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VOL. XLIII. NO. 305
GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1922
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GASTON1A
DAILY 6 AZ
GAROLirJA AND TRINITY
MEDICAL SCHOOL PLAN!
IS NOT YET ACCEPTED
Proposition Ona That Requires
Serious (Consideration, Says
Dr. Chase.
MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED.
Trustees Authorize Statement
By University Head As To
Their Position.
BALEIGII, Deo. 21. President Few,
of Trinity college, came before tin? hos
pital committee today aiid again the
Trinity-Univcrsity-Wake Forest-David-sou
co-ordinate medical college aud hos
pital, was Irforo.tlmt body. Again there
was no final action beyond the commis
sion to President Chase of thu university
to make the statement for the oum
inittoc. lr. Chase did that tonight. There is
no reference to tile visit oiiJ)r. Few and
non to the meeting of the committee
again nest week While denomination
objection in ,t rony, .the opposition within
the uiversity is' reasonable. There tiro
trustee bitter-enders,- but there are
abundantly open minds. That was learn
ed today.
President Chase is fully cognizant of
the denominational difficulties, of the
intolerable mixture of church and sate,
but his posit ion is that medical educa
tion is unique, lie said 'tonight :
"The suggestion that a medical col
lege should be established in North Caro
lina through the co operation of the imj .
vcrsity, Trinity college, aiol if proper ar
-rangctneiits can be made, Wake Forest ,
and Davidson, w one which deserves I
thoughtful ; i m I
That 'there are
apparent. Any
vised must be
serious coiisidorat ion. i
practical difficulties is
plan which may be de- j
ceptable to the trustees i
of the institutions concerned, to the uu- J
tioual authorities i medical educatio,i, !
ad it must not violate tho constitutional i
provision guaranteeing the. separation tf
church and slate. The end in view is ni
big, that it' a way can lie., found which
commends itself to the sober public opin
ion of teli'. Mate, it ought, to be found
and the project carried through. If such
:i way cannot be found, of course, tho
project nun-t be abandoned.
"I am frank t say that I here are
Siieh po;sl!iiiit : of doing- a bis tiling
for the state in u big way that, it is
my earnest hope that the difficulties may
bo boived ami, in saying this, I belie v
1 am voicing tho .H'tit intent of the uni
versity committee, ami of l'resident Few,
."President Few has made a mih4
generous Miggcji ioii. It is not that the
college be located on tho Trinity campus,
or that it bo operated as an adjunct to
the Tiiuity college. It is that, if possible,
a plan to bo worked out whereby n meili
eal college should be built in Durham,
convenient of access to both institutions,
and, if possible. Wake Forest and Da
vidson having a voice in its management'
in order to insure the preservation 1 f
proper educational standards; !l college
supported by funds in part from the
state and in part attracted from 'private
benefaction by a very fact that the in
stitutions participate- jointly in such ,ta
endeavor.
liega rdiilg the Durham location may
I say that Durham has been the first
choice of one member of the commit fee.
vvliich has Leeu considering the location
of the naiver-ity medical sohooj. It has
l cn ' second choice of severaT others
provided '.that certain obstacles in the
way of maintaining a medical school at
Impel Hill""crmld not lie overcome. The
nearness of Durham t c Ti;in'l Hill pbn-o
jt in a unique position in this respect.
" Xjedjenl education is in many way"
in a cias by himself. The expense involv
ed is tremendous. The American Medical
association requires a 2od-bot hospital at
the minimum for the srhool. To erect
a inl
count siicli a lifts uiai, wiin ine in--
eessiry nurses hojne ami general plant,
costs around two million dollars. T.J
maintain it means on expenditure .of
rinse to :;u0.(ii)ii a year, to sav nothing
t.f the rout of the
ists who must Is'
ruc tion in the
high salaried spinal
employed to give in- ,
last two years. And !
t!iee figures are for a tairly modest
.fcbiiol. It costs the University of Iowa,
for example, with a "medical school of - .'130
Undents sometl..g like three-tiinrter--t
i.f a million dollars a year to maintain
its .i"d lt d hospital.. -Medical education
is in n class by itself, too. in that the
very process of educating din-tors means
a 'lur-pital for tlio rcm-i oi iiinn.-yj mwi;
( I
1
Y
and suffering.
GMBRILL AND MELVILLE
TO INSTILL 100 LOOMS
Another Cisttui icuiuty mi'i is
ing to diversify in product ity
fdallatioo i f ad lirioiial euijmeii
prepar
the iu-
O.imliiiH i. Melville Miils Co.. at l.es-
s-mcr i it v.
Nurdrnv an
l.avv Purchase 1 10 1. Sto np It
omai-tic Jotn.s,- for weaving
vide sheet inge,-from the Hopedale Mau
tifiictin ing coinpaiiv. These looms -.will
eonstit'ite an add it ionaltaoimf vvyptani,'
ennstituti- ,-it sid'li'tion to the present
veavitvg eouieU'i nt, and will be eqiiiv
ped with--. Hyatt toller bearings on botii
the cam and crank .shafts.
PROPOSE TWO YALE-HARVARD
GAMES ON SAME DAY
CAM 1! I'll c IL M ASS., Dee. 22.
Two Harvard Yale -football games to be
liiayctl on t!ie same day. one at -ewimg Wuat a nice checs iioil
Jiaveii vi'. 1 tin- oilier Here lire nMvo- s
t-ati' l !" a letter written by Hubert S. i Insurance policy premioiiis have beu
-:,', Harvard graduate of '!!. which . mai'o to full due- w hi li the clns-ks ar-nitpt-are.r
in the IlaTvard alinini lutlle- rived, minor church funds have iteeii
tiil today. Too letter declares 1 1ia t I he . i 1 led bv thrifty holKew iv es who follow
1 wo colli -gos lave -iltT.it it-ut materia I tti'ed the Way of the weekly Christmas ac-dc-veiop'
two varsity, tcsttiis. -ach. "'counts,
ChicagoScientist In Search
South American Plesiosaur us
Professor Elmer S. Ri?f?s Sails For Patagonia From Buenos
Aires On A Fossil Hunting Expedition South Americans
Tell Of Hunt For The Monster Creature.
BUEXOS AIKKS, ihic. 22. By th
Associated Press,) Before Professor
Elmer S. Kiggs, a Cliieago palcutolo
gist. Railed for 'Patagonia today on -1
fossil hunting exiiedition foj tlio Field
Museum, he was informed by Professor
Cdemeu(e Onelli, director of the .Buenos
Aires zoological garden, that reports of
a plesiosaurus were still being received
from the territory of Chubut, despite the.
failuro of a group of Argentine scientists
jto find the prehistoric creature last
spring.
"If I 'met that piosiusaurus, " said
Professor Uiggs to 'Professor Onelli,
"I'll put a lariat around his nock and
lead him direct to the Buenos Aires coo."
The Chicago visited the Argentine
paleontologist and heard from hint, tho
story of Patagonia's monster, listening
with interest to tin! account of the. un-
successful search of the Andean hike re
gion where the creature was supposed io
huvi; In'en seen. Professor IJigg said tho
data was very interesting, but it eotild
not temnt him from his fossil hunt. The
i plans for his exiiedition, he said, .were
still too indefinite to allow him to state
whether he would visit the reputed hunts
of t he plesiosaurus. .
Professor Oneilli explained the name
lilesioxnuriiK was a itiisonomer and that
the creature he still believed alive in
the
NOTRE OAME CHURCH
IN QUEBEC IS BURNED
Historic Old Cathedral Built
In 1647 Burned Thought
To Be Work Of An Incen
diary. OJ'KlShV. Dec. 22. The lire which
destroyed the historic l.O00.(M'0 Notre
Dame church early today is believed to
have- been caused by an incendiary, ac
cording to Daniel Lorain, chief of the
provincial -police, who said he hud re
ceived a letter informing him that the
edifice would be burned on December
2S. First reports said it was believed
the Haze was caused by a short circuit
in the electrical wiring.
Fire, thought, to have started from a
short circuit iii'the electrical wiring, de
tsroyed N'otre Dame church here
early today. It was considered one of
the finest and most artistic church build
ings in Canada and the interior
been renewed recently at a cost
jjiiMl.OOO. The loss was said to be
ered by insurance.
had
of j
l'ov ;
j
A messenger boy turned in the alarm
Jwheii he noticed smoke issuing from the
edifice. Firemen were unable for a
'time to locate the seat, of the blaze,
I so dense was tlio smoke inside the build-
ing. Later it was found the Unities had
started between the ceiling and the roof.
Heroic efforts made to save the -sacred
vessels were unsuccessful .
mass was said o Christmas day in DioO,
lia.silioii, was located on the opposite
i side of the square from the former
-ite of the Jesuits College, ami was
tirst established in Kit". The first
mas was said on Christina day in .1030,
jbiit it was not until IfiSti that the
j church was consecrated by the first
J bishop of Quebec, Monsignoi- de T'ivl.
lit underwent a restoration in 1743 ami
t since that date tiad tieen altered and
renewed a number of times.
$61,000 PAID OUT IN
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS
Some
2,500 Gastonians Are
Richer Than They Were A
Year Ago Through Their j
Christmas Savings Accounts.
It was some twenty live
.touiaiis who looked' ahead
hundred ('as
last year -and
.prepared for their Christmas of l!22 bv
(opening - Chii.-tmas Savings accounts wit":
'':,,,'i' "nd as' the ri'-tilt over S50,-
dill) is being put into tlio coders of lit
bv
cal inercliauts in cxcli.-liige tor holiday
; gifts. The cluvks vvere mailed out to the
;lepfitors early tliis Wis U.
Tie- total number taking accounts Was
2,332. tlto total amount, of which was in
the .neighborhood, of "Hl,uO0, The Cas
ton Loan ami Trust Company boasted
'the highest with some 1 ,4'ni accounts for
a total of ::3.000. The First National
1,,-ink issued 73tt isiss books, which woje
jpaid up' to-. the amount i,tf 1 s.p(;3.4(.
' The t'eiiples Lank, at l.uravv mailed
cliivks amounting to 7,loil to some T'7.)
j cast oincrs.
j The heads of the saving apartments
' n-pnrtetl that on account of business coa-
ditions the 1!22 accounts did not ruu ;'S
V
high as those ot the previous year, tvtme (trociisitoro, incorporators,
accin.iits were tjoss-tl by the depositor . The Sun Shine (Hub. incorporated. Sil
bei'oie mat mil y. Old ainL young. larg'-. ; isbnr.V, to. operate club house, fishing
and smaJl, rich mid-poor alike, had their : pound, limiting preserve and general
nanu s upon the savings books, all reali.- ;aiuusf meiit nark. T. Y. Summersett. i..
ing wuat a nice check tfoildl do lor them
tluriag the 1 unst masr sluiiiKUig season.
I'atagonian wilds is probably a survivor
of the race of giant sloths.
Professor Uiggs aud his companions
will sail to Itio Oallegos, from which
place they will proceed northward on
horseback to search alon; the coast of the
territory of Hanta Cruz for fos.-ils of
the Miocene period, which are known io ;
exist there. Proessor Uiggs ' s;iid he ex- j
pected to (iud the small fossilized an-
cestors of the Olyidodou, which reached)
a gigantic size in the pleistocene pe-
riod. j
I The exiiedition will nrohublv reniaiil t
ill that region during the entire south
ern summer, uud will then proceed north
word tmd into tho interior in a search
for ploistoleetie sped mans. The seien- j
tists plan tJf remain -in Argentina for j !
year and a half. ;
t
Professor Uiggs expressed regret that
he had not had opportunity to view the
remains of the dinosaur with nine foot
thigh bones, which' explorers of the l-i
Pata museum are recently reported to j
have unearthed. From descriptions of the j
bones forwarded by the discoverers,
Professor Uiggs sabi that this dinosaur
was evidently somctliing new among
reptilian giants and that from the si.'.e
of the thigh bones it was evident that,
the monster had had a body IS or 20
feet high.
BASIL HEDGEGOCK GETS
THREE YEARS; TAKES APPEAL
j High
Point Banker Sentenced
t. n... v i o "
aw I luce l vui 9 ii a
Jury Finds Him Guilty
Of Making False Entry,
But Recommends Mercy Of
Court.
ttHEKNSIlORO. Dee. 21. 15. II.
Iledgeeock, former cashier of the Home
Savings bank of High Point', was sen
tenced here today by Judge AV. F. Hard
ing to serve three years in the state
prison, following his conviction in Guil
ford superior court on a charge of mak
ing a false entry in the books of the
bank.
j The Jury reached a verdict only with
great dilliculty, IS hours after it got the
case. It was learned that on the first bal
lot, taken shortly after the jury got the
case Wednesday afternoon, the vote
stood It) for conviction, two against, and
the two were pulled into line today for
conviction only when it was decided to
accompany the verdict of guilt with a
recommendation for mercy. Tho jury was
composed of 11 farmers and one brick
mason.
When the verdict "as announced coun
sel for the defense made a motion to ar
rest, judgment, "on the ground that ti e bill
of indictment, did , not name the offense,
for which lledgrcock was tried. He was
indicted on a -charge of misappropriat
ing over .f 100,0(10 "of the funds of th-j
bank and tried on a charge of making
a false entry o $10,0011. The court over
ruled the defense. Then a motion was
made for new trial, also denied. The de
fense then gave notice of appeal to tho
state supreme court. Judge Harding al
lowed the original bond of ,23,000 to
stand until the appeal is heard.
Hedgeeoik received the sentence un
moved. His wife, who broke down in
j court Wednesday, was Hot present, nor
their little child, who had been in the
j courtroom during the trial.
I It is not considered tlmt the other
j false entry charges agaiu-t Iledgeeock
(will be tried, th estate having secure,
ja eiiiivictpm with a three year sentence.
I However, in January there comes up a
case jointly against Hedgecis-k and Will
i Switzer, former merchant of High Point,
harged with conspiracy to defraud the
bank-
i he trial started .Monday morning,
and had its inception in the failure of
tli - bank on last April 2!.
CHARTERS ISSUED
I
i
HALKKill, D.c,
2. The secretary of
State has granted the following
and aiiiei'.'leinonts to charters:
halters- i
l.'imhfth Furniture company, Thomas-!
ville, to increase its capital stock to' Fire wipes out Dearborn -.trott
$130.11110. Iroatl station in Chicago, leaving
The Pln-uix Mills company, Kiugs I railroads, temporarily hmneie.-s.
Mountain, to increa.-e its canital sin k i
to S::;iiii,000. K. A. Smith is named :is
the principal agent.
I The laiuisburg (irocery Company,
I.ouisourg," to coniluct a general who'n-jsjile-
grocery ami feed hu-iiioss; eajtit.il
istock. .f23,O00; paid in !0,000; Mc. M.
-Ferguson, W. VT. . Ferguson ami M. C.
: Phillips, al lof Littleton, incorporators.
' The II S Cafeteria, Inc., t 'reensboio.
i to establish and conduct cafeterias, rcs
Iraurauts ami lunch routus; capital stock,
i."i0.1l(il- ictiil in .i-'ddll V'.tttilo llin.l.-
j-Mary Ellen Hailck, '. Shoffner, all t f j
S. liraiKIiaw and L F.. Holeshotlsher.vr
Salisbury; incurporatoi-s.
! Kfird 's Department Store. ( loldsltoi t,
to conduct a general th partun ut store;
capital stis-k. 1011,(1110; paid in. -:;oo.
J, li. Ltild. of Charlotte. K. L. Llird.
: Winston-Saleiii, P. li: . L'lird. t harlotU,
incorporators
Out of Job
A.
ft '
There i no work these days for
ilelniied, whose duties until u few
months ago were to euro for tie.
150 beauties In tho sultnu's harem
, MeluncV VWaa lielJ reKponsiblo foi
the safvKUurding of tlio wives and
children of Mohammed VI who Jle
Constantinople to Malta.
DAVID JOSEY TALKS
I AFTER LONG SILENCE
Statesville Man After Being
Speechless For 6 Years Sud- (
denly Surprises Family By
Talking.
KTATIJ.SVlLLi:.- Dec. 21.- David
Joscy, ,11 years old, residing on Oakland
avenue,, in the Dloomfield cotton niill
community, spoke .Mo;-day for the tirsl
time in six ve.us and a half. After this
I prolonged MlciicY-, during which lie w is
j able to hear distinctly everything that
I was going on around him but was power
j less to express himself 111 words, he firtt
addressed one of his children
by name. He whispered at
calliii" it
nr.t "i.oi
now his voice is clear and strong. He is
unusually nerveous an, I talks almost con
tinuously. During his affliction he has
Hot been able to work and he spent the
greater part of his time around the. house
He passed much of his time reading and
it, is thought that his eyes were weakened
Uv 4'inno ;l nottclit ion In bonks Mild HOW'S
papers. lie has allowed his hair and
lw"ir.I to irrnir tiitur :itnl In. t Itort - I'nro itro-
sents a very shaggy appearance.
Once before Mr. .losey's speech left
him for seven months and returned.
When a boy he suffered a blow on the
head, a brother striking him on the head
with a side, according- to information
furnished by a member of the family.
Whether the trouble is the result of his
boyhood injury the physicians are unable
to say; there is evidently pressure at
some point on the brain.
When asked about bis condition, Mr.
'Josev replied that the telt weak, and
' li't,,.1 -I litln-er ,ilinvi Ids lllVld. ''Tint.
Fellow up there is the only One. who can
help me," he said. None of these,' he
continued, indicating the members of his
family grouped around the fire, can do
anything for me. Nor anybody else." He
siiid he suffered from a numbness across
the front of the head and in the threat.
During the oast week the family oh
j served that he had been a little liveli.T
tan usual, going about mimicking differ
ent members of the household, but the
'return of his power of speech came as a
j complete surprise not only to his family.
I but to all who were familiar with hi
condition. His case is mil 1 mysterious
and singular.
The Day's News
At A Glance
Premier I'oincare tells Senate that
France no longer has to wait upon the
Cniteil States for solution of inter
Allied debt problem.
Venielos
at Lausanne
fixing blame
Asia Minor.
and Turkey representatives
have spirited set to over
for i 'reck deportations in!'"
uggestioii
of mediation by Failed
I'ln.in reparation situation
interest in England.
States
revives
iu
deep
TTieixlore Meb-hoir. Hamburg banker,
reported on way to Paris with unofficial
plan for payment by I'ermany of twenty
billion gold piaiks in dump sum.
Senate confirms Domination of Fierce
liutler, to be justice of the I'nited
States Supreme Court
Chief
reeovoro
funned
Justice
d from
last Sun
Ta ft
minor
lay.
I tract
ra t it'll -
.-ally
1-er-
ope
rail-i-ight
i Mrs.
Hazel Ilirsh
of shooting
is
her
:u- j n i t
husbaioi
on
at
charges
home
of b'eins Davks, sister
s, at Frceport, L. 1.
of Marion
j Davie
! Notre Da no
llomait
Catholic church
in Quebec, originally built
pnictically destroyed by lir
in Hit
' . Mrs. Jloric Kjnkin Ilarrymorc gets
! iiiterliH-utory decree -of divorce from
I Lionel Dany inore. of noted tlnatrical
family..
New York banks and .brokerage
give their workers custoiimry
mas bonuses.
houses
Christ
lcafh iu Ptostoii
'aioed as American
of Alexander
rciilptor.
Dovle
THE WEATHER
I Fair tonight and Saturday; colder-
(on the northeast coast tonight.
London Writers Skeptical As
To U.S. InterventionlnGermany!
!
Leaves Dinner Party
And Commits Suicide
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21. (By
The Associated Press.) A dinner
party at the home of C. K. Kehn,
in honor, of Edwaid Peterson, had
a tragic finale tonight. While the
last course was being serve!, Peter
son excused himself.
"I want to put a Tvce on the
player-piano," he explained..
A moment later, came the notes
of '"Let the rest of he world go
by." Then the report of a revol
ver. Peterson, with a bullet through
hit brain, was leaning against the
piano dead.
"We have not learned the cause,"
said the coroner.
In. S. GOVERNMENT HAS
PRESENTED NO PROPOSAL
Declares Secretary Hughes In
Brief Statement Issued
May Be More Behind Stage
Than Has Been Discussed.
WAHUNCTON. Dec. 22.--The ques
tion of America extendiug aid toward
the solution of the oeoniiio troubles of
F.u rope has been brought sharply to the
trout with the emerging of a plan' un
der which an American commission
! would determine what iicrmunv
!iav the allies in reparations.
should
1 lie
proposal so tar lias oecii discussed
(outside the formal channels of diplo
1 inacy but an understanding in tiutthoria
live circles has been developed through
au exchange of views that the I'nited
j States, (Ireat I'.ritain and (icrmnny are
willing to assent to the creation of such
a commission. Premier Poiucare, of
! r r:,,",
CXpccti
now has the plan before
to make a deci-don when
him is
he has
oncludi
il a series of conferences with
I lenders of France and tie,-
indiist i i
many.
From the
discussions
government
beginning of the present
officials of the Washington
have been unwilling to do
more than
hint that a wav was lieitv.;
sought to render aid toward a F.nropeun
sot lenient and so far have refused f-
'discuss the plan for an American com
! mission, (secretary Hughe last night,
however, issued a brief statement which
avoided any mention of details and said
that "the government" had presented
no proposals " on the subject.
The method of sounding out all those
directly interested before any definite
"proposal" is submitted with the fu'l
force of government authority is a fa
miliar one in negotiations of great d'l
icacy. The secretary's statement recall
ed an assertion several days ago by a
White House spokesman who in discuss
ing the American attitude toward F.n
rope said it would not be proper to dis
place on the stage all that wa taking
place behind the scenes.
COLD WAVE IN SOUTH
WAS OF SHORT DURATION
Fair And Warmer Weather
Forecast For Today In All
Sections.
'ATLANTA. ia.. Dec. 22.- il
A-xocintod Press) The south
wintry b!n-d this year was of shor
lion with indications early tod
tract icnllv all sections of fair an
ly t :
fir
dur
i v
l' wa
mer. South
Carolina, rlunk'
thawed out and
I ycied:i
ice, has
hlgner I'
i pern lure
is
exH'cted today.
slight, rainfall at Miami
Due to a
and
' ot her poi lit s on t lie
I tt inper.-it lire in the
' the state tlropped t
gros yi-sterilay. F
clear and wan r
Florida pellicula the
Southern section ol
a minium of (is do
cast today talis lor
weather throUghaut
, Fb'irida.
i I'lear a ml cool is '1 om.ossi c 's weatlc.l
! program after jesterday m the mer-M-ury
drop to two tlegr.o behov the ffe.
jiug mark. Louisiana i- reported to If
'clear with rising tcmpiialiiii-. Fifty
jfivo degiees were reptirtetl at New Or
, lean., at 7 o'clock last night. Alabama',
i forecasts is for warmer weather today
after Diimiiigham luivsed the freezing
i point bv one di-;:iee. Tin- mean tempt i..
ture fin- the St. ilt: was J I di gu e.
The Virginia t-ni-t is slated !r con
tiiuie.l cold and rain. The "i.I h in
su tioll of l!u-Oi l Dominiitii Stale will I"
cloudy, acc'ordiiig to the forecast, while
the northern, central -and wtter,i se
tioits will U- cle.-ir and somewhat warmer.
With its sister state. North CaroI.e;.
j reporting d
lina was hi
'inllicted by
ir and warmer, -South Caro
,y to.lay rei.'iirnig tlaiuag -s
its heavy ice containing ef
isieurly y
; w tit tin r
I With ;
tcrday. Fair ami vvanit. i ;
exjiet ted today.
ii -ht frost repttrte.l in the !
uorthera ami central sections, Georgia
will have fair and , warmer . weather l-
lav. at cording to vveallur fun-casts.
STORM WARNINGS
WASHINGTON.. Doc 22.--A -listor
, bailee of Kiiisiderabto iatclisiry central
off 'ape Hatte.ras w ill Wove rapidly"
: liorthea-twaid atH li'lod by strong norh
Mel norl Invest winds aiidpiobably gal.
on 1 l.f cu.-t tod.iV. the weather burt-aa
iar.uia-ce.
l. A-iisory northwest s.orei
'. a rc
are di. played fi'.'iii th- irgitM i
CaT- t". Atlal 'lc ity'. N. J.
Mrs": Jos W.
au 'attack of tin
Alk'nv. is ill w il It
i!u.
Deny That Great Britain Has
Received Any Such
Proposal.
RUMORS ARE UNWISE.
In Some Quarters Intimated
That Germany Initiated
Proposal.
BERLIN,' Dec. 22. (By The
Associated Press.) It was offi
cially denied here today that Chan
cellor Cuno or any other govern
ment official had suggested the ap
pointment of an American commis
sion to investigate Germany's
economic condition.
LONDON, Dec. 22. ( ,onsiderabl..
caution, amounting Koinetimes to frank
skepticism, is manifested by this morn
ing's newspaper in their discussion of
the proposal for an American commis
sion to visit (iermany. Some of tho
papers bring forward semi -official de
nials that t ireat Dritain has received,
much less accepted, the proposal, and
warn against putting "faith in these
' American canards. ' '
! In (piearters where it is admitted js
jpropably that (jermauy initiated such a
j proposal the idea is received with a strong
suspicion ol teutonic motive.
"It would be. unwise," writes tnu
financial editor of the Post, "to allow
these constant rumors of American in
tervention to divert attention from the
one undoubted fact of tint situation.
t namely,! hat the next cash iiiitalliiient of
1 1 he reparations -is due January 13 and
that it behooves the allies to come to a
definite conclusion in the meantime re
garding tho course to be adopted unless
fierniany previously presents satisfactory
proposal. '
The diplomatic correspondents of the
Telegraph and the Daily .News refer
skeptically and unfavorably to tho latest
j proposal. They point to the desirability
of reconvening the international bankers'
i-oinmitt.ee, requesting it to resume Its, la
ibors where they were dropped in June.
They are renewed declarations that
.American help in settling the trouble
! would be entirely welcome. The West
, minister (ia.ette contends that the 1'nite 1
'Mates will "at the riyht stage realize
itluit assistance in imperative in her ow;i
! interests.
!' Discussing-
American aid
Miazette aud
edit oria I ly prospect i ve
both the Westminister
the Morning Chronicle
'make the point that. American financiers
land busiijess men already recognize that
'the situation deeply involves America's
'iuteresls and that they are. acutely
anxious in that direction. The (lazette
believes th.it "the opinion of American
I politicians. "
JEFFORDS DIES IN CHAIR
FOR CRIME; HARRISON HELD
-
Ira Harrison Confessed Slayer
Of I r Arm-t. U, Prnvorl
One Of Most Interesting
Prisoners In Many Years In
South Carolina.
: COLIMDIA. S. C ; Dec. 22.
j While Frank M. Jeffords prepared to
march to the death house in the South
Carolina State prison to pay the iteual
ty for participation in the killing of his
, business partner, J. C. Arnette, Ira
'Harrison, confessed slave' of Arnette.
today lay iu the prison hospital here!
reprieved by (ioverimr Harvey ami his i
sentence stayed by the court. The!
governor late yesterday on the eve
of th dale originally set for the death j
of both Harrison and Jeffords, granted j
Harris-tin a reprieve until February l
in odor that the Supcnio Court might,
have time to pass mi lltestioiis brought '
before it by Harrison's attorneys ami
fill not have to send him back to the- '
ciiciiit court hen- for resentencing.
Harrison has proved one of the nio-l
iiitoresting prisoners in many years in
South Caroliiyi., When the Supreme,
Court affirmed his conviction and sen
(once by the I'ichlaud circuit court he
lapsed into .'in apparent state of semi- ;
coiiseioii-iioss. Then his attorney's ap !
pealed again on neisi ions oi law nun
In- re. overt-I. When this appeal was
dismissed and he Was told he would be
taken into court to be teseli! onced. Har
ris,. a -lapsed into a state of apparent
st;:;,(,r. Iu this condition he wa- taken
int.. lire l.'icliiaed circuit court tin a
stretcher and after three doctors had
testilie.i that they belit-vt'-l hi Was'
-hamming. Judge .Maudlin sentenced
dini ti ili.- in the electric chair on
ItpcemlH-r 22.
same ct.ud;tioii
Ho has Itet-ii
in the prison
in the
hospital
ever sinf.
H.iirisoii's attorney- claim ho is in
sane and that he should 1-e mmmitled
to a hospital instead of Ite'uig elee
tr. itted
NEW BERN TURNS
ATTENTION TO
ITS
BASKETBALL
:
NKW P.Fl'N. Dts-. 21. With the
ftiotbatl season now a maiTer of history,
the New ll.-ru high school athales have
tiiriii-l their attention to turuiug out. ,a
winning bask-t ball ipiiiitcf and practice
has I teen started.
The material fintn which this sea
sou's tosser will In- s.-levted i unusii-.-r.'y
Ihhh). aci-ording to the couches, and
a'thtoigh Washington. Greenville, Kia
tua .Hi bother high schools airoadr sro er
gaui.el. New lU-rn will present one of
the sirongtst feunis in its history ia
e!iiiug game.
the i
J
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
, PER
AND FIND NOTHING TO DO
Great Hullabloo Raised Over
Presence Of Men Wading
In Lake.
LOUISIANA IS EXCITED.
Believed Parties Were After
Bodies Of Watt Daniels
And Richards. .
MONliOi:. LA., Dec. 2:
nant Louis Hayden this
I, Lieut
morning . re-
ceived a message from Captain W. W.
Cooper, at Mer Uouge, to mobillzo a de
tachment of forty ' men and rush theat
to Morehead parih to re-enforeo th
members of Company (J, Louisiana Na
tioual Guard, now on duty there. ' .' .
, - ,1
MF.i; J'Ot'OF. LA., Dec. 22. Th
national guard company ru-hed to
Coopt'r Lake about ; this morning to
investigate the reports of the presence
of men wading in thu water that was
being explored for the bodies of two
missing men believed to hare been the
victims of hooded men. returned liera
j shortly after eight o'clock this morning';
Captain W . V. Cooper announced
that the men fired on by the guard
had disappeared and investigation after
daylight .failed to throw further light
on the purposes of their visit to the
lake. .,
The theory was advanced that the
men were attempting to remove the
bodies of Watt Daniels and Thorns
Uichards, aud that particular part f
the laku will be given especial atten
tion by the explorers today.
Thu entire national guard company
which has been on duty here while the
lakes surrounding Mer Uouge were drag
ged in the search for tho bodies of twe
men who were kidnapped by a baud of
masked men on August 2 last, and
who have not been seen since, was or
dered to Cooht Lake early' today, when
guards stationed there discovered a num
ber of men moving about in tho shaV
low- water of the lake and flrod upon'
t jeill. ' '' ',' -
Light men had been stationed at'
Cooper Lake which was partially dray-
ged yesterday. They had been given
instructions to fire on any persons sees
about the lake who could not give an
account of 'themselves. Shortly after
one o'clock several men were seen some
oist a nee from the shore, wading about
iu ii shallow spot . They paid no at
tention to order to surrender given by
guardsmen, according to a repoft to
the officers of the company here. Sev
eral shots were fired at them and th
I men disappeared. Jt is believed they
made their escape in a boat through
lone of the bayous opening into the, lake.
! Two of the guardsmen wcro sent tr
report to headiianrters hoco; makintr th :
ight mile trip on foot, much of the.
way through a denso - swamp. 'TheY
arrived at Mer l'ougc goon after three '
iu "clock. The entire militia company;
! "as at once sent to tho spot, ttiakinf ,
I the trip as far as possible in motor '
Hrueks.
i p io . o ciock tins morning no
port hml been received from them and
it is believed here that they arc await -iag
daylight before making un investi
gation.
Cooper Lake is surrounded by dense :
! swamps an.l is an inaccessible part of
Morehouse - parish, and it has been '
earned as the spot where the bodies of
the two missing men. Major -Watt,-Daniels
ami Thomas Fletcher Richard :
might -possibly have been thrown by
their kidnappers, according , to 'r-
ports 'made by private detectives.
MEETING TO BE HELD
FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY
Annual Meeting Chamber Of
Commerce Postponed On
Account Of Influenza
Theodore H. Price Coming
Here In February.
I lh
jgripi
I s-.lgg
In h.
ause
of the present outbreak ni
intlueiiza and at the strong
of several local physician
t-st inn
Me Iliel
ii'iirs, the annual iiieetim? f
the ia.sinnia liambor of (.nitumeree wi'l
be held the tir-t week iu January, tha
due pcndii'ig the seeariii!' of a speakr.
The meeting had origiikilly been post
poned until next week so as to secure u ,
speaker of national Ttu.ltation.
At a iiiiftiiig of the board of diree
toi Thur-tbiy aft. r noon the cnorse-'
meiit of the tliarmcr of Commerce ' was
2ivin a senate joint resolution rrcen'ly
ii-troduceil in Congress providig for the
rt ttt-iiiiig of claims against the railroa Is -
tratiou.
'jildy :iff.
(l.istonia shinpers tire consiikr
ite.I by the recent aetiou r-.
hibiting further
tiling of claim bf this
nature.
i l heo.lorf II. erne, editor Of O.tl
jM",r''! and Fiuaiii-e. will be in the souti
i'm February and invitation was e.vtnil
led him to ad. Ires the organization a h.-
is a .- peaker of unusual cxeelleuce on bu.-5-in
s t opit-s.
The K.tiikin A laais -empunv, cotton,
and D. II Milh-r ..j" the Lie-trie Maid
liak'.iy were elected iiu.ii:l.-i :..
l'resMl at the lmstiug were l'n !
S. A. Ttoiibistti'. d e I'r. si
Andr. v.s-. Treasurer . I:
tors V. T. Low. I.'. C. I'..
I'.ritl.iin, 1'. W. Gar!.. .el
Hayes.