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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-11-28

Up in this northeastern cor
ncr ni North Carolina six cuun-
ties lie that arc North Caro-
lima territory. vet arc cut "li
from North Carolina CONNER
ciallv and socially. H. much -"
a. Tam Buwic'S Sn-callcd "l.ONt
Provinces al the West. II l.
these counties that need Ia be
made a more integral part al
North Carolina. and ior them
a iiwht i to be made in the
next General Assembly.
The fight that i T." h. made in
behalf uf thr>" cormli"~. j. 1" l"'
the fi.ht for funds 1" huilh II
bridge across the Ih"wHn River.
\ million dollar appropriation
will hr asked for these ""iIn.
ties for bridge AMI necessary
rnndS. These counties are moi
StrrSSimg amy place at which In
hrild the bridge. That matter
would h. placed IN the discretion
or the State Highway commission.
Bui these counties want io u" re-
,.p.niZrd 10y The state. want lo he
come u part of III" state Ia which
they pay revenue. whi"h GOVERNS
them aud claims them H. lis own.
nltho they are now Virginia terri.
tory except IN name.
The people in the counties al Cur
rituck. Camden. laSur",ank. 'h".
wan, aud Gates, want nn "plnrll I'M
itt for social relationship with their
relatives nlid friends IN other c"lIlI.
ties across the thnwan River. They
want their own little corner "G the
state iu h. connected with the fin"
highway system extending ihrn.
out the commonwealth. \ bridge
urrosS the thowuu iS the nnl means
of uniting these counties Win u
tie that wruld hriu: NIL together IN
u common purp0Sc, iusrparahlr cont
mrrciully and socially.
These pcopl" want. ia" bridge,
not only for commercial nnd Snrini
reasons nr their own, hrl 10 nnk"
u,sSihlr the ulupiion uf u nationally
travelled route touching the high.
way systems uf ih" Ailnntlr Sea
h,urd 4 bridge across the ChOwnn
would pul ull of these counties "iI
or near n highway travelled 10y
thousands of tourists who har" not
had the opportunity "f seeing This
great and fertile section. II would
brin. here. thousands of people win
means, who would recognize nnd
develop tremendous opportunities
now waiting and lnstil AMI awaken
ideas among the people that ar"
Intent or Slumherins.
On To New Bern
The people In these counties are
wide awake to the advantages the
bridge would bring. They feel that
this great commonwealth owes this
profitable Investment lu This sec
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-11-28

DIR. !. ID. Hathaway has moved
10 80 ilnton Bldg. Take the
elevatc:. Sc'''
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
WOMANPLANNED
DEATH FOR
HERR|OT
Bigot Penijean Arrested With
Gun-Admits Hes' Kill
ing intent

PARIS, Sept. 2S.-The police to-
day arrested Nine. Bigot Penijean,
aged fifty-four, on the ground she
had designs on the life Of Edouard
Herriot, premier Of France.
The woman was arrested after a
cabinet meeting while acting suspi-
ciously. According to the authori-
ties she said:
E"Take my revolver. I have not
got enough ammunition to carry
out my plan of killing Herriot."
The woman said she had followed
Herriot to Lyon, but there she had
had no opportunity to kill the pre-
mier.
She wished to assassinate him,
police announced she had explained,
to tatract the public's attention to
the injustices she claimed to have
received at the hands OF the courts.
Police believe the prisoner to be in.
sane.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
T|NNEY AWAITS
BUBBLE" IN
LONDON
Comedian Unworried by Wife's
Suit-6aIks at Giving
Her $3.50 a Week
BY International News Service.

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-"I'm her
fourth husband. can't be entirely
at fault
That is Frank Tinney's side Of
the story about his wife's suit for
separation, told in an, interview this
afternoon in his Piccadilly Circus
bachelor apartment.
I'm willing for her q have a
separation" the comedian said,
''but she doesn't need $3.50 week."
All this came up while Tinney.
who is appearing in vaudeville here.
was explaining that he would not go
Sunday to Plymouth to meet the
liner bringing to Europe the haauti.
full Inaogene Wilson, Broadway
+danceQLHA Nhom Frank made love
with lo Us and right swings in
New York.
The versatile pugilist-comedian ex.
planned that he wished to avoid
scandal which might prejudice
London, audiences against him.
IF queered myself here? he
asked. where would / go? To
Australian"
Besides, Frank fears that a
premature renewal OF his pleasant
relations with Imogen emight con.
tribute to the evidence of Mrs.
Tinney's suit. But, he did confess
that when Miss Wilson arrived in
London he would not object to
being seen with her in respectable
places"
The last cablegram heb got from
1mogene reached crescendo with
Love Bubble" is Bubbles" by
which Frank and others who know
Miss Wilson real we'll, call her.
Tlnney appeared unworried by his
wife's action, since his lawyers have
assured him that she has not a
chance OF collecting on her ''ex.
cessive demands"
MY wife can't charge desertion
over my coming to London" he
said, "becatse 1t is part of nv
business. She knew I contracted 10
appear at the Empire a month
previous to my sailing, She alone
X lows the assumed name under
which sailed.
''She telegraphed me at the boat
Success. health. love, happiness will
always be our wishes for you, Edna
and Frank Frank being my son.
Later learned that she had a man
at the pier to serve papers in her
suit. He didn't find me SO my
lawyer accepted service"
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
Al SMITH WILL
HEAD PARTY
TICKET
New Yorker to Seek Cover
norship Acknowledgement
May Oppose

ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 23.--Gov.
ernor Smith will accept the Demo.
cratic nomination for reelection.
The first definite assurance of
this from the governor himself
was given to newspapermen in the
apitol today, just before he left
Albany for Syracuse to attend the
State convention.
Not only did the governor break
the silence he has consistently main.
tanned as far as any public utter
ances were concerned as to his owl,
candidacy, but he further predicted
the denomination Of the entire pres
ent Democratic State ticket.
1T looks like the same old
ticket" said the governor.
Nov that I've told you every
thing on our side," the governor
said, after making his prediction as
to the Democratic State ticket, "you
might let me know what is going
on on the other side"
Just now 1t looks as IL Theodore
Roosevelt would be nominated" one
Of the newspapermen replied.
The governor made no comment,
but smiled broadly.
The governor has insisted for
weeks both publicly and privately
that he did not care to run ano
would not accept the nomination.
After Norman E. Mack, national
committeeman, called on the gov.
crnor last week, Mack declared the
governor is too good party man
not to run"
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
CR|FFSSE I
To TAKE
CANT:
Mogridge, in Good Shape,
Goes on Mound Against Rob-
ertson for Hot Battle
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Five more
victories for Bucky Harris and his
gang Of fighting Griffs, even
though the Yankees win every one
Of their remaining six games, and
Washington win be mathenlati-
cally certain Of winning it's first
major league pennant in the his
tory of big league baseball.
The first of these five wins is
expected to be seen today at
Comiskey Park when George Mog-
ridge, the Duke of Gloucester,
climbs the mound against Charlie
Robertson, who once pitched no.
hit, no-run game against the
Detroit Jurgaleers.
Must Retain Pace.
The Griffs are still leading their
hated rivals by two full games, each
team winning yesterday. The Griffs
have two more contests here before
going to Boston for four, closing
the campaign. The Yankees have
two more with the Cleveland
Indians before going to Philadel.
phia. where they finish the season
with a four-game series against
Connie Mack's Athletics.
To win the 1924 championship, the
Griffs need only keep pace with the
Yanks, winning when they win.
and losing when they lose. A
victory for the Griffs, coupled with
a defeat for the Yanks, will bring
closer the mathematical triumph
by one full game.
Title Is In Sight.
II the Griffs win today and the
Indians turn down the Yankees, to.
morrow both teams will have five
games to play, and the Griffs will
need to win only three victories
to cinch their claim to the title.
In other words, the Griffmen can
win this banner by winning four
straight games, beginning today, ir-
respective Of what the Yankees do.
A defeat for the Yanks means that
the Griffs need win but three
straight to settle beyond all doubt
the location Of the 1924. champion.
ship in the American League.
johnson May Pitch.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary is the
pitching choice of Manager Harris
tor tomorrow, with Walter johnson
opening the series at Boston on
Friday. II necessary. johnson will
also pitch the final game of the
season in Boston week from today.
1t seems likely, though, that the de.
cision win be reached by Saturday
night.
1t is growing warmer here. but
still has some distance to go before
equaling the heat experienced at st.
Louis last week. More cool weather
Is expected in Boston.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
JUDGE ORDERS COPS TO
STOP HARASSlNG. WOMAN

PITTSBURGH. Sept. 23.--Further
harassing Of Mrs. Mary Chefalu, in
efforts to solve the murder OF her
husband. Frank Chefalu, found last
week slain by a Ratchet, has been
ordered stopped by Judge Josiah
Cohen. Judge Cohen declared that,
II the woman was mistreated he
would hold the police responsible.
Attorney Van Kirk has tried
futilely to obtain the key to Mrs
Chefalu's safe deposit box in a
North Side bank. which, the at
torney says, Is in the hands Of the
police. Mrs. Chefalu several days
ago agreed TO show detectives the
contents OF the box. but snapped
1t shut when she caught a glimpse
Of a woman's photograph.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
Parish House Shelters
$50 Homeless
From Fire

MONTREAL, Quebec, Sept.
23.-One hundred and fifty
homeless were sheltered in the
parish church when flames
swept the village Of Sturbain,
twenty-five miles from here,
destroyed twenty buildings and
threatened to lay the entire vii
lage in ashes early today.
Water shortage hampered the
fire fighters, as the only supply
was from a shallow pond and
the village firemen had no
pumps.
The parish church, being to.
the windward of the burning
district, escaped early destruc-
ton. Three hours after the fire
started the damage reached
100000.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH
ON WAY. WEDDING

\ HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. o.
Mrs. Rosa Lee jackson, forty-eight,
wife Of A. HI. jackson, Of Winches.
ter, Va, died last night at the hos
pttal bare from d fractured skull
and other 4!sSur;ca received when
the automobile In which the Jack
sons were driving collided with the
machine Of Harry T. Hide, Of Fred
erick on the Greencastle pike. Mrs.
Jackson's body VIII be sent to Win
chester.
Mrs jackson was hurled through
the windshield, falling between the
two cars. jackson was slightly
hurt. She is survived by her hus.
band and five children. The Jack
sons were going to Chambersburg
to attend a wedding Saturday eve.
ming when the collision occurred.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
GERMANS AGREE
To ENTER
LEAGUE
Points Still at Issue Are
Abolition Of Military Con-
troll and War Guilt

LONDON, Sept. 23.-UpOn learn
ing that the German cabinet had
voted for entering the League Of
Nations, the foreign office an.
nOunced this afternoon that Brit
ain will reply to the Germans
with the statement that this
country is willing that Berlin
should have equal voice with
other nations i'm the League
council.
BERLIN, Sept. 23.-The German
agreed unanimously this sf-
ternoon to declare itself in favor of
the republics entry into the League
of Nations, provided the powers
guarantee Germany admission with
rights equal to the other big na.;cn.i.
President Ebert presided at the
meeting.
An official communicate points out
the problems of the minority in the
Saar territory and says that disarm-
ament can be settled satisfactorily
If Germany joins the league. The
cabinets resolution will be commu-
nicated to the league. members, with
a request for the equality guarantee
upon which is predicted the decision
to request entrance.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
TIE WEATHER

Fair and slightly cooler
tonight; Wednesday fair;
moderate northerly winds.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
THREE
[)DSESOE:
ARSENIC
|NF(NQ]
Mrs. Sweetin confesses She
Fed Him Drug n Soup At
flights Behest
By 1nternatlonaI News ssrvies.

MT. VERNON, ILL.,, Sept. 49,
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, comedy thirty.
two-year-old widow, today con-
fessed that she administered
arsenic to her husband, MILFORD.
July Is, in accordance with . poi
son plot Matched by her and the
Reverend Lawrence M. Hight to
remove the two human obstacles
to their marriage.
The break which brought the
confession came after Mrs. Sweetin
had spent nearly an hour in the
cell where Hight is confined while
authorities, unobserved, spied on
the couple.
Gave Spouse Three Doses.
An all-night's grilling during
which she was confronted with the
clergyman's latest confession-that
he had poisoned his wife and Mrs.
sweetin had poisoned her husband
The killings were arranged and
executed because Of the great love
they bore each other, Mrs. Sweetin
declared.
She said she administered the
poison obtained for her by the
jockey.preacher three times before
1t proved effective.
Moved i'm Fear Of Mob.
A short time after Mrs. Sweetin
had made her confession, the crowds
ing that she was secretly taken to
the county jail at Belleville to pre-
vent any possibility of mob violence.
Hight was removed to the jail at
Salem. "~''"','
The text Of the latest confession
was given out by States Attorney
Frank G. Thompson, shortly be-
fore CLOCK 1t reads:
"The nSNS ~t@9 noticed that
Lawrence +. Hight hac ary @sssiag
Of affection for me was in April,
1924. Then, my husband for s,r1e
time had treated me with IN -
parent lack Of love.
Preacher Blamed.
About three months ago the
Reverend Hight suggested TO me
that he get me some poison TO give
my husband and he said he would
do the same to his wife.
"At first / was Mortified, bu. he
talked so plausibly and / had such
confidence In him that 1t seemed
to me to be the right thing to do.
1T was finally agreed that j was
to administer poison to my husband,
MILFORD Sweetin, and the Reverend
Hight was to administer poison to
his wife, Annie Hight.
Sa:ai Dose In Soup.
"A week or two before my hus.
band was hurt In mining acct.
dent Hight told me to give some
poison to Wilford In anything.
ION July 16 gave him some ar.
senic in a drug store at Benton.
He became Ill but improved and on
the following Tuesday, / gave him
some in his oatmeal.
ION July rs I gave him the final
dose Of poison and he died ON
July 26.
"The final dose was administered
in tomato soup. e.
Every time Hight came TO the
house he gave me some encourage.
ment to give Wilford more poison.
IT had become infatuated with
Hight. but had always before been
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
FATHER OF 7 KILLED
At GRADE CROSSING

HAGERsTowN. Nd, Sept. "a
William E, Bailey. forty, a con-
tractor Of Charlestown, w. Va, a
son of Mrs. Alice Bailey, of Boons.
boro, near here, was killed instantly
when his automobile was struck by
train at grade crossing near
Charlestown this morning, accord
ing to information received by rela.
tives here.
Bailey leaves a widow and seven
children. Three brothers and four
sisters and his mother live in
Hagerstown and this section.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
MEANS IS
SlJEDFOR
TAX
Lien for $267,614 Filed on
Property of Mysterious
investigator

A lien Tor 1857 ,6l4, representing
alleged unpaid income taxes and
the penalties thereon, was filed
today on the property Of Castor
B. Means, star witness for the
Wheeler Brookhart investigating
committee and prominent at pres
emit through the reported republic
tions of his testimony and his de-
nial of the alleged reputation.
The lien was filed with the Dis
trict Supreme Court by Galen l..
TAFT, collector Of internal revenue
for the Baltimore district.
1t represents the unpaid income
taxes Of Means for 1921, 1922 and
1928, amounting to $214,0o1.52.
and a penalty for non-payment
of $53,522.S8.
The lien was filed against
Means property at 9O3 Sixteenth
street northwest, which has re-
Gently become "the little mystery
house of the Capital"
Means Is Away.
The lien was dated September 20,
and appeared as one Of the items
in Collector TAFT s returns.
How Means amassed such an in.
come, which must have totalled
more than 100000 in three years,
was not explained in the return.
Means could not be located in the
Capital today. He left Washington
mysteriously last night, after evad.
ing reporters, who desired to ques.
ton him with regard to his repu-
diation of the statement published
Sunday, in which he was reported
to have confessed to former Attor.
ney General Daugherty that his ties.
timony against him was all "a
tissue of lies"
The grent amount Of Means un.
paid taxes came as a surprise to
business interests of the Capital.
1t had been known that the for
u1er operative Of the Department of
Justice had been a man of con.
siderable wealth, but 1t was not
known that he had amassed such
an income in the past few years.
Must Pay, Says Stone.
Means is no different from any
one else-he must pay his income
tax" said Attorney General Stone
when he was asked about the
Means case upon leaving the Cabi-
net meeting at the White House.
The Attorney General was asked
If the Government intended to ex-
pedite trial Of the appeal which
MEANS took from his recent con.
viction in the New York courts
for bribery in connection with
liquor Withdrawals. Means was
sentenced to two years in Atlanta
and to pay a fine Of $4,000.
Eyes, 1t will be expedited" said
the Attorney General, "and when
II Is decided against him he n
going to Atlanta for a long vaca-
ton"
No steps have been taken here
to re.assemble the Wheeler. Brook.
hart committee, so, far as could be
learned today, although Means
communicated with Senator Wheel.
err in Illinois last night and re-.
quested new session. At Senator
Wheeler's office 1t was said TODAY
there was little prospect of the
committee re-assembling before the
election.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
20 BRIDGES DESTROYED
! STOP CHINESE TROOPS

SHANGHAI, Sept. %. - Twenty
bridges between Kashing and Hang.
chow have been blown up to pre-.
vent troop movements.
The Lungwha arsenal supplying
the Chekiang forces with munitions
Is working only part time as re.
suit Of an outbreak of labor trou-
ble.
All fronts were silent for today
save for occasional artillery ex.
changes.
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
VANT1AW
NENkC/

Here are few OF the new wants an.
pearing in today's classified section
PUNCHING MACHINE for sale,
$40.
POCKETBOOK lost: reward offered.
21ST AND H SITS. N. w.-Fur-
per month.
BOoTBLACK wanted; must be over
sixteen.
nth ST. N. w. or 4 rooms
with bath for Ink; furnished;
$50 month.
BOY wanted as plumbers helper.
X ST. N. w.--Modern single ana
double rooms; reasonable
SEVERAL well-dressed. alert odu-
Gated women wanted.
NEAR goth and r SITS. N. w
Furnished or rooms and
bath: ami; reasonable.
BUICK roadster in excellent eondf.
ton; good buy.
FOR .FURTIER DETAILS, TURN TC
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION
The Washington times., 1924-09-23
AMERICAN WOMAN WILL
WED COUNT IN PARIS

PARIS, Sept. 23.-The engage.
ment Of Mrs. Constance Atherton
ARD Count Pierre Jumilhac was
announced Sunday by Mrs. Ather.
toms father. David Coolidge, of
Boston. The wedding will take
place October l in Paris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10

the American labor movement.
Altho the American class struggle
has so far developed the most print
tive trade unionism, in theology and
organizational form, yet the struggle
itself, in the direct clashes with the
employing class, it's private armed
forces and the State, has been more
bitter and violent than in perhaps any
other country previous to the revo-
lutionary period. The reactionary
leadership and Anticipated program
and structure of the American labor
movement could not prevent the giant
forces generated by American capt.
talism from coming to expression in
great struggles. 1t is enough to cite
Homestead, Pullman, Ludlow, Nc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10

islative gathering Of the working
class, the oficialdom took alarm and
rallied every force of the union ma
chinery, the capitalist press, and the
State. The Federal Government was
used in an attempt to railroad Foster
to prison, along with 10 other trade
union militants and Communists. The
capitalist press has teemed with or
ganized and inspired propaganda
against the left-wing. The union jour-
nails have been full to overlooking
with denunciation and provocation
against the T. u. e. L. militants. And,
direct from the Amsterdam Interna-
tional, headquarters Of reaction in the
worlds labor movement, has been i'm
ported the policy of explosions and
splits against the left-wing.
Space will not permit even the
briefest review Of the development Of
the American left-wing movement in
the trade unions. Those who have
missed reading "The Labor Herald"
monthly organ of the Trade Union
Educational League since March,
1922, can find the rich experiences Of
these few years embodied therein.
Back numbers and bound volumes can
be obtained from the League office.
Just as this book Of Losovsky's is
necessary to everyone who would un-
derstand the worlds labor movement
today, SO is "The Labor Herald
necessary to every left-wing unionist
who wishes to be an effective partici-
pant in the great revolutionary strug'
J gle now going on for the leadership OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10
A PICTURE OF TRADE -UNTONISM

KEGS Rocks, Lawrence, Mesaba, the
Steel Strike, Herrin, West Virginia,
and the whole history of the coal
miners. to understand that the Ameri-
can working class contains within it.
self the forces of proletarian revolu-
ton corresponding to the productive
forces Of American Capitalism, the
greatest in the world. Delayed in COM
ng to expression by the peculiar con-
ditions of American social develop
ment, the forces Of revolution in the
American trade union movement will
be all the more sweeping and rapid in
their development, all the more de-
cisive and relentless, when the chains
of capitalist theology, Of reformism, OF
Gomperism, are finally broken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10
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organized struggle within the unions
against every phase of capitalistic in
fluence and bourgeois theology. While
it battles for the formation of an all
embracing farmer-labor party, to ex-
press the broad political struggle Of
the toiling masses at the present mo-
ment of development, 1t is at the same
time rallying the smaller groups Of
conscious revolutionary workers to
the more bitter and intense struggle
against the subtler forms Of class col
liberation. 1t is no accident that the
t. u. z. L. is at once a leading fac.
tor turnout the labor movement in
the struggle for labor party, in
which millions are enlisted, and at the
same time is organizing the resistance
to the nefarious "B. G. o." class col
laboration scheme of the railroad un-
ion bureaucrats, to the poisonous eff
fects of which the workers are only
beginning to be aroused.
OF course the tremendous progress
made by the Trade Union Educational
League, in establishing the left-wing
as a power in the trade unions, has
not been unopposed. Long before the
bureaucrats generally realized what
menace the T. U. e. l.. was to their
comfortable swivelchair life. tie old
fox Gompers had sounded the alarm
AS the left-wing campaigns shook the
labor movement and registered sue
cess after success in almost every leg