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0M0NIA.:;SaII-GAZETTE V GASTONIA COTTON V- ; S3 CENTS TODAY .LAST EDITIO tfXXBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 Ml FIGIITTO I I v wtw w r w SER i : ;. ' I '-aw . - 1 . " JMai loriur socialists laim i nat . Ex-rvaiser na v ; Failed toLive Up to : Race 4 El ed at Midnight to Holland and is Now SawmtrWoocL. (Cy The Associated Frew. J BEBLIN, Tsesday, March 2 The tight to deprive the former emperor of Us properties and fortune began in earn-est-today when the motion of; the ma jority socialists of the diet Uxrefer the . issue to the national i assembly precipi tated an acrimonious debate. The ma jority socialists new with the indepen dent in denunciation of the former ruler U an effort to defeat the proposed settle- -1 Meet by accomplishing the confiscation of the HoheuoUera possessions. This would be , done through , constitutional .amendment, Toting the former emperor M Axed turn for Ms maintenance. :' Deputy Graef, a majority socialist, de clared ' that the ex-ruler had failed to - 'live up to the historic precedents of his race. ?, lie had not died at the head of Ids troops. ; He chose instead, the' depu 'ty continued, a midnight flight 'to Hol land, where "he is now promenading and -rawing wood. " 'fie expressed doubt as to whether the former emperor had subscribed to war loans, as had been claimed, while his slaim that he had been the guardian of peace had been disproved by his continu ous rattling' of the sword and proclama tions of the mailed fist . The democrats and the clericals joined the voting for the government's mess ore providing that the settlement be re ferred to the committee of judiciary. The Judiciary-committee now takes -the bill under advisement and confer ences are expected to last many weeks. r The notion of the majority socialists providing for action by the national as- ably has been temporarily tabled. rousvoniu mm mm goes , (By The Associated Press : PABIS, Feb. 23 World famous Mou- lin ' Badet, one -of . the two remaining win d mill which for centuries have rowned the Mont Martre is to . be re snoved to make room for the construc tion of new houses. As this will in evitably -ruin the picturesque from the artist's point of view, the painters are is despair and lovers ef old Paris are endeavoring to get the authorities to consent to the mill being moved to another site, instead of being pulled down.-; la the seventeenth century the hillside and. top of Mont Martre were covered wHi wind mills. The number finally nNrihaW to two, the Moulin de La Gal tte and the Moulin Badet. For many generations the artists of all countries narefaonght oat the ' Mont Martre for the purpose of reproducing these mills ea aaavase. The section was a favorite one with American tourist and artists. KEUU C0ZII1TEE ISSUES AFFEAL ? ASKING F03 HIDEPEtiCFJtlE OF ARMENIA " (By The Anoeistel Press) HEW YORK, March 3 Declaring that the allied premiers : have tentatively ..t , planned. partition of Armenia, theAmer- ' lean 'committee foK the independence of , .'Armenia today issued aa appeal asking jUaericaas to protest such action and also to demand the end of Turkish rule there, The committee, headed by James ' W. Gerard, former ambassador to Ger snaay, urge ehnrehes, eivie, eommereial and ether bodies te communicate with the president and congress to "the end that V this ancient martyr nation may be lib erated and preserved. The proposed plan of the' premiers, di- Tiding Armenia into four unequal parts, according to the eommitiee, follows: ' "lUt Mediterranean littoral, which is also ita richest portion, has been as - signed to France). Its central provinces have been annexed to a proposed Kurdish state ander British protection. Its north , 5 western portions have , been left tinder Turkish sovereignty. And what remains of it Is made into Armenian republic, which comprise about one teeth of Turkish Armenia and parts -of Bosnian Armenia. Proposed Armenia .thus shot off from her fittoral on both the Black and Mediterranean seas, land lock ed and robbed" ef her chief resources cannot achieve real independence or ' self -support as a nation.", ,: DEPRIVE OF PROPER Historic Precedents of FIFTEEN DEFENDANTS FREED i:i NEWBERRY CISE (by The Awoeiated Press.) GRAND BAPIDS, MICH., March 3. Fifteen more defendants were discharged by Judge Sessions in the Newberry elec tions conspiracy trial today. This left the field at 85 defendants. The fifth count of the indictmoc; was also dismissed. This was the one found ed on the federal statute of October 10, 1918. , , Those discharged were : Christian Brooek, Muskegeon; Alfred F. Crawford, Breckenridge; Fred K. Derricks, Menominee; John W. Dunn, Standlsh;, Benjamin Gero, Manistique; Alexander C Green, Alpena; John Jones, Ontonagon; Daniel C Laughlin, Jackson; William E. Lewis, Hart ; Samuel ODell, Lansing; John C. Bittenhouse, Chebo gan ; James Swain, Cold water; Louis L. Thompson, Alleghan; Arthur F. Wentz, Alpena; Paul Wood worth,. Bad Axe. . Judge Sessions took both actions on his motion. He said that a "very close attention to the prosecution's evidence and a very careful study of the evidence' had convinced him that he would be warranted in holding the men named a jury verdict. He directed the clerk enter a formal verdict of "not guilt; in the 15 eases. Mr. Littleton started to present motion outlined yesterday and direci against three of the six counts la the in dictment Judge Sessions halted him momentarily and said that unless the government objected he woukl rule out the fifth fount at once. ; Frank C. Dailey, assistant attorn general, argued briefly against this tion, maintaining that the evidence ha shown violation ia several counties of tl law against the purchase of votes. The eourt partially agreed with hi but said that since conspiracy was eharg ed, application of a locality test woul imply a series of conspiracies, which was? not charged. He therefore dismissed tha count. Mr. Littleton then proceeded with -his argument against the sixth count, al leging conspiracy to violate the law a gainst use of the mails to defraud. He maintained that the record was "desti tute of evidence" that such a crime had been committed. v Judge Sessions denied defense motions for dismissal of counts three and six of the indictment. He then notified James 0. Murfia that it would be useless to argue a motion for a directed Verdict a to all the defendants, as be would deny it A new stove lid lifter has two pivoted handles which ; are pressed apart to spread hooka at their ends against the sides of a bole ia a plate to prevent It stippiaf. ISSUE CUL FH : O STATEMENTS (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 3 The Comp troller of the currency today issued a can for the condition ef all national banks at the dose of business on Feb ruary 28. . HIGH COST 07 FLTIKG 1 , GOXS UP, TOO. SAN FRANCISCO, March J. The high cost of flying went up a notch here today. . Companies engaged in commercial aviation published a tariff increasing toe price of ten minute "sightseeing" flights 25 per cent to $12.5(3, and fixing the price of the same period of "stunt" flying at $20. .Increased cost ef. airplane parts, operation and upkeeep was given as the reason. ' ; FLYING PABSOIT LKAVXS COLUMBIA F OK AUGUSTA. . COLUMBIA, a O. March 3. Liente ant Bel via W. Maynard, fully recovered from his recent attack ef influenza, and Sergeant Saxe leave Camp Jackson, this morning for Savannah,' Ga flying by way of Aikea aad Aagusta, Ga, The flight is to be continued from Savannas to JacksonviSe.", . .- -' - ft S GIVE l.!0RE THAN " . $11,000 TO CTIANS Uastoniav KeoplaT Double - a ' 'SaW AT - ass. Amount Asked For Armen ian Relief Fund Will Sup ' port 100 Additional Orphans - Quota la Raised .in Few Hours. , conJiMHrwitn raising tne quota as signed for the taking care of 06 orphaned Armenian and Syrian children,' the peo ple of Gastonia, following the urgent appeal of Dr.Yonan here 8unday, have taken 100 .additional orphans and have raised more than' enough for them. There Were 13 orphans, each repre senting an outlay of $60, assigned .to the county. 96 of these were allotted to Gastonia, or S total of $5,760. So; suc cessful was the first day's campaign when the whole quota was oversubscribed that it was decided to undertake the support of 100 more, or to raise $6,000 addition al making $1L760 for Armenian and Syrian Belief work from Gastonia. At a meeting of the township, county and committee chairmen today at 12 o'clock the sum of $11,768.34 was reported. Of this amount $5,425.20 was in cash. It must be understood that the above figures do not represent any other part of the county. No figures had been re ceived at 12 o'clock of the results of the campaign outside of Gastonia. The quota of all the other sections of the county is $2,200.. It is the hope and wish of the central committee in Gastonia that this amount be raised, so as to swell the total from Gaston county to $14,000 or over, or in other words to practically double the amount asked for is county PRISGII ORGANIZES Gastonk's Newest Tfectile Cor- E ration Organizes With J. MaVoT President Will egin worst on puiiaing in (ear future. At knization meeting of the Prise ilia Spinning Company held Tuesday morning in the First National ra room of the the following di- rectors were elec J. H. Mayes, W. G. Hamner, J Robinson, J, B. Boyd, W G. A. Gray and C. D. Or; The .following officers were elected Mayes, president and treasurer; C. D. Gray, vice-president and W. O. Hamner, secretary and assistant ilW, u. Hami VLtreasurer. . rTbw-PriBcil Priscilla Spinning Company is the newest of Gastonia 'a textile corporations. It is capitalized at $1,500,000 and will operate 25,000 spindles, manufacturing combed yarns, the charter also authoriz ing a number of other businesses. The site of the mill is at Banlo .ad jacent to the Banlo Mfg. Co., and Bex Spinning Co, Work will begin on the buildings ia the near future. JAKE 0AU2ERT SIEIS WITH OY REDS (By-The AsMciaisd Press. CINCINNATI, O., March S. Word has bees received from Jake Danbert, first baseman, that be has accepted terms and has i forwarded his signed contract, it was announced at headquarters of the Cincinnati National League club.' Heinle Groh and Larry Kopf, the inii elders, still unsigned, will meet. Manager Pat Moran on hie arrival ia Cincinnati today for a conferenee.' It is also possible, it was said, that Eddie Boosh win eome over from Oakland (Sty to see the Bed leader. It was stated at headquarters. that no special effort would be made to eome te terms with Hod Ellershine ball pitcher, and the team' may go south Friday with out him. v' " . Beferring to the persistently recurring rumors of possible trades with the New York Giants, August Herrmann, presi dent of the champion Beds, reiterated his denial that any such deal" was in pros pect 4 It is the height of absurdity for anyone to believe for an instant that we would consider' hreakinfi up a champion club by trading off any of our players." "We will back Manager Moran In every way," Herrmann concluded. "I cannot see bow anyone could believe that we would listen to any possible trade for Boosh or Kopf, in fact, any other regular player. t They will all be with the team when the bell rings for ao tlont" , ; CABDINAL GIBBONS BITTEK ' NEW OBLEANS, Mareh ,3 James Cardinal Gibbons, ef Baltimore, who ar rived here yesterday, slightly in from the effect! of his journey, today was said to be entirely recovered. ' . A New Hampshire woman is the inven tor of a'mattress that enables a sufferer from insomnia to lie face downward with his forehead on a raised ledge te remove blood pressure from the brain aad 'ta iace slep.,, . ' V '- ' .; ' direcfo ted Ie ja. Byce :1H TO ERECT WELCOME SIGNS Oil ROAD Attractive Signs Carrying Gen eral Information About County to Be Placed at Gate ways to Gaston Dallas Road to Be Finished to Lin coln County. The county commissioners at their regu lar meeting Monday authorized the erec tion of five big "Welcome" sign boards for the roads of the county. These boards will be placed, one each at Bloan's Ferry bridge, at the Mt. Holly bridge, one on the west at the intersection of Cleveland count, one at the northern end of the county at the Lincoln intersection, and one near Bowling Green in the southern end of the county. These signs will carry a brief word of welcome to the county, a statement of the population of the eounty, a list of the towns and probably thier population, the number of miles of good roads in the county, educational and agricultural ad vantages, here enjoyed, etc. These signs will be very attractively finished and when erected will give the visitor to tbe county or the transient tourist at a glance, a succinct knowledge of the coun ty he is visiting. These signs of "Wet- come" are used in other counties or tne State and much favorable comment has been heard as to their efficacy in boost ing and advertising the count'. An impression was made upon a great many in Dallas and Dallas' township when reading the plans of the road build ing program in Tuesday's Gazette that the road from Gastonia to Dallas, a dis tance of four miles was, to end there. With only one main road from Gastonia to Dallas this was an easy matter for the county commissioners to decide upon. but it rests with the State Highway Com mission to decide which road from Dallas to tbe Lincoln county line shall be built. The article in The. Gazette stated that the road would be built from county line to county line. There are several routes from Dallas to the Lincoln line whicr may be taken, but the eounty commis sioners are unable to state which one w ill be taken. WEST VIR6INIAN SUFFRAGISTS .. BACKED BY WILSON (By The Associated Press.) CHABLESTON. W. Va.. March 3-r- Backed by the telegraphed support of President Wilson, advocates of suffrage in the state were prepared today to bring ratification of the suffrage constitution al amendment up for a final vote. The President's entry into the contest was made last night in telegrams to Senators J, E. Frasier and Milton Burr, urging them to support the measure. Frasier and Burr were the only demo-' erats to oppose ratification on Monday when a 14 to 14 vote was converted into a 15 -to 13 defeat for, the measure by a tactical shift, of a pro-suffrage senator for the purpose of permitting him to pro pose reconsideration . Senator Jesse A. Bloch, now in Cali fornia, also sent his colleagues a tele gram last sight asking that some pro vision be made to record his vote in favor of the measure. This would be unnecessary, however, if either Frasier or Burr heeded the presi dent's appeal. Neither has indicated what offset the President's message had. H. C. REFIQIGA.'IS LI SESSIOM GREENSBORO (By Tbe Associated Press.) GREENEBORO, N. C. March 3 Approximately 1500 republicans from all parts' jif North Carolina fare here for the opening of 'ne state convention of the party, which begins here at noon today. Submission of committee, reporu will be the first business before the conven tion. Tbe election of a republican ticket for .state offices, and the selection ef four delegates and alternates to the na tional convention of the party will fol low. A national committeeman and a chairman of the state executive commit tee of the organization will be elected and a platform adopted. . The convention is expected to adjourn late this afternoon, although the work to be done may necessitate a night session.- AMERICANS IN EAST - v EXPORTED SAFE. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1, Mon day. All Americans ia Aintab, where disorders occurred early in February, were safe on February 14, according to a cour ier who has arrived here from Asia Minor, The situation in Aintab has become quiet. The American commission for relief in the near east has re-established com munication with Marash and ia sending in supplies. No arrests have as yet been made as a result ef the murder ef James Perry and Frank Johnsoa, two American T.M. C A. men, near Aintab on February EX-SERVICE M WILL PRESENT THEIR VIEWS Will Be Heard If It Takes Two Months, So Com mittee Announces D'Olier and Miller, of. American Legion Committee, Will Conclude Statements Today. DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE ' COMMITTEE FIXES DATES (Bv The Associated Press) BALEIGH, N. C, Mareh 3 Within ten minutes after assembling the state democratic executive committee meeting here last night fixed March 27 as the' date for ail precinet meetings, April 3, for all county conventions and April, 8 for the state conventions which will again be held in Raleigh. BALEIGH, March 3 Saturday, Mareh 27, for eounty precinct meetings; Saturday, April 3, for county conven tions to name delegates to state and con gressional conventions choosing national convention delegates, and Thursday, April 8, as date for the state convention in Raleigh, were chosen by the state dem ocratic executive committee here tonight. Tbe committee did its work in eight minutes and adjourned on the motion of Col. A. D. Watts, who gave it no oc casion for discussing the league ef na tions, revaluation, Josiah William Bailey, bull yearlings or Almanac mules. Chairman Tom Warren presided and offered the resolution fixing the dates and place for county precinct meetings, con ventions, county, district and state. B. 1). Bedwine, of Union, presided while Chairman Warren read the resolves and former Hecretary J- E. Collie of ficiated in the absuuee of Henry White hurst. Mr. Wnrn'ii emphasized the activity of republicaax as special reason for early precinct meetings and conventions. Pol) taxes must he paid v and the people arouse. I to qualify for suffrage, tbe chair man declared. There was no discussion. Fifty-seven of the 60 members were present in person or by proxy, personal attendance being .exceptionally large. Among prominent candidates were Aberncthy, for Congress in the third; Brock nd Hammer, in the seventh; Gardner, for governor and Senator W. B. Coo;er, for' lieutenant governor. SoHi-tdr Walter D. Silcr, of Chatham, was elected member of the four district executive committee to succeed B. H. Hayes, deceased. Tbe fifth district chose to wait to name John H. Vernon's successor. 1 . While no test vote even was attempt ed est revaluation the delegation showed Itself te a man heartily ia sympathy with the act. No member present doubt ed that the states convention will en. dorse the measure and defend it with enthusiasm. The croakers were quiet, both in the hotel lobbies and on tbe streets. The least optimistic visitors could prophesy no worse than a fight- this fall. The Maxwell interstate commerce commission er boom loot some inflation the com mittee wants him to beat A. P. Bailey. But democratic committee meetings have been singularly adverse to offering resolutions which come within the pur view of the state convention. The ar ticles of Collector Bailey might' have been interpreted as inviting discussion before the committee, but nobody would have seconded such a proposal. What Colonel Watts wished was peace and he bestowed aa abundance. WILL REDUCE TICK INFESTED AREA. . WASHINGTON, March 3. Only thirty per cent of the total area original ly quarantined for cattle fever ties, re mains under tick domination, and . it should be materially reduced this year, the department of agriculture' announced today. Tbe end of the long. campaign, which began actively in 1906, is well in sight, it was said, and with continued co-operation from the' state- and eoonty governments the bureau of animal In dustry hopes that in not more than three years the south will be tick free. - Despite bad weather, dipping was not discontinued during the winter in locali ties where the operation would not barm the cattle. There were mere than 300, 000 dippings in January, and probably a greater number ia February. 'According to the latest reports, 32, 756 dipping vat are ready for use this spring. They include Georgia, ZJt$4; North Carolina 480; South Carolina 84. C ARPENTIER TO BE MARRIED. PARIS, Careh 3 Georges Carpeatier, heavyweight pugilistic - champion of Europe, and , Mademoiselle .Georgette Elaass will be married next Monday, ac cording to announcement acre, today. (By Associated l'ress.; WASHINGTON, March 3 Views of ex -service men on pending soldier legisla tion will be heard by the house ways and means committee if it takes two months the committee has announced. This de cision was reached yesterday after the first public hearing of the committee dur ing which charges were made that the bills designed for the relief of former service men had been sent to the eoc mittee to be pigeon-holed until after the November election, ; V Franklin D01ier, national eornmand er of the American Legion, and Thomas W. Miller, chairman of the legion's leg islative committee, will conclude : their general statements before the committee today. Assistance for every ex-eerviee man is being sought by the legion reptw-: sen ta tires, but they object to the term of -government bonus. ' vv;; Mr. D'Olier advocated assistance to -soldiers in the form of extra back pay. land settlement, home building or tional training. WASHINGTON, March 2. Bepre- , seutatives of the American legion, ap pearing today before the house ways ana . means committee at initial public hear, iugs on a mass of bills designed to help former service men, strongly objected to i popular characterization of soldier relief legislation as a government bonus. 1 Extra back pay, based on length of ser- ' ' vice for men not desiring aid through', land settlement, home building or voca tional training, was advocated by Frank. , D'Olier, national commander of the, le gion, who declared that three million men. 4 with the tumult still ringing in their ears, ' firmly believed the government owed an obligation to all who came out of the ' the conflict handicapped bodHy 1 ana financially. T - " " There was a flare up at the outset over method of procedure in hearing more than 300 persons who have requested an ' opportunity to express views on how best to' aid the soldier. . Charges" made on the floor ef the house that the soldier bills had been sent to the committee for burial until after the November election, were mentioned and sharply denied. 'The wrangle got so general that the hearing ended ia confusion, the committee later agreeing at an executive session to listen to all witnesses, starting tomorrow, lf.it fook two months. ' ' ; ' Commander D "Oiler and TlxMnas 'W. Miller, of Wilmington, DeL, chairmen tf the legion 's legislative committee did not ooncjnd their general statements, and the questions asked by members ef tho committees did sot indicate bow the bonus fund, if voted by Congress, -would - bo . raised. , . - - v- It was brought out during the canal- ' . nation of Miller that the legion wasted assistance for everybody in the service, the witness suggesting that relief, isrigto ' be handled., "like the $60 bonne which went automatically to all enlisted meM ' and to .effioers requesting it. ; , Chairman Ferdney, referring to MB ' ler's statement that the legion did not want soldier relief administered ' -as the war risk insurance bureau administered it", denounced the, action of an taspec-. tor of that bureau, who refused aid t the ease of a lawyer-soldier,' both of . whose legs were broken and who was otherwise injured. Finding that the ap plicant was a lawyer, the inspector, ae- ; eerdiag is iafomation presented to the chairman, declared he did .not deserve help or sympathy, as a man ia his condi tion "going before s jury could win every ease he pleaded. ". "I think we ought to get that inspec tor and send him where Emma Gold man k," Mr. Fordaey said. ' Beprying to Bepreseatative Kitehln, democrat of North Carolina, the chair man said be did not know the inspector's -name. ? . . . RED CROSS HAS PHOTO r . GRAPHED 75,000 GRAVES. ATLANTA, GA March 3. Hun dreds ef fathers and mothers in the south east who lost sons in the ar will re ceive in thenear future photographs ef the graves where their boys are buried. American Bed Cross photographers took photographs ef 75,000 different graves ia Prance that were marked with ' the names ef the dead. Each photo graph has been earefoUy checked with the war department records in, WaaMnat ton, and the name and, address of tne next of hia "obtained.'' The Bed Cross now has 73,000 envelopes, each t - tiln- ing a photograph of a g-s to send to the relatives. Every is enclosed in a foMer settiiij fori f" ' facts in connection with tbe r service.