North Carolina Newspapers

******* ? THE WEATHER * * * (?t'nvrally fair tonight. / f^l^X * CIRCULATIOS * I'robably sliouer* U ed- (inilllll^lflf^ ^HP^l(^1^1 IJIflfill ^5^1^M^V?ffllDIuICll^l^? * Mnnday 2.12.t Co/tii\s 'iicxday. \ o t in u c h change in temperature. * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TlESbAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1924. EICIIT PAGES. NO. 102. " Administration Convinced Mellon Rates Can't Pass (iuuliilge Sees at Last Thai He \\ ill Have to Arccpl < promise us Scnalr Sentiment Is <'r\>lalized and His \eto W ould Im? Promptly Overridden Ry DAVID KWVRKM'K (C?P)ri(kl, l"?2l. By The Adt.mcr) Washington, April 2S.?As the climax of the tax revision light approaches in the Senate, the administration has become convinced at last that the rates proposed by Secretary Melloa tan not be adopted. Instead the President will have to be content with a com promise between extremes. And he will be compelled to sign the bill presented to him for thero is no chance of modification ev en if he should veto the meas ure. St-nllment In Congress bus crystal lized. It Is fixed. No amount of pressure from the administration can alt? r a situation in which a combin ation of Democrats and insurgent Republicans'hold the real power. The Senate is about to vote on a series of amendments. Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance com-, mitte. la starting exactly the way. Representative Longworth, Hepubll-, can leader, did in the House. He is endeavoring to Ret a record vote on the Mellon rates and will be content to get through that kind of a bi!l which represents the mean between two extremes. The Democrats and insurgent Republicans have com- > blned to support rates much higher with respect to large incomes than j Mr. Mellon recommended and much! lower rates so far as persons of smaller income are concerned than was originally proposed by the ad ministration. The battle between sound econom- [ ics as represented by Secretary Mel lon and good politics as reflected by majorities in both the Senate and House has been won by the latter. Mr. Mellon'a idea that rich and poor alike would ultimately benefit by a scientifically applied tax system has been rejected in favor of a scheme which reduces slightly the burden on i the wealthy but materially cuts the; taxes of Individuals with incomes up to ten and 15 thousand dollars a year. There are ever so many more | voters In the latter group. Fear that reductions granted the wealthy would be the subject of criticism on the stump has prevailed in Congress. Mr. Mel Ion's own position has been vulnerable for. while if analyzed to i the last detail It would be found that | he is not affected very much by any bill passed, the-Impression has been spread by his opponents that ho would profit personally as would oth ers of large Income with whom he has been affiliated. The discussion of the bonus has had a deterring effect too. The be lief that the bonus would cost a gooil deal more than has been estimate 1 Is a controlling influence. Congress is in a spending rather than a savins mood. Mr. Cool id ge in his New York speech pointed to the number of measures seriously pressed which If approved would require Just dou-l ble the entire Income of the United States Gove rnment. Political press ure Is In many cases responsible for the desire to appropriate for specific objects beneficial to certain constitu encies. Perhaps when the Presiden tial campaign Is over and a new Con gress has been elected, there will be a renewed demand for tax reduc tion. The president will certainly not express himself as satisfied with the bill given him and he will sign It with what may be termed left hanrtod approval. He will be In :? position to carry on the fight for further tax revision and It would not be surprising if In the campaign It pelf the cry of lower taxes were raised nv on Issue. On what the Sen ate does this week and the confer ence committee thereafter In hand ling tie* tax hill may do nianv of the L arguments of the next campaign will ?B be based. ??( AfHK roll PIVOItt K" 1H FFATt'HR PMTIP.K "Came for Divorce" l? th*? play at the Alkrama Theater Tuesday and Wednesday. The nuthoress. Th?'!ma Lanier, takes the attitude that while black is black and white Is white, here are many shades of gray in between nnd that the to-called Innocent per son may be partially responsible for the actions of the supposedly guilty person. IIKV. AM-'HKD WOt'TZ DKAP A. II. Houtz. f> Matthews street, received bv telegram Friday morn ing news of the death of his father. Rev. Alfred Houtz, of Ornngevllle. Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Houtz left HYIday afternoon to at tend the funeral. Mr. HoutZ was 80 years old and Is survived by his wife and three children; Howard Houtz. who has for some tittle been out West; Mrs. Hoyd Anderson, formerly of this cltv. and A. 0. Houtz of this city. Rev. Mr. Houtz, a retired minis ter. Is well known In Kllzabeth City where he has visited his son. A. II. Houtz. and has for a number of times filled the pulpit at the Presby terian Church. DOG GIVES LIFE AM) SAVES E1GH I Lambert on. N. Y., A|?ri 29. ? Tin' lives of eight persons wore Kuvfd l?y a collie doit today when the fariuhcuse of Leslie Morrison burned ?.) the ground. T'.i?' dog sucrlfk J liU own liTe. Mor.iso.i v.us awakened by the dog's tugging at the bed cjothea to find tlie house in (lames, and with the help of his wife and cou sin carried his five children to safety. When the embers cooled the dog's body was found. DEPARTMENT JUSTICE TO AID COMMITTEE Washington, April 29. ? Aitor-t ney General Stone has agreed to have , the Justice Department aid the Sen- i ate Daugherty investigating commit-1 tee in litigations arising from the at tempt to punish Mai Daugherty, brother of former Attorney General,! for his refusal to testify. HOPE ABANDONED KOK THE ENTOMBED MINERS Wheeling. W. Va.. April 29?With ! the bodies of 22 miners recovered , from Benwood mine of the Wheeling' Steel Corporation rescue workers to-j day were working from two entries ! in the effort to reach the 89 others ' believed to have been entombed by the explosion yesterday. They had little hope of finding the trapfte^ L knen alive. Wheeling. W. Va.. April 29. ?\ Hdpe was today abandoned for the { remaining 100 miners entombed near here by an explosion after the bodies of 19 others were brought to the surface. MIIH S. R. ItAMi.WCK DEAD Mrs. Sarah R. nallance died Tues day morning at 4:25 o'clock at the home of her son. George Ballance, on Riverside Drive. Mrs. Ballance suffered a stroke of paralysis last: Thursday from which she could not rally. She was 72 years old and is survived by one son, George Ilal lance; brother. William PoyneT; and step mother, Mrs. Anne Poyner, all Of this city. The funeral will bo conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon at t four o'clock and interment made in Hollywood Cemetery. STEAMER AGROUND Buffalo, X. Y., April 29. ? The lake passenger steamer City of Erie; svith 40 passengers reported aboard went aground against the outer har bor breakwater today. The City of Erie was lati-r piilh-1 ofr and brought to dock aft< r th? passengers had been taken ofT on a tug. CECII-VANDERBII.T WEDDING TAKES PLACE Ashevllle. Ai>rII 29. ? With, high PTsonagfs in offlrial and society llfp present, Miss Cornelia Vanderbllt and John F. Cecil of the British Em bassy were married hern today at high noon. nkoho i-mtallv shot Washington. N.C., Apr. 2!l-r-Le*d!n Allen, colored, was fatally shot by Jne Bailey, also colored, here Satur day night. The shootin? occurred e?? W<"?hi*"tnn sfreo^ about 1 0: I "? o'clock. Th*' entire load of shot en tend Allen s body on the rluht side of his back. Two of his ribs were shot in two, kidney, lung and llvor perforated, lie Is now In the Wash ington Hospital where his chances it i* nrmionn* d are -light. i;.ifl? y af ter th?- shooting succeeded In mak ing his escape and is still at Inn. . His home is said to he In Durham It has only been In this city for a few weeks. ASKS W ITHDRAWAL AMERICAN PARTY Washington, April 29. ? Hondti rin revolutionists have completed the occupation of Tegucicaipu and Hoar Admiral Dayton in command of the American naval squadron In southern waters ha* recommended the withdrawal of the . American landing party sent to the capital some weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Twlddy mo tored to Norfolk for the day Monday. Two Future Kings A queen, a queen-to-be and two futtiro kincs arc hero shown in nn exclusive photograph Quite unnKi*h<Hl l.y th. protcctlinKx is tiny Crown Prince Peter (at extreme left) wilh his moth* r. yucftr MaVie of .Ititznylavio At the right in Prince Mihai, who will one .day Kit on Kuinania's throne, shown with his mother. Crown Princess llele no ' JOSEPHUS DANIELS BEFORE GRAND JURY Washington. April 29 ? Josephus TV?nfel?. Secretary of the Nhv.v un der Wilson, was today called as the first witness before the District of Columbia urn ml Jury censlderlng criminal charges growing out of the Senate oil Irqulry. GOVERNOR McCRAY IS FOUND GUILTY Indianapolis, April 29. ? Gover nor Warren T. McCray of Ind'ar^. wa- yesterday convicted on using the mails to defraud and was placed In Jail pending sentence Wednesday. afSCRHTARY KVKHKTT tOt; CHAIIIjOTTK FOR HRAV/TH Raleigh. April 29. ? Secretary of State W. X. Everett left here today for Charlotte where he will undergo medical treatment. 1)11. WHITK A WAV Dr. J. H. White left Tuesday to attend tho meeting of the Virginia Dental Association at Norfolk. He is expected to return Thursday. Coolitlf!)' Supfrcsicd Itiirl<>ii For (iliairiiiuti Washington. April 29.?Cooltdge today n'vviilfd Hint ho* personally suggested the re-election of Repre isentatlve Theodore Durton of Ohio las Uenipornry chairman of the Tte i publican National Convention. DIES AT MOREHKAD MorelTead City, April 29.?Wi!-| jliam Thomas Brown, for a score or ? years president of the VlrRinia-Car-! jollna Chemical Company of Winston 1 S^leui, died here today of angina pectorla. DETACHMENT ItUKAL GUAKDS IN REVOLT Havana. Cuba. April 29 ? Disaffec tion Ions smouldering In Santa Clara Province came to a head today when a detachment of the rural guards re volted ami tit el from their post near ' Las Villas. Dispatches published by Heraldo Decuba. said the men marched out shouting "Down with Zayas. Down wtlli the re-election*" Miss Klla Zlegler of Kdenton Is visiting Miss Margaret Markham on Cedar street. Gave Prisoners A Banquet But Will Hardly Repeat It I.os Angeles Fancy Imported Chief of Poliee Tried Novel Experiment I>t? t It Kan Away With llim ami Got 11 ? it) in "Dutch" with the Authorities l!v I'ORItKST WHITK (Copyright. 1924. By The Advanrr) I,oh AiikcIor, April 2f>.- The ban quet given bv Chlff Vollmer. th ? fancy chief of police iniportal to ro in man (I the Loh Angrlci police, to the prisoners In the Lincoln Heights jail, has passed Into tradition In that Institution as the "last supper." The Jail birds crucified the police all right, but tlint is not the reason why the Jovoiis affair will not f>c re-1 peated. They also 1< veiled their shafts o^f oratory alunt the courts, tin* Judges, the prosecuting officers, the Salvation .^rmy and the midnight mission, and Stlrrrd tip t?lttr r resent ment nil around against this lutes? experiment in modernism as applied by Vollmer to the conduct of tin- po lice department. It was a uiand party while It last ed. Among the guests were *on>e of the moat notorious crooks In t hr? part of the country,, to sa? nothing of dope i\< fids, pan handlers and oth i r typ?H sojourning In the Jail. While the affair was informal as to dress and manners. the gnosis proved th? ins? Ives of no mean caliber as prist prandial orntora, and that's where the hurt conas In. for some of th< things they said cut deep into the dignity of the courts and their officers, and reflected gravely upon court provedur**. Chl? i Volimer's bright Idea had a double purpose; to ceWrbrntf for th" inmates litems* Ives I he opening ?.f the nice n< w jail that h.^ no liars or keys, and to determine from the speeches of the crooks themselves the origin of crime. The chief at tended With his staff of high officers, and undoubtedly thry lea mid many thlnu* "f Interest in their stud? of criminology. They would have learned much more but for bumping square Into the underworld code that a crook does not snltoh even ou crooked police. Volimer's master of ceremonies was "Frisco Tommy." who told his hearers that he Jiad been Inalde of more Jails than there were dollars In the crowd, but had reformed, and announced that Chief Vollmor Want ed the boys present to pitch In and pan the poller to n farewell. The boys were uncertain about this an-1 nouncoinent by "Frisco" but Vollmer ; con firmed hlH words wltli a nod of. the ln-ad, and the flood wan loosed. ' Johnny Jumper, a youth with a Valentino make ui?. prov d the rode j of the underworld early in the pro-, coed In KB. "I never trusted the cop;*," said . Johnny. "I never had to. I had I superior quality of good I was sell In < to an exclusive trade. You got ' mo because my competitor tipp?d you off to my r? ? ii|- t,r? . "What I want to know Is thfa.? When you pinch a man and rm lv cations of good w|?l l.? v from hlrn. whv Is It that the record. bow you only confiscate three?" Vollmer was Infer st??l. He ?ot up aiid asked Johnny to rame the' crrtftkefl cop*. Johnny lusitntrd tun the briefest part of n luoment. but1 ' v??n then the crowd h. ?t> to II i?t him. "Don't you do ft; don't turo copper." And Johnny, with ;? . shoetc ' bis bend and Vollrm r did not ju r-; slst. 1*1 re on the court" ? I the prose cutors. which extended t?? tie- mSd nlnht mission and the 'ilvntlon \i my lodging hous- p. which were d? nouneed as br?*idln:' ptar? of crime, w.is started hf :> t d?Har? d thnt the way It Is r???w. )?? fore the jndge can c> t a poed I*at you. he Myi, "Mix month a fttuwlah, looking and talking like a p'.t, fol lowed up. ssyinL.' tha? "Our jud 'S are in a rut and p< - ?? only one track minds," and that "they convict by formula." The prosecuting offi cers were accused "f working merely for a conviction and of never w?-lull ing Justice In a case. Vollmer. claiming that lie had. learned enough to ulve him aid. brought a halt to the discussion which had gone far afield, but tie hss learned a great deal more from the Judges and prosecuting officers since this first and last banquet for the prisoners. iihi.n kok r? i:imij mi i:t ?\ ('IIAIUiK or l oiM.KHV MwfH Ilari'o, ('ifloi't'd, wu* iimnol ovrr to Superior t"??nrf un?l> r $.*???? In !'??? i?mr?J i w mill Tim day inort-itv: vf-? n Tri.il ,?u ?i? S|M-tUV l'cn:i.tl |?ro(Kil?l? riiUM' ;i "-aiii'l* th?? ii?femlant on a foru?Tv ?-liari.?\ lilt. (iOIUtKlil. IN < ITY Dr. J. H. liorn'll of the 4-h.iir ??f 1 moil<>rn lanKu.iKt"* ;tt Wak> I'oiv-t I Collect* pasM<*il Ihtoilch ilic city( | *1 uostlay on lii^t way in Sou: It Mills I lo 'dollwr th*? rtimm ?tu?,iu-nt :i?l j Irons Tui'ipilny niplit. FROM MANY LANDS I MEET IN GLASGOW Sunday Srliotil ('.onvciilioii of till' \\ nrlil lli-lil Tliert- from Juin1 Itt to June 26?Am ericans on Program. filasaow, April 29.? -Religious | workers from America will play a prominent role In the ninth quadren nlcl Sunday school convention of tin world, to be hold in (ilasKnw from June IS to 2?i. Each day of tlie ses-li sion at least one American is to ad-J dress the delegates, assembled from! all over the world. On the opening day Dr. Marlon i Lawrence, of Chicago, is to deliver] u short add rota, and Dr^IIueli Mn-I gill, of Chicago, will deal Willi] "Christian Education, the Hope ofi Civilization." Among the several! speakers booked to discuss various aspects of religious educational work | among adolescent youths are Philipj E. Howard, of Philadelphia, and Miss Margaret Slattery. of New York.* "The Sunday School and World i Prohibition" is the subject of an ad dress to be delivered by the Rev.1 Clarence True Wilson. D.D.. of New) York, whose.name is followed on tliei program by that of Dr. W. C. Pearce, | of New York, who is assigned the! subject, "Christian Eduentl^n. ? I World Task." for his discern?' . Another American speaker whoi has promised to address the conven tion is Rev. W. E. Raffety of Phil adelphia. Of well-known Ilrltons, the pro gram contains many names. Lord (Robert. Cecil is to speak on "The I Sunday School and International | Peace." The Roy Scout movement I will be reviewed by Lleutenant-Gcn eral Sir Robert Radon-Powell, while others of high authority In their re spective fields of activity will ac quaint the convention with the work of th.' (Mils' Guild, the Hoys' Life Tlrlgade, the Oirls* Life Brigade, for eign missions, relief measures in dis tracted areas of the earth, and out door recreations in connection with religious activities. Five thousand delegates are ex pected to attend the convention. The general theme of the week of discus sion will be "Jesus Christ for the Healing of the Nations." \\ I sT IMMKS ?< OU MIU K" I>1 S<X>VKIIH WIIAllN<JTON Wilmington. April 29 ? "Co lumbus" Randolph Seymette, l.r?, seasoned sen man of the West the schooner Roseniarv. which is mastered by Captain W. Nr. Rur ?brldge, discovered America for him self the first time, when the boat dropped anchor here to unload a car go of salt. H. E. Taylor, friend of the Captain, escorted the young sail or up town during the first evening of his arrival here, lie reports that "Columbus" marvelled much at tho| motion pictures, which be saw for ?he first time; but that he was most-! lv Impressed with I he revolving bar ber pole which was electrically light ed and operated. The second cook was scrubbing the floor of the gsilley when he was asked bow he liked America. He smiled broadly and Intimated that, he hud "discovered" much. I-'OII Till MTV AM MM C. R. Pnieh will entertain the Trinity C db re alumni and :?11 old , Trill It v students if th- Linden; Thursday ov?iilng at '? o'cloclr. "All fh" Humbert of the Trinity family in tills section of the State are In vb'd to bo present." sjjvs Mr. Puuh "We will hav?- mm our eiiesf orf i\iV occasion. Prof. R. I,. Ploxvers of th< college." ROCKV mmiat vEcruiES WILL HAVE I LWtiROlM) Rocky Mount, April 2 ft. The *?nrcbase of seven acre-^ of land, to tit-, convrle,; v?to a park for the n ? trrn ; of this city, was authorized at Mi" l.nt of the board of aldermen. The purchase waft authorized by the, at the request of a delegation of ne gro women club members that ap-, peared before the , board and ex plained -the needs of Ihe negroes of the city, of such a park. The dele intlon sfa'"d that the negroes of the! city will erect a cominuulty house in the pirk and make other Improve-] merits. A number of white women1 appeared with the delegation and re quested that the board honor the request. HOLD M X ERA L WEDNESIMV Ihe funeral of Miss Sack Russell will he held Wednesday morning a? Christ church Immediately after th4, arrival of the 11 o'clock train The, service was to have been held Tues-t day morning but the body did not' FIRST WEEVILS OF THPSFAWMWyiVI) ( liii l Iranklin Sherman Hum Itrciivrd Two Sprrimt'n*. (hif Ironi l''uy<'llrvill<* ami tlit-Oilier lioin Alx'rdci'ii. \|.!il l!'?. The first boil w?*"vi!s of the year have been fouii<I. ac<ording '?> Franklin Sher man. Chief in Kntomology for tho Kxperimont Station an?i K.\t?usion Service. *vho i< in receipt of two speciuians. out* from a correspondent ui'ar Fa vol 11-villi* the otlu*r from thi* "Field Station at Alifrdt't'ii. Tho first was said to have been taken from the man's back while In* was in the field supervising the planting of cotton, the latter was reported to have been found by workers of 'he Kxpcriment Station while they wore jarring insects . from a peach tree. Fourteen other specimens, thought to have been boll weevils, have been previously received this year. It was stated, "but st) far these two were the lirst real boll weevils. During the Inst two toarn. ex plained Mr. Sherman, the Division of Kntoniology of the State College of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture, has requested that far mers and others intoreste 1 send in first living boll weevil specimens which might be found under any con* dltIons ami later to Hcmf 1ir~*irecT-~~ mens found on young cotton. Theso facts, he sai-i, are desired from all parts of the cotton growing area of the state, in order to determine the seasonal activities of th* Insect Kach year there are many responses, ii was explained, but in most cases of winter or early ?prin?r findings, they prove to Ik* insects entirely dif ferent from the boll weevil and not harmful to cotton. "These early spring records are closely in accord wih similar flnd ings of last year." says Professor Sherman, "and indicates that tho ? v.- r: r!ir?st boll weevl.s emerge ev ?a when there Is no cotton. Pre sumably many of th3m die before there Is cotton enough for ih*.?m to \ feed upon, and still more before i there are squares in which to lay i their eggs. They are probably ones ? which warmed up early, became hun gry and were searching for their on I ly known regular food?cotton. VWe think those findings show the | soundness of our position in not ad vocating the use of poison from the time the first weevils are found. It lis probable that a few boll weevils I are on young cotton from the time the first leaves are expanded, and j if- one wero?to start poisoning then he would make several applications before there were squares to be pro jected or hurt by the weevil. This ' would bo a needless expense and wo do not advise It. It Is safer and more profitable not to poison until the squares begin to form. By that (time many of he weevils will be dead I without having done harm and with out any expense. When squares be gin to form. If there be as many as ! 20 weevils to the acre, use the dust I poison or the poisoned molasses mix ture. lie peat this a week later if many weevils appear to be still pres ent. After many squares are well formed, it is beat to use the dust poison. "This advfee Ih not only In accord with tho indications from our own tests of last year, but Is In accord with the advice now being generally '-?hen by experiment stations in all cotton states." IIOVH \ M? <;iki M I i:\Vl-: ON Tltir TO WASHINGTON Twenty Hltzaheth City boy* and girls left Tuesday for tho education al tour to Washington. They will return Saturday. Those In the pirtv were: Misses Kuth Williams, Kath ? rlne Duff. Marjorie Skinner. Rachel Williams. Mary Owens, Martha Pat \rchle-ii. Lillian Twlford. Kdna Mor ? ? pit a, G'ennnio Moms, Jostle Wil liams. Lillian Wllklns, Anna ii?k. lo(a llathaway; Messrs Robert Williams, Fran-Is Ja eocJ's, P.lar'knill Cooke, I.lnwood Hughes, John Sawyer, Mnrvln Cart wright. ? Tin ? were accompanied by Snpt. S. I/. Sheep, and Mfsse* Ssllle Hm? h y and Ktho] Joncn of*the faculty. imnciiot ofciakks NKEII DEFINITE IPFA Washington, April 29. - Clifford I'iftehot. governor of Pennsylvania, today fold th ? Senate ;ig?'i itl'iral ormnittf e that Muscle SlwnJ< l? th" k'-y to the power situation In tho southeast and tbat it i? the i itid greatest power plant In th" Cn fed "In my viewpoint." he said. "It Mei--||is to ine the q?i???lion Is n?t vo much ih?* Individual bid hut 'he I rocedure to ???? foil .-v. <1 We should krow exactly what He want to Accomplish. Ford"# iild does not guarantee anything but that it will hull I up n great imhiHfrhl center at Mm4cle Shoals.'M COTTON Mt"'i':T New York. April 29. Spot cotton. <lo?cd quiet, Middling 20.90, Futu p--. closing bill, Miy 29.44, July '7>r,. Oct 24.2ft. Dec. 23.70, Jan 2.1.38. N1 w York, April 29. At 10 A. M. today, cotton futures stood at tho following levels: May 29.60, July *7.70. Oct. 24 18, Dec. 23.82, Jan. 23.33.