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VISIT OF KUGLER REVIVES TALK OF ROAD PROSPECTS New District Highway CommiMtiotM-r Mukr* Se mi-Official Trip lo Nnrtli eaalrrn Carolina TO ROANOKK ISLAND P?y? Hurry-l |? Call With Resident E ii^imrr lo \Dare County; Si^nifi kance Not Kevfaleil Frt.uk Kugler. of Washington recently appointed a member of the State Highway Commission from the First District, to succeed the late W. A. Hart, of Tarhoro. la paying a "get acquainted" visit I to NortheaHtern Carolina. dlscusH Uig highway matters and meeting leading officials and business men. ; He arrived here Wednesday ami left Thursday morning on a short visit to Roanoke Island. So fur aa can be learned, his trip is of aoelal rather than official slgnlfi- . cance. On hia trip to Roanoke Inland. i Mr. Kugler was accompanied by! X. B. Wilson, resident engineer of j the State Highway Commission. : They left by automobile for Point i Harbor. Currituck County, with the intention of taking a bout from there, and of returning to this city late this afternoon. I In connection with Mr. Kugler's visit, It was learned that the State Highway Commission has defi nitely let contract for construction of a hardsurfaced road from the Virginia line to South Mills, of a type very similar to the water- j bound macadam road built by Virginia from Deep Creek to the line. This hardsurfaced stretch la to be a fraction over seven miles in length, leaving an un paved gap of about three miles from South Mills lo the Newlund Hlkfay. May Widen Highway This gap la largely of recent construction, and it Is understood j that the failure of the commls- 1 Zion to let. the unpaved stretch as' Whole was prompted by a desire i to let the new road settle for a (while longef. In this connection,' It la stated unofficially here that the commlaslon plans to widen the Newland Highway to 16 feet when the contract for the remaining link Is let, thereby affording a paved highway not less than 16 feet wide all the way from this city to Norfolk. Assurance Is forthcoming that a contract for the loan of $200,000 by Currituck County to the State, for construction of a 16 foot con crete highway from Sllgo to the Virginia line, under an arrange ment whereby u similar road is to | be built from 8llgo to Currituck | Courthouse, already has been signed by the Currituck authori ties, and forwarded to the Stute Highway Commission. This tranrfkrtion wan arranged by the Ifle Highway Commission er Hart shortly before his death, and la taken to Indicate fairly ?arty completion of the entire road from Elisabeth City to the ; Virginia line near Moyock. The loan plan was sponsored originally by the Elisabeth City Chamber of 1 Commerce. The Aoorn Hill Road The visit of Mr. Kugler also has revived talk of the prospect for early paving of the Acorn Hill Road, connecting Elisabeth City with Qates County, and giving Gatea people an opportunity to trade here the year around. Be fore his death, Mr. Hart gave as surance that if Paaquotank C'oun- ; ty would lend the commlsalon sbf tleient money to pave the six ' Mies from Newland Methodist | (lurch to the Gates County line. *e would "beg, borrow or steal" enough to carr* It on to Gates vllle I The commission already is | building a hardsurfaced road frotn Gates vllle to Win to a. and it ! Is declared that to pave the Acorn Hill Road would In effect provide the equivalent of a hard surfaced highway, dependable in all weathers, from Elisabeth City past Asbtvllfe to Bryson City, Iffthla a dosen miles of the Ten nessee Une ? the longest stretch of Improve^ highway In the state. ll ha* been suggested also that, should the Acorn Hill Road be paved. Its construction could be accomplished economically by use of a logging railroad run ring from the Belt Line, in Nor folk, through the Dismal Swamp, and across the present road. DtX'MNf* miTVrtOV . Jtaleigh, April 8. ?Governor MgLeaii Is the recipient Of sn In vilatlon from the North Carolina Cl?b of Roanoke, Virginia, to *d dreas the sOnunl banquet to be held in Roanoke on the eveptng of May JO. The Governor wss i to decline the Invitation elne^m regrets. ixyrropf market t York. April 8. ? Spot cot quiet, middling 1**0. ? changed. May 18 .78. 18.14, Ofi 17.48, December 8, Jan. 17.11. With sli Problems Of Merchants To Be Discussed During Bureau Session at Club Pan I Leonard . Secretary of State Retailer* * Associa~ lion , II ill Hive Survey of Itusines # Condi* lions in This Part of the South Problems of merchant* geiier- ? ally, and uf these in Elizabeth ' City specifically. will be iliwuMKil j by I'aul U'OUiiiil, of Stattwvllli1. 1 secretary of tin* North Carolina ' Hi-tail Merchants' Asocial inn. at 1 a meeting of local business men ! at the Woman 'h Club Tea lloorn Friday niKlit at ?? : ^0 o'clock. Tli?*l session U spoiiKoi i'U by thi> Mer- ! chants' Itureau of the Chamber of ' Commerce. but all merchants, ti-* ; gardless of affiliation Willi tin- bu- . reau, have been ln\ lt?*?J to attend.. It in hoped to put the Mercli- | ants" Hur.ati on a better financed ! and more adequately functioning 1 basin as a result of the confer ence with Mr. l>onard. according to J. C. Sawyer, prexident of the buteau. The visiting official re cently has completed a survey of i business conditions In this and neighboring states, and Is expect- ; ed to give local merchants the : benefit of the information he has collected, aud the conclusions he has drawn from it. Announcement Is made that the new credit ratiug book recently undertaken by the bureau and the Chamber of Commerce is just nbout finished, and will he ready for distribution in a day or two. The book is declured to be the most complete of the kind ever compiled here, and is put in a loose leaf binder making it rela tively easy for It to be kept up to-date month by month. . Mr. Sawyer announces also that arrangements are being made by the bureau to have an attorney in charge of delinquent accounts of members on a full-time basis, as a means of assist ^ig in collec tions. Mr. Ijeonard will speak at the regular luncheon of the Notary Club Friday afternoon at 1 I o'clock, as a prelude to his ad : dress before the Merchants' Bu reau. Tickets for the event Prlday I night may be obtained from Ray | mond Sheeljr, Secretary Job, ; Frank M. Harris or Cader Harris. I Plates will be 70 cents each. A ; large attendance is expected, on account of the prominence of Mr. Leonard and the general Interest ! of the merchants In the subjects he will discuss. "Kempy" Will Begin Promptly Tonight Undaunted by clouds and threats of rain, the "Kempy" cast I Is all set to dispense sunshine and mirth In unlimited quantities in the High School auditorium to night. The popular music-makers, the Elizabeth City High School Orchestra, will be on hand to wel come the audience and will begin playing at 8 o'clock. Promptly at 8:15 the curtain will rise on the first act. Prompt ly at 8:16 the audience will be gin laughing and will remain In that state for approximately two hou rs. The dramatic clubs have two reputations to sustain in the pro duction of "Kempy." One is for giving the audience its money's worth, and the other Is for be ginning on time. Those coming after the play begins will be asked to remain In the back of the audi torium until the end of the first act. CONGRESS EXPECTS TO ADJOtlKN APKII, 1 Washington, April 8. ? Presi dent Coolidge was told today by Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee and Chairman Madden of the House appropria tions committee, that Congress would probably adjourn between May IB and June 1. The legisla tive calendar, they said, la In good shape. HOMES NEEDED FOR DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Illness In many Kllxaheth City homra recently Is ham* perlng the committee In rharge of aecarlng homes for the del egate* to the forty-fifth annual meeting of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of |lir North Carolina Method 1st Conference to he held here on April tdO-'2*2. However, better weather will In all probability make for RfflMl health hy the time this Important Statewide meeting convenes, nnd U la hope*! that the home* of F.llaaheth City will "cheer up" rimI display their accnatomed hospital It > . The matter of serartng homes ma at he attended to at once, and all who can do so are ?nN to respond when naked hy the good women of the First Methodist chnrrh to entertain these honored gaests from North Carolina nnd more dis tant lands. PRESS IS AID TOWARD BETTER UNDERSTANDING Prosidciil C.oolid^c Ail I'aii-Aiurrieait Journalist* Today Urges Frequent Meeting* INTEREST INCREASING Latin-American Countries Drawn (loser to Ameriea Not Merely in Material Miiltcrti Washington, April H. ? Presi dent Coolldge. In uddrpxHlnt: today the Drift Pun-American ConnresH of Journalists which asHembled at the Pan-American (Tnion. urged that the gatherings be held fre quently aa a means of drawing together tile |iKO|)trK of tilt* West ern H emjaphtre. Speaking of the increased inter change of newt among the Anierl | can nations In recent years. Mr. Coolldge declared tills awakening of interest had been "one of the most Important factors in bring ing about a better understanding'' jof the several countries. "I venture the prediction."' he i added, "that as a result of this 1 Congress the papers in the I'nlted States In the future will present more complete and more accurate pictures of the cultural and indus trial progress of Latin America. | and that the preas of those Re lpubiica will give to their readers a better underat&adlag of the I Ideals and purposes bT the United States. . ... "If all our citizens here do not ? yet realise fully that Latin Ameri ca Is ss progressive ss the United States; and If some I^atln Ameri cans, as I have been told Is the case, are prone to feel that this country is Interested In material things alone, I am sure It may be t-xplalned by the lack of that i knowledge which comes from per 1 sonal contact through travel and ! by the mutual Inadequacy of news j reports of the significant facts and ! developments In the respective countries." The Congress, Mr. Coolldge said, should result In a better comprehension that, "after all. we of the Western Hemisphere are one people striving for a common purpose, animated by common Ideals and bound together In a common destiny. Unto us has been bequeathed the precious her itage and the high obliKatinn of developing and consecrating a new world to the great cause of humanity." Speaking partlcularty to the 'delegates present from oth-T countries. Mr. Coolldge expressed the hope thst their visit to tlii* country "will be beneficial to you , by reason of what you may learn of our general mode of life." In referring to the ideals and the purposes of the Pan American ! Union he aaid the newspaper* "may do much to emphasize and make more effective the efforts of ;thls organization to bring the I Pnlted States and the I^atln Am erican Republics Into closer bonds I of mutual helpfulness." KAIHO COPYRIGHT BILL IS ASSAILKt) Wsshlngton. April I.-? The rs dlo copyright bill, which has been vigorously supported by broad casters at Joint hearings or the (Senate and House patents commit tees. was assailed as ? price-fixing measure today by E. C. Mills, chairman of the administrative committee of the American Soci ety of Composers, Authors and Puhllahera. RKV. W. K. HAtflHT DKAI> Hev. W. R. Halght. former pas ; tor of Salem. Herea. Riverside, and Kamoth Ollead Rapt 1st Churches of this County, died in the country near his home st Co lumbia. Virginia. Monday morning after suffering an attack of aente Indigestion Sunday, according to news reaching here today Burial was made In Washing ton. D. C. Thursday afternoon Surviving him are Ms wife and .several children. WILL VISIT < HI IU II The Southern Virginia Presby tery of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., In session In Not folk yesterday, appointed a commls ' ?lon of presbytery to visit the field of Antloch Presbyterian .Church, colored. In this city, with a view to Insuring the future growth of that church The mem bera of this commission are ex pected ?o arrive here In the next few days. The Last Of Chapman Spprcry jtliroiidetl i burial "?f Gerald Chapman. "*up. r-bamltt." |?iotiir<*ct above as IT the C'oii Inrrticut aulhoritl* k feared even in tin* death ?? ? Ili? C.iiiious haml;t to tal;e any f-hatir?*H with him. | Tilt* burial plac ? wa.s Mount St. Holiedict'x Catholic ??< tie t?-ry. II. n third. <"iwn?Ttlri;t . The lue-ty fis imtuI came only a few liourti aft>r Chapman was liair:>il. Km tlnicli C.roihl. ??l N? w YorK, Chap man'* lawyer, la siamlln^ in the li-hi coat at the I ft rf the pieri r*-. Put $25,0C0 on Game cf Golf Archie Andrews flefii w illed Co mil )i In Chicago office build in ft to Fred Hart lei I < r I kI* 1 1 fur $57a,0fi0. hut ItartlHt lli'iu^lii ii wax worth only $550,000. Tli?-> a k?**?m| to play a gam< of mil I I'aMHdciia for lh?* $25,000. Andrews won. Success of Sanford Hotel Cited As Reason One Should Pay Here New cncpriKement over tli ? prospect l)i?( tillzabeth City's pro posed 100-room hotel may becnm ? a success financially from Hi start. WH8 |llDfld by the hotel ?? ecutlve committee in session . > { campaign headquarters in lln* Chamber of Commerce Thursd'n* morning in a report from RoImti M. (hotter, one of the three group' leaders in Division "D." on a n? ^ hotel completed a year ago In iSanford, and financed on a com munity basis similar to that b< - iiiK used here. Mr. Cotter stated that the man ager of the Snnford hotel report* ?! excellent business for the fir-t jycar. declaring Incidentally thiit lone family of six. on their way South to spend the winter In Flor ida, and slopping over in tfanfonl wit li the Intention of remaining ionly a day or no, liked the hotel accommodations ho well that th< y remained there for the Heaiion. and wrote nIx other families accordlflK- 1 ly. with the result that they, too. i decided to wlntfer th?*re. In the course of the meeting. W. W. Woodley. Sr.. cited a recoil report by linger Habson. Interna tionally known financial wrlt-r, stating that a survey of busin< ??? had disclosed that banks came flrnt from an Investment stai I |H)int. and that hotels were sec ond. It Was brought out also t'.at Klizaheih City at prewent has ho Oil Tanks Blazing Since Yesterday San Luis Obelapo, Cat.. A; il R. The entire tank farm of i ?? f'nlon OJ| Company, two rnd c half mlh'S south ?>f liere, (Hod ne structj hi i-ulv today a. (i < . binn ing in four huge underground t ?* ervolra sincr early yeaterd 'f. boiled over. Jumped an rartl>*n embankment and npre?4 to two other rcaervofra and ton iturface Uaka. i I lel fiK'llitlcfl far abort of (hnxc of ' many other eltle?? of contpirnhle ?lie. Tli 1m ??!?>*. with a popula tlon of 8.925. ha* XI hold room*. in?lii?l in k (lie areomntodatlona at the Duke Iiiii. aerordlng lo Mm *ur vey made l?y tin- lloekenhury Xy ; tern before the present campaign wax launched. Suffolk, with a pop ' ulatlon of 9.123, Iiuh 1 r?0 ; Kay : ettevllle. X.X27 lias 17X; Hickory, population 6.0711, has 167. Fr?d erlrkMhurg, Virginia. population 6,8X2. ha* 143. ami Winchester, population ti.XS.'J. ha* 1X1 l'op ulatloii figure* art' taken from the 192o (tMlfl. I It was atated also that a rwniil survey taken at the hiieliway ; bridge at Itoanoke, Va.. dlwlrwtd | that 360 "foreign earn." bound north. croaaed it daily, on an av erage. F*lRure<4 given out l?y the United State* Chamber of Com merce were riled an acting forth thNt the average load of u ear wax 3 42. person*. Tiie conclusions i drawn from the Itoanoke nurvey 1 wan that approximately 1.200 atranger* travelling In automobiles passed through Ihe city each day With the rnmplellon of through highway* now under construction and ahout lo lie hegun in th?* Al bemarle district. members of the hotel committer p fed Iri that there' will be a tremendous increase in tonrht travel I hroueh ihi-. elty. Affording additional a.'-oi'an <? thai th** hotel should pay. Playmakevs Make Hit In Golds!>oro The following t leumtu w.ia re eelvt-d l?y tl? i:il/ni? th City Ilo lary Club thin morning from fh? manager of the Carolina l'lay ma k era: j "The Firs! Year" enthUsiifttto* ally received by a l?rg?- audlenc at Ooldsbom Inet night The I'laymaker* will pr? went ! "The First Year" at (He High School here Saturday night. BIG GAME FRIDAY AT THREE-THIRTY Syrariisf .Stars Mcrl Nor folk Tars on 1 1 itr!i Srliool Diiiniiiiiil ? Dave Itnlirii son Coming ll<-ad<d by Manager licit Sliol 1**11 mill Munuccr l*av-- Kohortson. I li?* Syracuse Star:* ami the Nor* (oik Tars will arrive In till* dtv l-Ylday in the fl i hi exhibition hall gallic (if I il?- KcaSOIl. 'I'lu- game which in to lie played oil I lit' lllyh School diamond will bi utu pi out |?< I y at 3:;to p. mi. in side* i In- manage! a of I lie two tcama, ami I ti?-ir player*, tJiomhcr* inn about fifty In nil. lln-rc will Iw several sport wiIiith rt'iircw'iil I ii K Svraciirte |kI|hth, While I it I If is known lu re of tin* Syracuse team. advance re porln ari? Hi a I they have Hcver.il f ? >i'in i r hlii league players on their hum. hh well an otlu<in wlm have r ere i veil trials in the hi it league hut are with Syracuse this year for further experience. Tin- |?'rHonii>,l of the Norfolk team In heller known, they hav ing iiKKI'H^allon of young hall playcia, Mrveial of whom arc of major league caliber hut none h?j great nr. fi> oulxhine their man a p**r. L)av?* llolMttMiii, who will he in aelion in Friday's game for Ihn lirst tlnie loeally since lie graduated from the Tidewater L?-ai;uc In 1 !i 1 1 . HDCKNKII SAYS MUST AltOIISII TIIK II It IKS Washington, April K. -Federal IXhI riel Attorney lluckiier of New York I old lh?* Senate liquor com in it I *?? * Indav that enforcement of tin* prohibition law In New York' lit tmpoaalhle unless officials are permitted to handle petty cases without trial by jury. "1 rm'i on force tin- prohibition law. whleb in essentially a police law," kjiIiI tlw dlHlrirt attorney, "without Ihe rlKht of police court trial." "If we are to enforce thin law' under Jury trial I should have #f? I- Yd era I judges in my district ?lone." Questioned ax t?? what remedy could he applied aside fioiu re p. -a I of I he dry law, District At torney lluckiier suggested (hut the law might lie modilled ax "bail" for New York State to euuet lawn for dry enforcement. HEMUS MUST SEHVE ONE VKAIC IN JAIL Cincinnati, April k. 1'nder au < opinion handed down hy the l?nlt- , ed Statcn Circuit Court of Appeals 1 here today, (ieorge K. |(cmiis, for mer Cincinnati bootlegger, will ha\ to nerve one year In Jail at Dayton. Ohio, unlc?* h<? appeal* to the I'nlfcd HtnlcM . Stipr? me Court and ohtaiiiN a reversal of that opinion. IIOI It OF EVKININ<; skhvk.k <;hain<;ki> On and after Sunday. April 11. th?? hour of evening service at the churches in Kli/.abct h City, will be s oo o'clock Instead of 7.30. which wan the meeting lime dur ing the winter month*. The people of Kllr.aheth City will confer a favor ii|K?n the min isters if they will kindly bear thl* Important fact in mind. INVESTIGATE FIHK AT MI0I.ANI) II \NK Concord. N. C., April H. Offi cers arc Investigating the burn ing of lb<- Mank of Midland near here early today hy men alleged to have render* d C. T. Illakely, cashier, unconacloufl. Hecnusc of the heat of the vault authorities i mill are unable to discover the i xtcnt of the loaa. One great evil of the radio I* J that burglars can't start to work before 2 or 2 o'clock In the mora In*. CHAIRMAN URGES DEMOCR ATS TO BE WIDE AWAKE V. Snu wr SirrsM's* l"? |Mirl:;ut*.* of Having IV? chirt .Mci-linp* ^ " At ? IcihIimI on \|iril 1 * TO 1NAMK IlKI.KK VTKS ( |M ?u Hn-r I'l'i'viild Meet-, in??<? Will I>? |h ihI Simmwh of r??unlv ami Slate t.oii VTIlliulH Chairman I' <"? Sawyer of the lK'Uiorralii' cxi'imiHvi' committee of I'asijiint .ink fount v is today Itiakltlg III*' following appeal 1,1 the voter* tif t In* County: "At a meeting of lilt' Slate Di'nioi'ral !?? Kxecutlve Committee held in Raleigh on Mar? h 10. Sal unlay. April IT. wa s I In* ilalt' fixed for holding the prednci meetings in every voting prwltn'l In tUe Slate; Saturday. April 24. ax the dale for holding the County Con vent lout* In each County In t In State, and Thursday. April 2M. an the dale and Raleigh as the place for holding the Stale Convention. "The precinct meetings are ex-1 peeled lo- transact I In* following I ineul toned business: "First. Tn select five active Democrats in the preclnei an the Precinct Kxeetllive Committee, the Chairman of which will he a mem ber 4 > f the County Executive Com mit tee. "Second. To choose delegates to the County Convention. "Concerning the precinct meet ings I desire to urge upon you tUe ureat Importance of having them well attended. If the precinct nieeiliiKM are well attended. It will inspire Interest and the County and Stale Conventions will then he well attended. Therefore. 1 hope and earnestly urge thai you use every effort to Ret luterest a routed for the precinct meetings. As chairman I fix the hour for holding the precinct meetings and the County Convention at 11 o'clock a. m. "The County Convention will, of course, elect delegates to the State Convention and 1 urge that every effort should he made to have a large delegation at the State Convention to represent Pun ijuotuiik Couhty." Mann Holding Own, Doctor Announces Virtually no chauge In the con dition of Tommle Mann, of this city, victim of unexplained shoot ing on the Newland Highway Sun day night, was reported hy l)r. Sa llha. surgeon In charge of llic Elizabeth City llonpllal, Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. Mann Ih being attended by Dr. Sallba and Dr. Zeuas Fearing. "The patient Is holding Ills own." Dr. Sallba slated. "Ho Ih spilling a little blood, but thus far his condition has remained local ized In the part or the lung which was pierced by the bullet." The doctor added that Mann's condi tion was hopeful. Solution of the mystery sur rounding the shooting apparently was a? far away as ever. Sheriff Carmine and police reporting that nothing more definite had been learned concerning it. Mann, picked up by a passing motorist, while lying In bin car on the high way h few hundred yards from the point where he said he had been shot by an unidentified assailant, wan brought to the hospital and has been under treatment there slucc. MONDKI.I. SOUNDS IIKI'lJBLICAN CRY Durham, April 8.? The first war cry in the political battle of 1 920 in North Carolina was sound eel here today by Frank W. Mon dell. former Congressman from Wyoming ami Republican floor leader, who delivered the "key note" address before the State He publican convention. In session here. The speaker* reviewed the pol icies and achievements of the Re publican party In general, and of the present administration In par ticular. Hul lie dwelt at most length on the Republican policy of a protective tariff, and urged the value of that policy to North Caro lina. It Is essential to the pros perity or this slate's rapidly growing Industrial enterprises. Mr. Mondell declared, and like wise enefldal to agriculture and the wage earner. SPARTANBURG NEXT ROTARY CI.UB cm Aaherllli'. April Sparlan tmrK, Smith rami Inn. ?>? loduy ,,1,-cUd ?? lh*? n.-xt nwtlnfc |.la?? for III'' Ihlrty-olKlith dlttlrlct Ro tary rhibn at I hi* convention hrr*. VISIT M*MAIM\t*l> TtaielKli. April I Ik'nllor !?. H McColn of Hrnd.raon and H"n ulor P. H. William* of Ellinhelh OH) have .Irlfod Satnarcand. It Ih.* rr<|ii?nl of Governor Mrl^an. to iB.i'allMl' and r. porl upon th? matter of replacing Ih* acnool there rrwitlr dr.troy.-d by #1*. WHEN IS VOYAGE CONTINUOUS AND WHEN OTHERWISE (Jurstioii DilTii'iill for At torney Crnrral Sarn?*nt to lli-ridc to Satisfaetion of Kvi-rj ImmIv IT'S AM. \BOllT OIL I)iK'i>iun in Favor of Brit i?li Steamship Owner* liriiii^lit Immediate Pro lot From tlic American* ll> I) Will I.AWIIKIH1 r iCMimkt. Hit. fc? Til* sl-Jjj/il Washington, April 8. - When m carpi uf gusollne coming from ? California via the Penama Canal, ami destined for Kngland la land . fil at New Orleans au?i there la mixed with hoiik' Mid Continent .oil and thro shipped - to Europe iIoch that make of the m? i cihnw j disc a now product or can til# journey Ih? ri'isurdi'O as a contlri uotis voyage from California to Great Hiltaln? This Ih tin* question that njlft t i arisen which Attorney General , | Sargent has decided in favor of 1 the lit itinh steamship ownera only ' to brln i; down immediately titt) a \ protests of American xteamshlp ' iiwnt'iH. And Chalrniau Scott Of i the Houac Committee on Merch' . ant Marine says If the present' taw is inad< t|iiat?* he will preaa for corrective legislation at once. * lint Im the present law insuffi cient? Ih the Attorney General right? The American Hteamalrtp owntTH insist the law la plain i enough if it Ih properly Interpratr led. Flint of all the text of the IMP Ih important to examine. It [ hit* foreign vessels from eng , in count wine trade and one of the principal factorf i to building up the American shlp ' hnildiiiK Industry. The law Waa passed In order to protect the Ain erlcau ship builder and operaiee in u sense llko a protective tariff. The principal section reuda as fol lows: ? "That no merchandise shall bn transported by water, or by lead and water, on penalty of fOIrifp* t,ure thereof between polnta la iHa I' tilled States, including Districts, territories, and pohhcbhIohh there of embraced within tho coastwise laws, either directly or via a for eign port or for any part of the transportation In any other vei?sl other than a vessel built In mud I documented under the laws of tha U nited Statea and owned by per Isonn who are citizens of the Unit ed Statea or vessels to which the I privilege of engaging In coaatwls^ trade is extended." Tim latter provision relate# to purchase by American ownera^of ships previously nnder foreign n"* Thus no foreign owned vessel oe ship Hying a foreign Hag can en gage in coastwise trade. The Am erican Hteamahlp owners' associa tion Inslnts that when the cargo ?.f gasoline goes from California to New Orleans via the I'anarhft Canal It Is still a coastwise traae 1 net lou. If the cargo were to go no farther. It la conceded thaUfca 1 merchandise could be carried only in American vessels. Hut the An v: hi Mexican Petroleum Company* la British concern, contend! it Is merely shipping the same oil from California to Kngland and that the pause at New Orleans >f* add a little mixture of Mld-Con tlnent oil does not deprive the . curgo Of Its character of foreign commerce. There have been, a number of declslona in which it has been held that a mere-trena* shipment at an American port for purposes of reloading or transfer does not Interfere with the char acter of a shipment from an Am erican to a foreign port. The doc trine of "continuous voyage" la Afl j old one In International law, aa- ; peclally In time of war whea ?on traband is shipped from a neutral country to a belligerent country and pauses at her neutral port,,-' In this Instance, however, the American steamship ownera point Hut that the landing at New Or leans Ih not merely a transfer but the making of an entirely new product In the city of New Or leans. The Journey therefore from California to New OrleataM claimed to be a complete coaafc-J wise transaction and should American ships while the _ from New Orleans to Great tain Is the foreign section trip and can be made In the ves sels of any country. The American steamship "JjJ ers have appealed to the Hnl State* Shipping Hoard" ground that the latter hi (loans and In res ted funds In many )fl ships now engaged In coast trade, whose business It Is tended, would be Injured If elan vessels could carry from one port to another i the United States If the ncy General's opinion Is strained from being applied I Hon of the Federal cour chances are Congress asked to remedy the law and I seems little doubt tha| ~ paused because f'ongn Ions to promote the Marine and If anything li to extend tho operations coastwise laws whenever
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