VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AlKIl'ST 14, 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 212
BUTLER PINCHOT
COMBINATION IS
QUITE POSSIBLE
Political W iseacres in Phil- I
adelphia Ihm-i Plan 1* on I
to Wreck Famous Politi- j
cal Machine
OIJ) ORDEK PASSING
Wo Dominant Figure Now
to Direct Present Organi-i
zation and Pinchot an<l
Butler May Well Break It !
By ROKKItT T. MM ALL
(CotmgM. IMS, ?, Th. A ?,,.?) I
Philadelphia. Aug. 14. ? Gover
nor Gilford Pinchot has begun hia j
"drive" for (ho United States Sen- j
ate, but this Is not the most In- j
tervstlng bit of political "news" !
which Is to be beard here In Penn- ^
sylvanla. The wlaeacrcs of Phil- '
adelphia insist that Brigadier
General Smedley D. Butler, or the
United States Marines, Is groom
ing himself or Is being groomed
for governor of the stale. A? di
rector of public safety. General
!??? ,r>lng to "elean
up Philadelphia these last 18
months and ha* leave of abiience 1
from the "Devil Dogs" until the
end of the year. Then ho will j
have to decide whether to embark I
upon the troubled aea of Pennayl- i
vanla Republican politic* or to re- !
turn to the peaceful pursuits of :
a fighter.
General Butler haa had a ter
rific battle on hia hands here in
the city that once waa called "cor- I
nipt and content." He haa had I
to break" hundreds of city po
licemen In order to clean out th<? '
bootleggers and the other "gangs" I
which the general claims had the i
city of brotherly love by thf
throat. The general's fight haa
oeen a spectacular one. He i.i
sometimes known In the services
*s the fighting Quaker, but hia re
ligious upbringing haa not pre- I
vented the general from uaing a
bit of soldierly profanity when
ever the occaalon required and 1
these occaalona. it may be added. I
Have not been like angels' visits. I
f <J?n?ral Butler soon after h!a
arrival here arouaed the anger ol
the political "organisation" and"
they threatened to ouat him at
once. The general struck aa
AJax attitude snd tofd them to go
ahead. Butler knew he had caught !
the fancy and the confidence of
?<? he rightly guessed
that the political bosses would not
dare depose him In the face of n 1
growing public sentiment. Preach
ers. prominent citizens, civic or
ganization^ all rushed to the as
sistance of General Butler snd ho
haa hsd full swsy at the city hall
much to the chagrin of the "reg
w*r* intent to let
Philadelphia go on exactly as she
Rpl>u*,llcan "organisation ' I
?Nil fa opposed to Butler and all
of his ways and would fight him I
*n<1 In the gubernator- '
lal primaries. But thla same or- j
ganltatlon fought Pinchot threo
nl',T ,ug? '"1 l0" battle.
Once the people find an organlaa !
lion can be beaten ther? la a pret
lo kick It In the |
? *'* The organisation still Is
?nPP?e . MI; Wnehofs ambltlou
l.o 1/1 the United .States Senate I
?o<t .year an the successor to Sen
ator George Wharton Pepper, but I
"Ma oppoaltlon does not bother the I
t<*<frnor In the least. He believes I
?? II going to win
Pinchot and Butler have been 1
working hand In glove In the Job I
Slr2?? if "P Philadelphia. The
?>!? ?>ubll<! safety has had I
ine complete co-operation of the I
?hV?l.? s'rallon. Therefore
Butler ^n0.?' '? ,6 *?"' * Pinchot- 1
onlla *' comblnatlon at the
wishing """? Plncho1
? ?nd Butler being
HarnVb^re ?,m. Philadelphia to
i It Is an extremely in
I In. v h Proposition and. while II |
f may be a surprise to thn ro.i
|h? coun)^r, Peonsylvanlans have
t he*n Hatching steadily tor devel
k -?*#Me along this ii?
Of eourae such a eomblnatlo i
?a Is proposed would do! have 1
been possible In the days of Bolae
Penrose, but the Pennsylvania Re
publican machine haa no one
strong hand at the helm nowadays !
and neither Pinchot nor Butler la
afraid ro buck II.
Governor Pinchot Is touring the
**'? ?! present, "on ofTlclal bual- j
" Inspecting the various state
institutions snd getting s first i
view of conditions In gen
??7/: . Al the ssme lime, when
an .i.Upon to "P*"*- he Ik giving |
Hsrrlsbn'J1.' ?'l>to stewardship at
which * record of
proud ana ?""?'nor '? rather
ment It campaign doeu
rartaSlt"?4 ,0 prov* effective
?a**
??*t year ran win th. ?- ?
coveted offices In the gift of t?e
IXOPl' The reforss rimlnt Jfn
have gamed com of I ajT,"
which once was considered aa hlas
1 "h,rd eomino'
I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Spencer (
I J and children of Swan Quarter rs
Lf turned home Thursday after
i. ?9?ndlng a few days with Mrs.
P\flp#ncer's uocle. Dr. M. M. Har-I
rU
AMES THIS WEEK
WILL END SEASON
Two more nmra of baMeball
thin week, officially cIokIiik tlif
aeason here, are muxnincH by
?1h? nudtatfnn?*nt of (he local
nine. The flrnt one will begin
thin a((mKM>n at 4:30 o'clock,
when Kllzahrth <Tty will lake
on the Ford Plant nine from
-Norfolk. On Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock, the Norfolk
Oriolcw, our of the fa*t*?t ama
teur nine* In thl* frdlon, will
play here.
The baseball boys have been
having hard Mletklinjc thlx week.
They have played- one game
with Hertford and one with
South Norfolk, and have fallen
considerably short of making
exprtutew. They are dependant
entirely upon the support Riven
thent by Elizabeth City fana.
and are hoping for a lance at
tendance at both Knmew, ho that
they may be able to pay their
board for thin week, even If
they fall to take hi enough to
meet their tra\elinK ex pet mew
home.
YACHTSMEN SAY
ROUGH THINGS
Rainr the Dicken* Almut
BoatH Bring Searched
by (loaRl Guard
By ROWLAND WOO!>
IWJ. Tfc. A ?*????>
New York, Auk. 14. ? Som* j
three thousand owners In thej
United States of pleasure boats,
of the cabin cruiser and upwards
classes -half of them In the New
York district ? are saying rough
things about the Government'! I
prohibition enforcing machinery
today as a result of the latest
wrinkle in dry enforcement In'
these parts ? the seizure by coast
guard officials of the motored'
houseboat Stroller and the arrest
of Albert rink, prominent Chica
go lawyer, and his bride, who were
honey-moontng aboard.
The boarding party found only
23 bottles of Intoxicating liquor
on the Stroller, which Is loae by
far than tfcouaands of New York
era keep on hand in their homes
-i' Yachtsmen here
n?6ft|lderlng
their ? Iflhey had sleeping
quarters'? as tnelr castles, and
have been "getting away with It"
until the Stroller's selxure.
Indeed, the Government sp-j
peared to take the same ylew of
the situation, for recently the dry
enforcement authorities Issued a
circular letter to yachtsmen ad
vising them that they were to be
free from boarding and search un
less they were traveling under
suspicious circumstances, and re
queatlng them to co-operate In
the work of catching liquor
smuggling craft.
"If the facts In the Stroller
case are as represented. I cer
tainly think the coast guard's ac
tion was highhanded." Commo
dore H. M. Curtis of the Seawan
haka Yacht Club, one of the
largest about Now York, told the
writer today. "It certainly seems
queer, coming right on top of the
letter the department sent out to
all yacht clubs. It haa occasioned
great Indignation and there has
been some talk of testing out the
"castle" theory, but I don't see
how such a claim could stand In
court, as the law permits boarding
and search of any vessel within
American waters."
Coast guard Captain Jacobs,
commander of the rum patrol In
this port, declared today that the
government had no plan with re
spect to yacht boardings other
than "that formulated some time
ago. which provided for the search
of all suspicious craft."
"We received certain informa
tion that the 8trol1er had liquor
aboard." he said *'A search
proved that our Information was
correct We will continue to
mske searches in similar cases,
but there will be no general
boarding of private craft under
present orders."
As the Strollers plight Is laid
to a "tip" given the coast guard by
dismissed employes, the only
moral In the rase seems to be.
Stand In with the help.
RJNNY, Birr TEXAS
IS SHORT OF HOGS
Fort Worth. Aug 14. ? The hog
shortage In Texas Is the most so
rere ever known and the etit*
will have to spend 97S.OOO.OOO
outside to buy Its needed pork
products. The decline Is due large
ly to Increased Interest In cotton
farming.
YOUTHFUL MURDERER
GETS HEARING TODAY
Sedalla. Mlmourl. Aug. It. ?
The preliminary hearing before
the Justice of |.eaw this after nooa
will see the Initial apparaoca b#
fore the har of Justice of Everett
Adama. 17<year-old Wilmington,
Ohio, youlh charged with murdar.
Adama haa cojlfsaaed to killing |
A. R Clawaon. whose body was
found Bear Lamonte, Mlaaourl He
wag brought here from Oarden
C1<T. Kaaaaa. wfcora ha had drlTen
In rtawwn's antonoMl*.
NEW CHECK LAW
FAILED TUTTLE
Criminal Action on Check j
Believed Worthless
Falls Down
C. C. Colson of Perqulraaru j
County. against whom trial on the
chargc of manufacturing and sell- !
Ing liquor I* pending In Federal |
Court, was permitted to go fre-*
by County Judge Sawyer In the r?
1 corder'a court Friday morning on
a chars* of passing a worthing
chwk for 9 166.96.
I The charge against Colson was
brought by John F. Tuttle of the
Tuttle Garage on Matthews Htreet.
There was no question that Col
son signed the check and that on
the strength of It he obtained a
car from the garage on which the
defendant owed a repair bill. But. !
: In view of the fact that the pros
iecutlng witness admitted that]
when he took the check he did
j not believe that It was good, the
I court re/used to hold the defend- ,
ant.
I Colson claimed that he signed
i the check without even knowing
| that It was a check and without
looking at the amount, but this
would not have prevented his con
viction. apparently, had It not al-{
so been for the proaecutlng wit- 1
ness's admission that he did not
j believe when he took the check |
; that the defendant had the money
In the bank and that he tried for j
? about 30 days to collect on It be- 1
fore presenting It at the bank for!
payment.
| Colson had not for several '
years even carried an account at I
the bank on which the check was:
| given.
SCHOOLS GROW IN
QUARTER CENTURY
i Annual (expenditures Jump from
One Million to Nearly
Thirty Millions
Raleigh, Aug. 14. ? Total school !
, expenditures In North Carolina In
creased fro* tl.0S2.203 in 1900
to 129.747.076 In 1124, W H.
Plttman. chief clerk In the State 1
Department of Public Inatructlon.
has reported. "If this Increase ?
, were distributed equally among
the 24 yeara of this period." he
aald, "It would represent an an
I nual Increase of nearly one and
one, quarter millions of dollars."
Mr. ' Plttman pointed out that
, $22,979,000 of the 24 years In
! crease Is found in the five years
since 1919." In 1918-19 the to
tal, he said, was $6,750,000. and
In 1919-20 it was $12,250,000. In
.1920-21 the total had risen to
$17,487,763. and In 1921-22 It
was $21,649,696. In 1922-23 the '
expenditure was $29,851,780 and 1
In 1923-24 It was $29,747,075. j
i There was a slight decreaae from
1922-23 to 1923-24.
The school population of North I
Carolina, reported Mr. Plttman. j
Increased 263.366 in ths Interval I
between 1900 and 1924. There
were 657,949 children of school
age In the State In 1900 and 921,- i
315 In 1924. The Increase was
40 per cent over the number In :
1900.
The white population was 4 39.
431 In 1900 and 628,132 in 1924.
There were 188,701 more white
children in 1924 than In 1900.
The Increase In the number of
white children represented 43 per
cent.
In 1900 there were 218.618 ne
gro children of school sge In
North Carolina, and In 1924 there
were 293.182. an Increase of 74.
665. or 34 per cent.
In connection with the an- j
nouncement of financial and en- 1
rollment figures. Mr. Plttman
made a study of attendance rec
ords. He found that the total en
rollment In 1900 waa 400.452 and ;
In 1924. 793.046, an Increase if
392.694, or 98 per cent.
The number of children In av- i
erage dally attendance In 1900 was :
206.918. and In 1924, 671.369 .
an Increaae of 312,441. or 176 per I
cent. Thus. It Is seen that the at- j
tendance had climbed more rapid
ly than either the Increase In
school population or enrollment.
In 1900 there were only thirty
high schoola la the State with a |
total attendance of 2,000. In
1920 there were 420, with an ea- ;
rollment of 29,294. and In 1924
(there were 728 high schools, with j
a combined attendance of 63,976.
White school property In 1923 I
was valued at $52,177,225 and
negro school property at $6,580.-1
770.
ADMITS KNEW OF
MAIL CONSPIRACY
Kewanee. 111.. Aug. 14. ? Joseph
! Jackson, driver of the government
' msll truck, which waa robbed of a
sack of registered mall, admitted
| today that he had knowledge that
[ the robbery waa to be staged H<?
lis held on the charge of consplr
j acy to rob the malla.
GOING AHEAD WITH
ONE PLANE OFF DUTY
WuklMton. *?? 14. ? With
ol, of lla pi, DM temporarily out
of romnlaalon Ik* MacMlllan Arc
Ik ?ipadltloa It going ahead with
tba other two la aaubllah an In
lermdlaU but at Flagler Fiord
I oa Bllaamara laland. ton mllaa
I Iran Blah. Oraaalaatf. tka mala
V
Chicago Has Plan For
Getting Rid of Crime
By SeRrrgalins Three ThousHiid MciiIhI I)eliiii|iirulH
Judge and INycopathic Director Believe They
Would Suve Trouble for Over Three Million
I Br *n?fiit'4 r??*|
Chicago. Aug. 14. ? A standi)
log offer to rid a ritv. of more '
than 3.000.000 population, of all
crime by pormanoutly s? gregstlng
3.000 mental dclinqm nts who are
marked repeaters in In final form
for the next session of the Illinois
legislature.
The offer In from Chief JOsllee
Harry Olson of the Municipal '
Court of Chicago, and Dr. William i
J. Hlcksop. director of the Court's
Paychopathlc laboratory. In which
defendants in more (ban 10 fli<^
criminal rases have been examined
during the last 11 years.
The experience of iho laboratory
has brought Judge Olson and Dr.
Hlckson to the conclusion that
crime prevention In more a prob
lem in psychology than in police
administration, and (hat tho root
of the problom Is the mental de
linquent whose dobility render*
him Incapable of Interpreting pun
ishment an retribution.
Instead of committing offenders
to prisons and reformatories for
?hort sentences. and then throw
ing them on noelety aagln. to rotn- i
mlt a greater crime. Dr. Hlckson
propones a permanent IndUHtrlal
farm colony where the delinquents
could live lives adjusted lo their
peculiarities
He would make the colony
largely self-sustaining, and In ad
dition would save upwards of $7.
000.000 annually of Chicago's
$16,000,000 budget for policing
and criminal courts.
The laboratory's records *hnw |
mental defleleney an the prime
factor In Chicago crime, and al*o.
that In a large majority of the do |
linqurnts. the criminal bent Is ;
manifested In sooie minor offense 1
during the period of adolescent-.
By segregating the offenders of
mental debility or emotional In
stability. the Olson-Hlekson pro
gram would prevent their later
and more aerlous oilmen.
Many records are cited by Dr
Hlckson in support of his theory
that feeble mindedness Is a ma
Jor factor In crime.
Of 2*2 boys arraigned In one
term of the Hoys" Court. f?3 per
cent were morons, and 33 1-3 t?'i
cent sociopaths Only 1.9 percent
rated average Intelligence.
Less than five per cent of the
boys have been In school until
past 14 years of ago. 83 per cent
have not reached seventh grade
Many personal histories were
Investigated In this group. A larc
percentage of the boys were found
to have been the offsprngl of men '
tally defective parents, some of
whom had long criminal records r
In Chicago.
"At preecnt the law presume*
the criminal to be nanc until prov
en Inaane." said Dr. Hlck^""
"When recent studies In crlmlnol
ogy are Incorporated Into th"
criminal code of tho JTnlted Stat
every criminal will be presumed
Insane until he proves himself
sane
"The mentally deficient repeat
ere sre responsible for virtu all-,
all vicious crimes, such as m?n
ders. robberies, bank-hold-ups and
criminal attacks on women.
legislation to provide such a
colony as Dr. Hlckson proposes
has been prepared by a volunteer
committee of civic leaders for th?
legislature
H. D. n,LTB OIRLM CAS
fl KT ORADKH MAT! HI > I V
The glrla of the Hone Demon
stration Cluba of the County who
went to Raleigh a few week* ago
for ths special work given there
In ths summer cosrae can get th?ir
grades on the food and clothing
courses, at the meeting to be held
Batsrdsy afternoon with Miss
Marc la Alhertson at tke Chamt>ot
of Commerce Rooms st 2 30
??flock.
LIGHTNING BOLT
JOLTS "BIG JOE"
Hip* Mattrrmt OfH'ti Rul
Children oil Bed Ew'u|m'
Harm Miraculously
A freak stunt of the lightning ,
In the eloctrlcsl Htorm the other j
Mkk'^ua. l*. iL-Uud by Willi am H ,
PCartwrlght. who II In the'
Brother* School House neighbor- j
hood, several miles below Eliza- i
both City. A boll struck the hom- '
of Joe rjirlvrUhl, colored, known
as "lltr, Joe," near Olivet Church,
and causcd much commotion, he '
say*. The lightning csme down n :
Chimney In the middle of th-* |
hotis? . knocked out a tirlek when '
It reached the second story. and
ripped the Hide neatly out of a !
mattress on a h?'d on which sev- 1
aral children were sleeping. Tn? J
children were unharmed. Next ,
the bolt ranged over the floor. '
tearing h brand new tan shoe to
little bits. partly ruininR another,
and aettlng fire to a couple of wo
men'a hata.
Still seeking thn ground, th ? |
lightning next tore a hole tbi mgh ;
the floor and went to the first
atory. There It split, one bolt
going through a front door and
the other through a rear door.
"Big Joe" wan lying In the front
hallway, hi* head clone to th" ;
door. The lightning npllt a pi nee j
from the door facing scarcely two
feet from him.
There were a dozen or 1& per-)
sons In the house at t lie time, ac
cording to Mr. Cartwrlght. and
none wa? hurt by the sudden visi
tation.
K EARNS l>ll> NOT
SIGN FOIt FIGHTS
New York. Auk 1*. ? Jack
Kearna. manager of Mickey Walk
er and Jack Dempaey, called at the
offlcna of thn New York State Ath
letic Commission today but did not
algn any contract Involving th"
service* of either. The commla- ?
alon asked Knarns to postpone ac
tion In Dempseya behalf until nevt
TOesday owing to thn fact thst s
full board wax not present today.
SAII.S FOR MOROCCO
AUGUST TWENTIETH
rsrls. Aug. 14 The departure
of Marahall retain for Morocco
was today definitely fixed for Au
gust 20.
Vt NK.?t IL MR. DAVIS
The funeral of Edward Davlr
who died Thuradsy evening at
7:30 o'clock at hla hom", 202
East Bur gnu* street, waa con
ducted at the home Friday after
noon at. 4:30 o'clock by Bev. O.
F. Hill, pastor of Christ Eplaco
psl Church, and hurls! waa made
In the Eplacopal Cemetery.
The pallbearera were: W. O
Barnette. E M Co*. Ed. Mldfett
Jamea Ferebee. Darlua White and
Ben Armstrong.
Mr. Davia waa R0 years old snd
had never gotten over an sttsck of
acute Indigestion he suffered In
June. He la anrvlved hy his wife
and several nephawa: E. L. Smith
son of Norfolk. E J. Smithson o
Flnley. Ohio. .1 K Smithson. J. J
SraKhson and O. C. Smithson o?
rrity Bo'ite Three. S. L. Davis of
Norfolk and a niece. Mrs. Dora
Brooka of Norfolk.
"cf>TrO* MABKHT
New York. Aug. 14. ? Spot cot
ten elosed steady, middling 11.7*
an *?Tsn cr of SI points. Faturex
closing bid Oct. 28 R 1 Dee. 11.75
Jsn. 23 2? Mch 23 66. July IJ'f"
CiS PRICE CUT
New York. Au?. 14. ? Anoth
er wluct Inn of one rent ? gal
lon in the tank UHKon price of
throughout It* trrrU
tor) mw mimNincnl kmU) by
the SimiiUnl (Ml ( <>iii|mii) of
New Jerwey. North t arollnaN
quotation U m rent.v
The tiulf IterinJnK Company
met the Mtnndaril Oil t orn*
l?n>'? reduction In the Kastern
territory.
HERTFORD MAN
DIES SUDDENLY
T. <!. Whi-dlire Victim oi !
Ilcnrl Attack Shortly
After Midnight
Hertford. Auk. H. ? T. C. j
Whedbee, ramlliar figure on Hert
ford streeta for yeara and cousin j
of Chan. Whedbee. prominent j
Hertford lawyer, died at 12:30,
o'clock Friday morning very aud- .
denly. He wan conscious only 15 j
mlnuten l>efore he expired after
HUlferlnR a heart attack cauaed by
high blood pressure.
Mr. Whedbee lived on Churc'i
atreet near the Perquimans River
bridge. He was f>8 years old and
Ik aurvlved by his wife, two broth
ers. Dr. J. P. Whedbee of Suffolk,
W. It. Whodhee of Hertford:
three slaters. Mra. I?ena Newhy, t
Mrs. K. M. Newby and Mlaa Pat- I
tie Whedbee of Hertford.
No funeral arrangements have j
yet been made but aa Mr. Whed
bee had a apecial averalon to flow- j
era h t funerala hla wife haa asked I
that they he omitted.
Mr. Whedbee was well liked
and especially popular with the |
business men and farmers.
NEGROES BE TRIED
HERE FOR LARCENY
Norfolk. Auk. 14. ? It was stat-i
ed at tho Norfolk County Jail last
nlKht that an automobile In which !
Jack Griffin and Jamea Howell,
colored, both of Elisabeth City
were ridlnK on the Washington!
Highway. when they flashed
with Deputy Sheriff Smith and
Prohibition Officer Wilson In an
cxrbango of shots, was yesterday
claimed hy P. M. CoUon. a resi
dent of Perquqlroaqs County
North Carolina.
The county poli^p yostetday
went to the points on the highway
where the ahootlnK occurred and;
recovered a pistol from the woods,
in which C.rlffln and Howell were
arrested after they fled from the'
car.
Advices from Elizabeth City au-|
thoritlea state that flrlffln and
Howell both live In that city and
are wnnted there for larceny of an
automobile after charts against
them hore have been satisfied.
REPORT ON COTTON
CONSUMED IN JULY
Washington. Aug. 14. ? Cotton
consumed during July totalled
4R3.R9R hales of lint and 62,613
of llnters as compared with 493.
76F. hales of lint and 60,677 of
llnters In June this year, the Cen
ails Ruroau announced today.
BELGIAN COMMISSION
IS MARKING TIME
Washington. Aug. 14- Debt ne
gotiations between the United
States and Belgium were suspend
ed todav pending conferences to
be held Monday between President
Cooltdg*, Secretary Mellon snd
Senator flinoot. repreaentlng the
American Commlaalon.
BATTLE IN FLORIDA
OVER STRIP OF LAND
Fort Myers, Fla.. Aug 14. ?
Marcon Ialand today was divided
Into two hostile camps which are
reported ready to do battle over
the ownership of a strip of land
more than a mile wide across the
middle of tho island which hae
never been included In tho survey.
MOTORISTS IN GLEE
OVER GASOLINE WAK
Atlanta. 14. ? Motorists are In
glee over prospects of a gasoline
price war. The Woffard Com
pany has announced a reduction
of 3 centa a gallon rotall sharing
' i ei ret rebates, discounts and con
cr: nlnns" by distributors.
WANT THE STATES TO
KKGtTLATE BUS LINES
f>elrolt. Aug. 14. ? Michigan
will join other states In an effort
to hrlng Inter state bus and truck
llnea under regulation of Individ
ual state* rather than of the Inter
afate commerce commission
whlrh. local transportation men
any, is too far removed to take up
leal problems
DEFENSE THEORY IS
EXPLODED BY X-RAY
Itlchmond, Aug 14 ? The de
fense theory that the skull of Ru
dolph K. Dlsse would show a de
pression from the Injury that
might have made him mentally Ir
responsible for the killing of three
persona and the wounding of the
fourth here July 28 was ex
ploded today when an Xray spec
ialist reported no depression erf.
dent. r
MAY RETURN TO
WHIPPING POST
lllinoi* Fed Up on Kind
no? Theory May Krvert
In Ancient (Custom
By OWEN I,. HCOTT
im. fcj Thi
! Chicago, Aug. 14. ? Convinced
I that kindness and clemency never
will make good men out of crimi
nal*. authorities here are turning
their attontion to the jvJblpplpf
poet? ope of the molt ancient
and most , effective crlitta deter
i rente- -an a posslblft noluUon to
their problem.
| Ktate enactment would he re- i
j quired to bring the cat-o-nlne-<
I tails Into vogue, but in the fare
of the rising crime wave pausing
| over the country officials believe I
i that legislative sanction would b< |
forthcoming If sought.
! To bark up their position, those i
favoring phyntral punishment for
| criminals point to the experience!
j ol Delaware and of the province
of Quebec, Canada. where the
lash has been laid on with effec
tiveness.
Rurglary has almost disap
peared from Delaware as a result
of the threat of the whipping post
according to figures of those who;
favor Its return. Montreal, by us
ing the iash has stopped crime,
waves, while In England the use!
of the whip on Juvenile offenders,,
when their cases began to be fla
grant. is said to have cut down
the number immediately.
< Chicago Is commencing to take
the experience of other coramunl
ties to heart, and is giving aerlous
consideration to the cat. The evl
jdenee unearthed thus far points to
'an abhorrence of physical pain
i on the psrt of criminal. The
thought of hsvlng 100 lashes
; from a merciless cat-o-nlne-talls
laid on their back gives cause for
I hesitating before committing se
rious felonies.
Proponents of the whipping
! post admit that It Is cruel and that
i It Is modleval. but they claim that
I It la effective. Thus far the at
tempt at pampering criminals by
giving them prisons that rival ho
tels for sumptuousness. with as
'surance of an easy life within,
hasn't done much to stop crime.
Physical punishment that will
make felons cringe before the
thought of the lashing that will
be their lot If caught. Is the other
extreme which Just now Is appeal
ing to an Increasing number of
people here Newspaper and offi
cials have Joined In Investigating
the feasibility of the whipping
post .
Reaction* appear to favor the
cat-o-nlne-talls with assurance of
hard time for criminals If put In
| to use.
RUBBER COMPANY HAS
RESUMED OPERATIONS
Bristol. R I.. Aug. 14. ? The
Natlonsl Indls Itubber Company
of Bristol, a subsidiary of the
t nlted Htates Rubber Company
has reeumed operations on a fotir
day per week basis.
Irs HOT TIME IN
NORTH CAROLIN i
HaIHgh. Aug. 14. ? North
Carolina rnnttMed to owflter
f?*lajr fallowing the hotlfat
night of thf nihiiht.
< huHottf'* mntlmum wm
101 ?W|Wf?, Wilmington M,
aart Aahevltle *4.
AUTO MAKERS
WILL EXPAND
THEIR PLANTS
Instead of Worrying Over
Possible Saturation Point
They Prepare for Bigger
Business
AUGUST SALES GOOD
Not Only Are Prices Re
duced but Terms are
Made as Convenient as
Possible for Purchaser
By J. C. ROVI.K
l?2J. by TM A<n*M|
New York. Auk. 14. ? Automo
bile manufacture?. instead of
worrying over a possible satura
tion point, are preparing to ex
pand their plants In many Install
"There In nothing In general
conditions throughout the coun
try. an far as I can ace. to warrant
anxiety with reference to contin
ued satisfactory busies*." C. W.
Nash, president of the Nash Mo
tors. Ha Id today. "Industry In
general should proceed in a proa- '
parous manner. The outlook for
our company In particular ia more
favorable than ever before. Or
ders on hand are greatly In ex
ceas of our ability to ship."
Thin ntatemcnt accompanied an
nouncement that new buildings
would be added to the plant lay
out at Kenonha. More factory
aites are In demand In Lansing
than ever before In the city's his
tory. and 68 per cent of the Indus
trlen there are connected with the
automobile induatry. August mo
tor car salen are proceeding at an
unprecedented rate for this time
of year. Thin fact la subalautlat
ed by dispatches received today
from Atlanta. San Francisco. 8t.
Psul. New Orleann and other wide
ly separated points.
Rtronuoys efforts to Increase
and encourage those sales are .ba
in* made, not only through price
reductions but through ease and
.cheapnesa with which purchase*
| can be financed The spread of
paymenfa throughout the Indus'
try has been increased nearly 20
per cent. The Ford Company hav
ing been a pioneer in the ssle of
pfeanure earn on a partial pay-,
ment plan, han turned Ita atten
tion to the aiding of farmers to
puchase tractors. The new fi
nancing plnn for the agricultur
ists han boen developed by the
Motor Acceptance Corporation of
Milwaukee, which handles pur
chane of Fordaon tractors and
other farm equipment. Under the
acheme a 13 per cent flnanee
charge In added to the factory
price of a Fordson tractor. The
fsrmer pays 25 per cent caah plus
freight and dealers delivery
charge and the 76 per cent bal
ance In npllt Into two equal pay
mentn due November 1, 1926 and
November 1. 1926.
Additional equipment auch as
plown and harrows, etc, can he
bought on the nam* terms. Ford
! officials say they hope this will
| materially aid in motorlslng many
j American farms. In connection
'with the financing of authoritlee.
It In to be noted that money rates
are fairly low and while borrow
ing raten may be expected to ln
' crease. It Is believed bankers will
'continue reasonably free In ex
pending accommodations.
Announcement was made todey
that the Ford Company would
bring out a 2 1-2 ton truck about
January 1 at slightly leas than
11,000 for the chassis or 91. 1M
equipped with a stake body. A
lleet of these trucks has been op
erated experimentally for aome
flme by a concern which handles
some of the Ford supplies.
Despite the fact there were 1,
9.16,700 new passenger automo
biles made In the last half yeare.
dealers stocks are remarkably
light and on the whole manufac
turers are carrying only normal
| stocks. Some of the more prom
inent producers are far behind de
liveries. The Cadillac factory Is
turning out 100 csrs a day sad
Is expected to Incresse this to 116.
? Chrysler Is producing *00 cars a
dny and Dodge Brothers about
l.ioo
Although sales were less thsn
loo.ooo larger in the last six
months than In the correapoadlng
period of 1924. profits for most
of the lending companies showed
substantial Increasea and some
producers up new high record# for
all time.
Thla betterment extended to the
? retail dealers.
The Oilchrlst Company, one of
Boston's large department stores
has opened a department for the
distribution of two well known
makes of automobiles. It la be
lieved this la the first department
store to engage In retail mer
chandising of motor cars as wet*
ss accessories. Buses are being
turned out In record volume sad
a total production of at least 16,
ooo for the year now la Indicate*.
COTTON IS STR CITING
ftscramento, Aug. 14. ? With
the present warm weather cotton
|ls making excellent progress hi
all the growing districts of Cali
fornia,
ces.
When the Street Floated Away
? ? PP? ? ? ? ? k
They had a apftvy rain In Detroit almost a cloudburst ? and It
flooded dozens of streets. 8treet 9 that wore paved with wood or
composition blocks suffered heavl ly. ax the blocks floated away and
wore scattered all over the city wh ti the water subsided.
For Evolution
Jamr* Robert Wllaon. Rhea Bprlnff*.
Tenn.. aluminum plant worker, and
father of Ave children, wanta them !
taught evolution. To Insure thti. he
has filed In the federal court at
Knoxvllle a bill which would make
the Tennesaee statute ngninpt
teachtna evolution null and void.