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ELIZABETH 'CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY 4. 1917
iiSQiiy Up Date ; :S
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dng Her Demands And
oncessions Is Report
Leaching London Today
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PEACE PROFFERS IIECESSffl
' id Germany On Brink . of -Social
And Economic Breakdown,
Says London
(By UnIted Press)y , ,y
I n don, Jan .-, 4 .Persistent ' ', re
a from Italy and Switzerland to
to the effect that Germany will
a reply 'to the -Allied refusal of
a terms and In) that reply will
her demands and concesslbns
1 great Interest here., A -.A
i LUgano,' Switzerland,; came
. is of this natura , and ; from
0, the; newspaper, . Deltlclno, as-
1, its receipt of Information
, .rmoTiy (s preparing. a coiro-
;;i to ' ..- .j '"'-a-
. as to conditions' for peace",
fitting the first point , of, con
t in the progress toward peace.-'
h reports strengthened , the be-'
here that Germany is oit the
of social and economic ! "break
a find that her peace4 proffer
. absoluteely necessary.' '
lahii TO DE ,
STIBIIESS
:' GETTER S
u3 FOB DORSE
n SADDENS, AMERICAN
IS WEDDED TO; TITLED
!ANi NOBLEMEN ,
Cy JOHM ti. H EARLY
1 r regs Staff Correspondent)
-.a, Dec. 13. -By Mail) It
war today Uea heavily on' the
? of may American girls mar
' to Italian noblemen. Some of
tirls have given! their ' hus
;, others their sons to Savola's,
ess Buoncampagnf, who -was
; I Taper of Boston and Wash
, is spending a lonesome bon
i here. 'Her husband had to
) Us regiment immediately on
fvril in Rome. ' ,
t Dentice del Frasso Is one
Coneraf Staff mortorcycling
nrs. His wife was Georgi
!e of St, Louis. She Is the
lit or of Henry Seigel, . the
t ; o American merchant prince.
Frincf'Bg Allesandro Ruspoli;- has
tw0 sna under arms. One Is in the
army and the other In the, .nary',
he wbb formerly Eva Broadwood(
Countess Telfener, "who was Ada
Hungerford, ha, ion in the army.
Edward KIngsley, who became an
f 'Mian citizen after his widowed
lother married Prince Camporeal,
) as be n dangerously wounded at
he front. He Is a calvaryl officer
i was decorated for gallant con-
in l oth the Lybian war . and
v -. Trincess Camporeal orig
i Wary Benney, a'celebrat
J rsey , belle. , ,t . j .
of the Douches , Lulgi
l Rovere Is "serring with
i troops jr Macedonia.' He
i T""ylja!z LanteMella Ro
Dutchess was known to
i ncJatf as JJatRllM p"l
! . (By United Press)
f- ''
- Washington,"!), ; C' January -4 .
"Thomas Lawson will be allowed to
the, Ru'.es ..Committee what..ia
la.t.vsa IluU. the ptace leak.
i Chairinan, Henry reversed his de
cision today and sagreed to .subpoe
1& f. Lawson as . i ; wltlness V. In
the Rules Committee's 'preliminary
deliberation to decide whether the
House shall order a probe.
: A big fight on the Question is pre
dicted. Baruch baay be subpoenad.
The investigation will begin to
morrow ; with Representative Wood
jt Indiana, who Introduced the ori
ginal resolution demanding a probe,
aa' first witness, ;:
Musical Hits lix
September Morn
' When "September Morn", the big
dancing festival offering," now en
joying unprecedented :. popularity, is
presented by LeComte and'Flosher,
at ' the ' ATkrama Theatre, Tuesday
NlgbC January 9th, there will be
seen the most perfectly trained cho
rus that ever embellished a musi
cal comedy. - During the one hun
dred and fifty performances of "Sep
tember Morn" in Chicago, thisclev
er aggreation of girls, proved an ir
resisUble box office attraction not
only 'from the fact of their more
than usual personal charms, , but al
so from thee decidedly , novel danc
ing numbers in which they were en
gaged under the careful training of
Virgil Bennett,, who' has no equal la
the exploitation of chorus. There
are many song hits to be heard In
"September Morn" among ' them the
one based on the Utile "September
Morn" a " gem that has not been
equalled for popularity in the" last
decade. The other' gongs include'
"When a Little Boy Loves a Little
Gin" "In Paree,,T-"A Spare Rib
from the Butcher Shop of Life"
Where" is the Pleasure in .Wine
and Song,: It 1 ;the f Woman s' i not
TbrervTheV;Sunsliade' Girl"
"Beautiful" Dreams I'm Dreaming'
and a score of others' Seats will
be on sale Saturday Morning at Se
ng's Jewelry Store, -adv. -
. , , "CARD Or THANK3 -
' The' wife kod children of ' Henry
Raperwlsh to express their appre
ciation to all those who sent tokens
tit MfnJshlp and sympathy in V j
i:: -i end -t!i cf r. r::r.
Big Red Mens'
Meeting Tonight
Arrangements are all completed
for a monster meeting of Red Men
tonight in the hall of the local tribe
on the thxird floor of the ' Kramer
Building;: t ' .
Great Sachsm Heenan Hughes, of
Graham, N. C. who is the head of
the ordeer in North Caraolina, .-"nd
Great , Senior Sagamore R .' F", , Tut
tie, of Edenton, N.' C., who is next
in line will be visitors, and in their
official capacities , will ' ."raise up
theTnew Chief? of ,the local Tribe
who have ! been, elected for the en
suing term: Afteer ;the -' ."raising
there . wQ be , short talks by. Ideal
and visiting Red, Men, and this , will
be followed by refreBhmeents. .
"Pasquotank Tribe No. 8 : is " the
lareset Tribe in ; North Carolina,
and now . numbeerg four : hundred
and. sixty members. v it has Just
completed a most succeessf ul term
and enters the New Year wi'h pros
pects bright. The large lot at the
cornu of Road and Mathew strets,
recently purchased by the ' tribe, is
the . first step in the .securing of a
borne for the Order which it pro
pose's to build ata not tar diBtant
date: - ' , . ''
ISTIIUTE
AT
SALEf.1 JAN. 19
THE BEST INSTITUTE EVER EV-
'r.trr-Ti;3cD"iN the "country
Fd PROGRESSSIVE M.EN AND
'' WOMEN' OF THE FARM T i
"The' best Farmer's Institute ev
er held in the County" is announced
for January 19th at Salem. '
Director T. B. Parker- and other
leaders in. the agricultural develope
ment of the State will be in charge,
co-operating with the Farmer's Insti
tute Committee pf the jOmnty, , anl
live discussions on soil . improve
ment, diversification, v marketing
crops, live stock, and insect pests
will be the order of the day. Every
body is urgedvto be. on hand, with
notebook and pencil in order tq get
the jtull benefit of the day's pro
gram. In the afternoon a. Question
Box will be opened and the . ques
tions answered in round table dis
cussion. ' -a ? : 'y; ,.. ",r
The Woman's Institute on the
same day will be in charge of Mrs.
Jane 87 McKlmmon,who with Miss
Marda . Albertson, will make 'the
day of value and Interest to the wo
men of the county, discussing many
of the problems of home , ecomics,
home conviences, health, education
and Are preventions. . ' -
Th : Institute will open promptly
at 10:30 on the morning of the
19th," and 'everybody; is ; invited . to
take along a lunch and spend" the
day, helping by their - Interest And
co-operation to.,.make this In reali
ty "the best Institute ever held in
the County", and getting in line for
the best year on the farm. , ; v
FAILED TO RECOVER
In the case of the American Pota
to Company vs , Jennette Brothers
on trial here in superior court this1
week the' plaintiff failed 'to recover.
f t MEETS FRIOAY,. NIGHT ' '
l: The Centraf; Committee for Com
munity Service is requested . to meet
at the office of the . Superintendent
of Education, W, . M.JIinton, Fri
day night at 7:30. 1, itXJiftJ,.
Young", lady desires .1 Board with
privilege , of furnishing ' her own
room . " Apply- to THE ADVANCE
wed and thurs I J ; ,
, ' ,T - ' - ' y'
The weather
TrolnMy rain tenant snd-Friday
D06S Mill
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ALASKAN DOGS r CONSTITUTE
LATEST WAR MATERIAL BE
ING SUPPLIED FROM AMERI
CA TO FRANCE ,
: j By HENRY WOOD
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
-With the French armie, in the
Vosges,' Dec. 15 (By Mall) With
the return of heavy - snow In ' the
Vosges, Alaskan' dog . teams today
are vleing wltlv the automobile,
drivers 0t the -American, Ambulance
and the members of the Norwiegan
Red cross Skii Corps ; for the hon
of Tot bringing in . the' greatest
number of wounded, 1 .
.The Alaskan sled dogs, . gathered
in the United States most north
west territory; constitute the latest
'war ; material being supplied from
America .to France.. Although
the. 'Allies, through their supreme
mastery of the soar, v are- ablo to
gather war supplies in any; and 'all
parts. of the world. "the Alaskan
dogs are concede the honor of
coming '. from ' the most . distant
point, 'and ove- the .grettest ' -distance,'
on which the Allies have yet
been ; obliged to draw.j. The orig
inal number of sled ' dogs brought
to the Vosges from Alaska humbe
ed about 800. . j, "These have ; bred
and . multiplied ' so rapidly 'that
France now- has at Jier disposal
over 1,000 dogs ,;, with all of ' the
B'? ndpatcrIaiBA6clMy'iilor.
performing an .- incredible amount
of transport service in the snow
clad altitudes of the Vosges, ' f-A
It is principally in the Voges that
the members of the American Am
bulance have been assigned to 'duty.
Their light speedy cars not only en
able them to scale all the peaka on
which roads ' have been built, - but
even to leave the roads themselves
In Jthe direction1 of the flrst ; line
trenches for the purpose of picking
up the wounded.
In these Alpine regions,, however,
there are hundreds of places .which
even the light. American cars ; with
their absolutely , fearless collegian
drivers cannot reach, and ' if is . In
these districts that' the AUskan
dog teamt and the Norwegan - Red
Cross Skii corps come in ; for ' the
bulk of the work. ; The Norwegan
Skii Corps, fully -equipped for field
Ambulance work, volunteered . its
service to FranceL the' same as the
American Ambulance and has al
ready done valient service.
The Alaskan dog service,, how
ever, was 'thought out and " organ
ized by the French army itself,
which sent experts to Alaska Lab
rador and Candada to purchase
the dogs Owing to the fact, that
the Alaska dogs are nearly white
they are , practically; in visable
against the snow and can therefore
approach within 2 - comparatfvly
short distance of the German lines
tor the purpose of picking up , the
wound eed without being , fired on.
Seven dogs, with one. of the long
Alaskan sleds and a single ' driver
can pick up a wounded man,', lay
him at length on " the " sled,' and
bring him back to dressing sta
tion with remarkable speed, y y
Ambulance' work, however, Is on
ly a small portion of the 'duties as
signed the dogs, and they are a con
siderable portion of ' the transport
service, of the French' army in .the
Vosgos.: They 'carry' munitions, food
and, water W all' parts of the 'line
with utmost ease, v r
i The 'Usefulness ; of thet dogs does
not cease with ,the ,snow ln the
spring.1 ' The Frenph S engineer; are
famous for ' their construction; of
tiny, narraw guage railways and an
the mountain peaks . and ridges ot
the Vosges, now occupied ' ; by the
Frenchar lined twlth? these) Over
them a car runs with the greatest
eare, and . eleven dogs hitched to
one of .those narrow gu age trucks
carrying a ton of material dash a
long with the sam8 rollicking hoist-
ercr"-"- wi:h " which"' ti.y' fi-
Galls Them
War Notes
(By United Press) V i !
Washington, Jan.' 4. Senator
lodge told the United Press today
that he. Relieved .that the first in
terpretation, which Secretary Lans
ing gave of Wilson peace note was
sincere, when the Secrestary virtu
ally called them "warXnotes" ' ' :
Declaring that "the people who
are fighting in the war ought to
make their own peace", Senator Lod
ge resumed his argument against
the passage of the Hitchcock reso
Uitjon endorsing Wilson's not to
belligerents this afternoon counsel
ing againBt entanglement in Euro
pean affairs. K (
iThe fight over the Hitchcock res
olution had not taken a decided line
Up 'at 'noon when the Senate conven
eled but there was . evidences that
administration leader were whip
ping recalcitrants Into line to favor
the movement. ' '
Blacklist Hits
' . '
South Americans
v " -.'fr-v 'a"
; ; vj (By ITnitetf Press) , .
1 Buenos Aires," Doc. 15-r(By mall)
IN view of the tact that the Brit
ish blacklist hits some of the South
American republics even mere , se
verely;- than' it does , the j United
States, the governments on this con
tinent ar . waiting with keen anxie-
Jitor.3''asrJ,nttotr;s reply to Delt
fein's latest note on the subject. , :
. The Argentine view Is that ' out
al)l lnterferenbe In the republic
domestic trade ought not to be tole
rated regardless of British ( viewed
the ' concensus of opinion cwnceru
ing the . message ent answering the
United States protest against "the
blacklist is fairly summed : up by
Editor Jerge Mitre of the influenU
a) paper, La Nacion, In the succinct
l;o3nnir nvordal" ' -
. : . . , . . "
FOR SALE First Clas, still hun
ter treeing dog. Apply to C. T.
Griggs, Currituck, N.'jC.: 5 ;
, Mr. Floyd Cohoon of Columbia
Is the guest of Mr, Earl Cohoon on
Main street , " ; 1
sleds. - ",'";.
On the sheltered sides of the
Vosges immense Kennel, ne
built for the dogs eacft , capable of
housing 100, Fifty'; stalls! line each
sldje of the kennel and fifty on the
other sld with a food and water
trough running. In front of each side
and a narrow passage down the
center. ; - .-'.'..
Walking down this narrow aisle
a visitor can see in the faces of the
dogs almost every type 'of human
character. Only a lew are surly .or
cross; the majority are uproarous
ly happy; some are modest and re
tiring; some a little sad, a few, nig
gardly and mlserly"Vlth their food;
some proud and supercilious, especi
ally the lead dogs; while other se
date ones offer with great dignity
to shake their paw with the chance
passer-by, , - , . -. .
' '' -.iA ';'..''; ' A:A.y;
AD of them,- however, have ' one
trait in common and that is Wild
Jealousy and an uncontrolable raae
when any" one of their number" hap
pens to get loose. If a dog mana
ges t0 slip his colar and starts tnt
ting triumphantly; down the yarrow
passage way in the center. , of r the
Kennel . toward the door, he .his , at
once greeted, on both sides . with a
wild chorus of Velps : that makes
the "welkin ring and that never fall
to tell the keeper, although, the lat
ter may be a mile away, that dog
has "gotten loose.;, s. , .;," ,! , '
This pandemonium, is only equal
led when the keeperNavlng caught
the culprit loads him shamefacedly
back between . the: rows of, dogs
whose vociferous-Joy st the specta-
clo m"t occasslonally alarm the
C ct!y a r.Ua or two awsy.
EfEcr cp.; '
UNUSUAL SIGNIFICANCE
TACHED TO VISIT CF C
nel house to prc:::
WILSON ,
.-. ! ' (By Unites Press)
Washington, Jan. 4. Wim C
nel House at the White Jlcu ,
velopements in President Vv'i
overture to belligerents are c
ed to take a new angle soon. As
uaL the Colonel is silent," but 1
tidal quarters there is a ter '
to attach unusual Importance t
TlalL
Owing to the fact that beyond t
present situation lies the po;-.:-of
a break with Germany over i
submarine question, the rr. '
isHnown to favo staying in t
peace. tool as long as there U r
warmth in the water. It Is t
ed' that Colonel House is here to i
sist in getting the real temport
of the .peace movement and dc
mine whether to dive deeper or f
out altogether. It is known f.
for somee time the 'President 1
wanted, Colonel House to go abn
again.'
Assembling
In P
1
. A-V-;v .; hf United Pressy
' Rome, Jan. '4.-The Newspaper,
Carrteree De Italia, announces th-t
th foreign 'ministers of " .Germaay,
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey ars
assembling In Berlin for an impor
tant conference. ' ' ''
T, E. L.. CLASS, MEETS
Firs
' "The ' T. L.' C .. of the
Baptist Church , met at the home cf
Mrs,' Ed Gordan on Southern Ave
nue Tuesday evening, January tli
Second V- v ;:f'' t'i"
The eelectlon of offlcers for , tli
year J917 as the main feature el
the eveenlngi t.
' The following were -e!ected: l!r3.
J, C. Simpson, president; Mrs, L.
Bf ? PooL vice president; Mrs. S.
E. Williams,' Secretary; Mrs. If N.
assistant secretary; Mrs. R. C. Ab
bott, Treasurer; Mrs VI. : N. Thom?i
reporter, . .". -., A ..
After the business was transact
ed a social hour followed during
which re freshments' were served.
Those present were; Mrs. Wm..
Bdetcher,Mrs. Bert Davis, . Mrs.'
Chss. Grlggs.airs.' George Cox, Mrs
James Ball Mrs, Ed Gordan; Mrs.:
Cliff.. Madrin, Mrs., W, A. Jackson,
Mrs.-J.CSImpson, Mrs. L. B.
Pool, Mrs. S. E. Williams, and Mrs
I. N. Thomas. , .
NOTICE
I am asking all that are indebted
to the Estate of W. r H. Hampton,
deceased,, to please' make lmmeadl
at settlement 'A . T'
I have to settle "this' Estate now
in a few days and all debts due and
anpald will have to be turned over
6y an attorney for collection.
AUTHUR W. HAMPTON, '.;
':AAy!:hAA'AA:i Admislstratoi1 ; :
4 jrxs s wwy jan
SAVINOS'BANK AND" TRUST CO
' Elizabeth City, N O . "
The annual meeting of the stock
holders, of he Savings Bank and
Trust Company ' will be held at Its
htttfrtnor tinnaa In ' WlfvaKAtu , ftf.
N. C. Monday, January 8th, 1917
between the hours ,; of three a-'
four p. m. for the purpose of elc i
ing 'Directors and for . tbe. tr
action of such other busing f
may be brought before sail r
tA n. c, r"-"