North Carolina Newspapers

********* ? THE WEATHER * * * * I'arllr rlondv timifclil * 1I1KN-. fgm\ . * C.tliCLL iril)\ * :v,7t7J?z: CSIM1I : : / * ninth. VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION*. ELIZABETH CITY, XORTII CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21. 192:5. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 271. LORD CREW GETS ' LONDON MESSAGE' \ii<l Council of \nil>a?*u<Ior? Immediately Mecl to Coin-1 pletp N^ri-cniPiil on Mili tary Control. I Ttt>f A*?????! rfl rr^? ? Paris. Nov. 21. I.ord Cr? w. Iii it lull ambassador. today ivoiv.d In-J structions from London rcciirdinu the note the Allies ar?? to wild Ger many. It was then announced tlmt tb? Council (if Ainbassador.s would meet this afternoon to complete the agree nient reached by the council on Mon-; day with regard to the resumption of Inter-Alllcd military control In Ger many. It I* accepted as certain In Paris that the entente will survive the present crisis, but there Is very lit tle enthusiasm for the compromise through which the break was avert-j TIic provisional character of the accord Is one of the reasons for the coolness toward it. The fact that the Hritish government was not rea dy to signify its acceptance after consideration of more than 24 hot.rs, necessitating the postponement of final action by the Allied Council of Ambassadors, is interpreted as evi dence that the accord is only mod erately pleasing to London. & PLAN THANKSGIVING BASKET DISTRIBUTION At the Central Council of Public Welfare Tuesday evening plans were made for distributing baskets at Thanksgiving to the sick and needy. Each year the schoolchildren take their thank offerings of groceries to the school on Tuesday of Thanksgiv ing week, and on Wednesday the baskets arc-packed and delivered by the Welfare Department, so that on Thanksuiving Day every one may rest and be thankful. Miss Emeth Tuttle of the Stale Board of Public Welfare was pres ent Tuesday evening and spoke for a f< v minutes op the clinic tot crip pled children, which was conducted Wtdnesday. She said that some or ganization should be responsible for "The "TftlTow up work" after the clinic to see that the crippled children are encouraged to take advantage of the treatment offered by the Orthoprdlc Hospital. The representative of the Rotarlans promptly declared that the Rotary Club would do this, and Miss Tuttle said "That moans that it will be well done. I know." Miss Tuttle also spoke briefly on the work the State is doing In the Mothers* Aid department of public welfare work. POLICE SEARCH I OK SLAYER OF CHILD New York, Nov. 21.?The police directed every resource at their com mand today in the search for the slayer of four-year-old Irving Plck elny whose body was found yester day in a dark tenement basement on tin lower East Side. The child is thought to have been lured to the basement, attacked and smothered to death In the effort to stop his cries. KK.fJlK.T IS KXI'ltKSSF.D WHKX IWSTOU I.KWI'.S Washington, Nov. 21.?I'nlVi r.sal regret Is expressed over the assign ment of Uev. J. H. McCracken. pas tor of the M. K. Church here Tor thr< e years, to another fleld of labor. It was hoped that the bishop would return him here for another year. He has done a wonderful work In the city and leavrs his church In excellent shape for hi* successor. Mi. McCracken and family expect to leave for Trov, their new home, next Tu? sday. It Ik understood that the Itev. Mr. Havinan. the new pnstor. will arrive here the latter part of the week a*. I 1)11 the pulpit of the Flrat M. E Church next Sunday. DKATOII'M MKD.U< POH STOW,NTS OF Tit I MTV Trinity Collect, Durham, Nov. 21. Mrs.* H. I/. Carr. of Durham, lias established an orator's medal at Trinity College In memory of her son Ifuch Lyon Carr. Jr . of the class of 11?2R. who was killed last year In a railroad accident Tli medal Is to he awarded through the Hes|>erlaii Literary Society, of which young Mr. Cut was a member. It will uo to I heal orator In Carr's class who tui- made three appearances before \ :il 1 and two after,April 1 of each r. The i!e'!rloii as to the winner tl-o medal, which will be called' i Htiuh Lyon Carr Medal, will be! made by a committee of Judges so lected by the society. The medal w II be presented to the winner) nl ?ng with other m. dais at com-, in !IC< llieiit. fOTTON M XltKKT N \v York, Nov. 21.?Spot cotton,1 <1 steady, Middling 3ft.90, an ad-1 \.ii i- of 55 points above the open-, i< Futures, closing bid, Dee. , in. Jan. 34.80. March 35.03, May 35.-7. July 34.73, Oct. 28.75. Ne? York. November 2ft.?Cotton | future* opened this morning at the following levels: December 34.98; | January 34.45; March 34.70; May, 34.78: July 34.27; October 28.40. Army and Navy to Unite for Defence i;<-oi g.uiis.at :?<ii I'lom-aiu lJrrluiiil T? lit' Mom i ii-iit K\w KfflTlwl Washington. Nov. U1 ? Through ? the completion of a reorganization program began iuiuutdiatdy after (lie Worlil War. thi* rnitcd States at ! ?>t has a Supr? uie Council of ! National D?-feuse which is declared hv service experts to be the most I efficient . ver aftcited. An even half d.iz?n officers*, three Army and three Navy men, comprise th? council, officially termed the I Joint Bi.urd. Appointments are all ex-officio. the detail of an officer tp: a certain bureau carrying with it membership on the hoard. The] present organization includes Gen-' er-il John J. Pershing, chief of staff; ' Major General John L. Mines, depu ty chief unci head of the army war plane division, and Brigadier Gen eral Briunt H. Wells, for the land forces, and Admiral E. W. Eberle; Hie ""director"* bT"~wa r """plans ' "of (lie" Navy, Rear Admiral W. R. Shoe maker. and the assistant chief of op erations. Rear Admiral R. H. Jack son for the Navy. To this board is finally referred every major problem involving the national security, and all items of in formation and all rumors which may have a remote bearing upon the na tional defense. The new organiza tion extends In a network over the entire country, having representa tion in every naval district-and army corps area, where officers of the two services ni%>t regularly to discuss the defense of the section under their charge and its relation to the I national strategic plan. The Joint Aeronautical Board has been made virtually an adjunct of the super-council through on order which requires its recommendation to be referred to the higher tribunal. A similar restriction upon the Joint ^Munitions Hoard, composed of the assistant secretaries of War and Navy, brings this agency/of defense under the same directing control. An indication of the scope of the new plan is given in the following partial list of subjects recently pre sented under the same directing control. An indication of the scope of the new plan is given in the following partial list of subjects recently pre sented for the consideration of the Doard: Functions and Missions of the Army. Navy, and Marine Corns. Size of the Panama Canal Locks. National Policy Bearing Upon Strategy. General Policy for the Army and Navy relative to the Supply, Main tenance and Functions of Aircraft. Project for Army Aviation Sta t ions. Policy Relative to Development of Aircraft in the Army and Navy. Policy Relative to Uses of Rigid Airsliops by the Ariny and Navy. Joint Army and Navy Action in Coast Defense. Kxtent and Development of Bases Required for Certain Campaigns. Determinations of Functions of Marine Corps In Peace and War. Defense Plans for Sections of the Coast. Courses of Instruction. Army War College and Naval War College. Joint Uses of Certain Places as Aviation Bases. Comment on Proposed Legislation Relative to a United Air Service. Comment on Proposed Transfer of i Army Transport Service to the Navy. Allocation of Shipping to the Army and Navy in War. Selection of Sites for Rigid Di rigible Stations. Establishment of Rodio Compass Stations. Air Defense Plans for Certain I Areas. Experiments in Bombing Naval I Vessels from Aircraft. Coordination Between the Stole, War and Navy Departments in mat ters Affecting National Policy. Censorship and control of Commu nications in War. Coal and Fuel Oil Supply and Storage. Man-power Available for Military and N??val Purposes. Distribution to the Army, Navy, find Marine Corps of Honors Award ed by the Portuguese Government. Water Supnly Project for P??nrl Harbor Naval Station. Fort Knm? ha mehn, etc. Coordination of Army and Navy Air Program. Combined Army and Navy Exer cises for the Coming Winter, Mllll* COMMISSION" IS MKKTIXIi AT IS \l.f-:i?.-|l Raleigh. Nov. 21. The Sfnl" Fhlp and Water Transportation Commission Is meeting h^re today.! November 21. to assimilate and cn-j slder information It has gathered nt : previous meetings, according t<? an announcement by the commission's j secretary. The commi??lon has r<roived briefs from Wilmington. South"ort and other scacoapt cltlr*s of tli?- Stat" relative to their possibilities Iri th?* way of port development and ha* held several h^arlngn at which rep resentatives of thr eltle* and towns presented Information In regard to the development of better North Carolina ports and waterways. At the meeting Wednesday work will he started on preparing the commis sion's report on Its Investigation". COTTON CKOSSES :55 CENTS M \!!k n ? v..i\i>v. :i n,?m In r c ll> m rri>.jM-ii ttie t?t>- n,:irk shorl'v ai'ier tin op. - in. ? >: t\? mar"..i-t here t? ? d: >. T'is i* t!ie l i*-5i?>t price it i'"."' in ::r..i?? hi: ! ?;:\> mill ni>d coi.unis.-ioti h??u . Iiu: !nu. WEEKSVILLE HIGH IS VERY POPULAR Throe New Trucks Just Bought to Take I'ujiils to School ami Enrollment Pa?iiij! Expectation-. \Wksvillp High School, which opened in its handsome new build ing on Monday. November has en rolled !?fi5 pupils. 77 of whom are tn ttie?htxtr-srhool- department: I So marked has been the growth I of enrollment that three new trucks [ have been purchased and will be ready for use next Monday. The two small schools. Sound 'Neck and Dry Uidge, which had been 1 left In the district for the young I children who could not . attend the !big school or preferred to go nearer at home, have been so depleted that : the teachers of these schools with their pupils have been moved to the new school. building. i Miss Mary Louise Skinner was teaching at Sound N?ck with an en rollment of about 12 and an attend , ancn of about ten. They decided to move body and soul. ? At Dry Itidue ' Miss Elizabeth Wood was teaching with an enroll ment of six. They soon sought com pany and better quarters. So now Miss Skinner and Miss Wood are bona ftde. members of the -fa?u4ty _of?the ' 'Weeksville ..high school. This makes 12 teachers, nine in. the grades and three in the high school department, and every ; room in the new building is occu ! pied. Even the hardest workers for and the best friends of the new high school at WeeksvIPe have li&en i amazed at the enthusiasm for edu . cation and (he pride In the new school which have been in evidence in the last two weeks, and at the present rate of progress, the now building will be adding new rooms and new teachers by another year. REPORTS ROYAL PALACE NEVER s.\\\ A BATHTUB Prague, November 2i ? Prague counts as many curiosity shops as the ordinary city does butchers and ?bakers, and articles of striking in terest often are to be seen In their windows. Not long ago one display ed an elaborate bathtub, pewter or namented with copper, said to have I belonged to and been used by the late Emperor of Austria. Francis Jo tseph, and the exhibit attracted as ' much attention as would have the actual throne of the royal ilaps hurgs. | This piece of imperial furniture was bought by a man who made a fortune during the war selling paper-soled shoes to the Austrian I army, and it became the most valued piece of his collection In his new I villa near Prague. He showed it to ihis visitors with much pride, and ifl oated patronizingly how much it had cost him. Then one day one questioned Its authenticity. Tfie owner at once started an investigation in Vienna, and was In due time informed by his agent that Francis Joseph never used a bath tub. preferring a daily sponge bath with cold water and a brisk rub-down, and that during the days of this emperor there was not a sin gle bath room .or even A bath tub. In ih? AustrlanMiniperial palace. HOY FATALLY HI HT IN U TO \C< IDEM Washington. Nov. 21. Robert ' Chauncfcy, 10-vfar old son of Snufuel iChauncev of Chocowlnlty. wan fault ily Injured by being strurk !?' an au tomobile on (lio Wnshlnv ton Wll llamston bnrd surfared road Satur day afternoon about & o'rlnek. The boy died within half nn hour after ward* In the Fowle Memorial Ho: pltal as a result of a fraettired skull. The tragedy orrurr?d about one i.?I from thin city. A Coroner's |ury viewed tlu- remains at the homo "f his father In Chocowlnlty Monday afternoon. The Jury will make a full Investigation of the accident here next Wednesday. Krom all the farts gathered by tl)ls paper the ac rid' tit was purely an accident and could not be avoided. Robert Chnuncev and Jesse Fltt man were rldlnc their bicycles on: the road, according to Plttman. and when about one mile from the city they come up with a mule and wag-* on In which Pat Clark and Charles Albrltton. colored, were rldlntr. Pitt nian says he saw nn automobile ap proarhlng so he rnuKht hold of-the wagon to steady himself. Chvmcey who was riding behind him rode up also and just as the r.utomoh !? and wagon met Chauncey was thrown from his wheel nnd In falling. hi* body was thrown some distanre. In falling to the pavement Chaunrey tried to catrh hold of the running board, but missed It, which caused his head to strike the hub of the car wheel resulting In the fracturing of i his skull and his death. CONFERENCE AT MOUNT LEBANON 1 !iirli*i'iilli Animal S?*?ion of \. >5. E. /.ion Chrrcli ( ?iiiM-no W illi iii-iio'i J.in-' ?-olll IVl'MilillfJ. Tfi- thirteenth a inula I session of j ll?*- A!l? marl*' Couferetit tin* A., M. I'!. Zioti Church opened at 111 o'clock Wi dn< sda.v at Mt. ' la l?anon j Church in this rliv Willi ItLdiop: (I?*or-?' I.iii? >*!ti of Philadelphia pre-1 tddittv. In tin- organization Wrdni'Miay | inoniiii'. Rev. II. N. l>rew was elect ed Hrr?-lar>: K. \V. M. liutler re porter for tin- local papers, ami Rev. I'Mlip Mcl)onald r?iinrt?T to the Siar of /Ion, \vhich Is tin- or*an oi ili- A. M. K. /ion Church. i Rev. .1. H. Garrett. presidlnu hitler of the Klizabeth City district, thenl lined out the hymn. "I'm Not , Ashamed to Own My Lord." am* it I -w-a* tyuu . Iwartily.hy. .tla* .coQKTi-^a.- j tl^n. I openinu sermon was preached I by Kt?y. W. M. RufTin of Hertford.; I after wl-icli tin* holy communion was administered. The visitors to the conference In cluded Rev. \V. J. Walls, editor of I the star of Zlon. Charlotte; Rev. \V. I J. Harris. Norfolk; Rev. M. F. f ires-1 }ory. Richmond; I. Smith. Wafthinx-' | ton. D. C.; Rev. T. C. Hofflcr. Nor folk; Ri-v. \. R. Draper, Pcterabunj; ;J. Smith, 1 Philadelphia. The pastor of Mount Lebanon Church. Dr. D. S. Rlnckweli, Is workiriK hard for the entertainment nn?l comfort of the visitors to the | conference. Dipping Vats Had Been Cleaned Out Calls For Bloodhounds Sound ed Like Something Bigger, But That Was All \Vednesday,_*vas "dip-day" at the cattle dipping-vat in Old Trap town ship. Camd? n County. Hut no cat ?Ue-wer?> dipped. ? When tin- first cat tl?* (iwnort? arrived im. hci-iio Wednesday motiflng it was to dis cover tliat all tlio dipping solution had boon dipped out of the vat dur ! inu the night and there were no jclii'iiiicals on hand to charge the vat ? avaln. The solution had not only been [dipped out. according to witnesses, l>ut the bottom of tl><< vat hud been scraped clean an w< II. "I think it would bo a good Idea." j said a Camden farmer at Siiiloh Wednesday morning, "if all tho vat? i in the county were cleaned out. The solution in tin* vat where I dip has j been used ho Ions and in ho full of dirt ami manure that it cakes when tin* solution dries on an animal tfiat ; fias been dipped." A rail to Klizabeth City for blood hounds from Old Trap Wednesday , morning war the occasion of some excitement when newn of it repchod ' The Advance offlci ; but Investlga tion disclosed that nobody had been murdeiT?d and not hint; had been stolen. Not even had there be? n a dynamiting of a dipping vat. ltut evidently Home cattle owner in Cam den hnd an Idea tho* the dlpplnu so lution In the Old Trap vat had be fill used long enough. "Have you had a robbery or any thing llko that around Old Trap?" Inquired the reporter, who was try ing to fathom the mystery of the call for bloodhound*. "We had a pc'oflce robbery about three weeks ago." *vas the an swer. Thinking himself on the track of a bigger story, the reporter did not pause to inquire as to the sire of the robber's hau'. Three weeks is a long time ago to a daily news paper. BIG HUM ItlJNNKK UNLOADS ITS C.AKGO fHr Th? I'wi.i Highlands. N. J., Nov. 21.?Jer sey coast rum runners took more tli'in 20 loads from five liquor car rier about ten.miles off The High lands last night In the first exten sive xmuttgling operation attempted in months. 4 With the exception of one load, wiil'h was dumped Into the sea when the Coast Ouord gave chase. all the liquor was reported safely asliore. Onf of the large t schooners In the rum fleet departed today, evi dently having disposed of her cargo during the night. I>IES FROM WOUND SEI.F INFLICTED Yonkers. N Y.. Nov. 21 Mayor Walter Taussig was found In bis garage behind bis home here today, his revolver near him, and was ts?V: en to a hosidtal where he died from a bulbt wound believed by the i>o lice to have been self inflicted. I im:ii i ok HPKKDIXU In police court Wednesday morn ing Hilly Harris for aneedltu was fined 110 and costs; Jesse I'ipkln for riding bicycle without llshts was flned 91 and costs, and John Dan iels submitted out of court to the charge of drunkencss and was flr.ed 95 and costs. | Clinic Attended Wednesday By Many Little Cripples Oxer Half ill' Tiii-iii from I'sisqiiolank <!ounl\?\l One O'clock l-'ivc Mail Been found Kli^ililc for Treat iiicnl in llic Hospital al <?a?toiiia WALTON BEGINS FIGHT IN COURTS Oi'|iiwimI Kxeeulivc of Okla homa ( Jaim* Did Not !{?? r?*ive I'uir Trial lo Which II.- W ih Knlillrd. Oklahoma City, Nov. 21.?Open-' ing his 11 ulit to, regain the governor's offJci.v-Js- Cv.\V'4Ut4)R- today went- - in-t-o ?' Federal Court hero to renew his pleu for Government intervention in the proceedings of the senate court of impeachment by which he was con-1 vlctud of 11 charges of official mis-1 conduct and ousted by unanimous | verdict. The deposed executive seeks a ivt roactive injunction to set aside the J action of the senate court and re- i store him to office on the grounds that lie was denied the right of a fair trial to which he was entitled, under the Federal constitution. Its primary purpose of removing! Walton from the governor's Heat having been accomplished, the state legislature shaped its plans for a general investigation of the admin istration and to consider anti-Ku Klux Klan legislation before ad journing. . Walton's application was dis missed by Judge Kohn Cottrcll who ruled that his court did not have jurisdiction in the case. Walton then announced that he would appeal to the 1'nited States ,Supreme Court. Senior Class Will Give A Jolly Play j Even Solemn-Faced Folk Will Laugh At "Clarence" Fri day Night The senior class of the Elizabeth City high school on Kridav evening at X o'clock will present "Clarence," llooth T.irkington's famous comedy, at the high school auditorium. The cast has been working hard and gives every promise of a suc cessful entertainment. The play is well chosen, as'-??Clarence" Is a side splitting affair, and is designed to make even the most solemn burst forth in merry peals of unrestrained mirth. Kveryone likes.a good com edy so the class hopes the auditor ium will l?e well packed. The cast following Is given in the ord< r of their appearances: Mrs. Martin Dorothy Chappel) Mr. Wheeler Jack Jennette Mr*. Wheelei Margaret Hollowed Hobby Wheeler Thomas Itiddick Cora Wheeler N ? 11 Jones Violet Plnney Hachel Williams Clarence Krvin Mldgett I Mia Mary Dozler. Dlnwlddio James Hill Hubert Stem Walter Pearson The part of "Clarence." the sol emn, spectacled, pence-making youth, who attempts to restore harmony to an upset household, furnishes many hit ghs. Krvin Midgett has b?*en Chosen for the part as he Is natural ly witty, and lie takes the part very cleverly. The\ *">es are as follows: Act I.- i ne anteroom to Mr. Wheel er's vrlvnt" office, New York. Act. II.?-Living room of Mr. Wheel er's home, ling lev.- ood. N. J. Act III. Tile same. Ths?t evening. Act IV.- -The same. Next morning. Germans Fail in Efforts Huy Ships 11.* mhtirg, Nov. 21*?America's derNion not to *eii any casl-off war ships to foreign buyers on the ground that surh action would minimize war, has attracted much attention in F.urope. Several German firms mad*' inquiries in Washington eon ? ? rning battleships which were to he scrapped, 'is the vessel* were desired by them for the Iron and steel they contained. About the time the policy of the VTnlted Stales government was an nounced, it was learned here that several battleships upon which con struction began during the Czar's regjni". but which never were com pitted ?'? ? Mi it i?h bv (fit Soviet gov ernment to a llrltlsh wrecking con cern to b" used ns scrap Iron and melted down. Word to this effect came from PetrogMd to German shipping companies who were inter ested In the deal, but whom. It ap pears, were out-bid by the British. CJKItMAN MAY All) MAHY Berlin, November 21?Emil Jan nings, well known legitimate and film actor, has been asked by Mary Pick ford to play the role of her father In a new film, work on which will begin January 1, ' Mori* than a score of children, "lore than half of whom were from Pasquotank, had pre>ented them* selves* at the orthopaedic clinic at Ihf Chamber of Commerce room* in the Community ituildlm: for examin atfnn ii|? to (h?? time when tills news paper went to press. Of IIipw up to 1 o'clock at least fivr had been found eligible for ad mission to the hospital and will be rw'lvi'd there for treatment, pro vided that their parents will agree to the children's being treated at the hospital and provided arrangements can bp made for defraying travelling expenses to the institution. Of the others examined who are not eligible for admission Into the " hospital, bv no means all are hope less. The larger number are under private treatment and are makir? satisfactory progress toward recov ery. In some of these cases the ex auiiiiiim physician was able to make suggestions as to treatment which, if adopted, would hasten or insuro more complete recovery. Besides those from Pasquotank, children presented themselves for examination from . Currituck, Cam den. Perquimans, dates. Chowan, and Tyrrell counties, the largest number from any other single coun ty being four from Perquimans. From Chowan came one little fellow who had been treated at the hosnital to report to l)r. Miller and show what the hospital had done for blin. The boy was accompanied by his de lighted father, who could not say enough for what the hospital had done for his boy. The North ,Carollnn. Orthopaedic Hospital opened Its doors for pin? itients on July 1. 1921, and since that time lietween 700 and 800 chil dren treated there "have gone out I from Its doors with crooked limbs made straight and useless members reatored to normal function so that ; In some Instances those who crept {inio itie hospital wtr* able to w%}k out s -These clinics are held in various part of the State for the convenience of mothers and fathers of the chil dren and also by reason Of the great | er economy of bringing I)r. Miller and his assistant to Klizabeth City ? rather' than of taking all of the crippled children to the hospital. Not less than $50 each would have J^ieen the cost of taking the children who were examined Wednesday to the hospital, for instance. Dr. Miller In surgeon-ln-chlef of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Hos pital. which is situated on Hablng ton Heights overlooking Castonla. He was assisted here by Miss Kmeth Tuttle of the State Hoard of Public Welfare, by Mrs. Anna Lewis, Coun ty welfare officer of Pasquotank, by Rev. (J. F. Hill, Miss Mnrcle Albert son. home demonstration agent for Pasquotank, and l>y Miss Helen Gal ther, home demonstration agent. and Miss Victory, public hep 1th nurse, for Perquimans County. CAITI'ICKS 1'Ot It STILLS Washington. Nov. 21. ? Four moonshine stills were accounted for by Deputy Sheriff .1. .1. Hodges nnd Constable J. IT Cox last week. On Monday in Washington township two plants were" captured by these officers, one a 75-gallon monkey rum outfit and also poured out .100 gal lons or b> er. The Mccond outfit was a irallon still all ready for man ufacturing; corn liquor. At this plant about 1.4 00 gallons of beer was poured out. Last Saturday In Washington township the officers located two more plants, a t>0-i?allnn and a 7 5 ?-allon still Over 100 gallon*? of beer were found at both nlnntu All of the plants were complete nnd ready for business. enm.ic hearings I'KACTICAf.l.Y KN'PF.O Washington. Nov. 21. With the iitibllc hearings ended, counsel for the Senate Veterans Committee to day heuan the task of shaping up for consideration of committeemen the vast volume ,,f information leathered In the investigation of the Veterans Bureau. Put under way Inst March, the in quiry wa.i conducted simultaneously In practically every state and on I - initiated In public charges of corrup tion. waste, debauchery and .intrigue. The Information collected will be ri n:-idet. d by the committee during the next three weeks. GINNING RECORD BELOW LAST YEAR Washington, Nov. 21.-?Cotton -iniied prior to November 14 totalled riinning bales, a? com pared with K.R?!).f>78 to that date last yoqr. the Census Bureau an nounced today. SKKKtt I.WDINO KIKLI) Ashevllle, Nov. 21. A Ignited States Army aviation observer is ex pected in Ashevllle this week to se lect a landing field for the Army air planes expected to come here soon to assist In making a survey of the up per French Broad River with view to the establishment of water power projects.