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(Tr- A rft;, TIT' AV'-v::' t GASTON!.' COTTOIJ 40 CENTS TODAY READ THE WANT ADS ON PAGE 5 C7 THE ASSOCIATED F2S3 - v VOL. XU. tiO. 61. GASTONIA, N. C; THUHSDAY AFTERNOON, MAftCII 11, 1020 single copy 3 crrrn TMSMLSOITS k til SIMGES Claim "Pat Charges Are Aimed at France By ' Name-But at Marshal Foch By Implication.', L (B The Associated Press) , PARIS, March 1 1 President Wilson 'a charges. s gainst franco made i in the let ' teat he sent early this week to Gilbert M. Hitcheock,. democratic, leader in the . United States senate, are sold to "Per tinax" political of the Echo de Paris, to . -'be aimed at France by name, but at Marshal Foch by implication. ' 1 ';'- '"The soealled imperialism .of France" -says the writer, in. discussing Mr. "Wil son's letter, "consists in the conviction, fortified by all the lessons of ' history rth&t to guarantee herself against attacks if rom central Europe she must hold the JKhine bridgeheads." ; ', ; In the course of his article "Perti - .sax' say President Wilson went to the - assslon of , the supreme, council on May .. .29, 1919, much perturbed and read ; to JPremienuClemenceau and Lloyd George, letter from ; Pierrepont .B. Noyes American member of the Rhinelond com mission, , ; who declared - the - agreement .reached on May 11 for the administration -of the Ehincland was "more brutal than its authors themselves would. -desire, as it provides for intolerable oppression of mix million inhabitants of the region dur- - .-ing many years," : -. ' '"'..' Mr . Noyles ' letter added .that Ameri can officers with whom he had discussed the question strongly supported his view . and was accompanied by a plan of occu pation involving a minimum of military domination, U iSBsllV ' iit "Tbia plan," the article asserts, "was nothing more or lees than' the eonven- , tion providing' for occupation . of the , Ithineland signed with Germany at "Ver aailles on June 28, 1919, because Presi dent Wilson was able at the meeting of May 9 to impose the views of Mr. Noyes en the supreme council, and a new . commission consisting of Marshal Foch, General Tasker H. Bliss, American peace delegate, and Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, chief of the ..imperial staff of the British army, received strict orders to prepare a new scheme of occu- - pation based on American idea."' ' 'The writer declares that Marshal Foch, in -discussing the plan evolved ; by this commission, said: 'I The Germans asked for an imperial commissioner and they - 'were given -apt only "a commissioner, but N civil administration commission .which : is much more than they claimed." "These words of Marshal Foch," he continues, "characterize he whole bus iness today. Ia consequence, it is plain to see the Bhineland shares fully ia the life of united Germany and in the dia ' coal where Germany goes so faris to 'distinguish between . inhabi .... Itanta she supposes favorable or unfavor '. able to us. .:. . - - ). ;. ' " In a word thework of France is com promised by Mr, Wilson after such ex amples of oar moderation. President Wilson has no right, to talk of our 'im ' perialfim, ." ... V" 2HXTINO o? department OF K5RCAKTILE AFFA12S. An important meeting 'of; the Depart anent 4t Mercantile Affairs of the tiai tenia Chamber of Commerce has been called by Director Jno. R. Rankin to be held at the offices Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock. , While the meeting wfll be brief some important matters are to be taken up. The members, Tesides Mr. fiankin, are J. W. Culp, W. E. Haynes, J JL. Matthews, W. H, Poos, Z. B, Harry, L. T. McLean, A. & Karesh, E. P. Rankin, J, Sid Winget and -Frost Tor . fence. ATLANTA CLUB IS ONLY j-',. . . SOUTHERN TEAM LEFT. ATLANTA; OA, March. 11. The Atlanta Athletic Club was left as the nolo representative of the south today as i result of the first day's garnet in the national basketball championship tonrca- n snent of the American Amateur Athletic . Union, which opened hero yesterday.- ' Two games were scheduled lor .this af k ternooa and two tonight.' For the after v on events beginning at 3 o'clock, the ' .. Kansas City Athletic Club five drew as '' opponents the Crescent Athletic Club team of Brooklyn' and the Los Angeles .' Athletic Club quintet was scheduled to jllay Uo New York University five. ? The ' night' program, called for the Universi ty of Utah and Rutgers College fives to -. play each other, and the Atlanta Athletic " Club to meet the Young Men Is raer five of Detroit. - riLEGATES TO NATIONAL ? COMMUNITY CONFXSENCX. ' WASHINGTON; March iJ. Gover w rs of 20 states bare appointed dele gates to the national conference on com munity organisation, called by Franklin F. Lane, former secretary of the interior, to meet her March 0, according to w rd received today at conference Head quarters here. AE1ED IT FOCH VILUI.:E.M0H.B.M' . : TO CiPTlOE AMERICANS ? V (By The Associated Pres'a) ' f '.WASHINGTON,... Mareh 11.- Rela tives and friends of Americans aianap- peJ by Pancho ViUa need have no con tern as to their safety and may dismiss the fear that they may be held for ran som 'if Ihey repose full confidence in a communication recently received from the Mexican bandit leader. According to his note of reassurance he has adopted the only practical means he can think of to get a friendly conversation with vari jus representatives Americans who cross his trail, . and, while they are his "guests" they will ' be treated with every consideration and ' return ea on harmed and iinrobbed to their friends.'' . "The substance of Villa's communica tion was transmitted unofficially to of ficials of the intelligence branch of tne war department coincident with a consu lar report received at the state depart ment announcing the release of Joseph Williams, who had been carried off into the mountains, by Villa' last week after an attack on a train in which Williams xraa a passenger. Williams was the fifth American captured by the outlaw, in two months, all of whom have been released without the payment of ransom. It was explained in the message Villa succeeded in getting here, that only a vague idea of, what was going on 'in the outside world could be had where he was. and the desire to learn more, to gain tne American's point of view and a determi nation to give opportunities '. to. carry back with them some of his own theories if what a government in Mexico should be had caused him to determine to gather in his guests where he might find them regardless of their willingness to accept hi invitation. He added that from time to time others would be brought in, out urged those interested not to become a larmed for it was no part of his plan either to injure them or collect ransom,.. H. G. L. FIGURES . f.:;:iER's argument (Br The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Marcn 11. The sub committee of operators and miners ap pointed to negotiate a new wage agree ment for the anthracite eoal'miners held its first conference- here today. The slons are expected to continue for several-weeks before i a definite decision is reported. ''- v'--.-'?.- Neither the miners nof operators ' are hopeful of an early decision; as no de finite agreement. will be reached until the bituminous coal commission hands down ts award ia the ease of the soft eoal miners. " s. ? y . Asked when be expected the bitumin ous commission to name its award, John X. Lewia,international preseident of the United Mine Workers, saidt ."It is Im possible for me to forecast the date of a possible decision. I am concerned that the commission has not made a report up to this time. It wilT be recalled that existing wage agreements do not run be vond .March 31, I am hopeful .that a decision will be rendered "at an, carry date so as to insure a continuance . of ooal production After April 1. " ; ; The high cost of living will figure large ly in the arguments of the mrno workers for a sixty" per cent wage - increase, ft was stated today.' Mme onion officials ra dicated today that the "closed shop" will be one of the demands that will bo In sisted upon in the new agreement. V DAVIS OTTERS NO COMMENT. . LONDON, March 10 John W. Davis; the American ambassador, declined to comment today on the action of the West Virginia democratic state committee in endorsing him for the democratic nomi nation for president. The ambassador said be bad not yet reeeived'the message from Parkerstrarg, W. Va., despatches announced had. been sent to him by the committee to ascertain his attitude rela tive to entering the Tace.. "The answer to such a message would take some consideration," Mr. Davis ad ded. . . - " . . - CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WANTS LIGHT WINS AND BXEB. CHICAGO, March 1L The Chicago "ity council voted 61 to 10 to petition the Illinois legislature to withdraw its approval of the constitutional prohibi tion amendment, that the question may V submitted to a referendum. Alder men who drafted the petition said their nurpose was "to restore th esias f light -wines and beer. . WTCBf .XEnHl'I KOI ' is i:::.:ie to gc:.:e InviUtion Extended Mr PaI mer Is Accepted For Future Date In April His Coming Will Mark Bis Democratic Rally In County. . In response to the invitation set him some ' days ago by the Gaston County Bar Association to come to Castonia for a' speech, Attorney General Palmer finds thnt ' it .will be, impossible for him to v'ome to Gastonia until after April 10. Tlio following telegram received by Messrs; A. C. Jones E. R. Warren aad ii.smarck' Capps, committee t the Bar Aespciation, from Senator Simmons wno extended the invitation to the Attorney General is explanatory: ? "Attorney General Palmer visited .me at capitol today and discussed your In vitation to him to attend the banquet Mareh 24. He finds it impossible to go to Gastonia March 24 but can attend on some date after April 10th. Please ad vise . whether or not you wish to post- poue banquet in order to have him pres ent." . . ' ; V F. M. SIMMONS. ' . It has been decided to postpone the hanquet until some time in April when Mr. Palmer can come to Gastonia. His appearance: in -Gastonia will' signify a great Democratic rally. In connection vith his coming the Washington cor respondent of The Greensboro Daily News says:- . "' ;- , 'Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, may get into tile presidential race in North Carolina by making an address be fore the bar association of Gastonia on March 24. The attorney general has re- eived an invitation to address the Ons- tonla barristers and . if he goes into North Carolina he will at least afford Tar Heels a chance to look him over and size him up as a presidential candidate. 'While it is assumed here that the Tar Heel delegation to Ban "Francisco may go un instructed, it might not be a liad idea for the attorney general to go to Gastonia and get acquainted with such politicians as doubtless would gath er there to bear him. -v ',' Mr. Palmer will soon advise. 'the North Carolina senators and the presi dent' of the bar association at Gastonia whether he can arrange to go. -In for warding, the invitation for Gastonia, the senators are sot taking sides; in tue presidential race and are willing that all Democratic aspirants for the presidency may become acquainted with Nortn V";,ro Unians on tneir nauve neain. - t ; , Mr.' Palmer ia now an avowed candl late in the Georgia primaries and has wired theGeorgia state committee tha he will run squnroly.on the record of the administration. " Ho will make an active canvass for delegates rn all states which propose to send instructed dele gations. 1 ' - KEIiTUCKYJiEGRO GOES mm m sbbl ssn sa snea si si am ; . : rTD DtAIHUHJIIH (By Associated Presa;' ' ' EDDYVILLE, Ky. March 11 Petrie Kimbrough,- alias Will Lockett, convict ed slayer of Geneva Hardman and con fessed slayer of four ether women," died in the electric chair at Eddyville prison at 4:32 a. this morning. . Guards, appeared at Kimbrough' 's cell in death row at 4:t4 a, m. aad im mediately escorted the negro to the chair house.' There were slight signs of emo tion in his face as. he was placed ia the electric chair and the buck cap lowered over bis head. Prison Electrician Collier turned on the electric current, which kill ed Kimbrough within 15 seconds, ; Be was pronounced dead at 4:32 a. m. : Two brothers of the Hardman gixl and 17 Lexington citizens, together with eight soldiers and twelve prison guards wit nessed the execution, which apparently was carried' out without a'hitch in pre arranged plans. ;".''--' '' The negro refused to make a state ment when he was taken from his' cell. Continually, however, during the night be was heard praying aloud and singing re ligious hymns. ' He declared yesterday that be was ready to die and that he prayed for the little 10 year old Hard man girl whom he killed, and the entire Hardman family.: t - ; . V The body will be buried in the prison eemetery.this afternoon. '.'. '! - LOUISVILLE POLICE SUN.' : DOWN BOY K0BBX2S. LOUISVILLE1, KY, March 1L In the. arrest of tea young Doys, iouisruie noliee believed today that they have the perpetrators of more than thirty rob beries in this city in the last few weeks. The" boys, with their ,"eaptaia Glean Hammond, ten years old, were taken In to custody on a charge of stealing ar icles from an automobile. The arrests, according to the police, threw light on the robbery of alms boxes in churches, looting of a jewelry stor of $1,500" worth of goods; burglarising of a five aad ten cent store, thefts, of over coats from office buildings, snatching of purses from women and the smashing of tor windows. . . CTliG?iEO;&i!OSFlT.L GETS $250 GIFT North Carolina Desk In Hall of States, New York City, Sends Handsome Gift to N. C. Or thopaedic Hospital Mrs. ; ' L, L. Jenkins One of the Donors. y The North Carolina Orthopaedic Hos pital has received another gift of $250, from the North Carolina Desk, Hall "of States, New York City, - The following communication was received yesterday by Mr. R. B. Babington: "- V.V'' : New York City, Mar. 8, 1920 WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, represen tatives of . the North Carolina Desk, at The Hall of States, New York City, hav ing funds at our disposal and desiring that same shall be used by some worthy North Carolina institution, ''. DO HEREBY enclose check' for $250, payable to B. B. BABINGTOK, Treas urer, same to be used by him in the con struction ef an ORTHOPAEDIC HOS PITAY to be built at Gastonia, North Carolina.. , ; . , -"j MRS. W. D. MARTIN, " " MRS. L. L. JENKINS, MRS. ROBT. V. HOMES. 450 GO OUT IH CLEMS0:i STRIKE Trouble With Faculty Sends ; Two Classes to ' Homes Crossland Case Started Row, But Students Are Generally Dissatisfied, They Say. : , GREENVILLE, IB;. C., Mar. lOVlr- tually the entire freshman and sopho more classes and the one year agricul tural class of Clemson college, compos ing 450 men walked out ia a body this af ternoon following requests made of the president, W. M , Biggs, that the case of Cadet T. E. Crossland, of Bennets- ville, be reconsidered , " ; , ' According : to information obtained from students, about S50 of . whom ar: rived in Greenville at 9 : 30 o 'clock to night on special coaches attached to Sou-, thern train number 40, this incident mere ly served to culminate a sentiment which has been brewing for some time .? - Chief among the grievances of the students, as far as can be learned, are charges that fair trials are not accorded cadets ', that the discipline imposed at the state college is unjust and almost un bearable,, that the general sanitary con ditions 'of v the various buildings is bad; that .students are unnecessarily required to work in the kitchen and that the. gen eral conditions existing : there are, to their minds, entirely unsatisfactory. Communication could not be establish ed tonight with the authorities at Clem son and for that reason no official in formation ia regard to the matter has been obtained. 8tudents reaching Greenville -tonight' asserted that the junior and senior classes of Clemson are holding a meeting tonight and that they feel confident these classes will follow their example, unless requests made of the authorities are granetd and the exist ing conditions at. the college are greatly changed. It is reported that only 3' students of the student body of 750 mained at Clemson tonight. Tea day permits, the students said. were offered to practically all mi of the classes when leaving todajf and some of the cadets accepted these of absence, , The actios -by the author! tics, students declare, was not taken until it was learned that the students plained to leave the college,-- ; Tne trial or Uossland, wfce was eharg c mia rexusat vo wore in tae xitcaea or dining' room, student say, is merely occuraaee which caused a smoldering fire to burst into flames. On Tuesday, the students assert,, committees .from the cadet corps attempted to arbitrate mat ters without success, and on Tuesday night Crossland was tried and sentenced to confinement for five weeks, twenty de merits, and 20 extra hours of duty: - At - noon today, - the freshman and sophomore classes, according to the re port,' met and - decided to leave the school, unices the Crossland case was re considered. At 2 o'clock the two classes marched in column of fours to the pres ident 's office aad through a spokesman told President Biggs that they felt they had been wronged. The president, the students 'say, would make no promises. When President Biggs indicated this the command to withdraw was given and in an orderly manner, the students return ed to their quarters where immediate ar rangements were made .for departure. Five extra eoaehe on on Southern north bound train were ordered, and numbers of students left on other trains and by automobile. ... i rOLEDO, SPAIN,; March 10. "' rly 30 eases of sleeping SKkness have "en reported here. The populace ot the ity is highly excited ever the advent of ' discs so. . - - '.' DID IT M : SAYS ADMIRAL SIE3S Kept Main Body of Nation's Sea . Strength at (Home For Use In Eventualities Herbert Hoover Will Also Testify. '..."'i (By The Associated Press.) . t WASHINGTOX,; Mareh 11 Indica tions' that the navy department withheld sending all available American naval craft to European waters early in the war because of a desire to keep the main body of the nation 's strength intact for pos sible eventualities were contained in Ad miral 8iins ' testimony today before the senate, committee investigating the naval conduct of the war. He read' a cable gram from the navy -department, dated July 10, 1917, containing an outline of the department s policy and declaring that "while a successful termination of the present war must always be the first allied aim and will probably result in diminished tension throughout the world, the future position of the United States must in no way be jeopardized by any disintegration of our main fighting fleet." l-l :" " ;; ; The ' same cablegram, Admiral Sims said,, contained this statement: "The navy depnrtment announces as its gener al . plaii of action the following : Its willingness to send '' its minor fighting forces in any number not incompatible with home , needs to any field of ac tion deemed advisable by the allied ad miralty council; iff unwillingness as a master of policy 'to separate any divis ion from ;' the ' main fleet V for :- service abroad, although it is willing to send, the entire battleship fleet abroad to act as a united but co-operating unit when the emergency is deemed to 'warrant it." With regard to this message and state ment of policy. Admiral Sims said it w-as the " first definite statement of policy I Mad received, arriving a few days over three months after we hod de clared war " '.:"':-X The astounding features of this poli cy were, however, that while it stated our intention to co-operate to the fullest degree, still such co-operation was con ditioned first upon an adequate defense of our own waters and next upon the fu ture position of the United. States after this war was finished," said the admiral. " I am ; wholly unable ' to conceive of any war policy, particularly in a, world war of this nature,. which was certain to exhaust all of the participants with the possible exception of ourselves, based up on the requirements of any possible fu ture war. " '::':'' r '. i A message received from the navy de partment, dated Jury 5, to the effeet that small vessels were being sent to augment W forces "jnsseled that they were at last begimtfiig to Aalixe that there- was a warding fought iAEuropean waters, ueciarea Admiral 8; a July 30 Admiral Sims testified, he wmmm coked Senators' onCSth Sides Treaty Fisht Disregard ... PlansljParty Leaders in Their Desire ta Keach Compromise on (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Mareh 11 With sen store on both sides of the treaty ratifi cation fight disregarding the plans of their party leaders in their desire to reach a compromise on the much disputed ar ticle ten, the situation today appeared hopelessly confused.; Tacit " agreement was reached to forego a vote until some thing like order was restored in the con flicting negotiations. ; - ' ' Reservation republicans and reserva tion democrats have joined force against irreconcilable foes of the treaty who have gone gunning for the compromise reser vation to article 10, which was to have been presented in the senate yesterday, but which their opposition forestalled. The split in the democratic ranks Las widened as a result of determination ex pressed by some members of the minori ty to give active support towwd accep tance of the best compromise possible. BepubQcans claim t that 32 democratic votes can be mustered for the substitute reservation to article 10. r . Debate on th floor has been desu!t?T, with th irreconcilable on guard t , FULL . EiiTII TO EUROPE i sent the navy department a review of the discussions of the allied naval council is which he stated that "it was made ap parent ' that closer co-ordination of ef fort should be immediately establishes! between ' the - United States and the al- lies'.' and reiterated his previous request . for more small craft with which to fight -submarines. '';', 'V-:-...-..-"a. & -j Even as late as January, 1918,' he was still calling for more destroyers, Admiral Sims said, and by that time, he declared, , his predictions that the allies would lose the war unless the United States have- .' more complete naval co-operation, were being justified by results and . the navy department was beginning to carry out , his recommendations ; of six and eight months before,'.,".';- -,: ' V-'. :"- . ' On April 23, August 24, and Septan- -ber 19, 1918, Admiral Sims said he wrote ' the department expressing his disap pointment at the apparent non-success of the destroyer building program ' ia the ' United States and urging the necessity of "speeding" production of a anti-submarine craft and sending every avails- '- ble small vessel to the war none even' at the expense of the; protection of, the coasts of the United States. V; "I am only introducing testimony sej ' ' ' far along in 1918 at this time to brine out the accumulated effect of not bavins; ' ' thrown oar full, weight into the war at the beginning'.' the admiral said. - . "The situation was so serious and the -consequences of failure so terrible that Xwent beyond the channels which the navy afforded, me and enlisted the erv ' ices of such men-as Ambassador Pag.'' -' vt- - - . : .; HERBERT HOOVER WILL TESTIFY: i WASHINGTON, March 11. Herbert Hoover will be called to testify in the " ' senate investigation of. the navy' con duct of the war. ' .i -.. . , Bear Admiral Sims told the inquiry V committee today that Mr. Hoover had i ' an intimate knowledge of the situation in Europe at the time America entered the war and asked that he be summoned to substantiate the admiral's testimony with regard to the gravity of the allies ' position st that time.;-;,.;-. . it - . In granting the request, Chairman 'Hal did not say when Mr. Hoover would ap-"1 pear, but Admiral. Sims said he would' 'ike to have the former food administra-s i tor called before he proceeded further ".m . order that there should ."be no doubt 1 in my mind that I have substantiated the part of my letter in which I described the gravity of the crisis which we faced , V in-1917 and pointed out how near to dis ' -aster the lack of action by "the depart- - ' meat at that time brought us," The allies "indeed barely escaped a , peace wttnout victory," said the sdmir- Article Ten, vent a stampede,' while those working for ratification have been busy in eon-; ferenee seeking a way out of th disa rreement which could be accepted by both sides. '' ' : , CXN. PERSHING TO PANAMA, . WASHINGTON, Mareh 11 General Pershing wm leave about March 25 for the Panama canal sons to inspect the military defense there. This will con stitute the last lap of his inspection tour of the nation's military posts. Be will be away two or three weeks. KRESS' STORE BURNED IN WTXSTON-SALEX WINSTON-SALEM, ' N. C March 11 An estimated loss of 1145,000 was entailed by the burning of the two story . brick building occupied by B. H. Kress A Co. here, this morning. .Losses sustained by ether from water and smci "1 1 ' . ,V - J , WA""in:GTC" it. r ion ':, the fp- a:
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