, planting, cultivating inc crop and th. application of Calcium Ar senate, each step taken to bo in line: with the 1 roved ispeneiiee ot the IHua Laboratory of the Cnited States partua nt of Agriculiure. De- THE WEATHER North Carolina, fair and warmer to night; Saturday increasing cloudiness. Expedition To Patagonia To Capture Prehistoric Creature! . . .,. n . ! Buenos Aires Zoological Experts Set Out to or Capture, Pleimnsurus. Meatherium. Monster Is Named. UCKNOS AIHKS, Mai.di 2". The elalwuat. iirraugeineiiti for t'.ie captnr' or destruetioii of the An lo 'uroiiist ic creaturi1 reortcd to l.riv. U-eii s'tii in an Aiiliiin lake Irne bi-i 11 male by the ixelition v.hich left tonight (Thursday 1 tor I'atagonia under the aus dies of the I'.ieiios Aires zoological garden. The memlM-r of the party are all "eil armed, earning e'ephaut ri:l. s and la-oeS. A ii'iantity of 1 plosive is a!-o leir.g taken, with l.ii-h to mine the lake and thus sc:;ro out tho monster l-e it pies iiis.ui 1 -.is, glyptodon or megatheri um, as variously reported. The zoo 's tiixiilcrn.isf is taking aloi.g embalming materials for use in case the beast is killed. A11 tit'uer item of the outfit is it gaso line motor with which to prolyl the boat to be constructed on the shores of the lake. The expe-li-tiou will procied by mil to Neu qucn, tln'uce by ramioui to Bari loch and from there oa hordes in to the ternary of Cbubcf. where the lake is situated ud miles from n s.-ttletuvt ealied "18 de Oetu Ue." 1'rof. OueLf, director of the roo, Care of Disabled Veterans and "Americanism" Are Two Big Jobs of The American Legion These Two Together With Drive For Members Constitute Legion's Program in North Caro lina, According to Outlines at District Rally- Here Cole K. Burgess Furnishes Keynote Speech of Meeting With Powerful Plea For Wounded and Scathing Denunciation of Anti American Propaganda. "As long as 40,000 former ser vice men in America languish in hospitals, 10,000 of whom are in sane and dying of tuberculosis, neg lected by an ungrateful nation; as long as Eugene V. Debs walks free and unrestrained in America; as long as Grover C. Bergdoll flaunts his insolence in the faces of Ameri can war mothers, and as long as the railroads, mines and ship owners get their millions in subsidies from a grateful nation while thousands of disabled veterans are dying for the lack of treatment, the war is not over, and it is the job of the Ameri can legion to make this country realize it,' ' declared Cale K. Burgess in the keynote speech of a great American legion rally, held hero Thursday. Audience Is Thrilled. Mr. TtnnrPBQ la f n.lintnnl: f tiv' American legion, and his speech, coming, nt the conclusion of a banauet served bv' i nt the conclusion of a banquet served by' the Uaston county war mothers anu woman's ouxiliiiry to WO servieo men of the county and visitors from the ninth congressional district, fired his audienco with a thrill they havo not experienced since the davH of 1917-18. ..t , iM1a mentioned .l..,.:..,, h,,, nf,P ,iv. , . . ' ', . 1 ,,lir,ll,lK central theme of every sp.iaker, and there were many of them,! was, first, care for the disabled veternns in an,l cut of hospitals, and Amerieaniza-j I Eugene Debs, Bergdoll, Victor Berger,' the I. W. W., tho Soviets, the Milwaukee1 teuton movement, and George Harvev.i "the arch-enemy of Woodrow Wilson, ' were scathingly denouncod by every MII'II KIT I 11 11 wnKu'ar fact, and one com- uiented on, that among this largo gather-; ing of service men, not once was tho mat-: ter of a bonus for themselves mentioned. All the talk was for the sick and wound ed soldiers and for a better understand, thing from the "Old Gray Mare" on ing by the people of what the American, down. Tho spirit of the army was thor Igiun stands for. oughly in evidence and tho Legion's "The American legion is destined to' ideals Were uppermost. Presiding was become the greatest organization in Commander of Gaston. Post, No. 2.'l, America," said Stato Chaplain Viekers. Danieron If. Williams. Throughout tha ..i . i.i in vuiiiq iiiu urn ruuiid VI NU . . ..,;....:,.. .: , TL ,. 'and will become tho backbone of all, -iiiiui Acaiiinni on llll t:jllbljlL'U.. lli will, .. .. . . seo that in futuro years America goes, rii'ht " K ' viniuiuviia ai vkchi 1 Charles A. Sloane, editor of The Qtecn , w,g.u vi,v .),ivii iu J.UU, H49 UU Ui. 111' UJSli SIJrilftCIB IIIA. the State, deelare.i that in the Oteen hos-! he: told of th" awful tragedies being en pital thero wero 1,000 men fighting al acted at the hospital.' ".There are na ; grim bnttle with the great whito plague,; : but, even as they fought the Huns on tho; other side, they are meeting death with a smile. A word and a mossage from the outside cheers them wonderfully ! State Commander Tom Bird and the executive committee of the Legion, to gether with a number of visitors from Charlotte, Hickory, Newton and Shelby, met here in the district rally, and as one result the legion post hero has received 1 a lug boost. Nearly 100 members were added IIH HOl , ill be felt throughout tho entire Ninth! i- tpil.r 1 Beginning at - 30 the day's activities I,,. i.jn M-illi an nviwinf t I'll inrnmtttAA mi.pt inc- whi'n tho American Lesions "Sor-: i.-.i o n.l rf.mtuttifiiti.in 11:111 ' Tt'ftfl ill ft caused. Under this plan an exhaustivej questionnaire is being prepared for form- er service men to answer and file with ! Legion headquarters. The information; ontained therein gives all the necessary! data concerning the former service man's! 1 Glyptodon or Whatever tne who organized the expeilition, has directed that, if it fails to find the animal after six weeks' search the party shall proceed to other parts of Patagonia. He said to the cor respondent : "I am laughed at, but I am con vinced that some large, strange ani mals exist in Patagonia. When. Theodore Kooscvelt visited Argen tina he was presented with a frag ment of hide picked up in Patago nia ith long hair still attached to it. The hide was a half inch thick and curiously reinforced beneath the surface with tiuy rods of bone. It must hare belonged to some ani mal recently alive. What was it! Mrs. Clark Howell Dead. (By The Associated Tress.) ATLANTA, Ga.. March 24. Fun- eral services for Mrs. Clark Howell, I wife of the editor and general- manager of 'The Atlanta Constitution, and a member of one of Georgia 's most prom inent f smiles, who died last night, vcro set for lato today with interment to follow at Westvievr cemetery here., compensation elaiais. state of health, war risk insurance, etc. Tho questionnaire Js .re pa red nt National headquarters ami in beins sent out through State ad jutants and through them to every post in the country. There are 50 or more question in the list and the information thus secured will give an accurate line o the status of every former service man in the nation. , Present at tho afternoon sessiqa wer Messrs. Victor Khaw, head of the Char lotte pot, Joe Murphy, of Hickory and ' if i WKJV gentlemen gavo a short account Of wliat tho Legion was doing in their respective towns. The Shelby post has the finest club rooms in the State, it is said. Tho Hickory post is tho owner of a swimming pool which is going to furnish finances to liuihl a permanent home for the legion in that city. The Charlotte post has l'1"" "n foot tO build 8 73,000 homft " ' 1 ' l" lu""' mrougn uu i1- nn'1 L- Commander Shaw announce that on May 20 the Uhailotto post with National Commander1- JIanford MacNi der ns special truest would pull off tho biggest May 201 h celebration ever held in the State. Commander Shaw an uounced that the staging of boxing bout, wrestling mutches and other forms of en- curiug attendance at his post. Others who nnidn nhort Hiehpa wpro W. , H. Charles' and T. L. Alexander, of Cliar lotto, Pat MeBrayer, of helbv, J. W. V piess. of Marion and representative of nn'u I'uoi. lio. w. unit Wilkes, of Charlotte, representing tha Woman's Auxilinry, spoke a few words pledging the support of tho Auxiliary. i l was at i.ue uanquct, at o:ou wut-ii 230 servieo men of tho county gathered that the real spirit of the day was mani- fest. The Wrar Mothers and Woman's Ti . .1. i. L -1. e.ln l Auxiliary had prepared s feed of ham, pickles, potatoes, eggs, rolls, coffee, ice cream and cake (with seconds), Todd's band wa there and they played every evening there; were selections from th i"i:iiiiiu iiibic; - " nikvuuua avu, mw ,- t m... .,. ni.,.. ivinams Uliiii ft, Aiiuiup. MIM3J, .-.. Williams and Thompson, and their usual ' stix k of ,' funny tuph "3 brought down lyy jwjiiii. j . ' t i . i I ' Mr,. Clias. i SJoaue.'iof tho Oteori thousand of these boys at Oteen whd ' will never leave, there except iii a coffin. Last month 17 died. They aro fightinjt a wonderful battle for life against tuber . culosis, and they are so lonely and for gotten." ' ' . .--,: "pay after day," he said, "they aro lying flat on their backs with no hope, 110 future save that oftmoeting death, nnd they are facing tho grim white inon- . ster even as they fai-ed it in the trenches and on Xo Man's Land in France." .e made a touching plea for the 'sick end wounded. Mr. Sloane himself wan. a patient nt the hospital, but has recov ered and is now editor of The Echo, tho -,,.,,, J 4V. l,.,Jn : . , , , " Rev. T. O. vickora, of Henderson, t . . . . , 1 . . . . , 1 , , "'aio v-napiam, was 1110. next spcaner ana no ineau lor lite meats 01 me Ainon l'an M.r"n, ' This organization is des tined to become tho greatest power in eountry," he said. "Itsob is ta s taat Amer-ca keeps straight. Thera agencies at work in the Ian that yr ,uu"" , 10 besinirx-h ideals of Amerieaaisin the Legion's duty to WO "that i is kept right." America Mr. Vickers denounced tho , skulking characters who hid behind the uniform to cover violations of the law. "Just because a mail wore tho khaki," ho said, "there is no reason why ho should gain immunity for his wrong doing, and I here and now denounce snih a man as & dastardly coward." It remained, however, for Cale K. Burgess to electrify the crowd. previous to Us speech tho audience i-a.i bxa growing testiess. Men ero leaving and the women were busily re moving plates, Bmokes were eing passed around and solicitors were pass ing among the tables collecting Legion dues for the local post. Many in the audience were preparing to leave when Burgee was introduced. Burgess ha done more for. the Legion than any ma rt iu North Carolina, lie haa been adju- . tant since its organization. IIo b 1 young lawyer of Italoigh. Before ho had been speaking flva minutes he had his audienco and seldom lmve they ever heard such a speech on Americanism and the neglect of dis abled soldiers. . Beginning . with tha manner in which the American fighting man marched away to war, the plaudits and huzzas hurled his way, the acclaim with which the heroes werw greeted and ihe similar outburst of hero-worshitf when the first contingents Tcturuod, Bur gess traced the growing neglect . an I shameful treatment the government ba aecorded its veterans. He cited case af ter case of gross neglect. f'Many of them," he declared.'. 'aro being arol for in criminal and charitable institn- tions, whit' our rich and -powerful gov eminent Vt-'wi ; miiioas ia subside 1 ' on the chipp-n? tru-r, tU? railrca is, t'.- njiS,.L.d t'.. Z crii' r w tnr.. Wia.tbe tUi t t g'sleHr;: f