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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21
AUTHOR UNABLE
To SAVE GIRL
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peared again. She burgt into my
apartment, saying, in a moot mat
ter of fact tone, that she was going
to kill herself because Of her dis,
appointment over my criticism Of
the verses and her home conditions.
I'm not going to carry on any
longer, was what she said. l. ar
gued with her until I was black in
the face, trying to- persuade her
it was better to carry on. that she
could give up verse and devote her
talents TO music, painting or some.
thing else artistic.
why, / argued with her from
8 in the evening until in the
morning trying to talk her out of
suicide, and ] thought ! succeeded.
When she left, ! walked with her
along 45th Street, New York, and
finally got her promise to 60 on
living and make the best of things.
l thought she went 10 train.
Il went back to the hotel where
my apartment is. The next day the
clerk told me a man had called.
flashed a badge Of the Secret Ser
vice, said he was a brother of Miss
Drew and limited at suicide.
Il packed up and got out of town
TO avoid publicity. had nothing
TO do with her death. Unfortu-
nately she took my criticism to
heart. She's the last I'll ever be-
friend"
Was ReincarnatiOnist
According to word from New
York, Carolyn Novotny, close friend
Of the dead girl, Miss Drew, had
completed two manuscripts on theo-
logy and reincarnation. These had
been sent to a publisher and re-
turned, unaccepted, but in telling
of these failures the girl told her
friend:
I've met literary light, and
he has promised TO help me. ] am
so happy because I'm having some
good luck at last
Then several days later, Virginia
is said to have telephoned Carolyn
again to say: I've entered into
suicide pact"
Virginia had told her parents of
| her literary light" and had given
her mother his name only last Sun.
day. That was the day she was
last at home. Her father searched
| hospitals for three DAYS before her
body was found In the Hudson river
| and identified by him.
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teOHtlnue4 Rsqa .irst -

lecAtinuea ktsHe Nirst PaseJ
ficer Rer the District, today started
&. probe Of his own into the source
and conditions OF foodstuffs and ice
cream which the victims may have
gotten on the grounds ct Marshall
Hall.
Six Cases for Court
He pointed cut that last night
his inspectors had made cases
against six local soda fountains and
1unchreemg for failing to sterile
their glasses and that these cases
Will be heard in Police Court Mon
day. Failure to sterilize glasses
such weather as we had yesterday,
be stated, can cause serious illness.
It is possible that some such
eenditisn existed at Marshall Hall
thus causing the trouble. he stated.
1nasMueh as none of those at the
mission, who had no Money to
spend on the grounds. was made ILL.,
Scenes unprecedented in the city's
history were enacted as the historic
cid exeuFsien steamer Charles Mae
eIester locked at the Seventh Street
1880. All available facilities of
Emergency Hospital were brought
aHte play and these were supple
rasnted by an ambulance. physi.
clans and nurses from Casualty.
46 Treated in Hospitals
A check at Emergency and Cas-
ualtY hospitals showed that As peo-
pie had been taken in for treatment.
nine Of them being in such serious
condition that they had to remain at.
Emergency for the night. Five of
those were brought in on the second
return trip of the steamer.
The outing. which was to have
been a bright spot of the summer
for most of the children, left Wash
ington at 10 o'clock. Arriving at
Marshall Hall the youngsters dis
ported themselves with vim on the
various aInusenents, which they
were permitted by tbs concessionaires
to enjoy free. The box lunches were
eaten by all, and at 40 the first
boatload started back for Wash
5AFton.
Just after leaving Mount Vernon
fhA first complaints were noticed.
Officers and crew Of the boat, with
its first,sid equipment, did all they
could to rsiisSsH the suffering and
make the stricken ones comfortable.
Women and children lay about the
decks moaning and crying as the
vessel dockSd.
Automobiles Ccuapk andeered
DR.. Rutoski boardeA the vessel
and, taking in the situation at a
glance, sent an emergency call back
to the hospital for Eli available
nurses. ambulances Fnd internes.
Eight nurses were rushed to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21
RUSSIANS QUIT
SEARCH
BY InsernationaI News servios

MOSCOW, July 21.-soviet relief
IN behalf Of the iil.fated Mobile ex.
petition, which has been responsible
for nearly all the rescues so far eff.
fscted, viii be at standsttll for a
fortnight as the result of official de-
cisions taken today.
In the meantime there are still IL
men I1issing--slx of the members of
tire Mobile party and the others mem
bers of the Amundsen relief group
Prof. SaInoyolovich, director of Rus
sian relief aboard the Krassin, wire.
1essed from Kings Bay that it would
require two weeks to make necessary
repairs upon the ice breaker. As
facilities at Kings Bay are made
uuate the Krassin will have to put
In at Norwegian or Swedish port
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21
List Of Poison Picnic Victims

Miss STEELE Engley, Is years old,
OF 5000 block of Benning Rid. N. b.,
walked into Casualty Hospital.
DIR. John Harrington, Of Casualty
Hospital responded to an emergency
call in the 100 block Of d st, ~.
E., and treated woman whose
name was not given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21
BIG TEXTILE STRIKE

MANCHESTER, England. July
2I.--A lockout OF 10000 employees
Of Lancashire textile mills was
threatened today. ~A4r-tAa ~resl1k-o
strike. troubles ..f.-..-A---4l---.-.>.--
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21
NE X|C0 Slayer
To Get TRIAL
~ InasraatleaaI News service

ny InAeFnati0mal Nawe Service
MEXICO CITY. July ai.-With
all Mexico still speculating today as
to who would be the eoantry's next
president. Jose de Leon Toral, the
youth who slew President-elect Al
vari0 Qhregon. enjoyed . 72.hour
respite. The respite was granted
in . court order known a. the
ampar0. which Restraints both police
and military officials from sum
mafily executing him.
The youth will be given . regu-
lar civil trial, which Will be puDtlc,
an official announcement stated,
Several arrests have been made
during the last "a hours, but police
refused to reveal the names oil
those arrested. Howevere. It is be-
lieved none Of them we're politically
important.
General Obregon's body was ex-
pected to reach Huatabampo, So
nora, the town OF his birth, today.
The funeral train was delayed be-
cause 4 tunnel through which 1t
had to pass had been destroyed
several months ago. The body was
carried over the mountain to the
other end of the tunnel. where an
other special train was waiting.
OhregOn probably will be buried
tomorrow at Huatabampo. Mexico y
traditional tribute 10 her h0n0red
dead, u crown OF porcelain. will
mark his grave.
Antonio Diaz Soto Cana. leader
OF the Agrarian bloc in the Mexican
congress, issued statement today
demanding that President Gales
Immediately eliminate from the gov
eminent all members of the So
called labor group. The most con-
spicuOus member of this group is
Minister of Labor Luis Morones.
NAVOJoA. SONORA, Mexico.
July 21.-Silent and grief-stricken,
Mexican political leaders and Off
Gals, poems and members OF the
Yauui and Mayo Indian Tribes were
gathered here today for the funeral
services Of Gen. Aware Obregon.
In accordance with Obregon's will,
his body will be buried beside his
mothers grave at Huatabampo, %
miles southwest OF here.
The will, which was brief. said
in part:
IL wish my funeral to be held
without ostentation and that my
debts be paid first OF all, with all
own, using tx necessary the small
patrimony left to my children"
General Obregon's estate in gen.
orally believed to be small, although
definite figures were not available.
Sonora Maria Tapia Obregon,
widow of the dead Mexican leader,
arrived here yesterday from Cajeme
with her family. She Is still under
physicians care.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-21

The car you want TO bay at the price
sou want TO pay can be located and
rurchased through todays Tiyaea ard
Herald automobile for sale columns in
classified.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
eJhR l3AkJK CLERK ANo HE SUUA JLPKER
1T MIGHT GET A SMILE OUT OF HOOVER

well, what's that got to do with
YOUR story about the Gates County
couple and their rooster?"
Just this" said the Soda Jerker.
preachers as a rule are opposed to
every form of social diversion eX-
cept the connubial pastine. They
indulge freely in that, have abund-
ant leisure for the family business
and have the pick Of the good
women of the country for mates.
And so I was just thinking that If
they didn't make good at the busi-
ness Of begetting and give us fami-
lies of fine children, then somebody
ought to turn the roosters around" }"
Somebody ought to tell that to
Herbert Hoover" said the Bank
Clerk.
"Why tell it to Hoover?" asked the
Soda Jerker.
IF Hoover could hear that one,
maybe the campaign photographers
could get laugh out of him. Poor
old Hoover is a constitutional sour
belly and the photographers have
had a deuce of a time trying to
make him smile for his campaign
pictures. 1t has been terrible Or
deal for Hoover and he has made
an awful fist of it. Every picture
of the Hoover smile that I have
seen is to me a pathetic reminder
of the business end of all unromantic
OLD hen in the attitude of trying to
lay an egg."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

l. C. B. EHRINGHAUS, popular
Elizabeth City attorney will close
the campaign in Elizabeth City fof
the Democrats Monday night Win
an address at the Alkrama Theatre.
He speaks at the theatre because
the Republicans and their Ku kux
allies slipped in ahead of the Demo-
Gratis and engaged the High School
auditorium for Monday night 1or
Walter Cohoon. EhringhauS, speak
inc to large audiences in every I'M
portant town and city i'll the west
ern and Piedmont section or the
State in behalf of Smith has been
hailed everywhere as a future Gov
ernor of North Carolina. Cohoon'
touring the State for the fellowship
of Republicans, Anti-Saloon Lea
guers and Ku Kluxers, against
smith has received many boob.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
One Who Wasn't a
Hoover Derni-crat

II saw a picture OF the Tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier, to-day, said
the Soda Jerker to the Bank
Clerk; land underneath the picture
it said that nobody knew whether
he was a Protestant Jew or e
Catholic"
That's right" said lie Bank
Clerk; nobody knows what the re-
ligion of that soldier was and no.
body questioned his religion when
he was fighting for his country;
we don't know what his religious
faith was or whether he had any
faith at all. But one thing we do
know, and this should be given
emphasis in view of the religious
fury let loose in this campaign
against Al Smith; this thing we
know: the Unknown Soldier was no
Quaker" -,. ~.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

H. PERRY DAVIS got tired OF
moving. Starting in the tire sales
and service business with General
Tires in this city four years ago he
was forced into making four moves
In as many years. And so he de-
cided to acquire a permanent home
for his business and the result is
the new Davis Building, a two
story buff pressed brick structure
adjoining the new Culpepper block
on N. Martin st. The new Davis
Building, representing an invest
ment of $4,000 is a credit to city OF
beautiful business buildings. Once
before, Perry Davis got tired OF
moving. Leaving Elizabeth City at
the age of 16 he became a rail road
man and worked all over the coun-
try. from coast to coast. First and
last he saw everything worth seeing
in America. And having seen it all
he was convinced that no place IN
America was better to live in than
Elizabeth City and SO he came back
to Elizabeth City and settled down
in business. He was aware of the
possibilities in the automotive busi-
ness and took tires for his part,
tying up with one of the best tires
made. He is distributor of General
tires for the Elizabeth City district.
Photo by Zoeller.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
A Prophet Without
Honor Any Place

No delegation of anti-SmithS or
Hoover demi-crats turned out to
welcome Walter Cohoon upon his
return to Elizabeth City from
speaking tour in behalf Of the fel-
loWship forum of the M?thodist
theocracy. the Ku Klux Klan and
the party of Butler and Simmons.
Democratic audiences have not
been so kind.to him as to some anti
Smith speakers, including Ham. He
was rendered vacant lot on which
to make his talk in Farmville, booh-
ed in other cities, and most OF his
audience walked out on him dur
ing his last speech at Belhaven.
In Belhaven. where most every
body is for Smith, Cohoon had q
comfortably filled house. But when
he stated that Josephus Daniels was
holding his nose with one hand and
eating crow with the other, part OF
his audience began the trek for
other parts. When he began to slap
at Fred Latham, DR.. w. T. Ralph,
the mayor; Frank Snyder, pioneer
citizen, all of them strong Demo-
Gratis, and calling D. Lesofsky,
"Jerusalem's greatest gift to Bel
haven" all the prominent Demo-
cratic citizens left their seats and
headed for home. Lesofsky, jew
ish merchant is an old resident Of
Belhaven, a kindly, inoffensive man
and a highly respected citizen.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
These Hoover
.Den1sGetSone
.EunnyNotlons

That Governor A. w. Mclean,
O. Max Gardner, Cam Morrison,
Clyde Hoey, Senator Overman,
Blucher Ehringhaus, Walter Muir
ply, Lindsay Warren. John Kerr
and every other distinguished
North Carolina Democrat who
will vote the ticket straight In
next Tuesdays election, is bolt
er from the Democratic party, was
the message brought to Elizabeth
City Wednesday night by Nat
Newby, Los Angeles, Calf, lawyer.
Mr.. Newly came all the way from
the Pacific coast to tell the poor de-
luded denizens of the Atlantic sea.
board that all true Democrats will
vote for Hoover and all who vote
for Smith are boilers from the party
Claiming to be a Democrat him.
self, Mr.. Newby was introduced by
C. r. Pugh who described himself
as lust a little two-by-four Repub'
lican in a Democratic city" Mr.
Newby had an audience of about
125, made up mostly of Republicans
and Ku Kluckers, with a scattering
of curious Democrats.
Nathan Newly, a native of Per-
o,.mans County. removed to Los
Angeles about 40 years ago. His
family background is Democratic
and he has a brother, w. G. Newly
of Hertford. who is strong for Al
Smith and who deplores the fact
that his brother has turned traitor
to the best traditions of his people
To keep icing from sugaring, add
a pinch of salt to the sugar.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
To Erect Memorial
In Memory Prof. Sheer

Out of love and respect for thei
former superintendent and loys
friend, Professor s. L. Sheep, tn
school children of the three cit
schools donated literally to- bu
flowers. Several large and peauttfl!
designs were sent as a tribute frDr;
the student bodies. But there We
a little over $40 left over when the
were paid for. SO Principal of tn
High School A. M. Stephens he
started a fund to erect memorif
in the school building 10 Prof. Shec
in recognition Of the life of servic
that Mr.. Sheep gave IN the cause d
education in this city. All contrf
buttons to this fund should be sert
to Mr.. Stephens, at the High Scho0
who will, as soon as enough moneI
is raised, have a suitable memorit
erected. "
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

David Cox was telling me this
one" said the Soda Jerker to the
Bank Clerk. Dave Is a civil engl-
neer and his work takes him into
all sorts of rural places. The other
night he lodged with family back
in the Scratch Hall Neighbourhood
in Gates County. Came bed time
and the old lady says to the old
man, Put the cat out, turn the
rooster round and lock the door.
Dave said he understood the busl-
ness of putting the cat out and lock-
ing the door, but he had never
heard of turning rooster around
He asked the old lady what she
meant by it and she told him that
the rooster roasted on the flour
barrel"
well what's the application OF
your story?" asked the Bank Clerk
"I had nothing particular in
mind" said the Soda Jerker," but
I am reminded of a political sermon
I heard the other night. the
Prophet Ham tried to defend the
preachers in politics by Dragging
about their especial ability; he laid
particular stress on the quality OF
preachers sons and said that
preachers sons turned out better
than the sons of any other profess
sional class in America. He nam
ed over the large percentage OF
lawyers, doctors, bankers and states
men whose fathers were preachers.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
BUMP! BUMP!
And THE war ON
WILD FOWLS ON

Of more interest to thousands
of sportsmen than all the straw
ballots OH Smith end Hoover will
be the reports from Currituck
Sound and its marohcS to-day as
to how the shootins was yester-
day. For the season for migra-
tory wild fowl opened Yesterday,
Thursday, Nov. l and Bump!
Bump" went the shot guns all
over the Sounds and marshes of
Eastern North Carolina.
Few Northern SportSmen come
down for the first Gay Of ths shoot
ing season, because the seasoned
SportSmen know that as rule the
carly November weather is too warm
for good shooting. On balmy Indian
Summer days the ducks fly high
too high for a good shot and the
geese go out to sea and float in
RATS on the ocean far from the
Ioose blinds. The best shooting
comes with cold, blustry weather
when it is to 70 n for the geese to
raft out at sen, and when the ducks
scurry hither and th!thcr, keeping
almost continually en- the wing; a
way they have of keeping warm.
There are lots of birds in Curri-
tuck Sound this week; some report
unusually large numbers; there has
been an abundance of fresh water
in Currituck Sound this summer
and fresh water brings forth
bumper crop of the pond weeds and
grasses on which the wild fowl feed
For the birds come South not for
sunshine and a temperate climate
merely, but for something to eat.
But if the Northern sportsmen
who bring much money into the
region for shooting licenses, for
board, for guides and for many pri-
vileges and creature comforts, were
out in great numbers. In Currituck
the natives don't get much shooting
when the sportsmen begin to ar
rive; they had rather have the
sportsman's money than a bag OF
ducks. And so they take the money
and let the sportsmen take the
ducks.
With prospects of a good season
ahead. much money viii flow into
Currituck and Dare, and other
coastal counties where the ducks
and geese abound. For duck and
goose shooting is an expensive sport
and those who come from afar to
indulge in it come prepared to spend
money freely among the people who
entertain them and provide shoot
ing rigs and guides for them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
Hcover's Million g,
No Bait For Mile

The Republican boast that He
bert Hoover had made fortune
more than a million dollars for hin
self before he was 30 years old do
not impress Miles Jennings. ELL
abeth City's anvil philosopher.
II could have made a million m.
SELF" says Miles Jennings, III
cou.d have had Chinese labor
three to six cents a day to make
of Of, as Mr.. Hoover did. '-,aa-a
I'm giving my vote to pla
American citizen who thinks A
terms of American labor and AIne
lean standards Of living; I'm goir
TO vote for AL Smith"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

This is the news The Independent
gets from washington this week
The architect and engineers from.
the headquarters of the Quarter
master General of the Army who
completed their surveys at XIII Devil
Hills last week and who are pre-
pairing data for a competition werf
enthusiastic for placing the monu!, !,
ment atop the majestic hill, from
the first. .s...
But Immediately they were cons
fronted with the problem Of 6.
moving hill. The fierce winds o]
winter that blow In from the NORTH
and East sweep up the NortheasterII
slopes of Kill Devil Hills, carryini
sheets of sand that fall over tho
crest of the hills toward the Souths
east. The effect is to keep the HILL
moving slowly in Southwest di.l
rection. The Kill Devil Hill whence
the Wrights made their first glide
flights more than q quarter cenl
tury ago are rot just where theJ
were then. But the government en-
gineers evidently are assured thal
Kill Devil Hills can be anchored. I
And so these highest and mos
beautiful sand dunes on the Who'll.
Atlantic coast will be grassed Of
sodded and will not 60 the way al
many another dune that has bce,F
driven by the winds Of the ages inI
to the waters Of the inland Sounda
Kill Devil Hills are to be halted vi
their tedious march to the Southi
west and fixed for all time as \
base for one of the most interest
ing, most beautiful and most talk
ed about memorials in the world. \
AS previously noted In this news
paper, plans for the Wright mem
orial also contemplate the land
scaping OF a government reservation
of 500 acres or more and the crea
ton of an airport for the conven!
ience Of air tourists for all the year
TO come, who will make pilgrimage
to the historic spot.
And so we are going To see som
great engineering problems tackle,l
at Kill Devil Hills; we shall sc
how U. S. Army Engineers will arll
rest a mighty sand dune in itII
flight and make it stay put. AMI
then we shall see how tons Of mar
Bile and granite will be transports
to the top of that hill and founda
tions put down for massive monr
ment atop a mountain of sand.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

Presumably toying with a pistol
which he said he was carrying for
protection, Allen Overman, 81 year.
old Durham white man, shot and
killed Mrs. Cora Lee Stuart. ID
year old girl with whom he had
been keeping company for the last
few months. He was bidding her
goodnight at her boarding house
when the accident occurred.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02
High Praise For
Local Police Chief

High praise for Chief OF Ponce
Leon Holmes of this city IS Voiceo
by T. S. White. of Hertford' presl-
dent of the North Carolina e'a.e
poir The state Fair drafted lts
police force for handling the Far
crowds this year, from the pohce
departments of many North Caro-
lima towns and cities. Chief Holmes
himself was borrowed from Eii1-
.heth City. I'VE heard much praise
of Chief Holmes work from many
sources; some regarded him the
most popular policeman we had on
the grounds" says President "hi'''
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-11-02

Armed with a gun and plenty OF
ammunition, Malcolm Hyder, shot
up the downtown section of Hen
dersonville this week. pepperine
store windows and forcing Joseph
Whitaker to dance for his amuse-
ment, before he was overpowered
by officers.