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* THE WEATHER * * Increasing cloudiness. * * Somewhat warmer to- *' * night. Sunday rain ami i" * warmer. FINAL EDITION. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 17. AYDLETT MEETS WITH MUCH FAVOR Reports Ki-at-liiiig Elizalwlh <'ity*s Candidate For Con Are Tliis pck Par ticularly Encouraging K. I". AydlPtl. Elizabeth City can didate for CoimresK t?> represent tli<* First Congressional District, is very much encouraged by reports reach reaching him from various parts' of the district as to the reception given tin; formal announcement of his candidacy by the voters of the dis trict. "I am particularly delighted. ' said Mr. Aydlett Saturday morn ing, at reports that have reached me from across the sound in coun ties in which there are other can didates. I have not only heard from my personal friends whose support 1 felt sure that I could count on. hut also I have had letters from places where 1 did not know 1 was known from voters who have voluntarily written to pledge their support." From the counties on this side the sound as well as from those counties on the other side of the sound in the courts of which >!:\ Aydlett is known through his regu lar practice iji the courts, voters in the city from day to day are stop ping in Mr. Aydlett's office to ex press their gratification at his can didacy and to bring him reports of his strength in their respective communities. "I could not have asked for a more favorable response to the an nouncement of my candidacy." says Mr. Aydlett, "-and I feel grateful to the voters of the District who in "word or?try ? Irttrr ? have indicated their confidence in me and in the success of my candidacy." AL SMITH SPENDS DAY WITH NEWSBOYS New York, Feb. 23. ? Governor A1 Smith, who u4>d to be a newsboy, spent a part or yesterday In newsboy haunts attending their Washington Day celebrations. WIIJ, SPEAK SUNDAY AT SAWYER** CREEK ('HUM 'If Rev. W. J. Ranks will preach Sunday morning at eleven o'clock at Sawyer's Creek Baptist Church. In the afternoon he will fill his reg ular appointment at Riverside. CORRESPONDENT IS ORDERED DEPORTED Chicago, Feb. 23. ? Frederick Wright, correspondent in Mexico City for the Chicago Tribune, has been ordered deported from Mexico by the secretary of the interior on charges of "persistent misinterpre tation of political news." according to a special dispatch from him in today's Tribune. COOI.IDGE SENDS OUT MESSAGE BY WIRELESS Washington. Dec. 23. ? President Coolldge lauded George Washington in a speech delivered last night by radio from the White House. TROUBLOUS TIMES IN THIS CHURCH The ^Disciples "Church of Christ of Saint Galilee," colored, on South Martin street, is having hard sled fling. Member* of the flock who fol low the present pastor, Hev. Hunt: Charles, are classed as unorthodox by an opposing faction, which cites the fact that the pastor has been tiirtied out by the assembly of his denomination. The pastor, however, declares that the church does not belong to the assembly which has turned him out but is an indepen dent body, having the right to direct its own affairs as it may see fit. Charlie Ferebee, leader of the "orthodox" faction, some weeks ago, put on a new lock, locked the doo**. put the key In his pocket, ;?i..l nailed a no trespass sign on the door on Saturday. When Levy White, one 'if the lenders of the faction which Ifc apparently in majority and is standng by the pastor, tore down the no trespass slen and removed the new lock, Fere bee's faction In dicted White lor trespass, but the action came to nothlnu when Trial Justice Spence dismissed It this week in the recorder's court. Members of the congregation to whom the status quo Is Unsatisfac tory now hope to obtain relief through a Civil action. UHOIiaf Vs GOING Mil i: MIDDLE WESTERN FARMERS Atlanta. Feb. 23. Uty the Con solidated Press. ) ? Travelling sales men will be sent Into the Middle West this year by owners of Idle cotton lands to sell to farmers the idea of migrating to the Southeast and taklnu up cotton cultivation. Ac cording to Governor Walker, the Georgia industrial promotion bureau will spend $1,000,000 In exploiting the state. Wyatt Aydlett. Arthur Oalldp and Gulrkin Cook motored to Norfolk Friday to see' "Spice of 1923" at the Acndemft ? MOTHEIt AND THREE BABES ASPHYXIATED Watervllet. X. Y.. Feb. 23. ? Mrs. Joseph Prenzi and her three small children worn today asphyxiated and 13 other persons suffered from in haling illuminating gas which leaked from the main on Second av enue. Members of four families were rendered unconscious. The father and the other five I'renzl children were resuscitated by the police. Tie gas main was broken by the frost. CLEVELAND BUSINESS IS SWINGING ALONG Ity lil'V T. IMM'KWKM. (Copyright. 1924. By Thv Advance) Cleveland. Feb. 23. ? Uusiness in this district is swinging: along in a , very satisfactory manner. Autonio-j bile manufacturers are doing. a most satisfactory business. wM!o the ac tivity in the steel industry is ole;.ly reflected in the amount < f ore rui-. sumed this year. The latest re irt showed 24 1 furnaces in blast. wMchl is :i4 more than wer,v -under p ver January I. Th?M plants used up 209.01 r? more tons of ore last month' than in December, and the impr' ve ment has been even more marked this month. The Ohio Hell Tele phone Company has asked peri.iis- 1 sion to make r. charge of $2 to $u for installing or transferring l"si-' ness phones and $:> to $4.50 for pri vate phones. If the city council de clines this request, the company an nounces it will apply to the state ! public utilities commission for per mission to increase rates 10 to 12 CLAIMS THAT BOK OWES HIM MILLION New York. Feb. 2" ? Smirmons and complaint for $1,100,000 dam ages was today filed against Ed-ward Bok. donor of the American peace award, by Frank Hendrick, lawyer, who was one of more than 22,0000 persons to submit peace plans in competition for the $100,000 prize. Hendrick based his complaint on the contention that the plan submitted by him "if fairly consid ered" would have been unanimous ly selected as prize winner. The suit for $1,100,000 represents the value of the publicity Bok has re ceived as the result of the prize award. APPROVE POINCAKE PLAN OF ECONOMY 'By The AiMciat'd Prru) Paris. Feb. 23. ? The Chamber of Deputies today approved Premier I Poincare's entire taxation and econ omy plan after an all flight session. The sitting was an extension of a 1 session lasting all day yesterday and was the longest in the annals of th?* French parliament. ON K C ASK SKSSIOV A one case session again was the police- court record when Fred Har ris, colored, was taxed with the costs Saturday for operating a motor car at night without tail light. BOY S< Ol'TS DKKKATKI) AT HERTFORD OX FRIDAY The Elizabeth City Bcry Scouts played a good game of basket ball against the Hertford boys Friday afternoon but were defeated 16 to S. The game was much closer than the first wh*?n the Elizabeth City boys were defeated in this city by ,l!2 to 7. A return game has been arranged with the Hertford boys in Elizabeth [City on next Friday. The boys who appeared In the game as ' regulars and substitutes were, Ward Thompson, William Met trey, Larmier Mldgett. Cieorge Lit tle, Harry Johnson. Howard John son. Randolph Dozior. and Hfucher Ehringhnus. Thev motored to Hertford in Rev. Frank Scptter ; good's car. iih;ii s< iiooi, oiri.s K vn:t> The girls basket ball team of the Elizabeth City High School was defeated at Belhaven Friday nlvbt. according to n telephone message Saturday from Coach I* viand. Th* score was 21 to 1 r> . Out of eight chances Belle Miller made five foul goals for tin- team. Margaret Saw ver caged three field goals and Monterey Cnrtwrlght one. The girls play again at Washington to i night and will return Sunday. OIRI.S KWIOV HIKE J :?n Houtz. Emily Davis, Helen W I's. Elisabeth Munden enjoyod a 1 hike out In ?hf country Saturday ! n:"rnlng. making their destination I th" home of Miss Ruth Sample. TWO FOItDS COM JDK S. B. Parker's Ford Cotipe was struck at the corner of McMorrlne | and Fearing streets Friday evening j shortly after 7 o'clock by a Ford Se idan driven by Mrs. John K II gore, and though no one was hurt each car was damaged. Mrs. Kllgore was 'driving west on Fearing and Mr. Parker was driving north on Mc I Morrlne. The sedan caught the Coupe amirfshlp, mashlnK in the door, puncturing the back tire, bend ing the fender and stripping off th-? running board. The sedan was only slightly damaged. Mrs. P. H. Etheridge of Maoteo Is the guest of Miss M. P. Bell on North Road stroot. t New York Says "Howdy" President and Mrs. Calvin CooIWrV art shown r'tiOtc?'rni>h<?t In front of the Women's Nation il Fi?-i>uMiepn Club headquarter*. NVw York. City. The cicecutive came to Gvlhuui to ~t.c&k, and sounded the ke>it'>te ol his campaign fo?* re-election. SECRETARY SLEMP CALLED TO TESTIFY Washington. Feb. 2:?. C. Iia.i conjb Slenip, secretary t ?? the i'resi dent. yesterday received word that the Teapot Dome committee will ask him to appear to t?'ll what lie knows about Fall's movement and conver sations while in Florida in Decem ber. Slemp today agreed to appear Monday before the committee. Sen ator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, chief prosecutor in the oil scandal, called Slenvp on the telephone anil i the secretary readily agreed to ap pear. While Walsh declined to indicate the subject on which Slemp would be questioned it is understood that the committee desires to ask about the extent of any communication lie has had with government officials and others concerned regardin.u the inquiry since the beginning of the startling disclosures a month ago. TONS OF FOItK I'lIOM Lm'KIt l\ 1 HO DAYS 1 State College. Pa... Feb. 2:?. ? (By I the Consolidated Press) -The move ment to compcti' in the raising of "Ion lltt?*rs" of liopa is spreading tli ron Kb Pennsylvania. Prizes will be awarded those who raise a ton of pork from one litter of plus in 180 (lays. JUDGE DISMISSED CASE AGAINST FOKD . New York, Feb. 23. ? Federal Jud^e Knox today dismissed the 'Muuplaint in the .$200 000 libel suit ' brought by Kditor Bernstein of the Jewish Tribune auainst Henry Ford for alleged defamation of character. Mr. and Mrs. Ilrad Sanders and son. Brad, of North Itoad street, are spending the week-end in Norfolk. Tens Of Thousands Motor To Their Work In Detroit Itul Detroit Police do [Not Serin lo llavo Comr to Kml of Their Kou in Handling Traffic mill De-pile Park ing Prolilriu IS'nmlirr of Motorist* is Incrraxin^ l?y .1. c. kovi.k (Cogyi iqht. 1024. By The Advance) F .New York, Feb. 23.? The auto mobile has become a tremendous factor in tho Industrial and business lift* of the I'nlted States anil the way in which automotive traffic is regu lated i? bearing strongly on real <?:* tat*? values, the prosperity <?f public utilities, factory output and other factors in the economic situation. No where is tills more apparent than in Detroit. Tlie question "where shall w> park today" is acute in the motor 1 M'*r "til rln*: center, yet t'ac police department tie re f>??mff not tr? have reached the end of Its resource^ in OndinK a way to permit free? uh<* of automobiles*. Instead of ahsofbieh prohibiting parking, there is scarce ly a block in that city where it in not permissible to park * for a few minutes at h ast. Ilut motorists who abuse the privilege are apt to find their cars missing. The police h.av? a "dog wagon" equipped with tow ing lines, jacks and all parapherna lia for quickly moving a parked car to the "pound" where it Is stored until the owner pays tke prescribed fine for overtime parkin?. The pen alties usually are $1 for first offense, $:i for a second Infringement and $5 for additional Infractions. If a car is locked, the police quickly place it on a dolly such as Is used l?y wrecking companies, and take It away. The nltuation In Detroit has been greatly bettered by the co-operation of the motorists themselves. Thev ars fully aware of the va|ue of short down town parking and are working with the police In order that the privilege may not be curtailed. Another aid toward speeding up traffic is the permission given by th?- oollce for motorists to make right hand turns whenever they de sire to do so. provided they use cau tion in getting Into the line of traf fic moving at right angles to the di rection from whence they come. As a result, even In the rush hours It is seldom that Detroit traffic Is held up for blocks, as Is the case In some other cities. I The number of motorists who i drive to" their dally work In the two mtye circle with the city hall as :i ci.'iitrr runs up into the t? as of | thousands*. Unrestricted parking is i allowed on a strip running two miles , along the Detroit Ittver parallel to Woodard avenue, tlie "main street" i of the city. Within that era there are GO or more vacant lottf whlCii :liave been converted into parklni; Hpacfl with charges ranging from 2."? t<? 50 cents a dnv. Also then' an? numerous side streets where parklnu is free and unrestricted. This sys tem allows most car owners to leave tlielr machines within half a mile of their place of employment? Still oth er tjtreets are open to parking for one to two hotir periods f??r the hen eflt of shoppers. i' Detroit is without a suburban steam road commuter service nnd the length of time which the ? lectric traction lines take to vt #cb the bus iness nnd industrial enter irf th city makes such trav? 1 difficult for some suburban residents. The result Is that a constantly incr<?asin stream of suburbanites are usin automobiles to reach their work. Down town garages therefore are piling up tremendous earnings. The usual charge for day time parking on the first floor of a heated enrage in the business center is $11 a month while establishments up to a mile from the center of town charge $10 and S12 a month. Sales of automobiles In Detroit have been helped by the commuter situation, since many out-of-town motorists figure It Is cheaper and easier to put up with parking diffi culties than to use steam or electric railroads. Heal estate experts tie. clare the future growth of the city will follow directions which will per mit the continued use of the auto mobile in the business sections. They expect a new congestion point will be established and in confirmation of their contentions point to the fact that rents In office buildings not ad jacent to parking facilities have dropped 16 to 2 fi per cent They conclude that instead of the automo bile following business, business will follow the auto. Daugherty Asks Hearing i And Coolidge Is Willing i President Stick* l>y lo Sim1 No Ulan ('ondcintied With ont ('banco to (Hear Himself and Probability Seems to be that \ttorney (ii'liml Mill Heard Lodge in l)rn nv n.wnt i.AwltKvrK C'oayriffhl. I *'24. I>y Tli? Adt.mir Washington, Fob. 2:?. ? Attorney General Daugherty will not retire without fight and perhaps before ht? gets through he will blast some of the reputations of the men attacking him. i Unlike Secretary Denbv of the Navy Department, who withdrew without presenting his side of the case in a public hearing, the Attorney General insists that it is his constitu tional privilege, to l>o heard. And in that view President Coolidge concurs just as he did in the case of Mr. Denb.v. The Secretary of1 the Navy, howev er, yielded to the persuasive ar guments of his friends that he was embarrassing the Presi dent and the Republican party by remaining in the cabinet. Considerable resentment lias l?-eu shown by the friends of the Attorney General that Senator Loilge and Sen ator Pepper should be advocating a resignation without a hearing. . The argument of Messrs. I*odge and 1'ep per, however, is that the Attorney General, by demanding an Investiga tion and n hearine wii.n.lv th?> Democrats the opporttinif v to keep the Teapot Dome- controversy on the front pages of the newspapers indef initely and thus force the K? publi can party to the defensive. The Attorney General i:t a keen politician himself and knows that his resignation would not end (lie controversy, but would simply give the Democrats confirmation of their charges. He thinks it would be a I confession of guilt when lie insists lie has done nothing wrong and that | a hearing and investigation will prove he has been Innocent. if the Republican leaders could persuade their Democratic brethren to keep quiet after Mr. Daugherty resigns, there might be a political value jn his retirement; according to , the Attorney General's friends, but the Democrats have no intention of letting the Teapot Dome scandal slumber. They intend to keep on talking about it from now until election day next November", It has ' become the paramount issue of the : campaign. Mr. Daugherty thinks, f herefore. ?he time I. a h come to turn on those who have been accusing Jilm and ? make a fight. If he can prove lie 'has not been connected with the oil, leases and if ~he ? shows that the 'charges against him are baseless, he will have impaired tlic Democratic catfe ho far as members of the pres ent administration are concerned, for neither Mr. Fall nor Mr. Denhy a r<' any longer responsible to the President and an* not a part of the Government In any sense. The President's part In tin* dis cussions that have arisen Inside the Republican party about the wisdom of calling for Mr. Daugherty's res ignation, Iras been judicial. He feels strongly that nobody should be con demned without a hearing. He felt that way about Secretary Den by anil would have preferred that the latter r? main until lie had presented his rase, though there was a awkward ness In that situation arising from the fact that Government counsel bad decided to attack the validity of the leases made by Mr. Dfcfi by Jointly with Mr. Fall. The Attorney General Is accused ' In a general way of being mixed tip. In the oil lease controversy, though no specific act is charged against him. He is reported to have pur chased r.tocks but there Is no proof that lie did so with any knowledge obtained through Government sourc es. At anv rate. It Is said he lost by his transactions and .that tbev were n Intively small. The fluht otj the Attorney G? neral In :?ii lon?( before the oil lease Irreg ularities were discovered. There has hi cn r? v n< ral suspicion on the part of the Democrats thaf because of Mr. Daunherty's previous activity in politics he was not inclined to ?>? . - rough on offenders and as vigorous in prosecutions as another \tlorne\ General without a political back ground might have been. The Dem ocrats have sought an opportunity to uet him out of office but their at tack now has heroine general and they believe that It Ik t?? their best Interest to hammer away at the ad ministration forcing prominent mem bers out, so that th?* country will lose confidence In the Republican party and turn to the Democrats next autumn. Mr. Danghert/ thinks the tlnte has come to fight and his determination today was to carrv that fight to the Senate Itself, a po sition which the President cannot very well oppose, for everybody who Is accused has the right to a fair trial. As for his principal accuser. Hen-; ator Hurt on K. Wheeler, of Mon tana, Democrat, Mr. Daugherty bap liens to hav*? access to the records of the Department Justice under the Democratic administration when I < FIRE CHIEF DIES FIGHTING FLAMES lieiieve<l Thai Oilier Fire man I'rohahly l.o*t l.i f* ? When Wall* of lliiriiin^ WnrelmiiM' Fell N i \v Orleans, l'eb. 2:!. Jules Pu jol. assistant Are chief, was suffo cated today when trapped in a ware house which was destroyed hv fire. He was in the huiuldini; when the (loot's and walls collapsed and his hotly was removed after the fire had ! been extinguished. Five other firemen, two of whom may die. were hurt by the falling walls. Prisoners from the city stockade and firemen are digging in the smol dering embers for other firemen who are believed to have been caught tin der the falling walls. McADOO SAYS OIL TAINTED MUST GO i Los Angeles, Feb. ~ 23. ? William (Mbhs McAdou yesterday declared that those tainted with oil must go, regardless of party. !r BOWLEY DENOUNCES THE LEGION WEEKLY Winston-Saleiu, Feb. 23.-? General A. J. Bowley denounced the Ameri can Legion Weekly for what he called its attacks upon the Army in a speech before the Southern Legion 1 1 Conference here last night. MEXICO HAS ACCEPTED AMBASSADOR WAIUtE.N Mexico city. Feb. 2 .*J . The Mexi can ^'vrnmcnl, yesterday notified the American Government that Charles If. Warren 1h acceptable uh ambassador. tOTI'lANS OPEN kinc Tirrs tomb Cairo, I VI). 2:;. The Egyptian 'government yesterday opened Kln? Tut's tomb after Howard Carter had sealed it when he had an argument with the government authorities. DECIDE DISSOLVE (;KI(M \N KKICIISTAC; ? Ht Thr A*??w-iiiir<1 I'roM ? Berlin. Peli. Tin cabinet to day decided to dissolve the Reich stay in the event of conflict between that body and the government over cqntinua nc or discontinuance of the "state of enieruency" which has i?r- ? vailed throughout Ccrtnany . ':?c last November when It wan pro claimed by presidential decree. ESCAPED I'HISONEKS HAVE BEEN CAPTIJItEn (Br The Auociatrd Pf'M) llichmond. Feb. 2.'? Oscar Brooks and Benny Valentine, negro hluh waymen who ? scaped from the city jail. Thursday by sawing their way out of their cell, overpowering the ?: us? rd and holding up the patrol man on duty outside the building, were raptured today while seated around a fir.- In a storeroom within ! e - ; than a block from the state pen etentlary. Twenty policemen armed with riot : tins effected the capture of the men whom they described as desper ate characters. ? OTTON M.tllKKT N? w York. Feb. 2.". - Spot cotton closed quiet today. declining ::n points. Middling 30.10. Fu tures closed at the following levels' March 20.7 f?: May 3012; July 29.55; October 20.52; December 28.05. New York Feb. 23 ? Cotton fu tures opened this morning at the following levels: March 30.1ft; Miy 30. AS; July 29.60; October 28.45; December 25.99. Mr. Wheeler wan Cnlted States At torney In Montana and when there whs some interesting correspondence between the Department of Justice and Mr. Wheeler relative to the lat ter'* alleged failure to prosecute I. W. W.'s. who had been accused of anti-wAr activity. Fndoubtedly some of these records will be exposed by Mr. Dauuherty In an effort to prove that prosecutions were not a1wa>*8 followed up even by his accusers.
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