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?**?***?* * THE WEATHER * * tie, variable uinds, ???????? 1 ? ? * Fair tonight and Sun- * ''* CIRCULATION * * Way. * urmcr in north ? (1111 I ^11(^1 I^STt^ljlfflfill SSSnISI DlDiOf^T^? * Friday * and teest portions. Cen- * ml|JB|)J^c^^ i * 2.263 Copies <: VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 118 Howell Barkley Bill Is Storm Center of Debate Labor Favors It and Railroads Oppose It and Both Sides Ascribing Ulterior Motives to Other in Fight on Ques tion of Abolition of Railroad Labor Board riy DAVID LAWRENCE <C?tyrl?ht, 1424, If The Atvmctt Washington, May 16.?The controversy over the abolition of the United States Railroad Labor Board and the. substitution of a Board of Mediation and Conciliation has developed sonic sharp differences of opinion between the railway executives and the railway employes. In order to obtain a statement ?f the views of each side, the ?writer asked W. W. Baldwin, vice president of the Burlington railroad, and Donald Richberg, counsel for the Organized Rail way Employes, to prepare a comment on the principal phas es of the Howell-Barkley bill. Mr. Baldwin says: "The exact language of the How ?ell-Barkley bill Is follows: " 'The said board shall use Its best efforts by conciliation to bring theral to agreement. If such efforts to bring about an amicable adjustment shall be unsuccessful, the said board shall at once endeavor to Induce the parties to submit their controversy to arbitrate.* "There is no other language de fining the scope of their authority. If this board of conciliation can do nothing but try to persuade, is it! not really a repetition of the boards of adjustment, whose powers arc limited to persuasion? The only difference is that the boards of ad justment are equally divided and not likely to agree In any Important con troversy, while the board of concilia tion consists of all neutral members. "Now, under the Cummins law both the persuasive duties of the boards of adjustment and the board of conciliation and the power of final Judgment are vested In the Hooper board, whose composition Is abso lutely fair. If it cannot persuade then It will decide. Instead of re questing the parties to please be good and arbitrate, the board arbi trates. It combines every element of neutrality and fair composition that is provided in the Howell meas ure, and the three representatives of the public are the mediators and ar biters from start to finish. Are three not as gjod as live? We know that the Hooper board will function, will mediate, and will arbitrate, and will render judgment. It has done it too often not to know that. That Is why the labor leaders want to get rid of "But you never can know undor the Howell bill that one thing will be done except talk in any dispute'of real moment like a material reduc tion in wages. Nothing will result In such cases except a strike, be cause not one of the Howell boards} has authority to render Judgment, and strikes are Invited and legalized by clause eight of section D. "There Is nothing in the constltu lion granting a right to any class to combine and to conspire In order to destroy the public transportation servlco of the people, and forbidding courts to Issue process to prevent such conspiracy to Inflict universal Injury. If railroad managers should undertake such a conspiracy they would soon learn there Is no consti tutional provision authorizing their! act, or paralyzing the arm of the courts from restraining them. '4I know that the shopmen's strike' In 1922 was called by the unions in) spite of the Cummins law. and was a refusal to obey tho decision of th? labor board, but that strike was o failure and no Important strike had slrce occurred, whllo In 1919 there were said to be 248 strikes on 15 i different railroads. I also know that 70 disputes wore settled by 'media tion' In six years?that Is, from 1913 to 1919, but none of them were real ly Important. "What was done under the New lands act Is a poor criterion of what will occur If the abor board is abol ished. Why was the Newlnnds act repealed? Why was 'mediation' then called a failure? Why go back to it when we already have an effi cient neutral board in which the pub lic has the controlling voice with far more power and authority to pre serve railroad peaco than Is con tained In the Howell bill? "The Cunimins law provides a per manent tribunal fairly constituted In which the public* la represented, whose duty It Is to Inquire Into con troversles that threaten to Interrupt commerce. It Is the duty of the par ties to refer their disputes to this tribunal. In all our history there has n^vei* before been a tribunal with rttitjr to Inquire Into the merits of a dispute, unless both parties were willing to arbitrate. "Paragraph B of section 307 of title III, of the Transportation fcc Is expressly framed ao that employ er and employe are not free to make agreements for ralalng wages that may require Increases lit rates to meet the Increased expense. "It seems to me every good cltl ?en should oppose the repeal of thes provisions enacted In the public In terest, and which do not appear In any form In the Howell bill. "The provision that no labor mem ber ol any board of adjustment will Contlnned on age Bight CONTRACT LET FOR NEW STAR ROUTE The contract for the star route to South Mills has been let to Albert A. Meads and the price is $798.00. Six trips a week will be made, the service beginning July 1 to leave Eliz abeth City on arrival of Tra?n One, and not later than 12:30. and returning to leave South Mills on arrival of rural car rier about 4 p. m. but not later than 5 p. m.. arriving in Eliza beth City in 45 minutes. REFUSE TO ATTACH GOODING AMENDMENT Washington, May 17?By the vote of 49 to 25 the Senate today refused to attach the Gooding long and short haul amendment to the interstate commerce act. CREWS ARE RESCUED BY BREECHES BUOYS Reedsport, Ore., May 17. ? The steamship Admiral Nicholson went on the rocks yesterday when at tempting to aid the steamer G. C. Llndaur which previously had gone on the rocks. The Coast Guards say their is no hope of saving either ves-! sel but the crews were rescued by ? the breeches buoy method. COOPER TRIAL NOW SET FOR NOVEMBER; Wilmington, May 17.?The trial of the three members of the Cooper family: Lieutenant Governor W. B. Cooper; hiB brother. Torn Cooper; and his son, Horace Cooper; and their business associate. Clyde Lassi ter; In Federal Court in connection with the failure of the Commercial National Bank of Wilmington, was yesterday postponed until the No vember term of court. BANDITS ROB BANK Detroit, May 17?Two armed ban dits today overpowered H. K. Tag gart, bookkeeper, as he unlocked the door of the Fort Street branch of the Bank of Detroit, locked him In the washroom, and when Joseph Aklna, teller, opened the vault, took $30 - 000 In currency and escaped in an automobile. NO LICENSES GIVEN THESE AUTO OWNERS Raleigh, May 17.?Licenses will (not be issued on July 1 to those owners of automobiles who have not registered titles with the Secretary of State, It was announced lart night. IWANTEO ENJOYING REAL ELECTRIC SERVICE Manteo, May 17.?The people of :Manteo are now enjoying real elec jtric lights and are not looking for ;any breakdowns in the near future! as they have been in the last several i months. Frank Gates, largest own-; er and manager of the plant, hns; just Installed a now engine with j double the power of the old one. For i the last few months the town ha.* been very poorly lighted, all due to! the fact that the paint did not have sufficient power to fake care of the, load on It but with the new engine, that difficulty has been overcome. George W. Griffin, salesman fori W. H. Weatherly & Company, Ellr-, abeth City, has been spending the | week here working -In and out of1 town In the Interest of his firm. j TWO MEN DltOWN IN FLOOD WATERS) Harrisonburg, Va.. May 17.?Two men were drowned near here yester day when can slit In the flood waters of n mill race and carried through' the sluice. The bodies have not yt-t been found. Government Bargpg on Inland Waterway* Washington, May 17.?A bill was passed by the House yesterday an I sent to the Senate which will create! a Oovernment corporation to oper ate barge lines on the Inland water ways. Ilev. F. H. Scattergood met Mrs. Scattergood at Norfolk Friday and accompanied her home after her vis it to points In New Jersey and Pe?n sylyanla. MAJOR MARTIN ARRIVES Chief of the round the world fl lers reaching Port Moller, Alaska, af ter having been lost for ten days In t he Arctic wilds. Planes In the dis tance. WORLD FLIERS BREAK RECORD Reach Island Safely After Hop of Nearly Nine Hun dred Miles Across the Paci fic Waters. I'aramaahlru Island, The Kuriles. May 17.?The 'round the world United States planes arrived here safely yesterday after a long Journey of nearly 900 miles from Attau Isl and across the open waters. Blazing a trail through the skies never before Invaded by an alrpane | the fliers reached this Ice fringed re I mote bay bordering the Artie this ! morning, thereby gaining for their country and themselves the distinc tion of being first to have crossed the Pacific by air. The hop of 878 miles was the longest of the round the world flight. With the perilous leap from the North American mainland to the Orient safely behind them, the fliers will continue southward on the next leg of the flight, which is to Betto bu. on Vetorofu, the largest Island of the Kurlles chain, although the time of their departure Is uncertain. I'aramashiru, second largest ot the Kurlle Islands, Is Inhabited only by hairy Ainus. aborigines of Japan, who have been driven north to this dreary land by the constant econo mic and cultural pressure of the Jap anese from the south. The American fliers' plans call for a landing In Kashiwabara. where Japanese and an American destroyer await them; the Japanese as official hosts, and the American boat as carrier of supplies. Volcanic lleautlea Ahead A like welcome from warcraft of the two nations lies at the end of the next jump southward, ot Bettobu on Yetorofu, the largest Island of the Kurlle chain. This Island is moun tainous like Paramshlru, but hai | more volcanoes, as many as five of which sometimes are In eruption simultaneously. The Islands present some of the most awe-inspiring natural phe nomena to be seen anywhere in tho world. Their volcanoes are spouting fountains of fiery beauty, far sur passing anything in Japan proper, in Italy or In Hawaii, according to scientists, who have studied in all four sections. Royal Kiwanian Welcome Is Given Parson Myers Chili Celebrates Its Second Anniversary in Red Men's Ban quet Hall Friday ISight With Its First President as Guest of Honor and Only Speaker on Program "Gone are tho days when tho preach er's face was long, . Gone are the days when he dare not nlng a song; Now wo are come to a better. brighter age, When we have preachers who are men, like Parson Myers." So sang the Kiwanlans celebrating1 the second anniversary of "Baby Kl-I wanls" at the Red Men's banquet] hall In tho Savings Dank Building Friday night. For Parson Myers, who In llatel i on the rost?*r of the North Caroliivil Methodist Conference ax R#v. H. K.j Myers, pastor of Duke Memorial j Church, Durham, North Caroline, and who was for four years pastor of City Road Methodist Church of this city was the first president of| the Klizabeth City Kiwanls Club and! the club celebrated Its second anni versary by inviting him to be with the club as Its guest of honor on thu occasion and to make the only speech on the evening's program, i "1 have served four charges in my work In the ministry," Mr. Myers' told the Kiwanlans, "and I hnv" rather made It a point not to return t j to those flelds when I had been 'called away from them. Hut your I Ihvltatlon that I be here tonight! I came to me. I think, as to a friend I rather than as to a preacher, and Ii [Came as a friend who appreciate*' 1 friendship." The speaker then sketched the1 I early history of Klwanis In Kllza beth City, mentioning Cliff Sawyer. Claude Williams, Clarence Pttgh and |Cam Mellck as among those who lind ftrnt become Inoculated with tho Ki Jwanli spirit In Kllraheth City ard who had spread the Infection until I the Elizabeth City Kiwanls Club cel ebrated Its charter night. Smiles 'canle to every face as he Indulged In | a few reminiscences of that historic night, June 2, 1022, when he him self was the recipient of a bouquer "too large for a corsage for Iloush | Leigh with a huge cabbage as Its j I centerpiece." He sketched the growth; of the club, set forth what he con ceived to be Its Ideal and reviewed I some of Its accompllshmenta. I "You fellows have been working In no unselfish manner," he said, "to build s better community through creating a better spirit In your com munity. While I waa your president j you held up my hands In a way that was an Inspiration. For what was accomplished yours Is the glory, not mine. "There are as fine men In the no tary Club as there are In the Kl wanls. Outside of each club there are men as fine spirited and a* un selfish as there are In either of them. All are working on the Ideal t^nt tlie way to build a hotter city Ir llrst to build a better civic spirit In it. a spirit that submerges selfish i.itcre.U to the common good. Then Ihrougn j the b.-tter spirit comes a treater! I'icaMrro of ma'crlal prosperity as a j by foduct." C. T. Puph referred to bv Klwan-I Ian President Sawyer as "the best I program leader in North Carolina Klwanls," had charge ut the annl-i vrrKory night program, one of thei f atiT' s of which wall lifting an An-1 (ilea fli,g draped over a ehaJr t ? d'fc-J close h- ated therein rn the /owngest guest of the evnlni' "!??'?/ Kiwati* herself. Numerous prizes were awarded during the eveoln;:. ?*r.llv- i enlng the program. and the usual i thing In the way of aong-t and good fellowship prevailed. The feast was served by the degree of Poachontar* j and Mi^s Katharine fpmco w;n l? - troducod as the newly elected nc-I companlst of the club. The Klwanis quart* t. which has a' mpre than statewide fame, was rlsht j on the job and quiff *.?p to Its usual . high standard, despite !.??? fa -t that, Harry Kramer lost his vole ? on a recent trip to New York, and brought the assemblage to vocifer ous applause when It sang a spec la 1 number "We're Crasy About You.! Parson Myers." Klwanlans smiled broadly when Klwanlan President Hawyer hinted that nobody kn? w what else Harry Kramer had lost In New York and even more broadly when the president told them that Harold Foreman. Caruso of the quar tet, had deferred having Ms t'xisilx removed In ord<T that he mltfht not Jeopardize his being able to sing with the quartet for the occasion?though Phil Insisted It wss no Joke. A auspicious circumstance about the drawing of prizes was that al most all of them went to the same table and Bryan Combs got a new straw ltd that Just suited him and was a perfect lit. SOLDIER BOM'S BILL PASSED BY HOUSE j Washington. May 17.?The House I today passed tin* soldier bonus bill I over President Coolidge's veto. Party] lines vanished as supporters of the measure piled up a comfortable niar-l Mill over the two-thirds majority re-i quired on such a vote. Enactment into law or final defeat of the bill I now is up to the Senate where closer result is expected. TRYING SECURE REMUS CHECKS Courts Will Be Asked to Aid Daugherty Committee in Getting Evidence to Back Up Convict's Story. Washington, May 17.?The courts will be asked by the Senate Daug herty committee to help It secure cancclled checks of George Remus, Ohio liquor operator, which he had testified will tend to verify his I story of the large money payments to the late Jess Smith, companion of Attorney General Daugherty for "protection." After a conference with Attorney General Stone the committee held anj executive session to arrange for | legal procedure. There was no friction between] Stone and the committee. Chairman Brookhart said, but court action was considered necessary because i Remus Is serving a term in the At lanta penitentiary. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE HAS A SLIGHT COLD Washington, May 17.?Because of- a slight cold President Coolidge today cancelled his engagements for the day and remained away from his office. It was said today at the White House that ho was not con fined to his bed but had decided to spend the day in his room on tho advice of phy3lcians. RESOLUTION FAVORS CHILD LABOR LAW Springfield, Mass., May 17?A res olution favoring the Federal lav against child labor was today adopt ed by the Methodist Episcopal Gen eral Conference without a dissenting vote. Copies of the resolution will be sent to President Coolidge, the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representa tives. YOUTH AND MAID ARE FOUND DEAD IN AUTO Hairisburg, Pa., May 17.?Harry | Ganstor, aged 21, president of the. the senior class of Marysvllle high I school near hero, and Vera Ellen?. berger, aged 18, of Hollldayshurg, were today found shot to death in an automobile near Hogestown. Whether the killing was a double murder or murder and suicide has not been determined although re ports received here were that no gun was found. I rOTTON MARKET New York, May 17.?Spot cotton closed quiet; middling 31.1 S. Eu| Lures closed at the following levels: | May 30.79, July 28.51. October; 24.97, December 24.33, January; 23. ?8. Cleans Up . Death of a brother turned Ralph Evane from a 119-aweek dustman In a big New York hotel Into a wealthy man. Evans saya he la to a?cu?tomed to hotel lobbies that hall Invest hie money In the hotel SCHOOL CLOSES AT MANTEO HIGH Dr. Hubert I'uteat of Wake Fore#! College and I)r. S. H. Templeman of Elizabeth City are Chief Speakers. Mantco, May 17.?As the final program of the comnu'ncement the graduating exercises of the Manteo IliKh School were held in the high school auditorium Tuesday evening of this week. Dr. H. M. Poteat of Wake PoFest College delivered an addresH the forceful theme of which was the dangers of ignorance to A morlcan citizenship. In less than an hour of convincing argument he stressed the danger of socialistic and ignorant immigrations into our bordern; of the weaknesses brought about in our educational system by immature and poorly prepared teach lers as well as by those grasping for new fancies and follbles; of the over worked tendency toward vocational education and elective courses for I young students as opposed to the cultural suhjocts for mental devel opment; and, finally, of weak rell 'gious training In the home and com I munlty, which came in for particu larly scathing condemnation. The high school class was 17 In number and the largest class ever having graduated In the school. The ('roster follows: Hugh Hasnight Clarn I Cox. Emma Mae Crawford, Lena I Price Daniels, Dorothy Drlnkwater. Margaret Hoyle, Alma Meekins, An gerola Melson, Eliza Midgette, El lery Midgette, Susan Midgette. Early Smith. Simeon Tolar, Harry Wescott, Mabel Wescott, Alice White and Ha zel Lee Willis. On Monday night, May 12, the high school school students pre sented "Peg O'My Heart" with re markable cleverness for an amateur production. Miss Beatrice Daniels starred as "Peg" and Harry Wescott at "Jerry." Friday night. May 10, Dr. S. H. Templeman of the First Baptist church of Elizabeth City preached the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class and previous to that the grammar grades had given a fairy like operetta beautifully cos tumed and capably trained. Through out the entire commencement pro gram the result of well taught mus ic in tho school was demonstrated and vocal talent rarely found was evidenced by several students. HARRISON CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC MEET New York. May 17.?Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi was today unanimously chosen temporary chairman of the Democratic Nation al Convention In New York next month and will make the keynote speech of the convention. MAY HOLD ASSEMBLY IN COUNTRY CHURCH Austin, Tex., May 1 7.----Nashville, Tennessee, was this afternoon se lected as the ]D2fi meeting place bf the Cumberland Presbyterian Gener al Assembly. San Antonia. May 17.?A llttlo stone church In I he country district of Augusta County. Virginia, mav gft the next meeting of the fJeneral Assembly of tho Presbyterian church. 1 he desire to strengthen the rountry churchcs of the denomina te has turned attention to holding the national meeting in a rural church for the first time In a cen tury and a pressing Invitation has romp from the Augusta County church. REMOVE NEEDLE AFTER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS | Manteo. May 17.?Mm. W. II. TP 'lolt panned through here Thursday enroute to her homo at Wancheae, 'after being In SI. Vincent's Hoiipltal, | Norfolk, for (wo weeka having a i needle removed from her foot which, {according to h?-r ntntcments, wan jntuck tliori1 ahout 27 years ago. Mm. Tlllett stated that she wai coming down the stairs with her oldest child, then an Infant. aoWp In j her arms when she stuck thin needlo In her foot, Since that time she sa>a 'that she has had several different doctors to try to locate It but nil without success, Rome t"lllng her that It rmiHt be Imagination. The X-flay picture* showing just |how th<* needle wn? located, that I Mrs. Tlllrtt wan taking home with jhor aeein< d to he of considerable In terent to all who saw them. NO t'lUMK W/WR IIKHK No crime wave now sweeps In Elizabeth City at prenrnt, defen dants In the recorders court of late having been few In numhor and up, for the most part, for minor offen |scs. Only three were before Trial Justice flpence Saturday morning and all of thene were let off with the costs of charges of operating motor car with defective light*. The de fendanln were "F. L. Oradfleld and Lonny Dundy; and Jim C. Shannon, colored. HIIAIIPK IS I'OHTMAHTKIt Waahlngton, May 17.?John M. Sharpe was' yesterday nominated postmaater of Stateavllle, North Car olina.