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VOL. XLIII. NO. 225
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PROHIBITION
CHARGED WITH ASSA ULT
WITH INTENT TO KILL
Cleveland County Grand Jury
Returned True BUI This
Morning.
ALREADY
UNDER BOND
Five Thousand Dollar , Bond
-Signed .By McLean and
Rankin, of Gastonia.
Evon L. Houser, of Dallas, pro-
' hibition enforcement officer of this
district, was re-arrested here today
by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Cole on a
charge of assault with intent to kill t
Mrs. I.' B. Miller.'snd was re
leased promptly! on a bond of
l $5,000 signed bf ex-Sheriff J. D.
B McLean andlE. J. Rankin, of .
the Rankin-ArrAatrong Company, ,
both of Gastonia.
- Order for Houser's arrest came
by phone from the sheriff of Cleve
i land county and was on the order ...
of Judge J. Bis Ray, now holding
. Cleveland Superior Court at Shelby.
Judge Ray's action was based on
the return of a true bill against
Houser this morning by the Cleve-
land county grand jury.'
Houser and three of his deputies,
John Wesson, Pearly Hoyle and
Carl Short, are all under bonds of
S500 each for their appearance at
the October term of Federal Court
in Charlotte for trial on charges
of simple assault growing out of
the tame iffOTeTrr." All gave bond.""
They were originally indicted and
t placed under bond in the Cleveland
County - Recorder's Court but the
cases were removed to the Federal
Court on the order of Federal
Judge E Yates Webb.
Mrs. I. B. Miller was shot twice
and seriously wounded on Wednes
day night, September 6, since which
time she has been in a desperate
condition in . the v Rutherfordton
Hospital. The shooting occurred
at Casar, Cleveland county, "and so'
far remains') largely shrouded in
mystery. The car was stopped by
the prohibition enforcement officers
and searched for liquor. It was
in connection "with this search that
the shooting occurred.
i . SHELBY, Sept. .19. Solicitor R.
L. llofl'miui, who is here for tire term
. of JSuperior Court, yesterday drew bills
of indict merit against Kvon L.- Houser,
.Deputies J. A. Wesson and Perlcy
Hoyle and Carl 'Short, charging all of '
them with assuult with intent to kill
as a result of the. wound inflicted' lust
week upon Mrs. I.' B. Miller, of Caro-1
lecii, , when the cy in 'which she was
Tiding with her husband,' Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson and two children wan fired,
upou at Casar, the officers thinking the i
car whs . rilled with liquor. Solicitor
Hoffman heard on tho streets that Pro-j
hibition Enforcement Officer Kohloss, i
of Salisbury, whs here Saturday to in- J
v vestigate the-shooting jwid that lie re
ported th:ifc he would undertake to have
Houser, his deputy, tried in, the Federal
Court,- while Hoyle, Wesson and "Short
would be left to take their chances in
the Superior ourt. Solicitor Hoffman
"said he would resist with all possible
force tho moving of Houser's case to
f the Federal Court and will , undertake
to have a true bill of iudictment re-
r t u rued against, the four men in tho
Sapcrior Court of Cleveland county.
. Kohloss Comes to Shelby..' '
Mr. Kohloss, head, of tho prohibi
tion enforcement in this part of tho
tnte, came here , Saturday . and went
with Houser and others to Casar to
Investigate the shooting, contending that
Houser did uot fire a shot and that
' Houser did- uot have authority to depu
tize Wesson and Hoyle to assist him
in tho raids. It is Jtinderstood Houser
" lias affidavits purporting to show that
lie did not shoot, so it seems there is
mi effort to place all of the blame on
Deputies Hoylo and Wesson and get
Houser out of the trouble through the
Federal .Court.'
' Weswou and Hoyle had Lee assisting
1 To user in his rn ids, and it is contended
that they were acting under his leader
ship and direction, in blocking the road
and holding up the two families with
their children.
, Mrs. Miller Quite 111.
Solicitor Hoffman will also make an
effort if lie getsa true bill of indict
ment against them from the graud jury-,
to have their bonds increased. , They
were released by Recorder Falls under
bonds in the sum of $"u0 each. The
rase cannot be tried at this term of
the eourt because Mrs. Miller is lying
in the Rutherford hospital at the point
of death and the case wiir await ber
outcome. Reiwrts from" ber bedside are
-that tlie millet nas not been removed
from her liver. ( TheVwmiM is very;
serious ana n win rase tunc to rteter-lonly
vi ut,
The-surgeons say that there would Iks
no chance whatever for her, life should
complication set in.
Wesson was a deputy of. Sheriff Lo-i
pan. vime riojio was eiecicu oy me re-
. 1 ' 1 IT-.I. l. i 1 i . ,i f
publicans of No.
11 : township as con-i
stable
GAST
And.
OFFICER IS
JENKINS GETS TWO .
YEARS ON THE ROADS
Prayer for Judgment Contin
ued In Case of Woman
Bond of Jenknis Is Fixed at
$10,000 Woman Confesses
to Living With Him.
GREENSBORO, N. C, Sept,
20 . S . L . Jenkins, of Winston
Salem, was sentenced to two years
on the county roads in city court
here today following his conviction
of a statutory offense . Margaret
"Smith, alias Mrs. Charles E.
Webbwas the prosecuting witness.
Minnie Jones, alias Mrs. Charles E.
Webb, Margaret Smith and Minnie Doe,
wn also found guilty on a warrant
similar to the one issued against Jen
kins, but prayer for judgment was ton
Aimed, Jenkins gave notice of ppcul,
his bond being fixed at (10,000.
The charges against the man- and
woman, who, it was charged, lived for
three weeks in the home of a local min
ister as Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Webb,
is outgrowth of the alleged whipping
of the woman neur Taylorsville last
Thursday night by a band -of masked
men. An investigation of the ' whip
ping, according to evidence offered to
day, showed the affair was planned by
JenkinSi. . ' -- ;
The woman, on the stand, admitted
relations with Jenkins extending from
November, 1919, when she went" to
work in his store at w niston-Salem.
She told of trips to various points out
of the state with tho man and of living
with him as Mrs. . Webb. Her identifi
cation of Jenkins was positive. "That
is the man 1 went witn ana j. love
him," Bhe said. ,
Tho woman was recognized for ap
pearance at Superior court, to testily
against Jenkins and was placed in cus
tody' of J. C. Gold, of Tillery. an of
ficial, of the Ku Klux Klaii whose in
vestigation of the Taylorsville hapjien
ing played a' prominent part in the
disclosures that followed. He has
taken caro of the woman for the past
two days. .
Attempts have been made, the Klans
man stated, to kidnap the Jones woman
from the place she was staying at Win-hton-Kalein.
He asked authority to care
for her until Superior Court convenes,
and this was granted by Judge Collins.
. GR EEXSBORO. Sept -0 .Prelimi
nary hearing in the case 6f S. L. Jen
kins, Winston-Salem merchant, and
Margaret Smith? charged with a statu
tory offense involving immorality grow
ing out of the charge that they have
been living iu Greensboro as Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Webb, is set for the
city court this morning. . . ' .
None of the lawyers connected with
the case would say . yesterday whether
a continuance would be sought. Fred
I'nrrisb, of Winston-Salem, counsel for
Mr; Jenkins, could not Ik reached yes
terday but his partner, Mrs. Deal, said
Mr Parrish would be nt the court this
morning. A. C. Davis, who, together
with Judge W. P. Bynum, has been
engaged to assist in the prosecution,
said he was ready for the. trial.
Mr. Jenkins, held under a bond of
$3,000, t remained at the city jail yes
terday. His wife and his son reached
Greensboro about midday yesterday and
visHed him in the jail. Mrs. Jenkins
showed deep feeling at seeing, her hus
band behind the bars and kissed him.
The three remained in quiet conversa
tion for a few minutes and then Mrs.
Jenkins and young Jenkins left.
The woman in the case, Margaret
Smith, who "is said by ioliro officials
to have been tricked by Jenkins into
the trip to Taylorsville, which- resulted
in the hold-up and whipping of the
woman, remained yerterday with rep
resentatives of-the Ku Klux Klau. A
warrant was sworn out against her by
the police Monday, charging her with
the same offense cited in the warrant
against1 Jenkins, but she was not .placed
iu jail. . She ajient Monday night in
Winston-Salem and was in Greeusboro
yesterday afternoon with J. C Gold,;
representative of the ktan.
Today, Mr. Gold said yesterday, a i
Warrant would be sought from United
States Commissioner J. R. Caffey,
charging Jenkins 'with violating
the!
Mann act again it so-called white sla,
very. Mr. Gold said he had all the
evidence necessary to show that Jenkins
and Margaret Smith. had at
various J
times lived in Roanoke, Richmond, and
Danville, Va., in Cleveland, O., and in
Pittsburgh'. 5
Federal representatives were in eon
ference with Chief of Police G. P.
Crutchfield yesterday regarding these
same charges, but nothing definite wasithorized to negotiate with tha Alabama
m t. :.. . :j . . i. i . - .
done. The chief said later that the I
charge that could be made against I
.it-limns in UICVM.1IHPIV .wum ire umi . jiiani ana suu nations are locaieu, win i
(growing out of -his allege living with ! such other property, by condemnation 1
Margaret under the name of Mr. andsor otherwise, as might be deemed ueces-i
j.Mrs. Webb. - ' j sary., Be would be given authority to i
What action will develop out of the I contract for romnlrtion. of daina X !
actual bold up ana the treatment ae-
.... '
corded the woman in Alexander county
- (Continued on page six.
A
GASTONIA, N.
France Together
SAY RAIL EXECUTIVES
CONSPIRED iTO WRECK.
THE WORKERS' UNIONS
Charge Is Made By Jewell In
Refuting Allegations
By Daugherty.
NAMES GUILTY ROADS
Referred
of
to -as "Inner Circle
the Financial
Combine."
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. With counter
charges of a union-wrecking consxii'racy
by railway executives injected into the
proceedings by the defense, hearing on
the government's rail strike injunction
coutinued before Judge -James H. Wil
kcrson today with only two days re
maining to finish testimony : and' vcom
plete arguments before, the .tmeporary
order expires tomorrow night.
The charge of a conspiracy to destroy
the railroad unions made iu an affidavit
by B, M. Jewell, head of the shop
organizations,' was offered to counter
charges by Attorney General Daugherty
that the rail strike was a conspiracy
against interstate commerce.
Mr. Jewell's affidavit , was rea by
Defense Attorney Donald E. Richberii,
who today continued his attack on ths
injunction bill.
lit. Richberg indicated that he would
consume the ' entire . day- with counter
charges and argument.
In his affidavit Mr". Jewell laid the
blame for the strike at the door of the
Association of . Railway Executives.
Twenty-five" rail heads linked together
in the operation of 99 class one roads
with a trackage of 211,280 miles or 82
per cent of the country's entire milo
age, were specifically mentioned as re
sponsible for conditions leading to the
strike. ...
Of these 25 there were eight named
as a group farming ' the inner circle
of the financial combine,'1 They -were
named as follows:
Robert S. Lovett," chairman of the
board of the Union Pacific and director
in twelve railroads; William Rockefeller
(now dead), director in 11 roads; H.
W. DeForcst, New York lawyer and
capitalist, and director in 11 roads;
A. ti. Smith, president of the
New
York Central, director in 11 roads; G.
F. Baker, president of the First Na
tional Bank of New York, dirpctor in
ten roads: II . 8. Vanderbilt. director i
in ten roads; Samuel Ren, president of!
tho Pennsylvania system, and L. F
Loree, president of the Delaware &
Hudson railroad. ,
Hull Would Authorize Lease
Of Nitrate Plants For 50 Years
At Rate of One Dollar Per
Year to Make Fertilizer
Components for Farmer. ,
RETURNED IN EMERGENCY
Republican Congressman of
Iowa nltroduces Resolu
tion In House.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. A reso
lution authorizing the secretary of war
in his discretion, to lease for a period
not exceeding fifty years nitrate plants
Nos. l and 2 and Waco quarry, near
M uncle Shoals, Ala., at one dollar a
year each on condition that they shall'
operate at present capacity for produc
tion of fertiliser components for sale
to the public at price not to exceed
eight per cent profit, was introduced in I
the house today by Representative Hull,
republican, Iowa.
The resolution also provides that the
plants which may bo leased cither sepa
rately or completely, are to be kept in
condition to produce nitrates and other
components of munitions, sunch plants,
with their personnel, to be turned orer
T .the United States in case of na
tional emergency. -
Sale by the secretary of war to the
Alabama Power Company of the gov-
ernment owned Bteam plant at Gorgas,
Ala., togetlier with tbe . transmission
line fto Sheffield, with sub stations, at
a price not less than three million dol
lars, also would be authorized: Falling
to sell the Gorgas proiterties at an ade
quate price, the secretary wouiii he au
Power Company for the purchase of !
sites, and right of way on which the
and 3 iu the Tennessee river and tc
' "
lease them for fifty years at a rental
not less than four per cent of the cost
DA
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i .
C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 20, 1922
HOUSE PASSES BONUS
. OVER HARDING'S VETO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.
-The House passed ; the
soldiers' bonus bill . today
over President Harding's
veto. The vote was 258 to
54, or 50 more than the
necessary two-third3 ma
jority. AMERICAN TARS TELL
STORY OF BURNING OF
SMYRNA BY THE TURKS
Evidence Indicates That Turks
Wilfully Started Fire De
spite Desire to Possess City
Hatred Toward - Amen
cans Is Intense.
COXbTAN'TINOPLE, Sept. 20. (By
The Associated. Press.) The Ameri
can torpedo boat destroyer Simpson has
arrived here, bringing more American
eye witnesses of the Smyrna fire. All
agree that tho flames originated in the
Armenian quarter of the city and assert
that tho evidence strongly indicates that
the Turks wilfully started the fire.
The Kemalists' hatred for the Armen
ians is much more intense than for the
Greeks, these observers explain, and
they believe the Turks were determined
to exterminate the . Armenians at the
moment of their invasion.
After the fire had progressed for a few
hours the wind shifted suddenly from
the north to the south, spreading the
flames to tho European quarter, which
was soon laid waste and the Turks, it is
said, then realized their -mistake .
The Americans declare the Kemalists
would,' hot have dreamed of destroying
the whole city, for te possession of which
they had spent years of toil, unnumbered
lives and much money, but it was pal
pable, they aver, that the Turks were
bent upon .wreaking vegeance -on the
Armenians, for their, ulleged participa
tion in the events of 1919 which led to
the death of many Turks.
American sailors on purtol duty de
clare they-saw Turkish soldiers setting
houses afire and tfpply torches to heaps
of rubbish in the streets. '
Officers aboard the American destroy-
er express the Opition that tlw iiOO.OOO
I hysterical .men, women and children who
rushed to the quay wheu the fire was
at its-heiaht would have been burned
alive 'if the wind had not abated. .
They also believe that tho use of dyna-
mite, or even water, would have checked
the flames, but neither was at hand.
Smyrna had no fire department.
of finishing dam No. 2 and of con.
structing dam No. 3. '
Representative ' Hull issued the fol
lowing statement on his resolution;
''My resolution is not intended to
decide in any mauner who is to be al
lowed to purchase, lease, or operate the
'various proierties of the government at
Muscle ttnoals, Ala.
"It is designed, however, to find a
solution for the vexed problems, that
confront the government at those
nitrate and power plants and projects.
If tho Alabama Power Company, Mr.
Ford, or any other person or organiza
tion wants to make a contract along
the lines of the resolutioa :tnd oiieratc
dams Nos. 2 and 3 and nitrate plants
Nos. I and 2 there is nothing in the
resolution that wrould prevent making
a contract for the entire properties. "
TARIFF BILL READY FOR
ENACTMENT INTO LAW
WASHINGTON', Sept. 20. The Ad
ministration tariff bill was made ready
today for President Harding, who was
expected to complete its enactment into
law witlnn a few days.
Immediately after the adoption of the
conference rejtorts late yesterday by the
Senate, 43 to 28, the bill was sent on its
way to be engrossed.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
- NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Cotton fu
tures closed quiet. October 21.04; De
cember 21.20;' January 21.07; March
21.06; May 20.97; July 2O.S0; Kpots
closed quiet at 2:3U, twenty-five points
down.
GASTONIA COTTON
Ke'PtS ..
55 Bales
21 1-4 Cents
r e
THE WEATHER
1
' . .
Rain tonight; Thursday cloudy, prob
ably rain in extreme northeast portion;
moderate temperature, strong northeast
winds, tales ofi the coast.:
GAZETTE
On-N
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POINCARE AND CURZON MEET IN
CONFERENCE WHICH PROMISES TO
RESULT IN A BETTER AGREEMENT
Kemal Prepares To Launch An
Attack Against Dardanelles
Turks May Make Attack Before End of Present Week Before
. British Concentrate All Their Forces- British Subjects Are
Leaving the City, Thinking Fighting Is Imminent.
CONSTANTINOPLE, ' Sept. 20.
(By the Associated Press. )- Informa
tion that Mustapha Kemal Pasha is pre
paring to launch an attack for tho pos
session of the Dardanelles in spite of
the ' exhortations of General Pelle,
French high commissioner, is causing
undisguised - anxiety in allied military
circles in the capital.
It Is not improbable that' such on
attack will be madu beforo the end of
the present week, it is statud, the Turks
taking advantage of the fact that tho
British have not yet concentrated all
their forces.
The British, however, a1 re declared to
be determined to hold the straits at all
costs regardless of how formidable tlie
Kemalist forces may be, and regardless
also of whether France and Italy par
ticipate in the defense.
One of the best evidences of tho Brit
CANVASS OF THE COUNTY
; TO SOUND SENTIMENT
Wall Attended Meeting of Farmers and DaDirymen to Dis
cuss Creamery To Take Cow Census of County and Ascer
tain If Farmers Want Creamery Arey Makes Good Talk
Sentiment Favors Creamery. '
With the' appointment of a county
wide .committee of 2$ citizens to can
vass the county to ascertain the wisheB
of the farmers with respect to a creajn
ery aud an enlightening talk by Jas.
A, Arey, state dairy expert, : the cream
ery meeting at the. Chamber of Com
merce . Tuesday cveung gavo promise
of resulting in a good movement for
Gaston county. About ' 50 r farmers
from every section of the county were
present. The sentiment of all was
that a creamery would be a fine thing
for Gaston county if it could be prop
erly established and maintained. All
those present favored a ereamcry.
Opinion differed as to the choice be
tween a whole milk creamery and a sour
milk plant where only butter would be
made.
After W. T. Ifankin, chairman of
the farm relations committee, opened
the meeting, Fred M. Allen, executive
secretary, explained the object, and his
tory of the creamery movunicut and
presented Mr. rey, of the state de
partment. 1
Mr. Arey gave his hearers some val
uable 'data and information regarding
the dairy business in North Carolina
and elsewhere1'. . The dairy cow is the
most valuable investment a farmer can
make, especially in tho boll weevil terri
tory, said Mr. "Arey. The average
farm income in North Carolina is. $'Juo,
in Wisconsin $2,700. Wisconsin ' farms
have ten times as many cows as North
Carolina farms, said Mr. Arey. A
farm that produces one ton of butter-
fat has returned to it $500 in the form
of , fertilizer. Dairy farms are the
most fertile farms.
"Don't sell hay, or any raw material
from the farm as such,' urged Mr.
Arey. ''Feed it to livestock and sell
it in that shape.-"..
Mr. Arey gave a brief' account of
the creameries in oK-ration at Moores
ville, Charlotte, Greensboro, lialeigh
and Wiuston-.Salem. There were two
or three plants, he said, but he advised
the cheaper, costing' between 13,000
and $20,000, stating that the machinery
for such a plant would cost 3,000, Mie
building $3,000 and the lot about the
same.
Mr. Arey then turned tlio meeting
over to a general discussion to sound
the sentiment of those present. After
a discussion of some length in which
it. was seen that those present wanted
more information and that such infor
mation was necessary before any action
could be taken, it was moved that a
committee of live farmers and dairy
men be appointed to thoroughly can
vass the county to ascertain the senti
ment and to take a cow eeusus, as it
were. A nominating committee
nr
Major. I,, F. Foster, C. C. Kiser,
Thomas Sparrow, , S. W. Bradley aud
Hugh Que'ry was appointed. They
named the following committee of 2S
citizens: :
' Tom, Sparrow. Will Glenn, Major
Foster, Jack McLean, Arthur Suggs,
Bob Armstrong, Giles Adams, Leslie
Crawford, R. M. Falls. Fred , Ehyne.
Gua- Shannon, O, Lr; Bhyn
Sloan
ear East Problem
jf.
ish determination to resist the Turks is
the fact that many British subjects, in
cluding the families of officers, art
leaving the city, showing that they be
lieve the gfihting imminent.
It is understood hero that the French
cabinet warned tho Angora government
of the inndvisability of an assault on
the neutral zone, but the nationalists
nre believed to have replied that the
proposed attack is in the nature of a
defensive and protective movement in
view of Great Britain's military prep
arations in support of her alleged policy
of depriving Turkey of Thraco.
Tho Kemalists are in dangerous prox
imity to the neutral rone, aud h for.
ward movement on their purt will meet
with stern opposition from the British,
The British positiou would bo greatly
augmented if the naval units promised
from England and the Dominions were
at hand.
REGARDING CREAMER Y
Springs, J.
Stroupe, A.
Arthur Rhynp, MV L.
U. Stroupe, W. S. Eaker,
L. A. Barbee, Tom IJoyster, Koy
Kaker, A. J. Mauney, C. C. Kiser,
Henry Froncberger, B. G. Davis, Burt
Cloninger, J.-A. Aderholdt, Sam Wil
son and O. J. liliyno.
Major Foster was named chairman
and Tom Royster secretary. This com
mittee, composed of men from every
township in the county, will canvass
the county to ascertain tho number of
cows each man will keep, tho number
of gallons of milk he will furnish,
which of the several projects he favors
aud whether be wishes to abide by the
majority of the farmers. No farmer
in furnishing the information necessa
rily obligates himself to any agree
ment. The pnrposc of the ca'nvass is
merely to find out the sentiment and
to- jsce whether or not a creamery is
practicable or not iu the county at the
present time.
GASTON COUNTY TO BE AT
MaDE-IN-CARDLINAS SHOW
Chamber of Commerce to
Have Large Double Booth
Many Cotton Mills to!
Have Big: Exhibits.
Gaston county will be well
repre
sented at the Made-in-Carolinas Kxjosi- j
tion which oiieiis Mondav in Charlotte. !
The Gaston countv section is excep-'
f tonally well located, U'ing on tho sec-1 JACKSON. CALIF., Sept. 20. (By
ond floor where all going to the audi- j Tho Associated Press.) While a mine
torium must jwss it. The exhibit ! rescue crew coutinued to bring to the
fronts on two aisles. The Gastonia ! surface bodies of victims of the Argo
Chamhcr of - Commerce has a large inaut mine disaster, the west today had
double booth, fronting on both sides, ! turned its attention to relieving tho
contributed
and in this
by the participating mills '
a young lady will lie pres-
ent each day to answer questions and
give out information.
Adjoining this will be a rest room
contributed by the mills managed' by
A. G. Myers, R. Grady Raukia and
W. T. Kankin,
The Cherryville Chamber of Commerce
will have oue large booth with mill
exhibits and one small one with agri
cultural resources pictured.
Others in tho exhibit will In' the
American Processing Compauy, of Mt.
Holly, the Gra'y-SeiMirk chain of mills,
the Belmont chain of mills, the McLean
Manufacturing Company of Lfwiiier
City, the Trenton ami IHxou Mills, the
IMorowebb Mill, tho MeAdenville Mills,
tne iianlo and f?encer .Mountain Mills 1 gotta nt. Identification is posiiiie niv
and the Cocker Foundry & Machinery hy meant of w-.-irs. teeth and otVr jwr
ompany. Ken Glass will have a fine 3011:1 1 characteristics. . Kcmui- u.Im-i.iN
rxfiibit from his plant but bet-ause of !expred tlie hope tluCi l tic ),.
its weight this will be on the first would In- out -by tomorrow .
floor. , ' i 1
1 11 Correspondent says t!i-re a' .!
The Ford for President boom -yon; kinds t !...-, ho Lxe a If,
heard ilown the road was only a I j tH.x !. Imvo tiil a ! '.'
OUt. Life. ' 1
Local Cotton
2114 CENTS
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
Curzon Says England Will
Insist On Absolute Free
dom of Straits.
LARGE FLEET NECESSARY
British Foreign Secretary and
French Premier Have ,
Long Talk.
PARIS, Sept. 20. An agreement be
tween Oreut Britain and France on ths
Near Fastern problem seemed reason
ably assured after a two and a half hours
conversation between Premier Poincaro
aud Lord C'urion, British Foreign Secre
tary, at tho French foreign office this
forenoon.
The two ministers outlined to each
other ut great length the views of their
governments and considerable progress
was believed to have been inude toward
an understanding. ,
Lord Curzon is understood to have in
formed M. Poincare that Great Britain
would insist upou the absolute freedom
of the straits of tho Dardanelles and
would insure this freedom by tho pres
ence of a lurge fleet . - ,
The British foreign secretary, however,
is said to huvo iutimated. that the British
military effort iu the near east would be
confined to the navy which gave rise to
the impression that the British troops
would soon be withdrawn from Chanak.
BRITAIN HAS HOPES OF
CURZON'S MISSION TO FRANCE.
LONDON, Sept. 20. Renewed re ,
tlOrtM rPl-l'ivPil tli.it Vntnt.l,. tfon..r
'"iisViS'S SJw-. .
and tliat he is moving large forces in
that direction evidently rest upon, uncon-fiiiiable-rumors,
and ure disbelieved in
well informed quarters.
Turkish cavalry patrols admitted tehy '
have reported points, including Bigha,
not great distant from Chanak, where
the British are entrenching and other
wise preparing to resist a possible 'ad
vance of the Kealists, but none of. these
points is within the boundary of the
zone. '. , '
The misunderstanding or misrepresen
tation of the situation prises from a con
fusion of the zone of the straits as pro-'
vided in the treaty of Severes with the
neutral zoen.s established by declaration
of the Allies in May, 1921. The places
mentioned are within the former, but not
within the hitter.
Mustpha Kemal is-believed to be in
Smyrna, whence it is announced ho scut
his request for permission 'to occupy
Thrace, as recorded in an, Associated
Press disyatch yesterday. This dis
patch is reproduced conspicuously in
this morning's London newspapers and
attracts attention in the news summaries
and editorials columns.
The situation on the whole is discussed
more calmly today although the proti-
igonists in the campaign against tho gov
ernment s "policy of force" continue
their vehement attacks.
It is noteworthy that toll Morniug
Post, the leading conservative paper
which has hitherto been among th fiercest
denouncers of the government's - iolicv.
jfor a united front in opposition to any
jviolatiou of the neutrality of the straits.
The more moderate presa opiuiou con-
tinues to emphasize tho necessity of bar-
! mony among the allies, especially com
i cooperation between France and
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RELIEF FOR FAMILIES
OF 47 ENTOMBED I'lUERS
plight of families and dependents of tho
4 meu wuo died after beinz imprisoned
bv fire far down in the gold workings.
Compensation checks and funds realis
ed from a prize fight and theater bene
FOR SALE: Pony, buggy aud harness,
pour iu . ,
Superintendent' W. M. Mullen, of the
claims department of the California Com
pensation Insurance Fund, has ix-ut
rhevks to ten of the stricken families.
He annouueed that IS families would
receive checks' monthly ranging from
$(ii to $C; for a period of 240 weeks.
A. ring-tide collection at boxing eihi
hition in Vernon, Calif., last night uctitd
til HI.
Thirty eight IkmIics still remained early
Uxluv ok tho 4..i."iO foot level of the Ar
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