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Leanetl Wire Afomated Prist Service xmrp* The If eutlier I .oral thuml'T? l?ow?-rs tonight and T?i%><la.T. Mmlnalv S?mthw?'?t wIimIs. VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. . . ELIZABETH CiTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY KVKXIXO, Al'Cl'ST 8, 1927. SIX PACKS. NO. 187.' GENERAL WOOD I TO REST BESIDE ROUGH RIDERS Lilile Plot in Arlington ?Reoeivt* l{i innin Iursday of ItrginicmV BHovcd ('oiiimamlrr MILITARY HONORS j ^ ar Department in CJiargr of OrrinonicH in Honor of Man Who lto?r From Ranks to Hi^hrst Office Washington, Auk. 8.?(API ?j The tittle plot In Arlington Cem- j etery. art aside for the "Rough ! Riders" Regiment of the Spanish | American War, tomorrow will re-; celve the remains of the regiment'* ' commander. Major-General Leon ard Wood, who died early yestur-: day at Boston. J At the request or his wife, the dlstinKuixhed Moldler and late I Governor-General of the IMillip-j ?J^IH ho laid at rest beside! IiIm comrades of tKe "ittrrihg days of *9*. The body, accompanied from! Ho?ton by Mr*. Wood and a mil-' llary escort, will arrive in Wash ington early In the day and. fol-j lowing present plans. will be tak en at once to Arlington for the I Interment ceremonies. High officials of the War De-J partment and of th?' Government] generally will accompany the fu neral cortege along Pennsylvania] Avenue and down the winding, road to the cemetery, while thei military guard of honor will bej augmented hereby the Third Cav-i airy, the Sixteenth Iufantry. a battalion of infantry and a de tachment of Engineer*. Boston. Mass.. Aug. 8.? (AIM. ?A detail of six soldiers from Fort Banks will accompany the' body of Major General Leonard Wood to Washington late today' on the Federal Express. The Gen-' eral died yesterday after a tumor1 operation. The squad, commanded by Cap-" > tain Roger Williams, marks the! first of the military honors to b**l paid by the Army to the man whoj rose from the medical branch of' the service to be one of Its most ? distinguished leaden both In "tin-} line," and in civil administration. | At the station In Washington, the J six wMl be increased to 1,500 as. the War Department takes over J the ceremonlea. / In the family party will he Mrs. I Wood, at whose request Interment j In Arlington Cemetery beside his j former comrades was ordered, her thre?? children, I.?conard. Jr.. Ou- ; borne and Eusita. Major Burton < Y. Bend, military aide to tlir gen eral. and Captain-1*. -Z. Fletcher, his iwrsonal physician. So far as could he learned, no ?ervices will he held here prior to the departure. Three Men Are Held On Burglary Charge Winston-Salem, Aug. 8.?(APi ,?Ed Kirk man. who claims to ho ? plasterer, Vlck Edwards and J C. Vann. who told the ? officers they were shoe-makers, all giving Greensboro as their homes, are being held In Jail in default of $2.- 1 Ono bonds each, pending un Inves-1 tlKaMr.ii of evidence Indicating that they are professional burg lars. The three were arrested ?early Sunday morning In this city, on charges of having burglar tools | In their possession. The men were, , traveling on West Fourth street, i A new type of tool found In their car. is of a triangle shape and! about two Indies thick. It is made of heavy steel and at each angle| of the triangle there Is a hole ? ready for a large bolt. In the cen t ter of the implement is a groove! shoot an Inch and a half long.) with a circle at one end Just largo! enough to fit over a .?af* combi-l nation After the triangle has been fitted over the combination,! the two upper boWs aro screwed,1 up as far as possible which In turn forces the combination out. After the combination has been removed. the yeggmati has an easy time for lie has only to reach ! in through the hole left and t rip j the tumbles and the safe l? open arordlng to statements made by' officers. ? In addition to the clamp or im plement, the three men aro al leged to have had in tHelr posse* ?Ion a largo monkey wrench, and a Jimmy -to be uaod In prising open; the windows and doors. The wrench is used to screw rast the bolt-* in the Implement. The men refuse to offer any ex planation regarding the tools found in their possession! TWO WOME\ 4XANM A little clash between Cat he r , Ine Felt on and Mary Whedbee. both colored, was the subject of ? hearing in recorder's court i Monday morning which ended In dismissal with a sharp r*bnk< -from Trial Justice Hawyer whm It ?developed that neither wss parti cularly the worae for the encoun \ter. Mary claimed Catherine threw a stick at her after an ar gument ov#r one of her children. BRIDGE ACROSS NIAGARA RIVER IS DEDICATED Attended by. Prinee ot Wale* and Bro ther, Prime Minister* of' England, Canada, Ontario | DAWES CHIT IN OPEN [ Oilier Speaker* Touch; Lightly on Geneva Con ference Hut Vice Pre*i-| dent Sa\s What Thinks Buffalo. N. Y.. Auk- 8.?(AP) ?A span of stone and steel across the Niagara lltver stood to day officially dedicated to the ?more than a century of peaceful relation* between ihe United States and Great Britain. Dedication ceremonies, attend ed by the Prince of Wales, his younger brother Prince George. Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, the prime ministers of Great Britain. Canada and "the Province of Ontariu. Secretary of State Frank 11. Kellogg. Governor Al fred K. Smith and other officials, brought to a successful culmina tion IT years of effort to have the Niagara crossed at Buffalo by a vehicular bridge. The common key-note of the speeches at the exercises took the form of mutual British and Amer ican pledges of friendship, despite the outward clash of interests at < the recent Geneva meeting overt the cruiser problem. Addressing hinitvlf directl) to | the Geneva failure. Mr. Dawesj declared It was untlilukable.". that Great Britain and the United j States, solemnly pledged to thoj principle of naval equality would' enter on competitive building programs "because their experts' temporarily disagree." I The Vice-President asserted that the conference wilt only result In the stronger demand of the world that the work interpreting the principle of equality in respective ship programs be continued until I a fair agreement is reached" und| that "the foundation of the great] peace structure which we dcdi-| fills today reata on the firm bed rock of the Niagara, and "Uiej peace of the English-speaking | peoples is as firmly hased upon common Instincts and Ideals." The regret of President Cool fldge at not being able to attend 'was voiced by Secretary Kellogg.| who Informed the British visitors! that he had been commissioned by; the President to welcome iliem to the soil of the United States for the first time during their pres-j ent tour of Canada. The royal party had previously passed into! United States territory on a cruise through the Thousand Is lands but did not stop. From the beginning, the cere mony was colorful and carried out in ideal weather. The Internatlou-j al boundary line at the center <>f' the bridge was marked by a white' ribbon extending from side to side and at a signal from the Canadian side, the British and Americans parties slowly approached each other on opposite sides of the rib bon. Mrs. Dawes, and Mrs. W. D. Boss, wife of the Lieutenant-Gov ernor of Ontario, reached forward to never tho ribbon and through the gaps stroed the members of the two groups, greeting each oth er In an informal way. To we go Many a hardy explorer liasj cone Into the polar waste* ami I never returned. Starvation and cold have written more last clia|?- j tern In the llvta of explorers than1 the explorers ever lived to write! In words. l)ut dancer is the very tliinK I that has induced I'op (Sunn, of the "Mom 'n I'op" eoiiile > 1 rli?. i to sIkii up for a da?h to the South : Pole. He's determined I(? show, Mom that he is no spiritless milk sop, even if he liax to trek through | iiundiods of miles of let* lloes tot prove it. Kollow the story every day on * the editorial pane of The Dally i Advance. Kven on these hot duy*. | it will make you shiver Just to think about the adventure I'op j and the captain are planning. Roper Youth Dies Result Saturday Night Collision Plymouth. Auk. 8.?Cmy Oliver, young white man of Roper. died Sunday a* u result ? of Injuries received Saturday nliclit when a Ford touring car collided with a truck on Die .Ropef-Plymouth highway near the Watt End filling station. Willie Oliver. Irvln Spruill and Edmund Ambrose, who were badly cut up on face and body, are believed to be re covering. According to report* the Ford was being driven at ltd maximum speed and as it approached the truck on th" curve i( swerved front its course and smashed into the heavier machine, which was loaded with negroen being con veyed from their work to their homes. The truck wan being driven by Wilbur Smith of the lloper sec tion for the Wilt* Veneer coin-! pany. The driver of the Ford was' Kdmund Ambrose. FINED FOIt AFFRAY Each admitting hn bit the oth er but clninilng the other bit him first, Howard Houghton, of this city, and (J. Cullden. of Norfolk, were fined $& and costs each in recorder's court Monday on charg es of affray. The two went togeth er in front of the store of K. J. Cohoon & Company, at Main and Water Mtreets Saturday afternoon, an the outgrowth of an earlier mis understanding. Wails Rend Night's Quietude In Old Trap As Many Attend Last Rites For Dead Soldier There was loud lamentation In the public square, of Old Trap, Camden County. Friday night. ov er the remutns of a dead Roldler that was a veteran of none of the wars In which the I'tiHod State* has engaged. It was such a wail ing and Knashln* i?f teeth a* might have accompanied by the panning of a National figure. j Deputy Sheriff M 8. Burgess, of Camden, had noted a colored resident of the village dodging lbOV| tilMrlf In -the shadows, and had searched him with seeming casualnes* hut great completeness without discovering evidence of1 violation of the liquor law. Offi cer Hurge** then had jenne to the spot whence the colored man had. come, and had found a pint bottle.; nearly full of liquor. There was no adequate grounds upon which to hold the negro, and ?o Mr. Rurgess disposed of the sit uation by turning the contraband over to Deputy Marshal I'oter D. J Burgess. who happened to ho on hand. The Federal offlcei strolled j out Into. square, bent upon pouring out the whisky Almoin Instantly, a crowd gath ered. There wan a barber shop at hand, and tonsorlal artists and their patron*, on* partly ?horn ?f his tresae*. gathered about Deputy Maohsl I'He. Mid a deep and eloquent sl-j lence. the deputy marshal wtth-j drew the cork- A faint stench per-' ?aded the air. Note: Mr. Hurgess declared It was exceedingly ordl-, nary liquor. The bottle wan tilted. A thin trickle found Its way Into the dirt of the roadway. A groan rent the quietude of the night. Then another. The trickle bccame a small cataract. One well known resident of Old Trap, according to Deputy Mar shal Pete, suddenly lout control of his emotions utterly, and broke down and wept unre*trulnedly. It was a touching scene. Voices, husky with emotion., lmplor?*d the deputy to cease Hard licartedly. he kept on pour ing until the last of th>> liquor had been *oaked up In the roadway. Stricken, the onlooker** scattered, silent, overwhelmed by what they had Just witnessed. Ilut there is a sequel to the talc, according to the federal d?put> I?ate In the night, shadowy forms were seen to gather about the damp spot where the carnage had occurred. Willing hand* gently scooped up the dampened earth placed It In a basket, and carried It away, supposedly to be Interred and marked wllh a suitable monu ment . This might read: At JUat 1 One Valiant Ho Idler In the Ranks of OLD JOHN BAR LKYCOHN Gone but not Forgotten | M*y He Rest In P?ac? ? VIRGINIA BKACH MAN KILLED BY R U M RUNNERS Sidney Sanderlin of I li? (!oast Guard One ul' Two Dead; Four Other* VIVrr lladly ^ uuiidrd Sunda> NKAH THK liVIIAMAS Ilirilliim I'itelied Bailie Took Place When ('nuM (fiiard Patrol Boat Went ' Out on Proliiliition Dul> Fiirt I#atiderdal". Fla.. Auk. s? ? ? (Al'l- A thrilling pitched bat tie between Coast (iuardsmcn and alleged rum-runners on the liteh seas. luar tin- weal* r:: fringe oi till* llaliailias. elalim d (In* 1 iv? ?: of two Government iiii'ii yeslerdav and wilt four oilier. participant* to a hospital li? ? r?*. where tin* con * ditlon ol lime today wan report ed serious. Tin* dead: Robert K. Webster. 4k. Atlanta Government Rt-crit opetatlve; Sid ney Sanderlin, Virginia Ileach. Virginia. Coast Guard iMintHwalu'* mat". Tln? woiinilvd: Victor A. I.auiliv. Coast Guard motor niarhtniHt"s matt*; Jodio I. ? Holllnu-.worth. Coast Cuard ?a inati second cln>?s; Horace Alder man. Miami, all- ::?.d rum-runner; Itohrrt K. Wtirli. Miami, hIIcpimI I rum-runner. Tin* ll.'iht occurred late yester da.v about 4?i miles ea*t of Fort |I*auderd<tlo when Coast Guard pa itrol lio.it 24!i. hound for the Ila liamas. wh<re Wclwti-r had been, aent to undertake a s? cr?'t assi^n |ni"nt, Klulitcd the :;o foot motor jboat 1::!?!?7. Ii-adinu toward Mi ami. A command from the Coast1 Guardsmen to stop went unheed | ?'d ami a shot across the craft's, I how falh d to halt th?* motor hoat, whose engine stalled a few mo .ini nts lat'-r. Maneuvering Into position, with It lie forward unn trained on the captured hoat. ('naAt Guardsmen in their launch transferred AJd?fr-i jman. Weech and tlneo other meii, found on tlie craft to tin- patrol i 'hoat where they wer>- corralled as j ? prisoners -and searelH--d.?In imeanwhile four Guardsmen In-} cludinu Sanderlin, returned to the ,motor hoat to transfer 1 fiO enseal of liquor reported found wlu-n jl.amhy entered the patrol hoat's. .pilot house Alderman s? iz? d at 'weapon and shot, the machinist's' i mate, other Coast Guardam* n said.I Alderman was said to have as- ] |suined command of the situation! for the moim lit ami ordered j I Weech to tear oil! the enuine I room plpinc. Webster rushed to-j (ward I.amhy and was dropped In I his tracks hy Alderman, accord ant: to the Guardsmen aboard Him ? captured hoat. Ahl'-i man was said to have shot [and Instantly killed Sanderlin as 'the launch mrnAd about and came |back across the narrow stretch of water sepnratlnu the two boats. Hoarding their own craft with ; difficulty. the Guardsmen in a |lively free-for-all tnelpp soon ov? r ' powered their opponents. The I wounded were brought lurel |aboard a fast motor boai. Attending pTiysiclans held out' little hopi for I?atuby and Hoi llnusworth. Alderman, shackled,' to a hospital cot under guard. Wf?* iin a serious condition from knlfwl wounds. Weech whs siifTerlm from J minor injuries. Sheriff Whit Wright Again Proves His Trailing Talent Sheriff Will! WrlKht. of I'ernnl nmn*. who ?| 11 ;t 11n?<l a* a "human bloodhound" about ;? year a?o hy? tracking a liorae rarl aome ten mile* alonu a concrete hiuhwav from Hertford Int?? I'aMiuolat*k County, h f?at which resulted in th?'-arre*t of "Cucumber" lliinkx.t notorious negro desperado ?a\?- ni citoihI detnonaf ration of hi* abil ity In that line Saturday. Tin- I'eMinimaim off Jc?-r, not I IP d of lh?? theft of an automobile h? r- ' Fiidav afternoon. made his amy directly to a home In a colored section of Hertford and picked up, JiimcR Itoone, colored. alias I'.na low. and al*6 rppovrr'd the car.' flootie ha* a lonit record of con vlctlona on pHt.v larceny rharcx: here, mid af the lime of his airevt was under a Vuap nded *? tit* nee conditional upon hi* remaining a way from I'aaquotank County. Trlal# JiiftlCc Sawy? r diwpo?< d of the Cane In recorder'* 'ourt Monday hy aentencInK lloone to 12 month* In jail. telllttK Sheriff Carmine he haled to contaminate the JhII with the iie^ro, hut could do nothlnu elae. The stolen car belonged to Mr*. Ilarry M. Se#?|ey. of thla eit\ Mr Seeley. her husband. IcatlfP d that II was stolen Friday afternoon from Ita porhlnu place on Mouth Merlin Mr??l MHir Main. ?? lloone rhilmed he accompanied anoth'T negro. whom he knaw only a* "l>. K " to Hertford, and knew nothing of the car having; been fttoleo Plan Airport on Pos toff ice Reef All airmail flying f'?. l?l an ill"' riNil In oii?? of t'n- feature* of Iho new pontofflcc building pro l"""il l?r ChiratD. Up *h?*n.by llu* artlcht? rt"s iliiiwliiu above. The predict Ion lit inadr thai l?y tin* tiitu* I lie huilditm ts compbifd- within yir or m'Viii >?ai> thl* will not only In- a practical but a in c?'SHarv adjunct. ? stepping btones for Heavy Tanks Drltisli engineer* have found u way for tank* to step across un bridled rivera?by menus ol specially constructed wooden "atepptrp stones* Here one of the Iicp.vIcs Is shown picking Us way acrmr the Klver Avoti. near Amesburv Kn^laml Holy Mackcrel! ll?re h what you might cull a flnli! rhls I r? 7-pound tarpon. 6 feet 11 Inches long. win landed inside tho :ity limits of Tumpa. Fla. "Lody" Solomson. T.imp.t HportMinan. Is ih'Mvn with his catch, cuid to b?* :hc biggest ns'# caught in Florida ili?.? year. Fatally Injured As Airplane Hits Pole Poison,' Mom. Aiic. K.?f A I* I I ? Frank Maw! and Ml** Cora rtlm onMon. both of i'olxon. were* fital ly Injured hero yc-xterdny when an airplane i?ll^>t??*| by Waller II. flrown. of MhKoiila. f?*lI Into Ihol Flathead Klver ?horily after It; struck a pole In fakliiK off. Urown> Wiin uninjured. Two Children Dead As Barrel Explodes Corinth. mi?h . Aur ? (Al'i ? ?Uprated with flaming tar when I a barrel about which fhey were playing ? uplotled. Fred. 7 year*' old and l)<?roth>* ?"?, children of Mr. jiiifh Mr Kd. .lotirdan. of llel inokI. Mi** . died In a hoxpltnl today Mi' Jniirdnti wm burned aerlou.'ly twliih* at t ??nip' ing lo nave them. toi mists tut: iiisrovuMxii TMK VIIM.IMA HlltF. Tit \ II. An Increasing number <if t ?or IkIh mm dln'-ov rlna th? Virginia. Daro Trail an may t?.-- indeed In the many aiilomobllr lleemio tag*, from diHant idacr-, On? cm from 1 ?a f?r away an the I an.una f*ancl Zone pa Meed through (hi* city' Monday. Anion* '!??"? .-'opping ovr f'>r. a ihori limn M mrtajf wore Mr and Mr*. W. It Kaml? rough of At | lanta who mv touring I ha south* ern it a ton and stopped In Kllxa b?th City for half an hour'* reat. COST OF BRIDGE EVENT S3,805.99 Mayor J. L. W Cm*ii rial < .iiairman, Trnilcr* l(t*|H?rl of K\|n'iisr> Tl"? ('linwiin liridiie ceh In n I lolt nf July Hhlcli ntiract?;d many ( thousand visitors i?? Kd> nloii from 111it: ami iiHl'Iihurllii* stales. cost *?*?-. ? Hccui'dltr*?-V?>-i* r?*|H?rl ? mi hut it t< <1 by Muynr J L. Wir.KliiH >?f Kdcntuii, K'iM'Jiil chairman. Mayor Wij-vlns announce* lliut In- ! lias $7.a.2!i Ill hand. of which , * I * ii I remain:' iiom the total; in Initially (-oll<< i< ?l. .mil |fi7.is as a rebate <111 lumber sin*| oilier ma terial* later r< iniii*-al. Of ;? ininl of f contributed liy five Nort lnu?l?rii Carolina roil ill li'M toward the cost of t li< celehratlon, Chowan gave $2. 7::.r?.C0, llerlie fl7f?. Iiiisiiih ( fins. Pasquotank $117. and Cur-, lituck $jx r,n. Tin- rf|?orl aeis forfli that pub-1 licit) co.?l a total of $*?';!.01;, the1 ??rlncl|*nI it? * 111 m belli?: f'jiia.'jo for ' photographs mid $2!ia.7t for the preparation of maps and other j printed matter by the l!?l< ninn ( News. Invitations and s;em-ral of- , lice lApejigCM ???1 $77n.Ml. Kntcr-1 taiiwucnt, exclusive of a dlnnerl (,'ivili Hie official KUeclH al the I l? bration, entailed iin e\pendi-j Iure of $I.CI7.U.K. The dinner cost | ff,f.f.7". Decorations for the low 11 of Kd enton and the Chowan llrldf(e| cost $:;x!i.74; HOtivenlr packet* of tea. $17.70: and pennants. $17.75. In tendering tli" report. Mayoi Wiggins s? Is forth that Hi-veral other small cxpenne Items may be turned in later, and that a small | additional amount may be realized I from the sale of malerial still on 1 himd. In conclusion, he Ir-ndors thnnks to all who assisted In mak | ink. the ceP bration a siicci-hs. and resit lis 1 he K'*nvral chairmanship wlih the ta.-k completed. Miners Will Strike In Protest Killing Waleshurg. Colo., Auk. *.?, (AIM Five hundred of approxl-i mately 6.000 coal miners in 'hi* district had pleilged themselves to tftrlk'a today in protest against the executtnn of Har?i and Van jtcttl, following a -otP** of meet ing* railed by I. W. W. wprenoii-! tat Ives. I OH Ml ic ^ \* III 1 \ 1 * 1 \ 1 n TO <>0 IN III SIM-ISM II lit I. Hill Casey of New London, Con necticut. former yacht captain. ha* resluneii from: service and intends t'i make hi* home In Klixaheth Cliy. He has bought out Tom KIIikV 1 "onleel|onar> and intends to make it his liUNinm. II" has also bought out Ihe ml Joining pool room. Kx''em*lVi! alteration* will be made ami t)??? store will be, known as "The Confect lonary. Shop. ' Mr. Casey Is orli?lm?by from MjiiiIco. i>:\ dim m <?m; ii\v Ten drum one day wns the drtfm 1 catch of John OdllaW at Nags Head last w>?k. <1 lid Week-end re- j iii?rl^_oUttiihi.rjiHii ut llu popular. Hesfirfa indicated heavy cHiclies of troui in the sound. Among those reporiliitf pniticalarly fine fishing! last Week Were J, J. While. Jr., W. T. J?ck*0n and Jam * Jackson. Court Frees Driver Of Car Figuring In Accident I'llldlllg lli.it III*' collision was the I'fHiill of an accident, with lint III 111: to indicate willful iwgll ueiie.. nr intent. Trial Justice I*. IS. Sauyer dismiss* <1 a charge of assault witli a <li*a<ll>* weapon, uaiitt-lv an autoiiioliiln. preferred auali^t li' mil* Sawyer, youth, in connection wnli an autoiuohllc hicych ciiIIImiiii hi which Aubrey Sawy?r. aged !?. Hirdnlued c frac Iill?? of |lie mK 11 ]I mi June Ifi. last. Tli?* acrid) in orrurred at tin- in t>rs?riioii of North Martin ami iVurl Hlni'lM. According lo wlt ii< w*. young Sa wy?-r was riding a hicvch with a playmate, James Johus'iii, wiiii tin' latter hoy on tin- cross ha r. when tic tan Into an aiitotiioblh* o|m rated h> Dennis Saw>ii. Tlo Johnson ho) cii caiied with minor hruiars. The Sawyer boy lay unroiiHrlouH in tin Klixaheth City llos|?ital for Ifi days after the accident. Ills father. MrKlnley Sawyer, tcatilcd in court today that he was re gaining tin- use of his faculties slowly, still huvlnu difficulty In tlo* use .of his right arui. ami in recollecting happening* prior to the accident. The child's skull was fractured on the left side, a hove and Just hack of the ear, and. according to his father two Ideces of ho in* each ahout the size of a 'J?i c? ut piece were driven Into tJui hrain. ? D'-nnK Sawyer, the defendant, lestilleil that lie hiiw the two hoys on tin lr Idcycle a few momenta before the accident. They were tiding ilnwn the inlddh' of the street, he declared, and although lie hail Intended to turn hoiiIIi in to Martin slp-ct, ho kept straight ahead. hoping to avoid a crash. Other wltnesnes who examined the car after the accident told lli.it the Idcycle struck It near the front in such a fashion that young Sawyer was thrown head flmt against a door hinge. Witness's heard Included Hlcli ard Spencer ami Pete Itrinson. painters, who were coming out of llorsey Williams* store on North Martin street when they heard the crash. Ilotli estimated Sawyer's speed at 1.1 to IH tulles an hour. They Mtated there were two young women In the car at the time, till thi basis of Sawyer's admis sion that lie did not have a drlv lug p< r m i t. Trial Justice Sawyi r asked that a clause covering that violation of tin- law lie included In tin- warrant ikiImN him. ami fined film 9r. and costs. In pasaing Judgment, the court advanced the opinion that there might he grounds for a civil ac tion. though tile evidence. In IiIh opinion, did not Indicate a hauls for a criminal Judgment In con nection with the accident. Perry Uavi*. proprietor of a lire repair shop at which Sawyer is fuiployrd, declared he was en gaged In his regular work at the time, and was returning to the shop by the route that In, him Relf, would have taken. Double Tragedy At' High Point Sunday lliuli Point, Aiik K.? I AIM A double irMRvdy atalked in lllRh I'olnt ye*?e-day a* the rcnill ofl t wo automobile arrldeiilH. Carl W., Jacob*. 26, wan killed Instantly when the automobile he wa* drlv-j lite awerved on the lienh ?w Mill hridKe. and the end of the brldjce' railing Hiniek him over the heart.; iitiil the ||f?. of a tiny ffirl. Mildred Virginia llowerton. age two, wa? kiiuf fed out when the car In whh-h *he tii? rhliiiK with her father and mother, overturnerl. It.it Itnldwln. nexro. who whk with Jacobs when the flenhnw ae eld'itf occurred at 4:00 a. m.. I* reported to have .-aid that they h:td heen runnlnK <?? and 4.r> mll'w an hour him before rearhliiK the bridge. The noiro ran a mile to ;i filllns n'atlon and fell exhausted 'a* he Informed hla employer of the accident. The llowerton child lout her | life in a ? ollUfon at a croaalng in i I Rural llall. She wan thrown from' the ear and th* ear turned over i on her. Her par< nt* and the baby ewaiMil wMh ?mI\ ?Hght ?njurl?,j. WAXTKM I U'ly . for office and general ?tore work Mrfke application In writing. Owen* Shoe (;o. On JUDGE DENIES PLEA FOR STAY OF EXECUTION Suceo mid Yan/.rlli I'iihiic nwful Bvforr Ju?ti<*?? Shii(Ici>oii of Ma??arliu irtlit Supreme Court appeal to i:ooijik;k IVh^ram to Kapid (lily Urge* Chief Executive to Intercede ami Halt Exrcu* lion of Prisoners Host on. Auk H (AIM Justice Sanderson. of tlit* stale supreme court today ?|? nlo?| petitions by rounscI fur Sacco ami VaiiteMI, for a wrll of habeas corpus and a stay of execution. Ho, also denied a petition for a writ of error. Court hearing* on motion* brought hy counsel for Nicola Sacco .in.I Ilartolouieo Vatizetll in an effort to obtain a. new trial for th?> men sentenced to die this week for murder divided attention today with the outcome of an ap peal to Coventor Alvati T. Fuller, to ulay Iheir exeeutlon. Judge Sanderson of the stato nuperlor court set 10 a. nr. a* tho hour to hear a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a Htay of ex ecution. Two o'clock this a fit er noun was net a? the lime for a hearing at the Norfolk County courtIioiiho in lied ham before Judge Webster Thayer of the superior court on a motion for a new trial and a stay of exocutlon. It was in the nainn courthouse that Judge Thayer pre sided over the I rial of the' two men and sentenced tliein in death after the supreme court had up held his previous refusal to grant them a new trial. When tho governor would an uouuee his deel*ion on the plea for a slay of execution directed to him was uncertain. The only word which had come from him at his Hummer home at Kye Iteach, Now Hampshire, was a telephone call to his Secretary Herman A. Muc Donald. to the effect that lie would no| act on the petit-ion before to day. A desperate nppoat direct" to J Prenldent In behalf of Sacco and Vauzoiii also has been made. The telegram to the i-resident at Rapid Clly, urgeil him to inter cede with Governor A Ivan T. Ful ler. to halt the execution while Dim President m Ik lit conduct an In'juiry Into the case. The defense committee's tele gram called upon President Cool idge "to consider this momentous Hltuatlon most carefully." Itefor rlng to the files of the iH-parlrncnt of J-uHtlcc which the committer) has contended would reveal col lusion between the prosecution and the Federul Government, tho committee declared these would explain the ''consciousness of guilt," exhibited at tlm time of the prisoners' arrest was caused hy fear of deportation for radical affiliation. Despite further developments. aMenllon today remained largely riveted on the sweeping opinion of Governor Fuller's advisory com mittee which, summing up uu in vestigation into the case which closely paralleled that of the chief executive was In full accord with tho governor's own decision not to grant clemency to the two men. The opinion running fi,f?00 words held that the men had had a fair trial, that although Judge Thayer had been millty of "a grave breach of official deco rum." he had not been prejudiced during the trial, ami that none of th* new evidence offered by tho d- feiine Was of sufficient weight to warrant a new trial or to rouso reasonable doubt of the fairness of conviction. Two mooting* yesterday on tho lto*ton Common were dispersed hy the police after speakers had nought to address large <-rowds In behalf of tho condemned men and to call for a "national march on Host on." Another development of the day was police annouiu ement that an apparent attempt had been made to enter the homo of Cambridge of Justice George A Sanderson of the Xlate Supremi Court who Is to hear one of the pending appeals for a writ of habeas corpus. Reach Compromise In Flogging Trials Omenta. Alii . nu x (Al*) The .I'll CalioWK)! M< > - :? I UK trial* w r< < rid< d today, wlo-n ih? nla(<< and (h-ffiiM* readied a rotn ItrnmliM- whcrt'hy lhi> llv?? n-nmln in? ii?"ii to h< t rt<il i?lad<d kuII* ty Mini wcr?- *?iii"hPi'rt in pay ftn?*a of $COO and r< rv? j?l\ month* in Jail. ?TKK KIM. \I(ICI\ HH Ti|i|i!nv tHi* urulf ut four pioindn I ounnx, ini-NiiiirliiK 1-IHi inch *'n lii rlri'umfLTt in-i- and iu length. I hi* kind of all riifilliiWra arrived in Tin- Atlvann office today. King Cukr wan aoftl In and iirwnitiiHbly crown by W. K. Ilallanco of 1'op* Ini Branch.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Aug. 8, 1927, edition 1
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