il'MTOBM!
I! FLIGHT F
D'JEO U HOURS
G-annuousLT
World's ; Record Was Broken
Today By Edward Stihson
At Mineola -
TWO HOURS BETTER
THAN FORMER RECORD
Aviator Formerly Was Engag
ed As' Instructor at Kelly ,
Field, Texas
(By Associated Press)
I.IINEOLA, N. Y., Dec.
-The Larsen monoplane,
pi-
lotedv by Edward Stinson,
which this morning broke the
world's continuous flying rec
ord of 24 hours, 19 minutes
end V seconds, descended
ih ortly after 11:15 a. in. , ' af
ter having been in the air 26
hours, 19 minutes and 35 sec-
The
o racial times were:
Ct-rt Yesterday
morning
Finished This morning
at
11:15.
Stinson, stationed at Kelly
Field, Texas, during' the war
r.s a civilian instructor be
cause of his delicate health,
probably trained more Amer
ican flyers, than any one, man.
Stinson was forced to de
scend because of a faulty oil
connection with which he and
his machanician, Lloyd. Ber
taudt, had battled since three
o'clock this morning. .They
still had gas enough to have
fx own until sundown. '
Both men ' were almost
blinded by oil when they de
Ecended. They' also suffered
intensely from the bitter cold,
for although the plane '
equipped with a cabin, Stin
son had not left his seat in
the open cock-pit since " 4
'chician had little time to seek
shelter.
AUTpMOBILE BANDITS
KILLED TWO PERSONS
(By Associated Press -
PEARI,RIVER, N. Y Dec. 30.
The automobile bandits who killed
the paying.-teller and bookkeeper of
the First National Bank- here yester
day in a futile attempt at robbery and
seriously wounded Adolpn Miller, a
railroad switchman, who sought to i
large today. ' . ' v : r
DISCUSS NEW GOVERNOR
FOR THE IRISH STATE i
(By Associated Press)' ' -LONDON,
Dec. .30. Discussion of
candidates for the Governor-Generalship
of the Irish Free State under the
npnin? Ano-ln-Triah treatv ia Kmrto-
revived, the latest name mentioned in
rnnnection with th nnt tipine-: tKat
.. - - - r
ot Earl of Athlone, younger brother
of .Queen Mary.
Will Stage Dance Tonight
The Christmas dance will be staged
at Stanley hall tonight and it is ex
pected that a large number will be
present, to enjoy the occasion. Music
will be furnished by the O. Henry
orchestra. The dance will start short
ly after nine o'clock. , . -
VOUNGSTOWN TO HAVE
"BREATH INSPECTOR"
(By Associated Press).
YOi:XC5STOVX, ., Dec. -30.
jXotiee of a "breath in-
. spector" to ba appointed for
the police . fdrce, i inserted In
the police roll-call here yes
terday as a joke, wa&Jinilcd as
a good idea toy "Mayor-elect ;
George Jj. Olds, who said today
: that he would put it-into force
when lie assumed, office Jan.-'
. uary 1. : .-
The notice said that the
"breath inspector" would sniff
at all policemen every four
hours an dthat scent of cloves,
wintergreen or . pcpikrmint
would put a black.' mark on
the record of the offending of-
fleer.
-
Gaw Fnrth Irti-Mtinr Fart1
vave rcrtn interesting r acts
At Big Meeting Held Ye3
terday at Kinston
sum ikes
FINE TALK TO
-.Til r rflnaprnp
" VTvcmnxT 1 nn a v i olina Chemical Company, which is op-
; KISTON, pec. 30 -Aaron Sapi- posl a traiff 0 potash had i l.:
ro of California and the man "best, ant holding3 in German potash min
informed on .co-operative marketing ino. C0Tnpanies - -. . , .
iL ATCa'"-aS,Dr-- Y;- Joyner.- The witness declared thai if given
T"""" : V, V "r- '"".C ?
terday at the Lemor court house here-
, . . " . y.
made one. of the best, speeches ever.
beardas, tUiS fction of Jhe state on state, Un, -t , protecte h6 ad'd-Co-operative
Marketing told of , the f . ,
actual progress of the 'organiation of 5?" will be at the
the burley farmers an dtheir success 'ej y 01 the German Ptash com'
-"rotten your system of dumping to-f
va.Kj LUi lh msL villi ij. - j o. - 1110
speech; which - held the audience -in
the court house for two .full hours,
was Viril in nature and bristling- with 1
points and actual facts, around which
none could assay to go. - .' .
His speech jnade clear that -the
farmers of : Kentucky, and other
states in the burley belt, were actual-
lv reaW trt sell heii nrnrtnp.ta tn the
buying companies tbat only six ware-
houses m Kentucky were open, com- '(
panies were ready to do business j
then, that money could be" obtained I '
in any needed quantities, and that the
organization- would' obtain twice what
they obtained for last year's crop,
through co-operative marketing. He
branded the Wilson and Kinston To-i
bacco Boards, of Trade as fighting the esities in all parts . of the country
interests of the farmers and stated j is rapidly -reaching completion, it
that he was glad to hear that one was said today at the justice depart
Kinston -warehouse was siding with Iment. . . ' " - - '
the growers. He predicted that the!. Department agents, 'assigned to the
Wilson market would - not sell ..over j duty by: Director Burns of the bureau
20,000,000 pounds, of weed in ;192 ; of inyestgiation, it was' ; said, have
and that their tfoors would stay em- been gathering "price information In
pty."( He also stated that .loyal Caro-jail' of the large 'cities and in smaller
liniansi - citizens- of Kentucky and ; communities and country districts as
other states, had offered to :. build : well -an., dit was- believed that the
warehouses in any town in which theJwhole country will have been covered
present warehouses fought the " co
operatives. . ... , , y. .
HARDING PRAISES , v
TRAVELING SALESMEN
. (By Associated Press) ' s
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 30. Belief
that the national business situation is
going to improve in 1922 was ex
pressed by President Harding in a
message today -by the Omaha Cham
ber, of Commerce in connection with
an entertainment for travelling sales
men who .work out of Omaha.
President Harding said it was his
earnest hope that travelling men will
continue -in the- coming year the
splendid work . for American business
and : national confidence which they
have always conducted in the past.
"It. has long been a conviction with
me," he wrote, "that no group of men
do more to spread the spirit of opti
mism than do these ambassadors of
business, as 1 like to call them.
I firmly believe that the effort
which they and many others are put
ting forward is going to bring about
a vast impro'vement in national busi-
!ness during the coming year."
BijAciotAiii plot dexied .
; liY IXDICTED ATTORXEY
BOSTON, Dec. 30. A plea' of not
guilty 'was entered in the Superior
uourt late today, by William J. Cor-
I ' lL
attoney of ;
nTZirJ to indictments !
I ? conspiracy to extort roony .
r rf rr .1 :i m pt I nnnvon o I
" - iiiant
namea uurtis. ne lurnished J10.000
uuiiua, .........
i;orcoran, wno is now a resident
of New York state, was indicated
some time ago. Disbarment proceed
ing in this state also are pending
against him.
:; These a advertised asbiestos gloyes
must, be i for . home-brewers : to wear
while pouring , a drink.
American . Concerns Have Ov-,
erlookecj Possibility' of A- '
mjrican ' Production . I
CONTRACT: ALSO SIGNED
" WITH FRENCH MINES
Germany v.Tp Furnish 75 Per
. Cent of Supply; France
25 Per Cent v
v;
' T.ty Associated Press)
.VM.TliNGTON, " Dec, 30. The
American fertilizer- companies which
contracted 'to . tajke 75 ier cent e
, their potash requirements for thi3
season from the German . patash syn
dicate, have contracted with French
mines in Alsace for the remaining 25
J ' lJ VVUtj til V HV lit. V ItllUl L I. Ulll"
1. mitte'e was fold today-by Wilbuti La
SU rows, -of Washington, counsel for the
IT. S. Potash Producers' Association.
Th 3 companies produced more
than 60 per cent of the potash ferti.
lizer turned' out in this country, Mr.
Larowe said. -He testified that- the
, i eaerai xraae commission had re
ported in 1916 that the Virginia-Car-
protection for five years, as proposed
t. sX., j . , , . 1
, the American potash industry could
Id
Government Is Making Good
Headway In Retail Price
; ; Investigation - . ;
- . (By Associated Press) . .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Federal
investigation of retail prices of nec
in another- week. '
Reports from v the department's
agents, officials said," are being pre
pared . for Attorney General Daugh-i
erty, who has announced his inten
tion of making public the results of
the investigation to show what mar
gins exist- between - retail prices and
product cost of food, fuel, shoes and
clothing in , various localities. .
TICKETS BEE
PLACED 01 SALE
Tickets For Big Banquet May
Be Secured Now by Those
- Who Wish to Attend
Tickets, for the big Chamber of
Commerce banquet, to be given next
Monday - night, may . be secured at
the Chamber of- Commerce or at the
New Bern Shoe Store.. ' t
Committees are at work today
selling tickets for the event but they
probably will be unable to see every
one and it is for the convenience of
the general public that the tickets
have been placed on sale at the above
named two places.
The tickets cost ? 1 each and are
not limited to "Chamber of Commerce
members. - . Everyone is cordially in-
vited to attend.
i.i . r- -
xtepons receivea irom some or tne
committee members this afternoon
were to the effect that the tickets
were selling fast. It is expected that
about 200 persons will be in atten
dance.
There isn't any safety in auto num
bers. Fight in the senate makes it look
like a League of Eplanations. :
iRiiirfiTinHTiBin
! I til 1IL U I 1 1 H I I iii 1
HLUnOfll HMD ,
RETAIL PUCES
HEW YEARS GREETINGS
OVER RADIO-PHONES
(By Associated Press).
XEW VOHK; Dee. 30. "Q.
S. T. I. S. T." in radio pur
lanciv "overybtkly listen' fol
lowed by tlic toll of a bell
strikius Hie seconds that
-iraikfd the ik sting Of J921
and tli voice- of a lsiinister
invocins bluafvintj on (he
New Vcatv will -float tliroush
, thy air and ijito ;.t!ie cars of
more tlsan 50,00 amateur radio
. oixrafoi-s In the ..- vicinity of
Xew York at wklnisht, De-
' ctrtKbe:", SI. ' , K
Froift . sfaiio-i liAK.. located
at Taj-iyiovvii, : 'X. Y., lU-vw
Ijii'cjls' liocvo . -ill rra!t 1 by
means1 of a broadcasting radio
phone, to 'one-' of - Uk? largfet
audMiu-es that cwr listened to
,a minister. Songs by a selected
choir will also be heard' over
the radio-plioue. -
Thres More Robberies . Were
Reported Lait Night. Gang
Still At Large
. Although local .police have their
suspicions relative- to the identity of
Lhe burgalrs-yWho have been making
so : many visit-., to residences- in , New
Beri "and vicinity 1 of . late, i0' evid
ences has been secured which would
permit the . officers to . make arrests.
: Chief of. Police Bryan and his men
are devoting all their time to work
ing on the burglaries and are-doing
everything possible to learn who' the
men are. . "
It. is believed that the gang keeps
plose -"watch on the officers and that
some members of the gang, keep the
others informed a st othe where
abouts of the policemen.' .
Three-more robberies Were report
ed -.last night. Burglars entered the
ihome of T. ,M. . Daniels, John Tolson
and Tom Carroway. Mr.. Tolson gave
chase to the ma nwhom he discover
ed in his home, but did not succeed
in catching him.
Special Baptist Service
-.Rev. A. W. : Ayers this afternoon an
nounced -two special services at tne
first Baptist fchurch Sunday.
Sunday," being the first lay and
the first Sunday of the New Year, Mr.
Ayers has prepared two special per-:
fflons, whieh are certain to apoeal to
all-who attend. .: "
Sunday morning will be, "Family
service" .t -'the church. Every family
is invited to attend this service and to
sit' together. The subject of the ser
mon will be "The Relation of. the
Home to the Kingdom." Those who
have" no families will, of course, be
cordially invited. . ,
Sunday night there will be a ser
mon emphasizing the work of the
young people. ,
Much Praise Given . Picture
Seldom has a picture been given
greater praise than that which was
accorded "The Four Horsemen, ot the
Apocalypse,"' which has been at the
Athens Show Shop for the past tw
days and which was witnessed at
each jperformauce . by a large . audi
ence; .1
The picture unequestionably is the
greatest spectacle that ever has 'been
filmed. It abounds with thrilling
scenes and its plot is of such a nature
as to hold the interest and attention
of the -audience throughout its
course. The management of the
Athens theatre is to be congratulated
upon having booked this splendid
production. ;
Rotary Club Meets Vonight
The meeting of the Rotar:- CVb
will be held tonight and ill members
are urged to be in ati.3n't:tnoe. Tiie
meeting will start at 6:33 o'clock, a 3
usual. An excellent suppe.r is being
prepared and a goo.I tim -i is assured
all who attend. - ' Cot Hdrabl3 husi
ns::s also will be broug it ' bt 'ore the
Splendid Musical Program
One of the most enjoyable features
of the Shrine ceremonial yesterday
was the banquet served by he Eastern
Star at the Shrine Home. Particular
ly enjoyable was the musical program
which was in charge of Miss Nina
Basnighf and Mrs. H. E. Barlow.
Due to the fact that Mayor Ed.
Clark was out of the city today, there
was no police court and all the cases
were continued unti itomorrow.
There will be a special meeting of
Craven chapter. No. 129 O. E. S., this
evening at 8.. All members are urged
to be in attendance. Will have initia
tion. .
IMISTO
THE HEWITT !
0 0 His LH P 0
NEW FACTORY
STARTED II
THIS leiliG
Nascef Manufacturing Company-
ESegina Making Over
alls at Plant Here '
INSTRUCT EMPLOYEES
IN MACHINE OPERATION
Fifteen Girls at Work Today.
Twelve More To ,Be.In
f vttructed Next .Monday
', New Bern's newest- manufacturing
enterprise began operations t thia
morningvwhen the Nassef 'Manufac
turing Company began making over
alls at the new building recently erect
ed or Pasteur street. . -.- v ;
PronVptly at . : eight . o'clock thi-j
morDing the current was turned ' , on
and the machines began to hum. Fif
teen girs-reported for work and ware
given . instructions in, the manipula
tions of the machines.' Twelve others
will . betaken , on next week for in
'Struction. The number will be grad
ually increased until a force of 0
experienced workers ha3 been secur
ed.::' . ".' ,- . . v i-
There who reported for work this
morning were greatly elated with
their experience and expressed them
selvesas being pleased with-the word
ing .conditions. 5 The machines are all
new models and are so placed that
there is ample light for the operators
of each of the ' machines. . Working
conditions have- beem made as com?
fortable as possible for the girls and
it is not expected that the concern
will- have any great difficulty In :-e
curing labor. .
OYSTER ROAST
FOR ALU
Enjoyable Event ' Is Expectedj
At the Country Club This
Evening
Alumni of A. & E. College will
have an oyster roast at the country
club tonight, beginning at - 7 o'clock
and expect to make of it a most en
joyable occasion for all, who attend.
It had previously been announced
that the oyster roast would start at
8 .o'clock. : All those interested are 're
questedto note the change of hour.
All alumni of A, & E. are cordially
invited to attend. Students' o : fthe
college, who are home for 'the holi
days, are also Invited to be present.
Members of the high school football
team . will be guests of the alumni
for a occasion. , '
Editor Haywood Returns Home -
.R. W. Haywood, managing . editor
of the News and Observer, who, with
his wife and children, has been spend
ing the holidays here with Mrs. Hay
wood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. S.
Cox, left this morning on a brief visit
to' relatives in Polloclwville.
RAISING EON
FOR M EAST
Var Savings Stamps Being
Given by North' Carolinians
To Aid i n Relief Work
RALEIGH, Dec. 30. War Savings
Stamps are being received with con
tributions to the Near East Relief
Fund for its work of child-saving in
Armenia and Assyria, it was announc
ed, today by Col. George H. Bellamy,
state chairman.
These stamps will be used same
as money in purchasing and sending
food and clothing to the thousands
of starving orphans and refugees still
unable to care for themselves in the
Bible land.
With the Turks now driven out of
Armenia, as soon as the crops can be
raised the refugees are expected to
be able to take care of themselves
Col'. Bllamy pointed out.
Among the contributions sent in
response to the Christmas appeal to
the Near East Relief to Josephus
Daniels, Honrary State Chairman,
was one from a prisoners in the state
penitentiary. Jack Hall. who. is ser
ving a sentence for bigamy sent in. a
one uonar Din, one oi tne nrst contn-i
butions to be received in response to
Air. .uanieis ippeai.
HI
BURGLARS DISPLAYED
VERY FOOR JUDGMENT
Tlic last place Miat burglars, ,
under ordinitry circnnistaiici'S
ivould be expected to visit, Is a
newspaperman's , - home, . Tho ,
burglars who are operating in
tills city, however, evidently are
no ordinary gang, ,-. for last
niht they attempted -to force
an entrance Into the home of
II. I. Cmmpler, of the New
Bernian. . .
Inmates of the home heard . -'
someone trying to climb np on
the porch roof and endeavor
to open one of the windows.
They were unsuccessful in the
attempt and gave it up."
OFFICEIIS SHOT
Two Constatbles Wounded at
Pactolus. Two Still Op
. , erators Captured
. i -
GREENVILLE, Dec.' 30. Consta
ble J. S. Fleming and another mem
ber of a raiding party were shot and
painfull injured by moonshiners while
attempting to capture a still, in the
Pactolus" district during.- the holiday
season, officials in this city' were in
formed yesterday .afternoon..' Fleming
was shot just below the eye while the
other man. whose name-could not be
learned.-today, received bullet wounJs
in the leg.. .All .members of the party
narrowly escaped with their lives and
were ; forced to flee from the still ar
mid a stream of shot gun and pistol
fire..
Dorcas Ward and Stephen Leho,
white men, were yesterday afternoon
given a' preliminary hearing before
Magistrate J. F. Tyson, charged with
being members of the party that fired
upon ' the officers. They were bound
over to the next term of superior
court under bonds of $500 and $300.
each. Their arrest resulted from war
rants sworn out by members of the
r aiding party, who it is alleged, recognized-
them as leaders of the gang
as they fled to the woods and began
'the gun fire. 1
'. The story of the raid is one of the
most thrilling brought to the atten
tion of the-- public since . prohibition
went into effect and has created- con
siderable interest in all sections whore
it has become known. The still was
located by the officers a day or so be
fore the raid. ' It was when they re
turned to make the capture that three
or four men were seen to leave , in
the dense growth of vegetation sur
rounding the still. v -
As the officers entered the clearing
to take possession of the place they
were startled by the rapid rep-rt,of
firearms. They turned to seek shelter
behind trees, but Mr. Fleminj? and
the other man were injured b?for3
this could be done. ..
This is the first time officials have
been fired upon by blockades in
many months, and the o&tcome i the
case will be watched . with conbul-jr-able
interest. In the meantime, jt'ier
members of the party may be' appre
hended, according to .officials, who
are making every effort to bring thehi
to account. ' '
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DIRECTORS REMOVED
(By Associated Press).
BOSTON, Dec. 3 0. The board of
directors of the First Church of
iChrists, (Scientists) today announc
ed the removal of the board of trus
tees of the Christian Science Pub
lishing Society. The trustees at the
stfme time insisted they were still in
office and that the fact that their res
ignations had been offered to the
supreme court placed jurisdiction
solely in the court's hands.
Special Values in Blankets
Special values in blankets and
comforts 'are being offered in today's
advertisement bf J. S. Cheesman &
Company. This store has a large stock
of beautifully-patterned blankets and
comforts and is offering them at great
reductions. A reading of their adver
tisement in today's issue will prove
of interest and profit.
Shriners Returning Home
Shriners frOm other towns, in at
tendance at 'the ceremonial here yes
terday, returned to their homes this
morning. While quite a number left
here on the midnight train, the ma
jority remained over until after the
conclusion and did not leave New
Bern until this morning.
Robert. L. Bailey, of Greenville,
who is well known locally, was in the
t?ity today on a brief business visit,
BY BLOGKRS
IIIQUHD
IT SAYS
ATTITUDE OF
El
France's ' Insistance on Subma
rine Has Brought Forth ' "
' . Much Criticism v
BRITISH BEGINNING
f TO SHOW DISPLEASURE
Article Is Rread From French
Paper, Hinting at War",.
With Great Britain
' (By Associated Press) v
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.
Aioerx sarraut, neaa ot tne-
French arms conference dele
gation, at a meeting today of
V ,'-:' i i V ' X .'..". : : s" :
mittee, declared in 'substance
that France . was beginning to ,
be regarded with suspicion by
'the other, powers represented
at the Washington meeting,
'arid that this could Hot 'gtr oir;.-
M. Sarraut went on to say
In substance, according to , re
ports received from members
bf other delegations, that the
position o f France' had be
come very., uncomfortable.' ,
The remarks of the French
delegation's head were made
during a discussion of the
.Root resolution to regulate
. - "...J.' J "- A i-Z
yuDmanne warxaie. i ti
de read from a French peri
odical by Lord . Lee, bf ; the
'British delegation, f according
to reports, aroused the ' mem-
li -P 11.' I. J1a.4.ai
'oers oi me rrcm;xi ucicgauuu
and drew forth . responses,
'from M. Saurrout and Admif
ral de Bon . of the . French
group. ,
The article in question pur-
rmar . rt V1PWR of
,Hyx v
the naval general staff, ap-
Inrrwrintr the 11RI mnrlfi hv fer-
, ,
. ... ::
many of the submarine a-
gainstf merchant shipping dur
ing the recent war. The arti
cle. read by Lord Lee said the
only weapon possessed by
France to defend her coast and
attack and destroy the Brit
ish navy in event of war with
Great Britain, was the subma
rine. ' : -
LONDON, Dec. 30. Efforts
of the Washington conference -to
curb t he use of the sub-,
marine as a weapon and
France's claim for a large un
derseas fleet appeared to be.
the topic of interest in Lon
don. '
, The majority of the editor
ial writers assail the French'
attitude, which the Daily .Tel
egraph says faces the world
with "the possibility of world-
icy away from the capital ship;
and toward the submarine,"
T
R POWERS
MUST A E