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********* * THE WEATHER * * Fair tonight and Satur- * * day. ,\i>l much change * * in temperature. Gentle * * to moderate winds. ********* ********* * * * CIRCUL4TIO\ * * Thursday 2.389 Co /ties * * * ********* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 51. Coolidge Stands Pat And Harry Daugherty Stays Put Danglierty of Course \?l Expected to Slay in Cabinet Until Elections But Will Resign "on Account of Health" In stead of Under Fire from Lodge and Pepper Bv DAVID LAWRENCE (Cepyrifht. 1921. By ^li? Advance) Washington, Feb. 28. ? President Coolidge has decided to j .stand pat and make his political opponents prove their case j against any members of his cabinet. He will accept the resigna tion of Attorney General Daugherty only after the latter has had a full opportunity to refute the accusations made against him in the Senate of complicity in the oil controversy. This means that the Attorney General succeeded in persuad ing Mr. Coolidge that nothing ?would be gained by outright surrender to the demand of the Democrats and that the public would of necessity suspend judgment if no precipitate ac tion were taken at htis time. Mr. Daugherty feels that no charges made against him can be proved. He is not going to embar rass Mr. Coolidge by giving the Democrats a campiagn issue on his own personal fitness or unfitness for the attorney generalship but will re sign as he has long intended to do because of his health. If the oil con troversy had not arisen the chances are Mr. Daugherty would have re tired this spring. The manner in which Mr. Daugh erty issued his brief statement and abruptly left the national capital for Florida indicates his characteristic fighting qualities. The Senate may pass the resolution demanding his resignation but will they do so with out giving him or his counsel an op portunity to be heard? Mr. Daugli vrty has the President's support in the course he is pursuing and at the Republican National Committee headquarters there is gratification that the President has not been stampeded into asking for a resigna tion at this time. Looking at the question wholly from the political angle, Mr. Daugh erty and Mr. Denby will*4>oth haye been out of office before the cam paign for the presidency is well un der way. They were the two men on whom the attack has centered. The Democrats want to force other resignations on other grounds than the oil controversy but the Republi cans think if the Democrats go too far a reaction may set in that will liolp tjie Republicans instead of the Democrats. ' So temporarily, at least, the Re publican strongholds here are satis fied with the compromise that has been reached. Those Republicans like Senator Lodge who thought Mr. Daugherty should resign will have their wish granted In a short time. Those who think Mr. Daugherty should fight back and make a de fense that will at least create a di vision of opinion In political circles are to have their way too. Meanwhile the investigation by the Senatorial committee is proceed ing without uncovering anything really important. The messages passing between Edward B, McLean, Washington newspaper publisher, and his secretary and his attorneys relative to his testimony before the Senatorial committee, are the natur al exchanges indulged in by a man in search of legal advice and the tac tics of the lawyers who sought to ad vise him are exactly what lawyers who expect to get substantial fees for their services try to do when they have a perplexed client a thous and miles away from the scene of hostilities. Thrt two mysteries which the pub lication of two telegraph messages caused In which two employes nt the White House were mentioned are not mysteries at all. E. W. Smithers, chief telegrapher at the White House, was employed on the receiv ing end of Mr. McLean's Washing ton-Palm Beach leased wire. Mr. Smithers, like a score of other tele graphers in the Government service who are compelled to live on the meager pay of pre-war days, find it necessary to work nights for news paper bureaus and others maintain ing telegraph wires. Mr. E. W. Starling, secret service tnan, who telegraphed Mr. McLean about a man named "Wllklna" at Hopklnsvllle, Kentucky, comes from that town nnd Was simply getting In touch with Wlikins. a man em ployed to guard the McLean chil dren. Mr. Starling had originally recommended him and Wllkins went away on a vacation without leaving his address and the only way he could be advised that he was to re turn to Washington was by looking up the man who bad originally rec ommended him. These two trivial Incidents have no mystery or Importance and If the remainder of the McLean messages ?re no more exciting than that, there will be no more sensations In that direction and the whole question of Mr. McLean's connection with the oil controversy will turn on his* rela tion* with ex-Secretary Albert B. Fall, whom Mr. Mcl^ean sought to btfrlend. 'says MASSACHUSETTS LOSING INDUSTRIES Prominent State Political li?nler Hears Cry of Textile Manufac turers Against "Discrimina tory" Legislation Boston, Feb. 29. ? (By The Con solidated Press) ? Charles H. Mc Glue of Lynn, a state political lead er, is making a strong appeal to the j legislative committee on labor in-! dustries for an investigation of the | i textile, shoe anfl paper industries of {this state. He asserts the cotton! | mills of New Bedford and Fall River | practically are shut down and that in t { Lynn the value of manufactures J have decline from $80,000,000 a year before the war to $31,000,000. Owing to departure of shoe manu facturers to other centers. Textile j manufacturers dtdlR they had re- 1 cently pointed orut that unsatls'ac tory conditions would result if what they term discriminatory legislation ! were passed affecting their industry. 1 DAUGHERTY LEAVES CHICAGO FOR FLORIDA Chicago, Feb. 29. ? Harry Daugli erty last night-left Chicago for Flori- 1 | da after engaging counsel to de- j fend him in the Senate lnvestiga- ! tion. He announced that he was not i I onposed to the resolution of Inquiry. ; , SMITH SEEKING AID FOR COTTON FARMERS Washington, Feb. 29. ? Senator Smith of South Carolina announced yesterday that financial aid for cot-j ton farmers will be sought from the Government and said fhat as he backed aid for wheat farmers, he I will expect support of his measure. HIGHWAYMEN STUNG WHEN GET CHECKS Indianapolis, Feb. 29. ? Two high-' . waymen held up a bank messenger! here yesterday and stole $67.358.97, 1 hut It was all In checks and when they found it out they threw It away and it was recovered. MRS. WILSON TO USE MAILS WITHOUT COST Washington. Feb. 29. ? The House yesterday passed a bill granting to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson the right to use the mails without cost. MERCER UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL CHAMP Macon, Ga., Feb. 29.? Mercer Un iversity last night won the S. I. A. A. basketball championship by de- j featlng Center In the final game, 32 to 20. WHEAT AVERAGE CUT St. Paul, Feb. 29 ? The decreased wheat acreage to be grown this | spring, the smaller borrowings bjr-j farmers from local banks, the in creased corn and flax acreage and ! expansion of dairying and livestock) I raising are factors which are induc ing: local banks to predict imp. oved | ? trade conditions for the Northwest. 'Twin Cities manufacturers and Job-! hers of threshing machinery and (farm Implements report a gradual ! [recovery of sales volume, although |1 923 was still below normal. I TlltKH POPULAR Detroit, Feb. 29 (By The Con ;solidated Press) ? Some IdM Of thft nmout of automobile business con tracted for this year ran he gathered j from statements issued by the , Motor Wheel Corporation which furnishes wood and steel wheels trr : many leading manufacturers. This concern has $14,000,000 In orders on Its books for the first six months of this year compared with a total for the whole year of 1923 of $18,-. t 000,000. Officials of this company ; declare the progress of the balloon ! I tire idea has been more rapid than i 'expected and that a large proportion ' of the wheels now being ordered are j for low pressure tires. It is expected j that production returns will show; i this February the largest in the hls I to ry of the automobile industry. Perhaps a Washington doctor robbed of 12 ounces of valuable per- [ fume was going to attend an oil 'scandal, | IMMENSE THEFT PRE-WAR BOOZE Million Dollars* Worth of Li quor Vanishes from Chica go Government Warehouse, Leaving No Trace. Chicago, Feb. 29. ? Eight thous and cases of pre-war bonded whis key, valued at nearly a million dol lars. have vanished from the Federal concentration depot here, according to a copyrighted news story in the Chicago Herald and Examiner, which adds that the amount of miss ing liquor may run much higher. The withdrawal of the whiskey from the Government supervised warehouse In which the accumula tion of liquor was among the larg est in the country was accomplished by forged or raised permits for med icinal whiskey, the newspaper says. All withdrawal records are said to have vanished also. ? . INSURGENTS AGREE UPON COMPROMISE Washington, Feb. 29 ? House Re publican insurgents today formally afcreed to support the Republican compromise for the Democratic in come rates In the revenue bill. Representative Nelson of Wiscon sin, leader of the group, said that virtually all of the 17 insurgents who voted for the Garner plan would would support 4he substitute to be offered by Representative L#ogworth. Republican leader. Reunion of the Republican forces, leaders would foTce the rejection of the Garner rates on the final vote this afternoon. There were indications at the White House today that the Presi dent might be preparing to publicly set forth his attitude 'toward the compromise. Some weeks ugo?those close to the President predicted that he might veto a compromise meas ure which departed materially from the schedules of the Mellon plan. SET ASIDE BIRTHDAY WILSON AS HOLIDAY i Columbia, Feb. 20. ? The South Carolina legislature yesterday passer] I a resolution setting aside December | 28, birthday of W.oodrow Wilson, at . a legal holiday in that state. Professor Albert Sauveur (above) of Harvard University has been presented with the Bessemer sold medal by the British Iron and 8teel Institute, "In recognition of service in advancement of metallurgy.*, He Is the IHst AxuarV^n so honored in 28 yeara. liOl'ISIA X A COTTOX LATK New Orleans. Feb. 29 (By The Consolidated Press)- ? Delay in prep aration of the new cotton crop, caused by unfavorable weather cou pled with uncertain and unsettled I conditions in the cotton market, is j making country merchants more (careful than ever in buying. As a I result, jobbers' sales are fnUins be I hind those of last year and no im I provement of consetjuence is looked : | for until farm work pets well under way and market conditions improve.! I Ct'STOMS APPKOACIl ItKCOlU). f Manila," Feb. 29 ? The gross cus- ; j toms receipts of the- Philippines for1 1 9 2 :t amounted to $8,500,000. Thi* jis the record in the history of the [Uk.jv'-. with ttfe exception of the I year 1920, when the total was' | 800,000. | WASHINGTON GIU1~S AKItlYK FOll BASKET HALL OAMK I The Washington High School i strUt' basket ball team arrived this i afternoon for the final game of the j season with the Elizabeth City girls Ion the high' school court. Gentlemen's Agreement On Sale Ship Liquor Broken And British Liners on Which Business uh Usual Huh Been the Watchword ut Bur Since Twelve Mile Limit Limit Treaty are Much Disturbed By RORKRT T. HMALIi Cawlil.t. int. by Th, New York, Feb* 29. ? The gentle i man's agreement which has been .permitting "business as usual" In | the bars and smoke rooms of the trans-Atlantic liners plying In and j out of New York the last two months j or more, seems definitely to have been broken at last and everyone In i volved Is wondering Just who is to i blame. > Under this so-called agreement many liners have been bringing Into i port sufficient liquors to run their j bars on the way back home. Of 'course this has not applied to ships flying the American flag. They are at hast supposed to bo as dry as a bone nowadays and little or no at' tention Is paid to them as they come and go. Hut with the ships flying foreign flags it Is different. It is especially different with the nrltish ships and has been ever since the 12 mile limit treaty was negotiated In London. With the signing of that treaty It was tartlctly, but not formally, un derstood that It would bo taken for. granted as hoing in effect without waiting for Government and Senai ratification. If that wan not the way the governments at Washington and London lookod at It, It was at least the viewpoint taken by ship com manders and when anxious and thir sty travellers aboard the Hrltlsh lin ers have inquired as to the possibil ity of getting "something" on tlx way to Europe they have been told that all would be "well" Just as soon as the three mile limit was passed. Further evidence of the tacit un derstanding on rum matters be tween the United States and Great Ilritaln has be?>n given by the seiz ure the American authorities have made of whiskey ships outside the three mile limit. Government officials have not he*- ' Hated to chase the rum runners ov-! or the ocean "border" and capture them six, nine or twelve miles out. These seizures might have been ; held m distinctly violating existing laws and treaties but Great Tlrltain has kept quiet about them. Owners of rum vessels and rum syndicated, have endeavored to get the foreign, office at London to make represen-j tatlons at Washington, but the new | 12 mile limit treaty understanding! has kept London quiet. The big. Iran*- Atlantic Operating lines were: desirous that nothing should be [ done to disturb the quiet which was( Permitting travellers aboard the I Iiritish vessels to enjoy their I "rights" and customs oh In the pre Volstead days. All 1ms been as quiet and an snug an a bun in a rug. All the elamor the liners, all tin* breaking of Heals and the seizing of liquors bonded for the return trip, all the excite ment had ceased. Suddenly, however, the Amerirnn authorities have tnken a new tack. The giant liner Adriatic was sailing a few days ago for a Mediterranean rruise. Five hundred tourists wer*-* bookod to go end there were to be no stops this side of Naples, a nine or ten days' jump. One hundred and eightv-slx rases of liquors, wlne?, etc., were aboard while the Adriatic was in New York harbor. Also aboard wer?* a number of bartenders and sme.keroom stew ards. The bar Itself was handsome ly polished. Coektail and whiskeyl glasses were sparkling In their erys- J talllne readiness. For some reason which London i frankly says It do?-s not understand. I the American authorities descended* upon the Adriatic and took off all } her liquid supplies except the whls-| key and brandy permitted under ( health regulations. Naturally there . was great gloom arnoni: the travel-, lers and a blow was struck at the, prestige of Iiritish shipping Inter-, outs. The raid on the Adriatic haw been followed by one on the Ttnlinn liner Honteverde, and seizure:* aboard scv- ( oral other foreign vessels. The raiding officers here in New. York will not dlsriiHs the subject. | They merely say they are carrying out the law. No one has heard of ft hitch In the! 12 mile tr<iaty, which I* supposed to be on Its wav to certain ratification in the Fnlted States Senate. It al-' ready has been ratified by England and all the ftrltlsh colonies and do minion". The Jlrltlsh lite r captains ' meantime are in something of a pan-! Ic and don't know whether their, next voyage eastward i* to be wet or | dry. The sum runner* have long ac cepted the If mile limit. There has, been no Increase In the price of Im ported liquors as a renult of the j "long haul" so It Is supposed the j new treaty is working to the entire j satisfaction of the whiskey pirates. I They are a hard lot to discourage. | Railroads Preparing For Era Vigorous Competition AikI This Competition Willi One Another and Willi Other Forms of Transportation Will Ite* tilt in I'lirhrusp of Nrw Equipment and in More FITicient Use of Old By J. C. KOYI.K. Copyright. 1934. bv Th? Advant* New York, Feb. 29. ? The railroads of the country are pre paring for the most vigorous kind of competition throughout the remainder of the year, not only from each other but from other methods of transportation. I" PALMER TALKS TO THE COMMITTEE Says Zevely In Old Friend of His and Fold Him Salient Facts, But Is Not His Law Partner. Washington, Feb. 29 ? A. Mitch ell Palmer, Attorney General in the Wilson administration, today testi fied before the oil committee of the circumstance of his retention as at torney for Edward McLean in the oil inquiry. He denied that J. W. Zevely. counsel for Sinclair, Is his law part ner, as suggested in the McLean tel egrams, but added that Zevely "is an old friend of mine" and had out lined to him a couple of months ago the nallent facts in the oil inquiry. Palmer said that he had not seen Fall for years and denied that he was to look after the interests of "the man at Wardman Park." "I did not take up this matter with Senator Underwood," Paimer said when asked about the report sent to McLean that he had done so, and also denied that he discussed the matter with any Senator, except Wat nil of Montana and Chairman Lenroot | Testifying that he had nev*r re presented Doheny, Palmer said I smilingly "1 rather regret that, con sidering the size of the fees he paid." Krhuyler Testifies i Karl Schuyler. Denver lawyer 1 said before the oil committee toda> that the claim of Leo Stack which hf | pressed with Sinclair was based or ! the theory of a conspiracy between | Sinclair and the Pioneer Oil Com pany. Resolution Taken Up A resolution for the investigation l of the administration of Attorney General Daugherty was taken up by the Senate today. Its adoption is 'expected before night and the inqui ry will begin next week. Inspect Ta\ Hetmns The Senate today asked that the income tax returns of a number of individuals and corporations prom inently connected with the oil in quiry be thrown open to the inspec tion of the committee. OPKX ClTOITN IIAVK Til Kill DAY IN COl'KT Four defendants were fined $5 and cost s in the recorder's court Fri idny morning when found guilty of | operating a motor car with open 'cutout. The defendants were Wll loughhy Bell. J. II. Sylvester. Sam | Modlin and Ed Shannon. Shannon is colored. I.' L. Garrett paid a fi\ of $10 and costs for speeding. James White, for rifling a bicy cle without light, wa? fined $1.00 J jand cost 8. Mnnry Dillon, on a simple drunk 1 charge, paid a fine of $5.00 and costs. In the casts of General Jacobs, colored, who was up on a charge of abandonment and non support, prayer for Judgement was continued' on condition that he pay his wife; $2.00 a week. DAUGHERTY DELEGATE HEGAimLESS OF FIGHT Washington. Feb. 20 ? Attorney General Paugherty will bo retained' on the Hst of Coolidge delegates at large from Ohio to the Hepubllcati National Convention regardless of whether he remains in the Cabinet, CANTON IS QUIET BUT SITUATION IS TENSE Canton, N. C., Feb 29. ? All Is quiet hete, though the situation is tense growing out of thM^uiounce* ment of the Champion rafefr Com pany that It will open up on Monday and will employ only non-union men. ' Representatives of the gov ernment are on band to report onj the situation. COTTON* MARKKT New York, Feb. 29 ? Spot cot-| ton closed quiet this afternoon, de-i Hilling 75 points. Middling 29.20, Futures closed at the following levels: March 28.88; May 29 15; July 18.48; October 26.85; Decern-. b#r 25.45. New York. Feb. 29.?At 10 a m.. this morning cotton future* stood at the following level*: March 29.83.' May .10.10, July 29.41, Oct. 26.20. Dec. 21*5. I The steam and electric car ! riers of the country still are un der-suppli&d with cars. Not on ! ly are the carriers buying more j equipment, but they are doiiiij i their utmost to make more ef f i | cient use of that already in stalled. Inquiries for cars with eaulpment manufacturers now total over 13.000 ; with several additional thousand beam under consideration. Orders for 20.000 aim 30.000 cars were carried over Into this year from 19-3. and ? conservative estimates place the number to he put Jnto iiervlce thls 'year at well over 100.000. In spite 'of the heavy purchases In lJ-?. however, more cars were ?'?'tln'il ; than were built. Yet the ton mile traffic of the country last year was ! over 340.000.000.000 and promises to be even greater tills year. Seasonal traffic has already begun to look up. as Is shown by late car loadings, and carriers are taking steps further to Increase the amount carried In each car and to speed up the loading and unloading of their equipment. Cars moved ^ Per cent more miles In 1023 than the prew ous year, and railroad executives are bent on still further Improve ment In this respect. Shippers in the Philadelphia ah trlct have already received notice that the carriers propose to with draw the 48-hour free use of car* i which has been the eustomtoalloW; Shippers and consignees were P milted that time In which to load and unload cars before charges were imposed. Inder tl>e I new rule, however, it Is proposed to make demurrant* begin with the de livery of the car. The reason assigned for th change Is that to obviate car shorty aire In periods of peak loads. It ij necessary to cut tho time of t and unloading to the utmost and to avoid tying up equipment on sidings, Business men are opposing the pro posed change actively and It Is ex pected that the Interstate Commerce Commission may he called In to ail | Just the matter. I The progress made by carriers in 1 1ncreasing mileage and keepln* equipment In repair may be estimat ed from the experience of the South ern Pacific, which Is now loading i 27.5 tons of freight or more per car. moving lis cars an average of 4. miles a day. and holding a large per centage of Its cars and engines In repair. In addition each locomotive is being made to haul a 3 per cent heavier load than In former year Increase In the amount of freight ' passing through the Panama Canal is not being overlooked by the rail roads as a competitive ,nr,or deed. President liyram of the Chica go. Milwaukee ? St. Paul, says that he could Imagine nothing whlcn would he of greater benefit to th-? roads of the Northwest than to bo able to handle some of the West bound freight now going to the 1 a ! rifle Coast by water. The transcon tinental carriers nre now urging that they be permitted to publish 'rates which will enable them to Com pete for fills business. Business men of the Inter Moun tain and Western Slntes. however. ?re battling violently to prevent 'transcontinental lines making any attempt to grant Parlflc roast ship pers a lower rate for the long haul than thai given shippers nt Interme diate points Mid-Western manufac turers are urging reductions In rail haul rates to the const, arguing thnt unless they Ket lower rail rales they cannot compete wllh Aflsntlccosst manufacturers who can ship Ua 1 an ama. Shippers In points such ns Denver, Oaden. Salt i.ake City, noise, nutte and Spokane do not object to the granting of such lower rates pro vlded these Intermediate points get a proportionate reduction. j W Abbott., hea.-l of a big I tab wholesale hardware house, outlined the altitude of this territory as fol are tired of having to do husiner.i under the handicap of con tinuously fighting to prevent the present rale structure being torn down lo favor Pacific Coast shlp '' This fight arises out of the fact that the Interstate Commerce Com mission has discretionary power to allow exceptions to the general role that railroads shall not charge less for a long haul than for a shore haul. MASONIC TEMPLE IS DAMAGED BY FIKE Wilmington, Feb.. 2t. ? Fire yes terday sfternoon did between $50. OOn and $75,ooo damage at the Ma sonic Temple here.
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