SITE FOR HOTEL
PROBABLY TO BF
CHOSEN TONIGHT
General Evrr,,iivr
mitlee to a|
OVI lock, >l?y Se,
for A(so
,!VrHtl>T is m;en
'will !'"T'rJ
W,!l "??? <lv for Oeeu
#??<'.> i? Time |? Cutrh
? fiurislK He?,lr<l North I
^ SiVrart Eh&
J * A nuinWr or (Ilea hit ?
.tv.rd;vo^,ra,in
ollminaied. and hm.T,'1''"'
nn;MH,"l,rr" ?f ,h?
not dlacloHt'd what
io^ tifn 1 ? nr
* nalurt- Uf t licit- nri'h'i i>?b
^r^outo?T.Kh,,fn,,,Tin?
with k?.J?
ho?,ur"y""""S
rf ventio 'to"^,";, 1
Kl,?bftli CUy!"d"..
illSr I Ca ,,1Iy compiled statis
tics show that i he a vera* e toiirlit
?P?od? Sio""^"""" "
whlli- in a city.
to thJ t.? ; ,J'"" '-air
Thi! ntl t room ?"'! alt
oltv'. . '* Willi Hi
ellys mi-rchanta.
,,ol"l *?. which rocs i?
SnrfJ' ,) Winn ?"J'"- *5 I'" n-nt
ISjfJ'" yy dlrortly i?t?
ln"'l turn-hauls
?upnllCK or vurloua klods Th ?
prom 16tT" r-l,r-?" K'?>
profit. Thus. If a but? I bus H
gross revenue of HoO.onn ? yvitr
the merchants ran figure on Jt,
1400.000. or;rv3;o.o'ooprrn:,lho:
nt.kih, .i,.r ifij:
jncom.- as a result of the hotel
Just about $740,000.
lnK cim,|XnPenlDK ?f ,hp finanr"
few Ho?' If5" fWntly only a
rew da>H ahead ii <u ,i. ? ,
F^r^wsJg
SSr2'^
By that Mm i ,"-k ' 'I
nL. ' V.?*# nl?o. the Chowan
?r'd*e will have been comnlZi^t
throi?hrih!'h ln,.frovpd hlshwaya
beth riiv *?ctlon, and Kllia
? ifi ... y ar)<1 ?*her cities alnni.
? In ? "1 I0""''""1
RS, 0? 'i" ? ""on"
a iilifh! to1u,i?l irurric.
?wS?S=s'"?
DEMONSTH ATH >N II El J)
FOR PHYSICS CLASS
A demonstration in mechanical
refrigeration, the subject now be
fog studied by the senior class in
phfslcs at (he High School, was
given at the Apothecary Shop Fri
day morning by \v. 1'. lirntten.
representative of the l-'ri^ldare
Company, assisted by C. L. Simp
son and by S. O. Ktherldgc. of the
Apothecary Shop management.
The class was served Ice cream
kept in condition In a Frlglditre
cabinet, and water cooled by Ice
cubes made In on?> of the corn
t? ^pany s refrigerator*.
After the demrmstratlon. the
class was escorted to tho plant of
the Win Ik ream Company, and wan
shown how Ice cream in made.
i packed and shipped without the
> use of ice.
r Twenty-four members or the
class and their Instructor. Miss
I'Ucy Cheatham, attended the dem
onstration.
THOMAS I KI J)EK DIES
WHILE IN SAVANNAH
New York. Mirch 12. ? Thomns
n. Welder, who died In Savannah,
was ronvlctad last year with /las
ton n. Means, former Department
of Justice agent, for conspiring to
bribe Oovernmcnt officials in the
Crager System Olas* casket fraud
case In 1923. Feldot was fined
$10,000 while M*an? was fined
$10,000 and sentenced to two
years In the Federal penitentiary.
Savannah, March 12. Tootnn-?
It. Felder of New York died slid
denly here this morning. Hi*
death w;is due to heart disease.
Mr. Felder came to Savannah yes
terday In connection wllh the Sa
vannali and Atlantic Railway of
whleJi lie was co-receiver.
THAVM IIKHKKVATIONM
SI l?l>F\f,Y rA5f( RLI,Rp
Washington. March 12? Travel
mervwt Ions fpr Assistant Sollcl
Vallance of lite Ktate l>epart
^*??*nt and other ttlBlm of iho
H American croup to assist Major
^ Ofli?ra| Lasslter In conduct of the
1 Tacna-Arlca I'leblMlte were snd
denly canceller! today.
Spring Like Days Heighten
Interest In Country Club
(,otf Course II orked Over in Line ff 'iih Suggestion* Ity
Professional : Murli Oilier Work Done; ()/>
/Htrt unity Offered Feu .\on-Mein hers
Popular Interest in l ho Eliza
beth City Country Club. North
cusifm Carolina's recreui tonal
renirr. in increasing rapidly the**
day.i. Days with a hint of spring
it) the air. have brought out devo
tees of golf l?y t h?* dozens, and '.he
handsome Dutch Colonial dub
I house in a prove on the hanks of
the- broad Pasquotank ltivor Is
! becoming a highly popular place
for friends to foregather.
Man-It wind*. rapidly drying
out the iit*w road to the rluh.
have proven a material factor ia
increasing It h popularity. Th?'
road is being dragged legularlv.
and in kept In paHHablo coudlllon
ttt all tiniest, according to (' O.
Itohlnsoii. flub president.
Murh work has been done at
the Country Cluli this winter. The
stamps w It irb formerly marred
Llie bathing beach haw been dyn
a mil ed away, the golf course has
been worked over so on ihe basis
of .suggest ions offered by L. A.
Newman, golf pro of tho Green -
ville. N. C.. club, and the tennis
courts are to be given a thorough
overhauling in the next few days.
Mr. Robinson ^uuouncen.
I Arrangement* for trap nlioot
ling at the club are being worked
i out by a committee comprliilnR O.
V. Gilbert. S. H Johnson, and J
WeUoy Kuremau. Eli/nluMh 1'lt.v
Hertford und Kdenton have many
devotee* of this sport, and this ad
dltiottal of recreations is
expected to increase measurably
the popularity of the cluh.
Monthly entertainments to
| wtil. h the entire membership of
j the elnb has be*n invited have
? been attended ?JI. according; to
. Mr. Iloblnsou. who add? tliai an
oynier roast will he given in the
next week or ten days.
Of Interest to non- members of
the club. Mr. llohlnson anuounreH
that thorn are a few openings due
I to u small percentage of the mem
bers huvlng manifested a tendency
to neglect payment of their dues.
These members will he given a
i abort period of grace. and in the
event that they ilo not avail thein
jselvok of the opportunity of relu*
statement, others will be admitted
In their places.
Already, five applications for
' membership have b?-en received,
he says, adding tliui others who
. would like to join had bent send
in their applications in the next
I few days, lu time for admittance
; by the opening of the second
.quarter on April 1.
FLORA SUGGESTS
DISTINCTIVE WAR
MEMORIAL PLAN
American legion Repre
sentative Advances Idea
of Krertiiig Handsome
(lliiine Tower Here
Formntion of ? World War Me
morial Association, with a view to
frwilng an appropriate memorial
he rt>, was effected Thursday night
at a meeting at the Chamber ol
Commerce, at which also various
types of memorials were discussed
at length, j. Kenyon Wilson, rep
? resentatlve of the County in the
las' General Assembly, was chos
en chairman of the association,
and John Hnll, secretary.
A suggestion by Jerome B.
Flora, representing the American
Legion, that a chime tower be
erected here in memory of thv*
World War veterans, was given
favorable consideration at the
meeting, but no action was taken,
the association preferring to wait
until it. could be ascertained what
such a tower would eont, and how
much money would be available
for the memorial. An early drive
for funds for the project is
planned.
In offering his suggestion, Mr.
' Flora observed that, In his opln
'lon, such a memorial would b*
(distinctive and appropriate from
every standpoint. He suggested
j that the chimes be rung each day
at sundown, and pictured the
mother of the dead World War
j hero, sitting beside her window
and listening to the strains of
?God be With You Till We Meet
Again," or another sacred num
ber. the while her mind dwelt af
fectionately on her logt loved one.
There was some discussion also
of a plan to erect a World War
memorial library. Some of tho'v
present, however, held that many
such libraries had been built, and
Blizabeth City snould undertake
something more distinctive.
Organizations represented at
the meeting included the Rotary
and Klwanis clubs, the City Coun
cil, the Chamber of Commerce
and the American Legion Repre
sentatives expected from the Wo
; man's Club, the United Daughter*
' of the Confederacy, the Hoard of
.County Commissioners and other
groups were kept away by the
bad weather.
It has been suggested here that
i the grave of Corporal Seth Bd
ward I'erry. only Pasquotank
i County soldier killed in action in
the wai. and a recipient of the
distinguished service crosa, b<
moved from Ihe courthouse la wo
to a cemetery where It will be as
sured of proper care throughout
the years to come. In this con
nection, a letter from the New
Hollywood Cemetery Association
I here, tendering a lot for the pur
pose and offering its full co-oper
ation in such a movement, was
read at the meeting
The association Is developing a
cemetery with an arrangement for
perpetual care of the grounda, a
feature which Is expected to offer
a strong appeal In the event It Is
decided to move the grave olf Cor
poral Ferrv. Members of lh"
I'erry family, however, declare
that In the event It Is moved, thev
will Insist upon Its removal to the
family burial ground in the vicin
ity of Okiako.
Negro Klfflroctilffl
In Trx?? Penitentiary
I Huntsvtlle, Texaa, March 1S.
I Wlille Vaughan, aged 21, negro,
was electrocuted at 1 2 : f? 8 o'clock
this morning at the state prison
here for an attack upon a whit'*
girl, at flan Antonio.
[Thayer Takes Hand
In Debate On
Pavement
"1 read in my Ilible." said Dr. {
i James H. Thayer. Rotary speaker i
I at the weekly luncheon of ' the i
Elizabeth City club ui the South- i
! ern Hotel Friday, "of a foolish i
man who built his house upon the
wand. And the rains descended
and the winds blew and the Hoods
came and beat upon that hous**
and it fell, and great was the fall
of it. I want to *ay that If you
can't build a house that will stand
.on the aand it is certainly foolish
I to expect a street to stand on any
such foundation.''
Dr. Thayer's remarks were
prompted by a discussion at the
luncheon preceding bin speech of
the Cliy Council's street paving
program, which contemplates the;
i relaying of the brick streets of
the city on a sand cushion, just
as they were laid 15 years ago.
but with the brick laid flat 111- j
ste.'d oi eugewlse and with an fla- ;
phalt Instead of a sand grouting,
llotary went on record Friday as
| favoring hacking a movement
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce for concrete or asphalt !
paving on certain parts of these
streets which constitute a pan of
the State highway system and nv
! er which would naturally flow th ?
tourist traffic through the city
over the Atlantic Coastal High
way.
The question of repavlng West
' Main street brought up the ques
tion of widening it and this pro
. voked the usual debate on wheth
1 er the West Main street elms
could be sacrificed for the sake oi
a wider street. On this Issue it
was evident that the club could
: not be expected to act as a unit.
Dr. Thayer's subject was ser
vice. Service, Dr. Thayer said,
in Its highest expression, is some
thing done for another from an
unselfish motive ^ and with no
thought of material gain. He
stressed the Idea that personality
means more than money In ser
I vice.
"Your money." he said, "can
I give a worthy and needy boy an
I education. Hut what that boy
| needs more than money is soni?*
one to he a big brother to him.
And what the young life of Kllz
abeth City needs Is a director of
organized play, rather than play
grounds and equipment which
would be forthcoming If we had
the play director; and a public
library where our young people
can come under the Influence of
a librarian who knows good
books."
Dr. Thayer's addreas was char
acterized by Rotarlan President
( Hoscoe Foreman as a ringing
| challenge to the club to service In
the ranks of organised effort to
meet these two needs.
COI.ONKl, COOLIDCF.
. SF.KM8 IMPHOVFO
Plymouth. March 12. -When
Doctor Cram left Colonel Coolldge
this afternoon he said the patient
was "even better than eould be
expected."
Plymouth, Vermont. March 12
- Colonel John Coolldge'a condl
I Hon was Improved this morning
after a night of rest In which h"
I was reported to have lost around.
Attendants said the outlook
seemed mora encouratlng
WW AT CHAKIjOTTI-:
Charlotte, March 12 A Mor
ris McDonald, State deputy tax
collector for Mecklenburg snd
Gaston counties and leading polit
ical figure In thta count \ for a
Quarter of a century, died today
following a short lllneaa
OIL PORTRAITS
0 F PRESIDENT
RENEW QUERY
Should Such Works of Art
- Ijo Photographic Like
nesses or 'Fake luirrpre
tutive l.ihrrlio?
' OK >IANY MNliS
Portraits Handed Down
From Previous Onw
tion* Show Tiuil Artiet'
Had (htn Ideas threat Mcti
ll> ttotir.HT T. SM At.Ii"
UMirHKt lv?fc My ID* A<>kh)
Washington. March 12. ? R?'
roni portraits in nil of ITwIWni
t'oolldRe have started u lot of dis
cussion in both the a Ninth* and of
flclal circles ??f Wasli I net on. The
portraits have renewed t he old
question as lo whether such
works of an should be photo
graphic- in th?'lr treatment or
whether the artists should at
tempt to weuit> hin owu conception
of hii subject's character into the
portrait ure
j Some portralla In oil are
frankly Idealistic. Some of those
handed down from previous gen
erations clearly show that the ar
lists have been extremely gener
out in the treatment of the pos
er*. No one In this day or time
can tell Jnxt what Ceorge Wash
ington really h>oked like or possi
bly could recognize Iteujamln
Franklin from any of the existing
oils or engraving*.
In more recent years a n u niter
of the most famous artists of tie
world hay.e become realists |ug
their portraits as well as in the)*
pictures composed entirely frotn .
fancy. The Swedish painter Zorn.
I is a type of the realist in portrait- ;
ure. He did a realistic portrait of
Theodore Uoosevelt.
At the present foment, how
ever. It would seem' that the ar
tists favored by poses from men
hers of the royal families or from
chief executives have slipped back*
iinto the old school of idealism, or
the sett inR down of a roncepttam
rather than a line for line likeness
which the critics might term
"speaking."
President CoolldRC unques
tionably is a splendid subject for
portraiture. He ih an usuul but
distinct type. He |K the first New )
Knglander to sit in the White
House in something like 70 or K0
years. There is something of the
ruRRetlucHs of the North Country
about the lines or his figure and
hln fare. The {'resident's friends
would like to see these lines of
New Kngland character handed
down to posterity. Hut In the can
vases which have come from the:
White House studies in the past ?
two and a half years there has J
been a certain sleekueHg which is
anything but suggestive of the
finely chiseled features, the none,1
mouth and chin, of the chief exe- '
rutlve. The firmness of the Cool
Idge physioRonomy Is lacking
President Coolldge has been
viry obllginR to the painters who
have wished to portray him for
one purpose or another, but as
yet the artists Insist there lias1
been no real port i a it developed
Mrs. Coolldge in a far easier
and more satisfactory subject for
th?* painters apparently, or even in
their first sketches they seem to
catch the indefinable charm of the
First Lady of the Land. There I*
a warmth of color and personality,
some one of which eventually will
grace the walls of the White
Continued on page 3
<RMH> Fill' IT YKAIt
Hancock, Mil . March 12.- -Or-'
chardlsts along the Kastetn Shore
of Marylsnd are counting on a
heavy apple crop this year. In
this section there are 100.000
I rem in bearing nnd sixty thou*- 1
and young trees.
Atlanta. March 1 2. ? He vera! {
days of freezing temperature* in
the Coorgla peach belt hav
checked development and obviat
ed a possible loss from later |
frosts.
TURN TO Tilt:
HHTONIAL P4<,h.
And yon will find an impe
rially lntrr?atlh* and amu*in/
drawinx by t Ho fainoua carlnort
ini. Jim Williams. who drawn
"Out Our Way" for The nail"
Advance every day.
Jim. whoa* cartoon* h.ive
been reproduced by period I'm Ifl
throughout I'nltod Stale*, Can
ada and Europe, ha* an ?? -?v ?
rlally keen Imagination an I
haw dnilnic hit* career, be- 11 ;*
flreat traveler. hut now .Mm
In a hoina man and be '* i m?
tinn bin imaginative mln-' * I*
truvcllr.K expertenqpn an'! <?'??
nervation* well an hit
life Into cartoona for you
Life among Ihe r*?w?vv Uf*
in the work whopa, kid lit ?<l
hnihe life all enter in <M*1
(>?r Way.''
|,ook at Wllllama' rnH??opr
today and you'll wpni <"
Httre apd lake The -*dr
vance.
A Million a Year the Inco:;ie of This Still
i ????.? ? ? . * '???>! .???uu?f \% i u.ia d'l.i'ii u i I d :? (inivo, Idaho, hy Pt*d**ral
prohibition ai.ii.ls wii? h. !i. . .. i' w.tn otic ??! tin- lu.iiii yourc*-* of supply in Omaha's li?|tii*r Had-.
Th?* hi ill could ri.ru oil* ."???? ar?i.- ?,i silccMnl a n;:v. i!i- nis mm,|. which in. am a .iitly catdi in
take ?I $ J. &?><>. It.iriii'. t'i?> i w.i i.iouiiM it hud h. m tamiim. it i * ?aid to l?;ni? mad*- 9 JTo.unrj, nn<i
in a .war's iIiim* woulil Imw load** J I.ii20jm?,? ,
Elizabeth City Is Stili Dry
Though Nation Is Wet
iCopyiavM l'i}{. Ii? TK Ad.ax-i >
Kltea belli Cliy is si ill ?! TV . il 1 lie
poll being nmiliii'tid l?y I hi*
newspaper may Ik1 l:ik< u as till ac
rural** index. Inil mil. so dry as ih"
hrolo tin tlio first two il'iys of t !?.?
poll might have indicated
Thin has been a busy week at
Tlio Advance office. I he ctiit'ir
haviiiK had two speaking etiga/e
Hit* til s t<i fill ami the buslues* of
flee being st ill engrossed in tin*
final throes of completing th?- In
i'om<> lax return rniiiireil of all
partnerships. whether t hey ur<?
liable for lax or not
No effort, therefore. has been
made to count the ballots, but
most of those that have gone in
the box huve been seen by the
poll holders and thcne poll bold
er* are confident thai the ilry*
are Ht ill in the lead. However,
since the first day the wet vole
has been gaining and it Is proh
ably up io the drys to bestir them
selves, or else their Inek of inter
est will spell their defeat .
Today Is l lie lasl day The Ad
vanre will publish the Prohibition
Hallot. Voles must In* in The Ad
vaiice office by nine o'clock Sat
urduy nlRht. The local vole uill
be published In Monduy's Ad
vance. *
The second days tabulation nf
results at Cleveland in the nation
wide prohibition referendum
sponsored by N'ca Service found
n grand total of 27 !!.."? :i I votes on
hand, with the w?i* still main
lainiiiK tin* lead tliey had c4IhIi
llshed on i he first day, and the
leading dry centers yel to he
heard from.
Large as the second day's lotul
Is l^ represents a Jump ??f nearly
220. (inn votes from (lie firm day
? Il still is only a small fraction
of what it will b> later Only :i I
newspapers have forwarded re
turns. and all but a small minor
ity of these have not yet com
pleted their polls
How The Vote Slainl*
The 27f?,r?3| votes now tabula)
?*d at the Cleveland office of N'ea
Service are divided as follow
For prohibition It r? . 1 7 ?'?
For repeal 1O0.14T*
For modification ll-1.!tun
It will lie noted that these three
totals do not add up to 2 7 !? . r. :r 4
III two localities, editors put the
quention differently, asking (heir
readers merely to vote lor or
against prohibition or for ot
against wines and beer. Tb? total*
against wines and ticer came to
SI, 11S. These voles could not be
Included in any one ot the above
classification*, and hence are
given separately It phonld lie re
membered thai they represent dry
sentiment not Included in the dry
total ab?v<
lleports from cities throughout
the country Indicate a redoubling
of public Interest In cities when
the wets were getting away to m
good lead, heads of the dry force i
were calling, on friends of prohi
bition to vote, lu many places
W. (*. T. 1' leaders were canvass
ing neigh bot hoods In Others,
pastors w.i'- using their eon:, li
gations to lake part in the refer
endum. it. ill ?>' io i lo ill tie*
where the p'ohtWitkon forces
rolled up m > orlly wet org.mixa
llons were l>< 'irrlng themselves.
As more an;; ri r n rim begin t?
he received a- I'lcvelatnl. some un
expected de\ ? 'npment" are hMng
made apparei ? Thtti In Ken
tucky. ordin I* considered an)
'??'her a wet the ftrtt news*,
paper to r?>i ?*'? * snbsianii.il
dry majority t>" figures were:
'or prohibit i l?. for reP,?a)(
102, for modif ' Ion. I 20.
Olle Wet. I Hie Ilry
Two editor' ? ire I thai they
were not takfl ? poll in their ter
ritories h< Hi" sentiment*
was one-sld * Ibit whereas one
?dllor felt t ins territory was
overwhelm in wet, the other,
waa sure thn wa* overwhelm- ?
Coniinx I "n I 'age 4
PROHIBITION BALLOT
1'roliibit ion Kditor.
'I'll * Adv.uuv,
MlixnU'lh City. N . (
I hav? ir.arl;-<! l>olow, with n cioss my position on the
prohibit ion -inioxi ion.
I favor keeping tie* prohibition amendment
as it now stands, with strict enforcement.
I favor repeal of the pro
hibit ioil a ni e n (| m v n j.
?
I favor mod illation ? > f the prohibition law
so as to allow the sale of light wine And beer.
Signed
? ? Street address .
?
?
City
Airtight Defense
Proves Effective
In Liquor Action
An airtight offered by
Will (!im)(1wIii, In recorder'* court
Krliliiy mornlnc on a charge of
operating at? automobile wlillc
niul'-r Mlc Influent e of liquor. re
suited In <li*hilxMul of the dcfend
iini. II l> llmentan. flih-rly man
win. w;i<4 with him in the. (Into of
hi* arrcm. waft fined *!? and cohIr
mi a charge of lit Inc drunk.
Coodwln iinrl Itateman. both
ax|Mi'|i In a Ford toiiiiiiff car
idalli'd ir. a newer excavation at
Main :? i? (I Oyer HlrcciM. wer? nr
1 rent ed late Thursday hy f'hlcf of
Poll-*' Holme*. and Officer Ander
son. The off l<".?rs declared limy
discovered evidence lhal hoili had
been drinking
A young negro, one Alton Over
man. was Rtar wltne?a for the de
feme. He testified that lie drove
1 he ear Into town, with fJoodwIn
and llateman a* orrupnntn, and
ran Into ih?? excavation In avold
ItiK a collision At fjoodwln't*
KiiKRent Ion, he continued, lie went
hark then after a puir of mule* to
pall out tlm ear lie aborted
that neither floodwin nor llate
man drove the car during the
trip.
flood* n lold t lie rourt he had
been np |;?f?? i he ii IkIiI before, and
Jurif naf it rally fell asleep while
awrtiihrt tb? negro'* return. Ilr?
admit led that hetb he and Hate
man bad had a few drink*
JITIW.I. IH'I.I \IIKS
cKoj'i k 10 ai.Miir,
Ciivmitn. M. uli 15.
VandtKe, nod t'her.y vlil
Witch* i . today w-m *cn|chced to a
Jtffbi in the Rial'' pllROtt i.-l e i
|P> than I 6 ii i it ni'in ih. n 2''
nk/" followinu hi? convh Hon la*t
?pit < r nccond drstrei murder In
^Kli'-rilftn with trn- tdnying ln?d
Bnitpiy of f'hl -f i t I 'ollce A I,.
Paint, i of fhat |?l.'cc.
Judge C. (' f *.on In |i:iwltti:
acnt- nee deplrt ' ill/ I : ' k cf en
fare m rit of i. aiohlbltlon lav
and srtid (he p. iind nut th?
def- odant Wer* t I'l.itnc. The cane
llRH ;ltlr#Ctrd "h littenOoil
llireti! out III Ik j
Aged Man Is Found
In An Outbuilding
After Search
Sitting on :? box in a woodshed
<ii Ills former home nn llarney
street, >i ml shivering from the
1'iild, W. If. foopor, aged rpuldent
of Kllzalioth (-lly. wiih dlacovered
by M'Hn'liCTti early Thursday night
after ii Hran h Ibaf began when ho
failed lo show up for midday din
ner
Mr Cooper, known in 1i(m Intl
maii'i im I'nclo Millie." wan mar
ried about tlirpn months ago to
Mr*. Ida Kanderlln. u widow, and
Mince has made his hmno with
It or on Manama afreet, Mo In de
clared to be Mi yearn old. and III*
marriage was a dint inn surprise
to tlioMO who knew him
"Undo lllllle" |i?fi homo Thurs
day morning at about 10 o'elock.
1 1 ?? wan ween crossing Main at l*oot
near his homo a little later, and
tthon dropped out of hIkHI, an far
hk family was concerned, until
h# w.im found that night. It
rained steadily throughout tho
day and relative*. knowing that
ho whh not in the host iff health,
became anxious about hitn
I'ollre wore notified of "1'rtcle
Mllly's" disappearance early In
ilte afternoon, and a general
F?*arcli hog tin It whh feared
Ihut lie might have wandered out
In'o the country, fallen Into a
dltc.li. and ilrownod. Members of
th<- family won? relieved greatly
when lie wan found In a place of
comparative comfort and safety.
The aged man wai found by a
'?mvhliiit party whose members
.???> Charlie llaik'il, llodgos
liiil op inn) J(H' Rlllolt, at ttbottt
* I '? o'clock They ^ild ho had
been np In the loft nf the wood
i -nine, hnt in climbing down had
fallen and had suffered a slight
lit on the fare. He was hidly
luiknn np by lb# full, fend wan
n <Mn? when dUcuvered.
? ? ? - |
SPAIN OK FINITELY
Di riDKS UITIIDKWV
f'onova. Mar 12 M la I a i <?
fiom an authoritative rotirre that
Spain has definitely derided to
ie?lgn from the Ixaunc of N>
lion* unless ahe Im H\<n a per in. i
runt neat In tin- Council. \
WATERWAY PLAN
IMPERILLED BY
QUESTION ROUTE
Ambition* St. Lawrence
Scheme Tied lip by Pro
ponents of New York
(iiiiial unci IIimUou Route
POLITICS 1!N DEBATE
Senator Wadaworlh Up for
Ke-election and Tliink*
Sees Vol en in Advoealiitp
All American Waterway/,.,
II) DAVID LAWHKNOK
? 1*25. fcv TM *?m?l
Washington. Marc* 12. ? The
outcome of I In- controversy thai i
lias arisen as to whether Ameri
can shippers shall iim' the Ureal
Lakes-St. l.nwit'iicc Waterway at
i turn 10 the new project J
for n canal to go through Ameri
can territory entirely may be thu
1 i allure of both. .-aTot
The .light promises to be long- 3
iti awn out and intetiMe and (he j
I usual reHUlt oi a (situation |n
which two rival proposals are pre- I
senteit in that one kills pf the ' j
other. ? ^jjrj
Both sides now have presented ^
their views to President Cooltdgtf -j
who kri-pH in ii in about which
will ultimately favor. Tne Army j
engineers are engaged in aunra^
i'Iiik the St. Lawrence project atod
ii report in expected In April. Mr. |
Coolldge in the very nature of
thlngn doesn't want to comment
till that report in available. Yet
I he secretaries of War and Navy
already have approved the project 1
which calls for a canal through
; New York "State and n deeper
i Hudson. - "v 't'|j
Senator Wadsworth of New
York wuh at the White House jrea- -]
terday to urge the President to i
hack up t In? recommendations ot j
| the Secretary of the Navy and the 1
Si cretry of War. Although ItC* -..j
Wadsworth Ik a Uepubllcan and
the project is supported by ? i
Democratic governor In the Km- 4
' pire State, the subject tea no poll- ,
tics in it ho far a ? Netr York auto *
Is concerned a? New York natur- 3
ally wants the waterway to $a
via the Hudson instead of the 8t
Lawrence.
Mr. Wads worth Is up for re- J
election this fall. and. of courea. 4
in the sense that he may be aW#
to accomplish for New York State ]
Ills friends see a political oppor
tunity for him advocating the new J
waterway idea.
Similarly the Senators from j
Western States who are opposing \
the New York waterway because |
they think It Is too expensive pre
aware of the Interest their conail*
t ueii t a are tuklng In getting somi ,
kind of a project built. Some oj
the Middle Western Senatafa are
saying that the New York State
project will cont n half bllU
dollars more than the other gL
they fear the expense wiy kill tt.
Htoadly speaking the subject j
1 promises to become a real issue
as soon as the report of the
eers 1m available In April. TM.rJa
idea of a waterway which shall H
make it possible for trans-Atlan
tic Steamers to lead at Chicago j
and Lake ports generally Is one
in which every city and cgmipefr j
rial center In the eastern half of !
the I "tilted States near the <?**** |
La ken Is bound to be Interested. |
Just what effect the proponed wat
erways would have oil rail !
has not yet been definitely estab
lished Th- waterways are use
able or course only certain seasona |
of tho year but the need for, de
velopment of Inland waterwnra j
has been so apparent since the
freight congestion during the
World War that It Is not believed
the railroads generally will uee
i heir Influence to fight the prej
eds, though here and there Indl- !
vidunl toads may oppose the new
routes. At present writing If ike
advocates of the two scheme* do
not get together It looks ga'lt the ?
whole Idea of a new route to the
sea will be delayed in being put
into effect l.ong-drawn one de
hate and rival projects have de
layed a solution of the MusCle
Shoals question and the autlook
for early action on the new canata I
i k for n similar period of Investi
gation, voluminous report*. ?*'"
hate and Inaction.
Ml M l. KM HHOAlii VOTH
PKKKRHKIl TILL HATI'RJA*
Washington. March 11. ?Final
Congressional action on the j
lution for the leasing of Muscle
Shoals was deferred today at IM j
request of Senator McKellar. twin- (
or rat . of Tennessee. Senator Itef
Hn . Democrat, of Alabama called J
up the conference report on the
measure and asked for Immediate
consideration but the Tenneaeen
Senator said he wanted to e*a?
inc the conference report and
hat It go over Mill It tamer
(VITOJI MAItKKT
New York, March 12. -Cotton
futures opened today at .the fol
lowing N velu Msrch 11.14, May
lx.?5, July 17.35. October 17.g4,
December 17.01.
New York. Msrch 1 S Spot
rot t on closed steady, middling
1f? 61. an advance of 3? points.
Knt ores, closing hid: IfMNn
11.117. May 11.17. July 17 ?7. Oct.
17.11, Dec. 17.16.