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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-16

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Instead .f reducing the price OF
electric current to the citizen. iniiiii-
cipal ownership in the ease Of Eliz'
aleth City has made il high. - =
! The rraSop Of course is well known
To- those who have thought ABOUT "
at all. The riiy Is indirectly taxing
! It's citizens wbY use electric current.
making anlpxcessiye profit out "f
the sale and distribution OF cleo
trir current to meet expenses that
! .honId properly be met by direct
tJyati0n.
The Elizabeth City Public utili-
ties Commission has been getting
away with its high tariff In great
shape but just how long the folks
are going TO stand for 1t is pro-
bIenrItical. Some day the folks are
going to demand cheaper current.
The Public Utilities Commission
Days the Virginia Electric & Power
Co. two and quarter cents per \.
W. Hour for the current it retdils
at II cents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-16

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
President PIans
 Or Making Trip to
 Cuba Nest January

WASHINGTON, Oct. IT. A A deep admiration for the Cuban penpie and for the progress they HAzn1 lnafs ass a self-governing na- ton in securing the benefits Of independence is said by President Coolidge's friends to be moving factor in his desire to visit Hay ana next January when the Pan American Congress meets there.
 Whether he actually can leave the. United States for the five or six days whic the trip would require is still conjectura5le and entirely dependent on how his work shapes around the first of the year. It is understood, how ever, that he hopes to get away. intending to make the journey stand out as evidence of his re- gard for the island republic.
 Should Mir. Coolidge go to Hay ana his advisers contend he also would be paying compliment to all of the republics of Latin-Am- erica, since these will have dele gates at the meeting which has as it's purpose discussion of the problems which are common to all the nations of this hemisphere.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
HUSBAND SLAYER SURRENDERS; SHE
 ESCAPED IN 1918

CONCORD. N. H., Oct. IT, After building up successful bus iness in Troy, N. Y., under an assumed name. Mrs. Mary Folsom slayer of her husband, has re. turned voluntarily to the State Hospital for the Insane from which she fled nine years ago. She had been confined for shoot. ing Henry H. Folsom. wealthy Boston lawyer. a former football star at Dartmouth.
 All trace had been lost from the day she disappeared until she presented herself yesterday at the home of Dwight Hall of Do yer, her guardian and trustee of her estate.
 conscisnos Dothsre Her
 My conscience has been both. ering me. want to get hack to Concord" was oil she said.
 Mrs. F0lsom originally came m. der psycopathic attention In 1909, when she accused her husband of infidelity. Her husband did not take her charger ooriously at first. but later consulted | phy. sician who oEx!ered her committed to . hospital for the inaane at Bsl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
CONFESSES
 STRANCLINC
 LOVED ONE
Butcher, in Fear of Knives, Admits Murder
 in New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Fear of knives is the reason assigned by a six-foot butcher for strangling the, woman he loved.
 Harry Gilmore has been jailed after he confessed he killed Mrs, Helen Brandon. because she ter rorized him by implements of the sort he cut meat with.
 The two came here from Wash ington five weeks ago on an understanding he would support her in return for her services in keeping the house for him. Mrs. Brandon deserted her husband and brought her eight-year-old son Billy with her.
 Gilmore said the woman had not lived up to her bargain but lazily neglected to make his meals or wake him in time for work and also rafused to iron hi. shirt. In answer to his remon- stration, she usually flourished a knife at him. knowing that he had fear of knives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
M E N ORIAL FOR HARDING
 SOON READY
Bodies of Former President and Wife Will Be Re-
 moved to Marion

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The bodies of former President and Mrs. Warren c. Harding will be removed from their present rest. ing place in private burial vault to the great marble chamber of the Harding Memorial at Marion, O., within the next six weeks, it was announced following a meet. ing of the Harding Memorial As sociation.
 President Coolidge, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Postmaster General New and a score of prom inent Republican leaders from sev. eral states attended the meeting.
 George B. Christian, secretary to President Harding in the White House and now secretary of tho association, declared work on the imposing memorial would be com pleted early next spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
New Salmon Market
 Indicated, Argentine

SEATTLE. Oct. 1.-The Ar. gentine's government restrictions forbidding the sale of canned sal mon unless inside of cans are lacquered before the fish are packed, may be removed within the next few days, accorring to advices to the Mccormick Steam ship Company.
 Representatives say the restric- tion became effective in December applyin gto all canned foods with sulphuric acid reaction of per cent or more, this endinf efforts of the West Coast Shippers and brokers to establish an Argentine market. With the present packing methods, lacquering in side is i'm possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
FALL, SINCLAIR GO ON TRIAL
COURAGE OF Z RUTH ELDER
 GIVEN TEST
Forced to Crawl Out or Tail of Plane in Fall
 of Heavy Sleet

HORTA. Azores. Oct. 17,-Miss Ruth Elder had her courage test ed fully before coming down alongside the tanker Barendrecht, 1t was related here yesterday.
 It become necessary. because of the heavy sleet that froze as it fell on the airplane. to throw some of the gasoline overheard. This was done in turn by Miss Elder and her pilot George Haldeman.
 Once it WAS necessary for Miss Elder to crawl out On the tail of the plane to effect balance. This she did without any sign of wavsring. The sleet,, until the plane was lighteled, threat ened to force it down and added to the danger of lowered oil pres sure because of the broken feed pipe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
American Girls Win
 Praise of BritOns

than we do. Miss America stud. ies 'fit" far more than our girls, and this makes her look a great deal smarter. Her feet are beau. tifuily shod and in this respect they beat us easily"
 But as for American men:
 Our men. at any rate. beat the Americans hollow. They are ter. ribly dressed and their tailoring Is disgusting. The only thing to De said is that it is comfortable and clean. We wanted to put pins in the men all the way down. There was no fit about them at all. We vent to | dance at a country club, and. to our horror, the men took off their coats and danced in their shirt-slesves. We were % startled that .ve nearly walled ont (
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
BattIes Storm Three Days In Tiny Graft

ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Oct. IT.. After battling a terrific storm on lower Cook Inlet for threc days. an aged Indian named Ped TO, accompanied by his three chi!- dren. arrived here in . rowboat which had been propelled by q seat torn from the tiny craft when the oars were washed overboar-I A United States Bureau of Edu- cation boat had been securing tn" Inlet for trace of the missing h. dian and children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
NEAR DEATH
 IN ACCIDENT
Plane Crashes and Well Known Man Is Serious
 ly Injured

DECATUR, Ind. Oct. IT, Harold Emmons. Director of the National Air Transport Company and former President of the Ma tional Bureau of Aeronautics, was seriously injured. and It. J. c. Hopkins. of Selfridge Field, Mich, was cut and bruised when the airplane Hopkins was piloting, crashed to the ground at Berne, near here, yesterday afternoon.
 Emmons received a compound fracture of the left leg, broken nose and various cuts and bruises. Both men were taken to the hospital. They were en- route to Detroit, Mich, from Madison, Wis, when the accident happened.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
|OIL MAGNATE, | FORMER SECY.
 TO FACE JURY Criminal Conspiracy Case
 Is Brought to Hearing in Washington TEAPOT DUME OIL
 LEASE IS REVIVED Decision of Highest Court Faces Two Defendants Now in Court

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-With fthe weight of Supreme Court decision standing against them, Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of Interior, and Harry F. Sin clair. oil magnate, went to trial today on charges of criminal con- spiracy growing out of the fa- nous Teapot Dome Naval oil lease.
 Although today's proceedings constituted only the criminal phase of the fight to cancel the oil leases negotiated by Fall, as Secretary of the Interior, the Su- preme Court. week ago in can ceiling the. Teapot Dome transac- tion, expressed opinion that the two defendants had conspired to- gether. The jury will be secured immediately and will decide whether they WIT go free or be Imprisoned up to two years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
STATE DEPT. | TO ABANDON LOAN POLICY Approval or vetoing of Financial Deals Now
 to Be Changed SEN. CARTER MAKES
 SUCCESSFUL FIGHT Secretary Kellogg Perfect ly Agreeable to Hands
 Of Policy

WASHINGTON, oct. 17.-W:th the conclusion of refunding of war time foreign debts. the State Department is expected, by some of the leaders of Congress, to abandon its policy of sanctioning or vetoing loans by private Am erican banks tc foreign govern ments.
 Indications to this effect have been received by the leaders in the midst of broadsides against the policy fired by United States Senator Carter Glass, Democrat of Virginia, formerly Secretary e the Treasury, who argued that the Administration is acting without constitutional authority.
 Abandonment of the policy has been considered for somc time by President Coolidge, pre- sumably at the suggestion of See retary of State Kellogg who rep resented as welcoming the d.s- carding of the policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17

LONDON, Oct. 17.--American girls look a great deal smarter" than English girls. but American men are badly dressed. according to the conclusion of thirty girls belonging to the staff of a Lon don department store who have returned to London after a tour of 10000 miles to America and back. i,
 Compared with English girls. American girls have. the visitors said, better figures. nicer legs and feet shorter siirts, more and bet ter nttIpg frocks. as much con. fidcpce and assurance at 14 years as llah girls have at 20.
 T4e English girls tound that theiF American cousins ''spend most of their money ou clothes, and they wear many more frocks
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
GANG LEADER AMbUSHED ON
 STREET, SHOT
Little Auggie' Killed on Crowded Thoroughfare
 in New York City

NEW YORK. Oct. 17.--Con- ffonted by a wall of silence sur rfunding the warfare on the low et East Side, police are seeking Perpetrators of the murder of Jacob Orgen, gang chieftain, known as Little Auggie," who was ambushed and slain by five gunmen in Delaney Street. Jack Diamond. Orgen's bodyguard, is in a critical condition with two bullet wounds but he refused to tell detectives who shot him and his chief as they strolled along the crowded street Saturday night.
 The police could find no one anlong the throngs that swarmed tue pushcart-lined thoroughfare who recognized the killers, three of whom trailed their men while two operated getaway car.
 Despite reticence of all, detec- lives know Orgens death is due to activities of the reorganized Kid Dropper" gang which still exists although Louis Kushner, member of Little Auggie's gang slew it's leader three years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
Lita Now Planning
 New Six-Bath Home

BEVERLY HILLS. Oct. IT.. Six baths and private swimming pool are included in the plans cf $5O,OOO residence being drawn here for Lita Grey Chaplin, hs. architect. Roy Sheldon Price, dis closed today.
 The new home for the f0rmcr wife of Charles Chaplin and her two children will soon go up in Beverly Drive. and will be . twn story stucco structure, containing nine rooms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
JUDGE GIVES
 INFORMATION
 ON DIvORCES
Most Marital Troubles Can Be Blamed on Lack
 of Finances

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 1z-what sociologists describe as the "di. vorce evil" is really an economic problem.
 It is not to be cured by more stringent divorce laws.
 It may be mitigated in a way by stricter marriage laws.
 But there will be divorces from now until the end of time.
 Judge w. w. McCrory, San Antonio's over-worked divorce court jurist and member of the American Crime Commission, speaks thus upon the divorce problem.
 i Tt has been my experience that nine-tenths of the divorces result from family budget whose ends will not meet" declares Judge Nc Crory. This fact. at least, ac- counts for most of the divorces among young married couples.
 "A barrel of love cannot exist on thimble of pennies.
 There is no doubt in my mind but that most of the young people who marry are devoutly in love with each other.
 With Lev Financee
 They set ont with high hopes and low finances, with tho divorce court just beyen4 the first seri- ous finapclol ptotlem.
 "Sometimes t sesms that they are nathing nnnfe than childFsn.
 lContinnsd on Page sevsn.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
Wild Temper Laid
 Te Broker by Wife
tIntern.t.0nsl nlu..r.t.d News
,sssssss s4~sx.s

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IT, Frequene outbursts of wild tenn per, during which he abused and struck her. are charged to Oliver W. Mckay, Ban Francisco mining broker, in . suit for divorce flied by Mrs. Goldto Roberts Mckay.
 Mrs. Molfay's complaint, filed by Attorney A. .o'Connell. alleg- ed the mining man tsunted his wife with boasta of friendship with other women and remained away from home st night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
Actress Spurns
 Second Fiddle

CHICAGO. Oct. 17.-Tired oi playing second fiddle" to her husbands first violin. Mrs. Geor. sla Hall Jonas. pretty vaudeville actress. announced she would file suit for divorce against Paul Jonas.
 The cruelty charge is supple. mented with the complaint that her husband considered his violin playing 50 superior to her singing that life became unbearabIe. X
 Mrs. Jonas, as Geofgia Lee Hal vas once leading woman for Will. liam Collier in "The Hottenfa" and for Raymond Hitchcoch h ''Elit- chy-Koo."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17

mont. Mass. In two years she was released.
 The Authorizations to which she had been subjected returned with increasing severity, and In 1914 she was persuaded to % to ths Folsom summer place at Exeter, N. H.
 Mrs Folsom met her husband as he arrived fsr a weekend visit in 1918, and apparently she was pleased at his coming. 4 short time later she was found shoot ing at his lifeless body.
 "Yes. I killed him." she ahriek. ed as she was led away, "Izo had no business to 90 around with other women.s z
 10 s veors old
 She was committed to tho hos, pital where she surrendnFo1. II ii near Dover. whore she vnc born fifty-three years 20.
 Mrs. Folsom told anthoFie1os ehc had gone directly sta I1oy 6fl6F her escape. heFe sho took tAsl name of Mary Rnak and Welkd1 hard for three years - . 1oue.s1 tic until she ho6 oecn1ro1 m ficient funds to op6a . 4t1la 1A cry. ,.. .. <. 's #
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17

OAKLAND. Cal, Oct. 17.-An. other Hawaiian flight with z woman aboard is in the making It,. is planned to fly over anf back and to test the invention of Berkeley mans automatic drift indicator. The mechanism fasters to tho eide of the plane and records on cylinder the route flown.
 Tracy Dobson, former Lieuten- ant in the Eleventh Army Pur- suit Sqaudron. will be the head pilot. He will take a co-pilot along, he states, in addition to Miss Doris Conover. a dancing teacher of Oakland
 Miss Conover has made study of aerial navigation and is an amateur telegraph operator.
 Dobson is aware of the opposi- tion to long distance flying in land machines over the ocean, but says he is confident that this can be overcome by demonstra- tion of the planes worthiness and proof of thoroughness of preparation.
 He expects to fly a Mahoney monoplane powered with a Pratt Whitney engine of 42S horse power. It will carry $50 gallons of gasoline and will have cruis- ing radius of 2,g55 miles, or a margin of 555 miles in excess of the distance between Oakland and Honolulu.
 A date for the hop-off has not been fixed definitely, but prob ably will be in mid-November, dependent on weather conditions.
 That the tragic fate of Miss Mildred Doran has not deterred womankind in its ambition to be first to fly over an ocean is indi- cated not only by Miss Canover's determination to attempt the trip, but also by applications for passage from women in Cleve- land. Kansas City, Chicago and many other cities.
 Carrying virtually every safe- ty instrument of aerial naviga- tion and with a double instru- ment board, Dobson declares the plane will be equipped in a manner to reduce the hazards to a minimum and to remove the undertaking from the class of the reckless stunt flight.
 A radio receiver for reception of the radio beacon signal will be taken along as an additional navigation precaution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
French Tariff Proposals
 Unsatisfactory

WASHINGTON. Oct. IT, The proposals contained in the French tariff note, re- ceived Saturday, are not sat Efactory to the State De- partment officials. so far as their examination of the document has proceeded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
Jury Finds Victim sf
 Train Took Own Life

CHICAGO. Oct. 17.-Testimony of Charles Cramers. . railroad of ficial, that he had seen Lawrence Murdock. eighteen. Great Lakes sailor, throw himself into the path of a train. caused coroner's jury at Waukegan to return q verdict of suicide.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17
pEMocRATo N60all9AYe
 REPUBLICAN, ron JUDGE

BINGHAMPTo1s. N. N, Oct IF.
 Georse McCann, q Elmora. N. Y, Republican cnndidate to sue ceed himsalf ag . 5ustiee Of tha Supreme Court m besa nomin- ated by tlae nonnecrntio Judicial Conyentioa of the sixth Judicial
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-10-17

Deputy U. s. Marshal William Caswell of Sitka is in Juneau for few days. He arrived on the
Evening star., 1927-05-14
FOR EXCHANGE.

HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESS AND RESI-
dental properties, slightly eneumbered; also
gsat np to hsns only one @
Call Sales Manager, Main $50. .-
WILL. TRADE EQUITY OF s2l 800 IN
tons fos III e eponey os
call Sdf' me s.Ss M: soIM Mr.. PEARcE. Main soo4.-
good automobile city lot or equity i'll house.
Address Box 6-V. star Office. 10.
WILL EXCHANGE LOT 5oxes4. ~ NV,
dEsss Baa asy foy Taier sar oe ar"'
wANTED-A SMALL HOUSE FOR COL
6f Flees aon asht II st s. e.
than M 81 45sSfr3fR 81 He' soss ass .1s.
beautiful fFGt'f pkTEeHE6 kPp5Hh2S HOME.
rooms large slseDnF l., porch fess ersaGssst Gdss
s''T room M1"fSi house west OF i4th, vicinity Of
1911 Eye fklsStw3 st. wv NAN e4az.as.
Where Values Are Growing.
Facing the new dr,Seway ,aon,h Tonr 4-fnnlls emily
eyVa I've Years ' To- run. viii exchange for clear
property anywhere or uHWE smaFl yna npnses ddress
Box b 1 1i74.v. star oftice: ce:-.--------------I5 IS.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.
Apartment house containing
thirty apartments; five stories.
Can be traded at approximately
six times the annual rental.
Submit offers.
WISCONSIN AVE.
New apartment building OF
twenty-five apartments. Owner
anxious to trade, and will con-
slider suitable propositions.
Owner of a Connecticut Ave
nue apartment house which
shows excellent returns desires
to trade for business or income
property other than an apart
ment building. Offers invited.
WARDMAN.
1887 St. NV. Main 1880.
Evening Phone Service 6 to Pm.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
MONEY TO LOAN.

HAVE S25.0OO.OO TO LOAN IN ANY
amunts up to S5.O00.00. on secured and un.
secured notes of responsible parties. ApptF
by letter only. giving full partlculars ga
dress Box 1868. Star Office. IL
Evening star., 1927-05-14

1915 EAST CAPITOL ST.
r., b.; h..w.h.. cleo and garage. $500
ITO 4th ST. n. f.
10 r.. b.. h.-a.h.. eIec. and garage. .S65 90
434 4th ST. NE.
r.. b., h.-w.h.. elec. 80 $50 90
124 18th St. Sc.
r, b.. h.-w.h.. cleo $50 90
2l8 10th ST. NE.
T.. b.. h-ah. $50 90
8l7 c ST. Sc.
r.. b.. h.-w h.. elec. .S45 90
1ll2 & ST. Sc.
r. b.. lat. h. and garage .S45O0
547 l4th ST. Sc.
r.. b.. h.-a.h. and garage. $40 90
243 18th ST. Sc.
r., b.. h.-w.h.. cleo and garage. .s4:50
PIP 9th ST. NE.
r, b.. lat. $40 90
76l Oil, ST. Sc.
''''' 3o7lll S5;3 i; ST. Ne: s''''
. rooms; GEf f; ohR { COMPLETE LIST, ss7 80
JOHN +. DONOHOE & SONS.
314 Pennsylvania Ave. Sc.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

FOR SALE-STORES.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST LOCATION IN
town for bake shop; brand-new store priced
fair for quick sale. Phone Main 4S41:
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO GET
a growing and prosperous business in good
residential neighborhood: new and modern
store: Including stock and truck: bargain at
1850: ST 900 cash. $50 per month.
o. B. ZANTZINGER.
D45 X St. NV. Main 53T1.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-24

Roosevelt Field. N. Y.-Mr. Byrd
is Uncle Commander Dick" to some
nome Of aircraft Four smiles and
TOUR sets of white teeth such us
made their grandfathers smile FAM
GUS were noted when Theodore
Roosevelt, Sd, his brother, Quentin,
his sister, Grace and his cousin,
Edith Derby were photographed
looking out Of the cabin of the plane
america.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-24
MOTION TO QUASH
Store INJUNCTION
Lawyer Makes Move in Mary
Wisk Liquor Case

4 motion to quash the temporary
injunction granted in city court by
Judge w. C. Hungerford in the ac-
ton of the United States of America
against Mrs. Mary Wisk. has been
filed by Aattorney Donald Gaffney,
307 Lafayette street. in the build
ing owned by Mrs. Wisk, because
of numerous violations of the liquor
law.
In his motion to quash the in
junction, Attorney Gaffney sets
forth the following reasons:
1T does not appear that the APP
plication for an injunction is based
on any law OF the state OF Connecti-
cut.
The City Court of New Britain
and the judge Of the said court is
without jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine said application.
THE written application for an
injunction pretends to be based on
section %, title ,, Of the National
Prohibition Act, United States
statute, and offenses against said
act are not cognizable by the courts
of the state of Connecticut or by
the Judges of said courts.
'"The writ demands no damages
New Britain herald., 1927-06-24

and sets out that 1t Is an equitable
action, but the sheriff to the court,
has attached the premises Of the
defendant.
Under article 3. section 1, of the
Constitution Of the United States.
the judicial power of the United
States shall be vested in one Su-
preme court. and in such inferior
courts as the congress may from
time to time ordain or establish;
and the courts of the state of Con-
necticut are not ordained or estab-
lished by congress and are not
amenable to that body. and Con-
gress can not vest any portion of the
judicial power of the United States
in the courts of the state of Con-
necticut.
The city court for the city Of
New Britain has no inherent power
and cannot acquire through the
act Of congress the requisite authori-