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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY EYEN1NG JANlfARY 2, 1917
NO
soon vote ,
013 RECEflT IIOJE
l!5 IS THE GENERAL OPINION
SINCE PRESIDENT WILSON'S
C:FERENCE WITH SENATOR
-TONE '
i
..V.ston.v Jan. 2. -Congress
y soon vote on the endorsement
V.'ilsun's recent note to belliger
3 with the Implied threat of, dip--tie
outbreak, .which many be
e will end in war should Ger
: y resume unbridled submarine
;re- in the - event, that j peace
r neuvers fail, t. .; Jz.''-. i
Ti.i3 is the interpretation of Wil
l's conference : with, . Senator
.3, Chairman" of the Foreign Re
tlon Committee yesterday. -'
lBy United 1pW8) ;Ai'f;
El Paso Jan' 2--Triatp preparaV
n3 are already under way tor the
hdrawa'l of Pershing's "expedition
c?lumn frOrn-.Mexlco was.indl
1 by certain moves last, week
' statement of - army officers
. v O, , . I i :i
y, Tiio duties' of 'property
is to check all equipment go-
iuto or returning from Mexico.
Veteran Rests : ;
In -Uniform
1 Wiloughby D. Gregory died at 1
q'clock Monday ; morning at his
home in Shiloh. The funeral was
conducted today ty'P t. E. J. Har
rel at half pa3t ,two o'clock, ' Inter
ment followed' In the family bury
ing ground at Sandy Hook. -;.
'Mr. Gregory . wes seventy two
years old and had been sick for
three weeks. He was a Confederate
Veteran and was laid to rect In his
Confederate unlfom.' '
At the dote of the Civil War he
was married to Miss Jane Stevens.
Three children survive, thi j union :'
Cj L. Gregory of Shiloh, "Mrs .' J.
B. Williams of' Shtloh and Miss Ad
dle Gregory? of Shllohv f ' ' j,
,' He is survived' als0t by hig broth-"
'eri M. D. Gregory of this city and
,by "a. number of nelces and nephews
in this section. , . . - ,,
G flfl 1111 ' ""li ill!
T
1 OF SPffi
iracEoiiiiEii
(By United Press)
Washington Jan, ; 2. The King
Tpald by flatly refusing to "parti
e
15
ate in wiison a note to Deiuger
s may become the, ultimate peace
ker. - r.';.'!.'' v '
At least, this la the belief of AI
1 diplomats here.? C' , "r
It Is known' that,, King', Alphonso
rmed the Allies' that he 'did - not
.rd the "peace move . favorably
(Ms time,, president .Wilson was
o urged by many advisers not to,
"ke the peace move at this ime
to do ' so would lessen -his
rength as possible, mediator In
' o future. - . .
. (By United Press)
' London, Jan. 3. rTbe .capture of
large jnumbers of prisoners In West
ern Moldavia an 4 urbund Focf.ni Is
repcrted in- tat'a: ' olCclal (Jerman
M i ' at. "
s . i - i la t. i' r .. ,i i. i ,i Dei ...
pution of a': K nnahi'i.. limila' still
resist German ' pursuit, . However,
the center of .the German array 1a
not held back. , . a
) .
'AILROAD-fares go ' '
UP IN ENGLAND
"JBy United fPress) s
LonOT,?JaB3iRilrosd'-farw
out up fifty -per cent in England
i lay. ' If the same thing had been
: ne in the United' Stateg it' would
an that a1 ticket from "Indianopo
to New York -would cost 31.50
ead ot pV,"J jT':yJ i '
Tie government ' has taken' over
llroadsln. England and Its, reason
r r increasing fares Is twofold;-1st.
lo discourage unnecessary travel ,2.
to keep the railroad passenger lev-
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WEEK'
OF PRAYER
- The Ween "of PraverVfor ' Foreign
Missions Ib 'being'obscrvod by th.v
Womans Missionary - Society J ot
P,Iackwell Memorial Church. The
. moetln? this afternoon w3 led by
!"Mrs .C. P -White, the subject be
in? 'Evangelism,' , , - ' .
Wc'dfieaday eftornoonB" meowing
!"1 bd conducted y Mrs, A. -F.
y,' rnd ,tho' HubJct will be
tchirg the Word.,
rvlcoj will be held every1 afterr
i f tlie week- at' half pat
- o'clock. " , r'
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. (). F, Gilbert is out again
iovcral days of Hliness.
Ruth's Pigs
HighBrows
(Br United Prenil
; St. Paul, Minn, Jan. 2. Because
she stayed, hme from 'parties and
cared tot her phjs,. Mist Ruth pun
ningham,16, ,is champion pig raiser
of Minnesota today. .The award was
made by the University of Minneso
ta agricu'tural school here. Ruth
raked high brow pigs. .. - .
- Eeoh day she scrubbed her pigs
by Thar d, end 'followed . that by giv
ing them a showed bath. Then she
massaged each pig. with oil daily,
Comfortable couches ero arranged
for for the pigs In the shade of the
trees' on. her father's farm. Her pig
menu conMsted of milk, timothy,
plover, silt, lime and reen vegta-
tles and all ?.e.e served In indivi
dual troughs.
, .IS.VKrA'WOMA.N'8 MAGAZINE
tbe new. North arollna Woman's
magzirje, Just oi't. Get your first
copy ' At-Merck's, 20 cejtg. Leave
your vcar'ij:hHcriptlon ($1) with
Mrs Herbert Peele, " Adttn' r ofnc
nun hopes :
IIOI'J DISPEOSEO
DECISIOoJ APPARENTLY- UNANI
MOUS' THAT PEACE NOW Will
; come: by fqrce of arms
Berlin, Jan. 2.' Berlin's hopes are
now dispersed and war tq the last
ounce of blood is now her goal.
' The Allies' note I8,not deserving
of a written rejoinder Is the opinion
,cf the Berlin press, which also typi
fies the opinion of the man on the
street making It apparently an n
nanlmous decision that " Germany's
answer to the Allies - rejection of
peace must be by force of arm un
der von ' Hindenburg' , , ; ,
coed m
UP THE ladder
LOSING FAMILY WEALTH DID
NOT DETER COCHRAN FROM
N PEGGING AWAY AND SUCCEED
ING ,
By George Martin
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New. York,' Jan. 2. A young man
walked Into;' the House of Morgan
at the corner of Wall;, and ;Broad
streets here today and sat down at
the desk he had had hl eye on for
twenty years.- 1 ' '
sThe -t young man ; was Thomas
Cochran of ".. St. Paul, I Minnesota,
wto, bora among riches ; and later
forced Into proyertyji has struggled
tack up tjie bdder to the peint of
succrsr where J, Pi Morian invited
him "to become his twelth business
partneri Ccchran officially assumed
this enviable position In the world
of finance -today. ,
Cochran waa confronted twenty
years aga with the alternative tf
Washington,; Jan.- 2. -Republican I w's ,'B" f so n
members of the House Rule Com- quitting. His father's death and
mittee' today demanded of Chalrmaailna Io58'of ,the .famny fort"ne put
Henry an "open above bonrd" inves ! lt P th? V! mm from st'
tlgation X)f heV charges of Thomas
ililSUi:
Lawson- that itj -.millions "fwere
mad,e; by4 Wal! Street on the peace
'nolo leak,'x- ': , V'7 '. ' ;-
J"nitcr Store M the Foreign Re
latior.s" committee.'' blamed the-pres-tni
sy:i.c:n of dvlt -service fof such
Lutiicit... ; x uii.r Iwu iijmb con
ference with Iawson Chairman Hen
ry introduced a bill for rcgiUation
of the stock exchange;. ; " , .
' Cltl2ENS FORCE REDUCTION
j ", -v CBy( United Pressr
! New York,' JJan.: 2 .-Following
the tltizens' league threats'' to have
their property investigated 'and P
crcisqd, The"- New York . EdiSon Co.
,nd the ' United Electric Light am
Power Company.4o4aiy reduced their
rates feom 8 to 7 cenU,n .The com?
paniea expect to jnakeUp' iheUt,
700,000 ; caving to cOnfpers ty in
erensed business uhin i the , new
ratev
WILLL MEET COMMUKtTY t
Service committee
. W. C. Crosby 0f Raleigh will be
here. Wednesday at noon and de,
sires to , meet the Central Commun
ity 'Service Committee . at the office
of Superintendent' HInton.' Mr.
Crosby speaks tonight at South
Mills
Paul.
Young Cochan worked his way
throu h , the lait ye9ri, He forewent
"society,; In which Je had , playod a
large part; tlao football, derpite the
fac,t" that he was a member of the
Yale , team; likewise- Skull & Eorica,
tfifl ex:li'p'v tx' " to wM'h ho
t '.tutor'.: He took other work too
and whrn he gradi.itcd he hid the1
habit. ' ' . " - v
f ten years ago Cochran wa,s,wbrk
ing iorTi 'real. e:-tat; company"Tiere
for wages that almost . any r fWall
Strett e'erk would , cnrl up his Hp
at. He had 6tuck there seven years
(ft the same salary, but he knew
Mhit.he waa about. He knew what
be had end was content to wait for
the psychological moment tp get In
to the big play' v:
. TJiea 'HenryPr-'Davidson, a- part
ner of the late J.' Pleriont Morgan,
"discovered"; TJochvan and Invited
him' to help; reorganize the Astor
TruBt Company. ' Cochran's Advance
since then hs been rapid.
The, real estate clerk of ten years
ago today Is not only a Morgan part
ner.'ltit t director of the Astor
Trust Company, Knox Hat Company
Submarine Corporation, the Kertne
:tt Copper Company, American Pi
ano Company the Heel Ii;on Works
sni the lAssoiated Merchants Company,;1
VltL ELECT PHY61CAN
Chairman J. G. Fearing of the
County Commissioners and Myor
P., (tr Siwyef ,.ye?terdiy ''appointed
r. R. L. Kendricl fnd jDr. 3. .
.Griggs IVemters . of the County
Board vof HsaJtli. On next Monday
tlis Board wi ' elect the County
Physican. , :- "
ENTERTAINED CLASS
kWr. M. Lejgh Sheep entertained..
Sunday 8cn6ol Class" of s the
PKt , Methodist church last night
, .t ' his 'home on West Main street.
Ple?Bant 'games were p'ayed aii4 de.
licluse vfefreshm nti -wero served,
y$ 6o'ep proving ag delightful a
.hot as, he has already proven effici
ent teacher and leader of, his class.
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Some of the stunning show girls widely known ,f6t their beauty and grac coming ;
" to Elizabeth City with the seasons greatest musical comedy success, 'September
Morn' at the 'Alkrama Theatre," Tuesday night, January' 9th. ; , ; t' ; ; "
HughesBgck
InLawOffice
(By United Press i
, New York, "Jan. J. Back at the
flat top desk he occupied when he
made his bigreputationin 'In the In
surance Investigation ca'ses . years
ago, long before he was even' Gov
ernor," Charles Evana Hughes, today
once more took up the - pratice of
iaw.-rv.-' . yj'-':y y:'y
teince he left the desk J and . the
old, ' office . at , 98 Broadway :'. Mr.
Hraihes has been Governor of New
York, Justice of the United SUtes
Sutreme Court and Republican can
didate for. President of the United
States. He is, neverthe' ess," under
stood to' be glad to get back Into
private ' practice, f His personal for
tunes are said to have suffered vm
a resell of hlafflce holding. ,
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Farmers ControL
4
North Dakota
(By United press ' , ,
Piamark, N. D-i Jan. 2.North
Ddkotu's farmer legislators got to
business today without poafp ) or
ceromouy, , , ; ,k',L,r1'.T;
U wes-a legislative session entire
?y- dominated ty a tarmera political
organization that, had Us" birth in,
Ike idea 'of cooperative , marketlnn;
of grain without spccui.iM'ii.
friTTi l'
...,..... .1,...,. , t,., j . . (.-,-.--,
uuspcculatlve food .market, xrew
the Fanners Non-Partisan" league 1)f
North Dakota, This 1 organization
stood for etatei control 'of all eleva
tor., non speculative markets, and
public ownership of public utilities
In two elections it swept Into the
.legislature sufficient numbers to
control the law mak!ngbody.
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iroisiD'j;:,
THIS WAS ALLIES' OPFOfiT
TY AND BRITISH PRESS I
NOTE WILL INDICATE F Z
TERMV A
, ' " (By United Press)
London, Jan.' 2. There la f. :
creasinng belief here tody that ;
reply to WCsba was the. All;
portunity, after Germany's i '
nlte peace proffer and reply t
merica to put Potsdam atadlsi:
tage .'.The course of plain epca
and clear ' statement of term8 '
whlch thf 'AUieJ would cor.
peace negotiations are what t
British Vress hopes that the r
will Indicate. ,.,'. I
110 EXTRA SESSi
L.
Adjutant Wants
.. ... f. ."' . ' .. ' . .-. II
War
. , V., ., ... '
(By United Press) '
Columbus, O., Jan, 2., The Ohio
Supreme Court tomorrow is to de
cide whether the Unltedv8tates Is
actually at warwlth. Mexico t
The court win hear the madamus
suit of AdJudant;GeneralEdward S
Bryant to compel. State Auditor A.
V, Danahoy to pay him 11 "war
time" salary f or ' hla services a .8
eistant adjudant general during m,
liart ot last June and all of Jnly
and August.
' Col.. H. J. Turney, Judge advo
cate of the Ohio National Guardv de
fending BryanC cites a state law
providinf that the adjudant gener
al.' wAen in active service, shall re
ceive pay at the same-rate, rs that
of a' colonel in the regular army,$4,
.000 a year. ',
Judge Advocate General Crowder
of the regular army, ruled some
months ago'' that the 'United States
technically is in a state of war with
the southern republic, p ' t
, 'No tlvil court has yet been called
ob id rule 0n the point.'' '
Washington, .Jan. 2. No f
session of Congress will be uc.
sary to tJit hrough -Wilaon's r
road legilatlon.
.' This opinion is confldentaly
pressed today as Fcnatnr N '
comniftt' r ro -! ! :'
euce In? he'd wiiU r .
at the cailtolSaturday nii l ( ;
sequent conversation with bini.
.'However, a bitter fight loonn ;
before, the Newlands Qommlttee to
day as It convened. Senator f No v
land announced, that Senator Un
derwood's proposition . to make n
strike before tbe conclusion of a
Investigation ' a , misdemeanor , wo;.' '
be , the. first matter conslderc l.
President Wilson Is. known to ha
insisted that such a clause be i
eluded In anylaw enacted.
Morrison ot the Federation of I
toor announced that that orgar '
tlon would oppose with all its i
er any such compulsory mca
and said that Gompers would :
dress the committee along this Y
tomorrow." ' - . , ' - : . '
' DIVORCE GRANTED MONDAY
' 111
. A decree of absolute divorce v
granted In' tuperlor court Moi '
In the case of Minnie Coleman
Charles Coleman. '
K( , '
JURY FEBRUARY TERM
GIVES ftNJOYABLE .. -
NWY EAR'S PARTY
.One, of the most enjoyable social
events of the sa'ason- was a ".New
Year's Party given last, night by
Miss Margaret Foremsn at 'her
beautiful, home on. Main 'street, "
'A few mlnutas after eight 'about
fifty' guenta 'had arrived and .vari
ous g wires' were, played, anion?
which was thq pflme"A eny . for
Your . TWghtsVti'' which ' ach'
guest Vasveri a penny and ' slip
with questions io ahswers ?to be
found or a piece "of ' money. : This
proved jfery ; Interesting until a late
hour when delicious 6 refreshments
were served and the ' guests took
their leave voting Miss Foreman ' s,
ery - channina boteat . ' i
- The followln? Jury was drawn 1
the County Commissioners yest :
day for. the February term of sup
erlor court k '
i li Wesley Lane.'Pf H. Whalcy,
S. 'B.- Carter, Jr(S.' Markham. R,
E. Benton, Miles Jennings, Amos
Owens, 'C.C. ; Spires, John R. Out
law, C. P. Pritchard, B. O, Morris.
Herbert King, ( J. : C Commander,
bert'King, C..- ..Ian ' ;
S.j. Bateman, J. A. Harris, R.
H. Murden, W. -W Simpson, W.
W, Garrett," A. 8. Mann, Walter F
Berry, Henry Hewlt, F.. M.Grlco,
0 W. Rogers. :
TO MY MANY FRIENDS
' Who have so lovingly extend
their sympathies in sweet notes
Consolation and girts of Flora : il
signs, ln the, sad,' B.d hour of r.
distress and bereavement, I 'f-M .
my sincere and heartfelt thar.h s
No 'one knows my loss. t)it i
that'.has drank' from -the "'same- l
ter cup t Again thankinr; Ono ;
All, I am,
Respectfully,
D, B.r BRADFORD.
Mrs, Carl Blades ' returned I
.'from 'a visit to relatives in V.
and New Bern,
Mr... Wesley . Foreman
PhJladeiphia Monday -on I