ELECTION LAWS ! ON CALENDAR OF j ASSEMBLY NOW Date Changes in Primaries, ! Australian Ballot, Judi-j cial Reform Measures J Coming Up This Week ON LAST THIRD Legislature Starts on Busi est Part of Session Ex pecting to Finish the Sec ond Week in March Raleigh. Feb. 14. ? (API ? ! Proposed changes In court pro- ! cedure and In the election laws will be before both Houses of the General Assembly on entering tho l*st third of Its 60 days biennial session tonight. Both Houses had recessed from Saturday noon over the week-end I In conclusion of the sixth week of I business. Favorable committee Report on the Great Smoky Moun . Uins National Park project and the bridge project over the Cape Fear River bridge at Wilmington project and hearing on the North Carolina Bible League Antl-Kvo lutlon bill brought Major legisla- I tlon closer to the two House halls I proper. The Smokies two million dollar i appropriation question -was sot for consideration in the House Thure- I day night. In the Senate tomorrow tho compromise committee bill giving I the Highway Commission author ity to locate roads, comes in with favoralble report. Senator Walter Woodson, Sen- 1 ate finance committee chairman, ?aid the revenue bill would be re- 1 ported out probably Friday. Report to the education com mittee of both Houses from sub- I committee on supplying revenue for school terms was due early this week. Meanwhile, with little or no 8Utewldp Legislation finally on acted. the beginning of the sev enth week saw 30 public bills on the House calendar, and on tho Senate 1*. Tomorrow the Joint election committee had the Aus tralian . or secret, ballot bill, amended, before It for disposal. Tonight's calendar ' had the Cannady bill to change date of primary elections from June to August for consideration in the j?".*!0, and tho Hou8? had the Ju dicial reform measure to shake up the present Jury selection sys tem for vote Othor Judicial con ference measures, suggested by Jurists of the State recently, were to be considered In special House meeting this Thursday night. On tonight's House calendar al-J so was the Creekmore bill, spon sored by the State Parent-Teach-' ?rs' Association to Increase tho age limit from 14 to 1? years for compulsory school attendance of all children who have not com pleted the eighth grade. Southern Power Company coun sel maintained passage of the Winston bill (by the General As sembly would curtail hydro-elec trc development. The measure. Introduced at the latest House session, aimed through taiatlon-to raise a million dollars State rev enue annually, would cost the company from $760,000 to tl - UlnM? anno,l",? 11 w?" maln Both Houses hare been In ses U? .. fo^ 40 koK'slatlre day*, whtch. Lieutenant Governor Long said. Includes Sundays since con- ' ' ?n|n* January s, with adjourn ment In the second week of March in sight. 1 ? The Winston bill passed by tho General Assembly Saturday Is based on a suggestion made In d**" on taxing electric energy for a new source of revenue. The idea wae first' broached by fieorge Hoss, head of the bureau of marketing. HOUSE SENTIMENTAL IF NOT SO MUSICAL Raleigh, Feb. 14. ? Members of the Houae of nepreaentatlvea < ?r? mor? for their eentlment than for expert muntral opinion. They i showed thin in their rote on Adopting the "Old North State" as the official State Ron*. The gallery waa fall of young Kohool glrla when the bIH wan railed on special order, and Judge, F. D. Wlnaton. the Introduccr.' made a flowing apeech. Harrison Yelverton. Wayne, ralaed the only word agalnat th" song. which waa written by Judge t Wlllam Oaaton and eponaored for Stat* honora by the United , Daughtera of the Confederacy. He presented opinions of cnuelcal ex-1 pert* at three colleges. All agreed | that the word* and muak com ptted little more than a "ditty aid were unworthy of exaltation.! H? ?spreaaed htmaflf aa atrenu-j Ottaly againnt the thing. Tie gallery assumed a horri fied atare, Judge W I net on agalrmed Bat In the voting the Wajrne lawmaker a "No" waa! ? long |B ? th*nd?r "Ayga". Praying Prevents Divorce Declares New York Bishop Charlotte. FVb. 14. ? ? Prayer Is the greatest pre ventative of divorce the Right Reverend DaYld L. Ferris, bish op of the Episcopal Diocese of New York said here last night I In an address marking the op ening here of the Bishop's Cru sade In North Carolina. The Crusade designed to bring about "rededlcatlon and reconsecratlon of the lives of members of the Protestant Episcopal church to their duties as Christians." The Right Rev. erend E. A. Pentek of Char lotte. bishop of the Western North Carolina Diocese, and Reverend Charles A- McAllister, executive secretary of the New ark, N. J-. Diocese prrrtlclpated In a series of services. "There is no greater need In America than the family altar." asserted Bishop Ferria In his address. "You don't have dl- ' vorces In homes where a mair and hie wife are accustomed to kneel down together In prayer. "Boys and girls who come I from a home where there is a I family altar ? -will be the sa viours of the nation. God help the nation If the leaders of the future do not come from christ ian homes." Dry Law Offender Again In Trouble Charged with a second violation | of the Turlington Act while out on bail awaiting trial In Superior Court for an alleged first offense. Freeman Hassell, colored, living on Factory street, was sentenced to four months In jail In record- , er's court Monday morning as the j aftermath of a police foray on his home early Sunday night. OfTlcers testified they found I about a gallon of liquor In the I house, adding that Hassell's wife, j Martha, was caught In the act of (trying to hide one fruit Jar of li quor under the bed clothe*. She was fined $5 and costs, being let ofT somewhat lightly because of the court's belief that Hassell him self was the principal offender, and because, too, she was in deli cate health. Hassell noted an appeal, and was sent to Jail In default of $250 bond. He drew a four months' sentence after having been found guilty after a similar police raid several weeks ago. In which a con-' siderahle quantity of liquor was j declared to have been found hid- ? den beneath a stairway In his ( home. The latest raid was staged, l by Chief of Police Holmes and Of ficers Harris and Roughton. i When they made their latest , visit, the police stated they found, a number of colored men In the I house. Klasses on the table, and | other indications that Hassell was. running a "speakeasy" for thirs ty fellow members of his race. There Is much visiting at the Has sell home by both men and wo men, they declared. Clarence Small, colored, was fined $5 and costs upon submis sion on a charge of being drunk. Johnnie Bell and Johnnie Cop persmith. both living In lower Pasquotank County, were fined $6 land costs each upon submission on an affray charge. Officers testi fied they engaged In a little com bat In the downtown section Sun Iday afternoon, but were separat ed before damage was done. Both expressed regret over the Incident, and gave assurance they had | made up and harbored no ill feel i ings. Million Dollar Fire Brought Under Control Bangor. Me., F?b. 14. ? (AP) ? A $1,000.00 fli* that threatened Hw entire business district of thin city and destroyed four large buildings waa brought under con trol early today after a four hour battle In which calls for assistance were sent to many surrounding cltlea and towns. MRA. (X)PRIiAND ILIj Mm. Sarah Copland, the moth er of A. C. Copeland. 107 Broad lit reef, \n very 111 at a Portsmouth hospital. Little hope Is held out for her recovery. graham and kikby ZIG-ZAG THROUGH TWENTY MILES MUD Mobile. Ala.. Feb. 14.? ? The steady chop and click of Joe Graham's driver and the call of his voluntary caddy. Happy Klrt?y, today succeeded the cheery calls of 100 admirers who sped him from Mobile yesterday on his pro ject to drive a ?olf ball to Cal ifornia. Graham haa thus far tig-tagged a 20 mile course through a sea of mud. passing motorists reported. He went steadily forward yester day until darkness halted his pro-, greas. No count haa been report ed as to how many of his eetlmat- I ed 1. B00. 000 strokes the AUbams j sportsman had consumed in hts, day's advance toward Loa Ange- ; 1w. 1 Gal's New Landlady Consider yourself presented to Mrs. Elmer SchlosinKcr. owner of the Washington residence which P. resident and Mrs. Coolidm* aro to occupy while the White House Is undergoing; repairs thiH spring A daughter of the late Robert W. Patterson. Mrs. SchleslnR^r was for merly the Countess Glzvcka. The ho Rocky Mountain trophies of hoi expertness with the rifle adorn the walla of the temporary Whlt?* House. OTTO WOOD $500 | TO BE DIVIDED And Effort Made to Extra dite One-Armed Outlaw from Terre Haute Raleigh. Feb 14. ? (AP) ? .First step for return of Otto .Wood, North Carolina's one-armed out law, was taken today when George Pou, State prison superintendent, presented papers to Governor Mc Lean for his signing, extraditing the notorious criminal from Indi ana. Mr. Pou was assured of tho Goverr^or's signature to the papers ! before 'he presented them. The su I perintendent did not plan to go to Terre Haute, Indiana, personally, to present the papers to the In diana governor. If the Hoosler governer honors the papers. Wood will he returned to prison here after his third es cape. His last jallbreak here oc curred lait November. The 9500 offered by North Car olina for Wood's return will be left . to Indiana authorities to award, Mr. Pou said. It appeared from here likely that the amount would be split between the drug ' gist in Terre Haute who shot Wood down last month when he | attempted single-handed robbery i of a drOg store and the officers 'who made his arrest a little later. Wood's record, photograph, fin gerprints, description. charges against him and alias, were re ceived from the Indiana jail by authorities here. Charges against the notorious criminal, since his confinement here December, 1923, for murder of A. fy". Kaplan, Greensboro | pawnbroker, include: Three es capes from State* prison here, add ed to his record of two escapes from Ohlb and Tennessee Jails previously; violation of the na tional auto theft act and the Vir ginia theft law; attempt to rob and asfttUlt wtth a deadly weapon under Indiana law. It Is understood here Wood will waive extradition and return rather than face 30 years sen tence on thd two Indiana charg- ' es. 1 Mr. Pou said he felt certain the i other charges against him would I not be pressed, that he had been advised the Federal Government j would stand aside and that North ' Carolina would have prior right I although Wood had escaped from Ohio and Tennessee Jails before his conviction here. Whether Wood, however, ac tually would fight extradition at the last moment remained to be determined in Indiana. STUDENT FLOGGKD BY S MASKED MEN Denver, Colo.. Feb. 14, ? (AP) ? Ralph Batschelet, a leader in student affair at Denver Unlvers Itv and vlr??-pres1dent of the Thinkers' Association, today was confined to Mercy Hospital here| following a severe flogging last i night by five masked men. Bstschelet, also president of the sophomore class, said the men ; told him they beat him because the association had arranged a de bate on marriage between Judge Ren B. Lindsey of the Denver Ju venile court and Rev. Dr. Burr is A. Jenkins, pastor of the Ltnwood Boulevard Christian Church of Kansas City. Police also were informed that two other members of the assocls tlon had been threatened. Morris M. Grupp, an attorney, and Miss Margaret FSrlow. secretary of the sssodatlon. had been threatened. TWO RIBS BROKEN WHEN AUTO SKIDS Assistant l'o?lma?l?r at Ed enton in Accident Near This City Sunday 1 J. Frank White. Sr.. of Eden ton. assistant post master at that place, had two ribs hrok en Sun day afternoon when a Studebaker automobile driven by MUes Saw yer of Edenton. skidd, d ami turned over about four miles f[nn1 Elisabeth City on the State high way between Elltabeth Clt> and Hertford. . Fred White, yoonf son of J. Prank White. Sr.. who wan also In the car. received several ruts and bruises. Mr. Sawyer had a severe cut on the hand from I windshield. His aon, Edward , Sawyer, was nat hurt. The automobile was almost a total wreck, according to lnforma |tlon received here. daugherty trial HAS MAI)F, PROOKEhS New York. Feb. 14. ? AP> *'nJ ' terinK today on the secoud I week of the second trial of Harry M. DauKhorty. former Attorney-*.; ? n leral and Colonel Thomss W. Mil ler. former Allen Property Custo dian. charKed with conspiracy. the I Government today wan two weeks ahead of the procedure of the pre VlCThe Government last week #cov ered about the oam^ phases of the rase which required nearly three weeks of the first trial last Hep t ember. COTTON CONSUMED IN MONTH OK JANUARY Washington. P?b. 14. ? (AIM Cotton consumed during totalled 604.614 bale* of lint and 56.149 of Unters compared with 606.217 of lint and B4'?AV^,r "f 'era In December snd 682,311. oi lint snd 62.236 of llnters In Jan uary last year, the Cen?ua Bureau 'announced today. Ttlt HKKI/N CAN TAIJC TO , l/ONDON IK HAVK Pill. *? Atlanta, Feb. 14. ? (API dio telephone ?ervlce to tendon and all polnta In Great BrlUIn will be entabllahed Wedneeday In Oeorala. Keaturky. North Caro lina. South Carolina. Tenncaaee. Vlrxlnla and Weet Virginia. The Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company announced to day that the aervlee will be lorm ally Inaugurated by a rail front Al lanta to Ixindon by Hen M Read, president of the Southern IIHI Company, at 7: SO a. m. day. Immediately thereafter the aervtee will bn available to the ' public. Arrangement* have beon completed to accept calla b< Kin nlng at 1 :?0 o'clock tomorrow ' mornlnK for completion after the opening of the ""Ice The charge will he ?7* for* three-minute converaatlon and IH a minute for oach additional tp"*- , uate or fraction thereof. [GIRLS WIIJ HAVE HOOES BEFORE LONG Chicago. Feb. 14. ? C.lrla of l.eooo A. P.. will have hoof, if prediction, at the ^ ata te convention of chlropodlata are correct. The theory la that hlghj heeled ehoea will eventually keep heel, off the around and th?l the cnllottaed ball of the foot will be I ro>. hoof line. n??ol?? wUh, correct ahoe, la urged ?a a pro-, rant !?#. MORE APPROVAL COOLIDGEPLAN OF DISARMAMENT lteservation* K \ p e c* tc cl From Italy and Japan W hrn Official Word from Tliew (iountrics ALKEADY KKDICKI) Japan ( luims to llavt* Al ready Cut Down All I'o* >il?le; and Italy IVIIh of New Naval Count ruction Washington. Feb. 14. ? (ATI ' -I'rwldont Coulidge's proposal (or a disarmament conference on liKhtor Naval craft Ik receiving added impetus of approbation. While boih sein I -official pro nouncement from Italy, hitherto silent on (he plan, and u state ment by the Japanese naval min ister signify Rood will towards i he invitation, tlinre is. however, an indication that reservations on the President's plan will be forthcom- I ing |n tbe official replies of the j two governments, as both nations' claim their naval forces are on a . minimum basis at present. Wholehearted support of the ? President's proposal is voiced in I a statement by the Federal coun cil of churches in America, us rep resented by the members of churches. In (Jreat Britain and France in favor new disarmament scheme. Published by the press a semi- J official communique which does "not Intend to anticipate the of ficial ?nswer" reveals that Italy will insist upon reservations for the protection of her Interests. "Italy, In view of her modest nav al program, " the cominunlquo * said, "could never consent to mea sures endangering even indirect ly her vital interests." The com munique asserts there have been changes of facts about disarma nient since the 1922 conference . and charges several of the small and large powers which face the j Mediterranean havo "an accele- ! rated program of naval construe- I tlon." "The Japanese naval author!- j ties never will hesitate . to part.1- j clpate in the American proposal," ; is tho view of Navy Minister Tar-; akahe, in a newspaper statement ! adding that It was permaturo for j the officlul r^ply of his govern ment. Hut, he claimed, Japan has reduced her naval forces t.o a "minimum for defensive pur-j poses." The Federal council of , churches In Its statement indorsed , the President's proposal and calls >. upon the churches of Orcat Bri tain and France to stand "us a < unit resolutely behind" Mr. Cool- j idgo in his phui. ASK TO SUBSTITUTE FARM RELIEF HILL APPROVED BY SENATE Washington. Peb. 14. ? (AP) ? Substitution ?f the McNary-Haun len term relief bill as passed by the Senate for Its companion mea sure now before the House was recommended today l?y I ho House rules committee. j Washington. Peb. 14. ? (AIM? ! Friends of the McNary-HauKen farm relief hill appeared today be fore the House rule* committee to ask authority to substitute the bill an approved by the Senate for the companion measure now un der coiiHidcr.it ion by the Hounc. After hearing Chairman Haug en of the agriculture committee, the rule* group requested him to rail a meeting of his committee and have It formally authorize a request that substitution be per mitted. Substitution of the Senate hill and Its passage without amend ment by the House would make unnecoHHary a conference report to the Senate and the constant danger of a filibuster aealnnt the measure there In the cloning days of the session. EIGHT kll.l.Kf)' AND HOSPITAL STANDING ON SCENE OF WltKCk London. Feb. 14. ? (AIM At least eight passengers wmh- killed and many Injured when a train from Withers** struck nn express train bound for Scarborough this morning, fllx roaches of the Wi th ersea train. In which were a number of Mhbol fhlldfil and buslners men, were telescoped. Bealdc the eight kn??wn dead at>otit 30 persons were injured, Ifi sprlously. Among the injured 'were a number of school children, who dlnplayed great pluck. The train* collided head-on. with a force so great that houses In the neighborhood were shaken. A hospital stands beside the spot where the wreck occurred. ON HI'5(iKH HTItlKP. Portland. Mains. P?*?. 14. - (API ?Benjamin H. Tamer, rnn ?Ictert last Friday of the murder of James D Halle, entered the I fourth day of a hunger strike to day as he awaited transfer to the | stats prison at Tbomaaton where >he Is to fisnre ? life term. I Four Large Stills Seized In Upper Camden County Firm word lum Just been re- I ceived hfp1 of h liquor raid In Hi ? r.n-ai Swamp i?T(ion, some j four mt I?*m abo\?- South Mill.**, ' Friday which rcMiltcd In tin* destruction of four largo ft Ills, and which in expected lo reduce t materially the flow of moon- . shine liquor from Northeastern i North Carolina into Norfolk. Three of tin* Ht Ills were of the oOO-uallon variety, and the ' other wan of 100 gallons' capac ity. according to the report re- I ceiyed here. It I* declared also j that 7.000 to 10.000 uallnns of . mash were destroyed. No ar ri'HlK were made. One of the ; plants is said to have been op erated hy I wo steam holler*. > Them* lat ? . Hill Youiik, Bervlnjc threo to flvn year* for larceny. escaped from th? Four oaka Prhon road ramp, j stato Prison Hnpcrlntondcnt : Oooruo Foil roported today. Yoiiiik. wliito, rom(*n from Guilford County. Toy* Kri'|i (Jiildrrn Thinking Might Way Nfrw York. Kelt. H. ? (AP) ? ' , Toy". In fho opflilon of Mm. Irta i ('anh, "probation officer, are lh" i>rcate?t mfitho<1 of k'-f-plnu chll ,dron In ihn rh?nnela of olPa*i, un harmful thought. Scant Ceremony Marks Dumping of Wet Cargo Into Depths of River Sabbath Decorum of Fisli , in Flizuheth City Harlw>r I Shaken Sadly by Torrent i of Moonnhine Liquor i AN AFFECTING SCENE | At Least, it Affected Comt 1 Guardsman Tillett} One I of Men Arrested Freed I Under $1,000 Bond Tho Sabbath decorum of the members of the finny tribe that have their abode in Elizabeth City harbor was shaken severely yesterday, to ward noon, when prohibition agents and Coast Guardsmen smashed to bits the largest cargo of liquor ever brought here by Government agents, and let the fiery fluid spill in to Pasquotank River. Tho liquor waa the cargo of tho cabin launch WI T. nabbed bjr Dry Agent* J. J- I?ondon and J. . F. Ratledge In tho Dismal Swamp Canal near South Mills Flioiy night. Estimated at a thousand gallons, a count of the five-gallon "Jugs" In the cargo showed that the guess wasn't far wrong. In all, there were 162 Jugs, or Just i H 1 0 gallons, some of which wan < t red ? and highly aromatic, too. nj I cording to Surfman G. A. Tillett. I in charge of tho Coast Guard sup ply station here. I Of the two men captured in tne sortie. Arthur Lewis, colored, soe 1 reeded in raising $1,000 ??{* ' bond Imposed by Commissioner W. W. Dally after a hearing lata Sat urday. and was releaaod to await I the term of Federal Cottrt hwj beginning Monday. April 11. Claud Itoughton. his white companion, was less fortunate. Unable to raise a like bond, 'ho was atlll IB Jail here today. Tho destruction of the liquor was supervised hy A. J. Duffy, of Fayettevlllo, chief of Federal pro hibition law activities In this dls trlct. Mr. Duffy arrived yester day In response to a message from Prohibition Officer London, ap prising him of the seliure. Offi ce? London and Ratledge, who made the raid, and with Coast Guardsmen Tillett. C. O. If titer and J. G. Gray also were membern of tho party that destroyed the liquor. , . The little cabin launch wa? towed to tho north end of the harbor, opposite the dlsmantlsd plant of the Dare Lumber Com pany. and there. lug by Jug, tho cargo of liquor valued at mMjr thouaanda of dollara waa ? plllad Into the water. The method WM to hold a Jug over (he aide of tM launch and atrlke It aharply with a monkey wronch or piece or Iron. A* the contenta began to poor forth. It waa dropped overboata. Nearly an hour waa conaoman In the wrecking of tho liquor. "I'm pretty aure 1 dldn t got a drop Iniildo me." Coaat Quardo man Tillett remarked today. WW 9 the odor of It waa ao atrofl*. I? made me right weak and alejp*. Whether the eight hundred-Odd galloon of liquor reduced any of the nah thereabout to a "date of Inebriety could not be determine^. Tillett aald he didn't aee any ??* plcloualy ?lg lagging rlpplea. or other direct evidence that the ftah had imbibed not wlae y, but too well, but he hinted at a ??">?? auaplc.lon that aome of them had. The little launch will bo hew at the Coaat Ouard docka bora pending probable conn.calloti at the April term of federal Court Before leaving laat night. ?"J* fy alated that the yacht Sllvor Spray. ?el?ed near Colnjoek rjh cenlly with ?.500 gallona of li quor aboard, alao will be brought here aoon, pending almllar prooo rture. Tho Sliver Spray at prm ent la In Hampton Roada. whoro It waa taken ?t tho time of tho selture. . A further hearing of the chargea again.! -J? l/>wla will be held before Com mlaalonor Dally thla aftersj? 4 o'clock. In that connection. Mr. Dally explained that that waa oe? enaary becauae ono of the two pnn hlhltlon officer. who a aged th? raid had lo guard the liquor IWV. urdav. and therefore could notne preaent at the hearlng al wtll* bond for tho two accuaed waa Ml. NEGOTIATIONS OFF ? BETWEEN CANTONESE AND THE BRITISH FRATERNAL BODY COMING TUESDAY lW<-ml>cr of Odd Fellows* Dclc^ntion to Addrcw Ki wmiians Turwlav Niftlit Filial preparations are In pro gress here for the eutertainment of State officials of the Order of Oild Fellows exiM'Pt?'d to arrive Tuesday afternoon for participa tion in special exercises In the hall of Achoree lx>dge Tuesday nlKht. beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Tlit? officials expected are Grand Master 11. L. SpauldUiK. of Ashe vlle; Deputy Grand Master W. L. Whitley, of Plymouth; Dr. L. B. McBrayer*. of Southern Pines, Grand Secretary; and probably Charles II. Warren, superinten dent of the Odd Fellows' Home 1 at Goldsboro. Assurance was roceived today from Dr. McBrayer that the del ation had accepted an invitation from the Elizabeth City Klwanls Club