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WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight. Fresh and strong westerly winds. CIRCULATION Saturday 1,600 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION NO. 278 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1921 FOUR PAGES v ' ; ' ''.' '.','' . ' ' i Harding Sounds Powers About Conference Plans President Informally Takes First Step Toward Pprnpriiarinn nf Trlea ftf International Con- ference Which Would Bring Nations To gether at Frequent Intervals , By DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright 1921 by The Advance)' ; . ' Washington, Nov. 26. President Harding has taken' in formally the first step toward the perpetuation of the, idea of international conference ag developed by the present meeting for the limitation of armaments. ., . r- Mr. Harding is sounding the j ; : . ',; 1 11 - powers as to his plans, it is not a league of nations , in the sense that the Versailles treaty created an international body. N6 such formal or rigid institu tion nor such rules-and regula tions, or obligations as the cov enant of the league provided are in Mr. Harding's mind but he does hope to develop a se quel to the firsthand second conferences of 1889 and 1907 which may benefit by the ex perience of these two interna tional gatherings and bring about a general get together gathering of nations at fre quent intervals. The President has about him men ljke Elihu Root, who are familiar with the Hague conference work and its, defects, and who can advise him how to avoid the pitfalls of those meetings. One trouble was that the initiative in calling Hague confer ences was left to the individual. The emperor of Russia called the meeting in 1899 and it was President Roose velt who was about to bring the sec ond conference into session when the emperor of Russia again took the initiative in 1907. The understanding then was that the conferences would be held every seven years and a third conference was about to be summoned when the European war clouds of 1914 gathered and prevented a meet ing. Mr. Harding's first Improvement upon the original Hague plan is the setting up of a machinery for the calling of the conferences. Here at Washington that point will be dis cussed and it is indeed the only thing that need be . laid before the "powers for Mr. Harding's idea is that the conference shall make its own rules when it meets, shall frame its own program and take action as in dividual sovereign nations and not as a super government. The president feels that the prin cipal allied and associated powers constitute a nucleus. Instead of leaving the call of the conference to one executive or one government, a standing committee might be ap-j pointed consisting of representatives of several countries to whom a peti tion for an International conference could be made. For the moment the ' President feels that a meeting every year would be a good idea but some provision would have to be made, of course, for the calling of a conference wnen emergencies developed ana u Is for that reason a standing com ' mittee has been urged by some of the counsellors, who have laid the matter before Mr. Harding. It is more than a coincidence per haps that the first Hague conference was culled for the purpose of limit ing armaments but Germany was un willing to-agree to a reduction eu limitation. . 'The first Hague confer ence in 1899 was more or less experl- mental, only 26 governments being represented., The second conference in 19()7 found 44 states represented and definite rules of International law were drawn up which unfortu nately were disregarded by many of those powers when the war of 1914 broke out. Far-from attempting to create a rival of the league ot nations, Mr. Harding's idea Is that the latter body Is essentially an institution for the enforcement of the treaty of Versail les and as such has a peculiarly val uable function which affects the peace ot the world. ' But since the Versailles league 'is So closely inter woven with penalties growing out of a war Mr. Harding believes that na tions which did not participate in the last war should enter a new confer ence free from any previous connec tion wjth European disputes. The feeling among the President's advis ors is that the League of Nations should be perpetuated for the bene fit of Europe but that ltd Influence will always be regional while the call THREE LOSE LIVES IN MOVIE FIRE Seventy-nine Injured And One Missing Believe Fire Start ' ed From Incense Burned During Performance . New" Haven, Nov., 28 (By The As sociated Press) -Three are dead, 79 including i Yale, students are in jured, and one is missing following the motion picture theater fire here last night. - '. Fifty-eight who were burned or trampled on in the mad rush to the exits are still in hospitals. --' Two of the three bodies are burn ed past recognition The other was Identified.. . ': ' ,' . ' ' It is the opinion here that the fire was started by incense burning dur ing the photoplay. ; The theater building is a frame structure. " NEW PASTOR SERVING PEARL STREET CHURCH Rev. James 'M. Smith, for several years pastor of Eureka Methodist church, near this city, preached his first sermon at Pearl Street Metho dist church on Sunday morning, suc ceeding Rev. G. Studson DeLano, the former pastor, who is now engaged in ministerial work In Western North Carolina. Rev. Mr. Smith will continue to hold services at Pearl Street church, and announcements for the services will be made from time to time. ing of a conference as a sequel to the Hague conference will b9 world-wide and absolutely divorced from any particular group of nations or their interests. Mr. Root has the idea that movements for j international co-operation are necessarily Flow and can not proceed too rapidly because they . depend for success on univer sal agreement. Some critics of the league of natiors in the present ad ministration contend that it tried to accomplish too much. Particular emphasis was laid, tUnrafnre,, today in .administration quarters on the language of Elihu Root when he submitted to. the Senate the Hague convention of 1907. He said: "The most valuable result of the conference of 1899 was that it made the work of the conference of 1907 possible. The achievements-of the two conferences Justify the belief that the world 'has entered upon an orderly process which,-step by step, In succesive conferences, each taking the work of Its predecessor as a point of departure, there may' be contin ued progress toward making? 'the practice of civilized nations conform to their peaceful professions," ',; The President- is represented Ss anxious to take up the task ot Inter national co-operation where It was broken In 1914. Now that Germany has been disarmed, no objection Is anticipated from that quarter.. In deed, Mr. Harding wants Germany In vited to the next conference. The President feels, moreoverthat when the ouestlnn of armament, u omh In Wanhlnirtnn tho mnln nhatnnla' trt International co-operation will have been removed. Secretary Hughes In his opening address recalled polnt- em ino cuuiiB ui uie cuinerur, oi i 1 1 .... . , Russia in connection w j j (( tne nr8t " , Hague conference. i But expecting success on arma ment limitation, the .United Stater government will take the leadership In bringing about not an Internationa1 legislature with an upper and lower house like the council and as- sembly of the league but simply In- ternatlonal conferences which shall be In the nature of "get together" meetings among the nations of the earth. . iHcre?pe, (Van l'p Squad Kroni Atlanta Will I AssIhI Men In Adjusting i Their Claims The, Clean Up Squad Bent out by the United States Veterans' Bureau, Atlanta', Ga., arrived in the. city Monday morning for ft. three days' stay, during which they' will, be lor cated at the new offices of the Cham ber of Commerce in the Y. M. C. A. Building. They are here for three ilavs in nriliiRt' pnniftanHAHnn And vn. cational claims for disabled ex-service men, and to reinstate and Convert War Risk Insurance. They are- pre- pared to give any' desired ihforma- tiori '.concerning Liberty, bonds, bo'n- uses, allotments, 'back army or navy pay, Victory medals and general . particulars-' 'iii , any , other regard to army aftd navy matters.' v . ,' The Clean Up'Squad Requires that atw I'ress), Mrs.. Clyde lassidente.) In order t0 make the final arrange- men making first claims for compen- IU)tht'r of five. children, has refusal , ,nentg for tne North Carolina Live- sation hring with them-lifer honor- to consent to the Sterilization, opera- gtock and. Poultry Meeting, to be held able discharges, supported by afflda- tion-recommended by Judge Royal S. at this city Wednesday, Thursday and vits,' if they are 'able to. secure the Graha, t Georgetown, who heard Fr)(jay 0f this week, A. G. Oliver, of latter before they meet the squad, the complaint, of social. workers al- Raleigh, who has charge of the poul These affidavits should substantiate;- leglirg.that 'the children were under- try. clubs throughout the State, A. C. their claims that the disabilities used as a basis for compensation or voca-1 tional training were Incurred in line of duty, and- that there Is more than ! ten per cent physical impairment.. 111 , . , T " 1 . will.be made out by the .squad,'; and an examinations win ue given rree 01. cnarge. it- - - . , l In the case of an old claim which ' has been disallowed for one reason or another, the claimant should bring m PrtiK,f,.affl,daV'.t8 10 the thBt h'a disability is of service origin, or Is. more than ten per cent complete. I in order -that he may secure a-new. examination.',- All men .who wish to reinstate or convert their War, Risk Insurance are advised to get in touch' with the Clean Up Squad. In the event that tlhPV fin Yiflf thav'mav rVt a n nnir A t Sired infohmatinn nuirh mnrA nrnmnt- 1 ly fronv the Insurance Division, U. S. Veterans' Bureau, Atlanta, "Ga., than from Washington. January 1, 1922, is the last date by which most- men can reinstate their, War Rislt Insur- ancet and all who -Wish to continue this Insurance should get in touch with the Veterans Bureau within the next few Veeks. The Clean Up Squad started out , on August 22 at Gastonla and has j worked steadily eastward through , North Carolina, touching practically1 every county seat in the State. It In- eludes E. G. Sory, manager, Dr. W. I W. TTarVAT anri Mini fio.ak ' 7 n 7777 il IN COURT MONDAY an or Atlanta, W. S. Goodwin and , . ,, j Frank Capps, of Raleigh, and Leroy ' gU,Uyfl ' Parker of Charlotte. yHalstead was fined ten dollars and The number of men interviewed In "08t8 ln ecorder 8 court here Mn the course of the trip thus far is in , da ..... ... ...... round numbers 6,500. Of these, ap proximately 2,500 filed, new claims, and 3,250 were given physical exam ination. They have taken up ap proximately 1,500 delayed claims, and have given assistance to around 1,000 men in the matter of complet ing their claims where the latter have been turned down. Elizabeth City is the North Caro lina last stop of the Clean Up Squad. It Is here expressly for the purpose of assisting ex-service men who are' New York, Nov. 28 (By The Asso dlsabled,,' and .t,. have- not had their elated Press) From cattle boy to claims satisfactorily adjusted. The city solon and. newspaper publisher squad will be here 'Monday, Tuesday traveling altogether "on his own" and1 Wednesday at the Chamber of this epitomizes the career of John Commerce offices, and all interested W. Harris, the only negro member are urged to, see them. elect of the New York Board of Al- r 'dermen, which will be seated Janu- PROHIBITION AGENT "y 1. IS Washington, Nov. 28 (By The As- sociated Press) Prohibition Com- mlssloner Haynes today exonerated E B.MTenson, special agent, of the charges of making a raid without a warrant on a Savannah home which ..au prougni proiesi 10 me rresiaem and Georgia senators from the mayor. Henson's report, officials said, dis closed that the party had a warrant to raid another house, and entered the' residence of Miss Bessie Garden by mistake. SEVEN WITNESSES SUBPOENAED IV ' A R BUCKLE TRIAL TODAY I rrancisco, ivov. m ty ine Associated Press) Miss Louise I Glaum, film actress, and six others were today subpoenaed as rebuttal witnesses, by the prosecution In the trial of Roscoe Arbuckle on the charge, of manslaughter in connec- "" ' uwaiii m v irguua ivayiin i The defense announced that It plan I . ( .. n . t . I. t I. .!,.. 1. It I !! ned to close by tonight. NATION'S COUNTY AGENTS MEET AT CHICAGO Chicago, Nov. 28 (By The Associ ated Press) Advancement and uni- ficatlon of county agricultural agent work will be sought here November 30 at ths annual meeting of the Na- tional Association of County Agri- cultural Agents. I ' DENIES ORDER FOR OPERATION Judge Graham' Says That He Did! Not Recommend The Sterilization ' Of Mrs. ' Cassi dent, Denver Woman ' ., " ' ' ' ". ."i 'age, they encountered bad weather ln ; Denver,, .NpV, '28 (By. The the State Livestock and Poultry Meet Associated Prss) Judee Gra- ing at Goldsboro so bad that they ham today denied that he had recommended a Sterilization ' operation for Mrs. Cassideht,, 1)061 row' am' tbree good-sized hogs H .'t ': ' tVlaf i, '' 'P three nights of stairs into the 1 n ly- Ly,u audi'torlum of the Wayne County reported that BUCh 'an - order 'court house, a feat that everybody rniurht be I entered under certain e,ae present said couldn't . be done. ccuiuauuiLcs. 1 f iwnver,. inov,,3 toy. n .4soci jtenver,. nov.,-28 nourished ana tne nome imny. ' ' '' ii . ' . ,. J'AVOt WOMEN, JURORS lT.na; AnB,P9 'vnv Vs- n,. Th e0ctnfer Pregaj The' fourth day of the trial of Arthur C. Durch, charged witit the murder of J. Helton Ken ; found eleven'' women and one man1 tentatively accepted as Jurors. The defense, apparently favoring the women, ."had eleven challenge re- nifllntiiff Tho .nrnRACHtlnn rM.-ilnorl 'tour challenges. ; . ' I ' ' r OLD DORMITORY DAVIDSON BURNS HlStOflC Chambers Building Where ; Woodrow Wilson Roomed When Student Is Prey Of Flames Charlotte, Nov. 28 (By The Asso- elated Press) The historic Chamb - 'ers Building at Davidson College I which was used as a dormitory was destroyed by fire today, The 530 students saved moat 6f their belongings. Woodrow Wilson wjiile a student at Davidson roomed1 in this building, ' fur uuviufi wiui hid uii&ui iifiuio on, J. Q. Cartwrlght was fined ten dollars and costs. Mr. Cartwrlght noted an appeal, and was placed un der a bond of $25 for his appear ance at the next term of Superior Court. 'Negro Works Way I Up In The World rvAMFDATrn 150 ni in lopena, iauBus, aim ri-tu-LAUntKA 1 LU . , ,. .,,,, , ,,. ranrh HarrlR easilv felt the uree for higher things. The little clrcum- 8tance o belnB broke dld not pre. vent hIm rom com)ng Eagt, He worked hg wav. 1Tpon hlg arrlval) he fll80 found ways and means ot worklng hl8 way through Harvard university, being graduated in 1907 and attending Harvard Law School for two years. t Encouraged iy the managing edi tor of a Boston newspaper for which he had written special articles,' Har ris determined to abandon the law for journalism, and at the Instiga tion of Booker T. Washington, came to New York to start a newspaper for nlg own rare jie founded and now Is editor and owner 'of the New York News, a paper confined largely to colored people, but covering the local field. Two years ago he determined to offlce Bg alderman from the Harlem "black belt." lie was elected and his work for the inter ests of his community earned him re election at the recent municipal election. , ANOTHER OFFER EXPECTED Washington, Nov. 28 (By The As sociated Press) Government offl- cials are expected soon to receive a modified proposal or substitute offer from Henry Ford for the purchase or 'ease of the Muscle Shoals project Took Cows And Hogs Up Three Flights State College Expei-ln Here For Live stock Meet An Eiitci-prlMing - FoIkH The,. men from State College who have'eharge of, the various exhibits and demonstrations for the State are highly enterprising folks. Two years could not exhibit their purebred ani mals out of doors. So they went to work, and took a bull, a dairy cow, a tlon uiv there during the three days 0f the meeting. Kimrey, also of Raleigh, a represen tative of the North Carolina Dairy Extension Service, and E. G. War den, familiarly known as "Unrle Ned, the chlcken man'" ,n charge ot the poultry work at the State experi mental farm at Willard, arrived in the city Monday morning. On Tuesday the various educa tional exhibits Incident to the Live -stock Meeting will be put up ln the court house. These will Include a demonstration of the 'food value of milk, a general nutrition exhibit, a swine exhibit, a guessing contest, the object of which is to name some fifty varieties of hogs drawn on a huge placard, from which the heads have been removed, and in which a prize of ten dollars will be awarded to the person making the most accurate guesses; ah exhibition of model barns and farm buildings by E. R. Rainey, the State agricultural engineer, a dis play of practical working models of the bpfit types of poultry houses, brood coops, chick feeding racks, egg containers and other poultry ac cessories. There will also be an ex- lhiblt dealing with the chemical com position of milk, and numerous other displays, all of which will be shown in booths In the court room here. A VENTURESOME OPOSSUM The boarding house of Mrs. A. S. Neal, on East Church street Is the home of a number of the city's lead ing outdoor sportsmen, Including such veteran hunters and hshertnen as Dr. William Parker, 8. B. Parker, A. S. Neal, J. Morrlsette Pendleton and R. B. Sheely. Two other pat rons of the popular boarding house are J. C. Brooks and J. G. Stokes, neither of whom, however, has been classed as a sportsman of the first magnitude. Yet J. C. Brooks and J. G. Stokes have had a hunting experience un rivalled by any that the veterans above named can boast of. On Sun day night, while standing on the steps of Mrs. Neal's home, right In the heart of the city's residential section, they noted a small animal playing about at their feet. Think ing that It ws a kitten, they paid no particular attention to the little crea ture until it bit Mr. Stokes on the leg somewhat more sharply than a play ful kitten should. Looking down, Mr. Stokes discov ered that the offender was a full grown opossum. He picked up the animal, and had It prepared with a generous measure of baked sweet po tatoes for dinner Monday. Morrlsette Pendleton vouches for the accuracy of the foregoing story. HOLD ANNUAL BAZAAR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON The ladles of the-Missionary So ciety of the First Methodist church 'will hold their annual Parlor Sale on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. Clay Foreman on West Main street. , All the ladles of the town are In vited to Inspect the fancy work on sale. The proceeds are for mission ary work. There will be many at tractive articles at reasonable prices and it is hoped that many will at tend and enjoy the social feature as well as the selection of lovely Christ mas gifts. Clear Away Debris Of Augusta Fire Augusta, Nov. 28 (By The Assoc! ated Press) The work ot clearing awir" Cif debr's from hulf a snunre in the heart of the business section de vastated by Are Saturday was begun today. The loss is estimated at from a million to a million and a half dol lars. CONFERENCE ON ITS THIRD WEEK Far Eastern Questions Retain Center Of Interest Naval Program More Prominent Later In Week Washington, Nov.' 28 (By The As sociated Press) The resolution de claring for the relinquishment of foreign postoffice privileges In China by January 1, 1923, was adopted by th Far Eastern committee today. The Japanese asked for time In which to consult their government. Ac tion on the closing of foreign courts ln China went over. Washington, Nov. 28 (By The As sociated Press) The conference to day entered upon its third week with Far Eastern questions retaining the center of interest. The committee of the whole met to consider the spe cific declarations prepared by sub committees to express the attitude favoring the withdrawal of foreign Judicial courts and pOstofflces wthin China as rapidly as conditions war rant. Negotiations on the naval pro gram are expected to assume more prominence during the week. American- naval experts presented to Japanese and British officers de tailed answers to the questions as to the naval reduction program. It is said authoritatively that no mistakes in the American calculation were revealed during the discussion, of experts, and the extensive exam ination of tho figures of all three 'powers as to existing naval strength of eaqh has not resulted ln any chang ln the original figures. HERE'S A WOMAN WHO ISN'T CATTY Miss Annie Matthews, New York Public Official, Be lieves In Personal Liberty For Other Women New York, Nov. 28 (By The Asso ciated Press) There'll be no reg ulations of skirt lengths no ban on bare knees, no outcry against the bob bing of tresses or the parking of cor sets by ber employes when Miss Annie Matthews takes over on January 1 the office to which Bhe has Just been elected as register ot the County of New York, the richest political plum that has ever fallen Into the lap of a woman ln New York, if not ln the en tire United States. Not that the $12,000 a year reg ister elect hasn't very decided ideas on clothes and all allied arts so pre cious to women. Indeed, she has spent the greater part of her 40 odd years studying the clothes problem, first as a dressmaker, then a de signer and finally as an importing modiste. " But she base even more decided id eas on the question of personal liber ty: "I am opposed to all prohibition," she sald.x "It is impossible to mike women or men moral by legislation. Tne human race can be Improved only by education that w" nake them ap preciate the good and the artistic. "If any of my young women emplo yes ask for my advice on clothes, I shll glve.it. And the most import ant thing I will tell them Is to wear something appropriate for the occa sion. A woman's business attire, or house attire, .should certainly be sim ple. Busy herself at the time receiving congratulations at her campaign headquarters, Miss Matthews attire emphasized her formula. A plain blue serge dress, softened at the throat by a bit of embroidered linen collar. Black high shoes. No jewel ry. Copper colored hair simply colffed. "Skirt lengths, bobbed hair, the question of corsets or none," she went on, with a twinkle from behind her pince-nez glasses, "are largely mat ters of taste and of figure. All this talk about depravity among young women makes me a bit weary. I be lieve the young people are as good as the young people ever were. "Of course there are and always have been extremists. But well, I don't think I will be troubled with these, for I can tell a great deal about character from the clothes one wears. Yes, even the standardized clothes for men. Miss Mathews enters on her new Job of keeping tha country's, deeds mortgages and leases with but one preconceived Idea that there shall be no prejudice either for or against any of her 150 employes because they happen to be women.