Captain Billy Mitchell
W ould Like Nothing More
Than Be Martyr For Cause
I ? *
Onirl Marshal ;? 1 1 < 1 l)i?inU*al from Vriny, \\ ?n I< I War
Flycmr Krpird> as Small I'rirr In l*a\ for What 1 1 ??
KrpariU !\?mmI?mI Urform in Organiza
tion of I nclc Sam% \ir Srrvirc
? llj I) \\ 1 1? liWVIIKM'K
. IMS. IU Tit
WiushinKloii. S?'pl. 7.- Colonel I tally Mitclirll has start?-<l
f something which will not end with court ? martial or nu r
dismissal i mm tne Army. 1
That's the least of his wor
ries. lie knew that and pre
dicted it when he issued his
fiery attack on the War ami
Navy Departments, lie aches
to Ih? dismissed 'from the
Army for daring to point out
its weaknesses and defects.
Martyrdom like that is what
he seeks, martrydom in a
cause which he Ijelieves is
greater than his own personal
rank or tliv technical demerits
which may lie attached to it.
For Illlty Mlfchcll has fought
Germane in tin- air and has a war
r?*cord I hat no court martial ca'i
take from It l)n. ||?? ban rink ? In
life and has his companion
risk their lives in tlx- aviation mi
vice. Any man who ran face <l?-alli
can face court martial* and even
discharge.
The lu'Mt friends of Colonel
Mltcln II will nmciilr thai lie ha.-*
been til illy of lack of tncl. 1 1 ?
can critlcl/.e methods if he does li
through "proper channcla" Ion In
knows that * im-ans suppression.
The only way an Army or Naw
officer ran arouse public o|dtilo;i
in to do .?oinciliiliK unperccrdoni
ed; namely, criticize his supeih.i
In the |oihlir prints or Im fore a
Congressional committee.
If Col. Mltchrll didn't f?. I sure
of his ground it would !?>? a ill If-* -
ent story. Hut In* knows nfoi -
about aviation than hiost of th ?
officers who supervise plans for
fliers. llis r? medy may not
desired by either tin Army or 1 1 ? ? ?
Navy for !??? has Imtii advoratin .?
a scparnte air service - but Kuro
peau countries with lugger air
fl( tela than America's liavr conn- t??
that solution. An air ininistry .
regarded in Kugland ami Frai.o
as of thr same Importance as tin
Army or Navy. It's a separate
weapon of defense. It requires
separate plans and wimrat" r?*
sponsihility in the judgment <?f
Col. Mltchrll.
Hut at a ninmi nt win n re-or
Raniftation of thr Government de
parlments is hetnu considered. tii
creation of a separate air ministry
la not looked upon with favor, in
fact the recommendation of tin
commission whirh studied re or
Sanitation wan that th? Arm) n I
Navy bo put under a single Cabi
net officer heading a depart mrnt
to bo known as National Defence.
Col. Mitchell would be aatistnd
If the air service were a hranc'*
of a single department of nalion.il
; defense assuming: that the War
and Navy Departments w? re in bo
combined. For then there would
be nub-secret a lies ill charge of
each branch and the air servlo
would take rank equally with th
Army and Npy branches of th
department of national defen."-.
His idea Is that warfare in the air
haw carnal tin right to be coiish!
errd separately from watfare on
land or on sea
When Colonel Mitchell wn? de
moted as assistant chief of the .lit
aervlco of the Army and sent to
8au Antonio it was toward tin
end of a session of Congress win n
little could be done in his ItchaM
by friendly members of Congress
He has since been hiding his time.
The wreck of the Shenandoah f'?
ft cu?en attention on aviation on re
more. Col. Mitchell sees his op
portunlty to revive an issue which
no far an lie was concerned was
! never dormant, lie I n man of
i' wealth, has no d? pend'-nre on his
Artny salary and has earned about
- all the lattreln in active service
that a man can win. Hence what
la there left except to crusade It.
a cauae for which he has so manv
" ttmes risked bis life? That's bin
* tie w point as outlined to friends
here who are therefore not sur
prised at his action.
f The worst that can happen io
him personally I* dismissal from
i the Army, whereupon he becomes
With all the publicity attained ev
en more powerful a voice for bin
Friend* Off to Collrgr?
Bora* of your friend*. or i?? r -
hap* aomr o( your faintly, start
for ^ollo*o toon.
Of teurae you want to makn
aonif iultuble gift, koiw iliim:
that can b*> takon . alonjr and
ttaed. prrhap* a reminder of tli"
fever.
II may he aomothlnj* of prat
I Ileal, rvory <lny u <? n
Ikold <>r *11 vr mounH Vw.iw
Pflharp pencil or fountain p?-n
It may h^ a watch. that rml
nrroaxHv for tho atudent. It
j -Jftay h<- aomothlng i?r<*tty foi
tfce girl* room, aomothlnn In
in* and u*#ful for the.
bov , room .
; Why not coin* In and >
l-*r1?at we an- showing In our
atore?
WhHhrr you want lo apend
ono dollar or a hundred. w
ran provide Juat Iho gift you
*?at.
Bright JrwHry
EllwhHh City. N.
r^>.
c.
'CAN GET MEXICO
AND ALSO RUSSIA
: Itadio I nn* H|T? ml Ncu
Sliili?vi> If l l?r> Waul
I 1 1 ;i I kind
lt> UftllKItT M.\rK
( I'opyriflit I 'lib ID* AlMDt*) I
Washington. Sept. S. A w !?!?? .
variety of Mexican broadcasting |
stations I lint distance hunters may
t 1] ii<* for will In- on tin* air this,
ful land winter. A report to tin"
Depart mom of Commerce today
says all M Mcxh-an hrnmli'asli-ra
are now in operation on wave
. lengths raimiuu from J"'? to
meter-; ami employing power rung
i ii tr from fifty waits to four Kil
owatts. Mexico City boasts of lit -
t i? of these stations. Riivcii of
i which are using power of .".no
| walls or more. X< IA , the Me\h-an
Department of Commerce station:
uses power rilllClllK tip to I Kil
owatts and has several wave
: lengths! and the army station
CYC. employs wave lev.JCfhs up to
l.2mi meters and power up to two
1< ilowatts.
t >ut side of Mexico City there is
. only one station, operating with
sufficient power to lie audible In i
i he failed St a I cm i'Y.V . of the'
Telephone Company, at Chihua
hua. which uses "inn wait* on the
.".jr. meter wave length. Other
liiK stations have hccii recently
c? mpleted or ate uea r I ii comple
tion in Monterey, OAvica. Sallil
dl. Tampico and Vera Cru/.
Twelve hrondcast Ifif? stations
are now operating in Kussia. ac
cording to an unofficial report
made to the Department of Com
merce. The stations are located
at Moscow . Ni/.htii-NovKorar. KIH
sol. Krivan, Khiva, Itllaku, Vnr
oiic/li and Tlflis.
? cause than h? would he in t ! . . ?
A l iny.
President Cnolidue does n't rei
islt Con?:refi>loniil controversies ef
this sort, ill* will do all in his
power to SMUelch invest lualion*
insiltuicd through the Mitchell
ca?"\ H<- will want the fullest ii;?
' Qtiiry made on tin* cans** of th?*
'Shenandoah disaster hut hi' has :,n
j desire to subject I lie whole Anu>
; a nd Navy departments to a search
' Inu inquisition hy Congressional
| com llilt lees with the puhlic e\ri?
! oil over llie charges of criminal
' neglect and incompetence.
In a sense. Mr. Coolidge had an
, intuition of this very thine win n
lie vetoed the N'a\>'s plans |?j
send a dirigible to the North l'?d ;
in the sumncr of l!?24. It w-a's
armted that if the craft was
wrecked and lives were lost there
inlKht he an adverse effect on Mr.
Cnolldge.'s political campaign.
Kven a year later there Is still a
possibility of efforts to make po
litical capital out of the conlro
j versy.
ONE GLANCE AT
WRECK ENOUGH
FOR LAYMAN
Shenandoah,. ( rum
Itiokin. ami
\ImmiI 4 ??ia ill t*\ I uli\ inc?*?
of I ? 1 1 i I i t\ of l \ |H i iim n!
iti r no i Mini fn
I Iioii^Ii IVrrihl) SlmckriJ
h v Tra^ir I'lucl a up INaval
\ir OITiriaU Have |l\ No
Mean* Mope
II) o. i.. si ott
l('ng|ri|lit, !*??%. bt 1>?
Caldwell. Ohio. S**|?t. s
i! i (In rl'i lit f*h? uamloalt.
tin- |?r|i|i ? nf Hi* naval air
s? rvli'i', spra w h-d nut rrutuphd
ami l?rok* -n. its lorn part* mat
tered over till* ruinth loiintry
villi*, ami Hi*- layman W^unvlnrnl
<>f tln< futility of liujiter tliuu-air
cm ft.
Itut not hi Mi-- air nav i?al"i>
th--n?s< Ivi-n. th*?iiKh th**y Mr** t* r*
i ililv ?lioi-k*-?l l?y t !??? iraKic ? -inline
to A in* i i< an v ni it r> i inso Hlriui
lili* n|M-ratioii Surviving officers
of lli>- ill fal*d Sln-uamlnah as w II
as otli* r naval air official* h-re
have not Inst lio|i?-.i luii so m* ilay a
p*rf**?tly Ktif<* llnhi* r-thamair
ship will Im built. Willi*- not
talking tor puhlh-at ion;' liny m'?*
this disaster as affordlnu nm- mon
h sxoii to h? ntlll/<*d in any furth
* i' const nn-i Inn. Hi-ilium v:i*.
i|i*vi'li?p< tl in this country. i-llnai
iiadil ill*- *laiiK*'r of ? \ plosions,
i h?- f-niise of previous . disasters,
hut then r< mains t !??* tavk nf il?*
\< lopinc a ship >*i riirttirally |?* r
f* I t lo withstand til*' I'li'luentH.
Thursday's* dlsnnli r was simply
a ram' of ih?- wlml Ri'ttliiK I hi* bet
ter of ili?* ship. A f?'W nmre min
utes ami It won M hav>- passi-d tin
lochl t w ist*T that enveloped it
win-n ahov*- III*- rouuli hills of
Southern Ohio. Tin Bui" aui
rhaliciliK all' eiirr* ills proved loo
mil' h. liowi'V.-r, ami tliu ship
hmklc<!.
"Hut" say I In- naval officers.
"lH*-r*? are perils thai nature fur
nish* h for **v**ry nori of fraii?|*or
tailoii. Ocean liners. including
tin- supposedly pi rfi'rl Titanic
have <*oin<* in t*ri* f as a r**siilt of
natural ai-?'iil**nts. Kail road trains
liav*- had ih* Ir troubles, instiad
nf iriviiiK up atli'inpts to nv< r
I'oin ? ? tin in. builders. have si-t
ahout to im-* I I'nii-rKi'lli'iiK. Tll*l
lij-'lii'-r than air. i raft is still pi
*m?*i i'Iiik. it is realised now ;is ii?*v
? r before that slnns must put
nr. h* ti' Hni; tin- structural purl of
ih<- ships tn make lh*-m Invulner
hliii- in violent air dist urhanri-s.
That problem w ill have to It**
Kolv-d in iln* Ham** way that oth**r
transportation prohh nis have h**en
Solved.
Tin- loss of the vulnerable h* -
1 In m k.is wan a imt In r toll of tin
disant**r. Inspii-l Ion nf the wide
ly separated parofof tin* ship with
lh?? ri'iir section scattered nvi-r a
uiiio nf hilly rntinlryiddp and llio
front section iiini* in I ha South
shows thai all compartments hnv.?
hi'i-n broken. If tliey had not
been broken hy thi- fall itself
ih*'lr fat*' won Id havi- In-rn si-ah-d
win ti tin* famous native Aim rh-au
M.iivi-nir him tors koi on tin- joh.
only a pari yf tin* Shenandoah's
wri'ckajto n-uiaimd win n troops
i-aim- In iiumhcrM to ran- fur tin-,
situation Most r-vi-ry household
in this Miction of tho stair today
is <t>MH rri\(i kk% iv \i.
vr roi'i.\i; i;k\\< 11
I'oplar ltratich? S? |H s
:il *??rvir? f i ?? - ift jit i!i lla()ifjt
I'hurrti !??-??? last nu!it w.tli Dr.
Janus II Tim >? r |i:ihloi * I lllaek
wi ll Minuet! KapU.-vl Church i?t i
Klixaletli cur. d?ing ? ???? tmarii .
S? l v ic?? will li" ln'ld ?ai*ii j
afternoon jit nVJoi'k :? 11 il ? Ui-li I
i'\rlllim at
PREFER PRISON
TO NEXT WORLD
\t l.?*usl Pri-oiM'i> Nrvrr1
W .nil lo l)i?* \\ lirn llic
Tiitir ( .oiim**?
K.iti-iirh. Si fit s. Would Ihe |
it V'-i'tiKi' person. if ihi|hI?'1i'i| of a ,
?-apit.il crime. prefer d?ath In a
1 1 si'iili'iin1 In prison?
I'riwuiers iti "death n?w" h**re.
|i> i lo ir ai'i Ions, Jnvariahly an*
*w?*r tlo- ?|wTsiiMii in i'ii- i!---aHvi?.
I 'anion Commissioner II. llo\le
Sink nai?l iiulay.
"I have beard a great many pe*? I
pli- nay ilijti . if i liey luol in mTVoJ
? In- remainder of lliHr h\.?s ir ,
prison, t hey liail rather just die I
aiot get llirmiuli wi!h ii. Ihh when .
i lo* elect rli* chair is m-ar. it lie-.
I'oiui'H a very different matter."
sii?l Mr. Sink.
"I have yet lo see "i* lea i*n of a
prisoner romli limed to death who
faili-ii lo ticccpt a commutation to
life imprisonment . ami they never
fail lo put off f lit! fat;. I flay. If
I hey rail.
"The nearest I (Vrr knew of ^
man failing ucrcpt a cnmmuta
tion wan in I lie raw of a prisoner
who luol only si\..iiioii weeks of
a Miiiciiri' lo serve. llr !?>arni'i|
ill** (iovi-ruor was going lo pa r o li
lt im fi>r the remainder of th"
ii rm. and indicated thai In* would
prefer io finish tin' scntem-c. rat It -
??r i liu ii to In- free with the* re-;
maimli'i* of hi:; sentence hanging
over liitn. in rave of misconduct.
'Mill when I In* papers wen* act
ually siuiH'il ami lo* saw tlmin. he
vi ry i|ti|rkly . rhaii^i'il In-* mil
; ami availed himself of the oppor
! liinity to MTtire his lihi-rly nl\
; Week* earlier.
lil.X l\ \l \T ? OKI NTH
i;?'\l\al .-??rxires tubal) al ( *or
i ii I It Itaptisi Clini'i'li Momlay. T!i
pastor. Ilev. It. W I'ri vofi. in ??-.
int assisted |?v Dr. Samuel II
Tempi* man. paMni of th? Kir. *
ftaptist Church of l.'li/.iln'h fit.
Ijiryi- crowd* a re- attending. S- j
vices are If III at :: o'clock in iKc
afii rnoon ami 7 :1". nt nlulit.
Tht-r*: I*- special tnti>ic uml*-r t In
direction of j. J?. || itnrirk, ? f
l'or?vi City.
is showing a ph-ce of tin- III -f:il ???!
, Hliip. FnrnirthitiKK of lie- very
cuhin in which Lieutenant Coin
inn ml ir I?uusdowne and his men
in* -t .their death have hceit tak> >
hy thi* irrepressible Keekers ?
sonvi iii rs.
Thi" coVi rlmr of Ihe ship in hn
. chunks. partH of the Htrtirtni.il
work, in fact, everything Iha'i
couhl If carried away, was pick- >l
up hy tlw crowd. Troops final)"
have pill 'an end to tie- validatio n*
Naval officer* Ironi liiikcliiiM.
N'. J.. Iiavo set ahnnt making a sy ?
I ?' mafic study to determine th- * \
act ill tails- of Ihe disaster. On
Ihing eoqeluslvi'ly denionHtrat* ?!
jts si i n here. |a that helium g i%< is
the irl ? aai I filler for light er-t liau air
ships. Willi liyilrogeir iri u ?? . Me
tragi-dy Would like" have spat<il
noltoily. Itnt the prohli'tn r< math .
iu i mphaslxeil form *?f ilevi-lopitir.
]u structurally perfect ship.
WOMAN'S III, \< k Klhltoi |H>||;
H'-nvv silk |ml:i|mru. M. ilium I'M*.
Siniiuht IjimI, turu xol"
:iri?l low lontlxr !?<??'!.
o\\i;\s sikh-; iomimw
Tables for Ladies Tables For Ladies
Announcing Opening
Red White and
Blue Cafe
In Elizabeth City
The management of this Cafe has remodeled, re
painted and renovated the old Coney Island stand and
now have the cleanest Cafe in this city. The Red,
White and Blue Cafes are known throughout Amer
ica. "(ins," formerly connected with the Norfolk
Restaurant, Norfolk, Va., is manager of the Klixaheth
City Cafe.
COPIES HISTORY
ARE HALF GONE
W ln,rlf*r,j? Noltimc on N. i
( . Was I?l
Uy I). A. It.
Hickory. Sept. s. - Demand for
i ? pi?-* of Colonel John Wheeler's
lii>toiy of North Carolina, long
- .im%* out of |irii(,l. is being met by
tii. Johu Hoyle -t'haplcr. l)uuKh-:
*? i?. ?if tlu? American Revolution.
.|?.nsored by the* state orcani/.ii
i ."ii . through Mrs. I-!, i*. Shuford,
? Hickory. state historian, with
f .>- republication of 1 .ofto copies.,
v liicli wi-ri' readily disposed ofi
r-roiiglt advance subscribers. 1
The second print of 1,000 co
p?? s is practically lialf gone.
\\ heeler's history of this slate!
i: the only standard one the state
Lis possessed, it is said. It was)
written by the author at his J,
I ?line at lleatty's Ford, in Cataw- !
i.. < #n nt v, and covers the period
fr.ni I5M to 1SC1. The work iR :
I i ? M-rvt-d in many libraries, but 1
i . ? r a number of years additional
? i^-ies have not been obtainable.
\t t lie stale convention of tllC
ii.MiL'hters ??f ih?.' Amertcnn Rev
olution Jield in AslieVille in 1 !? 2 1 .
i!ie scarcity c?f copies of Wheeler's
l,i*ii?ry was brought to the atteii
r i <n of. thi* women, and plans, for ?
it ?. reproduction were advanced ?
Mrs. Shuford. Her proposal
;. ?'ived the hearty etuli>rsemetit
? i i in* body.
Tie* reprint of the original ad-'
<!.itioii .with HO panes extra and a
l vevvonl by Mr:;. Shuford. con-1
t ;i ius the names of stale officers of
ih?- l?. A. U.. from 1 1? I ? to
r?J V27; the government of North
i';iroliua for ll?i!."i: and the names
? >i the judicial and administrative
. vcutive departments. It also ?
? ci brace* lists of t he member* of
i|..- lower house of the legislature
f.<r 1 !? by coiitnies; senators,
i-v districts: and the governors of
?ii?- state from IS51 to the present
otherwise, the book is an ex-t
? ? t reproduction of Wheeler's his*,
i-'iy. with tlie first and second
\? biines hojind in one. It contains
? .'?? paces. Tin* book was pub- .
. lied by Frederick 11. Hitchcock.
w York.
The in il it <t ry and civil service :
i<?ords of hundreds c?f North
?,.ii-<>1iita pioneers are lo lie found
this old history. Ih many i
? >:!?:?, the date** of births, mur- J
:.mes, and deaths are given, in
formation to bp dound nowhere ,
els** tn nonio institii con.
Mrs. Shuford was uriceil to In
clude In the volume historical ?
facts which would bring the his
tory up to dute, from 1851 to the!
present tuue. hut her deciatou was
to leave the history, in the niuin.
tn itK original form. The inclu*-<
slon of appropriate data t-oni-ern
Iiik the present government was'
perhaps the only departure from
her desire to reproduce the book
just as it originally appeared.
I1KTI l(KS AT(ilt \VI)V
(?randy, Sept. H. It? v. K. T.
l.iddHi began at aeries of lectures'
at the ImIm rnacle n?-ar here ?n ;
Monday night. Mr. l.idd* II Is well;
known in this section and lar;*')
crowd ? an* ? r.|?ect? d tu.fr>*ar liitii.
Hp will doiiv? r 15 lecturo. .
th? last ou* on September 15. jb? !
public in cordially Tnvlted /
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show the most of are Pansy,
IVncil I?lne, Cuckoo, Rust,
Croon, Tan and Black with
Black of course predominating.
A now feature is the contrast
ing colored piping. The sizes
are I I to 14.
$9.95 to $25.00 ,f
Rucker & Sheely Co.
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