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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1921. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 116.
Coolidge Makes Economy
Argument Justify Vetoes
From Failure of Congress to Rally Necessary Two Thirds to
Support of Bursum Pension Bill President Takes Cue
as to How Win Votes in Pending Legislation
J\y DAVID LAWRENCE
(Cttyrllhl. 1924. By Thi Ad?anc?)
Washington, May 14.?President Coolidge's first important
victory in the exercise of his veto power; namely, the failure of
Congress to muster a two-thirds vote to over-ride his disapproval
of the Bursum pension bill, means a renewed effort on the part
of the White House to make economy in Government expendi
ture the basis of its attack all along the line.
Mr. Coolidge did not oppose
the principle of pensions but
states that the Government can
not afford further bounties. H<i
is against the soldier insurancj
bill on the ground that the Gov
ernment budget cannot stand
the increased expense. He will
veto the pending tax bill, if it is
unamended, on the ground that
it does not provide the revenue
required to carry on the Gov
ernment of the United States.
Already Senator Smoot, chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee,
has announced that the pending tax
bill, now in conference between the
two houses of Congress, fails by ap
proximately $475,000,000 to meet
the Government requirements. This
is based on the estimates of Govern
ment actuaries. In the face of sucn
figures not only is it impossible for
the President to sign the bill, but
it is difficult to see how Congre&s
can deliberately legislate a deficit. It
is true that occasionally the esti
mates have varied and that the fig
ures have been $50,000,000 or bo
above or below the line but in each
case since the war the budget has
been balanced, a circumstance that
has helped give the dollar unusual
strength in the currency markets of
the world. But at no time has Con
gress faced a deficit of nearly a half
billion dollars.
When the Longworth bill passed
the House, it carried a deficit but
the Treasury Department suggested
changes which would provide the
needed revenue. The Senate has in
the main ignored these suggestions
and made further cuts while failing
to provide productive substitutes.
Many people have the idea that
the questions at issue are whether
the rich shall be taxed heavily
whether big business shall . escape
levies, and whether the man of
smaller income shall be preferred.
From the viewpoint of the Treasury
Department, and particularly Its ac
tuaries. there is no such discrimina
tion. Dig business can avoid tax lev
ies Just as investors who buy tax ex
empt securities. The productivity of
a tax Is not altogether a matter of
legislation. And the actuaries know
from experience just what blislnee*
does to avoid taxes. For instance in
respect of the undistributed surplus
taxes. some of its provisions un
doubtedly would be evaded by skill
ful bookkeeping and it is not certain
that the Government can force the
distribution of all funds when there
Is expansion to be taken care of. It
is recalled that the Government by
no means succeeded In collecting nil
that it should of thp excess profits
taxes and that as the latter form o{
taxation was more and more studied,
business found ways of avoiding its
heavy levies. The whole question of
estimating tax receipts is a compli
cated one but the Treasury experts
have managed In the past to attain
a remarkable degree of accuracy.
Apart from the failure of the Sen
ate bill to provide enough revenue,
there Is also som^ uncertainty as to
the extent of Government approprla
1lons. The budget as framed by tiio
executive branch of tho Government
.and the budget that will have to bo
met when Congress gets through ap
propriating are two different things.
Conirress has departed from the bud
get and threatens to depart still
more. In his New York speech, Mr.
CoolldKC estimated that nearly three
billions of dollars would have to be
appropriated to meet the bills being
pnssed In Congress. Most of thes*
will not be passed but a dangerously
large proportion may be pushed
through at the last moment, all of
which affect* the revenue getting
side of the Government.
? Take for example, the McNary
Hautren bill which requires a $200.
000.000 appropriation. Mr. Cool^g.^
will probably veto that measure if
it comes to him on the ground that
the Government hasn't the money for
thatpurpoae. So It's economy which
the T'resldent has decided upon as
his battle slogan and he can get.
more votes In Congress to support
Is unanswerable unless tax**s are to
way, for the excuse of lack of funds
his veto that way than any other
be Increased Instead of reduced this
year.
I>K. C'HAftK ILL.
Chapel Hill, May IS.?Dr. H. W.
Chase, prealdent of the North Caro
DENY PRESIDENT
RIGHT TO PARDON
Chicago, May 15?The right
of tfoe President of the Unite !
States to pardon in a civil con
tempt case was today denied in
an opinion signed by Federal
District Judges George Carpen
ter and James Wilkerson in
tho Philip Grossman case
which was considered before
the Daugherty investigating
committee.
The opinion held that Gross
man should be taken in custo
dy on sentence of a year In
Jail for contempt as decreed
by former Federal Judge Lan
dis. Grossman was sentenced
for contempt in a prohibition
case.
HOUSE OVERRIDES
COOLIDGE OPINION
Washington. May in.?Overrldlng '
I opposition of the President today the,
: House adopted the conference report
on the immigration bill which would
make July 1, tills year, the effective
date of Japanese exclusion. The Sen
ate now will be called upon to act J
after which the bill will go to the'
President for his signature. His
course has not been determined.
11REAKS RIGHT LEO
Relatives and friends were sorry I
to hear Wednesday by phone news1
L. F. Ziegler of Edenton falling'
land breaking his right leg. The ac
cident happened Wednesday. Mr.
Ziegler was In the court house meas
uring for some ?linoleum to he put
down when he tripped and fell.
He was brought to Elizabeth Cit>
Thursday morning on the early
train and taken to the Community
Hospital where an X-Ray will bo
taken and treatment given.
Mr. Ziegler has been rather un
? fortunate as he has broken one of
Ills arms four times and his nose has
been broken twice. His sister, Mrs
J. M. Rroughton of Portsmouth alno,
fell and broke her hip some weelc?>;
ago but Is now getting along well.
NEXT MEETING AT WIVTOV
The delegates from the D. H. Hill i
Chapter of this city who attended tliej
U. D. C. 16th District Convention at j
Aulander Wodneada'y were: Mrs. C.
D. Bell. Mrs. S. W. Gregory. Mrs.1
J. G. Fearing. Mrs. C. W. Oalther.
Mrs. fl. Bell Blount. Mrs. E. M. Ste
vens, Mrs. E. T. Burgess and Mr.t.
Ella Pearson. They reported a de
lightful meeting and very Interesting
program. This convention will be
held next year at Wlnton.
AYDLETT SPEAKS AT
FARM LIFE SCHOOL i
Wllllamston, Mav 15.-?(Special.) |
?E. F. Aydlett, of Elizabeth City,)
candidate for Congress, spoke at th ?
Farm Life School of Martin County
last night to a large crowd. The;
great enthusiasm manifested by the'
people present assures Aydlett thai I
section.
COLE BLEASE TO HUN
FOR SENATE AGAIN.
Columbia. S. C? May 15.?Cole I? I
Blease, former governor of South
Carolina, yesterday announced blsi
candidacy for the United States Sen
ate.
Hamllr Problem Alone
Atlanta, May 15.?The Southern
Baptist Convention yesterday reject-1
ed the resolution to participate with
other bodies In handling the negi >
problem and will handle It alone. 1
Tho Southern Baptist convention
today declined to authorize the a,,.;
pointment of a special peace commit
tee to prepare a paper for presents
tloo to the convention In 1925 set
ting forth the Christian teaching In
regard to war.
fOTTON MARKET
New York, May 15 ? Spot cotton
closed steady this afternoon, advan
j clng 35 points. Middling 32.0 j.
Futures closed as follows. May
31.68; July 2#.35. October 25.Si;
December 24.95; January 24.55;
March 24.60.
.New York, May 15?Cotton fu
ture* opened this morning at the
following leveli: May 11.40; July
24. ?7; December
EDITH KEIXY GOULD
LOSES FRENCH SUIT
Paris, May 15?Edith Kelly Goulil
today lost the suit she brought in th?-'
French courts to obtain half the;
property in France owned by Frank
J. Gould, her former husband.
The court ruled that she had no'
right to share in this property bc-f
cause her marriage occurred in
America where the rule of separate
property of husband and wife pre
vails.
COL I'LE ROBBED ON
RETURN FROM PARTY
Now York. May 15.?The armed
bandit who held up Samuel Schass
tein and his wife as they stepped In-j
to the porch of their Brooklyn home,
on returning from a theater party
early today escaped with $10.0001
worth of Jewelry and $400 in cur
rency.
ZIHLMAN EXONERATED
BY HOUSE COMMITEE
Washington, May 15.?The House
committee authorized to investigate
the charge made before the Chicago
grand Jury that Representative Zlhl
mah, Republican of Maryland, ac
cepted bribes reported today thatj
"taken as a whole in the opinion of
the committee the evidence does not
establish the truth of the charge."
CO-ORDINATE EFFORTS |
AGAINST RADICALISM
Washington. May 15.?An all
American conference representative'
of the 63 national, patriotic, civic I
and fraternal organizations convened
here today to co-ordinate efforts to |
eliminate radicalism and foster Am
ericanism and good citizenship.
Billy Sunday Enter*
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Rochester, Minn., May 15 ?RPV.
Hilly Sunday, evangelist, arrived |
here today to enter the Mayo Clinic ,
Hospital for the treatment of kid-j
I ney ailment. He spent a restful
| night aboard a private car that
brought him from Chicago.
GETTING READY FOR
SEVEN JOYOUS DAYS
The Elizabeth City Chautauqua'
Guarantors held a meeting Tuesday |
night and elected local officers of
the organization for the year as fol
lows: J. B. Leigh, president; T. T.
Nelson, chairman of the ticket com
mittee; W. B. Goodwin, treasurer; j
G. A. Twlddy, advertising com
mittee. The hospitality committee
has as it chairman J. W. Wilcox; as
sistant chairmen Dr. N. H. D. Wilson
and Rev. George Hill. Dr. C. B.
Williams was elected as chairman of
the grounds committee, John L.
Wells, chairman of the hauling and
lighting committee and Miss Maud
Leigh, chairman of the Junior com
mittee.
Mrs. Heyser, Chautauqua advance
agent, was present at this meeting.,
She made an Interesting and instruc
tive talk and assured the guarantors
that the program for this year Is an
extra good one.
SHAD SEASON HAS
COME TO A CLOSE
Half Million Dollars |{epro
tented in Movement of
Shad Through Klizulx-th
1 -ity During This Spring.
A half million dollars, as nearlv
as may be computed, is represented
in the movement of shad throughj
Elizabeth City this season which
closes Thursday. Shipments have]
been very small in recent weeks and
the first of the seasou was below
normal, but taken as a whole the
catch is regarded as fairly good
while not by any means a banner
year.
It Is estimated by R. E. I Hack,
agent of the Wauchese Line, that
30.000 boxes were shipped through
this point during the season. He
expects the total for the year to bv
slightly lower than it was last.
The number of boxes shipped for
the last two years was greater than
the two previous years.
A feature of the season was the
resumption of freight shipping. Ac
cording to Mr. Black this is the first
year the fish have been handled by
freight since the days of United
States railroad administration. He
says the service during March and
April was good, and as the fish were
received in good order and at lower
rates more money was realized for
shippers and fishermen.
Mr. Black believes that there will
be no more banner shad years for
the next 20 years unless the limit
on shad fishing is placed at April
20, or at the latest May 1. "If this
were done for three years then the
catches for the following five years
would be the best we have ever had,"
he says.
Small quantities of trout and blues
are being received by the Globe Flsn
Company now and there will ho
small shipments all summer until
the fall trout season opens up the
next busy period.
ANOTHEK PROPOSAL
FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
j Washington, May 15.?Willing
ness on the part of the Associated
Power Companies to submit another
Muscle Shoal* proposal to purchase
I power produced at Murcle Shoals bv
!the Government was today expiessed
at the Senate agriculture commit
tee's hearing by E. A. Yates, general
manager of the Alabmaa Power
Company.
Yates explained that this proposal
would depend upon perpetual Gov
ernment ownership and operation
and In effect would be a modification
of the Norris bill which provides for
Government operation of the proper
ty.
WILL LIMIT BISHOPS
TENURE OF OFFICE
Springfield. Mass., May 15.?Lim
itation to eight years of the bishops'
tenure in any one area of residence
In this country, formerly Indefinite,
was today approved by the Methodist
Episcopal general conference. Th?s
change was regarded as radical and
opponents of the measure paid It
would decrease the effectiveness of
supervision.
Poincare Defeat New Step
Toward Settlement Europe
Does Not Moan Abandonment of Kulir Without Compensa
tion Bui Will Make for More Confidence in Bri
tain in Good Faith of France
fly FRANK H. BIMOND8
Copyright, H>2I by McCI ur? Ncwhpnpcr Hyn?1lrj?fn
Washington, May 15.?The complete defeat of the Poincare
Ministry is unmistakably a new
pean settlement. Uijfhtly or wi
tion in Britain and in Germany
ably in this country, of ndvocat
and not the adjustment of Kuri
As a consequence it is Koing
to be far easier for Ilerriot,
Painleve or Briand, one of
whom will almost certainly
succeed him, to deal with the
British and the Germans.
If would be a mistake to nee In
lho defeat of Polncare a repudiation
of his actions and aboveAall a repu
diation of the Ruhr occupation. The
truth la that Jioth Herrfot and
Mriand publicly endorsed It. What
la a fairer JudKmont Is that the
French people decided that for the
liquidation ??f the exIstlriK situation
j F'rancc would be better ?erv?'d by
I some more facile and less rigid re
presentative. You might perhaps
Hay that ail Frenchmen agree that
Clemencenu won the war, but that
he did badly for France in the
Peace Conference. In the safne
way most Frenchmen agr?>e with
Polncare's occupation of the Ruhr
but feel he It not the man for liqui
dation of the altuatlon.
K Labor Government In Britain
can obviously deal far more success
fully with a radical than a National
ist governmsnt In Frsuce. More
step in the direction of a Euro
?onKly Poincarc had the reputa
?and for that matter mcasure
inu the destruction of Germany
ipean problems.
truHteil In Great ISrltaln n? Lloyil
don. Just a* tli" Frtncli 'lection
George was In Franco and hu mere
elimination will niaku Fratifo
IlrltlHh co-operation Infinitely man'
likely. What Ma<'Donald could not
Kite a France which under I'olncare
seemed t0 m.iny llritons militaristic.
Jie can concede to a France with a
premier like llcrrlot or Itriand. And
what Franco now desires Is some
form of Hrltlah assurance of co-,
Operation provided Germany again
wilfully defaults.
The evacuation of the Ruhr, mil
itary as well as economically Is ab
solutely necsxary. If real German
acceptance of the Dawes report Is to
bo '>htaln<*d. Ilut l*olncare had de
clared agalnxt such evacuation In
advance of Gorman payment. Her
rlot or llrland can agree to such eva
cuation in a return for flritl?h prom-,
iae to co-oporate In new action If1
Germany defaults and Britain could
give* Harriott or lirland assurances
j which would not be given to Poln
leare.
IAs for Germany, her election has
resulted In a drift toward reaction.
Thia puts her much further away
from a Labor Government In Lou
Immense Timber Holdings
To Go To Highest Bidder
Government Will Sell 375,000,000 Feel of Yellow Pine oil
Indian Timber IjuicIs in Northwest That It Will Take
Fifteen Years of Lnmliering to Put on Market
BANNERS URGE
AYDLETT VOTE
~ .1
Message Creeling Visitors to
the City Shows Them How
Bestcily's Candidate for
Congress Stands Here.
"Vote for Aydlelt Tor Congress." t
That is the message of Elizabeth'
City to the visitor within her gate:t
as portrayed on two banners Hunt;
across Main street, one at the
Savings Dank I)uildlng corner, Main <
and Poindexter streets, and the other
at the Southern Hotel corner, Main |
and Koad streets. I
These banners have been pre
pared and put In the place which
they occupy today by friends of Mr. |
Aydlett in his home town who are
actively supporting his candidacy. If
the proportion of the business men '
of the town who have endorsed Mr.1
Aydlett's candidacy is any Index of
the sentiment of the people at large j
those banners represent the senti-;
ment of about 90 per cent of tho
voters of Elizabeth City. Something j
like 90 per rent of the business men
of Elizabeth City have not only en
dorsed Mr. Aydlett's candidacy but
have at their own expense published
In both local newspapers big display
advertisements setting forth reasons
why Mr. Aydlett should ho given the
nomination.
K. F. Aydlett is a lighter and has
made his enemies in the aggressive
life that he has lived here ever since
coming to Elizabeth City in his early
manhood. But few men who have
led so aggressive a life can command
the following that does he or have
so large a number of friends who
have the utmost confidence In them.
? An effort has been made to create.
I tho impression outside his home
I town that so great is the opposition
to him here that Mr. Aydlett could
not even command the support of
the County Democratic Convention in
his home County. The truth of the
matter Is that Aydlett could have
got tho endorsement of that conven
tion if he had sought It. Almost ev
ery last mnn of those attending
the convention had signed endorse
ments of his candidacy and 11 his
name had been proposed the proba
bilities are that not a vote woul.l
have been cast against endorsement
of hip candidacy for Congress. H"
was elected one of the delegates
from Pasquotank to the State Con
vention at Raleigh. No candidate of
the four In the rare for Congress in
this district is stronger In his own
county than S. S. Mann of Hyde, an-1
yet Mr. Mann was not endorsed for
Congress by the Hyde County Dem
ocratic Convention. Neither was Dr.
firifTin of Edenton endorsed by the
|convention of his own county of Cho
wan. In fact. Lindsay Warren Is the
only Congressional candidate In this
district whose friends thought It
1 worth while to obtain for him the
j endorsement of his county conven
jtlon. In some counties it was
thought better not to befcln the mat
ter of the endorsement of certain
candidates as It might bo embarass
ing to say Just where to stop. In
others, as In Pasquotank the dele
gates. few in number, met In haste
to elect delegates to the State Con
vention and adjourned without giv
ing the matter of the endorsement
of anybody's candidacy serious
thought.
KOANOKK INSTITUTE
SOON CLOSE SESSION'!
The twenty-sixth commencement I
at Koanoke Institute will be
held beginning May 2T? and extend
ing through thf week following.
The commencement sermon will be
preached on Sunday, May 2f?, by Dr.
\\*. A. Taylor of Florida Avenue
Haptlst Church. Washington. Pres
ident C. K. Graves Invites the pub
lic to hear the sermon and to attend [
the other commencement exercises.
ADVANTK IN frTOI'fl
Portland, Ore., May ir, Special)
? There has been a general Advance
of 20 cents a barrel here in price*
of domestic flour. The advance,
millers say, Is due to the scarcity of
milling wheat and dry weather In
the wheat belt. The new price of
patent flour is $6.80 a barrel. There
has been no change in export |
brands.
PHKHIDKNT COOIJDGK VETO EH
THE HOI.I>I Kit I ION CH III IX
Washington, May 16 ? President
Coolidge this afternoon vetoed the
soldier bonur+blll. Advocates of
the measure have begun a fight to
pass the bill over the President'!,
n.v j. c. norm
(Coa.rlint 1924. B, t?. Mnml
New *ork. May 15.?Two great
sections of forret primeval will be
turned Into forest productive today
when over 375.000.u00 feet of tlm
b??r will be sold by tho Government
at the Klamath Indian reservation In
Oregon to the highest bidder. This
will not only add millions of dollar*
to the wealth of the Klamath In
dians, who rank high among the
great American timber owners, but
will furnish work and pay at high
wages to thousands of men for years
to come. These orlgina owners of
the soil are possessed of some eight
thousand million feet of timber,
enough to build over 500.000 houses
or to house a city of over two mil
lion people.
The two units to be disposed of
this week are known as the Trout
Creek unit and the Squaw Flat unit
and are located in Southern Oregon.
They comprise a total of 33,660
acres and constitute two of the larg
est forests of yellow pine now stand
ing. No bids under $5,000,000 will
be considered and the tracts will be
sold under agreements calling for
the cutting of timber under a grad
uated scale of prices to be Increased
each three years. The lumbering of
the regions involved will extend over
at least 15 years.
The opening of these vast timber
lands to exploitation Is not expected
by lumber manufacturers to reduce
lumber prices. The demand for
building In the last few years has
necessitated the expenditure of near
ly *20.000.000.000 and while bulld
I Ing operations have slackened to
I some extent, shortage of housing fa
cilities will necessitate continuation
of operations at a high pace for some
.years to come.
i The lumbering of these tracts,
however, is coupled on to open to
; develop another large region In
| Oregon. They lie adjacent to the
Oregon, California and Kastcrn rall
iroad, and the new operations arc
expected to Justify (lie extension of
this road lo Eastern and Northern
connections.
The sain Thursday will be follow
ed June 5 by the disposal at the
I same place of the Long Prairie and
! North Marsh units of the Klamath
! reservation which embrace 74,300
j acres on which 700.000.000 million
feet of timber, mostly yellow pine,
Is growing at present. The Long
Prarle unit will he tapped both by
the Oregon California and Eastern
anil by tho Central Pacific road,
| which through Iho building of the
. Nalron cut off, now under construc
tion, will shortly become part of the
I main line of the Southern Pacific
i from Portland lo Kan Francisco.
The purchase of these lands pro
bably will mark another stop In the
transfer of I lie main activities of the
lumbering Industry from tho South
to the Pacific Northwest. That
move already has resulted In the
the building of whole new cities
and communities In hitherto unde
veloped regions and while tho stand
of Southern pine Is by no means ex
hausled, the far sighted lumber men
of Hint section aro already assuring
themselves of logs when tho growth
In Hie Southern slates shall have
been reduce to 2 by 4's and 1 by
1 2's.
The effect of the sales by tho
Government Is of far more Impor
tance to th" citizens of the country
In general than Is at first apparant.
Outside of the district Immediately
Involved, deilers contractors and
members of the skilled building
trades will he affected. Railroads
in certain sections will carry more
j freight and the business which will
accrue to coaslwise and trans
oceanic shipping will be tremendous.
In 11123 the limber cut on the Kla
math reservation yielded (he Indians
? hereon oer 1754,000 and tho new
i operations will make them cloje
rivals In wealth to the oil land hold
ing aborigines of Oklahoma.
Uitest reports from the Southern
pine mills, however, show no falling
off In demand or production. In
the last week, new orders Increased
XS.5 per ccnt over Iho previous
week, shipments remnlno dalmost
stationary and production advanced
?* Per cent About 71.000.000 feet
was produced, a drop of 1,000.000
l'?23,r0,n 'he "?""??''P"1""'"' week of
l>IKH IX MIKSOt'ltl
Mrs. N. II. Caroon, Route Three,
city, has recelv d a telegram tolling
of Ihc death of her father. Joe P[*~"
Cher, at his home at Richland. Mis
souri. Mr. Fischer was a native of
France having come to this country
In hli youth but has lived mod of
I Ills life In Missouri, lie was 74 years
old and only Inst month celebrated
his fiftieth wedding anniversary.
MrllifMliwIft (!oiif>i<|rr
Anli-tfcur Resolution
Springfield, Mass., May 15. ? Tho
Methodist Church yesterday received
a resolution at the general confer
ence here to refuse to take part In
war* of any kind whether or not for
?elf defense or In defense of human