********* * THE WEATHER * * Fair tonight and Wed- 9 * nesday. Frost tonight. * * Rising temperature on * * Wednesday. ****"***** * * * * * * CIRCULATION Monday 2.410 Copies * * * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. EIGHT PAGES Daniels - For - President Club Is Organized Here J. H. LeRoy, Jr., I9 President. With Mr?. W. J. Woodley Vice President, and J. K. Wilson Secretary of the Or ganization to Boost Well Known North Carolinian i 1*r^'jL City Josephus Dan 1> Is Club was organized at tile court house Monday with 21 charter mem bers, who. b ravins the blasts of rain and storm, made up in enthusiasm for what they lacked in numbers. Committees will be appointed to en cS2' rtiJL",nal members, and a club of oOO Democrats for Pasquotank County was the goal set at Monday night s meeting. The occasion was marked by the Si? ,R'":ech OVPr delivered bv an Elizabeth City woman at a local po lltlcal meeting. The speaker was Mrs. J G. Fearing, Director Safely Education In Eastern Carolina, Z. ; ?"e#ch wa? the most decided liit of the evening. Next In popular favor was that of J. K. Wilson, if h9 Judge of the favor with which each speech was received by the applause of the audience. Not only was the occasion marked by the flr&t political speech bv a woman heard In the County court house of Pastjuotauk, but also by further recognition of the new influ enca In politics by the election of -Mrs. j. Woodley as vice president of the organization. Josephus Dan iels, while attending the recent ses sion of the North Carolina Methodist Conference here, was guest at th.> home of Mr. and Mrs. Woodley. Oth er officers elected Monday night wore J. H. LeRoy, Jr.. president, and , ? ,,ny?n- Wilson, secretary. Mrs \Voodley was a close second to Mr. L? Roy in the election of president. "Very few Elizabeth Cltv women," said Mr*, f earing, "wanted the |)ai ohVi ),e '"It that we had too many '_obli?atlons. But now that we have ? i'. n. W,P should 'i*'1 " and us" It Intelligently. Certainly we should use our influence to see that the best Men that are available are put In or flce. and If a good man can not be found, why then we should put a good woman In office. hpartlly agree with the officers DnnielT'V p!"*c<'<1"1 ?"> that Joseph,,, Daniels. is the man for the Whit.' House. I think we should do all in our power to bring our brilliant ?.rt!' Ca'ollnlan to the front Daniels is right when he savs w!.rt trottt for n Platform oased on common honoBtv; that the commandment, 'Thou shalt not steal, should be written Into the Democratic platform thin year. The Government is too much affected by ev ZT'.J r ?,0PPy' for ?>, and the ofriclals do not seem to that f ,h" ,PmP'ations thrown across their paths .. .T .Deniocrats have the oppor tunity of a life-time before them The eyes of the world are on us. i"w B0 ,ur,h''r nnd write into Platform the commandment, Thou Shalt not kill.1 Let us ram mil our pa, ty to the great task of ending war on earth and Instituting a reign of peace and good will throughout the world. We know that Josephus Daniels as champion of the thls^ cause. t,<>n8 ron"?' I" office. The big bribes of the money Interests did not move him. but he stood as th ? Hock of Oil, raltar always for the of?thn I?".,"' P''0fle'? rights and or the national resources. I am for Josephus Daniels, lant. but not least 2r,feaf,# n?,,vo of rtonr old North Slate, the greatest State In the Union. "And for Mrs. Daniels, knowing her personally as I do. I can truth fully say there has been no woman . Who has preceded her that could I > run- the White House as uracefullv and as tactfully as could Mrs. Dan iels. She Is a wonderful woman of remarkable poise and ability, with a deep love for the good, the beau tiful and the true and above all with a love for the unfortunate and fall en. She Is today Investigating the conditions that exist In the prisons in her own County of Wake. "Mrs. Daniels is president of the Woman's Club at Raleigh and will be hostess of the State's Federation of Woman's Clubs this rear when It convenes in May. 1 should like to w,?. , ."nl.el" ln Whlt? House ^ f *?. 1 fP,>l "mt "ho not for get to Invite her club sisters to he her guests In Washington " w rCS,'" Nor,h Carolina." said W. O. Saunders, "can well nr ford to get heartily behind the Dan lels-for-Presldent movement ?r"V',nCn.'n Wa" " rn" splitter: Washington was a surveyor; Wilson was a school teacher. America has had few Intellectuals as Presidents and the Intellectuals, as Wilson and JefTerson. served posterity belter than they served their own time "In the case of Harding. a hand ful of conspirators put an obscure country editor In the White House and Harding >:id not have the knowl edge of men or the executive ability of Joaephus Daniels. Danleh has the wisdom and the common sense ?"'t would enable blm to avoid the ? pitfalls Into which Harding fell. "Tho American people know Jose j phus Daniels is a clean man. IIo made good in one of tlic greatest crises of our Government, though just a plain newspaper man from Raleigh, North Carolina. Wo want n man of the poople as President and we know that Josephus Daniols is such a man. At the same time, we know that no Dohenv or Sinclair could sway him. Mr. Daniels is th? peer, intellectually, of any man prominently mentioned for the Pres idency with tho one exception of Mc , Adoo. And McAdoo Is a bit too {smart ? so smart that the peoplo are afraid of him ? and they are right to he." ' J. Kenyon Wilson, naval officor In the World War while Mr. Danh-is was Secretary of the Navy, thought that the time had come when a Southern man can he elected to the Presidency and that Josephus Dan iels was tho man for the Democrats to nominate. "War." said Mr. Wilson, "Is a ter rible and horrible thing, and yet wars have boon the milestones of nations* progress. After the War Pet ween the States It became Impos sible for a Southern man to become President of the Pnlted States, though up to that time most of the Presidents had come from the flout 'i. Put now we have had another war. and I believe -that Southern men can again aspire to the Presidency and that at this moment Josephus Dan iels Is the man for the South to put forward. "When we measure Mr. Daniels 7is a North Carolinian, we think of him as plain Joe Danbls. Put When Wfe measure him from a National stand point' we find him a big, broad, cour ageous man who made good In the face of ridicule and under the most trying circumstances to which any man was ever subjected ? made good In such a blc way that a publication the chief delight of which, durlnk his early years In office, was to lam poon and ridicule him, became his admirer and staunch friend. In pub lic office, Mr. Daniels did not an swer ridicule with spite, but stead ( Continued on Pa?e Four) WORST SNOWSTORM OF ENTIRE WINTER Richmond. March 11. ? Virginia and North Carolina are In tho grip | of the. most severe snowstorm of the : winter. i Starting at dawn yesterday snow fell continuously for more than 24 hours and at daylight today had | completely Isolated Virginia from communication with the outside ' world. I Telegraphic and telephonic com munications with points outside the state were entirely cut off while the i streets and roads were quagmires [that kept traffic to a minimum. The situation was similar in l North Carolina. Railroads kept the I trains running, but far behind sche jdule on account of wire facilities and ice and sleet on tho tracks, i WILL SERVE SUPPER IN NEW CAFETERIA Tuesday night at the high school, ! after their regular trustee meeting, the domestic science class will serve i supper in the new cafeteria. With ] the latest modern equipment In the ! kitchen and the enthusiasm shown | by the dcmestlc science class, the I supper promises to be a splendid I success. STUDENTS TO VISIT NATIONAL CAPITAL Any of the pupils of Elizabeth ! City high school will have an oppor tunity on April 2 to go on a four ] days personally conducted education jal to;ir to Washington and return, according to Pror. S. L. Sheep. One j day will be spent in Norfolk taking I in the Naval Base. Aviation Hangnrs, Sub-Marine Base, and other points j of Interest. A sight seeing trip of Washington, including business and residential sections. Rock Creek, Zoologiclal Parks. Lincoln Memorial. George town Key Bridge, Fort Myer, Arling ton. Unknown Soldier's Grave, Poto mac/Park. and exterior views of pub lic buildings, will be the first days schedule. A visit to the capitol . building accompanied by official guides, to the congressional library 'a trip to and through the i Pan-American building. White j House, Bureau of Printing and 1 Rngraving, Smithsonian Institute, and the new National Museum will be other features of the trip. | The teachers will go as chaper nones and the entire trip including a trip to Mt. Vernon will cost $32.85. I This includes fare, meals and berths. Time will be given for in dividual shopping. Oldest and Smallest These two book" are part of n display at University Library, Phila delphia. The oldest, shown held by ftncer and thumb. Is a stone tablet written 23T>0 B. O. It is said to be a butcher's hill delivered to King: Tut'? palace. The book in the hollow of the hand is the smallest known. Sheik Chicherin, minister of foreign affairs of Soviet Ilussla, is prob ably the first "non-believer" ever crowned with a Moslem turban. Mohammedans thus honored him recently. I MINISTERS PLEDGE SUPPORT TO BUTLER ! . I Philadelphia. Marsh 11. ? Five; hundred ministers and hundreds of j their congregation gathered at the' city hall here last night to acclaim I General Butler's activities as direc-j tor of public safety and to pledge their support to his clean up cam-' I paign. ; IIKSTCITY lfOCSKKKRI'EllH LIKE FItKNCH CHEF From the women who heard Al- J derlc W. Roindeau at the high school cafeteria Monday afternoon at 2:30 cuums ? enthusiastic, praise, for thpyj declare "He doesn't try to show us i the things ho can do, hut the things j 1 we can do." i Every afternoon at the same time [ during the week, housewives will have this opportunity of learning 1 the art of cooking and also* have a i chance to win a cake. | In the window or the Gas Com ; pany on Poindexter street is a beau tiful cake decorated with roses and sweetpeas, the kind of cake that Chef Ilimdeau shows housewives to make. Closed autos are becoming as pop ? ular as closed mouths. Jersey Blue Laws Take Limelight In New York Eifilitrrntli ("entiiry Statutcx Still On Books and Authorities Under lambasting of Preachers for Non-Kii foremen! Threaten Enforce Laws Against Trains and Theaters n.v rtOIIKIlT T. HMAI.Ij Copyright, l??2t. by Tha Advance New York, March 11. ? Railroad officials of the linos centering here refused today to take seriously the threat of Northern New Jersey au thorities to enforce the blue laws against the running of trains on Hun day. If the letter of the law is lived up to, the Pennsylvania railroad would bp prevented from running more than one train a day into nnd out of New York City. Just where that I lonesome train would run to or from, no one serins to know. The same rule of one train a day would apply equally to the Central Ttallroad of New Jersey, the Brie, the West Shore, the Lackawanna, the Lehigh Valley, the New York On tario and Western ? all the lin?*s that traverse Northern N?-w Jersey to reach a terminal in Manhattan, eith er by ferry or tube. The law against Sunday trains Is on the statute books and apparently. Is In good standing because amend ments to this section of th?- code have been made as late as 1920 with' no attempt to obliterate the mam provisions of the act. The law It self dates back to 1798 w*?en It seem* there was a loud outcry and j a crusade against "vice and Immqr alltv," even as there is today. Each | generation seems to have its own pet ? "vIcph" and "immoralities." in ? 1798 It was running trains on Sun-! day. Today It Is bootlerrgipg and going to the movies on Sunday, to mi ntion Just a f?-w. The Jersey authorities naturally 1 are making an effort to enforce the! blue laws of th" eighteenth Century In this modern twentieth century at mosphere merely for the purpose of bringing the old statute Into ridicule! and getting It wiped off the books or! so amended as to catch the spirit of these later days. Half a dozen clergymen have been crusading for a year or more against Sunday performances at the motion . picture nnd other theaters. They' have been lambasting the authorities! for not acting against the managers, and owners of the play houses. They J Invoked the statute of 1798 as evl-j donee of violation of the stated law' of the land. The police dug up the old chapters* and found that if they prosecuted the theater folk they would alao have to prosecute about everybody who ventured abroad in the land on Sunday unless these people were church-goers, doctors, mid-wives or undertakers. The police also found much to their amusement that up to 1804, the police of New Jersey were not per mitted to make arrests on Sunday. An amendment was passed to the blue laws at that time gMng this pow^r to the blue coats. Before acting the police consulted the judges of the New Jersey courts and they have held that it would not be fair to single out any on** clans of law violators and fail to prosecute others coming under the blue law bun. Therefore the second Sunday In March, being a fin" spring day, the police ventured forth to gather evi dence. They did not make any ar-| rosts for they found something like1 20.000 violations of the lav and they! didn't half look. Most of th' viola- 1 tfons were booked In Jersey City and along the Hudson County Boulevard. The police didn't know where theyi could Jail 20,000 persons over night, i The railroads accounted for some several thousands of violations forj the trains traversing New Jersey were busy all day running to an I fro. It Is held that all the electric | light and power people, the tele-' phone operators, the street car con ductors and motormen, dairyman, evverybody, was more or lens guilty. The cases will bo presented to the1 grand Jury for Its determination. The police have indisputable evi dence of the violations. The law provides against dancing, j slnelng, fiddling or any other music, for the sake of merriment. This the police Aay Include* the radio. The | games prohibited include football,] nine pins, lonir bullets and quoits specifically. Itaaebnll gets soaked j under th? blanket prohibition of "all other sports, pastimes or diversions." , The Jersey City theaters will not j be closed until prosecutions shall al?o lie axalnst the other Runday law vlo-j lators, 1 HOUSES PASSES HENRY FORD RILL Muscle- Should Measure -Now Goes to Senate Where Ac tion Is Uncertain ? Tennes see Valley Otizens Rejoice. Washington, March 11. ? The House yesterday passed the bill leasing Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford and it now goes to the Senate where action is uncertain. Birmingham, March 11. ? Citizens of many cities and towns along the Tennessee Valley held the greatest celebration since the signing of the armistice when news of the passage of the bill In the House yesterday to lease Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford reached them last night. Washington, March 11. ? The Mc Kcnzie bill providing for the accep tance of Henry Ford's offer for Mus cle Shoals was today in the hands of the Senate where it is expected to muLcrgo soarc-UIng- seimtkiy ? by ? the Agriculture committee. The measure was passed in tho House yesterday by the vote of 2 27 to 121. after a week of stormy de bate. but how soon it will be taken up in the S?-nat?* committee has not been determined. CHIMXKY Ft HE TL'KSDAY At 11:15 Tuesday morning tin fire company was called to Starki street by an alarm from box 31 t< a chimney fire at the home of Wei don Ward, colored. The fire wai extinguished with chemicals ant there was no damage. Seisuiogruph Records Severe Earthquake ? 1 Washington, March 11. ? "A rrtli er severe" earthquake about 2,000 miles from Washington in a south erly direction was recorded on th? seismograph at Georgetown Univer sity today. SEVENTY-EIGHT BODIES REMOVED FROM MINK (Rv Th? Atioclat'd Prrn) Castlegate, Utah, March 11. ? Six teen bodies wore recovered today from Mine No. 2. making a total of 78, and 95 men are known to be still in the mine. The burial ?f the vic tims was begun today while the search continued. Castlegate, Utah, March 11. ? As dawn broke over this grief shrouded mining camp this morning 62 bodies had been removed from the Interior workings of Mine No. 2 of the Utah Fuel Company in which 173 men were entombed early Saturday by a series of explosions. Company and Government rescue workers were confident, barring un foreseen complications, that- practi cally all of the bodies would be re moved by nightfall. SET FIRE TO HOUSE TO BURN THE GHOSTS Newport News. March 11. ? Harry rind Raymond Chrlstensen. U and 7 respectively, desired to chase t lie ghosts from the home they formerly doc il pied here so they set fire to the house and caw It burn to the ground. That Is the story they told today In Juvenile court. Judge Gordon Brown released them Into the cur. tody of their father. IfOIJ) MGIIT SESSIONS OX Till-; KKVK.tUK 111 Mi Washington, March 11 ?Chair man Smoot of the Senate finance soi.imitteo today voiced the deter mination to hold nlKht sessions to *peed up the disposition of the reve nue bill. Although many admlnls 1 ration sections of the measure have lieen agreed upon, the most Impor of these as well as the tax sch< - lules remain to be aet?d upon. ONE DEAD IN WRECK Rarre, Vermont. March 11. ? The Hoston-Montresl express train of the Central Vermont Railway was wrecked today at Duxbury. One per son Is reported killed and 25 hurt. John Burgess at Baltimore spent Sunday In the city the guest of his mother, Mrs J. H. Burgess at the rerry Apartment*. 'McAdoo's Supporters Will i Name Democratic Nominee I It May He McAdoo tind It May He Another, Depending I.argolv on Outcome of Primaries, bill W hoever It Is, Indications Are McAdoo Supporters Will Name Hint By invin I.WVIltfXCR 'Con?rl?ht. 1924. By The Adnno) Washington, March 10. ? Although the McAdoo boom for th?> Presidency has been theoretically killed olT at least nine times, like the life of the feline it keeps on going and the real test of what public opinion is will come in three presidential primaries this month ? Georgia, North Dakota and South Dakota. | The primary in Alabama on , Tuesday of this week has been ! expected to produce an endorse ment for Senator Underwood whose opponent, L. B. Mus grove, has repeatedly declined to -say whom he- faversi but he , is said to be aligned with Wil liam Jennings Bryan. M. A. Dlnsmore is supporting Mc I Adoo. despite the fact that the for jtner Secretary of the Treasury dis avowed any connection with the Dlnsmore effort In his behalf in Ala bama. i Senator Underwood's strength In the South is increasing. He has the con Ad en ce of (ht conservative ele ments and has been courageous enough to denounce the Ku Klux Klan which in itself is not a trivial thing to do in the hotbed of Ku Kluxlsm. The North Dakota primaries are to be held on March 18 and the Georgia primaries on the following 'day. The supporters of McAdoo j have staked all on the result. They wish to prove that the oil disclosures have had no effect on McAdoo's pres tige and that If he can carry a South ern stage in which? Senator 1'nder ? ? wood is entered and If he can win a Western state like North Dakota ; where presumably the opposition to a corporation lawyer would crystal lize as soon as anywhere-else in Am erica, the McAdoo campaign will i have survived the recent attacks up on it. j McAdoo already has the endorso s . ment of the county proposal conven ? tlon In South Dakota whose primar ies will be held on March 25, but there is an uuinstructed slate run i ning against lilin. In Georgia Mc Adoo is counting upon the old Wll ; sonlan elements. In North Dakota there is a bitter factional fight but j while there are two slates of dele gates all arc committed to McAdoo. The New Hampshire primaries will be held tomorrow but there is not expected to develop any real test of sentiment with respect to Democratic candidates. The recent primary in Missouri in which Senator Reed failed to carry j his own state is construed by the i McAdoo men as a triumph, for while j they could not win the state them ; selves, they did succeed in blocking the endorsement of the man they ?hold responsible for the recent at tack on McAdoo. It was Senator I Reed who, when E. L. Doheny win recalled to the witness stand asked the questions which brought on the controversy over the eligibility of a candidate who had accepted large fees from corporations for legal ser j vices. Home of the most important men in the McAdoo boom will admit the uncertainty over the outcome in June but they feel it their duty to give McAdoo his run in the primar ies and. If the people approve of him and his strength grows between now and the time of the Democratic National Convention, these backers will continue their support. If, on the other hand, McAdoo falls to go to the convention with a controlling* | number of delegates, the chances | are the McAdoo supporters will keen together for the purpose of throw ing their strength to the man they want nominated in place of McAdoo, There Is one thing certain at this ^ writing the forces behind McAdoo are very likely to control the next Democratic National Convention and select the standard bearer of the party. HONOURAN PRESIDENT IS DEAD SAYS MESSAGE Washington, March 11. ? The death of Lopez Oulterrez, defacto president of Honduras, was report ed to the State Department today. The telegram said he died yesterday morning but failed to give the cause A 72 hours' armistice has been ar ranged among the factions in the three cornered revolution. IN r.XMTTIVK NKMMIOV Washington, March 11.? The Sen rile oil committee heltf an executive M'MMb n today to examine telegrams received from T!u.e Rivers, New Mexico, home of Albert Fall. COTTON jHAIIKKT New York, March 11 ? Cotton fut fUtures opened this morning at the following levels MatVh 28.1 5; May 28.48 ; July 27 97; October 25.44; December 25.10. New York. March 11 ? At two o'clock thla afternoon futures were quoted at the following levels: March $8.00; July 28.45; October | 25.86; December 21.46.