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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBR UARY 26fi 1920
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INSTRUCT VOTE
AGAINST REED
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Jasper, County, Missouri, Dem
ocrats Denounce Senator As
'' Disorganizer of Party
(By Associated Press) ,
JopllnMo. Feb. 26 Jasper Coun
ty Democrat! in convention atWebb
City last night unanimously adopted
a resolution denouncing Senator Reed
as' a "disorganizer of the 'Democra
tic. 'party."
The county's delegation to the
State Convention was instructed to
Vpte against him for delegate to 'the
National Convention.
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Jack Johnson Says
He's Coming Back
Former Heavy Weight Cham
pion Pugilist Has Long Been
Fugitive "From Justjce
(By Associated Pretes)
New York, Feb. 26 If Jack John
son, former neavyweignt cnampion
the world, lives up to his express-
determination to return to this
country and surrender himself to the
authorities within the nekt few
weeks nls action . will terminate a
long period of wandering through
foreign! climes. Johnson who has
'been, convicted of violating the Maan
act, slipped out of the United States
nearly seven rears ago. He '. has
been sentenced at Chicago to serve
one year and one day in prison and
to pay a flns of one thousand dollars
out he forfeited his ball and after
evading the Federal authorities, land
ed Itf Canida in June, 1918..
When Johnson left Chicago he
started: on a journey which; brought
him through most of the European
and Latin-American countries. Dur
ing his period of wandering Johnson
initiated Russians In the mysteries of
wrestling and boxing, 'appeared In
vaudeville in English music halls,
fought bulls in Spain and Mexico,
lost his championship title to Jess
Willard at Havana, Cuba and tookJ
part In over one hundred wing fights
In several parts of the two hemis
pheres. When the war broke out in Eu
rope Johnson and his wife were in
Moscow, Russia. Aided by some
military ffrlends the pair secured
places aboard the last train leaving
Moscow for the west. They passed
through Poland and Germany and
crossed the Belgian frontier, finally
reaching Paris. Later Johnson went
to England and later to South Amer
lea. From Buenos Aires he returned
' to Spain where he lived for some two
years.v Last summer Johnson arriv
ed in Mexico via Cuba and up to 'a
few years ago was a resident of. Mex
ico City.
!Hla gamut of experience as a fu
gatlve will soon conclude according
to his own statement with a return to
the United States as he desires to
. live at 'home again no matter what
punishment the courts of Justice may
, Inflict on him. With this object in,
view, Johnson Is expected to arrive
here within a 'short time from Vera
Crus with the intention of surrender
ing to the federal officials at Chicago.
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"LITTLE GIRL .DEAD '
News was received here Wednes
day of the death of little Margaret
Marie Oasiins bt Norfolk..' '
Her parents, Mrr-and Mrs. Fred
Gasklns were formerly of this city,
Mrs. Gasklns, before her marriage
was Miss Gladys" Richardson; daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. .James Richard-
soft of this city.' The body was ta
been brought to Elizabeth pity for
burial but the mother of the little
girl Is extremely' til with Influenza
and Mr. Gasklns is In -the United
States Navy, so Interment, was made
; in Norfolk. ..
Russia Offers
To Make Peace
Lodon, Feb. 26 The Russian Bol
; shevikl government has 'aent notes
i to the United States, Japan, and Ru
, ! mania offering peace with 86viet Rus
; sla,'aecordlngtq a .Moscow wireless.
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' FOR SALE LOT ON WEST MAIN
street meat Besirable property In
; - Elizabeth City torbuildlng home or
good Investment. ' See Geoge t
Wright at Standard Phramacy.
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TO STANDARDIZE
QUALITY OF GAS
State Corporation Commission
Taking Up Question of Regu
lating Quality of Gas Sup-
- plied.
(Spedlal to The Advance)
Raleigh, Feb. 26 Through repre
sentatives of (he Bureau of Standards
at Washington, the State Corpora
tion Commission expects to standard
ize the gas service furnished by the
companies in North Carolina. The
commission has taken the matter up
with A. I. Phillips of the Bureau and"
has agreed to send men into the
State for the purpose of Investigating
the quality of the gas now being pro
duced by every gas company in North
Carolina, as well as.the service being
rendered. ,
The quality of the service Is the
main point in contest in the case
which is now pending from Winston
Salem. The Winston Salem gas com
pany contends 'that it is impossible
to furnish a better grade of service
unless more revenue is obtained
through increased rates.' The city
of Winston Salem contends that the
patrons of the gas company are not
willing to pay the increased rates un
til it Is represented to them that they
will be given better service and a
better grade of, gas. ,
With a set of uniform regulations
which the oommisslon will receive
from the information and suggestions
furnished it by the Bureau, experts,
it Is pointed out that something tan
gible wilt oe at hand Upon' which the
Winston Salem case and .other cases
of ,a slmjlar. nature may be decided.
If this schedule is , adopted by the
commission It will be made applica
ble to all gas companies la the State.
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HUNGARY ASKS LOAN
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BudapW Feb. 1 .26 Hungary's
peace delegation asked that Hunga
rian prisoners of war be repatriated
and has asked Japan and the, United
States, for loans to carry on this work
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT TO , ,
V, ORGANIZE POULTRY ASS'N.
.All who are 'Interested la organis
ing a D6ultrr association In Pasquo-
taakCount? are asked to meet in the
County Farm Agents office in the
Federal Building Thursday night" at
seven4hirty.-i'f".1 ; y- ri.
PADEREWSKI RETIRES I
. TO COMPOSE MUSIC
London, Feb. 86- Paderewski,
former Polish Premier, will never ap
pear on the concert-atage again,1 nor
will he. re-enter politics, according
to a Dally Mall dispatch from Swit
zerland. 4
I'aderewskl hopes to devote the
remainder of his life to composing
limbic.
SUES TO RECOVER
STOREJIXTUES
! While Sarkis Tady Was Sup-
posed to be Dead His Clerk
Sold His Property Too Low.
Raleigh, Feb. 'fa'; is '"death"
being pretty well established 4n the
minds of friends, and especially in
the mind of a clerk in his Clinton
store when he had neither spoke nor
moved for four days. Sarkla Tady
has Instituted proceedings against C.
F. Collins St Sons who bought a Part
of his store fixtures when it was repre
sented to them that Sarkis had cross
ed tbetgreat divide.
The exaggerated account of the Ra
leigh man's ' death was sent broad
cast over the State, friends Journeyed
here to attend the burial ceremony
and but for the inability of his loved
ones to agree as to the-kind of cas
ket, his remains should be placed in
8arkls Tady, his friends say, would
have been the. object of a very, mean
jokethat of full burial services In
advance of hi actual death. It was
while an' argumont was "underway
by friends and relatives who ,'had
gathered about the Tady ' bier that
the ."corpse" straightened ' up ' and
Inquired why the talk of oaskets and
funeral proceeselons. Ho was far,
ffom death's door, and made it very
plain' that his "burial certainly ought
to , be postponed .for the time being
our of respect to the living. ,
Returning to his place of business
On South .Washington street he
found that, his business had been
conducted even as be would have 1
But at his Clinton store It ,Wa's re
vealed that his clerk alter receiving
notice of his "death" sold part of his
store fixtures to C. F. Colltts. &,Bons,
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.Salt has been, started: in Wake
bounty Superior-. Court' , by " Tady
against the purctiasers of his Clinton
tore equipment tov obtain the full
MUST LIST STOCK
AT FULL VALUE
Merchants Required Under Re
valuation Act to List Stocks
At Full Value Regardless Of
Indebtness in Purchasing
Them.
(Special to the Advance)
Raleigh. Feb. 26 In order to clear
up a general misunderstanding
which seems to have been put On th
matter of indebtedness of merchants,
the Sta,te Tux Commission has Issued
a statement. which makes It plain
that (le(luctionsvHlHuld not be made
when the merchandise carried In the
stores are listed. '
Recently a number of inquiries
have been received by the commiss
ion as to the point in question, In
dicating that It was not understood
just how to go about it.
The following statement has been
mad a public:
"Stocks of goods should be listed
at their actual value. Indebtedness
owing by the merchant cannot be de
ducted from the value of the goods)
on hand, whether such indebtedness
Is fgr the-purnhase price of goods or
otherwise. ' The merchant is also Re
quired to list all solvent credits, and
he can 'deduct from such credits any
Indebtedness owing him at the time.
PLAN TO ( KLEBRATB MAY
FLOWER TERCENTENARY
,Plymounth, England, Feb. 9
Correspondence of the Associated
Press) A, branch of the Anglo
American Society to aid in the cele
bration In September of the' tercen
tenary of the "MayAower" and Pil
giam Fathers has been j organised
here. A suggestion was made that
Plymouth subscribe to a special gift
to be sent to Plymouth, Mass,
FOB SALE TWO riOUSES AKD
lots. ' Water and lights. Good con
dition. Terms reasonable.; Apply
to W. S. Overman,. 110 Broad st.
feb 23 6t pd
value of the articles bought. It Is
Tady's contention that his clerk dls- J
posed of his fixtures at a price far
below .the true value, and he Is ask
ing thai! the court order the return
of his fixtures. or their true value.
Vice-President's,
Adopted Son Dies
Washlrigton('Feh. '26 Morrison
Marshall, the yonu adopted son of
the yice President died to-day ofter
a brief illness from .acidosis.
The child had been ' tor , three
years a member of the Vice Presi
dent's family. He was never legally
adopted. He was taken to Mr. Mar
Hindi's home when ten months old
from a diet kitchen here where his
mother, employed as a chamber
maid, left him because v her duties
occupied her time day and night.
The Vice President and his wife
have no children and the boy was
first taken to their apartments for a
visit by Mrs. Marshall who was
touched by the child's plight.
Marshall and his wife became so
attached to him that with the con
sent of his mother they made him a
member of their family
Open Revolt Has
Flickered Out
(By Associated Press)
Iron River, Michigan, Feb. 26
the armed forces of federal agents
who came here to "put flown the li
quor rebellion in the Upper Michigan
penjnusuia." today have been with
drawn and the "open revolt" has
flickered out.
Dalrymple's announced Intention
to arrest Iron County officials as par
ties to the 'rebellion" has been aban
doned under orders from National
Prohibition Commissioner, Kramer.
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HOLD MEETING TODAY
Albany, Feb. 26 New York State
Democrats held an unofficial conven
tion today to select delegates at large
and alternates tor the National Con
vention and to adopt a platform.
WOMAN AND CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
Montreal, Feb. 26 Mrs. M. Greg
ory and her four children were
burned to death In the home today.
The mother and the two day old
bnhy were on. the second floor when
tne other children down stairs acci
'dentally set tiro to the house.
MEEKINS DELEGATE
TO CHICAGO
1. M. Meekins was elected delegate
to the Republican National conven
tion at Chicago at the Republican
concessional convention held at Ply
mouth Wednesday. Wheeler Martin
was elected alternate, and Henry T.
King of Greenville, presidential elec
U r.
Attending the meeting frojn Eliza
beth City were I. M. Meekins, C. It.
Pugh, and J. W. Johnson.
1. M. Meekins, C. It. Pugh, and J.
(J. A. Wood are delegates to the State
Republican CoSventlon at Greensboro
having been elected at the Republi
can County convention here last Sat
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ASK VETO RAILROAD BILL
Washington, Feb. 26 Represen-,
tatlves of the Railroad Brotherhoods
and of the Farmers National Conn,
cil Called at the White House today
to ask the President to veto the
compromise railroad bill.
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WHAT 18 "INABILITY?"
Washington, Feb. 26 What con
stitutes the "inability of the Presi
dent of the United States to perform
his duties" was discussed today by
the House Judiciary committee In
opening hearings on tour measures
related to. the subject.
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FUNERAL LOGAN Ev SMITH
The funeral of Logan Smith was
conducted from the home ' of bis
father in law, Theo D Mann on Front
street, Thursday' morning at teh-thlr-ty,
by Rev. H. K. Wllams. , - '
Mr. Smith was killed by a tall at
Newport News while at his work as
electrician. He was a member of the
United States Submarine Corps and
two years ago had been married to
Miss Jessie C. Mann of this city. ,
Besides hie wife he is survived by
two. brothers,
John " Smith and
Roman Smith of Norfolk; and, two
liters, Mra -Harney M. Parker of
enneylvanla, " and, Mis. ', Chss. M.
Schomsn of Milwaukee. .
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NO MENACE OF
USWJTHDRAWAL
But President Wilson's Message -To
Allies Insists On Adoption
' Of Adriatic Plan As Agreed
-London, Feb. 26 The President's
note to" the Supreme Council regard-'
lng Adriatic settlement Is ready for
consideration this morning, . t
Altho officials made no statement '
relative to its contents, it Is .under- t "
stood not to contain the menace of ,
America's wothdrawal from European V'
affairs but insists upon the adoption
of the Adriatic plan as agreed upon
on December 9th.
HE MADE ruiuc
Washington, Feb. 26 The lioes
exchanged between the President and
Entente Premiers on the Arlatlb set
tlement will be made public late to
day It is estimated that they will total
12,000 words.
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Red Cross Seeks
Community Nurse 5,
And Is Endeavoring to Co-oper ',
ate With All Welfare Agen
cies in County, Especially "
' Supt. Vann.
The Elisabeth City Red Cross Ex; . '
ecutlve Committee 'met Wednesday
and teok up 'further1 the matter of
securing a community nurse for Kits c i ' .
abeth City. Doctors Fearing and '
Peters who were asked to assist the
Red Croea in securing a nurse ex-' ' ', ,
plained that every effort is being
made to secure a graduate nurse for 7
this work but so far without success, . ; .;
though they have been in commuBjp,
cation with the national headquarters .
of the Red Cross, with the National jf
oclal workers exchange and also with U
the associated charities o? a number f
of large cltle. It is hoped that when
the lnfluensa epidemic has abated ft
nurse may be secured. . , ', t
In an effort to secure better co-or-.
dinatlon of the work of the County
Welfare Agent with that of the Red...
Cross, Superintendent of Welfare- t
.Vann was dlrctod to Investigate cases t ,
of need coming under his observation
and report them to the Red Cross. L
The local chapter Is now doing the- '
work In the city formerly looked af-' 4 ,
ter by theassociated Charities. .
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DEFENDS CLAIM ,
OF AUSTRALIA '
Sydney, Australia Jan. 26 Aus-, " " s
tralia's. claim to the right to have
one vote In the Council of the ' '
Ltague f Natolons was defended by '.V..V
Sir Joseph Cooo, Minister of th J
Nevy who was a delegae tp the Peace
Conference In a recent speech here:'
Commenting on the attitude of a sec-
Hon of the United States Senate toi " ) t
wafd the League he said: i
"America Is making objection to
clause X 'n the League's charter.
The objection is political from arst ,.
last. I h(l!eve that when the
Presidential election Is over all ob- A
Jectin will end. On the Question of
Austrian representation in the Coun- , ; ' -ell
of the League, Sir Joseph ssid? . .
"Tho Amarlfani 1a1 htr GLanatA ,
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Lotrts aay that the British Emlpre ;,
should have only one vote., Senator : I.
Lodge's party obpects to the Empire . , ,
having five or six times the voting ' "
power of the United States. It is
not a fair statement. All the ather ,' '
states In America have onevote." . : . .
Sir Joseoh ehumerated under this ' '
head Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, '
Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia, Haiti, , ''
Nicaragua. Panama Peru and Uru-
guay, aifd plonted. out that the pop- ,i
ujrftlon of these countries were y
largely Indian or negro. "The South
American states," he continued,-.
"1 ave twelve votes. How do tbe
British Dominions stand! .NSw Zea-' " ' r
lard, Canada, Australia, South Af- ' , "
rloa, India each Has only one vote. - ' J, v
.Australia's sacrifices in the war , .
10,006 dead were greater than ! ,
America's, and all died in an effort 'V
to make America safe. America was
tor three, or four years oui ot the ,
war while Australia was helping to v .
keep her free. ' : . " . , '
"It has bben said that there Is no,- .
force by which to carry out the ?
Treaty. . There Is no force In the k J ,
penalty of ostracism and the boycott.- ' ,- ''
No . nation, unlese It can conquer the ,
world, can Ignore these penalties."
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