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PIT Weather Cloudy Local Cotton 25 Cents VOL. XLHI. NO. 297 GASTONIA, N. C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 13, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS ON A M LY GAZETTE TURKEY REFUSES TO HIVE PART OF DOMAIN AS A DOME FDR ARMENIANS (smet Pasha Declare It a New Attempt to Dismember i. Turkey. ATTITUDE IS AGGRESSIVE Says Armenians Would Be Happy If Other Nations ; Would vLet Them Alone. LAUSANNK, Dec. 13. (By the As sociated Press.) Turkey refused at to day's session of the Near Lust confer ierenccs to assign any . special part of Turkey a a national homo for the Armenians. Ismet Pasha declared this would mean a new utempt to dismember Turkey. ' . LAUSANNE, Dee. 1. (By tliu As sociated Press.) The Angora delegates "to the Near Kaat conference ' are vigor ously combatting the plan of the power to write tiio question of minorities into the treaty which it is hoped will be drawn up here. Juliet Pasha and his associates, fearful that international reg ulations will be imposed upon Turkey, Which will oblige her to protect foreign nationals living within her borders, belev that such conditions wiuld be an in f riiigeuient tn Turkish sovereignty and a slight to her honor. t ' lsiuct Pasha has never lieen so aggres sive as 3u his attitude oa this issue, v.hicu ill the essiou yesterday ehallanged the attention' of the world when lsmet de clared that' Turkey eiyitd not allow the league of nations to look after Hie affairs of the minorities. : Tho Turkish Ktateauiait contends that the Armenians in Turkey would be per fectly happy if agitators in other eoun tries would only let them alono and if they would keep , out of . play. Islimet made it clear that Turkey would always o Kfliii'im tit' , mi.Tii rlf i p-u-jim W'hiell behaved themselves and .subscribed to Ottom laws and ideals. He ulso assert ed that : the Greeks in Constantinople would be allowed to remain there if they were born in that city ami if thy would liceoiiic Turkish subjects. it i. t,..i ti,.,i i,k- ,innif ",n nun Of the 400,000 Greeks in Constantinople have retained their Greek 'citizenship and it is hoped here that the great ma jority of the Greek colony, which is so useful in the commercial-life of the capi tal, will he allowed to remain. The determined Turkish stand on the minority question is displeasing to the allies. The powers would like to" so?. some definite : understanding on this troublesome question formulated at the Lausanne conference at that, as Ambas sador, fluid said yesterday, the popula tions and races' which are now living in fear may feel "the presence ofprotce liters for their future safety.- .'.','.;: Ambasador Child, 'lit, his address on the minorities question, 'said that, the representative!! of the United fctates believed that the ends to be caught were "prvention, rather than mere relief, an. I guarantees of safety foe minorities, rather than mere succor' to their misery, and permanence of joint action, rather than mere spaemodie asperate activity.'' "Iu Uiis purpose," he continued, "the people, of my country, through far removed - by distance, have a profound interest, and wilt continue, to stand ready in their contributions.'' ; . A .I.,.. II... I ..... lsmet promised lo.givev' ucimivu i jly to the allies petition, presented bv Lord Ciivznn, that Turkey And a place of refuge for the minority populations. - ENJOYABLE. MEETING Decided to Hold Ladies' Night at an Early Date -Football : Committee Reports Invites Baptist State Convention to Meet Here In 1923. rv.:.v''V' :. ., - In the absence of president D. Mont jronfery Jones, who is away on a hunting trip, Tuesday's luncheon meeting of the Gastonia Kiwnnis club was presided over bv the secretary, Ucorge Gray. iSereral matters of business were fir-it ; 'taken up, including the -reading of a re port from t he conimittee appointed to act iu ronjunot ion with simihir committees Of Ovit'an and. llotary in an effort to se cure some foot-lall Barnes for1 (iastoii;;i next season. The report of the commit tee is given iu full below. The ques tion of hoiding a Uidie Night at some time abbot the first of the year was taken up and refcired to a comtnittoe eon.iitiii of Mont Jones,. (Jeorge Gray, George Mason' and Charlie (iiinter, who aro ie decide upon the date :nd make all arrangements for the event,.- On motion of J. W. Canty' Johnson, the club voted uiiaiiiiiioiisly to send :i telegram to the Mate IJaptist con vent io;i now in se.sion at Wiuston-fSalem eni Tiliasizing. the iuvitatoa alivady, seat to that -body to hold its l!)'.' session in this , Kev. W. A. LamU-th, pastor of Main i--i i sa mot Xfotliiwlist rhnivh. was nresent as :i guest and made a most interesting and inspiring talk. .Pleasing features of the meeting were a vocal solo , liy Mrs. Diiiiieroii Williams and piano selections tiy Mrs. J. RaU-igh Armstrong. Following is the reMrt "of the eom- tnjllef Your foot ball committee." acting coiijuiictioii with like committees":" (Continued ci ;a9 5.) Judge Sentenced Him, Then Headed List to Raise Money for Him ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 13. Hia prison sentence suspended, and trar elinng on money raised by the judge who sentenced him, Harry Kramer, 19, of New York, will be speeding towards Gotham town tomorrow aft ernoon. ' Young Kramer waa arraigned in court here yesterday charged with stealing an automobile. He con fessed his guilt to the court and waa sentenced to serve one year. The owned of the automobile asked the court to suspend the sentenc. - The youngster said he is an actor. The troupe with which he was traveling "went broke" in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Not only did Kramer find himself out of work but out of money. In this plight he received a message from home which told of the aproaching arrival of another baby the second. The primal instinct of fatherhood overcame Kramer's fear for man made laws. He stole the automo bile, he says, and started for home. He was arrested in Virginia and brought back here for trial. - 1 . Frankly confessing to the crime he told the whole story to Judge R. N. Hardeman. The sentence was passed and a respite asked for. The court was quick to yield and headed a subscription list to raise the money to send Kramer home where he Is needed. Indications today are he will leave Atlanta tomorrow with more than transportation money. STATE BAPTISTS OPEN 92ND ANNUAL MEETING AT TWIN CITY CHURCH Gilbert Stephenson and T. D. Matesa Are Named Vice Presidents of Body. MADDRY IS RE-ELECTED Gastonia, Monroe and North Wilkesboro All Want the , 1923 Meeting. . AV1NSTOX -HALEM, loc. li, When Ilev, W. A. Aycrs, pastor of the i'Hrst Baptist church nt New "Hern, arose to night to deliver the sermon before the Ihiptist State Convention in its 9-nd annual oeSsjon, . he faced the largest attendance of any first day of a state convention.. Over 500 messengers were present, twice as many as were present at the first session last year. 't Vt. Aycrs brought a timely message to the convention. It was deeply spif itual and held the attention of the audience from the first sentence. Based on the scripture a& found in second Corinthians, chapter ' 13, verses three and four. Dr. Ayers spoke on the theme, " Some mountain, )eaks of the gosel,in the life of the preacher.'' The convention siient a little while debating a possible change o time of meeting to an earlier date, but no final action has been taken. There is strong sentiment in favor of September instead of Dec-ember. The following new pastors were intro duced. Rev. Dr. Livingston Johnson presenting them to the conventions H. K. "Waldrop. MeAdenvillej J. A. Mi-lver, Louisburgj W. J. Banks, K'lizatieth City; E. G. Iseuhowcr, Ahoskie; A. J. Bmith, Franklin; A. E. -C. 1'ittnian, Windsor; V; . O. Hughes, Statesville; E. C. Andrews, Mount Holly; T. V, Beymour, Ra- Teiirh: J. E. Hill. MarHhall: II. II. Spero, Asheville; J. R. Jcstes". Win ston Kaleni; L. W.' Teague, Wilkes boro; T. 11. Flemmons, Ureeuville; R. K. IJedwiue, Nashville; Zona Wall, (ioldboro; W, L. Griggs, North Wilkesboro1, H. 8. Howard, Asheville; J. 1. Essex, Jackson; E. B. Dillard, Cninn Mills; W. M. Wilson. Flat Rofkt'W. D. Hubbard. Raleigh; J. II. Eller, Statesville; S. H. Templeton, ElizalM'th City. This afternoon the convention ap pointed a committee consisting of Rev. W XV Barrett. Gastonia; Rev. L. R. I'mette, Charlotte; and Rev. J. A.' Snow, Charlotte, to viit Rev. Dr. Walter N. Johnson, now ill in a hos pital in Charlotte. The conimittee is to bear greetings from tho convention together with a token of the love of the body. Dr. Johnson, former corre sponding sivrvtary of the coiiTcnrton, lias lnt'U seriously ill for several months. Monroe, tJa-tonia and North Wilkes boro liave extended iyvitafions for, the meeting of the convention. The Winston Salem Kiwanis Club will take the. convention to visit the new Baptist hospital now under construction here. Promptly at ; the hour set for the opeing session of the Baptist conven- j tion, Troichmt B. W. Spillman called the represilita fives to order and an-' nounced the owning of the meeting! and reiiesqtcd Rev. E. L. Oliver to conduct a song service, which was fol lowed bv a lirief devotional service. iled by Dr. Spillman. The illncM or Dr. Joseph Gaines, pastor or - t. Llnlin ' i church. Chanotte. was an Uonil (noumed. Dr. Spillman to Quit. . Owing to a change in the constitu tion the president is now chosen at the dose of the convention, and Rev. B. W, .-Spillman gave notice to the con vention tl:i(.t In- would , request that a ("' 7" . . i 1. . , - iiioii live years ami iiiai ins ova mi uiu nut warrant a continuance iu office. FARMER-LABOR PARTY l nnr iiiniTiniio m nr UllUAllixAi Wild III DC SET UP IN ALL STATES Much Accomplished at Cleve- land Meeting, Says the ', ' President. THIRD PARTY DEFEATED Declares Two Big Political Parties Are Owned By Wall Street. j CLEVELAND, Dec. 13. (By the As i sociated.v rcss.) Delegates to "the see- end conference for progressive political action were leaving for tfair homes today to perfect state organizations for tho nomination and selection of candidates, either through "primaries of old par ties' or by " independent political ac tion" as set forth iu the program of or gauization adopted at 'the two-day con vention here. V ... Formation of u third party was de feated' at -the closing session last nignt after a prolonged debate in which many speakers ' characterized the republican and democratic parties as "owned and financed by- Wall Street." ":" A feature of the report of the resolu tions !conifuittee a, adopted was a decla iug factor iu securing tho election of progresive United States, senators and members of the house, request such lncm for the peoples' - progressive program, and 'that tho chairman and secretary of this conference call such progressive members togethet as soon as the new JJon power ; direct election of t President and Vice 1'resident; that Congress and prac tice of courts in declaring legislation un constitutional; enactment of the .Norris eniploynfcnt for women. William li. Johnston, president of the work" of tho conference, declared that "much had been accomplished, in weld gunizations for united political activity and that the work of setting up organiza tion all states will follow shortly." .Other leaders 'expressea themselves us gratified with the. work of the conference and predicted sueces sin the progressive LABOR EMPLOYED COUNSEL , TO IMPEACH DAUGHERT Y ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Samuel GoiniJers. president of the American federation of Labor, frankly told the house judiciary committee today that the executive committee of the federa tion had authorized the employment of counsel to assist Reprefenative Keller, republican, Minnesota, in prosecuting impeachment proceedings against At torney Gencfal Daugherty. Mr. Gonipers statement was innde in the course of cross-exaininatiou by l'aul Howland. of Cleveland, personal counsel for Mr. ; Daugherty. He em phatically denied that he had first sug gested the impeachment proceedings, declaring that he had not known of the introduction of the Keller resolution in the House until he read about it in the newspapers. . "Does Mr. Ral iron (Jackson II. Ralston, appearing ns counsel for Mr. Keller) represent the American Federa tion of Labort" asked Mr. Howland. "He does." "The executive counsel met here be ginning on November 14 last month and during our "week's session the ue.ap tion of the impeachment resolution was discussed, particularly in two phases." "I don't care about the phases; I want the time," interrupted Mr How land. "I am trying to fix the date n-i best I can. " retorted Mr. Gonipers. "By direction of the eeicutive committee l communicated with Mr. Italston and asked him to represent the American Federaion of Labor in two phases."- At the outset of his testimony Mr. Gompers, called as a witness for , the protcution, told of his visit to Mr. Daugherty in July, 1921, at the hitter's invitation, at which the appointment 'of W J. Burns as chief of the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice was discussed. Tho witness raid he had shown Mr. Daugherty a cniy of the report made in 1912 , by Attorney-General W'ickrr sham to President Taft on Burns' al leged activities iu the drawing of a jury in the Oregon land fraud eases iiJ 190.1 and that Mr. Daugherty had com pared it with one brought to him by a departmental clerk. "I told Mr. Daugherty," Mr. Gom- ers testified, "that it would be a pub lie scandal and bring discredit to the department and the government of the United States if any Mich man was appointed to as important a position) as was propose,! ior urns. ami - tuat against it . " j Mr. Howland wanted to know why Mr. Gompers ha dimblished the Wick ershain report in the American Federa tion! , the official organ of the American-Federation of Labor, and the labor lotider, replied that it was "to expose a man who had been guilty of so great ja wrong. " hen eounsel for .Mr. Daugherty ssked if Mr. Burns had not been active in the proseeution of the MeNamara cases, the witness replied in tho affirma tive. Mr. Gompers explained he hadjstanips. The safe was .arrieil through been interested in the defence of the j the back door and broken .open. .iic.amaras oecaus ue oenevea uiem in??',T.?t". ,.. . . .. ',. nai (iiu juu ociievr aiier mey : ('onfesscdt asked Mr. Howland. ; theiu then,-' was the reply. j "When they confessed. I Iwlicved i The labor leader denied lie had sug Rested to President HardMng that Mr. HI V ' " milt .'1 t . j to be apiHiintedj Daugherty ought not attorney general. Man of Hour The iron hand of , , KfxnhxnI has, grinned political power in Greece. He Is virtual dicUtor and actually chairman of the R e v o 1 utlonary committee which created the trib unal that sent former hlsh offl dais to death before a firing squad 'and con- 1 Andrest in MUCH COLfcEK WEATHER ' FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 Much :older weather will overspread the Atlantic states Weneiday, except Florida peninsula and low tempera ture and fair weather will prevail generally in the states east of the Missirsippi liver during the next two days, the weather bureau stated tonight. Storm warnings remain liaplayed on the Atlantic coast and from Cape Hatteras to Eaatport, Maine, the bureau said, and cold wave warnings were ordered Tues day morning for the lower lake re gion, the Ohio valley, Tennessee, the gulf states, the southern Appa lachian region and in the middle Atlantic states, northern New Eng land and the interior of New Yor Reports to the bureau said the weather remained abnormally cold' today throughout the plains states ind the northwest. At Havre, Mon tana, a minimum temperature of 34 3 egrets below . xero was reported this morning.. ' The Day's News At A Glance France reveals gloom at London rep arations failure and unofficial opinion urges her to go It nlone for definite re sults with (iermany. Ismet l'aslia demands cessation of all foreign Interferons in Turkey and hW defiance of allies dashes hopes for speedy settlement of minorities' problem. German lenders profess hope in repara tions negotiati'lns despite collapse of London proceedings. British labor party, disappointed nt moves to deal with unemployment, adopts obstructive tactics in House of Commons. Virulent typhus epidemic wipes out w.hob families in Krris district, county of Mayo, Ireland. Polish minister of interior forced to resign as result, of rioting and further disorders are anticipated. ; Hundreds workers reported killed and injured In boiler explosion which wreck ed Cuban sugar mill.. Evangeline liooth declares iSalvation army lost honored lie ne fact or in death of John Wanamaker. Christmas greens will cost slightly less this year, New Vork department of farms and markets reports. Jacob Riippert asserts that he will be sole owner of Yankee baseball club with in a week.' Brainbridge Colby announce that his partnership in New York with Woodroiv Wilson will end December 31. Clemeiiceau completes his "speech mission-" with New York address and sails for home on steamer Paris today. ' Theodore Kramer, author of "The Fatal Wedding" and other melodra matic succisses. is seriously ill at Dres den, Germany. I Cold weather grips the northwest and west, moving rapidly to eastern seaboard, .1 Dr. M. Roval Whitcnack, Newark, X J., baby specialist for whose recovery hundreds had prayed, dies of blood pois oning apparently martyr to his profes sion. . . l'" Ban Johnson denies differences Commissioner Lambs and says he is in full agreement with latter 's baseball ad ministration. United Wales government' withholds action on proposed merger of Armour Another Postoffice Robberv Occurs Near Fsyetteville.' F WFTTFVILLK lw ln Local o cent are today investigating the ec- j ond postoflice roblxrv to occur in this ; county in' the past 24 hours which took; place last night when yeggs eutered a substation of the federal ofhVe located' at the Hawthorne bilk mill village one and a half mile south of this city. The! robbers secured .so and a quantity o: TUC VVPITHPQ I II b II b n I II k II i North Carolina: Mostly cloudy to-j 1 1 1 11 1 4...U .UU13IMJ, llWUl .au Thursday, wanner' in extreme west night and Thursday, probably rain Thursday.. . AFTER 16 YEARS ON BENCH JUDGE LYON IS OPPOSED Td CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Sentenced First Man In North Carolina to Electric Chair. , FAILED OF ITS PURPOSE Distinguished Jurist 72 Years Old, Still Active. Is Now But KALKIGH, N. C. Dec 13. (By The j Associated Press) "After sixteen years j ion the bench, during which I sentenced the first man to die in North Carolina it electric chair and Jiave passed the death i sentence ou five others who were execut ed, I am more than ever opposed to capi tal punishment. " - . . ;..' Judge C. C. Lyon, now in Italeigh pre : siding over his last term of superior I court, today made this statement to The ! Associated Press while discussing his ex jpericneea and the impressions he had gained while serving as a jurist. ' , "I would be more active iu my oppo sition to capital punishment," ho said, I "if it were not for the fact that a ma jority of persons, couvipted of crimes carrying long terms of imprisonment I either escape or are granted clemency 'within a few years. Very few of them 'ever. serve thir complete sentences. ' 'Still, I' believe capital ' punishment has' failed of its 'purpose aud is not hu; ;mane. " I Although seventy-two years of age, j Judge Lyon is very active. His race und figure give him an appearance topical of a jurist.' -His. hair, uiid moustache are white, but the blue-grey eyes that, peer I.. .. f .vi i n i i . ui une ironi M'iuiui siicii-ruiiincu glasses are clear and steady.. '-.-'. . '.'Sixteen years is long enough for a man to spend on' one job, " he smilingly replied when asked why he was retiring. ."When I became judge of the superior court, I reached the height of my ambi tion, As ,a youngster, I used to drive into F.luabeihtown and there I invaria bly wouud. my way to the courthoum", where I listened to the trial of eases. I resolved than that my goal in lifu was to become a superior VouTt judge. Judge IJou's early .ilucation ''was in terruptcd by the war between the states and the resulting conditions, but later h attended the Mnyesvillc high school in Bladen county" tiftd then studied law In the oflices of this older brother, the late Kobert H. lon, at Klizabethtown. He was admitted to the bar in 1872. ' In 1900, he was appointed solicitor general of his circuit by Governor Ay cock, and a year later he was elected for a term, tic was elected juoge or ine seventh judicial circuit in 1900 and re elected eight years later. . "Attorneys of the present day," paid Judge Lyon-. in replying, to a 'question,, "as i whole n-r'1 not as .eloquent and-oia-' totiftil as those of olden times. ''There a 1st has been another change; years ugw, lawyers we're forced to take all the cases that came, to them in order to make a living. Today there are specializing in the different phases of law and llun.lling only certain Kind oi cases." he said. " - ' ' lard ln.ine Mondav night, where the Judge Lyon is the father of four club jsh(ltillK t(m!i j,.,,.,. iin,i vt ; Illnv be dren, three of whom are boys and havej;, iu.h u,ier bon-1 of "inO as an ae followed their father's jirofcsoion. One I ri.t,rVt wil ylt. KVt.n ,,ri.ii,'irv hcar daughter. Mrs. J. M. Llaak, resides at Uv t .xnoirow .Coroner Wtil.lield also KlizabethtOWn. h-w ninuiuni-pil lie Wnlllil cillnluct llfl iu- Jlomer b. l.yon, tne oiuesi sou, is a , member of congress from the sixth North ! Carolina district, bavins been nominal-i ed over H. L. Godwin, incumbent, in j(,Mt f the woinaiH visit to the Pollard 1 3-0. ejected and re-elected in 102-'. Be- j j(lK, ,a!li, ilt.-n.m!,i,'d in his au fore lieing elected to this oflice, he was t,i,i(, w,0 ). Richardson went t appointed solicitor-general of the eiglit li circuit and served for six years, Terrv A. Lyon is practicing Washington, D. C. During the war he was assistant judge advocate, with' tin rank-of major, of the thirty-seventh di vision. J. Alden Lyon is practicing in Klizabethtown. WHOLE SALE PRODUCE MARKET IN ASHEVILLE. i SHWIf I 1' TVn 1:1. Arraiiire-I nients for the establishment of a whole sale produce .market in Asheville to be operated on a large scale for the pur nose of mmnlyinir local and outside re tailers and at the same time providing) Buncombe and adjacent counties, are be ing completed by officials of the farmers' Bolin Hall, of Waynesville, will be in charge of the marketing; W. . t lark, ot Asheville, the books and records, and I Joe Davis, of Waynesville. the poultry 'and egg department. The produce f , -l.s.. ill ..nnn In .1 f Jvin(Tl.1l lri'Pt III.. I ft I- 1.11. II ! "-' ....... building about January 1. it was stated. Automobile' truck into all the ed- jaccnt territory will be 0erated from Asheville by the federation, officials j ' id t. nrra,,,j,.ments .,re being made . ,, r , produce to foreign ! buyers. Four warehouses of the company in Buncombe and Henderson counties will i servo as headquarters for their respec: !tivc sections, according to the plans. t 1 1 " " " Airplane Traffic Ordinance Adopted MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 12. The city commission today adopted a traffic ardinance for airplanes providing license fees for aviators and air planes and that no aviator shall fly lower than 500 feet above certain parts of the city, nor lower than 2,500 feet over other portions of the city. Fines are provided for vio lations' of the ordinance. This is Miami's fir?t effort at- regulation of flying within the city limits. Baptists Oust College President In Missouri ' for Religious Views Liberty, mo.. Dec. 13. Dr. Wakefield A. S la ten has been dis mjssed from the faculty of William Jewell College here, according to John S . Majors, president of the board of college trustees, after a request by the trustees that he re sign was refused. . Disapproval by the more conserva tive element in the Baptist church of some, of Dr. Slaten'a views .ad duced in his classes in Biblical his tory and religious education, was assigned as the reason for his dis missal, which will be effective Fri day. Dr. Slaten said conservatives of the church had threatened to with draw support of a $400,000 cam paign for college funds unless he was dismissed'. Dr. Slaten is author of a book, "What Jesus Taught." He re cently was said to have expressed the belief that 'the deepest reli ious attitude is entirely compatible with a world view in harmony with present knowledge." POLICE FIND NO MOTIVE FOR MURDER OF WOMAN AT THE POLLARD HOME Body of . Mrs. Richardson to Be Taken to Her Former Home In Atlanta. WEST WAS WITH WOMAN Grilled By Police, He Claims Ignorance of Reason of Visit of Woman. ; BH.lIMO.ND, Va.. Dec. l.l.Witli no definite motive established for the kill ing of Mrs. Thclma iiichurdson, stenog rapher, formerly of Atlanta, who was shot ty death late Monday at the home of Thomas Pollard, real estate and in surance man, local police early today were, working on two theories whiih may solve what tliey now consider a mystery. ' At tlievsnine time they admitted they Itad failed to establish a motive, the ap riorities also said they 'had not ascer tained tlie exact manner in which the young woiiiau was shot. The body of Mrs; Richardson,' accom panied by her 'brother, William Pierce Ham, will be shipited from here today to her former home. Mr. Richardson was formerly Miss Thidma Ham, a d.iugter of Mrs. Jtdle Hani, who now resides in the Georgia City. ; The theories under consideration bv the police are that Pollard shot the girl following a quarrel, probably believing that she was about to kill him or that the stenographer was shot necidendally during a struggle for possession of the pistol, which the police nay was her property. Pollard, who is at liberty on bond of J.".(MI0 iiml . I. Mosbv West, who ac- '.,..,.:,,,, u. M,.mr,u,, to the I'oi ( .,,.,.,,,..,.. T1, ....l;,.,, i,.,.. .1i..i trriilo.i West'lto use tlie new filtration plant for rr., i.,;, i,.i ,i-i ,;, i,.,,,, h,o !. th(, fnlt (,J(. v.?st told the police that he did not see which parly h.id the pistol, 1 ' 'aw ,'" when the shot rang out, or was he aware war he,,, ... i, i:.... i ,.l jthnn any quarrell preceding the shout- V'rZZ .be s,,tig Mr J 1: ! 1. ...... I-:.... .i;.-..r...o f f Atll 1...- ll.,-l..,r I' .r.ldim Jr. i 1 1 Li I ui I HMIH .in rVVIlllT .1 i.n"i' whom sue in.-irrieu ill inii. hit - ! . - t t r m - 1 1 .. i. in ban. I served in tlie a nny ilurins and on his return home, his wife was j . , , , .. . i.,.ii... i i. aid to have Is-eu working in 1 ollar.l otli Richardson would not -confirm or de ny a report in circulation here and in Atlanta that plans for re.-oiu-iiiation be tween himself" aiid wife were under Way when sue' met her death. SUE ARMSTRONG FOR S5O.G0O DAMAGES . i CHARLOTTE, Dec. 13. (By the Asociated Press.) J. J. Frice and E. R. Whisnant, both of Char lotte, filed suit for $50,000 dam mages in superior-court here today against J. R. Armstrong, citton mill owner of Gastonia, claiming injuries November llth when a motor cycle they were riding collided with Arm strong's automobile. i1"'"''''?";,,, IN WRESTLING MATCH. TDTWITV TMT T7TT A T C f-lDAT IU.1 : CHAPKL-. HILL. JHe. 1:$. Trinity j i college defeated, the .University of North j ' students of the two institutions. Triuity . 119 pound class: Hardaway, of Trinity defca ted t-i-hwartz of Carolina by j direct throw. j l-'tniiii!id class: Daniels, of Trinity., defeated Ilairan of Carolina on points. ! l.;9-pouiid clas: ilay of 1 runty thre.v Bi-ck of Caroliua. - Midgette, captain of the Trinity team, although weighing but 1.12 pounds, star red in two matches defeating Walters tu Carolina at 13:! pounds. Fow ler, of Caro lina, who weigacd li't pounds, only to lo-e to Poinde.ter. the 1H.1 pound line- j iiiua of the Carolina, gridiron team. FRANCE FULLY RESOLVED TO ACT ALONE, IF NEED BE ON THE GERMAN QUESTION Poincare Reserves Right to Use Free Hand In Seiz ing Security. . ' 1 FRANCE'S PLANS SECRET Time for Threats Without Acts Has Passed, Says French Premier. PARIS, Dee. IX (By the Associated Fress.) Premier, Poincare, iii the re- sumption of the' parliamentary debate on the French foreign policy, will announce that the government retains the right tu use a free hand in seizing security for the German debt However, he will not specify what this security will be nor will be given a detilod account of Ida plans. '; '',. The premier made this clear to iuter viewers last night, saying ho would sM-ak cither spontaneously or in reply, to interiH'llatioiis on the "fresh' post ponement of the "oceuution ' ef tho Ruhr" of which Leon Daudet aud others have given notice. "I never said I thought of occupying the Buhr," he told his qintioners. "I di not know exactly which we would choose. If we did we would bo very cireful not to cry it from the housetops. "This, however, is certain: Whatever action we deride on will not involve the c;Jling up a single man. What is, no less certain is that tho time for threats without acts has passed. W'e have fully resolved to act, even alone, and even if before January 15 the reparations eotn iiiussion pronounces in favor of a fresh yioratorium for Germany. "In any case we cannot take an stop before January 13. That is why it is wrong to speak of postpoiuAneut. We postponed nothing and the fact that we are adjourning continuation, of our dis cussions to the beginning of next month involves no loss of time.' The atmosphere for the parliainctary lobbies now apiears les feverish and tho si itiation is viewed with greater eomp p'aiency by the press which, liko tho ro1ikParisien, more or less supports -tho government,' pointing out-that the pre mier did not come, bueli from London, empty handed. Attention is also calling to the fact that Frame obtained from lu r allies 'concessions, which while not complete," are nono the less important; notably, Britain's new attitudo toward , the interallied debts, which could hfdly hive Imen hoped for after her refusal , pVD j0 ,.0Mr,i,ir th qustion six months ago. T'l newsnapers also point out that Great P.iitain and Italy aro now willing to t.-'k" customs, mines and forests ns se curities for the German reparations. WATER WORKS MEN EXPRESS THEIR THANKS , The Ga'tfe is in receipt of the. fol lowing resolution idnpted at the reeeut water, work convention held heTe: By the North Carolina .Section, Amer ican Wafer Works Association, in an nual convention at Gastonia, November Pi. be it Resolved: That the Section is deeply appreciative of the many courtesies ex tended it bv Mayor Cherry, by the i Water Commissioners and by tho City i Manager of Gastonia whose permission meetings added a novel nnd attractive feature to the convention, while too splendid bnnueqt provldeJ the members ami guests by the City pro ved a de lightful entertainment j and be it fur- Resolved : That the h-ection U deeply -cnsible of the energy ami enthusiasm i.j .:... M U..iii,1.ii vIiami ,nn. - nt and advice did more than . It U I II HtlC t'W IV . .. not nntv the largest which the beetioii lield, but the most profitable iiii 3 rrr , .. ., k 5t fnr. ther T 1 , I . Tl . . ...... 1 . 41..,. ,Mfl. nesoiveu: iii.n r"iu- -- . . , ,, (..-rrv Citv Manaircr Alexander, the Water Coinuiii I sinners of Gastonia, and The Gaxtoma, Gazette. Ily T1IORNDIKK REVILLK. fieeretary, Chail Hill, NoveinlH-r H. 19'i2. i NEAR ZERO TEMPERATURE Hfll.DS THE NORTHWEST cm. AC.O. IVc. ia.-Th. -r-atSer ... i i. .11 ...In ..f ... .r. tm. perature ine iiortnwesi uie jmuiuh mra Mud middle west htates, aud he ley bre.-ths of the north wrro felt along the Atlantic, seaboard into ettremo southern. Florida and on the opposite coast far south into California. SMkIi relief for some sectios, notably the.. Great likes n-gion, was predicted for tby, however. With the approach of another dis turbance along the California eoast, wit-h proKibly fulling temperatures, growers are attempting to. prevent scri-'t-t It. to fruit crops by frost . From came re.orts that ea aMtM,ating l..ss in M ttle men were anticipating losses n Nd-i. COTTON MARKET. GASTONIA COTTON. Today's receipts .43 bales .25 cents 'Price CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKTS NEW ul!K, l-. Vi.- Ctttm fu tlires chM-d steady .-. fidlown; Juii. - " i May. ...h..; June, ....i-; Jul ?4.21 ; IVc 2..J2; t. - J '5; M