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ELIZABETH CITY "NORTH CAROLINA S ATVRD AY EVENING NOVEMBER 4. 1916 f '
NO 10
flERGE FieilTHlS
111 IHE
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ROME CLAIM THAT AUSTRIAN
HAVE SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS
. eb in .new Offensive
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MfcRrCAN FLEERS ftgceivE
' H'GHEST P03SIBLE MARK OF
FRANCE S -CONFIDENCE
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-i Xoailon, England, November 4.
-' Beports -from Rom state that
itweaty five thousand Austrian
-wera killed, captured or wounded in
tbe first four days of General Cador
' aa' new sweep on Trieste. No of
ieaalve on the Austro-ltallan front
lace the outbreak of the war has
morii.H w th nrh fierce fieht-
? WUT, u .....in. u " " ' " ' '
.ing. The Italians and Austrians met
.in hand to Lund conflict continuing
.in sonio instances throughout the
Might. In the figtitl ;g southease of
tOorliia the Italian infantry charged
jver a wide area which had been
inandaud by the Vortibella River
,aad in some places advanced waist
-deep in the water holding their
.xiflt above their heads.
It is estimated that there are
.. ,110,000 Austrian troops now defend
lng the Isonzo Pne which in under
. attack bv General Cadornas. Sev
eral Austrian battalions have
racically annihilated.
been
III SI II EIIDS
1 uic piiriDMPr
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COMPLETES PERSONAL EFFORT
TO WIN RE-ELECTION IN AD-
DRESS AT SUMMER HOUSE
' New York. Nov. 4 Th' business
Of preparing i he American voter for
the exercise of bis cho ce as to the
next Pr. s:d?nt of the United States
came to a c.o e today. Saturday
night marks ;he official end of the
campaign.
Both parties are supremely confi
dent. Both, wound up with a flood
of alvertising unsurpassed in poli
tical history. Tonight will burn the
last red Are before the celebration
Of victory Tuesday.
Charles Evans Hushes finishes to
day the most strenuous race for
'the Presidency ever run by any can
dlate 'n American history. He con
cludes iwth a series of meetings
down town today and with a mou
nter mass .meeting at Madison
Square Garden tonight.
President Wilson will complete
fbis personal effort at re-election in
an address from the veranda of the
: Summer White House today. He is
confident that the electorate will
not consent to change an adminis
trate the policy of which has been
"constructive, progressive and defi
nite,' and which has resulted in
peace and prosperity. He will re
turn to Washington neit week.
By HENRY WdOO
Grand Headquarter ot French
Arnveg Nov Following a month's
haif fighting on the Verdun front,
the American Aviation Squadron at
tached to the French army has been
transferred to the Somme front,
which is now the ecnter of the
greatest aerial activity.
The American 'flyers participated
in the reconnaiaances preceding
the i rench victory at Verdun, aid
ing G:ntrl Neville In the bold dash
wh'ch recaptured F6rt Douamont
i.nd Fcrt Vaux. Their transfer to
the Somme front at this time is
considered the highest possible
mark of Krenco's confidence In
their abil ty.
EW YORK PREPARES
FOR 'BIG TIME'
(By United Press)
New York, Nov. 4 New York's
big hotels and restaurants are plan
ning to give election night cele
brants the time of their Uvea. In the"
white light region practically all of
the places where the diners gather
and do things the Prohibitionists
are hostile to, plans have been made
to make public the returns n long
as any cares for 'em. Hundreds of
extra ctbaret performances will be
staged and hundreds of extra tables
and chairs are being crowded into
every available foot of floor space.
- T:n horns, cowbells, and other
nohemakei's rr1 being assembled
for sale. I.'st, I ut not lesr.t, the
'IV.ki li balli house , are thinking
ui i -1 1 ng on a f'-w crra attendants
:md a supply f "pick-me-ups."
DEBATES AT HIGH SCHOOL
More than usual Interest lg being
manifest in the Hiiih School stud
ent body this year along the line of
debating. Fourteen students have
entered for tbe debate in March,
and tr al debates will be held all
through the year preparatory to
this event. One of these debates,
will be with the Hertford School
debaters. The others have not yet
been arranged.
DADDIES GONE, CHILDREN ERR
GRIP OF EVIL
SHOWN MONDAY NIGHT
Tbe next Instalment of "The
Grip of Evil" will be shown at the
Alkrama Monday night.
J A CHALLENGE
The JEHiabeth City Hleh School
Football Team desires games with
any team not averaging over 135
founds, within 50 miles of Eliznbcth
City. Two games with each team
one on home grounds and Kuaran
teen return game. Address H. M.
McCoy, Mgr E Izabeth City High
School. Footlall Team, Care of Y.
M
CN A.
(By United Press)
Manchester. En"., Nov 4 Fifiy
teven Juvenile offenders were haled
into the local pol'ce courts here
in a single day. Nearly all had lost
their fathers in the war. Lack of
parentn 1 guidance waB held chief
factor in the delinquency of the
children.
PARSONAGE SOCIETY MEET8
The Parsonage Society of City
Iod Method'st church will meet
Monday afternoon at three oclock
with Mrs. W. B. Goodwin on West
Church street.
EPWORTH LtAGUE MEETS
The monthly business meeting ot
the Epworth League of City Road
Church will be held Sunday evening
at 6:30. All members are requested
to be present.
WILL PRESENT PLAY
'The Record is the Reason"
'
By George Creel
T.? 7iJca djsinisiratkn stand gutters (or mud, Mr. Wilson h:t
cleiab:foro pc-n' not mentioned their anm or In-
Net scandal soil- Jt. Tae: 10 " , ng W
have been no Baying caBes, no i 8 tM to Principle, and Jssues. ,
"dear Rrrn3M ktUM. no '.wall 0al of 11 iust thre "Peclflc
street panic, fa, f '.fifites toal complaint, hare teen lodged a-
hd iron cmpa:.y merger, no :anst him:
"wt tetashes," no tar ff loiby dls- 1. The ght bouf day law.
grace. 2. That he bat tot severed dlplo-
F.om firs', to list, Wooirow WIl- krtk; w'M'om with Germany,
son has beta the open, accepted 3. Th'.t he has hot severed dlplo-
ard rsstoitltle Ee;d cf government matic relations with England.
Not rvm in the hoit of the cam- Eight hour day averted a
pa gn hag it 1 e n oUrd h t Loss t.trik that would have entailed in
es hae contro led him, or that his caicuible disaster,
decisions have been influenced by Honet nrutraU'ty the .teadfast
corrupt cons deration. refusa, tQ p,ay faT.rtteB.. has
Not only hes It been an honest kept the United States at peace,
administration, rut it has been d - maintained international law, and
c-nt and dlgn'fled ss well. For Saved the European struggle from
four years we have "had a President lecnning A world wr.
whose days have not been given n jH America that this man "stands
over to strenuous insistence that for the America of prepress, peace
the "other fellnw" was a liar. justice and brotherhood.
For three months, while Hughes A vote aKalnft him is a vote a-
ard Roosevelt have dipped Into the gainst Americi. n
HERTFOBD IIISIIS
READY FOU SPORT
ENTHUSIASM IN ATHLETICS
HIGH, BASKET BALL TEAM
WILL WELCOME BETSEY
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LEAVE CANADA TOWN WITH
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AF
TER DYNAMITING BANK .
tBv l.'nl ed Press)
Calgiry, Alberta, Canada, Nov 4.
Yeggmen this morning dynamited
the Merchant's Bank hue escaping
with $10,000.
LEGALIZE USE
OF "FIRE BULLETS'
(By United Piessi
London. Oct. 21 I By Mall) The
use of 'fire bullets" in machine
uuns is legitimate warfare.
This Is th? stand taken by the
Biitlsh authorities In protesting
through the American embassy, to
Berlin against the German threat to
deal with two British airmen cap
tured with the "fire bullets' in their
possession.'
The fire bullet, Brit'sh autholtles
assert, is a German invention. The
British military authorties adopted
it after captur'ng some from the
Germans months ago they say. Just
ibout the time theGrmanmilitary
culhoritl s announced they Intended
to cmirtmartial two British airmen
cai tured in Belgium, a Zeppelin was
!r;u h down in England amply sup
plied "flre bullets." In their
nepot'ations through the American
embassy, the British authorities
have glnes Germany to understand
taht the crew of Ihe "fire bullets"
Zeppeiln are prisoners.
The "fire bullet' is a "marker' for
machine gwiners one "flre bullet"
b"ing fixed 'n machine gun ammun
ition Ht long entemls to show the
giitin"r w'wre he Is flrig. It emits
otioke end flame along Its route.
FIRST NATiONAL BANK
OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS
Mr. D. J. Prltchard of Northwest
was 'n the city Friday to nttend
"Th foil of a Nation" at the ' Al
krama,,. , - 1
.' i. -fx'. WalVrr of Currituck 'm.
fc'ya cn bilnss Frldoy, '
The Junior Lit'rary Society of
the El'zabeih City High School has
dramatized 'The House of Seven
Cables" end will present the play
at their next meeting, Friday after
noon, November 17th.
A very cordial invitation is ex
tended the pul-lc to attend. .
Mra, F. D. Vlehe of Fayettevlllo
J the guest of her .sister,, Mrs. Cait;
V. Ricli'ilt on MaChewg utreet
Owing to the large Increase of
Business in otir Savings Depart
ment. th F'rst National Bank will
be open to the public Saturday
nlehts from six to eight o'clock.
Thlg Bank, which has served its
section for more than twenty-five
years, allows four per cent. Interest
on savings ecount, end their sav
'ngs departrrent has shown a won
drrful Increase during the past few
months.
The resources of this Institution
are now considerably In excess of
eleven hundred thousand dollars.
adv
THREE PIUS
SIT IT JAUBEZ
LEADER DIED PROTESTING IN
NOCENCE AND ONE VICTIM A
LAD OF SEVENTEEN
(By United Press i ,
El Paso, Nov. 4 Colonel Rosarlo
Garcia, Vill'sta leader, and two of
his followers, were shot this morn
ing at daybreak.
Before facing the firing squad Gar
cit in a long speech declared that
he was a VilTsta but a Constitution
alist, and asked for care of his fam
ily. One of the bandits shot wit, bin
was a lad only seventeen years of
as. vt j at
Hartford, K. C. JVov. 1 a " great
deal of enthusiasm 1 being display
ed by the High School girls In the
development of this season's basket
ball teim. Sixteen candidates are
trying for positions on tbe team,
and the Indications are that some
of the veterans of last year's line-up
will hive to work hard to hold their
places. The first regular line up
was held on Friday afternoon when
the Varsity defeated the Scrub 14 to
2-
The Scrub put up a hard fight in
the first half holding the regulars
,to 2 points. In the second half the
regulars settled down and develop
ed a Letter attack.
The Hertford girls will open the
season on Friday, Nov. 17 on the
Hertford court with ElUabeth City
as their opponent.' Elizabeth City
('won the series last year, aDd Hert-
,'ford will put forth every effort to
(Wipe out the past defeats. A Field
(Day will be held prior to the basket
j'ba'l game, and tbe Betsy City girls
will be entertained by the Hertford
team Friday night.
The iine-up of Friday's gamejol- l
low-' " 1
Varsity: Forwards, Marjory Nix
ot, Annie R. Morgan. Centers. Mary
Sumner. Alice Fulford. Guards,
Lou so Gaither, Capt , Dorothy Nix
on. Scrubs: Forwards, Mary L. Tuck
et. Bertha Heasley; Centers, Han
nnh Mie Fleetwood. Eugenia Blan
chard. Guards; Alice Elliott. Mattie
New by. Helen Newbold.
KMd Goals: Marjory Nixon 5. An
tile R. Morgan 2.
Goils from fouls. Mary L. Tucker
2.
IIN FANTILE PARALYSIS
VICTIMS ESCAPED
(By United Press)
New York, , Nov. 4 The infantile
parralysis epidemic which swept
New York city during the summer
marked many but not all of its
v'ctlms, for life. Tbe home cases
show a higher percentage of seri
ous after effects than those of hos
pitals. According to a Health Bulletin
just Issued, sixty-six per cent of 2,
058 discharged from city hospitals
showed evidence of paralysis, eigh
teen per cent showed that paralysis
had entirely disappeared and the
remainder, sixteen per cent had not
shown effects of paralysis at any
time.
Of 2,715 cases followed in the
homes, 1,885 were found seriously
paralysed in either one or both legs
and are unable to walk. Five hun
dred and thirty,, though partially
paralysed n the legs can walk. Two
hundred and seventy three suffer
paralys'i In one or both arms.
The youngsters are being fitted
with braces and are being scientifi
cally taught the use of their crippl
ed arms and legs. . i
AT CHOWAN COLLEGE
SHOP EARLY IN THE DAY
V Mr. Wm. Cartwrlcht Is visiting
bis son; Mr. It B. - Cartf rlr.ht In
Jac'fonvlll-. Fin.' J ' y
(By United Press)
St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 4 Uniform
ed shop girls lined down - town
streets today and handed each pass
erby a printed appeal to shop early.
It was a shopgirls campaign to
close depnrtmont V'stores at
6:30 p. m. Saturdays. The campaign
will be continued each Saturday
dur'ng November.
furfree!boroo, Nov. 3 On Fri
day Nov. 10. Chowan College will
give to the public one of the rarest
treats that It has ever been its priv
ilege to offer. Albert Mason Harris
will give on that evening in the
College Chapel "The Fortune Hunt
er," a sparkling comedy which has
created quite a sensation where
ever It has been given.
Mr. Harris, the Professor of Pub-
l c Speaking st Vandervuilt Unver
sity has been a popular lyceum at
traction in the North for several
iyears. He Is an Alumnus of Cornell
College, Mt. Vernon Iowa, graduat
ing as President of his Hhhs. He
wa elected to a chair in his Alma
Mater and for aeveral years at the
head of the department of oratory
In th?t Institution. Mr. Harris took
mit M. A. degree in Literature and
brings to the platform a refinement
of taste In letters anj arts which l
too often lacking in poular lectures
and entertainers. Tbe enthusiastic
reception which he has received
where ever he has appeared In pub
lic is a guarantee of his recognition
as a popular feature of the twen
tieth century platform. He posseses
a rich olce, a fine stage presence,
and whut is even more he has the
rare gift of impersonation, which Is
a thing apart a special gift that
many or may not be found In a read
er or orator.
ELECTION RETURN3
AT ALKRAMA
The election returns will be given
to tha public Ht, the Alkrama The'a
tre Tuesday Ight from 7:30 ta one
o'clock. . ' ;, , ":' ;
LONDON ARTISTS EXHIBIT
ircnnimAfitcnc
HiiuuLiijiKiyp
0F SFIifiF
UM.YEO PRtSJ YAKEd fctfr fS
Fit L THIS NEED AND COR
(By United Frew
Washington, Nov. 4 Many Am(
lean citfiena In Veneiuela son'
months ago reeelved the shock of'
their l'ves. They read tha news
that tha latA RnnkAr T WaahlnfftAa
was leading a negro rebllioa s
gainst the U. S. Government--that
h was even then passing through,
Richmond, Va., en route to Wash
Ington, at the head of an army Of
30.000 men.
Americans, after the first shock,
recollected the quality of the U. 8,'
"news" received in Venetuela &
dismissed tbe story with a smlla.
In tbe same manner they disposed
of the report, a week 'after the Chl
cago conventions, that both had
bad nom'nated a man named J. If.
McGurk for president.
Preston McGoodwln, United Bltte '
Minister too Venezuela, returning t
his post after a vacation here re
lated the incidents in discussing
yUeps necessary to better tha un
derstanding between this country
and the Latio'Amerlcan nations. . .
ed," he sstd. "Neva la the big thing
that Is going t bring the two con-'
tlnents together for proper polltlcAl
and commercial relations.
"News of the passage of tut
Adamson L-8our law and the pre
vention of the great railway strlka
didi not reach Venezuela Sept, 4th.
when I left there, and exporter!
fearful of hiving their products tied
up In American ports, were not
shipping their goods.
"The step taken by the United
Pre r In establishing a real ex
change of news between North and
SouttKAemrica Js onehat should
earn the congratulation of thinking
people in every country in this hem
isphere. We need to know about
South America as badly as South
Americans need to know about US.
The average American had got hit
views of South America from nov
els, the movies and tales of consio
opera revolution.
"He knows little of her vast com
mercial and agricultural possibJll
t'es. He knows ncthing of the pe
pie themselves.
"All this Ignorance can be broken
down by good news service, bring
ing the life of each nation to tha
other's doorstep each day."
UHPEN
U 0
8TEAMERS SINK IN
WITH ONLY ONE
AS YET REPORTED
IRISH SEA
SURVIVOR
(By United Press)
London, Nov. 4 It is feared that
300 perished in he colision this mora
ing In the Ir'sh Sea of. the British
steamers Connemara and Retriever.
So far only one survivor Is report-
eu.
SPOKE AGAINST AMENDMENTS
(Bv United Press)
New Yorok, Nov. 4 The first ex
hibit Ip America by the Royal So
ciety of Painters in Water Colors of
London was opened here today at
tbe American Art G.il'erles, Wash
ington Square South, The war is
th cause of the move, of the ex
h'blt, which has7 been held In tha So
clety'g own gilery lif London slncn
ma. v .... ,.
E. F. Aydlett spoke against the
proposed am ndments to the State
Constitution at the political rally in
the second ward Fridav night, stat
ing that the present system Is satla
factory, fa hag been proved by long
liSace.
Attorney .A. M. Simmons of Cvr-
rl lllk TVfl 'n tha ottv VMlav