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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EV EN INC, NOVEMBER 7. 1!>2:5. FOlk RACES. NO. 259.
NEGRO TEACHER IS
FOUND GUILTY
Ca?e or Mall Who Staged
Shooting; Affair On Koad
Street During Fair Week
Tried Wednesday.
C.trrfty of assault with deadly |
Wtaiion with intent to kill was the.
v? rUict of the Jury Wednesday ,
afternoon in the cas?- against Frank
W'.iitehurrft. Elizabeth City negro,
who Ironi an automobile fired a;
pistol at his wife in another car. J
and would probably have killed her
but for the protection of an Eliza
beth City merchant. Occuring In
broad daylight on one of the city's,
principal streets, the affair was as
lurid in ita climax as a moving pic
ture serial, and attracted a large
crowd which permitted the negro J
with his smoking pistol to stalk off j
unmolested in the direction of his
home a few blocks away.
The shooting occurred on Wednes
day of Fair Week in Elizabeth City,
October 10, on South Koad street,
near Shepard, In front of the store of
-Mark Sawyer, grocer. Both White
hurst and his wife had ibeen to the
Fair. It is said that there hud
bit a a conversation between them
and he had endeavored to persuade
lit! to return to live with him. Wheu
she refused ne showed signs of be
coming violent and the wife left the
Fairgrouud by automobile seeking to
evade him.
But Whitehurst did not propose to
be so easily disposed of. He hired
a local negro jitneur to bring him to
town and followed the car occupied
by his wife. On South Koad street
b* caught up With the car his wife
was in. and the jitney driver swung
his car to the left to pass the car
ahead. Whitehurst was on the back
si at of the Jitney leaning out on the
right hand side. His wife was in
the car just ahead on the right hand
side. As Whitehurst came abreast
of his wife he brandished a pistol.
As the jitney drew s ightly ahead of
the car occupied by h.s wife, afford
. ing him unobstructed aim at her.
ht fired at her head, but she drop
ped her head In her knees and the
bullet tore through the back of the
side curtain near the corner of the
car.
The woman screamed and scram
bled out. as by this time the other oc
cupants w ere doing, over-the rear
door on the left hand side of the car
and started running toward Mr. Saw
yer's store. Whitehurst, jumping out
on the right hand side of his car. ran
around it and started In pursuit of
his wife. At tlie curb the woman
stumh'.ed and fell, und without stop
ping to rise went into the store on
hands and knees. Whitehurst fol
lowed hard behind her and at the
door started to raiBe his gun as If to
fire agi^in. A sharp order from
Sawyer to "cut it out" halted the
negro and he dropped his arm to his
side.
Sawyer sent the woman into the
liall of the apartment hack of the
store ami ordered Whltehurst out
and the negro obeyed. Later, how
? vt r, Whitehurat returned to the
ftor? atill brandishing his gun and,
.Mr. Sawyer brought his own gun In
to view before the negro gave up hla
pursuit. When the police, who had
been summoned Just after the shoot
ing, arrived Whitehurat had di?.ip
pi;?rod. Hn was arrested Thursday
at his home on Speed street.
Viola Whitehurst?_wife of the de
fendant, lives in Perquimans County
and is a schoolteacher. Frank is al
so a teacher and both have the ac
cent. and addresa, of the educated
negro. Frank is black and dapper.
Viola Is far lighter of hue and not
unprepossessing in appearance. She
has horn'- her husband three ch.il
"drVn. hut wirifs ho more of him;
while Frank, it would seem, would
still have her faithful.
Viola testified in the preliminary
hearing before the recorder that
?when she dropped her head to her
kn> es in the car she saw the bullet
comine and dodged It.
R. B. Lasslter, construction super-,
lilt 'ub hi i? connection with the
work of the State Highway Commis
sion on the Tad more- Acorn Hill
road, was found not guilty of carry
ing concealed weapons -on a verdict
brought In shortly after the opening
of Tuesday afternoon'a session of
rCOU't.
A verdict of not guilt)' was dlrec'
i ! by the Court In the case cliarg
i J. W. Sellu. with violation of the
f State railroad stop law.
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M.W WHEAT IMMUNE
TO SMUT OEVEI.OPEI)
Washington, NoV 7?Development
of a new variety of winter wheat
wlifch 1.4 resistant to bunt or smut
la announced by the Depart meal, of
Agriculture. It has been named
Rid it" because It Is expected to rid
wheat fields of smut. The va
1;. t v was developed -by Dr. K. F.
Gal I)' "f the Washington agricultur
al 4 riment station at Pullman,
Rva-li . in cooperation with the De
li nt of Agriculture. it waa
I, igfl efonittfl Turkey and
|fr),,i ? \ ?rletle?. t,he latter adapted
for the in re humid' regions than for
iemlarid alons. A few hundred
fanners in astern Washington plant-,
pd Rldlt this fall to give It a more)
miplete trial than it has had In ex
srimenta.
Will Comply With
Germany's Request
? nr T:i? Awcl?**d
Paris'. Nov. 7. Ti ?- lt? parivllom
Cmumis^ioii lias ?!< cided to comply
with Hit tier:..an request for a hear
ing on li ?* reparation* question as
proposed in iterlinV note of October
2 1. if tli*' sey.j^^?governments in
cluding tin States, are un
able to au|^Mr^u;?^iti.L. tin* rolling
up of an imvij*ory investigating com
mittee.
SAWYEK TESTIFIES
REGARDING FOKBES
Washington. Washington. Nov. 7
f?"President Harding called for the
regisnatlon of Charles Forbes as di
rector of the Veterans Bureau as the
[result of the Perryville. Maryland.:
surplus supply sale transaction." Bri-!
! gadler General Sawyer, physician to
the late executive testified before the!
! Senate Veterans Committe today.
THE STAFF IS NAMED
FOR THE SPOTLIGHT
! Officers for the High School An
nual "The Spotlight" have been
elected and are as follows: Rachel
Williams, editor in chief, Glennie
, Morse, iniatlBt editor; Marion
Seyffert. assistant editor; William
, Kramer, 'business manager. Mem
; hers from the Junior Class are:
William Dudley, assistant business
manager; Louise Outlaw, assistant
editor. Wilmer Ballard is athletic
editor; Rebecca Miller, art editor;
, Mary Dozier, Dorothy Chappell;
Ruth Bright and Margaret Hollo
well compose the advertising com
I mittee.
The unnualstaff is making pre
liminary plan's for this year's Spot
cation will be let on December 1.
There Is no debt this year and to
avoid having one the class is trying
to get money ahead by giving a play
Friday,-Xovember 16, "Clarence",
by Booth Tarklngton.
BKOADWAY STOKE
ROBBED AT MIDDAY
New York, Nov. 7.?While hun
dreds were passing the busy confer
at Broadway and 47th street at mid
day. three well dressed men entered
the Jewelry store of Julius Jloward,
forced the proprleter and rlerk Into a
' rear room, and rifled the show cases
of Jewelry valued at $75,000. The
-jandits escaped.
-SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
INSURERS TO MEET
Plnehurst. Nov. 7.?With repre
( Rontativea of industrial insurance
companies from the entire South pre
sent and others arriving here during
the night, the Southern Industrial
Insurers' Conference tomorrow will
open Km fourteenth annual Hussion
, hero. An elaborate program has boon
i arranged for the throe days' moet
I ing and many speakers of promi
nence are on the program.
Tomorrow, the first day of the
conference will he given over to the
meetings of special committes and
10 renews^ of friendships by the del
egates. 'The first regular business
session will be held. Thursday at
nine o'clock.
MORRISON INVITED
SPEAK IN KENTUCKY
Raleigh, Nov. 7.?Governor Cam
eron Morrison haa been Invited to
speak at Paduca b. KenTucTTv at an"
Armistice Day celebration which will
, be the Occasion of a good roads
meeting, the celebration being spon
sored by the Kentucky Good Roads'
Association. Governor Kdwin I*.
Morrow of Kentucky wlr?>d the ex
ecutive of North Carolina, urpini;
that be accept the Invitation but
Governor Morrison, because of a pri
or engagement will be unable to at
tend.
The invitation to the Governor
.stated that a drive was on in Ken
tucky for a r?0 million dollar bond j
Issue for roads nnd that romeone [
was desired as n up* ak?-r who could '
tell of the practical benefits of such
a bond issue by r< ason of experience
and that no better man could be
thouuht of than Governor Morrison. '
The letter referred in cohipllmon-;
torv terms to the wonderful leader
ship In road bulldiru and other ways
v.hlch the State <:( North Carolina
Is giving the South.
HOI HKS U'lltKO roll *12
Those who wish to have wlrlnr;
done will note In the advertl*<eni**nt
of Mlduett Tirol her.* today that 112
and up" i* the'proper price, Th*
printer failed to Interpret th?> "K '
in the copy when setting the ad
vert rsorvnt Tuesday and called If
"8," liiakInu thi mount l?v
mastic to $12* Instead of fl2. vhich
was certainly bard on Pellg Mldyott
and his brother, who arc vorkiiiK
days and sometime* nluhts. and are
showing their protresplveness fur
thermore by advertising In The Ad
vance.
OOOHK piftJIKH %T LI*DBX
A Roast Goose Dinner will be
served at the Linden Thursday
from 12 to 2.30. adv
CLAIM STATE HAS
NOT KEPT TERMS
I'aMgr il.iiiK llisliuay (loui
iiii*Mon Mi'inlu'O Ami For
mer Mi'iiilirr? (lull Oil C.om
mi--: >in r l!urt Alton! II
Pasi|U('liitk "Comity wants to re
in on It* cunt met to pay sevi n
itlMecndiK of the cost of paving tin
State road to Woodvllle. The Pas
q U o t -i 11 k Hlsli*?y Commission
claims that the State uuthcrtties
have not kept to the terms under
which Pasquotank took over this ob
ligation.
The Pasquotank Highway Com
mission's claim is based on the con
tention that Pasquotank's agreement
to pay seven-sixteenths of the pav
ing cost of the Woodvllle road was
made conditional upon the hardsur
faclng of a lfi-foot road all the way
from Edenton to Currituck Court
house. The State has now a'xtndoned
construction of the Camdt n-Currl
tuck link of this highway and will
j build a road only nine feet wide
' across Perquimans, according to the
understanding here.
i A delegation from the Pasquotank
Highway Commission left Tuesday
night to call on District Commission
er Hart at Tarboro to see if the mat
ter can not be adjusted no that the
Albemarle District may either get a
lfi-foot road from Kdenton to Curri
tuck or so that Pasquotank may/he
relieved of its assessment of the cost
of that part of this road running
through this County.
Th.\?o In the delegation were: J.
,J. M'.rrls. J. W. Foreman, A. II.
Hunt.; and O. F. Gilbert. Mr. Gil
bert ?nd Mr. Houtx are not now
members of the Commission but
I were on It when the contract as to
I the \7ondvI!!c road wr.s .made.
The Pasquotank Highway Com
mission was in regular session Tues
day and most of the time was jelven
i to discussion of the trip to Tarboro
and to hearing of petitions from va
rious sections of the County for re
lief from bad dirt roads.
IK UK I'LANTK!) ON
NEW SCHOOL GROUNDS
The feature of Arbor Day
, exercises ut the high school Friday
i was the planting of a tree on the
new school grounds by the senloj.
class.
The t>nk was given by Harold
1 Foreman and was planted on the
side of the grounds next to Pool
btreet.
The exercises began with the
? singing of the Arbor Day song by
the seniors, followed by the recita
tion, "Plant a Tree iby Miss Nellie
Jnne*. and a xpnech on?the row won
for Arbor IViy by Miss Rachel Wil
liams, president of the class.
The first spade of dirt about the
tree was thrown in by Superinten
dent S. L. Sheep. followed by Prin
cipal A. B. Combs. Miss Allen Ed
wards. It. T. Ryland. and then each
member of the senior class.
The tree pledge was recited by the
class.
Speeches bv City Manager Hrav
and Buxton White in the auditorium
Thursday and Friday mornings on
the planting and care of trees were
also a part of Arbor Day observance.
COTTON \l>\ \NCES
III NDKKD POINTS
N" w York. Nov. T.?A h? avy accu
mulation of huyfttg orders over the'
holiday inspired by the ik adv;*.net?
!:i ;?:??*; * on New Orian* and I.i/er-j
!?(???; ? \< haiitft's resulted today in an
ed* :.?? ?'f :fSo;it 1im? points in I ho
local cotton market.
5'KISONEIS PAKOLEI)
TO \TTKNI) Fl'NEH VI.I
Hab'ii 't. N ?v T. Governor C mi
cron Morrison ban granted a parole
to 1! Ui'iL. convicted from M rk-J
lenbtir- County of manslaughter ind i
wntfiiroil to dve year* in the pcnl- i
iontiary. The parole was granted
for ten da>s in order that the i ris
oner mat attend the funernl of his
father at Charlotte.
DICK ISLAND CLUB
IIEADQUAKTEIfS IIKKE
The Duck Island Club is to pur
chase 21 handsome yacht and e*?ab
lisli headquarters In Elizabeth City,
according to Oliver F. Gilbert, pro
prietor "of Mitchell's Department
Stor*.
Members of the club from Pitts
;bur?li passed through the city Tuos
dav on their way to Wanchese and
were m. t j?t the train by Mr. Gil
bert.
"They have decided on the pur
chase of a yacht." Mr. Gilbert said.I
"in order that thev may make, ?rips'
from Kli/.aheth City to Wanchese
during the hunting season.
"Their original plan was to :aake
Norfolk their headquarters, but I
succeeded in convincing thetu. I
think, that Klizabeth City is the
more logical place for headquarters
as thev can make trips in much less
time from here to Wanchese than
from Norfolk to Wanchese, on ac
count of slow time through the can
al."
Among the members of the club
' were: Grant McCargo. who is presi
dent of the club; Col. C. C. Butler,
I James It. Park. J. C. Wassom, sec
retary. all of Pittsburgh.
selling n\CK timber
OF CONFISCATED land
Stockholm. Nov. 6.?The resump
tion on a large scale of the shipment
of aspen wood from Russia to Swed
Thn. Just reported on by Svensk Fin
an?tiding (Swedish Financial Jour
nal >, has aroused groat interest
here. According to this authority.
R.000.000 hoard feet of aspen Wood
'have -been Imported from Russia dur
ing the first nine months of this
? year, as against less than half of that
j quantity during last year.
All of these shipments of aspen
wood have been bought by the Swed
jlflh Match Companv. which consumes
nbout 12ft. 000.000 hr?a-jl feet per
year in its domestic and foreign fac
tories. and it Is an ironical fact that
1 much of this wood comes from the
forest properties formerly owned In
Russia /by the Swedish Match Com
pany and confiscated by the Bolshe
vists.
Although no trade pact has as yet
i been successfully negotiated between
Sweden and Soviet Russia, each coun
try sends commercial commissioners
to th" other, and general foreign
trade in both directions Is picking
up.
Chowan Baptists Called
Upon To Finish The Task
Only 23 more days remain for
-Sffttn'r.iThifnn Hapim* in the pay
ment of pledge* mad*' to the 75 Mil
lion Campaign for the fourth fiscal
year. The total amount paid In by
j North Carolina Baptists since lust
December la $414.350.00. Their quota
for the year Is $1,228,000.00. leav
ing a balance of $813,650.00 to
raised by December 1, 19 23. If the
| full quota Is reached.
It*-?. It. P. Hall, director of the
I "Round-Up Campaign" for the Chow
an Association, has written letters to
all th?- pastors. Sunday school super
I intendenla. church clerkv W. M. S.
and It. Y. P. I*, leaders, urging them
to rally their forces In th<- local
church for the payment of their
pledges.
"At least $500,000.00 must bo
raised by North Carolina IlapMsts
within the neat three weeks or we
face a serious and diftiatrous sit
uation for our whole program Beit
year." says Mr. Ilall
"Tho last report of the U. S. Cen
sus Bureau ?ave the average per
capita Income for North Carolina,
taking Into account women, childrt;..
nparoen. and everybody else, at
*3*3.00 per capita. Certainly IVip
tlsts. who doubtless have a large pro
portion of adult members than any
other denomination, will not claim
that the c?tluvited per capita Income
1* too high for them. There are
326.06fi Maptlsts In North Carolina,
and If they would give only a tenth
of their Income to Ood they would
place Into the I/ord's treasury this
year $ 1 2.4RR.289 50. There are 11.
679 Haptl?t* In the Chowan Associa
tion. and If they would give a tenth
of their Income to Ood they would
give $447,305.70. Since Ood has
ao bountifully blessed this aectlon.
at no other aectlon In the South,
surely we ought to give God Ills
'-<Tt i\ rr-. ? " ? 1 1
"November 4-11 Ih Pijf-l'p anil
Pay-In-Weak for the Baptists of this
State. The pastors and lending men
and women In the local churches
are urged to lay this matter on the
hearts of the people, and to call for
? i In-arty response In the payment of
pledges. and for a free-will caHh of
fering from all those Who made no
pledge In the original Campaign. It
W hoped that the Baptists of the
Chowan Association will los j no
time, spire no efforts, and make a
worthy Macrlflce to bring this As
rocjation over the top," says .Mr.
If.. 11
"Four years ago our Association
pledged 521'?..169.43 on the 7 5 Mil
lion Dollar Campaign. Cp to Aug.
29. 1923. we had paid $154.575 99.
leivfng a balance of >55.793.4 4 to
be raised by tier. 1, 1924.
"We are now renpin? the most
bountiful harvest that this section
ha.; seen In many years. Clod han
showered us with material blessings.
Tlien let uj* ask and answer a* did
the P?alml*t: "What shall I render
unto the Lord for all Ills benefits
?o'ward n>?*?- I will pay my vows
unto the Lord now In the presence
of all Ills people."
'"?Southern Baptists sp<-nt lost year
$V per capita for non-essentials.
unrh as candy, chewing gum. soda
water, iiasehall. face paint md pow
der. tobaccos, etc. While on the oth
er hand we- snent les* than $4.00
per capita for the Lord's work. la
H not enough to put us to shame?
"For years we hove prayed to Ood
to open the doors of the non-Christ
ian world to Hln message. He has
answered our prayers and torn the
doors from their binges. That Is
His response. What shsll be ours?"
Jules Jusserand Calls
On President Coolidge
Leave- \fH?|ia|i;?r In W hat W as Said in Way of
l>?ivi,ri',linn VII of riit in are
liii-v Doiivi It ISow
lt> II Will UWKKNCK
<Cn*vri?ht. I?U. By Tht Advanrr)
Washington July (>?lull's Jusserand, French ambassador
to the I'nited States, presented to President Coolidge today the
good wishes of the French government.
It was the first time the
French ambassador had had
the oppoi tunity to do so as he
was in Kurope when the new j
President took the oath of]
office.
Mr. Jusserand's visit wan, however, (
more* than a formal rail to pay hi*
respects. He was with Mr. Coolidxe
for nearly a Jwilf hour and the dis
cussion concerned the proposed com-1
mission of experts to determine the
capacity of Germany to pay repar- I
at ions.
The French ambassador was in a
J jovial mod** an.usual when he einer- ?
|ged from the conference. He wan j
| reminded that when he left the
i I'nited States press reports from i
'abroad stated that he would not re
! t u rn.
[ "I have btcti in the I'nited States'
21 years'* remarked Mr. Jusserand,
J"and I think that report has been
published twenty-one times.'
The ambassador is the dean of the
diplomatic corps here and has serv
ed his country in the Roosevelt,
? Taft. Wilson, Harding and Coolidue
! administration. He was a favorite
of the late President Itoosevelt,
'having been one of the famous
;"tennis cabinet" -which played on
;ilie courts that once occupied the
ground taken up by the txecutlve
' offices.
"When I made the voyage back
Ithe other day." said the umbassa
' dor with a laugh, "I was afraid the
| chip's captain bad heard about the
1 presa report* that I wasn't coming
back. We were zigzagged all over
Ithe Atlantic Ocean. First we.were
told that we would land at New
York. then it was changed to Bos
ton and finally we were landed at
Portland, Maine. When they told
me they were going to dock at
Portland, I asked the captain if he
was sure it wouldn't be Portland,
Oregon.
"1 understand the ship was anx
ious to land its immigrants so as to
come within the November <luota.
What a change! Although Senator
! La Follette and I were on hoard, wo
had to give w-iv In the immigrants."
The ambassador was In high spir
its nevertheless. and said he was
ghid to be bark In Washington again,
lie declined, of course, to talk about
his visit to the President. To a group
of reporters who inquired aibout It,
he said:
"Whether we talked about the
weather or European politics. I
leave it to your clever minds to
guess."
The French ambassador had a long
conv? rf--.itIon with Secretary of State
Hughes on Monday and presented the
subrtanre of a cablegram he received
from Premier Polncare about tho
proposed inquiry into German repa
rations. Mr. Hughes' reply Is well
known and the only points of dif
ference that reniiln between tho
French and American position are
not now regarded as Insuperable.
An air of hope prevails that at lust
the n paction deadlock will be brok- ;
It is. of course, within the range
of poHslhlllty that Premier Pofncare.
will take?nw absolutely Irrvronrli
c-'de stand btut If he docs no In* for
feit* the first opportunity in three
years to win American cooperation
In European affairs. N*obody here
in ih" government believes he will
run that risk. In fart the Impression
It that compromise terms will he
worked out In I/ondon and Paris j
within the next forty eight hours and
then a formal invit itlon will be Is
sued by the Hrltlsh government;
which all 'he powers can accept.
I.1QUOK IS SEIZED
AT ItOCaiF. INI.FT|
N- w Hern. Nov. 7 The nir illarv
schooii'-r Pilot. Hailini; from Nassau
with a ^ftr^o of barrels and 21
cases of rye whiskey, was seized at <
ltm.il" Inlet Coast fJuard station last !
nl?ht. nccordlnt to a telephone re
pott received here.
iw;<;est i iciiiiku sk
(iOF.S INTO SEItVICE
Christiana. Nov. 7. The- largest
1'gMhotise hitherto ffected along the
Norwegian roast was used for the
first time October 1.
The lighthouse, which Is of con
crete and Is ISO feet high, has been
built on flletrlngoen near Tltran on!
the wo?t roast. The m iIn lantern
has .in Intensity of 465.006 normal
candle power and flashes two beams |
in quick succession every fifteen sec-I
onds. A supplementary light 1llnmt~!
nates some dangerous rocks In the'
vicinity. In foggy weather a power-;
fill siren will jclvo the necessary,
warnings. I
PHILIP FOX ON
TRIAL NEXT WEEK
This Announcement and I*
nuance of Peace Warrants
Chief Features in Klan Case
Development*.
Atlnnta, Nov. T-?-If the necessary
?arrangements can V be completed.
Philip Fox. publicity chief for tho
Kn Klnx Klan. will be placed on trial
next week for murder c f Capt. W. S.
Cohurn, attorney for the Simmons
faction ??f the organization. Solid
tor Hoykin announced today.
This announcement and the is
nuance of the peace warrant* against
Imperial Wizard Brans and three of
his personal lieutenants today con
' Ftftuted the outstanding develop
j ments in thf situation resulting from
the killing of Coburn.
I Hr. Fred Pohnson. chief of the staff
I for Simmons, named In the warrant
as complainant, chawd that the Co
burn slaying had caused him to fear
I bodily harm from the four Klan of
{ Hritte
Twenty Three Are
Killed In Rioting
Tl\? Aaaorltird !'tr?.l
Warsaw. Nov. 7.? Twenty-three
j persona have t?tn RlUed and thi?o
: score wounded In rioting and bomb
ings growing out of the strike of
railway workers here. Disorders oc
|curred despite the agreement of So
cialists to call ofT the strike in re
turn for the government's promise to
withdraw the militia from tlie rail
: roa<J-s>
I REPUBLICANS GIVEN
MAJOKITY OF SIX
Washington. Nov. 7.?The Repub
licans were given a majority of six
in the Senate yesterday by the elec
tion of Representative Dale of Ver
; mont to succeed the late Senator
Dillingham.
Incomplete returns Indicate the
| election ?if Win. J. Fields. Democrat,
sis governor of Kentucky, and give
Governor Ritchie. Democrat. of
Maryland, a lead for re-election.
On the face of congressional re
turns it I: indicated that the lineup
in the next House of Representatives
will be: Republicans 22ft, Demo
crat 205. Socialist I. Independent 1,
Farmer Laborite 1, making the Re
publican majority 17.
lltTNDKKI) INJlltFI)
IN FOOD KIOTING
Merlin. Nov. 7. More than 1.000
shops were wrecked and more than
IPO p? rsons were Injured in food
i riots here yesterday.
PTmSTTTCrS nKH KIt
FOR agreement
illr Th* rr?it
Pariji, Nov. 7?l'ro*pect* for agree
ment between Franco and Groat Brit
ain on the text of the Invitation to
the United State* to join the confer
ence of experts for examination
the reparation* question arc regarded
In diplomatir and French official
circle* iin brighter.
Mine Explosion
Remains Mystery
(?ren llogrr*. W. Vp.. Nov, 7. ?
The bodies ?;f 27 miner* killed yes
terday In th? explosion In the mine
of the Itnli'lL'h Wyoming Coal Com
pany lay nlde hy side In the under
taking establishment In Mullln* to
day where they were taken on p fj" -
elal train r.oon n* recovered from
son f#?et below the surface which
had proved their tomb.
Meantime the ptM* mining de
partment la conducting an Investiga
tion but It seemed Improbable today
that the cause of the accumulation
of gnu in the entry or how it became
Ignited would ever he explained.
rorrox MWtKKT
New York, Nov. 7.? Spot cotton.
Cloned steady. Middling 34.SO an ad
vinoe of 125 point*. Futures, clos
ing bid. Dec. 33 95, Jan. 33.65. March
33.82. May 33.88, July 33.30.
New York. Nov. 7.?Cotton futu
res opened today at the following
levels: Dec. 33.75. Jan. S3.25.
March 38 50, May 33.70. July SS.01.