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Net Circulation Saturday 1,096 Copies THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Tues- day; Colder in East. VOL. XI. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1021 NO. 8. III. LEROY WINS FROM DR. SALIBA Jury Says He Has Right to Ten Thousand of Thirty Thou sand Dollar Profit Made In Six Months That Dr. John Sallba must pay to J. H. LeRoy approximately ten thou sand dollars one-third ot the profits made during the six months that Dr. Saliba's hospital was used as a home for convalescent sailors ot Uncle Sam's avy and for marines, was the finding ot the Jury which brought in a verdict Saturday night it 9:45 af ter having been out on the case since 4:18 in the afternoon. So ended one of the hardest fought legal battles of recent years in Pas quotank County. The case was v'taken up Thursday morning and two entire days were consumed in taking the evidence. All day Saturday was given over to argument by counsel, and the judge'B charge (o the Jury, which was very brief. "I have sel dom," said Judge Allen In begin ning his charge, "heard a case argu ed so thoroughly and with fewer In terruptions on the part of opposing counsel, and I do not think It neces sary to review the evidence which has already been gone over so many times." Both sides were represented by a strong array of legal talent. Repre senting LeRoy were Thompson & Wilson, Meekins & McMullan and Ehringhatis & (Small. Representing Dr.. Saliba were Aydlett & Simpson and Thos. J. Markhara. - - The Tnatter at issue between plain tiff and defendant was whether Dr. Saliba, when he was awarded the contract making his hospital a home for navy and marine convalescents, took LeRoy in as a partner or em- . ployed him as a steward. Mr. LeRoy cfaims that he went in with Dr. Sallba on a partnership basis. The government contract al lowed Dr. 'Saliba four dollars a day for-each inmate. Mr. LeRoy says that the -doctor was' to receive the first dollar of profit for each inmate and that the remainder of the profit, ,.jUld there be any, was to be di vided between Dr. Saliba and him self. There were about sixty pa tients, on an average, in the hos pital. They were taken care of as the government provided at expense of .approximately sixty dollars a day or a dollar a day each. This left a profit of $180 a day, sixty of which, according to Mr. LeRoy, Dr. Saliba was entitled to; while the remaining , $120 was to be divided equally be tween them. Dr. Saliba claims on the other hand that he employed Mr. LeRoy at a salary of $120 a month and his counsel pointed out the folly of pay ing a man $10,000 for six months work. Counsel for the plaintiff countered that $120 was a ridiculously low salary for a man of Henry LeRoy's ability and that he would never have accepted it. . ' 4 Dr. Saliba's claim, in answer to this argument, was that Mr. LeRoy had other business Interests hd was absent for weeks at a time and that the work at the hospital had been looked after in the main by Mrs. Le Roy. . Mr. LeRoy denied this and claim - ed that his experience In the hotel business gave him an idea of what profit could be made in ' boarding these boys at four dollars a day while Dr. Sallba thought that after he had got his one dollar a day pro fit from each inmale there would be little left to divide. The defendant argued that a man , ot Mr. LeRoy's ability and business jj' experience and shrewdness would never have relied upon a verbal con tract in entering into a partnership such as he described. The plaintiff claimed that he had asked for a written contract, but that Dr Sallba said he preferred not 'to give one on account of possible liti gation against him as a written con tract might give those bringing Buit against him an insight Into hhv af fairs. So seeing an opportunity to make good' money In a short time and having Just suffered consider able financial loss by reason of the storm of the preceding summer at Nags Head, Mr. LeRoy decided to take a chance on a verbal contract, but to keep a keen eye on the doc tor. Sallba exhibited a cancelled check to LeRoy for five hundred dollars on the face of which was written: "For salary for four months." Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy declared that, bring on their guard, they had ex amined the check cloRcly and that tlit'-e words were not, on the check when It was rushed. And so for three days the evidence Say Conferences Are Broken Off London, Jan. 10 Conferences be tween Rev. Michael O'Flanagan, act ing president of the Sinn Fein, and Premier Lloyd George, with a view .to bringing about peace in Ireland have been broken off and will not be re sumed, says the Daily Mall. Harding Is Now Private Citizen Marlon, O., Jan. 10. With his resignation as Senator on the desk of the incoming governor of Ohio, the President-elect Harding Is look ing forward to. six weeks as private citizen before taking up the respon sibilities of the presidency. His resfgnatlon was sent in yesterday. Another Democrat, William G. Sharp, former ambassador to France, was called into conference today on the plan for the association of na tions. Harding officially received Ohio's twenty-four votes In the electoral college today when the Ohio presi dential electors met at Columbus. UNITARIANS HOLD CENTRAL COUNCIL Characterized as Biggest For ward Step In Co-operation Taken by That Church In the United States Boston, Jan. 10 Organ'zations of the Unatarian Church cooperating for the first time will assemble here today in the first regular meeting of the Central Council of Unatarian Agencies. The council Is termed a "sort of league of nations of Hie Unitarian .church," by Dr. Curtis V. Reese of Chicago, clerk of the council. He characterized it here today as the "biggest forward step in cooperation ever taken by the ITniiur'au Church in the United States." Fourteen Unitarian agencies make up the new council. Heretofore each has worked entirely independly of the others, Dr. Reese said. In the future they will cooperate in aU matters in which they have interests involved, but each agency will main tain Independence as regards Its own affairs as before. Purposes of the council are thus set forth by Dr. Reese: "To provide a point of contact be tween our various denominational soclties and agencies , through their recognized representatives, in order to facilitate understanding among them. "To study such programs of co operative tasks as "may be submitted, recommending measures and me thods by which such tasks can be ef fectively done, and providing an op portunity as occasions arise when the several co-operating organiza tions may discuss their various func tions and help one another In defin ing their separate spheres. "To serve as a clearing house of information about the things that are being done by its constituent bodies through which Information may be conveyed to each and to the public. To function In other forms of co operative work for which there may now be no adequate provision." The Unitarian central council con sists of some 25 members, being made up of the following: President and. Secretary of the American Unitarian Association, President and Secretary of the Alli ance of Unatarian Women, President and Secretary of the Laymen's League, President and Secretary of the Young People's Religious Union, 'President and Editor of the Chris tian Register, Secretary of the Gen eral Conference and the Chairman of the General Conference and the Chairman of the Council, Chairman of the Unitarian Campaign Com mittee. Secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference, Heads of the following Departments of the Ameri can Unitarian Association: Finance, Publication, Church Extension, and Religious Education, President of the Meadville Theological- School, President of the racific Unitarian School for the Ministry, Sceretary of the Service Pension Society, and Sec retary of the Society for Ministerial Relief. and argument went on. And now the fight will be carried up to Su preme Court. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy went to the hospital early In October, lfl 8. to put the building In order for the first patients, who arrived about three weeks later. The building was used by the gov WWW n AH ... . XT May lt 1919 TRAPPERS ARE NOT ALARMED At No Tidings Yet From Three Naval Balloonists and Con- . fidently Expect ..Them By Nightfall Mattice Jan. 10 No tidings early today of the progress of the three American naval baloonists en route from Moose factory had been receiv ed. The continued absence of informa tion did not alarm the trappers. They said the Americans and their Indian guides had undoubtedly not showed up because of the established fact that Lieut. Farrell had to be carried out on a Bled, as his feet were badly frostbitten. The weather here today Is "unusu ally mild and It is expected that the travelers will arrive by nightfall. FUNERAL R. T. WHITE The funeral of R. T. White was was conducted at Hertford Methodist Church Friday by Rev. J. M. Or morid. Mr. White was hilled out In the woods near Ayden Thursday when a log train ran up on him. The fire man backed the train and when the hnigine stopped the cars continued to go back, knocking Mr. White down and running up on his body. The engineer had to run to his engine and pull up the train before the conduc tor could free the imprisoned man. General Strike Wave In Indi la Calcutta, Dec. 1. (India Informa tion Bureau) A general strike wave has been sweeping over the in dustrial sectfrlns of India affecting every industry. The labor situation in liombay City Is reported to be growing more serious. The strike of the postal and telegraph work ers, of the street railway men ahd of the gas workers still continues. A summary of the situation shows tlt the postmen have been on strike Tflr 60 days now, gas workers for CO days and street railway men for 40, n-nl that the condlt'on of the strik ers is serious. Recently a new strike of 2,000 milkmen was de clared and Bombay's milk supply cut off. The city's business Inter ests continues to be disturbed. In Madras a lockout of operatives of th - Kuckinghai.: .Mills has been in progress for four weeks. The mill owners have announced that 1,500 of the 6,000 strikers have been permanently dismissed. They offered to take bark the other 3,500 at sn increase of 50 to 75 par cent in wajteq beginning with the new year.. Latest reports Indicate that the mill owners' oiler has not been accepted. In Calcutta, 5,000 coachmen have warned their employers that they will go on strike unless their salaries are increased. Men employed In the Rangoon arsenal are reported to be on a strike, demanding higher wages because of the high cost of living. One strike, that of the stevedores, has come to an end, but it Is report ed that another of great magnitude has begun In the coal fields. This Is regarded as the beginning of what may be"ome a general strike In the collieries. I.nd'a already U suffering from coal shortage. FOUND GAS COAT NEAR SOUND POINT Captain Amos Owens found a 22 foot long gas boat Sunday about three miles from Sound Point off the west end of Durants Island. The boat wa3 standing on end In 18 feet of water, cn!y four feet being visible. Captain Owens made an effort to bring the boat in, but could not move it. He thinks that It broke loose from its moorings and drifted down until it became tangled in shad nets and stood on end, and that the owner of the boat is wondering where to look for It. BUY NOW SAVE MONEY . Many eager shoppers took ad vantage of the tremendous reduc tions on all merchandise throughout our entire store, offered by ou,r Janu ary Clearance Sale, which began Sat urday. We have marked everything to tally disregarding costs and former selling prices. It you are needing anything In our line, BUY NOW. You'll save money on every pur chase. Sale lasts all this week. M Leigh Sheep Co. Adv. week end In Hertford IOWA LEADS IN PARK CREATION Dr. Pammel Tells at National! lumber manufacturers through their r t (national and regional associations Is conference now umer, States May Plan and Carry Out Similar Park Policies Des Moines, la., Jan. 10 How Iowa, generally considered a purely agricultural state, has won a place among the leading states of the na tion In the field of park creation and development, was described today to the first National Conference on Parks by Dr. L. II. Pammel, chair man of the Iowa board of conserva tion. The address was planned to Biiow uuw uuier Biuies may pian sim ilar work and was offered as the key note of the conference. With nearly a sore of parks of var ious sizes already Inexistence, Dr. Pammel declared the Iowa board was working for the establishment of 25 large park areas, each having proba-l bly 1,000 acres or more, It sought, aiso, ire saia, me preservation tor tne public of the 70 lake and lake shores in the state, creation of many parklets" so that every county would have at least one such recreation place, protection of plant life along railroad. rights-of-way, which are the sole remaining stretches of original prarie, and the linking together of all these beauty spots by adequate highways. The Iowa state board of conservar tion was established by the legisla ture with an annual appropriation of $50,000 supplied from hunters II Ynei cense tees, Dr. Pammel said law subsequently was amended to make the annual appropriation $ 100, -000 and in addition any portion of Uie fish and game protection fund not needed for the fish and game depart ment. The board also was given, Jointly with the stat's executive coun cil to which are referred all of the boards recommendations, entire charge of the Iowa lakes. The first work undertaken was a survey of the slate to find out what acres should be preserved for recrea tional, scenic, scenic, scientific or historic reasons. Enthusiastic co operation was met from citizens, who in number and instances contributed in nit:r rous instances liberally to the initial contributed cost of the parks which have been established, Dr. Pammel said. This policy was encouraged by the board which felt that sevni'y-flve per cent of the value of a park acrued to the benefit of the local community. One of the most Interesting phases of the board's work, Dr. Pammel re marked, has been the effort to find and preserve some original prarie to show what the great middle west was like in the days of '49. In discussing state park policies, Dr. Pammel said that Iowa's exper ience showed that parkable areas should be acquired outright and kept In their original condition as far as possible, only sufficient building be ing undertaken to enable the public to u?e the parks with benefit. High ways to parks were declared essen tial, but within them only trains should be constructed. COLLEGES GIVE NEW PRACTICAL COURSE Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8. Succe?s lis marked the latest development of co-operative courses at thi Uni versity of Cincinnati, one of the foremost municipal universiies of the country. This venture Is In the field of commerce. The cooperation is between college and business. Banks, commercial houses and large industrial companies report satisfaction with a system that corn. bines practical application with theo retical training. The original cooperative system of tho University of Cincinnati was industrial. It was established by Herman Schneider, dean of the col lege of engineering. During the past tan years educators throughout the world have watched the great devel opment of the system here as applied to Instruction In engineering. The basic principle is quite simple two weeks study in the college Is alternated with two weeks In shops and plants all the year round? Due to the success of Its Innova tion the engineering college has ex panded from a department with a staff of tour to a college with sixty professors and Instructors. Atten dance has grown from 27 sudents to 906, not including 400 night stu dents. The cooperative engineering course wus started with only 12 firm:' and factories cooperating. There arc now 150 establishments In Clnclnna tl and the vicinity cooperating with fTio college of engineering of the mu- IMnil l,1,A..it. (n vIvIhm ... I men practical training. Is Investigating Lumber Business Washington, Jan. 10 Extensive investigation into the activities of beIng made b th DeDartment of Justice with the assistance of the refinU trade emission. lnts was disclosed In a report ion in connection with the Inquiry sent Congress today by the commlss being conducted by the Senate com mittee on housing and reconstruction The Department of Justice will determine whether there has been violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The yellow pine Industry of the South will be particularly looked jnto The Department's Inquiry Is not directly connected with the building investigation in New York, and-has been in progrok.3 for some time. LONDON PAPERS CONDEMN NAVY Declare That Competition In Building Big Navy Is Disas trous and Would Sound Knell of Britain London, Dec. 24 Any attempt by Great Britain to biuld a big navy In competition with the United States would be absolutely disastrous," say some of the leading weekly periodi- cals of London, In commenting on the aval wUmates for the current, year 4s presented In the House of Com nions these estimutes were fixed at 90,872,300. The Spectator condemns the post war recrudencence of "uavalism" un der the caption "The Naval Skin Game." "Against whom should we be building it asks. "Either against America or against Japan. "Either against America or Japan. We should not be building against both for an alliance between them against Great ilrUain is inconceivable. "We want to say most em phatically that In our opinion a corn- ' petition with America would be ab- solutcly disastrous. We hope the na tion will never consent to it." Any suggestion of a "two keels to one" naval policy as directed against the United States the Spectator dis misses as ludicrous, and It under scores the phrase: y "We must not form our policy on'the possibility of a war with America." "if ever we - Joined with Japan against America, we should have sounded the knoll of the British Em pire," the paper concludes. The Nation, which brands sheer navalism as sheer lunacy, also strong ly opposes naval competition with the United States which It says will have a navy superior to the British In 1924. We cannot successfully enter on a shipbuilding contest with America which has twice our population and four times our resources," this paper says and it continues: "Our navallsts have put another nail in the coffin of the League of Na tions. Unless this policy Is repudia ted at once it will do more than any thing else to keep America out of the League, to Impel her to a political and economic Isolation developing her full powers of military and naval (lefen'e, drawing the South A'ii?ricn states into a Pan AmerieanL.u, fatal lo the larger Internationalism, and depriving: the . broken countries of Europe of the economic and finan cial aid that they badly need, and that only the trade and credit of America can supply. That way lies' neither peace, nor economic re covery, nor financial salvation." The Outlook which npollgizes for inflicting on the reader the painful subject of the Anglo-American war which Is rightly not considered think able among the most of us," consid ers that under existing conditions of mine and submarine warfare, the British fleet, were It twice as big as it Is, could not .venture Into Ameri ca waters, nor could tho Americans with thrice the number of dread noughts they posess, venture to ap proach the British coasts. Incidentally, the Saturday Review puts In a s'rong plea for tho sale of be West Indies by Britain to the I'nited SEtates, in order to reduce the British indebtedness to America, without sarriflc'ng British trade In terests. COTTON' REPORT 'Washington, Jan. 10. Cotton sinned prior to January first was I" bus bureau announced today. FRAME UNIFORM TRAFFIC LAWS Conference at Washington Will Ask 42 State Legislatures to Pass These Regulations This Month Washington, Jan. 10. Represen tatives of twenty national organiza tions are here today for the opening session of the National Conference on Highway Traffic Regulations. This conference will frame a uni form code of traffic laws and urge the 42 state legislatures meeting; this month to pass them. V. ATSOV WIXSLOW DEAD Watson Winslow, postmaster at Heptford, died Monday morning at eight o'clock after a brief illness at his home in that city. Mr. Winslow suffered an attack of heurt trouble Sunday night and suc cumbed to the attack the following morning. He suffered a similar at tack, the first of its kind, about a week ago, but he had been troubled with hlgji blood pressuro and attend ant Ills for some time. Mr. Winslow was 61 years old. He is survived by his widow and three sons, all of Hertford. The sons are: Hillary G. Winslow, Her man R. Winslow and Frith Winslow. Frith WinslDw, the youngest, la about eighteen years of age. There are also twd brothers: E. D. Winslow and T F. Winslow, both of Hertford. The, funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at half past three o'clock, at Holy Trinity church, by Rov. Alfred Taylor, rect.pr. Mr. Wlnslow's family is one of the most 'prominent at Hertford. LIEUTENANT BOND BURIED m'EDENTON Edenton, N. C, Jan. 8. The body of Lieutenant Edward G. Bond was laid to rest here this afternoon. It arrived covered by the Stars and Stripes beneath which he died. Only a simple burial survice was reafl at the grave by ministers of the Methodist and Baptist churches. Large numbers of citizens and non residents were present. Several members of the bar from Elizabeth City attended. Captain W. D. Holland, formerly In command of the company In which Lieutenant Bond wus attached when he went to France, arrived here this morning f.'uin his home In Dunn, N. C., to pay his last tribute to his former com rade. Lieutenant Bond went from the Rio Grande 'almost to the Rhine, amid the hardships' of' war service, dying tho day before the armistice waj signed. This incident closes the carrer of the soldier and lawyer and leaves It encircled by a giamour of tragedy almost appalling., BEGIN INVESTIGATE COAL PROFITEERING Washington, Jan. 10. Initial stepit In the Investigation ot charges of profiteering In ccal sales to the War Department were taken today hy the Department of Justice. Thu Investigators assembled and the pre liminary work was begun. WEALTHIER JAPS PHYSICALLY WEAK Toi.ioi Nov. 23 (Correspondence of the Ausociated Tress.) Medical examination for military service which. has Just been concluded re vealed that a conslderabla percen tage of conscripts belonging to well-to-do families escape service owing to relatively weak phlslque. Lleul-Genoral Horluchi in view of the fact that the burden of conscrlj tlon falls with increasing weight on the lower classes sujtessts that the youths who are exempted be cause of defective phislque should pay a special tax. The military au thorities are against the proposal on the ground that It would tend to en courage the Idea of purchasing ex emptions which Is Inconsistent with the fundamental principles of the army. (.k:.uik :uviG.i ii:;lk Our entire stocks of Conts, Suits and Dresses, a well as all Under wear, Hosiery, etc., are being sold at Very greatly reduced prireg during our January Clearance Sale. Now Is the time to buy prices have been marked that will mean a, big loss to us but will mean a great Having for you. M. Leigh Sheep Company. Adv. Wllov N flmirnrr rnnHnitp 111 mt his home on North Martin street.
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