Phone 357 For Space In The National Publicity Edition * THE WEATHER * westerly winds. ***'****** ? ? Fair tonight and Ttic- VOZgjj * CIRCl'L iTIO\ * - O l!M^ JS';'!:;:,, "? * * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1921. FOl'tt PAr.KS. NO. 113. Ccolidge Leadership Fails At It's First Great Trial President's Wishes and Recommendations Disregarded l>> Members of Own Party Who in Coalition With Dem ocrats Pass Measures Sure of Brin^in^: Forth Veto Tty DAVID I^AWRKN'CK (Copyright. 1924, By Tha Atfvine*) Washington, May 10.?The make-shifts of compromise leg-! islation together with an inevitable battle between the executive j and the legislative have forced to a climax the whole political! situation this week. President Coolidge's first ex perience with Congress has! proved disastrous. He has failed to persuade the House and Sen ate in which the Republicans! have a majority to enact a sin-i u'e one of his major proposals.! Instead, he Is engaged In an elev-| ?'nth hour struggle to prevent Con-1 gross from damaging the prestige of! the I'nltcd States abroad as well as| Its economic structure at home. The defeat of the President In the Hous^ oil ills suggestion that legislation ex cluding the Japanese be deferred un til a treaty governing immigration from Japan could be negotiated means a veto of the immigration bill. A simple resolution extending the provisions of the present law for another year could be enacted until Congress reconvened next fail. As if to add more confusion to an already complicated situation In Con gress. Senator Henry Cnbot Lodge, Republican leader, has gone agalnct the avowed position of President Cuoildge on the World Court Joy pro posing an alternative scheme. Mr. I judge's suggestions are not new. They were tried out before but failed to win the approval of the smaller ntUioils of the globe who in sisted that they would not be dis criminated against. Ellliu Root pro posed the present World Court con stitution :ts a means of overcoming thai difficulty and 'hat's why M?. Coolidge and Mr. liughes have de clared the present World Court cre ated by the Lea;;ue of Nations to be the only "practicable" plan. Mr. Lodge's suggestion would not be adopted by the other countries movt of whom cannot see why they shoti'd make a chatv ** in a going Institution simply t> oblige American politi-' clans. The ;u'i,ii;,istrntIon's influence in Congress suffered a vital blow wlnn Mr. Lodge turned from the Presi dent on the World Court Issue but Mr. Coolidge has been fighting alone for several weeks. The leadership in Congress has not been able to as sist him in his legislative' program. The tax bill passed by the House was a disappointment to the admin-1 istration and It was confidently hoped the Senate would correct tha defects and Improve the hill. Hut instead, the Senate lias strayed even further from administration doc-, trine and now the President and Sec retary Mellon will be lucky if they1 can get the objectionable Senate pro visions removed In conference and the House bill adopted. A veto of the tax bill Is a fore gone conclusion if the Senate does not recede from Its position in con ference. The Ilepubiican leaders in the Senate have given up the fight in that body, hoping to rush the bill Into conference next week for a final effort at compromise. Then will come another struggle over the McNary-Haugen bill, a measure designed to ralpe the price of wheat to about II.BO a bushel by means of an agricultural corporation for which an appropriation of $200, 000,000 would be necessary, Ther? are two schools of thought on this bill?those who think it will means economic disaster and those who look upon It as economic salvation for the farmer. Mr. Coolidge is o.i the fence so far as any public indi cation of Ills attitude Is concerned but he will probably veto the meas ure unless It Is materially amended. The Idea of an International con ference on disarmament this sum mer has been dlscournged by Presl-! dent Coolidge largely because he doesn't think 10tlrope Is ready to talk about It. When the reparation sit uation has cleared, he may feel dif ferently about It. Tile political situation grows more confusing every day. Mr. Coolidge has won the Republican nomination. His record In the primaries was a surprise to those who did not think I he was a vote getter. Rut the l)em o- i say the rtatlstles will prove how small a vote was actually cast In all the Republican primaries and that enough Republicans stayed nt home not only to defeat Mr. Cool idge for the nomination hut to elect a Democratic President. The coniest. for the Democratic nomination proceeds with undimin ished activity. The McAdoo organ isation Is Increasing its hold on va rious state delegations and will be In a position to dictate who shall b." the nominee, though It would seem at present writing that the opposi tion to McAdoo himself is un changed. Governor Al Smith, Sena tor Rnlstnn of Indiana, John W Da vis of West Virginia and Senator t'nderwond of Alabama ara his most MAJOR MARTIN SAFE FROM HARM Will It flu rii to Washington and the Other Planes Will ('ontiiuie on Their 'Hoimd the-World Flight. Washington, May 12?Major Mar tin and Sergeant Harvey will bo or dered to Washington direct from Port Moller, Alaska, and will be as signed to duty in the Army Air Ser vice headquarters temporarily, but their names will be kept on the list of the 'round-the-world flyers in compliment to the men and in rec ognition of the hardships they en dured 111 valiantly attempting to lead the squadron in the globe encircling flight. Meanwhile the three other planes will continue their way around the world under the command of Lieut. Lowell Smith, senior officer, in tho absence of Major Martin. Falspass, Alaska. May 12.?Mar tin and Harvey will be aboard the tender Catherine D. of the Pacific American Fisheries of nellinshnm which is due to leave Port Moller to morrow for Puget Sound, according to word received here. Cordova, Alaska, May 12.?Major Frederick L. Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey whose plane In the 'round-the-world flight had been lost for two weeks, arrived at Fort Mol ler, Alaska, yesterday, after a terri ble tramp through the Arctie regions when their plane had been demol ished by hitting a mountain in a fog. The two nien are* well in spite of the severe hardships endured during tlio ten d:*ys they were missing. Today th?y were waiting at Fort Moller 100 miles west of Chignick en the Alaskan peninsula for in structions from Washington that will determine their next step. Now Cllirnt of Judge Who Imposed Kostd Sentciirr A suspended sentence of six months on the roads imposed by Asi-j sistant Trial Justice Markham in, March, 1923, came within an ace of putting Lucius Holly, alleged boot legger, on the roads Monday morn ing when Holly was found guilty by; a recorder's court Jury of illegal' possession. The odd circumstance in connection with the matter was! that Mr. Markham was one of the lawyers defending Holly Mondav j morning and arguing against the judgment's going Into effect. The! court finally agreed that prayer for! judgment be continued until Tuesday j morning. Richard Boyce. on a charge of j possession, was fined $50 and costp. j L. B. Perry, for violation of the ordinance forbidding automobiles | from being parked on the street ov-; emlght. was taxed with the costs. The County traffic officer had be fore the court three offenders fori violation of the State railroad rros"-; Ing stop law. each of whom was lei i off with the costs. The defendants were: Roy E. Chesson. E. .J. Scott.! Miles Russell. Jr.. and W. I). Lewis ' B. J. Cray and M. F2. Payne were I taxed with the costs for parkin:?! within Iom than fifteen feet of a fire plug while attending the Melville, Comedians show CAM, MKKTI.Vd Sllltl VKItM A call meeting of the Elizabeth ' City Shrine Club will be held on | Tuesday evening at x o'clock for th" i purpose of making arrangement" for the meeting In Rocky Mount on j May 22, to outline plans for the no vices, stunts, and street parade on j the night of the. 20. CiKTTlNCJ ON WF.LL John Ames, who was hurt Friday i afternoon In a^fall while at work on j the new Auto and Vulcanizing Build-1 ing. was taken to the Community! Hospital Monday afternoon after an 1 X-Ray examination which showed j ono fractured bone. He Is getting! along well and his condition In not regarded an serious. INQIIItY OI(l)KIIKt) INTO COTTON TKXTILK VNIU'STISYl Washington. May 12.-?An lnqulr/1 Into the cotton textile industry by j tho Tariff Commission was today or dered by the Senate on motion of; Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa chusetts. KINK DKVII.KD CltAllH Deviled crabs $1 a dozen. Call Coaajr Island Cafe, phone 429.1 ESCAPED PKISONEHS IlOl.Ii ! ;* M. I). CLINT Durham. May 12.- -Olio Wood ill 1 J. D. Slur no*. escaped inlsoiii i.< ??? ? ? i the Stati' IVnit? ntiarv al K.<1? U" . held up M. 1). Clin** of Durham eari.* Sunday, forced lilm lo drive th?t:i i ? Greensboro, took his watch. mom y and automobile, and made off. l? a. ? ins him in the. road. No truer i ( tin* men had born found at a la'e hour last night. Pim-hot Attacks Butler Springfield, Mass., May 12.?Gov ernor Plnchot of Pennsylvania in an address before tho Methodists here yesterday attacked Nicholas Murray Butler as a milliAer of the prohibi tion law and Secretary Mellon as a:i open defender of its violation. GOVERNMENT LOSES IN JAPAN ELECTION Tokio. May 12.?'The Japanese government was defeated in the elec tions yesterday and the premier will probably resign at once. ENTOMBED MINERS ARE FOUND SUNDAY Oilman. Col.. May 12.?Five min ers entombed in a cave of u mine near here Saturday were found alive last night when the rescue crew dug its way to them. KIM.CI) IN COLLISION' Monroe, La.. May 12.?Four were, killed and three seriously injured in a train and auto collision here yes terday. says inrs I.KTT \T \VI\Ti:nVII.I.K WliLt. rvillr. May 12.?K. K. AyU-I . . ... ? i-mii.ut.' r?.i . ?'..?? l'r..iay i?i:-l?t to a large iiuiiitiirc here. making a speech; which won for him many votes. FIVE DEAD IN I IKE Milliiiock. I. Mi'.. May 12.? Mrs. J?>11n Itragan and four of li? r six children wert' burtud to d?ath in tin- lire which destroyed their hone today. Tin' father and two sons jumped from the upper windows, and two of them probably will die, it was said at the hospital. CUMBERLAND AGAIN IN GIUI* OF I I.OOI) Cumberland. Md.. May 12. ? Korj tin- second time within loan than two' month*- fl.?od waters today were lap-I ping menacingly at the heart of .the l umherland business district. Wills Creek has left its banks and w.n-?r in the principal thorough-j fa- *> has reached a depth of IS in-! die-. MI'ET TO DISCUSS DETENTION HOME A meeting of the ministers an J: committees from the churches of the town with Mrs. Anna Lewis. County Welfare Officer, will be held Tiles day afternoon at 3:1(0 in the Cham-' her of Commerce rooms for discus sion of plaits looking to the mainten ance of a detention house for UiiJ County. r.rwoimi i.KAtiii; will IIOI.I) \\ IVSriTl'Ti: Tin- Elizabeth City District Ep worlh l.eauue Institute will begin ut iS o'clock Wednesday evening at City) ; (load Methodist Church. The open 1 ing address will be delivered by C. II. I'ugh and his subject will bo "All For Christ." An all-day program is planned for Thursday, beginning at !? a. m. and about 50 d? legates will be lo re from other churches of the ;district. Tom M. Grant, conference! league president, and Rev. If. E. j Myers of Durham, formerly of this: city, and others are on the program. i'iiiL.\r.;:Lri::.\ hanks iwv TEX MILLIONS ON SAVINGS | Philadelphia, May 12. ? The four leading savings banks now have $2S1,C7G,236 on deposit, an Increase In the Inst year of $ 15,323,7'?G. In terest on deposits credited January 1 amounted to over $10,000,000. COTTON MAUKIOT New York, May 12?Spot cotton closed steady this afternoon, advan cing 25 points. Middling 31.60. 1 Futures closed as follows: May j31.22; July 28.72; October 24.77; I December 24.20; January 24.00. j New York. May 12.?Co:ton fu turcs opened today at the following levels: May 30.80, July 28.35, Oct. 24.80, Dec. 24.10, Jan. 23.73. Men Following Fashion As Blindly As Do The Women Prince of Wales ami l.ondon, It Appears, ('an lie Quite axj Arbitrary in Matter of SeltitiK Styles for Men as Paris anil Its Modistes are for Women fly ilOHKRT T. SMAM (Copyright. 1*24. B* Th? w *orK. May 12.?It Is getting worse and worae. thin mnn craze for gaudy colors and loud attire. Self anointed prophets who predicted six months ago that the Sheik Influence In moii'u wayward fashions would prove but a fleeting thlin and that the sterner sex soon would he hark to Its normally conservative frame of mind have found themaelv*.* stranded In a billowing sea of new masculine splendors. Although spring has proved a lap.-! gard the vnni" men who used to laugh at women who donner straw" hats In February and felt hats in August, have tried to b?>at the har rier and have appeared In all the rainbow tints of the vernal season. And the mnn who uied to joke and grin over the "fool colors" that ap pealed to women, such r.s elephants breath and pink dawn and burnt bread and lanvln green and pillar Nov red. am Mgerly Manning the ad* vcrtlaements in the newspapers day by day to see exactly what new col ors are offered to them In clothes,1 neck ti??. handkerchiefs, socks and other items of haberdashery. The women have been having'a great vogue of powder blue. Now come the men trailing along with gun powder grays. They also regale themselves In lava grav* and smoke grays and parrot blues and bun browns t/i pay nothing of P.el.-lu.n beige and Paisley blues. The blue shltts have appeared like a veritable thuml* t .?or:n In the midst of men'* new fiahjMi*. Already there Is a song out about them?"I've (Jot th" Blue Shirt Bluca," or words to that, effect. The ni?n are continuing to hlanK It all i n th? Prince of Wales and un til that young heir to the Brltlsn throne subsides or settles down or gets married and let* himself be ov ershadow.-d. sartorlally speaking, by his royal bride, there appears to b< no hope of surcrase on thl* side of ttfe Atlantic from the fashlohs for men which are said to emanate from this much admired young gentleman. As American women long ha\e turned to the boulevards of Paris, so the men of thla free and mighty country are turning to the Strand or PlcadlUy of London? An men filinni" sc-n nn.v*Mn" that conies from dov/dy I/'n?lnn st??'M r 1 i11!??' prince him-' self, ho unqu< -iliue.ably would squirm If he could s? ?? f riii'* of the fashions, or vogues attributed to him. That Il ls HpId:: faithfully pojih-rt In sonic of these goes wlttient raying for thm<-d even for the balloon pants which Home of , the men are w?>arin?r. Or mayb?? It , Is the balloon tire Influence at work in this case. Anyway, something lins caused the trousi r:? to got fuller and fuller until tie v fairly (lap in the wlntor brecxes which are retard ing a rductant sprint*. Hut gay as the street fashions have b< come they are but a candl ? glow of tin* effulgence of the golf links them- days. There (ho riot of ? colors holds forth unabated and uti assuaged. Men no longer can keep their eye on Hie ball. They lose all touch with the gantc when some n?w; swHI IfMM r Cofcie* on t h?? sc?n? . Costume rivalry among the men at the country clubs linn become to ke? n that some of the Institutions ar< thinking of placing a limit on th" number of colors that can appear In stocking*. swra'ers and shoes. There I* another queer thing about golf styles, flomr men put on golf clothes the first thing Sunday morn ing and never take them off until bed time, although they never leave Broadway. Home of these Knicker bocker wearers hava never been .closer to a golf course than "kid tboots." Oh, man! Railroads Preparing Move Farm Products To Market Marshalling Their Equipment in Rolling Slock for Quick Transportation from Farms of Country to Cities ami No Car Shortage Is Cooked For Poincare Loses In French Elections Nearly Complete Returns To day Show Considerable Change In Policy Paris. May 12.?Nearly complete returns show tliat l'rance yesterday decided on a considerable rhnnpe in her domestic policies and on nt least Important modifications in the method of h.indlim: foreign affairs. Premier Polncare's majority in t!i?> chamber of deputies was swept away In tbe violent swine of the po litical pendulum toward the li ft and the bloc national which formed thf nucleus of that majority was reduced to second rank in party groups. London. May 12.?Plans for the meeting of Premiers MacDonald and Poincare May 11) will probably be abandoned as the result of the French election upset. It was inti mated in official circles here today. Paris, May 12.? Karly returns from the national election yesterday indicate that the opponents of Poin care made notable uains and may up set the government. CANAL BILL WILL BE TAKEN UP SOON Musi Keep lfii.'xlil lJeliinil llio Measure, Says Secretary { Jolt, on Ilis Itetiirii from Washington. Prospects now are that the hill ap Ipreprinting $375,000 for the pur chase of the Dismal Swamp Canal by the Ciovernment, which was given the unanimous endorsement of tin* Rivers and Harbors committee of tho House, will come before the Hons" lor action within the next two weeks, according to Secretary Job of the.Chamber of Commerce, who re turned Sunday from a week-end trio to Washington in the interest of the measure. . "1 am very optimistic." says Mr. Job, "as to the passage of this hill by the House. There Is a lot of hard work yet to be done in the matter of keeping right behind the measure, and we must take nothing for grant ed; lint 1 brJleve that if we will con tinue to press for action we can se cure passaged the measure not only ill the House but also in the Senate before adjournment of the present session of Congress. The bill carrying, the $::7.ri.000 ap propriation for the purchase of the Dismal Swamp Canal was reported favorably by the unanimous vote of the committee about two weeks ago,' after Congressman Ward; former 1 Congressman Small; John Wallace, Jr., of Wallacetoii, Virginia; Seen tary Job of the Elizabeth City Cham ber of Commerce and representatives of the Lake Drummond Canal At Water Company, of the t'nited States1 Engineers, and of the city of Ports-' mouth. HOYS STKAIi CASH iV-tWf^n $H and 310 wan stolen from tli'* cash drawr of the Auto Supply & Vulvanlzlny Company Fri day nluht by Iniy*. The thlevea eri l?>rcd by a Imrk window, aft' r brnnklnit o.nt a Kla?s pane. They did not Ink)* any tlr?s or other nrtlclca iH far an In known wllli the ; xcep llon of Home hearings. Therobhfiy occurred about 9:.'50 o'clock while the City Drug store wan open and ?"veral persons were nearby. The ioya were seen from a distance but larkneHs prevented recognition. HI'KXCK MOTOIt ('OMI'AXV i;i;\i>y roit ihsinkhs Il?-ady for hiiHln? sm today tie; Spenc?* Motor Company In tin- new est Industry to appear In Mllzaheth f'lty. The garage and naks room erected f??r this new company Is nit - it a ted at 211 South ftoari street. Au tomobile repairing. as well as gaso line, oils, tires and accessories will l>e featured by the company. The Hpenm Motor Company Is a partnership In which K. A. Spence Is Associated with K. F. Aydlett, Jr., of iho Aydlett Hardware Company. Mr. Upenco Is a former resident of Kllz u" th Cltv. Il?- wa . In business her* during the war In connection with the Southern Auto r nd Marino workt. SirICe tli?? dissection of that Him he has been engaged In the au tomobile business in Norfolk. Mr. Spcnce will act as general manager of the firm, while, as heads of departments there will be: Her bert Thompson, shop foreman, a?.d Prantley McCoy, In charge of vulcan izing. The building Is a modern strti' t'iro 43 feet wide and about 150 f? t long. It has been equipped and tti|i plied for quick service to motorist. A full lln? of motoring needs will be handled and the company will be ? ??at- IK. SUkU. - - , Hy J. <*. ItOYI.F Co??nght, I 'JJ4. t* The Advanc* New \ork, May 12.?Although crops an- late this season In nearly u" of the agrleutural districts, the ra 11 roa d s hav?* already hcKim to mar shal thi-ir equipment to handle the movement of agricultural products. There is every Indication that the ,?*ro;? movement will be carried out more easily. expeditiously and satis factorily than ever before, despite the heavy yield expected In manv of the growing districts. The Middle West states expect on*? of the most bounteous crops ever produced in th?? section. Freight cars now are being set out on sidings at strategic points. This movement be gan three weeks ago with the assem bling of in,000 cars. The number now has increased to between 18.000 and 20.000 mid 15,000 additional will be moved into Missouri, Kansas, Southern Nebraska. Oklahoma and Arkansas within the next f.0 days Barring unforeseen tie-ups, railroad executives expect no difficulty In get ting together the DO.000 cars which will be required in thos ? states. Cal ifornia will require about G5.000 . cars. The Kansas crops alone are ex pected to bring in $500,000,000 t ? farmers of that state. The grain yield of Te\;is. authorities declare, will be larger than last yeaf, owing to advantageous rains and growing weather, Colorado and Nebraska crops are known to be in fine condi tion and the Northwest looks for ward to a prosperous season. The cereal crops of California are not so advantag? ously placed, but the dam age, due to drought, to barley, wheat 'and oats in that rotate has been coun terbalanced to some extent by the way fruits have recovered fiom win ter frosts. Marly fruits and vegetables are al . ready moving In volume to market from the South and West and prices are declared acceptable to growers in the majority of the districts, accord ing to state agricultural authorities. Railroad officials are confident there will bo no disastrous car short age. Freight car orders so far this year have averaged about five thous and weeky. New orders for freight cars totalled fi0,2.'ll in the first three : months Of the year, or nearly five thousand more than in the corres ponding period of 1!I2.'I which was a banner period. In April, approxl^* ! niafely 12,000 more were ordered* As builders had unfilled orders oa their books on January 1 totalling 24,397 cars, the first four months has seen prospective additions to < (|uipment amounting to nearly 100, 000 cars. ' In addition to these facts, It must be remembered that the railroads added nearly 1U0.000 cars to their equipment in lf?2.'!. These were ac tually delivered and now should bo available for use. Locomotive buy ling has kept pace, although the new orders placed this year have slack ened materially. Over 490 new en gines were ordered In the first quar ter of the year, however. Moro important than the new cqulphi<>