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-.. r . GASTONIA' COTTON,, 39 CENTS TODAY QNIA rTB ' READ THE WANT ADS ON PAGE 5 , 1 : xritsxs or zex associated fbxss - i "VOL. XU. WO. 57. GASTONIA, N. C. SATURDAY Al OONt (MARCH 6, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENYt r Daily AST a f a TO CONFER WITH SiniOWS CONCERNING TREATY COM JDemocralic Senators Request President Wilso ; 4 to Arrange Conference Regarding NegotiaJ tions For Compromise-Might Include Repub licans As Well As Democrats. (By Tb AMoeUUd Prw) WASHINGTON, March 6. President "Wilson wu expected to act today on the reqtHet. of democratic senators that he "Arrange a conference with Senator Sim mons, North Carolina, regarding negotia tions for a compromise to procure rati" Acatioa of the treaty of Versailles. The request wae submitted yesterady by Sena tor Hitchcock, the democratic leader in the treaty fight, and some senators be ttered that should Mr. Wilson agree to disclose hia Mews, a conference with a select committee of senators would follow at which it was believed the fate of the A .... - I mroaxy, so isr as mi session oi eongress ' is concerned, would be finally" settled. 6ug?etiou8 were heard about the senate vshamber that the proposed conference tn . the end might include republican as well vae democratic senators. Senator nitcbcocfc's request weal to the white house after informal negotia tions for a compromise on the republican lesertatlon to article 10, chief stumbling Mock on the road toward ratification, had been conducted jointly by Senator 8im ' noas and Senator Watson, republican, ) Indiana, to a point where the moTement began to assume .serious proportions. - ROBINSOrf-WILSON. A Secret Mania gt Made Known Today. . DALLAS, Mar. 6. The announce ment of the marriage en November 15, 1919 of Mr. John Bobinson and Miss Antha' Wilson, both popular young peo ple of Dallas, will come as ft pleasing surprise to their msny friends here and lse where. Just before Mr. Bobinson left for Akron, Ohio, last November, the young couple motored to Bowling Green, 8. C, &nd were united in marriage Dy Rev. Arthur Spencer, pastor of the Free- iryterian chnrch there, witnessed only 'by "'the pastor's wife and tne driver, and kept a secret sincU' Mrs. BoUnson is the grad -daughter of Mr. M. B. wiCis, wift whom she made ber home, A very active church worker, rganJst of the Methodist church and a popular member of the Monarch Girl's Beading Circle. Mr. Bobinson is the only son of Mr. W. D. Bobinson,' and ft promising young business mam of Dallas. This week Mr. Bobiasoa bought out Mr. MarahaU Brown's half interest in the Browq Press ing Club. Mr. and Mrs. Bobinson will be at home to their friends after March the 8th, ftt the home of. Mr. Bobinson a parent, on Gastonia Street . Mr. and Mrs. Robinson ire week-end jruesU of Mrs. Bobinson 's mt, Mrs. O. EL Bogen, ia Charlotte. JUIEQICA'S DECOnD IN TOE ATTACKED AND WASHINGTON, March 6. Flatly -oppeaed views of America's aviation ac complishments during the war were ex pressed today ia the house during a four boor session devoted entire dUcaa- -sioa of the divergent reports arising ' from prolonged investigation of aviatldn matters by a special war expenditures .committee. V The eommitteemen, dividing OoUtical lines.' acrted oa ' but: one . thing' that -the' United-States' speni snore than glOO.000,000 on tne war time avifttioa rjrograsa. v.' Names of several men prominent in the air program during the war, notably Beers tary Baker and John D. Ryan, former di rector of the air service, were brought ln to the dieeussion. ' Both censure and commendation of these men and others was oxpresscd in the two committee re port. -. . - . '' . - , t Representative Mages, republican. New York, a member of the investigation com nittea, told the house that not one American-built battle plane or purely bombing plane was produced during the war from the expenditure of more than billion dollars for aircraft. "The liberty motor," he said, "was the .only' achievement of merit of the American air service in the " United 8tates.' " . r' '-'vy : - Oiticism of the airplane lumber pro duction in the Pacific northwest was made by Mr. Magee, who argued that if xperieneed lumber men of that locality bad been organized, all the lumber need ed ''would have been produced at moder ate eoet."v - i ,"--..!)"'- 1h employment of 30,000 soldiers, ia olnding ofaeers, in the lumber operations, was also attacked by Mr. Magee, who as serted the payment of ttfem of wages of g3 U $3 a day waarb defiant' violation SENATOR THE PRESSING SERVICER'S CLAIMS FOR A WASHINGTON, March 6. Ai cates of soldier relief measures were n centrating their forces today for furfier appeals before the house ways and mains committee next week. The committee late yesterday adjourned until Monday, a 'NsJ five days spent hearing representati Of a half dozen organizations, who sug gested measures varying from composite bills, including land grants, extensitfn of vocational training, ana payment ox ft casn bonus based on the length of service to bills providing only for lump sum gratui ties. No action will be taken by the com mittee until all supporters iu oppw- nents of the measures have been heard Chairman Fordney announced today. is probable the hearings will continue for. two weeks. Committee members in the meantime "will have open minds on the subject and will not announce theii; attitudes until after the hearings have closed," he stated. THE PIEDMONT ISSUES BlC BOTABT SPECIAL Special to The iGazette. i GREENVILLE, S. C, March 6 "TJxtry, all about the Rotary confer ence. ' Every Rotarian in Virginia, North and South Carolina in a few hours will re ceive a eopy of the Rotary edition of the Greenville Piedmont. Copies will also be sent to every Rotary Club in the universe outside of the Carolinas and Virginia, a1 well as to readers of The Piedmont, This is said to be the most elaborate lication of the sort ever issued. It wholly made up of articles about Rotiry and Rotarianw and advertisements Greenville Rotarians. It comprises ty pages and cover, the cover bei two colors and some of the inside in three." It is in magazine form, i riot ed on fine paper. The few Green villi Ro tarians who have been admitted in sanctum of Rotarian J. C. Keys, has compiled and printed the eiditio: the plant of the Baptist CouAe of he ia manager, declare that the mags sine is ft regular, ripping Elberta. Ten thousand copies win be distributed. It is the production of the Greenville Bo tary elub, circulated locally by The Piedmont. AIB COTD DEFENDED Iff HIE HOUSE of law. " John D. Byan, director of air craft production, be said, VheartHy ap proved' of these payments." LEA ANSWERS MACES. WASHINGTON,' March 6. Bepresen. tativw Lea asserted that the criticisms made by republican eommitteemen were "absurd contentions and groundless conclusions . Xnawering Representative Magoeof New,york, ,as to-the net result of America 's effort in - aviation during the war, be declared that the republican member's statement of planes sent to the front was but a fraction of the truth. "The 213 machines at the front de clared by the majority report to repre sent the American production,' declared Mr. Lea, "represent my one seventy ninth part of the number of machines owned by America during the war. -"America had 213 American-built planes on' the front the day of the arm istice, but they were only part of ' 528- American-built planes available at the front on that day. She had ,1,620 ser vice planes available for use at the front when the armistice wao ' signed. Four hundred and seventeen American built planes went over the German, bat tle linea ' "This is the first investigation that found nothing but faults," continued Mr. Lea, referring to various inquiries into the aircraft program conducted dur ing and since the war. ."The American aircraft effort made possible the main tenance of allied aircraft ai the front, and finally led to allied predominance by over 100 per cent.' Mr. Lea declared that the allies, who paid two thirds of the airplane lumber bilL commended the American production in complimentary terms.". - y ; f pul- is sT by fror- Infc in iages t the Vho nin wnica i m a. i sn. CITIZENS IIiHO:iJ!tBA!;K- INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK Increases Capital Stock to $300,000 and Surplus Fund to $360,000 Mr. Jno. M. Miller, 3rd, of Richmond, Elected Cashier C. C. Myers Promoted to Vice- rresidency. At a recent meeting of tne di -tors of the Citizens National Bank capi- tal stock was increased fro ,000 to $300,000 and the surpl und from $162,000 to $360,000. possible by the sale of was made 2J ,000 worth of new stock at $200 are. The total capital and surplus the bank is now ouu,uuu. in addition, ttie following elections' were myro in the personnel of the banking toyo: Jno. B. Rankin was elected ta theosition of vice-president, C, C. Mler who has been assistant cashier wlelected to a vice-presidency, Jno. M. suiller, 3rd, of Richmond, Va now assistant cashier of the1 Planters' National Bank, of Richmond was elected to the position of cashier, succeeding W. H. Adams resigned and Messrs. Jno. A. Hunter. Jr.. Jno. A. Pin and flan. G. Willis were elected assistant eashiera .tfhese changes were made becessary on account of the constantly increasing business of the bank. Col.;C B. Arm strong is president, Mr. A. G. Myers is first vice-president Mr, Jno. M. Miller, of Richmond, father of the Mr. Miller coming to Gastonia, is president of the First National Bank; of Richmond,' one of the most widely known banks la the South. Mr. Miller cornea to Gastonia within 30 days. Plans have been drawn and the con tract let for the erection of a-modern ten-story bank building on the present site of the Citizens' home. Work will begin in the near future. ' DATES OOEDFO.T GASTON COl'ITY FAIR Big Gaston CcWjr Fair Will Ha-Held Oct! 12-ljS Plana Maturing For. Bggeit Fair let Held. IaU Wor 19 sT rr t Dates for the Big Giston County Fair 1920 were announced today by Col. T. L. Craig, president, the dates selected being October 12,14,15 and 16. " bxecutivejsecrejbry Fred M. Allen al ready has mwy nans mapped out for the fair and, goon weather permitting, there is excellent reason to believe that this year's willbe the best yet held. W. T. Rankin is vice president and the directors for this year are Col C. B. Armstrong, A. G. Myers, a. E. Woltz, R. G. Rankin, Jno. Frank Jackson, V. E. Long, TL J. Rankin, C. M. Orowder, J. L. Beal, J. Lee Robinson and W. Clifford. litlUSTOHAVE ray $500,000 i:m Proftoaed Cotton Mill Project for nuauuiff Uaaton County Town CoU Armstrong, of Gastoaia, Interested. Dallas announces today another cotton mill for Gaston county. Last Wednes day night the businesss men of that town, about' forty or fifty in number, assenrblod , ftt the Farm Life school building to dis cuss business in general and the outlook for another cotton mill CoL C C Arm strong and Mr. C. C Armstrong, of Gas tonia, were invited to join.' As the re sult of this meeting a committee, com posed oMAr. & A. Wilkins, Mr. R. a Lewis and Mr. L.. D Gribble, was ap pointed . to investigate :. the machinery proportion. The report being favorable movement for 'stockielden:' began fat one. ' " - " ' "' .--'' Several locations are available, and this I with other matters' of organizing, et&, I are contemplated in a lew days, with a capital stock of $500,000, of which more than $150,000 has already been subscribed by the people of Dallas alone. cokoem:eeti::s v, On Monday evening, March eighth, be ginning at six o'clock, Gastonia com mandery Knights Templar, U. D, wCl held a special communication at which the Red Cross and Knights of Malta do-1 greet will be conferred. Bight Eminent I Grand Commander G. H. Norfleet, of Winston-Salem, will be present ana have charge of the work. Immediately after the completion of work, a banquet will be served. All Knights Templar are re quested to be present tn uniform. " French and Italian engineers are mak ing studies on the ground for a tunnel under Moat Blana to connect th4r coun tries, a project that has been considered for years. , i A. a Tl MAJOR A. L BULWEXIE ii;iou:;cES for co:.'G 'opular Gastonia AUorney and Ex - Service Mur Comes Out For Hoejr's Sat In Congress Has HwgLong and Hon orable Record as Democrat Mecklenburg County rromises support. At least one Gaston county candidate fo Congress knows where he stands and he wants. Since the announcement a week ago from Hon. Clyae R.- Hoey that he would not stand for re-election, the congressional bee has been buzzing in xhe bonnets of several aspirants in Gas ton. rounty, but until last night no one bad publicly announced his open and avowed eon di dacy for the office to sue ceed Hoey. At a late hour last night Major A. L. Bulwinkle after "a conference with several of his friends and fellow attorneys au thorized a Gazette" reporter to announce today bis candidacy. In order to insure as early and as wide publicity to the an nouncement as was possible The Char Observer correspondent in Gastonia was given the "story" lust uight and it was 'phoned into The Observer, appear ing in today's issue of that paper. Major Bulwinkle, or "Lee', Bulwinkle, as he is known to bis hots of friends and admirers throughout the ninth district, has been a life long Democrat One of his ambitions has been to serve this dis trict in Congress. With the resignation of Hoey, bis friends thought that this wss the opportune time for him to make the race. At the solicitation of his friends and with the promise of a substantial backing by the Democrats of the dis trict he has decided to enter the race. However, this should not be interpreted to moan that- Major Bulwinkle is allow ing his friends to engineer the campaign, for him. "I am in the race because I want to go to Congress," he said, 'and I am going to make the hardest sort of a fight for he nomination In tne Democratic primary June 3. You can say that I am an active, aggressive candi date, and that I am the tool of no man or party of men. I shall make the race on my own record, and stand or fall on my own merit" Major Bulwinkle has been a life long resident of Gaston county. He was edu cated at the old Gaston College in Dallas and at the University Law School. At an early age be was forced to with draw from schoof and go to worlfln a store at Dallas. For a number of years he was a clerk in the store ot J. M. Shuford. He taught for a while m the public schools of the county. Docimng to study law, he read law under a local attorney of the county and completed tola legal education at the Unrversiry in 1903. Returning to Dallas he located there for the practice of his profession, lie moved to Gastonia several years sgo Major Bulwinkle is best known to the people of this section of the state by' reason of his connection with old Na tional Guard, military organization, Com pany "B" First N. C. Regiment of in fantry. For eight years he was captain of this company and brought it to the forefront in North Carolina. In the summer of 1916 he was nominated by uemocrate or the 3Jst senatorial dis trict to represent them tn the State Legis lature, but the Mexican trouble om the border arose at the time and he (with drew from the race and went with hik out fit to the Mexican border wnere he seVred for 8 months. Returning to Gaston in February 1917, he found the United States on the verge of war with Ger many. Ho immediately abandoned his law practice and assisted ia the organiza tion of tao 1st N. C Field Artillery, af terwarda the 113th Field Artillery of the 30th Division. Ia July 1917, te was com missioned as a major ia field artillery, and in September 1917 went to Camp Sevier upon the organisation of, the SOXSr Divi sion. Until May 1918, he was in train ins; with this division and went overseas with the 55th F, A, brigade. Arriving in 'France, this artillery brigade waa de tached' from the'SOth Division and was attached to various divisions ia France for service. Ia company with his regi- ment. which was equipped with the fam ous French piece of artillery the "75", popularly called by the French people, "Le Fray eur du Boehe". The 113th F. A. participated in the St Mihiel drive, the Meuse-Argonne offensiw and the Woerve campaign, in addition to- minor service in the Toul and Troyon sector. After the armistice the regiment moved into Luxemburg with the Army of Occu pation in December 1918. Ia January it returned to the Le Mans area where the 30th division was rejoined. The di vision arrived . ia the United States tn March of last year. Since bis return to civilian life Major Bulwinkle has been actively engaged ia the practice of hia profession, the firm, Bulwinkle and Cherry enjoying a lucra tive practice., v He waa appointed district supervisor in the tax revaluation program. , This position be baa resigned today, his resig nation having already gone forward to Governor BickotV .2 Major Bulwinkle has been a member of the Lutheran charts, since early boyhood and belongs to the Masons, the Bed Men and tho Junior Order U- A. M. . Concerning Mr. Bulwinkle 'a candidacy E1IFIC SNOW AND RAIN STORMS SWEEP NORTHEASTERN Streams Overflow Banks . In Pennsylvania and. Delaware - Snow and Sleet Do Big Damage New York Visited By Another Heavy Snowstorm. liy The Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON, March 6 While the storm which swept out of the northwest two days ago was passing slowly out to sea today, high winds continued along the Atlantic coast and severely ' cold weather prevailed over the entire country east of the Rocky mountains. Weather bureau officials said tho cold wave probably would continue for sev eral days, diminishing gradually after Monday. The full force of the storm was being felt today in New England, where a cold wave was forecast for tonight. PHILADELPHIA, March 6-Freez-ing temperatures which comes on the heels of a raging snow, wind and rain storm, were expected today to check the floods which last night broke over east ern Pennsylvania and Delaware, causing neavy carnage and driving many persons rrom their homes. The storm, which raged from 8 o' clock last night until shortly before day- ngnt, was one of the most severe of the winter. Driven by a strong northwest gaie, ine snow piled up in big drifts and brought the trolley service in this city to a standstill. Shipnintr on the Delaware river was also Impeded. . Virtually every stream in this sec tion of the state overflowed its banks Saturday and gorges broken by the high water swept away bridges and railroad tracks. Telegraph and telephone service was put out of commission in places and number of towns and cities were in darkness last night by the flooding of rower plants. Trolley service was bad ly crippled and several lines were forced to cease operation entirely because of the washouts. Scores of houses along; the banks of the swollen streams washed away and many mills aud factories had to shut down because of flooded boiler rooms. Men, women and children mar- roned in their homes, were rescued in boats, some of them being taken from second story windows. Towns along the Schuylkill and Sus quehanna rivers appeared to be the heav iest suffers. Reading, Lancaster, Harris burg, Willmarrf nflWlV.. p. these towns were inundated and much o SECRETARY DANIELS VILL NAVAL PROGRAM IF (By The Associated -Pre J GTON, March 6 Secretary Daniels told the bouse naval committee today he would recommend a naval build ing program for the next fiscal year larg er than . that proposed by the general board "if tho peace treaty',' ia not rat ified at this session of congress. With holding final recommendation, however, the secretary added that if this country in the end rejected membership in the league of nation, ho would feel impell ed to renew hia recommendation for another three year program of construc tion. Reiterating bis statement of but year that "we must have a league of nations by which every nation will help preserve the peace of the world without competi tive naval building, or we must have in comparably the biggest navy ia the world," Mr. Daniels declared there was no "middle ground. " The program which the secretary rec- The Charlotte Observer sayst "Friends of Major Bulwinkle ia this eity believe that he will make ft splendid race and would fill the seat in Congress with honor to himself and his district. "They promise their support to Major Bulwinkle in line with the decision of a number of the friends of Cameron Mor rison for Mecklenburg to play hands off in the congressional race, allow an out sider to take the honor, and devote their energies to the gubernatorial fight. "And that this announosmeat was made yesterday afternoon by Major Bui- winkle, after he had conferred with a number of men around tho law building and. courthouse ia this eity. several of the lawyers of the local bar having ex pressed themselves as being favorably in clined toward " him and promising ttm their support." - , SECTIONS the surrounding lowland water. The breaking of two ice gorge in the Schuylkill - river above Reading caused all of the industries in that city using electric power to close down. Bridges and houses were swept away at Lancaster and the city's filtration plant was threatened. All the streams la the Wyoming valley overflowed and low-lying sections of Wilkesbarre and suburban towns were under water. At .Sooth Wilkesbarre all traffic except by boat was suspended and scores of families were marooned in their homes. Entire blocks were inundated to the second story at Wilmington, when the Brandywike overflowed its banks. Occu pants of the houses were rescued by the police, fire department and volunteer workers. The power plant was under water and the eity was in darkness. . ' Nearly all of the mills in the north west section of Philadelphia bad their basements or lower floors flooded and many of them were forced to close. The Schuylkill river "rose to a foot aa hour and early today was twenty-two feet above normal in the Manayunk section. Fifty feet of a new bridge that spans the rivw at Coushohocken, Pa. , wu torn away by the flood. NEW YOKK HIT BY ANOTHER BIG STORM NEW YORK, March 6 The storm king paid another unwelcome visit te New York today just as the eity was com mencing to recover from the effects of the $5,000,000 blizzard of a month ago, and within 12 hours the metropolis strag gled with a pelting rain, a driving sleet storm and a biting snow squall. -As the temperature dropped steadily during the night, the wind increased in velocity aa til during the early morning hours it had ' reached an unofficial velocity' tof sixty miles an hour, which bodes ill. for ship ping off the coast. ", - Small streams in the outlying sections overflowed their banks, roads were wash ed out and high tides contributed te damage along the water front. The sleet crippled nearly all the trolley lines in Manhattan and some 'of the alevated lines, and the rising wind loosened signs, toppled over chimneys, here aad there, and smashed great plate glass windows in shops along Fifth avenue causing those- , loUara damage. ' HECC'"IHIif DIG : X TREAT! S Ii3T ACCEPTED ommended be authorized ia event the treaty ia not ratified agreed , with the general board' proposal as to' capital ships two battleships and eoe battle cruiser - but added to that proposal 20 light cruisers and fourteen flotilla lead- ' ere, or auperdeetroyers. No light eruisere and only six super-destroyers were recom mended by the board; : " !" It bad been hia intention, if the peace treaty were ratified, ''with the possi bility of armaments being curtailed and regulated,' the secretary declared, to recommend definitely only such, a "mod erate" building program, aecewsary te "round out the fleet. " No capital ships would have been included in his pro gram, bo added, but ia the "unsettled" condition of the world today, be declared the American navy "must be prepared for any emergency. " ' . - Secretary Daniels emphasised the fleet's deficiency in light cruisers and other secondary craft aa demonstrated by war lessons. The, present battleship strength, he pointed out, would soon be increased by ' the ten ' dreadnanghta now . building, "mora powerful than any bat tleships afloat," in addition to the six cruisers under construction, necessitating- more auxiliary craft.. Destroyers and other anti-crubtnarino craft construction during the war, Mr. , Daniels said, had taxed facilities aad pre-- vented balanced additions to the fleet, , while Great Britain had been able to ear-1 ry out ft ' well-balanced program. He pointed out that the British navy had in- v creased its light cruisers to 76, against which the American has only three, all of doubtful value. , ' . Ia addition te capital ships, the sec retary's contingent pre?rs-a I- x liffht cruisers, eight nur six fleet rabmarines, f. Hers, sad other
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