Leased Wire Associated Press Service Tha Weather Cloudy tonight and Friday pre-, c?'d?>d by light rain tonight. Cool it tonight. Frenh wludn. VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 196. Tragedy Missing Airmen Turns Attention From Victors In Dole Flight! Destroyers, Steamer* unci Airplanes Combing Paci fic for Trace of Two Lo?l Entrants in Race I GREAT ANXIETY Miss Doran Went Into Ran Second Time Despite the Warning of Inspector; Golden Eagle Missing j Honolulu. Aug:^g.? today combed the* perilous occan course of the 2,400 mile Dole ?l^ht to Honolulu for trace of (Wo lost planes ?one bearing Miss Mildred Doran, "flying school teLehar." while Hawaii lavished honors on the winners of the first great aerial derby in the mono planes Woolaroc and Aloha. More than 36 hours out from the starting point at Oakland the biplane Mlsa Doran and tho mon oplane Qolden Eagle wore long overdue. Grave fears wore ex pressed for the safety of the live Ulera aboard the missing craft. While all the uiodern agencies of Communication wero thrown into play in the searefi. -jCaptaln William P. Erwln was ready at Oakland to take his mon oplane Dallas Spirit, over a zig zag' course to Oahu in the hope of Andlng trace of the flletB. He planned to hop off Borne time today. Arthur C. Oeebel, Hollywood stunt aviator, and Lieutenant W. V. Davis, Naval officer of Sun DI-, ago, navigator, landed the Wool aroc flrst, winning the Dole prize of $25,000. Secoftd prize of $10. 000 was captured by Martin Jen sen, Honolulu aviator, and Navi ? gator Paul Schluter of San Fran cisco In Xhe Aloha. A theerlng crowd of more^hafl 20,000 persons greeted the suc cessful airmen as they landed yes terday afternoon at Wheeler Field. k At midnight the missing planes hgd been out more than 34 hours, loftg psst the thus when their gasoline supply would have kept the?u on the wing. One carried Mlsa Mildred Do ran. pretty 22-yea^old Michigan schobl teacher, with J. A. Pedlar, pilot, and Lieutenant V. It. Knope, navigator. The other was the cigar-shaped monoplane Golden Eagle piloted by Jack Frost of New York and navigated by Gor don Scott of Santa Monica. Miss Doran's plane went Into the rsce after it was forced back to the Oakland airport from Its first start in the Dole derby on Tuesday on account of engine trouble, and went out again des pite Jthe warning of IJeutenant Ben wyatt, navigation officer who had* Inspected all entrants In the aerial contest. Hut Mis* Doran was adamant In hef refusal to remain behind in the race and folned with Pedlar and Knope In a second start down the ruaway and off through the Golden Gate. Today all the modern agencies of communication were thrown In to full play In search for the miss ing planes, neither of which car ried radio sending sets. Airplanes were zooming out, from the shores of Hawaii and ^California, scanning the broad ? expanses of the Pacific where the w fliers Hisy be battling the elements hoping to sight a passing ship. In their planes or In rubber Inflated life bostt which they took for Just sueh sn eventuality. The fate of the Miss Dorsn was, cause (or great anxiety owing to i the fesr It may have been forced) down soon after It left the sterl ing point and dumped Into the sea with a ton of gasoline In the tanks. The possibility of a smssh Jip and quick sinking loomed large in thin picture, for the planes jrplity have made a land ,n* most hazardous task. The Golden Eagle presented a more hopeful prospect. If was sent Into the race equipped to csro for Just, such an emergency. Its nsvlasfor was considered one of the most skillful, snd Pilot Pr?st hsd s machine performing per fectly at the take off If forced Into the open sea. the lending gear could he dropped after the plane reached the water and three extremities of the craft -the wing end* and the rear of the fuselage ?~could be Inflated with sir esr rled in a tsnk In the nsvtgator's i cabin. ) Pipe lines were connected with 4he air feed and the navigator ?ouM All the tanks hv turning * ?Olve. The baits could be plsced ?a the wing tips to prevent the J** from pounding them to pieces, doors and all other openings w,th rubber make th* J?*"1* ?'??wnrthv. Tlw Wis. Doran prwnlril * rtlf JrT^T "?"W* It P'H hick to " , M?o?nt of tnnlnc Wroubl.. snd If ih? troubl. dsrrl """'ILith. plan, tot null to m an4 aflulck fon-rd landing! *?? i?mirv th, oMt would ba1 Prize Winners In The Dole FHght ART OOEDEL MARTIN JKNSEN' While Interest In the. flight' swerved today to the search ^ver? the Pacific, tucked safely In their hangars at Wheeler Field. Hono lulu, were the monoplane* Woola roc and Aloha which landed at the finishing point late yesterday. The Woolaroc, piloted by Art Ooe hel, won first prize of $2G,600, and the Aloha, piloted by Martip Jensen, in second place, gets prise money of 910,000. Goo be I Hklmrued across the long course In 2G hours, 17 minutes and 33 seconds, while J*pit? the i untoward circumstances of the ov ercast skies and the lute arrival Of the Annie L. Vansclver, the three hundred and fortieth anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare wan' observed at Old Fort RaleiKh to day with appropriate ceremonies Assembling in the wooded nlad? , of which the old fort Is the central point, those attending the celebru tlon listened to an address by W. L. Cohoon of Elizabeth City on the appropriate topic, "Our Debt j to the Pioneers." and Joined In ex-, ercises fitting the occasion. The comparatively quiet cele bration this year was In marked contrast to the memorable occa sion a year ago. when the Brit ish Atubasxador Hlr Ksmo Howard was tho principal speaker and when high government officials and men of promlnjpce in State and Nation attendgjr the event. This year tho program was once more In the itands of tf|e Roanoke Colony Memorial Association, a little band whose devptlon has I kept allvo through the years the memory of the story and tragic j fate of Sir Walter. Italelgh> Lost Colony." ? . I Dr. ft. n. Drano of Edcnton,' president of the aasoclatinn, was maater of coremoulea at the exer claea held at tho site of iho Old Kort today. The celebration bruan with the Invocation liy Rev. J. M. JollfT. pant or of Mauteo MethodlHt Church. The "Star Spangled Man ner" nnd "America" were sung by ; the crowd :ind the mualc was di rected by Miaa EfTio Weatcott of Manteo. Walter L. Cohoon of Elizabeth City, principal Hpeakei, war: intro dllMNl b) l)r It. It. I)ran?> for the Koanoke Colony Memorial AhbocI atlon. After tile apeakln^, the aolemn pIlKrimaKe wuh made to the monnm -nt at Fort ItalHgh. A hUKe picnic dinner apread under | the grove at the fort wbh flnlahed Just prior to a heavy downpour I of rein whirl) acnt pirninra acur-1 rylhff to shelter. Cohoon'a speech waa a masterpiece. (ilowltiK tri bute wuh paid to <-arly aettlersl for th?*lr fortitude and achieve-' menta and the present generation j waa urued to perpetuate their J memory by material uaefulneaa to ? thin section. Attendance wan estimated at 1.000. ? 4| Dr. Geo. McDaniel, Dies At Richmond Richmond, Va.. Aug. 18?(ATI, ?Dr. George W. Mc-Danlel. pastor I of the First Raptlst Church off Richmond, and for thr^e years president of the Southern Ilaptlst Convention. died at a local hoapl* j tal at 2:4R o'clock today after an Illness of a week, lie wan 52 yoar* old. I KMX I'M l n Ml KlislON . OAVKTY THMATIIK I'lMMJItAM l.'slng her shoe as a tomahawk with the heel thereof a*. t h? blade, Hue Nixon, colored, with whom Geo. Konnei. colored c ploy* at Gordon's shoe shop has j keen keeping st?ady company for a considerable time, did consider able damage to llonncr'n fact- and J cregted a marked diversion from the regular program at the Gaiety! theatre Wednesday night. when] llonner turned up at the show sit ting beside another girl. Mutual ? understanding itemed to have ? been reached In recorder's court J Thursday morning, however. Ron ' ner footing the Mil when Susan was taxed with the cost* on a charge of assault. Nathaniel Racon, a'to colored, who used g club In undertaking to chastise his wife at their home j on Walnut street, wai given 90. days on the roadi. White Wings Seen Near Cape Charles Norfolk, Auk. 18.- (AP) ? Re ported discovery of ? white winged j plane adrift In the *ea lUG" miles, ? ant of Cape Charles, led to im-' mediate preparations being mud" today for dlapatch of a boat to the scene. Coast Ouard and naval officials, however, wore awaiting official advices from Washington where Coast Cluard headquarters was said to have received a mes-| nage from the steamer CJulf Point.) which reported having sighted the, plane, only one wing of which was above wster. The only white winged plapr known to be ml**-,' lng In that of the Nungesser-Coll t ranaatlantlc expedition which, vanished on a flight from Paris to New York. CommirndT A. O Head, of transatlantic flight fame. howev' er. said he did not btflWV the Nungeaaer plsne could have re mained afloat until now. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE OF DAVIS CUP TEAM New York. Aug 1*.? (AJM? The American Davis Cup team to defend the trophy In matches at dermaatown. Pennsylvania, nfll, month will constat of William T.; Tllden. II. of Philadelphia. Wil liam M. Johnston, of Man Fran-' Hsco, Richard N. William*. II. of Philadelphia and Francis T. Hun-! ter, of New Rochelle. Ntjr York, DOORS GILBERT STORES CLOSED THURSDAY MORN Petition Filed IJein Liahili liitt of Three Slorw at $ 1-7,025.67 and Awrt? at $21,205.00 MITCHELL FOUNDEK From Nucli'UH of Mitchell's Department Store Busi ness Had Spread to Two Other Establishment* A mercantile business the hls tory of which goes back Into the! early nineties, when Water street was the center of the shopping district fit Elizabeth City, ended j In hsak'ruptcv when the ilnnrn of' Mitchell's I) parfn^ent Store failed, 10 open Thursday "fliprnlng. At' the same time Gilbert*.*. ? Main street woman's wear store, un i People's Bargain Store on Poin-N dexter street, aji operated under the same management, failed to! open also. The combined assets of the J three stores are listed at $21,-1 205.00, as against liabilities of I $47,025.67 In a petition of volun-j tary bankruptcy filed by O. K.' Gilbert at the office of Clerk of, United Slates District Court J. I*. Thompson Ht 11:30 o'clock. This is the first failure of an old established mercantile Arm in Elizabeth City in the la*t 1?'? years! or more. The town weathered the lean years following the slump of' 1920 with relatively few failures of any sort. Those which ?ii? | Col. Chaa. A. Lindbergh, hopped off from the Kanaaa City airport at 10:4ft a. m.. today for Wichita, Kan*a* the next atop on hi* tour of the United State* under au*pl ce* of the Guggenheim Founda tion. Loss Estimated $8,000 When Filling Station In Camden County Burns Great And Humble Pay Last Tribute To Judge Gary Whsiton. III.. Auk- 18.? (AD ?The/great and the humble who knew /Elbert H. Gary and called him friend gathered today at his bier to pay him final tribute. Funeral services In the beautl fnl chureh which the steel mauler built an a memorial to hie parents brouKht not only the kings and princes of the world of business but alao neighbors and townsmen oAUhe farm boy wno rose to cap tain great Industry. Then >*2* ?* brief ceremony ar ranged*1 for the "Cfeurch. which mu sic bjf a quartette' xhosen by old friends of Mr. Gary r.ho knew and respited his wishes "\,r simple rltejf The funeral sern!^? w#a prepared by the Rt. Fredei>tek D. I.e^t. Methodist bishop of InJ^t" apolls, with prayer by Rev. Jam?N| T. Ladd. of Elgin; Rev. Ernest Tittle, of Kvanston and Rev. A. M. Pennewell, pastor of the Gary Memorial Church. A mausoleum built 17 years ago by Mr. Gary at a cost of $250,000 was the end of the Jour ney. In- It rests the body of Mr; Cary'0 first wife. Nearby In an other plot of the small cemetery, are die remains ?? his parents and grainparents. whose lives spanned bacjT to the days of the colonies. Honorary pallbearers were nome of the leaders In the busi ness world who called the dead man their friend. They included Vice President Charles G. Da wen. Charles M. Schwab, Nathan I. Miller, Senator Charles Dent-en of Illinois, James L. Farrell, John J. Mitchell and Frank O. lpther buildings, but with favorable accu rate calculations of tliXjf*re ers they wore not needeJV. The flro was discovered "Jttfpeo plo living in that neighborbJftmL According to reports mado toM Chief Flora, tho fire is thought to be of Incendiary origin although no reason could bo assigned for the act. The damnge was estf mated at 18,000, and is partially covered by Insurance. TAKEN IN CUSTODY TO FINISH SENTENCE Wlnston-Balera, Aug. 18.?(AP) Stoutly protesting that he was not the man they wanted, that he knew nothing of such u person by that name, knew nothing of his whereabouts, had not even heard of film and they were taking thei wrong man. Hoy Huffman wanted for completion of his road sen tence for attempted robbery of the bank at Kernersville in February 1921, was taken Into custody by Forsyth officers and is today "back on the job," at a county co nvlct camp to complete tho sentence. He owes the county one year and 17 days time. 4 ? Huffman wan sentenced to servo five years and escaped from tho Forsyth County roads with a little more than a year to serve. His arrest In this city can be traced to a wreck of his automo bile at Kernersville early Tuesday night. Whlld driving In the direc tion of this city, Huffman, drink ing heavily, officers said, crashed his automobile Into a filling sta tion by the side of the road at Kernersville, and then drotv the .machine to a service station. Where he was captured. SEEKING iVl HOLE*. V THROUGH WHICH LIQUOR IS FLOWING Washington, Aug. 18?(AP)-~ Declaring thai Detroit presented "the most 4rltlcal condition In law enforcement in ihe country,'* As sistant Secretary lawman today created a separate enforcement district on the State of Michigan which had been Joined with Onlo. Thoman E. Stone, deputy ad ministrator at Cleveland, wan ap pointed administrator of the Mich igan district, with headquartecs at !>etrolt affective September 1. We conalder that Detroit pre sents the moat critical condition In law enforcement in the oountty today, aald Mr. Lowman. "Thla change la part of a plan of the pro hibition. customs and ('oast Guard ?ervlce* to plaff up tin- hole that allow* thousand* Of cane* o| whis key to flow.Into the United States from Canada." SWEET POTATOES MAKE SHAWIIOKO SHIPPING CENTER Shawhoro. Auk. 18. Twanty one earn of aweet pot a toe* ware shipped from Shawhoro Tuntdsy and 2 4 W'dmnday There la uot enosik space at the depot to ae Wl?odstg the demand. Half a dosen buyers ar? on hand each day and people are hauling night and day. There Is m?ch romplaliH by the buyers of small potatoea being pat In the barrels which haa a ten dency to weaken the market.