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WEATHER Fair tonight and colder. Wednesday fair. Fresh CIRCULATION Monday 1,620 Copies West winds. and Northwest VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1922 EIGHT PACKS NO. 68 V "In " mm. CHINESE MINISTER ATTACKED IN PARIS Four Shots Fired By Chinese Youth Engineer Wounded In The Head Minister Untouched Paris, Mar. 21 (By The Associat ed Press) An attempt was made to assassinate the Chinese minister to France last night. Four shots were fired by a Chinese youth, none tak ing effect. The Chinese engineer ac companying the minister was wound ed in the head. SELOSKY APPARENTLY SOME FOR ALL TIME "Hilly" Culpepper, His Bondsman, Deeply Concerned Over Man's Sudden Departure While his bondsman here is shak ing in his boots, Edward Selosky, barber who was caught Sunday night in the act of going after sixteen quarts of corn whiskey, is believed still to be making tracks away from Elizabeth City. The hearing of Se losky In recorder's court here was scheduled for Tuesday morning, but In the absence of the defendant the case was continued for ten da"ys. Meanwhile W. T. CuLpepper, who signed Selosky's bond in the amount of $200, is wondering where the barber is. While he was on North Water street Sunday night, making his reg ular rounds, Officer Gregory, of the night iforce, saw a small boat stop in the canal back of the Elizabeth City Iron Works. In the darkness, the policeman thought he observed a man take a mysterious bundle ashore, secrete it, and return to the little j craft. Gregory watched for awhile. and then went to look for the bundle. After a short search, he found a sack containing sixteen quarts of what proved to be corn whiskey, ap parently just from the still. Officer Gregory stationed himself : in the darkness close by the liquor, ! and waited for somebody to come after it. Bebore long, he saw a man , coming toward the cache. He ; flashed a light in the approaching , one's face, and held him up at the! point of h'e pistol. The man proved; to be Edward Selosky, who for sev-! eral months has kept a small barber shop on North Poindexter street. Se losky gave up and Gregory took a new .44 Colt automatic pistol from1 him. Hurried arrangements for a hond were made. W. T. Culpepper, for whom Selosky had worked prior to going into the barber business, 6ign- ed the paper, and received from Se-'A losky a check for the amount of the bond. $200. He presented it at the bank Monday morning, and was giv-' en to understand that Selosky had Insufficient funds on deposit to meet it. Selosky hasn't been seen here since. i Jtcturns From Trip to f on a . , , . j Berlin, Mar. 21 (By The Assort-! Dr. C. W. Sawyer has returned ' ated Press) Dr. Otto Ludwig Wied from an extended trip to Florida dur- 'feldt has been appointed German ing which he visited Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Key West and a num - her of other points of interest. Dr. Sawyer 'brought with him many spe - chnens of fruits, sponges and sea - shells collected during his trip and these are on display in the window of Twkldy's grocery on South Poin dexter street. Particular interesting Is a collection of cocoanut buds and cocoanuts In various stages of ma turity. Dr. Sawyer Is enthusiastic in praise of the beauty and attractive ness of the Florida resorts. SPENT WEEK-END HERE Mrs. T. T. Nelson, of Petersburg, t Associated Press) The Republicans returned Monday after spending the w)u retaiI1 ,her hold in the Thln, week-end with her husband, T. T. j Congressional District by a margin Nelson, manager of the Southern Kreat1y reduced from the record Re Hotel. Mrs. Nelson and her chil-1 publican vote of 1920, returns of the dren will join her husband here af-'speomi election show. John E. Nel- ter the close of the present session oi the Petersburg schools. PEKLK-LITTLE Relatives in this city have receiv ed announcements of the marriage on March lRth of Manly Hardee Peele and Miss Marian Little at Washington, D. C, the bride's home. The bride Is the daughter of Mrs. Mina J. Little of Washington, and the bridegroom Is a brother of Edi tor Herbert Peele of The Advance. He served with the A. E. F. during j Pear Tree Road. (he World War, was wounded In the! Margaret Raper. whi i early autumn of 1P1S, and about two'at the Alkrania Theater. years ago accepted a position at! Washington. Manly Peele- spent two summers -son spent Sunday in Edenloti. with The Advance when a boy 1n ' Tom Thurston of Wilson spent short trousers. The announcement the week-end in the city and return of his wedding was a complete surged Monday with Mrs. Thurston to Jrise lo relatives and friends here. . Wilson. Cranks Convicted Of Simple Assault First Case Involving Family Taken l'p In Superior Court Mon day Afternoon Guilty of simple assault was the verdict of a Superior Court jury here Monday afternoon in the case of Trannie Crank, his wife, and liis wife's mother, Mrs. Annie Basnight, charged with assault with a deadly weapon upon Edgar Williams and Myrtle ilenton. Judge Bond reserv ed sentence until later in the week. Edgar Williams, many months ago, started one night to take one Myrtle Benton to Norfolk. Mrs. Ed-i gar Williams, his wife, learned of it, ' and got her brother, Trannie Crank, i to go with his car to overtake them,1 if possible. Mrs. William, Crank,; Crank's wife, and his wife's mother, started in hot pursuit of the couple, j and overtook them in Currituck ! County. j According to the evidence in court j Monday, Mrs. Williams then jumped out of Crank's car, snatched off aj slipper, climbed on the running board of Williams's automobile, and began beating the Benton woman over the head. Williams claimed that he was held up with a pistol, and brought his assault charge upon that ground. The testimony given in court was decidedly vague on the matter of the pistol, and the jury's verdict of simple assault was the result. The case was to have ibeen tried at the last term of Superior Court in Currituck County, but was con- tinued on account of the illness op one of the defendants. j Martha Brown, colored, was grant-1 ed a divorce from her husband, George Brown, on grounds of infi delity. On Tuesday morning, the case of Joe Freeman, colored, charged with housebreaking, larceny and arson, was taken up. Freeman is the negro who is alleged to have robbed the home of Miss Lula cherry on West Main street, in January, and to have later set fire to the home of his wife on Railroad street. The Freeman case went to the Jury at five minutes to one o'clock. The case of Sam Bain and Dave G.M)boM cnarged with conducting their business without the license and ,bond requlred by law was tne firat ,taken m by Superlor Court af. ter court convelKd for tne Tuesday aftrnoon se88on at 2 : 30 o'clock, JUDGE ATTACKED ASSAILANT TARRED Dallas. Mar. 21 (By The Associ- ated Press) Judge J. A. Pelt, aged sixty-three, was spirited from home last night by unmasked men, and resisting, was clubbed with' a pistol. man answering to the jurist's de- script ion was seen jumping from a ! Gulf Coast train at midnight with a ; coating of tar and feathers. ;.,r. Wiedfeldt IS Named Ambassador To U. S. j ambassador to the I'nited States.; jDr. Wiedfeldt Is reputed to be among - the wealthiest of the Germans. He jwas released as head of the direc- 'torate of the Krupp works so that , he might accept the post. Roniihlianc Wl n nviiuuiivauo In Maine Elections iiut Majority Is Greatly Ketlueed From Itooord Breaker Of 1020 Augusta, Me., Mar. 21 (Bv The !, Republican, was elected over Ernest L. McLean, Democrat, by a ! majority of 6,000. Personal ' Dr. C. G. Ferehee returned home Tuesday after spending several days !at Morehead City, where he was the ! guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Chalk. ; Miss Bessie Davis of Norfolk is ! spending several days with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Davis, on employed is visitinR friends in Norfolk. Howard Bnv and Harvey Daw fHighballExpress" in Commission "C Vint mwiimr--r A , -.- . I-" Eleven passenger planes have just, been put In commission between Miami and the Island of Biminl, the nearest legal wet spot o the United States. They make daily flights on regular scheii 'to aiin-n io tourist season has started. Photo shows one of the craft arriving at Biminl on one of the first flights of the season. 1 NATIIILDE'S MOTHER SPFAKS IIFR OPINION i Chicago, March 21 (By The As sociated Press) Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Senior and whose daughter, Mathilde will marry Max Oser, Swiss horse- man, addressing women's organiza- tions here today declared that if a woman marries outside of her own cian 8i,e will ,be a slave, that history proves it. Camden Farmers Plant Big Crop Of Potatoes Farmers in Camden County have about completed planting potatoes, according to M. N. loxey of Oak Ridge, who was In the city Tuesday, except those who have part of their crop to reiplant. The weather dur- ; ing the planting season has been so wet that potatoes in many cases rotted In the ground, and these will have to toe replanted. Camden farmers, Mr. Toxey says, are going in more strongly for pota toes than usual this year, and in his oninion the outlook for good prices is not encouraging. Those who planted early and whose potatoes did not rot In the ground, he thinks. stand a fair chance of beating the Virginia crop to market and com- manding a fair price; but potatoes Just planted or still to be planted, in, his opinion, will hit the market right along with the Virginia potatoes and will have to take their chances with a crop nearer to the northern mar kets. nth nf,vnrahia .rf f th. .,..Mnn Mr TWv think,, is m t.he!day ni8ht- has ben arraigned on the unemployment situation In the mar-1 ket centere, which cutting into the i purchasing power oT the consumer 'will tend to lower the prevailing prices of early produce. shower Of Insects Fell On Slopes Of The Alps Geneva, March 21 (By The Asso- cjated pres8) During the heavy snowstorm recently in the Alps, thousands of exotic insects resem-' Mine Rniders. caterpillars and huge ants fell on the slopes and quickly died. Naturalists say the phenom-iing enon was the result of the wind blowing them from a warmer climate YOUNG MORGAN WITH BRITISH BANKING FIRM New York, March 21 By The As 'sociated Press) Julian S. Morgan. son of J. P. Morgan is to he associa-. t,.,t with the British Branch of the i Morgan Banking firm in Kntfland. I . TUCKER SUCCEEDS FLOOD 1 Clnni V., M.irMi ! I l!v Thf ...,.,,.. ... . - Assoc ated Press) oters of the tenth Congressional District are today se- leetlng a successor to Henry D. Flood. Harry Tucker lias no oppo sition in the race. PIT OUT I IRE WITH II AT The fire department was called out shortly before eleven o'clock Tues day morning to extinguish a small flue fire at 100 Shepard street, oc cupied by a colored family. One of the liremnn practically put out the blaze with his hat. The damage to both house and hat was negligible. Mrs. J, Norman Whitelmrst and Mrs. George Whitehurst have return ed from an extended trip to Florida. While away they visited many dares of interest throughout the state. CyA-A . S lxl.jut).. 1. 1. Germans Quick To See American Disapproval Paris, Mar. 21 (By The Associat ed Press) Germans see in the or ders for returning American Rhine 'troop the disapprobation of the Al lied Klicies toward Germany. Determined To Ask Vote Of Confidence Premier Lloyd to ask for a London. March 21 George is determined vote of confidence either from thei II ousts of Commons or the Unionist paity. the morning ' newspapers agree. Arrests Follow In Wake Of Car Strike Columbia, S. C, Mar. 21 (By The Associated Press) Four men were today arraigned charged with as sault with intent to kill in connec tion with the car strike disorders yesterday. An attemipt to operate the cars will be made today. Gov- ernor Cooper says he will provide protection. - , m.i . OnSfgCfl tlllli fJUrQCr Qf L30Y AIIC6 II llltC ' London, Mar. 21 (By The Associ ated Preis) Henry Jacobi, aged 19, I-antry boy at the l otel where Lady Alice whlte wag fatally Injured Mon- charB(" of murder- 11 ls alleged that ! he confee(1 10 striking her with a hammer. Big Textile Plant Makes Wage Reduction Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 21 (By The Associated Press) -The Pacific Mills , cotton worsted plant, employing ten thousand, today announced a wage reduction of approximately twenty per cent, the first cut in the big tex- tlle center since the wage reduction movement began, Pawtucket, R. I., Mar. 21 (By The Associated Press) Orders Instruct-, the organizer declare the order , 1 for the strike at Lawrence was is- sued by President McMahon, of the : United Textile Workers. AT (X)MMIMTV HOSPITAL Leroy Boyce, 12 years old, of Powells Point, entered the hospital Tuesday to undergo an operation Wednesday. Dorsey Saunders, 6 years old, of Weeksville, who was taken to the hospital Saturday with a b.oken Jaw- bone is getting along nicely. -Mrs, Joseph Palmer, 105 Pearl street, who was taken to the hospital Saturday, underwent an operation f appendicitis .and is getting along . ' ' well Robert Cotter, Dyer street, was able to go home Saturday, after an operation for appendicitis about two weeks ago. RETAIL BUSINESS IN RUSSIA PICKING UP Moscow. Mar. 21 (By The Asso- chilled Presn) certain lines I lire all over alone in one granted by tin cerns, mostly tlelail business in Increasing like wild Russia. In Moscow mouth leases were city to 25 new con bakeries and meat shops. The average annual tax or rent for such shops Is about l.ooit, 000 rubles a day. As the daily sales amount to Itn.fi00.n00 to 40,000.000, the tax Is being paid. ALCOHOL PLANT CLOSED PENDING INVESTIGATION Chicago, March 21 (By The Asso ciated Press) The local plants of the United States Indii -"rial Alcohol Company were closed temporarily today by Federal prohibition ollicials pending an investigation of the niau , ufactur'ng of alcohol. BRITISH WILL MAKE 110 DEMANDS Oil U.S. : London. Mar. 21 (By The Associ ated Pre.ss) Sir Robert Home 'chancellor of the exchequer, declared today that the Hou.se of Commons Chamber of Commerce and the Mer , did not propose to make any contli- " n t Association. The two organ tions for the American (iovernment 'Nations will work together with the as to the payment of British ohliga- individual merchants to make the .lions. week the biggest spring opening ami festival ever staged here. The peo- PRESIDKNT ISSUED ORDER , l,1( of the city are urged to clean' up j New York, Mar. 21 (By The Asso- !l,ul decorate their homes, in keep- elated Press) An order suspending .'"B wit, the celebration, j the work of the anthracite and bit-; juminous. coal mines affecting 600,000 ' Ohio ToVTl Erects (miners is to be issued today, accord-1 " i lng to Philip Murray of the United- Monument To HogS I Mine Workers. ! BONUS UP THURSDAY Washington, March 21 (Bv The Associated Press) The bonus is to be tnkm, in th. n.,. Z. I.'. , " , "" ci me suMjiension ruies pian. ECONOMY WAVE HITS PRISONS OF ENGLAND London, Mar. 21 (By The Assoc! - ated Press) Economy has hit the prisons of England and eight of them will be closed on March 31. In addi - tion the wings for women prisoners in the prisons at Shrewsbury, Ox ford, Ipswich, Plymouth, Swansea and Leeds, are also to be closed. KMPMYH NEW NIGHT CLEItK George P. Wiley, of Portsmouth, accepted a position this week as night clerk at the Southern Hotel, succeeding W. A. Merriam, who has taken employment elsewhere. Mr. Wiley Is an experienced hotel tman, and Manager Nelson, of the South ern, believes that he has secured an exceptionally good night clerk. Too Much Clothing Ruined Hawaiians Honolulu, T. H., Mar. 21 (By The Associated Press) Belief that in troduction of clothing into the Ha waiian Islands by missionaries a century ago caused the Hawaiian race to lose its former splendid har dihood was given here In an ad- dress by Judge Sanford B. Dole, first and only president of the Republic birds altogether, of Hawaii and first territorial gov-! The stories of the hardships vol emor. ! untarily shouldered by the citizens Use of clothing, Judge Dole de-jof northern Michigan in order that dared, caused the natives to develop ; their friends of the air and the for a previously unknown sensitiveness es-ts might defeat the forces of na to slight climatic changes, which : ture tliat sought to starve them out, has rreated havoc among them and ' are Just beginning to come Into De- has resulted In a tion. baleful deterlora DENIES EXISTENCE SECRET AGREEMENT Washington, Mar. 21 (By The As sociated Presis) Secretary Hughes today sent a letter to Senator Lodge denying charres that a secret under standing had been entered between the -United States and the British governing ifuture action in the Pacific. IHSIIOI' TO PHILIPPINK.S TO VISIT AUSTRALIA S(M) Manila, P. I., Mar. 21 (By The As- sociated Press) Bishop Edward Locke of the Methodist Episcopal church, in chiirce of church work ill phiUnpine Islands, accompanied by Mrs. Locke, have left ; for Austra-, trkt Nar (u(1Ia,; ,h(, numi,Pr lia. After spending three months In tlllt st!,m.d was even greater, aecor Aiislralla they will go to the United (jn), to p.portg, because birds found States for several months and return iHI(ls ()f hushes and trees completely to Manila late this year. coated with Ice. Bishop Locke goes to New Zea land as a fraternal delegate from the Methodist Episcopal church of Am erica to the annual meeting of the Weslevan .Methodist church of New Zealand. After several months in New York. Bishop Locke will go to Los Angelas, Cal., where he will dedicate the new church building for which lie assisted In raising fund. while pastor in that city. District Manager Here C H. Moore. District Manager of the Pender Stores, was in the city Monday to inspect the local store, Mr. Moore asks Advance readers to watch for Pender's ads on Tuesdays ami Thursdays. ARE LOOKING OVER BIG CITY DISPLAYS luteal Merchants In New York Mak ing Preparations For Dress l'p Week Here Several leading merchants of this city are in New York this week making spring purchases of mer chandise, and looking over the dis plays of the nation's biggest metro politan stores with a view to dupli cating them in their own places of business during Dress l'p Week here, April 4 to 8, inclusive. Dress l'p Week will be held through the co-operation of the Blue Ball, Ohio, Mar. 21 (Bv The 1 Associated Press) A monument la i to ibe erected here to commemorate ''""'"K of .e practice of writ- j tlu'lT n T"' ? 8Uch Pe'Hlfees, oldest records show. iwere written in 1875 for Poland China hogs on the farm owned here by W. C. Hankinson. Part of the necessary funds for the monument have been raised by the Ohio State j Poland China Breeders Association ;and the Hankinson estate, which still ow,ls tlle farm, has consented to the erection of the monument on the ; property. The monument is to be ! dedicated in August Blizzard Destroyed Wild Animal Life State Of Michigan Considering LeR Mat ion To Tighten The Game Xmwh Detroit, March 21 The humani tarian tmpulses of the peoples of Michigan have never been better ex emplified than during the recent storm, when the wild animal life of the entire state was threatened with extinction by the sleet and ice that covered the ground for days. Despite the heroic measures taken by the people of the northern part of the state, the storm was so severe that It is feared that on the westrn side years will ibe required to replace birds and 'beasts lost and starved. Talk is already being heard of ask ing the next legislature to tighten the game laws for a long number of years to avert the passing of the troit. Countless instances are re corded of the self-sacrifice of these northern Michigan folk who forgot their own comforts to minister to the things that usually receive but seant attention. When the Ice king descended upon the district he left behind a coating of ice through which bird claws and beaks could not break to rHa(.) tlie natural food underneath. Ieer and other animals, usually able to scrape away the snow with their hoofs and gain sustenance found j tl(,ir effrt iiktsd by the icy Carrier Although farmers and townspeople dike rallied to the call and nlaced ,food where it could he reached i quickly by the suffering inhabitants r tM(( wo,is, the task wus 80 Rreat and the need so urgent that thous- ands ,)f. ,ns alld unn,ais ur known t0 hflVP dipd by starv.ltion before aid rm,d llr- taken to thorn. Hundreds t -i i n ..i i. ,...,. ...,, th ,,.flUHV Little More Will StartCivil War London, March 21 (By The Asso ciated Press) Only a little more Is needed to start civil war. in Ireland, my the muming papers. REQUESTS MUST BE MADE BEFORE MARCH 31 Washington. March 21 (By The A-sociati-d Prcso -- Requests from 1ie;ire.t relatives for I lie return of American dead overseas will not lie fa.vorab!y considered after March III, the War Department announced today,