17AE
THREAT CLUB
IS WIELDED AGAIN
tatements of Senator '-Lew?
is and
Secretary
Lansing
Quoted as,
Threat of
Conymqi
Break
WitK
Germany
r
(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 6. The admin
t t a '
lstratlon is Yielding anew its wa
threat' club against Qemany to
iorce necinio tma on maamg. peace
terms, according to the views of ex
porta on toe ' International situa
tion. ' ,'. . ' '
These conclusion! are baaed up
on the fact that one official said
frankly more than a week ag0 that
tnreat of war or war, over, the, sub
marine question might be used, 'and
- nator wtii,' known as the "mn-
jiilty whip'"-and certainly, in close
touch with the admlnlstraton, de
clared openly yesterday -to ' Utect
that the United Spates wa,s done
with time uprn German 'reparation
of apology and, punishment , ot the
'"-"idijig coromanderV', t .' .
Taken in connection , witty , Secre
tary Lansing recent "verge of .war'
interpretation of Prasident Wilson's
note to bellgerents. the Senator's
Ftatemenj ' is regarded a a, djrest
t'.-reat that the United Staites Is
convince! of a break with Germany
over the, submarine. Question if
peace maneuvers fail.-
Equipment
For MCA
ine secretary wishes to announce
Tat the following gym . equipment
' 3 been ordered for the. Y.'M. C.
1 1 Pr Paralelt Bars i
1 Vaulting Horse (Leather)
1 Wheel ((Arm and Shoulder ex
ercise) .- . - . i j a
Striking Bag Drum
Mats of different sizes
Chest weight machines
Spring ' board
Climbing Rope
Adjustable traveling
35 ft, hanger for same
Pr. Adjustable flvin rlne-n
rings
1
.6
3
1
1
5
1
1
10ft wire baskets for gym clothes
ttmated cost between 500 and
, ' ' . ' "
liuiuurr vi mese articles are
' contributed by friends of the
Sation. Miles Clark, Duke
"y With some friend. ' kiM
egrecd to furnish apparatus- from
the shove list to the' amount of
12S.OO; t, peLoa ' Crary, and
friends t0 the amount - of 9135.00
A B. Houts, Arthur Brothers," W
O Gaither, I T Stalling' and' torn
mie iiugnes also are . contributors
uu . oiucrs wnose names- will ap
pear, later in tMg papee( - -" xhis
Equipment Is expected ' lo arrive
inside of thirty, Cays. - - , 1 ' .
As the detail, can be arranged
other equipment which is , needtd
Boy Scouts
T? Washington
i ' . : -'
At a meeting of th Boy Scouts
last night in the V. M. C. A. build
tag a plain , wa worked put wherby
th trpop. will take a Trip to-Wash
ington for the Inauguration of ' Pres
ident Wilson March 4th. This triu
will be made possible if the troop
can, get the co-operation of the
parents and the boys get put and
earn, the money, necessary. f
;The Scout ', troop from Hampton.
Va.-yjl also , make .' the trip In
charp of thejr Scoutmaster, Mr.
Jackson ' and the Elizabeth City
Troop wilt Join them at Old Point
ComfprW ya. ,.v a . .
'The expense of the trip will be
as a follows M.S8 toe round triD
Norfplk to., "Washington, p. C. and
state room both ways this amount
K Wt hao4s of Scoutmas
ter Pord by February Bth go that
ue can gei me reservations. , No
scouts will be able te arrange to' no
after the bpye, dats. J. 25 will
bff needed for meals during the
Stay at Washington and the round
trip from' Elizabeth City to Norfolk"
?2.80 a total of J9.71. This will
not ' include any-moner tnr mth
Seeing which will amount q bbut
II 00. for street ca$ fare. "etOj Judg
ing will be furnished th Scputs" at
Says Press
' Caused Leak!
' '- By Edited Presir
AVaahlngton, Jan. -i'The leak
Wall Street on Wilson's note to
telligerents wag caused by financial
papers .unless the news came back
from Wall Street to Europe, accord
!ng to my btUef," , Representative
Harrison of , Misslppl told : the
House Rules Committee today,
ubpoenas for the entire ' Wash-
tagton Staffs of. Financial America
aijd Wall Street Journal were is
supd and they;wtr ordered to pro
dup copies of all news sent out
ecDember 20th v . ;
Barney Baruch, whom rumor
connected with the leak, was' aokad
lo preserve hjs "broaer slips during
lh9 nerlod during which the : note
was sent and.v the ntnw
broke. J. iwf-
nn' -?
L.ll.u,
SFEUS
.'J RALEIGH
JVILL ADDRESS NORTKj CAROLI
NA AT1 SALOON' LEAGUE ON
NATIONAL PROHIBITION THIS
.. MONTH . . .- .
Factory For ;
Projectiles
(Hy tTnlted Pmai ' ,
Washington, Jan. VCallliigthe
Amencaa bids on high irojectlles
tor thsr Navy Outrageous", . Ssere
Ury Daniels today announced that
tn Ooyenment Armor plate Boar4
la, a'-so ""working; upon a";' plan ' for
a goyerpmenji projectil ftory,'
no politics
Raleigh Jan. 6. The ninth bien
nial Convention of the Anti-Saloon
League iii meet la tha first Bajh
tlat phurch nere" on January 15th
andjeth. - .
Mr J. A; . Hartness, of States;
vllle will preside at the first aftert
noon s meeting end Hon. William
Jennings Bryan Mil address, ' he
ConveuUon at tw0 o'clock -on Nat
ional Prohibition. .
,The W C T V Will.
Hon from six to seven
A. building -to visiting delegate.
. Dt. W. t,. Poteat will preside at
the evening meeting and the report
of Siipt. R. L Davis. will be heard.
Tbs address o the evening will
be made by Judie S. D. Weakjy o(
Pirmingbam on the . subject f'Our
13111!. After his' address th .Tnr! pa
will' be glad t? publicly, answer any
question , concerning , the bill. :
: Mr. W.- T,' Shaw of Hickory wU
preside 'at the morning session on
the second day. Field Secrets ry R.
JL. Gray will make his report.
The address, will be made by Rev.
J. ' Sidney Peters, , State, prohibiMon
Commissioner f Richmond, '
. Rev. J. h. Murphy ot Hickory,
will preside over the final meijtln
er4 the meeting will be one pf open
discussion --by -leaders '1a the "prtjni
bltlo'n toOveraent - ,
jf!ir? DPI nnnnn r-
i 1 l 1 II -1 II ki m L 9 - . I' b .
ill b J . ; i j
ftlfJiEID'C;:,
Scott Rushes Measures Tliro
House and Is Confident ol
Their Final Passage,
ERiFJEO THF COUfJTY
ft.Ti ? Though Bill to Move it Fi a
Plymouth Has Passed Is Likely
To Come to Grief in House,
WHOi WILL .SB j OUER10t
Washington. D'. G. free.
I
A?
Cr
'!! be ordorpd."
t
a- I'M A-" forget the Associatfon
bna n.nr s expfin, '
r'-'.t r--.v bii,i th'nt membership fee
m no.,-,l bndly. from ' thoaa ',rhq
3 .ive allowed sane to ocom,P e
llnquent. Don't waiffor'the See
rotary to collect ss 'his tlm 4.
iHy taM-n np and he, mar pot ' I
U td got to jcu and coHwt.
The troop will leave Pridar
3:30 p. m. March Jnd.' reachin
Norfolk at B:S0.. Leave Noiroit
by Washington boat 6:00 n. m
arriving at Old Point Comofrt. Va
at 7:00 p. m. where they will be
Joined bjr the Scouts from , Hamp
ton Va. Reaching Washlnirton
next morning and that day will be
spent in sight seeing. Sunday the
boys will attend .8undar School
and phurch . Monday the. parade
When the boys win help In hand
ling the crowd along' the line of
marc and will be in a position to
get, a good view . of
Leaving Washington - at about
:00, p. m. i that nIKht.' : Norfolk
next morning and" arrive' In' Eliza
beth City either at 10:0o or nn
O'clock that day,' ;
' Mr. Ford will .accompanv the
troop and they will' be under his
personal care. ' . "
Thls la a great opportunity and
an educational one ; that no parent
of any of the Scouts shou!d allow
nyMns to interfere with tht.
ing. " r
Mr. Ford will be glad to makt
engagement or Ulk over ' the
phqne: witlj any pf the parents of
ths boya as- regards the trip. . '
i?n , addition any ot the parents
wucj aesire going or any others In
the city of the older people may
arrange to go with the party jf
they see Mr. Ford. . '
Phqenjx, Arts., Jan The con
dition ot Arizonaa. pojltics is sq
viinuuu loaajf jnai QDoy. kpow
who will be governor when the leir
Islature meets. Monday. ,No one
knows whether, the administration
orthe anti-admlnlstration will dom
inate, as the administration U yet
to be determined'. No one knows
anything about it, except' there Is
every indication of one of the liv
liest sessions In the brief history
pf the baby state.
The governship Is at present
,(ied up inHhe courta. Tom Camp
bell, Republican, was at that time
elected by thirty votes ' over Gov:
ernor ueorge W. P. Hunt on the
face of the, returns. Hunt lg con
testing and, despite every effort to
speed up the case, it ' is almost
pertaii) that the recount and court
proceedings "will not be completed
j time for the inauguration pf
the new' governor. : : '' ''
, Cflmpbell will seek to take his
seat by virtue the certified re
turns. Hunt wi!l aek 't0r have
him restrained until the contest la
decided. The unusual situation
is occupying the attention pf poll
tlcians to the , exclusion , of plang
tor... a legislative program..,,. Neith
er the present pr the lefactq gov
ernment' .elect have done anything
toward preparng a message. The
legislature i almost pverwhelmlng
ly democratic, but it is ' almost
squally divided betwpflj the Hunt
and the anti-Huhi ' irantinnii ' ' '
ERVICES CLOSE 8UNDAY
AFTERNOON,
i Uhe week . of Prayer services at
Blackwell Memorial churrh wlll
cloe Sunday ' afternoon at Which
time the offering for Foreign Mis
sions mil be taken.
- A number, of ladles will take part
in this service end it is expected
to be the best meeting of the series.
The meeting wilj begin promptly
a't !30 and all the ladles of the
church are urged to be present.' Vis
itors will be warmly welcomed,
(Advance Staff Correspondent!
Raleigh, Jan. '6 The Senate and
House recessed Joday . at twe.ve
o'clqck jo, reonvne at three. Tht
last reading of biUs reqirlng; the
we separate days was made to
day in bqth House anji Senate and
Stnat tylls, were sent over to the
tvup,, nuusB mug to tnjj ente.
, The rush . Is somewhat coiifiisinir
but ho serious, fight has developed
on , any measure. Representaavt
f.C.?'..'.J .'.".yy?.! ,8QttlnfchU
C? ior a . repea: of the Highway
Lommission in Pasquotank through
the House and same hag gone to
the Senate where It passed first
reading today. , ixj the rote qppn
seqond reading last night, pox
v urnwi, oy request of Mr.
Wflrth p Elteabttb. ,,flty. mpyed
fuss
ther conilderatinn A
cott was equal to the emergen
py knowing that a delay of last
nights rtading would make it Jmpos
sible to get the bill through In tht
uoff time allotted, and made
CHRIST CHURCH-
Services 11 A. M. and 7:30 P.
M. Subject in morning, Mk 4:1,
"And he began again." At night.
The Epiphany, the Manifestation of
Christ to the Gentiles. "They pre
conted untovhim gifts; Gold, and
Frankincense (symbol of religious
thought), and Myrrh (symbol of
sorrow)" Sunday School at in -an
4. M. Lesson Acts 12. Who was
king? Did he like, the church?
twho was James? Why was Peter
arrested? Where was he kept, and
What was made' for him? Was he
frightened In Jail? (See Psalm 127:
Z). How was he released? Where
did he go? What were they doing
In this house? When the prayers
of these people were answered
what did they think of It? . What
became of Herod? What grew
ana multiplied? Golden text 24.
FQR SALE Young black horse.
Good sadler. Will work in all liar
tess:' Will sell ' cheap. CLIFF
MADRIN, Elizabeth City.
Jan 5 8 pd ' 4
London, Jap. .Cberv nt 1,1.1.'
eirla-are'studylnjf- shell 'iniMt
In an English munitions factory
preparatory to the openin of .
similar plant In Ireland, where, fem
Inlue IriRh batrlnta mnw
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
: The Central Committal nt im
munity Service kpnih "held .d meet-Jus-
t .Superintendent Hlntonls
pfhee Friday rd'ght " and selected
members of the various, committees
to press tha mious phases of ' the
iue several townships of
the (county. The name 0( those
vunflwfuting the - committees1 Will
bs? annoutired later. '
- - ' T "1
T t 1..,.,, . - " . ' '. '
' i 1 . n tt "!" whs in
2 '!' cy today.
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL '
BAPTIST CHURCH
The pastor, Rev. J, N. Loftin,
will preach at the Sunday morning
aervlce),, from' tha subject "Lovaltv
tq Christ the Secret of Life andj
Success". ' .
I AV the evening service Mr, Lof
tn's subject will ' be ' "Words' of
Cheer ami; the Storms p( UM.
- The , public" is cordiairy Invited to
attend (h'ew"pVpfca.''',"T .""'T"" ""
Mr. and Me, ii'.'g.' 'ibbW 0f
fptersliorg are visiting Mrs. ,b;
)llfs mother,- MrgV'j'n'ross on Ty-
rre.-s ('-'.
right heated speech in favor of his
bill, asking that the motion of ir
Cox be not passed. Scott won by
a vote of ninety to one. and tht
bill passed the second reading, -a
It Is probable that the bill will
meet with much objection in the
Senate, but Reprtsentative Scott t
confident of Ita final passage Wash
mgton county delegation is here
and a heated fight promises to take
Placei on a bill introduced by Sena-
qtr Pavtnport to changA the Coun
ty seat of that County to Plymouth
to Roper. - The bill already has
PBeq me senate, but will very
pronaoiy meet disaster in the
House, as Represtntative Coggin is
opposed to it.
com House and Senate heartily
applauded the message of Govern
or Locke Craiz lust nioh
Ing them that Cuba had withdrawn
application for suit aenfn.t ih
state for repudiated bonds.
001MD
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P
Jfuif,:;.
FIVE NEW TOWHs CAPTU..
ANp M08T IMPORTANT cr,
LEFT IN ROUMANIAN HA
..MENACED ... . ,
uy United Press) '
Berlin. "Jan. i ' -The on a
sweep of the' Teutonn
a f V - - ------"uuirjH , (
Roumanla and pobrudja' Is dear-
In the. official statement wb-:. '
apnpunctd the canturn nf 'n
tswns, the arrival 0f German 0,:
Post detachments af ,th en... .
dyer line, thus " brlnlnir a , !
mejiaoe to Galats, the most imp,
tanf Rumanian , citv if rt
hands, of the Rumanians and " Ru
stans. . ' ' - '
Case Goes To Jury
INSTALLATION DAY AT
CITY ROAD CHURCH
The Sunday school will iinM w.
'....... . - .
wstajiauon Service at thi u-m
.... . . ,. i. '
ociocn nour. An Interesting nA 1-'
Prinr program baa bentt a
,fnia lsnomethlnv nu. ..j
... niiu 11, will
be a service worth whll s
At (be ereninx hon.
mrus win oe installed. The
church has been fortunate In secur
ing a ery fine nroernm ,.
, . ' ,j bitiv Br
vice, u.iseuggestlve Impressive
uuiHjeresung ,
Tl, ..L1. ' . .
yuiuin is lnvltnd A
uom pi these services.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
, in pastor wit! occunv
vui morning and evening .orrina.
H '0 IS the fiist Sumln r
' - . " "
nW'-XM a full attenrf.r. t ,-
a , - " MS7
cnuren membershln I.
, ls Tbft pastor, will make some
mrtant announcements warding
. fwrK or tbe church. Everyone
1' ! tiled. "
The Judge completed his cham
and the case' of Saunders a.
dlett went te the jury, of elevei
men atv the dose of , the mornlr j
session of suporlor court.
When this ,naper wtnt to n
at three o'clock w .
. unu re
turned no verdict. . ',
The case of Saunders Va. Artw
has occupied th attention ot Sw
perlor Court here : since WMn.
day Of this wee. Those
g the Jury are asfqllowsi s
Cooper, T. p,; Morris, Joseph Tem
ple, T. H. Parstfns -ti , V linn... 4
I Elmo Stokely. N. I. Williams. .'.
S. Hughes. ,C. V. "Bailard, W, R.
Rlchnrdsoriand'o; A. Tuttle '
E. ' N. Belanzfa maJ . .
from , the Jury when. n '
m ' ' -w. II14 SSTl" '
denes was Jn. and arsrnmonf
Plaintiff's attorneys ' nmrfi.-
affidavit that he had emr.
opinion unfavorable to their client
oerprsj the trial. . ;
In produclnr the afnrtj
Plaintiffs attorneys ' asked for i
non suit, to which the "defendant
objected on the ground" . that tha
suit has been Ion nenrfinr ', .
already resulted In two non - suits,
and Jft the hope that it ' might ' be '
wrmmated at this term. aman
neys on both sides then agreed
that-the trial should proceed, leav
ing the issue In the hand.' nf -h
remaining eleven Jurors, i' ' '
AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. B. C Hennlna- will n,nn.h
at eleven o'clock Sundar
from the-subject How to Live."
'On Sundav evnhfrt
Henlng's subject wilt b ! 'irOT .
Succeed. .
The public is.cordlali ..t .1
W these' services. ' '
THE WCATHT"?
'Fair "tnnlph'an,! o ,., , ,,.
rial c'ianc(i,