^SPANISH STORY
OF LOST COLONY
KEEPSSECRETS
In Vanlls of Historic Com
mission But No One to
Translate Them und No
Money to Offer
ITS A BIG JOB
Voald Cost $3,000 u Year
for Two Years and Trans
lator Would Have to be
? Historian
Raleigh. Oct. 1. ? Ten thousand
copies of ten thousand pages of
4rid records from Spain, which are
believed to contain the record of
the mysterious "Lost Colony"
founded on Roanoke Island by Sir
.Walter Raleigh, all ready, right
^ In Raleigh. In the vaults of
""^tcfrlcal coinmlBslon, and no
to translate them, and no
teoney to get a translator. Now
St' t that a pretty kettle of fish?
Or perhaps we should have said
a pleasant job for a loose-leaf
&Mery. But anyway, those are
the facts. But because the last
penny of the appropriation for this
work has been spent, and because
only the legislature can appro
priate some more ? If it will ? the
people of the State must wait an
other year ? or perhaps another
pentury ? before learning the se
cret which these old records, dug
out of musty vaults in Spain, are
believed to hold.
The last batch of pages, most
of them photostatic copies of the
original records, written in script
by hand on rough paper from two
to three centuries ago, were just
received from Madrid. Barcelona
?14 Seville a few weeks ago and
?terks In the Historical Commis
sion are still busy sorting the pag
ee to get them In the proper chron
ological and numerical order. They
are to be found 'in loose-leaf
binders, so that the translates
may ubo them as would an ordi
nary book, despite the fact that
each leaf Is a separate photo
graph. Although it Is expected
that the task of arranging the pho
tostatic pages in their proper or
der will be completed within a
few days. It will .probably be sev
eral weeks or even months, before
they can ell be bound. A few
hundred pages consist of type
written copies of the records In
IcJBpanlsh, of course, but the bulk of
^Them are photostatic.
F And bound up In these mute rec
ords is romance, adventure, trag
edy, and even comedy, perhaps.
The story which eventually may
be unravelled from them may. as
Is hoped, shed much light on the
fate of the Raleigh "Lost Colony
which, as many believe, may have
been taken captive by some pass
ing Spanish galleon. But none of
these mysteries can be solved until
the legislature waves the golden
wand and turns the golden key
Which will unlock this storehouse
of mystery and romance.
At least 13,000 a year for the
next two years will be roqulred to
complete tho records, and to get
them translated, according to A.
R. Newsome, secretary of the State
Historical Commission. Several
jeers ago, it will bo remembered
that an spproprlatlon of $5,000
was made to reproduce these rec
ords, and the work was undertak
es by Dr. W. W. Pearson, profes
sor of History at the University of
North Carolina, who was then in
In on a leave of absence from
the University. He succeeded In
locating many of the records
which It was thought might have
to do with North Carolina and the
_jt Colony," but that was about
ill. It not being possible to under
take any translations until after
the photostatic copies had been
thade. The making of these cop
lea was left in the hands of Miss
Irene Wright, an American who
feak had much experience in this
kind of work, and who for two
years has had charge of the work
for the North Carolina Historical
Commission. And Miss Wlrght hss
done her work well, ss Is sttested
by the thousands of photographs
of the pages of ancient records. It
was necessary for Miss Wright to
/ search through thoussnds and
thouasnds of other page*. In order
to aelect those P?'tlcular aectlons
of th? word* which might hare
, haarlng tip North Carolina his
tory. And there (till remain about
1? 000 more panoa to be photo
I _npti.il. In order to have a com
1 |WU record of thoae aectlons of
tkaae old documents which may
hare a bearing on the new world,
according to Mr. Newaomc.
ka But even If funda ware avall
L 'rtote to employ a iransl^or. this
K Uek would ? dlfflc?lP%ne. ac
KZedlng to Mr. Newsome. because
^?translator should be . hl.tor
laa aa well as a linguist, and
ahanld ha abla to weigh historical
facta and rnloee as wall aa declph
the ancient writing on the fad
ad and dlacolored pagea.
Wh'n asked If the work of
traaelatlnl and editing the re,
?rds could not be undertaken by
* ta, Reaeareh department of the
University, aaalated by Dr. Pear
* who already probably knowa
.hoot tha raeorde. thalr
ound and content than any
Plan to Take Full Census
Of Elizabeth City in Half
Day Offered by Local Man
A suggestion that the Itotary ,
and Klwanis Clubs jointly take a j
census of Elizabeth City, with the j
entire memberships of both clubs
taking active part in the work, is*
offered by an Elizabeth City bus- !
loess man who thinks it would bo'
an excellent opportunity for thu .
I two clubs to accomplish something
Worth while fo. the city.
This business man, who mod
estly chooses to hide behind a veil
of anonymity, declares the Eden
!ton Itotary Club recently com
pleted such a census there In
three hours, and that civic clubs
In such other North Carolina cities t
as Winston-Salem, Greensboro
and Durham have done likewise.
He estimates that the combined
membership of Rotarian* and Kl
wunfans could finish th?* job eas
ily In half a day. if they went
about it systematically.
I "Of course, everything would
have to be planned carefully be
forehand. " he declares. "The pen- [
pie could be told through- the \
| newspapers just what data the
census takers would require,, and
many of them would have slips
j of paper all ready, bearing the.
desired Information.
| "It has been six years since the i
Seriously Injured
At R. R. Crossing
Goldshoro, Oct. 1. ? Two men
'were seriously injured, one prob
ably fatally. When a State highway
; truck was struck by the north-1
bound Atlantic Coast Line freight
train near Falson early this morn
' Ing. A man named Bonyard was ,
| the most seriously hurt.
ONE BANDIT KILLED
AS FLEES IN AUTO
j Baltimore, Oct. 1.- ? Three ban
dits held up and rohhed tlio pay
! master of llenyf Sonneborn Com
pany. clothing manufacturers, at
j Pratt and Page streets of 147.000
this morning and fled In an auto
; mobile bearing an Ohio license. ?
1 Later the police found the car at
I Fremont and (ieorge streets with '
dead body of a man inside. There i
was no (race of his companions. 1
OCTOHKIt FOl'KTKKNTH IS
KOI XDKItS DAY AT < 'HOW AX
i Murfreesboro. Oct. 1.? Chowan
.College will observe Founders'
Day on October 14 and Is urging |
jail alumnae and interested I
friends to be present on that day.
j Prospects for the college are said
to be better than ever before. i
BUSINESS MATTERS
WRECK HOMEJ'KACK
? ? ? *
1 A partnership between his wife
land Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Clark In
'a poultry farm on Ihe Newland !
i brick road in the Uerea section j
seemed to have been the occasion j
for the breaking up of the domes- 1
tic felicity In the household of L. j
K. Hmithson and to such a state;
of feeling between Mr. and Mrs. |
Hmithson us to her conduct of the
i business affairs of the household,
as to cause the wife to have her |
husband before the recorder on a
charge of non-support.
1 (letting $30 a week and putting
on no evidence definitely to show
that he had contributed more than
twice that amount to the support j
of his family In the last eight J
weeks, the defendant was found
guilty by the court and took an
appeal, giving bond In sum of
I $200 for his appearance In Hupe
'rior Court.
Mr. and Mrs. Hmithson have
been married for 17 years and
have six children ranging in age
from two and one-half to 1 b |
years.
This case, disposed of In less
than 30 minutes, was the only one j
before County Judge Sawyer Fri
day morning.
other one person, Mr. Newnnme re
plied that Dr. Pearson wag too j
busy now with his teaching: work
at the University, and that there
were probably no others able to
handle the work there, unless they
wer?? well paid for doing the work.
The only possibility of getting the
work done without great expense,
would he to And some hlstorlsn In- |
terested in research work who had
h sufficient knowledge of Span-|
Ish and Spanish history to do It, i
and to turn the entire matter ov? i !
to him to be translated and edit- j
ed, the final work to bear his
name, and the publication to be
undertaken by the Historical Com-I
mission. If such an arrangement ,
cannot be made, the work Is like- 1
ly to prove very expensive.
So another bock Is passed to I
the legislature, and among the J
hundred and one other knotty
problems which It will have to de
liberate upon, will be the fate of
the Hpanlsh records. Will they,
In turn be left to rot In the vaults
of the Historical Commission, their
mysteries and tragedies forever
kept secret and the age old line*,
or will their story be unlocked
from the mute pages so that the
world may know ths story? '
last Government census. Elisabeth
City ban grown rapidly during
those yearn; and yet. when we are
asked about the size of our popu
lation. we must give tbe 1920 fig
ure* and hazard a guess as to the |
Increase. It would be a lot better
If we rould tell folks, for example,
that we had a population of 1 0 j
000 or 12.000, as the case might ,
be. by actual count.
"In other places, the Govern
ment has sent experts to direct the
taking of such a census. Probably
we could have one here. If we
showed enough Interest In It.
"The advertising value of such
a census would be hard to esti
mate. It certainly would amply
Justify the effort Involved; for
then, instead of giving interested
strangers Government 11 cures
which are out of date and obvi
ously far tod low now. or of offer
ing a mild cuess as to our popula
tion, we could hand out the exact
dope.
"There are few really worth
while things that our service clubs
can do for Kllzabeth City, because
there are few Important thlncs to
be done. It certainly seems to me
that this would be one of the most
valunble services that the clubs
could perform here."
Florida Boosters
Hinder Red Cross
Washington, Oct. 1 ? Florida of
ficials from the Governor Down,
and real estate operators, were ac
cused today by John Barton
Payne, American Red Cross chalr
1 man. of handicapping Red Cross
j relief plans through the minimiz
ing of losses In the Florida hurri
1 cane.
Sentiments of Mr. Payne were
disclosed in a telegram to C. C.
Plnckney. chairman of Richmond,
Virginia. Red Cross chapter which
discussed the financial needs of
the situation.
"Our officials on the ground re
port the greatest need since the
Han Francisco disaster with 5,000
homes totally destroyed and $18.
000 families Impoverished. Red
Cross assistance Is on the basis of
the nnusual need not losses.
The meBage sent was In a reply
from Mr. Plnckney which told of
I the Richmond city government
contributing $10,000 for suffer
ers and receipt of a circular letter
from mayor Romph of Miami de
claring the loss had been greatly
I exaggerated.
WARDKN KINDS KANGAROO
COURTS ST I LI < AtrriVK
Chicago, Oct. 1. ? A relic of
J the trials aboard pirate ship.* in
, the days of the Spanish Main per
sists In almost every jail in the
country, says Capt. George H.
Weldellng, retiring warden of the
Cook County (Chicago) jail.
It Is the "kangaroo court." or
ganized and conducted by the
priKoners for the punishment of
I petty offensen among themselves.
The "court" exists In every prison
and jail he has visited, Capt.
I Weldellng declares.
The paradoxical honor existing
among crlminsls lies at the base
! of the days of the Jolly Roger,
when the penalty was often a walk
down the gangplank. Usually the
sentence now Is a fine of ten or
| fifteen cents, for such offenses as
i failing to wash the neck, untidy
I cell, or petty theft. Sometimes
when the crime is graver, the in
mates take the "law" Into their
own hands.
Sheriff Peter Hoffman was con
victed of some unannounced sen
tence during his contempt con
finement at Wheaton jail and
fln?d $50 by the "kangaroo court."
[ The court within the Jail Is not.
a* a rule, a makeshift affair, but
regularly organized by the pris
oners themselves, Capt. Weldellng
says. Judges, bailiffs and law
yers are elected from among those
apparently best qualified. 8es
slons are held during exercise or j
rest periods.
COLONEL WILLIAMS
OF COCKTAIL FAME
IS DROWNED TODAY
Hun I'riimlw), Oct. 1.? 4'ol
iniel Alexander M. WllllninN, In
chargc of rfcrulllnK for (he Mu
rine (!orm In I he Wmttm dis
trict, mikI who loured lit the f*
moun "cocktail court mnrllal"
mi Hun lllego lnM April, w??
ilrowned hen* e?rl> thh rnorn
N whm the large cloeed car
h? wm driving plunged Into
Sun I'lundiro Itlver.
(Mond William*' bod) w*
taken to the morgue where It
wm Identified by Ml*, Wil
liam*. Mm. Will ton* *akl her
hitwband left home ><*?terda)
Afternoon to go with some
frtendn for dinner *nd tete
phoned her during the nltfit he
wm having ? wonderful tfcm*.
She iwld Hhe dW not know with
whom he went, however. Mm.
William* Mid It mmm htm cn?
torn to drive along the water
front.
PLANS FOR FAIR
RAPIDLY MOVING
TO FINAL STA
'District Exposition to
1 Held Tuesday to Sati^*
day, Inclusive, Promise*
to 1m* Biggest Ever
UNUSUAL FEATURES
Elizabeth < -ity Store* ami
I Schools to Close TTiui*
day at Noon; Hug Calling
I Contest Wcdncsdax
! Preparations an- going ahead
steadily for the Greater Albemarle
District Fair, to l>e hold hero next
Tu?-*d?yio Saturday. Inclusive,
and expected to prove the highest
and most entertaining exposition
of the resource? and po.->-ibllltl4
of Northeastern Carolina ?>*?
'Staged.
' In addition to the large agrlcuf
' tural, livestock. Industrial and
home exhibits, the dally program
of horse raciuc, the county, com
iinuulty and Individual farm dis
plays, the hog calling content and
? other special events, the flir will
feature a distinctly novel scries of
daily free amut-emeut futures,
the management announces. These
will include a daring triple para*
.chute drop from a balloon, 14
which the balloonist successively
.cuts himself loose from three par*
achutcM while descending to
earth, greatly Increasing the haz
ard of the act.
j Also, there will be a nightly
display of fireworks on a larger
scale than ever before. It Is an
,nounced. under the management
of a factory expert. The urogram?
of free act* to be given twice dailyj
also Includes gymnastic and other
features.
Tuesday, the openinK day. will
I be designated olllcially as School
i Day, with pony and foot rac??s and
'other events chosen to appeal to
;the boys and girls who will attend.
! Rural schools in Pasquotank and
other counties will close for the
day, to enable the pupils to be
j present, and many will be brought
; here In school buses.
The hog calling contest will be
ihcld Wednesday. A number ol
entrants for this event, unique in
this part of the country, ulrcady
have been enrolled, and many
;more are expected. Two valuabb
prlxes will be awarded the win
ners.
Through ugreeiuent of a num
ber of Klizabcth City merchants,
the stores here will close at noon
ThurHday, in order to permit all
nalesfolk and their employers to
attend the fair. The schools in
;the city also will close at noon
[that day. and by reason of the
I Joint closing, the attendance
| Thursday is expected to be excep
tionally large.
j As a means of putting an end
to what long has been regarded
.as a decided nuisance', there ban
? been a sharp curtailment in the
'Issuance of complimentary tickets
? this year. Holders of a specified
iamount of paid-up atock In the
j fair association are to be insued
'one free ticket each, and no more,
and otherwise also the distribu
tion Is to be limited drastically,
j Completing the attractions at
;the fair, there will be the usual
(midway features. The carnival
company contracted with tlila year
Is declared to be one of the clean
:est and best on the road today,
and Is giving asnurance that all
objectionable features will be
1 eliminated.
J
.
I uufa von a rlm rkport on
, (HAWKI, AT MAXTMO HAY
t An unfavorable report tian been
'marie to the (loverninent on th"
"channel beginning at the month
of Manteo Hay, and thence *outli
wardly via Roanoke Sound to th?
main channel In i'amlico Sound.'
on the gioundn that the improve
ment would be largely lorai.
Persons interested are a*ked to
appeal to the hoard of englneira
for Rivers and Harbor*. Waahing
ton, D. C., within four week*.
DKSI'KKADO FIGHTS
TO LAST minutf:
Rutte, Montana, Oct. 1.*? After
a deaperate attack on official*
,wlth a three-foot lenKth of pipe
land crudely made knife, Tony Vet
Itere, condemned to he hanged
i here today, waa driven Info a cor
'ner by officers and subdued with
?tear ga*.
He waa hanged at 12:2A
{o'clock thla morning for the mur
der of Antone Kavero here la*t
' November.
<:ooijim;ks attend
biickvs maMNa<;k
Washington. Oct. 1. President
and Mrs. Coolldge will attend th?
wedding late today of Stanley
"Bucky" Harris, manager of the
Wa*hlnf(ton American league
baseball team and Mis* Kllr.abeth
Sutherland. daughter of Howard
Sutherland, alien property cuato
dlan. and former Senator from
Weat Virginia
| Tfce Duke of York la one of the
moet democratic of the royal fam
lly. It le not on record that he
haa ever ridden on top of a Lon .
don bus, but he has been * passen
ger In a country motor conch
When a Man Loves a Maid
lx>ve lcada people Into lota of trouble? sometime* It even loads them to a
. spanking- Mills Pollltx and Jean Miller of Cleveland, Ohio, decided to
' elope one day. They hopped on a strec-t car and wi-re taken In tow by a
?op when they couldn't pay their fares. Then they were taken homo and
apanked. . They're shown t<*cether here. Doth arc 3.
j Fire Chief Flora Blames
' Deadly Combination For
| Many Fires In This City
Sooty iluc I'lus Shingle Hoof Canst* oj Many Mazes, lie
Says* Urging Householders to Clean Their
Chimneys lief ore Cold II 'eat her llegins
The deadly combination of a
,.?oot closed chimi??y and a t?hin-'
;*,le roof is? the cause of more lliea|
in Klizahet h City than any other'
oni- tliinn. according to Fire fhh-f
Jerome Flora, who ndvincii t 1i:i t all
chituiieya hi? cleaned at l?*ast once
a year, ami preferably much olt
envr,
"The limi' to cl'-.iu a Huts" t !???
fire chief declares. "is early iti tlm'
fall, krore tin- whiter llres an*;
started. Various compound*
which clean Hues when Imrnxl are!
ofTered at the stores, and many of
them are good. In fact, tin y may ?
lie usi'd every two or three- months j
to advantage."
Chief Flora warns that people I
should he doubly can fal while j
tin- streets are torn up. pointing !
out that th<> firemen are 1 ik ? ly t'<? ;
be delayed In answering alarm* |
through having to <)? tour, until
what ordinarily would tie an in- \
consequential blase- becomes a lire
of major proportions.
Also, lie urges that persons
phoninc in fire alarms he ex
tremely careful now in Kivinu th'
exact location of the blaze. 1 1 ?? '
tell* of Instances In which lilchly
excited h o u s ? h o I d e r s huv
phoned: "My* house is oil lire! j
Come out quick!" and have hungj
up. leaving the department utler
ly at loss as to where to go.
Housewives are warned em
idiatically by Chief Flora to k?H'|i
ihHr attics clean >ui<l in order.
Otherwise, a Kiwrk may work '
through a crnck In (he chimney
and start a diattfttro*:* fire.
In discussing i-"i r?* Prevention
Week, which will bcxln Sunday.'
Chief l-'lora commends the various
*a fely |ir?kr;uitl?>nH u'r.ed h.v Slate
and National di|iui-l ments nnci
other agencies *i'Meiflcally Inter
ested in checking luxs o! lift- and
property from lire.
December, January. February
and March, tin- winter mouths,
bring in their Wake incut of the
Hits in Flizaheih City, t'hii'f
Flora 'm records dl?rl?M-, while ? !???
fewest lirc.s occur in inidHtiiiiuier.
"Hut when you hear tie* l?- II la;>
in rummer, you can generally be
Mure of a ri al Are." lie comment* d.
There are three t i rik*';> an many
fires in Flizaheth Clly nowadays
an there were 15 t ?? "0 year* ago,
according to the records. although
the census figures ludleate that
Kli/.a belli City lias grown consid
erably legs than 5(1 per c? ti I in
that period. Chief Flora attrl
b ii tea thl? inert as" !ar;;? ly to tie
fact that the department is called
out far more often on relatively;
trivial ft res. stieJi . as chlmncy
Ida /.eh and the like, which then
usually were |?ut out hy the
householders Ihtf.iW'lvM.
" Campus Rebels" Realistic
As Shown by News Stories
I "Campua Ket#?le," the now *??-?
rial bculnnim: In Th?* Advantc
Wednesday, October 'I. t<*S I.h i.i my
entertaining nrd v. ?>
Hhocktiis; ilorlH about ?,>|tig(
life.
That it in n real telle pMtire,
however. in emphsixl/ed hv t It ? fait
that Ita author, Virginia .-'wain,
haa not long nliic?- Imen a h* atd> lit
at Mich all In.stitntlou an *ln d?
acrlbcM In her thrilling not I. hiiiI
even more mo by ix-wh dlrpatclien
appearing evry day or ho. i" re
gard to condition* at tin bigg* r
inwt Million* of l< anting.
Only thl* week, r??r lindane,
coin* * a lit wa atory from Clil? <u ?
telling of ih?- elffort ??r Middle
We*t<rn unlvcraitle* to aolvr their
problem* hv building dormitories
for th?* men and dliToiiraKliiK
fraternity hoiia^a. Th" ii< w* Mory
comet to a climax with thrae two
paragraph*:
"While 'I- .in- don't lik- to ad
inlt the connection *of wild parlief
with university life, It. In Conald- j
ere d that aome of I he chief ud
vantages of the university atiper
vlaed living qutrtera <oncern t li *
lesaened chance* for th"??- Indlll*
goncea on the part of atudenta.
"There alao ha* bf en an lmm<
?ilate reaction on fraternity* at
ilit I'nlveralty of WlieMNlill. Th< i
*o?l*l organization* are confront
? d /with n?*w competition and ar<
watehlng their atep more cloaely
to ?ee that they give no cauae for
rnHettm of their waya."
float day com?a the following
MOry in connection with colltjr*
aporla:
"Ho (his your the lil u (?>n mil
veralth-a have dcrid'-ii to :-|x?risi?r
no xtudcnt trlpa to football watm-a
out of town. Athletic directors
have frowned in uiitoon upon 'ev
JIh incident to (rciiicndoiiK public
Interest in tli** sport. They nek
collt'M" nun to refrain from any
act Ion thai may. tnike foollMll
Kam<*a an occasion for 'man* vio
lation of th?? prohibition law;*.'
Soni" unlvcrafty d"an:? arc looking
HKkanrr at th" broken down tin
lizzie* now lined to transport
heavy loads of Hlud? iiIh from one
out of town rontcHl to anoilwr.
"The Cnllexlat'1 Club of Chica
go has appeal- <1 to college m?-n to
keep a why from r li? hip flask at
football time ami to put a ntnp to
betting. Moiiilnm of fraternltlea
are rcrclrlnK communlcallona
from their active chapters *ug
M'Htlnu that they l< av< all hootch
at home when they -return to (lie
home coming same.'
While Chicago may nee in "out
of ulaht" and "far nway" to r? ad
em f >f The Advance. "Catnpu*
Itebcla" dealw with mod' rn young
people an they hto everywhere,
and the character* are not no dif
ferent from "Cam pun Rebel*" in
the amaller Inatltutlonn. p< rhap*.
At any rate, 4he ?tory ??f t h* do
Inn* of theae "Campti* Rebel*" la
interesting and enlightening to
the grown-upa of today, who nev
? r. never, did anything the Ififl
hit wrong or nhocklns when they
were young. "Never?- well, hard
ly *rer."
/ i K /?: PitEt f:m io\
(OMEST IS PH ilSLI)
II) MHS. IIOI.I.OH El.l.
Hnl<l|ili. X. < .
S?'|H . :!(i. in jit
l iliinr of TIm* .\?lvan<i<,
K.IIxjiIm'IIi ( l(> , \. I".
ilnir Hilllor:
Hr mi* in mrl|?t of n ropy
of TIm* Aihiiuir of N?,|iI?*iii1m,i
'-!**! 1 1., colli jiliiing |til/r offer of
H."i.oo lor Im*m ihni) on l-'ln*
I'm ritl Ion.
\Vi? III. ink IhoM' ? lio mr en
o|N'rntliiK wlili iin, for wr !????
lii'Vc lli?*rr i? no lM'll?*r wa> !??
f<*a?*li tin' protwl Ion of l.lfc
.1111 1 |*ro|HMl> llian li) K?*lliliK
KirU hikI Imi)s io nlioiii ii.
Wlit-ii ioiiIi-si |i cikIi-iI iiihI
prl/i* uwiirihil, will >ou l?iinll>
Maml u* n?|?> of prlx?a i-ssiy. ???
?uiulit wmii io iin- it In our
ScIiimiI I'm^inm ii?*\| jcar.
(ontlully jour*,
)lr*. Sin- \'. 1 1 ol low <-ll
Him-lor Safely l-Ultn al Ion
Officer Kills Dog
After Children
Are Bitten
Willi school children crowding
a In i lit so cloM-ly that he *?'* ?'?
most afraid to shoot. Ollici r ( - K.
And- lton Friday' morning shot
Mint kill* d a Murk cur dou with a
\v It 1 1 ? * rill#: about lis iict h. that ir.nl
born on a rampage of biting clill
?lr? 11 ami dogs.
The eNcitfng ? vein t<?ok pla?v at
K:25 just heforc school time. The
officer was coming along Parson
age street v.li'ii children called to
li I in to "coiuc kin a mail dou.
Tin- di?u l?a?l bltt? n 'i honus I'rce
man's Hon on I 11 *>l . and
Mrs. II. Alcock's mm on Parson
age street. and tried to attack Of
ficer Anderson as In* came upon
till* RMIC.
After killing this dog Officer
Anderson w> lit to Z?'iif Newbohl n
on Grcetibnf atreet and kill* d a
dou | here t hat bad been bitten by
tlti .cur. Other down are believed
to have Im-oii bitten, and children
ar?- warned not to be ton friendly
with dogs on the streets.
attendance record
IIABDI.Y BE BltOKEN
New York. Oft. 1 Attmd
records for World'* SerleH
have ever been determined by the
capacity of the parks The ? ;laiit?.
mill ihc Yankees. playlBK I" two
of the biliRfxl baseball .llllilllll*.
iiulifC "II a record for total alliiid
aiice III tin- World Scries of I
of 3 ill. 4.10 paid admissions for
games.
The largest uttendaiice for any
single game was G2.S17 for the
fifth game of the 1923
played at the Yankee Stadium.
The smallest paid attendance was
In the World's Series of 1U0R be
tween the Chicago Nationals and
l he Detroit Americans when only
(>2.232 persons passed through the
stiles.
As none of the National Leaguo
park* has the capacity of the Polo
('.round* where part of the 1J-3
xerles was played. It Is unlikely
that any new attendance records
will be hung up this year even
thought part of the series Is run
off ?t the huge Yankee Stadium.
Spnrtsmatis Park at St. Louis has
been enlarged to accommodate
42.0(10 in u pinch but this is over
ten thousand less than the Polo
(?rounds held In the year the rec
ord was made.
More money was laken In at
last year's series between th*
Washington Senators and the
Pittsburgh Pirate* than was ever
garnered at any previous series.
The total attendance was 2*2.830
bill the Inrreased number of high
priced seats accounted. for the rec
ord gate receipts of $1 ,182',MJ4.
Sill*: l>AXCKH VI' M7
Oakland. Cal.. Oct. 1. Al
though she find' It difficult to ob
tain dancing partners her own age,
Mrs Mary T. Kdmunnon, H7. lives
up IO her belief (hat "a dance a
day keeps the doctor away.*' For
the last two years Mr*. Kdinund
*oh has been attending classes at
a local ballroom to solve the part
ner problem.
She says she has danced for
forty years anil while the waltz
and old fashioned threestepn are
her favorites, she does fox trot.
She does not like the Charleston
nr the St. l/ouls hop.
MIXTA VM WIVKN HKTI IIK
Constantinople. Oct. 1. Three1,
wives of the late Sultan of Turkey.
Vahldeddliic, with their six ser- j
v a His, have been given permission
lo return to Turkey. The Sultan
bad four Wives hut no mention Is
made of the fourth in the official
documents.
COTTON MAItKI-rr
New York. Oct. 1- Cotton f?
litre, opened today at the follow
li. k level*: (Jet. M.20. I?c. M-*?.
,l?? 14.15. Mar. 14.a?. May
14. no.
Now York. <>ct. I .'?Spot cot
ton clone 'I unlet. mlddltn* 1 4.30.
? decline of ?0 point.. I k""1"'70"'
cloalnK Mi Oct. 4 ?0. Pec M.79.
Ian. 14.fl. Mar. 14.0?, May 14.27.
U. S. RELATIONS .
WITH GERMANY
ARE IMPROVED
Tlii* % u? I {?--(? 1 1 of DeveV
? ?inni'iil of lliiili'i>tanding
Bclwt'i'ii the French ami
I hi- lirrmaiiii
AMIIASSADOK TALKS '
Juculi (ioiilil Schuritian
lla? JuhI Given President
Coolid^e Full Keports on
Germany
II) IIAVIK MWRKXCI ^
(Ca?y>a?Kt. ItM, B? Tfca AtnMfl .** '5
Washington. Ort. 1.= America'!
relations with Germany hare im
proved colnddentally with the de
velopment of a better understand
In s?beiween France and Germany.
This is tli<> impression given by
tin* reports of Jacob Gould Schur
mau. American ambassador to
Germany. who ban Just given
President Coolldgc full reports on
the condition of Germany!
In a flense. American officials
.see a complete vindication of the
polley they have followed for tba
last four years in playing the role .
of friend to Germany. Tho fact
that Germany and France would
fooncr or later recognize the nec
essity of a close working agree
ment both commercially and po
litically was anticipated here. In
fact, it has been urged an one way
to produce economic stability In
ICurope. Now that France and
Germany are drawing closer to
gether, the Fnlted SiateB Is not
left aloile. Her attitude of friend
ship toward a former foe partic
ularly her hroad-guanged treat
ment of alien property has been
appreciated by German statesmen.
Although war hatreds linger
here and there, the diplomatic re
lations between America and Ger
many have grown more and more
cordial ever Hince the treaty of
Merlin was signed. The fact that
t lie Flitted States did not sign the
Versa II lcsTreaty with tho expree
slons of giult for Germany's re
sponsibility In the war had a fav
orable effect on German opinion.
The background of friendship
which bun been developed hdfc*'
been further strengthened by the
willingness of the /Vmerlcan gov
ernment to permit international
bankers to float loans to be used
fur expansion of the Dawes plan.
Ktit for t lie participation of Amer
ican experts on the Dawes-Young
Commission, it is considered
doubtful whether Germany would
have accepted the plan as whole
heartedly as she did.
Ambassador Schurman forseei
permanent working agreementa
between France and Germany.
"One of the most atnazlpf
things." he said. uTter his visit t*
the YVhilo House, "is the change
in the psychloglcul atmospher^
between France and Germany,
Where fifteen months ago a bitter
and open hatred existed between
the two countries, it now Is no
longer manifest. This, of course*
Is one ctemcnl but in my opinion,
both have Just decided tt doesn't
pay and that more will c^me from
cooperation and harmony than
would come from a continuation
of hatred."
Mr. Schurman regards the pres
ent government as stable and
ready to meet the big twelve mil*
lion gold marks psymcnt whleh
comes due on reparations ne*%
year.
While there Is no sign Of jl*
change in America's policy toward
Itussla. there Is naturally a desire
here I obrlng about a friendly re
lationship with the Kusslau peo
ple aud thus clean the slate of all
internar ioiiul diffic ulties that
arose out of the war. With Oer
many accepted by the league of
Nations, the view here Is thaf an
added step has been taken toward
stahillnz Kuropr but the procees
will not be regarded as co tnplete
until soviet Hussle makes a dectd
e I < ha n ge in her policy of eternal
propaganda snd begins (o rosMK
to th<> American program Of
ognltion.
ril^l'DSkl TAKES
( IV KM PREMIERSHIP
W?r?Hw. Oct. 1- Ma rutin I J<M
xoph IMIjuurfskl todny accepted the
premlernhlp of I'olMn<l vaeatcd last
; night liy the renlgnatlon of
Charles Hartel.
BRITISHER MAKES
SENSATIONAL FLY
1 London, Oct. 1.- Alana J. Co4
hatn. Oreat Britain'* lending long
distant o aviator, arrived her* ta
il. ?y completing hla tennatlonal
2{i.ft00 mile flight to AuMralln and
return.
FEAR Bt'KNINU SHBP
CAIN NOT MAKE PORT
Jacksonville, Florida. Oct, I.? [
Fire aboard the American ?l*m
nhlp New Rrltaln la Increasing andj
h*?r officers fear the vessel will
not hr a til** to make port at 8ft* I
vHnriah. the Government wireless!
at Saint Augustine reported all
9.10 this morning.