North Carolina Newspapers

4 WEATHER Fair tonight and Sat- urday, no change in tern- perature. Gentle variable , winds. CIRCULATION Thursday 1,628 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921 FOUR PAGES NO. 223 i i TO HIS death : Aviator Held World's . Speed Record In stantly Killed Ma chine Crashes Earth Etampes, France, Sept. 23 By The Associated Press) 1 'While flying at a rate of 80 .miles an hour and at a height of 600 feet, Captain Bernard Deromanet. holder of the world's speed record for one kilometer, was instantly killed today when the canvas on his machine tore' and the machine crashed to earth. He was par ticipating in" the elimination races for the Deutsche De La muerthe cup. His record was established last November when he flew at the rate of 193 .miles an hour. EXPEDITION TO STUDYESKIMOS Will Be Sent Out From John , .Hopkins University To Dis ' -cover New Theory Of Health Halifax, N. S., Sept. 23 (By The Associated Press) Problems of dietetics, nutrition and sex among the Eskimos will be studied by an ex pedition to be sent out next May by the School of Hygiene of Johns Hop kins University. The plana were out- unea nere oy ut. victor c L,evme, nrofeesor of biochemistry and nutrl- proiessor oi uiui.ueiuiiijr ouu uun i tlon at the Crelghton School of i Medicine. Omaha, who visited Hall-i fax early this month on his way to Battle Harbor, Labrador. Dr. Levlne said that he had been sent as an advance guard to go with a party from Battle namor into me Eskimo country for a preliminary i survey, particularly with regard to cllmatio conditions. He said that the main expedition next year would be '-solely one of scientific research and that It was planned to penetrate parts of the Eskimo region hitherto un- The Eskimos he said, are the healthiest people in the world when not contaminated by white people. Because of this fact the members of .v jltl. u !, ho m the expedition hope Jhat they may 'discover some new theory of health as put into practice by the dwellers in the northland. . Dr. L4vlne and his party will re turn in November, 1922. The main expedition will spend next summer rand part of the winter of 1923 among the Eskimos. ; SUNDAY PROMOTION DAY AT FIRST BAPTIST 8. g, tne a Sunday Is Promotion Day at mirat RanHat finndnv achnnl. noM.i nrnaram has been nrenared by the Beginner, and Primary De- partment. The public is cordially : .. . :NUMBER ATTENDED MISSIONARY' MEET Quite a number of Elizabeth City people attended the Elizabeth City District Woman's Missionary Con vention at Anderson Methodist -church near Hertford Thursday. Reports from the 26 auxiliaries were good, all showing increase in. membership. The financial report was a fine showing that the ladles of the North Carolina conference had raised $90,000 while the ladies of the Western North Carolina conference have raised something like the same : amount. Miss May Ella Smith, of Gates I vllle. president of the North Carolina ! auxiliaries, made a splendid address, telling or tne it ainas 01 worx neing done In 76 different plants and in six foreign countries . . Miss Llllle I. Duke of Durham made a fine report and address on th work of the young people. Mrs. Hawkins, district secretary, proved herself an -excellent leader and the meeting was a success throughout. Amons: the Elizabeth City people CHAMPION FALLS attending were Rev. and Mrs. E. L. men made no effort to carry out their , terlal potentiality, it is at least ne Stack. Miss Grace Sherlock, Mrs. P. parade program last night after cessary that Italy safeguard lier H. Williams, Mrs. W. W. Sawyer, Mrs. P. TS. Dosler, Mrs. aril Hcv. II. E. Myers. " Fred Davis : Wealthy Woman Is Shot 3 Times New York, Sept. 2 (By The ! Associated Ptobs) Mihh MUil ' dred Ilanan, daughter of the ; late John H. Hanan, wealthy head of the Hlioe firm of that name, was shot three times a ; she emerged from an apartment j house in Brooklyn In company with John 8. Bolan, an importer. Mrs. Grace Lawes, a distant relative, shot the woman and ended her own life by firing a bullet through her brain. Jeal ousy was the cause of the act, it is said. The Hanan woman may recover. It's Annual Indian Day In Celebration Is For Chicago Purpose Of Teaching American Youth Truth About The American Indian Chicago, Sept. 23 (By The Asso ciated Press;) Chief Oshkosh, a Winnebago Indian, recently returned from France where he has been teaching forestry, heads the Indians participating in Chicago's .celebra tion of Indian Day today. Two years aeo the Illinois legislature designat ed the Fourth Friday in September as an annual Indian Day,, and this is its second observance here. Ceremonies will be held in Chica go's forest preserve under chairman ship of Ransom E. Kennicott, its chief forester. The Chicago Histor ical Society has Joined with the for est preserve district, and the Boy Scouts will assist. A number of In dians have been invited by the dis trict from reservations in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, and from Nebraska. "The youth of America are being brought up on the cigar sign Indian," said Miss Caroline M. Mcllvalne, li brarian of the Historical Society, "and have no conception of the dig nity and Importance of the American Indian. The society is Interested in . . . . . . . . . luulttU- m i7 durational ----- - , . . standpoint. ivelop a more Just and-true concep v v - tion of the original American Indian" Palestine Now Sparsely Settled : London, Sept. 22 (By The Assoc!- ated Press) There are now barely 1 700.000 DeoDle In all Palestine, a populatlo'n much less than that of (Galilee alone in the time of Christ, 7! Sir Herbert 6amue1' the Brltlsh High Commissioner there, in a report Just made public. Ten thousand Immigrants arrived la Palestine In the seven months be- a .k . m 1921, he reports. Sir Samuel attributes the scarcity of the population to lack of develop ment. The financial condition of Eastern and Central Europe, and Internal difficulties within the Zionist organ ization of the United States, says the report, have prevented the Zionist movement from providing, as yet, any large sums for enterprises of , development or colonization. As a consequence, while there had been much pressure to admit Jewish Im- migrants, there had been little ex- P"1 the opportunities for em- Payment, he declared. The water supply for Jerusalem (having been found to be insufficient, 1 the government is bringing Into use some ancient reservoirs of vast ca- lty: "JS!lip.0.!10'Jm!, but of unknown date, possible He- rodlan, situated eight miles away. The garrison of the country has been reduced to 5,000 combatant troops, Imposing a charge of 2,500, 000 on the British exchequer, or at the rate of 500 for every fighting man. " tegory, as people who spend little mivrni wrrrv kji k v'are a88Kned t0 a restaurant of the BUYERS WEEK MAY second class." DEi N A 1 1UIN WlDfcJ New York, Sept. 23 (By The Asso- elated Press) A suggestion that Buyers Vut" ndnntPd hv Npw York 'business Interests as an aid to unemployment be made nation-wide wj De laid before President Harding . . pnnfarence on unemnlovment. It - - Is learned here today. Klansmen Did Not Stage Big Parade Temple. Texas, Sept.. 23 (By The Associated Press) Ku Klux Klans- Mayor Allen had issued Instructions for the arrest of all masked person! appearing on the street!. EVERYBODY IS ASKED TO HELP Early Next Week Bag Will Be Distributed For House keepers To Contribute To 1 Welfare Work Early next week paper bags will be distributed to Elizabeth City housekeepers. These bags will bear the name of the Elizabeth City Wel fare Council and the date on which the bags will be collected. It was planned at the last meeting of the Council to carry out this plan. Everybody is asked to help. The , baes merely are a reminder. Much I, .U .U U-, . .-J.J uiuio iuau iucjt van uuiu la iieeueu. Garments of all sorts for the winter, Shoes, clothes for school children sleeping garments for the sick, there is no ena to tne great aching need in Elizabeth City as the Welfare officer goes about her work day after day. These garments will be kept in the Red Cross store room and used as needed. It Is hoped and believed that everybody will co-operate. Medal Holders Will Be Official Mourners Washington, Sept. 23 (By The As- elated Press) -All holders of the "ociated Press) Congressional Medal of Honor living In the United States are asked by the War Department to attend the ceremonies here on November 11 when the unknown dead soldier will be buried at Arlington cemetery. They are asked to be the guests of the government and to constitute the official mourners. INDIANS MEET N. Y. YANKEES New York, Sept. 23 (By The As sociated Press) Tris Speaker and the Cleveland Indians, 1920 world's champions, were here today for their ....... y"", iU. final game of the series with the New ...... "... ior lansees wn.cn may aeciae tne nannanr rana pennant race. The reserved seat sections of the Polo Grounds were sold out this morning and experts estimated that 150,000 fans would see the four games. I INFANT CHILD DKAD Paul White, the two months old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. White, died at the home on Fifth street Thursday. The funeral will be con- ducted Friday afternoon at five 'ClCk- ITALY RESENTS CLASSIFICATION, National Pride Wounded At Being Plaed Be-low Great Britain And France In League Rome, September 4 (By The Asso- elated Press) Much indignation has been aroused In Italy by the pro- posal that, In determining the expen ses of the League of Nations, Italy should be assigned to the second ca tegory. The Italian's national pride has been hurt by the suggestion and col umns have appeared In the press protesting against the Idea of rele gating the country to a position In' ferior to other great powers. Accord .Ing to the suggestion. Great Britain and France would be placed in the first category while Italy and Japan would occupy the second. The price of being reg'stered In the first cate-; Kory is 2,300,000 francs a year while( those of the second pay but 1,600 000 francs a year. The Epoca gave expression to Its feeling in this manner; "The afair is exceptionally un- pleasant. Italy which has so potent ly contrlbutea to tne victory cannot see herself assigned to the second ca- Then, too, tne ract tnai mosi oi , the organiation and secretaryships of the League are In the hands of the o"n consuiuien snuuier Buunu ui compiaim. n is pomieu uui u.ai It Is pointed out that 'th secretariat of the league consists f 117l01.mentb ' who"1 7 "8 "bu ncuu ".... nas no raore tnan a doen- n J . 1 Aiier r rum nun Ejugiauu unn (monopolized nearly all the offices, T7. .1 TnnKtM A knM after the British Empire has sue- ceeded in having seven votes in the Assembly, it could not happen other wine mail iit&ijr its ttnaiRiicu in mo bc- cond catagory," says one comments- tor. "If others have a greater ma- moral position by not allowing her- self an others. inferior position to the Splendid Lectures 1 On Child Training i All ParcntN, Teachers And Public Generally Cordially Invited To j Hear MIhh Cooper Next Week I All pastors of the city churches have been sent a letter of Invitation for themselves and congregations to hear Miss Mabel Lee Cooper, Ten nessee State Normal College super visor, when she gives her lectures on the study and training of children,' religious - and secular, in Christ church Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 27, 28 and 29.' However, not only the people who shall attend services Sunday are In vited but all the people of Elizabeth City who in any capacity have any dealings with children, especially parents, both the father and mother. ' Her lectures will be given as fol lows each day: Christian Nature, 10-11 a. m.; Teacher Training, 4-5 n m hllj Gtilt, T.4A O.OA K. "., viniu muuj, I.OV-O.OU U. Ul. The "Teacher Training lectures apply to parents especially. The public generally Is cordially invited. SEAGULLS SAVED DAKOTA CROPS Destroyed Grasshoppers . , . Which Were Menacing Har vest Monument To Birds In Salt Lake City Temple Salt Lake City, Sept. 22 (By The Associated Press) Report from iNortn uaKota that seagulls recently appearing in McLean County had destroyed grasshoppers which threat- ened to ruin the crops, called atten- tton here to a similar Incident in Mormon pioneer life In Utah. Today a notable monument stands In the Mormon temple grounds In sail uiice uity in honor of the birds that saved the early settlers from! threatened starvation In 1848. It is a pillar about 100 i feet hirh .r. ' - . . --- . mounted oy a bronze seagull. At it. k... ... ...lh... .v. ' " reason ior us erection with lllustra- icaouu iui no ri n: ill Ml Willi 1 1 1 II Hi rn tlons by Mahonri Young, the Utah ,cuPor' ine nrst pioneers trekked across the plains Into Salt Lake valley in 1847. Brigham Young stipulated that there should be Intensive cul tivation of the land, crops were grown and the farmers looked for a bountiful harvest the next year. Then crickets in huge armies swoop- d rlnwn nnnn iha frnm The farm' rs tried to eliminate the pest with- out success. Transportation at the time was difficult, means to obtain foodstuffs from distant points were limited, and the situation looked critical. When practically everyone had given up hope of saving any part of the crops, the seagulls, termed by old Mormons as the "messengers from heavfiii." onneared. Thev did not touch the grain but warred on criUfit, and ,n . ghort tlmn hftd ,dd fl d f th t Th or , , oh ,rnm the birds came. The seagull is Utah's sacred bird. It is unlawful to kill it. Manv of the people of this state hold It in affectionate memory and during the summer thousands give of their bread to the birds that may be seen in large numbers at Saltalr, a resort a few miles from here on the Great 5. ?T.vi ' . Airmen Bombing Old Battleship Newp0rt News. Sept. 2.1 (By The Associated Press) Airmen from Langley Field are today bombinb the old battleship Alabama, anchored off Tangier Island, and are watching the effect of small bombs, smoke bombs and various gas bombs. Italian Bluebeard Ends His Own Life Palermo. Sicily, Sept. 23 (By The Associated Press) When sentence 0f 30 years had been pronounced upon him, the Italian "luueoeara, uaetano varrica, agen , arose in court and wllh a dramatic gesture, dd'essed the jury saying: -uenuemen 01 me jury, ium mj last crime." . 1 I . . Drawing a gaiety razor oiaae ne cuj n.g throat. He was dying when the guards reached him. I - 1 Ajj Officer . . - - Commits Suicide Copenhagen, Sept. 23 (By The As- soclated Press) An American naval officer whose identity Is not yet es tabllshed committed suicide at I cabaret here early this morning. Case Against Winder Continued To Saturday Juror Seized With Epileptic Attack Shortly Af ter Court Convened Friday Morning And Second Seizure Followed Shortly After Noon Court May Have To Order Mistrial " Steamer Picks Up Shipwrecked Men New York, Sept. 23 (By The As- HnclntAd PrnHHlThlrtv ihlnm.ul..j gajiorg were picked "un In the Atlan tin by the steamship Cabo Creux which , !..,. J ... .. . .. wirelessed its " 11 wuulu dock Sunday. No details were given. I MRS. MALLORY PLANS TO WIN NEXT YEAR New York, Sept. 23 (By The As sociated Press) Mrs. Molla BJur stedt Mallory will make the attempt' nei year 10 wrest me world s Cham Dlon8hP tennis laurels from Suzanne Lenglen, of France, at the Wimble- don tournament. EAST AND WEST MEET FOR TENNIS Chicago, Sept. 23""(By The Assocl- ated Press) The star tennis players of the East and West began their an- nual lntersectlonal struggle for team supremacy today on the turf courts of Southside Tennis Club. The matches close Sunday. SUCCEEDS HUSBAND IN HOUSE ' OF COMMONS London, Sept. 23 (By The Assoc! 9tort pri m, m, ,,,, wi, , ' rlnghaln, Liberal, has been elected to the House of Commons to succeed her late husband. She will be the second woman to take her seat in the commons ,L,aay Asior Deing me nrsi. Little Girl Breaks I C 11 ne8S sianu in superior Lourt ai ine rOrearm In rallj0penlng of Thursday afternoon's ' 'session. Margaret Winder, eight year old, Tne glrl.g gtory wa8 that on a cer- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wln-'taln afternoon In the latter part of der, broke her right forearm when ,. n.-.!, .he went, after school, to she l1 on the Btreet while at play.Mr. Winder's office to try to sell him Thursday afternoon. Hungary Must Yield Ceded Territory Paris, Sept. 23 (By The Associated Press) Hungary must completely withdraw from Burgenland, or West Wimirapv whloh wntt awarded Aus- trla by the Treaty of Trianon, or be fnrpfll,,v PI,ifid hv the Allies, she notified bv the Council of Am- u.a i-imi FAVORABLE REPORT ON PEACE TREATIES Washington, Sept. 23 (Byf he As sociated Press) A favorable report on the neace treaties between the n P TX uel"7" Unlted State8 and Germ.any. Au9t.r'a n n ,i iiurimrv waa nrnnrnn nv in. BUU iiuiiftai " " " . ..... .. j Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee today, all members except Borah favoring It. APPLICATIONS APPROVED BY WAR FINANCE - regard for a man than she has for a Washington, Sept. 23 (By The As- goat." He explained that he meant soclated Press) Applications for ad- ny this that she "cared nothing for vances totaling $4,050,000 to assist what men thought of her." He based in financing the export of cotton and his opinion, he said, on her continual tobacco were today approved by the visiting In the offices of E. E. Clark War Finance Corporation. and the artist, G. B. Matthews with 1 1 whom, he said, she seemed on most intimate terms, spending considur Odd FelloWS May able Intervals In these offices, par- FVtonrl Arti vitift tlcularly that of Mr. Clark, with the I Continued on Page 4 Toronto, 8ept. 23 (By The Asso ciated Press) The Sovereign Grand L independent Order of odd Fel)ow now ,n geRglon here g considering the advisability of ex- tending the order s activities to ku- rope and other parts of the world. MISS CECIL LEITCH DEFEATS MISS STIRLING I Ottawa, Sept. 23 (By The Assoc l- ated Press) Miss Cecil Leltch today defeated Miss Alexa Stirling of At- - lanta, three and one in one-half 01 the Canadian women's plonship tournament. golf cham That the Winder case, which ihas draed its 80rdid length throUgh one bearing before the .recorder and through two days and one evening session of Su- ! ... . . Penor CoUrt' m have to be tried all over again was the ouuook r naay auernoon. The defense was almost on the point of resting its case Friday morn ing, the last witnesses were being ex- anilned, when, without warning, O. W. Brown, one of the jurors, had an l. epileptic seizure and slumped for ward in his chair in convulsions. The witness was removed to an anteroom and the court took a recess untl1 fleve" 'clock: that tlme the juror 1 hoping that by would be able to resume hie seat in the box. But eleven o'clock came with but little improvement in his condition, and the case was continued until Sat- urday morning, counsel on both sides asking the court not to order a mis trial as long as there was any hope of completing the trial. Since noon the Juror has had another seizure, and his physicians believe It hardly probable that he will be fit for Jury duty by Saturday morning. : The defense nut on no evidence at the hearing before the recorder and showed Its hand for the first time Thursday afternoon when, the State ihaving rested Us case, Percy W. Mc- Mullan asked the defendant to take his place on the witness stand. Ponies Girl's Story Taking the stand in his own be half, Mr. Winder made emphatic and categoric denial of the story told In the- recorder's court last Aprll by tnrteen year od Hattie Puckett and repeated by her witb- out substantial change on the wlt- a ticket to tne nans iviinsirei snow then about to be given in the city, and that while she was in his office sitting In a rocking chair Mr. Winder jmale improper advances to her and iorcioiy ana aainm ner win buuu her person and violated her chastity, so frightening her by his conduct that she was too confused and sur- prised td cry out. Mr. Winder admitted that the girl came to his office on the day In question and said that she had been !a freauent visitor there. The rest of her story he not only denied; but declared that the girl made advances to him begging him to buy a ticket while Bhe fadlled hls les Win der testified that he paid no atten tion to her posture and that she left his office without harm to her per son and without any misconduct whatever on his part "Hattie Puckett ne ever had any at traction for me; I want that dis tinctly understood," he declared. I When Solicitor Ehrlnghaus in cross examination chlded him for permitting the child to "straddle his 'leg8" as the witne8g described It un- rebuked Mr. Winder exclaimed: "Why, sir, that girl has no moro Jackson Takes Appeal From Road Sentence when Charlie Bundy went to his nome on Ce-dar street about 8 o'clock Monday night and saw a strange ma.i in his hall the stranger accosted him with "what the ara you doing here" and a fight ensued, according to the evidence in police court Frl- day morning charging John Jackson of 107 Pearl street with assault. Jackson was the Interloper, accord ing to the evidence, and was given a 12 months road sentence by Recori- - er Spence, from which he took an 'appeal.