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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
Daugherty Will Retire But
To Have His Day In Court
' . J
His Resignation Now Regarded as Foregone Conclusion but
if He Can't Get Hearing in Semite Will Probably Take
His Case to American People in Series of Addresses
is> davk Lawrence
(Co?yrl|ht. 1934, By Th# Ad*?ncr)
Washington, Feb. 27. ? Attorney General Daugherty will j
have his day in court and he will also retire from the cabinet but |
he will do so when he is satisfied that his resignation will not be
interpreted as a confirmation of the various accusations made]
against hirri by members of the Senate. ,
At the moment. President
Coolidge is loath to force a de
cision*. Two lines of thought,
?each seemingly logical and each
based upon what appears to
their sponsors to be the best in
terests of the Republican party,
have been impressed upon the
President.
Cne~tB that Mr. Coolidge will help
"himself and the Republican party by
permitting Mr. Daugherty to resign,
thus making a clean sweep with re
spect to all person* in his cabinet
who have been mentioned in connec
tion with the oil controversy.
The other is that the Republican
party is on trial and not Mr. Cool
idge and that whatever he does- to
weaken the prestige of the party by
allowing Mr. Daugherty to resigu
under fire will react against the Re
publican party and therefore against
him if he is the candidate in the
?coming election.
Those who are urging the first
course are close to Mr. Coolidge and
believe they are advancing his poli
tical fortunes. His Massachusetts
friends are eager for him to win and
are anxious to soe him enter the
campaign unencumbered. It is not
that they love Mr. Daugherty less,
but they love Mr. Coolidge more.
The practical politicians like
Chairman John T. Adams, of the Re
publican National Committee, who
are urging that the Republican
party stand up and fight and not
let mere accusations stand are be
ginning to believe it is time to turn
the tide by a mass attack on their
political foes.
While very little has been said
about it, there is a chance th?t the
split over the Daugherty question
may make certain organization Re
publicans swing their influence in
the opposite direction and back some
one against President Coolidge for
the nomination. The Daugherty is
sue at any rate will not bo easily
disposed of and will cause friction
inside the party.
What to do then? Mr. Coolidge
knows that he cannot without en
countering criticism let Mr. Daugh
erty resign without a hearing and
he has been told also that the at
tack on the Republican cabinet will
not end with the retirement of At
torney General Daugherty for the
Democrats are already talking of
bombarding other cabinet secretar
ies. Senator Heflin of Alabama,
Democrat, has publicly announced
that tho intention now is to go
right down the line and force the
elimination of other cabinet mem
bers.
Under the circumstances the pro
Daugherty logicians are saying the
controversy is by no means ended
with a resignation and that Mr.
Coolidge will have to face the Dem
ocrats sooner or later in a blunt re
fusal to heed their demands and he
might as well do it now.
If Harry Daugherty were con
vinced that he alone is embarrassing
Mr. Coolidge and that a Republican
victory at the polls would be improb
able if he remained in the cabinet,
he would get out overnight, and
carry his case to the country in pub
lic speeches looking to the American
peonle to vindicate him.
Conferences between the Presi
dent and the Attorney General have
been frequent in the last 2 4 hours.
The President has discussed the en
tire matter with the utmost frank
ness. His inclination is to suspend
Judgment, nnd let the Attorney Gen
eral make his case before the coun
try. Ilut before the Republican Na
tional Convention-meets the chances
are the Attorney General will have
retired.
KlISll MOT SQIJAnS
TO GARMENT FACTORY
Chicago, Feb. 28 ? One man was
shot and several person? were
beaten today In a clash , bet ween
striking garment workers and em
ployers of a dressmaking factory,
according to reports to the police,
who rushed riot squads to the plant.
William Goldstein, owner of the
factory, was shot in the right leg
when strike sympathizers stormed
the shop.
HIGHTOWER WINS
IN SUPREME COURT
Raleigh. Fob. 28. ? John miditow
er, Raleigh hanker. yeaterday won
hit ram- before Supreme Court when
the Judgment of the lower court In
sentencing him to prlton was thrown
out anil a new trial waa granted.
Neutral Banker Says
Odds Favor Aydlett
T. Gilliam Quoted At Saying
Reports Indicate Aydlett
Carry Pitt and Hertford
Reports from Ahoskle to this
newspaper to the effect that senti
ment in Hertford County is strtmg
for Aydlett for Congress were char
acterized as too conservative by C. A.
Cooke. Elizabeth City merchant
who has just returned from that
county.
"I heard Mr. Aydlett speak to a
narked house at Winton Monday,
where there was a great concourse!
of people from all parts of the coun
ty to see the new judge and the new j
solicitor of the district at their first
court." says Mr. Cooke, "and I
would characterize sentiment in
Hertford County as overwhelming
for Aydlett. I know Hertford Coun
ty conditions and Hertford County
people and unlcgg I am badiy de
ceived. opposition to Aydlett in Hert
ford County is inconsiderable.
"However. I ask nobody . to tak?i
my' word for it. Nine men out of
ten in Hertford County will tell you
approximately the same thing.
"I was talking this week with T.
Gilliam, president of the Bank of
[Windsor, in the neutral territory of
| Bertie, but where sentiment from
both Hertford and Pitt percolates
freely, and he was telling, me that
reports reaching him were to the ef
fect that Aydlett would carry both
[Hertford and Pitt counties.
"Mr. Gilliam. I understood, was
inclined to the opinion that in the
j district as a whole the race was be
tween Warren and Aydlett with the
[odds favoring Aydlett.
AVALON WILL EMPLOY
MANY OPERATIVES
Probably 60 to 75 operatives]
i will be employed at the Avalon hos
iery mill, property of the Elizabeth
City Hosiery Company, when the
equipment recently moved from the
; mill at Edenton is installed at the
! Avalon. .
The Elizabeth City Hosiery Com
pany operates one big mill on tho
Norfolk Southern railroad east of
tho city, employing 200 to 225 op
eratives. ami in 1914 built the
i Avalon mill on Lawrence street em
ploying colored labor at tho new
'mill.
Co-lored labor, however, proved
unsatisfactory and the mill was
closed down for some time until
? recently when it was reopened with
'a force of white operatives. As a
result of added equipment this force
is soon to be considerably increased.
The Avalon mill is large enough
for the employment of 150 to 200
! operatives and tho company Is in po
? sltioii to increase its output as fast
i as iww operatives can be trained and j
j merchandise sold.
! MORRISON ORDERS
TROOPS TO CANTON
Raleigh. Feb. 28 ? Governor Mor
' rlson yesterday ordered Adjutant
j General Metts to send officers to
Canton, North Carolina, to investi
gate conditions said to be serious sis
I the result of a dispute between the
?Champion Fibre Company and Its
j employes over open shop conditions.:
iHI<;il SCHOOL BURNER
STUDENTS AI,I. SAVED
Louisa, Va.. Feb. 2$. ? Within a !
few minutes after 200 students had
quietly inarched to safety, the main
building and auditorium of Louis*
High School were destroyed by flr*1
today with an estimated loss of be
tween $35,000 and $40,000. The
! flames are believed to have orisln-i
nted In the heating plant. No stu
dents were Injured.
INSURGENTS AGREE
TO A COMPROMISE
i
Washington. Feb. 28. ? House
Republican Insurgents today agreed
| to the Lotig worth compromise on
'surtax rates and If the Republican
j organization yields to the slightly
,lo#er normal rate, leaders of the
I group Indicated that they would
(vote to eliminate the Democratic ln
;come tax schedules from the revenue I
!_btll. I
Has Psychic Mind
Here Is pretty 18-year-old Eugonlo Dennis of Atchison, K*s , who
is in New York demonstrating her unusual psychic powers before a staff
of scientists. She is not a professional medium.
DECLARES COHEN
CAN'T HOLD OFFICE
New Orleans. Fob. 28. ? Despite
his appointment by Coolldge to the
post of comptroller of customs here
after the Senate had rejected his
nomination, Walter Cohen, negro,
will not be allowed to hold office un
til the Senate confirms him, de
clared Eniil Kuntz, collector of the
port, and Republican National Com
mitteeman from Louisiana.
TROOPS ARE SENT
QUELL TEXAS MOB
Austin, Tex., Feb. 28. ? Troops
j were ordered out by Governor Neff ;
' to Lufkin, Tex, where a mob last j
night stormed tho Jail and attempt- 1
ed to get a negro prisoner.
DAUGHEItTY IS IN
CHICAGO ON BUSINESS
Chicago, Feb. 28. ? Attorney Gen- 1
eral Daugherty arrived here today, j
ostensibly in connection with the
Federal grand jury investigation of j
the Veterans' Bureau.
He refused to add to his previous
statements relative to the. oil inqui
ry at Washington. That he expected
to continue to hold his place in th.?
cabinet was Indicated when he sta
ted that he was here on Government
business and expected to remain un
| til that business was done,
' Washington, Feb. 28. ? Attorney
General Daugherty last night left
for Chicago on a secret commission
and at the same time Issued a state
ment that he would not under any
conditions resign as long as there
are charges pending against him.
Son Of Otto H. Kahn Is
Leader Jazz Orchestra
i
Youngest Scion of One of Moot ( ullincd Homo of New
York Whose Father I? Pjilron of Music and Art Having
II is Fliii^ With ('.a hard Band and I'lays Suxuplmne
By HOnERT T. SMAU,
Copyright. 1924, hy Tha Advnnco
New York. Fob. 28. ? Otto H.
K ah n. International banker, has de
I voted year? of his life and hundreds
of thousands of his dollars to the up
building of the musical art in Amer
ica. Tor a decade or more be has
been chairman of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. I-nder his influ
ence opera as produced at the Met
ropolitan has been* recognized as the
finest in the world. Mr. Kahi\ has
directed that no expense be spared
in bringing to the T'nited States the
greatest sinners of their time.
Mr. Kahn furthermore Is an hon
orary director of the Royal 'English
Opera at CovVnt Garden, London.
He Is head of the French Theater of
New York, and of the French-Am
erican Association for Musical Art.
and is treasurer of the New Theater
Company. His work for musical art
has won him the decoration of a
chevalier of the legion of honor. He
Is a Knight of the Order of Charles
II of Spain and Is a commander of
the Order of the Crown of Italy, and
all this besides beiqg trustee of sev
era! cfrU^ges and Institutions of
learning.
The Kahn home here InN^* York
has been a center of music and cul
tural refinement. It has rung with
the voices of Caruso, of Srottl of
Farrar and Barnes and Calll-Curci
and it has vibrated with the word*
of the masters as Interpreted by tie
greatest violinists, 'cellists and pi
anists who have visited New York.
And yet what hath It all profited
Mr. Kahn with his own son?
Through the natural perversltv
which seems to direct human live/*,
Mr. Knhn's youngest son. Itoger
Wolff Kahn, has fallen a victim to
Jazz mania. He has heard the wall
of the tenor saxophone and has cap
itulated.
Like his artistic banker-father,
young Kahn also has a busim-Hs In
stinct. He has taken over direction
of an orchestra playing In one of the
city restaurants where a part of the
cabaret program Is performed by
eiKht shapely young ladles in the
scant attire which marks the mode
of the day.
Young Kahn's debut as a saxo
phonist In public was scheduled for
last night; but Mr. Kahn; Sr.. ar
! rived, home from I 'aim Hench in time
to prevent the musical contretenipts
for the Kahn family. Father Kahn
said ho was personally going to visit
the cafe to see what the orchestra
was like and further to see that li is
offspring did not play. When the
elder Kahn arrived the "show" was
in full blast. Tho orchestra Was
blaring Its loudest. A saxophone
wall could he heard above all the
rest.
But it was not the saxophone of
the scion of the Kahn family, of one
of tho heirs to the Kahn millions.
Young Kahn was sitting at a table
right beside the bass drums and was
urging his comrades on to their best:
efforts. He was not playing, how- j
ever, and announced that so long as
his father objected to public per
formances, h^? would have to confine j
his musical efforts and his talents j
to private teas and dinners, and so i
on.
Mr. Kahn, Sr., is Very philosophi
cal about his son's musical and bus
iness Intentions. The band is known
as the Itoger Wolff orchestra, not
daring to take the name of Kahn ap
parently. Mr. Kahn says he has no
objection to the official title of the
organization and he Is even willing
to put up with the saxophone prac
ticing of young Itoger In the palatial
Kahn household. Mr, Kahn also
said he had given his consent to his
son's continued association with tie
band so long as b?> does not actually
play In public.
"I have long believed," said Mr.
Kahn today, "that every yopng man.
whether his parents are well to do
or not, should fit himself to make
his own living and .should develop
seriously such natural gifts as he
may possess. My son's inclinations
are in the direction of music, for
which he Is unusually talented. For
the present those talent* express
themselves mainly In that, peculiarly
American form of music known as
Jaxs. T do not turn up my nose at
jai*. It Is an American way of mu
sical expression and all music Is
gof?d."
The band will continue to re
hearse In the Kahn ball room on
Fifth avenue.
MORTGAGE FIRST
AND COSH'S SECOND
i
Upleigh. Feb. 2S. ? The right of
a mortgage for the raising of lobar- 1
co to have prior claim on the pro
ceeds of the crop over that of a co
operative association was asserted in;
the opinion the Supreme Court herel
yesterday.
AUTO DEALERS MAY
REFUSE USED CARS
San Fra-nclsco. May 28 ? Local
automobile dealers acting in con
junction with those of other cities,!
are expected to inaugurate a policy!
on July 1 of. refusing to accopt used!
cars in part payment for new vohi-l
cles. l^ast year 40.000 new cars
were sold here, with 18,000 old
cars taken as part payment.
CHESS0N COMPANY
IS ALS0B00STER
Roy C li e s s ?> ii, Prrridriit,
Writes to Secretary Job of |
?the Chamber of Commerce, |
Expressing Appreciation. 1
The Chesson Manufacturing Coin-!
I pany of this city falls in lino with
!jJie boosters of the Elizabeth City!
Chamber of Qottmeite in the follow
i ii K letter, uuder date of February
25, from Rov E. Chesson. president '
6t the company, to Secretary Job:
"Dear Sir:
"Wo wish to express ourselves in
regards to the efforts being made
by the Chamber of Commerce In se
curing Congressional aid in widen-]
ing and straightening Knobbs Creek,
i "This is indeed a worthy cause. I
Knobbs Creek is a much congested!
?body of water and borders lire on!y
| water front property by whicl\ our
i city can hope to increase its manu
facturing enterprises demanding
both water and rail facilities.
i The work done on this project is
indeed commendable and should
your ejforts succeed, the organiza
' t ion has done a job that will mean
| far more to Elizabeth City than the
[average citizen can appreciate.
"W'e -think it one of the largest
projects undertaken by you antl
trust you will call on us for any aid
we can render.
"Yours truly,
"Chesson. Manufacturing Co, Inc."
CENSUS 1910 TO BE
IMMIGRATION BASIS,
Washington, Feb. 28. ? The cen
isufi of 1010 was definitely adopted
I today by the Senate immigration!
I committee as the basis for immigra
tion quotas under the new law.
WAltltEN SPEAKS TO
TRAVELLING MEN
I Washington, Feb. 28 - - Speaking
at the annual banquet of the T. 1*.
| A., Lindsay ?. Warren of thin city,
candidate for Congress, told His hun
dred auditors consisting of travel
ing men and their guests, that the
salvation of the far eastern section
of North Carolina depended upon
i the Immediate linking up of t li ??
| counties with hard surface roads,
[and to that end he said he would
i favor the greatest federal appro
| priations ftrr that purpose. He
Isaid that the so called "Lost Pro
vinces" of the Western part of the
State were not a circumstance
compared wih the "Lost Pro
vince of the East," and It was en
cumbent upon the eastern people to
quickly redeem them. Pointing out
that many counties in the First
District have hot received an inch
<yf hard surface roads, he urged
them not to accept a foot unless
they could be standard roads of at
least 16 feet in width.
He said that a great many of the
far eastern counties were unable to
contribute their funds for road
building and that If the roads ore
to be built that the State and Fed-'
eral Government must build theni.l
He especially cited the cane of
Perquimans County where the peo
ple of that county had Invested
around three quarters of a million
dollars In roads, and were now be
ing called uuon to contribute further
to the State program. Mr. Warren
ffalrl that the n> xt (Jeneral Assembly
must equalize the first road district
with the others In the State, ai.d
said that the same showing was not
being made in road work in this
flection on account of the great
number of bridges.
The address, which was a elejtr.*
sound and lucid statement of the
problems of Kastern North Carolina,
mritlc a profound Impression upon
th?- "forerunjt*ers of progress." as
.Mr. Warren termed traveling men.j
COTTON M.MIKKT
New York, Feb. 28 ? Spot cotton
closed steady this afternoon, ad van- j
clng 40 points. Middling 20.95
Futures- closed at the following
l?vnlt: March May 30.00;
July 29.23; October 26.08; Decem
ber 26.880.
New York. Feb. 28 ?Cotton fu
tures opened this morning st the
following levels: March 2ft. 05;
May 29.65 ; July 28.96; October
26.06; December 25.75.
MITCHELL PALMER
WILL BE CALLED
Oil (!oinmittee So Deter
mined Today Before Re
Miiniii? Heading of Addi
tional McLean Telrgraim.
(By Thf Aitoclatrd Prru)
Washington, lVb. 28? A. Mitchell
Palmer, Attorney General in the
Wilson administration, will be called
before the Senate oil committee.
Tin* committee so determined to
day before it resumed reading the
additional telegrams sent to Kdward
McLean, publisher of the Washing
ton l*ost, at Palm ift-ach, concerning
the oil inquiry.
Senator Dill. Democrat, of Wash
ington. insisted that Palmer should
be called, saying that he hu4 been
the go-between in the delivery of
McLean's messages to the commit
tee.
Ira Bennett. editor of the Post,
telegraphed McLean on Jan miry 3
that be and John Major, a McLean
employe, saw "Curtis" who promised
to see "Lenroot." "Curtis advised
us," the telegram said, "to see Un
derwood. ? We saw I'ndorwoTid, Who"
promised to speak to Walsh, but ho
hinted it would not do any good."
In placing the telegrams in the
record, committee members made
no announcement of the identifica
tion of the persons referred to, leav
ing the public to draw Its own con
clusions.
M- Jjmiilry. J>y_tlie oil commit too
into the Income tax returns of Do
heny and Sinclair and their oil com
panies was promised today in a res
olution by Senator McKcllar, Demit?
jcrat-, of Tennessee.
i Immediate consideration was
! blocked by Moses. Republican, of
New Hampshire, who said he desired
to include other names in the resp
| lut ion.
King. Democrat, of rtah intro-^
iduced a similar resolution calling
upon the Treasury for a full report
on tax refunds claimed under the
"discovery act decision." It. was
i laid on the table at the request of
the author who said he would de
! mand action tomorrow.
DISTRICT MEETING
OF EASTERN STAR
A district mooting of the Eastern
I Star will he hold in Elizabeth City
Priday with delegates^ attending
; from throughout the first district,
j The sesslcms will lie held In the
Masonic Hnll, the afternoon session
beginning at .1.30, with Mrs. Janie
-Sawyer Cox. district-deputy, presid
ing. Tin* secretary, Mrs. Addie
Smith, will road the minutos and the
address of welcome will he made by
Mrs. Clias. Griggs. C. W. Morgan of
Hertford will make the response and
after the reports from chapters the
instruction period will he led by
Mrs. ftlizahcth C. Setzer, who Is
worthy grand matron of North Car
olina.
Supper will be served in the ban
quet hall and at 7.30 the evening
session will begin, Among those
on the program are Mrs. Nina Cox.
Miss India Hartlott. Mrs. Lcssie Har
rison. Mrs. Elspeth Sotzer and F.
William E. Cullingford. worthy
grand patrwn.
SHIPPING BOA HI) ASKS
FOK BIDS ON FLEET
Washington, Fob. 28 Hids of the
entire Shipping Hoard fleet of 1,335
vessels under slightly changed con
tract terms were asked today by tho
board.
HAI) NO QUORUM
New York, Feb. 28. The meeting
of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company called for today was ad
journed for lack of a quorum, sub
ject to call. It -was announced that
no statement regarding the com
pany's affairs would !>?? issued.
.MAKHlfAJJ, II. .IONKM AMI >
MISS MAIIKL ItllHillT TO WED
Formal announcement of the en
gagement and approaching marriage
of Mi ms Mabel itright and Marshall
II. Jones was made by Mrs. Cam
.Melick Wednesday afternoon at a
party given by her at her home on
Matthews street.
Miss itright is tho daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. It. ItriKht, and Mr.
Jones Ik cashier of the First and Cit
izen- National Bank of this city.
The wedding is to take place in
('aim Memorial Presbyterian church
on the fourteenth of March.
WIMJAM X. I'AllkKIl DKAI)
William N. Parker died Thurs
day morning at his home on South
ern Avenue at five o'clock after be
ing sick since last Saturday evening.
Mr. Parker was 8 2 years old and Is
survived by his wife, six children,
Mrs. Walter Overman. Mrs. Robert
Jackson, Mrs. Jim Miliar. W. T.
Parker and F. K. Parker all of this
County and Mrs. Robert Stevenson
of Perquimans and a largo number
of grand children and great grand
children.
The funeral will be conducted at
Corinth Church by Rev. R. F. Hall
at three O'clock Friday afternoon
and Interment will be made In Hol
lywood Cemetery.