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* THE WEATHER * * I nsettled ueather icith * temperature. m m + VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1924. KIGIIT PAGES. NO. 109. Leadership Of Coolidge Is Rejected By The Congress Progressives of Both Parties Refuse to Follow President W ho Champions Cause of Business Interests of Coun try as Against Those of Masses of Voters ny DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright. 1924. By Th? Advanc*) Washington, May 6.?Group government has replaced parly government. All doubts as to the power of the insurgent Republicans to doi about as they please in the pres-j ent session of Congress have1 been removed; and President Coolidge, possessed of the veto' power, stands as the single-! handed champion of conserva-1 tive, regular Republican doc-| trines. The taxation plan of the secretary or tlie treasury, Andrew \V. Mellon I now has been beuten in both the House and Senate by a coalition of Democrats and Insurgent Republl-i fans. The first important test of the new rules of the House which I delayed the organization of the present session of Congress has turned out exactly as expected. Xo longer can the regular Repub licans pigeonhole a measure in com mittee. A majority vote can bring it out according to the new rules and that now has happened. It marks an epoch in the history of the House of Representatives. It means more power to groups than parties. The voting of the Simmons tax rates Into the Senate bill as proposed by the Democrats and the virtual ac-1 ceptance In the House of the Demo cratic rates proposed by Represen-I tative Garner In what Is known as the Longworth compromise does noti TOean that the Democrats are con trolling Congress. It has a deeper .TJ)n,V"B !han that' ? reveal, that there Is a new alignment in the national legislature?a radical, lib eral or progressive group composed ?of Insurgent Republicans and most of the Democrats, and a conservative and regular group composed almost wholly of Republicans and one or ^ two Democrats. On the surface it might seem as if the Democrats arc merely follow ing the Republican strategy of yes teryears in aiding and abetting all political mischief which works to the disadvantage of the party In power but what has been happening In the last few weeks caanot be at tributed entirely to that cause. The Democrats would not have opposed the Mellon rates nor would the In surgent Republicans have deliber ately abandoned them If they had not believed that the Mellon cut helped the wealthy too much and that the substitute bills gave the man of smaller Incomes more of a reduction In his taxes. Similarly in m Uo'V.he ,llpport K'ven the Howell-Barltley bill to safeguard the rights of union labor in the railway crafts Is significant of a be lief that the working classes are more numerous than the employers. Congress as a rule legislates to Ket a direct response from the largest number of people and while the railway employers and the persons of large Income could pro bably prove that their proposals are In the end of economic benefit to more persons than themselves, the House and the Senate being politically minded does not accept such a view. The administration or leadership which champions the cause of the so-called conservative business Interests of the country is doomed In the present temper of Congress to defeat. The tax hill which has been drafted by the coal ltlon of insurgent Republicans and Democrat* Is by -no means satis factory to the conservatives In either the Democratic or Republican par ties, but it is a reduction never the less as compared with the present revenue act. And the mood of Con gress to cut taxes a little bit nt the time. Undoubtedly there will be eOorts to cut taxes further every year from now on. It will always ? r~nl But 'he rad icals feel that the cuts should not be too extensive and that the man of smaller Income should be given pre ference right along. The case for the lower surtax advocates has been weakened by several things. First the argument has been made that business conditions would be Im proved by lower rates and second lax exempt securities would not be so popular If taxable securl ues were made moro attractive not ?, lowor rates. Congress has under ? n convinced that even Present surtaxes that bu siness has been mined. On the T lIZ' Rfipuh,"-?? P'an to go into the campaign with a cry of prosperity. Also none of the proposals thus far advanced would S. rlously compete with the tax ex empt securities )n the op|n|on n/ members of Congress who have been instrumental In defeating the Mel ion rates. As for the action of the House In forcing to the front the very bill which the railway interests has been fighting. It must be taken as *n Indication that big buslnsss aa to .peak, has hurt IU own c.?i g Speaks Here Sunday Dr. 5am Small, noted orator at Blackwell Memorial Church for Sun day morning service and at First Methodist Church for evening ser-j vice. HIGH STANDAKDS IN BUSINESS ARE URGED Charlotte, May 7?A high ethical j standard is necessary in business to assure the success of the dealer and 1 service to the customer, was the opinion expressed by Alfred H. Wil liams, president of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association, in his annual address before that or ganization in convention here today. Unfortunate for the wholesale busi ness. he said, there is an element in every community that does not care about the other fellow. This ele ment, he asserted, knew nothing about the finer things of life and .that It was up to th^ ethical business I men to outwengh such an element. The president reviewed the work I of the association during the past jyear and commented upon the active I co-operation that had been felt with in the organization. He said that there had necessarily been some disagreements within the body but that they had all resulted in the I betterment of the association. Dif j ferences of opinion bring up new ideas, he pointed out, and are pro | moters of the commercial welfare. The spirit of service taught by the ! civic organizations was said to be | growing throughout the world and the belief was expressed that the idea of co-operation instead of "'cut I throat" competition would in time i be the guide of most dealers. HOM.Y FAILS TO APPEAR Capias was Issued Wednesday | morning for Lucius Holly, colored, ! when he failed to appear to answer [to a charge of violation of the Tur | lington Act. The case had been twice continued and at half past eight Wednesday morning Holly was I notifying his witnesses to appear in Icourt. When court convened, how-j ever, Holly himself was missing. [fighting the Inevitable. The de-i imand for the Howell-Barkley bill ] now has been intensified. Coming ;on the eve of the Congressional a-r i well as the Presidential campaign, union labor is gathering its strength | 'one more to strike at those in tho| .Republican and Democratic partiesi who side with the employers. It's! |the old story of blocs. This time! the labor bloc in the House is in ithe ascendancy. ! President Coolldge might have! paved the tax situation by personal I I intervention and an appeal to the' ! country for the Mtllofa rates Just as i the bill was being advanced from ' , one stage to another, but he was ad-' I vised that he could not hope to I change the situation. There is' some doubt about this; for members iof the Republican party are not so I ready to commit themselves against I the President when they know de finitely that he will veto a specific i measure. As It is, when they are without knowledge of his Inten tions, they go ahead, recording i their votes, and when the time I comes for a vote over the veto. It Is embarasslng for them to change their votes. The Mellon tax rates were 'heartily approved by Mr. Coolldge at the outset. Now he wllj receive a bill from Congress, which. In the ' ordinary course of events would de serve a veto If consistency were to 'be regarded as a virtue. Rut the [question of expediency arises?Is ithe new bill better than the present law? If Mr. Coolldge vetoes the ' proposed bill, he delays tax revision, i Hla strategy will be to sign It and !ask for furtber revision If elected'to ithe Presidency nest antnmn. "END OF A PERFECT DAY" ] |i?? | Just a few^JayST ago MnT"7?T?anr!^!luTT7^rTT7^^^uun?rr??Ihter, Mrs. Peter Fenster, 72, were Inmates of the Cambridge (Mass.) City Home. Today they are making ready to claim a 121,000,000 estate In England to which they have fallen heir. SMOOT OBJECTS TO TEXTILE INQUIRY Washington, May 7 ? The pro posed inquiry into the depression in the textile industry received another setback In the Senate when Smoot, Republican, of Utah, object ed to consideration of the resolution authorizing it. CASHIER ARRESTED New Yont May 7?Charles Van deroff, cashier of the First National Hank of Bellmore, which was h$ld up and robbed April 14 by six ban dits who shot and killed Ernest Whitman, bond salesman, was to day arrested charged with misap propriates of $4,900 of the bank's funds. UNION RATIFIED BY GENERAL CONFERENCE Springfield, Mass., May 7.?Unlil cation of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodsit Episcopal Church. South, was ratified by th??j Methodist Episcopal general confer ence here today. The vote on the adoption was 802 to 13. The Council of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is in session in Nashville, Ten nessee. awaiting the conference's ac tion, it was announced, and tho vote will be communicated to the council at once. POTATO PRICES QIOTKI) The potato market report received by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce Wednesday for the pre ceding day quoted potatoes grade 1 as selling at $7.25 to $8.25 a bar rel! and grade 2 at $4 to $4.50. Total shipments this year of old potatoes have amounted to 226.331 cars, says the report as compared with 239,212 cars up to the same period last year, shipments of new potatoes 2,102 cars as compared with 1,889 cars at the same date last year. Quotations on potatoes are re ceived dally by the Chamber of Com | merce. COTTON MAHKKT New York, May 7?Spot cotton closod steav this afternoon, advan-j clng 15 points. Middling 30.40. Kuttires closed at the following 'levels: May 30.06; July 28.13; I October 24.40; December 23.81; January 23.52. COTTON FARMERS TOO OPTIMISTIC Washington, May 7.?Many cotton farmers are placing too much confidence In last Janu ary's cold weather and are ex pecting lighter Invasion of the boll weevil than they will ac tually experience this year, in the opinion of experts of ttte Department of Agriculture. The latest information avail able, the Government state ment Issued today says, shows that while emergence from hi bernation will be generally light there will still be suffi cient weevils to do very serious damage in almost all sections. STATED FACTS TO FORD'S SECRETARY Washington, May 7.?James Mar 1 tin Miller, who in a telegram re i cently quoted Coolidge as saying he I was "trying to deliver" Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford today told the [Senate agriculture committee ihat he had "correctly and truthfully | stated tfcp facts" In the message I which he sent to Ford's secretary 1 within 26 minutes after an inler [vlew with President Coolidge. I Miller said he did not deny that ' the interview bar. taken pl*C6. I .KILLED AT CROSSING Amsterdam, New York, May 7? I Kight persons were killed here last i nlfht when the Twentieth Century I Limited struck an auto at a cross ing. McLean and Zeverly Before Grand Jury Washington. May 7.?Edward II. McLean, publisher of the Washing ton Post, and J. W. Zeverly of th" }counsel for Harry H. Sinclair, wen* called today as witnesses before the special oil grand Jury In the District jof Columbia Supreme Court today. j icollectixu i>.\t.\ on* 1MPKOVKMKNT CIIA.VNKL Henry L. Myers of the United States Engineering I>epartment of iNorfolk. Is here collecting data on the possible improvement of Kltza abeth City harbor and river chan nel. Radio Fan Sends Rescue When Ship Calls S. O. S. Tiir is. c. owen (CcovMgM. IW4. By Til* Ad*?nr?) i nilii rmiM iwo, i*iay i.? j no tnriu I of picking up nn S.O.S. fi^orrt a ship I In distress was experienced twice thoj I pant week-end by Pacific const radi i , (fans. and In ono of Mm two cases an, iamnfour with a home-made set got*: [credit for bringing about a roscuo. . S. W. Milter, an atnat'tir radio] (fan of llcrkeloy wa* tinkering with I jhln home-made not Sunday night' j when ho hoard faintly tho famous* dot, dot. dot. dash. dash, da ah. dof,| dot. dot, of thr International distre** signal. Communicating by tolophono wiih tho coast guard station, Miller found bo was tho only ono to comprehend tho call, which had boon flashed by, a t'nlted State* doMroyer to summon aid for throe Anhormen In distress In] a amsll boat- between Golden Oatoj and Farallone Islands. Tho coaat guard man rushed to the rescue and brought the fishermen to safety. Tha other Instance of radio fans "picking up" a distress call, said to1 be the first Instance of the kind on1 the Pacific coast, came Saturday night when thousands of fans were listening In on a radio concert. Suddenly th?* dots and dashes be gan to click Info (ho performance. Few of (he 1 Inl? tu rn fftlllfd what they meant. however, until the an-' nouncers at the broadcaxilnc stations announced "ship In distress som?* Where In. the Pacific sending S.O.S. calls" and then suspended operations until the message of distress had been cleared and ships started to th**j aid of the dlntfiif'rt vessel. It was the Associated Oil Company ? tanker Frank II. fluck, which had run hard aground on the Jagged! roeks of Point Plnos, near Monterey. ( The Iluck, one of the biggest tank era operating In the Pacific, got off' her course while fighting a terrific Northwest Kale. Her crew was tak-> en off. but the tanker probably will be a complete loss. When rescue ship* had been Marl ed to the Buck's assistance, the ra-, dlo broadcasting stations came back j on the air long enough to tell the fans all the facts about the accident. Elizabeth City Boy Wins Considerable Recognition Cap!. John Wood, \\ lio Sail* on Kuropcan Trip Next Moii <la_v. Ha." Labored Steadily for Making I lit- National Capital a City Kiiim n for Its llt-atily ('apt John K. Wood of Washing 1011 anil Walter Wood of Elizabeth City will sail Monday for u stay of, several months In European riin'ii-j tries. The latter will leave Elizabeth1 City Friday to visit his brother.! Stuart Wood, at West Point Tor a day or two. ''apt. Wood has won considerable! recognition for his work toward; making the National Capital a city beautiful. His trip abroad will af ford him study, which with his prac tical knowledge of city problems will further fit him for his work. One Washington newspaper had | the following to say the other dav J In regard to ("apt. Wood's work in' Washington: "Capt. John E. Wood, one of the assistant engineer Commissioners.: probably will terminate his active services as a local official on July l.| "He lias been granted a 2-month I leave of absence, and the belief pre vailed today that at the end of that time ho will be given a new assign ment in the Engineer Corps of the Army. "1'n'der a new rule in the Army all officers must serve one year In every five on active military duty, and in the fall of this year Capt. Wood will have completed four years as assist ant. engineer Commissioner. He came here in the fall of 1920. "During his brief period of service here Capt. Wood has become one of the most enthusiastic advocates of a ] more beautiful National Capital. "He has interested himself In a ! , number of the long-standing schemes) for Improvement of the city. Includ ing the driveway to connect the chain of old civil war forts, the re-1 construction of the Washington chan nel river front and similar projects, ; "He also served as chairman of the j committee that recently completed a .systematic plan for the betterment of the street lighting of the city within ia five-year period. "Capt. Wood has vitalized with charts and drawings other plans for the physical improvement of District institutions, such as the Occoquan j workhouse farm, the grounds around ! the Jail and Oalllnger hospital. | "He also has prepared charts out | lining the anticipated needs of the .sewer and water departments for the next five years." Following is another clipping from a Washington newspaper of re cent date concerning Capt. Wood's' actlvles fur a city beautiful: "Thr first step In a boulevard plan i to link lip the old civil war forts I that skirt the National Capital was | taken yesterday, when a group of engineer department officials drove over the territory and mapped out a proposed roufn. "Public ftplrltod citlzcns have be?n working for manv veers for legislation to acquire the fort sites! i and to make the necessarv changes in the street system to create a con tinuous drive around them. "Tho plan of Captain John E. I Wood, assistant engineer Commls-I sinner, Is to make a fort' I drive a reality immediately by deslg-i natlng a certain route to be follow-; i d and by having the Engineer Do-1 partem put the paving along that I route in good condition as rapidly as I possible out of regular appropria tions. legislation Need "Legislation still woiild to needed , to purchase those of the forts not already In Government posesslon,' and some street changes would later J be necessary to create a continuous' wide boulevard. Hut Capt. Wood believes a fort drive can he mapped off immediately by using existing | thoroughfares, putting them In good condition and improving the illum ination along them. "If a fort drive Is created imme diately on this plan Captain Wood recommends that It be dotted with | ornamental markers to guide the local motorist or the tourist over it. Thus, a new sightseeing attraction would be brought Into existence. "Each of tho old forts have Inter-! eating history connected with them, well known to the old Washington lans but still unknown to many of the present generation. They are the points from which the in Ion troops defended the Capital during the Civil war. "The tentative fort drive marked) off hy Captain Wood yesterdayj covers thirty-nine miles, nearly alii of which Is already In good condi tion for motoring. Here anil there a stretch of roadway was enroun-1 tereil that needs resurfacing. From Wnter SI reel "The route taken yesterday began and ended on Water street near the municipal fish market, and eovercd the following area: From Water street to Washington bar-i racks, to tho Navy yard, to 8t. Eliz abeth's Hospital, to the National Guard rifle range In Congress Heights, past all the forts In the( southeast, through Alabama avenue. Denning road, Rladensburg road,'[ South Dakota avenue, Harewood road, Blair road, Kennedy street, | Concord avenue , Longfellow street,1 Georgia avenue, Military road, STOLE TIIE BABY TO FOOL IllISBAND Philadelphia, May 7.?Ton weeks' old Corlnne Moduli, stolen Monday :in she lay asleep in her coach In front of her home, was found today by the police in the house of Mr?. Mary Demarco who admitted that she took the infant to fool her husband. The child was In good con dition. Tlje woman told the police that her husband be lieved her story that the child was born Monday while he was at work. The wife and her htisbnnd, Gorman Demarco, were arrested. WILL BE FIGHT ON IMMIGRATION President C.oolidge Warns (iongrewiional Leaders Time Too Short to Permit Diplo matic Arrangements. Washington, May 7.?The admin istration light against the Immigra tion bjll making Japanese exclusion effective July 1 will be carried to the floor of the Senate and House when the bill conies up for final action. Coolldge told Congressional lead ers today that he regretted the date was entirely too soon to permit of the diplomatic arrangements he wants to make with Japan and steps were I taken immediately afterwards to line up those who sympathize with Ills view to oppose the acceptance of the conference report. BURNS TESTIFIES IN REGARD TO MEANS Washington, May 7?Chief Burns of the Department of Justice inves tigation bureau today told the Sen ate Daugnerty committee tint al though ii-3 hail assigned an agent to shadow Gtston B. Means mis man I was not connected In the disappear | ance of tlie Means famous docu ments and riUries. KST1MATKI) KIRK IX>HH AT WASHINGTON TUE8DAY Washington. May 7?The damage i done by the two fires here early I Tuesday morning, one at 12:30 and J the other at 9 o'clock, was as fol lows: Telephone Equipment. Loss $20 000. No insurance. Damage to Blount Building $8 000. Covered by Insurance. Atwater's Pharmacy loss, esti mated by Mr. At water at $15,000. $7,500 Insurance. N. L. Sawyer. Pool Room. Lots $3,000. insurance $500. Dam uge caused principally by water. Dr. L. H. Swindell's office equip ment. books. Instruments, etc. Loss $1,500. Ihsurance $500. C. G. Morris & Co., warehouse lild contents Loss $7,000. Amount of Insurance unknown as Mr. Morris Is out of city. Manuel Bryant, residence, $500. Tenement house $100. In the building adjoining the Blount Building , separated only by a wall was the dry goods store of Paul and Gerrlsh on the first floor and Dr. J. T. Campbell, optican on th" sccond. Paul & Gerrlsh moved out their stock. they sustained only a slight loss by water. Dr. Camp bell's office was not disturbed. Of course the above loss Is esti mated. When a full and complete survey Is made It may exceed the above figures or it may not aggre gate that amount. This Is the first blaze to visit the city since the Spencer Bros, store building was damaged last year. Washington Is prouder of Its fire1 department today more than ever. They were on their Job and never left It to the the end. They are the stuff. through Rock Creek Park, Bitten house street. Chevy Chase Circle, Western Avenue, 41st street, Belt 1 road. Wlnronaln avenue, Nebraska avenue, 46th street, Koxall road. Reservoir street. R street, 28th street, across Q utreet bridge, 22nd street. New Hampshire avenue,.. Washington Circle. to Potomac Park to Water street. "On Saturday afternoon Rnglneer Commissioner Bell will drive over the route. Captain Wood wat ac-. torn pan led yegterday by W. B. Had ley, electrical engineer; L. R. Grn bill, superintendent of suburban roads, and J. 8. Garland, stiperin^. tendent of water department." ^ Capt. Wood is the ton of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. A. Woo? of Elizabeth City.