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VOL. XVIL FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JIXY 22, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 173.
TAX REDUCTION
INCOMES OF 1927
OTM5 IIKFI V
OElEilvlfcJ LlliriL I
TIiin Proponal Ih I ih-JihIciI
in lux Plan Submitted to
IVesident Coolidge by
^ Senator Smoot
EAKLY ENACTMENT
Senator Front Utah Want*
Special Smion of <Uin
|r?w in November to Put
Scheme Through
Rapid City. 8. D., July 22.?
<A.P)?Reduction of talon apply
ing on this year's Income which
would he paid beginning next
March 1&, appears probable.
This proposal is included in a
tax reduction plan outlined Thurs
day by Senator Smoot. Republican
of Utah, chairman or the finance
committee to President Coolidge.
The administration is prepared
to go ahead with the tax slash
at the next session and Senator
Smoot expressed the view that at
least $300,000,000 in the annual
burden of Federal levies could be
lopped off In the new measure.
The desire for early enactment
of the proposed tax revision legis
lation Is another reason In the
opinion of the Utah Senator for
an farly special sesttlon of th?' Con
KreHS, beginning about November
1. a month ahead of the regular
meeting.
It would be necessary to have
the tax bill put Into law before
March 16, If this scheme went
through. Chairman (Ireen of the
House ways and means committee,
wnllh will write the first draft of
the measure Is preparing to call
his committee Into session this
fall.
While little rellof is in night for
Income tax payers the program of
8enator Smoot wonld give a cut
to the taxpayem with incomes bo
4ween $15,000 and $60,000. Pres
ent normal rates of 1 1-2 per cent
on the $4,000 Income; three per
cent on the next $4,000 income
and 6 per cent on all over that ap
pear destined to be continued
along with the present exemptions
of $3,5U0 for married perilous and
$1 ,600 for single persons.
. Corporations which have re
ceived no cut In their normal tax
en In recent years now seem most
likely to get the lion's share of re
lief. Senator Smoot favors reduc
ing this levy from 13 1-2 per cent
to 12 per cent, which he estimates
would eat up $150,000,000 of the
prospective *)ash.
Miscellaneous levies also would
be wiped out In the Senator's pro
gram, those on admissions and
dues.
Coming to the summer White
* House yesterday on his return
from Utah to Washington Senator
. Just missed the visit of
Secretary Hoover, who had urged
immediate Federal relief In the
Mississippi flood. He said this rec
?ommendutlon constituted and
"Imperative" reason for celling
the special session of Congress
which Is under consideration by
President Coolidge.
ANOTUEK ATTACK ON
AMERICAN POLICY IN
NICARAGUA IS MADE
Washington, July 22.? (A!*)??
Another attack of American pol
icy in Nicaragua marked today's
sessions of the Pan-American la
' hhr congres*.
Salomon de la Selva. of Nica
ragua. who flmt introduced a reft
oiutlon condemning activities of
the Marine* in that conn try
charged that Wall Rtreet Interests
raiwl not protection of American
lire* and property canned the Am
erican force* to he sent to Central
America. He made his charge* In
supporting a resolution opjxMing
the Agreement entered into be
tween the Diaz government and
New York banker* on March 21.
1&27. The resolution which nald
the banker* obtained undue con
trol over the finance* of the Nl
caraguan government and the eco
nomic and political right* of the
Nir?niguan people was Adopted
unanlmotiRly by the Congres*.
De la Selva said that a* a re
sult of every upsetting of politi
cal law It) Nicaragua since 1!?09
there had crystallised a long con
tract whereby American bankers
had obtained the profit* of Nlca
raguan workers.
He explained thn intention of
the re*olutlon wa* to aid opposi
tion to the move In the forthcom
ing extra *e**lon of the National
Confcre** of Nicaragua "to conoid
er obtaining a loan from the Unit
ed State* Government and lo
transfer to *a!d If. S. Government
the privilege* and right" which
the hanker* obtained by virtue of
the March agreement.
? MATItov is JAIIiKD FOR
HKAI>IN<; f*AXV>Y
Richmond. Va . July 22.? (AIM
???Mrs. Eva Hollowell. matron at
* Methodi*t Orphange herr wn* in
the city jail today pending a K< d
Urtl Brand Jury Investigation Into
A charge that she sent poisoned
Andy through the mails to Rob
ert Thompson. Aurora. N (1. She
Was arrested late yesterday and
toll fixed at ISO*.
Fishing's Easy in Black Hills
There's nothing complicated About catching flsh In Rapid creck,
whore President Coolldfte flthes, according to little Betty-Joe D;?cll.
granddaughter o( Judge Buell of Rapid City. S. D. lieru Deity ta
ahowu landing * nice trout.
Hawaiian Flight Of
Much Importance
To U. S. Army
Washington. July 22.? (AP) ?
Vast^nllitury Importance Involv
ing control of the Pacific attache?
to the sucesaful flight of the Arm)
aviators. Maltland and Hegen
berger, from (California to Hawaii
Thin wan offilally disclosed l?j
Major-General Charles P. Sum
merall. chief of the Army general
staff, In an address la?t night at
a dinner in honor . of the youni
lieutenant* given by the National
Aeronautical Ansoclallon.
The Army chief of staff de
clared that it had long been rec
ognixed that the nation holdinj
the llawiian Islands had the mili
tary key to the Pacific, controlling
both the paxtcrn portion of thai
van* ocean ax well as the westerr
coast of the nited States.
The successful negotiation ol
the va*t Hireu-h of sea from Call
forula to Hawaii by air, he added
had simplified defence of the Is
lands as well as the other Pacific
possession ol the United States.
"We can Imagine clouds of air
planes taking, on from California
jand in n few hours landing at the
Hawaiian Islands." the Keneral
said. He added that these plane*
I would f t ni m n ii r nent the hiaid
force and furnish a Kreat air de
fence.
I
Three Are Held For
Death Dry Officer
New Ilern, July 22. ? (AP> ?
Arriixcd in connection with the
fatal flhootlng last week of W., T.
I^ewla, Koderil prohlblllon agent,
three Craven County men were
today ordered held In jail by Cor
oner J. Is. HartaAeld following an
Inqueat Into Lewla' death.
Hall of fl n.000 wan aet for La
ther Sermonn. held r?**pon?lble for
jthe ahootlnjc; Virgil Hermona.
charged with belnK an aoceaaory,
I la held In $f?.000 hall and l*ee Ber
i mona la held In 92,500 bail aa a
material wltneaa.
f/cwla waa fatally wounded the
night of July 11 during a raid
upon a moonahlne atlll near Port
Barnwell, Craven County. The
caae will he tried In Superior
Court here. It having been ruled
federal Court haa no Juriadlctlon.
IMITATH) D8MPSEY
AND KILLICI) A MAN
| Philadelphia. July 22.? (AP)? '
Thoniaa Celltuccl, 27. died early
.today aa tho reault of a blow de
livered by a friend demonatratlng
the punch that knocked nut Jack
Jflharkey at the Yankee atadlum.
Celltuccl and Jobn Derogatla
? fter llatenlng to radio n-porta of
the bout, dlaagrced aa to the na
ture of the declalve blow and be
jgan to demonatrate.
Celltuccl aent a ahort right to
i DeroBatla' bend and the latter
countered with a right to thr
head. Celltuccl fell backward hla
bead atrlklng the pavement, frac
turing hl? akull. He lived tlx
houra.
Hymen Defies Auto
Accident; Bride
Wears Bandages
Hymen hail his way at the
Southern Hotel -Friday morning
at 5:30 o'clock, despite tin- fact
that (he bride's head wax swathed
in bandages, when the Rev.
(Jcorge F. Hill, rector of ChTlsl
Church, spoke the words that made
Mr. Charles Miller of Norfolk and
Miss Elizabeth Ulrlch of Virginia
Reach man and wife at the South
ern Hotel Friday morning at 5:30
o'clock.
It was a runaway match, an one
would surmise, and not even an
automobile wreck was permitted
to frustrate it. Driving through
the fog along the fieorge Washing
ton Highway at 3 o'clock In the
morning while on the way here to
be married, Mr. Miller drove hl?
llulck Into an unlighted car parked
on the highway and In the colli
sion Miss Ulrlch suffered a rather
severe cut on the head from the
flying glass of the windshield.
Brought to Kllzabeth City by
pacing motorists, the pair ar
rived at the Southern Hotel at
4:30 o'clock where Dr. T. 8. Mc
MulIan gave Miss lllrlch surgical
attention, taking several stltcheq
to close the cut In her scalp. While
bearing no outward marks of the
accident, Mr. Miller was bruised
In the chest, as a result, probably,
of being thrown agaiiiKt the steer
ing wheel In the collision.
Following the ceremony and
the felicitations of friends in the
city, Mr. and Mrs. Miller were
driven hack to Norfolk, leaving
Kllzabeth City at 11:30. The bride
is a daughter of Mrs. Chariest
Hughes of Virginia Heach, a cou
sin of Mrs. Oscar Owens, 107 Fast
flurges* street, and a niece of Ml#*
Ivey Willis of New Hern, now
here on a visit to Mrs. Owens.
PH.TURKS KKVKAI.
JACK'S BLOW FAIK
New York. July *2.? (AD ?
The official slow motion pictures
of the Dempsey-Sharkey Unlit
showing the milling in the sev
enth round revealed today that
the disputed blow which contribut
ed to Deinpsey's victory was ap
parently fall. The Alms w<-re
shown only to newspaper men.
r
NEW JERSEY MINISTER
TO I'KEACII AT IIEKEA
Rev. William R. Rosnell of Sea
side Park. New Jersey, will assist
the pAstor, Rev. R. W. Prevost, In
revival services at llerea Rapt 1st
Church beginning Sunday. July
24, and continuing through July
31.
On Sunday there will be ser
vices at 11 o'clock and 8 p. m.
There will be only one service
Monday and that at 8 p. m. Dur
ing the remainder of the week the
service hours will be 3 p. m. and
8 p. m. Rev. Mr. Rtssell |r a
young preacher of exceptional
power and attractiveness and the
church urges all who possibly can
to hear his messages.
BOSTON EXCITED
WITH SO MANY
VISITING PLIERS
As* Much oi Ma?acliu*cll*
Am (iaii <>??*<! Into r?ly I*
oil II.mil lor llic K<Hi?in*:
Ili|^ Wclcomc
LIM>HKIU;il MUST
Four llour* Lilcr Hawaiian
Aviators K\|m*cIc<1 and on
Saturday ronnnaiul
er Bvrtl ami Others
flonton. J?l> 22? (API?ltn?
. ton himI M:iMnrluiHf(tK, oi ait mu?*h I
of the nUt,> us could crowd Into!
tint nii'tr?j|ioli!uii district. were
aviation mail todaj. prepared to
erect witli ?nlhusiaKiii first Colon* 1
jCliarh". Lindbergh. then Wetiten*'
nntn Maittand and HogenberRe^j
and finall>. the llyrd transatlantic I
!heroes and Claremv Chamberlln. |
holdei oi tlif world's record for
-.distance fjyinc.
That sequence was tlir ordt r of
'their expected arrival, with tlio]
'famous "we" due at the east Ros
? ton airport fri.m Providence at 2
!o'clock this afleriionn.
? Four hours later the Hawaiian
aviators will arrive. Tomorrow1
.Commander Hichard K. Hyrd and
| h in companions, Arosta, Noville
and llalchi-n art- din*. Chamherlln
will reach here in tin- name train.
For Commander IJyrd and
>Lieutenant Albert I'. Hegcnberger
itho ovations will represent more i
ithan the frenzied acrlalm of a pub-;
jlic of its heroes, for to them llos-1
ton in homecoming.
IIcKenhi riser was horn In this
'city and married h? to and hisj
Ihomo is on Cat?lle Island In Dor
chester Hay where his wife and
.their two children live with her j
parents. Commander and Mrs.1
Hyrd and their four children also j
jllvo here.
I Colonel Lindheruh will receive
the greetIncs of Governor Fuller
land Mayor Nicholson the Boston
(commons mid later at the state
house the Governor will present as
a special decoration from the com
mon w?-aith of Massachusetts, a
inoda* inscribed "to Colonel
Charier. Lindbergh, in commem
oration of the first New York-Paris
non-stop flight."
On Saturday morning the elglit
hirdmen will Join Mayor Nichols
for breakfast and together will re
view the clima of the two dnys
prouram In their honor a parade
of New Filmland's famous war unit,
the 26th, Yankee division.
WILKES COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE
! TO BE INDICTED
Srvon I'rom incut Citizen*
I Named in Connect inn
Willi Bank un?l County
Financial Trouble**
Winston Salem. July 22 (AIM
?Solicitor John II. Jonea of North
Wilbctihoro announcea that Idlla
will he ??nt to the grand Jury
agalnat aeven prominent Wilkes
county officihla In connection with
notes. check* and county trading
which has been partly uncovered
In Wllke* during the paat w?-ik*.
It In reliably stated thnt Solicitor
John II. Jone* Intend* to prosecute
all who come Into the Superior
court and that the urand Jury will
be asked to conduct an exhaustive
Inquiry Into county matter*; Into
the failure of the county commiss
ioner* to comply with the law re
quiring thn bank or hanks to
furnish proper security for the de
poult of county fund*; Into various
Other counftf "latter*. Including t ?i? ?
rtimor?'d alining of bonda In hlauk
by members of the board of cducn
tlon and other alleged lrr<-gularl
tlea that have been called to at
tention of the office Statr-'a
i solicitor.
1 In other worda It la reported
that there la to be a general house
{cleanlng In Wllka count>. which |
will h<- d< signed to clear up all Ir
regularities nnd to uncover all
law Infringement*, if there are
any. in the conduct of the county
government and with reapect to
officials or individuals who have
had the care of county or state
funds or expenditure of same. In
, In their handa. The investlg.it Ion
which la to be put lip to the grand
i Jury Is exposed to have far
reaching effects.
i YV. 1> Woodruff, sheriff of
Wllke* County for eight years, ap
parently has failed to settle in
full for tax collections made dur
ing his term of office, according
to admissions made by county of
ficial* It appeals that in making
his final settlement with the
hoard of county commissioner* on
March 24. 1926. he nave checks
that turned out to be worthies* in
character.
Th<*??e checks hive been held It
Is stated hy the County Treasurer.
T M. Cysel. since that time, he
having been unable to realise on
them. Mr. Woodruff'* alleged
shortage of funds at the time of
.hta settlement reached the figure
I of $20,496.27.
At Herrin GangiTrial
On trial with Charles TllrRer at
Benton. 111., for the murder oC
Mayor Joe Adams of Wnt City,
are Art Newman and Ray Hylntid
(alias lzsy the Jew r Newman and
his wife are pictured above. lly
land left. Tlio slaying of Adams
climaxed the Itluody warfare of
the l^-t several years "between
Dirger's sunn and Its rivals, with
? "bloody Williamson county" as
& the seat of activities.
Few Criminal Cases
On Calendar For
Gates Court
CIate*vllle. July 22.?No out
standing criminal action ha* pi are
on tin- docket of iIk* mchhIoii of Su
perior Court to convene hero on
Monday. August 1. with Judge
(iarluod K. Midyette of Jackson
presiding. and only two day* have
been reserved for the charge to the
grand jury ;nid the trial of cane*
on tin- criminal docket. The civil
calendar follow*:
Wednesday Jacohaon Hroa.,
?a. J. H. Smith ft Company. Ilen
nlo Knight et ux va. Nicholas
Knight, C.r alley Kure ft Hros. vs.
Winton Heading Co.
Thursday - J. K. WlKcinn v*. J.
Li. Crifflu. Gcorgl Taylor VS. (). C.
Rrinkley. Farmer* Rank of Kure
vs. J. T. Lang et als.
Friday J. L. Landing v*. W.
C. Story. Krneat Hpivcy va. Minnie
Splvey, Merger Manufacturing
Co. v*. N. J. Illddick. J. I*.
Dlnnchard vs. Norfolk Southern
Hallrond Co., |(. S. Itlddlck va.
Jlmmie Ilill. et ala.
"All case* not reached on day
for trial will so over and take
precedence on nei day's calendar.
Wltnmiaea and HUgentM are not
required to attend until the day
act for the trial of the caiiea In
which they are Interested," nay a
William l(. Comper, clerk of Su
perior Court.
GOVKHNOK F1IIKK
VISITS I'KISONKItS
llomon, July 22- --(AIM? Gover
nor AIvaii T. Fuller l?*ft the *tate
hoiiHc Ihla forenoon for tin Ht.il>1
prlnon In tho rhnrlmtown district
it wan nndefttood that In would
Interview Nlcolrx Hnecewwl llarlo-'
lom'-o Vnnzettl, under a? ntenco of
death for murd'-r Into whom, rnw
he ha* hc?n mukinic a p? rnonal In
vert lication.
On arrival at tho prlaon tho
aovornor wont to tho office of
Warden William* Hendry, lie an
nounced that he would Interview
aeparately Macro. Vanzettl and f'e
l*>atlno Mad'-roN. under aentoneo of
death for another mtirdor.
The final un?ueco*pful plea for
a now trial for Kacco and Van
xotti wan ba?or| largely on a utate
ment l?y Madoro* that a gang of
which ho wan a member commit
ted the murtforn of a paymaster
and hi* Ruard in South llralntree
for which flarco and Zanzettl were
convicted and that tho two were
not concerned In them.
On? by one the three prisoner*
were brought Into tho warden'*
offle. MaderoN vm flrnt and Gov
ernor Fuller talked wUh him for
15 minute*, thou Kacro was taken
before the governor.
flacco and Vanzettl, continuing
their hunger utrlke which began
laat flunday, ha* eaten no break
fast but they appeared to bo In
good physical condition.
C. O. Itobinaon. W J WoodWy.
Hr., and J. T. McCain- ar?- at High .
I'ofnt thla woek to purchase fnf-l
nlture for the Virginia Dare Hotel.'
Prince Of Wales Off
For Canada Will
"Travel Light"
London. J?il> 22.? (API ?
"Travel llulit" In the slogan of llu*
Prince of Wales, his brother
Prlnco tleorge, I'wmicr Itnldwin
and most of the oIIhtk of the parly
of 30 who are "to f?tart on a (rip
lo Canada tomorrow.
The loial number of ha^Kage
sent today to lie loaded on the
steamer Kmprcas of AiiMtralia Ih
1(10. Wales' baggage .-Includes two
milforniH, while (JeorRt's haw one
iiiival onlflt.
Men Are Freed In
Their Second Trial
. Wayncsvllle. July 22.? (AP)?
Apparently unahln to pierce the
maze of conflicting evidence of
fered by witnesses on both aides
In the trial of Lloyd llarklns and
Odell Mollaffey. Canton men
chargwl with the slaying of J T.
Coffey on a street In Canton last
October, the Huncnmhe County
Jury trying the cane brought In a
verrllct of "not guilty" In both
cases at 11:30 o'clock Friday
morning.
The> had heard (In charge of
JudKe Tam C*. BpVl*, presiding ov
er (he Haywood Superior Court,
al the opening <?f court Prlday
and had taken the case in hand at
10:30 o'clock. rHurnIn* In an
hour with (heir dec 1ftion.
The men wero free In iIiIn, their
second (rial, after having secured
a new trial on appeal from convic
tion at the first hearing of the
can? In hand at 10:30 o'clock, re
turning in an hour with their de
cision.
The men were free In (his, their
second trial, after having secured
a new trial on appeal from convic
tion at the first hearing of the
cane.
llarklns had been found guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to
eight years and Mellaffey had
been given 14 years on a second
degree charge. The widow of Cof
fey. who was on trial with the two
Canton men at the previous term
of court wus freed.
WILL COMPETE
WITH lilCHAItl) BY III!
San Francisco. July 22. (AP)
--Captain Oeorge H. Wllklnn of
Detroit, who led two airplane ex
peditions to Alaska In an effort to
fly over unexplored areas In the
Arctic has indicated that he may
compel* with Commander Itlchard
K. Ilyrd to he the first to fly over
tlio South Pole.
Captain Wlfklns conferred with
airplane manufacturers here yes
terday relative to a plane suitable
for a South l'o|<> flight. H? n
fused to dlscusg his plans In de
tail. I
DR. GAUL TELLS
ROTARY ABOUT
CHILI) CRIPPLES
Allitinlr of Slali' Huh Un
derbuilt* It evolutionary
(.halite I on aid Hum
I rnt ordinate One*
TKLLS ABOUT WORK
Make* Scope ?f Orllio|>edie
Work in Stale Very Vivid;
i IJrp?H Campaign of Edu
cation ami Preveution
The attitude of the Stall* to
arard the crippled child ha* under
done a revolutionary change nine**
| the day* of old. l>r. J. S. Caul. of
I Charlotte, orthopedic surgeon, who
| In conducting a clinic in Kllzaheth
| City under the auspices of the Ro
tary clulis of Klizabeth City, Hert
ford and Kdenton and the Kl
wanls Club of Klizabcth City,
pointed out at the l(otar> luncheon
ut the Southern Hotel Flday. In
the days or old. Dr. Caul declared.
I It was the custom to put deformed
children to death at birth. Now
| the State 1m endeavoring to pre
vent deformity in the first In
stance and to remedy deformities
that have already occurred in the
next place.
Dr. Caul made the scope of or
thepedlc work in North Carolina
I very vivid by pointing out that In
1921 there were ft.000 crippled
j children In the State. Forty-two
j per cent of these, he said. were
cripple* a-? a result of infautlle pa
" ralysls. Twenty-eight per cent
I were cripples as a result of tuber
culosis. Sixteen per cent were crlp
1 pies an a result of accidents on the
istreet and in Industry. Thus he
pointed out Hi; per cent of the
crippled children in the State
might have been saved from being
j cripples, as Infantile puralysla,
<tuberculosis and accidents on the
streets and iu Industry are pre
ventable.
I Dr. Caul urged a campaign of
? education as to how infantile pa
ralysls and tuberculosis are spread
laud also as to how accident on
rthe street may be prevented, thla
jcampaign to be put on In day and
{Sunday schools as well as In the
j home. He urged tho enlistment
jof Hotary co-operation toward
that end.
Onn Itotarian wanted to know
I how Infantile paralysis may be
prevented and Dr. Caul proceed
ed to explain that Infantile paraly
sis. like tuberculosis, is a prevent
able disease and that any person
1 who ha* suffered from Infantile
putalysls may possibly be a car
rier of the disease. He then went
jon to explain that proper treat
ment of none a ud throat would
eradicate the danger of such a
person's being a carrier of infan
tile paralysis. He added, too. that
even after Infection It is generally
.possible to prevent deformity in a
child us a result of Infantile pa
(ralysls by proper treatment, pro
vided this treatment Is given In
time. He went on to say that a
recent epidemic of Infantile pa
ralysis In his own section had been
! followed by a general campaign
of education since when, so far as
jhe knew, there has not bePn an
other case of Infantile paralysis In
his county.
Frfflowlng Dr. Caul's talk. Dr.
John Hallba of the Klizabeth City
hospital stressed the additional
point that proper care and sani
tary precautions at the time of
child birth could prevent many
cases of so-called congenital de
formlty. He also stressed the
fact that many children were de
formed by malnutrition, pointing
out that crooked legs were the re
jsult of this. He stressed the Im
portance of using grade A milk In
the feeding of children.
The first clinic In fCllzaheth City
was held on June 2f?. at which
time Dr. Caul examined 35 crip-,
pb-H. He reported that 1 r, of
ithese could be cured or lienefltted
by treatment. He returned U? the
city Thursday and four of six pa
tients were operated on Friday.
Two more will be operated on ]
Saturday. Members of the Kl- 1
wants and Rotary clubs of Rllxa
beth City nnd of the Itotary clubs
of Hertford and Kilenton are
urged to see that all children in
their counties examined by Dr. I
Caul come to the clinic for treat
ment. The third clinic will be
held next month.
Prince Carol Must
Remain In Exile 1
Say Officials
llucarest. July 22.? <AP> ?
Prince Carol remains In exile and
lie can not return either for his
father's funeral or later, govern-1
merit officials declared today
This comment was made on re
ports from Paris Intimating that
Prince Carol hsd not abandoned
pretensions to the throne. These
re|M?rls wire based on a state
ment given out In Paris last night
on behalf of the prince by s per
sonage closely connected with hi in
In this ststerncnl the former j
crown prince was referred to as1
"King Carol."
KING'S LETTER
TO HIS PREMIER
IS MADE PUBLIC
Profound Impression Cre
ated in Kui-harest Ity Mes
*age Written liy Ferdinand
Sliorlly Before llis Death
SI'F.AKS Oh MICHAEL
Expresses Sorrow and Di?
u|i|Miintinent in Son Carol
and I'rays Blessings on
the Little king
Rucharout, July 22.?(AH)?A
ileep impression wan created in
Bucharest by the private letter,
which King Ferdinand wrote to
Premier Rratiano two days before
his death, which has Just been
made public.
Writing as though he hadTn ,
presentiment of death, the mon
arch spoke of his love for hi*
country, of Carol and the wound
dealt to him by the renunciation
of the throne by his first born
Hon, and of the passing of the
crown lo the head of the bojr
Michael. The letter began:
"My dear Premier:
"Ah a Christian, I have always*
been Influenced by the thought of
the moment when I will find my
nelf before my Cod. As a Ruman
ian and king. I have sacrificed my
life on this earth, but my love of
country does not permit me to
l consider my duly ends with this
| life, and 1 can not but think of
what follows it.
I "flou willed that the crown with
which the fortunes of the country
are lndlsHoluhly bound up, should
pass to the head of the minor Ml
jhal (Michael), l pray heaven will
I accord him Its benediction; ttet
I under Ills reign Rumania may be
strengthened and enlarged-?Ru
mania which has been built up by
ho many sacrifices.
"I appeal to all good and wise
citlsetis to aid hliu to the utmost
of tholr power In promoting order- j
jly progress of th? state."
| After mentlonong Prince Nlch-'i
olus, his son, as regent, und again
I referring to Carol's renunciation,
'the king added:
"My son Carol must seek to
Impose respect for the preeent
regime on all desirous to Injure or
destroy It. The situation created |
by his renunciation of the throne
was brought about In such a way
as to make ll his most Imperative
duty as a Rumanian, as a Hon and
as a parent lo respect the under*
taking entered Into of his own free
will without being Influenced by
any one."
In u simple golden oak casket, '
|covered with flowers from Queen
Marie and his daughters, the body
of King Ferdinand rested today
in the golden hall of Cotrocenl
Palace. Thousands of sorrowing
Rumanians passed the blor to do
honor to their beloved king.
The body was brought to the
winter palace yesterday from the
royal summer estate at Hlnala,
where the monarch dled^It will
He in state until Sunday when bu
rial will take place In the royal
Mausoleum at Curtea I>e Argea.
On his tomb will be engraved the
words:
"I am a Rumanian, first, lait ,
and ull the time."
(Juns boomed as the funeral
train came to a stop in the capi
tal. Although rain was falling, si
lent crowds watched as the cof
fln, surrounded by the sovereign's
sword and capital, was borne from
the station to a gun carriage and
thence to the palace. Men, women
and children wept as tho cortege
passed.
Awaiting the body at the palace
were tho regents, cabinet mem
bers, the commander-in-chief, of
the Army and civil authorities.
When the procession made its
way through the portals of the
palace. Prince Nicolas. In crepe
banded naval uniform, walked
close lo his sister. Princess II
leana. wearing deep mourning.
Willi I be boy King Michael's
reign established, the country re
mains calm and the government
has made known Its determination
to crush any attempt to regain the
throne for Prince Carol. In this
connection the story is recalled of
s conversation which King Ferdi
nand had lant year with M. Rrat
lano, who haH since become pre
mier.
"I would have him shot," Brat- ]
la no Is reported, to have told the 1
king when talking about a report $
that Carol was leaving Paris and '
proceeding to Itnmanla.
"Take care that he does not
have you shot." Ferdinand It j
'Inoted as having replied laugh
ingly.
Mlllli: VIMKH l'<>lt POKY J
Tiiicnlonff ha? receive^ a bvnch
or mall In rare of The Dolly A4
rnnre Dili. ?i'i.k ||la rorr?apo?
di'nta nre ? iHtunatlnx umx galore
(or IiIn pony. llere la a Inter from
Hertford:
l>*ar Tallinn*:
I ?m m??h?||nit a namo for jrotr
pony. Moan* name him "Broway.*
Tour friend,
Haiti* Wtvavnr lUddlck.
Other letter* to Tagaloftg will
b? published soon.