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STORES CLOSE FRIDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING JULY 24, 1916 NO. 51 Ilimil'S REPLY III io mnnn pcht i io vvunu GUI I Reported Also That Unless Satisf ac factory Reply is Forthcoming, Peremptory Demand Will Be Made on London Foreign Office. (By United PressT "Washington, July 24 The State Department will immediately ac knowledge to Amliassadnr Tape at London ieceipt of the British mail reply and Inform him that the reply is not considered a real response to the American note. Request for early response on the principles Involved will be made. The foregoing is the official decla ration of the State Department. Officials characterize the wild ru mors afloat here that the United 'States might convoy Amerlcan mail carrying ship with war vessala as "absurd rot." The direct relation between Brl 'tlsh mail seizures and the blacklist lng of American firms was pointed -out by the State Department offl cials after the arrival of Britain's preliminary reply to the protest of this government against the seizure of American mail. ' Extreme Impatience is felt over England's delay In replying to the American protest, partly because it Is by this Illegal practice of open ing the mail of American firms that England Is alleged to have obtain ed much Information uion which she -based her black list. Officials declare that the reply re retvcd yesterday is wholly unsatis factory because it ignores the prin ciples expounded In the American rote and deals only with specific cases which have no bearing for a reformation in British practices Unle-s a satisfactory reply is shortly forthcoming Ambassador Page will be instructed to make peremptory demands upon the for eign office. For Widows of Guardsmen (By" United Press) Washington, July 24 Widows of National Guardsmen killed in ser vice on the border must be paid the same gratuity of six months salary which is accorded widows of regulars' Comptroller Warwick ruled today. STOCKHOLDERS IN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING A very enthusiastic meeting of the stockholders of the new hard ware company which is to begin bus innoa horn sometime in the early lilt oii - fall was held here Saturday after noon. Twenty new names were to the list of subscribers to added stock at this meeting. A second meeting was called tor ,Saturday August 6th, at which time all stockholders are asked to be ready to pay in the amount of stock that they have subscribed to the news enterprise. At the meeting just indicated it Is expected that the date for open ing up the new business will be de elded upon. FREE MILK BEATS SALOONS (By United Press) Minneapolis. Minn,. July 24 The Minneapolis Steel and Machinery is giving lis employers all the milk they want free lo stay out of sa loons during thrlr lunch hour. Nine bundred pints of milk are hauled to the company's 25 acre plant daily. "The plan has succeeded officers say. 1SATISFAGTBRY inniocunnD nunc mi WHEREABOUTS OF II Suspician That Vessel Has Met Untimely End Not Countenanced, How ever (By United Press) Baltimore, July 24 German offi cials have confessed that they are la the dark regarding the werea bouts of the Bremen, sister ship of the Deutschland. But in the same bredth theeg offi cials declared that they have no reason to believe that she has met an untimely end.. It is reliably stated that the Deut schland. will not sail until the Bre men arrives. WESTERN FARMERS FIGHT FOOD MARKET GAMBLING (By United Press) Bismarck, N D., July 24 Farmers launched a nation wide fight lure today to stop gambling on grain and farm product in all stock mar kets of the United States. The movement is backed by the Non-partisan Political league ot North Dakota whose membership has Just swept the state of North Dakota clean, in the recent primar ies. Every state candidate nominat ed was thMrs. They were undefeat ed everywhere. Their fight was featured by three factors: It was launched by, farmers, yet was sponsored and enthusiast icairt supported by labor and union irrnri of North Dakota cities. Although various farmers' grances and individual elubg from the party it remained a unTT without splits or jealousies. Its ranks nn(j leaflets were assen bled without reference to re'lgi- politics or nationality, but Tor t single object of the complete nhnit tion of all gambling with grat" and foods. Following the sweeping vfetory ir North Dakota, league leailers are rolling farmers of Minnesota for a similar fight. When Minnesota is swung, it is planned to make the movement national, picking up So cialists where farmers are In the minority. Fails By Sixty Miles (By United Press) Paris, July 24 The French atia- tor, Antoine Marchnl, who started from Nancy to Russia failcj by six ty miles, being captured by the Ger mans at Cholm, Poland, after drop ping proc'amatlons on Berlin. WANTED 23 extra salesladies. No experience necessary. Apply at once to Manager in Charge of Sale at S. R. SIFF CO. lUHOdHUim HM BREMEN 1 HII Ragamuffins In Goodwill Day Panda r . A i Mr is, ,11' ' , i M U 'V x ' 'f'1 wv Lm. &&Xtk : In the upper picture a wagon load of these merry rag amuffins is shown. In the lower picture a nearer view of some of the jolly funmakers is given. Credit for the overwhelming success of this feature of the Good Will Parade belongs to Mr. .Charlie Wilson of Weeksville UNCLE SI IS AGAIN IN EEAD For First Time in Fifty Years He Takes First Place in Ship Building (By United Press) Washington, July 24 'The Amir lean output of merchant shlps for the calendar year will e'xeeed that of all the rent of the world" the chief chambcrlln of the United Stales Bureau of Navigation has predicted. This will bo the first time In fifty years that the United Stats lias led in shipbuilding. The figures show three hundred and fifty one steel ships with a to til tonnage of 672.(1(10 gross tons nnd half that number have already been launched. UNION SERVICES Sunday night Mr. C'unninggim preached to a lnrgc crowd In tne Cann Memorial Presbyterian church The next service will be at the First Baptist Church Sunday night, when Mr. Black will preich. Union ser vices are growing in popularity for Sunday nights in summer. In Rich mond Va., the congregations of the Third Presbyterian, St. .Jame Meth odlst, (Third Christian St. John's Episcopal and Broadus Memorial Baptist are having union services, and the paper states that approxi mately 1,2(10 people attended the per vice last Sunday night. AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Miss Elizabeth Dexter has recent ly been appointed secretary of the North Carolina Club at thn Cnlutn 1 la University Summer School, Mi"s Catherine Alb'Ttson ha been designate! one .of the three members of the club to have charge of the North Carolina section of the summer school magazine. j l ' - . Nl1- -. M vfA- 'A 1 PhoIMt Ir WkiM FRENCH FLIER BREAKS AVIATION ALTITUDE RECORD3 (By Uniied Tress) Paris, July 24 By establishing a n- w tiltiiu.'e record of 19,0.10 feet wl h three p ssengcrs aboard and a new rrcordd of 18,5.10 feet with two' passengers, Aviator Sergeant Ktlen ne Poulet has Just wrestled the lau rel from the Germans. In esiablishring this new world's record for altitude with tw0 pissen gers Poulet was obliged to fly in un favorab'e weather, reaching a dis tance of lV,.in feet, sufficient to lower the 18.100 feet re 'ord held by Gcrmnn Ue'itenmt Bleu. A few dayH later, Poulet was blessed wl h Ideal weather and mot or conditions. With three men n hoird: M. Proust, weighing HT, pounds; M. Duclip weighing 148 pounds and M. I'.iillard welghln? 125 putinds together with 21 pound of balbist. Poulet reached nn alti tude ff TO.MO fort, tnM-ytr th" pre. vious ret ord of 17.500 fet from the Cerniany flyer Sibitliuu'. This leaves the Fr n h in posses Men of all avhtion records nrevfou ly held by the Germans, It said. BANK MEN LEAR ADVERTISING PAYS (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., July 24 Offi cials of the Ninth District Federal Reserve bank herP fodny announced that they have learne, if pays to ad vertisn. PVirg Irnds of the Ur.ited St;its ln the hands of indi vidual Investors, in denominations as low as $100 h is been accomplished through newspTper advertising. "Such a step Is in keeping with the, best rounsil of European na tions." Chairman John H. RW-h f)f tho Federal res rvt. bunk said today "The people must be lfd to think llvit i h h Is their government, and that they have an Interest in it, Their holding p ivernmenf bonds will help them. They will reallzo they have loaned a friend some mony arl have his not." ED OFFENSIVE GEB1II POSITIONS ON ALE FBONTS i And Teutons Continually Forced to Give Ground According to Reports From Capitals of Allied Nations. (By United Press) Petroprad, July 24 The Russian armies have blasted and battered their way through the German lines below Riga nTj Have shattered Aus trian resistance t0 further Russian advance toward northeastern Gali cia and Hungary. Violent artilbry duels between the forces of General Kuropatkln and Marshal Von Hindenberg con tinue along the most northeastern point of the battle Tront. General Kuropatkin's successful piercing of HindeTDerg's lines is considered one of the most striking achievements of the war. BRITISH ADVANCE FURTHER London, July 24 Amid the bias! of artillery fire from the great gurrs of the British their forces have ad vanced further in the thrust aroutra Poileres, reports General Halg, ana heavy fighting cottinues. This violent attack has been wag ed along a seven mile front rrom Thiepval through Pozlere ami Lon gueval with heavy counter attacks on the part of the Germans and ot- ten with hand to hand conflict, At times newly gained ground has been captured by the Germans, but the firltiKh hive been steadily mov ing towar, the third line of the Ger mans. DROVE OFF DESTROYERS The British sea paired drove off h fleet of German raiding destroy, ers Saturday night the admiralty an nouneed today. After several were driven off Brl tish llht cruisers engaged six Ger man destroyers In a fight, frequent ly hitting them. The destroyers sue cceded however ln reaching the Bel glan coast, EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITY Paris, July 24 Extraordinary ac tivity on both sides of the French German battle line Is reported by the official commlnulque. WAR MOVIES SHOW ACTUAL BATTLE SCENES (By United Press) London, Ju'y 24- London movie patrons are having the blugcst pho tographic thrlil of the wiir here to day. The latest serifs of official Bri tish war movie films show work , or niol'lle unti aircraft guns at the front in artunl fi rhtlng. From "somewhere In France" Is shown a tiny sped in the air . as one of the much vaunted German Fokker's comes into focus. It grows larger and Is 'spotted by the antl alrchaft gunners. They are soon in nct'on, hurling shells after shell to ward the enemy craft. "Then In full view of the spectators the Fokker is hit. A seeond shot hrfngs It crasn Ine to earth In flames. The official announcement for a fent like this would r(,'L 'Yeste'd:iy nn enemy machine was brought down In our lines." Seeing it produces the thrill that an odlcinl announcement lacks. RUSSIAN BECOMES FAMILIAR LANGUAGE IN EUROPE (fly United Pres';) Loudon, July 5 (By Mull) The Rusthn language, .-hitherto almost unused In Western Europe, promis es to become a well-known tongue ot the fu'ufT. BATTERING II TO Bill FDRJARBOnS And Will Allow Demo cratic Caucus to Deter mine Action as to Child Labor (By United Press) Washington, July 24 President Wilson will sign the Rivers and Harbors BUI despite his strong od Jectlons to certain new Items cotl' talned In the measure. After a talk with Senator 81m mons of North Carolina the Presi dent has TatTlcatea that he will let a Democratic caucus determine wheather or not the Child Labor Bill will be put off until December. BELGIAN ARMY READY FOR ANL EMERGENCY (Hy United Press) London, July 24 Belgian troops are ready for a miniature battle of Verdun on their own front, if Ihfl fortunes of war bring It t0 them. Visitors to the Beiglnn front 'are, few but King Albert did not object to Sir Charles Warefleld, the Lord Mayor of London, looking over tht, Belgian lines. Out-door life. "roTTghing it," fresh air and hardships have done to the Belgian soldiers when they hav done to all othr men In Europe; converted them Into marvels of health and strength. "In 1H13 I was present at the fiel gian maneuvers," says the Lord, "but since then the Belgian troop! seem to have developed physically. They're bigger and stronger than tho BeLciun so'diers of 1913. And they nre equipped and ready for vhitever comes." Certificate is Refused (By United Press) London, July 24 The Attorney General bus refused the certificate which would have allowed Sir Kog er Casement a direct appeal to the House of Lords. AGED INDIANS MARCH IN PREPAREDNESS PARADE (By Uniied Press) San Francisco, July 22 Veterans of the Civil War, Spanish War Vet erans and aged men wh0 participat ed in the Indian campaigns in the early days in California were the most prominent figures in San Fran Cisco's prep irediH SM parade here to day. It was estimated wheu the pa-, rad" began thit between 15,000 and 20,fno men would have inarched psst tho reviewing stand before the demonstration was finished. All thn fraternal organizations of the city were represented, each marching as an individual unit. WILSON -. ..V L ;' faS ftp 1
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