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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 78.
New Attorney General To
Come From Middle West
And Present Indications Favor Former Senator Judge
William Kenyon of Iowa, Though Tactics of Some of
Friends Tend to Embarrass President
By-DA\1D lilWRKXCB
(Copyright. IM4. By Tk? Ad*?nce)
Washington, March 31.?President Coolidjje will ch'oose an
Attorney General from the Middle West or West?and not from
the East.
This much has been decided
upon though the individual who
will fill all the requirements of
the present situation has not
yet been selected.
The President Is giving consider
ation to the geographical questions
which enter Into the make-up of cab
inets. He already has a member
from Massachusetts in the Secretary
of War. The Democrats have been
getting ready to raise the cry of New
England domination in the Govern
ment since the speaker of the House
and the chairmen* of several Impor
tant committors come from Massa
chusetts as does the Republican
leader of the Senate.
To add another man from Massa
chusetts would, it is recognized, sim
ply add ammunition to Mr. Cool
ldge's opponents. Coupled with thlaj
is the fact that Chief Justice Rugg
of the Massachusetts Supreme Court,
who would be chosen if anyone from i
New England were taken,, woul-J
hardly wish to take the Attorney;
General's task at this time unless he i
could look forward to an appoint
ment to the Supreme Court of the
United States and there is no telling
just when the next vacancy will oc
cur.
The outgoing Attorney General
came from the Middle West and it
is natural that his successor should
be chosen from the region West of
the Alleghnnles.
The radicals in the Republican
party as well as some conservatives
are clamoring for the appointment
of Judge William S. Kenyon of Io
wa, former member of the United
States Senate. Unfortunately, these
radicals have given the impression
that they are dictating to the Presi
dent. Some reports significantly in
dicated that if Mr. Kenyon were ap
pointed, the investigation of the De
partment of Justice under Mr.
Dauuherty's regime would be slowed
down. Mr. Coolldge doesn't want to
be in the position of purchasing im
munity for any department of his
administration.
Then there is the fact that Judge
Kenyon declined recently the Pres
ident's offer of the post of Secretary
of the Navy. Some people think he
should have responded to a call for
service Irrespective of personal con
venience, and his argument then was
that he was not temperamentally
fitted for the position. What Mr.
Coolldge wanted was not someoue to
worry about battleships but about
the efficient administration of the
oil reserves of the country.
Judge Kenyon, however, has spent
his life In the legal profession. He
was an Assistant Attorney General
under the Taft administration. It
was natural for him to wish to re
main on the bench rather than take
the Navy portfolio.
While the President may not like
some of the tactics of those who are
pressing for Mr. Kenyon s appoint
ment, he cannot fall to note that the
demand is a significant show of
strength and that to disappoint the
radicals and particularly the farm
bloc over which Kenyon presided
when he was In the Senate, would be
a severe blow. Indeed, It might be
the Indirect cause of a nomination
of Kenyon to the Presidency If Sen
ator Ln Follette should nappon 10
bo too 111 to run.
Some of the friends of President
Coolidgo, recognizing Mr. Kenyon's
remarkable strength In the Wont, a j
strength due to hla conscientious ap-;
plication to duty while In tho Son-i
ate, are talking of him for tho Vlco
Presldontlal nomination. In fact, It
would ho most pleasing to Mr. Cool-1
Idgo to have Konyon as a running
mate.
Would tho Coolidgo admlnlstra-,
tlon bo In a hotter position to draft
Konyon for tho Vlco Presidency af
ter he has sorvod for a few months j
as Attorney Oonoral? This la one of
tho questions being discussed In the
Inner circles. Certainly the same
reasoning which prompted Mr. Cool-'
Idgo to offor tho Secretaryship of tho
Navy to Judge Konyon Is bolng ap
plied now?for ho carrlos conviction i
In the West. And Mr. Coolldgo's :
principal attack has come from the1
West. It Is tho battle ground of tho
next campaign. At the moment
Judco Konyon's candidacy for tho
portfolio of Attorney Ooneral has
awakened the Interest of so many
members of the United States Sen
ate who have written to the Presi
dent or communicated their thoughts.
ft> his advisers that unless somA on*
also with exactly hla qualifications
can he found Wtio will satisfy both '
wings of the Republican party, tho
chan< es are still In favor of the ap
pointment of the former Senator
from Iowa.
WKKK-KM> DHKHH HI'K4 IA!X
We have arranged a special lot of
drtaasa composed of snappy models
of dotlrabls material, extraordinary
Former War Lord
Acquitted Treason
Munich, Bavaria. April 1.?
General Erich Ludendorff,
German field marshall, was ac
quitted of the charge of treas
on for his part in the unsuc
cessful revolt here last No
vember.
Adolph Hitler and former
Chief of Police Phocner were
convicted and each sentenced
to five years imprisonment and
fined 200 gold marks each.
New Tea Room Has
Successful Opening
Large Crowd Present Well
Pleased With New Quarters
And Good Service
The new Linden tea room opened
at the Community Building Mon
day evening with a delightful turkey
dinner for its patrons.
Not only did the committee from
tho Woman's Club succeed in mak
ing the move fiom the Elks Club to
the Community Building as was an
nounced. but decorations of flowers
and pine and attractive curtains had
been arranged for the first meal in
the new quarters.
Quite a large number of visitors
as well as regular patrons of the
Linden took supper at the new home
for the tea room and expressed
themselves as well pleased with
everything in general.
Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock the Woman's club will hold
a meeting at the Tea Room. Re
freshments will be served and a
large attendance is desired.
AGED PRISONER'S PLAN
ESCAPE IS FRUSTRATED
Richmond, April 1.?Dr. Asa
Chamberlain, 69, under sentence of
life imprisonment for the murder of
his brother. Judge Albert Chamber
lain, at the latter's home in Gooch
land County in 1917, planned to es
cape from the Virginia Penitentiary
here last week it became known to
day.
The authorities learned of the
plot, however, in time to prevent the
aged prisoner from even getting his
plot under way. ,
DENIES DEMOCRATS
PROLONGING PROBES
Washington, April 1.?Any dispo
sition on the part of .Senate Demo
crats to unduly prolong the present
round of investigations was dis
claimed today In a formal statement
from Democratic Loader Robinson.
YKttltO RBXT TO HOAOH
VOn RKTIUiRHH DRIVING
Wiley n.rown. colored. who
figured In an automobile accident on
the Xewland road aome weeks agf#
wan given a three montha road sen
tence on n charge of recklesa driv
ing In police court Tuesday morn
ing, hut hj noted an Appeal. On n
chnrge of operating nn automobile
without license he paid license tax
and costs.
l^oula Whitehead and W. F. Jen
nings. two defendants who submit
t?>d without coming into court to a
charge of operating motor vehicles
with defective lights, wore each let
off with the costs.
MANY INDICTMENTS BY
PROHIBITION AGENTS
Washington, April 1 ? The
grand Jury InvestlgatInn violator* of
the liquor law In tho Capitol City
Inclined three United Stales Deputy
.Marshall", together with several
police officers. Pullman porters,
stenographers and go-hetwcena, here
today. All are alleged to he mixed
up In the rum smuggling deal*.
txmON MAItKKT
New York, April 1 ? Spot cotton
closed quiet this afternoon, declln*
ing 10 points. Middling 28.SO.
Futurea closed at the following
levels: May 28.3(1 Jnly 27.35;
October 24.40; December 14.04;
January 21.71.
New York. April 1.?Cotton fu
ture* opened at the following level*:
May 21.E0. July 27.32. October
I4.lt Decern her 1* tl 7.n,..r?
Merry 1 ime Had by All?But One!
Here Is the way they execute people during Mexican revolutions. The victim is backed againit a wall,
and then xiven a drink of Tequila. After he has had a good drink he is shot.
WILSON AND PREK!
WITNESSES TODAY
Daugherty Activities in Nom
inating Harding and in Hin
dering Justice Theme in
Senate Investigation.
Washington. April 1.?Resuming
its inquiry Into the story of an oil
deal at the Chicago Republican Con
vention in 1D20, the oil committee
was told today by R. H. Wilson of
Oklahoma of the "deal" by Jake
Hamon, who was serving at that
time as national committeeman for
that state, which had put "our nom-j
inatlon" of Warren O. Harding over, j
Hamon was quoted as saying he
had given $25,000 to Harry Daugh-|
erty for the Harding campaign fund.
Daugherty"s part in stopping the
trial of the "MilUr Brothers" Indian
land froud case in Oklahoma in the
spring of 1921 was described to the
Senate Daugherty investigating com
mittee today by H. M. Prek, former
? United States attorney of the wes
tern Oklahoma district.
The case involved 10,000 acres of
land valued at $50 an acre and Prek
declared that when he had the case
ready for trial he received a "per
sonal" letter from Attorney General
Daugherty directing that a continu
ance of the case be taken till the
fall term of court.
Mpuiih Warrant Vacated
New York. April 1.?Judge flar
vin vacated today the bench war
rants issued yesterday for Gascon B.
Means and hit secretary. Elmer
Karnecke, when they failed to ap
pear for trial on indictments of
conspiracy to violate the Volstead
Act, and also remitted the $15,000
bail each was ordered to forfeit yes
terday. *
SEABOARD ISSUES BONDS
Washington, April 1.?The Inter
state Commerce Commlsalop . today
authorized the Southern railway to
Issue $6.600,000 in equipment trust
certificates to be sold at 97.25 per
cent o' par.
INDICATE REDUCTION
OF INCOME TAX
Washington, April 1 ? The Se
nate committee unanimously adopt
ed the Hoi!*,, .neasure providing a
25 per" cent reduction 4n income
taxes for 1923. If the bill passes
thn Senate it will probably it become
a law because the President favors
it.
Aydlett Not Asking For
GriflTin Vole? in Chowan
Edenton. April 1?E. F. Aydlett.
of Elizabeth City, one of the five
candidates for Congress in the
First District, spoke in the court
house Monday morning for an hour
prior to the opening of Superior
Court, before a fairly good crowd.
He especially stated that he was
not attempting to turn voters from
Dr. Griffin, but there are always
some who will not vote 'for one man.
and these he asked to support him;
also in the second primary, should
Dr. Griffin not be in the race then,
he asked for the support ot the
people of this county.
In discussing the issues* Mr. Ay
dlett reiterated his platform for
lower taxes, good roads and the sol
diers' bonus, and stated that he be
lieved that he had a right to nsk the
voters for their support as he had
not applied for political office before
and felt he could serve the FlrnL
District acceptably.
DOCTOR NOT TELLING
WHERE CAUGHT FISH
Washington. X. C. April 1 ? Dr.
Rhodes T. Gallagher, Is not only one
of North Carolina's best dentists but
he oxcellB in other things, especially
with rod and reel.
Early Monday morning he broke
the news gently to Pete Davenport
and Burley Cozxens that he had Just
bagged 57 large speckled perch.
When Pete, told by his countenance
he was from Missouri, the doctor
promptly informd him who had seen
the string, mentioning quite a num
ber of citizens whose veracity Pete
and Burely could not qu^tlon. Al
though Dr. Rhodes brought back the
fish Pete has not as yet been In
formed from what creek or hole they
were caught. For reasons best known
to himself the doctor is keeping the
?; ot to himself. He's wise.
Package Tacks May Clear
Name Dead Story Writer
(jreuinwtantial Kvidfiicr When Ilia Body Wu? Found Point
ed to Jekyll and Hyde Existence, hut Friend* Believe
in His Innocence and Say They Will Prove It
ny i<. c. OWEN
(Copyright. 1924. By Th? Advance)
unk'ann, uu, April l.?Home
time within lh*? next 24 hours, a 10
pound package of broad headed
tacks. of a somewhat peculiar de
sign, la expected to swoop away th?i
cloud of suspicion that hover* over
the body of Homer Oneon Flint,
widely known abort story writer,
which waa found beneath an over
turned automobile on a lonely road
near hero Thursday.
Should the expected materialize, |?
will save Flint from golnic down In
police annals as a member of the
ll(?ratl who mixed banditry and
bank robbery with fiction writing.
Also, It will serve once more to point
the old adage that some unwitting
blunder always proves the nemesis
of every criminal.
Almost simultaneously with the
discovery of the body of Flint, a
taxlcab driver notified the police by
telephone from a farm house several
miles distant, that he had been held
up and robbed of his money and his
automobile by a lone well-dressed
passenger, who, had hired the cab
for a trip to a country road house.
The taxlcab driver later Identified
the overturned car as hla, and the
body of Flint as that of the man who
had robbed hint. landing credence
to his story was an automatic pistol
In Flint's overcoat pocket. There
also was found in the car the ten
pound package of tacks but no sign!
JCKeil-Hyde exlft< nee on fli?? part or
the young author Then relatives
came forward and declared that
Flint had left hi* home with $400 In
hla posesslon. Only 91.41 wan found
In hla pockets. The police became
suspicious. InvoHtlgntiiiK tlie taxi
cab driver, tho found that ho had
twice been arrested on robbery)
charges, once im the driver
of a bandit car. They then re
membered that a few week* ago 21
band of robbers had successfully
thwarted purxuit after a Fresno j
county bank hold-up by scattering
tacka along tho road as they fled.
Theae larks wore similar to the ones
found in the wrecked car. It also
developed that the tacka had been in
the car before Flint hired it for the
roadhouae trip.
Attaches of the robbed Fresno
bank viewed Flint's body and de
clared it was not that of one of the
robbers. Then they looked at the
chauffeur and aald he looked like
one of the band. The chauffeur,
however, offered an alibi which has
not been overturned.
So far tho authorities have been
unable to ahake the chauffeur's story
that Flint held him up and then
aped away to hla death over the aide
of the precipitous road. District At
torney Decote of Alameda County,
declares hla emphatic belief Id
Frlnt's Innoeence. however, and de
clares a hunt aOw ts on for a third
Shad Arriving In
Thousand Box Lots
E. R. Daniels Says Fishing is
Bert in Years and Ice
Plant is Needed
Shad fishing in the beat la years,
according to E. R. Daniels of Wan
chese. president of the Globe Fish
Company of Elizabeth City who waa
in the city Tuesday.
The water is fine and clear with
salt water extending well into the
sound, according to Mr. Daniels and
the shad are coming in in large
numbers this week.
The vessels of the Globe Fish
Company arriving Monday night
brought approximately 1.000 boxes
of shad and herring. The Pompano
and the K. R. Daniels brought in
about 350 boxes each, the Hattlc
; ('reef close to 200 boxes, while tho
; Schooner Flossie M. Mulr swelled
lout the total.
' Captain Daniels, reported that
j Charlie Daniels caught 1.000 sha*
In one day. while A. C. Daniel!
caught 1,100. Both are Wanchesc
fishermen. Several other catches ol
, close to 1,000 shad were made.
Shipments of shad to varlout
| points on Saturday after the arrival
of the -boats Friday night totaled
11.020 boxes. New York received the
j largest consignment, 455 boxes and
| Philadelphia the second largest. 240.
The business is now considered to be
normal and better In some respects
,than In former years.
| Captain Daniels reported that 175
| boxes were shipped to Morehead Ci
ty this week on account of the lack
, of boxes.
| The need for an Ice plant to pro
| dtice about 25 tons of Ice a day has
I be?*n felt by the fishermen Cap
tain Daniels said there Is a plant, at
; Manteo which produces about eight
tons a day but this Is inadequate, in
Ibis opinion. When the fish start
I the e*itlre output of this plant Is cx
I hausted In an hour or two, ho said.
BOCND TO FRDKIUli (Ol'RT
R. W. Garrett and Heywood Gar
rett have boon bound over to Fed
eral Court by IT. 8. Commlas
Rloner Wilson under bonds of $300
each for alleged posesalon and dls
llllng of splrltoua liquor at Moyock.
The same charges have been pre
ferred against J. R. Saunders and J.
II. Winston who have been bound
over und'-r bonds of $500 each by
Commissioner Wilson. The com
plaints wore all filed by A. L. Ash
bourne Federal prohibition agent,
and th** arresta were made by U. S.
Marshall J. W. Wilcox. near
Moyock*
CITIES ON HI S ItOt'TKH
CAN'T IMI'OHK MCRNHK
St. Paul. April 1. ? (fly Consoli
dated Press) ? Motor bus corpora
tions in this state have been relieved
of payment of license fees to rill, s
and villages! through which they
pass, by a decision of the Federal
District Court. The verdict was
handed down In a test case brought
by the Jefferson Highway Transpor
tation Company against the Munlel
pnIlly of St. Cloud, and Involved the
law passed by the last legislature
Increasing the state tax on such
rompanics from 2 1-2 to 10 per cent.
CHAXGK IN rorilT DATUM
The datea for sessions of the
United States Court of Appeal* at
Richmond has been changed to the
second Tuesday In April and the
third Wednesday In October. The old
date* were the first Tuesdaya in
February, May and November. The
date for the session In Aahevllla has
been changed from the first Tues
day In July to the second Tuesday in
June. These change* will take
place yter the May term thla year
according to Deputy Clerk Thomp
son.
SIINCI.AIK GIVES BOND
Waahlngton, April 1.?District At
torn*? Peyton Oarden *u notified
todny that Harry Hlnclalr would
come to Washington late today to
?It? bond to anawer when he la
called to trial on the charge of con
tempt growing out of hla refuaal to
NORTH CAROLINA
LAND OF PROMISE
So Says M. L. Shipman of
| North State in Acldreas Be
fore North Carolina Society
i of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa.. April 1.?North
Carolina is the I*and of Promise and
(Opportunity, declared M. L. Ship
man. CnmnilMloiwr of I*ahor an?l
| Printing of that State, speaking here
1 at the annual banquet of the North
Carolina Society of- Philadelphia. Mr.
.Shlpuian arrived here Monday after
1 noon In response to the invitation
Iof Jacob S. Allen, president of the
society and expected to return to hU
I native State Tuesday.
The story of North Carolina's
progress in the past decado was told
by the speaker to his fellow Tar
heels. He asserted that It might
well be Imagined that North Caro
Tnawiuf and- IM the Garden of Eden.y
Declaring that "tt m'W not his Inten
tion to weary his auditors ylth a^
mass of statistics, the North Cafo-^
Una ofTlclal recounted In every-dav
terms the progress of the Old North
State in every line of Industry, edu
cation. and progress of all kinds. He
assorted that the State which a scor-3
or more of years ago had oeen re
ferred to as backward had awakened
and that it now Was possible for a
man wishing to settle In the State
to build his home, furnish It com
pletely, buy every necessity and lux
ury of life for his wife and children
and yet not uo out of the products
manufactured within the borders of
the State to get everything needed
for such a program. Asserting that
the Atlantic washed Eastern borders
of the State paid a vast annual tri
bute to the State In products of the
sea and coast,. he added that the
broad valleys-of the Interior had de
veloped Into one of the wonderful
agricultural sections of the country;
that the Eastern Piedmont section
was the home of a hydro-electrical
development that had made the pro
gress of manufacturies possible and
that the most priceless pearl of all I
I to man was found in Its mountain
|ous Western section?Health. And
then, asserted the speaker, God
("planted a race of men within the
borders of that commonwealth who
have huildcd *a white and shining
i highway more than 000 miles In
length, linking the sea and moun
tains in close and abiding affection."
"When God made- the world," said
the speaker In parfe "He left North
Carolina for the final and complete
manifestation of His goodness to
man. For He placed in that com
monwealth all the essential resourc
es of an empire."
Paying tribute to Philadelphia,.
Mr. Shlpman asserted that "it seems
to me that man has left but little
undone to make It the most beauti
ful and charming In all the world.
You men and women of North Caro
lina have done, are doing today and
every day, your full share toward
making this the home of civic right
eousness, an/abiding place of all vir
tues such ns this Cradle of Liberty
should be."
Introducing then his theme the
speaker said "but I know that your
spirit nnd your soul cry aloud with
in you for your home State and for
your home people. With this thought
in mind, let me tell you something
I of the opportunities that will be af
; forded you when you do come back
and build your home again with u?.
I ? ? ? ? North Carolina Is to
day the healthiest State In the tTn
ion as well as being today, per capi
ta, the richest State between the Po
I toniac and the Rio Grande. You will
| build a home there among a people
f?D per cent biologically Anglo-Sax
i on."
Ho declared that the banks of the
State had available for the use of
the people resources of nearly half
a billion and that the forests of the
I mountains furnished ninny millions
iof dollars to the prosperity of the
i State, the lumber being used for
i home buildlnc throughout the State.
Mr. Shlpuhin declared that North
;Carolina's tax rate was the lowest In
the United States and that, foi* elec
trical and other purpose the State
had developed flf?0,000 horse power
and that there remained to be har
nessed a maximum potential horse
power of more than two million. He
asserted that this potential horse
power meant great things for the fu
ture of the State as through It the
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FEM?*RTTA f'OMKM TO
HEAD TAllXm DEPARTMENT
Alexander Fellcetta has arrived
In Elizabeth City to take charge of
the tailoring and fitting deptrt
ment of D Walter Harris. Mr. FelJ
retta has been employed by Ru
dolph! and Wallace of Norfolk un
til his sorvlces were secured by Mr.
Harris. He Is unmarried.
Jtfr. Harris went to considerable
twvble to find and employ a man
of Mr. Vellcetta's type to plsce at the
head of his tailoring department. He
has known Mr. Fellcetta for ysars
and has heard reports of him from
others In the trade, all Indicating that
| he Is a most capable designer and
fitter of men's clothing.
STROMBOIJ ACTIVE
Rome, April 1.?A violent
?ton occurred In th?
volcano Strom boll on i
ellr OR March ??..?