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The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice J VOL. 1 ADVANTAGE IS - M ALLIES Further Progress Along the Somme, Earlier Gains Held andOffensivt stead ily and Fiercely Pur sued (By Unitid Press) London, July 8., The super of fensive of the Allies waged along the Verdun front entered its sec " nd week today. The Allies continue thfir atuck everywhere along the line and are maintaining their earlier gains at .practically every point despite the heavy counter at;acks from the Ger mans. A I6avy downpour last nlgfit con verted the Somme battlefield into a &ea of mud and seriously hampered operations., but despfte, this handi cap the French officially claim alight further progress eouth of the .Somme, 'and the capture of four hun dred prisoners. .The British, following yesterday's .important successes east of Labol selle. where thousands of yards of trehTlies and several important tac tical centerg were taken, tper.t lst night in improving the positions wo. The- unofficial estimate of the Ger man loss is from thirty to forty thousand killed and wounded be sides twenty thousand prisoners. Special dispatches from Paris state that five thousand I'russians, the flower of the Kaiser's army, were killed in the early part of the fight Ing. The Russians also continue to de . veic.j their offensive and experts say that Geueral Bojhner's army 'J must leireat frum Gulieia wiiiin a i few days under the terrific Slav pressure which is being brought to bear against his forces. Official reports via Berlin from Vienna state that the Austrian have re reated from their 'advanced lines between the Bend and the Styr to Volhynskq before vastly superior Russian forces. NATIVE PASQUOTANK DIES IN 'LLINOIS ,Sheliff Charles Reid It af Oregon. Illinois this week where he was call d about a week ago by the illness of his brother, J. Warren Raid, who died on Thursday cf this week. The end came as a result of a par alytic stroke. J. W. Reid is a native of T'asnuo tank county and some few years a go WuS a visitor to his bio her here lie is survived by i... .. crs, both of whom are married. LEAVES FOR FRONT .ohn E. Wood of Bus on," af.er diiig a few days here the guest Wf bis father, Mr. John Q. A. Wood, left this morning for El Paso, where his regiment, the 1st, rquadron of Massachusetts cavalry,, is encamp ed at camp Pershing. BLACK WELL MEMORIAL CHURCH The pastor, Rev. 1. N. Loftln, wi'.l .preach at the morning service from the subject "The" Anxiety of the Christ." At the evening services the sub ject will be "The Plying christian.' Special music by the choir and s;To ists at both services, and (he pub lic is cordially Invited to lie present i Y. M. C. A .MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING Tho active memoers cf the Y. M, C. A. are urged to meit Monday ev enlng nt eight o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. Budding for lha purpose of .r.l.rtll'T rifTVrri Of H-n fl-:nri.1tt''n. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1916 Villistas On The Move (By United Press) El Iso, July 8 TheTIllisUg are reported to be rushing toward the bi, bend country. A band of un known strength is moving toward Ojinaga. Contrary to current reports, the Carranzlstas have occupied Jimenez and are driving the bandits onward. The Villistas hare issued new Mexican currency to millions of Chihuahua natives, which is prov ing an Incentive to the holders to support the bandit veteran. Experts Are Fighting (By United Press) New York July 8 Six Federal ex pertB in tne city are fighting against the raging epidemic of the dread disease, infantile paralysis, that has killed one hundred and eighty ba bies out of seven hundred and nine ty seven cases in the past six weeks The Hazing New York sun and the stifling heat cause officials to fear an increased spread of the mat ady today. All libraries of greater New York have been closed to children under sixteen as one of the measures of checking the epidemic. Takes Bullet From Heart (By United Press) London, June 26 (By .Mail) The proudest wounded 'Tommy' in London today is Priva Henry Iirce. Some days ago J'ierce had a shrap nel bullet in Lis heart. Tcday the bullet is neatly mounted on .wood and occupies a place of honor on a table by Pierce's bd iu a London hospital. British surgeens who have marvel ed at two similar opera ions in French hospitals are studying fhe London case at close range. Pierce has more learned visitors than any hundred ether wounded Tommies. An Australian surgeon, on tempo rary duty in England, performed the operation. He found the shrapnel lodged fa the pericardium. Making a tiny incision he picked the metal out with his fingers. The patient is rapidly recovering. REV. J. B. BLACK AT FIRST METHODIST Rev. J. B. Mack, pastor of the Cann Memorial Pr,;sby,erian church will occupy the pulpit at the First Methodist church Sunday i.igl.t. The program for the union ser vices during thn remainder of the summer is as follows: July 16, Episcopal, preacher, Dr. Honing; Ju'y 23rd Presbyterian; preacher Mr. Cuningglm. and July SOth... First Baptist, preacher Mr. Black. The tentative program for August is' as follows: Aug. 6,h.. Presbyterian, preacher, Mr. Ashby, Aug. 13th., First Methodist, preach er, Mr. Hall cf Atlanta who will sup ply for Dr. Henlng: Aug. 20th First Baptist, preacher. Mr. Hall; and Aug. 27, EplHcopal, preacher Mr. Cuningglm. Thee churches are close together, and it is thought that interest in the Sunday night services will le stimulated by this arrangement. It has been endorsed by the ministers and congregations, and In the case cf Christ Eplscopol Church by the vtstry snd the Bish op of the Diocese. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH At the First Baptist church Sun day morning Pr Henlng will preh the second of his series of "Season abl sermons lor summer Sundays.' The fit' j.'rt will be. "Pmmn"r Fruit' IT Br AustrUns Checked and cut of From Communication With Northern Branch, Russia Constantly Gath ers Strenth (By United Press) Petrograd, July 8 Be. ween twen ty and thirty thousand Austrims have been cut eff by thj Russians southeast of KoTomta Dy a suddea Uiilliant dash made uy the Russian Infantry. The advancing infantry seized Miklukzyn, a railway station, thus effectually stopping the Aus rlan re treat, southward. Meanwhile, the Russian right wing advancing to Nadorna severed communication with the Austrians on the Nor.h. Indications are that General Both ner is preparirg t0 fall back with Els forces all along the Galktan front. Slowly, like a giant under way, Russia backed by her plain people, is gathering ttrength. Today, work ing for her, she has an army of them fifty million stong. Wkh their Incalculable fortlude the people are buckirg up the army in a way peculiar to them and not to be found in any o:her country of Europe. Some of the fifty milliot s are at the front, in uniform, under arms. Others are back of the lines drill Ing to go to the front. The rest are scattered all, over the Russian Em pire working at their jobs, big or little, but for the nation. They are farmers and merchants, tailors and chemists, bootmakers and doctors, druggists and nurse-", seam resse-i and a.ipteiiters, machinists and plain day laborers all mobilized Jest as effectively, so far as carry ing cn the war is coi.cerm d, as the foremost soldiers iu the foremost trenches. .. The ( i lzt n's organizations for aiding the country aud tie army are literally hundreds in number but the majority of these can be bunched under one or the other four general names. "Then there in ,n Municipality Union, grouping the work of Rus sian cities. Next is the War Trade Commit tee. L-isl'y the Co-operative Union whose membership includes over 30.01)0,000 people, mostly peasants, and whose activities effect in one way or another more than half the population of the Russian Empire. So It is put' ing it very conserva tively to say tTiuT, cTTrr g 'soldiers and those backing up tho soldiers, Russia has fifty niiiion souls toiling to fetch her home a vlc.ory. In order that the work of theso organizations may clash as llt.le as possible there is a Central Commft tee sit;ii,g ermaiw ntly, week days and Sunday, in u building to l'self here in Petrograd. ' Xvuen t ie ov ernment has i.eed of this or that for the army, or for refugees, or for its organization back of the fighting lines, it can and floes call on the Centfal Committee for aid. The Central Committee, looking over the ast resources ut its com mand. wl,h its wires reaching out Into the farthermost corners of the Empire, sees at' a glance what can be done and does It, quickly or efTl ciently. There is not a single branch of human enleavoi ot ut tne beck and call of thse cl izens' organiza tions, and tliMugh them available the Cen'ral Committee and the Gov ernnlent. Alt the sciences, arts, on cnpalions aid trades have been mo Lilizod in this way. They are ever 're:dy to provide anything from fresh milk for Imfolca lu mix i rxpio-i-lvi for the army. Red Cross ? Mobilizes (By United Press) Washirg.on, D. C. July 8. The Federal Health . Department is vig orously fighting the Infantile paraly sis epidemic in New York reinforc ed by the Red Crocs. Responding o the appeal of Miss Jane Delano, the head nurse of the Department, the New York Red Cross nurss moblized to prevent a nation wide spread of ti e fatal (lis ease. Miss Delano goes to New York tomorrow to-confer with the physicians and nure8 who are lead ing the campaign and it necessary nurses trotn o h r siai-B -111 lie cal'ed into Bervlce. New Disease in Trenches (By United Press) London, June 2 a (By Mail) Men wiih tin Ir nioutt.s crammed wi.h cotton to seep their- cheeks from touching their teeth or their tongues are becoming more or less familiar sights in the mili ary hos pitals in Europe. A new, unnamed disease has made lis appearance ond, though cures for it have been established, its na ture is not fully understood. It exls b among the Germans as well as urocng the allies. German priso ners say that the German medical men are mysiified by this la.es- hu man ailment. It is believed the trench rats carry the unknown germ which has not yet been isola;ed. Major Pr. Sidney McCallin, form crly of Chicago, but recently at tached to the British It. A. M . C. has studied the new disease in the laboratory cf the Ci.icago medical unit. The first symptom is thL. firowth cf a white lining i.i tho mouth and throat. This resembles diphtheria. The iirside of the mouth I econies pt.lnfully sens! ive and a the o imax cf t e attac k the em ire mouth is added with rotten. After the climax, recovery is rapid. "Trench mouth" is the popular iiame of the ailment tut the British Tommies call it the 'foot and mouth disease,' or sometimes, lumpy jaw.' The whole world knows that Rus sia lacked sufficient munitions at the sat cf the war. So did the other allies. Hut the differences be tween Russia and (hem was this: They were great industrial coun tries and she was not. Russia could not remedy this in a day. Not even In a year. Ger many had had for a long time prac tienlly a monopoly on manufactur ed articles, chemicals and so forth In Russia and as former Premier Kokovtsow, pointed out this had proved positive cursa to the Empire When the war came on, severing all iclations with Russia and her former source of supplies, frhe felt a pinch. .... The worst of this situation so far as Russia was c ncerncd, was that It could not le quickly remedied. Depending on Germany for manu factured aricles, sho lacked ma chinery to maTse them. Buying near ly all her chemicals from Teutonic drummers, she could not Immediate ly start manufacturing them her self. And so on. Which brings us to this: The Rus slan people, through their organlza Hons, have accomplished near-mlr acles, and are still accomplishing them, making up for past defects Through Hieir combined wits and rei-ource. clear on down throueh to thn MirtheimoKt pcisant of Siberia thoy have br'dg'd what otherwise mlglit have ben disaster. It Ih ci!l I illy announced that the Russians have captured DolJI la GruzIMn, and Jdancvitchl in tho Kol hi rcr.tnn ! y ! l-y-M' f ' M Hearst News Made At Home (By United Press) New York. July 8 The New York Times on June 28 printed the follow Ing special dispatch from Its Lon don correspDndent: "The Daily Mail sjys this morn ing: "In tbe House of Commons yes terday. Mr. Ainsworth asked the Home Secretary ,i the re nor d passed a telegram wnich appeared in the New York American from the London correspondent of the In ei national News Service stating that the Admiralty had almi ted an overwhelming defeit by a po,lon of the German l igh seas fleet." 'Mr. Samuel replied that ihe mes tae in questlcn was net I. eluded in rny telegram sent from this country,, but was composed in the New York office of the International News Service with the excep ion of he word 'overwhelm' which was in erted In the office of the New Yoik American. "There were several ilmllar cases at the time of the disturbances in Ireland at the erd of April,' but the London representative of the agen cy has now given assurance that no such manipulation of his messages should occur again. "The Times (London Times) pub lishes the text of Mr. Samuel's written answer to Mr. Ainsworth. Referring to the Irish, message, he says: 'There were several rases at the time, of the disturbances in Ireland at the end of April in which mes sages, appearing in the New York American and the New York Jur nal. which purported to be from tho London correspondent of the Inter national News Service, bore no like ness to tne caon-grams artunlly dls patched, una in some Instances gave information wl ich was the opposl e of thaf which had boin sent to the press." A dispatch from Washington re ceived this afternoon notes the in troduction in Congress of a liiiT making the publication of false re ports and rumors effecting interna tional relations by any news asso ciation a criminal j,ct, C-e violators of the stattit to be subject to a five thousand dollar fine and six months in the Federal prison. Coal Oil Used For Gasoline (By United Press) Cleveland, July 8 About a month from tcday 'Oeorub A. i-.ynon; a lov cal machinist, will begin lo market a carburetor that will, it iu claimed glad leu the motorist's heart by run ning his car with coal oil Instead of priceless gaso.ui.a. Eynoft pocidently discovered the principle by which he devised bin carburetor. Oim day he spilled some oil on a rag and carelessly brought a hot Iron near. Vapor was given oft. Hie problem was solved. Eynon wrapped four Inches of wire around a few shreds of asbbes tea and sent an electrical ' current through the wire. The asbes os act ed as a wick and the heated oil vap orised enough oil to start the en gine, As soon as the engine is star ted, the electricity is turned off and vaporizition Is maintained byy the burning of a ll.tle oil in a combust ion chamber. A test proved that a rr r-ould be driven 03 miles on four and a half ga'lons of coul oil. Heavy carB fit ted with the carburetor have made 11 to 12 mllcg on a gallon of kero Fene, TOMGHT AT ALKRAMA Miimigcr Krima announces throe pood comedii b, Including ne "Sis Iloiiklns' comedy at, the Alkranw tonight. Monday nl.ht wilt bn shown tbe fourth episode in Tho C:i".. i f M ivy V: NO, 36 UST IWU!!!E--OUT OF SERVICE General Pershing Forced ' to Rely Solely Upon Cavalry Patrol Until Rush Order For Propel lersiFilled r (By United Press) Columuus, July 8. General Penh ing is again forced to rely solely on cavalry patrols for reccnuasaiice bout his advanced base. The lost aeroplane lelonging to the expedition was put out of com mission while Lieutenant Christy was making a scouting flight. The propeller blade snapped sud denly, but Christy and his observer managed to land without hartm; Th's accident makes the aero planes now idle awalin rush or ders for propellers twelve In num ber. Discovery that Information, was reaching the Mexicans through in discriminate photography has. caus ed a strict censorship of all picture Target practice has been becun In eanrest and the mlflatlamen ar practicing for hours in the blazing sun. The health of the milltlomea Is excellent, and no ill effects from the torrid climate are, yet evident. Reports Loss From Storm I By United Press) Mobile, Ala., July 8 More defi nite irfoi mutton this morning in re gard to the damage to life und prop, erty in the great gale that swept, the gi.lf por.s Wednesday, disclose three schoonets and a barge lost, with pro" ably u dozeri"meu drown ed, in addition to great damage to buildings throughout .the city. OPENS PLUMB'NG ESTABLISH MENT Mr. R. Benton, formerly of Nor folk, where for ten years he has been a member of the, firm of Reti ton and .Lancaster, pipefitters and plumbers, has moved to Elizabeth ' City and will make this place his , home. Mr. Uenton has opnel up his business office at 129 North Poitt dexter street and already has his display cf modern plumuing fixture on display pud In spie nrd span or der. Mr. Benton says he Is prepar ed not only to do all sorts of plum ling, but every kind of work In con -HJ-8B3 iiUHl! u iuiws lt:(.W uopoau tin, putting down pumps and bo on. ,,..,..,.,,,,.,..,.,. ... .,,,...:,,,,. The fact that Mr. Belon. who has the apiiearance of a wide awake buslneKs man, has made tho decis ion to move here ot.er a 'nnK an" successful experience in Norfolk Is another indication of tlie favorable impression tbe town is making on ' all who are In touch wt h it. MAY LIFT EMBARGO (By United Press) Washngton. I). C. July 8 The administration at Washing on is said to be considering ihe lift Ing of the eml.argo a'ong tho bord er except cn war munitions. The Sfate Department Inclines to the belief of reports that Villa I still alive, but the War Department is rather Inclined to doubt thesa re ports. The State I pnrlment here bases its view that Villa is really alive on report s delivered in persou by Ante' i 'Htm who claim t havo so"n
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