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" - - i - - , , ii.i,' faaaamiii. ' j--t -it -- -r - .. - ' . . .. . ' ' ' "VOL. XU. NO. 44. GASTONIA,' N.C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 20. 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS ; - . mm HASTENS TO BRING TO ACCUSED Germany's Reply to Last Allied Note Will Ask "For More Clearness on Certain Issues Hoi v land Wants to BeSure That Kaiser Will Settle Down at . Doom. . : (By The Associated Pressjr ;,: ,LONDON, Feb. 2d. The German government 1 rushing, preparations to try German accused of ; violations of -the laws of war and examination, of wit - messes . and arguments will begin "next week, according to a Berlin despatch to ; The Central News. " Pleadings will open twfore the Leipzig court within the next .month, it is said. , . LONDON,' Feb. 19, " Thursday. 3ermany's reply to the last allied note relative to the trial of Germans accused ' war crimes will point out issues up on which greater clearness is desirable, .. According to a decision reached ,hy the ' derman cabinet on Wednesdayrf'saymi Berlin despatch to The Exchange Tele graph Company. r. It will be contended,' the ' despatch states, that accusations against several -persons.BoUbly Field Marshal von Hin 4enburg, General Ludendorff and Ad miral von Tirpitt, are too general. News papers at Berlin declare the imperial pttblic prosecutor ' would be required to , test allegations' and make' inquiries and that it is possible he may conclude there ySvre no grounds, for instituting proceed ing "WANTS ASSURANCE THAT - KAISER WILL STAY PUT. THE HAGUE, Wednesday, Feb. 18. Before answering the last allied note re lative to the, extradition of former Em- peror William, the Dutch . government V ia expected to assure itself that ' the : erstwhile monarch is willing to settle ' down for life at Doom and not disturb , the world ' peace! While, on answering the original demand for extradition, the Dutch f government acted without con sulting Count Hohenzollern in any way, a different course may be pursued in the . present instance. It' Holland will undoubtedly reply she Is willing to guard William of Hohenaol- ' lern. closely at Doom and accept respow eibiity f tor preventing danger to the world peaee, but it will probably be necessary to consult the exile before reply ing. No difficulty is anticipated in this . connection, as Count Hohensollern is re ported to be readji fo accept Doom as a baven for the rest of his life. WILSON HAS GIVEN FINAL TOUCH TO REPLY OF ; T U. S. TO ALLUES Ofi ADRIATIC QUESTION j . . ... 1 ,-'"' ','.v' . v i ...... , ,: ... . .,.." - ' . Y (By The imssssUl Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Final touches were being given today at the srtate department to the United 8tatee wply to the note of the allied premiers a the Adriatic question . Dictated by President Wilson. in less than two hours, the reply, it to said, adheres to the orig inal contention of this country that no settlement is justified which is not based 4n self-determination Vnd answers with degree of finality therguments of the European governments for a compromise disposition of the Dalmatian territory in solved.' ; " This latest exchange is not regarded, however, as the final chapter in the nego tiations, in as much as the allied premiers were said not to "have -: burned their bridges behind them, but to have left the ' way open for further discussion. It is evident thai another rejoinder from Lon- , 4on is expected after the American note Is dispatched, which probably will be by tomorrow, . - . Future negotiationsaccording to -the informal views in official circles, cannot alter the fundamentals of the position taken by this country, based, as it is, en principles enunciated in President Wilson's 14 points and accepted by, the ' allies. The change in the status quo eaused by D'Annunzio's coup at Fiuma, it was said, could not alter the right' of the matter. r - When the rer-? is put into diplomatic form, it will bV'sent to President Wil son for approval before being eoded for transmission . - " ITAIAN PRESS COMMENT " : ' ON WILSON'S ATlif UDE , ROME, Wednesday, Feb. 18 Com menting on the situation which has arisen since President Wilson sent his note to . the supreme allied council relative to the Adriatic question the Epoca says: -"Two different 'conceptions of civili sation led Europe into the war and the moment that war is over the "world is confronted with a eonliet between ' two TRIAL THOSE of via DUTCH PARLIAMENT APPROVES - HOLLAND'S ENTRANCE. THE HAGUE, Thursday, Feb. 19. Decreased armaments, speedy institu tion of a permanent high court' of jus tice and immediate admission of all civilized nations desiring ,4o enter, were demands attached to the resolution, pass ed today by the second chamber of tne Dutch parliament approving Holland's entrance into the league of nations. . Daring the debate, it was explained that these demands did not constitute reservations, as reservations were not per mitted, butwere suggestions that the Dutch government would enter with the idea -ef having these principles adopted. Only four i communities and one Catholic member voted against entrance. Fur ther procedure is considered mere routine, as the first chamber will certainly ap prove the motion. "While the league, without America, will be different from what was ex pected," said Foreign Minister Karne beek, "still the difference is not so great as to authorize Holland to stay out. Neither is it to Holland's interest to await the admission of the central powers." , SWITZERLAND "WILL STICK TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS y BERNE, Thursday, Feb. 19 Adher ence by Switzerland to the league of na tions was recommended by the Swiss gov ernment in. a message to parliament to day as the "American clause," by which Switzerland's entry to the league would depend upon similar action by the United States, has been abandoned and. if par liament approves the recommendation Switzerland will become a member at once. LAST NOTE CAUSES . EMBARRASSMENT. PARIS, Feb. 19. (Havas) A suggestion that former Emperor William be sent to the island of Curacao, off the Venezuelan coast, was received more fav orably in some quarters at The Hague than the idea of transporting him to one of the Duth East Indies, according to the Matin. The newspapers say that the last allied note to the Dutch government caused evitfent embarrassment at the Dutch capital' " continents Europe and America. Old Europe, with all its defects, never, until five-years ago, need American advice in the conduct of its affairs, while, now, af ter victory has been V achieved, every European action must be submitted to President Wilson. Is it possible that even American publie opinion can coun tenance such an absurdity f" "Premier Nitti, the champion of ac cord with America, most now become (he supporter of the Anglo-France-Italian accord," says the Oorriere D Italia. "Like Saturn, who swallows his chil dren, president Wilson is now swallow ing his child, the league of nations. This, perhaps, is not a misfortune, as it may be reconstructed on a better basis." The Messagero says: f'Mr. Wilson, in reality, is acting against himself as baa desire to impose without discussion through the threat of hunger, his obsti nate will shows the impossibility of a league , of nations in which the will of the majority should have power to over come attempts made by any isolated, overbearing rebel." The situation created by Mr. Wilson pleases EI Tempo, which says the pres ident 'a action "strengthens the union of the European allies. " " The Popolo Romano ' expresses its "thank to Mr. Wilaon," saying: "For the third time, he saved Italy from accepting a solution of the Adria tic question, which was a renunciation of rights to which she was entitled." BERLIN PAPERS COMMENT ' ON WILSON-LANSING AFFAIR. . . BEttLIN, Wednesday, ' Feb. 18. Newspapers here are giving . unusual prominence to despatches from the United States bearing on the Wilson-Lansing episode, and also the attitude of Presi dent Wilson, on the Adriatic question. What uttle editorial comment there is at tempts V' establish, the fact that there is an "insurrection against Mr. Wilson t home and abroad." This is based wholly upon cabled information throngs .louand and Hwitzerland to the effect FRENCH WAR DIPLOMAS : ' TO BE PRESENTED . - . 'Si . - . - ' . Iirterestinp; 'Service ' at First Presbyterian Church Sunday Afternoon at 3 o'Clock When French Memorial Diplomas Will Be Presented Through -'; Gaston Post American Leg' . .ion, to Relatives. . -; As was announced in The Gazette a few days ago there will be held in Jhe First Presbyterian church Sunday af ternoon at 3 o'clock a service in honor ofthe Gaston county . heroes who died in the service of their eonntry on French soil.,- At. this time diplomas from the French government will be presented "to the relatives of these sol diers. ' ' " ' - V ' All ex-sen ice men, whether" members of the American Legion or not, are re quested to meet at the Pythian - Club Rooms at 2:30 p. m. and from Jhere to go in a body to the church. The following names have' been (receiv ed from, the Navy Department fn addi tion to. those, already published. " Their diplomas have been received by the Post Commander and will be, distributed with the others; "' . Mrs, Esther Cloe Cherry, B-2, Gas tonia. - ' " , Mrs. Clara Burgin, 1412 E. Airline, Gastonia. Mrs. Lycurgus E. Dalton, Gastonia. .The diploma for John I. Fayssoux was sent to South Carolina but has beeu applied for in order to deliver it in Gastonia. , The program for the service is as fol lows: ; 1. Organ prelude, Miss Mary Ram sey. 2. Invocation, Rev. J. H. Henderlite, D. D. 3. Scripture reading, Rev. W. C. Bar rett. . 4. Remarks by Post Commander, Stephen B. Dolley. 5. Poem t- ."Our Dead Overseas", (Edwin Maricham), Emery B. Denny. 6. Solo, Marseillaise, Miss Ruth Mason. 7. Address, Rev. G. A. Sparrow. 8. 8tar Spangled Banner. 9. Presentation of 'French Memorial Diplomas. - 10. Benediction, Rev. H. H. Jordan: 11. Taps. NAD FIVE GALLONS AND 300 EMPTY BOTTLES Ed Leonard Had Five Gallons of .Liquor at His Home -Must race Charge of Keep ing Booze For Sale Con ducts Grocery Store on West Airline. Ed Leonard who conducts a retail mercantile establishment on West Air line avenue, was arrested shortly before noon today by police officers who secured along with him five gallons of whiskey. The booze was not in his store but was found at his residence on West Frank lin avenue in the Loray section. . Along with the whiskey they found something like 300 pint and half pint bottles. The bottles were new and unused. Some of them were in his store and some were at his residence. Warrants ' were issued for Leonard charging him with keeping liquor for sale. He gave a cash bond of $300 for his appearance for trial ia Municipal Court Monday morning. ..; -8 ' U. S. BATTLESHIPS QUARAN TINED ACCOUNT OF FLU. PANAMA, Thursday. Feb. 19. The battleship Pennsylvania and the cruiser Columbia of the United States Atlantic fleet, have been quarantined at Cristobal because of an outbreak of influensa on board. ' Three sailors have been removed from their ships to the Colon hospital, and one seaman died of pneumonia to day. A method for combining channel steel and wooden planks in forming hulls for boats has been patented. that American newspapers are taking the pnrt of Secretary Lansing. Belief that Washington bulletins per mit the conclusion that the president's immediate official enviroment is "em phatically disavowing him" is express ed by The Vossische Zeitung. The National Zeitung claims to be In formed that the allies reversal of policy on the extradition issue was due primar ily to pressure from the United State. The newspaper says America "opposed arbitrary procedure on the ground that it was calculated to produce internal convulsions decidedly inimical to this nation's political and economic recov ery.", -s , ' WILL NOT HAVE TO GO - TO GERMANY TO TESTIFY. Persons living in Great Britain, France and Belgium who are witnesses sg&Mrit Germans accused of war crimes will not have to go to' Germany to testify, it la declared in a Berlin, dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company today. Such witnesses, it is stated, will be examined by commissioners , sent to, the countries named. PEARY, DISCOVERER OF NORTH POLE, IS DEAD Famous Scientist and Explorer Died Today at Home in Washington Nailed "Stars and Stripes to North Pole" April 6, 1909 Was Involv ed In Bitter ; Controversy With Dr. Cook. . " (By, The Associated !'? i WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary, retired, Arctic explorer and discoverer of the North Pole, died a lfis home here today from pernicious anemia, from which he had suffered for several years. Arrange ments for - the funeral have not been completed, but he will be buried with full naval honors. ; Admiral Peary- submitted to a blood transfusion at a hospital here ten days ago. He was removed later to his nome and his condition then was reported as somewhat improved.' ,He gradually grew weaker, however, and the end earns early this morning. , Dr. H. F. Strlne, the admiral 's physician, ' disclosed that the transfusion this month was the thirty-fifth to which Admiral Peary had sub mitted within two years. v It was on the afternoon of September 6, 1900. that the following few words reported to the civilized world for the first; time this crowning achievement of three centuries of effort: "INDIAN HARBOR: Via Cape Ray, N. E., September 6 To The Associated Press, New York. "Stars and Stripes Nailed to North Pole. - "PEARY. " Peary's actual attainment of the Pole had been just five months before, on April 6, 1909. ' , When this despatch came, the world was, quite unknown to Peary, already praising Dr.i Frederick A. Cook as the discoverer . Only . four days previous to the Peary announcement, Cook, who was on his way back to Copenhagen on board a Danish steamer, had telegraphed thel claim that he reached the Pole on April 21, 1908 nearly a year ahead of Peary. While Dr. Cook's claim did not go un questioned from the first, he had for four days at least been widely acelaimed as the discoverer of the Pole . With Peary 'a message there arose one of the greatest controversies of all ages over the honor of actual first discovery. There can be no one who has forgotten the dispute. Peary's assertions were" not seriously questioned, but among newspaper read ers there came to be two great camps, for and against Cook. Peary with his record of seven success ful trips to the Arctic, his official stand ing in the United States Navy and in scientific circles, easily held , the com manding position in the coiitroversy. But it ws only after the scientific bodies one by one had sifted the evidence and pronounced Cook 'a claims unfounded that Perry's title as discoverer of the Pole was really won. The bitterness of this episode is only one item in the price which Peary paid for the immortal fame that is now ac knowledged to be his. He spent prac tically all he had in money, gave all that was in him for hard work, and suf fered all that the human frame could en dure from hunger, cold an ddisappoint meat. He made eight journeys into the Aretie, spent upwards of half a million dollars and several times he barely es dure from hunger, cold and disappoint eaped the death which in various forms had been the fate of more than 700 ex plorers before him. The first step that led Peary toward the Pole was taken in Washington one day when he walked into a book store to browse and picked np a fugitive account of Greenland. He became an insatiable reader on the subject of the Arctic. ' He was then 30 years old. He was born in Cresson, Pa., in 1856. j His father died when be was three years old, and his mother took him to Portland, Me., where he spent his boyhood, roam ing about Casco Bay. He went to Bow doin College, won fame there as a runner and jumper, and stood in the honor col umn of scholarship. It was a little later that he had gone to Washington to work as a draughtsman in the Coast and Geodetic Survey 'offices. He spent his spare time studying civil engineering and passed in that branch into the naval service. He became Lieutenant Peary, U. S. N. His first assignment was to the tropics. He was a leader of the surveying for the Nicaraguan canal route. It was when he returned to Washington that he fell upon, the book about Greenland, and thereafter virtually consecrated, himself to polar exploration. ; . Obtaining leave from the naval service, he led an expedition into Greenland, to determine the extent of this mysterious land. He determined its insularity, dia eovered and named many aretie points which today are familar names, such as Independence Bay, Melville Land, and Heilprin and, and in one of his "later voyages he discovered the famous meteor- ities whieh he brought back to civiliza tioa. One of them, weighing 80 tons, is the wonder of visitors to the Museum of Natural History,' New York. - The. explorer was 52 years old when in July, 1908, when he set out on his eighth and successful invasion of the Polar re- UN ION L MAKE A-FIGHT AGAINST REDRAFTED RAILROAD DILL Led By American Federation of Labor and Rail ' road Brotherhoods Union Labor Wages Fight Against Bill. N. Y. REPUBLICANS ATTACK DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION (By The Associated Press) . NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Adoption of a platform and election of delegates and alternates at large to the. national con vention was the program before the un official republican state convention today. The convention got under way last night when Elihu Root, as temporary chair man, delivered the keynote speech, -in which he attacked the democratic na tional administration and outlined a proposed platform for the party's guid ance. The subcommittee on resolutions head ed by Dr. Nicholas Murray Bulter, work ed unti the early morning hours before agreement was reached on a tentative platform, which . will be acted on dur ing the day. It was indicated that the platform would follow closely the suggestions made by ex-senator Root last night. Among the planks considered by the sub committee were these: Ratification of the peace treaty with senate amendments ; decentralisation of executive powersj es tablishment of a national budget with rigid governmental economy; revision of the income tax involving tariff changes; Americanization, and universal military training. The high cost of living also was con sidered and war evpenditures were con demned. A "law and order" plank condemning lynching was given consid erable attention. It was said that no mention will be made of prohibition in the platform. Women were represented at the con vention for the first time in this state with 263 delegates and 298 alternates. LLOYD GEORGE FAVORS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS, Feb. 20. Premier Lloyd George Is in favor of opening peace nego tiations with Russia through Maxim Litvinoff, bolshevik representative m Copenhagen, and is supported by Premier Nitti, of Italy, according to The Echo de Paris. Paul Cambon and Phillppe J. . L. Berthelot members of the French delegation at the meeting of the supreme allied eouncll in London, have no author ity to enter into such a proposal, and Premier Millerand has been recalled to London. " ; y, Mrs. Pankhnrst Here. . Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst," world-re- nowed suffrage leader and staunch advo cate of votes for women, arrived in the city this morning snd is the guest of the Gaston County Equal Suffrage League at the Arminaton hotel. At eight o'clock tonight Mrs. Pankhurst will lec ture in the auditorium of the Central school under the auspices of the Coun ts Suffrasa Leaarue. Indications are that she will be heard by I large and representative audience from all parts or the county. A few seats can still be ob tained at Kennedy's Drug Store. gion . ? Captain Bartleti, the veteran naviga tor for Peary, ahoutedVto Col. Roosevelt as the ship was leaving its wharf at New York: "Its the Pole or bust this time, Mr. President," ' The method of attacking the Pole was in five detachments, pushing north in the manner of a telescope. At the 88th par allel Peary parted with Captain .Bartlett, Cook reported. The weather was cloud less and flawless: The temperature in charge, of the 4th detachment, and he with one member of his crew and four Eskimos made the final dash. They cov ered the 135 miles in five days. Thirty hours from April 6 to 7 were spent around the Pole a great tract of frozen sear-none of the land which Dr. ranged from 33 to 12. below. Where open places permitted soundings, 9,000 feet of wire, which was all that Peary had, failed to touch bottom. . ' Peary's closing: years were spent in well-earned rest, living for a large part of the time with his family of three wife, daughter and son on Eagle Is land, off the coast from Portland, Me. Mrs. Peary was formerly , Josephine Diebitsch, of Washington, D.' C.,' mar rying the "explorer in , 1888. . She fre quently accompanied her husband on his northward journeys, and on one of these trips Marie . Ahnighito Peary was born and bears the distinction of having been bora farther north than any other white child -in the world. She is popularly known as "The Snow Bady. " LEADERS ; (By The Associated Press.) :;. s WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Union) labor, led by officers of the American ; Federation of Labor, and the . railroad brotherhoods, had today well under way ' its fight in congress against adoption of the redrafted ' railroad reorganization bill. "Besides the memorial prepared by representatives of 15 railroad unions and, . federation officers at an all-day confer ence yesterday and whieh is addressed to congress as a whole individual con gressmen were deluged today by letters and telegrams from union leaders gener ally protesting against enactment of tbe ' bill into law, v- The plan of the unions, it was shown, provides first for a determined fight in the house and senate. If defeated there '.. the controversy will be taken direct to President Wilson in the hope of a veto. The opposition of the unions as shown in the memorial to congress declaring the redrafted bill to be destructive of the . employes ' constitutional ; privileges and' liberties is based chiefly on the method proposed for handling wage and labor disputes. , The provision for a fixed flnaniftl ye . turn to holders of railroad securities also is attacked, the memorial holding , that the provision would constitute "an ' abandonment of . government ' for the common good, the establishment of gov ernment for private interest, special priv ilege and class benefit. " . .. Principal, objection ..to the labor arbi tration clause is based on the manner in which the special arbitration ' boards would be constituted and the ananner of their operation. Union leaders contend that the arbitration boards, including the permanent federal board of nine mem bers, might be so composed as to elim-v .inate labor from representation. The method of adjusting labor disputes by groups of nft'less than 100 employes, the leaders declared would "destroy all dis cipline and lead to chaos,'' because they would encourage the workers to disre gard existing agreements and long es tablished orderly methods of procedure. Despite opposition within and .that, frem the labor unions, members of the , house predicted today only a few days would be required tb pass the billi ' Sea ate consideration of the measure will not begin until after the house has acted. CHEER YVILLE CHAT. -V Correspondence of The Daily Gascttsv - CiUiJBYVILLE, Feb, 19. One sf the most enjoyable social events of the season was the "Heartv Partv" ri. by, Miss Alpha Mae Bpargo last Monday evening to ue following, friends: Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Howell,' Mr. and Mrs. Lay Spargo, - Misses Alma Kendrkk, Marguerite LeverettNorella Kendrkk, Messrs. Platte Beam, Tom Monday ' si Lincolnton, Paul Beam, Prentiss George and Forest Houser. ' ' ' 1 -The invitations which were red heart were unusual and ' mystifying: On ike back of the heart was written: " ' , Here's a hearty invite For St. ValentinM tiiffht T3 .' i . . ... . ' """I jour near i ana x u oring nui There H be hearts of every kind, " Hearts ox red and hearts of blue And hearts of other colors two. ' -Hearts-that are sweet and hearts that are sour ' ; . . .-: , . - ' Hard hearts and dear hearts and henna- - made of flour. -At eight o'clock just lift the latch, You may get out without a scratch Or maybe you will make a match. -P. 8. my house is all rigged up for you. i So dan't refuse whate'er you do. At eight o'clock Miss Spargo met the guests at the door and ushered them into rooms festive with decorations suitable to the season. Evergreens intenmenwvl with hearts were used in profusion.. ,At , one side stood the Heart Tree with hearts of fortune suspended from the branches. The guests after havingbeen blindfolded were led to this tree and each plucked a heart, on the back of which appropriate . "fortunes" were written. These rhymes which in many instances were very fitting, were the source of much merriment. "Not content with these fortunes alone, the guests provided with tiny darts, shot at tissue paper hearts suspended from. a wire which was stretched across , the room. In these hearts weremagaxine pic tures of their future husbands and wives. Those who failed to pierce a heart were doomed to be old maids and bachelors. ; The hostess served heart shaped sana- wkhes and hot chocolate.
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