North Carolina Newspapers

-I rrrs Weather Fair Local Cotton 27 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 270 GASTON I A, N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 11, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS ON A- DAILY GAZETTE NEAR EASTERN SITUATION . IS STILL PERILOUS; WAR CLOUDS ARE THREATENING Thing Critical At Constantinople -Turks Cut Cable Line And New Is Not Available Failure Of France And England To Stand Together In Maintaining Martial Law At Con stantinople Might Prove Disastrous "Sands Are Running . . Out. v,." ... ' '"1 " . ' LONIXJN. Xov. 1 1. (liy The.. Associated PreM.)-The situation lit Coiistautiuope, where the Turk ish nationalists want the Allies- to get out and the Allies are ' deter mined to sit . tight, is still very critical, .all the morning papers agree, but nunc of them furnish any definite news to justify their views. v, ; Kveu the government itsef is de clured in noiiie quarters to Ik; large ly in tho dark, owing to the dif ficulty of coimnuuicatiiig with the Near East as n result of the cut ting of , the cable line near Chaank by the Turks. Kveu this fact is regarded as ominous. ' Absolute' nothing can be Icurn- ed regarding tho prosci.it attitude of the Angora government and it is equally unknown whether the Al lied commissioners have carried out their threat to establish martial law in Constantinople. " The departure for Lausanne of the Turkish nationalist Foreign Minister, Ishnict l'usha, has attract ed u great deal of attention hero and in some quarters his uncxpect cd start, without awaiting. Angora 's reply to the latest Allied not, is regarded with suspicion. . i The diplomatic expert of the Daily Telegraph presume that "1s met will not endeavor to emulate at, at . Adrianople Uafot's tactic1 at' Constantinople, but it will be . in teresting to see whether he will en deavor to confer with the Hulgnr in ii government on the way to Lausanne.'' Delay in settling the troubles in the near east, and in definitely -fixing a date for the Lausanne dis cussions has caused serious anxiety here. Some quarters have au un easy feeling regarding the Franco Jtrttish rvntions. The Times says these relations are" )eing severely tested. Kditorialy it makes a very emphatic, appeal for l'remier Poin care to. make , France 's position clear, declaring that conditions do not yet exist which would justify British vpresentntives in attending the Lausanne' conference, 'The British government knows that the near eastern position to day is as perilous as war," The Times docarcs. "L'von in the terms of lhe Mwthnin armistice, which brought the Conflict between the entente and Turkey to an end, it is not known whether France is prepared to stand with Britain, and, in case of need, act with her. x x x, French failure to stand by Eng- laud in word and deed at Constan tinople might be the signal for a disaster of immeasurable dimen sions. There, may yet he time to avert it, but the sands are lim ning out. iSwitt aud complete ac cord between London and Paris alone can preclude it, or should the worst befall, keep it within manageable limits." GEO. M'ALUSTER KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT ! George Atmorc McAllister died at the City Hospital this meriting at 9 o'clock from injuries received in an automo- bile wreck which occurred near the Victory m'U ' Nouth Gastouia Fri day afternoon at :. 10 o'clock, when a Ford car crashed into a grocery truck belong to the Hawkins Grocery and driven by Mr. McAllister and Mr. Iiohcoo Queen. A larger car' bearing a Jsouth Carolina license tag and driven by .three negroes crashed into the other Two . Mr. McAllister -was taken to the City Hospital where, after examination, he was thought to le only slightly hurt, suffering from a broken arm and ril). As late as H o clock this morn lug lie was in .good spirits and mover sdD freely with those at his bedside and ' suddenly lmssod awav at ! a. m. Hi ramilv i .. . i i i Tit uZ W!,S t0 brought down many walls and telegraph Mr ' r.7ir'1 f t,Vn'!,"!' , i,.oU putting the city'in darkness, ur. McAllister was named in honor,' . . . T c- of Key. Geonre Atmore Snarrow. for P ' Tcleplione r mmi meat on from Ta Se- .10 venrs mmtor f i'.,i., lfel,vt.,ri.. J church, liaviuar Im'cii born witlno one mile of this church, where he spent all his life until last Decemlier 'when he and his mother', Mrs. Lizzie McAllister, and limit. Mrs; Sarah Jane West, made their home in Gastouia, on South Oak stmt. For ten years he had lx-cii a consis tent mcmlier of the Union church and since coming to Gastouia had been a regular attendant at the Armsfsroiig Memorial church. He was a young man iu the 2th vear of his age, having Im-cii born January : Uui versity seismohigical observatory. 10, llK, and was the inscsor of ai Fstimating the center of disturbance inoral, upright Oiristian character, j at 4.500 ,miles south of Washington, the highly res ice ted by all who knew him. 1 Rev. Father Torndorff, direetor of the Funeral service will le condin-Uil at (obwrvatory. snid maximum intensity the Union church Sunday afternoon at) was reachel lx-twecu 1 2 :0." and 12:10 .."l:.':t o'clock by Rev. George R. Gillen-ia. rn. " pie, assisieil by Reverends .. K. lleriT- ! ' hill and C. J. RLick . Interment, will Tunv a - nn.hiirsi. tnu-n Kfla (mi Je made in Uuicu church cemetery, The Day's News At A 'Glance Bir William Horwood,. chief- of Scot land Yard, still seriously 11 after eating wfiat is believed to have been poisou candy sent by mail. Situation at Constantinople remains clouded owing to difculty of communica tion as result of Turks cutting cable. l'remier J'oincar tells deputies that i success of Allies in getting armistice for tireeks is far from being decisive. .Mr. Lloyd George -warns political gathering that Great Britain faces today same danger which came to itussiu. France will accept November 20 as jdate for Lausanne Near, Kast confer jeiicc'if Urcat Britain iusjsts on post j poiiement. Secretary of War Weeks directs West Point authorities to recall invitation to John Fortcseue to address cadets as re sult of criticism of Americans in book written by Briton. Women members of National Federa tion of Federal Kiiudoves appeal to president to get fair play for women in 'service, declaring that sex prejudice ex ists in some bureaus. . I - " . Government has' decided to aid live stock industry in doing what it can to urge consumers t ocnt meat wisely in securing well-balanced meals. National head of American Legion Auxiliary urged country-wide tribute of minute's silence at noon today. Armi stice Pay. California at last has gone"'dry;' after ten years of voting down prohibi tion and has declared for eighteenth amendment and Volstead jprt, practically complete election returns show. i Governor-elect Walton, of Oklahoma, ; announces plans for great inaugural fe itival which wll include a monster lar j becue and a square dance at the stato 1 house. Pressing of several vital tax revision proposals in the sixty-eolith Congress in dicatcd b ylendcrs of "progressive" n 'publicans and demoornst as one result of the cH'etiuii. President Harding In Armistice Day message to American people urges that hereafter Armistice Day shall mark wider participation in world affairs. Colby College football players, insist : ing on personal rights, refused to take 'pledge that would avoid liquor on trip tn New York and Fordhaiu game was almost cancelled. ' SEVERE EARTH SHOCKS ARE FELT IN CHILE ; 8A.TIAC0, (1iile,"Xov. II. (By 1 li.? Associated Press.) Severe earth shocks were felt in various parts of (liilo 'shortly liefore mitlniKlit. and again early itoday. From various points in central Chile came reports of houses fulling and .other damage. A rrport from Antofa fjrasta, north of Valparaiso, sji id that -l ; tidal wafe came in shortly after mid nights, smashing small vessels and sweep ing over the homes of llsenneii and'i workers. So far no loss of life has lieen report ed lint communication lines from many "points have leeii knocked out of order. 1?eport received jut before dawn sai.l the shocks were coutinuins at Illajiel. Tnu liccs and I.a l re'ia. The hitter ) "Jeit.r nai w recked l.y a severe earthipiak'! j m lilUi . J he sea was risniK there this: morning. A dispatch at 2::!0 oMocki Isaid a heavy shock lasting five minutej 10 ,,lC l,,,rt r t oquimiio was broken off shortly after one o'clock when the ! operator at Coquimbo left his post upon 'hearing a report that the sea was ad j'vaiicing inland. At that hour fire was 'reported to have broken out. at Co 'qaimbo. Additional shocks of great iutensity ' were felt here just before 3 a. m. . WASHINGTON. w. tremors Is'ginniug at 11:4.1 night and continuing uqtil 'to - lay, were recorded at the 11. Severe o 'clock last 'movies. Beauty - Queerrof Rumania Q - " ? ' riff 4 ' 1 ft " it A nation wide contest to select the most beautiful woman in Rumania ' Awarded the crown to Mmn. Alexandiescu. European moving plctur producers will wtar her In litma which may later ren.rh Amariwi ; ROTARY CLUB GIVES ' TEACHERS A GIG TIME Old Fashioned School Con- ducted By George Cocker j Was Big Event Of Evening j Teachers Report A Most! Enjoyable Evening. j Generally concided to he (he most eniovable function ever attempted by the Rotary . club was the reception j county: given the city teachers Friday evening! "The distance from Castoaia to- Co at the country club. .More than Km) I luinbia by Clover, Yorkville, Chester guests, . including teachers and others, ! and Winnslioro is exactly 105 miles,'' were guests of the club. 'said- Wednesday,' Mr. J. H. Carroll of The feature of the evening wa an ' Yorkv ille, who. ias" telling Views j and old fashioned district school taught by Interviews of his rip by automobile Prof, (leorire. C-ocker. I'iiihIs were Jimmie ' Ilenderlite, Maggie Kck, Fred- ' die Allen,' Willie Morris, Mabel Miller! and Kddie Switzcr. . The antics of these ' sis youngsters convulsed the audience, Trick, after trick of the old school j days was revealed. -Old time 'Friday I afternoon compositions and , speeches ; furnished part, of the entertainment . The dress of the pupils was one of the I big features of the program. 1 'arson Henderlite's trousers came to a point midway between the knees and auklos, , his soxs were vividly striped, suspenders .! were expoed to view ami part of the ' tail of his alamance shirt was sticking out behind. lie brought his lunch to school in a hied cage. Miller and Will Morris wen Kck, Dr. all dress- ed as girls, an audience was hi them, ' ' he will shame, speaking Preceding the 1 one woman in the ird to say of one of put any woman to of ankles and things, ichool day bu iness. the guests wen- welcomed by President Garland in an appropriate speech, and Miss Kula Glenn, 1f the hih school faculty, had responded in a very clever and forceful reply, giving her impression of notary- I Jet ore- tins, the guests had been presented to a re- reiving line composed oi tne oirncrs and directors of the club and ' the committee in charge of the evening, and their wives. Ab Myers, Pill Halthis and Sam Robinson, composed the committee in charge. Misses Rob- lson, of the .school laculty am Dav of Charlotte, guest of Mrs. Robinson, rendered seeral K. A, beautiful fMUieb was with eoCee solos. During the evening poured, and a salad course wn served. IJcv. W. A. Lambeth, new pastor of Main Street Methodist church and formerly president of the High Point Rotary club, .was called on and made a happy sis-eca of appreciation . The entire iiffair whs excellently plan ned and well carried out. CALIFORNIA VOTERS ENDORSE VOLSTEAD ACT &AX KRAXflSf'O. Xov. 11. With the eighteenth amendment to the Fed- eral constitution, the Volstead act, has been voted an art f the California ' laws by a majority of i!.Mi-"l votes, re- turns t-omdete, except for mattered precincts, indicated today. The vote wa: For 4d7,9o-.'; against r.7S,.'i: 1 . First returns indicated an over whelming defeat of the measure, but the negative majority was cut down by belated returns. The dry victory came after prohibi tion 'proptisals had liccn voted down at intervals for ten years. WASHINGTON. Xov. 11. Applica tions ot traii-coiitiaeiital railroads for 3:3U a. miau,,orily '"'t reuse rates to nn.l from Georgetown ' Pacific c6ast terminals on traffir ori ginating east or the Jiocky mountains or destined therefor, were denied to day by the Interstate Commerce Coin mission . - THE WEATHER Fair tonight nd Sunday, warmer Sunday, MOVE TO DIVERT TRAFFIC FROM GASTOUIA TO COLUMBIA j York County Men Are En- deavoring To Interest Tour ists In Matter Of Going To Columbia By Way Of Clover York, : Etc. j The following from '1 he Kniinirer will be of interest York ville in Gaston between the two points J uesitay in i company with Mr. T. I.'. Marshall for the purpoe of .'making a map to be distributed among tourists from the north and east who are going south for the winter. Messrs. Carroll and Marshall recently raised among local business people a sum sufficient to pay for getting out a folder with a' view to trying to get the. tourists to come this way rather t bail go .by (iastouiit to Harksluirg and thence to Spartanburg and on the south. , "We noted the exact distance with a speedometer, ' ' said Mr. Curioll, "and Mr. Marshall .made a' map .showing the exact distance between various towns on the route. We had intended ongi- ' nallv In en from ('hosier to Grent. Folk ami then to' Lugoff and Camden; biitJtweeu Xorth Carolina State ami Vir the route' that way is some twenty' ginia Tech to be staged at Xorfolk, or : miles further and while good, the road 'half a dozen other contests in which the might make up for "the differiince, still there is nothing wrong with the road from Gastouia to Columbia via Chester !and Winnsboru except a stretch from lilackstock to Winnslioro. However as ! we were returning through 'Winnslioro Tuesday night we. were advised that ine rm.ens oj rairiu-M jimi mat ilay '.voted a if.imi.lMMi good roads bond issue so it won t be a great while before the j Fairfiel road is as good as any of the I rest of it , " In' Columbia we vivittM the offices of th, slate highway commission and I were told that there was no question route from Gas which we are in I of the fact that the tonia to Columbia in terested was the most direct route ami that when the 1'airfield people buihl their road from 15Ta"ck.stock to Winns-l-oi'o, it will be u.se.l 'very extensively by tourists. We lielicve and the busi ness people who are with us in the mat ter believe that it would mean a great deal for Clover and Yorkville if. we ran manage to divert tourists to this route. We expect to ect out the illus trated time. ' pamphlet within a very nhort QUESTION OF PROCEDURE DELAYS HALL-MILLS CASE NKW PKUXSWICK. X. ,L, Xov. 11. I'niy I lie quest ion of procedure is de- ! ,av"'tr presentation of the Hall-Mills ""'r'" r ease to tne grand jury, jJeputy j -vi-orney- iienerai wiiimr A. .Molt, iu ; charge ot the investigation, has au j uoimced. He is undecided, lie - said, 1 whether, to await the return of Supreme .Court Justice Parker or try to huveau , other justice act in Judge Parker's nb ' ence. , i In the meantime he sai'l he would g - ahead with efforts to strengthen his case. ; He made ma.le it clear tluit lie considered the tevi.leii.-e m l,a., strong enough to wur-'at Lon(ion urging that. Miss Booth be, jrant indictments, against two nine and;i0ft j,i command in this count rv. . u Wimaii. at least two of them oil first I Amom the niincr were fvron T.I degree murder charges. It n;n considered probable here today ' tln.t. Mrs. Frances fstevens Hall, widow ; the the slain rector, would authorities take her be asked to ' finger prints j for i imiiiarLiou with nrints found on the : -shirt worn b- Pr. Hall when he Was killed. bhe is esppi'tfil to consent. Of-j tibials were reported to have identified all prints founil on the cuffs of the shirt except those thought to have been nude! Mr. uy a woman. '' , jou. AMERICA'S SOLDIER DEAD ARE HONORED HERE AND ABROAD ON ARMISTICE ANNIVERSARY ONE CANDIDATE WASN'T WORRIED FARGO, N. D., Nov. 11. Lynn J. Frazier, elected United SUtei Senator front North Dakota, in Tuesday . election, called upon the Fargo Courier New last night "to team how the election turned out." After winding up hit campaign the night before election Mr. Frazier left for his farm at Hoople to "put thingt in order for the winter." Last night, for the first time, he found time to inquire as to the re sult of the race between himself and J. F. T. O'Connor, his democratic opponent. dixie's six greatest football teams are staging:games today Barring A Tie One Of South's . ! ' Undefeated Teams ,1 Must Fall. N. C. MEETS V. M. I. Davidson Meets Wofford ' Charlotte; Other Contests. At! ATLANTA. Nov. 11. (Hy the Asso-j I'jatcd Press.) Armistice Day that com- j memoratcs the ending four years ago of j the world' greatest war was celebrated j today with a series of mimic battles be- j tween Dixie's greatest cxpounts of foot - j ball with the certainty that, barring a tie, one of the sis teams left undefeated in the Houth, would fall before the end ; of the day. j North Carolina and Virginia Military . Institute in their game at Richmond j were the only teams with unmnrred ree- j ords to be brought together by lhe day's j schedule, but the other four risked their; standing against opponents of equal or ! a linos terpial skill aud prowess, and in j addition other well matched teams were i meeting in what promised to be spec- tacular contests, i The Auburn Plainsmen who, their ; supporters believe, are heading toward I their most successful season since the Plainsmen held almost undisputed sway over southern gridirons some' years ago. faced Tulane, a tea mt hat has been eon- nuered this vear only br the veteran I Xortt Carolina eleven; Center was matched against Washington and I,ee, Georgia Tec hagainst (lenrtretowu I'ni versity and Yanderbilt ' Commodores j were matched against KontueK.v I ulver sity. Xo less interestiiur despite the fact that eae hhus lost a game to a Dixie rival was lhe annual renewal at, Athens of the historic. Georgia-Virginia game an 1 the fifteenth match since IflW be day 's schedule brought old rivals to- j get her, or set othe rwH-11 ffiatclied teams ; against each other in gridiron battle. Xorth Carolina had its series of state Itattles in addition to the games of its j two state institutions, for Trinity and j Wake Forest aiid Klon and Guilford j were meating each other .and Davidson I was matched against the Wofford eleven from South Carolina. Other South Caro lina elevens were battling in ' intrastate bouts with the University and Ktirnian matched and Clemsou playing the Cita del. : Maryland, in its game with Yale, was the only southern team playing an inter sectional' game, but state strenglh was matched against state strength in Ten nessee's contest with Mississippi A. & M., and in-Florida's game w ith Missis sippi College. Sewance was virtually teh only southern team of prominence that diil not .fae an opponent with a record that ranked it well towards the lop, but the Mountain Tigers were prom ised a stiff battle by the Hirmingham Souther ncleven. Alabama and Louisiana .Mate played their annual game yesterday, the content going to the Alauaniaiis in enmpara. I ,,v,,v ":!,V fasniou ami marK.ng roe sec- 'Tigers, whose fore. team lost to Rutgers a few days In WANT MISS BOOTH TO REMAIN IN AMERICA XKW YORK, Xoy. 11. against the contemplated -Protesting transfer to some other field of Commander Evan- ireline Tlnoth head or tne Salvation Army I in the I'll it ed States, many men promi nent in finaneial ami luiilantliropic. so ii,.i; hnrn ,...l.led Geeml Willi Mill TttWltll. illerrick. ambassador to France: Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce: Otto IT. K.-ilm . Ttishm. AVitlium T. r.ln!lin!r. for i siioji William I. .Manning, mer Vico President Thomas PL Marshall: i.i. i. t. 'r-w i. . n-:ii::.... r: -r.t.i.... r;. .!.... t vi.,..,i ....a i,;. vif.. it.. ten ! .tuition ii. iii-o. iiiinaiii ii. .ir.i'i..i. ......n ci!....i ..'.i' c.Li r Born. On Tuesday, November 7, .192'i. and Mrs. E. B. Hogau, Jr, Mkhaul Raudlo Hogau. riDTnii iiniinnrn urn UAdiuN iiuuitru nor EX-SERVICE MEN TODAY iN BIG CELEBRATION Monster Parade Witnessed Many Thousands Of Gaston People. By SPLENDID FLOATS. City Entertained Largest Crowd Ever Gathered Here, Perhaps. In a celebration which surpassed in every respect anything ever at tempted here befpre iaston today did honor to her heroes of the World War, both those who sleep beneath the sod here and else where and those who marched iu (he uniforms the.t wore while ttghting for their country and for the preservation of humanity.. The parade was the longest most spectacular, the crowd witnesses the largest every sembled in tia-tonia for nuv Hid of easion. The floats were magni cent and represented a varied line of both public and private en deavor. The order was of thu very best. There was strange to say, a marked absence of enthusiasm on flu' part of the public, there being but the .faintest .demon stration of applause at any period of the parade. Near the head of the parade were several cars tilled with Con federate veterans and the-e were cheered as they passed through the crowd on Main avenue. Pri.es for the best tloats were awarded' as follows; Loving tup for best 'float, re gardless of caNsification, to the Moose Order. Doughboy statutes were awarded to the following; . Pest civic, float, Rotary Club. lie-d Patriotic float. Daughters of American Revolution. Pest fraternal float. Moose. Jiest commercial float. City Lum ber Co. Rent decorated gardless of class, Ten dollars in" marching unit, doughboy statute automobile re War Mothers, gold for best Gaston Guards; for second ltest ... . marclimg unit to Major uerrv s outfit of the Thirtieth Division At the fair ground this after noon a Large crowd is enjoying a football game, boxing and wrest ling matches. lieginniiig at 7;.'!i o'clock this evening the day will reach its climax in an enormous fireworks display. There will be no charge for ndmissioir and there will be room fur ail who cure to 'attend. Tho largest display of lireworks ever shown in the State is promised. So far as can be learned the i.i.i n,ii nimi.'irreii ny any dent or untoward incident of kind. ' ICCl- a ny CONSPIRACY TO NOTED KILL . Swii ii i '' , ir wniiam Harwood. Head Of Scotland Yard, May Die From Eatine Poiione d Chocolates Believed To I Be Part Of Conspiracy. LONDON', Xov. il. (Hy t lib Asso- ; niated Press.) -AH night ' long master i detectives from Scotland Yard scoured London for the )erpetrators of the out rage upon their chief. Sir Wlliain Hor- ...mm.. ,, .? M'r..n.s.y ,n rouav .mm ,,llit.t cemetery were in force today, malicious administration of pouso.i. M , A, cvory ,av. jl( , th b,jc fl'.r,,."0 ar.TesU ,,av,? Ported. Sir!:ia frre t0 c)e th) "William k not yet out of danger, l.o! ;Kr.mt dead resting there and about the hoj.es tor hi recovery are entertained memorial ampitheatre on tho terrace iu derail of his vitality. If rout. of which stands flm rnmh of tli 1 Scotia ml Yard officials announced deli-. -. uuknown.- And who eared to make the juitely this morning that the 'attempt to j journey of nmeinbrrtuce could share ass.issinate Sir llorwood was by means ; witir the President, or with the war j of poisoned chocolates sent through the mothers or with nuy other the houors .mail. Thee officials said they Itelieved -jiaid. to the dead.-.- this had been but one step in a eon-j But- America 's share in armistice day ((piracy to kill many people of promi- 'event was Hot contiued tt those at j neiiee. Accordingly the police, have is-'home. The dead in France were not sued a warning to all .persons- of note j forgotten, nor was there, lack of Anieri j not to eat anything sent to them by jean fellowship at the- great cereniouial post. 'in Prusscla, where the Helgiau unknown, ; i-Nr '.William had a fairly good night tjH'rhaps among the first to fail in the Shut it was officially stated that he still :Kr,'at war, was entombed amid sceues l is seriously ill and his Scotland Yard i ""i''' Ihow that witnessed the honor - i subordinates eontiuue to maintan tint ,,r,,..,st -..sardine the affair. ! . .,' COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON NEW THE YORK MARKET . ' ! NKW YORK Nov. 11- 'otton fu- inr-nuiri oiwu n-.i.iv. i..-i,niiiti-i tuns elosi'd steady. IXcemlier lid :( 1 i January S.i.S; .March I'o., , ; May i -.u . l ..1,- ?.t 1 1: iitr,her ; i;."; Knots ;..." - , - - i closed steadr at 6Ar. fifteen i.oiuts i.l.iwn fr.n,, Friday's close.. "Paw. why does Sauty Claus wear to -a Vardf" ill "Because he has so many Clirituus jaeckties, sea . ' ' BoBstun Beanyut. ari iNirrnM nmcQnuQ inilLHIUIUil uLUuuUlilu I W1TH A WEALT DF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS Unknown Soldiers Grave In National Cemetery Decorated. OVERSEAS GRAVES ALSO. Homage Also For The Un known Belgian Soldier Is Done By U. S. ! WAHIXGTOX, Xov. U. (By the j Associated Press.) America's tribute to its unknown soldier was paid through ' President Harding today with n sim plicity strikingly at variance with the splendid ritual of honors that marked his home-coming a year ago. Today there was no spoken, word to stir echoes of the solemn ehorus and es pressious of high resolve a year ago that still must linger amid tho marble arches of Arlington memorial amphitheater, where the honored dead keeps vigil. . A distunt thudding of saluting can non, the ring of shod hoofs on the hard roadway, a low command, a stilled flour ish of trumpets, as rifles leaped up to I present, and tho president haa come to place a wreath upon tho slepcr's tomb, and gone again almost before the few hundreds who awaited him realized that the ceremony had liegun. , On the terrace facing down over tlie haze shrouded tiver and the city lieyond. a thin line of comrade soldiers, sailors jand marines was, drawn up faeing inward I toward the great white Wock of stone that murks the resting place of tho Un known. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. On ' tho plain granite block in Arlington .ceme tery that a year ago cecanic new shrine to American ideals . there blos somed today a wealth of flowers' laid reverently there to commemorate tho first anniversary of the homecoming' of America's unknown soldier from France. Again the nation Bealcd tho 'covenant of American faith it then j pledged beside the grave ; now covered by the massive boulder. ! And the utter simplicity of the' (scenes today, contrueted against memo j ries of pomp, and splendor of a year irgo in the same Peauty of setting, ser i ved to add new glory to that which is idealized in the blood of this humble soldier shed iu France, the high pur pose that is Americanism. . Again President Harding made tha j pilgrimage from Washington im be half of his countrymen. Hut this time the message he bore was no spoken word, but ' a simple wreath to rest on the great stone. The guns that roMr ed the national salute in honor to tho lead alone broke stillness to voice a nation's pride. ' " ' For the ii rm v' Secretary Weeks neeom- PPTCLir.p9;panicd the President and for the Navy. Ulll I lOIILII i Secretary Dei.by. That completed the j group which carried to the tomb tho ! token of remembrance that was placed '. for all lhe iintmu. The only touch ,,f ,.,.r..i.wn,v ... fi.,. ...it tv ,.uht. - i" troop of cavalry which escorted it'"' presidential party- There were many others who took oc casion to ''pay homage to tin iinknowu, among them General Pershing; for him self and the" other comrades of the dead in France. The general eould not 'go iu person for he had loen called tn Xew York, but his . aide bore the wreath to the greut stone around which ithe flower' clustered as the day moved on . i reat Hritaiu and irince and Italy and America did their hero dead. For the Americau army, regular, re servist or national guarlsmeu, Secre tary Week sent this mcssaze to thj !. j Belgian minister of war: I "T'.o oi-casion of the ceremonies iu honor of the uuknown Belgian soldier ( deeds of the Belgian army and of the .;n-riie.u ixt tli. l.Al.rin ..u.,,.l t ---.. v .., i ireiiginrin iue prue ot ass,s latum i shared alike l.r the army and tint 1 1'"" "f '"e L aded btntes. . i ''l,a t"ha..V of the number of the ,arn.y of the United Htatcs I ofT.r jlioniage to their former com ra lei, tt liiKiiown Belgian SolJicr." Griieral Petsliiay at-ut "this pcrnou, (Continuoi ca pag9 tU.j. j