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*?****??? CeneraUy fair tonight * g^i * CIRCULATION * * and Thursday. Little * Ill K^) ^irr^ll^llllGIOlnir V/fe?V\)lLj|fllfilVKHIDlOlD1C"2l<Pl * Wednesday * THE WEATHER enerally fair tonif i Thursday. Lit * change in temperature. * * 2.470 Copies * * Moderate winds. * * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 134 Rockwell Confident Mc Adoo Is Nation's Next President Sweeping Victory in Florida Adds to Optimism in McAdoo Camp Which Is Now Planning Campaign for Fa vor Among Uninstructed Delegations Hjr DAVID UVWRKXCE (Unrittl 1134. ?> Tli. A **???) Washington, June 4.?Having won the primaries in Florida, Judge David Ladd Rockwell today claimed that William Gibbs McAdoo would have a total of 632 within the first six ballots in the Democratic National Convention which is just 100 less than the necessary two-thirds. Mr. Rockwell insists that the minimum number pledged to Mc Adoo either by personal pref- j erence^or state instruction is 552 and that he is morally cer-j tain of the remaining number to ? make up two thirds. The McAdoo manager was full ofi optimism following the victory ln( Florida where final results seem toj show a two-to-one triumph. He re-, gards Senator Underwood as having been virtually eliminated from the Presidential contest and concedes that Governor A1 Smith is the moBt formidable opponent McAdoo will have at the New York convention. "What do you think." he was asked, "of the announcement that Senator LaFollette intends to run Ir-' respective of whether McAdoo Is nominated by the Democrats?" "That helps our cause," he an swered. "because it shows the neces sity of nominating a Progressive at New York. For if the Democrats should nominate a conservative to run alongside the Republican nom inated at Cleveland, the Progressives would have a good chance to win." Judge Rockwell, of coures, consid ers McAdoo a true progressive and as the antithesis of President Cool Idge. Should McAdoo be nominated, Judge Rockwell argues that again McAdoo would be the beneficiary of a LaFollette campaign. His Idea Is that the Wisconsin Senator would take away all the Republican Pro gressive and radical votes while the Democrats would lose virtually no strength. ? As for the two-thirds rule. Judge Rockwell said he was confident Mc Adoo could be nominated with or without it but that if the committee on rules should recommend that a majority vote Ib sufficient to nomin ate then McAdoo would have such a majority on the very first ballot. The McAdoo managers, however, will not try to have the two-thirds rule abolished as they recognise that consideration entirely apart from the selection of a candidate this year might influence the voting and they have no desire to make a test of strength on this Issue when It Is not essential to flnal success on their part. They feel sure that a candi date who gets the majority will be given the necessary two-thirds Just as happened In San Francisco. Only three times has this custom filled notably In 1844 when Martin Van Ruren. the original beneficiary the rule In 1836 waa beaten and In 1860 when the Charleston conven tion gave a majority to Stephen A. Douglas and In Baltimore In 1912 when Champ Clark had 558 but was finally defeated by Woodrow Wilson. The McAdoo forces claim they are not sponsors of the proposal to abol ish the two-thirds rule claiming it originated with the anti-McAdoo men like 0?O'*e Hrennan of Illinois. It Is a safe a?.ium?tlon that the matter will not come to a climax at this convention and that if It Is ever abol ished It will be under circumstances which do not affect the fortunes of a particular candld?le. The next state in which the Mc Adoo management is lntereited is Vtah which tomorrow holds Its state convention. There Is a likelihood of ? direct Instruction for McAdoo. This about winds up the state con tests but the battle of personal per suasion with unlnstructed and un pledged delegates has already begun and will continue with Intense activ ity In the next two weeks. NO PUBLICITY FOR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS Washington. June 5.?An amend ment designed to give publicity to campaign contribution* was elimin ated from the postal salaries Increase bill to which It was a rider. FIGHTI**) (lltASHHOPPKItS IX TKXAS <'OTTO\ FIKI.OB Ralrd. Texas. June I.? (Special.), ?This town received A car load of arsenic this week to fight grasshop pera In the cotton fields. The poison Is stored In the county court house and Is being passed out to fsrmers according to the site of their farms. JOHN HICHTOWER IS ACQUITTED AT LAST Raleigh, June 5.?John 8. High tower. former president of the de funct Central Rank * Trust Com-i pany of Raleigh waa acquitted at hls| third trial on a charge of receiving, deposits when he knew the bank to, be Inaolvent. i The flrst verdict of guilty had been Mid* by the Judge and the sec ond by the Supreme Court, which 1 a new trial. , HOSPITAL WILL BE REMODELED New Management Plans to Equip Institution for 50 Pa tients?Surgical Nurse Ex pected in a Few Days. The Elizabeth City Hospital Is to be repainted and remodeled and put in first class condition to take care of 50 patients, according to Mother Mary Agnes, superintendent. Sister Mary Joseph, registered nurse, who will have charge of the surgical department. Is expected to arrive within a few days. She comes here from Mayo Brothers Hospital and for 10 years has been specializ ing In surgical work. The present management, "The Sisters of the Humility of Mary," took over the management of the hospital on June 1, changing the name of the Institution from the "Community Hospital" to the "Eliza beth City Hospital." Other nurses here assisting Moth er Agnes are: Sister Mary Rita, Sister Mary Catherine, and Sister Mary Bernard, dietician. "We are here to serve suffering humanity," Mother Agnes said Thursday morning. "All physicians are free to use the hospital by bring ing their patients here. We represent the interests of no creed or religion any more than another." In view of the fact that numerous rumors have been circulated during the week in regard to the delivery of the hospital to the present man agement, publication of the follow ing letter has been requested by (he officers of the Chamber of Com merce: "June 4, 1924. "Dr. John Sallba, "Elizabeth City, N. C. ."Dear Doctor: I "At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Chamber of Commerce held today the attention of the board was called to the fact that certain criticisms were being made with ref erence to the condition of the hospi tal when it was returned to you on June 1, and particularly, certain property and fixtures had beep r< - moved -*rlor to your assuming charge. "We reg-et that anything has hap pened in connection with the re-de nvery of the hospital that was un pleasant in the slightest degree. No officer or director of this association had any knowledge, or had in any way authorized the taking from tlie hospital of any property except such as was expressly excluded at the time we reconveyed the rights of the hospital association In this property to you. You, of course, will recall, and by referring to our conveyance to you, you will see, that we only re-conveyed to you our rights in such property as you had left the associa tion. Specifically, the ony articlrs removed from the hospital by the consent or with the knowledge of any officer or director of this association were, the desk, the filing cabinet, the microscope, small desk. VlctroU and the a'cohol. Each and all of these articles you will remember were put I? the hospital by the hos pital association subsequent to Its lease from you: all of them were mentioned specifically In the conver sation with you at the time of the agreement of re-conveyance. A quan tity of additional furniture which had been put In the hospital since we took charge of It and which was purchased largely by the subscrip tions raised by the nurses was left in the hospital. "We desire you to understand that If pnythlng else was removed from the property It was done without our knowledge, consent, or approval, ex pressly or Implied. "We desire to state further that If you will let us know specifically what has been removed In addition to the above, we shall use our utmost en deavors to see that this Is restored If taken by other parties, or that you are In some way reimbursed. "Again expressing our regret that anything unpleasant should have oc curred in the transfer and reiterat ing our assurance given you at the time of our agreement that we wish you the best of luck In your venture, we are "Yours very truly. "(Signed) W. T. CULPEPPER, C. W. OAJTHKR. P. H. WILf I-IAMS. J. C. n EHR1NOHAITR, 8 H TEMPLEMAN, M. L. I BHEEP. J. T. MeCABE." Julian Haiti motored to Norfolk I W?dn*,day afternoon. i i iiiinrimiir PAMPERED YOUTHS GO BAD Here are tho flrst pictures obtained by The Advance of Nathan Leo pold. Jr.. 19. (right) and Richard Loeb, 18. (left) whose Jelcyl and Hyde existence has produced the usual denoument. DISREGARD LAW REPORT CHARGES Senate Oil Committee Blames Harding and Scores Fall but Denliy and Itoosevelt are Exonerated. Washington. June 5.?Flagrant disregard of the law in the negotia-; tion of the Sinclair and Doheny oil' leases was charged in the report to i the Senate today prepared for the | oil committee by its prosecutor. Sen-! ator Walsh of Montana. The executive order by which' President Harding transferred ihe oil reserves from the Navy Depart ment to that of the interior was held to have been illegal and the manner in which the leases were ne gotiated secretly by Former Secre tary Fall was described as "in disre gard of the statutes." The leases themselves were de clared "Indefensibly wasteful" and based on a policy which Congress alone had the authority to deter mine. Falls' ? acceptance of $100,000 from Doheny was characterized as "In the last degree reprehensible" and former Secretary Denby and As sistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy Department were exonerated i from ''any part whatever" in the ne gotiations leading up to the leases. , COLOXKL hodman has VERY NARROW EHCAl'B Colonel Wiley C. Rodman. Chief of Police W. S. Hamilton, and Depu ty Sheriff Harry Paul escaped death by a hair's breadth Wednesday morning at the Marsden Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing while en route from Klnston In an automo bile. Colonel Rodman received a slight cut on the nose and Chief' Hamilton was cut on the face. Mr. I Paul was not hurt. The cuts on the faces of Colonel Rodman and Chief Hamilton were caused by fly ing glass from the windshield which was smashed. The party was motoring from Kinston with Colonel Rodman driv ing. Reaching the railroad at ?darsden Col. Rodman says he brought his car to a complete atop. Not hearing or seeing any approach ing train he started to cross, still seeing no train. As his car was on the track the Norfolk Southern train bound from New Bern was on them and struck the car, breaking the fenders, smashing tho windshield' artd other damage. Colonel Rodman and Chief Hamilton were on the! front seat. The smashing of the windshield caused glass to fly in all directions and both received cuts. Mr. Paul fortunately occupied the rear seat and so escaped injury. It was a narrow escape for the entire party. rANAMKRM'AN ROADIIt'IUIKHH SHE fflLTL'AL CONSTRICTION Oreensb<*o, June 5.?Members oft the PanAmarlcan Highway Commis sion left hfye this morning for a practical demonstration on highway construction Iwork under the guid ance of Commissioner Frank Page of the State Highway Department. The Mffty In automobiles and busses- was escorted over various road projects, arriving at Yanceyvllle In the afternoon for luncheon. Oreen/boro, June 5.?The road show GjJved here last night after Its flrat dawof Inspection of North Car olina pftads system. PLAY AT SOUTH MILLS e Berea Sunday School Senior ass will present "A Little Clod hopper," an American comedy-drama In three acts, at the South Mills High School Friday night, June 6, at t o'clock. You are Invited to come and bring your friends. There's fun for all and the admission Is only IS and It cents. PASTOR SHOT WHEN GOES TO MAKE CALL Darcut, Mass., June 5.?Reverend Michael GUbrldge, pastor of St. Mary's Church, was shot to death at the home of John King, Sr., today. Captain David Petri of the Lowell police was seriously wounded pur suing John King, Jr., who was charged with the murder. Father Gallbridge had gone to the home on a call. What led to the shooting is not known. PROHIBITION PARTY CONVENTION IS ON Colunvbus. Ohio, June 5?The Na tional Convention of the prohibition party was called to order at 10:20 this morning and Dr. James Gibbert Mason of New Jersey in the open ing prayer asked divine guidance in the crisis of our Nation and Party when the wicked wax strong and corruptions prevail in high places." FARMER KILLS WIFE NEIGHBOR AND SELF Jackson, Tennessee, June 5.? John Butler. 26, shot and killed his wife at their home near here today, as she was about to cross a lane to an adjoining farm, shot to death James Valentine, 22, and then flred a charge from a shotgun into his own chest. Inflicting wounds whicn will probably result in his death. CROP REPORTER IS BEADY BEGIN WORK i R. L. Sutton, Federal crop repor ter, who will have charge of the market news service to be main tained here during the potato sea son arrived in the city Thursday and will issue his first report Friday. Six hundred barrels of Irish pota toes arrived here Thursday from Old Trap, having been sold to Phil lips & Company of Norfolk at $3.25 f. o. b. dock at Old Trap. L. T. CARTWIUOHT DEAD The body of L. T. Cartwrlght, 204 Locust street, was taken to Black water, Virginia Thursday morning for burial. Mr. Cartwrlght was 50 years old and had been Janitor In the postofflce for three years. It| was at the postoffice that ho was taken sick on Saturday, May 24, and had been confined to his bed with pneumonia until Wednesday morn ing about 9:15 o'clock when he died. Mr. Cartwrlght Is survived by his wife and two sons. Morris and Columbus Cartwrlght. bo*h of this city. MUSIC KKCITAL fkii>ay Music lovers thrc'fhout the city are looking forward with Interest to the music recital to be given by music pupils of Miss Emerald Sykes Friday afternoon at four o'clock In the First Methodist Sunday School auditorium. Miss Sykes has arranged an Interesting program and those who attend the recital will be assured of a very pleasant evening. IIKLTROHH MAY HAYH WILLIAMKTON FOR AYDLKTT Belcross. June 5.?E. F. Aydlett of Elisabeth City s^ems to be the de cided favorite for Congress from this section, while Angus W. McLean seems to njeet with mnr" favor than does Joslnh William Bslley for the Democratic nomination for Governor. The speech of J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus at Shlloh Tuesday night made a very favorable Impression on those from here who heard him. Mr. Ehrlna haus and W. T. Malst^nd of South Mills spoke for their favorites for Governor?Ehrlnghaus for McLean and Halatead for Bailey. E. M. Saw yer of this place, arriving here from I Wllllamston. stated that so far as he i could obaenr* Aydlett was the favor-! It? of the people of that city for Congress. BONNER IS CAPTAIN Chapel Hill, June (.?Rabbit Bon ner baa been elected 1IH baseball captain of the uDiversity team. Franks Murder May Break Up Number Students Clubs Pre-voting Intelligentsia, Brilliant lint Erratic, llrrdiii^ To gether for the Study and Discussion of Cynical Philosophies Produced Leopold and Loeh MANN-AYDLETT BOTH TO SPEAK Will Divide Time at Court house Tonight in What Will l>e Aydlett's (Hosing Cam paign Speech. E. F. Aydlett of Elizabeth City and S. S. Mann of Hyde County will both speak at the Pasquotank Court-, house tonight and Indications point; to a packed house. This is the first speech Mr. Ayd lett has made In his own home town and It will probably mark the close of his campaign so far as speech making is concerned. This will be, of course, Mr. Mann's only appearance In Elizabeth City and, speaking with Mr. Aydlett and staging a sort of joint debate. If there can be such a thing between candidates so mutually friendly as these two, he will be assured an even larger crowd than would have gone out to hear him had he had tho( platform all to himself. The Congressional race has grown exceedingly warm within the last few days with the two leading candid ates, Aydlett and Warren, hurling charges and counter charges at each other at a fast and furious rate. If the debate tonight were between Mr. Aydlett and Mr. Warren. Indi cations are that the clash between the two which occurred at llADtfO last we?'k would be hardly a circum stance to the tumult and the shout | ing that would shake the pillars of the Pasquotank County Courthouse on this occasion. Warren is accusing Aydlett of cir culating the letter from W. T. Ward to W. O. Saunders attacking the Elizabeth City editor and the Beau fort candidate. He calls it a stab in the back. Aydlett disclaims responsibility for the circulation of the letter but declares that it is but an Illustration of the old saying that chickens will come home to roost, as friends of Warren have been stabbing him in the back from the beginning of the campaign. Rut Mr. Warren is not expected to be among those present tonight. With Mann and Aydlett on the plat form folks may risk attendance with out providing themselves with fire proof garments. LILLY WHITES GET BOOT AT CLEVELAND Cleveland, June 6.?The Republi can National Committee after a stormy session seat Lincoln Johnson, negro, and his delegation to the con vention, throwing out the white Re publicans. FIVE AVIATORS AKE KILLED IN EXPLOSION mr Tin Amm1iu4 Toklo, June 5.?Five Naval avia tor* were killed here today by an explosion on a fuel tank hydroplane. The entire pernonnel aboard the craft died Inntantly. HIVJC MOV KM K NT IIASTKXKI) .Seattle, June 5.? (Special.)?Silk and nllk gnodn valued at about $8. 000,000 will arrive here thin week and heavy connlgnmentn are expect ed to continue throughout the month an Japanese liners will advance their calling!! no an to complete voyagen before the Immigration barrier In rained July 1. NO FARMER'S RELIEF FROM THIS CONGRESS Washington. Juno 6. ?Republican leader* have abandoned all hope of parsing the Farm Relief Legislation at this session anil iilao disposing of Muscle Shoals. The latter goes over under the agreement at the first business of Senate and Congress aea slon In Decc*mber. I'HKNIDKNT WltKJHT Wll.l. HI'KAK AT < OMMKN< KMKNT I>r. Robert H. Wright. president of Eastern Carolina Teachers Col lege, Oreenvllle, will deliver the com mencement address Thursday even ing, June 12th at Weeksvllle High School at 8 o'clock. The baccaulaureate sermon will be preached by Dr. 8. H. Templeman In th? school auditorium Sunday af ternoon of June 8th at four o'clock. t OTTOJI M A UK KT New York. June 8-?Spot cotton closed quiet this afternoon, declining 110 points. Middling 2? 50 Fu tures closed at the following levels: July 28:80; October 18.87; Decem ber 15.IS; January 24.88; March 25.00. Now York. Jun* 8.?Cotton fu tures opened today at th? following lavala: July 28.7t-*?, Oct. 28,?0-?8, Dm. ll.tt-ll, Jan. 25.00 04, March tl.lt. I By OWKX li. S<X>TT C?p?rlfM. 1921. T*t Ad??nC? Chicago, June 5.?Tho Intellectu al adventures of Natliau Leopold, Jr.. and Klcliard Loeb. which culmin ated In their murder "for a thrill'* of 14-year old Robert Franks have turned the spotlight of Investigation on the Green Chalybeate Club, made up of University of Chicago students of brilliant but of erratic bent, and upon similar organizations which ex ist in many college circles through out the country. Hunting down and smashing such organizations may be the bit of good that will come out of the brutal slaying of'The Franks boy. It was In the sumptuous quarters of the Green Chalybeate Club? and among its rare assortment of pre-vot Ing Intelligentsia, the authorities say. that I.eopold and Ix>eb fed their minds up on the cynical philosophy that made it possible for them to commit a heinous crime?perhaps a series of heinous crimes?for the In tellectual "kick" It would give them. The careful tutoring of their pre cocious Intellects at home and in private schools had rendered young Leopold and young Loeb too smart, too clever, for the average run of young folk. Similar training had rendered other young Chicago folk equally "superior." The result was the Green Chalybeate Club, where these super-minds, fed up.on theory and crammed with philosophy that would make the average student of 19 dizzy, could throw off the conven tions of th*J "common herd." and dis course and theorize as they rather fancied such philosophers as Spino za, Nletzche. Schopenhauer, and Ra belais would have wished them to. Here, as In similar organizations In many other universities, society and Its law and requirements was held as dull, sordid and slow. A ."kick"?always a "kick." was sought In everything. Class rooms, often presided over by Instructors without ithe fine learning of some of the youthful prodigies, were drab and uninteresting. Easy studies, money, lack of restraint, led rather naturally to "classes" of their own. The Oreen Chalybeates dipped Into realms of thought which for the average per son are forbidden. And lacking the balance of wordly experience, their fine philosophies got tho better of them?at least It did of young Leo pold and young Loeb. It Is considered smart by the new "advanced" university groups to be "different." There Is a tendency to scoff at moral standards. Conven tions are held as absurd. Here young women and young men meet on a plane of full "equality"?smoking and drinking freely: discussing sex topics without restraint: delving In to literature that would give a decid ed shock to their elders. Universities have long recognized the problem presented by these youngsters who have come to regard themselves as Intellectual emancipa tors. They have found practically all such groups made up of Idlers, rich youths untempered by actual contact with life. Various steps have been taken to discourage matricula tion of this class. Home universities have established rules against pos session of automobiles; others have put a ban on smoking by girl stu dents. which Is held a step In the wrong direction; others have Institu ted character examinations, designed to weed out the unmoral Intellectual highbrows before they get started on the path of learning which may prove dangerous to them. Hut obviously such measures have been insufficient. Hence the Oreen Chalybeate Club. Hence many oth ers like It. Hence the thrill murder. Jail, however. Is a great leveler. It already has Impressed young Loeb with the Idea that It will be "the making of him." He now bunks with a burglar and frequents the bull pen with other criminals. I,eopold, though separated from his Intellectti' al group. Isn't ready to ndmlt yet Ihst he Is beaten. He has bepome sullen. He Is not pleased with his association with the low mental tyi>es he has found In Jail. He maintains a line air of superiority. Bnt little evidences are growing that he, too. Is learning of life In the bitterest 6f school*. Meanwhile, no doubt, the Oreen Chalybeate Club and Its fellows throughout the country are discuss ing with admirable detachment and brilliancy of Intellectual play, the mental reactions caused by a thrill murder. WOMAN VICE CHAIRMAN OF G. O. P. RESIGNS Cleveland. June 5.?Announce ment w?? made today of the retire ment ot Mra. Harriett Taylor of Oliln ii rice chairman of the executive committee of the Republican Nation al Committee and Mra. A. T. Hart of I.oulavllle will be recommended for the vice chairmanship and wHI have rharae of work among the women la the campaign. It waa atated. The announcement waa made bjr William Butler, manager of th? Coolldfe preconviction oampalgn.
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