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Y A r ONIA DAILY GAZETTE Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XUII. NO. 87. CASTON1A, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFRNOON, APRIL 12, 1922. SINGLE COPY'S CENTS Weather: Cooler 1 1 TT i AY LLOYD GEORGE PLANS AN "ARMY HOLIDAY" IN EUROPE FOR A DEFINITE PERIOD Would be Patterned After Na-V-Tal - Holiday Proposed at Washington Disarmament ; Conference The French Attitude on Disarmament. (By The Associated rresi.) t3EXOA, April 12. Brimo Minister Lloyd George, of Great Britain, contem plates suggesting an agreement for limi tation of land armaments in Europe for . a definite period, according to an unveri fied report, before the adjournment of the present international economic con ference. The "army holiday," it is thought, will be patterned after the naval holiday . completed at the Washington conference. Disarmament continues to be the most disc unset question among the delegates here, although barred from formal consideration lolluwing the ini- , tial tilt between the French and Kussian -delegations when M. Chitciieriu, Boviet foreign minister, endeavored to bring it before the conference The statement of Louis Barthou, head of the French delegation, to The Asaueia ted Press yesterday, explaining why France cannot discuss disarmament ;it Genoa probably will remain the basis of the French attitude on this question, de spite the attempts of the Kussian dole gaion or oner naional groups to raise the issue. "This is a pureiy economic confer ence," said the French leader again em phasizing France's position, "and we have simply got to stick to our agenda ;,s America did at Washington, otherwise j we will get nowhere. ' ' I Asked if France would be disposed : discus, disarmament at somo later eon-' ference, M. Harthou replied : "If 1 wanted to ta.v the ay, pleasant thing, my answer would be yes, ami yell the real answer of France is, wo don't j know. P.in 't fore-ot tliut v.i have before us a : great army in Russia, and while ' ierinniiy certainly is not a menace at pioscnt we have a menace in the potentially great German army of the future. Voti have perhaps observed the .modiilyue texture of th German chancellor's speech before the Genoa conference. We do not know whaat Germany will do, but 1 can say this my latest otlieial reports from Paris do not indicate flint Germany is in a tractable spirit concerning the vital matters embodied in the Versaillei treaty." M. Barthou emphasized that a disar mament program is now under consider ation by the league of Nations, which he said, it'wonld doubtless give it proper at tention. Strange Bed-Fellows. GENOA, April 12. -Politics is mak ing Strange bedfellows in Genoa or rather economics is doing so, if one ehom'S to accept the statement, reitera ted 50 tinies daily by its f miner that the Genoa conference is not political. It certainly is unusual to flip I the Soviet chief, Chitchcrin, sitting 'vis a vis with Constantino Piamnmly. Four years ago the bois'.ievists had Kiainnndy in jail in Petrograd. At that time he was the Rumanian minister accredit -d to the Kerensky government, and the diplomats of the whole world wore storming against the Soviet's violation of his diplomatic immunity. - The sight of Adolh .1 off re and tic German chancellor, lr. Wirth. in con versation, recalls J off re's very sudde.i expulsion from Berlin four year- ago. He was then bolshevik ambassador in Berlin, according to the terms of lie Brest Litovsk treaty, but the Koroma government unceremoniously loaded luai and his entire staff on a special tram and shipped them back to Un sia, alleg iiiB they were propagandists, ami not di plomats. It also seems odd for M. U.'ikosky and Premier Bratiano. of Human in, ti ' be sitting together at a conference call ed In the interests of pence. Ifakovsky Was ail active Rumanian socialist at the beginning of the world war. and the Bucharest government interned him. He is now president of the I'krnnian republic, federated with Moscow. Then there is the cordiality with which the British minister, Mr. Lloyd George, gleets Maxim Litvinoff. Their atti tudes here do not in th" least suggest the stormy time Litvir.off had in Kng land before he became Chitcoli. riii's chief assistant in Moscow . But in four years t ie bolsheviki have made more treaties than the other Ku- ropean states have post century, so th mats have to admit novices, and must cordingly here. 'completed in the professional diplo the Russians ore no bo dealt with a.- CHAS. A. REYNOLDS WILL BE STATE CHAIRMAN (By The Associate! Press.) WINSTON-SALEM. April P The republican state convention, which 'm vened here at 11 o'clock today. wiM elect a national conuiiirieetn.-ii.. st:-te chairman, secretary of tie state execu tive committee, adopt platform and receive .suggestions as to andidates for state corporation rommissioucr. as-oei-, ate justice of the hupreifre Ceur. Su ifrior Court judges, 20 solicitors an I 10 candidates for Cong convention om-ned it that National Coiiiciitte"iii:!ii- John M. Morehcud," of Charlotte, had emphati cally declined to :tand for reiioniiui tion; also that Charles A. Reynolds re ' fused to accept another term as H'ate chairman. The slate as fixed for these two offices, unless broken by the con vention, names Charles A. Reynolds, of tbi city, national committeeman, and W. G. Bramliam, of Durham, state chairman. The convention is exacted to be iu session until late this after soon. THE WEATHER North Carolin, fair tonight and Thnis day, cooler ia east snd centrsl portions tonight. .-.' STILLHAN LAWYERS WIL PUT THE ELDER BEAUVAJ3 THROUGH SEVERE GRILL Louis Beauvais, Father of Fi ed Beau vats, Indian Guide on Stand in Stillman Divoi ce Proceedings in Montreal Courts. (By The Associated Press.) MONTREAL. April 12. Severe cross examination awaited the full blooded Indian, Louis Beauvais, father of the guide, Fred liVauvais, when trial of the Stillman divorce case was re sumed here today. Yesterday the Indian parents de fended their son and Mrs. Anne I'. .Stillman against the charges of mis- i conduct made by James A. Ntillmau, 1 Xew York banker, who alleged in suing for divorce, that they had misbehaved in the Quebec woods and that Fred I Beauvais was the father of little Guy Stillman. , By their testimony, Fred's father and mother sought to show it would have been impossible for workmen at the Stillman summer camp near Grande Ansc, Quebec, to have drawn aside rol ler curtains and peeped at Beauvais and i.Mrs. Stilliuaa in the bedrooms of the lodge. They said there were no roller 'curtains on the windows, at that time, the summer of 1U1S. Mrs. Beauvais, however, was declared to have bevn un certain on this point . There were other points of difference between their statements anil those of their neighbors who more than a year ago testified against Mrs. Stillman. The neighbors snore that Mrs. Still man and Beauvais occupied adjoining rooms in the lodge and that the Still man children Anne, Alexander and James slept in tents outside. Mr. and Mrs. Beauvais said was no tent on the place at that there time, 1 1 ; P"' children ami Mrs. Stillman rooms on the ground tloor saol, ami lieauvuis Mrs. Beauvais Fred's handwriting cant notes, however, slept upstairs, after identifying on three insignifi was said to have also identified a letter in which Fred told of the tents being on the place. Counsel for Mrs. Stillman called sev eral French Canadians today to batter down evidence alleged to show she mis conducted herself in various places n long the St. Maurice valley. Others wire summoned to support charges thai attempts to bribe witnesses to tell of such improprieties were made by J . Al bert La Fontaine, alleged represonta- j live of Mr.. Stillman. ' Hhef Simand testified that he over I heard La Fontaine occr to pay f.),000 to two workmen, Ferdinand Page and ' Harry (ireenon, if they would swear ; they had seen wrongful conduct by Mrs. 'Stillman and Beauvais. This offer was alleged to have boon made in June, .just before Mr. Stillman filed his charges. In Pocombcr of that year both Page and (ireenon testified in i New York that lliey had peeped through windows and keyholes at the Stillman camp in 1!H!I, and seen Mrs. Stillman improperly conducting herself with ; Beauvais . Another defense witness, Armand i Page, said La Fontaine ottered him ''two or three thousand dollars'' for similar testimony, but he refused. Neither Page nor Simand was cross examined. FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 21ST Final Competition to be Held in First Presbyterian Church Public Will be Admitted Free. Friday night of next week is the time set for the filial competition in the Musi cal Memory Contest. The place is the; First Presbyterian church. Hero the; contestants, adults and juniors will coin ! pole for the prizes. The First Presbyterian church will accommodate- the crowd as well as furnish a delightful place to have the final con- 'it. and it will lo possible to use the orjan for some of the numbers. It U the dan of those in charge to have those who' enter the eonbst sealed in the centeii front ivts, and the general pnb'ic seated' in other pin's of the church. All will i.e admitted without charge, first conic,! H:si rv(d. In order to promote fair-1 ne-s and to give tlie contestants suflicieiit ! writing space thoe entered will be seat-i ed so ofer Unit side. ti sp; will le each one REPORT AS TO VENIZELOS SAID TO BE UNFOUNDEDj . (V.v The Associated Press.) ATHKVS. April 1. Th- report: that Kliptbeiios Venizelos has Ivea in- ited by King Consta ntine t rc assume ; the premiership is characterized in re-! sponsible circles as "mere n.;ec'ure. " It hail been hoped, it was stated, that Ihe former Premier would devote his acfivi- sr . Before the tie while abroad to supporting the na nas announce,) ' tionnl cause, in the general effort to ob tain an honorable peac with the Turks and safeguard the national interest?., Hi. sudden return to Kurone was thought to ! n connection with this movement. 1 M. Vcnizclns, interviewed in Wa-liing i ton on Monday, characterized as " ridi culous' the report that ho had been a-k-ed by the King to bead the cabinet. He' said he would probably leave ifliortiy al ter May 1 for Pari. The report was circulated from Char lotfe, X. ., by a number of Greeks, who greeted M. Venizelos and his nnrt y, re turning from a tour of tho Southern States and narts of Central and South' America. The Charlotte report said he, rn tnttir.ir his visit short and would: Kill bn thr first. &vnibibln f-nishio for' Greece, As Far As This Farmer Is Concerned The Bo Weevil Will Starve To Deat Dairy Farm of Mr. Tom Sparrow Is Model of Efficiency 4No j Cotton to Be Raised This Year Killed 40 Hogs Last Win-j ten Fine Herd of Pure Jersey Cows Supply Milk and put- ter Fields Are Now Green With Rich Covar Crops of' Clover, Vetch and Oats. As an illustration of the wonderful i possibilities of what can be done on :i Gastoa county farm without a stalk of I cotton being cultivated, the farm of Mr.! Thomas Sparrow in the southern part uf ' the county affords a striking example, i But three bales of cotton were grown' on this farm last year. This year, says Mr. Sparrow, there will not be a single . stalk of cottni planted. There is no, room for cotton on a farm where 40 hogs were slaughtered last winter, where; there is a fine herd of Jerser cattle, 1H or -0 in iiumlier, furnishing unynhere from SO to pill pounds of butter per neck in addition to gallons and gallons of milk to a hungry city population' eager ta consume all the pure Jersey milk; and dairy products that can be furnished. I What is the advantage in raising one crop, and running the risk of getting no adequate return, asks Mr. Sparrow, when from the same land two heavy crops of j feedstuff's arc harvested each year and: the land improved with every succeeding crop,' Svcnty-live acres of Mr. Spar row 's farm is now covered with green growing mips of oats, clover, vetch, etc. to be gathered in the early summer, fed to his cow and the land ill turn planteri to com and sown in peas'aud soy beans. Two crops every year from the same ground is Mr. Sparrow's motto. What land is not under cultivation is sodde in pasture grass, Bermuda, blue gra and other varieties. The entire farm divided bv femes into tracts which can be past in cd ur tilled as occasion ma mis Twenty years ago Mr. Sparrow hail i borrow moiiev to buv a cookstove t start kccninir house. Todav a cookstove' is the most elementary piece of niivliun ism on his farm. His house and barns I are lighted with a home power plant Water is pumped over the place by a gas oline engine. The same engine run" the churn which furnishes the golden butter which comes to the city wrapped in specially prepared cartons of parchment paper and pasteboard. A steam boiler washes and sterilizes all his milking an I dairy equipment. A Titan tractor fur nishes power for deep plowing, hauling, harrowing and discing. When not in use in the fields it is busy grinding cm i or furnishing power to a shredder am silage cutter. Kverything on the nractieallv. is ddne bv machinery. farm. Two auto trucks and a passenger car complete the motor equipment. It is true there are horses, but no mules. This man long ago dispensed with mules. A 1 'en-heron stallion straight from France am mares constitute the horse power I brood of the farm. Mr. Sparrow 's dairy equipment i- .vfj the best. The bam is constructed along, the lines of the latest and most improv d' niethods. It is whitewashed inside audi perfectly clean. The cows are ki-rd 1 clipped and clean. Before milking timei cai h one is thoroughly curried and wasn-j ed. Pails with n.) seams and small open-1 ings contain flu- milk which is strained four time before going to the bottles.; It is needless to mention that ail the cons have passed the tuberculin test.1 From the cooler the mi'k goes f the bottles and theme to the consumer's tables in (iastonia. In the rhimiing room is the steam plant which furnishes boiling water and steam. Every piece of apparatus is thoroughly sterilized. The butter is molded into symmetrical rectangular pound blocks and sent to, market in cartons bearing the name and trademark of the producer. Every day ( Mr. Sparrow comes to town with his mi!k and butter and is bard put to it to keep up with his growing list of customtrs. j He is a farmer who lives at home and; boards at the same place. In a spacious smokehouse there ere hanging :!) hams, survivors of last winter's hog crop. Some IP had been sold, in pork. A1! throu rh the winter Mr. Sparrow sold sausage, liv ermusii, s-.iuso. backbones and spareribs fr on 4o hogs which were but chei e 1 1 throughout the winter. And there are ,'!! hams 1,-tt for summer consumption. Corn of the vintage of t!'-'U was still in' the crib. Wheat nit yet ground intoi Hour was still in the granary. He sells rtonr every v ar ins'.ead of buying it Of course tin M is tin- usual supply "f chickens, gar ion and orchard product" one wou'il expect mi such a farm. It is the breaking away from cot t o, an I the cropper system that stands en! as the master achn venn-nt n (his farm slid the realization that there i m ne money from liav. rain. dairy products.' nnd fhc like than from tin- one crop system. A cotton farmer the apiH-arancr of I ed bind and barren iicterize the cotton an be recognized I - Ian I. Imp.ivcris sterile wastes cha man's farm. T! land of the nan who ha ami puts the fertilizer I p'entv of e i' k on the la! is fertile, and full of huiiiiH. The y,r ing crops show evidence of the Ions barnyard fertilizer broadcasted tn i three times annually. Park green. ; of a heavy rich color, the cover ci of , mi op soon t be removed to give way f r corn.j pens and beans give ample evidence of the abundance nf plant food in the w.il. j "The bane of the average farmer.", said Mr. Sparrow, "is the cropper orj tenant system. A man's returns from' a tenanted farm or neero rropiier are exactly commensurate with the labors exeuded by him. When he turns a crop over to a negro cropper he is low ering his own standards. He is guaginp his farming ability by that of the negro. I have one negro family on niv farm. but they work for wages." Assirinjr him in the management f hU dairy Mr. Sparrow has a white nmn. an ex (--service man who waa secured i jjh tha TJ. tJ. emploj-Bieiii ajepcy. throu r '1 ! Gaston iCouh He is a trained dairyman and cattle ex pert. Since he lias l - 1 1 put in charge of the feeding and care of the Jersey herd,; the production of milk and butter has showu a gradual hurra. A careful record of each cow 's milk ami butter fat j is kept, from day to day and by refer- enco to a chart the ivord ot each cow can le accurately dctei mined. Hog-raising Is a prolicide industry, .says .Mr. Sparrow, ant were he not so well equipped lor .tallying, lie woud go into the hog business , , limvely. It already a very proth.,!1, i,c.HUe. with him. In preparation 1 ,r next year's hog crop, Mr. Span ,. is preparing to sow an unusually aim,,.,,! of .ja beans for bog feed. The timber on tin- pl.e :ru has .if forded a nice income as :, side issue. During the war, Mr. Spun iw furuislo-it three carloads of white ,,;,k and hickory for use in the iiiaiiilfact n 1' wheels for artiliery carriages and i-,hiii. 1 can beat these eotian farmer to pieces,'1 concluded Mr. Sparrow, am not worrying aboui in, I,, ,11 As far as my farm is , ,,,, nu -I. Iu come. If he does, he will il:uo all ' 1 ' ill. an ' lea. TY FIRE LIMITS ARE EXTENDED AS PROPOSED City Council Enacts Ordinance Extending Fire Limits to Second Avenue and Broad Street in Eastern Section of I 1 Town Filling Station to be'"""" ", would make on the lin- Built on Corner of Broad ana rranitiin Uir regular mei ling Tn clav the w a s to a I show CM ISve ori map the uing the city council passed limits extension ordinance as ginally proposed. Reference elsewhere in today 's paper wil old and the new- tire limits. A delegation of citizens in the I, look bounded by Frankliu Avenue Stivet, Oakland and Secomi protested against the inclusion block within the propose, I e contending that such action we tail pecuniary loss, since in the 'ire they would be unable to r , Broad Arenne Of this xteiision, nld en event of e place- I oiling with a ., . I through Tim. kn, that rcaelv,, - the city and tiiat it elude it ill the frame .structure. They their attorney. J. V. this block had not been busilll ss row I h of ! le- was uni esTsary to -n- fire limits. The same argument was mad Broad street and K; by residents of 1 Main Avenue w lm declared that their property would be materially damaged for residential pur poses, l'roponeiits of the ordinance minted out the fact that business was steadily moving irt that direction and that some cheek ought to be placed on the growing tendency to erect traon buildings in that ana. It was poin'ed out fhat already there wen- several build ings in the area in question that mig-it. never to have been built. As a result of the council meeting, a'nl hy a vote of four to one, permits that had been issued previtnsly for frame buildings oil the northide of Fast Main Avenue on the Davis property were or ilered revoked. Messrs. .(. LJ; M, A!I r and If. K. Johnson had been granted p- r initsi for the erection of four frame -t o'e buildings and one dry-cleaning establish ment. Among other business t rans.-o t.-. by the council was the granting of pi rods sion to the Standard Oil 'ompnnv the erection of a filling stati oi "! t, Patrick corner at Bro.-ol The building will be of rngated iron. It is understood that also be extended in ntlu a future meeting of flu- n lid ste, I K in a ii-1 e I' le it o w 1 1 ,1 i r, ,-t ions a' oar-l. DEMOCRATS WANT WOMEN AT COUNTY CONVENTION Will be Held at Courthouse Monday Afternoon Dele gates to be Chosen to State Convention. Chairman Krnest If. ton County Beniocra'i. Inittee is lei rt ic'bn h women voters of tie . county convention win n xt Monday aftcrnooi the court bouse M,. h : ! ii of the ' a s- liv-elltive oai iimoiik that the iih'y attend the i to be he'd M ' o'clock :n interest i bring manifested hy the women prom hiiig priinai v an I it thee attend the iniiiititn,n i Ii t he a p- desired that as well. Tli- principal biu the convention wili delegates to the fcta i in- - t conw hffmo be the election of e i oiiveBtton. WILL NOT AGREE TO MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE 'Bv The Associated Tress.) SAN VKANf IS1). April 12. Pe frn. counsel will n 1 le satisfieil with dismissal of tlie man-laughter rliarge a gainst Hoseot1 Arbm kii-, in the event tint the jury for the third time is unable to agree. This was the announcement of (iaviu McXah. chief .lefense counsel made this morning oiiniig snort or i lefinite venlict will satisfy hint, he said. McNhU todav was t- hcduled to com plete his argument seeking acquittal for' the film comedian of responsibility fori the death of Miss Virginia Kape. film actri. Leo Friedman, was expected to, elope the argument for lros-eution and '.t w rwiiHiurrru iTfjir.M. idhi Tlie ease would lie in th han.ls of the jury by five Fi e'cjx - k tlua afternoon, J" ' j. DR. LORENZ, NOTED SURGEON jjRETURNS TO EUROPE; ML lOMtuAlKTUU.S.TOdTAY Has Treated Hundreds of Cas es During Stay in America His Son Preparing to Fol low in Footsetps Has Done Work Here in Face of Ob stacles. (By The Associated Press.) NEW VOKK, April I.V )r. Adolf Lorenz was a passenger on the La Frame, sailing for Europe, today. He was aci ompani, , bv Anton Weill, im portt 1, who induced him to come to j this country . Or. Lorenz, who treated , thousands of cripples dmiuR' his visit, ' at nrst was to reed to curtail his opea- I tions because j fom menibi s jthnughout the ! ducted J lee , I of New Yoik i he secured a Later he held of the opposition he met of his lill pofcMSioil count r . lie finally con inics under the guidance 1 health department, until license from the State. I inics iu New Jersey and , Detroit . He is coming back (ember and will bring consists of his wife a him. The elder son, to stay in Si p his family, which id two sons, with who is .',li, is a physician, and his father's chief .sur gical assistant, having taken earn of his practice iu Vienna while his father was in this country. The younger syii, who is nearly Is, will enter Columbia next llledii tall, prepar tj-y to beginning a 1 1 career. Tired and weary fiom the wmk that he had performed here, lr. Lorenz, ' who is lis, said : 'It is t rue that at t imes 1 have 1 eiineil in danger of being killed by kiiuliu ss The great friendliness which gleeted me and surrounded me every where is something I ahull always re merlin -t . It gave me strength to do myUvoil; in the face of hostility 1 will not I say lliiit-diul of obstacles which nril' placed in my way by some mem be, of my profession.'' Phis nl, j, pie reference was the only I1.' rioii'iiy altiluile ut certain sections ot American medical profession, which be came so pronounced in the early stages of his visit as to arouse widespread .newspaper comment and virtually a , mount to a boycott against him in eer tain hospitals and clinics. I "I have behind me hundreds of eas es,' ' he said, "in which cure or mark ed inipioveinent Ills been set well un 1 der way. Best of all I go with the feeling lh.it 1 have not injured the in terests of ai.iv of my American col .leagues. On my Way over the thought of that possibility troubled me, but it h;is worked out the other way. We have been able to pull together. '' The work which has been done is only partly iniiu assistance of th. Indeed, without the medical men who col e in New York mil tabulated with in other clinics, only t it Ik- of it could I ie been accomplished . ' ' When il was suggested to him he might like America well enough hat up on Ins return to heroine nil American citizen, he said: "I hope Hiv w,,n uj liriflllie ., eric.iii citizen. It has been decided that he. Inn, shall become a iilivsieiii n . In some respects tin- opportunity here seems to have become superior to those 'offered mi the o'her side. I am think - illg especially of pre medical studies as ; cheiiii-t i. . 1 1 is mi longer possible to teach chemistry well in iena. because chemicals riiinol be procured there." PLANNING REVOLUTION FOR bOUTHERN MEXICO ( Bv The Associated Press.) LI, PASO, TLX AS. April I.'. - Me icaii si , ri t sere!,,. IMI ii have laid infoi illation bef ,re , lua re, authorities that political exiles in FI I'as.i were purchas ing lu.r-'is and ammunition for a revoln t binary expedition they plan to send in to the southern republic in this vicinity. ' At the H,ine Mine it ;u report) d that , F.stabfin I'.nitn. farmer fiovernor if I Lower a I i to ni i.i , cmne here two ,Ias j ago to in--ef I'.-indido Agudaii, foii-in law I of the late I'residriit I a ' ra ii.a. They now an- in tne litv, sei -n t service men j declared. ' J :i ie militarv ;. -iflo n'b s s s-iid th.yi inv attempt v i vpi-dit ion ' r- pr, ami i to i.-iuii, h a I'i'w on the border. I'le-id'iit Obr vin x f r 1 1 1 N!, xi i fn-:r r, v ).Iut i I'llMC s i-s and elc -Ifd , ( -l V Ii, : Il '!.'.! creo in whicl t horit ii s a re praperlv of th ror par- tic ipation t r re t i ities. ANOTHER BUSINESS HOUSE FOR FRANKLIN AVENUE y cont r by F. M y. for c 1 u : I ! t fit; , joining .-! rei i lit : -. which -and a . Work this su Stories, u ' g'a-v f- l'la- - . bv lall f r lltlslll- - -COst eree'ioii via "led this momiliK II H. l'attilb. 4- t a mnitern store nklin Avi-nue ad le )f the buil.prg I N. Patrick and ii businev, lunis,- acid nejf week on lx- of brick, two re brick and plate "lin were pr-pared A 'hanilierlain ami and up-to-date' hen colliplet.sl it A iennit for its this morning. .-iit nrpiTII IT CilC .TW RHT KHl AL II fl lfi AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The ' ing ki M - n..rv r i , f the Twilight Recitals k , ,r connection with the Mu.dc ff.ntest under the auspices of th.. .a"Bia -viusie i luo will be held lhi afternoon st 5:1.1 o'clos-k ftt the rs-t iVcsiiyfenaii cLuieli. Tae public u,it..l o atttad. 78-YEAR-OLD WIFE WANTS DIVORCE FROM 80-YEAR-OLD BAT A VI A, N. Y., April 12. Mrs John Scoins, of this city, 78, has ap plied for separation from her hus band, 80, to whom she was married four yean ajo. She declares that her husband lft her two years ago and she asks for alimony. Mr. Scoins has made answer that he is unable to pay alimony since his only income is a pension of ISO a month, and his onlv possessions two cows, a pig, and a plow. WOULD HASTEN REPLIES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REDUCTION PROGRAM Member Governments Are Requested To fcxpeoite Replies To Questionnaire On Program Of Disarmament Replies Should Be In Hand By July 1. ,u , , . 1 , 1 . , , (By Ihe Associated 1'ress.) ASHING I ON, April 1 '. Men- ber governments have been iccpicsted by the League of Nations sedretariat to expedite their replie s to the detail, d ue-t ioiiuaire prepared by experts upon which will bo constructed the program for reduction of armaments!. According to copies of memoranda on the subject which have ( iovel unielit it was silgge hand before Tt-mporury meet July 1 cached the I'nited States through unollicial chanue's, ted that replies should be in July 1 in order that the Mixed Commission might " and begin its discussions ' ' of tin' main lines of the scheme" for Ihe proposed reduction. The questionnaire, prepared largely by Professor Bellini, of tin' I'niversity of Koine, and M. Jaiissen, director of the National Bank of Belgium, goes in de tail into tint various elements of potential military strength, covering not only geo graphic ami demographic statistics, but. also every angle of a nation economic structure. Iletails of the circulation of national currency, coin, bank nnd government notes for the three years preceding the L'uropoun war, are demanded, with each country's "metal reserve or its eiiuiva- Ivnt," and the changes in each class of issue resulting from the war. Fluctuation of prices within a country j also are to be reported exhaustively with a view to determining the economic loss j cs sustained during war time; the cost of food, labor and value of national secure ' ties all being considered in this respect. ! Ability of a country to re-absorb paper . currency by means of domestic loans r through increased taxes will have a bear ing on its potential military rating. (ioing further into the economic phaes of military strength, the qucstinunairo seeks "investment of private and public wealth in real estate; total investment I of wealthier classes in real estate and I si'ciii itii-s; taking into account the ( fleet1 of depreciation, destruction of wealth i and reconstruction, " as well as " amount 1 and distribution of individual or family ! income, before and uffiT the war." ; j I 'riiduef ion of foodstuffs and 11 raw, materials of special importance in in - i-reas-ing the national resistance in time of war," is given a special subhead in I the inquiry and the metallurgical Indus-' (tries are treated in connection with their' every ramification. Il.-it.-i on railways 's , nought, especially with respect to lines I of stnitegin importance and to "season ! an variations iu volume of tradi : main junctions in tin- national ) liable to dauuige in time of war." National finances also are considered j with respect to their hearing on the mili tary establishment, complete reports be ' ing demanded of legislation dealing with army and nary, file number, sip and I value of military pasts and reservations, I ar'rnals and workshops, reserve oquip i ment. "army animals and property at br ling establishments," and even ' ' ' libraries, f limit ore, In. " i expenditures on tue military and n.nal establishment and upon their aux iliary activities "during the fifteen years preceding the war,'' must be reported wilh detailed explanation as to what was done with the money in each ease. An indication of the ope of the inquiry is given again in this section which lists among the sublets to le reporte-l, "in stallation of hydraulic cranes, extra or dinarv siipplieo of mal materia' semaphore an I win-len services,' to n l KU KLUX KLAN GIVE "t : dc-j W0FF0RD COLLEGE $1,000 civil an- SPA KTA NBI'ltf!, 8. C., April Im personal At a luncheon today of workers in a local c.-inipa-gn to raise a fond of .fj.-.o. I OHO for Wnfford College. WofTord Fit ting s;,.MM, iin, tho Textile Industrial ; Ins'itiite. tl.ri-r white rols-d figures, r-p 1 reseiitiuu the K u Klu Klan, suddenly 'appear' I in the dining room and hand ed tin , hairman. Pr. II N Snydi-r, a cheek f..r I. mill for the fund and i h-n'iv withdrew. They ,-n , mpanied the gift illtii -lood !.., fare. SALMON , note statins I icnt ion and th it the public Klan wel- : ARE AS TAME OTTUVV April 12 fish h;,t, hi ru s have ruin- I ale" of the wilmoii of Br bia, acoidiii); to the story llouw of I'ommmis bv A AS CATS rnmeiit ' iniir- '..linn to the I , the 'ish told . Ncill. t S-eurs into the inirH-n b nt i omm-Alls-rni ) . that w h. ii tl,e 'vice snlmon conn world at the hsh hatchery they are guarded against all enemies and his. their protective instinct. So when the , sulrnon hs oine of aue and is sent out I in the cold world he is as "tame ns a cat." to use Mr. Neill's expression, land when he meets an enemy he "stands with his mouth open and ac cepts murder n if such a thing was foreordained."' Z ; ! Officials of the Katama mills, which nor- BELFAST. April 12. A trmt has! molly employ 350 ojieratives, refusal to bet'U declared lietween the t'lster siiextial dav "to affirm or deny renorta that the constables and the f rce state trooits which have been ia menacing proximity along the hermansgh border Ivetween V later and South Ireland, it wasoBii.ojBced to- ."'.- - .. 1 TARIFF BILL WILL CAUSE DAYS OF CONTROVERSY IN SENATEAND HOUSE Cha irman Fordney Believe House Will Never Yield on American Valuation Sen ators Are Studying Bill in. Preparation for Debate. (By The As:ueiatcil Press.) ' WASHINGTON-, April 12. TU leeuilatioii bv Chairman Fordnev of tins House W the Hoilsi valuation ys and Means Committee, that never would yield on American has revived discussion of that tariff question at the eapitol with oppo nents and proponents estimating theit possible .strength when the bill get l conference bet ween the Seimta un,l j House. Chairman Fordm-v is of the opinion ' that the conferees will accept American j valuation, but Senator Stuoot, 0f Utah, I ranking republican 011 the. Benato Fi. mince Committee, does not subscribe to ! this view. As the itimti.m n- rf.i.,1. it would appear fhat the conferees would lie at least seven to three against the proposition. Senator Smoot, who made the fight foe foreign valuation before the Heuate eom mittee majority, says ho will, not voto for American valuation iu tlie confer ence or anywhere else. Senator LaFoU h-tte, nf Wisconsin, the second ranking republican on the finance committee, vot ed against this valuation in the corn mittee. IvYpresoutative Oreen, of Iowa, ranking republican on the ways and means committee, says he never has beeit favorable to the principle and the four democratic conferees, two from the llouso and two from the Senate, are counted against, it. Chairman Fordney is1 outspoken for American valuation. Chairman McCiim hi r, of the Senate committee, and Hep reseutative Longworth, of Ohio, tho other two conferees, have made no statement as to their position since the Senate corn mittee majority definitely adopted for' cigu valuation. j Senators generally were fctudyiiig to day tli in w tariff bill us reported yes terday to the senate in preparation for the long days of controversy that are ahead on t'm Senate floor, Several a iiieii'lmciita to rates in the ill already have been ofl'erd from th lipubllcan side, while democratic lenders are preparintf lo make a general assault on the measuro a well ns ,seiaruto .attacks on many pt the rates. lemoenifs on " the financu committer have been given ten days ib which to file the minority report. Bulletins (Bv Tho Assoclaton Press.) LoNIioN. April 12. King Georju has conferred an earldom upon Sir Ar thur James Balfniir, it Was officially an nounced todav. IIKI.KNA. ARK., April 12. Scores of farm buildings have been swept from, their foundations by tho floods and high," winds m ar hem, reports today stated, and a number of tenant houses at Rateo have been demolished. An estimate o the reported damage was not available. BIUMI.VCHAM. ALA.. Anril 12. -. and ro, Suit for n'."iyiiMl was filed here in Uni sys), inj fed State, district court by l I). De ! Bardrleben. former ilrinriiist of Svln can-. ga, Talladega county, against twenty two resident of that community for alleg?! personal injuries resulting from a flog ging, said to have been inflicted on April !! last year. NKW VfjRK, April 12. Gusshf llumanii, convicted last week of perjury, in her testimony at the recent murder trial iif her sweetheart, Joseph Libasci, was sentenced today by Supremo Court Justice Lewis in Lonw Island City, ti not li-ss than seven years and six months ami not more than fifteen years in Au burn prison. , Ni: VoKK. lri 12. I)irector. of I' . W'ooiuoith & Co., operators of ' a i li.iin of five and ten rent stos, today - ih-c'ar. I -ii ext .i dividend of fi a share on . e m-, n st, k. in addition to then-go '.--r i( i ifer'v lividi-nd of fi a share. Both '. i -tends an- pa va hie June 1 to st... ed- i- of record May 1. C. B. in oh was elected superintendent buying to replace the late A. Barton Ilepleiin. M,,s -, di, i poison oii' ., rvr.l -,Mads ,. ext. I .' rTici-rs and 8"1 iu the Kusaian army are being pressed in- roiinati' great swarms and field mice which are de- spring sowings ia the southern 1'kraine. Tlie th infested areas were a fail-, , r. and the oligin of the ms is unknow n . rodeat Be. house IcV. of W. Va . April 12. Th James I'eim. a neero miner emp Co.. ed bv the U.il.-iah Coal k Coke in Slvia. was damage.1 today by an expiosi f dynamite. Investiga tion by the sheriff brought the opinion , that the explosive had 1een placed in tin- w indow sill of th)1 kit) hen, plaster ed with mud and then-exploded. . Panama, April 12. Mitchell Hedges, a British explorer, planned to start to day on an exploration of the 1'anamaii Iinli.iii territory from Virgin to White-, i 'nan . The natives of this region have I consistently opjxised the entrance of whites, and his venture is looked TJpoa , as dangerous. LAWRKNCU MASS.. April " 12. jlsnt bad shut down because o ft he tex tile s4rike. The Katama is one of four cotton mills that hsve been able to milti tain partial oKratioii.i, Four miiU h i , sjready e'osrd, .. ... ,