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GASTONIA N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 17, 1920
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ILIil WILL NOT.
SURRENDER KAISER; WILL.
Reiterates Her Original
Surrender Kaiser Germany May Try Men
Demanded by Allies While Holland May In-
iem Wilhelm. ';:r-A :!& I: ' ( J ;
(By Tboasociated Press.)
. TILE HAGUE, Feb. 17,' Holland
"will answer the -second note tent by the
' entente with regard to the statue of
former Emperor William ' by reiterating
her original position, refusing to surren
der him, but acquiescing in the request to
guard him closely, it was declared here
. today. t - "';'' " ' v;'v
The Dutch answer will be despatched
within a few days. ,
HOLLAND MAT INTERN
WILLIAM , HOHENZOLLERN
LONDON, Feb. ; 17 Germany hat
been informed she may try men accused
by the .allies, while Holland may intern
William of Hohenzollern and satisfy the
rallied powers. " Notes to this effect have
been sent to Berlin and The Hague by the
supreme allied council. : . .
Trials of Germans under charges pre
ferred by the powers wijl be under close
surveillance by- the allies, who will not
-waive their rights in case there is sus
picion of unfairness or of a miscarriage
'of justice. The powers will not inter
; wens physically in the conduct of the
-aae against the accused. Germans, but
will leave their disposition in the hands
of the supreme eourt at Leipsig.
Holland is rebuked' for ber failure to
-express in her first reply to the allies
her disapproval of the crimes committed
by the former Emperor, and is reminded
she must assume responsibility for Count
-Hohenzollern and his family and for
dangerous propaganda that may be car
Tied on from Dutch soil, -
TEXT OF NOTE SENT TO
HOLLAND MADE PUBLIC.
LONDON, Feb. 167 (By the Assoc!
ated Press.) Following is the text of
the note sent by the allied powers to Hol
land regarding the extradition" of the
T former German emperor: - v
"The immense sacrifices made in the
'general (interest by the powers during the
war entitle them to ask the Netherlands
to reconsider its refusal, based on the
weighty, but entirely personal, consider
ations of a state which held aloof from
the war and cannot perhaps appreciate
juite accurately all the duties and dan
gars of the present hour.
' ' . " The obligations of the powers to
wards other nations, the gravity of the
uestion concerned, as well as the very
grave political effects to which reliqulsn
snent of the claims pf justice against the
x -emperor would give rise, all constrain
them to uphold and renew their demand.
"The powers do not ask the queen's
government to depart from its tradition
al policy, but to consider that the nature
f their request which does not in their
opinion depend solely, or even mainly, on
Dutch municipal law has not been ade
quately appreciated' . I -
"No question of prestige is at stake
ad the powers pay as much heed to the
conscientious sentiments of a state with
limited power as to the mature decision
of great powers, but cannot wait for the
oreation of a world tribunal competent
to examine international crimes before
bringing to trial the responsible author
MAY HAVE COMPULSORY
ARBITRATION AND COMMISION
tO HEAR UNION'S DEMANDS
' (By Associated Press.; ,
.. TTASHINGTON, Feb, 17 Upon the
signing today of the final compromise
agreement "on legislation for the return
-of the railroads to private ? ownership
two movements for the settlement of the
sail way wage dispute will be under way.
Coincident yesterday with the announce
seat that the house and senate conferees
had practically redrafted the labor sec
tion of the bill so as to provide for com
pulsory arbitration, Director General
, Hines sent a request to President Cuyler
of the Association of Railroad executives,
1st a conference here with him of a com
mittee representing the railroad corpora
tism heads to discuss President Wilson 's
; proposal for,tlje creation of a joint com
mission to hear theunion employes de-
snands. - J '.'.: "r. ." V-"
The railroad . legislation as agreed to
SJtd which the conference chairmen hoped
would be ia shape for presentation to
both the house and senate tomorrow, was
GUARD HIM CLOSELY
Position in 'Refusing to
of the eatastrop.be of the great war." 4
. "It is precisely 'this, contemplated trial
which would prepare the way for such a
tribunal, and demonstrate the unanimity
of feeling animating conscience of tne
nations of the world. The powers wisa
to-point oat that the league of nations
has not yet reached a state of develop
men! sufficient to allow any application
to it or to a tribunal of any kind created
by it meeting with that prompt satis-
' faction which is surely essential.
j "It does not appear to consider that it
shares with other civilized , .nations tne
duty of - securing the punishment of
crimes against justice and the principles
j)f humanity crimes for which William
of Hohenzollern undeniably bears a heavy
responsibility. , . ..
, f ', Signed by 23 Nations,
j ''The note of January 15 was sent In
the name of the allies, 25 in number, who
were signers to the treaty of peace and
the collective manadatories of a majority
' of the civilized nations of the world It
i is impossible to disregard the collective
! forces in this request, which is the ex
I pression not only of the feeling of indig
nation of the victims, -but of the demands
for justice 'made by the conscience of
humanity as awhole. ,
"The Netherlands government surely
has not forgotten that the policy and per
sonal actions of the man required for
judgment by the powers have cost the
lives of approximately ten million men,
murdered in their prime, and have been
responsible for the mutilation or shatter
ed health of three times as many, the
laying waste to and the destruction; of
millions of square miles of territory , In
countries formerly industrious, peaceable
and happy, and the piling up of war debts
running into billions, the victims being
men who had defended their freedom and
Incidentally that of Holland.
"The economie and social existence of
all these nations has been thrown into con
fusion, and they are now jeopardized by
famine and want - the terrible results
of that war of which William II was the
author.
Allies Greatly Surprised.
"The allies cannot conceal their sur
prise at, finding in the Dutch reply " no
single word of disapproval of the crimes
committed by the emperor, crimes which
outrage the most elementary . sentiments
of humanity and civilization, and which,
in part include so many Dutch nation
als themselves who have been the inno
cent victims on the high seas. To help
bring to justice the author of such crimes
plainly accords With the aims of the lea
gue of nations.
-"How can anyone fail to be impressed
by the reactionary manifestations which
have followed the refusal of Holland, and
the dangerous encouragement to ajl those
who are opposing the just chastisement of
the culprits and their exemplary condem
nation, whatever their social position.
"Holland, whose history tells of long
struggles for liberty, who has suffered so
grievously Through disregard for justice,
could not place herself by such a narrow
conception of her duties outside of the
comity of nations."
redrafted so as to meet such labor trou
bles as developed recently through the
wage, demands of the employes' brother
hoods. In stead of a federal board of
five appointed by the president to deal
finally with wage disputes', the pro vis
ion as re-written, would create a board
of nine' members, whose decisions would
be binding.' This commission or board
also would be appointed by the presi
dent, but would consist of three mem
bers representing each the employes and
the executives and three representing the
public. .. , .'. . .. '
The redrafted provision was submit
ted to Diseetor General Hines and was
said in principle to meet bis views.
WAR-TIME RESTRICTIONS
V"'' f ON RADIO REMOVED.
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. All war
time restrictions on' internal radio com
munication in the United States were re
moved, effective February 29, under an
executive order signed today by Presi
dent Wilson. ' ;
JUDGE- PAYNE WILL
SUCCEED F. K. LANE
II
I
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J udge J ohn Barton " Payne who will
succeed Franklin K. Lane as Secretary
of . the Interior on March 1st. Mr.
Payne Is at the present time chairman of
the United States Shipping Board. He
was born in Virginia v65 years ago and
was a Judge of the Superior Court of
Cook County, 111., before bis appoint
ment. He has residences at both Chi
cargq and Elmhurst, 111.
AVONRESUJ.IED WORK . T
THIS MORNING
Management Discharged
About Twenty Men Accused
, , of Being Ring Leader in
Strike One Man in Jail
Everything Quiet at Ranlo.
With the exception of fifteen or twenty
men, leaders in the strike which took
place yesterday morning at the Avon
Mill, the operatives of the mill went back
to work this morning. In anticipation or
probable trouble Chief of Police Orr and
a force of his men were on the ground
at six o'clock when the mill opened.
Superintendent D. J. Gardner discharged
the men wh.o were believed to be the ring
leaders in causing the strike. When this
was done there was a little disorder,
though no fighting occurred. One man, it
is alleged, made as if to strike Superin
tendent Gardner with a hammer. As a
result of the slight trouble Dave Meacham
was arrested and placed in jail, charged
with trespassing, he having refused to get
off the mill property when officers de
manded that he move on. '
At Banlo conditions were said to be al
most normal this morning with no trou
ble in the air. . Most of the families a
gainst whom ejection papers had been
procured have moved out and new fami
lies are coming in. .
The mill management expects to be
running with a full force within a short
time. ' '
PRISONERS WILL -
WITNESS EXECUTION
Despite Protests . From Wo
men' Organizations' and
Public Officials Inmates of
Jail Will Witness Execution
of O'Brien.
(B Associate! Proa ,
CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Prisoners in. the
Cook county jail will be permitted to wit
ness executions, despite protests by wom
en 's organizations, public officials and
others, Sheriff Peters announced today.
Jack O'Brien will behanged Friday for
the murder of a policeman and the pro
cedure will be the same as in the hang
ing of Baffaello Durrage about a montn
go,' when prisoners in surrounding tiers
of cells looked on, the sheriff said. -
"The mere hanging of a particular sub
ject is not meant to punish that subject
alone," said Sheriff Peters, "but the real
object is to punish the criminal class. If
capital punishment means anything at all,
it is a deterent to further crime and an
example to others.- The very class it is
intended to reach sre those confined in
th iaii. v - 7.;.. :
"I will pursue the same policy with re
gard "to ths execution of O'Brien as I
did in that of Durrage."
' LORD MAYOR RELEASED, i
LONDON, Feb. 17, Tom T. Kelly.
lord mayor-elect of Dublin, was condi
tionally released from the Wormwood
Scrubbs prison last nighl and taken to
the home of a priend prior to his remov
al to a nursing home. He has been un
der arrest since May 25, 1918, on charges
arising out of ths Irish revolt.
SHE WANTED A
DIVORCE RIGHT NOV
Clerk of Court S. C Hendricks
Blasts Fond Hopes of Would
Be-Bride Can Do Nothing
For Her Who Wants Pre-
- nous Holy Bonds Annulled.
She wanted a divorce, this woman did.
Well say she did. 1 :
-' Many amusing little stories turn up
around the courthouse. Many things hap
pen down there every day that would
make good reading for Gazette readers,
but the majority of these happenings,
for obvious reasons cannot be published.
Heere is one, however, that was found
in the office of the clerk of the eourt.
From the perusal of the letter the read
er can supply the details to suit,:
"Mr. Henrix, Clerk of Court,
Gastonia, N. C.V j
Mr. ' Henrix ' , .
, .''Am writting you to see if I can get
you to have my. do vice written out by
Saturday and John Bell's dovice too I
want you to write them out if you will
so Mr. Bell and myself can marrie. Be
cause it is costing Mr. Bell so much pay
ing board for his three children, he told
me to write you about them he said if
you eouldent write them out so we could
marry he was going to have to put his
children on the county because it was
taking all he could make and more too
to pay his and the children board I am
working for myself and also helping him
with his children Mr. Henrix if you can
have our devices wrote out will be glad
for we are entending to marrie when
we get them But as it is coasting him
so much for board thought I would write
you and see about geting them wrote" out
if you can write his dovice out without
him coming to - Gastonia -write his oui
and give it to me I will have the money
to pay for them when they are rote out
write me by Saturday morning so it will
come up on the 10 o'clock train and let
me know about it if you can write them
out we both will be glad.
Hopping to hear from you at once."
PASTOR OF EAST BAP
TIST CHURCH RESIGNS
At the morning service at the East
Baptist church last Sunday morning, Rev.
C C. Kiser, who has been pastor of the
church for the past seven or eight months
tendered his resignation, to take effect at
once, and the same was accepted by the
congregation. It is understood that Mr.
Kiser and his family will leave this week
for Atlanta, Ga., their former home.
Before coining to Gastonia Rev. Mr. Kise
was psstor of the First Baptist church
of Aberdeen, Miss.
No active steps have as yet been taken
by the congregation toward securing a
pastor to succeed Mr. Kiser, though a
pulpit committee has been appointed,
with instructions to look over the field
with a view to securing a suitable pastor
at an early date. '
LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS MOBILIZED
Will Inaugurate Campaign to
. Eradicate Sex Lines in Wage
Scales Establish Woman's
Bureau in Department of
Labor and Double Salaries
of School Teachers.
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 17. The League
of Women Voters, successor to the Amer
ican Woman Suffrage Association, began
mobilizing today for a "better citizen
ship"; campaign, which would include
legislation designed to "protect women
in industry," eradication of sex lines In
wags scales, establishment of a woman's
bureau in the department of labor, and
the doubling of salaries of school teach
ers,':; - .- 'v . v:
A report submitted to the league by
Mrs. . Raymond Robins, chairman of the
committee on protection of women In in
dustry, proposes collective bargaining for
women, federal employment offices, com
pulsory minimum wage and prohibition
of night work for women.
The League of . Women Voters, it was
decided, yesterday, will be governed by a
board of ten directors,' three elected st
large and seven representing . as many
regions, into which the country -will be
divided for the league's purposes. In
addition, a managerwill be employed fey
the board of directors.
The regional divisions determined uponj
include: f
Third Virginia, District of Colum
bia, North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisl
anna and Tennessee.
HUNGARIAN ASSEM
, ' BLY CONVENES.
BUDAPEST, Monday, Feb. 16. Hun
ffspv'a t aiw vie) fin nut snasumittlv " ftniuli stss
elected on January 25, convened here to
day.' It will be called upon to consider
very important matters during the ses
sion, among Jthem being the acceptance
or rejection of the peace treaty, determi
nation of - the future form of govern
ment for Hungary and economie laws.
EFFORTS MADE TO TONE
DOWN ALLIES' REPLY TO
PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTE
'Tertinax" and Echo de Paris Says . Wilson!
Note Contained Most Brutal Menace - Say Al
lies-Are On the Horns of a Dilemma Grave
Results May Follow Allied Council's Reply to
Wilson Note.
(By The Associated Press.) :
PARIS, Feb.- 17 Although the reply
of the supreme allied council to Pres
ident Wilson's note relative to the set
tlement of the Adriatic question was
drawn up on Saturday, it has not as yet
been sent, according to special despatches
from London. Efforts are being made
in certain quarters to have it toned down,
the despatches say, but all refer to the
president's note as a "veto;" -state
ments from Washington notwithstand
ing. In writing on this subject, "Per-
tinax" in the Echo de Paris, who is ex
ceptionally well informed, says the" post
script of Mr. Wilson's memorandum
from which note was drawn up contained
the "most brutal menace that if his
warning was unbeeded he would with
draw both the treaty of Versailles and
the Anglo-Franco-American pact from
the senate.
"Pertinax" points out the allies are
on the "horns of a dilemma" and con
cludes: MIt is only too obvious the allies will
maintain their formula of January 20. "
(Here the writer referes to the virtual
ultimatum sent to the government of
Jugo-Slavia asking that it agree to the
compromise " proposal relative to the
Adriatic or have the treaty of London
carried into effect.) '.
LONDON, Feb. 17 It is impossible
to emphasize the importance and gravity
of the results which may follow the
supreme allied eouncil 's reply to Presi
dent Wilson 's ' note relative to the
Adriatic settlement, says the Mail .
"Anglo-American relations for a gen
eration may well depend upon the terms
of the reply," the newspaper continues.
"This country is anxious that justice be
done between Italy and Jugo Slavia and
is equally anxious to cultivate closest
friendship with the. United States which
is a cornerstone of British foreign re
lations. We trust, therefore, that mod
eration and clear-sightedness may charae-
terize the reply so that the very real ,
crisis with which this country is
con-
fronted may be averted. "
Beiterttting its past condemnation of
the peace treaty the Herald, labor organ,
interprets decisions concerning the sur
render of former Emperor William, ex
tradition of Germans accused of war
crimes and the future status of Con
stantinople as a realization of the "fol-
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS DENY THAT WILSON
THREATENED TO WITHDRAW TREATY FROM SENATE
(By Ths Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 Emphatic
denial that President Wilson had threat
ened to withdraw the treaty of Versailles
and the American-French treaty from
the senate if the Adriatic question was
settled without consulting the United
States was mads today at the 'white
house.
Officials characterised as "an absolute
falsehood" the statement of ',' Pertinax"
in the Echo de Paris, that the postscript
of Mr. Wilson's memorandum from
which the note was drawn up continued
which the note was drawn up contained
such . a threat.
It was said that the president's mes
sage to the allies was not an untimatum;
that it was in the form of a "memo
randum" containing eight or ten lines
and that it set forth that the United
States would stand on the agreement to
which it was a party when the president
was in "Pans. ' Under the agreement the
United States was to be one of the first
nations to. police the Adriatic.
. President Wilson discussed the Adri
atic question with Secretary Tumulty to
day and be left to the discretion of
Acting Secretory Polk the question of
whether the state department , should
make a public statement of America's
position.
. ' - -V -V
EAKL OF READING REFUSES POST.
LONDON, Feb. 17. Premier Lloyd
George has offered the Ambassadorship
at Washington to the Earl of Reading,
the former ambassador there, says Tne
Pall Gazette today, but he has declined
the appointment. ; ' t ' -
ly" of the authors of the treaty-
"The historic talents of Premier, v
Lloyd George," the newspaper goes 4n, v'
' have wrought more harm than the vin
dictivene8s of Premier Clemenceau or the
boundless egotism of the American pres- '
ident. 'The dramatic reappearance of .
President Wilson may be a mere, gesture, -but
it may be much more, foj America,
eah enforce its will and can, even at
this late hour, insist that justice be done.
Does the President mean business 1 If
he does, there is still a chance for him to
retrieve some of his reputation and givs -Europe
a tolerable peace. ' ' " . . '
Deep anxiety lest the allies send Pres
ident Wilson a reply containing further
cause for dissension is expressed by the
Times, " because in the actual mood they '
are now in, the American people might
believe a very little thing sufficient to
make them withdraw their countenane
from the peace settlement and turn their
backs for a season upon the affairs of
the old world. " r Y ' 5
The newspaper declares IVsidont Wil
son's note on the Adriatic questioB
"raises a question which allied vds,
mocracies will not allow the supreme .
council to settle unrestrained."
"They are "not prepared,", it . son
tinues, "to commit to the, uncontrolled "
disctetion of , their premiers their rela
tions with the America! people and wiD
not tolerate for a moment any conduct
which might reasonably estrange Alien- ;
cans or injure an issue so tan and as
fraught with good and evil as thj friend
ship of America for Europe. The fa- ' '
ture of the league of nations and all ths
moral harvest of was hang oa this
friendship. " , . .
COMMENT FROM ITALY.
1
ROME, Monday, Feb. 16". - Comment-)
ing on president. Wilson's note to the a-'
preme allied council, The Giernale L Ita
lia says: . , .. :--.-. .' '.Vy'v;
"His intervention was couched in sueb
an ungenial form as to arouse ths suspi
cion 11 was suggested only by his invin
cible aversion toward Italy.
have convinced even his compatriots that
he s guided only by -animosity. Tberc'-
fore, the allies have reacted energetically
against his attitude, which is offensive -so
to their dignity as the compromise
proposals sent to Belgrade were framed
chiefly by Premier Lloyd George, Mr.
Wilson, who purposely was not represent
ed at the discussion of the compromise,
has no right to veto his application." -
JOSEPH CAILL4UX '
FACES TRIAL TODAY
(By Ths Assoeistsd Press)
PARIS, Feb. 17 Joseph Calawx,
former premier of France, was plaeesT
on trial today before the senate, sitting
as a high courts charged with conspiracy
against his country in time of war.'
The accused man entered ths chamber,
accompanied by three police offieers.
There was a large attendance, very few
of the senators being absent
PARIS Feb.. 17. Joseph Caillnax,
former premier, will today face trial be
fore the senate, acting as the high soar
on the specific charge of "having ploV
ted against the external security sf ths
state by maneuvers, machinations and in
telligence with the enemy tending ts
favor the latter 's enterprises against
France and her allies." Article 7 5
the penal military code makes conviction
of such, an offense punishable with death.
- The trial is expected to last between
two and three months. Caillaux will be
defended by M. Demange, who
was a-
torney for Captain Dreyf usa.
HUSBAND OF GLADYS VANDERILT
INTERESTED IN U. S. ACTION.
' BUDAPEST, Monday, Feb. In
terest ia the question whether Amerisa
will sign the treaty of peace with Hun
gary is shown by Count Laszlo Szeehenyi,
husband of the former -Miss Gladys Van
derbilt, of New Tork, If America doss
not sign, ths countess' fortune which i
aow sequestrated in ths United Fiat-,
cannot be held for allied reparations.