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GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
IF
GASTONIA
DAILY GAZ
MRS. FELTQN MAY BE
GIVEN SEAT FOR DAY .
AS MATTER OF HONOR
Walter F. George Has Been
Elected To Fill Seat Of
Late Watson.
RESTS WITH THE SENATE.
Senator-Elect George I Will
ing For Mr. Felton To
, Have Honor. .
ATLANTA, OA., Nov. 17. Mrs. V.
II. Ftltou and Walter F. George, Hena
tor-elect from Georgia, will eoufer here
today OJl the question of allowing Mrs.
Feltou to tttke oath of office, as United
(States Senator for one or more days, a
privilege which has been requested by
thousand of women throughout the na
tion. Following tlied oath of (Senator Tho.
K. Watson, Governor Thomas W. Hard
wkk appointed Mrs. Felton Senator
ad interim unti a successor to Senator
Watson coud be eecti'd by Gcrgia voters
at the polls.
On November 7, Mr. George, demo
cratic nominee, was elected to fill the
unexpired term, and, according to Gov
ernor Hardwick, following this election
Mrs. Felton has no olTicial right to the
offiee.
Mr. George arrived here yesterday
to meet Mrs. Felton, who will come
here today from her home in Carters
ville. He said he sanctioned the move
ment to have Mr. Felton officially
seated in the Senate and would like to
see the distinction of being the first
woman in the country to serve in the
Beuate conferred upon the sii year
old
Georgian
He added, however, that "the scat-
ing of Mrs. Felton" i.s, of course, a mat- jof the jirograinand right well did he pre
fer with the Senate, since the Senate side. Arthur Dixon, speaking on
is the exclusive judge of the eligibility I Yarns. .-n-,. some 11 lire shnwinu. the
of its members
Governor Hardwick is expected to ar
rive here tomorrow from New York to
clear up certain technicalities regard
injr the issuance of a couimi-'sion to Mr.
Ueorge.
Both Mr. George and Mrs. Felton,
according to reports published here to
day, are planning to leave here on the
same train Saturday afternoon
Washington.
for
SHELBY DISTRICT STEWARDS
TO MEET HERE TUESDAY
On. next Tuesday, November 21, the
regular annual meeting of the district
stewards of the bholbv District, M. K.
Church, South, will be held in Main
Street Methodic! church, beginning at
ten o'clock and lasting through a morn
ing and an afternoon session, lie v. II.
H. Jordan, presiding elder of the Slielby
District, will preside. At the noon re
cess a luncheon will be served to the
visitors by the ladies of the church in
the banquet hall of the Young People's
Building.
Among the speakers will be Mr.
Charles II. Ireland, of Greensboro, lay
leader of the Western X. ('. Conference,
and Rev. r. ,1. W. Perry, one of th"
general secretaries of Home Missions,
from .Nashville, Tenn. The attendance
will be made up of one lay leader, one
steward and the pastor from each of the
28 charges in thedist net.
T-LAN GIGANTIC INSCRIPTION j
ON STONE MOUNTAIN i
KIRM INGHAM. Ala.. Nov. 17. Hav
ing decided at their session last night to
go forward with plans for the remodel
ing of the l.ee memorial chapel at .Wash
ington and l.ee Pnivorsity, the I'lutel
Daughters of the Confederacy will today
begin consideration of the proposed ivork
of carving the history of tle Confed
eracy noon Stone Mountain, near At
lanta, a giant undertaking which, it is
estimated, will cost between
.f l,.")ii(l,UtM
and $2,0Htt,"MMi.
Gutzon l.lorgluni. New York sculptor,
who has made- plans' for this memorial,
will appear before the session this morn
ing. The enliven) ion has already gone o:i
record as being opposed to assuming fur
ther financial liabilities until projects
already inter way have been completed,
and doubt' has been expressed as to
whether the session will be willing to j
aut'iorize an appropriation for this work. ;
The association has not previously taken t
action upon the mutter.
PRESIDENT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
FREED OF HERESY CHARGE
WACO, Tex., Nov. 17. The 1
Baptist ceneral convention which
night debated whether Darwinism :s
taught a! liaylor University, today
adopted a report of the board of trustees
without a dissenting tote vindicatin't
President .45. P. lirooks and most of t!c
Baylor faculty from any connection witn
what were termed heretic teachings.
President .'Brookes, assured the .".(.Hi'
delegates . this morning that no such
teachings were allowed. Dr. George VV.
Truett, of Dallas, asserted that the board
would not retain a teacher who encour
aged a belief in any theory not in' ne
cordaiice with tho 'Holy Jscrydures.
Some of the pastors in the convention
said they desired a repudiation of the
Darwin theory of evolution insofar as it
conllicted "With tho biblical account of
creation. This was necessary, they said.
to restore perfe. t confidence in the t-dti
catioual program of the Baptists ot
Texas. They said that two teachers re
Jl.ained in the school who are alleged to
hare declared that the Genesis! account
'of creation might ! allegorical.
These teachers, they said, should bo
discharged.
'AHpoci.nl commit fee was appointed
yesterday to determine whether th
heresy charges were true, and this com
in it toe had not rpotted vvehn the con veil-
jUo uadopted tho. trustees' viiidie-atiou. I
Traffic Violators
To See The Morgue
DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 16.
Weekly visits to the morgue were
added to the routine of the automo
bile division of recorder's court today
by Judge Charles L. Bartlett.
Judge Bartlett announced that
hereafter, once each week, men and
women convicted of traffic violations
and given jail sentences, will be con
ducted through the morgue "to view
hte results of auto drivers' careless
new." Judge Bartlett yesterday began
what he announced would be daily
trips to receiving hospitals, when he
conducted 28 persons convicted of
traffic law violations through a ward
I in which were several victims of auto
mobile accidents.
ROTARUNS EACH GET A
FRUIT CAKE AS SOUVENIR
Mr. Herbert O. Miller, Of
Carolina Baking Company, l
' Presents Each Guest A Fine
Cake Good Talks And A
Fine Meeting.
I F.nch Kotarian and guest cume from
j Thursday 's liiuchceou lugging home a
big Christmas or Thanksgiving fruit
jeake, visible and substantial evidence of
the hospitality of Hotariau Herbert O.
I Millet, owner, and W. J. Carroll, inaii
jager of the Carolina Ifciking (Company,
by whom the club was entertained. The
Madies of the Baptist church prepared
ami served the menu. The bread and
I cakes were furnished by the bakery.
I The meeting was one of the largest at
tended and most enjoyable held in many
! weeks. The attendance was good, there
i were a number of visitors and some good
dies. W.J. Clifford was in charge
wonderful increase in spindles in tnc
South during the past few years. H
citey the numerous advantages fhe
Southern cotton mill has over the New
Knglund mill in the matter of employ
ment, climate, wages and living condi
tions. He minted at length from an ar
ticle in The Atlantic. Monthly relative i '
the growth in textiles in the South. !
I. I,. Ludlow, a prominent municipal
engineer of Winston Salem, talked for a
few moments about the wonderful
.growth Gastonia during the. first water
(and lighting system in Gastonia.
Dr. J. Krnest Thacker, o:ingelist who
lis conducting a series of services at the
I First Presbyterian church, made a short
itiilk. Congressman Hulwinklc, about to
depart for Washington, issued an invita
tion to all ISotariaiis to visit him there
this winter.
Messrs. .1. II. Separk. A. M. Dixon
and Sam Uobinsou were named on a
committee to cooperate with similar
committees from Civitan and Kiwunis
I relative to the staging of a football
i game here next fall .
' Previous to the meeting the guests
made a round of inspection of the
(bakery, visiting every department of the
iiiM it ut ion .
CLEMENCEAU'S AUTOGRAPHS
SELL FOR THOUSANDS FRANCS
ON P.OAI.'I) STKAMsHlP PARIS.
KN ROl'TK TO N F.W YORK, Nov. 16.
(,i-v Wireless to The Associated
j I ress. I dcorges i leiuenceau ioiay
i again came out of the seclusion he has
maintained on his voyage to America
bv amicnring at the.' sliip s auction and
autographing several photographs taken
oil hoard the ship, sold for several thous
and francs.
It was the first time ''Tre Tiger"
has appeared after luncheon since leav
ing Havre, and most of the passengers
wire in the concert hall to greet him.
j He sat with the captain, saying nothing
!and ap)earing bored. After half, an
hour he quietly arose and wet to his
suite.
i The weather continues splendid and
there is but a slight roll to tiv shit",
j An iceberg was sighted this afternoon.
(ATTACKED BY MEN CLAD
1 IN KU KLUX REGALIA
MOT SPRINGS. ARK.. Nov. 17.
'More arrests today are predicted by
j county officers investigating the ,-it-
fack from ambush made Tuesday night
'on a number of men clad in regalia
Jsimilar to that worn by the Ku Klux
Klan. who had attended a "community
1 meeting" at .Icssieville Garland county.
x:,sthelil to discus-i measures for law en-
forcemeut and elimination of iil'n it
whisky distilling, which, it was de-
cared, flourished in .that section of
county.
'One man. Jeff Howell, was kilbh
the
by
the shote and several were wounded.
More than forty residents of the
Marble township .section were arrested
by officers and citizens jiox.es yesterday,
and are held in jail here for question
ing. A nunilicr ot stills were ilestroved.
lite trouble is said to have ongi- i
i noted by the rejiorted determination of :
j suppose.! .clansmen to mi me county ol j ,, J,,, ,,)ea of insanit v-those -ore points
I moonshiners and bootleggers rejtirted that the jury trying the ease will gran
(to Ik- operating near here. pie with, and on their decisis...! n-ts tie-
X U LKtLI mAKM.lt UPI
C0WPENS BATTLE SITE
SPAKTANBrRO. S. C. Nov. 17. 4-
, j I.I'MHlll IIMin tMil IHtll III!" lO'.Vtt OI
O-. . !..!-... -...I.; . ll. i A. J
j York, Vn., ho nmle a national park
I SI till ll'l t lift I'll i ttljl SJt'lt J (Tlil'uriltiiuiir
)t,ff ., 10,lll)1l)f to ,ark 1no Cowans
battlefield near here, were iidoptd 'at
the closing ses-ion here last night- of
oiflh Carolina state" c!iuference tif the
Da1 lighters of (lie Amerii-an Ifevoluliou .
It also; was voted that tin
flag of the
battleship South Carolina, now in cus-
I tody of the stiite orgaiiiuitiou. Is- placed
in tint old exchange binding at Charles
tot for tirrmauuit kcrmus.
Genius '
i .
! 0, A s
-Y v 1 J! l
! A-C?u
v riA r
j
Geoio Kratlna,' 12-ycar-old son
of Joseph M. Kratina. a prominent
New York sculptor, has aroused
the attention of the art world with
his Inures. So that the boy's famo
will be his own, his father, has ad
vised him to work under tho name
cf "K. George." One of the boy's
most famous figures ''The Gorilla"
13 shown aivva.
INSANITY WILL BE ONLY
DEFENSE OF BILL FA1RES
Trial Of Clover Man Will Be
gin Monday Strong Ar
ray Of Legal Talent Cole
Blease To Help In Defense.
YORK. S. C, Nov. !;. With insanity
as his sole defense, his oiie hoi' of oscap
ing the electric, chair, William C. Fafies,
whose wild rampage at Clover September
ti cost, the livj of Claude Johnson, Fred
Taylor, Newton Taylor and Miss Beta
Taylor, will next week lx- tried here for
his life. Court convenes Monday morn
in g-w it h Judge Janu s K. Peurifoy,' of
Walterboro, presiding, and the case will
be reached within a few days.
Some sjiecul.'ition has been heard s t
whether the injury that recently befell
Solicitor J. K. Henry, of Chester, when
lie suffered a broken ley as the result, of
being run down by an automobile, would
cause him to ask for a; continuation of
j the case, hut-those in position to know
l consider such ,( stop extremely unlikely.
The ease having already been continued
j once, it i.s pointed our." that Solicitor
I Henry would not want the trial deferred
an ylonger, especially s.i in view of the
I fact that the next term of criminal court
will not be held lo re until April.
With three other attorneys associated
with him in the proscciitioiiv all lawyers
of high ability and thoroughly couvers-
i:i lit with the facts in the case, there
J would seem to be no ground for the state
,to sire a continuance, and such a mo
i lion is extremely improbable. The at
lorneys retained to assist in the prosecu
tiou are John It. ll.irt. of York; J. G.
Carpenter and C. M. Austin, of Gastimbi.
the -services of tho latter being secured
'by U fraternal order of which Fred Tay-
lor and Claude Johnson, two of the vie
Itims -of Paries' murderous shotgun, wer"
; menjbers.
j Paries will be defended by Thomas F.
j Me Dow, of York, and Cole L Please, 0f
j Columbia. Both arc criminal attorney
i of wide reputation .and are sure to put
up a hard tight for their client. Mr.
j McDow was retained a f,.B- days after
ithe kilting, and Mr. Itleasi- became iden
1 titled with the defense more than a
; month ago.
William C. Paries sometimes called
'Battling BilJ." localise of Lis reputed
'pugnacious proelix itie, and pugilistic
prowess, is ntiil in the state penitent iarv
at Columbia, where he was hurried imme.
liatcly after the killing to prevent pos
sible mob violence. Moody and taciturn
with nothing to say to the penitentiary
.guards except to grunt answers to their
i questions, lie sits in his steel barred cell
ait dni'jiears to brood oyer the. j.:it.
j Whether his ilnm annr is due to the coii-
fu.,cd thoughts of
is an attitude men
i disordered mind or
v assumed to bolster
'late of r a ricsr asylum or the electric
jehair. -
! Will Plead Insanity. I
1 For insanity the claim that reasoii, was i
dethroned and that rants was llicauable
iff rreoguiin? right fiom wromr wln'ii
h dot! on his ion h and with two shot
, guns jiicked off-the Taylors as they came
'in sight about' their home across a nar
row street, will be the defense advanced
'by his attorney". Furies himself will In
put on the stand. The insanity plea vvPJ
be buttressed on tin- testimony of alien-!
lsts who have examined him since the
killing and vyho tirofess to have noticed
I'eculiar'aiid erratie' conduct- on th
(Continued en isg3 S.J :
part
Has Anyone Seen
A Stray Monkey?
HIGH POINT, Nov. 16. What is
believed to be the first operation for
transfer of glands of a monkey to a
human being on record in this state
was thwarted temporarily yesterday
by the esacpe of a monkey imporetd
for that purpose by Pr. T. M. Stan
ton, a High Point physician.
This became known today when
Dr. Stanton offered a reward for the
capture and return of the monkey,
whose escape was discovered late yes
terday. The simian was recently
brought to the city and placed in a
box in the yard of the physician's
home. When Dr. Stanton went to
the box to get the monkfy and pre
pare for the operation, it was discov
ered that he had a fleeted an escape.
EVANGELISM IS GREATEST
NEED OF THE CHURCH
So Declares Dr. J.
Thacker In Sermon
dav Evenine At
Ernest
Church Meeting Is Grow-:
ing In Interest And Influ-i
ence Services Twice
Daily.
' "Evangelism" was the subject of
a splendid .sermon 'Thursday evening at
I the First Presbyterian church by Dr.
J. Krnest Thncker. This was the
! second exeniim sermon in the series of
services being conducted by Dr. Thaek
ed aii'W a large audience wus present.
The singing was good, the chorus choir
being augmented by several additions
fnuii t)n iilii'llillir HlTVICP.
A lame number of those present
very pleasantly remembered Dr, Thack
er from a former meeting held in this
church just nine years ago and he was
the recipient of ninny hearty hand-
shakes and words of welcome,
imiiri- Ked with the fact that
All w en
the years
had but added to the genial personal
ity, in pulpit ami out, the sterling
Christian character and the fluent and
I easy eloquence ot the evangelist and
!the man.
Mr. Thomas it. Ruddy, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., chronicled in the papers
of other cities as one of the greatest
song leaders of the outh was in his
best form and proved himself a most
successful artist in drawing out the
music of choir, children and congre
gation general. Mr. Roddy possesses
a voico of rare and ridh quality.
Dr. Thackckr i.s especially anxious
that the good people of all churches and I
denominations in the city join heartily
in this meeting, that all business men
and housewives make sjiecial effort j
to spend just forty-five minutes at the
morning services from lU:.'iO to ll:lj
a, m. and that at least two hundred
children from eight to fifteen years
ave. Mill be on hand each nifht for ser
vice in the Junior choir.
Services will lie held daily, excejd
S-iturday during the next two weeks j
at l(t::;o a. m. and 7:.'!0 p. m. All
singers from alt the churches are especi
ally invited to lend their help in the
chorus choir. .
Dr. Thacker pointed out in his ser
mon Thursday evening the great bene
fits to Oiristianity accrued through
evangelism and showed the follacy of
th
arguments of the scoffers.
"The world's greatest teacher said,
'One tilings is needful,'' said Dr.
Thacker. 'It is a comfort and an in
spiration to us, amid the multiplied
care' and eumjdex duties of life, to
hear Jesus say and Jesus kuows
'there is only one absolute necessity.'
Christ is essential to the world,
that hath the Sou, hath life, and
He
he
not
that hath not the Son of God shall
see life.' To take Christ to a
lost !
world and to bring a lost world
to
Christ, this is evangelism.
Evangelism and Method.
"'Power manifests itself through
methods,' but method must not lie sub
stituted for jiower. A church may be
the most Pauline and yet at times the
most un -Pauline of churches. We are
Pauline in doctrine, but often up
Pauline in method. We are in danger
of forgetting that the greatest theolo
gian said that He was willing to be,
and was 'all things to all men, if.by
means Jle might save some. Occasion
ally one of our ministers is heard to
say that he doesn't believe in 'evange
lists and evangelism.' He intends this.
of course
methods.
as a criticism of meu and
"One of our older, learned, most re
spected and conservative ministers said
hi mo not long ago mat no reared we
j criticised other workers and their
methods to such an extent that we
, .oinctiine forgot to -rejoice over the
j souls saved through their instrumeu
:tatity.
"Juliu spoke to Jesus, saying. 'Mas
I tor, we saw one casting out devils in
! Thy name ami he followcth not us;
! and we forbade
I lowed h not Us. '
, bid him not. '
him, lu'eause he fob
P.ut Jesus said, For-
! "Fvangeli.-m is the fundamental
i il uty of the church and the most sub
jlime privilege and responsibility of
every Christion. The shepherd . scarch
, ed for the lost sliwp and the, woman,
I for the lost child until they found
tliem. Wf may say that a man is
j wise who always does things 'in de-j
i cciicv and in order ' who in m irtnt '
eegete a line logician, a profound
theologian and a 'sjull binding' orator,
but God i-ccms to sav that he in wise
who
IS willing In; 'all thiiiis to all
men
soon
if by any means he may saveii,,i..i;.u .f MVu .:.,rirn.in ' l.M,..'...! i
who seeks tin- lost 'until the
lost
is fn
and saved.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Fair and warmer to-
nignt; Saturday cloudy, showers in in-
lterior -
London Is Pleased At Result
Of Parliamentary Elections'
Outcome Means Return To Party Government And Disappear-!
ance Of All They Disliked
Is Upset By His Defeat.
Ford's Canada Stocks
Sells For $400 Per
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Shares of
the Ford Motor Company of Canada,
Ltd., were lifted on the New York
curb market yesterday and for the
first time a stock bearing the name
of Henry Ford was bought and sold
in Wall Street.
Only two sales were made, due
largely to the fact that many floor
members did not know it had been
listed and did not recognize it by the
abbreviated title that appeared on
the stock tickers. The hrH sale was
thirty -hares at $400 a share. The
second was twenty shares at $402.
The company, whic his not a sub
sidiary of the parent corporation, is
capitalized at $100,000 shares. Mr.
Ford is president and owns approxi
mately eighteen per cent of the stock.
The Day's News
At A Glance
Premier Mussolini snaps the whip
fore Italian parliament alid warns
opponents that fascist! government
coiiin to stav.
be-
his !
has !
Analysis of
I.lovd (ieorgi
British election shows that ,
has been hit a smashing 1
blow and that his
ing result of vote.
downfall is outstand
Former prime minister has consolation
of seing son, Major Lloyd (feorge, re
turned to parliament by substantial plu
rality. Count Anton Si gray, who married
Aemrican heiress, Harriet Daly, daugh
ter of late Marcus Daly, is denied a pass
port to United States bv Hungarian po
lice. One communist elected
liament from l.anarkshiri
to British pa r
La.
point
Great
ly Astor says signs of the times
to drastic liquor legislation in
Britain.
Wilhcbn Cuno gets ilonii !u job of or
gniiizing cabinet to undertake Ger
many's economic, reconstruction alotg
non-partisan lines.
' Notable mark of Pritish electios is
apjiarent change in sentiment toward
candidates of jiacific rineiph'H who were
rejected iu patriotic wave of !Gn.
William Graves Sharp, former ambas
sador to France, reported seriously ill
at his home in Klyria, O.
Government officials delay
proposed merger of Ariuour
packing companies.
llll'I.SIOII on
and MorrN
; Head of American Association for
Recognition of Irish Republic cables to
Pope protestation against reported de
nial of sacrament to Mary MacSwine.v
by Irish priests.
Legal rciireviitntiw
f Nation.,
.pposcs pro
'Grange at Wichita, Kas.
posed consolidation by Armour
ris concerns.
d Mor
Professor Bullock, of Harvard, say
! met hods used in eollectilie; federal in
iconic tax have made American people a
(nation of liars.
I
Willie Hoppo wins second victory
championship billiard tournament,
feat ing Walker Cochran. ." to ItiL'.
j Tamho Villa. Filipino holder
i American tlvweiulit title. !oes out of
his
Class and defeats Abe (ioldstein. N
uivlYork h.-nitamvveiirht. after fifteen roun
o
boxing at Madison Square (iardeu.
BELIEVE BOMB WRECKED
MOONSHINE DISTILLERY
CHICAGO, Nov. 17. Police today
worked on the theory that a bomb caus
ed last night's explosion and tire in a
moonshine distillery resulting in fhe.
death of three persons and the injury
of at least nine others.
The explosion occurred in a mixed
' foreign quarter of the city, a melting
pot for eleven dillereiif naTioiiaiiiies.
Two bindings were wrecked.
In the ruins of one building, which
was swept by flames, jiolice and fir-
men found the wreckage of two stills.
The original report of the fin-men was
that one of the stills had exploded.
Later investigation developed the
l..,,,K l,.itri- it .iu li.iirio.il ihit form
er oecupajits of .the building had been
slain bv bombs and that threats bad
been made against the ives of families
who uj to last night lived in the Mruc
tue. The dead:
Mrs. Jacob Verdoni, 31, and her 1"
months old baby; Antoinette Boltino.
aged :;. ;
"
S C. WOMAN MISINR
VliwrKI IV M C V.. IT
S - nimir Wl Mi .n,s(,.., s C ni,l,,n tn- i
Klav Msked officials in iiiiiiibr ofiDavi-i Home Assoiatimi . ' Contribute JUS !
'cities to make a warch for her. She
'luis been missing since Novemlier s.
when she left to visit relatives iu Bas -
sett. V.l. She pl.miied, according to
relatives who came here, to return to
her home last atnrday. When she did
not arrive they communicated with her
Virginia
kaa ner
relatives and learned that
r afrivviJ thtxe.
sue i
In Coalition Winston Churchill
I .O.N DON, Nov. 17. i By the Asso
ciated Press.) Gratification is tXrcssiad
by most of the morning nevvsj,ajiers at
the result of the parliamoutary elections.
This was of course to be oxjHVted from
the conservative jircss, in vie of the re
tention of the conservative majority, but
some of the liberal newspapers also find
certain grounds for satisfaction, or at
least compensation.
They recognize that the .outcome
no ans a return to party government and
I iie disappcar-nico of all they most dis
liked in the survival of the coalition
Ion gafter they regarded its dissolution
, as due.
; "We are rid.'' say.s the Westminster
Ga.ettc, "of the compromises ami sub-
i terfuges vvhh h have made parliament
contemptible." v. Idle the Daily News de
clares the election "has blown a breath
of clean air int oour discredited pnrlia-
; meiitary i list it til ions
! t he esta bli.shinent of a
' and able ooposit ion. ' '
and rejoices at
'strong, effective
The Dttily Herald, exulting over la
' bor 's successes, anticipates another ehv
tion within eighteen months, and says:
"If meantime vve play our cards hold
Hy an dskilfully vve ought to have a labor
government without doubt."
- The Tiinse regards the result with
I deep satisfaction and says it demolishes
tin' las targii'ie nt for maintenance of the
coalition. The newspaper would have
preferred that the balance be held more
evenly between the liberals and labor
ites, but believes the country has noth
ing to fear and much to gain from ve.i
tilation of the labor party's idea in
parliament.
Several of the newspapers edrive sat
isfaction from the fact that the coiisit
Ivative majority is not overwhelmingly
; la rge, . t hus enabling the opposition to
exercise a wholesome cheek upon the pre
dominant party.
The size of the conservative majority
is seriously disputed by the papers, their
figures ranging from eighty to eighty-
i seven, and until all the returns are cnifi-
ll lete, this divergence will continue.
For the first time in the history of th '
lirilish parliament a candidate standing
as an avowed communist was elected
when J. W. New bold was returned for
the Motherwell division of Lanarkshire.
Another isolated new innnbor ' i.s K.
i Scryingeour, prohibitionist, who, with
the laborite, K. (). Morel, defeated Win
ston Spencer Churchicll and three other
candidates iu Dundee, a two neat coii-
j St it llrllrV.
j Those who expected Mr. ( Hiurchill ',
defeat little expected S rymgeour ' vie
ton. lie ha, been trying to enter ;ai-
iiameiii ior nuioiee since I'.ius, Ins can
'did.icv hitherto being treated largely as
, a joke. He is ail ardent jirohibitionisl
and was one of those vho brought Carrie
Nation to Great lirituin years ago. The
I women's votes are thought to have Im'cii
a large factor in Ids election as they out
i numbered the men iu this district.
I Mr. Churchill seems to have been lnii'M
upset by the result, although he spoke
j cheerfully when it became known. Weak
from his operation ami the efforts id' the
las) few days of Hie contest, he Me-
' . seated, according to onlookers, a moving
' figure vvheit his defeat was aiinoiince-l,
(the tears standing i nhis eyes.
' Notwithstanding the rejection of all
but fwo of the women candidates, it
, is noteworthy that they polled a yeiv
I large number of votes and everywhere
proved formidable opjionents. The l;ir."
- est vote for a woman c.i ndidate was cast
in Northampton, where the noted lain r
leader. Mis Marguerite P.ondtield, polle 1
more than 1 1,0('H Votes. Lady Cooper,
runniiig on the coiimtv at ive ticket, al-'i
I received over 1 t.OiiO and came m ar de
feating her liberal opponent in Wa!'-r-all.
Of the two reelected women mem
, bers, Viscouuetss Astor polled I.I.OOl)
.votes and Mrs. Marguerite int riugUa iu
I about II. Olio, while Women candidates -a
three constituencies received more tha"
;i.(iiiii each, and many of the others from
, six to - s. ven thousand.
The future of the labor party in par
I liament is a matter of special interest.
Being now the si -(oiid largect party in
I I he house, it should, according to jiarlia
j military tradition, become the official
'opposition, at,-1 it is i xpecte l it wilt
claim for its chairman the po-t of leader
'of what is sometimes facetiously cal'ed
."His Majesty's Oppusit ion. " This.
I however, may be disputed, la-cause M1-.
Lloyd George, as the outgoing premiir,
has -ome cl.iiai to the position.
U. D. C. TO COMPLETE
JEFF DAVIS MONUMENT
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Nov. 17.
The I'nited Daughters of the Coiifed- j
eracy vvi'l ei ir.; h-te th:- Jefferson Davis
monument at Fairvievv, Ky.. -within the
next vear if a report and rccomnieilda-
! tion
; read
ot the Davis inoumcnt committee ;
before the annual convention here 1
today is adopted.
l he committee
pledges ! taken
raise .:'i.'iOO the
necessary to comph
olielisk is now Clti
has liecii stopped
recommended that
from the door to
room tilde of funds
te the shaft. The
feet high and work
for lack of funds,
memorial will stand
When completed the
.'!."il - fe-t . I
Task of oninletine the memorial th.i
report said, had lieen left in the hands:
of the DaiiLditers and Hie Jefferson
, during the j.ast year hnve been dis-A
joiiragiiigiy niH, the ouinuttee rejyort- j
ie - l.
I
KLYUI A. O.. Nov
laves Hharp fonner
Frane.
before
died
nt his home here Khortlv!
todav. Mr. fchurp Lad
rerai Jtys.
Il04.ll
bttu ill for
ONLY 548 KILLED IN
CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE,
REVISED FIGURES SAY
I Press Reports, However, Say
Injured Will Be
Innumerable.
DETAILS OF THE LOSSES.
Number Of Corpses Thrust
From Their Graves By
Shocks.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 17. (By tho
Associated Press.) jfevised figures
given out by the minister of the interior
placed the total of those killed in Iat
Saturday's earthquake, at 54S, -which, is
considerably below the earlier reports.
The numbi r of injured is only rally
estimated, the total being set at 87, but
those coming under tlus category iu
Vallenar and Chanaral aro described .u
the report as " innumerable. '
Going into details, the report Kays
tha.. the destruction of Autofagast.-i con
sisted of the jiartial demolition of some
privately owned moles, the loss of a nuui-
1...- . I ...... I .1 . . . - . .
I m ihkiis ami uaoiagc to tnc wiretess
! plant. Illapel, Tocopille, Mejillones and
I ampa Sahtrera escaped unscathed. At
Taltal eight boats were lost,
Vallenar city is in ruins, with 3o.'l
dead and the injured "innumerable'
but estimated at around 000. Twelve
prisoners were killed mid I.S injured, iu
l the collapse of t he jail.
The entire lower sect on of Oiauartil
w'us razed, the commercial quarter, rail
I way station, a school and the workshops
bein panning the buildings destroyed,
j Seventeen are dead and many injured.
) At Co,injio approximately half tha
, houses were destroyed no dothcrs reu
I dered uninhabitable. The jail, law-
court, theater find churches were all de
stroyed, and the town hall, jiostoffiee und
depart nt a I engineers' offices badly
damaged. The dead there number 64.
hospital has been established iu a mo
tion picture theater, but only 4.S patients
can be aecoiiimn lu'.cd at a time.
The earthquake was particularly vio
lent in the vicinity of the Coniapo ceme
tery, the movement thrusting a n umbel1
of corpses from their graves. Dehrm ob
;iructs the canals, causing inundations,
land soldiers are pulling down the totter
j ing walls.
; At. Culdera the tidal waves enrried
away tlie railroad statirtn, workshops and
customs house, and destroyed the mole.
There were no easualtie. Similar dam;
age was Kuffered nt Currizal Bajo. Tim
tmrn of Currizal Alto is In ruins.
Freirina w.m destroyed. Eighteen
were Killed in the town a'd sixty itt thrt
I district. At HuaHco tho tidal wave eau'-
ed hinatl damage, hut eight detith.s. At
lluusce) Sajo tvvlevH are dead. J At Vi
cuna the government house, jwllce bar
j raf ks. high school and other building
jure. i:t compute ru'u.s and tho ehurrit
damaged. There wa no loss of-life,
j The extent of the damage at Riva
davia was considerable, but has not Wen
i definitely established. At Ln Serena 30
i houses are uninhabitable, the town hall
(badly damaged and a hosjdta'l belonging
to the Ar'na r pi meat destroyed. Three
j persons were injured.
; The Victoria quarter of Coqilqiuibo
jvvas swept away l,y the tidal waves, tie
railroad station was destroyed and the
j building of Grace & iL'o, 'demolished,
j Twenty-four are dead and thirteen ore
; injured. The town of Pongoi was de
jstroved, But there wer ho casualties.
Three more virth shucks were felt yes
jterday at Copiupo, one at S p. ui. lying
I part icula rly vio
The sanitary
lent.
relief column which ar
rive. 1 on Wednesday at Copiapo from
A I'tofagasta is proceeding to Vallenar,
although the railway is im. yet repaired.
FORMER AMERICAN SOLDIERS
' IN DESTITUTE CIRCUMSTANCES
t -!
COHLKNZ. Nov. 17. ( By the Asso
ciated Press. I- Twenty-one; destitute
(former soldiers from the American army,
; seventeen, of whom were accoalpanied by
Gorman wives and their children, left
Coblenz last night for Paris on the; way
I . 1 -. .i . o ... ..Ml :i
to
i nt-ri Mn i wie-ru'- i ncj ui nun ot
United Mates with a' contingent of
the
other stranded Americans who are being
repatriated by the American relief as
sociation hi Paris. Eleven children in
the party, born in the Kliimdaud. are 1r"
ii: ; -ent to the I'lii'ed States by Uhine
land post Too, Vcter.-nis t' Foreign
Wars, fhrouc'i an arrangement vith the
Paris cnrrMiiittcP.
Another detachment of destitute sol
dier'' of the American expeditionary
forces and the American forces It! tier
many, many of ihem married, will !
sent to Paris IVcemU-r ." on the first
tcp of their vovage home.
ANPKuON".
James Ibibvr's.
a n foxhound
S. C, Now 17.
aged ?, widely known
breeder an. I a patron
i(,f tln snort
of fox Vont'liig, diM here
late last
sustained
night fis a result of injuries
Monday in an nutoinnhile -
I cideut .
: estate
! Mr.
' survive
He had vngaged in the real
bii-im ss 1.- re for many years.
Kolxirts never married. II- is
d bv two sistes, a Ms. Aug.-ling
of. I'lN'k
ilols-rts i
lilt. s. c. .nd
Miss IaIU
f At:: "M. Ga.
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