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VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1920
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.HOOVER'S BOOM
STILL
But Politicians Not ; So Much
Alarmed As Last Week Be
rn Keying No Man Can Win
Nomination Without Organi
zation.
Pnnvrlrht bv'the Washington Start
Washington, January 81 The
week Just, ended has witnessed con
tinued spread of the presldent'al
boom 6f Herbert Hoovor, but the par
ty leaders, apparently, are (est, excit
ed over it than they were a week ago.
The near panic with which some of
them were afflicted seemingly ha gT
en way tp a more or less confidentSe
llef that wlthqut a good deal more "l
'an organization than now Is In sight
Hoover can not be put over either, at
Chicago or San Francisco.
Dispatches to the Sunday Star
from Its special political correspon
dents show us that with a tew states
excepted active party workers, SB a
rule, do not take kindly to theHoO
ver notion. The dispatches indicate
that among the rank and file of both
parties, and especially among the
women, there Is a strong undercur
rent of Hoover sentiment, but If
things are allowed to drift along as
things now are going, this sentiment
is not likely to nave many spokes
men at either the Republican or
Democratic national convention, In
order to elect Hoover delegates', ap
parently, it is going to be decessary
to overthrow existing party organiza
tions, and organized strength suffi
cient to do this does not seem to ex
ist, certainly not at the preaent time.
BUT CALIFORNIA'S FOR ltDpVER
Hoover's home state ' of Califor
nia must be classed as one o
the exceptions.' A dispatch to the
Stat from Sacramento saya that Cal
ifornia Democrats are almost certain
to' send a solid Hoover delega
tion to San Francisco, - and some
t, the -leading Republican papers of
of the state, including the Los
Angeles Times, have declared Hoo
ver as their choice. In addition. Cal
ifoyila women, regardless of party
affiliation, are planning .a nation
wide organization of Hoover-for-Prea-ident
clubs. -The Sacramento Dis
patch say sthat eighty per cent of re'
SPREADING
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piles to queries sent out by the "Com-1"
'mlttee of Thirty,'
are favorable to
Hoover.
Another Paaiflc coast state Wash
ington also is reported as awept
by Hoover sentiment. At Tacoma
a non-partisan Hoover club has been
organized and the Hoover bdom is
said to be spreading rapidly among
the voters of both parties. Democrat
ic leaders of the state are reported' to
be up in-the air and o be awaiting a
cuefrom the National Capital: Al
though Washington has in Senator
Polndexter a candidate for the Re
' publican presidential nomination, de
mad 1 I? said to be grnvuv ;or .n
unlnstructed delegation
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sweeping democrats off -their feet
everywhere is Indicated ly a dis
patch from St. Paul. After talking
Hoover vigorously for two weeks.
The Star's correspondent says, Min
nesota democrats now apparently are
swinging toward McAdoo. The Wood
boom In Minnesota got something of
a setback during the week, when the
republican state committee declined
n rail tha. t ti . TToK.
ruary, and set a date in. the latter
part of March. ,The Wood men, be
lieving themselves well In the' lead,
wanted the thing brought to an early
issue, but followers of Lowden, Hard
ing and Tatt were' able to block their
program. , ,' . . J,
RHODE ISLAND UNEASY '
The Hoover boom' Is causing a
good deal of agitation In Rhode
Island, where the leaders of both par
ties are reported from Providence as
being firmly against th"e former food
administrator. The republican lead-
ors are renreaented as ulavtn Low -
.den oft against Hoover, Holding out
that the Illinois governor to equally
a capable business, man' and has the
additional attraction of party regu
larity. -But Hoover (sentiment Is
gaining in both 'parties, the corres-
" pondent says, and the leading repub- l
That the Hoover boom Is not,""0 oy mr.s' nu 8US'
i llcan paper oi xne aiaie u lavoraniy
, incHhed .toward him.; ,t V '
In New York state, according to a
. 'dUpatch from Albany, there la little.
a or no Hoover sentiment among dem
, ocrats, but the same holds trus with
regard to the other men meotloned
as democratic possibilities.' A soil
of the Wyoming legislature during.
, the week, showed Hoover to be first
choice of the democratic members,
while Lowden-was-far out in front
among republican. A dispatch from
Mllwaukse says there la a lot- of
, Hoover sentiment among, lndepend
; ent republican! an'd democrats la
v Wisconsin, hut that It would have to
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NUMBER OF FIRES
DURING WEEK END
An alarm from Box 74 called the
fire departmen tto St. James Me
theodist church, colored, at half past
eleven Sunday morning. The blaze
oaused bJ BU from tn flue-
aiua" w iUO wt" ttUUUl
At 5.50 Sunday afternoon an alarm
to the House on Harney street occu
pied by S. E. Evans and owned by
Ned Rhodes. This was a chimney
fire and there was no damage.
On Saturday at 12.65 there was an
alarm from Box 61. An oil stove
explosion on Lane street In the house
occupied by Sarah Wbitehurst, col
ored, and owned by W. E. Dunstaa,
Cafcsed slight damage.
At 5.40 Saturday afternoon there
was an alarm from Box 18. The fire
t was on Burgess street in the house
owned by W. A. Hooper and occu-
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a cnimney are aim mere was no dam
age. On Friday afternoon at 5.35 an
alarm from Box 42 sounded and the
department found the smoke house
and woodhouse of RE. Qulon on
fire
The damage was $350 but prompt ,
work nn the nart of the fire denart- I
i ment the flamf" from BPreadintf
10 Mr. uuinn a resiuence.
VOLLEY DALL AT 'Y" TONIGHT
there will be a game of Volley
ball at the Y. M. C. A. tonight be
tween the' Morrlsette team and the
Highs team. These games are grow
ing more interesting as the teams be
come more profficient. The game' to
night promises to be the fastest yet'
played. ' '.
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1 V RESTOKt rUUIMU
TO ITS PAR VALUE
f London, Jan.' 6. (By ,The Associ
ated Press.) A new organization
called the Sound Currency Associa
tion has been .formed 'here to Sid in
eliminating the inflation of currency,
restore the pound sterling to its par
value, and the return to the gold
standard. The first meeting was at
tended by hankers, economists and
members of Parliament
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CITY WATER BETXKW 4 s
The cltr water la better. It Is dot
contaminated. VThii week's report
shows thst there are no colo bacilli,
-City Health Officer..' . ' . ',' "
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'r- BACK TROM NEW YORK
Miss Almeda Carr returned Sat
urday from New York where she has
been purchasing Spring Millinery tor
The Hat Shop." ,
EXPECT GERMANY
TO RESIST DEMAND
List of Germans Wanted Forjtween Esthonia and the Russian So
Trial By Allies Will Be Han- viet government, according to a Mos
ded German Representatives cow wlreless received here this after-
, T I noon.
Today 0
Paris, Feb 2-The list of Ger- JO BE NO DELAY
mans aemanaea oy tne Aiues ior
trial will probably be given the Ger
man representatives here today, ac
cording to the Petit Parisien
It Js expected that Germany will
resist the demand, the newspaper
says, and that the Peace Conference
probably will be forced to consider
future action and at the same time ex
amine the different violations of the
conditions of the armistice and Peade
Treaty by Germany.
The list of German subjects whose
extradition le demanded wag approv
ed by the council of ambassadors this
morning.
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BRITISH PRESS TO
MEET IN CANADA
. London, Jan. 14. (By The Associ
ated Press.) The second Imperial
Press Conference Is to be held in
Canada during next August and Sep
tember. Leading representatives of the
newspapers of the British Empire
have been invited by the Canadian
Press to attend the conference to
discuss their common alms and in
terests and also to obtain, by means
of a tour throughout the Dominion,
a first hand knowledge of its life and
resources
The delegation from the IJnited
Kingdom will include' proprietors and
editors of the prominent dally news
papers, with Lord .Burnham, Of. the
London Daily Telegraph as Chalr
man Lord Northcllffe, of the Times
and, other papers, has Slso stated his
Intention- ot attending.
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TO FACILITATE IMMIGRA
TION '
' Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 8. (By Tne
Associated Press. ) The , Braiillan
arovernment i endeavoring to tacill
tata the coming of immigration from
Europe to Braail. It has directed that
gdvterntnent-owned vessels In Euro
pean service shall birng on their re
turn voyages such immigrants as
have been vouched tor by Brazilian
consuls. .Immigration has recently,
been checked hecause ot high rstes -
for third-claas passage from Europe.
u FINED FOR ABSAUT
'Fred Harrle.' colored, was fined
twenty-five dollars and coats la police
court Mondsy morning, for asssult pa
Sudle Bsrrtngton, slso colored. ; - ;
frcTUrtwiA at DC Arc
ESTHONIA AT PEACE
WITH RUSSIAN SOVIET-
London, Feb. 2 Peace was defl-
Inntnlv nnnnlnHpH thfa mnrnfilff hfl-
IN NEWBERRY CASE
Grand Rapids, Feb. 2 Although
a half dozen defendants in the New
berry election conspiracy trial were
reported unable to attend trial today,
court indications were that there
would be no delay in proceeding with
trie case.
Frank Dalley was to begin the op
enlng statement for the proseoutlon
when court convened at two o'clock
this afternoon. The defense will fol
low Dailey with a statement. Tes
timony will probably be begun Wed
nesday. o
A NEW LOW RECORD
FOR POUND STERLING
London, Feb. 2rAnother low re
cord for the British pound sterling
was made today when it opened at
13.48, or one cent betow the previous
low record reached twice last week.
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HAS HOUSING SCHEME
Tilbury. England, Jan. 14. (By the
Associated Press.) Tilbury has In
augurated a great housing scheme in
volving an expenditure of 1,500,000
for the benefit of the transport work
era at the docks.
It is planned to erect about 1,520
houses which will be equipped with
baths and all the most modern ap
pliances for sanitation and comfort.'
These buildings will be grouped
about a. triangular central park.
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WILL MEET MONDAY
The Parsonage Aid Society of the
First Methodist Church will meet on
Monday, February t, r at 8 o'clock
with Mrs. Thorburn Bepnett at the
Southern Hotel. The report from
the treasurer for the year 11 .was
as follows: ,
Amount raised from dues, $129.15.
Amount In Special fund, $477.06.
Amount raised in ll, ss&z.vu
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Watcn with raised : birds Elgin
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, . itreetl Return to J.' B
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BEFORE GATES COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS ' TODAY
Representatives of the Pasquotank
High Commiilon and t delegation
from the Chamber of Commerce left
left here early Monday morning to
appear before the Gates County Com
mlssioners.
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GEORGETOWN SEISMOGRAPH
RECORDS SEVERE SHAKE
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Washington, Feb. 2 A very severe
earthquake lasting more than twp
hours and centered between thirty
three and thirty eight hundred miles
from Washington was recorded by
the Georgetown seismograph early to
day.
The shocks began at 6.42, reached
their maximum at eight o'clock and
ceased at 9.03.
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G.O. P. RECORD
ISASORRYONE
And Apparently Party Has
Mapped Out Program of In
action From Now to Next
Election
(Special to The Advance)
Washington, ,D. C, Feb. 2. The
Republican Steering Committee of
the House of Representatives has
carefully mapped out a plan for four
months of systematic marking time
and then adjournment In early June
until December X, It is reported, and
the daily procedure of the House
substantiates the current rumor.
An attempt will be made to pass
all the many needed deficiency ap
propriation bills, shelve what little
constructive legislation has been par
tially .prepared and then adjourn In
order to attend the Republican con
vention at Chicago, and later to go
before the electorate in what the
Democrats term a futile effort to con
vince them that the constructive
pledges of 1918 had been redeemed
o the extent of even 25 per cent.
One thing is certain about this
8nrt session of Congress and that is
mat it will establish a record In the
number1 and amount of deilclency ap
propriation bills passed. In doing
this the Republicans will be destroy
ing their proud boast of last sum
mer that they had saved the nation
one and one-half billion dollars In
one month's time by cutting. Demo
cratic appropriation bills. Democra
tic Leaders in Congress at that time
pointed out that the bulk of these
slashes were for essential departmen
tal maintenance and" would have to
be later met by deficiency appropria
tions. That prediction is coming to
pass, I he House now considering one
bill for $88,000,000. with suveral
more coming along In 'the next four
j months.
The oft-repeated promises of the
RepuMicans to do something for the
soldiers and sailors in the way of a
bonus have come to naught, and at
tli is time theres no chance whatever
of the Republican Steering Commit
tee permitting any measure, whether
It be for farms or for cash, to be re
ported to the House.
"As far as I can find out about the
plains of the Republican majority,"
said Champ Clark, former speaker
and Democratic leader, "they don't
intend passing anything but deficien
cy appropriation bills, and for two
reasons: One la that they can't pass
them, and the other is that they are
afraid to, even if they could."
A short time ago Senator Penrose
from his sickbed ln Philadelphia or
dered by wty of statement to the pub
licThat the 66th Congress should
undertake no tariff, revenue or any
other important legislation until af
ter the presidential election ot 1920.
The Renublican party promises of
1918 mattered nothing to him, ap
parently. Immediately the Republi
can Steering Committee of the House
decided op its present program, to
slash appropriations, ' Irrespective of
merit or urgency, and curtail every
thing except the deficiency appropria
tions essential to the carrying on of
the Government's operations.
Another example of so-called econ
omy, which is to be used to blind
the peopte to the real state of affairs,
according to Democratic claim, is in
regard to the appropriation blue iot
the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1920. According to the Republican
Steering Committee program,
theae Wlla will be heavily slaahed,
only enough being left of the origi
nal amounts to carry .the Government
along for sftc months. Then the plea
u to ha made to the voter that the
Republican party, succeeded in cut
ting Democrats sppropristions in
hif. However, one ot the first du
ties of Congress upon assembling on
Deo. 1 will 'be the paasage ot defi
ciency bills to enable the Government
to function as usuau .. ; ;
CABINET CHANGES
ARE ORDER OF DAY
Carter Glass, barid Franklin
Houston and Edwin T.' Mere
dith Take Up New Duties at '
' Washington. "' ,
Washington, Feb. 2nd Cabinet
changes are the order of the day here :
today.
Carter Glass, Secretary ot the '
Treasury, was sworn in as Senator
from Virginia, succeeding the late
Thomas S. Martin. -
David Franklin Houston, who has
been secretary of Agriculture since
the beginning of the Wilson Admin
istration, succeeded Glass, and Ed- '
win T. Meredith, of De Moines, Iowa, '
became head of the Department of.
Agriculture, succeeding Houston. .
Meredith Is editor ot Successful
Farming and president of the Aaso-
elated Advertising Clubs of the
World. . ,
TO RENEW DEBATE
ON PEACE TREATY
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Republican Leaders Decide To .
Act With Democrats in
Movement to Bring Treaty
Back Into Open.
Washington, Feb. a Renews! o'f
the Senste debate on the Peace
Treaty next week was regarded ss .
assured today when Republican lead- -ere
decided to Join with the Demo- '
crats in a movement to bring the
treaty back into the open.
Senate Republican Leader Lodge
planned to give notice today that
he would move next Monday to
suspend the rules and proceed to con
sider action on the treaty.
The Democrats had already an
nounced that they would make a sim
liar motion on Tuesday of next week.
WASHED ASHORE
ARE IDENTIFIED
Savannah, Feb. 2 Four of the fire '
hori ins washed ashnra nn .Tolrvl Inland i ;
yestorday have been identified.
It is believed that the men were
members of the crew of the Ocean ..
goaip tug, rortune, which carried be
tween fourteen and twenty men.
A life preserver with the name
"Fortune" pn It was found near the
bodies.
TEN MEN ON FORTUNE
New York, February 2nd' The
tug "I'oriune" carried ten men,
according to a corporation here
which nun mo vexnai unaer cnuner. .
The last this corporation heard of "
the steamer was when she left -New
port News on January 29th for Mia
mi,, Florida, prior to going to Nas-
sau.
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SCHOOL TEACHER
BURNSTO DEATH
Rocky Mount, Feb. 2 Miss Alice -
McCoy of Burgaw, N. C, who waa a
teacher in Bunu school, Nash County
suffered burns early this morning -
from which she died six hours later.
According to reports of the accl-'
dent received here Miss Bunn had got
up to' take some medicine and waa
standing before a fire in' an open "
grate when the garments that she 1
wore caught fire. 1 -
The young woman cried for help
and ran out into the yar but before '
burned.
help could reach her she was fatally
Miss-McCoy was nlneteeii years of "
age, a daughter of Frank McCoy, v
prominent Pender County farmer.
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RED TIDE IS RISING
IN TRANSCAUCASIA
London, Feb. 2 Bolshevik ris
ing is reported to have occured at :
Tlfwisl and Kutais in Trans-Caucasia
Both cities are declared to be in '
the hand ot the Reds. . -.' '
' ILL ON PEARL STREET
-Ellsworth Horaan, linotype opera
tor for The Advanoe, Is ill at hl
home on Pearl street '-. ' ,
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LOST-LADVS BLACK LEATHER
purse containing one five dollar
gold piece, three or four dollars in
paper money and some change, a la
valllere with small diamond in cen
ter and a few two cent stamps. Fin-,
der please return to The Advance
office and receive reward.
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