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SAYS REMOVAL SAFETY VALVES CAUSE DISASTER Former German Dirigible Pilot V lio Wan Adviser in Bu i I d i n g Shenandoah Heady With Explanation DEATH LIST FOURTEEN Eighteen Survivors Arrive / nl Philadelphia hut Invr Immediately for Lake hurst Hangar ? V. ? (Bit Tha AoilCnl I'tatO Toms River, N. J., Sept. 4. ? Captain Heinen, former German dirigible pilot and construction adviser in th'? building of the Shenandoah, said today that, in his opinion, the removal of eight of the 18 safety valves on the ship's gas bags was the cause of the disaster to the Shenandoah yesterday. Caldwell, Ohio. Sept. 4.? Com mando? J. If. Klein, 8. M. Krauiw and W. M. Nelsftn. of the Untied. States Naval Air station at Lake hurst were today conducting: an official inquest here and at Belle Valley In the wreck of tho Shen andoah which killed T4 members of the crew when It fell yester day. The rushing of air Into holes torn In the Shenandoah by the twisting off the radio and control cabin* caused the buckling and tho breaking up of the ship. In the opinion of the Naval Board of In quiry Investigating the disaster. It was announced here this after noon. Progress of the investigation was greatly impeded as the result of looting (hat prevailed yesterday and through the night. Say Gasbag Hroke Philadelphia. Sept. 4. ? Break ing of the gaa bag over power car No. S of the starboard car of the dirigible Shenandoah was blamed by some of the survivors of the ? wreck for the tragedy yesterday In Ohio. Whon the delegation arrived; here some agreed that the terrlN Ic storm was responalble Opposed the Flight Lakehurst. N. J.. Sept. 4. Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne. widow of the commander of the wrecked Shenandoah, asserted today that ahe had not criticised the Secre tary of the Navy In her comments laat night on the advlaablllty of the flight of the Bhlp into the Mid dle West. She said she was misunderstood but added that Commander lans downe was opposed to making the flight at this time because he knew weather conditions In the Ohio Valley, hnvfng been born there. Philadelphia. Sept. 4. ? Eigh teen survivors of the wreck of the Shenandoah arrived here this morning at 7:50 o'clock and left Immediately for Lakehurst. Additional particulars of the wreck continued to develop this morning. After battling the elements for several hours, the huge aircraft suddenly shot from a 3. 000-foot Isvel upward to an altitude of approximately 7.500 feet, where tho dirigible buckled arnldshlp. The pressure and twisting was so great that it broke the ship In three sections. T^e control cabin, swung be neath the fore- sect Ion of the ship proper, broke away and trashed . aw *round It carried seven of the crew, who were killed Released of the control cabin. ? r a # "?ct'on? meaaurlng about 150 feet, and bearing seven aur vlvors. free ballooned for more ' in hour? *nd fln??y i .n#ar *h"on. 12 miles ' V roMr?l cabin crashed. near Ara. Those aboard had a wild and thrilling ride. The main section, carrying 22 survivors, landed with a crash which sent several of the crew div ing through the outer covering to the ground. *A middle section, of some 15 or 20 feet, settled down In pieces over the countryside. Nose Section Lb ml- Safely Several of the officers had just l*ft the control cabin and were climbing up the ladder Into the walk of the ship proper when li JX broke lo*# Suspended .. ?Jd*,r ?nd hanging to a glrd yacr*w,'d or WPr#> polled to <21 comparative safety. ?frC.Mk?ot _"? fortunate. F J flom hi - L*' ??? """I" of til. n,?l end lL??Sr'? '?? around, .hen m. r ta ^*S ?"*?> ? i re* h?'"" '? ? With three men fnr?a*j . Ilir?? aft In Ik* iom Of III* eraft ll waa maneiiTarad to a .... after hr.al.in, trM^aad '.1, l*a*t one farmhonee. Lieutenant. Commander C. K. Rosendahl and Lieutenant J. B. Anderson direct release of the heMnm gaa ?nd gasoline In such a way that the noae landed without severe!* Injuring a ay aboard. The dead then war* taken to Continued on page 4 +*+ V hal* , . BATTLE FRONT IS ON I THE EVE OF ACTIVITY j Fes. French Morocqp, Sept. 4. i ? While warships are shelling Abd El Krtm's headquarters, the battle rront Is humming with sc- ' tivlty all along 'the line for the] cotnlnic offensive. Reinforcement* are being rap-j Idly slipped into places asalgned I to them in the plan of action for- j mulated by Marshal Petain and i General Maullu. SHENANDOAH'S TRAGIC FATE A I SEVERE SHOCK Mfaiw Severe Setback lu Plans of Billy Mitchell and Other* to Make Air Service Most Important II) IIOIlKItT T. SMAIX <C*v?rrisM| im br TIM New York. Sept. 4. - Just at a tltue when the air fighters of the Army and Navy were beginning another offensive against the"?ob~ solete" land and sea forcea of the' armed services, the Navy's air equipment has come to grief. ?? The airman were beginning, to pound the "old timers" of the Army and Navy and preparing to make a bold stand before Congress 'at the coming session In Washing ton. Admiral William S. Sims, re tired. always a stormy petrol In naval affairs, once mon* had Just scaled the .doom of the manning line of battleships, saying (hat enemy planes and dirigibles could seek them out anywhere at any | time and either sink or disable, them in their tracks. Col. "Billy" Mitchell, but re cently a general and asslstaut chief of the Army Air Service, ! had Just announced anew that i planes could cover great distances and arrive In effective fighting condition. In sufficient numbers to wipe out cities, destroy armies and , strike terror to every soul that walked upon the face of the. earth. These "young bloods." of the i Navy aud the Army, for Admiral I Sims still has young Ideas, eve* | If he la on the retired list, have I had no patience with their brotff l er officers who have counselled j Congress to be slow In giving up Lthe old and tried weapons for the 'new. | Conservative officers of both : the Army and Navy have held that 1 the airplane and the dirigible had become Indispensable themselves 1 to a modern fighting force, but i had not yet reached the pitch of .efficiency which would enable I them to displace or replace the 1 weapons which have won wars i through the' ages. The keenest of military observ ers have said that the World War. with all Its moderu weapons. Its ! wonderful artillery and Us mar I velous development of the air arm. was won after all by the weight .of Infantry. There were those I who claimed that under the "hell" j of moderu artillery, with Its "bar { ragee," Its driyn Are. Its loug 1 range searching shots, the infan try arm could not survive. It . would be snuffed out by guns and gunners whom the soldiers never could look In the eye. There Is no doubt that the artillery ac- j counted for thousands of deaths In , the war. jrtt it was the Infantry-; man going over the top that fin-; lally broke the resistance of the Germans and won the war. Amer ica took virtually no artillery to, the war. but It sent 2,000.000 sol diers and this weight of men iu i the trenchen and in reserve was : too much for Germany to with stand. Admiral Slins and Colonel llllly Mitchell have endeavored to pic- ] > ture the rank and file of the Navv as being made up of a personnel j I that could not see the handwrlt-1 Ing on the wall. Wide acquaint- 1 ance and Inquiry by the writer among naval officers of all' grades, from senior rear admirals, to ensigns Just out of Annapoll.i,' | have developed the fact that not 'a single officer of the line can be | put down as an antl-elrman. They all believe the plans to be an es sential and Indispensable part of j .their work. | The Naval Academy has Just . added a flying course to Its ciirrl-l culum and all midshipmen must < now be proficient at the helm of {aircraft as well as seacraft. flu t officers of the Navy generally. In cluding many of those who fly. have Insisted that flying still is s highly experimental stage snd ? hat for general naval purposes1 the plane Is not yet able to take , the place of a ship. The Navy has placed an em phaals upon the necessity of re liability and the officers have In- t slsted that the percentage of re liability In aircraft la not to be compared to that of cqmmlaaloncd I cruisers and battleships, destroy ers and scouts. The Navy has gone In rather | heavily for flying, but has jteld , that tlyf proper function of air* :craflj? the Navy Is for scouting and fhi possible conflict with ene my planes engaged upon counter scooting or possible sporadic at tack upon a fleet. It would seem that today the conservative forces of the Nary hare been Justified In their con tentlona to go slow In dispensing with the older weapons In the fa?e of tha now. THIS BIGAMIST ! SAYS HE LOVES ALL HIS WIVES Psychologists Called in to Determine Wli^t Manner of Man Walter H. M?i Farland (Ian Be WANTS HIS WIVES In Prison Thin 34 Year (Md Structural Engineer of Note Wants Only to Talk to His Beloveds By KPN A MARSHA I.I. lUnrtfUt 1171 by TM AAimI New York. Sept. 4. ? Deliberate law-breaker, ahlek or Incorrigible sentimentalist ? authorities anil , psychologists today are debating how to diagnose the cane of Wal ter II. MacFarland. 34 years old structural engineer of note, and husband of three wives. And up on their decision will depend the 'severity of MacFarland'a punish ment when he comes to court In a few days. "If you asked me outright. I I could not say which wife I loved ] the best." MacParland said when I questioned today. "I love them all l and I should hate to lose any one." And there comes the rub. Dis position of bigamists Is usually , simple. But MacFarland was so obviously sincere when he spoke of his love for his admitted three wives that psychologists were called In. Detectives who have him In tow are aeeklng the atrlcteat punish ment for MacFarland. as a simple blgapil"t- But paychologlsts are Inclined to believe he did not de liberately break (he law, that he : had an over-eupply of affections in him and fell In love three times, {led each time by real glamour to I carry his affairs through to mar riage. "In that caae MacFarland should be let off easy ? have his i wives taken from him but not be sent to Jail." one psychologist opined. "If he really loves each ; one. and he doea, he deserve* to be let off ea ay." Meanwhile In the police , station where he Is temporarily incarcer ated MacFarland voices only one ; wish. It la aald ? to aee and talk 'to hia wives And the wives don't i know what to do. j In October 1917, It Is alleged. MacFarland met Bertha M 1111 gan In Waterloo. Maine, fell in love and married her. In 1922. he took a business trip to Ruffern. N. Y.. It Is said, met Mary Alfke. Then he went back to live with wife No. 1. for a while ? and start ed the frentled search for him by wife No. 2 which led to his ar rest. MacFarland is proud of hla j wives, he declares, and has ad mitted marrying both women, plus a third whose maiden name he would not dlacloee, but who lives i In Columbus. Ohio. "I did not mean to break a law. I had fallen in love. 1 am no sheik. Juat a lover," MacFsrland | told an officer. MOTORIST IS GIVEN SUSPENDED JUDGMENT : Ralph Cotwxm. You off White Man. Convicted of Operative Auto While Intoxicate*! Charged with operating an au itomoblle while under the Influ ence of liquor, Ralph Cohoon. | young white realdent of thla city j who moved her/i from Tyrrell County a couple of yeara ago, | was given a suspended Judgment of 60 days In Jail at Friday mom ling's session of recorder's court, {conditional upon his refraining ftOH driving a car In thla city for lone year, and upon payment of a j fine of $60 and costs. He noted | an appeal, and was put under I $2000 bond for his appearance at ! the next term of Superior Court. Police Officer Twlddy. chief 'witness for the State, testified that he arrested Cohoon Frday morn I Ing at about 1:30 o'clock after the latter had backed his car up on the sidewalk on Matthews I street, and had bumped Into the wall of Heymour'a Oarage in stor ing It there. He said he smelled liquor on Cohoon's breath, and re garded him ae under the Influence of liquor. Offlcera Koughton and Rasnight corroborated his testi mony to the effect that Cohoon had been drinking. A aecond charge of vagrancy Waa dropped. MAIIjM FOR FAR OKVI/ON AKTKR VISIT TO V. H. A. Off for the other aid* of the world after a visit to relatives and friends In Elisabeth City and else where In this part of the country. Dr. W. P. Jacocka. of the Rocke feler Foundation, aalled from New, York Taeaday morning, aboard the liner Mauretanla for Colombo. Ceylon, according to word Just re-j reived by his brother. F. O. Ja cocks. manager aad proprietor of the Albemarle Pharmacy This la Dr. Jaeock'a third trip to Ceylon In connection with the research work of the Rockefeller Foundation, and he has spent sis, years sltofathar en the East I? dtan Island, according to relatives bare. Conducts Campaign From Bed Rom F. Walker. Democratic candidal* for mayor of Akron, wl!l conduct hi* entire campaign from hi* bed. A vertebra In hi* back wan fractured . in an automobile accident In Canada nnd he will have to lie In a plaster cast unill after U?e Xovefnber -flection I' Police To Open Campaign On Delinquent Motorists U ur on Driver* Who Have hailed, to Procure I'ermil * I fill Begin Monday; F?fninine Applicant S/toils High Average of Sex in Examinations Trouble loom* just over th?* \ ? horizon for Klizal?eth City folks < who have failed to obtain their J i drivers* pe mills. In accordance j I with a recent oily ordinance re I gulrltiK that all ptTHoim liviu/ Itiere who operate uutumoblles stand examination and obtain the] | requlaite white cards setting forth j ! that they are quulifled to drive. i . A week of Krace has been given : the public, in aom^what unofficial 1 . fashion, In which to couiply with ? t tb$ law. which became effective, , Keplembcr 1. The police. are "lay-l ? Ing ofT" the delinqurut onea this week, but beginning Monday they Will go after thfr scalp* of tho?e> ! who Mt III have failed to obtain ncrinlls Thin was anniinnrait ' ' fled Friday morning when the ten ure of hla office would clone; but j there were semi-official lutinia I tlona that his nervices would ter minate Saturday night. In all. 1,350 pvrmllH had been Issued up in eajiy Friday morn ing. along with 8*J2 city Jlcensi taga. Il is estimated (hut tliei.j w r?- at leaat 2.0UU person* in Kliat <abeth (Mty who drive cur*, and 1 h?* ; total iMaut'd Indicates that t h?* ? -* , am many who Hi 111 luck the re quisite cards The penally for ?>p eratlng a car without huving oh- ' tallied a permit la fixed at a line of $5. with |f> udded for each day that the ^violation continues. The women have been carrying ofT the honor* in the examination* I for permits, but I heir uveru^e dropped sharply the other day i when a fair member of the s?-x gave an innwer thal>would have j done credit to n YVorM War vel- , eran who had served In the duys when th? Army maxim. "What .you can get by with ia all right," | *waa being worked overtime. "la It all right to turn your car around in the middle of the block?" she was asked. "Why, certainly," ahe replied j with a bright smile. "If there isn't i any policeman around." DEFICIT DOESN'T j WORRY CHICAGO OPERA BOOSTER Plans for Coming Scutun Call for More Splendor Than Ever and Cuuran j lor* Will Supply Canli CIVIC INSTITUTION By OWKN L. HCOTT im ?. n. immi Chicago. Sept. 4. ? -A huge de- j ? flclt of 9399.275 Incurred by the' 'Chicago civic opera during ltn lant ? HPRHon haa failed to make an 1m preaslon on the gusrantora of it* productlonn, who are convinced; that the public of this corn belt dlatrlct demand* the most fin lHhe<l and gorgeous of operatic' display | The plana for the coming sea son an nhaped today call for more) , aplendor than ever In the reper- , jtolre, while the millionaire bark-! era prepare to dig down Into their i ! Jeana for a further subsidy. In| I fact the opera la on auch a big 'scale that there la no thought that It can pay Its way. even with ton jstantly crowded houses, j Aa back era of the grand operu cxprea* It. they are running a | civic Institution and want to glvo music fovers a chance to enjoy 'the play at moderate cost. d<>n ; plte deficits. Hut at that, there Is to be no attempt, to include the radio audience. Again thla year broadcasting of opera* Is to* he for bidden. because of objection of the stars. ? When broadcasting wan at tempted two years sgo, the year'nl defecit wan the sraalloat In the three seasons of the civic opera. I*ast year without broadcasting I the deficit amount to 80 per cent' I of the guaranteea and was the Isrgeat yet Incurred. "The reaaon tor the great ex penae and resulting deficit. ' pi plslna Stanley Field, one of the! j guarantors. "Is the splendor of the Chicago opera. "No other com- ! pany In America can boast of a greater list of world rsnowned ar [ tiata for a Hlmllar length of neanon. j nor of finer, stage production*. 1 Kvery piece of Ncenery In built especially for each production In1 the company's studios. Even ev-j I ery article of furniture. down to the smallest Ink well, la specially! designed by the company* ntaffs | In order that every detail nhonldl be historically accurate." ] And to show where each dollar ( spent on opers goes. Mr rield| ! pointed out that 22 cent* of lt{ went to the srtlsts. 20 cents to, I the orchestra and stage crews, M cents to the theater, warehoya-j FREE STATE TO TRY OUT RADIO Will Ituild Two or More | Slati^Owned llroml ciMlinK Station* H> ROBERT MACK (Omnrrlaht IK t? Bu 4dTtnr?l I Washington. Sept. 4 ? The | Irish free state. which until now | has been without a radio "voire." | ban filially made up Its mind to i build two or more ntate owned ' broadcast Ings stations. ) A report received by the lb-part- 1 ment of Commerce today says the minister of finance of the free state ha* approved the plans for th estate owned plants. The plan la In line with the system that has been put In effect by the British government In England The flrnt two atatlona probably will be lo cated In Dublin and they may be In operation before the winter sea aon la over. Control of the atatlona will be lodger) In the government and a license fee will be required of list eners throughout the state. Oth er foreign activities In the realm of radio broadcasting reported to the department today Include the opening of a new station nt Nn goya, Japan, and preparations for the next opening on Montluy of the new naval station at the Hay of Hlo de Janeiro. The Hlo plant la equipped with Telefunkon ap paratus. having a normal estimat ed range of 4.500 miles. An ef fort will be made to communicate with naval radio stations In the United States A population of 22.000,000 per aona live within the crystal range of the new twenty-five kilowatt nritinh broadcasting station at Daventry. according to an est I mate received here. With thlsj plant now complete, the Itrltlsh , government. Is preparing to erect a auper-recelvlng station Kent, where American programs will be j Kk*d np for rebroadcastlng from ?entry. This has been arranged through co-operation with the Ha did Corporation of America Ing and scenery transfer. I r? cents to scenery and costume repair*. 19 cents to administration, x cents to rehearaals and five cents to mlacellaneoaa purpose* This season'a big ^ outlay will produce twenty operas In' Hal Ian. nine In Prench. four in Oer man. knd three In Kngllsh. The American, not a llnqulst. who wlahes to follow the opera with ateady understanding, will Im? ? hi# tp hear the "watch of Ha lew." by CadBian. "Light of (Magna*. by Harding, and "Han ?H and Urate!.* The remainder of the big repetolre la aung In a* foreign language. [no confirmation OK BORIS KKJ'OK I New York. Sept. 4 -Conflrma ' I ion in Mill larking of a report , from Hwuie that a secoud attempt had been made upon the lift* of KIiik Boris of Bulgaria by plac tiiK bacilli In i he monarch's food SUPREME COURT HEARS APPEALS FROM DISTRICT Solicitor Small Return* Af ter Arguing Twenty-eight (!a*e* From Tlti* Part of the State CRKKCY WILL CASE HP Argument on Appeal of I Jim HallartI, (lonvieteil of Murder in (>ateH, Set fo'r <>0 Days Hence | These are busy days for Soli citor Small, of the FlrMt North I Carolina Plat riot, who returned Friday morning from Raleigh af ter having argued 2H cases from the district before the State Su preme Court on appeal Mr. Small wan exceedingly buny Krl I day preparing for the opening of , the fall term of Superior Court In Currituck County, wetted u led for Monday mornlug. The api>ea) of Jim Hallard, I Oaten County negro condemned to I death for the alleged murder of j Deputy Sheriff Vernon Eaaon af ter one of the moil neiiHat lonul i trials In the history oC Oaten, waa j not argued, due lo Inaufflcletil I time. Mr Small stales that It will | come up after the cases from the 'Twelfth District have been heard, I or In about alxty days. I The caaea from this ?district which were argued comprised five criminal and 23 civil actions. Most Important among the former were those of II. V. Baker, Kobert Ward and others, of Perquimans, and of William Ilorton and aon, Oscar L. illorton. of Oataa County, coiurtct ed of violating the TurllngU>fl Act. ! The Creecy will case >s<aa the most important of the'clvll ac tions heard. The will, was broken by a Jury In Superior Court here, and the verdict of the Supreme Court Is awaited with much In terest. Mr. Small stated that the Sfuprema Court's declalotia in the caaes argued probably will bo forthcoming In fflur or five weeks The case of Kiddle Capps and Mrs. Dora Fentress, agalnat whom a grand Jury at the March term of Superior Court In Currituck found true bills In connection with tho death of the latter's husband. Mra. Dora Fentress, probably will come up for trial on Wednesday. Mr. Small atated. This case Is by far the most important on the docket. Maintaining his policy of si lence as to the evidence upon which the grand Jury based Its in dictments In this case, Mr. Small declined to divulge further except that there had been no Important developments since Capps and Mrs. Fentress were arreated. and that the status of the case was un changed. SHIP SEEKS VAINLY ' FOR LOST SEAPLANE San Franclaco, Sept. 4. ? Tho Navy radio station here received a report at S:4ft thla morning from the United States ahlp Whlppor wlll in Hawaiian waters that what was taken to he a white flare was aeeti In the distance, and the alilp had Hteamed In that direction for more than an hour thinking It might have been a signal from the missing FN-9. No. 1. but nothing was found. ITAI.Y CAPACITY TO I'AY BE CRITERION Home, Sept. 4.? Italy's capacl! ty to pay based upon business con sideratlons will he the sole deter 1 mining criterion of proposal to be made by the Italian War Debt Commission to Washington next month. Count Volpl, minister of finance, said In a statement given lo The Associated Preas today. KWIIWAM) \ ANDttKBll/r IUKN gt'lTK HI l?l)KVI,V Portsmouth, II. 1., Sept. 4 Reginald O. Vanderbllt died hen early today at hla country horn* . Sandy Point Farm, as a result of an internal hemorrhage Mr. Vandartillt had been III III I health for some time, members of : his family said. He was In hlsj forty-fifth year. ? F. II. HOY4K l>KAI> News was received here Friday | from Savannah, Oeorgla, thut Fred D Boyce. of this city, about 10 years old, had been found dead In bed these Friday morning The Information waa contained in n brief telegram to relatives, and to . details were given. Mr. Boyce had lived here for} about 15 years, residing oh Ehr inghaus street, extended. He for merly made his home In Edenton He Is survived by his wife and Ave daughters. Misses Lillian, Ed na. Elsie, Clara and Emma Boyce, | all of this city, Funeral arrangements had not | been completed Friday afternoon. TRADE RIVALS LEARN LITTLE FROM T AX BOOK I'ulilii'utioii ItiroiiM* Tuxes Wan l)i<4U|>|Mtfiiliiit'iit ami Mrrely Pnividwl a l.ot of Misinformation COMI'I.ICATKD JOB To Star! 1' roni lilt' Kt'rtllll ami Work llackuartl to ilir Actual lnci?m?? U Pruc liiallv Impossible lit J. < . ItOYI.K ? iCtMiliM '*? New Yoik. Sept. 4 openiim of iIm- lucunie tax books and pub lication ul tli?* anion nl a paid by in di\ Iduals and corporations ha* yielded no information of couimer-' eial or business Importance. That was I In- concensus of opinion this week of m?;ii in widely Mfparalfil walks of business endeavor. 0*1 the contrary. these men asserted, i lit* figures have provided a tre--i ilietidouH amount of mis luforma- 1 t i*. it and a re not reliable as lud?-j rating . It Iter tin* tr?-nd of business i in 1924 or the probable develop-! men Ik in the remainder of thiJ y**ar and 1926. ? Kven men who nay frankly they would b?* ul.nl lo have cer tain reliable information regard ing trade rlvalH. admit iliey liavej been disappointed. They point out thai mere knowledge of th?j sums paid as taxes. without knowledge of how they were ar rived at. is of minor importance. The figuring out of an income tax return with every piece of data available i* a complicated Job. To start from the result and woik back/to the data Is almost an Im possible otie. Investments in tax exempt se- i curitleti have complicated calcula tions Immeasurably. Some cor-, I poratlons are known to have been in possession on December III.! 1 <124. of tax exempt Government securities to the amount of several j times of ilielr current liabilities, l'rollt and loss surplus accounts j are crowded .to the limit with bond Issues on which no tax Is | paid. Taxes havtf been liquidated by some corporations in the form of payments by, subsidiary com panies under a separate return. Business men point out that so lur as corporations are concerned, ii i h possible to gain much more detailed and authentic Information from the formal annual, semi annual or quarterly reports of the company itself than from the ta.< figure* and to do so earlier than; the latter are available. As lo individuals, the uncertain ty of basing definite conrluslons , on the leturns becomes at once ap|>ar< lit from the lists them selves William Wrlgley, chewing rum and baseball magnate, for ex ampje. paid s tsx of 12.644 as iiKainst $836,565 the previous, year, although no catastrophe Buf flclenl to cause such a difference is known to have occurred in his] business activities. Pew believe) the $:i4.r? paid by Charlie Chaplin j indicates the real Income of the] movie star lleturns made by Will Rogers. Hndolph Valentino and ( other stage and screen celebrities, an- equally confusing On the oth er hand, one manufacturer whose I company In 1924 Is known to have had one of its worst seasons made u return of nearly $300,000. business men in numerous lin? * here were asked today why they Objected so vigorously to the pub lication of i he income tax figure* if their rivals could obtain so lit tle valuable Information from I them. The attitude of the major- | Ii v was voiced by a corporation I lawyer who declared he objected to this publicity for tile name reas- j on people huug curtains to their i windows. "It may do a family no physical i or financial harm for them to have J passers-by staring at them throtiKh the windows." he said ? They may he engaged In perfect ly Innocent activities They may have nothing to hide but the nor- ( his 1 *< If respecting family is thor oiikIiIv uncomfortable under such scrutiny. They are entitled to a certain amount of privacy and pro- 1 t eel Ion against Idle curiosity. Thv> corporation or the Individual ;n most Instances feels entitled to just as much protection against Idle curiosity In financial affairs " The advocates of the publication of the figures, on the other hand, declare that the publicity given the returns made has acted as a i check and safeguard on fraud an?l , has provided Information to whta'i the public Is entitled. WHITE OAK Mil, US Wil l. REStlMK WORK j - tirsonaftoro. Bept 4 Operation of White oak Mills here, aendlng hack to work I. R00 employes will, |>e resumed Monday following una pension laat Monday when 40 rard room workera struck corro# MAItKMT New York. Sept 4.- Spot cot ton closed quiet, middling 22 614. a decline of IS polnta Fafurea. Closing hid: Oct 22 2*. !>?<? 22 1 9. March 22 9t. July 22 26 New York, Sept. 4. -Cotton fu tures opened today at the follow ing levela: October 22.64. Decem ber 22.90. January 22.40, March 22.41, May 21.91. ; NORTH CAROLINA MUST ADVERTISE SAYS GOVERNOR MiihI StM'k in the ( hitnidc World for !\l?*n and (iapi? ' lul to Aid in the Develop I nii'iil of the State ADDRKSSIS KR AD MeLeaii I fin I ?l <- it> Attend in IVrHoii lli<* ( omentum of A?Hoeiation ol' Krai K*tate Men Chatlotte. Sept 4 :We must aeek in t !??? uulHldi- world for the-v. men and the capital In aid uh in J the cu(Qpr?'hi>nNivi> use of thW7? ? things we have. This means, <yr COUTH**, thai North Carolina must h?1 v?*rt lae. " "* . The statement miujo my Uovfrnur M <-J \\J i n an uddraia on "Norih Q^Vfinaf's Itcunurces and How in Advertise Them," read today befcTF.- the a nual con vention here ?? ih?* Ni?rth Caroflni Association of Ileal KMate Hoards. The Governor wu* unable to at tend the eon vi nHon. hut prepared the address uX be read in his ab Henee. \ Declaring thill " irrespective of rthe nature of lilV activity. every I man who labors within IiIh state dependa upon Us la mi. " Hori*rnoi' I McLean referred to "I hone who 'deal in land " an "iipi-rlil trustee* J of a common need." ; They have "an inspiration and a responsibility of a apt rial na- 1 , ture," he Maid. "They are dealing : with an asset which is indispetia jable to all. Their husiiien* touch I es practical patriotism, for as thejr deal wisely and lo the beat advan tage with the basic u HMe t , they benefit their common wealth, per petuate itH lUHtiliit ions, and make j possible ItH progress." | North Carolina land, the Gov ernor said, "is an empire with which wonder* hdvc been achieved v I and whose potentialities are lu I calculable. It hold* innumerable opportunities for the pioneer in many linen of effort. It calls for exploration and development. It i promises much to the iinmiKraut. It <*a I Ih for capital In volume far beyond I he power of. the present | population to supply."' ? Fads and llgures to show sonic I thing of tb?' development of the State during recent years were quoted by the Governor. "Facts." lit* snid, "which are cause for prld" In themselves, and which have made poNHible the great road sys tem," "'the advance in education, the general thrill of in*|9lrallon and of hope which Is animating our peo ple." Hut these accomplishments, lie continued, "are not remotely proportionate to the development which those assetH themselves Jus tify." The Governor then dwelt upon the matter of advertising the State He paid tribute to the chamber* ?.f commerce, the real estate boards, the newspapers, and oth? r agencie* in advertising their particular localities and the 8ta*e at larnc, but pointed out that the State should have an "agency con cerned with the State a* a whole, yet capable of giving accurate In formation" about counties, com munities and cities in the State. "Just what form this neresaaiy advertising should take in *? prob lem that will demand thl very i beat thought by the State, which must soon adopt it definitely in principal and practice." said tjie Governor. He then outlined what he conceived to be Home of the es sentials "upon which any such campaign must Ih* based." "We muHt have an agency cqn | earned with the State an a whole [and yet cnpablc of giving accurate Information on demand an to the reaources, the commercial and business possibilities, the null, the climate, and the social advantages of any of Its counties, communi ties, or cities." Local organiza tions frequently have the latter information, he nald. "yet there to within the Stale no one agency capable of netting forth this in formation quickly and succinctly as It In needed "We must have the facts and fU:?ir?-s for all Stale localities In relation to their asseta as they may be interesting to prospective ln diistry." Whatever the Informa tion desired, said the (Jovernor, "the information Hboubl he In the hands of the State to give. "These basic facls, condensed, tabulated and put forward simply for ready assimilation must. In ad dition, be compih d by State ag ency In a form that can be made to fit the times and kee|> step with progresN and changing conJI Hons." Whll?- such. an agency might. In time, lasiie publications designed to advertise the Stife, and might include something in the nature of a State news bureau, the Gov ernor emphasised that "advertis ing our advantage* must depend first on ascertaining specifically what they are and In making that Information available for those who can properly use It, wherever they reside." The new State Department of Conservation and Development may become auch an agency aa that described, the Governor said. While Its "organisation hss net yet been worked out or completed, ultimately it Is my hope that th'a (Continued on Page 4.)
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