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VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. * ?. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1927. SIX PACES. NO. 179.
Chicago Tragedy Follows
Just Twelve Years After
Greatest Water Disaster
At I>ea*t 26 Live* Ix>*t
When Sudden Squall
hizpn Pleasure Boat; 812
Died in Former Aeeidenl
FROM SAME CAUSE
KunIi of Pattnengcr* to Port !
Side of Ship Brought I)is-|
I anter; Many Hemic Act** I
and Thrilling Rescue* J
Chlcaco. ills.. July 29. ? C A I* ?
? A Budden off-shore squall that!
pasRrd in a few seconds to leave
the lake an smooth as a mill pond
capsized a small pleasure steamer
late yesterday, carrying at lea:-t |
26 of the passengers, mostly wo-j
men and children to tholr deaths. |
Tho tragedy came almost 12
years to a day front the date of j
Chicago's greatest w.it.'r dlsanUr. I
the sinking of the steamer Kast
land with a loss of M2 lives. The |
two resulted from the same cause!
? the rush of passenger to the
port ?lde of the ship.
Fifteen of yesterday's victims'
were children?nine boys and fix
pills?ten were women and one
wan a man. Some 75 women and I
children and half a down men
were thrown Into the water * hen I
tho vessel?the Favorite--toppled
over, but 50 or more were saved, j
some In a thrilling rescue by Wil
liam Hofnauer, millionaire yachts
man who chanced to be cruising
' by in his l*rge yacht, the Dorl*.
when the storm broke.
While divers searched I he lake
bottom m ar the scene for mere,
victims derricks lifted the craft 1
late last night as flood lights weP' j
played on the tragic picture. Tie'
last five bodies were found as the
ship came to the Burfac-. ??v*n ?
hours after the Favorite found-(
"V was a gay crowd of cxcur
atonlsta that left Unroln lark
aboard tho vowel In the late a(ter
noon for the t*o-mlle run to the
municipal pier. . ,
? A two-piece negro orchestra
hanjo and mandolin?strummed
H m lx?oklnK for a tour 1-eni
Clover." children scampered along
the two decks and their elders
hung over shoreward rails admlr
Ing the Chicago skyline
Suddenly when a mile out, a
rain storm broke and with It came
a gust of wind out of the North
west. As the captain. Arthur,
Olson, who has sailed Jhe lake 1*
yearn sought to head Iris boat Into
the wind, the passengers rushed
to the portslde away from the
driving rain. The boat dipped
sharply and as the lake water
rushed over tho decks, turned
over.
Children, with candles and pop
corn still clutched In their hands,
fought to free themselves, but t?ie
weight of chairs and other encum
brances on deck held them under.
Some were thrown free of the boat
and many of these grabbed up
belts and rafts as the steamer
righted Itself and sank until all
but the roof of tho superstruc
turo was submerged.
Twenty-one bodies were recov
ered before the steamer was
raised to he towed ashore. The
others were found after the craft
was brought to the surCace.
The Ave members of the crew
escaped and these, all experienced
sailor* saved many from drown
ing by tossing life preservers and
rafts to those in the water. The
Favorite's two lifeboats also were
unleashed and Into these clamb
ered a number of the survivors.
Wm, Word of tho tragedy sped along
?flfno lak<- front, a popular resort
swimmers and small boats put
<*uL to the rescue. The first to
reach the scene was Mr. Hof
nsuer's yacht l>orls. Hofnauer and
his companions saved a number of
persons.
Today a triple inquiry Into the
accident was under way. One was
an Inquest, the others Investiga
tions by Michael Hughes, chief of
police and State's Attorney Robert
M. Crewe, Olson and his crew
were arrested shortly after the
tragedy.
Out of the sudden disaster came
sets of heroism and devotion. Ol
pnn, at till WhNl of tho bolt
leaped through a cabin window,
into the water, turning back to
<|rsg several of his passengers
from tho boat. Pulling himself
sloni: the sides of the host he also
cut sway preservers, tossing them
to persons' floundering noar the
stramer. His daughter Katherlne.
D. also assisted sovoral children to
gain raits or boats.
Lee Sobats. an Army officer,
whoso hand was mangled, told of
throwing four children Into a
boat Sohata related his expert
i?BC? as his hand was being
Mresaed
i "I got four kids and a woman.
The boat was full of water and we
could not ?et any more In. A slrl
started belling out with a straw
hat I was dlssy. When the
??favorite" went down she list
ed -"and ho awooned.
Nopal Helton. 1*. of Hugo, OK
BStimna. visiting TR * Chicago,
little girls through a
Wuchang Scene Of
Explosion That
Kills Many
Hankow. China. July 29?(AIM
?More than 160 soldiers and
civilian* were killed and hundreds
injured as a consequence of an un- ,
explained fir.- at an army ammuni
tion bast at Wuchang. across the
YanKtiti from Hankow yesterda>.
Moat of the deaths were caused
by thi' explosion of gunpowder and
bullets.
The entire district surrounding
the base was reduced to ruins.
American Missionary properties In j
the explosion zone were wrecked.
Carlot Shipments Of
Truck Pass Last
Season's Mark
Raleigh. July 29.?(AP)?To-!
tal carlot shipment^ of diversified '
crops, including fruits and vege-j
tables for the present season may i
mount to 18.000 or 20.000. as
compared with around 15.000 car
lots sent to other states during,
the 1920 season, it wan pointed j
out at the State Department of;
Agrieulure today.
Shipments to date this soason i
are already equal to those made1
for the entire season last year. |
Previous figures annouueed and'
those received from Washington I
today placed this season's total so '
far at 15.120 carlots. against 11.;
442 the same date last year. Of
nine commodities, now moving.
11.156 carlots have beeu shipped,'
as compared with 8,707 last year.
Potato and strawberry ship
ments brought the season's total
up considerably. Last year there
were only 0.428 carlots of INsh
potatoes shipped out as compared
with 7.370 this year. This was
370 to 1.130 carlots ahead of all
forecasts, which ranged from 6
000 to 7.(100. Strawberry ship
ments were far in excess of thos?
last year .
The nine commodities refertfid
to are as follows:
1927 1MMI
Cantaloupes 423 238
Cucumbers 918 869
Mixed vegetables 608 537
Peaches 1.506 2.072
Peppers 26 8
String Beans 441 4 44
Watermelons 2 16
Irish Potatoes ... 7.370 6.428
Sweet Potatoes
(New) .1 0
Peach shipments have passed
the 1.500 carload mark. The
peak of the season has passed and
the total will not reach that of
last year, officials said.
KKV. A. 4. CRANK AT
('ANN MKMORIAL CHURCH
Rev A.. J. Crane will preach at
Cann Memorial Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and even
ing. Rev. Mr. Crane Is auperlnten
d< n o| HOB6 Missions In the
Presbytery. He l.s a forceful
speaker and always brings a worth J
while nmaKC.
The public in cordially invited 1
? to hear him.
window, and held them afloat un- ,
| til a member of the crew pulled!
th< 111 Into a life-boat.
i "It waa terrible. I wish I had j
?gone down with the boat." Olson
murmured as he watched the j
j steamer being talsed. At that
Instant a life guard reached Into
the first aft deck and dragged out
|a small boy
"It's horrible-?horrible. I tell
you." the boat's maater shouted
"I did the beat I could I tell you
man It waa terrible and I had only
recently apent a lot of money Im
proving tin- 'Favorite'."
Sixteen-year-old George Holmea
1 of Rerwyn. Illinois, saved his
father ami attempted to rescue hi*
mother but she had rthd from
shock and heart dlaeasn
A mother of Ave children. Mrs.
fjertrude Fterndt. who alao waa
aboard I he Kaatland when It cap
steed in the Chiraao Illver. again
escaped death on the "Favorite.".
Four member* of her family, a
marrlM daughter, a aranddaugh
(ter. nephew and slstcr-ln-law were
drowned.
. The body of Michael Cltera. 7.
'the twenty-sevfnth victim of the
disaster was found by Coast
[Ouarda early today along the
: shore where It had been washed
In from the scene of the tragedy
The onlv one of the 27 victim*
not Identified la the *mall girl
about eight. Authorities believe
, the child waa Im*r Polen. daugh
iter of Mrs. Cella Pole. another of
(the victims. Mr. Polen. who es
tablished his wlfe'a Identity wax
1 prostrated and unable to go to the
i ?orgue where the glrl'w body 1<
! held, but an uncTiT of the child
pirtlv f*?abllshe1 her identify.
Postoffice Sleuths
Nab Messenger
In Edenton
Thomas Knight, colored mes
senger employed In the Edenton
post off lets will he tried at I he
October term of Federal Court
here on a charge of robbing the
malls, as tlu- outcome of a roup
by Postoffice Inspectors Sylvester
and Perdeman whereby they
claim to have caught Knight red
handed In the theft of marked
money from a decoy special de
livery letter Wednesday.
Knight was brought before
United States Commissioner J. P.
Thompson, waived preliminary
hearing, and was put uuder fl.uuu.
bond for his appearance at the
October court. He gave bond and
was released pending trial, lle
aldes the theft charge, he is ac
cused of having made a false re
port of the delivery of a special
delivery letter entrusted to him.
After continued complaints of
the -alleged non-delivery of val
uably mull mattei, l'ostmuster M.
K. Klliott. of Edenton. got III
touch with District Postal Inspec
tor Himmelwright, with the re
sult that Inspectors Sylvester and
Perdeman were placed ou tl?*
case.
The two inspectors made up a
decoy special delivery letter in
Fayetteville. enclosing in it a
bill and four dollar bills, all
' marked. They addressed It to
| one Marjorie Hlxon. a fictitious
individual. In Edenton. and a?
| companied the letter on its jour
ney from Fayetteville to Its desti
| nation.
In Edenton. the letter was
i turned over to Knight for deliv
ery. In due course he returned to
the office and upon being 'ques
tioned. said the letter was for one
Mary Jenkins, of Suffolk, aud that
he had delivered It to her broth
er.
Knight waif promptly searched,
acording to word from Edenton,
and the marked mouey found on
his person. He Is said to have ad
mitted that he had destroyed the
letter.
Edenton folk express surprise
over the incident, from the fact
that Knight had been regarded
generally as entirely trustworthy.
His bond waa signed by himself
and by Will Chalton, colored an
I Edenton undertaker.
LATOUK UNCONSCIOUS
WITH GUN BY HIS SIDE
Washington. July 29?(AIM?
Senor Francisco Sanchez Laioin.
Cuatelaman minister to (lie t'nlted
States, whs found unconscious
with a bullet wound near hi* heart
early today In the study of the
.legation and la believed to be in
a dying condition at the emergency
hospital.
The minister was alone when
the shooting occured and beside
him was found an old fashioned
revolver which he kept In a drawer
of his desk. He had hern study
ing the archievea of the legation
at the time of the shooting.
His wife declared that the
shooting must have bwn acciden
tal and said he was not In ill
health nor had any flnanciul wor
I rlea. she however, asserted the re
leent drowning of representative
ICrumpacker of Oregon, a close
friend. In the San Francisco harbor
had been preying on the minister*!
mild.
| Latour, who became minister
hero five years ago wan involved
last October In a court action filed
|by his wife's divorced husband to
[gain possession of letters said to
lhave been exchanged between the
'minister and Senora I^atour before
]sho had been divorced. The)
divorced husband, James Arm-,
[strong of Washington, in his suit.'
which was against a lawyer who
jhad kept the letters said he wished
[to Kaln possession of the lettera to
take action fr?r the removal of l.a-1
tour by the Opatelaman Oovern-'
ment.
WELFARE CLUB HAS
OONK A FINE WOKK
Hertford, July 29.--The Wel
fare Club, with Mrs. CI. E- Newby.
president, met Thursday after
noon at the Welfare Club House.
These good women with the aid,
and co-operation of the Town
Fathers, hare recently made the
cemetery Into a place of beauty In
stead of a picture of neglect.
Their remodeled club home I*
also an achievement of which
they are Justly proud and Is de
i cldedly an asset to the town.
|ONLY ONE CASE OF
I INFANTILE I'ARALYSIS
Winston Salem, N. C.. July 2'j
(AIM Only one case of Infantlh
paralysls has been reported In
North Carolina sine* January 1.
according to the State board of
health at Raleigh, and that case
la In Wlnston-Salcm.
The case reported was that of
l.lnwood Smith, a small boy of
134 North llroad street. |)t. |{. |,
Carlton, city health officer, states
that the case Is mild and probably
will not reach serious proportion*
The report from the State Itosrd
of Health stated that Infantile
paralysis is more dang^rou* from
a morbidity" rifher tnan from a,
mortatt?> standpoint.
TALE OF QUAKE IN
INTERIOR CHINA
IS JUST LEARNED
Scpiiw ?f Death .iikI Ter
ror Described in Hot De
tailed Aeeouiil to (ionir
On! of the ild Weal**
TEN THOUSAND DEAD
|
Moving Mountain (!om
plrtcl) W reeked I lily:
Throughout (Juake Area
I'ntold Suflerin;;
London. July SO. ?(AIM ? !
Scenes of death ami terror an* de
scribed in tIto fir-?t detailed no-,
count to come out of the "wild
wesi," of China of the gfeat earth
quake which occurred in Kansu
Province on May 23. Tlie details. |
telling 0f the ciimiilrlo destruction i
of ^lllpftv tuwot aqd villuK^vwi(il]
a casualty list est(mated at 100.00
show that the disturbance may he
classed among the most terrible
catastrophe*: o. all time.
Monxignor nuddiMibrock. Vicar
Apostolic of the Steyl Mission at
Lanchow, Kansu, gave tilt* details
in a letter, an outline of which
has been sent to the Westminister
<ia/.ette by its Shanghai corres
pondent. It says that in Liang-:
Chow alone, at least 10,000 were
killed while a moving mountain
completely wrecked the city at
Tumen-Tse.
Scores of worshippers at mass
in the church at Sisi-Ang were ov
erwhelmed hy the sudden collapse
of the edifice as subterranean
rumblings were heard. Priests
worked for hours administering
the sacrament to the dying and
carrying the injured to places of
safety. No house in Sisi-Ang es
caped damage, and In each dwel
ling there were dead and dying.
Throughout (he earthquake area
the populace suffered untold mis
eries.
Monsignor Huddenbrock says
that at some places, great fissures
appeared in the earth, from which
a bluish black liquid spurted, lailc
in June a report reached Shang
hai that a very severe earthquake
had ruined the greater part of
Liang-Chow, in the northern part
of Kansu Province, near the Mon
! gollac border on May 23. This
I was the date of which seismo
| graphs of three continents record
Jed a heavy earth shock. Calrula
jtlons by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey lu Washing
ton were that the remote province
of Kansu was the scene of the dis-,
aster.
I Seven years ago Kansu was
rent by a terrific earthquake
which, although little advertised,
took a toil of more than 140,000
lives. That disturbance as chron
icled in a National Geographic
Society bulletin, brought death
and destruction through the move
ment of mountains, tremendous
landslides and the carrying away
of villages by a deluge of loose
earth. The earth opened up in
many places swallowing houses
and camel trains.
LAS T MINUTE APPEAL
BEFORE GOV. FULLER
IIOMton. July 29?(AT) A
last minute appeal from the widow
of one of the men xlaiti in the
South llruintree murder for which
Nlrola Succo uud llartolomeo Van
will ure und'-i sentence of d?alli
wan before Governor Puller today.
Mru. Sarali llerardelll, whose
husband Alexsandro was killed
win n an artni d hand chol down
1'rederlck POTDMIW, I li?- -!.'??
compaii) payinaKt?'i lie whh guard -
InK. telegraphed from her home In
Now Haven. Connecticut. I hat she
hoped the governor would free the
two prlRonern.
The meanagc wan made public
by i hp Ascco-Vanrettl defense com
mute# which through the seven
year fight to free the two Inter*
nationally known radikta had ex
pended hundred* of thnft*aud? of
dollars In theli behalf.
In the meantime, the condemned
men carried on their hunger strike
at the stair prison which today
entered Itv thirteenth da>. Moth
men were described by friend* as
showing unmistakahh- sign* of
tlltflr long fill. Tlx > wi re said
to he weak and IIsIIchs.
MOUNTAIN GIRL HAD
NEVEII SEJCN A NEMIO
Wtpston-Salen), N. C . July 2H
IAI'i .\ very interendng develop
meni has followed the prlnllni; of
an article a few days ago In a
Inert! i??i?-r about a mountain kirl
now on a visit to Kernersville who
i?aw a negro for the first time In
her life when she got lo Kerners
vllle, and who had never eal? n
Ice rr^am. seen a train or a town
until a kind h? arled school (each* 1
Invited Her on a visit to thin sec
tion oi tlie country.
The article wm read by offi
cials of the Mountain Park School.
Th< P-ft. i wa? *< nt lo Kerners
vlllc where II win handed over 10
the teacher mentioned, and It now
appears that newspaper article*
will be one of the means of brink
Ing opportunity to the door of a
herc-lo-fore much neglected llttfe"
mountair girl.
SWEETS MOVING
FROM CURRITUCK
IN LIMITED WAY
^ irld Declared h? 1??* K\rrl
lent. Hilt Price* ut 0|?cii
itif? of Season Ib'luu U>t
^ rur't? h'vrU
<;kowkks ikm'khi
Dnilrrs I'rnlirt (Junta!inn*
Will Kciiiain Near Prrneiil
Statu* A** Other Sections
(.Iran Cp
Currituck County's annual
movement of sweet potatoes, one
of Hie principal truck crop* of the
section. in beginning on u small
scale thin week, with prospect* of
hulk shipments by the middle or
flatter part of next week. The
yield Is declared to be excellent
I hi* year, hut growers are some
what'concerned over the relative
ly low prices the patotoe* are
bringing at the opening of \\w
season, as compared with other
years.
The first hulk shipment to pnss
throiiKh Klizahetli City. IT barrels
in all. was consigned by former'
Sheriff II. L Griggs. of Point Har
bor. on Tuesday. It wan handled
through the Carolina Potato Kx
change, a growers' co-operative
organization, andj fyent |o I'lilla
dclphia. Itetums* from the ship
ment had not been received up to
today, according to It. C. Griggs,
of the staff of the exchange.
I At the opening of the sweet po
tato season last year, sweets were
bringing $14 a barrel, as com
pared with fs this year. The low
er price this season Is ascribed to
heavy shipments from Florida.
. Georgia aiul Alabama. The crop
from those growina regions Is ex
pected .to be cleaned up by the lat
ter .part of next week; and that
circumstance lead potato brokers
here to the opinion that there
should he no material weakening
in the murket to affect the Curri
tuck crop.
Last year. Currituck's .sweet po
taio crop bordered upon failure
from the standpoint of yield,
largely by reason of exceedingly
dry weathei during early grow
ing season, potatoes were dam
aged somewhat by similar condi
tions this year, but this is de
clared to have been offset largely
by recent heavy rains and hot
weather. Though it is estimated
that plantings are at least ten per
cent below last season's a sub
stantlally larger yield Is expected.
Digging was in progress on a
limited scale in Currituck today,
and shipments through Klizahetli
City tomorrow are expected
to reach luo to 200 barrels. The
bulk of the crop is shipped here
by boat, and thence by rail to the
Northern and Western markets.
As In the case of Irish potatoes
grown In this section .most of the
sweets are sold at the loading
points. Instead of being shipped
to dealer-, and sold on commis
sion, as was the case until recent
years. Many buyers are scheduled
to arrive here and in Currituck Hi
the next two weeks, in anticipation
of heavy diguing operations.
With an exceedingly successful
Irish potato season Just behind
them. Currituck truck growers
are hopeful of a substantial profit
on thin year's crop of sweets as
further help In offsetting a suc
seawlon of unfavorable crop years
that was not broken until this
season.
Rotary Program Is
"Different" And
Much Enjoyed
A program that whm *llffor? nt
wan enjoyed hy (li?- Kllraheth City
Rotary Club hi tho weekly lunch
eon hi the Southern Hol<l Friday,
with Kotarlan Zlin Wammcr in
clitrK'1.
Thp Invocation, for ln*tanre,
was ?ilfT? r? ni In Mint il *?.? pro
nounced by m 11 Kotarlan* In con
cert lu*t<-ad of by on*- Alone: the
menu wa* different. brrau*r It be
lian with tho (tfUdcrl. which wa*
followed by Ihf Kabul. nrid ended
with the meat coiirnr. The *p"ech
e* wen- different becmiae every
member ?f ? h?- rlub wan railed on
Inntead of two or three to whoin
special topic* hud been m^laned
nnd h?T;niH> . too, each Itolarlan
W|| MkCd to i< || how lu- mlKht
be dlff? n nt to the advantage of
RotHf *
Kfen the mo?lc wat different,
the rlub e?*aylns: number* that
had never been tried before.
And at I he conclu*lnn every
body admitted that It wan a good
program. HhvIiiu had a part In
It. a* 7.1tn Wnconer *uitKcnt?-d.
one roil Id hardlv think otherwise.
Amonn lh?' vlnitinL- KotarlanH
wan l.ioyd Criffln of Kd?*nlnn
HELEN v* in s w ins
Manche*??r. Man* . July 29
(API MI'h llnlen Will* of Itrrk
Hey. California defeated Ml**
Helen Jacob* of fhe nam*1 town
<1, 6-2 today In the final* of tha
Rn<*ex bounty TMub invr.^'ion ten
oU ?lngl??.
Dead Man Had Long
Been Sought By
Authorities
Wilmington. July 29?(AIM
Department of Just ire official* to
day <liscontinucd their Hfarch for
Culford Crcnicr. former paymast
er of (lie I . S. CimaI (iuard who I
tins been sought for thnv mi?intItx
on charges of defalcation. The bo-1
dy of a man found near Cold*-,
boro yesterday was identified def
initely us that or (Irenier.
In response to a message from
the Department of Jurttlc*. offi
cers in Norfolk giving a dwrrlp
lion ?f tin- man sought. Sheriff \V.
I>. (Irani. advised that the body,
was that of the man for whom Hie
agent* held a warrant.
lirenter's body will he huried at
Coldslioro today, lo remain there
for 30 days when it will he disin
terred and conveyed to his liomc
In Masaaclnisetts for burial, his
widow km Id. No Inquest will he
held a* the coroner of Wuyne
County attributed death to nlco
hoi poisoning.
Mrs. (irenler has heen a resi
dent of Carolina ltcach near here
for the summer.
Neighborhood Row
Is Aired In Court
Difference* between neighbors
111 tile Siiiionds Crn'k section, cul
minating In an encountei at Kure
ka Church Tuesday niulit, caused
the appearance of M. I.uton in
recorder'* court Prlda> morning.
Mr. Luton was charged with hav
ing ussMillted 1. M. ilollowell, of
that romiuiinlt).
According to the t?-at I ninny, Mr.
Luton approached Mr. Ilollowell
at the church?door, and asked
him not to talk about "his folks."
"They need to be talked about,",
Mr. Hollow* 11 is said to have re
plied, whereupop Mr. Luton struck j
him.
On the stand, Mr. Ilollowell ad
mitted havlug made a remark
about Mr. Luton's wife, who died
a few weeks ago, to the effect
that he guessed "she wouldn't
show no more of her ignorance." ,
Mr. Luton was required to pay1
the court costs.
In passing Judgment, Trial Jus
lice Sawyer remarked that lie
thought all would get along bet
ter If they would think more, and
talk lens.
ANOTHKR WILL CASK TO
UK IIITTKIll.Y AK(a'KI>
Uoldsboro. July 29.?(AI*I?
' Kaatern North Carolinu is ?lal?'d
fur another bitterly contented will
case. No Kooner hud the smoke of
a legal tilt at Washington, N.
cleared away, than relative* of a
late (ioldshoro reHldeut began ne
gotiations to contest hi* widow's
right to hit fortune, valued at a
figure between $ 1&0.000 and
9200.000.
| Suit wan on rcrord In Wayne
'County Superior Court today
agulnst the widow of the late
James M. Wood, real entate hold
ior, named nolo heir to the Wood
eMtate. Ten nophowa and niece*
I the late Mr. Wood allege his wid
;ow had herself marie sole heir hy
i "undue and improper Influence."
The seek to break the will, furth
er alleging Mr. Wood wjis not of
sound and disposing mind and
wan not competent to make a will,
.front the tiifie It was made until
i his d^ath.
I The case In expected to be
called for I rial at the August 22
, term of court.
The widow I* now Mrs. It. IV
Uftzcll, of (ioldshoro. having mar
ried again about two years ago.
I OKTH HI H|?KM>KI> TKIIM
| A suspended sentence of four
? months on the roads, conditional
| upon his payment of the court
costs and the adequate support of
his wife and children, whs Im
; posed on Oliver (ireen. colored. In
i recorder's court Friday morning
| on a chage of having assaulted his
wife, Maud, with a knife. It ap
peared that the couple had quar
reled over alleged Mttentlons paid
the wife by another negro.
j IIOMK KIIOM IIOSIWTAL
Alvey s. Midgett passed through
|the city Thursday en rout? to his
home in Itodanthe, where he lia*
1 been re<|ii**n|cd to return for a
'rest, having been In a hospital at
Wak?- Korea!. Mr. MlduMt was a
rummer school Stud?*nt at Wake
Forest and liked b> all Ills col
leagues. The> regret his having
school iiltd hope for a speedy re*
covery.
IMKH AT SHANGHAI
Raleigh. July 29. lAI'l The
News and Observer In a copy-,
righted dispatch from tt!iangh.il
toKay says that John W. Shoen
fleld. of Weal field, former nav.il
.officer and lawyer, who was the
center of an International con
. troversy shortly after the Spanish
American War. died of h?*tirt fail
ure Wednesday
Hhoenfleld. whlb- In the Navy,
captured lx?s I'almas. wn Islnnd of
the rhlllpplue Archipelago. from
jthe Dutch, still dispute^ between
I Ani?riin and IfollaiFrT. the
' My#. '
Special Train Carrying
Vice President Dawes
Starts Through Trestle
Newland Merchant
Hurt As Truck
Hits Tree
Crashing into a large oak tree
when ho lout rontrol of hi* truck
while pax* lug another car no the
N'ewland Highway. *om. ton mile*
from iIII* city. T. I>. Jonea. New
laud merchant about So years old
is ill the Kllzahelh City Hospital
for treatment of a double fracture
of the fight leg, below 'he knnr
He w a h reported real Inn comfort
ably early today.
The accident occurred late yea
terday afternoon. Mr. Jnnea on
Ilia way home in hla truck, with
about half a dozen Hoo-p.tund
cakes of ice and a number of wa-1
termvlona loaded In the back- lie1
met a houthhound motorist In
front of the I.udan llinton place,
and In passing. according to hla
own account of the craah. the oth
er car hi ruck the rear left hub
cap on the truck.
This deflected hla course, caua-i
Iuk him to .rash squarely Into an
oak tree at the Kido of the road.
The force of the Impact was ao
great that the entire motor of the
truck waa forced back Into the
cab. The wrecked machine was
towed to the L. It. Perry Motor
Company's establishmont here last
night. and waa viewed by dozens.
Many marvelled that the occupant
icould have eHcapod alive.
Mr. JonoH was brought hurried
ly to the hospital here. Besides
his broken leg. he nuatalned a
small cut on the neck, and an as
aortment of hrulaea and acratches.
He operates a store on the New
land Highway near the Junction
of tho new Houth Mills Koad.
Kills Two Gunmen
At Their Own Game
Chicago, III.. July 29.? (API ?
A doctor heat two Kunm?n at their
| own game last night killing both
| when they attempted to roh him.
The robbers, who have not been
Identified, posed aa patients on en
tering the doctor's office* hut the
physician. Frank L. Nathanaon.
recently had been robbed and was
suspicious, lie atood by hla desk
and when they drew their guns he
pulled open a drawer, whipped
out a pistol and fired before they
could level Ihelr weapons.
One fell dead but the other
staggered out and fell down fht?
stairway Into the arms of a po
liceman who had heard the shoot
Ing. lie died in a hospital.
Httlir.'rt VtNJtJKMT (TKK
OP THKM Alili HO PAR
| The hlggCHt cucumber of the
1027 Mfitwori. no fur the office of
Tho Pally Advance has *een, li
thai brought In thin week by II.
Hlauton Kaundera of Bertha.
This champion measure* 13
Inchon In length ami weigh* exact
ly three pounds, breaking all pre
vious record* hy a considerable
. margin.
TO i;i;i BACK
TO HKRTFOIU) AGAIN
|. Hertford, July 29.?-Having
had rather an exciting CoMlalon
.with another rar In Kalelgh. Lu
: cullu* Newhold of New York laj
.glad to he hark In Hertford hk<uh
; Accompanied by Mr*. J. K. Jar
vI.h of Hertford and Mr*. Charles
Wright of Currituck County, he
hud been to Ilateahurg. Mouth Car.
iollna. to ?e? hla Mlater. Mm. Carl
Wlnslow, who with her two *-h 11 -
' dren returned with him. After a
; night'? delay In order to deter
.initio the Injuries to the car. they,
Teached Hertford Wednesday ev
en lug.
The are having h family reun
Ion now at the home of their t?ar
;enin. Mr. and Mrs. K. It New
I bold.
l'??T.\Tt) I ?HIM* I .N
WAHlllMiTON tin NTV
Plymouth. July 29. Tho IrUh
(potato crop In thin cottllty ha*
|turne(| out to be better than Ihol
, moat optimistic earlier report* In
dlrated. Number* of farmer* of
this mertlon have hern enjoying
Ih*? prosperity brouaht b> the ?-arly
' crop of the potato.
I'romlnent farmers dlsruasln*
? he matter iigreed thut the cur
rent cop ha* yielded twice the
amount a* last sennon. Htntl*tle?
.how that I94.94S.OO was real
I ted from the Irlwh potato crop
last year. Conservative estimates
reached hy Interested part Ion r?*
.veal thni ne^rIv $1 in,eon re
'reived from the Hale of the "npud"
?In Waatilniron~'lOmnty ttrtT-wea
jaon.
Out* Man hilled and Two
Oilier* Srrinu*K Injured
\\ In n IjMMMllotive Mlch
W il<fl l'luii^r
DAWKS SLOTH'S ON
Train at Slow
S|H'r(l on Aernuiit of Road
H?m1 tir Kuliri* Train
Mifslit 11 a \ i* Id in l?l?*d
M?*iii|?IiIk. Tenn . July 2!>.?
(A I'I Otic in .1 it was killed and
I wo oIIiiTk aerioiialy Injiir?-<l early
today wlirii (locomotive of a
special train liiiuTiii; Tier I'real
dent Charle* (!. Dmwih and bin
l?artv plunged through trestle on
l hi- Yazoo & MIhmIsmI|i|*l Valley
Itallroad near Head. M l^slsaippl.
Tin- Vice I'resIdent was asleep
In IiIh berth and was iio| uwnk
I'lii'd hv | ho accident. a telephone
message from lh?< ecrm- of the
wreck stated. Mr. Hawes and C.
H. Mark ham. rhalrman of the
hoard of the Illinois Central Rail
road. retired hooii altrr I hi' ape
clal traliiN left tiri-envllle. mihnIh
aippi, where the Vice President
addri'Hio'd the Male convention of
tin- American I.euiou last night.
The (rain wax hound for Memphis
and wa? due to arrive about big
o'clock this morning.
Sam Joiion, of M?-uipIiIh. engin
eer of the special. wax killed. Ills
fireman. J. !?'. Morton, iiIno of
Memphis, wan seriously Injured an
wan a I no Henry-Fletrher of tlrcen*?
villi*. (raveling engineer of the Y.
4c M. V. The hotly of the engin
eer had not betn rccovcrnl early
today.
The (reHtle which gave way
Hpauned a drainage dltrli which
carried ahout IK feel of wat tr.
The wooden htructure crumpled
In-neath the impact of the heavy
locomotive. The engint wuj com
pletely HUbmerxed.
McnnagoH from the acene of tho
accident Htated that the iruln wan
{running at a alow cpeed due to the
weakened condition of ih? road
hed as a result of the flood< which
have Hwept the territory. ThU
fact alone, officials of t\e railroad
declared, probably averted wreck
ing of the entire train.
The train, detoured nver anoth
er road, wan expected In reach
here about 0 o'clock.
HERTFORD KOTAHIANS
HAVK LIFE MIAMI ON
DUTY AT THE BEACH
Herlfnrd. July 2!i Tlie Her?
I ford ItoiarlaiiM have done a fin*
thing for the children and young
people this Hummer In roping off
[a safe aectIon of the Hertford
bathing hcaeh and putting a Ufa
I guard in charge.
Kvery afternoon from throe to
Mix. ('baric* Johnson don* hU
bath lag huh uud lakei charge,
keeping an eye on all. from the
little fellows who have to stay ln
nlde the rope* to the more nkilled
awlmmers who go out to the illv
llng board.
I'.W KII IIM? II W \YH I.KMI
NKU IMIDIITA.NCI
Willi th<< opeiilitt: of I It#* now
HIlKo-Moyork road. the community
of Sllr.o. nituaNd Htratcglcally At
lli<* Junction of main hlchway*
h-adlim to Kllzahctli ('My, Norfolk
iinil I'olnl llarliur. is tiikiiiK on
renewed activity which tn<ti?at*-m
thut It may beconi'- In tlmo a ri
val of Moyiirk fur tin* honor of
ibctitK the nioht Important com
>milriity in Currituck County.
As drat cviili n? i- of the for
ward movement of Slluo, two fill
ing rttalioiiM ar? bHnu erected In
the trlanKli' formed hy tin- Junc
tion of the concrete roada. Goo
In Ix ltm hullt h) It C. Crisp. anrl
the other hy <?. S I'aym-. Mr.
f'ayne run* u fcem-ral alore at Hll
H'> The. two f||Iiiik station*. to
K'thcr with tin land on which
tin y ar?? *lfoat<-d. will r'-preaent
an Invoatment of cloae to $10,000,
accordlnKto Mr. I'ayne.
Ili-forc the daya of hardxiiifaced
lilithwaya In NottIn aMnn North
Carolina, Slluo wan an imitated
community on tin dreaded I'urKft*
torv Itoad. probably ho iui and he
cauae fnotorlata imiiKlni: over It
under any hut |d?al weather con
dition* could count confidently
upon being stuck in the mud ioine
whi-ri' alontc tin way.
IIOI.il BANK IIKAKIMi
Plymouth. July 2!) A hear
in* wan held this week in the mat
tnr of 'hi? defunct United CofH?
menial Itank, of this place, which
became Insolvent in ll*i!&, with A.
I). Mr|?ean of Washington aa
referee.
The -Rranch Hanking and Trust
Company, with headquarters at
Wllaon. was appointed *<* receiv
er. sometime a*o
W. H. Cox. ranhicr of the de
funct hank, wan crns.s-eiamlned
f?*e ? w?* v- finMi?iim-4?- |i>mHi|
a further probe of the matter.