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NO. 29
DEATH HELD AT BAY BY NATION'S WAR PRESIDENT
No Change Is Still Word
From Wilson's Bedside
Iron Will All That's Unbroken of War-Scarred Leader at
Whose Voice Whole World Once Stopped to
Listen and Pay Homage
(By Th? Attocialrd PrtM)
Washington, February 2 ? At three'
o'clock this afternoon there was no
evidence of any material change In
the condition of Woodrow Wilson.
Washington, Feb. 2. ? An official
statement issued at 11:30 this morn
ing by physicians attending Wood
row Wilson said "the former Presi
dent is growing steadily weaker"
and "is too exhausted to talk."
"It looks as though Mr. Wilson
would pull through the day," Dr.
Grayson stated, "but that is subject
to the hazard of a sudden change/ ,
"He has been able to take very
little nourishment. He has had
some sleep and no pain. He recog
nizes those about him but is too ex
hausted to talk," tho bulletin said.
4,Our efforts in the main are directed
toward keeping him comfortable."
Steadily losing ground lie contin
ues to grow weaker and weaker, but
having lasted through a -night whicu.j
his physicians had feared would I
bring the end, tbey cannot predict >
how long his remarkable vitality
will hold out.* Although he had tak
en no nourishment in almost 24 \
hours and was disinclined to take ,
even sips of water, his pulse, respir
ation and temperature were practi
cally normal, hut he was Bteadilv j
growing weaker. Dr. Grayson said]
at three o'clock Saturday afternoon j
that the sick man's condition had
shown no material change except for
a slow and very certain advance to
ward complete exhaustion and that
his lifo wa.s simply ebbing, ebbing
away.
Moriiinu llullctin
Washington, Feb. 2. ? President
WilHOti had a fairly restful night
but continues to gradually lose
ground.
Day break llullctin
Washington, Feb. 2. ? Daybreak
found the silence at the Wilson
home unbroken since late last night
when Dr. Grayson, the former Presi
dent's physician, said that 'Wilson
was gravely ill and growing weaker.
There was comfort in the lack of any
official statement, however, because
of the promise of Dr. Grayson that
if any development warranted dur
ing the night an announcement
would be made.
Washington, Feb. 2.-*- With llf?
slowing ebbing away, Woodrow Wil
son, American war President, was
reported at o'clock this morning a-*
just about the same as earlier In the
morning when It was reported that
his condition was gradually getting
worse and that there was apparently
no hope of recovery.
McADOO DENIES WAS
ON DOHENV PAYROLL
I-os Angeles, Feb. 2. ? William G.
McAdoo yesterday vixorousiy denied
that ho was on the Doheny payroll,
as Doheny testified, except for IiIh
law concern being retained to liandte
certain Interests for Doheny in Mex
ico.
COOPEKS INDICTED ON
CIUM1NA1. CHAHOKS
(Br The A?w|i?'.rd If***.'
Wilmington, Feb. 2. ? Lieutenant
Covernor W. n. Cooper. Thomas
Cooper,, his brother, Horace Cooper,
liis son. and- Clyde Lasslter were to
day indicted by the Cnited States
grand Jury here on criminal charges
growing out of iho failure of the
Commercial Hank of Wilmington a
year ago.
The Coopers were officials of the
bank and Lasslter was a customer.
They are expected to go on trial
Monday.
hPKCIAL MKKTIXd Tt'KHIKW
Ki ItKKA IX)IK>K MRMIIKKH
A special program will be given
at Eureka Lodge Tuesday night at
7:30. and </n Monday night a meet
ing of all past in a stern and officers
of I lie lodge will be held to arrange
and rehearse each part.
HIGHWAY I "OM MISSION
PI TS IIY SINKING FIND
llalcigh, Feb. 2. ? Ilecause of good
collections the state Highway ^Com
mission announced yesterday that it
had put aside one and a quarter
million dollars as a sinking fund to
retire bonds In 1923. The law re
quires only a quarter of a million.
<X>TTON MARK FT
-New York. Feb. 2. ? Spot cotton,
closed , steady ."Middling4 3 4.35 an ad
vance of 35 points. Futures, closing
hid. March 34.03, May 34.33. July
33.00, Ort 28.33, Der. 27.80.
Neir York, February 2 ? Cotton
futures opened this mornng at the
following levels: Mtrch 38:80;
May 34:14; July 32:85; October
*8:20; December none.
Divorce Figures
ITorc arc i?hotnrrnj?hs of M-. nr<1
Mrs. Albert i:. Lt-lnnd, i?;r:vln?nt
fisurts In, ChSr:mo'.s lat^t sensa
tional Ulvorcc tvinl. Lt '.antl is Kuintj
his wifo for divorc?\ nnmitii? Rev.
Carl J>. Cu: Chicago j?a lor, uf
corespondent.
AUDIENCE ENJOYS
LECTURE ON PARKS
Eli/.uhelh Oily People De
lighted With I)r. C. D. Wil
limn mhi's Comprehensive
De*eriptions anil I'ieliiren.
Killing till' Court lltrtiso to capn
city, a thouroughly interested aud
ience was hold enthralled by_tho en^
TPTtatning locTiTro given by Dr. ChasT
D. Williamson, representative of the
National Park Service which is a
branch of the 1 ? n 11 ???! EUntos Popart*
ment of the Interior. Friday night at
8 o'clock.
About a hundred colored sliders
were used, giving clear and beauti
ful views of the 13 National Parks in
tho United States. With each pic
ture Dr. Williamson explained and
described* the scenes in a Comprehen
sive and Interesting manner.
The object </f the lecture is to
acquaint tho public with tho beau
tiful free parks, that are being maln
tftincd by the. Government, and
create a desire for personal visits.
During tho evening a collection of
twenty-five dollars was tak<-n up for
the Hoy Scouts.
At the completion of tho lecture,
a number of prominent men and
women of the city thanked Dr. Wil
liamson for an entertaining and in
structive evenhig, and very favora
blo comment was heard from all
who attended.
The parks represented by the
slides were Glacier Park in Montana,
Mount Hauler I'ark In Washington.
Yosemlte Valley and Sequoya Parks
In California, Hwky Mountain and
Mesa Verdi Parks in Colorado.
Grand Canyon In Arizona, Yellow
stone Pnrk in Wyoming, and scenes
from the Petrified Forest.
OIVKS VIKWft on Kni't atiox
Herlln, February 2. ? President
Elbert, In New Year's greetings to the
students' economic relief commit te
of Herlln University, cxpre**n<i the
hope that tho organization will suc
ceed In preventing the "plutocratiza
tlon" of education. He gave assur
ance that he will do all In his power
to f outer the work of extending ed
ucation as widely as possible among
students of limited means.
HOUSE TO VOTE
ON MELLON PLAN
Secretary of Treasury Won't
Agree to Compromise hut
Republican Leaders Will
Have to Later.
Il>- DAVID IiAWItKM'K
Copyright. 1924. by The Advance
i Washington, Feb. 2. ? Out of de- .
fereqce to Secretary of th? Treasury!
Mellon, the Republicans on the :
House ways and means committee!
i have decided to report to the House*
I the Mellon tax plan with the changes
already made.
Mr. Mellon has insisted on a rec-J
( ord vote in the House on his propost-j
1 1 ion which' is taken to mean that he
! will not compromise till He sees the!
(necessity for it.
Although the bill -as it will be re-1
I ported to the House provides for a
? 25 per cent surtax rate, even the
I Republican leaders themselves con
cede it cannot pass the House ani
they anticipate a compromise at (
I per cent for the maximum surtax for
incomes of $100,000 and above. ,
I A few days auo Representative
i T^ong worth. the Republican House
I leader, beg An negotiations with the
I Democrats In the hope of securing ?
.enough pledges to make sure of a
j per cent surtax rate. Some of the
Democrats insisted that they would
: like to be assured that the President
i and Secretary of the Treasury woul 1
, agree to 35 per cent before they j
I would abandon the Democratic pro-J
i gram which provides for 14 per cent.
J Mr. Mellon would not budue and the
whole negotiation fell through. So
] the only thing left to do was to re-1
'port the bill to the House as Mr.
I Mellon wanted it and the rates will
I really be doeided by a vote of the
' House instead of committee action.
The vote in the Republican con
ference among the members of the
i ways '-and means committer was 1 1
to H for the Mellon plan. If the
! Democrats had been permitted to bo
, present and cast their votes their 11
ballots combined with, the throe jioet
J ative Republican votes would have
I made the vote 14 to 11 against the
. Mellon plan.
Rut the threo Republicans have
agreed not to vote against the Mel
lon plan when formal notion Is taken
by the full eomniilteo as they do not
wish to bo in the position of prevent
I Ins the Mellon plan from getting be
fore the House itself for a r*CQr<l
vote. ' . I
When the House has voted jilovn
1 1 lio 25 per cent maximum surtax
{rate -- n romhlnation of Democrats
I and Insurgent nopubllcans makes
!that almost a certainty ? (ho Repub
lican loaders will endeavor to pot n
. ?, r? prr rent rato through. though it
is probable this will bo dono with
out Mr. Mellon's sanction as ho wlsh
ps to mako a final effort to pot th?
'Senate to stand for tho 2"? pei4 ront
i rato. Th?' Senate is not -like to ac
ropt tho 2.r> por ront rato either, a^
tho Republican majority Is slim and
tho Democrats In tho upper Hon so
aro inclined to follow tho Garner
plan of 4 4 per cont surtax ratos.
Should it become necessary for the
administration to compromise on a
n r? per cont rato, tho chancos aro an
offort will ho made to nut the annli=_
radon or tbo rato as nigh as possible
in the upper brarkots. Tho more In -
! co.mes that would bo subject to a 25
, pnr ouut fnrtnv tbo hot toy tlw Tf-n*
: ury fools tho business condition of
the country will become.
Secretary Mellon Is reported to b<
disappointed with the 'action of tin1
House ways and moans committoo ir
making the 2f> per cont reduction on
earned incomes apply only to perrons'
with an Incomo of $20,000 or under.
| He h said to fool that if tho princi
ple of the thing Is sound? and that
seems to be rocopnlzod by both pat
ties then there should bo no penal
ty on brains and no restraint upon
individual Initiative.
As it stands now many diet or* and ,
lawyers and others who have inndoi
a success In their professions will not |
pot tho benefit of tho 2f> por cent r"- ,
durtion on earned Incomes. They
will stand on tho same footln ai
other Individuals who do not earn J
their Incomes but clip coupons from
Investment of funds lnh? i m-il ur hc
rumulatod by other persons for
them. The professional man has an
average of ir> or 20 years within
which to build a trust for his fam
ily. He cannot pass his practice or:
ability on to another generation.!
whereas the man with capital ran
bequeath that to another. As mat- J
tors stand now,- the doctor or lawyer'
with an income of $30,000 a year
pays exactly tho same tax as the man
with an estate of approximately a
million dollars whose annual Income
from his Investments Is In the neigh
borhood of $30,000.
Tho Democrats have proposed h J
reduction of on*r third on all earned !
Incomes without limit but they vot
ed for tho $20,000 maximum in Irom- !
mlttee so that, unless the House it
self changes tho bill as reported 1
from the ways and means committee, :
that will b? the upper limit for the
one-fourth reduction on earned In- <
comes. I
Bell To Signal
Death of Wilson
?
Ill tllf event Of the death or
of former President Wood row
Wilson prior lo 10 o'clock at
ni^lit. Chief Klora of tile Kllz
abeth City fire department will
be communicated with and the
fire bell will toll as an expres
sion or reaper! and honor due
the War President at lii.s pass
ing.
The hell will not toll atter
Hi o'clock at nlitht. hut The
Advance will notify Ciller
Klora Sunday mornltiK should '
Mr. Wilson die between 10 ?
o'clock --and morning.
WANTED REGAIN
FORMER HOME
Mrs. Ida Ferelice of (lunxlrn
County Olijertrd Violently
l? Occupancy l?y Those Now
Living There.
An- -Wfort on-thn- --part of- Mr*. Ida
Fere bee, widow of the late T. C.
Ferebee, who died at his liome in I
the Sawyer's Creek section of Cam-'
den County about three years ago.!
to regain possession or her home J
which was sold under a mortgage!
following Mr. Ferehee's ?|cath. U>
force ended in Mrs. Ferebe-e's Itolni;
put under a suspended judgment in
the Camden County recorder's court
Friday by the terms of which Mrs.
Ferebee- will be dealt with by the
courts in case she returns, to Cam
den County within the next 1 2
months.
According to apparently authentic
reports received here Mrs. IVrebe-o
got off the train at Helcross Thurs
day morning and went at once to her
former home, now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Philip H urges*, armed with
a revolver. Finding no one at home
bul Mrs. Hurgess,. Mrs. Ferebee Is re
ported to have fired her revolver in
to the air or the ground a number
of times and to have walked in. tell
ing Mrs. Hurgess that she had com?
to stay. Mrs. Hurgess went for her
husband, and they notified Alfred
Sawyer, present owner of the resl
?lenw. f Mrs. Ferebee's presence'
and actions. Oscar HofNer. son-in
law of Mr. Sawyer, went over to the
Hurgess home to try to reason witn
Mrs. Ferebee. but she emphatically
declared that she would remain i ?
the home, which was hers by right",
and would resist by force and arms
any efforts to remove her from if.
When Mr. Hoffier left to get legal
papers to serve on Mrs. Ferebee. sin
went down to the swamp with her
revolver for a bit of practice.
Deputy Sheriff Kirk Tarkinglon of
Camden with a posse, in which were
Oscar Hofflcr and John Harnnrd. ar
rived at the Hurgess home at. about
0:30. Mrs. Ferebee saw them com
ing and ran up Into the attic where,
with her gun on Deputy Tarkington.
she dared them to dislodge her at
their peril. When Mr. HofNer made
some remark to the effect that h
m'1 not believe the gun was loaded.
'hat she was in earnest, apparently,
but with no Intention of hitting any
body. She held- the posse at bay
for tbmn lif.nr> until ? ? Hanmi'd,
entering the attic as a friend who
wanted to talk f n TT7
taking her off her guard and dis
arming her.
Mrs. Sal lie Kvans of Helcross
asked Mrs. Ferebee to j.'o home with
her and she was permitted to accept,
the invitation with a guard about
the house.
Following the hearing In the re
corder's court Friday. Mrs. Ferebee
was taken to Norfolk bv her half
brother. John Wliltehurvf of that
city, who with Cooper Ferebee- of
Elizabeth City, a son, gave- assurance
that the provisions eif the court's
judgment would be compiled with.
TIIIIEE AUK kll.IKi)
IN 0\S EXPLOSION
Kansas City, Mo.. Fob. 2 . ? Three
person* wtrrn' KHIfi'iT 1TR1I" "sever'al in
jured In a gas explosion which shook
the downtown district today.
COURT OF APPEALS
UPHOLDS ACTION I KK
Cleveland. K? b. 2 Th?> action of
President Leo of the Rrotherttood of
Railway Trainmen In ousting: H*1
member* of the organization for
their, participation In an unauthor
ized strike of 1-020 was today upheld
by the court of appeal*, a if judges
eoneurrln?.
A suit filed avaln Lee and other
Officer* in behalf of the suspended
member* a*ked for the appointment
of a reeelVer to take over the prop
erty and benefit fa ry fund* of the
brotherhood and al*o requested the
Insurance department to M declared
unlawful and made a trust fund to
be distributed to present and former
members.
First Action Will Be To
Recognize Russian Soviet
England'* New l.alior Ministry Will Doubtless Muke Its
First Definite Move in Tliis Direction, Action Will Ef
fect All Europe ami Extend Influence Into America
lly Frank II. SIMONDS
(opyriulit. 1fh!4. lly McClniv \e\v?*|?a|M?r Symllcflte
Washington, Feb. 2. ? Beyond any question now, the first im
portant act of the new British ministry will be the recognition
of Soviet Russia.
This step, moreover, is bound
to have important reactions all
over Europe and not impossibly
add strength to the demand Sen
ator Borah is championing in
this country for American rec
ognition.
Examination of the motives of the
British. Labor party. however, dis
close political rather than cronomir
objectives. The British working
man has been told for many, many
months that a long step toward re
ducing unemployment will be taken
when Russia Is recognized. Inflt>??H
failure to recognize Russia and
Trench militarism have been dwell,
upon in England for three years as
the chief causes of British domestic
suffering.
As far as the economic phase is
concerned the experts, as contrasted
with the politicians, are still agreed
that little or no change in the trade
of the world will result. They do
not believe that Russia will for a
J long thne be able to huv largely
abroad and they do not believe that
recognition will change much. Am
, erica, which has been on the whole
the steadiest In opposition to the
1,enln? regime, last year did nearly
2.r? per cent of Russian import busi
ness. as against a little more than
30 per ccnt for Britain.
Politically, however, the situation
| is different. Labor has steadily cri
1 ticlzed the coalition government,
J which assisted the various Russian
movements to upset the Soviet. It
seeks completely to reverse the for
mer policies. To be sure, Ramsay
MacDonald and ills associates, after
a long and bitter struggle, succeed
ed in checking Russian Influence in
| their own ranks and have little sym
pathy with the extreme Russian
theories; but they remain sympathe
tic with the Russian situation, a.<
they interpret it. ami they mean to
recognize Russia as a direct blow to
the opponents of Labor in Britain.
It Is not to. be doubted that the
Laborltes believe th'at by recognizing
Russia they will bring another radi
cal government back into European
: discussions and gain a valuable allv
against the French. Having recog
nized Russia they will certainly ask
admission for the Slav state In the
League of Nations. Then they will
seek a similar admission for Ger
many and expect the support of Rus
sia for their pro-flerman and antl
Krench policies generally.
On the Continent the recognition
of Russia is likely to take place with
f /lHal . .rapidity. ?owt ? ? rrff
states will fear to let any one gain
exclusive advantages. Thus the Lit
tle Entente, Czecho slovakia, Ttum^
11 Li .i n it V u _ i j -Elm l;i, lii'hn lo oring
the question up at an early confer
' frtrr** In Prague. fmd-^Pohrmf- hrt* al
ready recognized the Soviets. Ruma
nia is reported to have settled the
Ressarablnn dispute, which would re
move the only real obstacle to Ru
manian recognition. Germany, of
course, recognized the Russian reg
ime In the famous f.enoa agreement
of two years ago.
France, alone of the Continental
countries, poems at the moment un
decided In the matter of Russia, yet
she has "sent to Russia' Franklln
Botiillon, who negotiated the Angora
treaty, and there Is little question
that this clever and experienced ne
gotiator will Indicate the direction In
which French In t < Hen nnd, if it
lies in Hip way of nroirnHlrtn, histon
??!Ph artlon. Tin* difficulty for
France as ront raxt ed with all other
1 countrh In that ?!?<? baa enormou <
sum* owing her wm** -PeK
befor?- 'ill i' wnr an<1 the?ce atlljis tt??
Soviet* have no far declined to ac
knowledge an current ohHiratlomi.
, The bord'-r (states. Poland, Ruma
nla an?1 the Lltle Knfento. ax well a*
the Italtlc ntatep. would b< ;lad to
yi e TltiP^la recovnlxed and flu* worst
p*-rHx of the present thu?* ' \ereised
' All of them have to f?ar f lio- ronw
mu* nees of any continued hostility
between the west of Europe and
Kosln and they baVe both economic;
and nolitlcal interests In r? -op? nlin: ,
the Russian markets. On tho othorj
hand, they do not share the Itrltlsn
view thai there. will In- any early re
vival In trad?- In Russia and any eon
, sequent rapid or conftlderahte ame
notation of the general . .European !
situation.
That I?m!v will also promptly tec
ogntxe Russia Is a foregone conclu-:
?foil. Hut anatfl the main consider
ntlon in political Italy, like Ilrltaln,
Is manoeuverlnK to break the Frenrn
supremacy on the Continent and to
[ undermine French Influence with the.
FALL REFUSES TO
GIVE ANSWERS
Before Senate C.oiiiniiltee To
day He Says < Committee Han
No Authority and He Won't
Ineriiuinate Himself.
Washington. Feb. 2. ? Haled be
fore the' Senate oil committee today
against ihe protest 01 his attornex f
and physicians, former Secretary of
the Interior Fall flatly refused to an
swer the questions about the nav tl
oil leases and his relations with Har
ry F. Sinclair and K. L. Doheny.
Fall save two major reasons why
he refused to reply. First, t tint th-?
authority given the investigating
committee by the last Congress had
expired, and. second. that In tho
.light of the action f?f Congress In
directing the institution of court, ei
\ il and criminal, in oil lease cases,
any answers he might make might
tend to Incriminate him.
Its authority challenged, the com
mitter decided to ask the Senate oa
Monday to remove all doubt by re
adopting the resolution authorizing
the inquiry and then adjourned un
til Tuesday when Fall will be rc
caled ami should he then decline to
| answer questions Senators said au?
i thority to compel him to answer un
der paid of contempt of!, court pro
ceedings would be squarely raised.
I'ngerlelder Suh|M?emied
Cleveland. Feb. 2. ? Samuel Un
j gej lr ider. Cleveland broker, with a
W'a hington branch, was today sub
po?>nned to testify before the Teapot
Dome inquiry in Washington. Tho
I summons directs 'him to bring all
recoTtls of transactions through hi*
house for the year ending December
1. 1022.
central Slav stales, particularly Yu
goslavia and Czecbo-Slovakia. To
i this end she has already made her
[treaty with Yugoslavia over Flume,
i which balances the French agree
! luent with C/echo-Slovakla. Slnci
tli< < '/e<;hs ii re very sympathetic with
I the Russians-. Italy would score over
j France ill Prague if France hel l
| back on recognition.
Hut the larger aspect of the situa
tion turns on the balance of power,
and It Is odd to see the new Labor
_iojviu:u-ment in Hrltain pltrofcing
boldly out upon the path of all pre
ceding Tory government?, nnd Lib
' rial as well. Short of flfebttn?1
i ranee, which Labor does not even
dream of doing, the single resource
Is -build up a group ?>f Continen
tal stntes to restrain France. Hut
I no coalition on the Continent Is pos
jjlblo in the present state of Europe
until there is some great power like
ltu?sin to redress the balance. If,
however, Russia comes back, takes a
sent in f.enevn nnd a hand in the
general game, then the French sit
uation will be compromised.
In addition Labor is taking a leaf
out of Soviet strategy and making
an open appeal to the radical ele
ments in the various countries, no
tably in France. In Italy the cam
paign will have to be more circum
spect, but it is not disguised that
Labor looks with tin utility upon Mil -
?ollnl and would welocnto I. la down
f xi 1 1 . That, too. Is why Mussolini
will hardly take. ?i completely pro
Europe.. Bto kojuo.
must hi ? to sook lo nook to ?rnr<? be
tween France and Britain and make
? arli pay for incidental benefits.
"Nothing for nothing" has Ions bei-n
I ho Mussolini doctrlniP. Ho does hope
to put a limit to French influenct-,
hut ho Ua? not the smallest Intcntlo i
to substitute Nrltlsh for French Con
tinental hegemony and lie must look
with no friondly pyes upon a Labor
leadership which a pa red no words in
denouncing his Corfu enterprise a
few months a?o.
The MlRnin^anf thing Is that Hrl
tlah Labor Is setting out to bring
Russia back Into the European circle
for the ejcpiW.s purpose pf limiting
French Influence ami acquiring i
valuable ally In the establishment of
a new European Mltuatlon, which
means, after all, the restoration of
(lermany and beyond that, the exten
sion of radical and socialist influence
generally. Such an undertaking l?
not Only Important In Itself, but ma/
hare very far-reachlag consequence
In the next few months.