Teapot Dome Lease Is
Scandal Of Generation
Di-ufijiinj; It* I'fllv Trail Across Iti-piihliran Administration
Pall Now Bigger White Elephant t? Hi- Party
Than W as Ever Lorimer or Ncw liem
lly It.wm UV ltKNI K
Cttymhl, ,tm. bjr The A4?a*c*
Washington, Jan. 25. ? The biggest scandal the national I
?capital has had in a generation or more has swept its ugly trail ;
across the Republican administration.
Albert B. Fall, while a mem
ber of the Harding cabinet, bor
rowed 8100,000 from his friend
E. L. Doheny, oil magnate, and
a few months later negotiated
in secret a Government contract
with the Doheny interests giv
ing them a valuable lease to oil
lands which three presidents
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
had sought to preserve for th.i
benefit of the oil burning ships
of the United States Navy.
That's the principal disclosure
thus tar. and Mr. Doheny has said
in- ? \ peeled to make a hundred mil
lion dollars out of the lease.
far as can be determined, no
law was violated In the persona
transaction between Mr. Doheny and
Mr. l-'all. and there Is 110 proof that
tl\e close relationship between -lr.
Kali and his oil magnate friend ln
lUnneed the former hecretarj of the
lnt- vlor to make the contract, but
in- on the wall and offers to giv
th7 lease back If a commission of
?ov. rnment expert, decides it was a
1,1,1 trade for the Government.
resident Coolidjie came into pow
er after all the leases had been
c! Ulted vet he knows lie will hi
held responsible for everythinKthal
h, does or fails to do now that the
fan- are comlnu to the surftKH-. He
5E to^lnatitute
t".?' Democrats, principally Sena
strs
was a prominent Republican mem;
a? tactoV 'n ^nepublican admlnla
t rat lot? which came into power In
"politically. ? J? ?T'.iv
bad casts doubts on the capacity
fcSgSgggS
pursue. I'nless , ,, " ,,miral phases
can tine ? ,nv,;J|' X ? Arm stand
V,\' ar1,Jl!e Whole thing up so far
a* t'ie present administration Is con
a u will b?- a source of i?io
discussion and will be talked
about on the stu.np f-n. o^ne end of
country to ^ Newberry
casts Tn which Improper use of funds
was iilh'iied.
If, a cur,""."..t,!1^1li 'j- /.'"l'loh'tiy
castlnK s.,Hl?i^lons tn ?n ? , , ,
is
sonal ntt? r J investigation of
who started tt* - rumored
Mevlcun 'J' he was belnv ln
at the time that h r ^ ))(,l?.ny.
w^'io'was so largely Interested Irt Me,
,C^,::'Urdny innuence in Washing
Xcir.rp^i^SH
rtSluSl end sen. theb.l.sln a satahel
revok-d. but two inn ?f
which may n,nT officials of
Conxresi". II * i.t enter
before Yhe Comment. an.
to the conduct of o?",n,T"
the Government?
vvi.? the present administration
r?r*ra- 5
f, rftvi.rnm?'nt from engaging In
i?f0ri Government depart -
t'n >n ti wlth w hi ' It they had been con
Job to b? plvrn after an
' I'wnsclon's'or unconscious mn,.en,o
that I" Inescapable In th? conduct
HOOD BANK HAS
FOUND LOCATION
The committee apponted to
select a site for the new Hood
System Industrial Hank has se
i lected the location of the Key
stone Barber Shop on Main
street. It is expected that po
sesslon will lie granted about
the middle of February.
ANOTHER INQUIRY
INTO OIL LEASE
Coolidge Call- on Interior
i Department to Investigate
I Whether Lease* Protect
Government Interests.
Washington, Jan. 2ft. ? While the j
j Senate oil committee was seeking
'further light on the relations of for- 1
I iiut Secretary or 1 1 ? ? - Interior Fill
1 and Harry Sinclair. President Cool- 1
t idge today asked the Department of
? the Interior to submit to him expert :
advice as to the wisdom of the policy '
under which the Sinclair and Dohnny
interests secured th?* lease ffom Fall ,
for oil reserves In Wyoming and Cal-i
ifornla.
The I'retiident asked the depart
ment to furnish at the earliest pos
sible moment a report on whether!
the leases protect the interests of
tiie Government.
This inquiry Is separate from the.
Instructions given the Department of
Justice which Is studying th?* evi
dence to determine whether then*
has been proof of fraud, but both j
'actions are directed toward the same
end.
The purpose is to ascertain defin
itely whether the leases should be
cancelled.
COMMUNIST PLOT
AGAINST GERMANY
Berlin. Jan. 2ft. ? An alleged com
! mu n 1st plot for the overthrow of this
government was brought to light to
day in a debate of the finance com
mittee of Wurtemburg parliament.
! according to advices front Stuttgart.
l>arge quantities of explosives aiv
said to have been seized.
OLD CIVIL WAR HjffCLL
KILLS \ LITTLK HOY
Scotland Neck. January 26 ? A
[Civil War shell exploded in a negro;
house here yesterday killing a little!
boy.
KIRK IIAtiKS FOR HOI Its
I Connersvllle. Ind., January 2ft ?
Fire originating' today from un
known causes in the Green Drug
Company spread, to the Fusl^Jsui-'.
tU/nal Bank block and raged tcrrner- 1
j eral houfs before being checked with
! the assistance of the Richmond, In-?
(liana, fire department.
MKLLOV ItMOMMKNOATION
VOTKD IPOW X HV rOMMITTKK
Washington. January 2ft ? Secre
! tary Mellon** recommendation that
j husbands anil wives be prohibited
i fram dividing family incomes f<rr
I purpose* of filing tax returns as nl
' lowed in ??|ght states was today vot
ed down by the House Ways and
Mean* Committee.
KEBELS ADVISE MAY
A*S WELL BE PKEPAIIKD
Tamplco, January 2ft A rel?* I '
gunboat reappeared crft Tamplco yes
' torday and advised military auth
orities to be prepared for all even
tualities.
American ship* ware withdrawn
only yesterday when notice that the
i the blockade woud cease was given.
Government bu Iness.
The other thing which may devel
op out of the controversy is an In
destination of the Influence exert?-d j
! directly upon Government affairs t|v ;
i>ald ap?-nts resident here. So far a
they net as attorney* or spokesmen. J
they are within their rights. Whon
Ithey entertain lavishly and give
["presents" or lend money to Govern
ment officials or otherwise use fh?*fr'
fund* to curry favor tliey overstep
to that extent what lias generally
been regarded as the ethics of their
position. It may never be proved
that Albert Fall did anything Illegal
'but what he did do In accepting a
loan from a man he had dceling:*'
with on behalf of the Government
w!fl undoubtedly he. set down as poor
Judgment, to say the least.
Plavmakers Here
During February
Bcstcity Boy In Cast, Which
Make This Event Even More
Interesting
The Carolina P'.avmakcrs. the
well knc/wti dramatic organization Oi
the University of North Carolina,
on their seventh Slate tour, will ap
pear here. February 18. at the Al
krama under the auspices ot the
Rotary Club in three original folk
plays of XonUi| Carolina life.
The Playmakers are of especial]
interest here because an Elisabeth
City boy. Erskine Duff, talented
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Duff, la
a member of the cast.
Folfowin'g a performance In
Chap_*l Hill on February 8 and 9/
the Pluymskers will include the fol- ;
lowing towns in their itinerary: ;
Louisburg February 13. Smith*!
field February 14. Kinston Febru-.
ary 15. New Hern February 16, [
Elisabeth City. February 18. Eden
ton February 19. Scotland Neck Feb- j
ruary 20, Raleigh February 21. I
The plays selected for this tour,
make a varied and most interesting
bill. "The Black Rooster." a com
edy of tenant farm life, by Pearl
Setter, was the most popular t/f
the three plays presented on the
sixth State tour last Fall. "Fixin's"
the second play, is a tragedy, bv
Erma and Paul Green. Paul Green
Is one of the most distinguished play
wrights the organization has yet de
veloped. and his works are now pub
lished by the Atlantic Monthly, and
other lending periodicals. Miss Erma
Green, his sister, came to the I'ni
versity to study playwritlng and
production, anc. wrote * Fixin's" in J
collaboration with her brother. !
Gains and Gains. Jr.. .? farce comedy:
by Lucy M. Cobb, was a great suc
cess when presented on tour last
fall, which is the main reason for its
revival for this bill. A ^election
of the best players available has
been chosen to presen; these plays. I
An unusual amount of versatility is
displayed by these, young actors in i
doubling up in two oi thiee part3 In
the different plays on tli? saute pro-1
gram.
rt XKR.ii. <.hoi;<.i: u wis
iiklu si .mi.w .\m;i(\(N>\
The funeral or George Davis,
whose body arrived in this city from
New York Friday, will be conducted
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at
Zlegler's Undertaking Establishment
by Dr. S H. Tempieman and inter
ment will be made in Hollywood
Cemetery.
George Davis was 25 years oid and
had been away- from home, onlv
coming for short visits, for the last .
ti-n years. At the time of his deat'.) i
he was a seaman on the British S. j
S. Satanta. Last Monday, whiw 1
aloft on the ship lie missed his foot
ing and fell to the deck below, frac
turing his skull, and died shortly af- ,
terwards. His body was turned over
to the British Consul, who immedi
ately notified his niofher, Mrs. Mile
Davis of 107 Dyer street. He is sut -
Vlvcd by Ills mother and two sisters.
Misses Annie and Lessie Davis, nli
of this city.
cooi.hk;f. vr v.sv- of
teapot dome scvnoai.I
Wiishinui ?n. Jamtary 20 ? Pros!-,
ih'iit i'oi*!ldge yesterday derided ;
(h.it certain aspects n f the Teapot I
Heme st'.tiiilal avay warrant criminal!
pros"cutions ami so informd his cab-|
in. t officers.
high school dkfeats
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
7n what hps br?<?n described as t'iA|
best basket h ill game of I ho season
on a local court, the Elizabeth Cily!
High School hoys Friday night :le-j
feated the Elizabeth City Athletic j
Association hy the narrow margin of j
_t!ireo points, final score being 33-30. |
KKTI KN !?: I? V'ISSlOWUY
Wll.l. I'ltKAt H Sl'MI.W J
Rev. J. C. Powell, a returned mis
sionary from Oyo Nigeria. Africa!
arrived in Elizabeth City Friday
afternoon and is tlje guest of Rev. 1
and Mrs. R. F. Hull. 521 North,
Roud street. Mr. Powell is an old,
col lege- and seminary friend of Mr. I
Hall, and will preach at lierea Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock, and at
Corinth Sunday afternoon at 3:15,
o'clock. The public is cordially In
vited to hear him. Mr. Powell will
hIso orench at Shlloh Baptist Church'
Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
FOKD TO DISCUSS
OFFEIt NEXT WEEK
Washington, Jan. 2t>. Henry
Ford will be requested to appear enr
ly next week before the House mil
itary committee to discuss his offer
for Muscle Shoals.
IT'S A I)KY YEAII
IN CALIFORNIA
Hill Wen I her. Not l?a\v Knforcomont
Is llciisriu Why ItusitioMs, From
Auto AcpCHsmioji I'o Farm
Implement-*, Is Ibol
II) M. K. F.I>SltKll<?
Capyrtfht. IK24. by Th? Advuncr
?Win Francisco, Jan. 2?? -The un
usually dry y?-ar in California is 1m ? -
inu a depressing < ff? ct on wliob ^ale
trade in nearly every line. Stoc*
men nre faced with heavy losses :rud
buying by farmers, it is estiniat- '.
has decreased from 25 lo 50 per
cent. Precipitation is about 400 j < r
cent under normal. Auto accessory
dealers report a decline. Wholesale
butcher* declare that an early rise
in the pricc of lamb and beef is In
evitable. Farmers are abandoning
plans for the purchase of new equip
ment.
NEW YORK POLICE
GET A SHAKE HI'
New York. Jan. 2??- A sen
sational shake-up of the New
York police force took place
yesterday in which more than
400 men were trngsi> rr? d liou
one section to another and a
special division creat? ?i to hai.
die prohibition violations
Ad ver tisin gHasHelped
T o Make Florida Great
II) HOI If < I (T T. SM M.I.
C?tyri?M. 1931. hn Th* Ad
Miami, Fla.. Jan. 26. -Southern
Florida, wltli Its not work of amnz->
in^ cities and homo communities, iv
a living monument to the efficacy of.
publicity. The ureat name of<hoost-'
in^" Is common to nearly every Am
erican municipality. Bven austere
and domineering New York recently
has fallen for the custom. nnd re
sorted to real old down home Main
Stn"*t methods to win the Demo
cratic National Coim nilon.
!i I frankly admitted in the me
tropol that New Yorker* wuft'f-4
the convcAilon in order to sfiow ;?
lot of the supposedly deaplsed
?hlcl V from the Country what "a
real town" New York Is. and how >
hospitable it.-- supposedly cold and
Moonless people can he. l>own l?? re
they have reduced the boosting art
to a science; not only a science hut
:? continuing business.
In all the walllne nnd 'ftnilldiint: of
teeth which has been goln-- up the
eountrv over on the subject of taxa
tion. not a murmur has bpen beard ,
from the property holders of Miami,
who, In addition to all their otlur
Federal. state and county n <??- i
nients. pay annually a city publicity ,
ta This year the publicity tax will i
yield more than $100,000 and every
Cent of it will be spent in advert Islnv .
Miami and cntertainlir: the winter
visitors to this locality.
Other Florida communities are
following the e\nmp!e of in
Many of her publicity methods and
they, too, may soon impose a pub
licity tax on the reqldents. It is felt
here now that Miami Is sufficiently
well knoWn to attract tourists and
winter home seekers, so an effort If
to be made to prolong the "season."
The most fashionable folk, It seem*,
think It would be absolutely "dovi
dy" to coine to Florida much before*' I
the ni i?] <!)?? o f January, and along
toward the end of February they be
gin winging their way North again,
generally by easy jtiigos. Florida \
want* the "strangers" to come In De
comber and remain until April at
leant. The Florida!)* would like to
I: eep fbe "at ranger^" all year long.)
and apparently ure keeping more
and more of them every -year.
An insight Into the way a grow
ing fit;, and winter resort carries on
its publicity ma> be had from a re
port made by the Miami chamber of
commerce today. The budget fur e\
??ending the r!ty publicly ta\ fund
includes an Item * ?f f?nn for Pi \
or's band, to play twice dally In the \
public park. The sum of $::0.non is :
wt aside for ndv? rti^ln. In new spa
?ers and magazines.
In addition to the ftino.ono pro
tided from taxes, the chamber of
commerce Is spending $4 B-.flfno this
winter on entertainment of visitor*,
m outdoor Sport K bureau, pageant-. V
air meet'*, flower show*, and so on.
Countless millions of dollars ar?
l?elng |Kiured into Florida ever v yoar
by Northern and Western visitors.!
wnd by Northern and Western rapl
(allots. The latter money Is beiiu
spent In Industry, in property devei
rrpment and in more advertising. Ad
vertlflng h,"> shown Its value down -
here In a thousand ways. More and
more Northern neonle ar?- coming in
to'Tbe stat ? to live and eventual!* i
this influx Is goins to liaVe an effect .
upon the politics of Florida. Of}
course, the "crackers" still 7ri)tnum
her the new residents by a la rue ira
tlo, but the wishes and the view* of
the newcomers are being consld< red
more and mof? and ft would not bo,
surprising to see Florida In a few i
years a real political battle ground.
Ay d Sett To Oppose
Ward For Congress
ft a# Not (,>nili' Iti'iidv lo \mmiiiirr (landiilarv Hut I'uWIira
tion (if iNi'H. Itrm Kliril? \<liiii->ion llt'VIn tin* Hart*
lit l{t*|trt*su'lll Tlli* roiijiir? ional I > i - 1 1- i ?? I
men booti k<;<;ki<
LANDS IN THK I'KN
Atlanta. Jan. 2?.- -Ceorge
Remus. millionaire bout leaner
of the Middle Went, and eleven
of his associates. arrived at th?
penitentiary here ymtitday to
serve Ions sentences as Mi#- re
sult of breaking up the liquor
gang In that section of the
country.
JAPAN REJOICES
AS PRINCE WEDS
First Gala Day in Tokio Sincc
tin- IVrrihif Earlhquak?
and Fire Occurring l.?>l
Si'iiti'inlicr.
Tcikio. Jan. Tin- wv<l<llii; of
Prince Regent Hlrohito and Princes
Nagako. eldest drfuuliter of Prince
Kuui. was Pfl?'ltratfil today at t li ? *
impeflal palace with Shinto rites.
Tokio niudf the most of its first
orcaRion for national rejoicing since
i In* September earthquake ami l?r?*
disaster.
T rem end our crowds jamui'd the
streets and open spaces around th*
imperial palace and greeted the
prince and liis bride as they pro
ceed, d hy Repanite routes toward
the palace fur the ceremony.
A part of the comparatively sim
ple ceremony was ti?e announcement
of the event to tie- imperial spirits
enshrined io the Kashki llokoro in
front or which the pair took their
vowsT
The wedding is regarded as one or
the most popular in Ho* history of
the imperial family. It was to Imv
taken place in the fall of 1 !? 1! *t . but
the earthquake prevented.
(TIH'KHXS COXTIM K tiKT
I'M F.IK OWXKItS IX TROl III. I.
Five defendants, all colored, were
in police court Saturday morning tin
der the ordinance prohibiting chick
ins from running at lame and wen
taxed with the costs. The defend
ants were: HI la Corbett. l)red
Weeks. Daniel White. Mir.- White
hurst. and Charlie S-pellman.
Remus Hunter, colored, for oper
ating a motor car with defective
muffler, was required to pay a fine
of $j? and costs. .
VOI Til .It MI'S TO UKATH
FROM THK THIRI* KMMH1
Tarboro. January. 2 1 ? ? Roland
Mlsbrook aged 1*. today Jumped
from the third flow of the Masonic
Temple here, breaking his neck The
funeral will be held at Scotland
Neck Sunday.
pKitiKiH find H i:\ns
\s mhiiikkkh mulcts
Auroro. Ill? January 26 ? Warren
Lincoln, who confessed to the police
TfTTHTTg-x J -i:8t ny^hnf iinit -iflllwl
wife and her brother. Byron Shoup.
on January 1?. 1923. after dismem
bering them, raid that they would be
found In the city dump heap with a
concrete block moulded around
them. I'nder his direction today
diggers found the heads.
IIIIOWVF. XKW II FA 1>
Ralelah. Jan 2?. T. T. Ilrowne.
State director of vocational educa-,
# Juration. was yesterday named as
head of State Colbn summer
school to succeed l>r. W. Winters
? o\VMTS AT I.AIIOK
A he v ill . January 26- Blevep of
the eighteen convicts who e scraped
Troni camp near Here ?arl> yest? idaj
*tlll remained at large this morning.
TWO KIKKS HAT! Rl>\%
At 9* 'JO Saturday morning the
fire company w;i< railed to the home
i?f vnnie Freshwater, colored. on
wr< Tic ? chimney fire.
1 her? wa-* no dstnftge. Again at
j j ; 4 r? p. In. they answered an alarm
frei i box 1 and found a chimney
f\ re. which resulted in little damage.
,t Ibe home of Wiley Moore, colored.
>ji ll.inoy street.
POTATO DKMANH HTItOXO
Portland, Ore r op, January 2*',.
Demand for potatoes fw carload
movement I * quite favorable here,
with pi.ee* for number 1 f. o. 1>..
rornmon termln.il at $1 2T? a hun
dred pounds. Growers are showing
more disposition to sell.
KAII.KI) to ARRIVF.
'Colonel W. II. Rodman, depart
ment commander of the American
. .egion. failed to arrive In Klixabeth
City Friday and the meeting at
which he wn? to sneak Frldaj night
had to be called off.
| "Well, I didn't authorize it,
but 1 guess it's true," said K.
!? . Aydiett when questioned
about a news item sent out from
Ahoskie and appearing in the
morning newspapers of Satur
day, stating that he would be a
candidate for Congress from
this district.
Mr. Aydiett went on to ex
plain that he had not known un
til questioned alxuit it that the
item had appeared, and that ho
had not yet prepared a formal
statement announcing his candi
dacy.
"However, I have fully decid
ed to run and will issue a for
mal statement announcing my
candidacy in a few days," said
Mr. Ayd|ett.
Publication of a report that
Congressman Hallet S. Ward
j would have no opposition in
seeking the Democratic nomina
tion for Representative in Con
gress from the First North Car
olina . Congressional District
some months ago brought out r.
report that Mr. Aydiett would
enter the race.
Mr. Aydiett admitted at that
time that he had been ap
proached by friends urging him
to run and that lie had given
the matter serious considera
tion ; but he would not say def
initely that he was oi? that he
| was not a candidate.
Ilis statement' Saturday puts
an end to all doubt in the mat
ter. He will enter the race.
Mr. Aydiett has : been fre
quently mentioned prominentlv
as a possible candidate for Gov
ernor; but it was onl.f recently
that it became generally under
stood that he was seriously con
sidering offering himself for
Congress.
Washington, North Carolina,
has had the Congressman from
this district now for many
years, former Congressman
John II. Small as well as Ilallet
| S. Ward, incumbent, having his
home in that city.
NO STATE AID I OK
WKTf l-I.Tt R \I, I' d US
Kulflgh. January 26 ? Attorney
(Jenera 1 Manning ye*terday ruled
that the law pr</?ldittR for financial
aid for agricultural fair* was defec
i t Ive And that no Rtnto fund* wero
j to be paid tor them.
FOIJII AKi; Kil l. Ml)
AT <;i<ADR ( lU)SSINC;
lla\. una. O.. Jan. 2 ?; Two tiicn
and two v. omen were Instantly
killed Inn toda> when thV went
??ound Ma it iinor?* & Ohio pimnenm
train d? tnoMtfhfd thefr automobile at
a yrade crossing.
\l? KM IS I S PLAN
FOHK1GN CAMPAIGN
Charlotte, January 26 ? A cam
paign for raiding $150,000 for the
erert ion of a publishing house In
foreign countries will he staged by
Si v? n t it pay A IventlM*. the co nven
lion In < *lon here Friday doc Wed.
WHS AT IlK IIMOM)
ftlchii.ond. January 26 ? Mr*.
Jnme* V ox, formnrly Minn Minnie
Ilagley of Kalelgh, died pt a local
HoftpllKl today. >
< OTTO\ ?MKKKT
New^ York, January* 26. ? Spat
cotton rloyed steady this afternoon,
advancing t? :? pent*. MiddMnic
t future* dosed at the
follo*ln*r lev"Is: March ^3:21;
May 34:47: July 32.22; October
27:Nfi, Oeremher 27:50.
New York, Jan. 26. ? Cotton fu
ture* opened thl* morning at the
following level*: January none;
M.irch 33:37; May 3,3:65; Jnly
?. 2:ft3; October 28:10; December
none.