******* THE WEATHER Generally fair iceather tonight and Saturday. Slightly warmer tonight. Gentle variable winds. ******* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 11. 1924. * * * CIRCIJLATIOM Thursday 2.502 Co/ties # * * * * * EIGHT PAGES. ? 1 NO. 164. Still Grave Possibilities In The European Situation Difference Between French and British Interests and Poli cies Is Fundamental and Has Not Been Affected by the ? Incidental Political Change* in Either Country By FRANK H. SIMOXDS Copyright 1*>24 by McClurc Newspaper Syndicate Washington. July 11.? The recent quarrel between Paris and London | over the MacDonald Invitation to the forthcoming London conference, j even if It has no serious conse- ? quences. is a vivid reminder of the I fact that, despite recent" hopefirtn events, the differences between 1 French and British interests and therefore policies is fundamental and < unaffected by incidental political ! changes in either country. Herriot Is Just as unable to make major concessions of French rights as Polncare or Brland, a^ttumlng that he has a greater Inclination which is unlikely. The recent French election did not mean thatl France had accepted the British ? point of view with respect to dlsput-, ed questions, but only that Polncare , had been dismissed because his do- . mestic policies had become unpopu-J lar and his foreign policies no long er promised profitable results. In 1 the main France did no more than j choose a new counsel, perhaps more i conciliatory in tone and manner but 1 committed in advance to defend the : same case. The essence of the present dispute : the existing situation and so long an , she has the support of Belgium, con trols the Reparations Commission. I Even If Italy voted with Britain,! which did not occur at the critical ; moment before the Ruhr occupation ' when Germany was declared In de- j fault, the French chairman would ; have the casting vote to break the ? deadlock. Today France wants some agree- 1 mc-nt with "Britain over the course! to be followed in case of new Ger man evasion. MacDonald, it would [ British co-operation in enforcing! German performance provided the ! decision of default Is left to some | other body and not to the French , controlled Reparations Commission, i But France, for the promise of Brit ish support in a more or less hypo- ( thetlcal case, has no Intention of sur rendering the power to pass upon the fact of German failure. Britain will not bind herself to art on French decision, and France will not | take the risk Incident to letting the i deciding power pass from her hands. It is very hard to escape the im pression that MacDonald has now made his first considerable blunder In foreign relations, for his rail gave handle to the French opposition and . may yet cost Herriot his place as ! position of MacDonald himself would be gravely compromised. His blun der, one must Judge, came from at taching too far-reaching conclusions to the success of the French Left. France Is ready to evacuate the , Ruhr when Oermany complies with ! the conditions of. the Dawes report, j but this very roncesBlon leaves her far less willing to surrender her sin gle resource, if after the evacuation | of the Ruhr there Is a fresh German j evasion. Moreover, there are a mul- ? tltude of signs that the French peo * pie and the French pr^ss are "beconr-j Ing a little restive under what seems to both a multiplication of French j concessions with no balancing Brit-, lsh yielding. It is now clear that Italy hopes the London eonferenee will fall be cause allied debts are excluded from the agenda and Mussolini's policy j calif* for the Joint solution of rep arations and debts. Italy, therefore Is likely to play a lone hand and , MacDonald will have a difficult time In dealing with France because Her-j riot's political life will be at stake an dhe can make no further conces- j slons without falling. When France went into the Ruhr her action followed the decision of the Reparations Commission that Germany was In default. Franre, It aly and Belgium voting In this sense. This left Britain in a bad position, and led to the ultimate failure of British protest. If the question of German performance could now be j transferred to somebody, on which the British would hope Americans t might sit, the same thing might not t happen again and that L British are driving at. But since I france and Italy have a wmmonl f view of the debt question. Britain will hardly get Italian support now, for her thesis. ? ! Unwittingly MacDonald has pwjrert : Into Polncare'i hands for Polneare has always Insisted that the mainten ance Integrally of French rights was the sole assurance of ultimate French realisation and the net Im pression of Herrlot s first British ex cursion Is that he was outmaneuv rred. Any chance of French yield- 1 1nc on this vital point Is now abol-i l*hed and with this result goes the chance of any specific British guar antee of Joint action In case of Ger-| man default. | The worst phase of the episode. I however, fta the blow la carries to the confidence which has been slowly built up by MacDonald since he came to power, Paris and London are . bound to be suapletoua, hereafter. FATHER COOLIDGE VISITS PRESIDENT Returns With Family and Friends on Special Train After Burial Calvin Cool idge, Jr., at Plymouth. Washington July 11. ? The special train bearing the family of Preskient Coolidge and party of Government officials and friends who accompan ied them to Plymouth where Calvin Coolidge Jr., was buried yesterady, arrived in Washington shortly after seven o'clock this morning. John Coolidge. father of the Pres ident. came with the family. It was his first visit to Washington since he administered the oath to the Pres ident at his Plymouth home a yea ago. Shortly after breakfast this morn ing the President went to his offica La -go aver the aocmmiiatetfc routine business and later a regular cabinet meeting was held. Plymouth, Vermont, July 11. ? Calvin Coolidge, Jr., was buried here yesterday afternoon and the family returned to Washington last night. PEKSIAN CAVALRYMEN ATTACKED IN NIGHT Allabahad, British India, July 11. ? Three hundred Persian cavalry men were killei! by tha Turkoma^ during a night attack near Gumbad ikubuz in the Turkoman country, ac cording to a dispatch to ihe new& paper Pioneer. The remainder of the cavalry escaped to Bujnurd whither reinforcements have been sent. ONE LO.NK CASE TRIED IX HKCOItDKICS COl'KT One lone case, involving negroes, constituted the only case to be tried before Trial Justice Spence in the recorder's court Friday. Steve Wil son was the defendant and he drew a fine of $15 and costs for assault on A. D. Pool. CHURCH DYNAMITED BY THE BOOTLEGGERS Jollet, 111., July 11. ? Ottawa Street Methodist Church of which Rev.. Henry Rompel, dry raider lead er. Is pastor, was damaged badly by a dynamite explosion today. The po lice attributed the bombing to boot leggers. No one was Injured. (JfX)K(aA SWEET POTATOES MOVING TO MARKET .NOW Atlanta.* July n. -(Special.) The Georgia Sweet Potato Growers' Association, a co-operative market* ing organization, has commenced shipping green potatoes although the association is supposed to cure all yfcttfs. The first order from New York specified green potatoes and the buyer agreed to let the associa tion fix the price. The crop Is heavy although two weeks late. "JIM" MrMURItEX DEAD James Wilson McMurnn, 2:'. years old. for -nearly two years gen eral utility man of The Advance shop, died Friday morning at 3:50 o'clock, after four weeks' Illness of typhoid fever, at his home, 403 White street. "Jim," as he was known to his white friends, was the son of James E. McMurren, of a family of home owning negroes who are numbered among the most respected colored people In the city. Jim was vastly Interested in his work and In the semi-delirium of his high fever In the final stages of his Illness, asked to be allowed to get up and come down to the shop. During his long Illness Jim had the constant attention of a physi cian and. when his condition became critical, the care of a trained nurse, and every possible effort was made to check the ravages of disease, but without avail. Jim la survived by his father and mother and four sisters. The fun eral will be conducted Sunday at 1 o'clock at Mt. Lebanon A. M. E. Zlon Church, of which he was a loy al member. for la both countries the opposition will And an obvious If exaggerated basis for criticism; and we are like ly to have delays If not deadlocks In the discussions. All must now de pend upon the ability of MaeDonald to repair his error and the extent to whtoh the Tories la I/ondoo and the National Bloc la Paris are able to exploit It. "WHITE- INDIANS'* HK4CH 1) s Out of the jungle depths of the ''forbidden country" In the Pan ama Interior Richard O. Marsh, explorer, has brought for the ob servation of science three "white Indiana. *' They are children of the much-discussed tribe which explorers have for generations attempted to reach and a score of lives have been lost In the effort. The "white Indian" youngsters have been named Margaret and Alo and Chepu. Just behind them Is Marsh who brought them to New York where eminent scientists will seek to learn whethnr they are really "white Indians" or Albln< s. Saves Life for, Every Feather1 ^ "Mary Jane" Is one of Unc le Sam's little known heroes. An employe of the U. 8. Bureau of Mines* this cannry ban saved a life for every feather In her little body. Bhe baa l>een sent out on any number of mine disaster rescue Jobs. When the bird begins to droop the rescuers know they are running Into *as and are able to protect themselves. Ju*t .how many tlmesJ'Mary Jane" has been brought out unconscious there Is no record of. GOMPERS IMPROV ES AFTER BREAKDOWN ? iNaw York, - July -ttv? ? 3aniu?:! ' (tampers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who suffered a nervous breakdown due to overworn: in connection with the Democratic Convention, is convalescing satisfac torily at a Coney Islaud hotel. Attending physicians announce! today that while a nurse is 1n attend ance Oompers is not confined to his! bed. REVOLUTION GROWS MUCH MORE SERIOUS Washington, July 11. ? The gov ernor of 9ao Paulo and other slat; officials have withdrawn from the rapltol which Is entirely In control, of revolutionists, a dispatch to til" State Department from Consul Hee berle In 8ao Paulo declared today. The dispatch, described as the first Official Information to reach thl< government gave no further detail' except that protection of life ana: property had been promised. Buenos Aires. July 11. ? The rev-, olutlon at 8a o Paulo Is growing, more serious and the rebels are stlli , In charge of the city with acturli warfare getting underway. MAKKKM WANT I.AHMH OX A 1.1, IMTOBTKO ? ok h H Washington. July 11. ? The pro vision of the tariff law requiring that all Imported commodities bear; the name of the country of origin, | is presenting knotty problems to the. customs service, the latest of which has been brought forward by do mestic manufacturers of corks, or: plain bottle stoppers. Certain home manufacturers have filed a complaint that foreign corks are not properly marked, arid so for two weeks there have been hearings and legal arguments and much look ing up of law and precedent. The claim was made that each and every cork must be labelled, and the treas ury doeen't know what to do. for l>. doesn't see any way In which an In dividual cork can he Identified TWO AUK KILLED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT " uienlyn, va., July 11. ? -Electric current In the ground near a wash ing machine killed two members of a family here Thursday and injured two otherii who approached the ma chine. The clause of JJyt. current -1*. not known. ISI<ANI) IN 1'HI MI'I'INKM HOl*<;HT BY t'NITKD HTATKK Mlnlla, July 11. ? The Unite I States government has entered Into negotiations with the Netherlands government to bring under the Am erican flag 1'almas Inland, situated about 50 miles southeant of the prov ince of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Talmas Island wan ceded to the United State* by Spain In the Ireaty of Paris In 1898. but the Dutch flag which has flown over it for nearly a century, has never been taken down. Although the people of 1'al mas are virtually all of Filipino ori gin and the Island a part of the Phlllppln archipelago, the Dutch have angumed soverlgnty over the 600 Inhabitants. BI HHIAN WAR OKNKRAI, OIVKN PKNHION BY HOV1RT Leningrad, July 11. ? General Bruslloff. who commanded the Rus sian Army against the Oermans dur ing the world war has been granted ? pension of $150 a month "on ac count of advancing age." Bruslloff la now over 78 year* of age. He took an active part In tke creation of the Bolshevik cavalry and. until his retirement, was tech nical advisor to the Red Atmy. OOTTOIf MARRtfT New York, July 11. ? Spot cotton, closed steady. Middling SO. CS, an ad vance of 40 points. Futures, closing bid. July B IS, Oct. 24. to. Dec. 24 10. Jan. 24.lt, March 14.40. New York. Jnly 11. ? Cotton fu tures opened today at the following r levels: Jnly St.ll, Oct. 24.St. Dec. 22.45, Jan 22.42, March 22.44. ^?SPENDS ALL SALES SAVINGS (CERTIFICATES Washington. July 11. ? The Treas ury today ordered suspended u It ^nlen of ? T>?aaiiry ? Verufi rates and stamps effective July 15. Acting Secretary Winsjon said the present money market (fid not war rant the Treasury paying four and*;* half per cent Interest on savings s ? curitles when funds may he obtained at much lower interest. Further sale of the certificates will he held in abeyance until con ditions have changed, it was an nounced. BANDIT ALLOWED TO CHANCE HIS PLEA Chicago. July 11. ? Russell Scoti. former Toronto promoter. who turned bandit, escaped with his lif-' today when Circuit Judge -Lindsay allowed him to withdraw his plea o' guilty and enter one of not guilty to the charge of murder of Joseph Maurer. drug clerk, in a hold up. HANGED FOR MURDER I Montreal, July 11. ? Walter Mulr 1 of. New York was hanged at Valley I Field, Quebec, today for murder of Henri? l*a Violette Ifist September. Mulr uliot l,a Vlolette after a quar rel In a Valley Field bar room. La Vlolette. according to court .testi mony. had struck Mulr's crony, a crippled man named Joseph IMant, during an argument over the merits of a hunting dog. nin Ai'<*rio\ is ATTRACTING ATTENTION A number of bids have been made In the sealed bid auction of a Cable Piano offered by Duff Piano Com pany; the diamond ring in white gold setting offered by l^ouls Sellg, the Chambers Flreless Gas Range offered by M. G. Morrlsette and the rebuilt Ford roadster offered by the Auto and Gas Engine Works. It is expected that the heaviest bidding will take place Friday and Saturday however: There are some who do not yet understand the sealed bid auction The articles mentioned In the fore poing paragraph are offered to the highest bidder, during this week. If a young man about to he married wished a diamond ring he might go to Selig's examine the ring there and make a bid of>say $55. The ring Is valued at $0 5 and if this proved to be the highest hid he would snve $1*> and have 20 weeks to pay for the ring. Similarly lie might make a bid of $105 on the Ford roadster to take the bride on the wedding trip. The roadster is valued at $215 and he would save $20. On the Cham bers gas range and the piano he uation and it Is within the realm. of. possibility that he would he high bidder for them all. In such a cas-'. he would save considerable money' on furnishing the home. The bids must be made on the coupons printed in this newspaper on Monday and Thursday. They must be sealed In an envelope and left with the merchant who is displaying tho article bid upon. XKtt I)K\ KLOI'MKN'T IX KlliKK New York, July 11. ? (Special.) ? The report that an agreement has been consummated by which II. It. ! Mallison, Inc., American silk manu facturers has acquired the exclusive i rhr+it to manufacture by machine looms the silk designs produced on hand looms by Rodler, the great French maker and designer. Is re garded here as marking an Import ant development In the textile situa tion. Such an agreement would put the French designs before the public here at n price based on quantity output, it is expected that other American manufacturers will meet this move by development of exclu sive new designs of their own worked out. either by French or American artists. Rita TOIJIKRT SHOW OPKNH HKHR MONDAY Comedy drama, musical comedy, a Mg band and orchestra that wilt strike enthusiasm from this city Is what Is promised by the big Milt Tolbert Bhow which opens In this city for a week's engagement next Monday. The big Tolbert show comes In Its own private cars which are the big gest of any dramatic show on the road, with Its people, sixteen of whom appear upon the big standsrrt sited stage every night of the week. HONORS (WKRATIVR I OKA Ghent. Belgium, July 11. ? Ths first International exhibition of co operation and social worka has been opened here. Ghent being the birth place of the co-operative movement. The exhibition which will remain open three months, has displays from 32 countries, the United States be ing represented by the Co-operative League. The statistics section la Tery com plete. showing the growth of the co operative movement, which now has members. STATE PLANTING DIAMOND BACKS F-asl Year Numlicr Was 800 aiul This Year 2. .>00 Will !>?? I'ut Out in Eastern North Carolina. Probably the average American would never imagine that there is u relation between the price of dia mond back terrapins and the Bupply of liquor. Yet it Is an Inlerestlng fact that when the Volstead Act became effec tive the market on diamond back* went to smash l J> ILL _nu w. -iw&e u blyf cities liTte New York are protected against a liquor shortage by the bootlegger's union the price of dia mond hacks is climbing back to pre war levels. They are quoted on the market today at something liko $4 8.00 a dozen. In North Carolina the diamond back had become virtually extinct when the market went to pieces: but, as the price started upward again the Slate Fisheries Hoard un dertook to revive the diamond buck as a marketable edible in this State. Eight hundred baby diamond hacks were planted-taut year and mor? will be planted next week, according to reports reaching here from More head City where the Fisheries Com mission was In session this week. The diamond back is planted ri streams and marshes that aro slightly brackish, and In all sec tions of Eastern North Car oline ? are ? a? abundance iYT streams and marshes of this char acter. It takes about a year to de velop the diamond back to the size of a silver dollar, when he is suppose! to be able to shift for himself. Left to his natural devices he hibernates in winter and leases to grow, bur. will continue to grow during the hi bernating period if kept In a warm place, lly preventing hibernation it Is . possible, therefore, to get two year's growth in one. While the diamond backs a?-e be ing planted the Stale Is under a flve .ygftr ? ban ? hmfnst tiro ninrkHlhg oF diamond backs of any size. Ily the lime this ban, established when the State went into the business of try ing to save the tribe from extinction, has expired it Is believed that East ern Carolina fishermen may have re stored a source of revenue that had been virtually lost. At this week's meeting the com mission was bombarded with a pe tition from fishermen from the Core Sound and Markers Island section of the const for a reduction of the min imum size oyster that can be tnken from 3 to 2 V& inches. After hearing the petition, the board decided to ad here to the present standard, exeep* that the Fisheries Commissioner was given authority to issue permit < to oyslermen to dredge for the small ? -ft oysier in natural beds where It was evident that the full sized would not l?e developed. "We are trying to advertise North Carolina as an oyster State." said Or. J. ('. Baum. member of the Fish eries Commission, who was passing through the city Friday on his wa/ home after attending this week's session of the fisheries body. "We can never do this," Dr. Baum de clared, "unless we maintain a hlg.i standard for the oysters shipped out of the State." OIL JAMES SPRUNT BIIKIKI) THURSDAY Wilmington. July 11. ? Dr. James Spront. foremost cltlwn of wilmlng ti.n, was iiuri?-d here yeateruaiy. Dr Sprunt died Wednesday at the age of 78. Ho was l>orn In Glaacow, Scotland. In 1 846 and came to Wit* mlngton when 14 years old. After the Civil War he and hi* father em barked In the cotton business with % stock of 12 bales and thin wan the beginning of the firm of Alexander Sprunt and Son which now has home offices at Wilmington. New York, Boston, Charlotte. Liverpool Havre, Barcelona and Rotterdam. Dr. Hprunt wan also known a* at; author of historical hooks on the Capo Fear section of the State, an I moit widely of all perhaps was known for his philanthropies, hav ing given generously to church bullr ings. hospitals, schools at home and abroad, foundations for lectures and loan funds for students. FORMER ANNA COULD MARRIAGE ANNULLED <?? T*? AiN*ittol er*Ml Rome. July 11. ? Pope Plus todsy ratified the decision whereby the re ligious marriage of the present Duch ess of Talley and former Anna Gould, to Marquis Fonl De Castellane Is an nulled. GREAT BRITAIN IS NOW RANKING THIRD (Br Hw ImmIiH Prm.| Olympic Stadium, Colombet, France, July 11. ? The victory today of Krlc Llddet of Great Britain In the 400 meter run, today's only final event, made the British total an Im poalng third among the point ?cor ? which follow: United States 18S.6. Finland 103, Great Britain I0S, Sweden 14.1, Francs IS. I, and other countries downward from Swltser land 11. , _

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