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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
EARLY ACTION ON
BONUS FORECAST
RESOLUTION PASSED INSTRUCT
ING WAYS AND MEANS COM
MlTTEE TO FRAME BILL.
NO OPPOSITION TO MOTION
Declares that Once Reported the
Measure viii Be Given Right Of
Way in the House.

Washington. EARLY action In the
house on soldiers bonus bill was
forecast when republican members at
caucus adopted resolution instruct.
! ing the ways and means committee to
frame bonus bill and declaring that
once reported the measure should be
the continuing order OF business until
passed. No opposition to the resolu-
tion developed, it was said.
! While ways of raising necessary
revenue for bonus we're discussed,
it was said no instructions We're given
the ways and means committee as to
what revenue raising provisions
should be placed in the bill Members
were generally OF the opinion that
1t would be advisable for the COM
mittee first to thresh out this point,
and have the republican membership
Of the house privileged, after the bill
Is reported. to caucus again, particu-
larly on that feature of the measure.
Sentiment was expressed, 1t was
said, in favor of making the cash pro-
visions of the bill less attractive and
those providing for insurance and
home and farm aid more desirtble
option Several members were said
to have urged that cash payments be
somewhat reduced so that more vet
Grams will be inclined to take advan-
tage of other benefits.
This, II was said, would require less
initial revenue.
Incidentally several ways Of provid-
ing necessary revenue were suggested,
among them a sales tax, issuance OF
bonds secured by the foreign debt
and use of interest paid in by nations
indebted to the United States.
Chairman Fordney. OF the ways and
means committee, assured his col
leagues that his committee would act
with the prospect that they would be
brief and that the bill would be report
ed very soon.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Small Number of Bachelors.

Washington The proportion OF
married men to the total male popu-
lation of the country Is years of age
aid over increased from 55.S per cent
to 500 per cent in the ten years pre-
cedng the 1920 census, according to
a compilation of martial statistics
made public by the census bureau.
The bureau believed. however, that
this was probably more indicative of
change in the age composition OF the
population.-a increase in the per-
centage of males between Is and 25
years of age due to increased immi-
gration--than a growing propensity
of matrmony.
OF the total male population OF
53,900,431 above the 15-year classifi-
cation, the census figures showed 21,-
1926 married. 1.75S,30S widowed,
and 235,2S4 divorced the latter figure.
however, including non-divorced and
remarked. The divorce total showed
an increase of 20 per cent in its ra-
ito to the total population during the
1O-year period, constituting six,tenths
of one per cent OF the latter against
fve.tenths in 1910.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
urge -GROW|NC OF
SWEET POTATOES
REAL EFFORT TOWARD GREATER
PRODUCTION IN DUNN SEC
TON To eE MADE.
TO BUILD LARGE WAREHOUSE
Local Men VIII Make An Effort to
Induce Farmers TO Plant a Given
Number OF Acres.

Dunn.--Dunn's first, real effort to-
ward starting the cooperative produc-
ton and marketing Of the sweet potato
VIII be started on Saturday, February
4, when @. A. Caldwell, agricultural
and Industrial agent of tine Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company, and G.
d. Matthews, state horticultural, come
to town to join with r. L Riddle, sec.
rotary of the Chamber OF Commerce,
and Ben 0. Townsend, cotton and po-
tato worehouseman, in the work upon
the idea.
Riddle and Townsend are issuing
invitations to all of the farmers Of the.
Dunn district to attend a meeting TO be I.
addressed by Caldwell and Matthews,
who will tell the farmers what strains
of the tuber to plant, how to cure them
and how to market them. The local
men will make an effort to induce the
farmers to plant given number. OF
acres, and will guarantee storage
space and markets for all that Is pro-
duced
Mr.. Townsend already is planning to
build warehouse that will house at
least $4,000 bushels of potatoes. He,
alone, will plant approximately 100
acres. If the farmers agree to plant
according to the directions OF the ex-
perts and Mr.. Townsend, he will in
crease the size of this warehouse to a
capacity sufficient to accommodate all
they can produce.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
To Complete Traction Line.

Fayetteville.--On the strength OF n
most encouraging report by General
A. J. Bowey as to the Camp Bragg
situation, made to a mass meeting OF
Fayetteville business men, liberal sub
scriptions to the fund necessary to
complete the traction line from this
city to the military camp were sub
scribed ..-..f
The meeting. called for the purpose
of discussing important matters relat.
ing to the camp, listened TO General
Pershing's friendship to Camp Bragg
and the chief of STATS activities in be-
half of the North Carolina camp, one
of the most valuable army posts in the
country: talked over the street rail-
road proposition. and came across
handsomely when the appeal was
made.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Movement to Improve battle-ground.

Burlington The local post of the
American legion has started a move
ment for tie Improvement of the Ala
nance battle-ground, located about nine
miles southwest OF this city. Some
very important historical facts are
connected with the piece Of land that
lies on the paticular spot where one Of
the first battles OF the revolution was
fought between the soldiers of the
British government and the regulars OF
Alamance.
In the battle that was fought on Ala
nance soil, Robert Thompson was shot
down by the British soldiers, which
was the primary cause of the battle
According TO the history OF the battle,
Jemes pugh lay behind pile OF rocks
and killed II British soldiets.
Present plans Of the movement start
ed by the members of the American
Legion ore 20 make Alaniance battle
ground national park with suitable
monuments, markers. etc. A hard-sur-
faced road will be built from Burling-
ton to the battle-ground,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
PROLONGATlON OF WASHING
TON CONFERENCE GIVEN AS
REASON BY ITALIANS.
Would Be Impossible to Assemble So
Large Gathering as Contem-
plated for Genoa in Six Weeks

Washington. -Postponement OF the
assembling of the Genoa conference,
set for March s, will be necessary, it
was said. in Italian official circles be-
cause of the prolongation of the
Washington armament meeting.
Even If all other factors were ia
vorable, 1t was said, it would be prac.
tically impossible to assemble so
large gathering as snat contem-
plated for Genoa in the six weeks re-
naming before the tentative date.
The difficulty has not been lessened.
Italian spokesman said, by the delay
on the part of the United States to
formally announce their attitude to-
ward the projected gathering.
Members of the Italian delegation
do not hesitate to express the opinion
that the proposed conference could
be expected to accomplish almost
nothing without the participation Of
the great credit nation of the world.
Close connection between the Wash.
ington conference and that in Genoa
was seen by some delegates, who de
clared there could be no effective
pruning and Encouragement of Euro.
can budgets, considered a necessary
preliminary to any successful read.
justment of European economic CON
ditlons, until positive steps have been
taken toward reduction Of naval arm
aments at least. Unless such reduc.
ton is assured by the Washington
conference. 1t was declared it would
be useless to hold conference in
Genoa for economic reconstruction.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
|O7 LIVES LOST
IN WASHINGTON
1874 OTHERS ARE INJURED WHEN
MOVIE THEATER ROOF
coLLAPSEs.
SOME SERIOUSLY INJURED
Volunteers Work In Snow and Cold
for "a Hours Taking Dead From
Heap of Debris.

Washington Official police record,
placed the known dead in the Knicker
booker theater disaster at 107. Elimi
nation of duplicated names brough,
the final total down from the unoffi
cial peak at liz at which the toll o.
the catastrophe was placed.
The list of injured stood at 1874 with
IA listed as seriously injured"
The official list, according to the
authorities, contained the names Of
all those whose bodies had been re.
covered up to midnight from the ruins
The volunteer workers, including
police, firemen, marines and cavalry
from Fort Myer, had practically con:
Guided their search Of the wreckage
at midnight.
The exact number in the th.atel
when the steel and concrete span OF
the roof buckled and fell under its
three.foot load OF snow probably will
never be known. The stories Of per-
haps a hundred who got out uninjured
have been reported. These account
for few more than 800 in the audi
ence that was roaring in laughter at a
filmed comedy when the roof fell on
them like blanket carrying down
the front OF the wide balcony in It's
crash.
Normally, the theater has had every
seat filled at that hour, and nearly
1000 persons was its capacity. The
same unprecedented snowfall which
brought death to the venturesome few,
kept the many at home Street car
traffic had been abandoned and
streets and sidewalks were all but
impossible with drifts.
There has been no time as yet 70,
official inquiry as to the cause OF the
disaster The ruins themselves dis
close, however, that the entire mass
Of steel-held concrete that formed the
roof had come down. The crash swept
the supports out from under the bal
cony, apparently. and this hinged
down at an angle of As degrees, add
ing to the tangled mass OF wreckage
on the floor below.
The building stands in an acute an
gled corner at the 18th street and Co
lumbia Roads, northwest. the heart
OF the most favored residence section
OF tine city. The narrow niche
OF the stage on which the screen
was hung was backed into the scor.
ner angle while to the left from the
stage the line OF the auditorium runs
in straight line for some 200 feet
down 18th street.
This whole space stood roodess to
the sky moment after the first hiss
ing sound of the breaking roof gave
warning above the music of the or
chestra. There is only one survivor
thus far who has told of having heard
that warning and seen the first pow.
derry handful Of snow sift down over
the head OF the orchestra leader in
time TO make his escape. From his
seat well forward on the main floor, he
raced for the doors at the back. A
great blast of air, expelled as the roof
came down, hurled him out through
the doorway to safety.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Government Loans.

Washington. The Boston and
Maine railroad applied to the inter.
state commerce commission for a loan
from the government of $4,000 to
run for 10 years. The money will be
used to pay off a note of like amount
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Allan
tic railroad also asked for govern.
ment loan of s615O0O, offering the
government receivers certificates as
security. The application said the
money would be used to pay off exist,
ing short term indebtedness held by
banks.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Granville Votes Bonds.

Oxford.-Three districts in Gran
VILE county voted bond issue OF s40'-
OsO with safe majority. These dis
tricts will be consolidated and stan
dard high school erected. The county
now is divided into seven high school
distric.s and Superintendent Webb
saws flat by the opening of the next
school term we expect to have IN at
least A, q Of these well equipped build
ings with not less than ten teachers
In eaca." The other two districts arc
being organized and will have In the
schools four or FIVE teachers each.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
New Treaty Proposal.

Washington. new treaty between
the United States and Germany to
create commission for arbitration OF
private damage claims growing out OF
the world war probably will be nego-
tiated under a decision reported to
have been reached at dinner confer.
ence at the White House between
President Harding. Secretary Hughes
and republican leaders In the senate
and house.
Another new administration policy
said to have been agreed upon was for
a loan OF 100000 to Liberia.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Urges Appointment Of Farmer.

Washington, Appointment of DR.
Alya Agee, secretary of the New Jer
sey state board of agriculture, as a
member OF the Federal Reserve Board
was urged upon President Harding by
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey
and DR.. e. W. Kemmer, professor OF
economics at Princeton university
the appointment to be contingent upon
the passage of pending legislation in
creasing the membership OF the board
to eight. Senator Frelinghuysen at
the White House declared his belief
that the legislation would be passed
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03

another lnterLo "a 60 =
write the laws of war IL.
rine and other new agenclag
tack on land and sea, was conn
by the arms delegation.
Under a resolution adopted byA -
armament committee, preparations for
the new conference will begin imme-
diately upon conclusion of the Wash
ington negotiations. The United States,
Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy
will be represented, and the American
government will select the exact time
and place OF meeting.
The first step toward revision OF
warfare regulations Is to be taken
by commission presumably com
posed of international law experts
without plenipotentiary powers, but
the resolution provides that after they
have agreed the five governments shall
confer as to the acceptance of the
report and the course to be followed
to secure the consideration Of its rec
concentrations by the other civilized
powers"
1t Is taken for granted that
questions of national policy as well
as legal considerations will enter
into the final decisions reached, and
that the whole problem OF the sub
marine, one of the storm centers OF
the Washington conference, will be
reopened when the powers face
each other once more about the
council table. 1t is possible that
the tentative agreements reached
here both as to submarines and
poison gas will be passed along in
their present form to provide basis
for the renewed discussions.
The armament committee adopted
the resolution at short meeting call
ed while most of the other activities
of the conference were waiting on de-
cision of the Shantung controversy
The far eastern committee likewise
met and readopted its recent declara-
ton on the Chinese radio situation, at
the same time entering on the record !
supplemental suggestions of the pow
ers and of China on which no unani' |
nous agreement could be reached.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
HOUSING Projects WIN Be Sold.

Washington. - Shipping Board war
time projects at Wilmington. Del.
Chester, Pa, Bath, Me-, Groton. Conn,
and Essington, Pa, whose total orig
inal cost Appropriated s11,650,00O,
will be sold by auction within the next
few months, it was stated by Sidney
Henry. commercial manager of the
Emergency Fleet corporation
Union Park Gardens, at Whining
ton, Del, comprising 500 dwellings,
one apartment house and two stores
of brick or brick and stucco construc-
ton. will be sold at auction.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Ford Offer Reported.

Washington Legal officers of the
war department completed the final
draft Of the contract which Secretary
Weeks will send to congress with
Comments" attached covering the
proposal OF Henry Ford for the pur-
chase and lease of the government
properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Final touches were given the docu-
ment after it had been carefully
studied by Mr.. Ford's representatives
here and said by them to be very
presentation of the Of.
g..
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
a.w uospltal Completed.

Hic, .ory.-The Richard Baker hos
pital addition that will provide S6 ex-
ira ward rooms, the great major
ity of them private and . 9 with con-
Meeting baths. has just been turned
over to DR.. ], H. Shuford, proprietor.
by the Elliott Building company and
Is pronounced one OF the most modern
and complete institutions Of Its kind
in the South. Dr. Shuford had the
Hickory club. OF which he is member,
as guests at dinner this week and the
visitors were shown over the new
building.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Cotton PICKING Machine invented.

Washington. The cotton picker,
whose stopped figure has been almost
symbolic since the slaves of ancient
Egypt garnered the white harvest
along the Nile, has at last found re-
lief.
]. c. Stugenburg. in Memphis, Tenn,
the heart OF the cotton section, has in
vented an electric cotton picker which
1t is claimed will not only tighten
albor for the field worker, but will also
greatly increase his individual effi-
cheney, according to his announcement
here, In applying for patent
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Much Illicit Liquor.

New York,-At prevailing prices Of
illicit liqnor, seized beverages today
before the United States courts here
In SIS actions for disposal are worth
more than s1.50O,OOo. according to the
assistant U. s. district attorney.
The seized goods consist Of 1878
gallons Of wine, 300 gallons Of gin, Il
oss gallons OF high proof alcohol. a..
03s gallons OF whiskey, 401 gallons Of
champagne, 1870 gallons OF brandy, 1877
gallons sof low-proof alcohol and a
miscellaneous collection Of condscated
suit cases, trunks and automobiles.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
EXPLORER Dies on Shin,

Monteyideo. Uruguay. Sir Ernest
Shackleton. the British explorer, died
January 5 on board the steamship
Quest, on which he was making an
other expedition into the Antartic re
gions. Death was due to angina pee
toris and occurred when the Quest
was of the Grltvicken station. The
body was brought to Montevideo on
board Norwegian steamer and will
be taken by another steamer to Eu
rope. Capt. L. L. Hussey, Of the Quest
will accompany the body home.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Robbers Kill Cashier.

Pittsburgh men walked into
the FIRST National Bank OF Grafton
a suburb, and after killing Harold
Moss, assistant cashier forced five
clerks and a woman customer into a
vault. They robbed the bank of ap-
pro.imately $4,000 in cash and ne
got.able securities and escaped in an
automobile toward the open country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Harvey to Talk With Poincare,

Paris,--It was reliably stated that
George Harvey. American ambassador
to Great Britain, will tell Premier
Poincare during his brief sojourn in
Paris on his way from Cannes to Lon
don, that the United States may yet
consider being represented at the
forthcoming economic conference at
Genoa, provided France will consent
to full participation in that gathering.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
rralninn Of Men Is Planned.

Washington Training of 5000
officers and 10000 men in each of
the nine army corps areas during the
coming summer is planned by the war
department, Brigadier General vii.
liam Lassiter informed the house
military committee.
Outlinging the plans OF the War
Department. General Iassiter said
the troops would be assigned not only
to the one main camp which the War
Department desires to retain in each
corps area, but to a number of other
camps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
cisss 10 Publish Machine,

Chapel Hi. A new magazine is
soon to se published by the members
of English, %, Under Professor Hib-
bard which is to contain the best
works cf the class. dealing largely In
modern poetry, and imaginative work
of all kinds C. L. Moore, speaker OF
the PHI society for the fall quarter,
was chosen editor, and F. T. Thomp-
son, business manager. The other
members of the class will compose the
rest OF lac board.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Woman Enters Race AGAINST Hubby.

Richmond, Mass. Mrs. Herbert
Dorr, OF this town. has announced her
candidacy to the Offices OF town clerk
and town treasurer in opposition to
her husband, who was nominated at
the democratic caucus early in the
week. Mrs. Dorr declared that one OF
the most prominent politicians in
Richmond said that the idea OF wo-
man being elected to public office
was only fad and would soon pass
over. So she has decided to show him
thing or two, she says, and might as
well begin right at home.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
superphone Gives Absolute Secrecy.

Washington "superphone,' an
apparently simple attachment for tel
ephones which is said to assure abso.
lutte secrecy OF communication and Sc
curity from Interruptions and make
possible multiplex telephony, was DEM
onstrated In the office OF the chief
signal officer of the army. 1t was
shown that one telephone line to
which "superphones" were attached
could be used for number of con-
yersations Simultaneously and that no
pair Of speakers could hear or inter
rupt another pair.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Elect New Officers.

Albemarle. At a meeting Of the
board OF directors OF the Efird Mtg Co
held here. J. s. Efrd, of this place,
was elected president Of the company
10 succeed ], w. Cannon, who died
two or three weeks ago W. G., Efrd
was reelected vice-president, and Jap
Efird was elected treasurer II. i.
Horton was elected secretary to sue
coed Mr. Ehrd, who assumed the du-
ties Of the presidents office. Two new
directors we're elected TO succeed the
late Mr.. Cannon and the late D. +.
whitley
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
postmasser. vie End oauahter Hurt.

Washington. Edward H. Shaugh.
messy of Chicago, second assistant
postmaster general, Mrs. Shaughnessy
and their two daughters. Myrtle and
Ruth. were injured. Mr.. Shaughnessy
seriously, in the Knickerbocker thea.
ter disaster. AT the Walter Reid hos.
pital. where Mr.. Shaughnessy was Ia
ken after his rescue from the debris
several hours after the roof OF the
building fell in, 1t was said that the
assistant postmaster general was suf'
ferIng from a broken pelyis and inter
nal injuries.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
North Carolina Negro Released.

Hamilton, Ont-Matthew Bullock,
American negro, wanted at Norlina,
n c., by authorities on a charge OF
melting riot, was released by the i'm
migration authorities. An immigra-
ton board first ordered Bullock de-
ported but the government on an APP
peal reversed this finding.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Thousand Injured.

London.-A cable dispatch to the
Evening Star from Rome says 1t is
reported there that fresh disorders
have broken out in Cairo, Egypt, re-
sult'ng in 1870 persons being killed and
more than 1000 others injured. British
troops. the message adds, quelled the
instruction.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
Preserved Greens Cause Five Deaths.

Boise, Idaho.--The death toll stood
at five in the family of Charles w.
futile, Cambridge, Idaho, as result
of botulinus poisoning from eating
preserved green's at a birthday dinner
for Harriet futile, youngest member
of the family Two daughters and
three sons are dead and the father is
not expected to live. Miss Bessie
Glare, Is, guest, and Russell futile,
another son, who also partook Of the
poisonous vegetables. have not yet
shown symptoms of the poisoning,