Has Played Martyr But He
Seems Really Plain Crook
W illhini II. VmliTHiu of ><??? ^ <irk. Sitprrinli -mli-nl of !':??
Stiili* Vnli-Saloon liauur. I la* Kept l'|? ( rj ol IVr
x'rntioii in I- ol'Fonr Imlirtmi nl
(jol His Money from
Mv?li-rion? Fricni!
New York', January
William II. Anderson. superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon
League. on trial here for for
g? ry, asserted yesterday that
$20,u0u which lie got hold of
was given l*y a "mysterious
friend" whoso name he did not
know anil who has since dis
appeared.
Ry ItOW LAM) WOO II
C03?ri?M. IV24. by The Advance
New York. January 25 ? Martyr |
or potty crook?
That, in the last analysis, is the
question on which twelve Jurors
mu?t vote when the trial of William 1
H. Anderson, state superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, and stormy i
petrel of the wet and dry fight in
i his State, comes to an end. probably !
late today.
Technically, the^rial is one to de
termine whether Anderson was;
guilty of third degree forgery In or
dering (he books of the league al
tered to conceal the fact that he had
forced O. Bertsall Phillips, a fund (
solicitor, to split commissions on
league funds which he had collected
from "dry" adherents.
Hut Anderson, perhaps the most
forceful slinger of invective who ever
dodged the libel laws of New York
State, insists, in scorns of bulletins
which lie sends almost daily to the
press, that the whole affair is a frame
up. ? ugineered by tlio "liquor inter
ests" to discredit him and wreck the
league. The league stands back of
him asserting most vehemently that
he has done nothing wfotig.
It Was with the air of a martyr,
calmly resigned to hfs fate, that
Anderson sat through the present
action of the state's case, and it was
as a martyr [hat the friendly part
of the audience in the court room re
garded him. as they watched the big. :
sleek figure </f the man loll non
chantly in his seat at the trial table.
"Isn't he magnificent?" whispered
one minister in the audience to a re*
porter whom he had seen talking to
the defendant, and whom he had
talk- n as a friend of Anderson. "We
have been praying day and night for
his acquittal."
Hut Assistant District Attorney
Pecora, who was conducting the
case against him. proceeded on the
theory that Andersc/n was a peity
crook. The whole line of bis ques
tioning was designed to show that
Anderson, In effect, was the Anti
Saloon League of this state, and that
he conducted it principally for per
sonal gain ? not hesitating to levy
tribute from a collector who was
making a better thing out of it than
Ills "boss."
When Anderson was burning up
the district attorney's office for in
vestigating the charges Phillips bad
brought against him. he said, among
other things, that It would be a
?"cold day" when he or the league j
could be brought to trial on any ,
criminal charge. lie also' said that
if he were tried it would be before
It was a cold day when rhe trial
started - Just ten degrees above zero.
Hut he was placed on trial before a
Haptlst Judge. Arthur S. Tompkins,
The prosecuting staff, while affilia
ted ttTTTr ~ Trmnmmvr torppvn s to be
composed of protestants.
Hut there is at least one good shaft
left in the Anderson quiver, if An
derson happens to be convicted. For,
of the Jurors sitting in Judgment
on him. nine are avowed "wets" and
three are "neutral," professing no
opinion one way or the other. The
state of the public mind, however,
rather than a deep-dyed conspiracy,
will lihve to be blamed for this, for
of the 47 talesmen examined for
the Jury, there wasn't one who would
.-ay he was dry. The record stood
34 wet and 1.1 "neutral."
If Anderson beats this charge be
has only four more to face ? two in
dictments for grand larceny and two
for extortion, all based on league fi
nancial affairs.
MO\<XJllAM ON STOCKING
London. January 25 ? There is a
certain luiivote about wearing one'n
monogram on one's stocking. A
diminutive monogram, or single ini
tial is Bow embroidered on the in
step on the side of the ankle. tWV
fashion makers say.
FIND EMPLOYMENT
FOK EX-SKKVICE MEN
Washington. Jan.* 2T?, Appoint
ment of a permanent committee of
the Ciiamher of Commerce of the
t'nit?d Stnt?s to co-operatt* with the
Veterans' nuresu In findinK employ-*
mant for rehabilitated former ser
vice men was announced today by
Julius llarnes. president of the or
ganization. !
WOULD REDUCE TO
LESS THAN HALF
Proposal for Manufacture of
Cheaper Fertilizers al Mils-!
cle Slioal- Suliniilted lo Sec-]
relary Weeks Today.
Washington. January 25 ? A pro
posal for the manufacture of f?*rt il- '
izers at Muscle. Shoals. under pro-]
cesses designed to reduce its cost to
farmers to "less than half" of pres-J
ent prices, has been worked out byj
experts in nitrogen production In (
association with three Southern j
power companies wheh have offered ?
$100,000,000 f(rr a fifty year lease'
on the Government's wartime project,
and prepared for submission to Sec- .
retary Weeks today.
As a supplement to the lease, the
offer contemplates the formation of
a $5,000,000 corporation t?r manu
facture up to 50.000 tons of fertili
zer annually.
LYONS WOMAN WANTS
THAT REWARD NOW
Suit for $2,700 with interest has
been brought by Mrs. Penelope
Lyons, young grass widow of this
city, against th?- Fidelity and Depos
it Company of Baltimore, Md.. the
young woman claim jng the Sl.ooo
and 10 per cent of all the money re
covered. which was. offered by the
bonding company as a reward fur
the capture (if J. P. Svkes, Jr.. de
faulting collection teller of the First
and Citizens National Hank. Sykes
ahsconde.l on Sunday prirrr to Labor
Day. 1!)22. $25,000 short in his ac
count*. Mrs. Lyons spent eight
months with Sykes while h?? was a
fugitive from Justice in the hills nf
Montana, after which she left him
and returned to Klizaheth City wh?-re
agents (?i the Federal Department of
Justice elicited from her informa
tion that led to Sykes arrest.
'The bonding company disputes
the claim on the ground that Mrs.
Lyons was an accessory before the
the fact to the crime.
FAI.I. IN WASHINGTON
TO TELL STOItY MONDAY
Washington. January 25 ? \ Albert
Fall is bark in Washington Jo t <*1 1
his own story about tin* series of
recent disclosures which have made
hi:n the center of the sensation
whore counterpart the National cap
ital has not seen in many years. He
arrived last night in response to the
summons from the Senate committee
and will appear before it Monday.
SERIOUSLY BURNED
IN IIIC.II POINT HUE
High Point. January 25 ? One man
was seriously burned, another was
overcame by smoke and taken to a
liospltal. and JiixetL -aUiur? ? x u m lu 1 n ? ?
ed sprains and bruises In jumping
fron# tin- 4<-ronil story win?4o\\> wlii'iij
Tim trrrtTiy destroyed ;i hoard IiTi?
house here. Einmett Usery is in
the hospital In critical condition
from burns.
EIGHTEEN CONVICTS
ESCAPE FHOM CAMP
Ashevllle. January 25 ? Kv?yy
available deputy in Madison County
.was today seeking is cirnvlcts sever-?
all of them were serving long terms
for murder and* other felonies who'
escaped last night from the recently i
established convict camp near Mar
shall. Two negro murderers were
captured here.
AUTHORIZE PURCHASE
LAND FOR ASSEMBLY,
Ashevllle Ja/iuary 25 ? Th?- Wes
tern North Carolina diocesan con
vention in sessldn here to-day au- .
thorlzed the purchase of a tract off
land and buildings at Kanuga Lake
near Henderson vllle for an episco
pal Assembly ground. The purchase
depends upon the action of 12 other!
dioceses.
SPEAKS TONIGHT TO
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Captain W. It. Rodman, depart
ment commandant of the American
IX'?lon. will address the ex ? rvlci
men of the city ?t a nfeetlng Friday
night at 8 o'clock. In the V. M. C |
A. parlors. He wlfl be arcompanh-d
bv Charles Sloan of the veterans' de
partment. All ex-wervlee men an
urged to attend.
TO MKKT IX VOHKH K
Richmond. January 26 ? The Vir
ginia Democratic Convention yester
day decided to meet in Norfolk on
June II.
I Ol M?S "SI PKIMSACK" 1( H N RATION"
j ? - ? ? ? ? i Lf.:.:*' . i |
Dr. Alzamon Ira Lucas. shown hero with his son. will conic to New
York City from Rochester. N. Y., soon to conduct a ".super-race conven
tion." Lucas claims the sex and vocation of a child can he predetermined.
MILES VS . FEREBEE
Ol'T FOR SHERIFF |
Another candidate for sheriff Is I
formally anm/uucing his candidacy!
for thai office in this issue. Miles j
\\\ Ferebee. of the Klizabeth City
Motor Car Company.
Mr. Ferebee has served this dis-]
trict in tin* North Carolina Senate j
and has always taken an in tertuit in j
local politics, hut ho points out that
this is the first time that he has
sought from the voters of Pasquc-j
tank an office the emoluments of
which amounted to qnything in a
financial way.
Chrirle* c-.irmine announced hi*
candidacy Thursday, hut political
gosEip i> to th" effect that there will
l>e a number t/f others to throw thcir-i
hats in the ring in the race for
sheriff In tin- nea?' future. Sheriff;
Reid is not expected to seek re-e!cc- !
lion this year.
It is also indicated that there will
more 'than one candidate for the
office of trial Justice and for prose
cuting attorney, though the candi
dacy of P. Ssiwycr for trial Jus
t !<??- i- i lie only fr/rmal announcement
thus far. George J. Spence. Incum
bent. bus not signified whether he
will seek re-election or not.
FI.VMES SWEEP
It \CUSE HOTEL
Syracuse. N. V.. Jan. 2". l-'ire
which swept through the Manhattan;
Hotel in the enter of the city mused,
at least one death. Injuries to a
score, and property damage estimat
ed sit $100,000.
Two persons are missing. !^u
: Chat terton. aged <>7. leaped to death;
from the third Hopr. Most of the 40
I guests cut off from escape by the
stairways leaped to life nets or wen
carried down ladders by firemen.
CANAL IS IN NEEI)
OF FORTIFICATIONS
Colon. Panama. January 2f? ?
1 .1 lirigewrtnf rrri lyl^teat warfare al -th? ,
Canal Zone report that the Canal i
exposed t o enemy attack because of
lack of fortification*.
SUGAR AT PENDER'S
NINE AND HALF CENTS
Sugar at Pender's is (I 1-2 cents a
pound. My error the price was
quoted sit 12 1-2 cents in Thursda y's
paper, and The Advance hastens to
make correction on page eight to
day iind c.*n the front page as well.
Hangs Wash
Hit ton may be president of th?
United States, but. that doesn't pre
Jc!,n CoolWjre from hanging
out Ills household wash at tho Coo
lldse home rear Tlymouth, Vt.
MELLON WHITES
TO SEN \ I O|{ COlf/KNS
Washington. .Ian 25. While It.- :
-tmiHten-n-"Hon*f?-twmhfi s wi'H1 today *
considcrim; lli?- proposal to draft a
I on plan ax tlx* basis, Secretary Mel
lon renewed the defense of his pro-'
posal In another letter "to Senator
Couzens. Republican,' of Michigan.
Couzemt liad challenged Mellon to_j
t - 1 1 the country what ?? IT< *ot tin* Mel
lon plan would hav ? on Ills own per
sonal taxes', but till- Kcrrt'tiiry'fi reply
did not mention that subject. In
stead, he again Inquired whether the
present high surtax rate bad not Im
pelled Con/ens to Invest a large part
of his wealth in tax exempt securi
ties.
Three "Angel Women" In
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Ily ( AIKH.VN IIIOM#
r???rl?ht. IW?. by Thr A dvArftf
Washington. Jail. 25. Th? ?? nrr
thre?' "woman angels" to
f hf? Tea*pot Dome ho a mini. II tit con
trary to what Is supposed to h?> the
rule in such eases. nonn of th<
women f inure on * the side of the
alleged "easy money." Tin- wom?n
involved are Mr*. Alice lloosivelt
Longworth. Mrs. M trion Hannlster.
?lsier of ("artrr Glass. and Mrs.
John l>. Sherman. of the (general
Federation Of Women* Cluhs.
It wax ?t tlio home of Mrs. I, on*
worth last Sunday that a confer?'nc?'
of the Roosevelt family was held
with* it restiltetHn Arclile' RWixv-V^lfif
r?sUna tlon frotn his vie# presidency
of the Sinclair-owned oil company. |
and his testimony before the Senate
committee Implicated ox-8ecretarv
of th* InterlCT Pall In the naval oil
grab. 1
"That Is what T. H. would have
had him do." Is the comment in
j Washington. Ahd the carrying out
of her father'* policies I* the Intense
desire of Alloc fioom-veli Longworth.
Alrn. liunniMrr \a author of ;t 4.r?
P'a ?*? -tihamphlnt in which alie limit
up a carefully. studied attack upon
\ho f.il Imm>. much reneinlillng a
lawyer's brief. The pamphlet,
which ?tre**e* t h?* assertion t h ;? t i'n
leaning of the oil field* wan a be
trayal of flu- Navy, is being widely
distributed. -and Im counted on by
t h *? Democrats to provide much pc?
litlcal in the presidential campaign,
Mm. Hherninn I* chairman of a
committee of the Federation of
\V?/inf;OH Clubs which keep* cI?jm>Iv
in touch with all tht In t>**l 11 k done
to conserve the nation's natural re
source*. The Federation, acting on
report* from the committee, has been
f1v??n much of the credit for having
canned the r<>NlgnAtfon of Spcref.irv
Fall. Mr*. Sherman ha* been a
student (ft conservation for twenty
* year* and wan closely associated with
Plnchot when he was chief forester.
i
'Great Deal Going On
At National Capital
<$iil W lirtln r \n\ of ?J tirl- \n\ ulicrr. \\ i ! T i \ ? 1 lJ:r <"<m
ilirliru < :jrivnl? v( \iiu I'.iMmiii: MmiiiI
I!. !'- ? i O ii'in''-. tif'ins.iti* hi In* Sn 11
i:j i?\\n? iwviihm i:
r . >r'( ? ? i ?: i'v 1 ? a.i?u
WV.shinyrtoii. Jan. Hi. Tn n ouXfUlrr tlv national capitid
nowadays must sivni like1 a stroll crowd ? -iwry l>ody headed in
J dijerent directions.
io anyoneoniiK4 urouna i!u? -
it nation looks hardly less con- i
fusing. Not since 1912 has 1
here been so much tfointf on. s ?
liuch that will lead nowhere, so
iwch that is presidential poli
[ics and so much that is the re- J
uilt of a natural accumulation
>f public business in this, the
most important session of Con
gress in 11 generation.
Tax revision admittedly .stands
but as commanding paramount inter
est It Is moving along as well a*
ran he expected. The bill is still In
the hands or the Ways and Mean*
Committee with efforts being made
by the Itepuhlicans to join with th*
llpmorrats in framing a non-partisan
measure. The Senate rant tackle
the subject till the House gets
through with it.
So the Senate is all tangled up In
investigations ami hearing* about
various questions Including 111'* stih
i.-ct of rcrimntxlni: Hie Soviet gov-,
. rnni.'iil In llussla, tin- I'-ok P'-are
plan and llie Teapot l)om<- oil con
t rov. rsy.
\< for Russia. tin- Investl-alinu
v ill clear tin- air an to most |Milnls.
1 11. tinal deelBlon In' within tlx- 'lis
ci-tloii of the I'resldent anil Secre
i ,r\ stat>- nnyliow.
i The imiuiry into the alleged un
1 proper u?'- of money in stimulating
nubile interest In Hie winning Bok
plan which urges peace \ la the
' I,epcn?' of Nations Is already a 117.
*le.
Tie Teapot Dome investigation
hid-* ralr to be t In* most important
,,r II for political purposes. Senator
I a l-'olb'ite will claim nnirli or the
, r. 'lit fur alarling II. though ? nator
Walsh "f Montana. Democrat, lias
I most effocllv, in f' rr. ilne out
l lie furls. At I bo moment III" invr
ii .11 1 oil lias Simply developed a sus
pirioii Hint for Serrelarv Albert
,n ?r ill.- Interior Deparlnieiit
made a contract for I lie finvcrnniont
In dispos" of Oil b ases, for wllicll It
i* alleged be was ill some wai coin
pi nsaleil when lie resigned bis place
in -the Harding cabinet. Suspicion
i Il t evidence and Mr. Kail may be
:thl? to clear up doubts when be tes
tifies.
i nil seems to he creating all sorts
of trouble not only in the tangled
nuest ions of foreign policy In the
Near Kast. but in Mexico." The ad
ministration Is being criticized for
||. | pi nt: th' Ohrogon government
with the sab* of munitions and f??r
wending American naval vessels to,
prevent the rebels from Intercepting
Vmeriean commerce with Mexico, es
pecially' in the vicinity of Tain pirn,
the heart of the oil region In
co Mr. Hughe# defends bis policy |
on the ground that It is not inter
vention but moral support to a v?ov- ,
e r n in e 1 1 1 which I ins been r ccogn i ze ;
I 'resident Coolidge Is salllnir along
inn/ LilcJieUito of the" Htotfiu. Hu~
knows tax legislation depends large
ly on the adroitness of bis leader
shif 1 1 ? - is opposed to a soldier;
bonus bill but nmv find thai Con- 1
speiis will pass the kind of a niea?
-im- he run approve. -one that doesn t
call for so iiiurli of an outlay of
rash as has been proposed. The lion
?? advocates are biding tl.elr lime
wailing for the la* bill lo reach (In
door on the House anil Senate Where
amendment* can be lacked on. d<
baled and voted upon.
Meanwhile. Mr. f'""lld*' ""J1',
him "If concerned not about I lie
nominal ini campaign. Init what will
con," afler it II' ha* i. airly good
?iarl for the nomination. tin
"CnnlMac Again" rlubs ar, inci.a'
Inn In number. Hut the nliirmin
Phase of the politic^ outlook I* II"
rl 1st r' Ill'- Ultiiati'in in tin- atrrlcnl
lural regions, particulars the North
west. Mr. Coolldlc's message to.
Congress lo provide machinery for
ilnni.rl. ? V ' 1- f- f"' 'tiers I* d'
sliin-d. or course, to ni"' I an ten
noinlc emorn. ncy. bill It Will have
political effects. The West Is rest
lens. Tie Republican strength us
n ally comes front thai section, f'on-j
tress is a slow?-moviiig body.
I'nlev* It** acts promptly. Mr. fool
Ida'* will bear 1110*1 of the political
resentment thtit Inevitably follows.
He is nrglng Immediate action. Sen
ator llrookbnrt of Iowa says the
step has CO nie "six months too late, i
XdmlnJstratlon officials do not llrtnk
so Tile* f.el thai the various an
encles of credit which ran be pro
vided will core the situation anil
that, as thing* improve in the auri
minimi bell, even slightly, the pre*
ligr of the administration will not
be vitally damaged.
The Northwestern rnsls Is de
rlared here to be spot t v and not like
ly to become nntloaai. A:.,'lculture
DECLARES PLAN
IS GOOD ONE
J. H. Li'Uoy, Sr.. Native of
Tyrrell County, Kegaril*
(.eorfje I*. Carter's Supper
1 ion as IVaetirulile.
Kill inlv feasible, practicable,
and expedient, in the- opinion of J.
H. LeRoy, Sr.. a native of Tyrrell
Courtly, is the suggestion of George
IV Carter of Fairfield to connect
Klixaheth City and Tyrell and Hyde
count ieH hy a ferry between New
berry's landing in Tyrrell and Lis
ters Pier in Pasquotank.
"I do not regard Mr. Carter's sug
gestion as a pipe dream at all." said
Mr. LeRoy tcr an Advance reporter
Thursday just before leaving the
city for Mackeys and New Bern'. "On
the contrary I regard it as the most
sensible road building proposal.
I have heard put forward in some
lime, and I concur thoroughly and
heartily In every statement made by
Mr. Carter, who is generally known
lo be on Q*f the most forward look
ing citizens, of Hyde County.
"All that vast territory , of Tyrrell
and Hyde counties east of a line
from the mouth of the Scuppernong
Itiver i<? Swan Quarter would be
added to Klixaheth City's trade ter
| ritory by the establish men t. of such
a ferry, and. with good roads lead
! ing to the ferry landing on both
sides of the sound, Hyde and Tyr
relj County farmers would flock to
Klizaheth City in great number. A
nine mile ferry would be considered
in; drawback by tleiu because thU
ferry would so greatly shorten the
time and the expense of a trip frc/m
Hyd? or Tyrrell counties to Kllza
beili City and would give Klixaheth
City a liig advantage in In/Ill these
respects over Washington.
"The territory to. which I have. re
ferred I regard as the richest, agri
culturally, in this section. In the
area that would be opened to in
would be Included the drainage dis
trict around Matramuskeet Lake, as
well as Chat part of Hyde County
i north oT the Lake which, as is gener
ally known, i^ the seat of most of the
wealth of Hyde County.
"I coilld add little to what Mr.
? Carter has said, but I concur whole
heartedly in every statement he made
and. in regard to the extension of
the Weeksvllle road from the new
high schorl building to Lister's Pier,
I sincerely hope that this matter
will he acted rpon favorably by the
Pasquotank Highway Commission
at lis very next meeting."
IIA II WKATIIKIl IS ItAltll OX
HO.VIM A\k? IM S ttttttVfm
? JCo dirt ? road ^ can e?JL> mii^e^
enoiign fT? stand tip Under heivy
motor traffic under such weather
conditions as have prevailed this
week .
The State road to South MI'ls,
first opened to traffic on January 10,
and pronounced at that time as
fine a dirt road as could be found In
this section. Is an apt illustration.
The cold wave the first of the week
caught this road wet and the thaw
setting In Wednesday was followed
by rain Thursday. Williams bus line
missed Its trip to Norfolk Thurs
day. while Mcpherson's line Fri
day announced suspension of
service until the road becomes again
fit for travel. If weather such as
has prevailed this week should fcrm
t in lie. the road .can certainly be
little If any improved until spring
opens.
COTTOX MAItKKT
New York January 25? Spot cot
ton closed quiet till* afternoon, de
c-lining points Middling 33:4.V
Futures closed at th<- following
levels: January 83:10; March
13; May .13:42: July 32: SO;
October 2H:03.
New York. January 2"? Cotton,,
futures opened this morning at the
following levels ; Jatuiarv 33:40;
March 33: r? 3 J May 33 ;?4; July
3 2 : a 3 ; October 2S:?3.
has been under a strain for some
time. The administration has been
at a loss bow to solve the problem.
Acute outbreaks of financial trouble
have accelerated action.
And ibis Includes 6nljr a few of
the problems of the moment, for Itn
portant treaties are pending and ap
propriation bills always provide
ground for debate. It's a busy win
ter this. In Washington.