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Gastonia Daily Gazette GASTONIA COTTON LAST EDITION V ! . T J. 39 CENTS TODAY JEXXBZS OF THX ASSOCIATXD PSXSSL VOL. XLI. NO. 25 GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 29, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS FOR REVISION OF TERMS OF VERSAILLES TREATY . 9 "V 'German Government Grows Concerned Over Ex tradition of Germans Accused of War Offenses -Editorial Statements Reach White Heat Stage - No German, High or Low, Can Be Ex pected to Arrest Fellow Countryman (By The Associated Press.) BEBLIN, Jan. 28. Indications of the Kowrnment's growing concern over, the extradition of Germans accused of war offense was given in the note sent to the allies today asking revision of clauses of the Versailles treaty. The attempted as assiuation of Mathins Erzberger, minis ter of finance, last Monday, is viewed in -official circles as a precursors of what is iikely to happen on a larger scale if the government, yielding to the allies, appeals t( force in arresting men on the list sub mitted by the entente powers. Editorial .and partisan recriminations, provoked by the attack on the finance minister, have already reached the white heat stage. While it has been eommon-ly,t. known iL.i m.'iL i 11 iimi wiincims.rasse woum use an its per- : t . . j all its nuaoiTC JJunn a 111 all ULLVIIIJIV vu luuucr the allies to desist in their avowed pur pose of demanding the surrender of Oer- the shots aimed at Erzberger have made the cabinet more apprehensive than it had been at any other time relative to the enforcement of the extradition claus- - es. The note to the allies which will not be published in Germany, warns the en tente powers that Germany cannot assume he is able to compel either national or local agencies of the law to lay hands on the men wanted and transfer them to German frontiers. The Associated Press ia informed that even responsible offi cials of the foreign office have announced point blank they will refuse to execute any work connected with extradition for malities and they threaten to strike or In dulge in "passive resistance." A leading official of the foreign office expressed doubt today thnt a man could be found in Germany from au army or navy commander down to a humble vil lage deputy "who would lend himself to the work of executing a warrant for the arrest or detention of fellow countrymen to be dragged before a foreign tribunal." Suggestion is made in the note that the men wanted lx tried by the supreme oort at Leipzig and in this part of the communication the cabinet has indicated " its belief that the nation highest tribu nal can guarantee an exhaustive and im partial trial. It is pointed out that the allies are given representation on the bench of the supreme court, which should farther tend to guarantee a fair trial. The economic situation in Germany Is precarious at present And this is an un suitable period to invite trouble. tha note indicates, continuing to point out that trouble, rf it comes, will not be con fined to any single party. "The whole nation is likely to go on a general strike," an official declared to day while discussing the governments plight, if it is coerced into even making a feint in the direction of apprehending the men wanted. It is definitely stated that no list of names of men whose extra dition will be demanded has yet been re ceived, and that the government has no hint of when it is coming or who is -wanted. CONTINUE CONFERENCE ON F0REI6N LOANS (rfy The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. In contin uing its conference today with, treasury officials regarding foreign loans and the financial situation generally, the house ways and means committee expected to ?nsider President Wilson's letter ap Tenling to congress for credit grants to talling $150,000,000 to Poland, Austria and Arm n in far tnnA relief. Tha nrMi. -dent's letter, presented yesterday to the esmmittee through Secretary Glass, who previously' had requested that the credits be granted, called attention to the condi tions which threaten "moral and mate rial chaos" in the countries named and urged prompt action. Consideration of the letter was postponed until today. WAamAUTUiv, Jan. za negotia tions between democratic and- republi can leaders of the senate, who apparent ly have approached a deadlock on the pence treaty compromise, win not be re enmed until tomorrow, the meeting of the m m tnnn wwuuhm jsiauuuu 1V1 IVUAJ having been postponed because of the absence of Senator Lenroot, Wisconsin, one of the republican leaders. -, There were indications that some sen- -fttnva M AjH-aifl valnAniAil tim Jala ivii there were, many conferences during the day to perfect plans for the committee aneetlng which may bring a final show down on the (mention of continuing. the aegotiations. : . . ASKS ALLIES RED CROSS NURSING COMMITTEE MEETS r I A joint meeting of the nursinir com mittee and first aid committee of the Gaston County Chapter of the Bed Cross was held yesterday afternoon in the work room. Mr. S. A. Robinson is chairman of the nursing committee and Prof. Joe S. Wra chairman of the first aid com mittee. The nut-ting was called for the pur pose of perfecting plans already under . , , 1 consideration for tl re employment by tlio chapter of a public health nurse for Gas- j tonia and Gaston county. It was decided to employ a nurse at once, and upon this derision application has been made to division headquarters for one. The influenza situation was discussed, and should a call be made upon the local chapter for aid, the nursing committee, in co-operation with other organizations, stands ready to help. Miss Otey stated that the situation in South Oastonia 'was better, but that there is still a need for volunteer assistance and anyone wishing to help could notify her, as soon as pos sible. The nursing committee is composed of S. A. Robinson, chairman ; J. S. Wray, Mrs. A. A. McLean and Misses W. B. Otey and Susanne Bobbins. In connection with health work in the city Prof. Wray stated that the Red Cross Seal committee stood ready to do anything towards the education of the people in the prevention of tuberculosis, this lieing the purpose for which Red Cross Seals are sold by the anti-tnliercu Icsis association. Prof. Wray, who is chairman of the first aid committee, ia verv anxious to hnve classes formed in first aid, ia the tity and county. There is a great need for these clashes throughout the county, and it is hoped when the classes are form ed, the. people will take advantage of this opportunity. Classes will be formed in all the schools, thus giving the school children the opportunity also. Mrs. L. J. MacNabb, field representa tive of the Red Cross, from Atlanta, who has been here with Miss May Tatlock, home service secretary, for two months, stated that she felt sure it would be hard to find a better organized or more ener getic chapter than the one in Gaston county. HAS WELL DEVELOPED CASE OF LEPROSY (By The Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 29 Charles Young; 49 years old, of Tilden, Neb., who applied at the Creighton medical col lege several weeks ago for treatment for a blood disease has a well developed case of leprosy, according to a special ist's diagnosis announced today. Young became a charge of the state. A specialist said there was a possibility of untimate cure. Young is a Spanish war veteran and believes that he may have contracted the disease while in the armv. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF WM. McKINLEY (By The Associated Press.) CLEVELAND, O., Jjaa." 29 Ban quets or republican clubs here and at Niles tonight will feature McKinley's birthday celebrations in Ohio. Senator Warren G. Harding, aspirant for the republican nomination for presi dent, and former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon will be the principal speakers at Niles. Senator Harding is expected to deliver his first political address since an nouncing his candidacy. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, is to be chief apeak er at the annual Tippecanoe Club dinner here. Nashville, Te nn, Jan. 23. Presidents of annual conference Epworth Leagues, and presidents of Epworth . League boards of the Southern Methodist church, opened a two- days session here today with Dr. F. 8. Parker, Epworth League board secretary, presiding, and 18 states represented, , . ... . , ;, MR. A. MEEK BARNETT - DIED UST NIGHT One of City's Most Popular and Promising Young Men Suc cumbs to Attack of Double Pneumonia Following Influ enza Funeral and Inter ment at Bethel Church To morrow at 12 o'clock. Although his death was not unexpected it was with a feeling of profound grief that the city heard this morning of the death last night at 1:45 o'clock of Mr. A. Meek Barnett. Since Saturday or Sunday Mr. Barnett 's condition has been very serious. Tuesday nigbt he rallied nd to the anxious watchers around his bedside it seemed that his strong consti tution and determination to live would carry him through the crisis. But Wed nesday morning he grew worse, and Wed nesday afternoon suffered another sinking spell from which he could . not recover. All that the faithful ministrations of loving friends by the hundred and skilled physicians could do was done for him, but to no avail. Many of the leading physicians of Gastonia were constantly at his bedside. Yesterday physicians from York, close friends of Mr. Barnett, were summoned from York for a consul tation. Every known device of medical knowledge and skill was summoued to aid in the gallant fight he waged against death, but the deadly disease, pneumonia in both lungs, following an attack of in fluenza, was not to bd stopped. Mr. Barnett was taken ill with the flu on Saturday, January 17th, and was not considered seriously sick until Thursday, the 22nd, when pneumonia developed. Since that time the home of Misses Mag gie and Eliza Barnett, with whom Mr. Barnett lived,' has been filled with friends anxious to do something for the strick en man. Funeral services and burial will take place Friday at 12 o'clock at Bethel Presbyterian church in York county, 12 miles south of Gastonia. He will be buried with full Masonic rites. Alexander Meek Barnett was born in Bethel township, York county, November 29, 1885, the son of Mr. J. William and Emily Craig Barnett. At an early age he went to work in Rock Hill with J. Boney Johnson, a druggist. lie then worked in Gastonia for a number of years with the Adams Drug Company, now the Morrow Drug Company. For ten years following that Mr. Barnett and Mr. Will Williams owned and operated the York Drug Company in York, S. C. Last spring he returned to Gastonia and was associated with the Torreme Drug Company until some time in the summer when he and Mr. Ed C. Adams purchased an interest in Kennedy 'a drug store. The success of this new firm was assured from the beginning. Added to Mr. Barnett 's skill as druggist and pharmacist was a personality, possessed by few men, 'that drew friends to him by hooks of stee;. A few weeks ago he was added to the board of directors of the Third National Bank. Mr. Barnett is survived by his father and mother, and the following brothers and sisters: .Messrs. R. Craig Barnett, J. Hope Barnett, of West End, Moore county; Henry Barnett and Mrs. T. C. Barnett. Two uncles, Messrs. A. Hamp Barnett and R. Meek Barnett, of Bethel, and three aunts, Mrs. T. J. Nichols, of York county, and Misses Maggie and El iza Barnett, of this city, also survive. Mr. Harriett's untimely death in the very prime of life is peculiarly sad. No young man in Gastonia had such a prom ising career before him. Affable, genial and whole-souled, he numbered his frientls by the hundreds. It has been often re marked by those who knew him that "Meek Barnett knew more people in Gaston and York counties by their first name than any other man." His drug store was a favorite meeting place, both in York and in Gastonia, for mutual friends who liked to gather round him In his odd moments. Never did any one, be he high or low, meet him on the street or in the store, but what he was greeted with a cheery smile and a pleasant word. Mr. J. Hope Barnett, the brother men tioned above, will not be able to attend the funeral on account ef illness in his family. AH members of Gastonia Lodpa No. 369, A. F. and A. M., are requested to be, at the lodge room at 9:4") Friilay morning for the purpose of attending the funeral in a body. The - funeral will be conducted by Dr. E. E. Gillespie,, pastor of the York Pres byterian church, ef which Mr. Barnett was a member, assisted by Dr. J. H. Hen derlite and Rev. O. R. Gillespie, of Gas tonia. There will be eight active pall bearers, four from Gastonia and four from York. The ten honorary pall-bearers will be di vided in 'the same proportion. The four active pall-bearers from Gastonia are Messrs. W. 8. Buice, W. Y. Warren, F. L. Smyre and W. L. Wetiell. The hon orary are Messrs. J,H. Kennedy and Ed C Adams Drs. B. 8. Clinton, II. F. Glenn and F. G. Wilson. An inventor bas patented a double snow plow to be fastened in front of an automobile to clear tracks for its wheel. Fill NITS MIDDLE-AGED HARDEST OF ALL Disease About Equally Divided Between Sexes Elderly People and Children Under Five Years of Age Not so Liable Between Ages of 20 and 30 Is Most Suscepti ble Period. (By The Associated Tress.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29 Analysis of the 19,763 cases of influenza reported to the New York health department since the present epidemic began shows that the diaease is very evenly divided between the sexes . Females predominate between the ages of 20 and 30, while males predominate at all other ages. Comparatively few elder iy iersuns or cnnuren unuer nve years are affected. While the number of new enses report ed yesterday 5,598 exceeded the dailv record in the epidemic last year by 208, tiie death rate was considerably lower. CONTINUES TO SPREAD. NEWPORT News, Ya., Jan. 29 In flnonza continued to spread here today. incomplete reports indicating 1,046 cases in Newport News and surrounding ter ritory . The threatened epidemic at Camp Eus- tis has been checked, it was said. Only iinrty cases develorjed there FLU INTERFERES WITH RAILROAD TRAFFIC LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 29 Influ enza is becoming so widespread in large sections or the country, especially between Chicago and New York, that it is inter- renng seriously with railroad freight iramc, according to Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, who was here today to address the annual ban quet of the Transportation Club. "Coupled with bad weather condi tions," said Mr. Hines, "the influenza epidemic has dealt a serious blow to railroad operation. Not only are scores of railroad men down with the disease, but many more are forced to stay away from their duties because of the death or serious illness of members of their fam ilies. "Reports received by me yesterday, however, are that both weather condi tions and troubles due to illness are growing better. " FLU HITS JURY. (By The Associated Press.) GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Jan. 29. The number of defendants in court was reduced by one today when Judge Ses sions allowed Harrison Merrill, a Kala mazoo newspaper man, to plead nolo con teudere. He had previously stood mute. He was the tenth defendant to take this step. ' Influenza hit the jury last night four men were allowed to go home. and 12 NEW CASES. By The Associated Press.) RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 29.-One hun dred and 28 new cases of influenza were reported here this morning, making a total of "1,278 thus far this month. Many who contracted the malady arc ill with pneumonia, which already has caused several deaths. Only five deaths from influeuza have been officially reported. CITY CHILDREN HEALTHIER THAN COUNTRY BORN (By The AsaoclaUd Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29 The "poor Iictle child," who has the misfortune to tie born in a city has just five times as good a chance of reaching maturity as his country cousin, according to Dr. Thomas D. Wood, of Teachers' College, New York. Speaking before a teachers ' conference in Belviders, N. J . , yesterday, Dr. Wood cited figures based on a survey of 500, 000 children to support his contention. The figures showed country children to lead city children in teeth defects, de fective tonsils'- adenoids, malnutrition and breathing defects. . "-Ignorance, prejudice and lack of health supervision" were given by Dr. Wood as the principal causes of poor health in the country. LIEUT, EEKHOUT FATALLY INJURED (By The Associated Press.) On Board U. 8. 8. Pennsylvania, Off Guantanamo, Jan. 29. (By wireless to The Associated Press.) Lieut. . Bernard Vanderbilt Eekhout was fatally injured yesterday while flying over the -aval avi ation station at Guantanamo Bay. - His plane, a single-seater, Nieuport,' was wrecked. He was alive when taken from the wreckage, and rushed to the hospital ship Solace, where he died. His mother, Mrs.'john B. Morton, lives on Staten Island, N. Y. THREE MILLION IN BUILDINGS 7,000,000 FOR MILLS Total Amount Building and Construction PrcH jects Contemplated Pbr City of Gastonia Dur ing Year 1920 is $3,129,000 Not Counting Cot ton Mills Which Will Run Total Amount Abore Ten Million Dollars - A Notable Record, HAMBY GOES TO DEATH CHAIR UNREPENTANT (By The Associated Press) O88INING, N. Y., Jan. 20 Gordon Fawcett Hnmby, the 26 year old con fessed murderer, bank robber and train Datum, win go to tne ueatn cnair in Sing Sing prison tonight without the aid of clergy, if his wishes are respected by Warden Lawos. A request to this effect was transmitted to the warden for Ilamby today by a member .of the death watch . The iron-nerved prisoner, whose career of crime took him from coast to coast and ended in Tacoma, Waslin., with his arrest for the murder of two bank em ployes during a $13,000 robbery of the East Brooklyn Savings Bank in Decem ber, 1 P18, began his last days on earth with apparent indifference to his fate He partook heartily of break fust and smoked innumerable cigarettes. Ilamby confided to Warden Lawes last night that he had planned to cheat the death chair by committing suicide in his cell today. He changed his mind, however, he said, because Major Lawes had "treated him so squarely and been such a good fellow." MUST STAMP OUT LYNCHINGS (My The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 Arthur B. Spingarn, of New York, representing the National Association for the advance ment of Colored People, in a statement to the house judiciary committee today urged that in event the Dyer bill, making lynchings a federal offense, was held un constitutional, the constitution be amend ed. The government must find some means of stamping out lynchings, be said, and declared thnt if it is not possi-1 ble under the constitution, then the con stitution should be amended. The com mittee is investigating the question of lynchings throughout the country and has before it a bill offered by Representative Dyer, of Missouri, to make lynchings a crime punishable by federal laws. MUST TEACH ENGLISH INSTEAD OF GERMAN . (By The Associated Press.) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 29 if 3000 families of Meninites from Canada move to south Alabama to set up a col ony, as they have expressed a desire to do, they must teach English in their schools, mid not German, which is said to be tlieir language, according to Kpright Dowell, state superintendent of education. ( The Alabama educational code of 1919 requires that first attention shall U giv en to the English language. TEN THOUSAND FARMERS INVITED TO MEETING (By The Associated Press.) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 29 Ten thousand invitations to farmers and bus iness men in 800 cotton growing counties in the south have been put in the mails preparatory to the annual meeting of the American Cotton Association, to be held here-beginning February 17. Governors of seven states have been invited and two have accepted. Washington, Jan. 2H. A scathing in dictment of the army air service was de livered in the senate today by Senator New, republican, of Indiana, in -opening debate on his bill proposing the creation of a separate departnient of aeronau tics to combine all governmental air ac tivities. He charged that the service had been a failure and that the present army plans were "Very nearly obsolete." A Scotch scientist has discovered a new metal believed to belong te the pla tinum group ' which he has named ranad ium.. ; ' -;' " . ' "" "' :" ' '' : DOLLARS ' EXCLUSIVE OF Exclusive of some seven or eight or more mammoth cotton mill projects whose east will run well up to $6,000,000 or'.OOO, 000, there are now plans and contracts drawn, under way and contemplated for the year 1920 in Gastonia a building program that eclipses any thing of its nature in the history of the city, en tailing an approximate outlay of some $.1,000,000. The following outline of the work has ben hurriedly gotten to-, gether and represents nothing but a mere sketch of the vast program under way. In addition to the projects mentioned there are scores of individual residences going up over the city which are not in cluded, and many other building pro grams not yet announced. A brief re sume of what Gastonia business men are planning to do this year is as follows: 10 stories high $500,000 A modern High School building $500,000 Fifty room addition to the Armington Hotel, private baths, steam heat and vacuum cleaning system $100,000 Armstrong apartments, 84 rooms, community dining rooms, brick constructiob, steam heat,, slate roof ...... $100,000 Community houses for Clara and Seminole mills, with women's and meu 's social rooms, show er baths, dining rooms, etc. $ 50,000 Methodist church, of Gothic de sign, seating 900 $120,000 Methodist Suuday - school build ing, departmental plan, three stories, with gymnasium. shower baths, roof garden, banquet hall' and 21 rooms . . $ 50,0O Methodist parsonage . . $ 15,000 Shelby District parsonage $ 15,000 First Presbyterian church, 3- story, departmental plan Sunday-school building $ 40,000 South Gaatonia l'resbyterian church $ 20,006 First Baptist church $100,000 ' Arlington Mill community house $ 20,000 Gray - Parkdale Community 'house $ 20,000 Flint Community house $ 25,000 Country Club $ 25,000 Garage for Col. T. L. Craig, two stories, brick and stone $ 75,000 Proposed business houses by Col. T. L. Craig, aggregating .. $200,000 Other garages planned $ 50,000 National IJealty Company, ad dition ; . $ 75,000 Twelve resiliences, of Georgian, Elizabeth and Colonial type $350,000 City Hospital. 60 beds, fire proof $150,000 Gastonia Housing Corporation $ 50,000 Two .'tO-room dormitories, cafe- n-i in tm tvuiuurx sij ic, com munity houses, landscape gar dening and other improve ments by I,orny Mills $500,000 The alwive figures total $3,129,000 In addition to the above named pro gram it is commonly felt that the year 1920 will see plans made or even actual construction legun on: A modern department store .... $200,000 A public library $ 75,000 A Y. M. C. A. building $150,000 A Y. W. C. A. building $100,000 . .... 11'.. I I m . SOCIALISTS WILL NOT ATTEND RECEPTION ALBANY, N." Y., Jan. 29 The five suspended socialist assemblymen being tried by the assembly judiciary committee on charges of disloyalty said today they would not attend the governor's recep tion at the executive "mansion tonight, although they had been invited. Governor Smith, speaking as a "pri vate citizen" and not inhis official ea jiaeity. has condemned ue manner- ia which the quintet were summarily sus pended without first being tried. Testimony before the joint legislative v committee investigating radical ism of L. C. A. K . Martens, Bussian soviet "am bassador" to the United States, which , the committee admitted yesterday aver objection by the defense, is being print ed so that it. may be submitted to tin socialist attorneys and both side rar Tick out portions they deaua pbe&i i i evidence. v - .
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