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CIRCULATION Thursday 1,799 Copies Tair toniLt ass J Sat- . urday. Moderate north- east winds. n .ill ; r - M D D (j C? VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION Ferry Barge In Operation Hut Many Motfti-lsts Are I'sinsj Privately Operated Shipyard Ferry To Wave Time ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER iyl922 EIGHT PAGES NO. 26S Issues Preelection Red Cross Roll Call Barge service on the Pasquotank Itiver State Bridge road was Inaugu rated Friday, the first barge making the trip from Elizabeth City leaving at 9:20 and arriving at the Camden landlne of Lambs Ferry at 10 Trios on a forty minute schedule have been made ever since, but only one ferry barge is In oper ation and the wait between trips Is therefore one hour and twenty min utes on either side of the river. Though only one barge Is In oper ation, the service for Friday, appar ntlv. was adequate. A barge left the Pasquotank wharf shortly after two o'clock ifl. the afternoon with only two passengers and no automo biles. Perhaps one reason why the barge service has not been overtaxed Is the fact that a good many people are using the Shipyard Ferry route, i which has been opened by private en terprise, rather than endure the te dium of the trip up" the river and the wait between barges. The Shipyard Ferry road is rough, but the owners -are quoted as saying that It will be put in good condition by Monday. How long the State Bridge road -w'll have to be closed is now( the question uppermost in the minds of folks who are frequently compelled to make trips to and from Camden or Currituck. G. E. McNutt, engineer In charge of the construction of the Toad, said at a Rotary luncheon on Navy Day that with good weather he "hoped to have the road completed by Christmas. But those In close touch -with the situation who know the De cember and January wsather In these Tarts are confident that it will be four months before the barge service can be dispensed with. However, despite boiler trouble, jver a hundred feet of concrete was laid Friday morning. Public Utilities IMhsrs Club Has Oirtgrcn Quarters The Parsonage Street Mothers Club has overrun and outgrown Its present quarters so badly that It Is a problem, 'what to do about It. A demonstration room, a clinic room; a nursery, and two or three other rooms could easily be used at the weekly meetings and in between times. Thursday afternoon there were twenty-one' mothers, twenty-one tables and three visitors present. Every baby was weighed and all ex cept one had gained In weight since the last weighing two weeks ago. That ona had not lost weight. Mrs. Anna Lewis, County welfare officer, tad charge of this part of the after noon program. Then Miss Marcle Albertson, County home demonstration agent, gave a very helpful and practical talk on "How to Feed School Chil dren." Later at" the request of mem bers of the club Miss Albertson dem onstrated the making of a chocolate pie. Dainty cream cheese sand wiches and hot cocoa Were served and greatly enjoyed. Tua Gf DaValsra'o t.::n Are Captured Belfast, Nov. 10 (By The Associ ated Press) A message from Wlck low says that Erffkine Childers, one of DeValera's leading lieutenants, and another prominent Republican -were captured there early today. It is reported that DeValera also was in the house where the captures were effected but escaped arrest. . FOR OTEEX HOSPITAL Any church, club or other organ ization desiring to send packages to Oteen Hospital are asked to see Mrs. J. 0. Fearing or send their contrlbu- ' tlons to her. She will be glad to re ceive packages and forward them, or , to make suggestions in regard to what should be sent to the disabled World War veterans at Oteen. SI NOAV CRADI 13 ROLL PAY Rnnilnv lii Cradle Roll Dav at marVwell Memorial Sunday school and every member of the Cradle Roll Jg expected to take his or her parents to Sunday school. Mrs. J.' B. Vent ers, superintendent of the depart ment, has prepared a special program for these little folks and there will be a gift for each one of them. The Home Department Is also especially Invited to attend on Sunday. rxnr.nc.OKs operatiox Miss Mabel Bright successfully underwent an operation for appen dix!! U at th Community Hospital TV " ir-'-- Washington, Nov. 10 (By The As sociated Press) President Harding in a proclamation issued today call ing attention to the annual member ship roll call of the American Red Cross, which begins tomorrow,' de clared "there are peculiarly urgent reasons to appeal this year In behalf of an even greater generosity than has been necessary In some other times." Notable among those reasons the President mentions the situation In the Near East where he asserts mil lions of people must look to more favored national communities such as the United States for the means of life. He bespeaks the aid of the American people for the Red Cross as one of the chief relief agencies and the co-operation of Americans In the support of all the organizations at work In that portion of the world. The proclamation follows: "To The American People: The assurance, based on many years' experience, that there will be prompt and generous response, makes it always a satisfaction to di rect -public attention to the annual membership roll call of the Ameri can Red Cross. This year It will open on Armistice Day, November 11, and close on Thanksgiving Day, November 30. As President of the United States and also president of the American Red Cross, I hereby proclaim November 12 as Red Cross Sunday, and Invite all the people to unite with their spiritual leaders in such observance of It as may pro mote a renewed consecration to the gospel of service based upon divine injunction and sanctioned by all good conscience. "By the terms of the Congres sional Charter which called It Into being, the American Red Cross Is charged with certain clearly defined duties and obligations. These, it has continued, during the past year, to discharge faithfully and efficient ly. There are peculiarly urgent rea sons to appeal, this year, In behalf of an even greater generosity than has been necessary in some other times, because of the extraordinary demands upon such services of mercy and humanity. One of the most fearful disasters of all history has befallen the ill-fated Near Eastern area, where the lives of millions of unfortunate people even now depend and must continue for a long time to depend, on the untiring liberality of more favored communities. A very great sum is . required to be raised If the emergency shall be met, and while the task is one to which all well-disposed peoples must con tribute, our own country in virtue alike of its inspirations of human ity and its fortunate endowment in material possessions, must be con spicuous for both the gret share It shall give, and the high spirit ani mating the ift. It is therefore asked that co-operation be establish ed between the Red Cross, the Near East Relief and all other agencies which are concerned to assist la dealing with this crisis. "In the domestic field, demands! continue to press heavily upon thej Red Cross. The Government Is earnestly seeking to insure to every diseased or disabled ex-service man the full measure of care and help which national gratitude and simple justice dictate. The aim must be to restore service men to the best pos sible health and the largest oppor tunity for a normal and self-supporting life. In this effort the Govern ment, the army and navy, have glad ly availed themselves of the assist ance of the Red Cross which, due to its nation-wide volunteer organiza tion, has been a constant end valued aid. "In the broad field concerned with the physical welfare of the people. the Red Cross, in sympathetic con tact with other organizations, and the Federal and State Bureaus, has been particularly active In the establish ment and support of public health ac tivities for the prevention of dis ease and the encouragement of sound sanitation. In Its peculiar and historic field of disaster relief, the Red Cross has met the emergencies brought about by the large number nt floods and other calamities during the past year, and is still called upon to aid the suffering in foreign lands due to war and pestilence. For these reasons, regardless of the mul titude of local problems in every community, the American Red Cross deserves well at the hands of the American people. "In the Interests of our common humanity and of the service which we owe to our fellow men, I Invite my fellow citizens to renew their al legiance to the American Red Cross during the period of the membership roll call. E Meeting Tonight Howard E. Crook, resident, and John T. ill. former president and a large stockholder of the public utility companies, arrived in Elizabeth City at noon today and will ap pear before the Board of Aldermen at a special meeting to be held at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters tonight at seven o'clock to discuss the public utility question. A petition bearing the names of 203 citizens was presented to the Aldermen at the regular meeting last Monday night, requesting that the companies be given a further hearing. The Board thereupon fix ed tonight as the time to meet the companies rep resentatives. 1 Heavy Firing In Dublin During light Alkraaa Theatre To Have Orchestra Dublin, Nov. 10 (Hy The Associ ated Press) Heavy firing crackled In various parts of the city during the night. The irregulars then re newed an attack upon Wellington military barracks and fired on Por tobellow barracks. Machine guns were used. Two civilians were found dead this morning on a suburban road. Two soldiers lay wounded in the center of the city. Ccr.r.itte3 Prepares Fcr Special Scssicn Freight Steamer Destroyed By Fire Nety Orleans, Nov. 10 (By The Associated Press) The freight steamer, Nola, was reported by wire less this morning to have been de stroyed by fire In the Gulf of Mexico forty ;nUles off the mouth of the Mississippi River. Later reports said the crew, taking to boats, had been , picked up by a steamer. ;The cause of the fire was not explained. The cargo, It Is understood, contained no highly inflammable materials, i . Washington, Nov. 10-(By The As sociated Press) With Congress call ed by President Harding to convene in extra session November 20, mem bers of the House appropriations committee were scheduled to meet today to prepare several appropria tion measures for the House by the beginning of the regular session Im mediately after December 4. During the two weeks extra session the House is expected to devote its at tention to the ship subsidy bill. Lir.o-Up In Congress Washington, Nov. 10 (By The Ai sociated Press) On the face of prac tically complete unofficial returns from Tuesday's elections the lineup in the Sixty-eighth Congress will be: House, Republicans, 225; Demo crats, 207; Socialists, Independents, Farmer-Labor, one each.' Senate, Republicans, 53; Democrats, 42; Farmer-Labor, one. Beginning Monday, November 13, Mm Alkrama Theater will Install an orchestra, to render music daily at the performances. This announce ment on the purt of the management of the playhouse will come, no doubt, with a certain satisfaction to those patrons of the Alkrama who enjoy an evening's restful recreation in the darkened room before the screen. Mr. Burgess, manager of the Al krama, states in this connection that this decision of the Burgess & Joy ner Company is in line with their Idea of giving their patrons the llnest and highest type entertainment that can be procured. "Every effort is liplnir nmde." said Mr. BuTKesS. "to place before the people who witness the productions of the Alkrama pic tures that will give them an Ideal afternoon or evening of entertain ment when they visit our, playhouse. "The orchestra that the Alkrama is to install will be far different from those which have previously been used In this theater. They will not confine themselves to the near rend ering of a series of euphoneous sounds and above all It wilj not be a Jazz orchestra. The leadership has been placed In the hands of one whose talents reach out beyond the realm of mediocre renditions, and the music played will be an oral In terpretation of the picture as it pro gresses on the screen. For Instance, it will be noted that such incongrui ties as the "Hesitation Blues" or a similar composition will not be play ed while the pictures are showing Situation British Officials Silent Regarding Turkish Af fairs But Conditions Are No Better Coach Noted For Number . . Famous Swimmer Taught William Bachrach, Swimming. Instructor Of Il linois Athletic Club Not Much Swimmer Him self But Knows' How To Develop Champions If He Gets Them Young London, Nov. 10 (By The Associated Press) If any mes sages on the Turkish situation had been received from Con stantinople up to noon in offi cial quarters, no British official was willing to admit it to the Press. One official went so far, however, as to say that the sit uation was "ominous" and nothing had been received in dicating that conditions were any better. Confer In Paris Paris, Nov. 10 (By The As sociated Press) A conference between Premier Poincare, Lord Curzon, British foreign secretary, and Premier Musso line of Italy will probably be held in Paris the first of next week, it was indicated in offi cial circles today. France has approved the meeting provid ed wnile me pictures are miuw is : , , . , the return of a long lost son or thejmg it does not delay the open- agonies of a mother's love In dis tress. "In other words the music will In form through your ears what the pic tures exhibit to your eyes." In addition to Improvement in the Dlctures. the Alkrama management, Mr. Burgess says, is making every ef fort to continuously improve the standard of Its pictures. He Is espe cially pleased with the November program and will be glad to have ex pressions of opinion from Alkrama patrons at any time, whether of ap proval or disapproval of pictures ex hlblted on the Alkrama screen. (?!Kned) "WARREN G. HARDING." Chicago, Nov. 10 (By The Associa- ted Press) Not long ago the news papers recorded the fact that Miss Sybil Bauer, 17 year old Chicago girl, had swam the 440 yard back stroke in a meet In Bermuda in 6.24, breaking tor the first time In recorded athletic history, a world's record held by a man. The old mark of 6.28 was held by "Stubby" Krue ger. Behind that bare announcement is the story of a coach who can't swim the 440, or probably half that distance, but who has brought out many of the most famous swimmers In recent years, Including Miss Bauer, Johnny Welsmueller, Norman Ross, Perry McGillivery, Mike Mc dermott and Harry Hebner. He is William Bachrach, swimming instructor of the Illinois Athletic Club. flnce. in his earlv days, "Bach" was a "third place athlete," he says. Back In 1897 he made his only ap pearance In a national swimming tournament, entering the 100 yerd swim In a meet In Lincoln Park la-i goon here. There were four entries and Bachrach won his one and only swimming medal when he finished! third after the fourth man swam! himself out and and quit at the end of fifty yards. ! Now. weighing, by his own ad-, mission, "five pounds less than a battleship," he sits in a huge wicker armchair beside the I. A. C, tank and trains promising youngsters to break all the swimming records from the Bermudas to Honolulu. Once ai month or so when they fill the tank up to eleven feet for the water games, "Bach" drops in witn a mlehtv snlash and does a round or two, but that Is about the extent of, his own water work. i "Anybody can be a good swimmer j if he has the will to work and work j hard." Bachrach says. "He may not be a champion, for It Just Isn't born In some people to be chain-j pions, but if he Is willing to plug along day In and day out and stick to j the deadly grind he will be a good swimmer. "The trouble Is that lots of swim mers, and sometimes those with most .natural talent, haven't enough of the will to win to keep at It." "What is the secret of your success i as a coach?" he was asked. "Making- them work day In and day out. I require my teams to swim a quarter of a mile s day. I don't hold a stop watch on them, they can take their own time, but they must swim at least that quarter of a mile. After that they can play around the tank It they want to as long as they wish. "It a swimmer swims 300 quarter miles In a year that's 75 miles. No body can swim 75 miles a year with out developing. They are bound to learn something. "I sit up here and watch them swim their 11 laps, and when they come out I talk things over and point out their mistakes and suggest Improvements. That's all there is to it. "My principle Is to get them young. Sybil Bauer came to us four years ago when she wasn't quit fourteen years old. We had, announcea j through the newspapers that we were; going to organize a class for girls, and Invited swimmers to apply. She! was in the class. One day I sawj her using the back stroke, and doing! very well with It. We talked it over and she decided she wanted to be the world's greatest back stroke swimmer. Today she Is." i Bachrach passes over his own In- Inabllity to rank above the mediocre j swimmers with the explanation that the best coaches don't swim mueh.j !"That applies In other sports too,"' he says. "Zuppke down at Illinois' was never much of a football player, but look what a coach he Is. When you work around here all the time I you don't have the desire to swim! much. It's like being a chef. No- body ever saw a chef eat much, un less he was out at somebody else's house." Really great swimmers, "Bach" says, are born, not made. "YoU can't put a voice In anybody," he ex-j plains. "There "would be no use of my going to a singing teacher to cul-; ! tlvate a voice I haven't got. Butj I while everybody can't be a great j swimmer, he can be a good swimmer, If he wants to work for It." I Most of the famous swimmers de veloped under his tutelage are pro ' ducts of the Chicago public beaches and Y M. C. A. nools. Back In j October 1920, a boy on one of his j teams told Bachrach a friend who was swimming at the Oak street had been begging to be brought down to see the I. A. C. coach. The swlm mer asked permission to bring his friend In order to put a stop to his pleas. He brought him and his name was Johnny Welsmueller. Between '. October 1920 and August of last year Bachrach trained Welsmueller. Four teen months ago he entered his first blK meet. I'd to the present he has broken thirty-seven world's records. Two Hundred Perish In Fire On f.ivcr Coat Shanghai, Not. 10 (By The Asso ciated Press) Two hundred persons are reported to have perished in the fire on a river boat off the mouth of the Yangtse River today. Uako Fcrcst Plays Trinity Saturday Game At Raleigh on ArmliiNtU-e Day Will lie Flfclit To The Finish Wake Forest, Nov. 9. "War without limit, without stint" will be the order of the day In Raleigh Sat urday while the rest of the country Is celebrating Armistice Day, when the Baptists and Methodists line up for the annual football scrap between Wake Forest and Trinity at State College on Rlddick Field. Last year the Methodists won, 17-0, partly because Wake Forest was self-complacent and over confi dent; this year this attitude will not be present, but on the other hand, a grim determination on the part of the Baptists to redeem their last year's defeat. While the record of Wake Forest for this season is by no means brilliant It has been sufficient to Inspire persistent faith on the part of the student body who will accom pany the team to Raleigh with a brass band and decorated like an ; army with banners. I Lleht work Is the program for the players this week and the cripple list Is growing smaller dally so that probably the full strength of the team will be available Saturday. The game this year Is the second of a three year contract, to be played In Raleigh on Armistice Day. . Thirty players will make the trip and the supply of reserves will be equal to any emergency that may arise. The team will go In cars. leaving early Saturday morning while the student body will come on the train, leaving Wake Forest at 9:47. inar of the Lausanne peace con- ' ference beyond November 15. Allies Demand Repeal Constantinople, Nov. 10 (By The Associated Press) The Allied high commissioners this afternoon handed a note to the Angora government represen tative here demanding the re- ' peal of all measures relating to customs, public debt, sanitary and other services which con flict' with stipulations of the Mudros armistice of 1918. Pasha For Peace Constantinople, Nov. 10 (By The Associated Press) Ismet Pasha, Turkish Nationalist foreign minister, left this after noon for Lausanne to attend the peace conference sched uled to begin there Monday. He told The Associated Press that he was sincerely anxious for peace and confident of achieving it if the Allies adopt ed a reasonable attitude. Questions Russia London, Nov. 10 (By The Associated Press) The Daily News has a report that the An gora government of Turkey has asked the Soviet govern ment at Moscow whether the Russians will adhere to the Russo-Turkish military agree ment in the event of war. This report said that Moscow had replied in the affirmative but the correspondent understood that no troops would be sent to Turkey. XKW YORK POTATO FIRM FAILS RK(X)VKIt DAM AUK ri4aivl !' Tlirco Vote Led Fargo. N. 1).. Nov. 10 (By The As sociated Press) Former Governor Frazier assumed a three vote lead today over O'Connor, Democratic op ponent, In the race for the Senate, with the vote of 891 precincts yet to be counted. . ., . Civil cases for the last two days have occupied the time In Superior Court. One case had been disposed of, the jury was out on another and the third case was being taken up as this newspaper went to press. Verdict for the defendant was re turned In the case of the Rdward Bahrenburg Company or New York against the Fairfield and Elizabeth City Transportation Company, an ac tion In which the plaintiff was seek ing to recover damages for delay in a shipment of potatoes. The Jury held that the defendant 111 M 11 company was not responsiuie ior uiw delay. The Jury was still out when this newspaper went to press In the case of Fisher & Gallop, vs. the Norfolk Southern railroad. AVK DID IT Wonderful reduced prices on stor age batteries. Twelve months, eigh teen months and two years guaran teed. Get our prices before buying. Battery recharging 75c. Davis Kleo trlc Service Station. , sdv