******** * THE WEATHER * Fair tonight and Tues * ilay. Little change in * temperature. Moderate * Westerly trinds. ***'***** VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1924. . eight PAGES. NCL 83 Coolidge Leadership Is Being Given Real Test President Assuming Prerogatives of Keal Parly Leader and Seems to he Getting Firmer Hand on the Helm of Organization Ship ll>- DAVID UWREVCE (C??y right. 1924. By The Ad**nc*) Washington, April 5.?Congress and the President have been getting closer together this week. Breakfast, luncheon and dinner sees some Republican leaders at the White House discus sing the legislative program. Mr. Coolidge is beginning to exer cise his influence on Capitol Hill. First and foremost has been the President's intervention in the tax situation. The Senate Finance Committee Is virtually rewriting the tax bill passed by the House. And there have been no many changes that the Senate leaders have found it desir able to consult the President con stantly. His decision against the levy of new forms of taxation Is sig nificant. The House repelled several taxes which Secretary Mellon did not recommend for modification at this time. As a consequence the House bill will not. In the opinion of treasury experts, get the needed revenue. This means that the whole scheme has to be reconstruct ed. The tax on radio sets was sug gested as a profitable source of revenue. But Mr. Coolldge Inter fered. And now the Senate Fi nance Commltte will revive the tax telegrams and telephone messages Which were cut out of the House bill but which were In the present law. Indeed, many of the so-called nuisance taxes will be reconsidered a* llJf cutting of the Mellon plan in the House turned the whole scheme upside down and the Senate is com pelled to rehabilitate the measure. Mr. Coolidge finds that in sum moning the leaders for conference, he cannot depend upon their getting to the White House during the day because so many of them have im portant committee meetings. While the Republicans are not interested In investigating themselves, they must be present to watch that the Democrats do not turn the sessions Into campaign carnivals asking questions that make damaging head lines and furnish political ammuni tion for the coming presidential and congressional contests. The President has found that about the only time of day that he can get a number of men from Con gress into conference Is early in the morning. The breakfasts have not beep numerous but they probably will be one of the features of the Coolldge administration henceforth. The spirit of Congress at this moment so far as the legislative pro gram is concerned is much better than It was a week ago. The agita tion of the country against the alleged waste of time in investiga tions has arounsed the Democrats who point out that the responsibil ity for the delay is on the Republi can party. Never-the-less. the Democrats are so adjusting their campaign as to keep the Investiga tion going but at the same time in sisting upon legislative action. Sen ator Robinson, the Domocratic leader, who is an unusually aggress ive type wll not let the Republicans attack his party for delaying legis lation. He has been making speeches showing that the .Republi cans have not made much progress with their own program. In fact, he is likely to turn the occasion Into an attack himself for almost every body, including the President, knows that the Republican leaders have not'been particularly energetic in handling the legislative program thus far. The outlook Is for a lejflslatlve Jam Just about the time most of the members of Congress want to get away from the national political conventions. The biggest fight of w th* season over the McNary-Haugen ? bill providing an agricultural ex ^ pert corporation under Government supervision Is yet to come. The farm bloc is nlinpst solidly for the bill while the millers and grain ex-j porting Interests nre fighting the proponal tooth and nail. The cham-| plons of the Jdea have for the moment switched their tactics and; plan to get the hill through the House next week so thnt when th? Senate acts the hill can shortly] thereafter go to the President for signature. The supporters of the Haugen bill feel sure that It will pass th? House without difficulty. They are not certain what the President will do when It comes to him but. at the moment. It represents the outstand ing piece of agricultural legislation for farm relief. There have been ??me alternative proposals made by Senator Curtis of Kansas, provid ing for a Federal marketing board, to coordinate all the co-operativo organizations and arrange for more orderly marketing and distribution hut until the McNary-Haugen bill Is approved or rejected, no other ?ffrjcultural proposals will get much Attention. , I I I Mr. and Mm. Sam Elliott and I. ? w- Hyatt of Portsmouth were th? | of Mr. and Mn. I!. W l Elliott on Oak atreet Sunday. GRAHAM MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Throws Hat in Ring and Tells Why He Wants to he North Carolina Commissioner Agriculture. Raleigh, April 7.?W. A. CJrahara. formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Commissioner of Agriculture in a statement issued here Saturday night. Mr. Graham has been Com missioner of Agriculture for the past several months, having been ap pointed by Governor Morrison to fill out the term of his father, Major W. A. Graham, deceased. "The fields of service of the North !Carolina Department of Agriculture lis very large, there being 14 dlfTer | ent lines of work already assigned to it in as many different divisions." Mr. Graham stated, "and it shall be ; my purpose to see that each of these different divisions is developed and I kept at its maximum capacity. "I realize that we have reached a point In the development of the State where co-operative effort is es sential to the accomplishment of any work of importance; and it is my intention, in carrying out the work of the Department of Agricul ture, to co-operate closely and sym 1 pathetically with the A. & K. Col lege. the State University, the North Carolina College for Women, and all other institutions and agencies es tablished for the promotion of the ( welfare of all the people. "One of the leading lines of work | of the department Is that of carrying out the police control measures | passed by the Legislature. These I measures exist for the protection of I the whole people against the impo sition the on part of any commercial ! companies who might seek to palm off upon us inferior goods of one ' kind ami another; and It shall be I my purpose to see to It that th?* ma chinery placed in the Department to I prevent such Illegal transactions shall be used to its utmost capac ity. | "Perhaps the most vitally Impor tant matter before our people today is the discovery of additional money crops and the further development and extension of our markets for the farih products already produced. "To secure for our farmers better average prices for their products I shall consider my most important problem; and I purpose to bring to bear upon It all the necessary forces of the Department of Agriculture, realizing that the prosperity of the farm home lies at the foundation of the prosperity of the State. Wider markets, better prices, co-operation, and protection shall be the leading1 thoughts In my administration of the Department of Agriculture." ONE RAILROAD ADMITS irS MAKING MONEY Washington. April 7.?The Inter state Commerce Commission re ceived the first payment to ho made from a class one railroad under the recapture clause of the act provid ing that a carrier should remit half of its net operating income. The payment was made by the Richmond. Fredericksburg & Pota mac allrond. which turned In $??9 - 343 for th" calendar v??ar 1923. COOLIDCE COMMUTES RUMELEY'S SENTENCE Washington. April 7.--President Coolidge commuted to one month ill prison the sentences of on" year im posed upon Ldward Kumely, former publisher of the New York Evening Mall, and 8. WftlUf Kaufman and Norvin Llnchelm, convicted of vio lating the trading with the enemy act. DOHKXY IXJXTKIlit TlOXH TO |)KM(H IUTH I'.NDKIt Hy Sen ator Pepper, Republi can, of Pennsylvania. The Senate, under tlie resolution, would ad vise the President that the time is ripe for as sembling a conference similar. to two held in the past at the Hague. KU KLUX KLAN TRAIN IN FIGHT AT LILLY. Lilly, April 7?Two were killed. ! several were seriously injured und I other* .sustained minor injuries here Saturday night when a special train of K. K. K. had a fight with citizens of thje town. Johnston. Penna. April 7?Imme diate prosecution of all responsible for Saturday's killings at Lilly will : be instituted, county officials an nounced here Monday morning. WAHRKN HAS KAKI.V START OX POTATOK8 AND PEAS : j Jordan Warren, colored, of 311 ' Spellman street, who specializes in 'early truck for market now has Irish I potatoes up about finger high and ' May peas more than a foot. Jordon I will be in New York City for the I next ten days on a business trip. He ? is quite a connosleur In antique fur :nlture as well as a skilful gardener. MOTHER AND THREE PERISH IN FLAMES Hillsboro, 111., April 7.?Mrs. Tor I ney Hill and her three children were j burned to death when a gasoline ex plosion today set fire to their home. Mr. Hill had mistaken gasoline for kerosene. FASCISTI WIN (Br Th? AwnrUIrd Wtm.) Home. April 7. ? Parliamentary election* today indicated an over whelming victory for the Fascist! government. Faacfj* *. cmdidutPi ap |.?*a>ed to he leading in nearly- every region. Ku Klux Klan Out To Nominate A Governor Negro in Indiana Politic* I'roltahly l{cspon*il>lc for Move ment on Part of Ku Mux to Get ('ontrol of the Republican Party Maehinery ill Indiana n?- ROHKItT T. HMAIX (Copyright. IM4. By Tht A0v?nr?) Indianapolis, Ind,, April 7.?The Ku Klux Klan is out to elect the next governor of Indiana. It is an avowed test of Klan political strength in a state which is said to have more klansmen | than any other American commonwealth Some persons have estimated the klan membership in Indiana at 600,000. The hooded organ ization has entered the Republi can primary fight and its activ ities are giving the regular Re publican organization no small amount of worry. The aspirant for the J{?-publican gubernatorial nomination openly In dorsed by the klansmen, Is Ed Jack ?on, the present secretary of state, and a very popular offlolal. Mr. Jack son In said not to be a member of the klan. His Indorsement by the klan grows out of the fact that It was through him that the oruanlzn tlon first received Its charter In thh state. The secretary of state op< nl> Is known as the klan candidate and the fight for and :i%alnst him In tli?* primary battle Ik being wne?d alontf those lines. This iii th?* first serious bid in a Northern state for political control by the klan, and It looks today a* If there was at least an even chance for victory on the part of the white knights. This Is particularly true of the Republican primary contest. Just what will happen after that. If Mr. Jackson Is nominated, Is the puxxle that the politicians have to solve. The majority of the white vote In Indiana virtually always has been Democratic. There Is. however, a tremendous colored vote In the state. Increasing year by year, which has swung the tide of victory to the He publicans every time they have won an election. If an avowed klan candidate should be nominate] for governor on the {(epublicun ticket, the politi cal forecast era are wondering Just what will become of tin- negro sup porters of the O. O. 1*. Their possible l??ss may be olTsct by thy** Democrat* who might pre fer to KUpport a Republican klan candidate to their own nominee* Mo one know* at this tlnm wheth er there ar?? more Republican* or I)<>mocrats In the klan organization. The fart that the klan baa deter mined to bark one of the Republican aspirants would seem to indlicate a preponderance of Republicans, but this la largely conjecture. If Mr. Jackson Is nomlnat* d and thn klan becomes t.h?* txat >fate is sue In the elections, the Indiana Presidential vote becomes more or 1*? of a football which will tret a pretty good kicking around before it finally lands In one camp or the oth er. The Demorratlr leaders s?-<>m to think an out and out klan fight over the governorship would give them their be?t chance of grubbing the 1'resldentlal electors. because th" klan Issue would b?- largely within the Republican ranks. Because of th? bold bid by th" klansmen. the Indiana, primaries will have a rountry-wlde interest and sig nlflrance. Mr. Jackson Is personal' ly regarded as a very fine typo of man. Although well along In the forties when the World War came along, he entered an officers' train ing camp, received a commission, went overseas and returned a major. He has various elements of strength outside of his klan support. HAVE TO MOVE MORE FREIGHT Kailroad Iteplaeenienl <*osl:< Have Outdistanced Kate Increases, Vi li i c !i Means More Toil Miles. Ily J. C. KOVLE. CotyrttM. 1924. k% Tk? Ad?a-?r? New York. April 7?The railroad* 'of the country booim destined to ' move more freight tliln year than ev ! or before. They will have to do so ! In order.to pay for the new equlp ' ment now going into commission and | in prospect. In the last month, there have been numerous fires in j the railroad centers of the country i which have not needed an appeal to I the local Are departments. The rall i road companies have been burning i up thousands of old freight cars to recover the Iron and steel contained ' In them. Orders for now curs were of tre mendous volume In 1923 and have held up remarkably ho far this year, but they have not exceeded the num ber of replacements required. There are now In operation about 2,400, 000 freight cars. Taking the aver age life of a car. as 20 years, the country requires at least 120.000 new cars annually. The Increase In population automatically requires an additional supply. It Is extremelyj probable, therefore, that bet Ween J 130.000 and 140.000 n?'W freight cars will be ordered and built this, year. Some of the roads have provided for their requirements. Others have not. Th?re is no car shortage In prospect but many roads^wlll require additional cars of particular types. Nearly 75,000 cars have been or dered since January 1. Improve ment in opt'iat^ng efficiency, in creased car mileage. Increased car capacity, better loading and fewer bad order cars will help the situa tion but the Industries involved in the railroad equipment Industry are anticipating good business. This attitude was expressed by William H. Woodln, president of the American Car and Foundry Com pany. who declared the outlook for the Industry was bright. "There has been quite a bit of business placed for the car equip ment companies," he said, "and It has not been completed. I do not expect the total orders for equip ment to be as big as last year, but we are looking forward to good bus iness. There Is a very sound finan cial basis at present." The cost of the new equipment and the freight to be moved to make It pay has been strikingly Illustrated by C. J. McDonald, superintendent of perishable freight of the Soutli 1 ern Pacific. "A Pacific type locomotive In 1916," he said, "cost us $25.5X4. it would take gross earnings from haul ing 0 2 carloads of fruit from Fresno to Chicago to pay for It. Now the engine coats $04,24 4, and even at the Increased freight rate, 154 car loads would have to be hauled to pay for It. We paid - $13,124 for switch engines nine years ago, the equivalent of the sum received for hauling 56 cars of cantaloupes from Hrawley. California, to El Paso. Now It would be necessary to haul 130 car loads to earn the present cost of $3r,.f,23. "In 1015 wo had to haul five car loads of oranges froqi Los Angeles to El Paso to pay $1,200 for a box car. The same car now costs $2. 300. For cross ties which we could buy for 35 cents then, cost $1.12 a piece In 1023. making the total forj ties for one mile of track $3,225, as computed with $1,018." Increased activity in the railway signal Industry has followed the or-j der of the Interstate Commerce Com-' mission requiring 40 of the large carriers to Install train control de vices. It has been estimated that such system already ordered will cost the railroads upwards of $150,000,000, George D. Morgan, vice president of the General Hallway Signal Company1 said today. "In all probability it will be Im possible for all the licensed signal companies of the country to com-' pi etc the vast amount of work or dered by th?? commission within the time prescribed. In this event. It Is [intlcipated that n reasonable exten sion of time will be grunted by the commission, as was done In the ense it the Installation of the automatic coupler and the air brake." I.ITTLE BOY IS SHOT BY UNKNOWN PEHSON William Carter, 13 ynr old son of .Mr. and Mrs. J. P. ('arler on 2'.\\ We*t Kcarlng utr^et, while pluying bull Sunday on th<* Main *tre*-t l?*t Apposite Dr. H. L. K?-ndrlrk'* home, wan nhot thrcjtiKh the rUhl Jaw, \*hlle runuinK toward Panama street, by an unknown person. Wil liam Carter was hurriedly taken over to Dr. Kendrlck's homo and the nhot wan taken out on the Inside of hi* Jaw. which wan found to be from a nhot nun. Antitoxin wan ad ministered to prefefit blood polson Inn or lock Jaw William com plaint! with Mm back some, hut It was reported that he wai doing nicely this morning. TWO KIMJCD IN KXPUWIOX Oklahoma. Illinois. April 7?Two workmen were killed and one waa seriously Injured when a holler ex ploded here late Sunday night. Martial Law In Albania Killing of Americans Followed b y Prompt Action on Part of Au thorities, It Appears. Rome. April 7.?Martial law has been proclaimed In Albania follow ing the murder of two American merchants waylaid on the Tirana Scutari highway, according to advic es from Albanian quartern. A Stefanl agency dispatch saya that the Americans killed were named Coroman and DeI*ong. but ||V(1 no particulars. The American embassy gave the names as Robert Louis Colman of San Francisco and George DeLong of New York. Home. Italy, April 7?Two Amer ican merchants were murdered Sun day on the Albanian road, accor ding to dispatches received here. N. C. AUTOMOBILE IN W RECK NEAR McBF.F. Mellee. S. C.. April 7?An auto mobile hearing n North Carolina license tag 202.828 which was i88iiod to D. S. Sams of Hoffman, went over the bridge into Black Creek near hero Sunday night. No hodicH were found by a searching party and it is not known who was I in the car when the accident occurred. CAX IIAlt AllKXS WITH DAXCJKROtS COXTACJIONS Washington. April 7.?Aliens af flicted with dangerous eontnglous disease and Incapable of naturallza jtlon can be debarred from admission Into this country, the Supreme Court held today. STATE ( AX'T TAX I\IMAN LANDS IIKI.D IX TRUBT Washington. April 7.?The states can not tax lands held In trust by the I'nlted States for the Indians, the Supreme Court announced today. i>Ar<;iiKitTY ritoitK hkaihxo HAD XO THIllVJjH TODAY Washington, April 7.?Dry details i of the Miller Brothers land fraud case In Oklahoma were reviewed by the Senate Daughorty Committee to day. A bundle of letters passing be tween the Department of Justice and the Depnrtrpent of the Interior were read Into the record and several wit nesses were questioned as to why criminal prosecution in the case re suited only In the Imposition of fine* and why no civil suit to recover the land In question was ever filed. SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE JEFFERSON DAY SOON | Raleigh. April 7.?A. T. Allen, State Superintendent of Public In struction. has issued a statement to all principles and teachers of the schools of the State calling upon I them to cooperate In the holding of I exercises dally during this week pre paratory to the observance of Thom as Jefferson Day on Friday. April 11. A number of schools over the state have already signified their in tention of carrying the proposed program of essays, talks, history reading-. On Friday voluntary collection will be taken to go toward the funds fo rthe Memorial Foundation and the purchase of Mont Ice!!, Jeffer son's home, as a pertpetual shrine to the man. the life, and the work of the organizer of th" Democratic party. Mr. Allan also advised the prin cipals and teachers to request that pastors ? of the churches In their communities assist In carrying out the program and making the foun dation fund a success. Hl ltlAI. MIHH IIAI'KII The burial services of Miss Una Raper. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. If. C. Raper formerly of this city but now of Hwannanoa, was conducted at Hollywood Cemetery Monday morn ing at ten o'clock by Dr. N. II. I). dlst Church. The body arrived here Wilson, pastor of th?? First Metho Smday afternoou. The floral offer ing* were many and beautiful. Miss Raper died at her home, at Swannanoa Friday. Kb" is survived by her parents. .Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Raper of Swr.nnanoa; by two sisters. Mrs. Dan Midget t of Washington, and Miss Mary Raper of Swannanoa; nnd by two brothers, llenry Raper of Norfolk and Tom Raper of Hert ford. ?*OTTON MARKET New York. April 7 ? Spot cotton closed qtiI'M this afternoon. MldlhU 21#.7ft, a decline of ft?? points. Fu tures cloved at tho following levels; May 29.45; July 28 2ft: October October 24.84; IJweir.Hi-r 21.40; January 24.07. New York. April 7?Cotton fu tures opened this morning at the following levels: May 30.10; July 2ft.ftf?; October 25.10; December 14.15.