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TONIA DAILY GAZETTE Local Cotton j Home Edition II 25y2 CenU 11 VOL. XLIII. NO. 302 GASTONIA, N. C TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 19, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS rrrrrrrr ' ' LARGE NEW ENGLAND i MILITARY PARTY PLANS TEXTILE CONCERN MAY ! TO RESUME CONTROL OF SLOW PROGRESS TODAY LASKER "GOES AFTER" ISEVEN IRISH TRAINMEN IN IMPEACHMENT OF j COPPERS IN HIS EIGHT i EXECUTED AT DUBLIN BY ATTY.-GEN. DAUGHERTY) FOR THE SHIP SUBSIDY! FREE STATE OFFICERS RISE IN VALUE OF MARK 'DOPE AND LIQUOR CAUSED PRODUCES STARTLING WALLACE REID'S FALL . RESULTS IN GERMANY! SAY HIS PHYSICIANS BUILD BIG PLANT HERE THE CHINESE REPUBLIC Appleton Company Planning .100,000 Spindle Mill For South. Gen. Chang Shao-Teeng Appointed Premier By Parliament. Mr. Woodruff Tells The Com mittee That He Was Shadowed. Chairman Of Shipping Board Questions Statements By Kansan. Charged With Interfering j Fall Of American Dollar With Railroad 1 Didn't Bring Fall Traffic. In Prices. Noted Movie Star Collapsed Following Sudden Breakaway. GAS HAS ENORMOUS CAPITAL. .Will Also Have Dyeing And Bleaching Plants In Connection. Is Gastonia to have another loo.Ouu pindlc mill? That such nuiy ! the ease is indi cated L.V the follow in; story from Tim Textile World, New York, December 10th: ''Appleton Co., of Lowell, Mass., is understood to have determined upon the construction of a large cotton manufactory in the cotton growing section, with the Gas tonia district under consideration as a location for the important enterprise. This New England company has a large capital and large surplus, the latter to be the principal (japital investment for the initial unit of the southern Apple ton plant. It manufactures, dress ginghams and naped goods, the latter being sold to the jobbing and cutting tpiade. Unconfirmed reorts, trtit which probably approxi mate the facts, state that the Appleton Mills' southern estab lishment will comprise a 100,000 spindle, plant with dyeing and bleaching department, all to be completed during the coming year." No information aside from that Riven in The World's story is obtain able, here. The Textile World is per haps the leading publication in its Held in this country and it.-, souices of in formation are the Inst. CLOVER ROAD OPEN DURING HOLIDAY SEASON Detour To Clover And York County Being Impassable, County Commissioners Open Main Road For Week. Through prompt touia will not be from Hie Clover, woik Monday '.as cut, off by roads Howling Green and other York counfv territory winch looks to thin city as a trading center. The main highway will be open for traffic until Tuesday morning of next v eck . Complaint was received by the Gas ton in Chamber (.f Commerce Monday from Clover that, the detour U'iinpns nble for the time being and that the people of that territory could not get here for their Christmas buying. This would cost the merchants of Gnstouin many thousands of do!luis and would also work a hardship on the people of the territory affected. The matter was referred to County Conimis-iioner duo. L. lV.v! and Mr. Ileal and County Knginoer I) L. Struthers dropped their other woik and made an immediate mspi ditions ill the Tain and found the detour road in un in order to alleviate iltou of con sleet . They bad condition condition ar- ragc for the Simmon Const ruction oio puny to hold back work until next week on the main highway now under eniistrtictiou to the Smith Carolina line. The bridge over Crowders Creek is un der repair bnt the foreman of the state highway painting force . which is remod filing the bridge very courteously agreed to leave it in temporarily passable hape until next week when the work will resume. This makes it possible for traffic to .come straight through, the main highway... lviniiiiiing open until Tuesday morning. MISSING GIRL GOT HEALTH CERTIFICATE Miss Artie' Jones Secured Mar riage - Health Certificate From County Physician L. N. Glenn Thursday Or Fri dayProbably Went Back To Buncombe. Miss Artie Jones, the yi'inij; lady- wii luyfiterioiislv ilisrinju.ire.i from her home 111 AVcst t'lastoni.i la-t Thursday after rioon, has not as yet been located by h-r family or by the '-police 'depart men'. h:it the ftirv in yesterday's iaette uuearth ed n elite v. hich. in all pro'bt.biiity,. will lead to iletermining her w herra b-i-;rt . Ir. T.. X. tiieiin. ,-oiiiiy '.pl.ysit-.ia-a. mi reading the slory in The t.ae;ti' la t night, recalled that eu Tiiursday or Pri- day lie issuad a hey'th erti!ic,ite to Mi- Jones on her personal ";t p tietit ion. "i'hese Certificates are reipiitod by law' for j.re' eentation to the register of dc ds beto n marriage license eaa hi: procured. 'Tin: young huly told. Dr. tiirun th it she was going to ItuueoinlH i-ounty to get m-r- . ried and was iiiformed. that a tiasto.t county health eerliiic.-ilir would not be .i , pny value to her. Hie ii's-iKtrd. however, 'that she inight eha'igc her Iniml and get tu irrie I here so the county i'hysiei.-iM e-sue 1 her a cer tificate. .. In th !i:jht .of, .'this in format ion . I: ' -the beHef Of the ;Toli." deptirhnelif lit.t . .'the yowtsf l.ady. withotil. -the ,k'iowie'ig. r i-oiisenf of her family, went from here to her former ionm- in 1 tiim-omU (oonfy 01 the pui'i'oso of -geit in j mar tied. '"'..'-.-. . .'",'' ! PRESIDENT TO RETIRE. Attributes Failure . To Unify j China To Work Of Militarists. l'KKING, Iee. ID. (liy The As soeiuted Press.) General fining Nhau-TseiiK, the military leader, has been appointed premier with the ap proval of parliament. His selection, j which was supported by General Tsao i Kun, is believed to indicate the intern j tion of the military party to resume control of China . The (.'biases newspapers published he i ports to the effect that President Li : Vuan Hung will soon retire and tluit 'General Tsao-Kun will take his place , Another report says that. Tsao Kun, with the bucking of General I'hang j Tso l.in, is preparing hostilities against .General Wy Pei-Fu for early spring with the purpose of placing the Peking I government completely iu the hands of I the militarists. The appointment of Chang Shan 'Tseng to the premiership is declared to be a concerted move of the militar ists to regain control. It Ls said that ' with the support' of the military group , i 1 1 Hi prrAiiices. Tsao Kun ' induced President Li Vuan Hung to nominate the new premier and that parliament voted almost unanimously in his favor, j This is taken to indicate that parlia i ineiit is ready to support General Tsao ; Kun's ambition to accede to the presi dency . General Tsao Kun has effected an alliance with General Chang Tso -Lin, the Mnnelturian war lord, whose army i is prov ided with modern weapons and ; ample supplies. As an ally of Tsao j Kun the Manchurian forces are said to bi! prepared to start a campaign against General Wu Pei-Fu. The latter announces he is ready to open hostilities in an effort to save China from falling into the hands of the militarists. President Li Yuan Hung attributes I the collapse of his hope of unifying China to the military group. MINE GUARDS TESTIFY IN HERRIN RIOTS TRIAL MARION, guards who 111., Dec. Ill, -Four of the escaped from the Herrin riots were 111 eoart against live men on Willi the killing of today to testify trial iu connection i score of no-uioti workers .1 line. at the Lester st rnt ' jnine last Sou rely lies.s, the to lay the cross-examining state's wit defense continued yesterday foundation for its case, the 'announcement intention to prove for each of the live defcilat. ilibi Special atteiitin was directed to the j 'exact time of the killings. The witnesses also WeTO questioned closely on their identification of the .'0-- cu-ed men. ! 1'nder a crossfire of ipiest ioing. Dr. I'. : (. r-.hipmnn, who testified be was an ; eve witness of the shooting and named j two of the defendant as having been in- j Volvcl, deieil that he previously had said ! he could not identify any of the men I he had seen in the jnub. ', POSTMASTER CALLS FOR AID OF THE PUBLIC How You Can Help The Over Worked PosOffice Em ployes In The Quick And Efficient Handling Of The Enormous Christmas Mail. Ho days , Dav ! jdove every State more davs you realize, too, that the general now remaining Pcfore vljristmis the ) lerical force ami extra i :n of the local jmstnffiec, like those ,u large jost office . in the 1 "nit -1 . and small ones as well, will have work of every kind to do in six than ordinary they would have i 1 1 ;i month or mre D you realize, too, that the jfeneral luiilie, all of whom have more or h bu.sine.sM at the postollhc iluring this rn.-'i -easou. could be of great assistance .'. the overworked employe in the ;ui k and efticiciit hamlliiig of the large voiiiiiu of outgoing and incoming mail. All th: ; is required is a little thoagiil f iliness 1.11 the part of the aforesaid general publi-. One little item that reqipnes a gre:it deal of uulieeeKary time Is the matter o! rirquesting that your box be opened for you because you have furgoiicn to bring your key along. Don't do if, H thougUtful. Look around and net ip your key .lief ore- you start to the post- otnee for vour -mail, and thus for your niai'. and thus avoid iiinK- i 111 unreasonable request, especially . at a time when the eler have iiiii'P than tlii-y eali do anyway. Tin a look well to your pto-kages and letters bet ore presenting them tor man- tag. It 1 onvenicnr, do your own vveigfi- j ing aii.f liavi' ttii' proper, amount' at r stamps in such uuanitiy as to last you j for several days and thus avoid frequent smai.' purchases. Iu many other wri.x not i iHimi ruU-d the oatrous of the posl ulliee can ! of real help in the midst of tse oli.lny rush. THE WEATHER Fair tonicbt and Wednesday; slight i ly colder in the interior tonight; slow 'ly rising temperature Wednesday. BUT HE DIDN'T CARE. Principal Prosecutor, Keller, Is Still Absent From Hearings. WASHINGTON, Pec Is. -- In the absence of the principal prosecutors. Representative Keller, licpuhlicau, Min nesota, hearing before the House judi ciary committee on impeachment charges against Attorney General Datighcrty moved forward today at a slow pace. Representatives Woodruff, of Michi gan, and Johnson, of South Dakota, Republicans, were before the commit tee by invitation of Cbairuian Volstead but Mr. John-on said the '.House last April frauds were direct.-,! sol Department, and -Mr. Ins air;. es in war War was regarding ely at tin Woodruff not ready to proceed . The Michigan member said Mime of the charges he might present would be of an impeachable character, but added that he could not form a definite opinion until he had examined certain docu ments, at the Department ol Justice. JSoth Mr. Johnson and Mr. Woodruff said there had been a decided change in the situation -im-e last April when the latter charged the attorney general with a failure to piesocule war fraud cases . Mr. Woodruff said utiou had been begun in six of the ight or nine iu stances he had mentioned, while Mr. Johnson voiced the. belief that consider ing the amount of reorgaui.ut ion nec essary in the deiiarnneiit and the mass of information that had to be digc-ted before hand, the attorney general hail mou'd with reasonable promptness the War fraud cases. Questioned about reports that he had been "shadowed" by operative of the Department of Justice, Representative Woodruff told the committee he had not intended to go into that, but he had "reason to bclicv. ' ' that not only had he been shadowed," but that bis mail had been " intei ferre.l with," and hi office enlercil and "document removed." "Whether I was 'shadowed' by one or one thousand operatives was a mat ter of- the utmost indifference to me," said he. "1 had nothing to conceal., und had they desired to read my mail 1 would have left if open fur them.'' Responding to further inquiries, Mr. Woodruff said the only evidence he had to support his belief was of a cir- culndantinl nnlarc. and that not care to state jt . Mr. Johnson, questioned same reports, said he had he wmild ibouf the heard of them but had giv and W : .1 . Burns, rean of Invest igat i mucli horse sense' ' bers of .'ougres . Mr Daiigheriv j ...,..! ector of the Bu credit for ''too ' " shadow ' inein SURVIVORS OF WRECKED TUGS TAKEN TO SAFETY Only Four Lost Their Lives1 In Wreck On Lake Superi-' or. SACI.T STK H.---Tlie fugs (. expected to read vivors of the v. MAIM!-:, MIlH., Dee. r.vy and Pavorite were hi re today with snr-. .eck'd tug Keli.liiee, which was dis, liV Ion the rockv shores of the Lizard i Superior nearly Pour persons the slntill 1-raft liuids i Northern Lake! 1 week ago lost tlieir foundered lives iud a wheii tilth was report death today from ex- posure The ad '.1 1 if a in I, fills w ho v, It'eliauci .lohii MePher- Son, Pled iog.i .1 ohns and an r unidentified man I the deck of the I about to lower they hoped to r I ilie of the I Keliunce hen she re swi'i t from ' as they we 1 lifeboat w it !i which ; a eh the mainland, ll persons aboard t he smasie-d her oropellor i ..... 011 a rock last v itesday Were sueeesS- j f ill in reaching 'throe days' tr lb. shore and .vi r rough ifter ceunn.V,, itlirongf) Idtiniiiig snowstorms ami 111! !t lit" severe cold, seven reached a rail way station and i-aine to this city. .Two were left fcehiml at a lumber camii They wcj-e .1 :A-k llaitens and Mrs. Martens, cooks on the P, barn e M i,. ; uarii us iii,i. hot survive tin- -nocK an i I exposure, ac-oriing t word reS-l,iUj here. ' Other aboard the il! fated craft were taken oil' by th. i.i.iy and PaVonte aftiT five days of suffering from i-o.'d and hunger boats might and the fi; liot Is- able if that rescue 1 to reach them, i j Iu- labs of tiios,- ion tho lining 111 the j th. Ueiiance i-abin was hot kip a wireless li.essagcycstordav w 11 until ! from at i.s t!' ! i;r:iv uiii.iim.-1-.i Hi,. inr ,1, .111. t ! 1 ... (t. ih..T .!. r.t 1;..- n..- would, be brought here today. t'ttptain .vlcphersoa w.-i tin old time niariner and a veter.ui of many I-ike SurUit storm His home was in (,is eity. Jo gait vias a iiM'mbv r of the forestry d.partmeut of a pajK-r concern and Johns was a seaman. The fourth victim was l ii, vi-.P to have l-eeii .im.fher emidove of pajM-r com eru and a pa-sengei- oil the t.i ACQUITIED OF MURDER Of BLUE CRASS TURKEY KING WINfllKUTI.i;. U-e II. -i i d:;H w;n : K.v.. Unit!. i-IV, 1 (. s !- the .jui.v 'naif l.eoii ' Turk'-'V t.r-1 i. today of the rhnr-ge i.f n,nr.. I ,1 .is i b'enaker, "Kin;,. the I via.. SAYS THEY ARE PARTISAN ! Comes To Governments De- ! fense On Pending j Legislation. WASHINGTON, Dec of statements made iu 1 1. --Accuracy t quest ionniare sent out ,' Cappers nis-kij published by Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, head of -tin: larin bloc, to asvcitain pub lic sentiment un the administration ship ping bill, is (iiiestioned by 'Chairman Lasher, of the shipping Hoard, iu u let ter leceived today by senator Capper. In his letter, made public by the Ship ping liouid, Mr. Lasker tola the sena tor that "whatever may be your po sit ion upon the pending ship suosidy bill 1 am sine you do not desire the, readers of your paper to reach their conclu sions upon either inadequate or errone ous statements. ' "Decause the statement iu the cir cular of the organ controlled by you are not accurate and are wholly at va riance with the facts," the letter con tinued, "I feel it tit v duty to yon, to ! myself, and to the people we both rep j resent, to give you the tacts and thus til lable you to correct the erroneous ini jpres-ioii your publication has created, i Von certainly would not wish, and i I certainly could not permit, any part ol ; our people to be misled concerning the i provisions of the ship subsidy bill, or the I fact s surrounding it. ' ' ! Mr. LasUer questioned particularly .statements in Hie questionnaire, that the j government intended to sell its war built merchant tleet for approximately .fJOP, j iiOd.iliMl, planned to "lend $lJ.",!MMi,ini'l I to recondition the ships or build others," iuj.'tnil men w,ouiu pay our auoui if '".""" ' i(.MH) in subsidies und aids to ship owner-! during the next ten years. Mr. Lasker said he challenged any one to find where the shiping bpoard ever hud proposed -to sell its merchant fleet for .f.'ntl.U'iO.OoO. 1,'nder existing law pro vision is made for a 1J."),UUO,00(I con struction fund, he declared, adding that the proposed legislation only made slight modification in the present law," to meet conditions more Muccessfully. j As to the probable cost of govern I men! aid, Mr. Lasker said shipping ! board oflicials reputedly had averted that a subsidy could not under any eon ditions exceed $;;o,OO0.OU0 a. year. Pay ment of government aid on all American tonnage, now privately owned, would cause a outlay, he added, of not more item ill. (inn a vear. " The statement as to the workings or the subsidy bill made in your circular,'' Mr. Lasker slated to fcenator Capper, "tire all tttken from the minority house renort prepared bv Mr. Davis, democrat, 1 11 " . ...1 I. i of Tennessee a nartisau renort which -everyone W.islum;lon wise, knows wa.i 1 prepared for political purposes and is un i oisi i lied i,v 1 he facts: your words are ! taken practically syllable for syllable i from this partisan minority report." JEFFORDS PLACED IN S .0. DEATH CELL ('(vl.PMlilA. S. C, Dec. 111. Prank j j M. Jefford. convicted slayer of bis ! I imsiness jiartner J. '. Arnelte, foda.v I i , ., 1 ...1. I ;., ft... Ss.inllt ' oeciipleil sue oeaiu imiw . Caiadiiia !ate jenitent in ry alone. I So foot-teps of men condemned to the j siuiie fate that faces him tin' electric ..Ii-I 1 I' -ViHltlfil'l I throii!?li the corridors. , - . - , 1.. ,..,.1, l,!mi.-ui eoiiinanionshii i JIM- mm in." ." ........ ,,.. (!,.,' ..t t mrds visitiiuT the death ,".'.. '..-... i-. 11.. ... j.,i,,-,itr feed to ;,, 1 ivoifiv is ilooiued to nay III 111. Ill Mil' "il " --,- -' -(- with his own life for plotting mid aid ing in the slaying of another. Penitentiary officials today moved all ,,..., lonli.r eiiteat-e to die and the da if of whose death has not been fied tiy the counts, out of the death house in'o the ordinary cell blocks. The move, it was stated. Was made to lifter the phy steal and moral condition of the men. This left Jeffords alone in the room 1 . .1. 1 .li,i.i l-eeli fill lliell for- ..lwuere ,-oiou v. i. ....... ....... ..1 i:c. i..,u i...en ,.l-.iiiie.l as a ...;...J . .l...,tli K-:i!eh ' , , ... ., I is set .lelloMS Win p" o-s n .- 1 iiii-hts ul.iiir until Friday morning, j isjioniv aner jo o n .MirMuiiAii UtnGtR MK UHYt UN JJisioii. SUilterv. , RONE OF CONTENTIUN i K,iw f 'l'4'" :i, r,s I uuim vi -'sons smoke too inn. i many story book-. I CUKPN'SIHIKO. Dec . 1!. -' Trial , ' ' ;tj tl.sil II. llcl''is.i-k. former cashier, D.-ath a! l'lushin.'. (f jj,,. Uoine Paoking Oolnpan.v. of , liut .011 a charge of embezzle- ..,... ..t ,. from tho institution was. resmiiiKl todav lit Ollliioru i,ouiit su- vnir-eurt with an alleged signeil eon- .: l,v ihf former easlner as the fi'S -lull ! oriricii-al rjestion over which contend- t ; ing lawyer" are fighting. 'The Ktatf- ' - Inieiit, claimed to have lteeu sigin-d by' Johnny Fyers reported to have ae : Iled'HMM-k, was testified tl) V 1. W eepfed offer of iH-puty oriimissiot'er 's Itiiighaiii. Salisbury bank auditor, andipost iii New York state . athletic com it furports to sIkcw that the foritMtr j mission-. cashier rn'orded the allege j false en- ' ; tries. l'res-'.leiit of Marshall FteM i. -.. The first, count 'against JlvdgcOck ' assert s that business eonditii.us in i;,,,,! t'. ,,,. uow l-.'ing hear 1. charges j 'him with making a falx- entry on the, t.iM.ks of the bank l'V cLaigiiig Ihu count of M. J. AVreim with .flo.U"o on '.J he savings ledger, whith redm-.sl his ibaUiueo f TU.-.'i;:wti from t.-l-.'.-".i. . Kvery iplest b'l prTipunndi'd at the hoanrig is being cjmti'sted by attorm-y 'of the defeiis,- mid it is unlikely the jcase will go to the jury 1,1' the week, until the la-t j 19 IN ALL EXECUTED. i Drastic Action Taken Under I Law Enacted By The Dail Eirean. DITJLIN. Dec. lit liy The As hocintud Press). - Pour Jailway men and three laborers were execute. 1 here thi.s morning for intei ferring with i trains in eouuly Kildare. t The seven men executed Were cap jtured November L! by a 1're.e State! 'troops iu a house, the location of which i is unknown. With them a quantity ' i of stolen goods, lilies, and ammunition! I was found. i The men were tried by a military ' ; commit tee and ..eiitencct to death the charge of train wrecking. ! The sentence was carried out at .o'clock this morning. The men executed are reported hae been members of the republi on i to an army. i Today's executions uiako ; 10 by the Preo State in a I than a mouth. , total of ittlc moil1 . Train , railway wrecking, the tearing up of tracks and the blowing up of has been practiced on a large bridge scale by republican sympathizer in Ireland since the irregulars Iwgau their .operation'.. , the railway This has badly disorganized system and hurt trade, dis j patches frcueqiitly teHitig of cominunieu tion between Dublin ujd llelfast or be Jl ween other important points in south i Ireland being cut off for thW icasoii. ' Today's drastic action aimed at the I interference with train operation wni I under the, blanket measure pn-ed by he U'ail Kireaiin last fall, giving nut befit y I to m press disorder. Previous exicu Hons have, been iu ' connection with the 'use or possession id" arm-, except that the last 'infliction of capital punishment on December S, when Rory O'Connor, jLiam Mellowes and two other rei.ubii (can leaders were executed, was official ly announced a in reprisal for the as- ; asinatio of Zeau Hales, the deputy Ishot the (lav prcrinnx. The, executions recorded have been as follows: November 17- James Fisher, Peter Oassid.v, Richard Twohy nmt John fiaffney, Dublin republicans, shot for having revolvers iu their pos-ession . November "I Krskine Childeis, chirf lieutenant of L'nmoun de Vah-ra. ....... j i i,... i .... ,t i. I'M' ICIILI'II IUI ti.tllllbC lld'l ail n l.i I i, ill,, I I' pis ,to! in his possession, j November :i Jos4q.l1 Sportier, ' ri,k Parrelly and John Murphy, euted for armed participation Pat exe in a l.i.-i m llich j bomb attack. I , ,s j 1 ' 1 - i iMvemoer s i.orv niour.or. i MelloweH, Joseph M Ixclvey. ami 1 !ard Hhe liarrett, oxeeiuea 111 Hales ;issa.ssiii;ition . reprisal tor The Day's News At A Glance irah P.enihar has ' faint ing but phvsi i not seri- spell ' cia na nus . aft. r deel.'ir' Paris reheaisa! her e.oiidifiou I I, i- 1 . De a!eru luirelv ,'!oi. to mas in ipllll .aal.l 1 when he goes ; Dublin church. Morgan banking lirm wi! :to Ib-rmtiny until " rejia'r: tion is settled.'- hhol tiol: I. .an .pies l'urse of gold is give I ('rogtiii. who in ' years' 1 (.Vi.imio Iri.-h immigrants at ji ! 'at lnr d for slaad. KHi.s 1 ', Hear Admiral Sims, retired, in New 1 - -1 ..1.1.... . . . .. ...1 .i.i.i.i I il'l'i"---, S Ji.'ill ll.l..., liii'cd States " is ham st rung in I the I'aeitie and nailed in the A' .la nt ic I'.rook lyn woman report s including la. Mrs ot of .Iiii),opii gem coil. Thumb . 111 JCIVI'S 'ctiolis of part Mass.,.-jn Kit many and re:i- !'-. I 'a r l.OIlg rs'ow. Isl, a-!. oil. 'Dr. J. Whitney 1'.;, ' Dartinouth graduate. 'olonil T. I.. Huston at declares for revision of Am torv texrlmok to epnrg lllcllii:a' I rie;(M his it- '-illi American ideals . " I'iiitt-1 ' States nru sound . '., - " Late reports are that W'al'a",- Ibid jha pa-scj crisis of ilhie-s; unitliem. Carlforiiia MethiNiists urae r'mid J11 ;uiry iuto l.o Angeh-s drug -traffic f'uuada. in t restrict follll.ll Iiot. s.lVS sh.' ho'I'S li'plor Fiiiifjgliug "ihIti k by fraudulent tr.i'isf.r ships to lirilish registry , FniteJ stat. it American ! GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT, j Merchants Finally Cut Their ' Prices 20 Per Cent But Trade Stopped. j LON DON, Dec. P., lierlin dispatches .printed here, today assert that the sudden (fail if the dollar to approximately S.OW ! marks following rumors of an American 'loan, bail strange and sterling results in Germany last week end. The writers jsay the whole country wus bewildered and tii.it juste like set . everybody's calculations, long nd .1 to holding the dollar at something s.l.oii marks, were completely u;j- The people, to whom every rise i'l ; i n es has been represented as due to tho line in the doli.u, logically expected that its fall would immediately be followed by a drnji iu the cost of living and on this a ssuiiipt ion thousands of persons thronged I'erlin's shoping district on Sunday iu the hopes of indulging in pur chases hitherto beyond their means, it w; s " silver Sunday, the last lietore Christmas on which the police allow the shop to bu open, and the shopper were iiiliji-nt that pries would be way down. To their disappointment, however, th merchandise they had longed for was as high a ever 'and consequently they bought. ' The tradesmen, taking uotice of the peculiar situation, on Monday marked I heir goods down twenty per cent, but it va too bite. The people, half expect - I ant that a further list.' of the mark would bring another price out, kept their pur-.. I strings tight and the merchants now j 'have iHons of large Oiristmas stocks , leinaining on their hands. Another striking effort of the mark 's t I depreciat ion is seen iu the fact that j British eial is cheaper today in Gcrmanv I I coast towns than is German coal. It ' , I'eiireil that if the mark's improvi nient ! j tiiai-ntained, the demand for British fuel ; ' will increase -nid the German will be- ' 1 come unsaleable. The steel trade a No j i diows the. effect of the activity ill ex- t i change. Dispatches say that, under these cir- j cumstances the manufacturers and trades- I men welcome yesterday's news that th" t ! dollar had risen again, ' ONE-DAY FEDERAL COURT AT CHARLOTTE I Called By Judge Webb To Hear Case Against George Cotton Mills. jf 1 fl A l.'I.l ITTP., N. Judge K. V. Vi;bb wi ., Dec. 1! I convene fedcr- ... ...-.I... ...III! ,1,11 111,1, here Prid.-iv for mil day to take up (he motion of counsel lor tin- 1 inner llafsey company, com misdoii brokers of .New York, to set aside a verdict returned by a jury at the last term of federal court. The jury failed to award the plaintiffs damages in their suit for more than 7..ein against the (ieorge Cofton mills and the plaintiff moved to set aside the vol. jict. The Turner llalsey company claims to have advanced the .money to tin mills on yarn shipped to South America and refused there 011 the grounds that i.t was of inferior jiiality. ; GOVERNORS HOPEFUL OF PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT! Encouraging Reports Come From Conference Between President And State Execu tives. 3 WASJIIMiTON, D.. If!. (ieueral el. iir;ig. aienl us to tin prospects of mee , ing present prom ot t loll illfol-eeme'lt ; prot.tvin thr.iiigh 'iihi-i'r co oiieration by i. viih the Federal and State authorities a lot an e;i lines st appeal for reverance tii law felt t.i-lav In- administration ot .-lav bv administration .H-l;i Is as . .Ulf.-leucc no. is. Aun'iig e 110 d;s, n result of President Uat'dini; on the subject with .-ta!e th. ourteeii stati executives I - the sTilijoct in formally j eidetd an I admiiiistratiolt 1 fly iiifen'sted at a Uhi'e ; on con fereuce v esterd.'l. v i with t!v P t,')ii i:i!s dire. IloUSe llilllh ther ' I 'i ''''' red to he. an 'abiiost nuani- reous opinion that tin' way to iiupro-.it oient tut Lei ii f iirci'iiieiit sit Hat. ion alyala .1 '. ii tit sf:,f;it,. l.i.it rather tif more rigid i-ie.-inimi of its terms. ' More scirrc tine find prison sentence for viohitiou. it was said .to have been 1- ' !. would assi-t jirohibition otlicials in their work, while more careful selec tion of phoiitjitioii iK-rsouiie! and 'dti ' t-aiit-u of the jmblie to (he necessity ot 1-ivr 'rew-rent-e were among other ''info'r mai " sigaesti(iiis made. In a statement after the coiilVretico - I'rohihition t'oiiimissfoiier llavues in many instiiin-t-s- the: reports of aid ,e fivernors .mere d an eiictiuraiug lia !urt. " ln lii-atiuis to-biy were, that another i oiifereio c of governors might be railed early in the New Year for a more thorough disstission of the subject. j HAS INFLUENZA NOW. j Los Angeles Ministers Say Its Common Practice 1 Among Actors. LOS AXGELKH, Dee. 19. Reports available early today from the ennita num where Wullaee Rid, motion picture actor, is suffering from a breakdown which relatives ascribed to eomplieatioos which came after hu broke away from tfi.i use of whisky and narcotics, indicate an improvement in his condition. Reid's physicians said thu suitor's temperature was nearly normal and that his pulse had droppi.il from 130 to J1C They added Ried waa abli to take n lit tie nourishment. ' The physicians .said Roid 's decline fol lowed his abandonment of the use of drugs and liquor but the wneeitio ail ment whiclf threatened his life was in line)! .a. If the actor failed to recover, it was added, inlioenza would bo the eanjjo written on the death certificate. The Methodist Preachers' Association of Southern California jdnnued to asv 'he city council today to appoint a com mission of men and women to makoH. thorough investigation of the .Mm ' tit I habit-forcing drugs iu Los Angeles. It adopted a long riolution in whk-h j it 'was stated : ..... I "It is 'persistently rumored that tho I names of noine of the biggest producers .uid actors iu Southern California 'arc linked with hi (Kohl's) plight. In all ;!lie city has suffered irreparably. The IfblclnM lllifiwtl-t, li.iu unAV.rn Tli.ii:. . . ditions either obtain or they do not obtain. These stories are either faLso or true. The cinoma industry Ls either infested with an immoral element at Uireiiteiis the indmstry, good morals and decency in 'our city and nation and this .ity's good inline, or else it has bwn nd is beiii(; nialiged and ilaudcred i .ii unthinkable manlier." , ;v The association iisked the appointment of a commisisoii with "fiower and au thority 4o snninioii witnesses, administer oliths, and take eviiln.ee, to the end th-lt ihn truth may be- known," and request- d that, Hm' ministerial union and iho church federation take niniilar actios. BANDITS WHO ROBBED MINT STILL AT LARGE No Trace Yet Of Highway, men Who Secured $200,000 From Denver Mint Mon day. ':' '-.: Di:'VF.!, COLO., Dee. 19. --' Kighteen hours of searching., nnd que, j tinning of ' 111 fversons at police head' i quarters had failed early today to re I veal any trace of the identity of tlit I bandits who vesterd.iv toUm-iI a VVhIov. .,i reserve bank truck" of '.'IM000 after ,,,,, , front of the United in which Cliarle T. sfjites mint heri Union, one of the gviards on the truck, j was wounded fatally. ' t 1 The truck, in charge of J . K. fJlesen, ' cashier of the Jocul Federal reseryo : bank, had called :it the mint, to trans fer the money, all in $ bil's fronV the uiiiif to the bank. The mint guard .just had '.taken the money to the curb i-;g, turned it over to the bank em ployes and re-entered the mint when the bandits drove tip and stopped their car behind tln truck. . j The bandits at once opened fire orf the main, door of the mint. IJnfon I was hot in the stomach and died two iam.1' o'ie half hours later. F.inployes of the mint, nil of whom iave guns near their posts, 'of duty: seizml their weapons and rushed to tho 'doors and windows but were handi ; capped in returning the bandits' fir j because the Iwipk eiuployeH vrere lic ifwcen them and the rollers. While the 'gun fight raged one of the robber pnt. !the money in their automobile mill j they drove away. . .. , During the flight one bandit stood i-ii tho ruuniug board to lire a final policy at the mint guards. A bullet j apparently hit him for he ciumjiled up jam! was dragged inside the car, which ! continued on its wav.-. . COTTON MILLS WILL I DISTRIBUTE PRIZES. Three Hundred Dollar? in Cheokj to be Given bv Management of The Clara-Dunn-Armstrong Mills Wedneidav Night Spendid Program ia Connec tion With Service. ! Through Mrs. I;, t.-,. Warren, communt jfy worker, the nianageinent of tho Uara- Diiliti-Arnistroug groitp of mills will de ! liver to the fortunate employiM threo jhiilidre,! dollars in ehecks as reward for ; the best arranged mid kept llower gaf . fdens, front yanls and gnrdeu during j tho year of l;i-l'. Tho awaMs will (m : uuide in eoniieelion wil li a sjtecLil tx rt tot lniiic by tin on best ra and short ad 'dresses at. the Arms rung Memorial churclj Wednesday nb.'ht nt 7:.':') o'clocli. i riius has U'toi.ic an annual custom, of lie- ; Armsf roug chain of nulls and si rves coueeutrate the tiiteutioii jitid lib rest flit! einiJov-es on better kj.f Jafd-l to tJfardetis for the beautiicition of the ie - ral villagi-. The friendly r'nuli,. year is stimulating and' inspir'ui-.; t i '.the people in nil of tiie ronimni: " ' lAlt Wsirr-n lias airead, ,ii a t night ' ierviie. b tum rt ty pojml.jr v tin pcopl... v"f hc Clara I'ov: 'rm-ff rou.