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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY; EVENING NOVEMBER 27. 19 W 7
NO 156
Attack Under Villa
Is Still In Progress
Reinforcements Being
Rushed to Chihuahua
City From Every Avail-
. able Quarter
(By United Press)
' El Paso, Nov. 27. The attack on
Chihuahua by four thousand lllls
tas under the personal command of
Villa Is still in progress. This state
ment Is based upon the action of
Carrnia authorities in sending every
available soldier of northern Mexi
co to the besieged city. From Santa
Buena and Ventura garrisons of 150
Carranzbitas withdrawn, together
with garrlosns at Namlqulpa, Casas
Grandes' and Guxman. numbering a
fcout 100 at each point.
These forces are all being rushed
intq Chihuahua by the Mexican
"Northwest Rallwfy to Juarez where
they are transformed io the Mexi
can Centra). General Gonialei has
announced that General Maycotte
with 3500 De Facto troops Is mak
ing forced marches northward from
'Santa Rosalia. It will take him sev
eral day to arrive as eevry bridge
south of Chihuahua has been burned.
Marshall Facts
For Big Fight i
ASSOCIATION I
tftlfMU
NEW FAIR ORGANIZATION TO
HAVE VICE PRE8IDENT FROM
NINE COUNTIES
(By United Press)
Wa'shrlngton, Nov. 27. Govern
ment and railroad attorneys have
marshalled the material for' what Is
destined to be one of the greatest
Industrial contests in recent years
the test of the Adamson eight hour
law.
Atorney-General Gregory has per
sonai charge for the Government.
Brotherhood officials from the side
lines are keping close tab on proceedings
8ENI0R COTILION CLUB
WILL GIVE FIRST DANCE
The Senior Cotillon Club wiM
give its first dance on Monday even
ing, December the fourth, In the
Masonic Hall. W. G. Galther. Jr.,
acting as secretary and treasurer,
and W. A. Worth as floor manager.
Preparations for a big fair in
Elizabeth City next year are now
going on apace.
Friday night there was a meeting
of the stockholders it the Y. M. f
A. and the following directors were
elected: J. W. Foreman, C. W. Ste
vens, C.0. Hobinson, C. R. Pugh,
and Thomas J. MarKham.
' Also the following committee on
constitution and by laws were ap
pointed: W. J Woodley. C, H. Pugh
and Thomas J. Markham.
Tonipht the directors will meet
at Mr Markham's oftlce for the pur
pose of electing officers. It is be
lieved that the committee on con
sft lit ion and by laws will also le
ready to report at this meeting.
In addition to a President. Vice
President and Secretary a Vice
President willbe elected for each of
the nine counties embraced in the
Fair Association's tertory.
A committee to secure additional
subscriptions of stock will be ap
pointed and the work of tbts com
mittee will be pressed to early com
pletion. '
PRESS AGENT TO MARRY GIRL
WHOSE PRAI8E HE SUNG
WHO, GET'S THE LEAVINGS?
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 27. The Re
publican campaign In the interest
of Charles Evans Hughes cost $2,
441,000.00, according to the official
statement filed with the' clerk of
the House. Collections nearly $S,
JOO.OO In excess ot that amount are
reported.
CRAZED BY WOUND HE SHOT a
adiaWk,
United Preas)
i
PhJladfeaSRa, NoT- The police
here are trying to identify a man
-who, crated by a stab wound in his
tack, shot four persons and held a
crowd of a thousand at bar. Re
fired several hundred shots before
he was captured.
(By United Press)
New York. Nov. 27. "A dazzling
chorus of bright-eyed beauties," 'an
ocular symphony,' "a whirl of glee
fur curves," and other expressions
denoting the last word In feminine
charms wer th'ngs Leon Frledmen
jrrote for ten years as a mere mat
ter of dally routine. He was press
agent for the Ziegfield Follies.
But now it Is different. It isn't
casual any more. Its from the heart
For among the chorus girls was
Grace Jones, slender, blonde and all
the regular stuff. Friedman fell
They are to be married Thanksgiv
ing day.
Both are "tharfkfully, thankful
GUARDSMEN NOT CHARGED FOR
THEIR UMVERSITY TRAIN
ING '
(By United Press)
Missoula, Mont., Nov. 27 Unlver
sity of Montana student who serv
ed on the Mexican border with the
national guard are enjoying their
schooling without charge. As n evl
dene of the" state's gratitude, all
the Usual fee'r were eliminated,"
FIRE CHIEF RETURNS
FROM INSPECTION TOUR
Fire Chief J. B Flora has return
ed from Rocky Mount where with
fire chiefs ot the State he inspected
that city's new 125,000 engine house
and $10,000 fire truck. The Rocky
Mount Fire Department gave a de
monstration of their new apparatus
In honor of the visitors. Chief Flora
-as especially Impressed with trr
demonstration of the new pulmoter
and will ask the Elizabeth City a'
dermen at their next meeting t"
purchase one for the Elizabeth Clt .
Fire Company.
LOHTOne bicycle .lantern between
- Road and Tune streets. Reward
fcrTreturn to "Advance Office, n, . '
FII10 HEW HOPE
ste-"
LONDON THINKS INDICATIONS
ARE ROUMANIAN ARMY ES
CAPED GERMAN VISE
C3y United Precsi
London, Nov. 27. News from
German sources has aroused renew
ed hope that Ronmania may extri
cate herself from the precarious pe
tition in which her Wallachian forc
es were placed by General Falken
hayn's exceedingly brilliant strate
gic campaign.
The prime basis for suq, hope
lies in the utter (lack In all German
official reports any claims to large
captures of prisoners and materials.
If the Roumanian army was actu
ally trapped by the enemy's encircl
ing movement around Orsova it Is
regarded as certain that German
reports would have chronicled big
captures of men and munitions.
The only official news from Buch
arest this morning Is that the Rou
manian forces along the Alt have
retired slightly to theeastward.
The war office at Berlin announ
ces the capture of Alexandria In
Wallachia and the advance of thej
Germans down both sides of the
Alt valley.
From the same source also comes
announcement of the failure of a
French attempt to force an entrance
in the Southern part' of the St.
Pierre and Vaast Wood. East of St
II
MF11II
ifUlilMII
ROBBED
OF ALL SAVINGS
HELD UP AT POINT OF GUN
( AND CHOKES INTO SUBMIS
SION SATURDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Frank Conleton, one of the
operatives at the Elisabeth CityHos
lery Mill, was held up at the point
of a pistol, choackee into submis
sion and robbed of $702.00 Ip cash
Saturday night between Oak and
Maple street and at a short distance
from her home. The crime wa3
committed at about 9 o'clock.
Mr. Con'eton had business down
town Saturday night and had part
ed with his wife on the street hard
ly fljVe minutes earlier, leaving her
on her way to a neighbor's where
she waV to stay until his return.
He had gone some distance when
he heard her screams and hastening
back found her prostrate with her
clothing torn from her neck and
bosom and her money gone.
Mr. W. F. Jennings, whose home
is on Parsonage street, had also
heard Mrs. Conleton's screams, and
he arrived at this juncture with hi
automobile. Mrs. Conleton was
taken In the machine to the police
station where she was given medi
cal attention. There were scratches
on her neck' and bosom and she
was In a state of collapse from the
shock and fright.
The police department immediate
ly got J. V. Shores and his blood-
Mlhiel a French raid against a Ger-f hounds and rushed to the scene of
man post failed.
FOR PREVEJTILIfl
OF FUST FIRES
MUCH VALUABLE PULP MILL
MATERIAL AhNUALLY GOES
UP IN FLAME AND SMOKE
Chapel Hill, N. ,C, Nov. 27th At
the Drainage Convention Just clos
ed at Greensboro, Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt. Secretary, thought out In a
short talk the fact'that enforcement
c: the State Forest Fire' Law is of
pHmary importance to those who
are Interested In Drainage Districts
As. however, swamp lands are not
generally considered very suscepti
ble to flr, the connection may not
at first be obvious.
The establishment of Drainage
Districts means the making Avail
able for agriculture of large areas
of swamp land and the necessary
throwing upon the market of large
quantities of swamp timber, n east;
ern North Carolina probably 90
of such timber is gum, for which,
even though much is now cut for tlm
ber and veneer, there is as yet but
a limited market. The recent de
mand for timber for paper pulp thru
out North Carolina Is opening up
another and Tery important market
for gum timber, and. as small sizes
are just as valuable as the large
timber for this purpose, this use
for gum will soon become general
and undoubtedly very profitable.
Capital Is now seeking Invest
ments in North Carolina gftjn lane"
with the object of locating' pulp
Bills here. The state Geological
and Economic Survey has on file a
number of letters from different
parts of the country inquiring about
Miitable sites for such mills. That
the Interest Is real can be seen from
the fact that two exhibits of pulp
wood were made at the State Fair;
one by the Belhaven Board of Trtde,
and the other by parties who are
endeavoring to "iiring a pulp mill to
wrmlnctoi. The Journal. "Paper,'
the official organ of the Technical
Association , of Pulp and Paper In
flustry, b1b6 sent an ' exhibit, which
Unfotunate'y arrived too late to be'
the robbery. The dogs were pntpn
the trail and followed It to the Nor
folk Southern Passenger depot ar
riving there before the night ex
press from Norfolk No trace of V
perpetrator of the crime whs found
trail beyond that point.
The police are still at work on
the case and have h number of
c ues which promise interesting d
velo ments.
Tha money stolen fnm Mrs. Con
leton had been saved from her ear
Ings in the hosiery mill. She had
seven dollars In her purse when at
tacked. The rest she carried In her
bosom. 1 jf
She describes her assailant as a
negro of rather more than average
size.
shown.
The manufacturing of pulp re
quires a very large Investment and
capitalists are unwilling to locate a
mill where there Is not a good pros
pect of a permanent supply of tim
ber. Swamp land which Is to be
drained and become agricultural
land may be able to supply mature
'timber for a number of years, but
the suply will run out; so that
some other source of supply is nec
essary. This may be found In the
poorer pine lands of the region.
those which have been cut over
and are now, owing to the frequent
ly recurring fires, almost bare of
young growth. Were fires prevented
a crop of pine would soon cover
such lands and a perpetual supply
or pulpwood timber would thus be
come available In from twenty to
thirty years. Some pulp mills desire
to purchase such lands In order to
be assured of tbelr supply; while
others are content to know that
nearby landowners are preparing to
supply their permanent demands.
Fires In eastern North Carolina
have destroyed and arestlll des
troying the greater part of the
young pine growth, but as soon as
this can be prevented these poorer
lands can be made to pay well in
the production of pulpwood. It Is
only where the assurance of suet, 8
permanent supply can be secured
that pulp mills can be established,
hixl, fi this reason, It Is very great
ly to the Interest of all owners of
swamp timber to see that the near
by pine lands are protected from
are.
North Carolina n'rcijdy has a
Forest Fire Law, If enforced, would
go a long way towards furntsnlpg
adequate protection All . that , Is
Rumania Rcaow Result
m sr -
Ot Consummate Folly
'if
Played With Fire Says Von
Falkenhayn and Now
Must Accept Consequen
ces.
h i
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
Headquarters Von Falkenhayn,
Transylvanlan Alps, Nov. 27. "Our
task is to de3troy the Roumanian
army and that is what we are do
ing as best we can."
So spoke General Von Falkenhayn
today, his brow wrinkled but his
eyes sparkling, as he submitted to
questions concerning his victorious
progress against Roumania.
'Our flyers, he continued, "report
the Raumanlan roads black with
people and wagons fleeing from Lit
tle Wallachia toward the Alt river.
"This is the terrlnle part of war.
That soldiers should suffer is war;
but that women and little children
should be' put In such, misery that
Is terrible.
"But it Is Roumanians choice.
'Roumania played with fire too
long. The Inevitable , consequence
has come upon her."
ELLIOTT DICKEY
Ml. E. Mile Elliott and Miss
Evelyn L. Dickey of Norfolk were
united In marriage at the home of
Register of Deeds, Mr. .1. W. Mini
den Saturday.
DUNCAN ETHER IDGE
Mr. John A Duncan, of Newport
News, and Miss Ameda Etherldge
of Norfolk were married Saturday
evening. Mr. J. W. Munden officiating.
LINDLEY SNOWDEN
Miss Hattle B. Snowden, of Cur
rituck Court House and Mr. Burwell
W Lindley of Norfolk, were mar
ried in this city Saturday. The
bride Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. H. Snowden of Currituck
They will reside In Norfolk.
Sails For Germany
PHILADELPHIA PHYSICIANS
SOON TO TAKE UP MEDI
CAL WORK AT BERLIN
EMBASSY
(By United Press)
Washington. Nov. 27. Dr. C. Lin
coin Furbush, prominent Philadel
phia physician, sails for Berlin
soon to take up his duties as spec
ial assistant to the American Em
bassy there. He will be one of the
chief Inspectors of military prison
camps in Germany.
Dr. FurbusD was recommended
for appointment to the State De
partment by officials of the Ameri
can Red Cross. He worked with siir
geon General of the Army Gorgas,
when the latter stamped contagious
diseases out of Cuba.
Dr. Furbush, In his Inspection
work in Germany, will Investigate
the sanitary conditions of the pris
on camps, the health of the prison
ers and the quality and quantity of
the food supplied them. He wll
make frequent reports of his inves
tigations to the State Department,
through the Embassy at Berlin.
needed Is an appropriation to put It
in force: the next General Assem
b y will be nsked for sucn an appro
priation, and It Is confidently hoped
that sveh -may be secured. . ,, ,
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All
ISiDIEliT
DISSOLUTION FOURTH GRIIK "
CABINET IN AS MANY MONTH! .
IMMEDIATELY EXPECTED
(By United Press) t
Rome, Nov. 27. Dispatches from
Athens received here this morniBf ,
declare that the resignation of the)
Greek cabinet is lmmdlately tmm
nent. a.
Greek dispatches for several dfl '-, '
have Indicated "the impending disso
lution of the Lambros Cabinet, form
ed on October tenth . It was report
ed Saturday that the Minister Of'
Justice had resigned.
This Is the fourth ministry, form
ed In Greece during the past fouf .
months.
Funeral Edwin B. Davis
r
The funeral of Mr. Edwin B "
Davis was conducted Sunday at Ra
moth Gilead church by Rev. D. P.'
Harris, assited by Rev. 8. N. Hunt,-'
The pa'l bearers were N. E. Wfl 'y
Hams, S. F. Williams, W. E. Templt
T. B Hewett, H. S. Jones, W. P."'
Williams. Interment followed in tat '
family burying ground.
Mr. Davis died on November lStl -at
Hot Spring. South Dakota, whert
he had moved s number of yean
ago for his health. He was the ton
of Hr. and Mrs. E .G. Davis of NeW -land
township. Pasquotank county." '
Enlisting In the army as a young 1
man, be went to the Phlllipines and
there contracted tuberculosis. R
turning home he went West In hopt
of regaining his health. His deaths
occurred at the age of thirty three.''
He was a member of Ramoth Gilead v
Maptist church. His father and
mother, with cne brother, C C Davl'
alf of Newland township survlvO'.,
him.
Reformers Want
Gentler Language
WOULD WAH CUSS WORDS
FROM TOMMY'S VOCABU-
LARY
(By United Press)
Lonon, Nov. 27. London's long
faced elements tossed up Its hands ;
today with the discovery that Tom
my Is a violent "cusser."
"Foul and blasphemous words are) '
as It were, common In camp speech'. ,
said a prominent church goer who
hopes to wash Tommy's vocabulary.
"To hear such conservations first .
shocks young and sensitive minds
and ears but gradually these h'orri- ,
ble expressions slip Into the aver .,
age soldier's vocabulary."
A larne number of soldiers have
enlisted from wrings market and
Convent Garden, the two centers ot
Riipervlolent cussing In London. r
The reformers ' suggest gentler
language from the officers as one
means of uplifting Tommy's speech.
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