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Oastonia Daily Oazette ' GASTONIA COTTON- 39 CENTS TODAY - LAST EDITION MXXBXJt OF TBX ASSOCIATED PSXSS VOL. XLL NO. 23 GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 27, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS MORS OF UPRISING ' j FOR TODAY, BIRTHDAY OF FORMER Heavy Patrols of Soldiers Guard Government v Buildings In Berlin - All Traffic In Streets Stopped - Attack On Minister Erzberger Prompted Mobilization of Forces. (By The Associated Press.) BERLIN, Jan . 27 Heayy patrol of Vsoldiers guarded the Government build ings during the pant night and stopped .all traffic over streets in that neighbor . hood where barricades were thrown up ty'the troops before nightfall. Rumors j nr hoard dnrinff the eveninc that n tin- ! .arcJritrts had planned an uprising today, which is the birthday of former Emper--or William and that Gustav Noske, min ister of defense, had massed troops as .a precautionary measure. While government officials have denied .any knowledge of an intended insurrec tion and say the attack on Mathia Erz berger, minister of fiuancee, yesterday, prompted the mobilization of forces, it is declared tue authorities sought to fore--stall action on the part of the support ers of the imperial regime. It was re ported last night that attacks against the independent socialists and radicals were planned as the first step in the mon archist coup. Deep' indignation over the attack on Herr Erzberger was expressed in a proc lamation issued last night, the attempted Assassination being called a "criminal exeesa of political warfare." HOLDING POTATOES IN STORAGE (By The Associated Press) SEATTLE, WASHN., Jan. 27. Inves tigation conducted by the United States department of justice has disclosed that thousand of tons of potatoes are held . YakLra, Washn., and at points near Seattle by growers who are waiting for higher prices, Ben L. Moore, United states district attorney, announced here today. No steps can be taken against the growers, Mr. Moore said, as the Lever food control act expressly exempts them from its provisions. Potatoes are listed to dealers at $100 a ton here. SENSATION EXPECTED IN SOCIALIST TRIAL (By Tixi Associate Press.) ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 27. Resump tion today of the trial of the five suspend ed socialist rissemblymen charged with disloyalty was expected to develop ' sensations. " Counsel for the assembly judiciary committee which is conducting the trial, nave announced they plan to go "over the.top ' ' with most of their evidence this -week. In preparation for their threatened brief but violent attack, they spent the -week-end inspecting their documentary evidence and selecting their most potent -bombs." In meeting this attack the defense will be led by Seymour Stedman, of Chicago, Morris Hillquit, chief counsel who direct ed operations last week, has been forced to return to 8aranac Lake becauseof bis hearth and is not expected to reach Alba ny at least before the end of this week. A fourth" effort in the house to re-seat the quintet failed last night when a me ' morial from the New York City Bar As sociation opposing the suspension was in troduced.' PICHOlf IN NEWSPAPER GAME. (By The Associated Press,) PABI8, Jan. 27. Stephen Fichon, former minister of foreign affairs, has lwen appointed president of the syndicate of Parisian newspapers, succeeding the late Jeaa Dupuy. SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OPENS. GREENSBORO, N. C, Jan. 27 The fth annual convention of the North Car olina Equal Suffrage Association will open here this afternoon with a mem orial service to the late Dr. Anna How ard Shaw. ' ' The suffragists will hold a banquet to might at which Chief Justice "Walter dark' of the North -Carolina supreme -court, will be the chief speaker. Ses sions of the convention will continue through Wednesday. ; GOMPERS BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 8arauel Oomper. resident of - the American Federation of Labor, was 70 years old today. - lie spent most of the day at bis office. m EMPEROR FOR GOVERNMENTAL CON TROL TWO YEARS MORE (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Continu ance of governmental control of the rail roads for at least two years was asked of President Wilson again today by rep resentatives of farmers' organizations, the American Federation of Labor, .and the fur big railroad brotherhoods. A large delegation, composed .of many of the same persons who called nt the white house last December 17, went to the ex, ecutive offices with a letter for the pres ident. Sentiment in favor of government op eration, the letter said, has increased during the six weeks since the first re quest wns made, "until we can accurate ly state that this is the preponderant de sire of the farmers and of organized la bor forces of most of the states of the union. ' ' The return of the roads, the letter de clared, would involve an increase In freight rates of 25 to 40 per cent, ' ' since an additional revenue of close to a billion dollars will be needed", which would mean, it was added, "an increase in the cost of living, as estimated by your di rector general of railroads of st least four billion dollars." ILLINOIS WOMEN ARE PROBABLY NOT GOUGED. CHICAGO, Jan. 27 The Illinois wo men's fair price commission, which dis tributed 25,000 blank "complaint" cards, received only ten replies from wo men who believed they were victims of profiteers, Mrs. Joseph T. Brown, head of the commission, announced today. Twenty cards bearing vague informa tion and charges were returned to the United States district attorney's office. One card carried a long complaint about the price of humming birds and another protested against profiteering in skunks. "There are three reasons I can think of for this poor response to the complaint campaign," Mrs. Bowen said. "First public resentment over high prices may have been over-estimated. Second, peo ple who believe their dealer is gouging them would rather pay the excess than run the risk of being called as a witness in a court prosecution. Third, dealers have threatened that informants will be blacklisted and repaid for turning in complaints by having their service and credit cut down. " USING AIRPLANES TO SEARCH FOR CRAFT CHICAGO, Jan.- 27 Owners of the small steamer Sidney O. Neff, today plan ned to use airplanes in searching for the craft which was swept out into the lake with breaking ice packs after having been held prisoner for more than a week. In an all night seareh by coast guards and lighthouse keepers with powerful searchlights failed to locate the vessel. To the mystery surrounding the where abouts of six men, five of whom were members of the Neff's crew, who tried to reach the boat by walking the four miles over breaking ice, today was ad ded that of a seventh -man. Nothing had been heard from Edward Williams, a photographer, since he started for the Neff. Whether all seven reached the Neff or fell into open water between the ice floats- probably would not be known, coast guards said, until the Neff was spoken. The keeper of the four mile crib said that he failed to see the men ar rive at the boat, despite a careful watch with long range glasses. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC n IN TWENTY STATES. (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Infiuena is now prevalent generally throughout 20 states, the publie health service announc ed today, and has made its appearance in a number of others. Two thousand new cases in Michigan were reported today, while Kansas City reported 38 deaths directly attributed to the disease. Many new cases also were reported by New York city and the dis ease also is scattered through the north ern part of New York state. v States through which the disease "is well scattered include California, North Dakota, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota. Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Flori da, XJcjo-gla, .Texas and Mississippi.. ARMINGTON HOTEL TO BUILD ADDITION Improvements ' and Additions Costing Over $100,000 Au thorized Will Be 56 Rooms Added Whole In terior of Hotel to Be Re t furnished and Renovated. So great has been the increase in bus iness and patronage of the Armiugton Hotel during the past few months that it has become necessary to add an annex to the hotel. Plans have already been drawn and work will soon start on an ad dition of 50 rooms, which together with other improvements to lc made will repre sent on outlay of 100,000 to 125,000. There will be an addition to the side and rear, three stories high, containing .'16 rooniB. A small ell running back from the hotel will be worked over so as to give 20 additional rooms. Part of the ground iloor facing on Long avenue is to be util ized for show-room and display purposes, said Mr. C. C. Armstrong, secretary and treasurer of the corporation. All the rooms trt be added will have private baths. In addition to the improvements men tioned the whole hotel will undergo re- i novation and refurnishing. All the rooms will lie repainted, kalsomined and done over. Several of the lurge rooms in the hotel will be refurnished out and out . KWr ninny weeks, past Malinger A. A. Armstrong has been forced to turn away guests night after night. It was reiort id a few nights ago that guests were forced to sleep in the lobby. This step on the part of the manage- I inent is but another indication of their intention to keep Gastonia hotel facili-v ties to the top notch and in keeping with the mammoth strides the city is making along every other line. Col. C. B. Armstrong is president, Mr. A.jQ. Kale vice-president and Mr. A. A. Armstrong, mnnnger of the Armington. GASTONIA COTTON COMPANY NEW FIRM FOR CITY Messrs. C. C. Armstrong and Plato Durham Form Partner ship For General Brokerage Business Office In Adams Building. The Gnstouia Cotton Company is the name of the city 's newest concern for handling cotton. The firm is composed of Messrs. ('. C. Armstrong and Plato Durham, two of the city's experienced cotton men. Mr. Armstrong is actively connected with the Armstrong mills and has long been a prominent factor in cot ton circles in the city. Mr. Durham has been for some time with V. L. Haitian it Company, Cotton. The new firm has offices on the third floor of the Adams building, over the J. L. Adams drug store. They will do a general cotton brokerage business. MARTENS TO EXAMINE HIS INSTRUCTIONS (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 The senate investigating committee, before which Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, "ambassa dor" from soviet Russia, has been tes tifying as to his activities in the United States, adjourned its session s until Thursday. Adjournment was taken primarily to permit Martens to examine bis records with the view of submitting to the committee copies of instructions from the Russian soviet government un der which he was operating . Former Senator. Hardwick, of Georgia, attorney for. the soviet bureau,, promised the committee to submit either the orig inals of the actual governmental instruc tions or sworn translations. TO RESIEJE TREATY FIGHT 0:i FLOOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 With the failure of the bi-partisan conference to effect a compromise, the peace treaty ratification fight will be resumed on the floor of the senate. The conference came to an abrupt end yesterday when the democrats left the session after Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, republican leader, declared there could be no change in the reservations re garding the Monroe doctrine and ar ticle ten. The democrats announced they would reply to the republican leader today. If no progress can be made in confer ence toward establishing a middle ground on which the factions can get together, the democrats, are understood to have de cided to draw up modifications to the treaty and call foifavote on the floor of the senate: " MEREDITH OF lOVUYIlL SUCCEED D. F. HOUSTON Well Known Publisher of Farm Journals Will Be Secretary of Agriculture, Vice David F. Houston. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Edwin T. Meredith, of Iowa, editor of "Success ful Farming" will be named secretary of agriculture, to succeed Secretary Hous ton, who is to become secretary of the treasury in the place of Carter Glass. Mr. Meredith, who is at Miami, Flu., telegraphed the white house today ac cepting the office. He is 54 years old and his home is in Des Moines. Before starting "Successful Farming" he was the publisher of the Farmers' Tribune. He was a candidate for United States Senator in 1914 and for Governor of Iowa in 1916. President Wilson was' cxiected to send the nominations of both Mr. Houston and Mr. Meredith to the senate today. As soon as Hecretury Houston qualifies Mr. Glass will take his seat in the sen ate to succeed the lute Senator Martin, of Virginia. HOUSTON Mir BE NEW SECRETARY Secretary of Agriculture. May Be Transferred to Treasury Portfolio Announcement Expected Today. By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, .Ian. 27. President Wilson probably will send to the senate today the nomination of a secretary of the treasury to succeed Carter Glass. While not confirmed officially, it was said by those who professed to know, that the nominee would be Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture, ajthough previous simulation had not included his name. Assistant Secretary Leffingwell had been foremost among those mention ed to succeed Mr. Glass, who has accept ed an appointment as senator from Vir ginia. Secretary Houston was reported as being willing to accept the treasuryship. Should he be nominated, it -ould be the first transfer of a cabinent officer from one department to another during Presi dent Wilson's administration, although there have been a number of resignations. PRESIDENT SELECTS NEW SECRETARY OF TREASURY WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 President Wilson has selected a secretary of the treasury to succeed Carter Glass, and his nomination is expected to be sent to the senate within a day of two. At the white house it was said to day that the President had chosen a man whose name had not been included among those mentioned in public dis cussion of possible successors to Mr. Glass. They included Assistant Secre tary Leffingwell, former Representative Swager Sherley, of Kentucky, Bernard M. Baruch, and Governor Harding, of the federal reserve board Mr. Glass will take bis seat in the senate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Martin of Virginia, as soon as his successor has qualified. ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL UP NEXT WEEK (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Although Chairman Wadsworth announced lie probably would report the measure today, because other matters are pending it was not believed the new army reorgani zation bill ordered favorably reported yesterday by the senate military commit tee would be called up in the senate be fore next week. The bill, designed to create a permanent military policy, pro vides for compulsory military training for boys between the ages of 18 and 21, inclusive, this provision having been in cluded by a 9 to 5 vote of the commit tee late yesterday. The bill as finally agreed upon, its sponsors claim, will cut - in half the annual expenditures for the military es tablishment. It is radically different from the reorganization bill submitted by the war department, but is virtually in t he same form reported from the sub committee. Besides the compulsory train ing feature it provides for the establish ment of one army to be divided' into a citizen army composed of men who have received the compulsory training, a stand ing army consisting of 280,000 enlisted men and 18,000 officers, and the national guard. Specific provision prohibits the citizen army being called to the colors ex cept in case of war. All youths who have undergone the four months training would, be placed on the reserve list, but would be subject, to two weeks training annually; During training their dependents would receive alk v.auces similar to those now provided under the war risk Insurance act.- NEWBERRY CASE PROMISES III nr II UK MUM lull I Am 1- 1U UL. UllLi 1I1UU1 llUlilUsLiL. IN MICH IGAN United States Senator and 123 Prominent Mich igan Men Charged With Conspiracy, Fraud and Corruption - Trial May Last From Four Weeks to Two Months Notable Case. SOUTHERN CATTLE c MEN IN SESSION (My The Associuted Press.) MONTGOMERY, Ala , Jan. 27 Hun dreds of stockmen, from practically every southern state and many middle western states attended the eighth annual con vention of the Southern Cattlemen's As sociation, which convened here today. Official welcoming Hiieeches by Mayor William A Gunter, Jr., and 1. H. De wees, president of the chain I wr of com merce, and a response by ,1 . F. Jiickson. of Savannah, (in., were first on the program . The delegation of stockmen was aug mented by planter eseeially of Ala bamu, who are shdwii interest in 'cat tle production, prominent business men and bankers of the state and a largo corps of officials and insKH-tors of the bureau' of auiiual industry of the de partment of agriculture. Among the latter group are Dr. B. A. liamsey, in rharge of tick eradication work in the south, and Dr. George Hoinmel, chief of the bureau of animal industry. The program of the first session called for annual reports by John Kh'iidge. of Gregory, Ark., president, and Dr. R. M. Gow, of Little Bock, secretary of the association, dealing with the executive de tails of the work. DEATHS FROM FLU IN CHICAGO CONTINUE (Bv The Associated Press) CHICAGO. Jan. L'7 Health officials today found a ray of hope in the influenza situation despite predicting at the same time that deaths from that disease and pneumonia reported today probably would surpass the high record, 16(5, established yesterday. Deaths yesterday they said, were last week's harvest, new rases of influenza on three days going above 2,000. The doctors pointed to a drop yesterday to 1,610 new cases of influenza and ;t07 of pneumonia as indicating that the at ftack of the diseases was waning. A shortage of trained nurses which has handicapped health authorities in their efforts to control the epidemic, was re lieved today by the announcement that 13,800 red cross nurses trained during the war had been requested to report for duty. The red cross also announced that 1, 400 children trained for sick room duty were available and that o00 women had been "released from staff duties to help combat the spread of influenza and pneumonia . ABANDON GRAHAM ANTI-SEDITION MEASURE (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. With the apparent abandnment of the Grauam Steriing anti-seditioii measure, the house judiciary committee was today expected to report a less drastic bill, drawn by Representative Husted, republican, , New York. Its provisions are virtually identi cal with those included in the Davey measure, which was introduced at the sug gestion of Attorney General Palmer. Continued opposition to the tending measures because of the drastic provis ions forced the rules committee to with hold permission for legislative prefer ence. Instead 'of . amending the Graham measure, substituted by the house in place of the Sterling bill, which has pass ed the senate, the committee has decided it was said, to report out a new measure. WON'T TURN SOLDIERS OYER TO CIVIL OFFICERS COLUMBIA, G. C, Jan. 26 On a return served on Sheriff McCain, of Richland county Monday afternoon, Gen eral George W. Read, commander of Camp Jackson, declined to turn over to the civil authorities the four soldiers un der arrest for the killing of William Chaplain, who was killed on Monday of last week by a shot fired into the back of an automobile in which he was rid big, and for the shooting into another car. General Read states that they will be tried by military court martial .. LEGAL ANNALS (By The Associated Press.) GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Jan. 27. I'nited States Senator Truman H. New berry and l-.'t men prominent in Michi gan politics went on trial in federal dia- trit court here today charged with con spiracy, fraud and corruption in the 10H senatorial election. The importance of the issue involved, the prominence of moht of the defendants ami the imposing array of legal talent presaged one of the most notable cases iir'the legal annals of the state. Of the 1X1 men indicted by the federal grand jury last November, nine have en tered pleas of nolo contendere, the case of one has been continued owing to illness and another, upon whom service has not been obtained, was said to be in South America. Twenty-three pleaded "not gumy" una lot stood mute when ar raigned. The government's case was in charge of Frank C. Dailey, former United States district attorney nt Indianapolis, who prosecuted the Tcrre Haute election eas es. Martin W. Littleton, who last week withdrew as counsel for the New York assembly committee trying the five sus pended socialist assemblymen, headed the legal forces of the defense, which are said to number about 50. Aside from the defendants, the 135 veniremen, attorneys, court attaches and nine newspaper men, few were able to gain admittance to the opening sessions of the trial and the little court room of Judge C. W. Sessions had to be rear ranged to seat these. The possible duration of the trial was variously estimated at from four weeks to two months. DANIELS TO APPEAR REFORE COMMITTEE (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 A list of 1 1 4 naval officers designated by Secre tary Daniels to receive war sen-ice decor ations without action by the Knight board was transmitted by the secretary today to Chairman Hale, of the senate naval affairs committee, which is investigating the whole subject of naval awards. It supplements a list of enlisted men sent to the committee yesterday. The list of officers showed eight dis tinguished service medals were awarded by the secretary on his own initiative. The recipients included Rear Admiral William S. Benson, chief of operations during the war; Rear Admiral W. L. Capps, a member of the war industries board, and Thomas A. Edison, president of the naval consulting board. The others with the exception of that awarded to Lieutenant Commander Daniel T. Ghent, who commanded the transport Antilles when she was sunk by a submarine Oc tober 17, 1917, went to officers who di rected the mine sweeping operations-la the North Sea. Of the 106 navy crosses, 90 were awarded to officers who served with the mine sweeping forces that cleaned up the north sea barrage. This work, the sec retary explained, was not completed in time to permit consideration of suitable awards by the Knight board.' The re maining navy crosses went to transport commanders, Submarine, destroyer and aviation officers. Secretary Daniels will appear before the committee on Friday, when the in quiry in the decoration awards is re sumed, the date having bees changed from Thursday at the secretary's re quest. ADDITIONAL CREDIT FOR POLISH RELIEF WASHINGTON Jan. 27-Secretary Glass expected to meet the republican steering committee today to explain the need for additional credit of f 150,000, 000 for food relief in Poland, Austria and Armenia. It also was expected he would renew his request for strictest economy in departmental appropriations for 1991 The. steering committee last week di rected the wava and mMnt mmmittM ul to report the pending bill granting the necessary relief money. It is under stood that should the plan of 1 1 50,000.- : 000 be rejected, a compromise move will be made, carrying $50,000,000, the total profits made by the grain corporation duj4ag the war, which would be granted '. as a loan. : ... ... -. . : . .
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