VOL. XVI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNK I6r 192G. SIX PACES. NO. 142.
Mate coming
into oi n :
llilU ULl/
DAYS WEALTH
Senator Has to Spend u
Million to Get to the Sen
ate Unless He's From Pov
erty Stricken South
MILLIONAIRES' CLUB
That Was Old Name for
Lawmakers, But at That
Time Senator Only Had
to Have One Million
BACK
U By ROBKltT T. HM ALL
IWt. * TU A*m?>
Washington, June 16. ? The
good old United States Senate Is
coming back Into Its own. Years
ago It was known far and wide bh
the "Millionaires' Club." In those
days a Senator was supposed to
have a million dollars? all except
the poor Senators of the South,
Who were elected on tradition, or
ability, or both, regardless of their
poverty.
Nowadays you have to spend a
million or ao to get to the Senate,
ao the old sobriquet is coming
back and all the Senate stationery
la going to have dollar marks wo
ven Into the linen.
All of these terrible revelations
about tbe lavish use of money, for
one thing and another, in a Sen
ate primary, have been made Just
as tbe uninformed proletariat of
America was beginning to think of
the Senate aB a real body "of the
people." It was believed the Sen
ate was coming closer and closer
to the man In the stveet. Now it
has been shown to be hanging
about the marts of Mammon. In
olden times tbe Senate held itself
aloof. It was detached from the
peopfe. It was the great delibera
tive body of the older statesmen.
It could not be approached, much
less hailed with delight. It was
the great conservative agency of
government. Lately all thst has
been changed. The House of Rep
resentatives ruled by the iron
hand of the velvet voiced Nicholas
Longworth, Esq., has become the
reat conservative body. It had
;un to sit upon and squelch all
the "Isms" brought forth as
re alls for the Ills of the dear
le. The Senate had turned
leal and was running wild on
he bases. The primary system
nd the election of Senators by
irect vote of the people, rather
^(han by the state legislatures, had
" thoroughly reformed the upper
branch of-Congreas and brought It
close to the farm and fireside.
Reformers and progressives in
. politics had hailed the change as
one of the great achievements of
the tweutieth century. The fore
fathers had been wrong, in fact all
wet, In trying to make the Senate
the conservative branch and to
shield It from the passing" whims
and moods of the people. In a
democracy both branrheit of the
National legislature should be di
rectly responsible for the individ
ual voters.
All of the old conservative
statesmen were kicked out of the
Senate? all save some of those
traditional conservatlven from the
South. A few men suspected of
conservatism are still in the proc
ess of being relieved of their to
gas ? violently. Evidently the peo
ple think thst a conservative In
*the White House Is perfectly all
rlgt*t but a conservative on Capi
tol Hill Is fair game for brick-bats.
Id the midst of the proceas,
however, the aspect suddenly
changes. It has been shown that
In some slates at least a candi
date for the Senate must spend
thousands, tens of thousands, hun
dreds of thousands, even millions
of dollars, before he gets a chance
to place himself in the hands of
people. The people never
ied before that they were
ludi an expensive luxury. It Is
wonder they suddenly have
and begun to look and
Their Idea In creating the
primary was lo give the poor man
n chance. Hut It has been shown
the poor man either must keep
bis car of aspirations In ths ga
rage or sell his soul to get his
cause to the people. The worst
feature of some of the revelations
la that they show the goodly In
politics to be almost equally guilty
of wild spending with the wicked.
It Is small wonder the people
are beginning to ponder Just what
there la to a- Senstorial Job which
will make men spend so much to
get to Washington.
There was quite a to-do over
the Senators voting to incresse
tbelr psy a year or so ago from
97,600 a year to 910,000. If the
Pennsylvania primary disclosures
mean anything at nil. Senators
soon will have to Increase their
pay to a million dollars a year or
lose money on the six yesr Job.
Meantime Washington If enjoy
ing the new investigation as It has
enjoyed nothing In two long years
? alnce the Kail and Doheny dis
closures. BeversI Intervening In
veetlgsttons. like that Into the tar
iff commission, hsd failed to stir
the capital and It hsd begun to
loee faith In the Investigative
afMem Now the old qui vlve
nfPge has returned and everybody
J?r hiPPy The capital loves Its
i ?te*4nls, -and If one Is to Judge
JT whst hsppened In the oil In
stigation it doesn't take them
[Ofioasly. Maybe Mr. Vare won't
T .allowed to ?U In the 8enate.
}
Touching Scene in Court
As Sheriff Takes Little
Girl From Mothers Arms
Curly Haired Youngtter of Three Cling* Detperately
to Mother At (hlier? Try to Take Her Away from
Her, to Let father tfare Her to Keep
A curly haired little girl of j
three years. In the deepest ills-,
tress that she had ever known,
touched the heart of many an In- i
dividual Inured to courtroom
tragedies Wednesday. as she
walled bitterly and clung desper
ately to her mother In Superior
Court when Sheriff Charles Car
mine undertook to take her from
her mother'a arms after Judge
Henry A. Grady had ordered that
she be placed in the custody of
her father.
The youngster knew nothing of
the scarlet transgressions of
which her mother had been ac
cused In the hearing that had gone
before; but ahe sensed, somehow,
the tragic Import of that parting.
First the father tried to take her.
but her arms were so tight about
her mother's neck that the father
soon gave up. Then the sheriff
tried It, as gently as he could. Fin
ally the little girl's arms were
loosened, and the father carried!
her away. The mother sat on the
hard bench facing the judge's!
chair and wept, distraught.
The court's awarding of the cus
tody of the child to the father, W.
J. Payne, of Manteo, was on ha
beas corpus proceedings brought
by Solicitor Walter Small at the
instance of Mr. Payne on testi
mony by the latter that his wife
had left him several mouths be
fore, and had refused to return.
Mr. Payne is 69 years old. and his
wife is apparently about 26.
This proceeding was preceded
by a hearing in which A. N.
Holmes, formerly of Stumpy
Point, Dare County, had appealed
from a 90-day sentence Imposed
in recorder's court here a few
weeks ago on charges resulting
from his arrest I* company with
Mrs. Payne In a rooming house
here. Mrs. Payne had been re
leased In the lower court under a
suspended judgment, conditional
upon payment of the court costs.
The Jury was still out on the
at noon.
The little girl didn't Ijnow of all
that. Dut she did know that she
was about to be taken away from
her mother, whom she loved de
votedly with the Implicit trust of a
child ? and she was still screaming
as her father carried her down the
street.
The jury In the case of J. T.
Thompson, watchman accused of I
the theft of stockings from the I
Elizabeth City Hosiery Company,
also had failed to return a verdict,
up to the noon recess. Trial of i
the case had been finished Tues- .
day afternoon.
It appeared probably at noon i
Wednesday that the case of N. E. i
Hart, colored, accused In connec
tion with the failure of the Albe
marle Bank, would not be reached
before sometime Thursday. W.
H. Holland, cashier of the hank,
who was sentenced to prison at the
March term of court here, sat in
the prisoner's bar in the court
room throughout the morning, as
calm as ever, and showing few
outward traces of his confinement
In the State's Prison for the pant
three months.
SEE BRANCH BANK
FOR THE CAKOLINAS
Charlotte, June 16 ? Likelihood
that a way will be cleared for es
tablishment of a Federal Keaerve
Branch Han k In the Carollnaa by
a provision contained in the Mc
Fadden banking bill In nee n here
by Ward H. Wood, banker, and
one of the supporters of the move
ment.
, The McFadden bill was Monday
reported out of committee In the
Senate. The provision In ques
tion, Introduced by Senator Sim
mons. Rives the Federal Heaerve
.Hoard authority to entabllsh
branch banks at Its discretion.
(mi.RTIR HTI DK.STH HRKK
FOR PKTOHAI, RKVIKW
I A number of students of va
Irious colleges in Virginia and
North Carolina are in Klliabeth
City now taking orders for the
Pictorial Review. The Pictorial
Review Company offers to each of
I those young men a scholarship
of |150 If he secures 560 orders
I for the Pictorial Review Maga
zine. The scholarship Is well
worth working for and means a
great deal to the jroung man who
Is trying to help himself through
I college.
i The young men while In the city
have their headquqarters with K
8. Cheison and Son who handle
|tb? Pictorial Review. The young
men are A. R. Simmons team cap
J tain. Payne Terry, E. P. Slmpklns.
j George Duffy, J. B. Maness. and
i Roger Mailer.
They may throw him out. Just for
graen*, Just for long gre#ns, one
might say, but somebody will
spend a fortune to take his place
,and the Senate will be too much
I fed up by that time to order a
new Investigation.
So It goes.
Merchants Meet
Tonight To Pass
On Closing Date
Shall Elizabeth City stores close
on Wednesday or on Friday after
noons during July and August?
This moot question will be
threshed out at a meeting of the
Merchants Bureau of the Cham
ber of Commerce tonight at 7:30
o'clock. A full membership at- I
tendance is hoped for, according
lo J. C. Sawyer, president of the i
bureau, in order that all may be
heard and "forever after hold
their peace" when the verdict Is
rendered.
For a dozen years, or some auch i
matter, the merchants as a whole I
have closed their stores for a hot- J
weather holiday each Friday af
ternoon during July and August.
There have been objections to that k
particular day. however, from va
rious sources, and this summer
there is a well defined movement
to change to another day. prefer
ably Wednesday.
Advocates of the change point
out that Friday afternoon closing
works a hardship on many rural
merchants who are accustomed to j
replenish their stocks on Friday,
in anticipation of their Saturday
trade. Also, they declare, it Is In
convenient for the banks, since ;
many of these merchants have |
transactions which they would
wish to carry on with the banks in
the afternoon.
Anticipating the action of the
Merchant's Bureau, a large num
ber of local grocers have signed
a petition obligating themselves to
give half holidays on Wednesdays
during the two hot-weather
months. Several of the chain
stores operating here are said to
have made a similar arrangement. |
One additional argument ad
vanced In favor of Wednesday
closing is that it would serve bet
ter to break Into the routine of
the week's work, since Friday af
ternoon and Sunday are so close
together. I
Just what arguments, if any,
will be advanced tonight In favor
of the Friday afternoon closing. In |
preference to Wednesday, have
not been generally discussed here.
SENATOR EDWARDS
FLAYS AMENDMENTS
Washington, June lf?. ? Taking
Issue with Senator Horah of Idaho
on |hi QDHtlOl of Constitutional
amendment!*, especially the four
teenth, fifteenth, and eighteenth.
Senator Kdwardx, Democrat, of
New Jersey, In a statement today,
said It wbh "a waste of time uml
money for an honest government
to attempt to malutaln surh con
atltutlonal amendments as the
fourteenth and d|lltMRtb."
DISPATCH EXCITES
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Geneva, June 16. ? l/engue cir
cles were stirred today by a dis
patch from Itlo Janeiro saying that
the ambassador had congrat ulated
Frenldent Bernardes upon Brazil's
attitude, toward the league of Na
tions.
The dispatch has revived re
ports that the United States hail
been Influencing Brazil to adopt a
strong policy for a permanent neat
on the league council.
.VI HH. LATHAM DRAT)
Mrs. Ellen latham, who hnd
been III for a period of three
weeks at the home of her son. S.
C. Latham, 4 16 South Koad street,
died Wednesday morning at 3:40
o'clock.
Mrs. Latham in survived by
three sons. J. W. Latham of Ma
ple. T. K. Latham of Kensington.
Maryland, and R. C Latham of
Elizabeth City, also several grand
children.
Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
MAN WHO HKAT Wffr'K
PINKO fin AND CONTH
Charged with beating his wife,
Ktonnle Archbell. living on the re
cently christened Colonial avenue,
erstwhile Cherry street, was fined
915 and costs after a hearing In
recorder's court today. Screams
from the direction of the Arclibell
residence late last night attracted
many neighbors and passersby to
the scene.
In court this morning, one of
Ihe witnesses declared Archbell
directed considerable "heavy lan
guage'' at the crowd which assem
bled outside his gate before (Millce
arrived and took the situation in
hand. Archbell admitted he had
had "one big drink" of liquor be
fore the fracas, and admitted also
that he had hit his wife two or
threa times when she upbraided
him for staying away from home
longer than she thought he ought.
COUNTY BOARD
MAKES REPORT
TO GRAND JURY
Commissioners Are Given
('lean Bill of Health 011
Courthouse Question Af
ter Krport 011 Action
LOVE IS SPOKESMAN
Chairman Tells of Proceed
ing* to Erect New Struc
ture; Hearing Was Ke
quested l?y Judge Cradv
A clean bill of health was grant
ed the Hoard of County Commis
sioners Wednesday on the court
house question by the grand Jury
In Superior Court, after a hearing
lit which Chairman W. T. l?ove.
Sr., reported on the steps taken
L>y the board to comply with a
recommendation by tin* grand Jury
at the March term of court that
i new courthouse be erected. All
members of the board were pres
ent at the session today.
At the close of the s? salon,. the
comniissiou-*rs were assured that
the grand Jury was entirely satis
fled with the steps they had taken
to carry Into effect the recommen
dation. The con)iuisslom>rs will
meet at the courthouse Saturday
mornlng at 9 o'clock with the In
tention of employing an architect
to design the new courthouse.
The action of the grand Jury In
calling the commissioners before
It today apparently was prompted
by a suggeHtlon from Junge Henry
i\. (J rady, presiding over the pres
ent term of Superior Court, that
the commissioners be asked to
give an official accounting of what
they had done. Judge Grady
stated, in addressing the grand
iury, that he did not impugn the
motive of tlie commissioner* to
the slightest degree, but that he
felt that the court was entitled to
i report on what had l>een accom
plished.
Judge Grady explained that he
waB under oath to discharge euch
duties as devolved upon his office,
and that it apparently was a fore
gone conclusion that I'asquotauk
County needed a new courthouse.
Hence, he said, he felt thai he
should have an official communi
cation from the commissioners as
to what they had done.
In ' conclusion, Judge Grady
called the attention of the grand
jury to the death of Mrs. Charles
?i. Hiades, of thin city, as a result
if Injuries sustained when she was
run over Monday afternoon by an
lutomobile driven by Frank Wil
son, also of this city, suggesting
lhat the circumstances surround
ng the accident be Investigated.
"If the gentleman who was
driving the car that caused the
Injury to this lady was void of
Ida me, then he is entitled to have
>rou say so." he declared, "and if
lie is not, the State in entitled to
liave you say so. Simply for Hie
purpose of getting at the facts and
seeing whether or not any person
was to blame, I am asking you to
nake that investigation before
rou go home."
ADVANTAGE TO DKYS
IN NEW JEKSEY TOD At
Newark. N. J.. June lfi. ? A1
though this state has two wet Hen
?ton iu Washington, nml :i wel
governor In Trenton, today's re
turns from yesterday's primary
| elections Rave the advantage Hi
drys in two of three prohibition
i clashes.
With I he exception tit I>. Dun
ran McClave, brought out by wel
Jtepublicans and defeated hy Rep
resentative Perkins In the Slxili
Congressional District, the others
i were state elections.
DENY TAKING PAftt IN
BHAZII. (?NTRttVEI(SV
Washington, June 10 Dlplo
matlc officials made swift and em
phatlc denial today that they huil
been Involved eVen Indirectly in
the I,eague controversy which re
sulted recently in Itraxll's with
drawal as a I>ague member.
Humors of Ann-Mean Involve*
ment are in circulation 1n Geneva,
CKVNKKD M 1 41; ItltOKK A It M
A motor backfire while he Was
cranking an Ice delivery truck on
the Newland Hitch way Wednesday
morning resulted in breaking the
right arm of Halleit Wlnslow,
aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
It. Wlnnlow. living on hfltlniur av
enue. The arm was broken near
the wrist. Tlie injured boy Is em
ployed by the Crystal fee & Coal
Corporation.
MOYOCk GIHL wflSS
IN ESSAY COIVIKST
The Moyock High School, wit It
the essay submitted by Miss Hel
en Powers, Is the winner for the
North Carolina flood (toads Knsay
Contest for 192fi.
COTTOV MAItftWr
New York, June lfi. ? Cotton
futures opened today at the fol
lowing levels: July 17.4H, Oclo
ber 1121. Jan. If.. 20. Mar. lfi. .18
New York June lfi. H pot rot
ton closed steady, middling IK. 2ft,
an advance of 16 points. Futures,
closing bld:Ju!y 17.6*. Oct. 18.33,
Dec lfi 15, Jan 1* S3. Mar K.4S
FOUR CLUBS ARE
ORGANIZED FOR
uiitini iiLiii/ i vit
SUMMER GAMES
Carolina League (iiiiiiprittes
Klizaltclh C.ily, Hertford.
Edenton, and C.?lerain ;
Schedule Adopted
THREE GAMES WEEK
Elizaln'tli ? lily Schedule,
Generally Speaking, Pro
vides Games for Monda}*,
WrdneMday and Friday**
Organization of the Carolina
League. comprising Kli/.abc:h City.
Hertford. Bdentou and Coleraln.
*a* effected Tuesday night at a
meeting In Hertford, attended by
representatives of the four clubs.
I?. Guy Brocket!. of thiH city, was
elected president; J. II. Moutague.
of t'oleruln. vice president: and
A. W. Hefren, of Hertford, secre
tary-treasurer.
The league adopted a schedule
fur the remaining five weeks of
the season. a temporary schedule
covering the present week having
been drawn up earlier. It wax de
cided that the hoard of director*
'of the league should comprise the
presidents and vice presidents of
the four member clubs. The
schedule is in the hands of the
secretary treasurer, aud will he
published at an early date. It
provides for games In Klizaheih
City on Mondays. Wednesdays und
Fridays. In the main, according <?>
representatives at the meeting
from this city.
^It was voted also to retain the
present umpires for this week, and
to have the manugers of the four
; clubs recommend umpires for the
remainder of the season, their em
1 phiyment being made subject to
| the approval of the board of di
' rectors of the league.
I Despite strenuous objection on
the part of Mayor J. L. Wiggins.
, heading the Bdenton delegation. It
I was decided to permit ull games In
, Klizaheth City to begin at f?
'o'clock, except on the day of the
week on which the stores will
>4ote. beginning July 1. On the
closing days, the games here will
begin at t:30 o'clock, the hour ut
which they will start in the other
towns In the league. The later
hour here was adopted by reason
of its anticipated favorable effect
on the gale receipts.
The player limit for each team
was fixed at 12. wl|h a proviso,
however, that any club so desiring
might employ a coach in addi
tion.
The delegation from litis city
comprised M. (J. Murrlsctte, pres
ident of the local association: B.
F. Aydlett. Jr.. vhe president;
It. M. Cotter, financial secretary:
J. II. Wiikins, treasurer; l>r. II.
B. Nixon, business manager, and
A. It. Nicholson, member of the
board of directors.
Attempt To Steal
"Chicken" Reason
Given For Shooting
The nhooting of D. W. Crcrf, i
young while man living near I
Thompson 'k Corner, on Hie Week h
villi? Highway, ahoul two nillexj
from tlila city, early yeaterday
mornlng, will he aired at a hear-,
ing In recorder'a court here Mon
day. lt. F. I At n k and IiIh win.
Wiley Ixmg, neiKhhom of Creef.
have been arri-Hteil on a charge of
aanau It with a dea?lly weapon in
connection with the Incident.
Accountn of the afTalrM, cnrrvJit
on the atreetn here today, are de
cidedly conflicting. One vernlon In
that Mr. fxing wan awakened in
the night liy a noise In liln hack
yard, and went out with h In aliot
gun to Invert Igate. Observing a
nhadowy form clone at hand, Im
hlazed away, peppering Creef 'n
right hand and arm with Bliot.
According to t hln vernlon, Creef
wan preparing to elope with Mr.
l*oug'n daughter, from which It
might be gathered that the father
wan not far wrrhtg, at that, In nun
pectlng that the vlnltor wan In
tending to "nt'-al a chicken."
Anotln-r vernlon of the nhootlng
In, In effect, that Creef wan In an
AUtOawbtle on tin- highway in
front of Mr. Ixing'n limine and
that the latter. aiiapecting that h K
daughter wan in the car and thut
the couple w?re making ready o
elope, ordered Creef to atop the
automobile. ('reef, however,
failed to obey the command, and
Mr. I/Ong find in the direction of
the car, wounding the driver,
(ireef'n Injuries are nald not to he
?crfotia. Tin- girl in declared not
to have been In the car.
ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL
OVF.HMAN MAJORITY!
Raleigh, June 10. Senator Lee
S. Overman of Salisbury wan re
nominated over ftohert It. It'-yn
oldn of Anheville hy n majority ol
48,344 voten, It wan nhown b>
complete official vote announced
today by the State Hoard of Elec
tion*. The vote *?h: Overman.
140.2C9; Heynolda, I1.914.
Let lt Rain
It can rain now and Howard Tootty
?A Sullivan. Ind.. won't caro at all.
lid travel* with a CUautau iua com*
pany and hn? ihvls.sl n detachable
rubber covering fcr hl?? ?traw hit
that protect! It In any ktnd ut
weather.
Drastic Tactics In
Senate Probe Of
Primary
Washington. June IIS.- 1>r:n?t i*"
tactics were adopted today l?y Hie
Senate campaign funds committee '
to get at I l?t? bottom of tin xllii.i
ion which resulted In the* expeiidi
ture of Rome two mill l??ti dollars
in the llepuhiicau primary cam
paign in IVniiHylvanla.
Waving aside Harry A. Mackey,
Vare campaign manager, just us
he was alioiit to resume lib te?
timnny,t2_L'hairman ltei>d sum
moned to tlx- stand another Van*
supporter. Joseph H. Mackrell, of
Pittsburgh.
"Who wore you talking to on
the long distance phone in the ad
joining room just now?" asked
H fed.
"Albert Cooper at Harrlshiirg,"
Mackrell replied.
"What about?"
i "A political matter."
"What political matter?"
I Mackrell was hesitant but Rood
was insistent.
"Well, I supported Reidelnmn,
the miHiiccessful Vare candidate
for governor, and understood I
was to be penalized in my county
for that," the witness finally said.
"Mr. lleldelman Was to arrange to
I keep me from being penalized." ,
I "That's all?"
PLAY MOVEMENT
MAKES HEADWAY
i llalelKh. June 10.? -The recre
ation movement I* iii.-i k in k rapid
headway in North Carolina. This
la shown hy flgurea compiled ami
l>u I>l iMh<*<l recently Ui the Year
Hook of the Playground and Kec
realloii A**oclnt ion of America.
North Carolina ell leu a pen I
$3Rr>.3l3.20 for public recreation
last year, a gain of more than
$20.fitin over their report for
1921. it U shown. The number
of public play areaa under loader
ship. reported OK Iii 1924. had
grown to 119 In 1925. Ten yearn
before, recreation provision In
the Stati* was In It m Infancy, only
three r i I leu reportlnK playgrounds,
totalling nine In number, and in
volving an expenditure of f.t.OGn.
From u children'* movement,
public recreation In the State Ihm
expanded lo include citizen* of all
age*. Among the fa?'lllt l<*st for
adult recreation reported were 01
tennlM court*. 1 C <|uolt rourtn. 34
community recreation center*,
and. In ANhcvllle. a municipal
golf co u rue.
Community munlc ha* been or*
ga nixed by eight cities, community
drama by nine. I.ast aeanoIi. 1G
amateur ha*ehall league* played
(he National game In eight cities
Twenty recreation leader* were
employed the year 'round In North
Carolina la*t yea r. In five citie*.
classe* for training In recreation
leader*hip were conducted and had
u total reglNtratlon of 233 In four
citie*.
The 13 cltlen which gent report*
of directed recreation t? the Year
Hook were Anheville, Hurlington.
Charlotte. Durham, Krwln, (la*
tonla, f!old*horo, CJreenaboro,
llamlet, Ix'XliiKtou, Ualelgb, Halls
bury. and Wlnston-Halem.
ACTION POSTPONED
COAl, I.KOISI.ATION
Washington June 10. ? Action
on all coal legl*latlon wa* post
poned today by the House com
merce committee until December.
Thin action virtually kill* all
hope of enactment of emergency
"oal meamires at thl* seaslon of
Congress.
Mf'KT CI T WKHIW BY
41 'SK Til K. THIIITIKTH
Attention Is called by city offi
cial* to the chiu*e In the city ordi
nance which *&y* that all weed* on
vacant lot* must be cnt before
June 30. A fine of ten dollars Is
attached for failure to obey this
law.
ENGLISH COTTON
MILLS C!X)SK1) BY
COAL SHORTAGE
I'ulilif Opinion ln<*rt'as
| ingi) Alarmed llal Par*
i liaimntary Linlrn Are
Miirti More ( )|>tiini*ti?*
NAME CONIIITIONS
Miners Lay Down lVrnn
? and Dcclurc Will Kill All
i l'oorlimi*e? in kingdom
. Katlier Than (live l'p
Bv fONHTANTISR ItUOW N
iCMK'lkt IW? ?? Aa.llKtl
|.ondon. Jum- l? K..?r
dred and twenty Va"'.'3r Vm .
employing approximately
worker* engaged I" spinning At"
crlran rnllon rinsed today as a
suit ..r t Hi1 "horn.** and
general truth* depression.
Seventy five per cent y
mills spinning r.?yi?H??n '
will close tlttrltiK lilt' week. man.
?u.l opening attain fVfll l? the '"at
strike ends conn. .
Willi" public opinion 11
Ingly alarmed over the
..ut look parliamentary ctrr.t *
:,r .?'i... m Mattv ......
her. believe III." f.w.l I . .!<?? ??'? If
fit. Ieti soon. thanks I.I til.' I
111, 'III s. Il. tll.' or Blft!.f!l.l !tK
?in veil Itottr titty arl 1 1 ' I thtt " 1'
Ihk It possible t-r mln-rii ?lio
wish lu a.. ?>. to \.or?
hour* at 111" same wats-'* ?* 1
your. Till* II I" believed W..I.W
Induce III a u y miners who are
starving to reiur.i t.. iliolr J.tl.t f -
??lie the orders of III. millers fell
??ration. _ ?..n..
The Kovirnnifiil, after consulta
tion with the mlue own.* r s M o n d a V
iiIkIiI. Is of the opinion that if all
eight hour day were established
the owneru won Id lie able lo pay
llie pre-war wages. The price
imked of t lie owneru for acceptance
of the offer Is Ihul they imined
lutely earry out the
tlott scheme rerun. iTieniunl in me
report of lite coal conimlaaton.
Whether lite owners and Hi"
miner., who no far have shown
themselves adnn.ant lo any gov
ernment proposal. w?l
Prime Minister Baldwin s solution
Is difficult to foretell. The mil.
ers undoubtedly are III n toad po
filtlon owltlK lo the lack of '
the money received from K''""1"
as well as their own strike fundi
being almost exhausted. B,ir^
turv Cook of the miners union of
ficially approached executives of
all the trade unions M?mla> lilRht
with a request for flnnnclal aid.
Kx pectin g Mr Baldwin to make
an Important announcement in tne
?lou?e of Commons tn*
miners* officials derided o a ,n
nounce ajtaln tl?e only conditio
for ending the dispute which
would he acceptable to the ntlnos.
These were:
1. Immediate reorKanUation or
I hi* Industry In order to '"??ntovo
wante and inefficiency reveal.nl by
repeated Inquiries.
2. Maintenance of the material
basis of tho present wa*e AKf.-c
3. Maintenance of wanes at a
f IK u re not lower than that In force
prior to the lockout.
From t lies.- conditions "
c?n,"s evident Ikat ?ny l"^ ""*'
act of the government will w
fruit lens unle*s mine owners agree
pay more for longer hmi?;
Otherwise the miners are d? r
minted to "fill all the poortjn uses
In the United Kingdom r.ith?r
than return to work.
M \NY WTH^N'<'I: IlKAHTH
hkkn is "WIHT woki.i*
If Skipper Noah could haye l.e"..
Willi the crowd who nllendei I llo
movies at I he Alkrama T .ea r
yesterday, he would tt ?llk I tl?
stars that prehistoric dluo...nr
were not allvt. when he set ?ull
In the famous Ark.
Noah would have had to build
the Ark al leusl 1?<> times blgg-r
1 1. an It was to accommodate III"
various species of lleptlllan An
in, insters Which Klr.t Nailonai
producers bring to life In this p
Ture One of the specie*, the
brontozaurus, is as hi* as ten el
'^Motion pictures for the most
part are made for rnlert -lament
purposes. Once in a while a pU
!?re I. made i..r scientific
but rarely Is a f-utur.. made whWh
combines both entertainment ami
ncieutlflc education. An except on
to the rule I. -The l?l World
which shows for the hist lime al
the Aikrama tonight.
KKNHVriONAI' c>mmonim,oi*K
CAHK IH ?>MPHOMlHKI?
Itaielgli. June l.l.W. B. Cole
will pay Kev. A I. .mond ? '...*
0i?) .nd all court costs lor tll<
death of his son, and Ihe a. n?i
llonal Cole Ormund cane has nu
. <? It l? "aid that bot h ?M?
satlslled. Mr. Ormond was ask
Ink for ?I60.0?0 for tlte death of
!f son at the hands of Cole.
It was lust about ten months
? no thai the wealthy textile manu
facturer shot young Ornnnd ut
Buckingham. H- was ac<jultt?;.t
largely oil evidence presented I.
n letter written by Ormond which
w,a alleged to have sl.ndered
pole's daughter.
CONGRESS QUITE
BEWHi)EREJ)^T
PRIMARY PROBE
(.uHiiiakers Trviiug Figure
Out Effect the 1'iihlieity
of Political Method* Em
ployed Is Going to Have
CltY "Bl(; BUSINESS** ^
Average Member of (!oqi
press < .011 eludes That Pri
mary System Is Even
Worse Than Painted
Hy UAV1I) li.WVKKNCK
I Hr Th? AtniMi
I Washington. Juno 18. ? Con
gress whose membership as a rule
laps ahead of everybody elne In
the art i>f anticipation ? If not np-.
j prehension ? us to what may hep
i pen politically In Juat now bewild
ered In trying to figure out the ?*
I not effect of the investigation of
the Pennsylvania primary flection.
Kvory member who la up for re
-e-bction knows that every bit of
publicity given to the old fssh
lotied practice of employing paid
Watcher* at the poll* will make
just that much more difficult the
employment of workera In hit be
half iIHm year. Opponents can he
I depended upon to raise the cryot
"big business" and "money Inter
ests" all of which makea the col
lection of campaign fnnda a trifle
' ! embarrassing for the contributors
do uot like to have their namee
i blazoned in headlines.
Yet campulgns cannot be fought
j without funda especially primartee
| and while tho collection of large
j sums from single contributors ma;
jhave be# ? u made more difficult bjr
I the expoaurea. tho task of collect
ling small k u m h 1m even more dif
ficult. It takes time as well M
money to act up a collection ma
chinery to fiuauco campaigns bjr
small coutrlbiilloiiH.
Tho net result of this aort of
jliloquy leads the average member
of Congress to conclude that the
primary syatetn is even worae than
i H ever was painted. In other
words, the primary compela the
payment of large h u m s for adver
tising und solicitation by peranaftl
letter. If the money is not going
to be easy to collect then the
chances or beating a demagogue
or an orutor with personal pow
ers of persuasion or piibliclty-gnlr
liug powers have been diminished
and the almoat unanimous feel
ling privately expressed ia thai the
old convention system would ha
better all around.
Judging by the questions di
rected at w It ileuses |?y HeputflK
c ans as well as Democrats and bf
comments in the cloak rooms ot
Congress, the whole Investigation
j could he conatrued as u l?l-pactl
san attack on the primary system.
It may turn Into that yet though
the primary is a matter for the
states to regulate and It offer*
rooms for debate and controversy
on the part of those who would
like to get a nomination and who
realise they would have no chance
under the convention system be
cause the latter tends to perpet
uate In power those who already
possess control of political ma
chinery.
Viewing the matter from the
standpoint of party advantage and
not abstract politics, the Investiga
tion has given the Democrats the
hope that out of it may coftle a
National Issue. It Is, howevei1, a
vague hope. The Democrats act
ually uncovered fraud and serloos
Irregularity In the Teapot Dome
scandal but the siiccnedlng elec
tion did not Indicate that the pub*
lie thouaht lt u sufficient reason
to oust the He publican party In
either Ifousf of Congress or In the
executive branch of the (lovera
ment. The truth Is that no single
individual Is to blame for what
happened In Pennsylvania and
tli a t a systi hi has been exposed
which III A lessor degree Is true
of election! throughout the coun
try where paid watchers are em
ployed and professions! election
eering Ik* been In progress. It
takes more than a Pennsylvania
election contest between three seta
of candidates with wealthy friends.
It tnkea more than ;i teapot l>ome
controversy to upset the political
opportunities of the Itepubllcan
purty so long m the fingers of the
man In the White ltou?e are not
burned by these fires and the eco
nomic prosperity of the count#?
Is such a controlling Influence
with the voters. Kven Democratic
leaders here and there will eon
cede as much they admit ? nil
I these question* produce acc emu
lative effect but that there must
be a dominant Issue of competence
or Incompetence as well ae n
change In business conditions ter
make the next National race renl
ly Interest hi g though, no douM,
some individual members may this
year profit by the effect of the ex
posures In tho Pennsylvania af
fair.
Illtl AND IS FINDING
Ills TASK nu-miJLT
Paris, June 16. ? Premier Brf
attd Is seeking to form a "Nation
al P n ton" cabinet to replace the
ministry which resigned yestratav
but In Undlng the task more diffi
cult than he anticipated.