Gaston G ASTONIA : v; COTTON . 38 Vi CENTS TODAY LAST EDITION MEMBER UF THE "ASSOCIATED PRESS VOLTXLI. NO. 45. GASTONIA,nN. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 21, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENT A OPPOSING FACTIONS LINE UP FOR LAST FIGHT WITH Fill VOTE IMMINENT Esch-Cummins Compromise Measure to Be Set tled One Way or Another Before Adjourn ment Supporters of the Bill Confident of Its Approval. (Bt The Associated Press) - WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Represen Satives of the railroad brotherhoods who inferred with President Wilson recent ly on wage demands called at the white Jmus today to present a memorial to the president protesting against the pas aage of the railroad bil land stating that the labor provisions are wholly unaccept able to the railroad workers . WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Opposing tactions of the railroad re-organization kill lined up for a last stand in the house today with a final vote on the Esch--Cuinmins compromise measure, scheduled to be cast before adjournment. Indica tions, however, were that the. vote would -ot be reached before early evening. To assure disposition of the bill today, the house met -an hour earlier man cus tomary. Five hours having been alloted to debate, and with a series of roll calls in sight, the possibility of an early de cision was blocked, but Representative JJeeh, republican, Wisconsin, in charge ef the measure, announced he would press the final vote so that the report, if approved, might go to the senate Mon day for consideration Tuesday". In addition to a majority of the demo cratic members lined up against the bill largely of the financial provisions, there were members (m both sides ready ' to attack the bill because of the objections ef organized labor. Several members were desirous of sending the bill back, to conference under instruction to eliminate objectionable provisions, but the par liamentary situation was to be a deciding factor in the opposition's line-up. Supporters of the bill were confident ef its approval by a substantial majority, but its opponents were willing "only to ob code a closo vote. DAILY CONFSSES TO MURDER SHERIFF ZAGHARY WINSTON SALEM, Feb. 21. Bobah Baity, arrested recently with two companions and charged with the murder Of Sheriff J. E. Zachery, of Yadkinville, confessed today, according to the police, that the sheriff was killed in the aeel cental discharge of Baty's pistol during scuffle. Baity exonerated his com panions, the authorities said. - Sheriff Zachary was killed after a raid ca a moonshine still near Yadinville on February 13. rwirr's son-in-law . SATS NOTHING CHICAGO, Feb. tl Jamee Minotto, cost-in-law of Louis F. Swift, today de oUaed to discuss statements of ex -Prettier Joseph Oaillaux, on trial in Paris, that Minotto was a German spy who 4uped him when Caillaux visited South America in 191415. That is an' old etory. There is o thing to it," Minotto said. "I am tate rested in it as yon would be in terested in the picture of your grand Mother but it is all dead to me," he Added. ' Einee bis release from Fort Ogle tkrope, where he was interned as an enemy alien during the war, after depor tation proceedings had failed, Minotto has dropped his title of Count. He is mow employed in the office of a Chicago exporting firm. COLLEGE WILL BE CONVERTED INTO HOSPITAL. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Feb. 21. Colombia College at Lake City, Fla., un til ' recently operated as a Baptist de aominational school, has been purchased by the United States public health ser vice and will be converted into an army hospital at an early date, it was an Bounced today. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Increasing epposition by labor to the railroad . bill and another re-action in foreign exchange from yesterday high point Vere re sponsible for the irregular tone" of stocks at the opening of today's market. Bails held better than any other division. A few note worthy additions to recent gains were registered. Oils, leathers and tex tiles rose from fractions to one and 1 1-2 points, but this advantage was forfeited when several of the motor , and equip - neat issues fell back. The market Thj "cante listless within the first half hour, trading dwindling to slender proportions. NEW ANGLE TO SHIP CONTROVERSY QUESTION (by The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 President Wilson 's statement to ' the senate disclos ing that he had entered-into a tentative agreement at Paris whereby the United States would pay to the reparation com mission the difference between the na tion's merchant tpnnage loss during the war and the appraised value of seized German ships gave a new angle today to the informal discussion in congress of the ship controversy, precipitated by the re cent efforts of the shipping board to dis pose of tte fleet of former German pas senger liners. Existence of the agreement, not hither to made public, was disclosed by the president in a communication flatly de nying that he had entered into any agreement or understanding with Brit ish officials concerning the disposition of the seized ships, The statement was sent to the senate in reply to a resolu tion by Senator Brandegee, republican, of Connecticut, asking if it were true that such an understanding existed. In explaining the agreement, the pres ident stated that it was conditioned up on the approval of congress and that in no case would the title of tho slrps held by this country pass from the United States. It simply provided, he explain ed, that all nations who came into pos session of ships through capture or seizure should, after indemnnfying them selves against merchant tonnage losses during the war, put into the common pool the difference between their losses and the value of the ships, provided, of course, the ships so held exceeded the Ioesos. This pool was to be applied to the German reparation fund by the com mission created by the peace treaty. TOURISTS ARE BEING WATCHED IN BERMUDA. HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 3 Post ed conspicuously in- the lobby of a big local hotel is a placard which reads: "Buermuda still has license. We ex pect our patrons to exercise common sense. We do not care how little they drink; excess will not be tolerated." Borne islanders affect to see a promise of a great future founded on the dol lars of American tourists who.they be lieve, will flock hither as to an. oasis. Others look with appreheision on the prospect. Meantime the coiduct of the tourists is being watched with an unusual degree of interest. Some among the new arrivals do not hesitate to say that they made the trip largely in expectation of throwing off the restraint of their home land. ' We come here to seek freedom, 'de elared a new arrival as he planted his feet against the brass rail of a local bar. We have to seek liberty under the folds of the British flag; wherever the Union Jack waves one can take a drink un molested. " GOMPERS IN JACKSONVILLE. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Feb. 21. Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, is expected to arrive here tomorrow to prepare for the meeting of the executive council of the federation, which will convene here Tues day. The convening of the council here will mark a radical departure from precedent, in that this will be the first time t body has met ofBeally outside of Wash ington or New York. The decision to meet here was prompted by a desire of the couneil to get away from the pos sibility of, unnecessary interruption" dur ing its deliberation. REPATRIATION AUTHORIZED. PARIS, Feb, 21. -r- The repatriation of the German war prisoners now In Siberia was authorized by the council of ambassadors at its session today. The action of the council provided that the repatriation be by way of the Far East. The question of the disposal of various enemy warships was taken up and their allocation decided upon. British inventors have brought out a screen that reproduces motion pictures in daylight or a brightly lighted room as clearly as in a darkened theater. MRS. PANKHURST IS HEARD UY LARGE AUDIENCE Del'vrs Interesting Lecture on Bolshevism days Woman Voter Can Destroy Bolshe vism More Effectually Than Now Plea For Closer Re lations Between U. S. and England. Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst, noted Eng lish suffragist, addressed a representative Gastoh county audience Friday night at the Central graded school auditorium on the subject "The Woman Voter vs. Bo! siievism. ' ' The lecture was an educational and in formational discourse on the rise and his tory of the Bolshevistic movement in Russia as witnessed first -hand by Mrs. Pankhurst who spent five or six months in Russia in 1917. While the address was of a sort that, in a less capable speaker's hands, was calculated to prove boring, Mrs. Pank hurst handled her subject in very fine style. For more than an hour and a half she talked. In the beginning of her speech Mrs. Pankhurst cited the war work of the women of England,' of how they guarded the home front and upheld the morale of the fighting forces. She said that at the close of the war the women of England were manufacturing nine-tenths of the munitions that went from Eng land to the Allied armies. She asserted that the women did everything in muni tion factories except stoke the engines. ' ' Woman is the greatest weapon a gainst Bolshevism," said Mrs. Pank hurst, "for Bolshevism strikes at the home, and the home is the center of woman's life and influence. Man is not so interested in home-making as is wom an, and for that reason Bolshevism does not appear so great a menace to the man. Women love children and the home more than do the men." "The woman voter," said the speaker "will be one of the greatest agencies a gainst the curse of Bolshevism which seeks to destroy the home." At the close of her talk Mrs. Pank hurst made a strong anpeal for a better and closer understanding between the people of England and America. DEATH CLAIMS "LOVE O'MIKE" AT LAST (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 21 Denih 1ms rung down the curtain in the drama of "Love O'Mike, " a babe whose mother abandoned him and then fought fsuccess fully in the courts for his return after another woman had claimed him as her kidnapped son. Last Decemler, when a tiny mite of humanity was left in the Grand Central terminal with a note pinned to his cloth ing saying: -"For the love of Mike take this kid . " The note also set forth that the mother was too poor to buy milk for the child. The babe was taken to a hos pital and christened "Love OTJike. " A few days later a distracted woman, Mrs. August Wents, whose seven weeks old baby had been kidnapped, claimed the child 'as ber own. Her husband al so identified him. Meanwhile, mother love asserted itself and the boby's moth er, Mrs. Lena Lisa, reclaimed the child. The Wen tze were loath to return the baby, court action followed and a eol-omn-like justiee awarded, the laughing, red-haired youngster to Mrs. Lisa. Yes terday "Love O'Mike" succumbed to pneumonia. TANK LIFE MADE - MORE COMFORTABLE (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Life for those in the "treat 'em rough" corps of the army has been made a little more comfortable, the war department an nounced today, through the devising of means to take some of the engine-generated heat from the inside of the tank. The interior of tanks used in the world war often became a veritable inferno through heat and gases from the engine and guns combined with the heat of the sun shining on the steel walls asd sides. In the new tanks, just tested out at Camp Meade, Maryland, the gasoline en gine is placed in the rear of the tank and separated from the fighting com partment by an air tight steel bulk head. A fan attached to the engine forces fresh air into the fighting compartment. INTERESTING SIDELIGHT ON TURKISH SITUATION LONDON, Thnrsday, Feb. 19 An in teresting sidelight on the Turkish situa tion appeared this afternoon when it was announced arrangements had been made to publish officially throughout India the allied decision that the Saltan is to remain in Constantinople. Opposition among Indian Moslems to the removal of the head of the church from the spiritual capital has given eanse for considerable anxiety. r . 1 r SIMS SPEAKS AT PEKN. UNIVERSITY (By The Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21 Admiral William 8. Sims, orator at the Universi ty Day exercises of the University of Pennsylvania today to celebrate the birthday of George Washington, drew lessons from the career of the first pres-4 ident and criticised the tendency of Americans to resent adverse comment up on military unpreparedness of the United States. "The missing element in American ism," said the admiral, "is that it does not include adequate solicitude for our safety. The government, and to a cer tain extent, our people, resent criticism of anything American. This a dangerous attitude that has cost us many thous ands of lives and many millions in treas ure. " Admiral ftims, who Was given the honorary degree of doctor of laws, made a personal reference to himself. After saying his father was a native of Pennsylvania, that his ruofher was a Canadian and happened to be in Canada when he was born, he added : "Perhaps you may be kind enough to consider me also an American, notwith standing the title that has been given uie by certain unfriendly critics, of the 'Leading British Admiral in the Ameri can Navy. ' " In European counties, Admiral Sims said, the national defense is a live issue. The actual conditions of their armed forces is so vitally important," lie said, "that any one who can point out a defense or suggest an improvement, will earn the gratitude of his government. Criticism is recognized as bo vital to efficiency that it is not only welcome, but is invited and is rewarded when it proves beneficial . In the United States we not only neglect to provide for public crit icisms of our officers, but actually for bid it. " DO NOT REGARD ADRIATIC SITUATION ACUTE (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. With President Wilson's reply to the note of the allied premiers on the Adriatic ques tion almost ready for dispatch, officials here have declared they do not regard the situation as acute, nor do they expect that the negotiations will take such a turn that the United States would be forced to consider whether it could be come a party to the treaty of Versailles. The reply may go forward today. Act ing Secretary I'olk will send it to tlie white house for final approval, after which it will he coded for transmission. Publication will depend ou the wishes of the European governments to which the United States has expressed its desire for tho frankest publicity in order that garbled versions of the exchanges, sucn as have appeared in the foreign press, may be stopped. 60IN6 AHEAD WITH TRIAL OF GERMANS BERLIN, Feb. 21. Preliminary proceedings in a number of eases of Germans accused of violations of the laws of war have already begun and progress is being made in the collection of documentary material. Dr. Schiffer, minister of justice, told the representa tive of the Zvoelf Uhr Blatt yesterday. The minister said that accused persons would be tried at Leipiig by a court con sisting of the customary seven judge. German witnesses will be heard in ac cordance with the prescriptions of crimi nal trial regulations and witnesses will be examined abroad if they do not eare to come to Germany. It was indicated a German examining magistrate would go to other countries to be present at the taking of evidence. Accused persons who do not respond to the summons to appear before the im perial court will have to be arrested and German authorities will in any case do everything to expedite proceedings as far as possible. On the principle that each accused would necessarily have to be tried individually. Dr. Schiffer energe tically emphasized the fct the govern ment regarded it an "affair of honor to punish those really guilty." The government, however, was not obeying the entente's will in carrying out this trial, be asserted, but was fulfilling the re quirements of any "ordered state and its own feeling of what was just." WILL ESTABLISH HOUSES TO MAKE GOAT SKIN CLOTHING NEW YORK, Feb. 20 Branch houses of 8panish manufacturers of goat skin clothing will be established in this" coun try, it was announced today by Jose Bernites de Usacle, and-Joaquin Hernan dez, representatives of the firm, who ar rived yesterday. Exhibitions will be giv en in several American cities and Span ish girl models will display the apparel. Many of the skins bear fine fur, Mr. Hernandes said, and certain grades are turned into men's clothing and women's dresses. - 1 JOHN W. DAVIS CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONS" HE RECEIVED FROM WILSON Although President's Note to Supreme Allied Council Has Not Yet Arrived Davis Speaks of Communication From President. FRENCH MEMORIALS TO BE PRESENTED TOMORROW (By The Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 21. A total of 118,409 French certificates will be bestowed tomorrow upon the next ot kin of the Americans who died in the world war, it was announced today at announced today at the national head quarters of the American Legion, which will have supervision of the ceremonies to !e held in all parts of thecnuntry. Tlie nation 's honor roll is comprised of 107.U.12 soldiers, (i,800 sailors and tif7 mariuee. Iu the bestowal of these French memorial certificate of honor ami es teem, France pays homage to America's dead in the war on the birthday of George Washington, which also will he observed in many churches of the coun try as "American Legion Sunday," when the work of the American Legion will -be explained from the pulpits. The certificates contain a beautifully engraved group figure placed on a ceno taph, on which is the signature of Ray mond Poincare, as president of France, and "To the memory of of the United States of America who died for liberty during the great war, the homage of France." Above the group figure is a quotation from Victor Hugo, "The people should come to pray at the graves of those who died for their coun try." PROGRESS MADE IN TREATY FIGHT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Many days of partisan wrnngling over the t peace treaty promised to give wayto actual1 " ' J"" coherence to post progress disposal of the pact'' just cue . p0,,e d"'? the Turkish treaty until year since debate started on the league of ! 8pri"K- Ue h0Ved if the conference n tion8 agreed to his demands to be able to join . A vote on the first proposed modi- fication of the reservations adopted at the last session of congress, was expected to be reached during the day. While the contest will not find the lines drawn as tightly as in some of the votes to come, notably that on the much discussed article ten, the outcome will be watched with concern by both sides as indica tive of the strength either cau pell. FIXES HEARST'S BOND AT 110,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Associate Justice Bailey of the District supreme court, today fixed at $10,000 the bond to be given by William Randolph Hearst in his injunction proceedings against the j shipping board to prevent the sale of the 30 former German liners. Counsel for the board said the govern ment 's only expense in connection with the sale was $30.28 for circulars sent to shipping interests. N At the request of counsel Justie Bailey deferred signing the original injunction until Tuesday, so counsel might confer over the terms. The justiee also reserv ed decision on a request of the board that the steamer Suwanee, whieh has been sold for $2,000,000, be excluded from the order of injunction. FIFTH REGIMENT OF MARINES TO BE RE-ORGANIZED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The Fifth Regiment of Marines, of Belleau Wood fame, which was demobilized last August, is to be immediately re-organised, according to advices from Marine Corps Headquarters. Only men who have served in the Ma rine Corps or the army will be accepted for duty with Fifth Marines, and Ma rine recruiting officers will be notified to make a specvial effort to get into touch with former Fifth Regiment men. The Fifth saw service in all the big American offensive in France, and in ad dition, the French offensive in the Cham pagne. The regiment was cited three times by the French army, and Is one of the few American organizations whose men have the privilege of wearing the French "fourragere" or citation cord on the left shoulders of their uniforms. HONOLULU, Feb. 21. Influenza is taking a heavy toll in Japan, according to a Tokio despatch to the Hawaii Shinpo a Japanese language newspaper here. - Several prominent persons have died from the disease. Among them were Count A. Yoshikawa, former vice-president of the imperial privy eounciL and Mrs. Shinko Saionji, daughter of Mar quis K. Baionji, former premier -and Japan's ranking representative at the Peaee Conference. , ; REPORTS (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Feb. 21 John W. Davisv American ambassador to Great Britaia spoke last night in London of "eertaia instructions" he had received from Pres ident Wilson, although the president's note to the supreme allied council has mat as yet arrived at the British capital, says "Pertinax," political editor of the Echo de Paris. "In order to properly follow the course of events," he writes, "it should be said that the note received by the council from President Wilson on Febru ary 12 was in answer to a statement sent to the state department in Washington on January 24 by Earl Curion, British secretary of state for foreign affairs, Hugh (J. Wallace, American ambassador to France, attended the meetings of the supreme council in this city last months and in the name of his government ex pressed formal reservations in regard le the demand sent to Belgrade on Jaaa ary 20. On that occasion, speaking as much in regard to Turkey as to the Adriatic, he said: " 'You are going mnsh too far and much too fast. President Wilson' can not follow you. ' "Earl Curzon then drafted his note,' whieh was intended to calm Mr. Wilson 's anxiety, assure him that greatest defer ence would be shown his views and that Ambassador Wallace would be kept fnUy informed. Apparently after three week of patient waiting" President Wilson felt these soft words would not be enough. It can thus be seen that note of Feb ruary 13 was not a 'bolt from the blue. "Knowledge of certain facts may also throw light on Mr. Wilson's prob able policy relative to Turkish affairs. . In October the American president form ally asked the peace conference to post- r la- .""'" "eiopment in tne lumciu Bimuuon, nowever, prevent ed compliance with his wishes. It by ne moans follows, therefore, that Mr. Wil son will ratify all that has been elaborat ed without him. In one of the last meetings of the supreme council it was decided that before the treaty was com municated to the Turks it would be sub mitted for approval to our great as sociate. ' "What will he dot In whatever way one looks at it the work done in Dowsing street seems more or less threatened, tm a word from across the Atlantic may re duce to nothing the important utm. sations that have been going on. The arrival of Premier Millerand in London Sunday night will huirk a decisive see- ment." NEWBERRY TRIAL DRAGS ALONG SLOWLY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Feb. 30. , Cross-examinations of yesterday's wit nesses were the order of the day- la the Newberry elections conspiracy trial te day. Claire Higbee, clerk of the fxaa jury, who yesterday read his notes on tea uerenaant's stories before that body, faced George E. Nichols, of amtml ' counsel He was asked at the outset if hto recollections of the statements were in dependent of his notes. Higbee said ae was Largely dependent upon his meat randa in most of the instances in qaes- ' tion. The attorney learned on whieh ef the ten men both Higbee and H. Dale Souter, of government counsel, took notes and finally Higbee said he took notes on "substantially all ; nesses.' tt - jui j wit MUST FACE WOMAN ON STUMP. Mr. L. L. Jenkins Is Challenged to De-"" bace By Asheville Woman Who Takes ' Issue With Him. The following AshevilJa dinoti, ' be of interest in Gaston county: L. L. Jenkins, republican congres sional standard bearer for this district, an ardent supporter of woman's suf frage, will have to face a woman speak er on the stump, in the district this falL if he aceepta the challenge to be made te him by Mrs. Lulu Roberts Piatt, presi dent of - the Asheville Woman'. Club and one of the prime 5 " told friends here that she planned to take " the stump throughout the Tenth eonrres sional district, at her own expenea, f. Congressman Weaver, who standshigh in the good graces of the women of Ashe wile, for his enthusiastie support of all equal suffrage measures which have Li! P before the houee during bis two tTrT,