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. GASTONIA . : COTTON f; 39 CENTS TODAY -VOL.XLI. NO. 27.. AIRE FATE SEEMS TO HAVE BEFALLEN MRA Reported That Supreme Ruler Kolchak Had Been Hoisted on Own Soldiers Bayonets -Other Reports Have It That He Is Captured By Bolshevik!, Arrested by Revolutionists and Im prisoned at Irkutsk. i . LONDON Jan. 31 The Moscow, wire less service today transmitted an extract from an article from the official bol shevik orgau Pravda, stating: "Only a few days ago Supreme Ruler Kolchak was hoisted on his soldiers ' bay onets. " There has been " considerable uncer tainty as to the recent whore .abouta of Admiral Kolchak, long time bend of the all-Russian government which -was driven from Omsk and then virtually -wied out by the recent bolshevik suc cesses in Siberia. He has been var iously reported capture! by te bolshevik west of Irkutsk, arrested by social rev olutionists and imprisoned at Irkutsk, nd aa under deteution by revolting troops from his own armies. It 4ms been quit definitely established, however, that be has not been a free agent for some weeks, apparently authentic advices de claring that he was turned over to in--surgent revolutionists by General Janin, the commander of the Czechs in Siberia, whom the allies had asked to protect Kolekak, General Janin 'a defenders declare he was forced to surrender the admiral 9 face the annihilation of the Czecho forces. The l.ist previous report regarding .Ad miral Kolchak was received through Hou 'olulu on Friday, quoting a despatch to r Japanese newspaper there from Tokio to the effect that Admiral Kolchak was reported to have escaped from the bol sheviki and to be in hiding in Kan ohuria. PROTEST (GAINST SUSPENSION SOCIALISTS ALBANY, N. T., Jan. 31 Scores 4t delegates from the leading cities of the state poured into Albany today for av meeting which will be held here thjs afternoon oy members of civic, social and labor organizations to protest against .suspension of the five socialist assembly men being tried by theassembly judici ary committee on charges of disloyalty. With adjournment of the hearings yes terday until nest Tuesday today's meet ings arranged by a "committee of 17" organized to "protect the interests of representative government" holds the center of the local stage; It is expect ed that plans will be discussed for rais ing a defense fund. PUWERAL OF MR. BARNETT HELD YESTERDAY AT BETHEL Xarga Concourse of.' Friends From Gas ; ton and York Counties Pay Tribute to Young Man. T Funeral services for, the late Mr. Meek Barnett were held Friday at noon ' t historic old Bethel church in York county. One of the largest crowds that ever attended a funeral at Bethel church was in attendance. Practically the whole population of the Bethel section, where .Mr. Barnett was born and raised, was in attendance. 1, There were also hun- -dreds of friends ; from ' Gastonia and York.- A -delegation fit Masons from Gastonia lodge No. 369, A.' F. and A. M. was present and Mr. Burnett was buried with full Masonic honors. The services were in charge of Dr . E. X. Gillispie, of the "Work Presbyterian chursh. Assisting in .the services were Sera. J. H. HeaSerlite and O. B. Gillespie, of Gastonia and. Bev. Mr. Nichol, of Bethel. The services con sisted of several beautiful songs by the -choir, ."Safe In the Anna of Jesus," -"Sometime Well Understand" .- and "Lead Kindly Light," together with prayer and seripture readings by the pastors named. Miss, Edmee Smith, of -the Gastonia city schools, very beautiful ly sang "One 8weetly Solemn Thought" At the conclusion of the services in the -church . -. - At the grave the seiwces were eon eluded by the Masonie order and the body was laid .to rest with the -solemn and impressive rites of this order. The floral tributes were particularly beautiful . - Ameng the more imposing were thosefrom the P. t N.' trainmen in Gastonia, tb fraternal orders here of which Mr. .Barnett was a member, , a wreath of 'pink - roses from Mrs. Knight's family 'of boarders, a wreath from the Third NatWnal Bank, of wUieh i ASTONIA LUC LESS L MAKES PLEA FOR OWN HUSBAND'S SWEETHEART Wife ' of American Aviator Asks That War Time Sweet heart of Husband and Three Months Old Baby Be Allow ed to Enter U. S. - Hus band's BrothVr to Marry the Girl. (By The Associated Press. ) NEW YORK, Jan, 31. A.plua that her husband's sweetheart. Miss Knnly Knowles, a young English girl, and her three-months-old baby le permitted U land in this country has been uia.le to the bureau of immigration iu Washington ly Mrs. Cora M. Spiker, of Baltimore, wife of an American aviator, it was learned today at Ellis Island. Mrs. Spiker de clared that she and her husband, Percy It. Spiker, wish' to adopt the child and also offer Miss Knowles a home. The aviator's brother, Guy S. Spiker, who has never seen the English girl, submitted an affidavit that he was willing to marry her. WOMAN RELATIVES MAT VISIT SOLDIER GRAVES IRAKIS, Jan. 31. Women relatives of American soldiers who fell in France need not hesitate to come to this country to visit the loved ones' tomb under plans perfected by the Young Women's Chris tian Association in this city. Ignorance of the French language and difficulties of travel in a foreign land will be made the object of special attention by ( the organization, which has already engaged rooms at the hotel Petrograd and begun operation under the name of "The Am erican Women 's Club. ' ' The club will get in touch withsoi diers' relatives upon their arrival pro- vide tiflem with comfortable quarters In the center of Paris, help 'them with bag gage and passports, arrange visits to the prefecture of police and ' provide means by which they may exactly locate tho grave they seek. ' 1 ' . V 5 t M V I . v." WiWSi, One more big: business man is. being boomed for the Bepublican nomination for President. He is Darwin P. Kings ley, heaJ of the New York Life Insur ance Company, and whom many of the Big Insurance Chiefs and Insurance Pub lications feel has had sufficient ex perience with big business to meet the popular demand for a Business Admin istration at Washington. The immense taxes and experiences of the war, plus the deflated value of the dollar will back up this demand and it is entirely prob able that both parties may' nominate business men. ' - , Mr. Barnett was a director and one from the physicians of the city, There were also many designs from York -i KOLCHAK DA MEMBER Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY ' 4 : V: : . : This issue of The Daily Gazette . is shy a lot of good local news, tel- egraph new and editorial because of .the contrariness of the power current this morning. A short circuit outside knocked our lino- type department into a cocked hat for a couple of hours or more. We have done the best we could un- " der the circumstances. v s JOHN R. RANKIN RESI6NS . P0STM.1STERSH1P HERE Relinquishes, Position to Be come Active Vice President of Citizens National Bank Will Change as Soones His Successor is Selected. Mr. John R. Rankin has tendered to Postmaster General Burleson his resigna tion as postmaster of GaHtoniu with the request that it become effective March 1st. It is probable that he will be re lieved of his duties by tliut time This announcement will come as a si r- prise to Mr. Rankin ' many friends here and elsewhere. As soon as his successor is selected Mr. Rankin will enter upon his duties us un active vhe -president of the Citizens Na tional Bank, a position to wlii. li he was elected by the directors a few days ago. Tlia" bunk's business has grown so steadi ly that the directors found it necessary to add another active man ami were fort itiuite iu being able to secure Postmaster Rankin, who is one of the city s ix't equipped young business men. John it. Rankin has been postmaster of Gastonia for a little more than five years. During his administration the present handsome and commodious post oflice building was constructed. He 'has been a resident of Gastonia for the part 15 or 20 years and has always been close ly identified with the city's business in terests. His election to the responsible position he is about to assume with the Citizens Bank is a tribute to his ability as a business man. DOCTORS ASKED TO REPORT FLU CASES State Department of Public Health Requests Physicians to Report Every Day all Cases of Influenza Re ports to Be Collected by City Manager Alexander From Drug Stores. A City Physician C. J. McCombs has re ceived a telegram from F. M. Kejcistcr, j of the State Department of I'nblio Health, requesting that Gastonia physi cians transmit the number of caes of flu nud pneumonia within their knowledge to headquarters. The telegram and the arrangement made by City Manager W. J. Alexander are given below. In this connection city officials wish to remind the public that onepf the best precautionary measures to be adopted is to avoid all "panicky" extremes. They urge that people keep calm and quiet and not become unduly excited. Some have requested that schools, churches and other public institutions be cosed, but such measures as these, in the opinion of others, -will only lead to these panicky impressions that will serve to aggravate tho disease Keep cool, keep calm and take 'care of yourself, is the advice given our,. 1 The telegram: "At request United State .Public Ilealth Service you are urged ia case of aa outbreak of influenza to wire collect night letter to this office daily estimated number new. caes influenza developing within previous 2 1 hours in your jurisdw tion; also number deaths 'from influenza and pneumonia within same period." Citr Manager Alexander has arranged the following system for receiving the reports: . That each physician place the required information on his file at which evet drug store may be his headquarters and the same wOl be collected each even ing at 5 o'clock and transmitted to tho State Department that night. BANDIT ROBS TKAIIT. OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 31 A bandit with sb emntr automatio gun last night robbed the mail ear on Union Pacific train No. 2, near Fremont, forty "xoiles west of here, Postoffice -officials said the ameunt stolen could not be known for a number of weeks. As the robber left the car he dropped his revolver, which was empty. '' ' FORMER SERVICE MEN TO . ; BE REIMBURSED WASHINGTON, -Jan. 31 Former service men undergoing vocational train ing will be reimbursed for expenses in curred in travelinc to obtain that train ing under decision of Comptroller of the Treasury Warwick, aanonnced today by the war department.. LY- OaZETTE' AFTERNOON, JAN. 31, 1920 ; i 3 K. ' MOST RECENT PHOTO OF GENERAL WOOD MICHAEL & BIVENS TO, ENLARGE ELECTRICAL PLANT Will Build Repair Shop and Warehouse on East Franklin Avenue Mr. Albert Mil mow Accepts Position With Them Capital to Be In . creased to $100,000. MoHsrs. Michael & Dlveus, electri cal contractors and engineers, have let the contract to 11. B. Patlllo & Co., for the erection at once of a trus con building, size 40x60 feet, on East Franklin avenue, which will be occupied aa a repair shop and ware house in connection with their estab lishment uptown. Recently trfls firm purchased a lot 75x250 fet In erect ing the present building sufficient space will be left on the Franklin av enue front to .allow for the erection later of a brick office building. Mr. Albert Mllnow, one of the best known electrical engineers and salt s men in the Carollnas, has accepted a position with the firm and will en ter upon his duties here at an early date. Mr. Mllnow waa for several years, with the Westinghouse Elec trical Company but for the past sev eral years has been with the General Electric Company. ,JIe Is an expert In his line and his addition, to the executive department of the firm Is one which w.111 greatly strengthen it Mr. Mllnow was also for some time with the Southern Power Company as mill power salesman. This firm has a large number of big electrical contracts in the Caro llnas. They specialize on cotton mill and other heavy work and employ a large number of men. Recently their fnmn has been increased by the addi tion of several to the force of work- j men. , At an early date the firm will be re-incorporated with a capital of $100,000. Among other plans the firm has in view is on-i for the remodeling of their uptown establishment. ENUMERATION NATION'S INDUSTRIES SJARTS MAR. 1 ( By The Associated Press ) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31 Enuineration of the nation's indus tries,' including manufacturing plants, mines, quarries, oil and-gas wells, fores try and forests products, will start March 1, it was annouSced today by Di rector of Census Samuel L. Rogets. For the purpose of this census the country has been divided int 589 dis tricts and 1,200 men will be needed to make the count. A force of-93 special agents from the Washington office will be in charge of the headquarters in the various states. Complete statistics covering the indus tries are to be gathered and these will show accurately the economic situation of the country. Figures oa the number of workers employed and hours and wages will be .compiled. There now are about 400,000 manufacturing plants listed by the census bureau. ' Men only will be employed to take the industrial eejnsus,' the director stated. and payment will be made on the basis of one dollar for each plant enumerated Former soldiers, sailors a"nd marines, wilt be given preference for this work. Hereafter the industrialeensus will be taken every twa rears, Mr. Rogers stated, instead of only at the time ef the decennial population -count.. i - T.r Hill I I DEMOCRATS AVENUE FOR REACHING . TREATY COMPROMISE Nothing Definite Expected Until Return of Sen ator Hitchcock From Home in Omaha Ex pect Motion to Be Made to Take up Treaty February 10- Thought That Lodge Will Hold Out For Acceptance Reservations Regarding Article Ten. DEATHS MAHK II. KIIYNE. Mr. Mark II. IUiyue, one of the county's oldest and best known citi zens, died at his home on the lower Dallas rpad Thursday night follow ing a' long period of ill health. The immediate1 cause of hi death was a severe attack of nthinn. Mr. Rliync nbout 77 years of age and had been twice married. Ills first wife wax a Miss Ithyne and his second, who survives him, was a Miss hay. The surviving children ore Heeler, Mary, Paul, Anna, Lucius aid Ma de Ithyne. The deceased also leuves the following brothers and sister": Mr.lohn L. Rhyne, of Bessemer City, Mr. Jonas Rhyne, of Bessemer City, Mr. Peter 8. Rhyne, qf Gaittonia; Mr. A. B. Rhyne, of Gastonia; Mr. Moses Rhyne, of Dallas; Mrs. W. V. LinebVrger, of Gnxtonia; Mr. Caleb Rhyne, of Lincoln county, and Miss Emma Rhyne, of Bessemer City. A short funeral service was held at tho grave Friday ateriioou at three o'clock, followed by burial in the Lutheran Chapel cemetery. A me morial service will be held at -a latir date, a large number of the, near rel atives haveing been prevented from attending the burial on account of sickness. Mr. Rhyne was a life-long member of Chapel Lutheran church, a mem ber of the church council and an el der In the church at the time of his death. One son of the deceased,' Mr. George Rhyne, was reported as miRS Ing In action In France during the late war. and was never heard of again. Mr. RliyDe was a son of the late Jona than Rhyne, and his mother was a Hoff man. He was a first cousin of Mr. A. P. H. Rhyne. of DnHa. and of Mr. Daniel Rhyne, of Lincolnton. MRS. BERTHA WARREN REEP. Mrs. Bertha Warren Reep, aged 28 year, wife of Mr. Thomas B. Eeep, 4 died at her home near the Seminole Mill Friday evening, January 30th. at 6:30 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted at the home at 8 o'clock Saturday morning by Rev. Geo. R, Gillespie, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and the body was taken on the C. & N-W. train to Southslde for burial. M. A. TEAGUE. Mr. M. A. Teague, of Lowell, died this REPUBLICANS AGREE TO FIFTY MILLION IN CREDIT FOR FOREIGN FOOD. RELIEF INFLUENZA PREVENTS SELECTION OF JURY By The Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. .Il ia an effort to complete the selection of the jury for the trial of Senator Tru man II. Newberry, and 123 eo-defen-danta charged with violation of the elec tion laws, federal district court con vened half aa hour earlier than the usual time this mdrning. Illness of 15 veniremen, three of them in the ten ative panel, served to prolong the pro cess yesterday!. Four defendants were also on the sick list. Prevalence of influenza among the prospective jurymen waa termed " alarm ing by Judge Clarence W. Sessions, who appointed a physician to look after the health of the venire, and attorneys expressed concern over a possible mis trial if the epidemic is not checked. LAST EDITION SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS SEEK NEW (B The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. The sud den breaking up of the bi-partisan con ference without accomplishing results ha prompted democratic leaders to seek a new avenue for reaching a compromise on reservations to the peace treaty. Senator Walsh, democrat, of Montana, expected to serve notice on the senate ; that a motion will be made by Senator Hitchcock, the democratic leader, on February 10 to take up the treaty for ratification. Arrangements are being made for a conference between the demo- ' crats and republicans of the mild reser vation group to draw up plans of' pro- v cedure. . , ' Nothing definite is expected to be done, ' . however, until Senator Hitchcock, who left lust night for his home in Omaha, , returns to Washington. He expects to ' be gone a week. No indications were given as to the republicans' future program. It sra generally conceded here that Senator Lodge, republican leader, would eontianwr to hold out for acceptance of the reserva tion regarding article 10, which proved to lie the insurmountable stumbling . block and resulted in dissolution of the -conference. HUNGARY ALLOWED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER. (By The Associated Press) . I'AKIU, Jan. 31. Hungary has been allowed additional time to consider the peace treaty submitted by the allied pow ers. The Hungarian delegation waa la-, formed today that the time given it to formulate observations ' regarding the peace terms had been extended to Feb ruary 12. " ; "v -r COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31. A Buda pest despatch today quotes the newspaper Hzozal of that city as stating it under stands that -Brigadier General Harry H. Bandholtz, United States army, Ameri can military representative in Budapest, lias offered to Premier Huszar "tho up port of America for the Hungarian peae delegation.. " i ' ; ' ' morning at 9:30 o'clock from double pneumonia, following an attack of infio ' enza. Mr. Teague had been sick for a bout a week. ', ' : He is survived by bis wife and the fol lowing children, Lester. Raj, Jennie and" Pauline, and Mrs. W. L. Kennedy, of Belmont. v ' Mr. Teague wax for a number of years postmaster at Lowell and waf. prominent- ly connected with the business life of the town. He was engaged in the merehaa dise business. ' , Mr. Teague was a faithful member 'of the Lowell Baptist chureh. ' Funeral and interment will be held tomorow. (By The Associated Press.) j WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The roe j tion of supplying food to the needy coan i tries of Europe comes up today before ' the full membership of the house ways -and means committee. Republican members of the eomatittee already have agreed informally to sup- . port legislation authorizing theextension of credits for $50,000,000 for food relief in certain European nations but announc ed the selection of the countries to be aided would be made later. - If the committee agrees to the loan, it must also determine the method of dis tribution, which it generally was believed would be through the United J States Grain Corporation : " i yt The proposal of -Secretary Glass called for a loan of 125,000,000 for relief ia Poland, Armenia and Austria. Tfce Glass recommendations were endorsed by Pres ident WUsoa. . . . j -
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