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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1924.
EIGHT PAGES.
NO. 33.
HALLET WARD WILL RETIRE FROM CONGRESS
Floating Concrete Road Is
Slowly But Surely Sinking
And If Present Kate of Sinking Continues Before End of
Next Winter Depth of Water on Roadbed Will be Suffi
cient to Stall Motor Cars and Block the Truffic
Cap'n. I ? I ? I -just can't go to
sea on no grindstone." explained a.i I
ancient Ethiopian sea-cook when
they wanted him to make the trip
on the maiden voyage of the Atlan
tis when they brought her up from
i-?k"??Ville to Wilmington to be
finished up several years ago. The
Atlantis was the first of a serios of
?j.oOO-ton concrete steamers built
during the war.
"Inland editorial offices are not
V1}! marlru' directories
and off-hand It can't be stated just
of hlr ?fa.me I', the A,lantl? Some
of her sister ships cracked up In the
water and settled down to rest with
but (loiri"'*' SteeI floa,s a" risht,
h L,? ?. . u " concrete ship is a pro
w Uil V i188 not yet bppn adequate
Thl J y n,arlnp engineers."
Ilie foregoing 'paragraphs were
used by Den Dixon MacNelll In way
tloi n '.'h S ,0 8 clowln- descrlp- j
tlon. In the News and Observer of
Sunday. April 22, ?f Engineer
George McNutt's feat in floating a
concrete road across the three miles
!h?'j"aK e on the Camden side of
thlt as'[uota"k between the arms or
tire ox bow bend of the river on
which Elizabeth City is situated
iiut roads," wrote Mr. MacNelll '
"are ?n entirely different matter
since Prank Page sent George Mc
coner?.?Wn 'j raEr',:ota"'? to build a
concrete road aoross . . , three
vef T2 .KTamV t0 whlch nobody has
yet located a bottom. . T1,_
Pasquotank-Camden foljts Just had
uone, and he s done it."
Returning, for a moment, to th<?
fhHtru 8hlp"' one m'K,lt P^nt out
that it was no difficult Job to build
a ?hlP that would float
r ..... ,W!>8 launched. The difflcul
1,1 keeping It afloat under
conditions of actual service. The
question now Is, will the same thine
road' "X ?{ a, fl?a,inK concrete
n?r?. r 8Jowly "n" almost im
perceptibly, but surely neverthe
less. Mr. McNutt's ribbon of concrete
across Machelhes Island and the rlv!
sinking ?Dth,e Cam<Jen mainland
!n? . S" .pcr,1aps It is undertak
ing to see whether or not It can out
do tile engineers whom Mr. MacNelll
reported as unable to find a bottom
to the quagmire. "
Up-State folks, who never saw this
win before paving was begun on It.
will probably never understand the
conditions under which It was built
Hroni Illustrations In the News and
v-Viir ran alo"K with Mr.
MacNelll a story, th? Impression was
most probably made that here was a
road, Inundated for the most part
the greater part of the time by wat
er. which Engineer McNutt, after
raising it above the water by cordu
roy cross-logging, covered over with
dirt and then paved.
As a matter of fact, when the
Mate took over this road, only one
segmept of BOO or 700 feet was sub
i t Jo Inundation by tide, and this
inundation was a matter of compar
atively recent development permitted
because the State was about to take
over the road and the private Inter
ests which had owned and operated
It naturally were slow to spend any
largo amount of money on It under
such circumstances. This Inunda
tion. It should be understood, was
not a periodic Inundation, occurring
twice dally with the ebb and flow of
the ocean tides, which arc not per
ceptible this far up the I'asquotan*
River; but a permanent Inundation,
the depth and length of which varied
with prevailing winds. The remain
der of the road, except under exces
five rainfall or record high t!dr<*
was high and dry.
Mr. McNutt cross-logged the Inun
dated segment and .100 or <00 feet
on each end of It. until he had
raised the roadbed well above the
high water level He then covered
zzjxtfsf*?* ",rt ? "??>
atantlal depth. The entire remaln
l')p r?a<"w| was also raised
with dirt by several Inches, more
cross-logging being used in the low
er'.L ."/""; b"i ,h" ' "tire additional
cross-logging done probably was less
than, and certainly did not exceed.
*h" length of that placed over lh
wii.lkil'.fc lJJ?rt,0.n of """I on the
Elizabeth City side of Dlovers Cut
1 '.Xn:! *'ct. as matter of fact, despite
election of the roadbed by Mr Mc
Nutt. folks who have used this road
continually, ever sine- It was first
? '".J V'il? mT ,h0n 20 yo"r" ago.
?a\ that there Is more water on it
todav than they have ever seen In
! iT H VV?' "efore Mr. McNutt fin
ished his job. that part of the con
crete paving laid over the 1,400 foot
segment which be had cross-logged
had already sunk below the level or
an ordinary tide and was Inundated
to a depth of two or three Inches for
a distance of something like mo feet
Practically- all the time, hut today
' than a foot at the deepost point
and the inundation has spread so a<
to cover 900 feet of the roadway,
i In addition to this segment which
Is on Machelhes Island, or between
Pasquotank River and Glovers Cut ?
lor Stinking Out Creek as Mr. Mac
Neill called it ? another portion of
the road had sunk slightly before
Mr. McNutt completed the job, and
this also was inundated to a deptn
of two or three inches for a distance,
more or less, of 100 feet. This Inun
dation has now spread to a distance
;of 700 feet, with water mope than a
? foot deep where this segment was
first inundated.
fn addition to this a third sink
i has developed this winter and on
this segment the water Is already
fully as deep as on either of the oth
er two and the length of road Inun
dated 1s about 300 feet.
Thus, in all 2.000 feet of this 2.7
miles roadway Is Inundated practl
i rally all the time.
More portentfous still, however, Is
; the fart that now when there Is a
high tide water can be seen trlckl
|lng up Along the roadbed at
points where nobody remembers the
1 road as ever having been Inundated
before. In fart on Wednesday of
this week came a tide that brought
the water almost to the level on the
roadway for about half Its lensrth.
and motor ear drivers passing over
the sunken portions of the roadway
which are Inundated all the time
I found the water flushing their run
ning boards. It would not take a
record tide todav to *top all motor
t r iff 1? between Fllzabnth City and
Camden over thla road.
Hefore the road was pave* It was
used to a considerable extent by pe
destrians from Camden coming Info.
{Elizabeth City. Todav a pedestrian
I would have to take off bis shoes an1
istocklnes and roll his trousers
above his knee* to get acro?s the seg
ments of the road most dceplv In
? tindafed. unless a passing motorist
should give him a frlendlv lift.
To remedy the situation as to pe
destrians. the State Is preparing to
build a footway along the Inundated
segment* of the road. Hwt b ov*
.State Is going to meet the situation
| when the water on the Inundated
portions rises, under normal tide
'condition*, to a height that will stall
a motor car Is a question that Is In
teresting the folks of thla section
SENDS MESSAGE |
TO THE FARMERS:
President Coolidge Urges I
That Every Encouragement
he Given Co-operative Mar-!
' keting Movement.
Washington. Feb. 7 ? Hope that!
"every encouragement", will be;
given the co-operative marketing
movement was expressed today byi
President Coolidge to the National i
| Council of Farmers' Co-Operative |
Associations, at the opening of the I
three days meeting here.
The President added that there
was also need for organization of,
| urban consumers "to glye like ben
| efits" and declared that close work
I ing arrangement between the two
I groups Is the ideal toward which
| present economic efforts should be
(directed.
i ABANDON EFFORTS
TO QUESTION FALL
Washington, Feb. 7 ? Further
| efforts to question Albert 13. Fall,
i central figure in the Senate oil in
| vestigatlon, were abandoned today
i by the committee.
This decision was reached upon
j advice of special Government
? counsel, Silas Strawn, and Atlee
j Pomerene. They recommended
against permitting Fall to testify
unless he waived immunity.
MacDONALD WHITES
PREMIER POINCARE
(Br The Auorla'.rd frrM.1
I Paris, February 7 ? Prime
I Minister MacDonald of Great
i Britain has written to Pre
| mier Polneare expressing regret
for the incident caused by the
I Lloyd George interview asserting
j the discovery of agreement at the
j Paris peace Conference between
i Woodrow Wilson and Premier Cle
menceau regarding occupation erf
! the Rhineland, says a dispatch to
j a semi-official Havas afttocy.
A NEW STATION
FOR BODY ISLAND
Coast Guard Building Will
lie of Most Modern Type,'
VS ith Commodious Quarter*
and Every Convenience.
Bids hays' been asked for on the
construction of a new up-to-datej
Coast Guard station at Body Island.;
The building will be constructed on j
a new site which will include the
present one but will extend from sea !
to sound. It will be of the most I
modern design, four stories in height
and of concrete and wood construc
tion.
Included in the contract will be
the construction of a causeway from
the sound to the station, designed to
make for better efficiency in the op
eration of the station.
The building will be as complete
as a city structure. It will have its
own electric light plant, sewerage!
system, plumbing, and water. The
estimated cost is around $30,000.
Commodious quarters for the crew
are called for in the plans and bath
rooms and every comfort of home
will be provided.
Construction will likely be started
in the middle of April if a satisfac
tory bid Is received and the building
will, in that event, be completed by
about September 15.
HUERTA HAS MOVED
CAPITAL TO TUXPAM
Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 7. ? Gen
eral Adolfo de la Huerta has moved
the capital of the revolutionary gov
ernment to Tuxpam, going to that
port accompanied by his staff on an
Agulla Oil Company boat, according
I to a radiogram to the Associated
i Press. All revolutionary forces left
i Vera Cruz Monday going by way of-]
the Isthmus railway.
COUZENS WRITES TO
SECRETARY MELLON
Washington. Feb. 7 ? Lack of
I enforcement and faulty admlnlstra-j
, tivo provisions in the tax law were
charged by Senator Conzens. Re-]
publican, of Michigan today in a
letter to Secretary Mellon, with the
responsibility for cutting down Fed
eral Government revenues. .
JAPAN IS W ORRIED
AT RESTRICTIONS
<Br Thf Aiwlilfd IVu >
Toklo, Feb. 7 ? Viewing
with apparent anxiety "In
creasing restrictions upon Ja
panese residents in the United
Stales and the proposal now
before Congress for further ex
clusion of the Japanese" For
eign Minister Matsul in an
exclusive statement to the
Associated Press 4ody appeal
ed to the Uuited States to
heed Japan's cherished desire
to be treated on the same
footing with other indepen
dent nations.
BASKETBALL SERIES
BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday night at 7:45 marks the |
opening of the girls' and boys' pre- 1
championship basketball series.
The local high school girls' baa- 1
ketball team will open the new sche
dule with a battle on the new high
school court Friday night.
This will be followed by a game
on Saturday night when the hlgli
school boys' basketball team will
play Winton high school team.
Practice games have already start
ed on the new court and the boys
and girls have expressed themselves
as being much pleased with what
they believe to be the best basket- j
ball court in Northeastern North
Carolina.
Announcement will bo made with
in the next few days of future gamca
that are now being arran^tw for
with Hertford, Edenton, Plymouth .
and Washington.
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
ILL FROM OVERWORK
Washington, Feb. 7. ? Chief Jus
tice Taft who was prevented from
attending the funeral of Woodrow
Wilson by an attack of gastric indi
gestion has been advised by his phy
sicians to remain quietly at home for
several days but Is not confined to
his bed.* The reason for his Illness
Is said to be overwork. I
Tt was said at the Taft residence
this morning that he was much lm-j
proved and had passed a restful j
night but decided as a matter of,
precaution tor remain In bed during
the day.
Nation's Capital Now Has .
Two Presidential Shrines
Tomb of Wilson at Cathedral in Years to Cpme IMay lie
Equally Honored With That of Father of llis
Country at Mount Vernon
II) JOHN* j. \v. XKVIX
Coayrlgtit. IM4. ky Th. Advarrt
Washington, Feb. 7. ? The capital which he loved so well has
said farewell to Woodrow Wilson.
Through a section of the city
strange to ceremonial action his
mortal remains were carried to
their final resting place.
Tlie broad roaches of Pennsylvania
Avenue, which saw the passing of
Harding. McKlnloy, Garfield,. Lin
coln, Taylor and Harrison played no
part In this last journey. Instead
the funeral cortege passed slow'.y
and solemnly through massed ranks
of sorrowing fellow-citizens from the
homo on S street, exclusively a resi
dential section, along Massachusetts.!
Avenue, likewise a roadway of
homes, to the entrance to the cathe
dral grounds on the latter thorough
fare. From there the body was car-1
rled Into Bethlehem Chapel through 1
the door on the south of the crypt
over which Is Inscribed "The Way of
Peace."
Thus the passing of the War Pres
ident of the nation was In accordance
with his last expressed with for the
utmost simplicity. The days of
pomp at home and abroad, of vast
crowds and" stately ceremonies, nev-i
er appealed to the Intimate nature of
the man. So it was that he expressed
his wish for the funeral of a simple
American and the devoted wlf" who
had cheered him In his long Illness,
saw that this suggestion was carried
through to the letter.
While the leaders of state, diplo
matic representatives and high and
low officials all were represented at
the flnal services a little group of In
dividuals to whose names no title
was attached were conspicuous
among the mourners both at the
house and the chapel. They were
there because the man to whom they
were 'devoted aides while he was In
his official position had expressed th?
hope that places should be found for
them If they desired to come.
These men probably knew the
dead chief executive better than any
of the others there outside of the
immediate family.* There was Ru
dolph Forster. permanent secretary
In the executive office# whose knowl
edge of detail haa made him tnval
uablp to every President since Mr
Klnloy; Edward W. Kmlthers, chief
telegrapher; Nelson I). Webster, dis
bursing official; Patrick E. McKen
na, chief presidential doorkeeper; C.
C. Wagner. personal secretary to
President Wilson during n great deal j
of the time he was abroad, and I. H. j
Hoover, chief usher at the White
House, who also was In charge of the
temporary White House In Paris. ,
Two others, no longer In official life
were on hand. Hllbert Close, former- 1
ly personal secretary to Mr. Wilson,
who came from St. Tx)Uls to be pres
ent. and Charles Swein of Chicago. |
who was Mr. Wilson's personal sten
ographer both at Trenton and Wash
ington.
This Is the first time In the history
of the country thst a former Presi
dent has been burled within the con
fine* of the District of Columbia.
When the cathedral lit complete
a permanent tomb will be fixed to
contain for all tlm" the remains of
the War President and there will
thus be two shrines available for all !
who visit hero; this one on the hill,
and the resting place of the first of,
all Presidents, the Immortal George I
Washington, M Mount Vernon, Just
below Washington.
It was because of the wishes of
Mrs. Wilson that thete was no na
tional pageant or mourning, flutj
the various Government departments!
closed down at noon. Many of the
employes and thousands of other cit
izens then gathered In the natural
amphitheater about the cathedral
where they were able to follow the
services inside of the structure as It
was wafted to them over radio* ani
"pllflers hnvlnc been located at vari
ous points on the grounds.
From sunrl.ie Wednesday morning
half hourly guilfl Were fir^d at every
Armv ??o*t nnd Naval station and at
night a national salute jrill honor the
memory of the late President. ThU
was all that was possible under the
i circumstances when It was deter
mined by the relatives of the dead
[that they could. not accept the Presi
dent's tender of a state funeral. ?
i in i mi
Is Not A Candidate
In The Next Primary
Increase of Demands of Personal Matters on Time of I.aw
"Partner and Pressing Necessity of His Personal Pres
ence at Law Office Given as Reasons
Congressman Ilallet S. Ward does not seek re-election ?
member of the House of Representatives from the First North
Carolina Congressional District and will not be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination in the next primary.
Chicago Is Going
After Its Gunmen
Sunday Shooting i? Bloody Cli
max to Recent Reign Of
Lawles*ne?* There
lly J. P. VODKIt
(Copyrlfht. 1924, By Tht Advance)
Chicago, Feb. 7. ? Gunmen and
killer thugs are to have short shrift
hereafter in Cook County.
That is the decision reached after
a two-day conference which superior
court Justices, police officials and
the state's attorney held following
the shooting up of a dance hall by
three desperadoes early Sunday
morning. I
It appeared certain today that i
Chief Justice Caverly's request, tor I
two additional judges to try criminal 1
cases would I).- granted. The nine
now sitting are literally Bwumped
with murder and murderous assault
cases that have been piled Up on" the
calendar ih the past two or three
: months.
' IX is the plan of the three binnch
I es of the city government to rush all
1 cases to immediate Indictment and
trial within 30 days at most after
; grand jury action.
I The Sunday shooting was a bloody
and flagrant climax to Chicago's re- j
cent reign of lawlessness. Three no-1
torlous gunmen Invaded a dance hall i
where the truck drivers' and chauf
feurs* union was holding a ball. Two
carried automatics and the other a j
sawed-off shot gun. There were at!
least 2,500 ?men, women and chil
dren in the hall at the tinie. As the
three nearcd a platform where sat j
several dance officials, they be* an j
shooting. One-man was killed in
stantly and eight or more were
wounded.
'I wo of the bandits escaped but I
the third was caught and nearly ,
beaten to dc>ath before the police ar-l
rived. He admitted his identity as j
Anthony Kissane, a beer runner fori
Terry Druggun, millionaire post-;
Volstead dealer in breweries.
There have been a dozen other
shootings equally sensational, in the
last few months, and the authorities:
have decided that It Is time to call
a halt.
NEW REVENUE BILL
REPORTEO TO HOUSE
Washington, Feb 7 ? A new reve-,
nue bill providing for a complete,
revision of Federal taxes and for a
25 per cent reduction in 1923 In
cline taxes was voted on favorably j
today and rej?orted to the House by,
the way* and means committee.!
The vote was 15 to 3, eight of the
11 Democrats voting present.
DOHENY REDUCES
QUARTER MILLION
Washington, Feb. 7 ? E. L. Doh-j
eny, California oil operator, today
notified the Senate oil committee
that Instead of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars which ho recently esti
mated his Interests had paid WIJ-!
Ham O. MoAdoo's law firm. the'
amount actually paid so far Is $150,-1
ooo. including the annual fee of
? 25,000 to McAdoo himself.
BRINGS CHARGES
AGAINST TREASURY
????" -- i
Washington, Feb 7- Charles!
Brewer, Department of Justice Ag
ent, In a report to Coolldge and At
torney Central Daugherty, copy of!
which was died today In the District!
of Columbia Supremo Court, said he]
expected to prove that knowledge of
duplicated Government bonds had |
been suppressed by th*> Treasury and i
the evidence of duplication destroyed j
there, I
COTTON MARKKT
New Yorft, Feh. 7 ? Spot cotton
closed ' quiet today, declining 70
pointfl. Middling 33.65,
New York, Feb. 7 ? Cottrm fu
tures opened this morning at the
following levels: March 33:99;
May 34 : 20; July &*:7S; October
?i'i |"^c*?">er i
This information reached
Elizabeth City Thursday in th?>
form of a statement signed by
Mr. Ward announcing that h-?
would not be a candidate in tho
next primary.
The fact that his law partner,
Mr. Grimes, "ha* had an increase In*
personal afTalrs that take much of
his time from the office," and that
.other -conditions have arisen that de
mand return to exclusive attention,
on Ills part, to duties at his law of
fice that cannot he abandoned. Mr.
Ward says, arc the reasons for his
resignation.
Mr. Ward expresses disappoint
ment that he was not permitted to
serve In a Democratic Congress,
which would, of course, have opened
up to him larger opportunities to
serve his District, and warmly
thanks his friends for the support
which elevated him to his position of
trust and honor. His statement fol
llows:
February 6, 1924.
jljo the Democrats of the First Con
gressional District of North Caro
i Una : -
I cannot be a candidate for Con
| gress before the ntfxt primary. I
i know I have friends In the District
i that will he disappointed, and m t
? share the disappointment to the ex
!tent of having hoped to he In a Dem
ocratic Congress, guided by a Demo
cratic administration, where larger
I opportunities would be presented, to
' be of particular service to many of
them and general service to their
public Interests, but conditions,
changed to a considerable extent
since I left, compel me tp go home.
My partner, Mr. Crimes, has an in
crease of personal affairs that take
much of his time from the office, and
that and other conditions demand
my return to exclusive attention to
duties there that cannot be aban
doned. *
My inost Intense concern and de
sire now. is to make everyone whos?>
: preference and confidence promoted
me to this position, believe that 1
sincerely thank them and hope that
private life will afford Just as mucn
opportunity as public life to give as
su ranees and prove worthy "f that
confidence In the future.
Faithfully yours,
H. S. WARD.
WHEN HE GOT IIP HIS
TIN LIZZIE WAS GONE
When O. F. Itlggs of South Mills
got up Thursday morning and went
to his garage, left unlocked as was
his eustom. his Ford touring car was
missing. There wos no clue as to tho
Identity of the thief or thieves nor
was it even possible to tell which
way the ear had gone on leaving the
yard.
"I bad the key to the car," said
Mr. Klggs over long distance tele
phone to an Advance reporter Thurs
day morula?, "and there was evi
dence that whoever tdok It had con
siderable difficulty In getting the car
off. But It was started In some way
and I never had a suspicion of what
had happened until I went out to the
f.iira* e at about 6 o'clock this morn
ing."
Mr. Ttlggs's Ford was a 1921 mod
el and when It left his garage had
no cushion on the hock seat. The li
cense number was 171 577, /
DENBY AGAIN MAKES
DEFENSE STATEMENT
Washington, Feb. 7.- On the eve
of the consideration bv the Senate of
a resolution demanding his resigna
tion, Secretary of the Navy Denbv
lost night Issued a statement defend
ing his course In leasing the naval
oil reserves and declaring that he
acted for the best Interests of the
country and In response to the wish
es of Congregs.
BAD I.OANS MADE TO
LASSITER AND COOPER
Wilmington, Feb. 7.? The Cooper
trial proceeded here yesterday wlti
the State setting up evidence that
moat of the bad loans wer? made to
Clyde Lasslter apd T. E. Cooper and
that tho Coopers were aware of the
bank's poor condition when they
sold the stock In U. the erldenco
tending to show conspiracy