North Carolina Newspapers

*#?????? * THE WEATHER. * Generally fair tonight * and Tuesday. Rising * temperature Tuesday. 55 Light to gentle uinds. ** ****** ? CIRCULATION * Saturday * 1.625 Copies * ? VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING. JULY 23. 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 169. CALIFORNIA HIT BY EARTHQUAKE Two Shock- Fell During ll??*| Niplit uiul Great Damage, Done in San Bernardino,! ('enter of Quake. iBr Th. Anwuttd r*w.* Los Angeles, July 23.?An entire tier of Southern California counties was* rocked by an earthquake of { from 11 to 20 seconds duration at 11:28 last night. San Demardlno. I wh^re the greatest damage was done.) ferlinu a second heavy tremor at 1 , o'clock this morning. Much property damage was done at San Bernardino where three sleep ing men were seriously injured. Santa Barbara . was the extreme j northern point?from which reports were received and San Diego the farthest Bouth. The shocks extended eastwatd across the Imperial Valley nearly to | the Arizona state line. San Bernardino, Cal.. July 2". ? Two earthquake shocks were felt here, one at 11:30 last night and the; other at 1 o'clock this morning. The | wir.'S pro d?wn, buildings depiol-' ished, sidewalks caved in, and thous-i ands of dollars damage has been done. Reports are hard to get. due to lack of wire facilities. Several other California towns report earthquakes, but Redlands, California, is the only other city reporting heavy damage.'. The big cities felt the shock but] no damage was done to any extent. The center of the earthquake was | evidently at San Bernardino. Killed Husband In Defense Of Child Cincinnatti, July 23.?Mrs. Bessie! Bush, aged 38. was complimented and immediately discharge for kill- j ing her husband. William, after be-j Ing arraigned qta a charge of murder In municipal court here today. Jud^e* Meredith Yeatman said that, she was' justified in killing her hushand in' defense of herself and child. The; woman said that Bush, objected to1 his stepchild going to Sunday school and threatened to kill them both. J. \V. OA8K1NH l)K.\U Joseph Warren Casklns, aged 81, died Saturday afternoon at his home on Broad street. He had il>een In ill health for several years. Besides his widow, he is survived by one brother, George Gasklns nf Blank Nloiinuiln, and tiy a number of nieces and nejfhews here and at Hatteras. I He was a native of Hatteras but spent 45 years of his life at Brooklyn after which he moved to Elizabeth City three years ago. He was a member of Company I. X. C. Infan-I try. In the Civil War. and during the | reM of his 1 if?* followed the sea. The funeral was conducted by Rev. I H. E. Myers at the grave in Holly- j wood cemetery Sunday afternoon at i 4:30. , I GUiL DISOWNS AS SHE LAUGHS AT IJFESAVER1 N". w Orleans, July 23.?As site j ' laughed at the life guard. "Esther Marotsky. ag?*d 18. sank under the j water in Audubon I'ark poo! yester day nnd died of acute indigestion,1 caii" d by swimming too soon after a meal. IRENE CASTLE THE MAN IS CHANTED DIVORCE (B>- Tt?? Atwv-Utrd Prr*0 Paris. July 23.?Irene Castle Trr man, the dancer, was today granted a divorce from her hsubaud, Capt. Robert E. Treman. RECEIVER IS NAMEI) FOR THEATER CO. N w York. July 23.?A Federal receiver was today appointed for I'oroncQ Holding Cotfnpany. Inc., n Delaware corporation holding the; capital stock of the Morocco Thea ter Company and Morosco Produc tions Company. JAPANESE FORTRESS TO BECOME A PARK Toklo, July 23?Several of the an cient Inland fort*. upon which Trtklo and the hay towns depended for their defense In day* Jong pant, arc to he turned Into parka. These Inl ands were hut It by the government and guarded the entrance* to Toklo ..id Hhlnagawa, adjoining the capi tal. and. while In later yeara the Runs with which the forta were manned niluht have with* ?od an attack, modern auna have made them quite juries* for defensive purposes. ? (?OTniX MARKFT New York. July 21.?Spot cotton, cloned quiet. Middling 26.40 a de cline of 185 point*. Future*, closing t.ld. July 24 50-75. Oct. 22.62-68. per. 22.30-361, Jan. 22.10-13 March 22.05-18. New York. July 23- Spot cotton, opened today at the following lireli: July 24 25. Oct. 23.36, Dec. 22.80, Jan 22 62, March 22.58. HIRAM JOHNSON BACK BI T SILENT New York. July 23.?V. S. Senator Hiram Johnson of Cal ifornia. boomed by his friends for the Republican nomination in 1924. today returned from a tour of Europe on the Levia than. refusing to indicate to re porters or the crowd who leath ered to greet him whether or not his hat is again in the ring. Cotton Growers are Advised to Watch For Time to lleiiln Fighting I toll Weevil With I'oImmi Ih Nearly Here Raleigh. July 23.?"The time to beain fighting the boll weevil by poisoning the cotton with calcium ar senate will soon be at hand, and cot ton growers are strongly urged to, henceforth watch their cotton close- j lv. and when ten per cent of the squares are found punctured, an ap-1 plication of dust should be made," i Dr. R. W. Lei by of the boll weevil j laboratory declared In a statement issued here tonight. The 10 per! cent point was reached in many cot ton fields in the Southern counties of the State where a full investation is due this year. Dr. Leiby said he thinks, about July 20. The entomologists of the State's curculio and boll weevil laboratory here are keeping a close watch on the development of the weevil, Dr. Leiby stated. He said they are breeding each day several hundred weevils from fallen squares collect ed in cotton flerds in the southern I counties of the State. # "These weevils," continued Dr.' Leiby, "are the progeny of the over-' wintering weevils that attacked the squares soon after the cotton began j squaring In early spring. They are! now emerging in numbers from! squares which have not been collect ed. or which have been overlooked . in the field, and puncturing the J squares very rapidly so that In some' fields It will not be long before 10 per cent of the squares will be punc tured. When the grower finds after, examining several hundred squares' In different parts of a field should again be examined and If the infej-l tation still runs over 10 per cent a third and fourth application should be made, .at intervals of five nights. | A series of four applications of the i dust poison when made according to ( directions will keep the percentage of punctured squares low and the cotton will meanwhile mature the I early and mid-season formed bolls."' The entomologists working here at the boll weevil laboratory have many pairs of weevils In cages, the fe-, males of which deposit an average of about six eggs per day in as many squares. They find that the eggs hatch between three and four days! after they are laid, and . that the| square drops from the planj when' the grub is more thna half grown or about 11 days after the egg is placed; in the square. Approximately 20 days are required at this season of the year for a grown weevil to de-. velop'from the egg. Extensive pois oning experiment? are also bein,': conducted both in the laboratory and In the field, which prove beyond a doubt that the dry cnlcium arsenate when dusted upon the dew-moist-, ened plants will kill the weevils' within several hours nfter they drink the poisoned dew. The drinking of the dew. T)r. Lelbv explained. Is a habit of the weevil. "Dr. Lei by slated that an appre ciable number of the larger cotton planters in the. southern counties of the State are prepared to dust to hold the weevil in check, one well known Company manufacturing cot-1 ton dusting machinery having Fold' 20 dusting machines In two counties. Many other colton farmers will use mule drawn and saddle hack two-row dusters, while still others will use hand dust guns." The general im pression how prevails among those who are not prepared to dust that ? the entomologists "have over empha sired the possible damage by the, weevils this year In sections where the injury is due to he full unless precautions are taken." Dr^ Leiby j stated. "This has always been the' case for the first year when the wee vil Is present In full force, and such | mistaken farmers will have to lose a j crop before they acccp} the advice of tfie entomologists." Dr. Leiby pointed out that the ap-| parent lull In the activity of the; weevil is to be expected at this time of the year, but that meanwhile many punctured squares In the cot ton fields of the southern counties of I ti e State are quietly furnishing food I for numerous grubs which will de-1 volop Into weevils. In recent weeks. Dr. Leiby said I he has not failed to find punctured I squares In every cotton field he hasj examined, although tho owners of I these* fields In many instances de-1 clared that they had been unable to find any work of the weevils. Here' and there, however. Dr. Leiby as-i serted, there are big cotton growers, who are waiting to begin their wee-1 vil fight by dusting according to the approved methods when the time ar-J rive*. thirty i;o ovkkroakd FROM PRIVATE YACHT N<>w York. July J*.. Thirty l*T *?n* wore thrown?nlo Ihr watrr y?? terday when a private yacht ??? ran down by th? ?te?m?hlp. Albertlnc. All were ut?d. READY H)ll KETVIt.V VOYAGE The now steamship, Mbort Ballin of the Hamburg-American Line sailed from Hamburg for New York on July 5. Her return voyage from New York to Southampton, Cherbourg and Hamburg la scheduled for July 26. The Albert Dallln Is an oil burning steamer of 22,000 tons gross and Is the first liner of the "de luxe" type to be placed in the North Atlantic service by a German company since the war. She is equipped with a winter garden, veranda cafe, grill room, library, smok ing room, gymnasium, massage room and electric baths. The Albert Dallln was the flfcit liner to employ the new stabilizing device to min imize the ship's rolling. . . MARKETING TO BE 1 MUCH DISCUSSED When State Farmers and Farm Women'* Convention Is Held at State College Be ginning Tuesday, July 31. j Raleigh. July 23.?The results' during the first year of co-operative in a rLnt In ft nt tnUnnnn nnH rnlt?n hy I ho commodity associations will he discussed by representatives of these organizations at the twenty first an nual meeting of the State Farmers' i and Farm Women's Convention to he ' held at the State College July 31 and ! August 1 and '1. This will be a part of the business program that Ins ?been arranged-for Wednesday morn- ' ing. August 1. On Thursday. August 2, the meet-' ing will bn concerned with the cotton boll weevil and methdds of fighting the pest. George A. Maloney of the Federal Department of Agriculture field staff will lead the discussion*. The opening day. July 31. will l>e featured with addresses by Dr. K. C. Brooks. President of tho College, W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agri culture, Dr. J. Y. Joyner. President of the Farmer's Convention, and Mrs. I,arey Mac Arthur. President of the Women's convention. Governor Morrison ha* also been invited to ap pear and It !?< expected that he will take part in the opening day exer cises. On Tuesday night, Mr*. Ruby Green Smith ot. Cornell l'niversltv will talk on "The F/?rni Home,?A Family Partnership." Mr?. Palmer Jertnan. president itf the North Car olina Federation of Women's Clubs, will deliver an address on "United Womanhood" at the meeting of th?* Home Bureaus on Tuesday, and Mrs. R. R. Cotton, termed "the mother of J Woman's Clubs In North Carolina," will have as her subject "All sorts of Women" on the same date. In the woman's section many things about diet, health, family Income, the gar den and marketing surplus produce will be considered with the discus* j fions led by women with experience | in these lines. An event In the livestock section will be the addroM by Roland Tur ner. Atlanta. Oa.. who will address the convention on the development of the livestock industry In the South. It Is announced that Mr. Turner will deal largely with what j has been accomplished In certain counties where the weevil has made cotton growing a "rather precarious occupation." In the agronomy sec tion. M. J Funchess will come from Auburn. Ala., to deliver an addreni on the Importance of soil f*rtllPy | and in the horticultural meeting C. I. I*e wis, F/dltor of the American Fruit Orower will discuss horticul tural possibilities In North Carolina. J. i.M. Gray has completed the pro gram for the occasion. He states that meeting at the convention wiil | be the North Carolina S?*ed Breeder's Association, the State Federation of Home Bureaus and the Association of Crop Reporters: "The program as arranged has' something of Interest for both from-' en and men In all classes of farmlug operations," said Mr. Gray. "Muih care and attention has been devoted t6 the convention tbls year both by the College and Department nutho-l *^Wen *" lhf" c?nv?nt'?n lead ers. The cooperative association* nave also taken a ureat Inform In the meetin* and Indication* are that this will one of the moat largely attended convention* in the twenty one years of Its history " PIUCES SMASH ON COTTON EXCHANGE New York. July 23.?The opening of the now hoard room of the Cotton Exchange today witnessed the heaviest bufcinesr in many weeks with a :<mash in priced that carried the level of leaJIng position? off Go to 70 points. or $'l to I.J.S0 a hale tinder flic closing prices of la?t Friday. Villa Followers After Murderers Ml Pa ho. Tex., July 2.T.?Rumors along the border iluro the murder of Francisco Villa that his followers would organise in pursuit of the murderers were strengthened today hv reports from Mexico City that Nicholas Fernandez, Villa ll? utenant. had returned to Cantitlllo with surli an object In mind. Authentic re ports are larking hut rumors Indi cate that Villa's followers are hos tile over his death. FIVE W IDOWS C.I. MM TIIE ESTATE Ol \ ILIA HI Paso. Texas, July 2". Accord ing to despatches received here, five "wUlfjws" have presented- their claims for tie estate of Francisco Villi, slain handit leadf r. GATES COUNTY FAIOIEK IT I (HI lt\l) CHECK Judgment was suspended In th-? case of J. II. Smith, (Jute* Count ? farmer charged with passing n worthless check on L. It. Perry, in recorder's court* Monday morning on payment of costs and making the check rood. The check In the flrst instance was for $152.50. It cost .Mr. Smith $166.95 and his lawyer's fee to put himself straight. Alton Harris for speeeding was fined SIO and costs. Willie Warren, for Assault on J??c Slcklln. travelling salesman of Chi cago, was lined $25 and costs War ren noted an appeal and was r ? quired to give appeal hond in the sum of $50. CIsude Ives and Dan Harris sub mitted to a charge1 of possession of liquor when police found them it I the bathing resort In lvos* car with :i half pint Of liquor between them. Ives was fined $f>0 and costs and 1 Harris was faxed with the costs. Peter Mullen. South Road street haker, colored, found guilty of using a surface toilet that had been con demned. was put under suspended judgment on condition that he pay costs and comply with the sanitary Officer's directions that the toilet bo torn down. ? Young Woman Tries To Commit Suicide Mrs. Chnrles Twiford Is In a criti cal condition at lior home nt 10 East Cypres* street as a result of drinking a bichloride of mercury solution Monday morning. Karly Monday morning Police Of flcvr Harris went to the Twiford' home and ordered Mrs. Twiford tp^j appear in Monday's session of "police, court. What is believed to have been I an attempt on ht>r part to commit suicide rather than comply with the summon* followed. A physician was hurriedly sum-1 moned and Dr. Howard Combs ar-i rived at the home within a half hour after the poison was taken. It will be severaT days, it Is said, before it j will be known whether or not heri lift* can be saved. Mrs. Twiford Is a native of France.) probably about 22 years of age. Her! husband. Charles Twiford. now chief' engineer on the Virginia Dare, aged i 27. is a world war veteran who snar-i ried in France and brought his wife home with him. Slnre that time they have lived here happily to all ap pearances. though the husband's work, in the nature of things., kept him away from home a - great pait of the time. No formal warrant had been Is-, sued for Mrs. Twiford's arrest and the only charge against her seems to have been that she was seen in an J automobile on the outskirts of ihel city with two young married men at j a late hour at night. It doe*- not appear certain that any charge would' have been pressed against her or ev-l en that she would have been use I j?s a witness. W.C.T.U. Soon Will Be Fifty Years Old i Columbus, July 2:t.?All the sur-l viving members of the crusaders of! 187-1 In the field of temperance, or! I their nearest relatives, will be pres ent at the fiftieth annual convention of -the National Women's Temper ance Fnion here September 4 to 14, and arrangements. are already on foot to make the event one of his toric Interest. The premier spectacle, intended to call to mind Hie fact that 5d years of temperance endeavor have passed, and the success that has attended {these efforts, will be the "Match of Allegiance to the Constitution." to [be held September..8. The early tem perance crusades, the growth of the organization and the development of its work will be pictured in this pa rade with floats and banners. j A HIM'fjnl rnmtnit tee of 100 leml llng women has been formed to ar range for the convention. VKRIHCT MOT ?JVH/TY IN THE KMXftJIXfJ TICIAL I,umhcrton. July 23?A verdict of not guilty on the 3 counts of the in dictment on which they were tried was returned Saturday afternoon In tlie flogging trial after 50 minutes deliberation. Following tlie acquital of these I Ihree men, Hedgepetli. Luwson anil Jlrogden. on these minor charges. So-j lieitor McNeil nol prossed the fir^t j degree burglary indictment. and they | wore freed. H. L Taliaferro, tried for con tempt, drew J?0 days and a J*7r? fine. He admitted that lie was an agent of the ,Ku Klu* Klan. Scapa Flow Hulks Will Be Salvaged I.Minion. July 23.-- Tin* flcrmnn fleot scuttled at Hcapa Flow in June.1 I f* I Im t?? !>' ral*?-d. nil up. ami itrrtd for Junk. Th?? admiralty hasj signed a contract with u private tympany which haft purchased part of tin' sunk?-n ship*. and will start operations at one*- to ij?1m? th?m. T1?? ? company In hiiM already to ha vp Tound a market for tJie hulks, j If lh" operation# are Mnccisrful, a contract will rivned f<?r the nj malninu section. which Includes tlTe largest of the ships. The vessels vttnk comprise ten hat ? tlpships. Ave battle cruisers and 2f? destroyers, their total tonnaae being about IW..000. The contract already air reed to covers 20 destroyers and one of the haltle cruisers. The vessels were punk hy their! cr?-ws opening all tin- sea-cocks and I floodltiK the ^l?Ii?h This will, how ever. make the work of the salvsra much easier. <'?* It in planned to shut the cocks and pump the water out of the hold.*. I'rcoilciit ami IIih Parly 011 Journey Southward pr?? 1 Aboard the Henderson with th* Presidente July 23. The Navy trans port Henderson. hearing the Pretd dent. Mrs. Hardin* and members of the part v. ploughed steadily south ward toda 1 a1t?t their last v nit to. Alaskan p ?rt. paid yesterday at Sit ka when fatewell and trood wishes, for the territory's future dett lop uwnt w?r? mild 'nfore all.* Tl?? np\t stov schsdnl >d Is At Van-' confer, lirltlrh Columbia. Thursday., msKlltMi TOIMY South Norfolk team has arj'ved and will play thin afternoon st 5| o'clock on the locsl diamond, weath er conditions permitting Nall'-ntinc will pitch today and Bill Poyner will ,pitch Tuesday against the same team INSANE CONVICTS - STII.L_AT LARGE Following Attack oil Guard* at Illinois) llospiptal Which Kr?ultrd in One Death and Other Serious Casualties. (Br Th? AkaocUtrd Prc?? ) Chester. III.. July 23.?This after noon 15 of the 41 insane convicts had been recaptured. Cheater III.. July 2.1.?Twenty thr?M? of the 30 convicts who escaped from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane here last night, re main at large today. In the melee which preceded the hreak for liberty. 227 prlsonera In the steel wire enclosed exercise stockade attacked two unarmed guards. stabbing two. of them prob ably fs tally. William Jackson, negro. was shot and killed as hi' tried to escape. Sev eral cuards and hospital officials were beaten as they ran to quell the outbreak. Chester. III.. July 23?One inmate was slain by the guards, two guards are believed to be fatally wounded, and 31 Inmates escaped yesterday when the criminally Insane ward of the state asylum overpowered the guards. URGES HALT IN ARMAMENT RACE J. Itamsey MacDonald in House of Commons Wants Steps Taken to ('.all Interna tional (Conference at Once. (By Thf A<vr|itrd Pre*a ) London, July 2:?. J. -Ramsey Mc Donald. leader ?>! the opposition in the House of Commons, today moved j for a resolution depreciating the In creasing exp?*11 (lit it res in military | preparations, which he asserted I formed Uje beginning of another race for armament. He urged the government to take I immediate steps to call an Interna tional conference for the limitation of armaments. I Masonic Emblem Crosses Continent I From Marlon, Ohio, to Hojl | Ulictr Mr Krrtirni Harding S|ienkM Marion, O., July 23.?Ah the cru saders of old. mencbern of Marlou Commandery No. .'56. Knights Temp lar, will undertake a pilgrimage. They will leave here today and their travel will ??nd In Hollywood, rallfornla. August 3, wheu Sir Knight Warren (J. Harding, a mem ber of the commandery No r?G an an einhlein which has crossed the continent. This is the Traveling Beauseant, dedicated by the Grand Pr!ory of Canada, which fn to he taken around ? !??? world hy means of one command ery delivering it to another. It la to go to only one branch of the hlj;h Masonic Order In a grand jurisdic tion. The commandery which hold* the Mean pant selects the ono which gets it next. C'yrrne Preceptor? No 29, T. of Toronto, was the first recoplent of tin- emblem. Then it was, deliv ered to I]>k1i De Payne< Command cry No. 30, stationed to Hnffalo, then to St. John's Commandery No 4. K. V., at Philadelphia, which delivered ll to Columbia Commandery No. 2. K. T.. of Washington, I). C., whence It was k? nt to Marion. II has been eUfiiialei that 50 yenm will lie consumed In sending the lleau emt around the world. The Marlon repress ntatlves wl!l display the llenuseamt before coni manderlcM in Chicago, Omaha, Col orado Springs a'nd Halt Lake City, where ntops will be made. Ceremonies at Hollywood will Ua held in the Hollywood llowl, which accommodates 00,000 persons. CAN NOT RECOGNIZE TIIE RUSSIAN SOVIET Washington. July 23. ? Recogni tion *?f the Russian Soviet hy the I'nlted States cannot come while Its lenders continue to evince a "spirit of destruction at home and abroad" declared Secretary Hughe* today in A letter to Samuel fiompers. STARS AND STRIPES OVER REM.EAU WOOD Chateau Thierry. France. Ju'y 23. With Marshal Foch declaring Flel i leau Wood as the "cradle of liberty," i the wood was yesterday consecrated With Impressive ceremonies to the memory of the Americans who died" there, and the stars snd stripes were j raised as the French tri color was I lowered. I I ON \ici> AM) TENDLER WILL BATTLE TONIGHT New York. July 23.?With' both men declared in line shape today. Penny Leonard, lightweight cham pion. and Lew Tendler, battle here tonight for the title.