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VOL. XIV.
FINAL EDITION'.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING, JTLY 2. 1924.
EIGHT PACKS.
NO. 157
Conference Must Break
Three Cornered Deadlock
Seems Only C.hutu-e l<> Itriim Aliont Nomination Di-i.mrra
tTB <.umli>lal?- ami a l.onli-rence I- lii inu l)fh:\r<l
l?y Hi^h Hu|M>? of lli<* Three Blocking (>roU|>
n y DAVID LAWRKNCE
(Copyright. It24. B? Th? Ad?*nc?>
Madison Square Garden, New York, July 2. ? The thive-eor- j
nored deadlock in the Democratic National Convention has gom'
io far thai "only a. confereUce 'ot leaBers can break it-- tip and
bring about the nomination of a compromise candidate.
The latest plan is for a con
ference of the chairmen of all
delegates to be addresst'd ? by
-former Governor Judson Har
mon of Ohio, William Jennings
Bryan, and prominent Demo
cratic members of Congress in
order to determine a course of
action.
Such a conference is talked of fori
tonight, but the hopes of each of the!
three groups now blocking a nomip-^
ation are still so high that it worfld
nyt" be~ surprising if the conference
Idea were bloceka, Too. at least un
til tomorrow.
New York state is understood to!
be taking the initiative in bringing |
about the conference, as the empire
state leaders think that in a straight
out discussion across the table they
can demonstrate how excellent would j
. be Smith's chances of election should |
he be nominated. There is on the!
other hand unalterable opposition to j
Governor Smith from the dry wingj
of the party which comprises the(
West and the South. William Jen
nings Bryan, who has been effectual
ly squelching the Davis boom by '
threatening to take the floor against j
him, is on the waj path with res?pectl
Smith. Bryan objects to the New
I ^Borlc governor as a wet.
I HP Some of the men prominent in the
P^Smlth camp who see no immediate
outcome of the deadlock say they are
powerless to break it so long as
Smith continues to gain. TJjey say
the McAdoo people ought to be
ready for a conference but that un
til the Smith von- urops off too, a
pow-wow of party leaders would
But If the Smith men think Mc-j
Adoo is out of it, the McAdoo gen-'
erals do not. "We have withstood
attach all along the line," said1
Brcckenridge Long of Missouri, floor |
manager of the McAdoo forces, "and j
we have demonstrated that our linei
c?.nn^t b^ok^n down. We have!
lost here ui.d there and probably'
will lose a few more, but we have
a strong line and | be opposition will
learn that it can "stick. V
Managers are always more optl-i
mlstic than delegates who usually |
wearly of prolonged balloting. There j
is impatience and restlveness in the!
ranks of the delegates. The press-'
ure to break tjie unit rule in several j
states is growing. The McAdoo .man- ?
agers have some hope of getting Mis
souri back later today and also think
Mississippi will swine to them. Kith-j
er one of these expectations if, real-'
lied would give new life to the Mc
Adoo boom.
But the consensus of opinion con
tinues to grow that neither McAdoo
nor Smith, even if they gain a hun
dred votes more, can get a major
ity, much less a two-thirds vote. The
task is now to convince the leaders [
of the McAdoo and Smith Ciiinpuii.ii.>,
of that fact. The favorite son dele-]
gatlons who constitute nearly a third
of the votes are not pouring In
enough votes to help either Smith
or McAdoo. The much talked of re-,
serve power for either Smith or Mc-.'
-Ailmi Is preplan1 n myth/ Ther
more Smith votes to be polled btlt'
not to exceed 100 more. The early
ballots today showed that there W
virtually little change over night.!
The various meetings of delegations
failed to indicate any big deflections
from any side. Under the circum
stances the outlook was for another
15 ballots, making a total of about
4ft. Indications were that the rec
ord of both Ilaltlmoje and San Fran-,
.cisco would be exceeded and that a
V* nomination might not be made until;
after 50 ballots. In the words of an
irreconcilable delegate Instructed to
| fbr McAdoo until his name Sh
Hithdrawn, "The first 60 ballots are
| Hways the weariest."
^PF*The compromise candidates who
f seem at the moment to have a chance
for the nomination, when the dead
lock Is broken, appear to be joTln
W. Davis of West Virginia, Senator
Balaton of Indiana, James M. Cox of,
Ohio, Senator Glass of Virginia, Sen
ator Underwood of Alabama and
. Xaa&m. P. .Baker of Ohio. ? ?
Of these the situation developing,
appears to favor Davis. Ralston.
Glass and Underwood. Narrowing
the choice still further the ultimate
selection may be between Davis and
Kalston and a second deadlock may
yet be in prospect when the conven
tlott shows Its lineup on the West
Virginian and the Senator from In
diana. .
The chairman of every ,<^?l#'gatlon ,
favorable to William Olhhs McAdoo
received on the floor toi(ay the fol
lowing letter from him:
"I want to l?*t you and the mem
bers of your delegation know how
warmly 1 appreciate the splendid j
way In which It has continued Its I
FLED KU KLUX
Threatening letters signed "Ku j
i Klux Klan" have driven Mrs. John _
I ? Brooke mid her family from their
home in Pennsgrove, N. J. One
j letter said that the Klan, at a
, meeting, objected to Miss Brooke'*
meeting at night Richard Kent, 10,
son of a prominent merchant.- It
was.demahded that the young cou
ple be kept apart or "action will
be taken." Above Is shown Alicia
and below Mrs. Brooke, who sold
her home and left to avoid fur
ther complications.
ANNOUNCE SHAKEUP
IN FOREIGN SERVICE
Washington, July 2. ? An unpre
cedented shakeup in the foreign ser
vice was announced today by the
State Department under the authori
ty of the recently enacted Rogers
bill for reorganization of the work.
Retirement for age and resigns
tions moved 60 namen fmm the per
manent rolls and in addition reclassi
fication from top to bottom was an
nounced.
COMMUNISTS MAY NOT
IIAVK PART IN MEET
'If The A>?orliir4 Pre*'. ?
Cleveland, July 2. ? The Commun
ists will not have a part in the con
ference for Progressive political ac
tion which meets Here July 4 if the
sentiment of the National Commit
!.?C IllfU'tintf iKrp nur.tnH
Oil!. #
MKKT Ttfl'ltSIMY AHOVT
OlC<;\\l/.l\(i HOYS HAND
A meeting will be held In the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Thurs
day nlaht at H o'clock for organizing
a boys' band and In the meantlm**
those who are Interested are asked
to communicate with Kotarlans Illll
C. Sawyer. Frank Kramer, and
George Seyffert.
support of me during Jhe gruelling
battle now In progress. My only re
gret Ik that I cannot be on the floor
myself to flght by your side. I wish
you would let each Individual mem
ber of the delegation know that de
spite my absence. I am following
each ballot in detail and with the
greatest admiration of the way the
McAdoo delegations nre holding fast.
"The ftght Is progressing alonp the
l!rjci -,c ???<!. Intensive driven irt
being made to disintegrate our_ f.9XC.
eer-"WtTttr"WJr tTlTVe temporarily lost
some votes, no other candidate ha<
shown arty commanding strength.
The tactics of the opposition, of
course, have been to try to tlr? out
the McAdoo delegates and then bar*
the hosse* aereo among themselves
on a candidate. | do not believe that
the McAdoo delepftte* will ever be
pr.rtte* any sveh nr anp. t. ^-it.
"t?v n fU-ht f"r principle there can
bp ??? compromise. rThls Is that sort
of a fight. Dissensions exist In the
rr.nl' * ?f I*'0 opposition. If we con
tinue 'o bold our lines, 'victory is
SVIt to com
"I>t continue to stand Arm.
"Cordially yours.
"WfM.IAM O. McADOO."
POTATO CHOP PASSES
HECOKI) 1922 MELD
The record of 1922. flie banner po
tato year of ibis section, trom a
standpoint of yield, was broker
Tuesday when the total potato sliip
menis from Elizabeth City for th
1924 '??a-nii Vi-:\c\fi\ I1'"1'
larger number than was shipped dur
ing the entire season of 19 22.
Th>? li *'?'? v v ??f H?iv '? ti n 1
a barrel shortage have retarded Hit
potato movement from Elizabeth
t*i:y. and. provided the price holds
and the potatoes in the groun.l
are not rotted bv the excessive rain
ittir- from Elizabeth City lair another
week or two.
It is estimated today that more
than $700,000 of potato money ha?
pone into the hands of potato draw
ers in the Elizabeth City section this
FORECAST COTTON CHOP
TWELVE MILLION BALES
Washington. July 2. ? A cotton
crop of 12.144, 000 hales this year Is
forecast by the Department of Agri
culture today. The condition. of the
crop on June 25 was 71.2 per cent
of normal.
ItABBIT FOOT DOCTOR
SENT BACK TO ASYLUM
Before Trial Justice Spencp in re-*
corder's court Wednesday morning
on a charge of practicing mediefne
without license Sanie Sharp, colored,
was required to return to the hus
band of one of his patients the sum
of $10 and a pistol collected for
"professional services" and was him
self sent back to the Virginia hospi
tal for the insane from which a cer
tificate in his pocket showed him to
be on leave of absence. 0
"Sanie," when arrested, had a sack
full of herbs, rabbits' feet and ojher
charms in addition to the certificate
from the Virginia institution. In all
probability "Sanie* is short for in
i sane. If it rl""'* nMV "hysirinn- m
1 town will doubtless tell you it ought
to be, (or "Sanie" had collected hi.;
on t lie claim of having "cured"
a woman Buffering with cancer.
GASTON MEANS GETS
TWO YEAH SENTENCE
New York. July 2. ? Gaston Means,
former Department of Justice agent,
and Elmer Jarnecke, his secretary
yesterday convicted o/ conspiracy to
violate the national prohibition law.!
were today sentenced to the Federal
pentitentiary at Atlanta for two
years and fine $10,000 and $5,000
respectively. t |
MAS ANCIENT COIX"\ "
Jordan Warren, colored, who col
lects and sells old furniture and also
does intensive Jmck farming, has in
his poyse?sion a Spanish coin of the
date 1810. The coin is an interest
ing and rare specimen, he believes,
that will please some coin collector.
He can turn the coin Into the bank
and get $4 for it but ho rather ex
pects to get more from an appre
ciative customer.
OOTTOX flAHKi.T
New York. .Inly ? Spot 'cotton,
closed (julot. Middling 29.90. a de
cline of 100 points. Futures, closing
hid. July 2X.N4. Oct. 24. IS. Dec.
23.62. Jan. 23.33, MarjJj, 23.52
May 23. ?2.
York, July 2 ? Cotton futu
res opened today at the following
levels: July 29.95, Oct. 2,1,2:., I)er.
24. 48, Jan. 24.26, March 214:,, Aug
27.10.
?THIS FREEDOM"
Long ago, when "women's place
was In (he kitchen,' they used to .--ay
when discussing women in politics:
"They'll soon be wearing the trous
ers" Well, here they are. Miss Eth
el Clawans. an attorney at the Dem
ocratic convention In "knickers."
Why not he comfortable with a
?*rorehing convention hall to sit in
all day. she demanded.
MISS ,%NX.\ UK AD
Miss Anna L. Delnn died at her
home, 2??> North Hnnd street. Wed
nesday morn in* at fi o'clock, after
an Illness of several monilts.
Prior iq Mines* sl??? 'va" for a
nunibnr of - ? with the law firm
of Meek Ins fe McMullan and was
known as one of the most efficient
business women of the city.
She Is survived by four sisters;
Mrs. W L. Davis. Mrs. A. L. Ayd
lett. Missis Elizabeth and Rosalind
Delon. all <jf this city; one brother,
J. II. Delon of Baltimore; two nieces.
Mrs. W. W., Gregory of Rocky Mount
and Miss Catherine Bruce Davis of
Newport News.
The burial service will lie con
ducted at the grave in Hollywood
Cemetery at 4 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon by Rev. Daniel Lane.
JAPANESE RE^ir
INCIDENT OF FLAG
(By TJii Associated Pratt)
Toklo, July 2. ? The police In
formed the American ctribassy today
that two men arrested yesterday
were accomplices of the man who
cut down the flag In the American
embassy compound and they knew
the name of the chief culprit and ex
pected to arrest Jilm at any minute.
Official expression of r? gret which
the foreign minister d< livered to the
American chnire d'affaires an?l
which the latter forwarded to Wash
ington is regarded as closing the l??
cld?*nt/ Tile pO' Ice. *.UW?'Ver, on the
premier's order*. f continuing a
vigorous examination of suspects
and makine further searches.
P ershin^Su^ested Offset
To Hell And Maria Dawes
By ROIIKKT T. HMMJi
1924. ?> Th# Ai.inr.)
ivew York. July 2. Kvcr ?lncc
they camf to Now York some of the,
d cleg# ten to the Democratic Natlona I '
Convention have contended that u
"service man" should he put on the
national ticket as an offset to "HeP
and Maria" Dnwrn of the Republl
Cans.
Today these same delegates
thought they had aolved the prob
lem. Their ld?'a is to draft no leas
a perncyi than General John J. Per
shing. Tor Vice President. They are
endeavoring to bring othor delegates
to the samp view and nay they are
meeting with gratifying. success.
General Pershing wan General,
UiLWiia Commanding - officer ? iirl
France and. he waa seriously consid
ering four >ears ago for definite po- J
lltlcal honors.
Yo the objection that General;
Pershing Is not a Democrat, his pro-!
ponents at the convention here say
that neither Is he a Republican. H?*'
has never voted either ticket. Hnv-j
Ing been in the Army all of his life!
he has never mixed In politics? -not'
national politics ai.yhow.
The Pershing booms holleve the
Democrats would make a ten-strike i
hy placing him on the tall of the
ticket. They say he was appointed
commander-in-chief of file American!
fores In the World War by a Dem
ocratic President and t*>at hla great
military honors came tv him tinder
a Democratic Administration. The
mere fact that until the death of hln
wife many yea'ni aso General Per
shing was the Bon-ln-law of Senator
Warren of Wyoming, a died in .1 h<
I wool Republican. ahould not clasal
fv hlni aa an adherent of the Orand
Old Party.
I So far an can ho learned no one
at the /convention has consulted th?
[general ahout his Incipient hooin. Ah
before ntat'-d, their Idea la to
? "draft"' him and inasmuch an the A.
jK. F. commander bellovoa In the
| "draft" the delegatea argue that he
could not conal^ontly decline the
TmmtTiffttRn I r If WW TTTiHTFi^I fT?"
him.
[ There have heen fewer "aoldler
candidate*" for office after the
World War than In any other war
period of American hlatory. The
Perahlng boomers aay that after the
Revolutionary War. Oeneral Wash
InKton waa called to offlr*. After
'the Mexican War Oeneral Andrew
Jackson waa called to office. After
ili> Civil War It waa Orant. Alter
the Spanlah-Amerlcan War flooa*'
velt waa called to the# Vice Pres
idency, later succeeding' to the Pr**4
dency. The Republlcana have chos
len a aervlce man for second place,
,ao the Democratic frohllna are likely
| to get Black Jack Perahlng If he dooa
not watch out. A
McAdoo And Smith Forces
Prepare For Final Struggle
!)m?? ii'inv; All Tin \ ? (Ian Wfijflr I'siMirili'
Son- ;ind Dark Unix's Wail lor Two dan*
| ? tliilali' i In KhIioiiI Tih'ih,- <?! vr* anil </nit
I
NO GREAT EFFECT n
ON OIL INDUSTRY
S nil File<l l? Attorney (?en-'
oral Stone Is Nothing: !\l??r?? '
Than Locking the Stable Af
ter the Horse Is Stolen.
Ily J. C. ItOYt.K
Copyright. 1924. ?? Tha Advanr* .
Now York. July 2-^No striking'
effect oil the crude oil or gasoline*
situation Is anticipated in that in- i
dustry as a result of the suit filed
by Attorney Gen eta 1 Stone against I
fifty prominent oil companies to "re
store competition." according to men
tun included in the suit .
They take the attitude that the'
attack on the pooling of cracking
I patent a and agreements regarding
llieiu Is locking the stable after the
horse has been stolen.
New processes for prnduciuu uas- ?
oline are being developed constantly,
they claim, and in some Instances
by the time suits for. infringement
have been tried or settled, the pro-;
cess Involved has become obsolete
As to restraint of production, it lias
proved almost impossible to control
output of crude oil during the last
year. Many of the big corporations
att mpted to hold down production
in California when file Santa Fe
Springs. Munlington Beach and Long
Beach pools were in the midst of
flush production, but ^without avail.
Recently a meeting, of producers
in the Tonka wa field of Oklahoma
was called by K. W. Marland to dis
cuss a shutdown to restrict produc
tion and improve prices. Only one*
company sent a representative to the
meeting. Stocks of crude oil are
heavy today and storage space- fcri
crowded In spite of tremendous con-j
structlon programs which have added!
large tanks and reservoirs in various
sections of the country in the lastj
'year. A total domestic output of |
oil has recently risen toward the 1,-j
980.000 barrel a day mark, and is!
about four per cent higher than In |
the first quarter of the year.
This has come about in spite of.
the fact, that the downward move
ment of prices has been gaining mo-[
ment.um. Since storage capacity is
limited and producers refuse to re-,
strict production there has been!
nothing else for Teflners to do but'
turn a very considerable quantity'
of crude Into gasoline and other re
fined products. This has been fol
lowed by a reduction In gasoline'
prices of a* much as 2 cents a gal-j
Ion In some sections. These facts, j
oil men Bay. will bo far more potent 1
at least In the near future than the
suit just filed.
The demand for gasoline at pres
ent is somewhere near 20 per cent
greater than last year but produc
tion It is claimed Is still exceeding
consumption. In 'addition. It Is
known (and this was exemplified by
the type of motor used in the Indian-,
a polls races) that the trend of motor
engine construction is toward the
high pressure. small cylinder high
S|WFHl H|l" III w Itll It I In |I|? '"III I < I"
of gasoline produced under the
cracking process does not work par
ticularly well. Development of mo
tor funis thnreforo seems ut present
away from th^ cracklrtfc process an;1 ,
townrd some system which will pro
duce a higher grade motor fuel
cheaply.
In this connection the Linton pro
cess has been under Invent {gallon hy I
several large companies. In this
process pre-hcnictf heavy crude la
allowed to flow hy gravity over
hea?ed steel plates In such a manner
that each fraction of The oil Is sub
jected to uomc temperature higher,
than Its own holllng point but not
under pressure. The gasscs so re-i
leased are then led Into a condenser '
from which the motor fuel flows. '
This nrocess It Is asserted Is not a
cracking process but one of Isomer!- '
zatlon.
It Is claimed by Its sponsors that
the distillate so produced will give
fgy m<? r? y (fUtllllnO
produced hy cracking which latter
prmrp?? Involves pressure and that It
can be produced at a far less cost.
A number #>f other processes for pro
duction of. motor distillate are In
process of development, both by
large companies and Individual In
vestigators.
The demand for fuel oil also must!
be considered In connection with ten
production of gasoline In view of the
determination of the shipping board
to equip a certain number of Its ves
a?l* with tnt-ernal combustion en?;
glnes of some type.
Thomas W*?st and l.lnwood Mann
left Monday for Camp flragg. where
ttiey will take military (raining.
(By Tha Attorlalrd Prru)
Now York. July 2. ? A br?ak in
the Nrw York delegation ?>ii lh"
thirty- so v on lli i?al.Ui t~"thLs " uficrnuoii
i when McAdoo received two vot>m
which previously luicl" lieon cast
steadily for Smlili started McAdoo
supporters .of f on a demonstration.
To i a Is in the thirty-seventh were:
McAdoo- 444, Smith 321. Davis 1 ?
Cnderwood 39 Robinson 24.
Ritchie 17 . Cox 55, Governor Dav
is S. Glass 24. Ralston 3 2. Walsh Vi.
Saulsbury 6. Owen 24, absent \<i .
Madison Square Garden. New
York. July 2. ? As the contending
forces wheeled into position to re
new (he struggle at today's session
of the Democratic Convention there
were strong indications that the Mc
Ailoo and Smith people wfre pre
paring for their utmost exertions.
Davis forces planned to acquire
all they could, while favorite sons
ati.d dark horse camps seemed dis
posed to let Smith and McAdoo
"breuaui it out betwoon thorn" con
fident that neither could Ret the re
quired two thirds.
The thirty first ballot, which was
the first today, found the lines of all
contenders holding fast Just about
as thev were last nlglit and the
thirty second did not change mat
ters.
*AI1 three leaders on the thirty
third -showe dlosses because Michi
gan took away, her 30 votes which
had been divided among them and
i cast them for Ferris. Mississippi
flopped to McAdoo on the Thirty
third and Oklohoma went hack Into
: the McAdoo columns.
' TiM-* t lurf y-secoftd rnvp McAdoo
415^3, Smith 322, Da via 128. fnder
wood 3!M?, Robinson 2 1. Ritchie
ul r? ?%, , Cox 57, Governor Davis
I Glass 24, llalhtoii 32. Walsh 3'-_?.
(Saulshury ?? . Owen 24.
t The thirty-third gave McAdoo
| 404 > 2 . Smith 3 Hi ' ? , Davis 121. I'n
drrwood 39'fc, llobinson 23. Ritchie
' 1 *? , Crrs; tTr; T77Hef*nl5F Davis Tir
'Glass 32. Ralston 32, Walsh 2*2,
! Sauls bnrv Owe ns -25-,? Ferris ? HO.
I Gaston
I T.he thirty-fourth gave McAdoo
4 45. Smith 311. Davis. 107, Under
wood 39 Robinson 24. Ritchlo
I6V2. Cox 54, Governor Davis 3,
Glass 24. Ralston 31. Walsh 1%.
Saulsbury 6. Owen 5, Ferris 30.
The thirty-fifth gave McAdoo
439 V6. Smith 323 Vfc. Davis. 107. Un
derwood 39 V6 . Robinson 24. Ritchie
16%. Cox 55. Governor Davis 3,
Glass 24. Ralston 33. Walsh %.
Saulsbury 6. Owen 25, Gerard 1, ab
sent
The thirty-sixth gave McAdoo
438 Vi. Smith 323. Davis 107, I'nder
wood 39 Vi . Robinson 24, Ritchie
16 Vfc , Cox 55. Governor Davis 3,
Glass 24, Ralston 33 Vfr, Walsh %,
Saulsbury 6, Owei&25, Doheny 1.
Gerard 1, absent 1.
?New York. July 2. ? The Demo
cratic Convention got in session
again this morning after thirty bal
lots which ended shortly before mid
night Tuesday night.
At that time McAdoo still wan
leading but had lost ground during
the day. The result for the three
leaders on the thirtieth ballot Tues
day night was McAdoo 4151-2.
Smith 323 1-2. and Davis or West
Virginia 12G 1-2.
Tli#* llilrf v-fTrnt ballot, the flint of
W> d ln?M ?? ?'Inn. ? ? .m* !Hi'
Adon 41 5*4, Smith 322 Davis
127'fe. Cnderwood Robinson
23, Ritchie f'l'fc. *'f?x <r>7. Governor
Davla r,. Olaan 21. Ralston 'A .'I ,
Walsh 2 , HnulKliiiry 0. Own 25.
Favorite sous troin several other
states Htiil were trailing the leaders
with th?'lr totals unchanged from
earlier ballots.
On tho twenty-seventh ballot Tues
day night one North' Carolina vote
was given JosephuH Daniels hut ho
noon broke up the mqjvemejit toward
him by staling that- he did not want,
to lie ronstd'-ml as contending tor
tho nomination. Mr. Daniels has
consistently supported McAdoo.
William Jennings Hryan took tho
floor Tuesday night and urged that
any break* away from McAdoo be In
favor Ralstonr He at III appeared to
feel Unit McAdoo has a chance. At
the McAdoo headquarters Tueadav
night It wan stated that there waa no
Intention then of throwing h's
atrelucUi _lu ILUaLou. Mr. llryau had
urged that Ralston get the vote In
stead of Davis "if the McAdoo forces
broke.
METHODISTS SMOOTH
AWAY DIFFICULTIES *
Ittf Th* AMWlilnl IW I
Chatianqoga. July 2. ? As the spe
cial conference of the Methodlr.t
Rplscopal Church. South, convened
today to consider the disposition of
tire irttrn for UTiTTTcaflon with tho
Northern body word went about that
leaders of the various factions had
got together during the night and
smoothed out many of the difficul
ties.