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? ' * * ? '+ * ? * >? ? * ? VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 15, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 189. COAL TOWN IS IN GRIP OF SORROW Approximately a Hundred Miller* Perished in Expl<? fion. the Cause of Vkhich Still Kemuiii a Mystery (By The AHKocintod Proxs) Kotiunerer. Wisconsin, August 15. ? Newly revised ftnures by olYlcials of the kemnierer Coal Company this afternoon revealed that ??" bodies ? It ad ln?n removed from the mine. Eleven men still are In the working, all believed to be dead. Kemmertr, Wyoming. Aug. l"? ?? Approximately 10U miners lost their) iivfr* In a mine explosion here yes- ? ten] ay. l:Mho ut*i;> of sorrow and d*-seliVi| t'on Kem merer and the little coal j camp fuhurb frontier one mile away ady have sot about the task of i r :?r!* ? l'if d? ad for burial. Kiirly today t?5 bodies had been i covered. Thirty-sewn of those who v r - < ntomlx-d by the blaist of the! ? \;'I??slon In Mine Number One of thef lvit.it;** r? r Coal Company yestt rdayJ hav?- emerged from the mine alive. Tlu* exact cause of the blast re mains a mystf ry. Disastrous as was t .? loss of life, the interior of the mine was only slightly wrecked by t>ie explosion and rescue workers /were hampered but little by the de bris. The local Odd Fellows hall and the undertaking establishment had been turned Into, temporary resting places today for the miners who met death. There was no fire In the lower lev els of the mine as at first reported. The explosion occurred a uille under- j ground. IIAVK OliDKItKH SKATS FOR \K\VIJK(il X CHCRCI1 The order for seats for Newbegun Church has be??n placed and the met al celling has arrived. In a short while now the Newbegun continua tion will hare an attractive and eom frrtr.ble Iioii^p of worship rebuilt at j r latively small cost by careful and j wise planning. NEW YOKK KESTK\1NS K. K. K. AM) KAMELIA Elizahethtown, N. V. August IS? Su*'?Mne Court Justice Stahy yes tf >? . > granted an Injunction re straining the K K K ami the Kame 1 l.x from operating in New York us chartered benevolent fraternal or gan Izat Ions. t lA'Di: I I TT1.K CASK IS ( OXTIXI KD TO SKPTKMItKR Greensboro. August 1 i?.?The case charging J. Clyde Tuttle, prominent yb h'le'nppj Mun. with an assault wi?:? ;? deadly weapon, has been con tinued until September 24. Tnttte ?hot former City Judge C. A. Jones,, his father-in-law. during n domestic row several w oks n;fo and the case has been continued until September pending the recovery of Mr. Jones, who Is now in a local hospital. N. r. OVEKSUBSCIUBED TO NEAR E\ST RELIEF RalelRh, August 1 T>?North Caro lina oversubscribed Its quota for last year in the Near Biwl by sixty prr cent, It was announced at head quarters yesterday. POUT COMMISSION MEETS AT It \LEIGH Ftale'gh. August 15 ?The Port Commission held n meeting here yes terday and conferred wlth^'om m Ik* loner Maxw< II In regard lo freight rates In the event of the es tablishment of their boat line. HUMMED KILLED IN COMMUNISTS IUOT London. August 15? The town hall of AI ?"?orf, Germany. Is report ed to have boon stormed by Commu nists with hand grenades and 100 persons killed. Food riots and ttrikes In oth?-r parts of the conntry continue while ut Ilerlin a vote of confidence has 'been given tho new ministry. FLOODS IN UTAH DO GKEAT DAMAGE Salt Lake City, Utah. August 15? Floods in this section yesterday killed ten mnd cetised millions of dollars propery damage. I EAR LIVES LOST FROM TIDAL WAVE 1 !o. August 15?It Iff foared i ? ivy loss of life resulted from t ! v;ivpp and storms on tho west < ; of Korea. Several hundred ? j w re mlselrn; today. -I!. V. I'. ? ? NK.KVII F.S TO\l({|IT Tit. I! V. P. P. of the First ISsp tlst Church will have charsre of the I iv. r servi" '' *t that church tonight. \ cordial welcome Is extended the public. r\i )\ itK\ i\ u. cm>skk The revival at I'nlon Methodist Church cloned Mondsy evening with nine additions by profession and a number of oth< rs . \pocted. A won derful revival was experienced in the church membership. Lii'mr^ed Dining Hall Unit, at Slate College More than 1600 students can l>e fed at one time In this spacious dicing hall at North Carolina j State College. The additional wing, recently completed, Is an exact duplicate of tho old building, and | It Is erected immediately to tho rear. The two units are connected by large serving pantrh a extending [along each side of the central kitchen. The buUding. which Is modern In every respcct. including Its ; own bakery and refrigerating plant, will be used for the flrst time at the openiug of college, Sept. 4th.7 COUNTERFEITING PLANT SEIZED lltv Th<* A??oc-1atrtf l're??l. Now York. August 15.?The seizure of a complete plant for manufacture of counterfeit hundred dollar Federal Re serve notes in Floral Park, I,ong Inland, last night was announced today by Joseph l'alma. chief of the Secret Ser vice Ilurcau here. The rapture wan effected Just as t.he op? ra tors were running off the first p? t of proofs and promptness with which the Secret Service acted provi nted any of tli ? notes getting into circulation. Five men were arrested. Guard Alcohol in Big Steel Vaults Government Departments that Use It in Their Work Have to be Careful Wa?hing}on, August 15.?Extraor dinary precautions for the safeguard ling of their supplies of alcohol an* |taken by the various departments of the Government which n.? this com modity. now bo much in demand for the making of what in the parlance I of the booth ^i>er la styjed "sympa thetic" intoxicants. Officials of the departments and bureaus declare the system.* the., jhave Instaleld have operated so suc cessfully that their losses have been negligible, confined to the theft of a pint here and a quart there. And so elo*e is the check, they assert, that frequently even these small pecula tion- hi-*, traced and .the offenders dismissed. i At the National Museum, which, in the preservations of specimens . < nt to it from all parts of the world, uses only the very highest grade or alco hol. the liquid is kept In a steel vault to which only one employe other than the staff officers has access. The key to the vault is kept under a separate lock.' j Supplies are drawn on requisitions and the uses made of the alcohol are < arefully traced and checked. The museum officers say that there are losses from evaporation and spillage, , but that In their system these are carefully estimated and due allow ance made. The Navy Department, which probably la the Insert u * r nf hol In the Government, also has forked ?ut an elaborate system for the safe-guarding of its supply. The total used Is about 1.000.000 Kallon.-. annually, half of which goes Into the manufacture of smokeless powder. At those stations and depots where the volume of alcohol on hand war rants, the liquid Is kept In special Steel tanks In rooms under lock, with the keys In the possession of commis sioned officers or trusted civilian em ployes. On ship board and at the smaller stations the supplies alio arc In the custody of commissioned officers. In all cases the liquid In furnished on requisition ami a check up, of Its use* made to see that none is di verted. Similar systems ore In operation In the Department of Agriculture. the Bureau of Standard", the Ihireau iOf Fisheries and other Federal agen cies using alcohol in their dally op erations. PVXKIIW, .IOH N KKV.MOI II TlltHsiMV .MTKIIXOOS The funeral of John Seymour will be conducted at four o'clock Thurs day afternoon at the grave In the family burylnic around at Camden, i by Rev. H. K. Myers. The funeral procession will leave Elisabeth City at 3 o'clock. GASOLINE GOES DOWN IN EAST Price C.utlinu Yi'liicli H;i. Bern lindcr "Way in IWiiM West Several I) ays Spread* lu Entire Atlantic Scal>o:>.r<l flh Tin AnwIUM Ph-m.> New York, Auv.imt 15. fJnso!lr.e.? price cutting which was under way [ fr>r governI days in tlx mid-we.-t< rn j ami southern states where retail i prlcta v.rr? reduced In Koine states | c?.f, c?-nts a gallon, spread today toi the ontirn?Atlantic s? aboard. Four !ns**|o companies announced cuts of front.one to two cents in lank I wnson prices. The wholesale price after red tic tlons will average 10 1'J cents and the retail price 23. Chicago, Jv.jgnst IS ? Willi the; [price cutting war on in full blast, i gasoline prices over tho nation tum bled y<^tcr|i;iyf In some mld-Wes-| tern states trenching ns low as ten! cents while the average is u-')out 15 cents. In tlio Southern stales, including; North Carolina, the price of Stan-1 dard gasoline dropped two cents, effective today. New Yorlc. August 15.? The Stan-' dard Oil Company of New Jer:?e> to-j day announced a reduction in the; tank wauon price of gasoline of twoJ cents a gallon in North Carolina and Virginia. HTAXD\ltl> <i \soi im: i-> IIKDK KI) IN IlKSTCITV J. N. Wbltehurst, local manager of the Standard Oil Company, today an nounced that a reduction of two cents a gallon on gasoline is now in ' effect. Same Policy Toward The Rum Runners Washington, August 15?The gen eral policy of the Government ag-; alnst seizin;: ruin runners outside the three-mile limit will* not be chtmaed a.j the result of the decision of Fed eral Judge Woodr^uuh at Rrook'/n yesterday, it was indicated at the Tearsury Department today. VIHGINIAN IN'AIMK!) AS COOLl OCR'S SKCHKTAIIY Washington. August 15? Former Congressman c. Hmrcom 15ft? in p. Ke publican, of Virginia, was yefflerday sppoinled Socretary to President Coolidge. President Coolly thus fill, d 11" only vacancy In an Important office ro far to occur In his administration. Slemp will assume his duties early next month and in the meanwhile George Christian, secretary of tho lato President Harding, who submit ted his resignation last Week, will re main as Presidential secretary. STOCKTON is Tin t\<; ? CITY manacek plan Stockton. California. August 15.? Following the lead of Kllzabetlf City and other progressive citi? s of the country this city has adopted the manager form of government. Charles K. Ashburner. the dean of the city manacer profession, has re signed his position as manager of Norfolk Virginia, to ace* pt the posi tion an manager of Stockton. city of 52,000 population, nt a salary of $20,000 per year, the highest salary ever paid a municipal executive. [Ashburner was elected city manau'-r of Staunton. V? . In 1008 and has since served in similar capacities in the cities of Springfield, Ohio, and j .Norfolk, Virginia. Ife assumes bls| I new duties on September 1st. TltAGKM CLOSES It \SKBALL SEASON The automobile smash-up on Tiusduy nlxht. in whicli Cap tain Joe Ab'?ott of tlit* local has* !>all team wan killed, brought tin* baseball reason in Elisabeth CjlVztn a cIom? and the values srneduled for this w?'ik have lici'tt cancelled. IV !il- at N i-oii Htalcil Wednesday nmrtiini: that ty * *.??!.?'iit ^afiir* miviit iir i?lay* hi ne l*. ii!;iv i'(n t?i<? widow of Jot AI ?]*?>! t. Imi that no d? finite de yr.ivii had yet boon made. "I lie b.ial club has lo*t only four fames since Mr Ahbott waft mad;* captain in July. Plan Reformatory For Negro Youth Trustees and Welfare Commis sioner Hope Institution May Soon be a Fact JtalHuh, .Mimist 15.?Established two and a hall years ago by art of the c;. n? ral Ass*'inb!\. the siit,. r#. formatory f c?r delinquent co!ored boy* will probably soon change the si I\p of Its existetid from ono on paper to one in fact. The board of trustees of tliis iiiMltution ? recently met in lialeigh and considered sites lor ftie* reformatory and de|e::al?'<| ono of itH members, M. II. Hart, of Tarboro. to confer with tin- Commis sioner of Public Welfare in n -.,rd to suitable plan* for tin- institution. rhf N. C. (leneral Assembly of 1921 authorized tin establishment ? i a reformatory for dclfnriin - f c.l boys on tin Maun- i:- ncral plan as the Jackson i'raluinu School at Concord, and appropriated ISO.000 for its erection, ily "the time tin t;? ncral Assembly of 1!?L'.! not. this appro priation had lap: < d. because it hml not been u ? d. and it was necessary for the last Legislature to make an other appropriation for this purpose. The N. (J. Association of .Superin tendents of Public Welfare m< din* iccently at Chapel Hill passed a n x olutlon ur:;iiiK the building of this reformatory at soon as powibie and appointed a committee to wait on the beard of trustee* ?,f the in.'titullon. Thin committee is composed of .Mr-. W. II. Wiiddill, J. K. Jackson and C. II. Anderson. At a conference of repi. nentatlvcs ol practically all of the civic and fra ternal organization*; in the .state which ww. held In Kalel^h duriim the la; t session of the fieneral As m iiifily (primarily for.the purpose of rndondiiK Mothers' Aid and working out (dans for active support of rlli^ ic? for cripp|e<l children proposed bv the State Hoard of Charities anil Public Welfare), a resolution was unanimously passed in?iuirinu of tin hoard of trustees of the Nei.ro re formatory why the institution has not been erected. The board of trus teen Is composed of M. It. Ilsrt. Tai boro, chairman: W. N. Kverrtt. Ija lelah; L. It. Vainer. Lumbertou; Thad L. Ttnte, Charlotte, and S. <?. Atkln*. Winston Salem. Kstnhllshment of a reformatory for delinquent colored youth I* l?> no means a revolutionary step In thin section of the counti>. Free State Troops Arrest I)e Valera fily The A^K-lnteil IVcso) Ennls, County Clare, Ireland. Auk. 15. ? Kamonn de Vslera. Itepublican leader. w?* todsy arretted here by Free Htate troops on his appearance to address the Republican meeting In the election campaign. City Shocked By Fatal Wreck Tuesday Night . Thousand* of Motorist* from All Over Serlion Mew Grue some Sight of W recked Automobile on Weeksville I'oad Four Miles from the City Miller Now Slums I'lMMIIIIOIlfcl S\ At " oclork Wednesday nf. i riK on i nt from the ?'? .nit's of J'jLLuin N. v. I..TII Sim! W.ilhwe M:Mor. at t! Cnniiiiu* nii.v Hospital :?h a result of an (. {],? smashup on the \V. road Ttte-d>.v rlRht. was to the effort that .Wwin rti wa.* rot n& w.-li but th it Mfllor was* In-KiiininK to show *yunt. i"??s of pneumonia as a result of exposure. Thrie men are dead ami two arc In the Community Hospital a-; a re-* suit of an automobile smashup oil the paved road to Weoksvllh- Tttes dnv nlyht shortly before midnight. Tin* dead arn; John Seymour of Elisabeth Cilv apod 2fi, i Joe Abbott .if Norfolk, captain oi tin- Kli7.ab. lli City baseball 1. am. 1 J. I*. Rarrott of Kdenlnn, manager of tlio Kil.Mit.in lias.hall tram for th<> |part season. I.nt who. following the disbanding of tIt.* Kiloutmi team lia,l jcntne to Klizabeth City to plnv ball for tlio retnalfuler of tlio season only tlilx week. , .' riiose in tb.' hospital ar? * j Julian Newborn. ai).,l 21. son of Horali.i N.'wh. rn of in I'oiot Onrritiic'i County, an.I main-. r of \\ . \V. X.'Wtni n A- C.tint am nine W W. N.-u-borii If It tlu. ,|iv y v,.rai mom In mil. Mr. NiwLe.n liv. s at tlio link.* Inn. Cliurrli Street V. alia,-.. Mlll.-r, nt.-il ail, n,n of \v. " ?' "r- M'-I'li- r-(in Ml root, tip W.II.-.I-. ? .11 til,. _\|.olh,',-a,-y .- liop. The Ml'lors cam, li. r. from I-, r.|iiiin;,ii? <'on n t >. Tin- accident occurred on tlio curve II- \\-vk \ III*' ri.ii,t In | v.. in ,r;.s I" r Thompson's ntor<- and | tlio rosjil.-nc- uf 111.- Million, lis. ' ' Was Party of Five Tlio parly of n.o, it, Newborn's sjephons roadster with Newborn at tlio wheel, woro on tli.ir ivay homo Iroin Davis S liny to which they made a n Ik 111 trill, loavltm Klixahctli Cltv al lo:.,o. Main Poller .(Captain \v'in? iow says ibat lio i-iimH Newborn ami Ills party at In o'clock when tliov 111," ju?t return.,! from a dune. n't Cbantilla. that Ni'wbi rn tvtis drink ing at tlio tlnio ail,I that ho ram ion,.,| him about taking tho ear out any mot. doriti" th,. night. ... ;U ?<}!, officer Winsiow. I board them leaving town going toward Wooksvllli . tlio engine ?f ti?. Slop ion* roaring Ilk,- the tor ?r an ?iirplnno j,nil dinlinotly nudiblo for a distnnro I should Judge, ?f some thing like throe niili s. I lie ii. -1 thing I hoard of the parly was when tlio hospital ambit lance was railed to the uiiasl, \ survey of the ti-ono or tho wreck which ?.,ls |>y Wednesday morning. shows thai the motor car loft the road m II,. rurv and w. til Into the ditch, for a dl. tanc. ?r gppro\ltuntely f.l> f...i i|?. car travelled along Willi two wlnels in tlto ditch and the axle serai.in. al.me II,,1 liruhli.rv on the ilitrli bank, flu n the huniper struck a tree on lli" dilclihnnk. tlio car v, oroil, t in l>ia.- ,.rf It-, rluht fender, and halted i? ii tli" rl .ht nldc of tho liood rnin?* RoJidlv auolnst tho tr?# trunk. Th?* forco of tho iiuiiart may b? oHtimntcd oy tho fart .that tho rar wii.< oom l#!ot? ly ttrli?|icd of lt? top. part': of whloh v., r,. hurhd to a dl tnnro of anproxlviiat'-ly so fr.-i nhoad ?.f tic car. A notlr?at>|o rtrruiristnnc*- wan t.wt n-'jtlur h<.idlir:ht was xiiin^hfd. >1 I In* Thrown I'lftj I'rrt Wnlhw" Mil lor. who ^ ? i ? i m to hnvo ' " " ' ???Ion* hurt I" n i y " ' I'" ? d up in Mo* cotton patch ?d Jar- ;:t to tho #11 toll 5U f? ? t from w'.-ro ??? wmnvhup orrnrr#-fl. Tho nth still In , f thorough < vainlnatlon hy his phyrl cian, lo Hf t niH to bo HUfT.-rlni; frdm nothing worho ?h:?f 1 shock, complain-' til-, of no pain < vcopt ?orc-nf'Hs. Tlu placo in th?> cotton patch where hln body "tiuck Ioojh as though a hale of cotton, ond up, had beefi dropp fl on th_o spot from a con?ld? rablo liejant. Julian Nowhrrn. also still In tho hospital, was saved hy hin stecrlnc whcel which prevented him from he. Iir_ thrown from the ctir. Ho wan Hie onjy membor of the party con wIkh a physician arrived. Cra?.od with frlitht immcfllateh nftor the accld'nt ho dnslw-d on foot In the dlroctlon of town, then turned around and went lo tho Hollowoll h<?ino. whore JnmoK rj. Hollowoll jrunimnnod n phVMlcinn. i It Ktlll lacked about ten minute* of mldnlifht and I?r. Howard Comhu fortunatoiy bad not retired. He wn?? on tlio kpot within ten minuter aft?r the MiinmonR reached him. Prompt ly dispatching hl<t autouiohllo back to the city for the hoiodtnl ambit line... he aet to work 'to nee how many ||vnW could he saved. i Harrett was dead. Kxnmlnntlon ?t?r - bowed that his neck nnd rlKht iUy w? re broken, besides various cntn >nd brubes about his body. Dr. Combs at the time only naw that life had gone out of hlra and went to th? nf \t viol im. sqll Jfcatlng, hi< sku!I was low 1*1* jaw ?%u< .dtaticred, It is loft arm iva? h'dkni ami his riulit leg showed lwi? iraol'ii There s<?? mod little im e for !11r.!. As a matter of fact. I:< dh*d b? t?ii? ? renrhin;; the hospital. I'll! wh- r? ? was Miller.' In vain l>r. Combs n arclii*d aloii': tlio dltch hank and about tin: trie I?.r him. hut without fUiT'Ns. Wlicit lie found tho boy. at length. in tho cotton patch ami made a hasty elimination, tho physician's ? yes flashed. Iloro waij a lili which lie could sa'.o. Meantime the hospital aiuhiilance Pnd failed to arrive, and Dr. Combs grow restive. CommniidecrliiK a l-'ord touring car from u farmer of tin- neighborhood lie hrouuht three of the men still liv ing, Abbott. Seymour ami Miller, to the hospital in it. leaving Newborn, who was walking ahont and whose hurts were not critical, nt the wreck. The ambulance, when it arrived at the scone, brought the body of liarrett to Zelgler's undertaking es tablishment. and took Newborn to tho hospital. Newborn reached the hospital in a state of collapse, but his only visible injuries are a bruise on bis breast, where lie was thrown against the steering wheel, and cuts on his riuht forearm and hand. Seymour Lingered John Seymour lived until a little aft' r s o'clock.? but from his arrival at the ho'-pilal his breathing showed that death for htm was a matter of mono i-is. His el:nil was fractured and |iis chin cm opciii lie is sur vl\ed hv hi ; moth< r, Mrs. Margaret Si yinoiir. wilii v. hum ho made his homo on Sj?uth 11'.ad street, and by a wife who. with her six-year-old hoy, made her home with her people, M , ?i Mrs. Tli'imns S. Davenporti at !>i ? p C!ivek, Virginia. Itofore lit i marria.- .he was Miss Joanne Co linon. She, lias not lived with her husband -for some time. . following a result nee of some months in Japan and other forel-. M countries in Jh21, lie returned to America and after some month-? on the I'arlflo eo. t bo can**' bark in Jam. I!>22. to HIIzn belli City and had been employed In bridge construction work connected .with the drainage district in New land township, this County. Newborn told Dr. Combs when tIv??^ , physician reached the scene of tho wreck thai the car left the road at the curve and that strive us lie would he eonhl not turn it back Into tho road. lie thinks that the ucHdcnt j was duo to a locked steering wheel. This is tho serooiL'Wrock in which this Stephens car has flgurod. Soon after its first owner parch J hi d it, tlio c.tv <?.night lire on the road and eve rything that was inflamahle about it Mu m >i up. The car was then rebuilt by tin- dealer for Julian Newborn, and Tuesday night's Joyrlde ended in grim tragedy. A local garage man Wednesday morning remarked that he wouldn't want to ride in that car If It were nevei driven more than ten miles an hour. He was even "Jubous" about doing any work on it. The opinion i:< freely expressed on the streets that tho accld'tit might h: v- been avert- d had there been a trafticoop on the \V'i"ksvllJe road. All of the Kllzabeth City police are on foot and have no means of coping with j.pei tiers near or outside of tho city's limits. t'OIITY YKAItS Ol.l) HE IH?v\KS l,KG AT PLAY Ross Owens, machinist, 4 0 years old. Im at the Community Hospital suffering with a double fracture of the riulit hn. one of the small bone jii?t above the ankle and the other f tin small bone just below tho knee. Members of the family say that Mr. - r ? in a friendly scuffle with some on the Southern Avenue hrldire Tuesday night toward midnight fell and his leg was caught under him, resulting in the Injury. Police picked Mr. Owens up Oftg flreon afreet, which Is the other way 4 from his home on Southern avenue, and are Investigating his story GltAND Jl KY PKOBES ACTS or McBKAYKK ftneford. N. C. August IS?Tho grand jury of Hoke county yster iy began an investigation of tho '? l!eg??d criminal acts of Dr. L. B. Mr.lirnyer as head of th? State San atorium on orders from Judge S!n c!j\jr. The report . t expected at the end of the week. <XVrTO.N MAltKHT New York. Au;;. If* Spot closed steady, middling 25.66. Futures. do King bid: October 21..18-41, Decem ber 24.37-42, January 24 10-15, March 2 4.16-2"; May 14.10-1R. New York, August 16, ? Cotton futures opened today st tho following levels: October 24.60 fifi; December 24.6 5-58; Jan | nary 24.29-33; March 24 38-36; May 24.26.
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