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"MY BON, deal with men who advertise, jou will never lose by ltn WEATHER Fair and freezing temperature to night. Thursday (air and cold mod erate northwest winds. ' ' . Benjamin Franklin. VOL V. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24,, 1920 NO. 48 ERZBEGER OFFERS "THE CALL 0? SPflNG" HIS RESIGNATION Says Wants Investigation to Proceed Without Prejudice! But Libel Suit Figures In 4 Case (By Associated Press). Berlin, Feb. 25. Mathlas Erzber- ger last night resigned as Minister 01 f inance, oasing ma acuon upon th desire to have an Investigation oI his alleged falsified tax returns v proceed without prejudice or consider ation for his official position. While the official announcement as - signs this- as the reason for his re tirement, the alleged motive is eclip sed by the character of the evidence which Dr. Karl Helf rich, former vice Chancellor, succeeded in piling up against Erzberger- during the last two days of the latter's libel suit against him. , Under-Secretary of Stato Meosls has been selected to succeed Erzber ger. PORTO RICANS LOOK TOILS. Living Wage and Developed Industries Need to Cure Con ditions There Says American Special Agent New York, Feb. 25 A living wage and development of industries on a large scale is needed to banish the "most intolerable conditions" under which the immense landless popula tion of Porto Rico have labored for centuries, Joseph Marcus, special tagent of the United States Employ ment Service, declares m a tepert is sued by the Department of Labor. The Investigator reported that lack of employment for a large part of the people, lntermlttancy of occupation and small wages have brought about a critical situation on the island. - The Porto Rlcan laborer looks to the United States with its enlighten ment and leadership in humanitarian ' ideals to rescue him, the Marcus re port stated. Both the government and the American Federation of La bor are being appealed to, it was ex plained. r... Untnvti tVta Inrlnetrtoa ran tlA expected to enter the Porto Rican field shipping facilities must be in creased, with fast steamers In ser vice; a branch of the Federal Reserve Bank must be Instituted on the is; . land, and there must be more lnde penden land-owning farmers, accor ding1 to the report. Then, with-a big export business, work may be provided for all at fair wages. Now when a laborer is working he. and his family share a breakfast of only black coffee, a luncheon of rice and beans, rice and codfish, or 1 codfish and plain tains, and a dinner the same as luncheon, it was stated. The Porto Rican is beginning to demand better Jiving conditions, Mr. Marcna reported. Strikes organized and supported by the Free Federation of Labor which Is affiliated with the Amerlcan'Federatlon of Labo, take place '"frequently." In Aguadllla,,one of Porto Rico's principal towns, characterized as the "strike breakers' district and the "porest section of the island," In stances abound where families eat only once a day and have meat' but once in a year, the report said, ad ding that about thirty percent of the population In the district have tuber culosis. Hookworm and other tro pical diseases abound throughout the entire country. Describing the "Jlbaro" or moun tain dweller and "principal . factor" in the labor problem of Porto Rico, - .ltutaa nnaplv alirYitv Since ne i;uhbhvi - v. vo.v per cent of the population, the Mar ' cus report sums up the situation as follows: ( . v, , ' "This Jlbaro Is still living under In the same environment under which his ancestors lived one or two bun ' dred years ago. He builds his lit ' tie shack on- land that does not be long to him, and he works, when work la to be had, on the Dearest cane, coffee or tobacco plantation. His dress consUts of a pair of white trousers , a white shirt and a straw hat. His wife and children are clad as poorly as he Is; and none of them 'wear shoes. . . SAUNDERS SAYS ITS A MISTAKE Editor of Independent Declares He Is Not Committed to Plat form of Committee of Forty Eight Editor, The Advanee:- The use of tho name of the Inde pendent in the article regarding the Committee of Forty-Eight in your Is sue of Feb. 24 was unauthorized, as was also the name of W .L. Cohoon. I was recently requested by Wade B. Leonard to assume certain work for the Committee of forty-Eight in this district. I declined-and told him that he probably could interest Mr. Cohoon, since I had been informed that Mr. Cohoon might be interested in the organization of a now politi cal party. I suggested that he commu nicate with Mr. Cohoon. .It appears that instead of acting discreetly up on a friendly suggestion, Mr. Leon ard seeks, without authority, ' to use our names for propaganda purposes. It is true I became Interested In the Committee of Forty-Eight sever al months ago when its object was the calling of a convention to ascer tain the liberal opinion of the country and to definitely establish a liberal program as ooDosed to BoUhavinm. j gociajiffm anj ra(ycai movements gen erally with which lbleraliBm was In Imminent danger of being confused. I was one of the signer of the call for the St. Louis Convention In De cember, 1919; but could not find It convenient to attend that conven tion. V . y,-.,-; ; - It seems that out of that conven tion has grown a movement to organ ize a hw political party, but I have not had an opportunity to study the advisability of such action and am not pommltted to such a move at this time. . ,' ."' W. O. Saunders , .; , ITALIAN WORKERS SEIZE ' MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS " ' ' - ' " : ' ' . " (By Associated Press) '' v London, Feb. 25 Workers at Pleve Dl Sollgo, Italy, have seized the municipal building and proclaimed the soviet government, according to a Rome dispatch " ' - In the fighting between the work ers and the troops many persons were wounded. " ' MRS. LOUISE BURFOOT DEAD Mrs. Louise Burfootfwrdow of the late M. L. Burfoot died at her home on Burgess street Tuesday af ternoon at two o'clock. She became suddenly very ill Tuesday morning and was given medical attention but did not regain consciousness. Mrs. Burfoot would have been sixty-two years old on Saturday. She is survived by two children, Miss Hilda Burfoot and J. W. Burfoot both of this city. Mrs. Burfoot has been living in this city eight years, having moved here from Old Trap, Camden County. The funeral will be conducted from the home at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. o FUNERAL MAJOR D. GREGORY The funeral services of Major D. Gregory who died Monday morning at the home of his son, E. C. Gregory on North Road street, were conduct ed from the- home Tuesday afternoon at three-thirty o'clock by Dr. George W. Clarke, pastor of Blackwell Me morial church. Interment was made In Hollywood cemetery. Mr. Gregory had been in falling heaUh since an attack of Influenza last year. He was a native of Cam den county but had lived here for thirty years. He was a Confederate veteran. He is survived by two daughters and four sons. The daughters are Mlsa Bessie Gregory and Mrs. M. G. Wright, both Of this city. The sons are Richard, Howard and Frank Greg ory of Norfolk and E. C. Gregory of this city. i - FIVE YEARS IX ARMY , London, Feb., 9 John Farrlng down, a seaman who has been In the army for five years, has been four teen times courtmartlalled, spent four and a half years under deten tion, and was nevr abroad, according to army records. He is now serv ing three years penal servitude for theft of postal drafts. ;)' $25.00 REWARD 925 REWARD FOR TUB ARREST . and conviction of the person or persons guilty of turning in false ' fire alarms Tuesday nlghCbx 42 and Sunday night, Box 52. J. B. ' Flora, Chief of Fire Department. GATE CITY SPENDS MONEY ONSTREETS Bond Issue For Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Authorize ed By City Fathers. Flu About Done For Greensboro, Feb 24 Greensboro plans to spend two hundred thous and dollars on street Improvements, an ordinance for a bond issue of that amount having been passed by the city Commissioners vfigterilflv nf- ternoon by a unanimous vote. The bonds will bear interest at a rate of not In excess of 6ix per cent. The last Issue of street Improvement bonds sold by the city bore a rate of 5 1-2 per cent. Emergency Hoapitals Clear For the first time since the begin ning of the Influenza epidemic both the white emergency hospitals that wereopeoed for the treatment of patients for the disease patients with the disease are with out a patient, the last patient hav- ing been discharged Monday after-1 noon. .AH of the equipment of the two hospitals will be left Intact for a few days so that if there is a re currence of the epidemic everything will be rady to fight it. The, emer gency hospital for negroes still . has a few patients but It Is expected that they will be discharged within the next few days. But Few New "Fluf Cases Only two new cases of Influenza developed here within the twenty- four hours ending at . five o'clock Monday afternoon. The city physi - clan stated yesterday afternoon that with continued improvement he la positive that the ban against public gatherings can be lifted soon. In his weekly mortality report to the surgeon general at Washington, made yesterday he reported only thirteen Monday he reported only thirteen deaths from Influenza and pneumon ia for the week ending February 21. This is considered a gratifying ' low record, considering the large number of cases that have been here. ; , ; -o " ;' ; ; ; ATTENTION LOYAL MOOSE J A special meeting of - the Loyal ' of Moose will be held Friday night. February 17th at seven-thirty o'clock In the New Moose Quarters, Fourth Flour of Hinton Building. Wanted, every member present. It BANKRIDGE COLBY OF NEW YORK NAMED TO SUCCEED SEC LANSING Appointment Comes A Surprise, Washington V Officials Having Expected Polk to be Choice V, Of President Wilson Washington, Feb. 25 Bankridjre Colby of New York, who was one of the leaders in the Progressive party under Roosevelt, will succeed Robert Lansing as Secretary of State- ' To Investigate Iron County Mixup Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue To Confer With Michigan Authorities (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. .25 Investiga tion of the prohibition controversy in Iron County, Michigan will be made by the Bureau of Internal Re venue, Commissioner Roper announc ed today The Deputy Commissioner leaves tonight for Orand Raplda and Iron River City to take up with authori ties there the controversy which led District Prohibition Commissioner Dalrymple at Chicago to declare, the county in "open revolt." 0 ANNOUCES DEATH COFNEDERATE VETERAN a The following announcement is made today by James I. Metts, Major General, Commanding North Caroli na Division United Confederate Vet erans: . ;; v "It Is with the deepest sorrow that I have to announce the death of our beloved comrade Brig. R. tt. Ricks, which occurred February 19th at 7 N. C. A few years ago he was elect- P. M. at his home near Rocy Mount, ed Brigadier General of the Third North Carolina Brigade and has been re-elected since. He belonged to the famous Bethel Regiment at the first battle of the war, was one of the six men who destroyed the house In front of the Confederate Lino when Henry Wyatt waskilled, Wyatt being the first soldier to be killed in the war. From all accounts he was one of the best soldiers who ever stepped to the tap of the drum; Careful, pains taking, cautious though fearless, with ood Judgement he was ever at the front. Generous, warmhearted he never permitted anyone to suffer wltfitn his reach. He belonged to a battery which did good service es peciall at Cold Harbor, where he was wounded several times. In his death the Confederate Veterans have sustained an incalculable loss. O MEXICO 8CHOOLH CLOSE Mexico City, Feb. 25 Schools and public gatherings here are suspended Indefinitely on account of Influenza. It is estimated that the number of cases in the city run as 4igh as sev- eral hundred thousand. 0 TWIN TUNNELS BORED Pittsburgh,. Feb. 25 Twin Tun els, -each Ave thousand, seven hun dred feet long, for the use of vehicles and pedestrians, are being bored thru the range of hills bordering the south era fildef the Monongahela Rlvr vally here, In order that the thous ands of persons live oln the Southern Part ' Allegheny county and work in Pittsburg may more easily reachthe city. ' Work on the tunifels which began a few days ago, will continue for more than two years, engineers es timate, and the cost will be $4,600.00 SU is proposed to have the tunnels connect with a high bridge . which will span the Monogahela river and bring the tunnel traffic to the heart of the business district of Pittsburg. This will cost theree million five hun dred thousand dollars. Each tubs will be made to accomodate two lines of vehicle traffic, and in addition there will be footpaths. . : ' ' . O FOR SALE TWO HOUSES AND , lota. Water and lights. Good con . dition. Terms reasonable. Apply . to W. 8. Overman, S10 Broad st ; feb 23 tt.vi : ' - Announcement of his selec- "" tion by the President was made today at the White House. Colby's selection came as a - surprise, most officials assum-" ing that Frank L. Polk, Acting Secretary, would be the Presi-' dent's choice. The first inkling that the President was to appont some one outside the official family came when Colby visited the White House early today with Raymond Baker, Director of the Mint. Colby was taken to see the President and a few minutes later formal announcement of his selection was made. His nomination is expected to be sent to the Senate in a day or two. o ASQUITH ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT (By the Associated Press) London, Feb. 25 Former Premier Asqulth was elected to Parliament from the Paisley constituency In a recent election. Announcement of the result was made today. -0 , REPLY DELIVERED TO ALLIED COUNCIL London, Feb. 25 President Wil son's reply to the Allied note on the Adriatic question reached London today and was delivered to the Al lied Supreme Council. O TO REFER APPEALS TO GOVERNMENTS (By Associated Press) Tarls, Feb. 25 The Ambassador ial Council decided today to refer the respective governments appeals of inter-Allied military authorities for any condemned to death. 0 MEET THURSDAY NIGHT TO ORGANIZE POULTRY ASS'N. AW who are Interested in organiz ing a poultry association in Pasquo tank County are asked to meet in the County Farm Agents office in the Federal Building Thursday night at seven-thirty. . . 0 PRINCE AND PREMIER ARE BOTH WOUNDED (By Associated Press) v London, Feb. 25 Attempt has bee madeto assasinate Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia and Premier Protitch, according to a Trieste dls- patch. The Prince and Premier are both wounded. . v O IRISH HOME RULE PRESENTED TODAY (By Associated Press) London, Feb. 25 The govern ment's bill for Irish Home Rule; was presented In the House of Com mons today and Immediately receiv ed its first reading. , - d 0 . ' r HELD FOR RANSOM ,( By the Associated Press) ' Washington, Feb. 25 -Barry Hog garty, American citizen was kidnap ped by Mexicans at Matiml.'Durango, and Is being held for ransom, accord ing to information at the State De partment to-day: . V ' , 0- : ' , . OFFERED TO MU8EOI London, Feb. fl The last horse drawn fire engine remaining" in the London Firs Brigade has been of fered to the South Kensington Science Museum. . ' '
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