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ALL BIT GERMANY! When official announcement or death of Woodrow Wilson was mad e. flans of all foreign embassies with exception of German, were placed arhalf-ma?t. Left to right: France, England, and Germany. The latter under pressure, agreed to place llau at half-mast duriiiu funeral cereni onies NEVADA TRYING AN EXPERIMENT First Legal Execution Ity Lethal Gas Scheduled for Today at Nevada's State Prison. ONE PARDONED AT LATE HOUR III* Tb? A*??-iated I'm,,.) Carson City, Nov.. Fob. 8. ? Nevada will have itn first ex ecution l>y iethui gas wh? n a Chinaman goes to his death in the .gas chamber today. % Thomas Russell, a white anan, sentenced to die at the same time, was np reived to life imprisonment late last night by the governor. Ity li. C. OWKN Copyright, 1924, by The Ad.ance Carson City, Nev., Feb. 8. ? In thin little far \Ve8tern community ? Re cording to population records the smallest statv capital in the union ? modern science prepared today to join hands with t tie ancient Mosaic law of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" in legally snuffing out two human lives. Some time between sun-up and noon today, two men both convicted of murder will be led by guards into . a little stone igloo in tin* middle of the bleak and rock walled yard of the state prison, a mile from town Inside the igloo will be two steel cells fii which they will be locked. Then a heavy steel outer door which will make their prison a hermetically sealed cubicle will be clanged shut upon them. Almost Immediately another guard! will turn a petcock on a pipe, con necting a small steel tank with the Interior of the little stone house. An Infinitesimal part of a second later It is expected that the souls of the two prisoners will have been ushered in to eternity. The turning of the petcock and It:?, quick or slow results will mark the success or failure of Nevada's, and ulso the world's, first lethal gas exe cution. The two men to be put to death are C.ee Jon, a Chine e Tong killer, and Thomas Russell. an American-! born Mexican. Gee Jon was convict ed of wantonly shooting down an other aged Chinese whom he had never seen before, while playing the role of paid tong assassin. Russell, a mere youth in years and regarding whose guilt even high state officials are doubtful, must die for the al leged murder of his Indian sweet heart. The contents of the steel tank which will be driven Into the air tight igloo will be hvdro-cyanlc gan. ? declared by expert chemists to be the quickest and most deadly gas known. A single short breath of It. It is claimed, solidifies the lungs and coagulates the blood so that heart action stops immediately. KvonI quicker than the stopping of the heart, however, is said to be the ren dering unconscious of persons who breathe It. The entire execution proceedings, however, will be solely in the nature of experiment. The trying out of the lethal gas upon two human be ings has not even been preceded by i experiment upon animals. In adopt ing it the state of Nevada, which ' first hung and then shot Its con- I detuned murderers. Is simply seeking a more humane and painless method I of carrying out the law's "extreme - penalty." j Prison officials and guards wbo J will carry out the double ?Mention. 2 frankly admit themselves fearful of ) the results. Four guards a 1 reads ^ have resigned rather than partlci- 4 pate. A half dozen physicians who 3 Will bo lc;:;a 1 witnesses to tho affair will bo carefully watched to prevent any of them from being accidentally done to death. After the two con demned prisoners are lifeless all witnesses and guards will be driven from the prison yard before the sas In the igloo is released through a vent in tho roof of the structure. j Even then, with an air hose In- 1 Kertod through an aperture to help I drive out the deadly fumes, it will be an hour before a physician wear- 1 lug a Kas mask will venture Inside' t<? examine tho bodies of the execut ed men. The sentence of do?h as it will be carried out will not be In strict con formity with the law which the Ne vada legislature enacted in its ef forts to mak?* legalized death a tor lureloss and humane thing. The law provides that tho condemned men 'hall bo put to doath sometime wlth n a :tO-day period of confinement in he "gas death house" and that tho ethal was shall be administered ; vhlle they are nsleep. II la auch a nlmplc matter nowadays to get your photo graph made. Nothing ?ttrr or fnrmnl ahont It You Jimt drop In arid I will show yon where to alt ? presto, and the thing Is done. Call 8? for an appointment. < ZOELLER 'S STUDIO A TIUVILTK Wood row Wilson is dead, j The telegram said. | Not ho. our chieftain is sleeping. | And the angels of light j In their garments of whit** Around him their watch fires are I keeping. iWoodrow Wilson is not dead, i As the telegram read, 1 Transported to loftier station, 'Mid the turmoil and strife I Of his wonderful life, I He was the grandest and best of this nation. C. H. S. row; men sriiaoi, hot.?>s WILSON MKMOKIAI, SKICVICU t Pork School gn vr a W i 1 son memor i:i I program Thursday afternoon. I The program was: Prayer by Dr. S. H. TemplemaH. Coolidge's Proclamation, by Druce Overman. America the Ib>autiful, Scliool. Flag Salute, School. Hiblc, Romans XII., Elizabeth Da . vis. The Lord's Prayer. Lessie Pritch i ard. I Life of Wood row Wilson, ISIarga ! ret Morgan. j Wilson as a World Statesman, Lu denla Jennings. I Toast to the Military Men, Nellie ' Sample. Tenting Tonight. Fork Quartet. I Introduction of speaker, Supt. M. P. Jennings. Address, Dr. S. H. Templeman. America, School. ? A number of visitors were presen 'at the exercises. McADOO SEVERS WITH DOHENY INTERESTS Washington, Feb. 8.- William Gihbs McAdoo last night issued a statement that lie has severed his connection with the Doheny oil in terests. He also issued a statement in , which he declared that he did not I know Doheny for one year after he left the cabinet and that any attemnt. to link his name with the oil scandal is unfair and untruthful and libel-, ous. i \i:mpi oymkxt in piiilly Philadelphia, Feb. 8. ( By the Con solidated Press) ? This city con tinues to show a steady falling off in employment. The average de cline in the hist month has been 4.2 pe i* cent, hnt the tobacco and chem ical industries show gains running .'is high as S.{> per cent. The tex tile industries showed the largest percentage of Icras. Slim Jim Neckwear ISeir Patterns 3.">r, tlirre for SI Weeks & Sawyer Where the Rent Clothe * Come From DAUGHERTY PAYS WILSON TRIBUTE j Says Country Safe So Long | as Men of Courage and j Good Conscience Hold I Iteigiis of Government. By ItOUKItT T. WIALL ( Cooyriqht. 1924. By Th* Advance) Miami Reach, Fla., Feb. 8. ? Loav ! ing the solitude which has been his pipe * lie came to Miami Beach a lit tle more than a week ago. Attorney I General Harry M. Daugherty ven tured out into the world-of-affalrs-to. pay the tribute of a lawyer to the i memory of Wocdrow Wilson, for whom services were held in the MI amia court house. It was the sort of thing Harry , Daugherty felt that his old chief . would do. If Warren G. Harding had been alive, Harry Daughert3r knew that he would have been ainong"the first to bespeak the great ness and valor of a fallen foe. And , so, Harry Daugherty. member of a ; Republican cabinet, and a believer in partisanship, was the outstanding j figure in a remarkable meeting called here in honor of the dead ex | President. It was an interesting experience | for Mr. Daugherty. Of late he bas i felt more or less that every man's hand has been raised against him. tAt this memorial meeting he found , every man's hand raised to greet j him. After he had spoken his eulogy of Woodrow Wilson there was a wild 'rush to shake hands with the su ; preme law officer of the reigning ad ministration at Washington and it took the best efforts of "Big Bill" Edwards of New York. ex-Collector of Internal Revenue and ex-football player, to rescue the Attorney Gen eral from the onslaught of friends. 1 "Rig Rill" also spoke. He was a part and parcel of the Wilson admin- 1 Istratlon. Harry Daugherty was not. | As the personal representative of Warren Harding he plotted the] downfall of the Wilson administra tion and the turning out of office of j all Democrats. *ood and bad. Yet | Harry Daugherty, today an officer of. Government, felt it to be both a duty! and a privilege to pay his meed of | praise to the dead Wilson, war chief! of the United States. Mr. Daugherty showed much emo tion as he spoke. He communicated moch of his mood to his hearers. | And when he had concluded, not a few of those in the audience were j holding handkerchiefs to their eyes. Mr. Daugherty spoke himself as a ? man harrassed. He. too. has known the bitterness of political attack and personal antagonism. Mr. Daugher tv has known also the all hut help less feeling of physical disability in the heat of the battle, so he put hid heart into his words when he said: "Only death, that final tragedy. \ makes it possible to measure a man according to his merits. In the great j whirlwind of human effort, the rest- ' less nops of humanity and of the en vious spirit, the modern critic, often biased and personal in his criticisi :. los' s his failing when the final trag edy comes. and just, deliberate and In :;?*st civilization begins to ta'.? wen by account of the man." Mr. l>:iUKberty said that while lie <1 * T. red with nnny i f Mr. Wilson's view.--. l;e had never indulged in per sonal criticism or recrimination. He said be had nothing to take back re-, carding Woodrow Wilson, but luucu to say of the man. "Hut." added the Attorney 0<-n eral. "whether men agreed with him ! or not, Mr. Wilson's good conscience and courage were never doubted. No , man can have courage unless he pos sesses that essential thing, a correct conscience. Give us in this country, men actuated by good conscience anil ' courage.-and the traditions of Amer-, lea are secure, civilization is not in ' | jeopardy, patriotism will survive, i .and our country, the most attractive, I the most powerful and in all respects'] jthe freest, safest, proudest and most | I unselfish, will never so much as i 1 tremble on Its foundations." Mr. Daugherty Is showing much Improvement as a result of his vaca-l ; tion and his removal from the tur moil of things in Washington. He I j has been fishing In the Gulf stream. I I has encountered a number of old I friends here, and declaring himself j of good "conscience." He will "car- i J ry on" to the end. ! NOTHING TO IT, SAYS PASQUOTANK FARMER "There's nothing to It." said a prominent farmer of Pasquotank County who does not live in Salem township, referring to the suggestion recently made by George P. Carter of Fairfield In an interview published ; in this newspaper that a ferry be es I tablished from Listers Pier in Pas I quotank to Newberrys Landing in 1 Tyrrell. "You would have to build a pier a mile out into the sound in order i to get sufficient depth for a ferry landing." said this farmer, j "Besides," he continued. "I do -not believe that a pier could be built at this point which would withstand the first winter storm, so exposed is the shoreline." I ITALY AND RUSSIA ENTER INTO TREATY Rome, Feb. 8. ? A commercial treaty between Italy and Russia has been signed and relations will be re sumed immediately. ^ ICIIODK ISL.WI) MILLS MAY MOVK SOUTH Providence, February 8 (By The Consolidated Press) ? Manufac i tnrers in this state are watching anxiously the progress of the La rander bill now before the legisla tor* which restricts the working week lor women and miners to 4S lours. A number of large Rhode Island manufacturers already have acquired properties in the South and are preparing to move there. Among these are the Sayles finishing plant* and the Lonsdale Company units. Passage of the bill, it is expected, will result in a still more extensive migration. A Word to Wise Men 230 Men's ninl Yoim;; Men's all-yciir-romid Suits, to lie sold ut tlie following prices. LOT I. 30 Men's Suits 813.93 LOT 2 30 Men's Suits SI 6.75 LOT 3 23 Men's Suits 818.00 LOT 1 100 Men's Suits 825.00 LOT 5 23 Men's Suits 829.30; ALTON, CLOTHCRAFT, klKSCIIRAUM Men's Overcoats lit Whole- j sule prices, 813.10 to 828.00 T. T. Turner & Company EVERETT TRUE, . i BY CONDO 83c quality very fine Mrrccrizfil 61-incli Tahle Damattk, wi(lr riin^o (if pattern*), White Sale, yd 63c 81.23 quality 72-ineli Mercerized Tahle Damawk, White Sale, yd 83c 81.73 <|iiality 66 and 72 inch All l.iucn Damaak, a ?tar value. White Sale, yd. 81.29 86.00 All I.inen Napkin*, No. 218 to match the above damat<k, 22 inch, beautiful <|iiality, White Sale, the doz 81.83 15 I'vr Cent Discount oil nil /Jerry rrt/r Tablv Linen*. 83.00 very fine heavy quality 72 inch Damaxk, [No. 22, all linen. White Sale, yd 82.39 88.30 All Linen Napkin*, No. 22, nize 22-inch to match the ahovc dam awk, White Sale, doz. 86. 13 82.00 Iteady Hemmed 18-inch Mercerized Napkin*, White Sale, dozen , 81.39 P6 <M> Itcavy All Linen 66 x 66 Ta l>le Cloths with wide hpimlilclipil bor ders, White Sale, eaeh 81.75 83.00 Scalloped 72 x 72 Mercer ized Table Cloth*, White Sale, ciii li 82 .29 82.23 All l.inen Daniii.sk. INo. 211!. 72 inches wide. White Sale, yd. 81.65 S5.00 All l.inen 22 x 22 Napkin*, White Sale, do/.. S3. 13 .-.i) iliiieii Turkish Towel*, *izc 13 x !SD, I3e (pialily. White Sale 12c ."(I dozen lluck Towel*, 13c qtial ir.,-:in ? vcellent value, V, 1 ili- Sale 9%c 2')i' Turki*h Towel*, 18 x 38, good ?]tm!ity, White Sale 22c 73c Inrje KizcTurkish Towel*, fan cy !>'?rilrr* end a very special value, \? i ' !> Sale 18c 2(><* Toweling, 60 per cent linen, very xiiih! quality, W liite Sale, yd. 1 l%c R UCKER eSHEEL Y CO Elizabeth City'* Beat Store
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