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THE WE iTHER (.c/icrnHv fair toiiifilit mill Sunday. .No chan/ee in temperature. Moder ate Westerly i rinds. *#?#*** VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, William R. Ballance Drowned By Negro Deckhand It Is Anybody's Race Now For Democratic Nomination McAtloo By No Means Eliminated Bnl Others Now Feel They Have Evtn Chanee Willi Him And Their Friends Are Redoubling Activities III Their Behalf Bv DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1924. By The Atfvanc*) Washington, Feb. 29. ? It is anybody's race now for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. While William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, has by no means been eliminated and his supporters insist that the recent attacks on him for receiving large fees as attorney for corporations in volve no wrong-doing, there Js no_ question but that he has been injured politically. The friends of other contendere have quick ened their pace and no longer may it be said that McAdoo or any one else is in the lead ? it's a free-for-all. , Again and again among Dem ocrats the question is ar.ked "who will be nominated if not McAdoo?" The search for new] timber, or at least men whose1 names have not been brought forward prominently before, ! has led to an undercurrent of talk in favor of Louis D. Bran-' deis, of Massachusetts, now as sociate justice of the Supreme' Court of the United States, and John H. Clarke of Ohio, former associate justice of the Supreme Court who is now at the head of the League of Nations Non Partisan Association. IJotli men were close friends and appointees of the late President Wil son and both are of the progressive school In politics. In favor of Mr. Brandeis is the fact that lie has been on the bench for several years and therefore not in any way mixed up in recent ad ministrative controversies, that he in a liberal and commands the conll dence of the Western progressives who want the next presidential cam paign fought out on progressive lines as opposed to conservatism and what has been termed reactionary tenden cies. Against Mr. Brandeis Is the fact that he was a progressive Republi can rather than an old line Demo crat before he became a Wilson man. Also he has no organization support in the Democratic party as a nucleus for the campaign, though this might prove an asset. Mr. llran dels. of course, is not in any way a party to the political discussion and is not aware probably of the gossip, about his chances. former Justice Clarke's name has been continually coming up ever since he left the bench. As he is ?} native of Ohio and is held in high repute by the country at large as well as in his own state, the Demo crats who favor him think a man who could carry Ohio is worth con sidering. The mention of both these men is due to a desire to get candidates who have had no affiliations whatso ever which could be attacked and to carry to the people men of Integrity as a pledge of Rood government, the theory being that the oil scandal will more than ever before put the political X-Ray on personal charac ter and business affiliations. Many Democrats are already counting on a victory by means of the Western and Southern electoral votes and to win the Wept they | think candidates of the Drandels and Clerke type will be necessarv. The friends of John W. Davis of West Virginia have renewed their efforts In bis behalf, artulnir that if Mr. McAdoo's corporation law fees do not ina'.;:* him politically Inelig ible. thev also, cannot disqualify Mr. Davis. The latter was president of the American liar Association and is considered one of the ablest lawyers In the country and bis friends say that If be recelvpd large fees they would not be Incommensurate with those received by Charles Kvaus Hughes after be retired from the Su preme Cotirt bench and practiced law In New York or those of f.llhu Root In his days of activity. Resides the foresoin- names, there Is a noticeable rise In interest In the candidarv of Governor M Smith of New York, whose support ers are counting a good deal on the "wet" atmosphere of New York to win over the Democratic delegates when the convention meets In the Metropolis next June. Newton D Raker of Ohio, former Secretary of War. In the Wilson cab inet. Is being talked of more and more and It .would not be surprising If he won the Vice Presidential nom ination. This would not be likely to devel op. however. If an Ohio man? either James M. Cox or Justice Clarke ? were to be named to head the tlck-j *t. Mr. Cox Is getting Into the race again and is expected to do a good f deal of speaking In the primary cam r?aKns He If the type of polltlrfil personality who ilopun't reuard a <h - f< at as an obstacle to another nom ination. He wan beaten for reelec tion as sovemor of Ohio after hi* first term but served .two terms- after that, which means' he Is not to ho regarded by any means as out* of th ? presidential race this year. Senator I'nderwood of Alabama, Senator (Mass of Virginia, and Sena tor Robinson of Arkansas have hooni-lets that are hound to be tnk en Into consideration because of the spftlonal strenKth they have. but thus far nobody has really forged ahead. Vntll the oil controversy de veloped. Mr. McAdoo was way ahead of all others. Today he Is abreast of his opponents and the latter all feel they have as good If not a bet ter chance. DANIELS CLUB BE ORGANIZED HERE Cull Issued for Meeting to Kndorse Daniels for Presi dent at ('oniimuiity Build ing Tuesday Night. A movement to organize a "Dan iels for President" club was start ed In Elizabeth City Friday when the following call for a mass meet ing of his friends, circulated by J. H. LeRoy. Jr., of the law firm of Meekins, McMullan & LeRoy, was issued: "The undersigned citizens of Pas quotank County, friends and su;? porters of our fellow North Caro linian, Josephus Daniels, do hereby register our unqualified" endorsement of Mr. Daniels for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United states and we do hereby ton silO a call to all friends of Josephus Daniels, and to all other. Democrats who advocate the nomination of this patriotic, honored and Incorruptible son of North Carolina for the high off i? e of the Presidency, to assemble in i he Community Building (Y. M. C. A.) in Elizabeth City on Tuesday night, March 4, at 8 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of organizing a Jo-| sefnus Danlels-for-Presid^nt Club." The call is siuned by W. L. Small, J. II. LeRoy, Jr., Thos. J. Markham, P. G. Sawyer, John Saliba, Ernest I,. Sawyer, Geo. W. Brothers. G. A. Pritchard, H. C. Bright. John II. Hall. Jr., Kenyon Wilson, C. K. Thompson. Geo. J. S pence. M. P. Simpson, A. P. Saunder*. Chas. H. Robinson. John R. Rray. L. C. Raum, Jr., and P. W. McMullan. KKJHT DEAD AM) MANY IXJtKKI) IN EXPLHION New Brunswick. New Jersey, March 1 ? Eight persons aro known to have been killed and 12 more are believed dead while about 100 were injured in an explosion which de Ftroyed the storage building of the Amlnite Company at Raritan near hero today. IIOV1S TAKEN I I' Washington. March 1 ? The sol dier bonus bill was taken up in the House Ways and M? ans Committee tf/day and given a clear slate for Im mediate consideration. Illtill St'OAR PIIEI>HTEI> Detroit. March 1 ? Michigan sugar beet growers are signing up contracts for the coming season freely, as the basic has been raised by manuafacturers to $7 a ton. .Manufacturers are predicting that high prices will be maintained for the 1924 sugar output. COTTON MARKET New York, March 1 ? Spot cotton closed quiet this afternoon. de clining On point*. Middling 28.25. Futures closer! at the following level*: March 27.05; May 28.20; July 27.50: October 25.20; Decem ber 24.00; January 24.50. New York. .March 1. ? Cotton fu tures op? ned today at the following levels: March 28 r,ct. May 28.70, Ju ly 28.00, Oct. 25. BO, Dec, 25.27. TROUBLE MAY OCCUR AT CANTON MONDAY I \ Raleigh. March 1. ? Major Smith reported visterdav to Governor Mor rison that the situation at Canton is ( quiet and the Governor will not or der troops there unless serious con ditions develop. The trouble may take place when the Champion Fibre Company attempts to reopen on Monday on a non-union basis. Revenue Compromise Measure Is Passed Washington, March 1. ? A revenii" bill was passed yesterday which Is half way between the Mellon plan and the Democrat substitute. FATALLY INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE SMASH Columbia. S. C., March 1. ? Capt. Philip J. O'Brien, commander of Camp Jackson, was fatally injured in an automobile accident here last night. CONFESSED MURDERER RETURNED TO STATE Gastonia, March 1 ? Arthur Crow der, confessed murderer of John Ford three years a?o. was returned here from Decatur, Alabama, yester day. and three companions of Ford on the night of the murder were re arrested and hold without bail a a : material witnesses. l LABOR LEADER HAS HIS SAY ON CHURCH Pittsburgh. March 1. ? Warren & j Stone, president of the National Protherhood of Locomotive Kngln> | eers. in a speech to the council cities of the Methodist Episcopal Church last night, declared that labor does not like the church because the church does not like labor and looks to the capital clasw for t its support. RATES ON GRAIN DECLARED RIGHT Washington, March 1. ? Rales on again moving into the Southeastern quarter of the United States from the Missouri valley to the Atlantic Coast are reasonable , as the stand, the Interstate Commerce Commis sion decided today. J. Wesley Foreman is ill at his home on West Main street. DIKKCTOK FOHIIKS SAYS HK WOVI Kl'N Washington. March 1. ? Charles Forbes. former director of tin* Vet erans llureau. today declared in a statement that he welcomed the in dictments returned against him yes terday in Chicago. He said he looked upon them "with a clear conscience because they will permit me to present my case before a fair court erf Justice and Jury of my peers." He characterized the accusations: as "hell engendered conspiracy | against my honor and integrity." Forbes said he would interpose no technical objection to the trial but I would go to Chicago voluntarily.", [adding that he was "not going to i Florida" despite the fact that "oth 1 er men now charged publicly with J crimes against the Government have been reported hiding behind the | screen of ill health." I POTATO EXCHANGE IS ENLARGING QUAKTERS I The entire office at 1 4 South Poin pdexter street fr?nr~ been turned over | to the Carolina Potato Kxchange and workmen are busy altering the inte rior arrangement for the exclusive use of this company. The office will be painted and put in first class shap?*. A stenographer and extra typewriter will be provided for those engaged in the potato business and the office will be thrown open for the convenience of men from out of town who will come to Klizabeth City during the harvesting season, according to the manager, N. How ard Smith. The Grice-Whitehurst Insurance Agency, who have until this week occupied half of the office with the Carolina Potato Exchange, have moved to the second floor of the Sa-. ir.v.H Dank & Trust Company i Building. The new office has been ! made attractive with furnishings ?and judicious use of varnishes and paint. The moving of the hi"* steel | safe of the insurance firm to the sec j ond floor location attracted no littlo ! attention Friday. Nl'XDAY l.AST DAY FOIl ANNUA I. DINNKR T1UKKTS Sunday Is the last day to secure tickets for the annual dinner of the First Methodist church to be held next Thursday night. The rommlttee of ladies in charge must know how many to expect at the dinner and | those who are going ter attend are I asked to get iheir tickets from mein . hers of the Men'x Hible class not | later than Sunday. Massachusetts starts Drive Against Billboards On Roads Scenic Beauty of Driveways Destroyed or Impaired by Hup Hilllmard* Thai One ('.an Not See Over or Under and Slate Noted for Culture In Tired of Tltrm ll> HK.MiY li. WKNDKM, (Copyright. 1924. By Tha Atlvanrr, | Huston. Mar. 1. ? Massachusetts. Krend old srat of culture, has stopped to t lie fore again. This time* it is a state-wide drive nuainst the billboards that line her highways. No longer will the tourist along the Springfield highway have the de lightful view of Mount Tom cut off from him by huge billboards that h? can't see over, under or around. No longer will the Sylvan beauties of the Mohawk trail be obscured by glaring boards in primary colors e >. tolling the virtues of this, that and the other. . And no longer will th ? farmer collect a free coat of paint for his barn for the mere privilege granted the latest patent iiiedlclne advertiser to screech his wares in five- foot letters on its walls. The, state department of public works, recently empowered to regu In f ?? bill board advertising by tin* simple proc?-r,3 r,t i'hat In dustry, has served notice on Its li* censes to get in line by July 1 or [prepare to setyajr&t'' them*elv?s from a lot of inoney. Violation of I 'he new regulations is punishable by ;? fine of $ 1 00 for the first offense, and $500 for the second. This doesn't mean, however, that bill boards are to go altogether In the Hav State. Massachusetts is taking it by degrees. The present regulations merely restrict the site and the placing of signs. How Ion* it will be before the hoards are en tirely eliminated- if ever Is a question. nut the civic oraanlzn-1 tlons and individuals who fought the scnnlc "desecration" to the point of getting It regulated, are carrying on, with p clean sweep as their goal. The bill board men. of course, are carrying on a tn mendous fight In the other dlrectloh. The regulations so far promulgat ed provide: That no bill board exceeding 32 square feet In area shall be erected within 100 feet of a public highway, j That no bill board exceeding 25 feet In length or 12 feet in height shall be erected within .'500 feet of a public highway. Thjit is no event may a bill hoard exceeding 50 feet in length and 12 feet in height be erected, nave that the department of public work* may In Kb discretion authorize creation of boards 15 feet in height provided they are not more than 10 feet in length. The Cape Cod district probably will be the first battle ground in tin bill board war. There- the bill board interests have capitalized the popular symmer playground, not on ly of New Englnrtders, but of a sub stantial representation from all oyer the (Tnit"d States. The industry nev er has flourished extensively in the picturesque, hilly sect Ions of Massa chusetts. largely because the state lias acquired, and banned to bill large strips of territory on both sides of the road. The l'oston Post lload. leading from Host oil to New York by way of Springfield, probably will be the Scene of another war. as it is liter ally lined with advertising. In this connection it is noteworthy 1 hat when Henry Ford acquired the his toric "Waysld" Inn' in Sudbury, which fjongfellotv celebrated . in verse, be took pains to acquire a substantial acreage from which he banished bill boards and hot dorf counters. The present regulations of the highway department certainly would seem to represent an Important step toward bill board control, but curi ously enough they have fulled t'i please anybody. While the bill board Interests have denounced them as an "invasion of pufvate rights." opponents of the Industry < contend that they do not go far enough. Those who do not insist on complete elimination demand that a uniform bill board be prescribed, which shall not exceed eight feet in length and four feet In height. Hurled Into River Over Rail OfTug Clay Foreman Deed Done as Vessel W as Leaving llarltor Friilay Night at Ahuut Half Past Ten O'cloek ami Vietim Disappeared Under ley Waters of Kiver to he Seen Alive No More Elwell Overton, 28-year-old negro deckhand on the tug Clay Foreman.! is in Jail on the charm* of having! thrown overlniard and drowned Wil liam H. Ilallance, 41-year-old ma rine engineer. 619 Hunter street, as the tug was leaving the harbor Fri day flight with Captain M. M. Mor | risette, 609 North Itoad street, in charge. "The thing happened in three sec onds," said Captain Morrisetie Sat urday morning, " ? so quickly that I i had only time to yell at the men ouce before it was all over. I "When my first attention was at : tracted to the two men, Elwell was ' aftnr Ilallance with his fists white Ilallance was trying to ward off the blows with a broom handle held In both hands and in front of his face and body. "One of the negro's blows must have broken through the white man's guard, however, and have found its mark squarely, for I saw Mr. Ilallance, who had been retreat ing, fall back against the rail. "Then quick as a flash, before i could utter more than an exclama tion of horror, I saw the negro pick the white man up and throw him ov erboard. "Immediately I stopped my en gines and turned my searchlight back over the waters where Ilal lance had disappeared, but 1 never saw hiiu again. In my opinion he was stunned by the blow the n< gro had struck him when he hit the water. IT not. the water was so cold that it would have be numbed him in a few minutes and 1 have no idea but that he drowned almost immediately." 1'nable to lind any trace of Mr. Halla?ce, Captain Morrisette put bis ves.'. i back to port to turn the negro I over to th" police. As the tug touched the dock, however, in order for a messenger to the pollcc depart ment to disembark, Overton sprang to the dock and disappeared Police picked him up, however, about mid night at the home of I 'earl Kiddick, Poplar street. Night Captain Wins low making the arrest. Overton bore the reputation of be ing a dangerous negro. When little ! more than a boy lie was convicted of burglary and served a 11-year sentence in the State prison at Ra leigh for that offense. Since his dis charge from prison, lie hns been in trouble in police court on more than one occasion. In fact, the only things in Overton's favor seem to b" that he was in the Army for 11 ? months during the World War and has helil one Job. that of deckhand !\uider Captain Morrlsett". ever since he came back home following his discharge after the signing of the Armistice. The spot where Mr. Ilallance went overboard was off nuainst the dry i dock of tfie Iron Works A Supply Company on Riverside Drive, said to have a depth of .'15 or 40 feet -one of the deepest spots In the harbor. A crowd was on hand in front of the Kramer building and the Hln , ton building to hear the evidence at the preliminary bearing, which was expected to be hold Saturday morn ing, but County Prosecuting Attor ney Sawyer and Trial Justice Spence decided that it would be better to defer the bearing until the body could be found. "Mr. Ilallance fell overboard when he jerked n broom from my hands," Is Overton's version of the drowning as given to an Advance reporter who saw him In his cell Saturday morn Inir. "The argument started 'cause | was 20 minutes late. Mr. Hallatice cu Sited me and I cussed him back. Then he up and !ilt* me with a broom and I crabbed the broom and hit him In the fac with my fist. Then h" Jerl<ed the broom from me and fell overboard. If he hadn't been so heavy 1 could have hilt the broom and snv.d him. "Th captain stopped the boat as soon as Mr. Ilaljanc* went over board but we dldn t seo nnv more of him after ho went under the water the first time." Thr. nreumcnl Klmtnl. Ov.rtnn "" V, wlieil HnllnrtT' nv< rlwnrt' tilni mak" n r. mark Hint II wiimi'i "no Imdt'rt Ini.ln- <m what tlim I t, m down to work." "What* .hat?" Mr. Ilallance asked, According to Overton. "I up and told him the same thlnir and then lie (.Missed m** and 1 Cussed him back and the flght start ed." yii.Jianco had made the remark before the host left the city that Overton "Would keep on belnir late as lone as we put up with It." Overton says he has been work ing on the boat off and on for the last 10 years. His laat employment began soon after he returned from 14 months' service in the Army dur ing tha World War. Tha negro says he Is 2* years old. He lonkx older than that and ap , pea red nerrou* but willing to talk at the Jail. ? Aydlett Is Happy Over Endorsement Gives Out Statement Convey ing Thanks to Fellow Towns men for Unsolicited Action A happy man was E. F. Aydlett Saturday morning when he reached home, after a tour of Hertford and Pitt counties In the Interest of his ; candidacy for Congress. In a signed statement handed to this .newspaper Saturday morning he | says: j "It was upon reaching Wllliams 1 ton on my way home Friday after ' noon, that I learned for the first 1 time of the action of the business i men of Elizabeth City endorsing my 1 candidacy and their publication of 1 that endorsement in the Elizabeth 1 City newspapers. "The surprise, however, was of course a mighty pleasant one, and I was deeply gratified at it ? mftre deeply gratified than words can tell. "However, I wish through your paper to acknowledge my deep and j heartfelt appreciation of the action taken by my fellow-townsmen and I want to convey to each and to all of them my cordial thanks for this ? public expression of their confidence ? and their esteem for me. ' "Friends such as they havo shown themeselve8 in this unrollcl ted action on their part are what make life worth while. "E. F. Aydlett." Hut there was another reason why .Mr. Aydlett was happy. The favor i.ble reception that had met him, and the exceedingly optimistic reports brought to him by his friends every where he went in Pitt County had been most encouraging to him. "I fully believe," be said Satur day, "that I am going to carry Pitt. ; Dr. Biggs will get a good vote In IMtt County, and Warren will take most of the remainder that do not come to me; but I believe I will get more votes in Pitt than both of , them." WILLIAM J. BURNS DltAGGEI) IN NOW New York, March 1. ? The New York World in a copyrighted story today making public what it terms a paraphrase of code message* sent I to Edwf.rd McLean from Washlnu ton to Palm Heach, says "One of the messages to McLean reveals William J. Burns, director of the Hureau "of Investigation of the Department of Justice, as an active informant of McLean on tin- development on the Teapot Dome inquiry, and Is the first direct link except for one mes sage from K. S. Rochester between the department and any of tlx* prin cipals in the oil lease scandal." Washington, Mar. 1 ? Chief Hums of the Hureau of Investigation, De ; pa r tin en t of Justice, will be sum moned by the oil committee to ex plain whether the code messages sent McLean employes In Florida i wer?- In the cipher used by the de partment's secret agents and whether McLean is not carried on the b</ok as a secret agent. Washington. March 1. John Ma jor and other employees of Edward McLean were questioned .today by the oil committee in its search for further details of the com m tin lea - tlon that passed between Washing ion and Palm Heach during Decem ber and January. It was Major who signed most of the telegrams already put In the rec ord. Copies of the messages sent ^>n McLean's private wire have bee if de stroyed. Major said. The purpose of the leased wire be tween Washington and Palm Heach. the ffltness said, "was to keep Mc L' an in dally touch with events In this country and Europe." "To the best of my recollection, no," Major said wi.en asked If Fall ever ???rt t or received any messages over fl?e wire. Ills recollection refreshed by Chairman Lenroof, Major said he had shown the chairman s telegram friom Fall relating to McLean's ap-4 penrarice before the oil cemmltee. Excusing McLean temporarily the committee went, into executive ses slr,n U) ? ad'4!?!?p?&! tsUgfams and rfetfO^d I (ft long distance tele j phone calls.
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