Tit-F Duanoke Denn-m
VOL. 34
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923.
NO. 48
PERSHING 10 TOUR
MILITARY CAMPS
DESIRES TO GAIN PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRESS
lyiADE. ,
TO MAKE FOUR WEEKS TOUR
Would Have Efficient Peace Time
Basia For Citizen Army in Case
of Need.
Washington—General Pershing will
make a tour of summer military
camps over the country, beginning
with an inspiration of the New York
National Guard camp at Peeksgill,
and visits to Camp Meade, Md., and
the Pennsylvania guard camp at Mt.
Gretna, July 17 or 18.
On July 22 he will leave Washing
ton on a four weeks’ tour his tenta
tive intinerary carrying him to Camp
Knox, Kentucky, July 23 and 24;
Camp McClellan, Ala., July 25-26; Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, July 28-29; and
Los Angeles July 31, where he will re
main to greet President Harding on
the latter's return from Alaska.
Afterwards General Pershing will
visit various training camps irr the
'West, winding up his tour at Camp
Custer, Mich, August 22.
An announcement issued at the war
department said:
General Pershing desires td gain
an intimate personal knowledge of
the progress made in the training
camps for the development of an ef
ficient peace time nucleus of the cit
izen army provided for in the nation
al defense act of 1920. Where the
duration of his visit will permit him
to accept engagements in nearby
cities, he is accepting invitations to
ijjteet the local officers of the Nation
al Guard and reserve corps and oth
ers interested in the problems of na
tional defense.
American Cotton Associaton Sued.
New York.—Suit for *76,248.90
against the American Cotton Asso
ciation fol- services, damages and ex
penses claimed by the Milner Bureau
of Atlanta, Ga., was instituted by
Francis Morey as assignee of the
Milner Bureau’s claim. The suit is
the outgrowth Morey claims, of a con
tract under which the bureau was to
raise *2,500,000 but failed to do so
with which the cotton association was
to fight the boll weevil.
As the. result of a statement to be
press issued by the head of the cot
ton vass.o.(yation denouncing the Mil
ner bureau and its leading officers
after It]had been incorporated in
Tennessee, the caitlpaign was handi
capped and only $13,748.90 was raised
by April *T, 1923, the last day of the
drive, the plaintiff charged.
Woman Given $250,000 Bequest.
Lon Angeles.—Miss Clara May Mil
ler, saleswoman for an oil syndicate,
has announced receipt of a letter
from a Boston law firm telling her
she had been left $250,000 in the will
of Theodore Tibbits, leathei4 manu
P facturer of Lynn, Mass., whom she
saved from drowning when he was a
small boy.
About 2.t years ago, Mrs. Miller
said, she was a member of a party
crossing the bay of Fundy on a steam
ship. Tibbits, then a precious young
ster, climbed on the railing and fell
overboard. Mrs. Miller, then Miss
Clara Beckwith, although fully dress
ed immediately jumped in the sea and
rescued the boy after a hard strug
gle.
Tibbits’ father gave her $1,000 to
buy clothes to replace those ruined
in saving his son, she said, and the
Canadian authorities gave her a med
al for heroism.
She expects to go to Boston soon,
as the will is to be probated there
within sixty days.
Offer Made For Ship For Junk.
Washington.—An offer to purchase
unserviceable government steel shins
was made to the Shipping Board by
Jacques Pierot, Jr., resident of the
international Maritime Mortgage
Bank, of Rotterdam. He was told by
the officials with whim he conferred
that to date no ships had been put
definitely in that classification, and
that, moreover, the board had not yet
considered the questior| of sale to
foreigners for junking purposes.
Mr. Pierot did not submit a definite
per ton offer, but filed notice that the
interests he represented would like
to be considered potential purchasers
of eliminated vessels, which he said?
would be broken up to recover the
steel.
GRAIN EXPORTS
SHOW INCREASE.
Washington. —' Grain exports
from the United States last week
amounted to 4,627,000 bushels
compared with 3,668,000 the week
before.
Figures made public by the
commerce department showed the
following comparisons of grain ex
ports last week with those of the
previous week:
Barley, 182,000 bushels, against
189,000 bushels; corn, 207,000,
against 175,000; oats, 41,000,
against 76,000; rye, 1,481,000,
against 610,000; wheat 2,716,000
against 2,618,000; flour 138,000 bar
rels, against 140,000 barrels.
Export of Canadian grain from
American ports amounted to 536,
000 bushels against 700,000 bush
els the week before.
TO BE IN ALASKA 20 DAYS
PRESIDENT AND W.FE WAVE
FAREWELL TO THOUSANDS
FROM SHIP.
Accompanied By Three Members fcf
Cabinet Whose Departments Are
Interested in Alaska.
Tacoma, Wash.—In the midst of (he
blaring of bands, and the farewell
cheers of thousands of Tacoma cit
izens, President Harding sailed for
Alaska, the first chief executive of the
nation to visit that territory since it
came under the American flag 36
years ago.
A few minutes after 2 p. m the
scheduled hour of departure, the Unit
ed States naval transport Henderson,
which for the next 20 days will be in
reality the White House, got under
way, circled the harbor, and steamed
past the Tacoma stadium, where a
few minutes before the President and
Mrs. Harding had received the God
speed of Governor Hart, of Washing
ton, and where the President had de
clared for an America . merchant
marine second to none.
As the bi^ transport swung by the
stadium, those assembled there to
hear the President speak, stood and
cheered. Mr. and Mrs. Harding ac
knowledged the cheers and waved the
farewell from the bridge until dis
tance made them only indistinct fig
ures to those on shore.
The President ,as he boarded the
vessel, was in an unusually happy
frame of mind; pleased by the re
ception given him in Tacoma, glad
to obtain a'few days of rest after the
15 days transcontinental trip, and
overjoyed by the prospect of realiz
ing the ambition he has held almost
ever since he entered the White
House—an ambition to visit the great
northern territory and obtain first
hand information with respect to its
problems.
Two days of steady sailing lay
ahead of the party when it left here,
up through the inside passage of
British Columbia and Alaska. It will
not be a monotonous voyage by any
means for the boat will pass up
through narrow ^winding channels
with mountains ,ttr\'sing directly from
the water’s edge.
The arrival at Juneau, the terri
torial capial has been fixed for July
10 and three days later the party
will reach Seward. ■ Four days will
then be decoted to the trip up the
Alaskan railroad to Anchorage,
Chickaloon, Nenana, and Fairbanks,
within 200 miles of the Arctic circle.
At the Tanena river bridge at Ne
nana the President will drive the
golden spike symbolizing completion ;
of the railroad construction by the
government to provide an outlet for
the rich interior district. The return
trip southward will be made by mo
tor over the Richardson trail.
The President was accompanied by
three members of his cabinet whose
departments >are most directly inter
ested in Alaska. They are Secretary
Hoover of the commerce department;
Secretary Work of the interior depart
ment and Secretary Wallace of the
agricultural department. Also in the
party are Speaker Gillette of the
house, and Dr. Greeley of the forest
service.
England Raises Rate of Discount.
London.—The Bank of England
raised its rate to four per cent from j
three per cent level which had pre
vailed for a year.
The increase caused little surprise
inasmuch as events recently had been
moving rapidly towards such a action.
At the same time there is consider
able opinion against raising the offi
cial minimum at a time when trade
Is so bad and when Great Britain's
purchases of food and raw material
in the United states and South Amer
ica.must he fl-anrwJ. *
FOUND GUILTY
WAS CHARGED WITH BEATING
MARTIN TABERT TO DEATH
IN FLORIDA.
TRAIL LASTED FOR 13 DAYS
Death of North Dakotan Resulted in
Florida Abolishing the Prison
Lease System.
Lake City, Fla.—Thomas Walter
Higginbotham was found guilty of
murde af Martin Tabert, of North Da
kc?ta, in the second degree by a jury
here. The verdict carries a sentence
of 20 years. The jury was out but one
hour and 20 minutes.
The former convict whipping-boss
was accused of having caused) the
death of Tabert as the result of a
beating administered while the North
Dakotan was serving a term in the
Putnam Lumber company convict
camp. The trail consumed 13 days.
The death of Tabert finally result
ed in an investigation of the whole
convict leasing system and its
abolishment by| the Florida legisla
ture. That body also prohibited cor
poral punishment. Before the Flori
da legislature convened the senate of
North Dadota adopted a memorial
asking the Florida lawmakers to in
vestigate the death of Tabert.
There was no demonstration in the
court room when the verdict was re
ported. Attorneys for the defendant
imemdiately made a motion for a new
trail. The verdict carries a mini
mum sentence of 20 years and a max
imum of life imprisonment. Higgin
botham was in coi-rt when the jury
announced its decision.
During the trail the state charged
Higginbotham with having whipped
Tabert so severely that it brought
about traumatic pneumonia, which
resulted in death four days later.
The defense admitted the whipping,
but contended it was “within the law"
basing this on testimonies that only
from eight to 10 lashes were struck.
The Florida convict camp regula
tions permitted administering 10
lashes. The defense contended Ta
bert died from lobar pneumonia.
Assault on Volstead Act.
Washington.—Another gun mar*
shaled for the expected broadside this
winter against the constitutionality
of the Volstead Act.
This was how Government prohibi
tion officials here were inclined to
regard the decision of Federal Judge
Bourquin at Helena, Mont., that Con
gress had no power in the Volstead
Act to restrict the amounts of liquor
to be prescribed by physicians.
While not necessarily connected,
the different developments now fre
quently arising which challenge the
Volstead Act, in the belief here, con
stitute a plain indication of the as
sault tht awill be made on the pro
hibition law at the convening of Con
gress.
Prohibition Bureau officials told
United Press, however, that Montana
prohibition officials will be given no
chance to t \ke advantage tf the Bour
puin decision. They said that if any
attempt is made to prescribe more
liquor than the law now allows, a
stay of execution of „the injunction
granted by Judge Bourquin will be
asked.
No attempt will be made to appeal
the decision, as a similar one handed
down by Federal Judge Knox, of New
York, already has been noted for ap
peal to the Supreme court.
Holds Wife For Slaying Husband.
Anniston, Ala--Mrs. Evelyn Sue
Rickner collapsed as she was ordered
held on a charge of murdering her
husband. Lieutenant James C. Rick
ner, at the close of her preliminary
hearing.
Mrs. Rickner was still Unconscious
when the court fixed bond at $3,000
after testimony of officers at Camp
McClelland li^id shown that Lieuten
as his wife handed a smoking pistol
to another officer.
Wife Still Hopes Airmen Are Alive.
Lake Hurst, N. J—Mrs. T. B. Null,
wife of Lieutenant Null, who with
Lieutenant J. L. Roth, is reported to
have perished in Lake 'Erie when
their giant navy balloon feii thto the
water , near Port SftSWMey, • Dai-, kept
in constant touch with the «f*kehur3t
naval air station anxiously awaiting
word of the fate of her husband.
ant Rickner moaned: tf
man, she shot me throu
fet that >vor.
rfche heart,”
FOUR KILLED IN
TRAIN-BUS CRASH.
Albany Oregan.—Four persons
were instantly killed when a
Southern Pacific train struck an
Oregon-California motor bus be
tween Tangant and Shedd near
here, according to reports receiv
ed hereiVy railroad company.
The defMt were taken to Eugene.
Other plslsengers of the bus were
believed4t& have been injured.
1 '
LASKER 1!) PROUD OF SHIP
FrOR THE
' GOES
IRST TIME NEW BOAT
i.UT LOADED TO
CAPACITY.
On Her Sails Secretary of Labor, a
Former Immigrant, in Ex-Kaiser’s
Suit.
New York.—The reconditioned Levi
athan, queen of the American mer
chant marine, sailed on Uncle Sam’s
birthday on her first trans-Atlantic
pleasure voyage under the stars and
stripes.
Thousands massed on the water
front to bid bon voyage to the super
ship. With their cheers mingled the
sirens of harbor craft and the w'hir
from propellers of airplanes circling
her pier.
Although her bar was dry, the Le
viathan was literally a “wet” ship.
For as her great whistles boomed
their warning to river traffic and the
clouds cracked and a torrent rained
on her decks.
The crowds ashore ran to shelter,
and passengers sought protection.
But the waving of hats and hand
kerchiefs continued, while cheer after
cheer bridged the widening water.
The din increased as the great ship
ping board vessel swung her nose to
ward the sea. Fore and aft she was
dressed with international code flags.
Upon her decks bands played. Around
het sides circled gaily-dressed river
ci^Tt. Shoving her into the channel
were tiny tugs with the power of ti
tans. Off her starboard bow steamed
a toy vessel—a reproduction of Rob
ert Fulton’s Clermone, America’s first
steamboat.
As the liner with her varied escort
pushed seaward, through steamboat
and ferry traffic, holiday crowds took
up the cheering. The rainfall soon
abated, the sky changed for a moment
from gray to blue, and passengers
again swarmed the open decks to wit
ness what the water front proclaimed
the greatest ovation since the Levia
than steamed back from war-torn
Europe with her thousands of Ameri
can fighting men.
Aeroplanes which had come from
Hampton Roads to bid her farewell
folloVed the liner down stream, out
into the bay and toward the open sea.
Not the least excited man aboard
the Leviathan before she sailed was
Albert D. Lasker, retiring chairman of
the shipping board, who for months
had been concentrating his attention
on the great ship.
Dempsey Holds Title.
Shelly, Mont—Jack Dempsey re
mains the holder of the world's heavy
weight boxing championship, although
in full 15 rounds he was unable to
knock out his challenger, Tom Gib
bons. Dempsey won on referee’s de
cision in the championship fight at
Shelby, Mont., which was a fiasco, so
far as paid attendance was concerned.
Probably not 10,000 paid admission to
the arena, which was built to seat
40,000 people.
Five Killed in Wreck.
Alburquerque, N. M.—At least five
trainmen were killed and several pas
sengers were injured some of them
possibly seriously when an Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe train bound from
Chicago to Los Angeles, was derailed
near Domingo, 30 miles north of here,
shortly after midnight. The train
was a double header, and both engi
neers and both firemen were killed re- ■
ports said. v
Wrecking crews, doctors and nurs-.
is were sent to the sceen of the acci
lent early this morning from here.
The train comprised six pullmjuas,v:
ive- baggage cars .and .4hret'^t'ho,trlj^., _
vere reported • ih'' tW
’ause of the wreck! has not
ermined
Appro.y-e World Colir
Lima, Conn.—The .National Ij.e'a^guff
)f Women Voters ^4tr stand by the.
leclaration of th&tPe^. Moines conveft;
ion in fav^rr of -the ^rtfr^t\8e^^jf^tl)e
United Sta^;ij^>9vPerman*ntjtourt
>f internatlMil' Jtoetic^. it was;%ted
if ter a m ecnngTff^he'AWWltiv e com'
nittee at the home of Miss Katherine
.ndinsrt on.
• L0S1 10 WORLD
LIEUTENANT ROTH AND HULL
HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD
FROM.
OLMSTEAD IS LISTED WINNER
Landed 500 Miles From Indianapolis; i
Honeywell Had Harrowing
Experience.
Indianapolis.—All track of Lieut. L.
J. Roth, navy airman and only starter
in the national elimination balloon
race who has not been heard from,
has been lost, according to announce
ment made by the Indianapolis cham
ber of commerce, sponsor for the race.
Lieut. T. B. Hull accompanied Lieu
tenant Roth as aide. The men came
here from the naval training station
at Lake Hurst, N. J„ for the contest.
The missing balloonist, as is
usual, were well supplied with instruc
tions to drop them overboard as the
craft drifted over cities and towns.
Not a word, however, has been receiv
ed here rfom the ship, known as the
U. S. Navy No. A-2698.
An unofficial check, compiled at
the chamber of commerce, gave Lieut.
Robert S. Olmstead, army balloonist,
the lead in distance travelled over
the eleven other pilots who have re
ported bringing their craft to the
ground. Lieutenant Olmstead de
scended at Marilla, N. Y. The dis
tance between Indianapolis and Ma
rilla on an air line is approximately
500 miles.
According to the check, H. E.
Honeywell, St. Louis, piloting the
“St. Louis,” traveled the next far
thest distance—about 450 miles. He
brought his'balloon to the ground at
Brocton, N. Y. Honeywell was the
last pilot to report. Three other bags,
piloted by Lieut. J. B. Lawrence,
Washington naval officer; C. E. i\Jc
Gullough, Baltimore, and Lieut. L. T.
Miller, army man, located at Scott
field, Belleville, Ills., came to ground
about 400 miles from Indianapolis, it
was said.
Honeywell and his aide, P. J. Mc
Cullough, had a harrowing experi
ence while they were in the air, ac
cording to a telegram received from
them by the Associated Press. At the
mercy of storms, the craft was driven
into Canada, then back into the Unit
ed States and again toward Lake
Erie.
Short of ballast, Honeywell deter
mined to land and brought the ship
down on a cliff, 150 feet high and
close to the edge of the water. The
landing was affected in darkness, the
time being 9:15 o’clock.
Navada Town Swept By Fire.
Los Angeles.—Seven blocks of the
business district and the north part
of the resident district of Goldfield.
Nevada, were swept by fire, according
t0 an Associated Press dispatch from
The Goldfield Tribune. The loss was
estimated at $300,000, with the amount
of insurance unknown.
The Goldfield hotel, News building,
Elks building, John S. Cook bank and
Deep Mines company offic% were the
only substantial buildings partly sav
ed, the telegrams state(l. The fire
started at 6:45 a. m., and still was
burning strongly at 11 o’clock.
N. E. A. Closes Meet.
Oakland, Cal.—The 1023 convention
of the National Education association,
the world conference on education
and allied educational organizations
here in San Francisco closed after
electing Miss Olive M. Jones, New
York school principal, as president of
the N. E. A., to succeed William B.
Owen, of Chicago.
Cornelia S. Adair, of Virginia, was
chosen treasurer. Vice presidents
fleeted include R. O. Stoops, Pennsyl
vania, and Florence M. Hale, Maine.
One of the outstanding accomplish
ments of the convention was the <j)M
ganization of the World Federation
.Education associations wh^e chief
is to preventtht&ugh editv
c^tlStoal methods. .•dSpr?
3 Lightning Hurts Three.
eville.—Lightning . stripped two
persons to the waist, burning the. u*,
d^’rrlothing from one of them, wheti"
t.htee, standing in a door of the rang
ers cabin near the top of Motyji^
Mitchell, were injured by a bolt. ThjS'-'
three were among 13 sightseers wlid
had sought shelter In the cabin when
it began to rain.
.. The injured persons are Miss Ellen
Eason and K. V. Harris, of WTest
Asheville, and J. D. Coates, of Denton.
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