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VOL. 2 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, .SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3."i9L NO. : neflo A m . M . W I W . st leia cionBe ween teircrai H T 1 1 v km United i ml ' alesf ow'Def Iiiltely Em Gerard Already Ordered Home and Bern- stoff Handed His Passports .1 M ESIDEM DECISION WAS PROMPT . Reached Yesterday ; Morning But Not Announced In v nrpr That All Details Mierht Be Given Propef; Attention Beforehand. toy ijnwju rwj -Washington, ireo. -rr",uu' latlons between; the Central powers Omt notified Congress In Joint Bess Ion at -.two o'clock this, afternoon that .this- course ol action had been decided upon" and adopted. Ger ard hailready been ordWjd from 'mm Berlin and Bernstortf 1U1M V ' t.aui tiia nmRtMirti at 1:67 Wkm hkwuvm v Ambassador Gerard hM been in truded tt V all Americana who , t v, f Jotrve "out of ' Germany,, Ameiicaa couBul"Ttt"Germuny have 1bo been Ordered to leave." Every chartered wlre'.ees station lias been virtually placed under government- contra, All navy yards .have been closed .an t - uninlovees and the TAWtr, t w . - . guards strengthened. The Department of State and the Department . of Justice are co operating against the possibility of a bomb plot, Learning today that there were sixty-four Americans among the -prisoners taken by the German rai der, the State Depatrment pro- l-protested at their detention. Ambassador Bernstorf ;said today that Swltserlattd has Uken over 'Germany's interests. Senator Thomas Introduced a half "bU'lon (preparedness"' bond to " sua resolution this morniffg In the senate. - - May Not Mean Actual War .Whether or not . there will be an, ctmal declaration of war following upon the -President's action re mains t0 be" seen. All depends upon Germany. This countrv has tnade al prenaratlons for any even .iualltles. j. These have been going forward lor wees, u wpb ""' to-day, ' .. . " The President's decision upon the course he has adopted was definite 1y reached Friday morning but an nouncement of it was held "up in order, that all the last details mtebt be - carefully attended toi A similar course of action- toward ntKav mntral Bowers will ... be WD . - r taken ahouM the same determina tion on their pirt to wage,' relentless warfare be communicated to the k TJrilted States government. ' ' "When the news of the President's action broke," the . capltol was srous . . -. M ' .U . - IA ' of the situation brought Congress to afee'lng almost akin to conster nation. Drastic action was ex- la Atrtrn& tint man clun.t to. the hejlel' that he ; would not cut the last ties between the tw0 nations. , ' i Wilson -Worked Far Into Night morning and tad breakfast as usu al. ' He then called Mr. Tumulty and wIipti tve Rprrtary loft . the Tllfe I" " ' f5o ""whs white r-1 t . Th or.ly cnra- f , " nr.' i r -i V-l V 1 U. S. Seizes The Appam (By Unltod Press) Norfolk, Feb.' S The United States today officially seUed the interned German ship, Appam to day. . -j Two Ships . SunkToday (By tjnlted Press) London;" Feb'. 3 -The -Dutch ship Gamma,, and the British , vessel Essonlte, were submarined today t Navy Yard On War Basis CRUISERS GET .1 (By United Press J Philadelphia, Feb. 5 The League Island Navy yard has been put on a" war basis. It la closed to visi tors. j ' Shpre leave has been coun termanded, triple guards, placed at every entrance and extra patrols stationed. ,v A - DARING DESTROYER OP THE 8EAS SUNK IN FORTY MINUTE ENGAGEMENT WITH BRITISH VE8EL8 7Cy United Press) - Buenos Aires, Feb.. 8 A Pernam buco dlBpatch today quoted the Bel glaa Consuls? clerk . as declaring that the British cruisers, Glascow, Amethyst and Kent, sunk the Ger man raider la a forty, , minute en-jageiiieiit,-:.--.-T.:-.--.?' -;--. ' 60NDITI0N8 MOST jGRAVE Argentine ha officially advlised ttvJnlted States that the ouUook for a continuance of 1 friendly rela tions with Germany Is "most grave Stock Market Is Booming (By United Press) New York, Feb . 8In wonderful demonstration of patriotic exporta tion and concerted pool action- by the big Interests, the stock market turned - upward this -' morning' and became a boomingmarket. It to reported that the big - German houses which had been selling ihAvt in th ntli-n&tinn . of the break were caught In. the upturn. IVatcWul Availing (low In England (By United Press) London Feb. S England's Intense Interest in "what America is going to, do about it" Is manifest at the foreign office. The Government here to keeping constantly in touch with the American Ambassa dor Page. The British newspaper, are sub ordinating even the news of . the German frlghtfulness" to copious cabled dispatches. , from America, The average Britisher to not frightened, by the announcement of an unbridled submarining, but, is confident that unannounced British measures will nullify , the German scheme. President would address a Joint session of Congress at two o'clock. Beyond thlls all the morning the White House officially was abso lutely silent. President Wilson worked far in to night completing the message he was to "deliver this . afternoon He wrote on his own typewriter and made the final corrections , and changes this morning. Wilson's Addrfcss .-.. - . . ' Cajling ' "Upon neutrals to follow the course that this' government has adopted the President notified Congress of " the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. "No other course I, open" he said, "if the . Nation's , honor to to be preserved. " He hoped that Germany, would not car ry out her ruthless threat and said that he was still unable to believe that Germany will execute a plan that would mean ' death to Ameri can clticens-and the destruction of American ships. . If however Amjr lean ships "and lives are destroyed the President said he would sk Congress for, a declaration of war To Encourage Church Work ARE THEY TALLEST TWINES By United Press) ' t Cedar Kan.eb. 3 Everett and George Roseberry, 18, claim to' be the tallest twins in. 'the world. Ev erett IB six feet, two and one half Ir.rhng "small and' welnhs 150 pm-nls. George la an Inch taller New v York, Feb . 3-To get the cliff dwellers of New York inter ested In church, Protestant, Cathol ic, Jewish and all other faiths joined here today In an effort to have their army of several thous and volunteer workers visit every one of the millions of homes ' in greater New York to3norroir after noon "Wa are. ' not trying to change anybody's belilef" said J. Shreve Durham, International Sup erintendent of .the Home,, Visitation organization., 'All we want to do to to bring, about a friendlier spirit among all creeds and to encourage a U viler . Interest in church affairs Among prominent clergymen sanc tioning the campaign ar , .Cardinal Farley Bishop v Greer, Btohop Wil son, Rabbi de 8.. Poland Bish ops Burgess, .McDonnald, Llebert, and Hayes. - - 1 AIIUKRY IN SPITS OF BAD WEATHER - THE tWORrf tUMINATlNG HOG CHOLERA MAOEi PRO GRE3 IN EASTERN COUNTIES Edentori : Wins Game In spite of the worst varieties of weather during January," Dr. F. D. Owen, Federal Inspector in charge of the hog , cholera campaign In this section, has been vigorously pursuing the enemy of the swine grower. He has visited thirty seven farms for diagnosis or treatment of . hogs; held Interviews with 195 farmers concerning the problems of swine raising; held nineteen meetings to secure local co-operation in the hog cholera campaign and to lnlstruct serum administrators; administra tors; and has given seventeen se rum demonstrations, treating a to taJ of 2S6 hogs, with 127 men pros' ent to observe the methods of op eration. . . - Dr. Owen has Jn the section thir ty six serum administrators, two of whom are graduate veterinarians and the others laymen who have re ceived special training at Raleigh) and been granted permits to use been granted permits to use the se rum simultaneous method of opera tion. - ' ' . In addition to the 236 hogs treat ed by Dr. Owen, 598 were treated by the various serum demonstra tors, 73 farms having been benefit ted by lhls work. . V . " Reformer Says Would Break Law The Elisabeth City High School boys basket-ball quint were defeat ed by Edenton Highs by the score of 27 to: 16. Eltoabeth vCltydrew first blood by th-owlng a foul goat In the first few seconds -of play, hut the visitors then went after the game with a rush and for a few minutes it looks 1 as If the contest would be a one tided1-one and all In favor of t the Edenton learn. Elisa beth City rallied, c however, and when the first half closed with the score to 8 In favor of Edenton it lo ked as if the local quint . had a fair chance to win.; However, the second half told an other story. It was Edenton's half from start to finish, the visitors throwing goals from the field as against three' for the home team, Four goals from the foul line for Elizabeth City, against none v for Edenton , served to rut down the margin of Edenton's victory and al so to save the second session from being too one sided to be Interest- mg.-; '..' The Ellsabth City Highs put up a game fight and workejd jhard . for everV posstbfi, point' after thfej re alised they were- defeated. Consid ering the time they have been at work they made a fine showing . The Edenton aggregation showe the. result of steady . praatice and creful training but tehy were not able to execute a , large number of their plays in the face, of of the strong defensive work of Elizabeth City.- The goal throwing of Owens and White for the visitors 'was the feature of the game. , The line up: UNDERWENT OPERATION V Little Geneva Hlngerty, sister of Mrs. Lola Seymore on West Bur gess street, underwent an operation Friday afternoon " and to getting along well. The operation was performed by Dr. W; W. Sawjet and Dr, C. B. Williams. ' WEATHER OR NO . ..Fair tonight not quite . so cotd. Sunday fair wth rising temperature The man who efferveces at c?sht Ifsvci a denr f'l f r tlie s-."" j- - - ' r-l r '"' ' " (By United PrM , Buenog Aires, Jan. 15 (By Majl) Orthodox- peop'e in Argentina are terribly shocked at a threat attrk buted to Dr. Irigoyen, . the new president, to break the flaw under certain circumstances. - The doctor oame into office with numerous reform schemes in mind. Since then, nearly as often as he nas rererrea to one or these pro jects,' some one of his advisors has jointed out to him that he can do nothing with th plan because It runs counter to the existing leg islation. , Finally he is quoted as having said : impressively: ' ' "Any time I find 1 can't do some thing which ought to be done In .the public Interest . without ' breaking th, ; law, I break the law." - WANTED Copies of The Dally Ad- vr a o t t !wHj d-?: Ella. City Blades- Bell Sawyer Lane. A 'Substitute: Position R F L F C R G Blades E. Edenton .. White Spry Owens . Moran for Lane in the last quarter of the . second half. .1 Summary: Field Goals Sawyer 8, Wynn 1, Lane 1, White 6, Owens 8; Foul goals Blades M. 8, Sawyer 2, White 1. Prohibition By End of Year II! SL1ML-1I1D POE SPEAKERS OF f. Last Community Scrvico Day Marked With For cible Addresses by Vdl Known ; North - Carolinians. At the Community '. Service ex. a a. ft. - a vtvibvb we- i Aixrama Saturday morning: Congressman - John II. Sinafl and Dr. darencd Poe were the principal ' speakers; .: v - Mr. Small commended the Com mended the " Community V Servica Idea and plans, r saying ,; that the rural , and municipal , problems and Interestg are really Identical , and should be so recognised. 1 " ; obck m au reiorra , saia ta llea the means of getting reform and j the wkt . tn r o - fn.M ia through the people of the commu nity." " .; ;.,.;.;:.,,, g;; ,- Dr., Poe was -heard i with great Interest, , Many1 Progressive ; Far mer subscribers '. were present - in the audience; ; ( An outline of Mr. Poe's address will be given In the next Issue of The Advance. Fog Bells In Rockie n uenver, i;qjo.v ree a Fog bells another touch, of the atmosphere of the Swiss Alps are to he plac In the Rocky Mountain! - National rare to guiae nje traveler during the times when mountain top and clouds meet and '' there comes . a mist that hides the traveler arid is liable to " befog , hi . sense of direc tion. The bells will be placed at what sre considered the mot dan gerous points of the park territory 10 IE JEALOC .1 ' ' t,: Washington, 4 February 3 That the entire United States will be voted dry by theend of 1917 was the predlcition here today of the Anti-Saloon League of " America. The claim Is based on the follow- Pending dry legislation will be passed at the present session of Congress, as a result of the "un disputed" growth of public senti ment In favor of lit," and the .139 new House of Representative - mem bers will, swell the ranks of the '197 members of the House who favored the Hobson National Prohibition bill.-; 7 .'--V; Many of them, it is pointed out have , been elected from states which have recently "gone dry" oy have declared their intention of so doing. Virginia, Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska, and Michigan have adopt ed prohibition lws-since the vote was taken tn Cnjigress on th Hob on Constitutional amendment hill. "It is reasonable .to assume the movement will have a!l of the Con gresslonal votes .of these strtes a gain of 15." " . WATCH WITH GREEDY EYE 3 TEREST IN THE FAR EAIT . PARSONAGE 80CIETY MEETS The Parsonage Society . of City Road Methodist church win meet Monday afternoon at three o'clock with Mrs. T. 8. Mann on Second f'" "t. A!l r.r-ibers are urpl to Peking, Jan. 6 (By Mall) For eign powers Interested . In China and her riches today f are - turning watchful eyes toward -America and her recent tendency to take a hand in the' financing of the Celestial Republic.- ; This idea has Just bel illustrated by the h, action of the Fdur-l'owenLoan Group Germany! is' no longer'' considered a member in addressing an Inquiry to the Chlnest ' Department- of ' Finance concerning the New- American loan, concluded ' with . th Continental Commercial Bank of Chicago. - , From Information, now available it appears that , the' . advance , of fS,OOQ,000 already announced Is a part of a loan of $30,000,000 fron which the 15,000,000 will be dedur ed It the' larger loan la conclude' Otherwise the $5,000,000 loan to t be repaid In three years, ' The , loan will bear six per c Interest, will be . issued at ,87 1 and'wlli b teemed by wins - r tobacco taxes.- It has already i ed the House of Represent:, here, Oongresnmaa John, II f t'n nftomonti f.r l' 1 ' '','. C.
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