THE WEATHER *
* Cloudy with probably
* light ruin tonight. Sat- '?
* unlav fair. Moderate
* shifting ninth.
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VOL. XIV.
FINAL EDITION'.
FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON AT POINT OF DEATH
Turn For Worse Came In Night
And Hope Was Soon Abandoned
Week's Illness Had Not Seemed At
All Serious, As He Was Subject
To Attacks Of Indigestion, And
Bulletin's Issued Last Night Had
Reported Him As Better
(Bv Tlie Associated Press)
Washington, February 1 ? Former I'resiili-nl Wood
row Wilson lies at death's door at his home in this citv.
For a week lio lia<l suffered]
.with a flight illness hut ho
was subject to attacks of in
digestion aad his condition
Mas not considered serious.
Bulletins issued Jast night
slated that he was hotter.
The change for the worse
came in the night and this
morning Rear Admiral Gary
Grayson issued a bulletin that
he considered the former
President's condition very cri
tical.
Early Friday afternoon hope
for Mr. Wilson's recovery wa
ll radically abandoned.
At noon Wilson see mod to rally
ju-; h liitle hut then* was 110 mater
ial change in his condition.
IK- was fully conscious and *1n a
faint voice thlked with those at his
bc^idp. J
At six o'clock Friday < venlnu he
was reported as resting quietly hut
with vitality very low and wit 11
death, humanly *p<.?Uin-. only a
qu? -mioii of hours. * H> was hardly
expected to live through the the
niuht.
CALDWELL SUCCEEDS
M \JOR WALLACE STONE
ilaleigh, Feb. 1. ? Captain Ken
neth Caldwell of Concord was ap
pointed inspector general of North
Carolina National Guard yesterday to
succeed Major Wallace Ii. Stone of
Charlotte.
IMMIGRATION Hil l.
FAVORABLY REPORTED
Washington, Feb. 1.- A hill pro
posing the r?nt fiction of immigra
tion to this country to two per cent
of the foreign horn of each nation i
here In IKfiO and permitting the vir
tual selection of tin m (grants at tin
port of embarkation was ordered fa
. _vx*r?4?ly-F^p?>H**d -today br the HottWi
immigration committee.
WILL SHOW UOM)KR>
OF NATIONAL PARKS
At the Court House toniRht at
8 o'clock Dr. Williamson will give a
fre lecture on "Our National
Parks" illustrated with numerous
stereoptloan views.
1)5, Williamson comes here at Gov
ernment expense, representing the
Department of the Interior, through
the efforts of the Fliziihcth City
Kotiry Club.
Views ?will hr shown and descrip
tions given by tills lecturer and trav
? ler of seventeen years experience, of
Yellowstone Park in Wyoming,
tllacler Park in Montana. Mount Ha
uler Park in Washington. The
Yoxemite an l Sequoi 1 Parks In Cfil
iforna. Rocky Mountain Park and
M< sa Verde Park in Colordo. and
CJr.tnd Canyon and the Petrified
Koiwt* of Arizona.
No admission will he charged hut
a Mllvnr collection will he taken for
Hoy Set/at work in Flizaheth City.
J. K. DOl!<;HTON MAKES
STATEMEN I THURSDAY
f Jr< enshori. Feb. 1. ? 3. K. Dout;h
ton, indicted In the failure of th
Salisbury bank, has issued a state
ment declaring his Innocence and
saylmr that he awaits with confidence
the outcome of the Mai.
RETURN oil, HESER\ FS
IS IMPORTANT MATTER
UhIcIkI). ?l>. 1- ? Joaeptaa* Dan
IoIm yeM^rday Inourd a atatrment dp
clarlnx that the return of the oil re
In the moiit Important matter
now and' that proaecutlona ahould
follow thla action.
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KILLS FOLK IN A
DISPUTE OVER CHILD
Kluten. N. D.. Feb. 1. ? Theodore
Larson yesterday killed l>is wife,
her two sisters, and her brother in a
dispute over, his child in possession
of his wife. He then rode away on
horseback with the child" but was la
ter captured.
Revisions Suspended
For Next Five Months
Washington, Feb. 1 ? Revisions
upward in rates on vegetables from !
the Carolinas to the Middle West
which were to have become effective
today w. re ye.^t ? relay suspended for
fiv? months pendinu an investigation
by the Interstate Commerce C?>mniis- .
sion.
VOTK ON 1'OKirS OFFKIt
Wellington, Fe':)? l. ? The Hcuse!
military committee today voted to
re* ovt out F rd's offer for Muscle
Shoals as embodied in the McKenfiej
bill and the Madden amendment. ?
Thi? committee defeated an amend
ment which would have made Ford
personally responsible for the full
performance of every phase of the
contract.. Acting Chairman McKen
-zie was instructed to draw up a bill
which would embody practically the
same terms as originally presented
by Ford.
1 1 1'. 1 1 \\ \Y IIIDH OrRXRD
Raleigh. Feb. 1. ? The State High*
wav Commission vesterdav opened
Idas totalling S2.fM8.747.46 on 17
roads and two bridge projects, this
being the first of the 102 1 program
of 800 miles of new roads. The to
tal mileage of the letting is 108.83.
RXSKETBAI.L TONIGHT
Tonight at H o'clock the Elizabeth
City Athletic Association will meet
Hertford in a snappy basketball
game in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.
This is expected to be one of the
best games of the season and the as
sociation asks the support of the
public.
MFKT IN* APRIL
Go1d?*horo. February. 1 ? -The
Wonieira Missionary Union of North
Carolina Ha mi si 4 will he held in this
city at the Fir.'t Baptist Church on
April I 'J i. It l? ? 'tliiMli'il lli.il JH'.
t ween 500 and 600 will be here far
the meethg.
rsw iwpr.it phohtaih.v
in < ONftTltl (TIKN HOI 8KB
Stock helm, February 1 ? A new
building material made from waste
paper and designed for ceilings and
wall linings has been perfected by a
Swedish engineer, and production
on a inrgb scale soon will be under
taken. ^'he raw materials arc
ordinary waste paper such as accu
mulates in cities, clay and sulphate
lye. the cheapness of which warrants
cm inexpensive finished product. The
covering Is said to be fireproof and
durable; can be applied by unskilled
labor, will take paper, paint or stain,
and can even lie polished. It is a
good non-conductor, and does not
respond to changes in temperature.
FORI) OFFER UMlEK
WATER POWER ACT
Washington, F? b. 1 ? Ford's of
fer for Muscle Shoals would be
placed under the Federal waterpow
er act with th? exception th.'t the
lease would run for 100 years In
stead of of' under agreement mad"
to the McKen/.ie hill at an evecutiv ?
i session Thursday of the House mili
[ tary cormmlttee.
Recover More Jewels
i New Yorky Feb, 1. ? lietecttvejr to
; day recovered from a gem ship an
additional ITS. 000 worth of jewels
! Stolen from Mrs. Hugo Schoellkopf
ion New Year's eve, 1923. This makes
ja to.tal of $161,000 recovered.
JriKJV-: < HITMAN l>KAI>
| San Francisco, Feb. 1. ? Judge
Norton Parker Chlpman died here
VVOOUltUW WILSON
SAFETY F1KST PLAY
AT WEEKSVILLE HIGH
v Chapel rxercises at the Weeksville
High School witc in charge of the
ninth grade Wednesday moruine.
Mrs. A. T. Haley the tea. her an?l
under her direction the class per
formed a lf? minute, one act play,
entitled. "How. Safety First was
Taught.'' Practically all of the 4T?
class members tcrok a part in the.
play.
Ths is part of the work being car
ried on in thr State under the direc
tion of the Safety League which Mio.
J. U. Fearing so efficiently d'rerts.
I'AKEM-TE VCIIE1JS TO
MEET FK1DAY NIGH I"
The Weeksville Parent-Teacher
Association will ifteet Friday night in
the Weeksville High School at 7 :
Great Kiithusiasin waii f4r?l the peo
ple in that section o*f this County in
their dealings with anything that
helps make for better education
among their children, attd an excel-'
lent program is planned for the i
meeting.
KIWAMS I.I N< HKOX FIUOAY
The Kiwanis Club will hold its
n gular fortnightly meeting and lun
cheon in the R- d Men's Hall Friday
evening at 6:30.
BAPTIST LEADERS
TO MEET MONDAY
Cliowiiii Associatioiia! iMrc?-j
injj (.allot! for 10 O'cltirk a!
Itlackw ell Memorial ISapti?t
Church.
Pastors and other Isadora of the
Chowan Baptist Association will
m**et at Blackwell Memorial Baptist I
church Monday at ton o'clock for an I
all day meeting which will lie filled ;
with inspiration and informaton.
Dr. Chas. K. Maddry. who if at th??|
head of the task of rounding up t lie I
.Million Dollar Campaign ' in North?
Carolina, has secured speakers from '
in *he State and out of the State for;
this meeting.
Similar meetings are heing held '
throughout the State this month In
the effort to awaken the Baptis de- ,
nomination to the task to be under
taken this year. '
Rev. R. P. Hall is the associa
tional director of the work and has
written to pastors and other leaders
in the association urging their at
en'dance at the meeting Monday.
The ladies of the First Baptist
and Hlackwell Memorial churches
will furnish dinner and supper at
the church.
KEKOSKNK KXIM.ODKS
AND WIPES OUT FAMILY
Cnionvllle, Mich., Fef?r 1. ? Ed
ward Ilowles, his wife, and two small
children wore burned to (b ath today
In their farm home near bore when
a fiv?- gallon can of Kero.-ene u ? d
to start the kitchen fire exploded.
FOUR BI'KN TO 1)1' ATI!
Akron. ()., I\:b. 1. Mrs. Arthur
Smith, aged 22. and her thne small
children, wi re burned to death, and
1: i -r brcthrr, Da?id lTa/ne-.. \va.< se
riously burned when Are destroyed
their home in East Akron today,
1 YKIJ/)W P|\R VDVAXt'RS
Now Orleans, Feb. 1. -(By the
Consolidated Press. I ? Orders for
yellow pine have shown a remark
able Increase since January 1. They
have jumped from an average of
70,000.000 feet a v:eek in December
to 100,000, 000 feet in the middle of
January. The latter figure was ^.r?
per cent above production. Prices
have advanced from $1 to %'.) a
thousand.
Mrs. (>ustav Sandln of Washing
ton has returned home, after spend
ing several weeks with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whltohurst of
North Road street.
All Dressed Up And
Somewhere To Go
That'* llie Fancy (Hollies Squad, I.ale?l \<l<lilinn lo tlio New
York I'olicc, W tin in Ku.*I Side Furlanfi' TTave
Ovliiinly^Got It (?ooil ? ?
11, li<>UI.A\i> wooit
Copyright, 1974. by The
Now York. Fob. 1.? -tinier the
"fancy clothes squ.il" ? the latent
improvement on t'ie traditional
"plain clothes squad" of policed om.
Every evening now a crowd of
hw. 11 drPHsem, both men and women,
.merge* from the dingy Elizabeth
street police station, down in the
heart of the Kant Hide ghetto, and
makes the night life life center*?
Hroadw.iv, the Roarlh* Foftl'1! and
Greenwich Village.
Some of the men and most r.f ?'
women wear evening clothes. All
faro nattily, if not formally cL-d.
and al! have pk ntiful roll , of the
necessn ry In theft pockets, In the
parlance of the Kast Side, wife re they
have their headquarters thl n? w
genius of cep and eppess "linv ;**?t
it good." All they have to dn Is
pick out softie jazzy cabaret, dine
comfortably at tin city's expen e.
dance a few times, kid the waiter in
to serving tlnem with drinks ? and
pinch the place.
The fancy clothes ?quad? ar" po
lice commissioner' ttnrlght's latest
move in campaign to dry up wot
.Vew York. This campaign. th< y
hf/pe to t ? 1 yon nps :-t police h. id
quarters had It* Inception long be
fore a certain major goHeral of ma
rine- v, s Import* i fat ? Phil ad lp I ?
to H'.itlerise booze and Vice in that
wicked metropolis. Away br.< la.-d
summer. Commissioner Enrlkot is
sued' court instructions .</ all his
in vpeet -*a t t v. r j . ? .
high or To# in the city and to mop
them up. So far as the casual ob
server could see. nothing In particu
lar requited. i'riC"* weren't even
boosted In the hundreds of speak
easies and Npeak loads where the
"scofflsws" do their acofflng.
,A few days ago, as If reminded of
his order by the big doings at Phtl-j
sdelphla ? although police officials]
? - ? ?
do a little scoffing at t!ii, ?ug (est Ion
? the com in i.HsloiuT preferred
charges against every last Inspecting
in charge of a regular police dis
trict. Reason: failure to mop up
the wet ipots in their respective bul
warks. *
He softened the blow, howevot.
by hsulng a statement in which he
-aid in effect that the Federal au
thorities were r? 1 ly to blame* be
cause they fall' d to co-ope rate In
putting police liquor prisoners over
tin* hump*./ Along t h I < kindly sug
gested line of defense. t.h"
first of thirteen inspectors "under
fire" now \h &t?fohding hiiu^ if
.ig??inst the tliirty-eight specific
< barges laid Again*! him.
Moan while the commissioners
* ? ''./i-d the " -j"" i:i! i rvlco Hlaad"
gave it a special headquarters ill Us
own, and s'-nt It out to try it^ hand
at the mapping up on which the reg
ular district man had fallen down.
This special Service squad, some
three hundred nun and women
strong. Is composed of the "nifties"
of thi' foive. Ability to wear
clothes and to mingle. un'bbtriislvf 'y,
in place t, With the Hurry-making
cofflaws are among the prime le
qui. il- I
The writer vlslt"d tb? Kl-zabeth
Street headquarters In quest of fur
ther details.
"That's Just what the cabaret
owners would like to have" si Id
Deputy Inspector 2ane, a -corpn'eut .
good na tared but ku(/Wilig supeicop*.
whom the writer found In charge,
"nothing doing on the details. We
are getting the bootleggers, that's
all you nedd to know."
Hut the Inspector couldn't keep
the writer from seeing some c/f the
elite onea who sauntered In and >ut.
And he hope* to tell you that "fancy
clothes squad" doesn't tell the half!
of it. They a(e all drested up like
Mr. Astor's famou^horso. j
Income T ax Reduction
Affect March Returns
Tlial American People Who Make Out Income Tax Returns
Next Month May Count on 2.? I'er Cent Less Tax
Than Under. Present Law Now Assured
Hv l?AVII> I.A\VIIK\('E
Copyright. by The Advance
Washington, Jail. 31. ? When the American people make out
their income tax returns on March 15 of this year they can count
on a straight reduction of one-fourth of the total tax they other
wise would have paid.
Both Democrats and Republi
cans are agreed on the proposal
and the only question now i'j
whether the present law will be
?amended by a joint resolution or
whether the reduction will be
made a pail of the general re
vision of the revenue laws
which have been under consider
ation for several weeks. The
method is not important, for the
result is assured.
1 In oilier words. Conn ivhh has de
cided to permit tin* American peo
jde to cut themselves a piece o?
cake. Out of tin* sur
plus in the Treasury fully $225,000,
nou will hi- refunded in the form of
?ta\ reduction applied to 102:5 in
comes.
Win n tax reduction was first pro
P" ?'d h. Seen tary Mellon the ??> . -
?-ra! understnndlnir, of course, was
fi't the new l?il 1 would not apply to
1 ! incomes hut would lie felt by
the fix payers for the first time uh? n
he made out his income ta\ returns
in March 1925. Political leaders
?.-ond? red whether a promise of
something that was to happen in
1925 \Nollld he re||iemher?*d Wlp'il
the voter went to the polls In No
, vemher, 1924, and the conclusion
reached was that if the tax pn.v?r
could l>e made happy when he payis
Ills t.ives during 192 1 it would he of
far greater value politically speaking,
than a reduction in the future.
The Democrats planned the same
kind of actioarhut whether the |{ -
publicans thought or it hy them- :
selves or heard of whrft the Demo
crats Intended to ilo or whether tli ?
minds of t lie statesmen in lioth par-1
ties ran aloq^p the same channel is
hard to determine. The plan on tie
Republican side originated with
Representative Clreen of Iowa, chair
man of the House ways and means
committee, who obtained the tenta
tive approval of Secretary Mellon of
the Treasury Department, which of
course moans the sanction also of
President Coolidge.
Its a shrewd move and will have I
important political effects. Natural
ly the Treasury Department would,
like t*> ?eo the 2 Ti per cent reduction
which applies to 192.1 Incomes made
a part of the general tax hill so that
the course of the latter will he ac
c? h-ratttl. Infh rrl. public opinion
may now be expected to get behind
tli'i Lis '"emiirn iM+para ileh-d
strength so that the tax payer may
actually enjoy on March 1 ft next a
reduction in taxes. The Democrats
will' ti>. Of (?mi rse, to separate t h?? 1
new proposal from the main tax bill '
on the around that it needs quick
action and that the tax hill which
will apply to 1921 Incomes can be
debated for the rest of the presevt
year If necessary without doing anv
I'ody any harm. In answer to this
the Republicans will say that husi
nes't should not be kept on the anx
iou eat hut should know defiuite!.
durliu 192 1 what taxes are to b
payable in 1025.
\s for the taxes that individual
will pay n o \ t March on their Incomes,
of 1922. there are mauy who pav
their whole tax bill in a lump sum
and do not divide It Into quarter!
installments. These persons won! I
get a one-fourth rebate Inter on if
the new proposal Isn't passed bv
March 15. On the other hand, tie
tax payers who pay one-fourth on
March 15. one-fourth on June l.'i,
one-fourth en September 15 and one
fourth oil December 15, would have
the privilege of onilttir: one Install
ment so as to get the benefit of tie
o iie-fourtli reduction to which they
are entitled.
The It'-puhllcans have taken the
Initiative In reducing taxes for i r? 2 rt .
Moth parties are vi? ? its ti, with each
oth< r to give the people a tax reduc
Little Is -heard about the brrn
'i Mr. Mellon' < tentative approval
i? i?a1d to be based upon a d* ire to
know what obligations will be In
curred In connection with the bonus.
The Republican leaders , realize that'
to j#as;< the orl . Inal bonus bill would
nj>nii?t the Treasury to sa^ that tie*
fr(V fflUffffnh W&s noT po^sTRTe, iW"
least for 1922 incomes. lender the
elrcumstanc# h the Republicans now
are discussing among themrrlves a
plan for a soldier bonus which Is In
the nature of a paid up Insurance 1
policy hut without the . privilege of
borrowing cash on it as provided In
the blH which went through both
houses last year, but which Mr. Har- ,
.ding vetoed, j
> ?-? HegMb>if?W
NEW SUBPOENA
ISSUED FOR FALL'
Former Secretary of the In
terior Now Declared Alile to
Appear for Senate Oil In
vestigation.
Washington. Feb. 1.? Albert Fall,
former Secretary ?r tho Interior, In
now in. condition to appear for ex
amination in the Senate oil Inquiry,
tin* investinat inu committee was told
today l>\\ a special medical commis
sion appointed to examine him.
Agr? i-nn iit wan reached today ' y
House ieadi rs to take up the Wn'sh
r<'.-olut inn for annulment of the na
val oil leases without referring it to
a committer. Debate will be llmitod
in the effort to obtain a vote before
ad Inurnment today.
\ now . nb,;ot na will bo Issued for
l*all requlrini; his presence before
the Senate committor tomorrow,
Chairman i. enroot jiminuqced.
To < anrel I^'usen
Washington, Feb. 1. ? Wthout de
bate the House tills afternocm passed
the Walsh resolution already ap
provotl by tho Senate directing the
I'l- sid'-nt to bring about cancellation
of tho Doheny and Slnclar naval
oil leases'.
Hot It McAdoo and Thomas Greg
ory. who was chosen by Cooliilge to
prosecute the oil canes, have at times
In < n employed by tho oil Interests,
Doheny testified today before tho
Senate oil committee.
I l)M-: MIM.S START
Hiddrfof.1, Maine, Feb. 1. ? (Hy
the Consolidated Press.) Fresh or
deis haw* encouraged cotton mill
owners hero, and inanv idle looms
have been started. Some depart
ments of the Pepper* II and Laeonia
mills which have been oh a three
da\ a-wt el< basis have increased
their schedules.
itusrmcT muxicw < 'ommkikcr.
New Orleans, Feb. 1. ? (fly tho
Consolidated Pres?.)- One or two
vrs o|m loaded with crude oil con
tinue to reach this port from *Tampi
co, Me\!eo. each drv, but shipments
of merchandise In Mexico from here
are ?_ really ^x?ulrlcted by- the revTTlu
"llon.
WMKAT I tltMl IM l>l\ icissil'V
SI. Paul. Fell. I (Ily Tho Coil
solldatod Press. ) ? -There has been a
most w liolesome decrease In th*
spring wheat acreage in the North
vest and farmers apparently are ?o
inr_' In sfron?: for crop diversification
this year. The Increased nuwro^ato
crop income last year has improved
the financial position *?f the farmers,
although their total Indebtedness
COTTON MA11KKT
New York. Jan. 1 . rtpot cotton.
e'o-H'd quiet, Middling Hi. 10, an ad
vance of .70 pf,:nts. Fnt urea, closing
bid. March :: :: . 7 r? , May 34.07. July
32. 7*. O \ 28.12, Dec. 27.96.
New York, February 1 ? Cotton
fiturr* opened this morning at tho
foHowimr levels: March 08:60;
May .14:00; July 32:70; October
2S:13; Dei 'Other None.
Mb ; MO" lionise Forert of Nor
folk i the f: ue; t of her aunt, Mrs.
Mae Wilh y on We t. Main *tn*ot.
a bo' :t< bill through. The chances
are they will fl:id It n< eessary ' ?
[>aj-? the original bill In order to ful
fill pled ? < already r.lven, hut whrN
the tie aiuce fails to uot enough
.vote- tn pa: r nver the President's ve
to then a proposal will be made to
str'.i the bin f.f the cash features
and ? nable soldier* to enjoy somite of
the varimH forms of aid which do
not t quire an Immediate cash out
lay, Vocational training, land urants
and other thin- s whjch ft has hither
.la.hmf n_ Aboo wht would not- h? rheTn
by the ex rrvlce, nitn when cash
'.vas offered would then b eome more
attractive. A bill w.hich does not re
quire a Jaice cash outlay either now
or In the future undoubtedly would
Ret Pro*fdout Coolldge's approval so
that the neimhllcans mlvht ko to'the
country in the coming campaign with
a tax reduction applying to 1923 In
comes. another reduction applying to