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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.