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********* * THE WEATHER * * Rain this afternoon . *' * fair tonight and Satnr - * * day. Rising temperature * * Saturday. ***'****** VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, Radio And Stage Wonder How Regard Each Other | Question of Whether They are Rivals or Mutual Friend* I IxaUes Difference of Opinions hut at Leas! One Thea trical Manager Now Has Own Broadcasting Station Il> HOBEIIT T. SMAI.L Copyright. I?4. by The A4vmct NVw York, March 14. ? Vaudeville | performers and hundreds of other ; members of the theatrical profession; ar^ being warned against the radio. | "Don't broadcast except for pay; ? j and do very little even then." Tliisi Is the slogan that is being raised in [ the professional ranks and has start-1 ed a lively debate along the Great j "White Way as to the ultimate ef- j feet of the radio upon the theater as; a means of popular amusement. Many of the stage workers and not! a few of the theater managers are divided on the question. Marcus, Loew, one of the biggest managers of them all. believes that radio cam be made to_Jeed the theaters and lie" is planning along that line, having ?erected the broadcasting station which called forth the Ire and the: ?whole battalion of lawyers of the j powerful American Telephone and i Telegraph Company. Mr. Loew's' station does not broadcast at the1 time that people have been going toi the theaters, it waits antU 1 1? ? * -crowds are safely In and then it starts up for the stay-at-homes. The! station advertises all the acts and ac tors that are appearing at the Loew theaters, all that have appeared, and: all that hope to appear. Other managers believe that so ion-- as the broadcasting stations continue to send free entertainment through the air thousands of would-' be theater patrons are goiim to sit "by the receiving apparatus and wear that smile of contentment which comes only with the sense of getting something for nothing. The theatrical papers are taking part in the discussion and at least one of them has told- the managers that all too many persons are becom ing alienated from the theater by the high prices charged for medio-' ere shows. The paper does not be-1 lieve that the radio will hurt the' theater, provided the theaters wake j up to the fact that they have one . more rival in the field and improve their offerings accordingly. At least one manager is quoted as saying that the broadcasting of his show j "brought many patrons to the theater1 who frankly said they had been at ! tract ed by what they heard and now I wanted to see what It wak all about. It Is estimated that today there j are between 3,000,000 and 4,000. 000 radio receiving sets in use In the t 1* nited States. Theatrical men estimate that there are t?-n million potential thea ' ter-goers to be appealed to every I day. They say it is foolish to over look the fact that many of the la t - | ter are today putting their money | Into radio apparatus and are getting their money back in the way of free I entertainment at home. It is not alone the 3,000,000 or 4. I 000,000 owners of the sets that wor ry the theater folk, but all of the radio owners have friends arid Invite ? j them In In the evening to "listen" | when a particularly big feature is j | advertised "on the air" tWe theater ! ni(i) say they suffer accordingly. There is no question but that the, [ radio has been very upsetting in | many quarters and no one. In the j business or out. seems at the mo- j j iuent to know just where lie Is "at," I It is hinted, however, that the j theatrical people and the song writ ers might take a hint from the news- 1 papers. Radio once was hailed as I taking the place of the newspaper in the home. No prognosticating I could have been more erroneous. The | newspapers joined hands with the radio and now the two are insepnr pble. * No one would know what was [ what In the radio without the news pa pers. ?ATtlll>\V IS liAHT DAY I IIKNTH ( HKK IS HKIIK Ft Saturday will be tin- last oppor tunity for the ladles of the city to fhear the famous French chef, Ald ferlc W. Klendeau, who Id giving jmich Interesting And helpful talks with hti demonstration* at t ho high j school cafeteria thla week. ' Every afternoon larger and larger crowds attend. as the good new* j spreads. and Mr. Stalling*, managet | of the Can Company, hopea the la- ( j d|e? who have not yet hflrd M;\ j Klendeau will not wait until It Ik too jllte to see the able French chef! demonstrate the Btove he us^s In hlsj cooking and benefit by his advice o.i | baking and pastries. Mr. Stalling' says: "The atoves will be In Stock? land available at all times, but Mr. ?tlendeau will only be here thlsl week. You have one more chance j to receive his recipes and one more chanc?- to win a cake.** The lecturer begin In the after-; noon at 2 : 30. ? r t-'KIIIU AKV < OTTON HKI-OItT ! j Washington. March 14.-- Cotton consumed during February totalled ?07.867 bales ?.f lint and 41.698 of, llnters. the Census Bureau an ?Ounced to4>y. ? . .. y' ;f L Xayer throw rocks at Jail wln fOowg or borrow money from kin folks. GASTON MEANS WILL TELL ALL Waives Immunity Before Daugherty Itive*li gating Committee and Relates! Many Mailer# About Work. | Washington. March 14. ? Gaston , I). Means, former Justice Depart-, nient agent. and man of many con nections. told the Senate committer Investigating Attorney r, ?? n ?? r aV Daugherty today that he had been' urged by liis counsel not to. but had 1 decided to waive all Immunity and i ??tell it all." Means said he also had worked for the German. British. Mexican I and United' States governments. Means brought Secretary Mellon 's ! name Into the Daugherty investiga tion. He sulci that for President Harding he investigated matters | connected with "certain permits having to do with violations of the Volstead Act." "Jesse Smith wanted us to catch , Mellon and we caught him." said Means. "President Hardlnu wanted the Inlormatlon." Also at Harding's1 request. Means testified, he Investi gated Senator Caraway. Democrat, of Arkansas, and also Senator La-, Follette. after the latter had been agitating an investigation of the Teapot Dome scandal. Means testified that In February.' 1922. lie received 100 $1,000 bills from "a Japanese representing Mit sui and Company" to stop Govern ment prosecution in the stan dard aircraft case ami that he turned the money over to Smith, Daugherty's "bumper and friend." A resolution broadening still fur ther the power of the Daugherty in vestigating committee was adopted by the Senate. Roxfe Stinson. divorced wife of Jesse Smith, who has been telling of alleged "deals" between him and Daugherty was reported sick and unable to continue her testimony. '|>ISTRI<T DKPl'TY Wll.l ADDRESS KI.KS TONIGHT H. K. Longley ?-f Wilmington, District Deputy Grand Exalted Rul er of R. P. O. Elks, who Is now on his official Inspection tour will he with the local lorlge tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Elks Home on Nri?t Fearing street. After the business meeting an Informal smoker will be enjoyed. SENATOR WALSH IS IU. Washington. March 14.- ? Plans for today's hearing by the oil com mittee were suddenly changed be cause of the illness of Senator Walsh, committee prosecutor. The hearings will be resumed Tuesday. Walsh has been suffering from a cold and will be confined to his apartment for a few days. MRS. STIM.MAN WINS I\ SUPREME COURT New York, March 14 ? The Ap pellate Division of the Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the recent findings of the referee in favor of Mrs. Anne Stillman in her defense of the divorce suit brought by her husband, James Stillnrin. foTmer head of the National City Rank. liritlAli HOITIKJATK MA N N The burial of Snuthgate Mann. 1 4-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs*. S. M. Mann of Moyock. was made In Hollywood Cemetery. this city, Thursday iriorrilnc. Immediately fil ter the arrival of the southbouml train. Th?* service was conducted by Rev. Mr. Thrift of Moyock and a large number of relatives and friends from Moyock were in attend ant. -- BONUS VOTE TUESDAY Washington. March 14 ? Th? House will vote n?*xt Tuesday on the soldier bonus bill under agreement 'reached today. NO KEDUCTION THIS YEAR S TAX Washington. March 14. ? The attempt to jpass a resolu tion to reduce this year's In come taxes failed In Congress last night and first payments must lie made at the four per cent rate on March 15 . If a reduction passes later, the tax payers will be given the benefit of It. Win Long" Grind Marcel Buy see and Maurice Broaco. veteran bike riders, won the recent Madison Square Garden (New York City) alx-day race, and ore ?hewn receiving acclaim of the crowd afterward. TRAINS RUN ON DETROIT STREETS Increusiiif: NiiiiiImt of Pus* eiigors for Slrccl <":irs Lead t?? New Typo of Slrerl Transportation. n>- j. f. uoyi.k (Copyright. 1921, By Tre Aliincfi New York, March 14. Street rail way in on ail over the lulled Static are watching with keen intereslntlu operation of the new three car street railway train just put Into operation In Detroit. The street railway traf fic is increasing constantly in the majority of cities of the t'nited States and the problems of ecouoni Ical operation and speeding tip of traffic are of the utmost importance, iiot only to the public utility com panies but to the general buslWsn public. All records for Carrying i?assen gers were broken In 1 5* 2 . with the total reaching almost 1 6,000 ooo.oou fares. The reports so far Indicate that this will be^vxCeeded this year, and many of the companies are wor rying over equipment to handle the flood of passengers. This 1* com plicated by the necessity of relieving traffic congestion due to motor vehi cles. The features of the new Detroit system include operating savings :m well as a reduction of original cot. according to It h sponsors. The three car trains require four operators in compared with six for three separate ears of equal Heating capacity. In stead of six sets of four wheel trucks, only four sets are used. In other words, there ( are 10 wheels and eight motors as coin pared with 24 wheels and 12 mptor* in the equipment of three separnt ? cars. "In first costs there Is a differ ence of about $10,000 as the three car train* cost approximately $2J>. 000 while three single cars cost about $12,000 each. Street railway companies in oth'T cities are spending millions both In the purchase of new equipment and the remodelling of old cars which will permit of a double door system of entry and discharge of passenger*. The remodelled cars, however. ar? cheaper in operation only Insofar a.? they shorten stops to take on nn1 discharge passengers and thus add to mileage covered during the 21 hours. Additional millions are l>< Ing expended by traction companies for equipment of subsidiary or feed er bus lines; for the trend In jitne' and motor bus operation during the last year has been toward the op eration of these lines In conjunction with electric railways Instead of in competition. Development of rilrplnne tranpoor tatlon also Is promised for the com ing year, although In this respect ?h?- I'nlted States undoubtedly Is far behind European countries both In the number of machines in opera tion. the regular routes covered and In reduction of fares. The Aero Marine Airways Corporation for the fourth consecutive season has flown a section of It* fleets to Florida where they will be engaged in voy ages tip and down th?? coa?t and to Nassau and Cuba until well Into the spring. This summer they will resume schedules on the Great l?nke*a I,ak ? Chatnplaln. the St. Lawrence, the Hudson. Long Island Sound and oili er Northern waterway*. Aeroplane Interests are confident that they will be able to arrange a more extensive co-operation with land and water transportation lines this summer and that this w4ll lead to a marked In 1 crease In the 'number of regular routes covered and In the number of Heroism l'rumdent Cooncigo is shown pin ning: the Congressional Medal of Honor on Henry Breault. torpedo tnan, 2nd clasn. assigned to th-j xnbmarine C-5. Medal wai given him for heroiiim and devotion to! duty when tha sub sank ?oma tlm?.'| a?o. i ATTK\I)S I I VKItAI. A. C. Metcall is in Norfolk to 11 1 - I'-ii/l the funeral of his brother, Har ry I'reacott Metcalf, who died short ly nfter a street far accident nesday night. His death i?cctirred at St. Vincent's HoHpltil. He was fLO. years old. Th*- funeral in to be conoucti'd Saturday afternoon and A. C. Metcalf will return to hi* home here Saturday night. machines in operation. The Increased demand* for cit > and suburban transportation un doubtedly *have had a distinct stimu lus to power development. In New York state alone. expenditures for new power plants and equipment arc I aggregating about $1,000.0^0 a week and thin rate of investment expected to continue throughout tin year. Enlargement* of steam plants in New York and Brooklyn alone now- arranged for will aggregate 335.000 horsepower. There are at present nearly 2. 000.000 meters In operation In this state. This is an increase of fully j 300.000 as compnred with a year h go. The powyr plants of tin- state In the last year have Increased pro duction to f?. 000, 000. 000 kilowatt i hours and this still is falling short I of demand. Other cities are in sim ilar plight, as Is shown by reports of I subsidiaries of the North American company operating in other sections, which Increased production to 2, 1 1 1 3.791 .1 36 kilowatt hours last year, .an Increase of 37 per cent over 11922. Investigation Fails Show Any Criminal Culpability Senute ('.oininittee Has Unearthed Interesting Information on Teapot Dome and Sinclair Oil Lease* hut Ques tion of Crime Must l>e Tried in the Court* ?>? DAVID I-WVUKXCK (Co??rlflh:. | "<24. By Th? Advance) Washington, March 1:1. ? The Teapot Dome "scandal" has to date failed to develop "criminal culpability" on the part of any of the persons mentioned in the controversy and it 'has not yet proved that the oil lenses made by the Government were disad I vantageous. k VISITOR TO BESTCITY LIKES CHIEF GREGORY A Norfolk visitor called upon The I Advance today to tell a story thai ? may seem trivial hut in reality he- 1 longs to the big things. This gentleman said: "It is the) [little things in life that count, and this morning In your beautiful city | I had the opportunity to see one of j these examples clearly. JTpon arriv ing in the city, I made a mistake In (driving and made a left hand turn. Of course, this Is against the law, and upon seeing' the chief of police walk up I expected to be reprimand ed. and- looked forward to an tin ! plejisant interview, hut your chief came forward with a pleasant smile I upon his countenance and in the most courteous manner explained ! the law. 1 "I have been In many cities thru out the Kast and have never before | had my attention called to an error that made the calldown a pleasure. I can truly say that It was a very pleasant experience to see the gen i:il smile of your chief. Somehow or o'ther it seemed to say. *you are welcome here and I am not reprl i manding you hut only reminding.' "Just this little experience this morning will make me remember your city for a long while and with pleasant, recollections. It is such acts of courtesy and politeness that I make your Journey through life I worth while, and I have to heartily 'commend your progressive city upon its selection of a splendid gentle I man as the head of Its police de j part menu" t < > i.< ? l : i : I > MOOfj TAKKtt HOLIDAY ATTKNI) COl'IIT The colored school on Simpson Ditch road had a holiday * Friday when Sad to llryant. colored, was be fore Assistant Trial Justice Mark ham on a charge of assault. Sadie, it seems, undertook lo take lover the discipline of the school when her little hoy cailie to her cry ing at being snowballed, (lathering I two or three switches by tin* way side Sadie lit into Narcissa and Coin Davis, accused of the snowballing, i with such effect that the affair was aired in court Friday morhlng. Sadie was fined bv the court ll.'i and costs. tPRKK MOTION PMTntKH AT THK FIIIHT MKTHOMHT I About 425 attended the motion pictures at the First Methodist Church last Friday evening. A lov jer of childhood would be delighted to see the little, folks of the commun ity In the'r enjoyment of clean, in [structive and helpful pictures. All in all. there is an enthusiastic, glad lime ;it the First Methodist Church1 each Friday night for the young and j t h *? old. The program for this week i* as follows : "Iljside Out"; "The Spirit of the Illrch"; "Give a Thought to Music";' " TIs Tough to he Tender"; and the, j lllble picture "Abraham and Lot." The exhibit begins promptly Bt ,7:30 o'clock. "A hearty welcome is (there for all," ways the pastor and I there Is no charge except a free wlllu offering, joiin i>. MiiMjirrr nrc\i? John D. Mldgett, formerly of ; Manns Harbor, died at tlx' home of t | bis daughter, Mrs. J. W? fturfoot,! '104 Kast Burgess street. Friday at noonf, after a long llloess. Mr. Mldgett Is survived bv seven children: Mrs. T. S. Msnn, Mrs. K. ( M. Cox. Mrs. J. W. Hurfoot and Al- i on*o Mldgett of this city; Mrs. Ous I Mann of Norfolk, and Mrs Conneryj "raddock and C. It. Mldgett of Manns Harbor. ^ CHEW PLEAD GUILTY SMUGGLING CHARGE New York. March 14 ? Five of1 i the seven member* of the crew ofi | the Royal Mall liner Orduna today! I pleaded guilty for smuggling and) were remanded for sentence Wednes day. CUItTIS D. W1LBUK NEW HEAO OF N.W^ San Francisco, March 14. ? Curtis I). Wilbur, Chief -Jus tice of the California Supreme Court, was tendered the post <>f Secretary of the Navv hv President Coolidge yesterday and hus accepted. This is the status of the in vestigation which has had many sensational exposures but which so far as legal consequences arj concerned has not convicted anyone. The testimony of Edward n. Mc l.ean. -WBsiniigton publisher, from whom revelation* were expected, fell flat. His naive confession that "he had gone down the line for a friend ' and had made an nntrue statement about the $100,000 he was alleged to have paid Albert II. Kail. Is ac cepted here as more than likely to have been the cause of the myste rious drnwing of checks which were never cashed. After all the testimony Is sifted, one tlllnc stands out as unexplained md as likely to produce Interesting consequences. Was Albert 11. Fal', as Secretary of the Interior, who made the leases for his old friend E. I.. Doheny, Influenced by the fact that Mr. Doheny luul given him tlOO.OOQ a verir before? Was It a loan or a bribe? The special counsel for the Gov ernment are going on the theory that the leases were not In the In terest of the Government and should be annulled. Mr. I'ail himself has taken advantage of l\ls constitutional ' rlulits in declining to testify before tiie Senate committee since he will undoubtedly be asked to answer tho same questions In court. So the Senate committee cannot determine whether Mr. Fall .wis guilty of accepting a bribe or wheth er tho leases which lie made Injured the Government. All the other testimony relating to conversations with Edward II. Mc l.ean heroine Irrelevant unless It can be proved that Mr. Mcl.ean was con ncctcd in some way with the making of the leases originally. And no evi dence of that kind has been se cured. Even If he had exercised his influence with Mr. Fall he could not bp prosecuted for it because he is not a member of the I'nlted States Government. It would have to be proved that he entered a conspiracy to defraud the Government and there is no evidence of that before tiie committee. The Senate committee has not yet called 11. r. Sinclair nor has It re newed its examination of E. I.. Do heny and It is said that the same reasons for wishing the courts to subpoena Mr. Kali apply to these two men, who will undoubtedly ir? witnesses in the civil cases which are to follow. All the minor witnesses who are testifying as to conversations with or telegrams to and from Mr. Mcl.ean have fulled to produce anything In criminating. It has been an inter esting disclosure of bow a Washing ton publisher with a home here and In Palm lleach keeps in touch with things and how friendly he is to pub lie officials slid how far he stretch es his friendship to shield a member of the Harding cabinet all this lias kept the national capital as fascin ated as II would lie by a detective story: hilt so far as results are ron r, rn'ed nothing has been accom plished for the Teapot Dome case rests squarely In the courts where Albert II. Kali will have to prove his innocence and where the value of tile If II "es to the f love) n III' lit Will tie del rnilned by expert testimony. SKA 114 *11 CONTINUES I OK KNTOMBKI) BODIES fast legate. 1'tah. March 14- ? At ? ;; <> Hits morning 113 bodies had iie.-n recovered from the mine of the I'tah Fuel Company in which 173 i,cii were entombed last Saturday. Hvery part of the mine has been ex plored. affording to rescuers, hut I more thorough search is being ,?ade today for the ten bodies "till remaining. COTTOV MARKET New York. Mirch 14 -Spot cot ton Hosed steady till* afternoon, idranclng ten points. Mddllng 28 W. Future* elosed nf th?- following levels: March 2S ?2; May 28 92: July 28.19; October 26.58; Decem ber 2 r? . 2 o New York. March 14. ? Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: March 28.72, May 28. 99, Ju ly 28.32. Oct 25.70. J>ec. 25.30. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Whaley of Rllzabeth City. Mr. and Mn. C. L#. Whaley and Mr. and Mrs. ,B. M. Ban night were the guesti of Mr?. Mag lie Whaley of Camden Sunday.
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