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K. ' The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 23, 1916 NO, 73 Battle of Nations Develops In Fighting Along 150 Mile Front In creasing in (Violence and Fury and Great Events Are Expected GREAT PRESSURE ON ROUMANIA Allies Are Putting Forth Utmost Efforts to Bring Her Into The War (By United Press) London, August 23-The Ger mans made a; powerful attack last ' night against the enches of the Allies along the Somme battle line, (south of Estress and west of Saye Court, penetratin the French lines at severs 1 points. The attack was proceeded by an intense volley of fire, lasting sev eral hours, on the north of the .Somme. The Germans maintained their fierce bombardment of the first Jlne of French trencher north and ,South of Maurepas but there was no Infantry attack. BIG EVENTS IN BALKANS A great battle of nations, with troopB of nearly every belligerent Involved, is develop ng gradually and slowly but no less certainly In the Dalkans, as the fighting long the 150 mile front increases In extent and fury. At Athena dispatch suites that the Turks .ire pouring reinforce ments Into Pulfiaria. At least one Turkish division is en route to Join tho Bulbars along the battle line, while anojhcr wil be used, It is thought, to replace the Bul ger troops thnt F.e threatenlne; Romania, In the hope of prevent ing that country from coming into the on the side of the allies. Ul PARALLELLED IN HISTORY Nevqr in Modern history have so many nations joined action on one battle front. Forced in The be ginning to yield Fidvanced positions the allies have now strengthened their lines and have launched a utroiii offensive in thj Valden val ley to the northwest of Snlon'kl. French urtillery his checked the momentum of the Ru'lgar advance. CROSS HUNGARIAN BORDER Russians operating near Jablon atza pass have captured heights north of Koverla mountain, just south of the Hungarian border, according to an official renounce ment from Petrograd received this morning. Gas attacks by the .' ' Teutons at Krevo are reported re 'pulsed. U Is Btated also thnrt tho Russian fleet co-operated with land forces in repelling the recent Tur kish offensive along the B,lack Sea. GENERAL HAIG'S REPORT "In two desperate night attacks" says General Haig's morning re port, the Germans sought to wrest from the British the newly won positions south of Thlepval, which now menace that German strong hold. Both attacks were finally, re pulsed thounh the Germans sained a temporary footing. HEAVY RUSSIAN LOSSES Bc,rlln reports that the Russians lost five thoiuilul in killed alonn northeast of. Stnnlshn, between August 14th and 17th, against a total German Toss OT eight v. Ber lin charges that (lie bemutlful worn en and sreat sums of money are Oalkans II E.I While Realizing that Eight Hour Concession Must be Made Railroads Try to Save as Much as Pos sible Washington, August 23 Concen trated effort on the part of rail road executives to save 1 their be loved "principle of trbitration' fea tured today's developments in the negotiations now goin for tho Fottlennnt of the threatened!, rail toad strike. Fighting to the last ditch against the abandonment of this principle with what they term "The finij harrier against labor , agression" the railroad presidents have asked I'resident Wilson to define . some concrete proposition which will in the. future avoid the recurrence of lil.or differences Apparently convinced that the settlement of the present, problem must work out on the President's fundamental proposition, the con cession of the eteht holir-basis the roads are trying to save as much as possible from the wreckage, They wwit protection against further strikes and the assurance of an tncrease in revenue sufficient to meet the added expense which they (dairo would attend their ac cepance of the eight hour flay. President Wilson responded at once to their petition and called Into conference chairman Newiand and Adarpson of the Congressional and Commerce Committees to makq Inquiries into the Jurisdiction of the interstate comnterce com mission In regard to the matter. F. F. Spencer Jr. of Fairfield passed through the city today en route to Morehead City and New Bern. ' WANTED: for publication to-morrow, a list of the merchants who will co-operate with The Advance in its efforts to br'ng an unusur'.y large number of shoppers to the city on Saturday September 2nd. NEW ARRIVAL of our Fall Suits purchased by our New York representative Just' to hand and now ready for your inspection. We have also Just received a large shipment of ladles WJsts and iNew Hats. . adv b"ing used by tho AJlies in Hueh arest in tne elTort to daw Romania Into the woy. D 0 BOW WILL REPRESENT AMERICA IN TURKEY rfh -a J vm w ; :m Abraui I. Elkus of New York, appointed ambassador to Turkey to succeed Mr. Morgenthuu, and Mrs. Elkus. The new ambassador Is a lawyer and one of the leuders of Ainericau Jew ry as well as in philanthropy and social welfare work. ARABS WHO FIGHT TURKS This is u view of ArAbs la a typical encanipnient near the Red sea, where they have rebelled against the Turks, and are making headway In their fight for Arabian independence. ENTERTAINS C. M. B. CLASS i Mrs. S. C Newbold entertained the V. M.' R. Class of UUiekwell ,Mem0riaI Sunday School at her home on Feiring Street. The home was attractively arranged with a profusion of cut flowers. Whi'e the majority of people iave been seeking recreation ' at var'ons places during the summer this class has been finding the gen uine rest and pleasure thrt comes from ministering to 0thers and the report read showed eighty nine visits made among the sick and In the Interest' of Sunday School work. Miss Reulah Bowd'en taught the fourth chapter f the book now ibelng studied by the class, after which a delicious salad, sandw'ch and iced tea course was served by the hostess, Those present were: Miss Min nie C.asklns of Windsor, Mrs Mary II. rtrlte, Mrs. S. W. Hastings, Mrs. it. K. Rurkin, Mrs Otelle Godfrey, Miss Sophia Morrlsetto, Miss Mary Hastings, Mrs, J. E. Goodwin. Mrs. ,M,lry E. True blood, Miss lieu'iah ltowden, Mrs. C. J. Ward, Mr. and Mrs.'R. T. Vent'rs nnd Mrs. C. E. Overman. Tr. and Mrs. J. M. Newborn of .Tarvlshurg were In the city todnty f J Alkrama At Edenton A branch of the Alkrama The tre will open at Edent0n Thurs day night with a five re 1 feature picture. The building occupied by The Alkrama hag been renovated and remodelled Inside and out and new moving, picture mach'ne of the most modern type has been in darjeri. Other Improvements are planned for the brilieh movie and It is he Jieved that the same success that h:is characterized the AlkrRma here will1 m'-iMc t.e establishment of the Edent0n theatre. ' Fox Trotters At Chicago (Dy United Press) Chicago, August 2'i Life is just ono foxtrot after an0ther It ?V that way st an earty hour and will uoiitinue so until September 2. The reason being that 459 mom burs of the American National As sociation of Masters of Dancing including LoN Fretlow, 75 years youni are outstepping around the Rlnckstone hotel getting ready for their S.'lrd annual convVrjf'on. Don't forget Fretlow. When It conies to the collection and exe cution of steps that stagyer, he's very heavy in the head and lUht as n feather In the feet. He has done wonders, they s,iy. taking the heaviness out of aspiring feet and putting It in the very light heads that aeiompanied them. The masters used to meet aliout the timg the first robin was poking his nose over the Mason-Dixon line, but their pupils objected; said they must have the very latest steps well In foot bef0re the vqry earli est weeks of the. winter dancing season. About the only step these 450 debonair gentlemen didn't Invent Is the lockstep. But nobody cares because that's going out. OFFERED PRESIDENCY OF VIRGINIA LEAGUE T. I Sullivan familiarly known to baseball fans all over the coun try as Ted Sullivan of Chlciuo, who lias recently m'le bis home In Cantden Countv, was in the city to-day nud stated to a rojiresetitH tlve of this newspaper that he had just reee'ved the offer of the Pres idency of the VirglnU Paso Rail Leamic. Mrs. M. V. Gilbert Is Improv ing after a week's Illness at her home on Pennsylvania Avenue, DULY TEH WEEKS FOB niGIII Raleigh Correspondent Also Reminds North Carolinians of Inadequa cy of Flood Fund (Special Corr spoudem e) Rakish,' August 2:' With- only ten week intervening between now and election day. Chairman Warren, of the Democratic State Committee, has idopt'l a hurry-up sloian, and is cndoav0ring to im pr. s. upon the local party mana ges and lender. In all the coun ties tho necessity of getting the campaign fornnlly started every where' without further delay. Every Intelligent person knows Jiow dangerous delays are, yet In Some counties there has been a disposition, to put off things that hould be looked after nd carefully looked after, at once. The local speakers who have been disposed -to balk at hot weather will now find the first fait month peeping at them Just around" the next corner and they are expected to ".et a move on them" wlthouf further de lay and proceed to swat the enemy jit every little meeting place avail able wherever a few may assem ble themselves together. It is at these little meetings, whee- one,'s neighbor tells him the truth and de velopmentg which ordlnarllv would not come to his knowledge, that the bed rock, the ground work, 0t the year's campaign Is laid. That Is Chairman Warren's opplnlon and It certainly sounds like the f real thin?. Closely connected with these llttlt 'meetings Is the oppor tunity thus presented for the pre-( clnct committeemen to get In some go0d work and pass If on to the county chapman one of the most desirable and effective, not to say indespensilile results bein the pro per polling of t?;n voters of every proMnot, as the State chairman ha been ursini; alrevly. That. Is the way to start ul' ,he political ma chinery and pet It in good working and rnnnin order. CURREfT MATTERS OF IMPOR TANCE The total of flood subscriptions in North Carolina now exceed $40,0(10, but. the reports from the d jnaged . counties Indicate that It will full far short of mect'ng the situatlQn. and if the amount were 400,000 every dollar of It could be used in "relieving actunl distress. So, do not weary In well doing. That the, St-i,te Rank, officials are firm in their attltud" concerning their right to cuMoct charges for cashing cheks on other banks was accentuated at a meeting of tho North Cfjrolina bankers held in Raleigh, about one, hundred being present at the conference Ac tion was taken to secure the 'per manent suspension of the Post Master General's order requiring the collodion of items at par throiuh post offices, arid . sterlng Committee was provided for to pro mote the carrying out of plans ad dopted in a set of resolutions The report goln the rounds of the newspapers to the effect that William Jennings Bryan Is to quit Nebraska and hxrte on his farm In Western N0rlh Carolina "with the fhtent'on of running for United States Senator" sounds more amus ing than otherwise. As a TarhecJ 'Westerner' Mr. Rrym wpuld not le 'eligible' to contest for the Sen atorshlp in 1918 and 1920. It is a ion.; ways ahead for a rniin of Mr. Uryan's age and political pros peels.. Simmons and Overman are not reported to be loosing any hl'"j on account of it. Miss Ruby Williamson of Nor fo'k who has been visiting Miss Jennie Cohoon on Ibirge street returned th's morning to her homo III ITALIAIi MB i Quite A Number of One Time Residents of This Country Killed or Wounded in Attack on Gorizia By JOHN E. HEARLEY (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the Italian Army, Gorizia. August 23 Many Itallan-Aferlcan were In the army which recently occupied Gorizia and which is now storming the Austrian positions southeast of the city. Quite a number of Americans were among . the killed and wqunded in the en gagements. King victor Emanuel is con stantly at the front encouraging his troops and disregarding person al risk. He Is now In Gorizia while the city is subjected to heavy bombardment from the Aus trian artillery nn hntchta mir. rounding the town. Glrlzla Is now under martial law ibut about seven thousand Inhabi tants, sttll left in the town, are re suming normal life and are becom ing accusomed to the constant bombardment. ! The Italians are fortifying the. iuwu BKuinni auucK, u ueing Be lieved that the Austrlans are pre- paring to make, an effort to re capture the city. General Candoras has advanced uin line Knmumiy in me iace oi almost Insuperable obstackles. The Austrian positions urroiindlng Gor izia are defended by rows of ejec trieally charged bob wlre( Hughes In Naughty Reno (By United Press) Ilejio, Nev.ldn, Auuust 23rd Charles Evuns Hughes was sche duled to make his only set speech In Nevada her tonight and ' the famous divore town was throngod with visitors- from miles around waiting to oitth a gl!mps0 of tho H'iPtiblioan nominee, Governor Hughes Is en route here "direct from Los Ango'es. which place he left yesterday morning. After to nluhl's address the candidate will Invado the Morman State of Utah, nnklng set speeches in Odaien to morrow Cfternoon and In Sajt Lake City to-m0rrow nUb- Then he goes on east. Of Interest To Friends The following from the pen of Editor II. L. Story of The Albe marle Observer at Edenton will be of Interest to the nyriy friends of Rev. Joslah EUlott ln this city and (Section. - ..... "Almost every subscriber we ave regardless of , denomination will be interested to learn of the condition of Rev. Joslah Elliott of Hertford. We had heurd that he tU'flU BArtmialir 111 Otlrl urn von nvaK (r- u miiu FT D j til- TG1 to his home yesterday afternoon,' Thursday, August 17, to soe him and find out his condition. We were much gratified to find him sitting up ln (hair dreswed and looking almost as well ns usual. However, he !s very weak and his physician advises that he do n.s lifTle preaching and otier work as po.sfHe this summer. He talks well and but. for Mm weak ness, bo would be out and goin ad U3U!ll." Russell E. Hnowden of Shaw fioro is v siting his brother J. H. Snowden on Church street
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