VpL2 ELIZABETH CITY, III,. Jill CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 9, 1917 Jgliway Met Waterloo Idl Senate Was Killed , Last Night In Committee Without Reaching Floor- -.y. , : For Debate 0 cc ovoTmii- mil iiriT ifiTtinniincn ILL OIOIU.I UILL IIUI III I I1UUUULU But Measiire Now In Senate Con- - - .'' , . , - - templates Raise in Salary of : Sheriff itnd ELegister WM l (. Of Deeds '' ,r.-v,!vi, i- Raleigh, N. C. January 9th Representative Scott's bul to re peal the highway commission of Paamintniifr f.nnntv met ita Water loo at the hand of the Senate Com mittee on roads highways last night ' W; Li, Cohoon, I. M. Meekins, and W. J ,.. Woodley, chairman of the highway commission, appeared before, the committee and strongly fought, against the passage of the bill, Mori than one hour and a tialf was -consumed In the cross de bating.' y :' Scott, Roscoe' Turner, and Mayor Sawyer fought l tot It'll r passaged Senatora ; Johnson ' and MacNlder Jiad Introduced highway commission tills tor their' own counties and they could not therefore consistent ly oppose the measure. Scott's , bill - changing the number f graded , school trustees and pro-,-viding that ; only qualified voters tn be elected to the board passed Its final .reading last night. ' The bllT changing the city char ier killed ' In committee yesterday contained" so provision changing the number of wards in the city from four to seven. ays Were .Buying Arms REPORT LAVJSlJIi fin ani er fences aiv d " hints .and finally says doesnt care much About . leak .PROBE ' rV t vV'f ACBy TJnited Pressl 'WaBnlnjtion. Jan. 9 That the railroads of the nation were buying fms and amunitlon and engaging strike breakers while the strike i situation ; was tense last summer is the direct charge made today by ' yice,; President Posk, of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, to the ' Newlands Committee, which 14 in charge of the President's rail road legislative . program . He de clared the railroad to blame for the bad condition which resulted from theDasaaze 'at the Adamson Relation Are Not Cordial Mstration is determined there shall be no mlstaklg Its temper toward " Oermany. This is.' the interpretation experts place on the request it the state department' that Ambassador Jerar4 confirm , or deny ' the . report - that he said In a peedi 'Monday that the .relations between Germa ny and the - United States were. never more cordial than now. The administration does f not believe ' that these . words A accurately de scribe the situation,:; . . , ; ", P.'H. Porbe of . Jarrisburg was the city, todajvV .Ifjjfeg t tj Wiishlngton,' ' Jan. i 9 .The : terbal fenclni whichBaMtefTthe probe of the alleged leak by which certain flnancierg reaped & golden profit by transactions in stocks - innneaSiaie ly before the President's peace note was made public, was resumed today- i M Lawson, the. Boston financier, was again asked to name the "New York Banker" who told him that a "Cabinet officer" profited , by the leak. Again Lawson refused to an swer the question. He would tell any member confidentially, he said, but refused to tell before an open committee. Thereupon Representa tive Bennett moved that Lawson be reported to tLe House as in contempt before the committee for failure to answer its questions. Action on the motion has not been taken Incidentally Lawson, during the hearing today, uiged Federal regu lation of the Now York stock ex change Short selling, he thinks, is not an evil unless abused, and he explained that it puts a chock on the market when it' is running away, as it has done in the last two years. Under persistent questioning Law son acknowledged , that he had no direct knowledge of ary one's pro fiting by the alleged leak V Lawson finality promised that he would give the name of the con gressman and. cabinet member be mentioned In yesterday's examina tion if the present commission would reccommend - a full rather than a preliminary probe. He eu? tested that there might be ' another name whose mention might be more serious than any of the oth erg referred to. ' He finally admit ted that he wanted an investiga tion of the stock exchange and did not 'care a great deal, aoout the !eak 'probe.; ;;' ;i; v '' ' ' Would slow cupio DOWN IN MINNESOTA (By TJnltea Press) 8t. .'Paal,? Minn,, ' Jan.-;,,9 Appli cants tor marriage ,' licenses 'must wait five days ; for legal V publica tion of their bans before they ' ere married,' according to the terms of a biH slowing down Cupid, before the Minnesota state legislature to- Denuiichtlon Of Gerard Amsterdam, Jan. 9. Press ver- cions of what Ambassador ' Gerard raid at. -the Berlin banquet Saturday night have aroused violent denunci ation from the advocates of ruth less gubmarinings, according to dis patches from Berlin. Couflt Reventlow, the leading ad vocator of the unlimited use of sub marines is quoted in these dlspat-. ches a8 declaring that 'the ambassa dor "must have lost all ' sense of diplomatic propriety fn thus medt dllng in Germany's' lntornatlonal affairs".:- :; ?s z: Other leader are said to be urg ing Germany's demand for Gerad's recall on the. ground that his ex presslon of opinion as ,to the. con tinuance' in office of centaln leaders of concllatory group exceeded his prerogative,'' iry.;s: : ..; . "t-y.'s. ... . V , r . ' ' I , Colorado Is ' ? Rich In Radium v. :," By: United Press) l''--' , Denver,1 f Jan. 9-rThe ores j. of Southwest era Colorado W(1I I -double ortretle the ; world's , supply of . ra dium according to a statement is sued today by the ' expert at the Stite ' School, of Mines at Coldehi ' The report, declares that the ' ore, accessabja-j In .Soijtherny": Colorado and in the La Sal mountains : in Utak 'containi ' nearly- 200. grains of radium,' or nearly three times ' . the world's, supply. : .. . ' X The carnotite fields of TJtab and Colorado already have produced about one half ot the' world's , sup ply of -radium, -, V'' , . Stopk Women Frpmalking . V - Vw''. CBy Unitod Presa) ' Washington,. Jan. 9 The Presi dent cut down on the oratory plan ned by the suffragettes when they held their Memorial service In the Bast Room 'of the White House for Ines MUholland today. When he learned that there were to be three or four speakers and many suffrage workers in the. delegation he notified the Congressional Union that there could be but one address Teutons Capture More Prisoners (Bv United Press) London, January 9 The 4 capture of Galreaska, Rumania," la officially announced in today's dispatches from Berlin. The town is report ed captured by storm in hand to hand fighting and held against all subsequent attacks. . The Germans claim 5,000 prisoners i" this ad vance. Paris reports an' unsuccessful German attempt last night to raid a French trench north of Ribecourt HMSOLult HUD! THE ' ABOLISHMENT r OF THE CLUB LOCKER AND LIQUOR . ADVERTISING , ,IN , NEWSPA PERS INCLUDED IN BILL , , Raleigh,' Jan. 9-The Anti-Saloon League of North Carolina is making a campaign for a ,bqne,;dry Prohibi tion bill in the jGeneral ( Assembly now is session.' V :y ,i , ..f' ' Judge Si D,r; WeakJey. of '-.Bin v. mlnsham Ala-V at tki S request of the Board of -Trustees. 'has prepa ed the bill .which 11 be Introduce ed. la some respsota'thls is the 1 most drastic liquor measure ..f ever offered to a lawmaking body, It makes it unlawful , for any person to possess any spirituous, vinous or mal liquors, V public - drinking and public', drunkenness .are' mls demeanors.; The law kills the dub liquor locker and;.: the advertising ot liquor.. Several thousand, copies of this bill have been sent out . io the public and lawmakers and -citizens are busy studying the meas- The' biennial convention t of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League will convene - In Raleigh, January 15., - V William Jennings Bryan. Judge ; 8. P.- Weakley. Prohibition Commissioner. J.,' Sidney Peters, of Virginia, and other prominent men will be on , hand to" deliver address es, y 'They Convention .will get squarely behind the . proposed b(U and urge the General Assembly to enacjt it . ., ' , Superintendent R . L . Davis ibeUevs.i, there sufficient sentiment to demand Us ' passage and sufficient votes in the General Assembly ' to pass iC! U ': i ' '' ' The 'present law , restricting the receipt of liquor td a . quart of sp'rl tuoua in 15 days . and five , gallons of malt In 15 days, which has been operating for two years Is not sat isfactory"; " It has "reduced mater' lally the receipt of liquor' but is in many respects violated and per mlts the receipt ot an intolerable amount. . ! UNDER WHITE SLAVE ACT Victor Cruse of Norfolk was giv en six month! in Jail and fined $3.00 under the Bute white. Slave act by Judge Sawyer this morning. . Cruse came to Elizabeth City on the' train from Norfolk Monday night, bringing with him Miss Sal lie Bland, a girl about, 17 yeara or age, who had been in his employ at his . rooming establishment there. The girl, the backman gathered from her - conversation, expected to be married ; but Cruse ' said (hat cou'd be deferred till morning and took her to a downtown hotel. The police got wind of the affair and Cruse was committed to jail short ly after midnight. Judge Sawyer beard the case (this morning, dvlng the' offender the minimum penalty, fre -h now in the county jail. ? WANTED Copies of The Pally Ad vance a fthe folio wing dates: June 15,: August BigiStep In .g? 1 Preparedness (By United Press) Washington. Jan. 9 The last session of the Sixty-fourth Con gress Appropriated $313,884,212 for the 1917 Naval building program. The act was approved August 29, 1916 and the money has ever since been available. ( ' Of the 66 vessels authorized, however, In this, the greatest pre paredness step In Ibe history of the nation, 66 keels Te remain to bo laid. Inability to agree on terms and costs demanded by private, yards have been responsible for the de lay, according to' Secretary Daniels. Contracts are yet to be signed for eight of the proposed new ves sels, and of the other 58 there re pain 18 authorized submarines for which the building terms are not yet complete. For the entire program 'ot con struction, bids have bees received for all but one vessel. Thls is an amunitlon ship for which bids were opened January 3. "Contracts already have been placed tor four battleships, 20 ' destroyers, and 30 submarines . . For Eighteen of the last named, however, certain de tails remain yet to be worked out before their construction can be started. Four authorized .battle cruisers fere also awaiting final action on building terms before , their keels can be laid. Under the appro priation, act provision' ' must y be made .for the construction of the entire program by February 29. . ' WANTED. . Copies Of . be y Semi Weekly Advance ,of the following dates; April 18. Jul : 29, 'Aig 24. 1116; Jsnuary 2, 1917, A v V . Edward Gray . of , , Po wels point waa er today. , ou buBinest." ; ? 1 To Care For Aged Clergy The Protestant. Episcopal Church has undertaken to raise five million dollars by the first of next March to provide a permanent pension, fund tor its old clergy and the wiyes and children of deceased ' clergymen. A pension will also go to any minister ot the . denomination who becomes disabled while la. active service. Af ready over tour million has : been raised and it is believed , that the whole sum' needed will be in hafid by the time ' fixed. 1 After aeveral years" ot investigation, with the aid of the-best experts to be had, a plcn which will maintain . itself has been worked Out." The Diocese, of East Carolina Is asked to raise 20. 000 and Bishop Darst is getflng mat ters In shape to raise thl( sum. Sub- scjiptlons are payable In.' a period eovenng nve years, na it is now thought ' that East Carolina' will meej its apportionment Messrs J: i Mcuaoe and w. o. ualther Jr. are on the Pension Fund , Commit tee of the Diocese and expect to go Co Newberne on the night ' of the 12th., ' when the comittee meets to discuss this mattery The laymin of the Episcopal Church are' taking a leading part in this work. : MS TIES ORGANIZING COMMUNITY , LEAG UE WITH OFFICERS AND COM. MITTEE. SCHOOL WORK PRO- GRESSES UNDER PROF HURST DfflCIf ysmfci, TWO DIPLOMATIC DiNM r ECESSARY AT. WHITC i TO TAKE CARE OF FC , GUESTS"-''.' '' i ... :K 'I : .; r ' South Mills, N. ,C. Jan C izens Banquet was ' held here ,at the new. pubjic .school building; last Tuesday night, the object being to discuss Community . Service ' ques tions, looking to the organization of a Community League at this place. The following toasts were responded to, Prof. Sam. N Hurst, the principal of the school, acting as toast master; The Occasion, by the toastmas ter; South Mills and Her Needs, by Rev. N. H. Shepherd; The True Community Spirit by Attor ney Clarence Dozler, and Organi zation by Rev. E., L. Stack all makfng splendid addresses upon the subject assigned. The leading address of the occasion followed the above toasts, end -was made by Hon. W. C. Crosby, Executive Se cretary of the State Bureau of Com' munity Service, Raleigh, N. C. He made a most brilliant address after which the meeting proceeded to or ganize a League, by electing Mr. Clarence Dozler as president and G. F. Riggs, vice president, 'and Miss Julia Bartlett. Secretary. These officers will recommend to a called meeting of the League the chairmen and members of the sev eral committees. The teachers of South Mills High School all were otck at their desks Thursday. The school Is fitting reading room, where many of the standard magazines will be placed. Prof.-Sam N, Hurst, who Is Also a lawyer, preacher and author of many law books in Virginia, has been selected by The lodge of Mod ern Woodmen of America At this place, to deliver the address at a banquet to be given to the menders and to their friends on the third Friday in this month. 4 . (By TJnited Pres?), ' Washington, ' Jan . 9-L i ot peace havent reached tl o : yet that the belligerent d ,' in Washington are "exactly r Hence the .President .c. ' year is; Having two diploma i'-: ners and the first is tbr.:. ' . 1 Ambassador Jusserand of 1 being the dean of the d . corps here,, is the guest of Others to be seated about V.) ecutive table in ! the state i room of the White House i representatives in r Washing: the" entente allle and neutral . mats together with ; their v Madame JuBserand will alt at President's right , and Amba Jusserand at' the right of Mrs. oni ii The Teutonic Air.. -. gether with neutia, will bo r sented. at the diplomatic i: next Tuesday evening in ,tho House. Education Costs Less clud Busy Yc Hurrying to and fro about t six counties in his territory D-. D. ywen, Federal 1 Inspect r Charge of the work of clin," bog cholera. Is krown as a " K Some idea of just how bn y 1 la gained from a brief sims. his work Wing Dcceml t r. During the first n!no (' month he Was at C! ' the National Live Association, and the last sev. , were' given him. as a holiday ly government, so the. month is not t together representative, yet son to show, somethins of bis actlvli: , Nfneteen' tarmo wore visited T; Dr. Owen during; December for t ; purpose of diagnosis. ( Fifty f j interviews 'with farmers were he ' ', tr. i Owen assisting them ia t ' problems ot hog ilaing. : . Three serum demonstrations we given at which " ll 'togs' were trc ed and fifteen observers were- pr ent ip note tt technique of ad IstratioB of the eruraV Anu)ng t' fifteen were two .men who , haa been granted permits to use the ' raultaneous method; 'of ' ,', adminlHtr tion and to whoia Drv Owen taugrt the departmental methods. Three meetings, r with? attendance of 97 men were held,two townstfj organizations wer formed,; both, in Perquimans County.! These organi sations will send men to Raleigh to learn ths methods ; 'of " adhiinlHtra- tlOB.. ; ( ; . , Dr. Owen travellod ,807 miles, by automobile? 7 taCes by team end 2, 476 by railroad; the last item cov ering his trip to Chicago an" another to Raleigh- to atond conference. : The; serum ! administrator of. th4 six counties in his district, have la the past month treated a total of 283 hogs upon 28 farms. This number- Is ' smaller haa usual because of the fact that this ,is the "hog kiiung" season. . vT'!f'ZV:&' JUNIORS INSTALL OFFICERS (By TJnltea Press) Lawrence, Kan. Jan. 9 At least one ; thing-educatlon is , cheaper than a year ago, according- to Unl versify 'of Kansas figures -f- which show that the - cost of educating a student in. the pollege ot Liberal arts and. sciences Is six dollars less The Juniors are - looking ' forward , to a most enjoyable yoccasslon'to- nlehf whnn mililln fnta'7aflnn tt ' officers will be held.' Special speafe , ers have been' secured, and refresh , nmets wlll be. served. .' Each mem ber of the order ha the privilege of Inviting one giiest. t" 4 :''' ' j.fl ,,v'- y i"'-',r:'.iy . JACK80N-1ILLEYY ' j ' . Edward Jackson and Miss Grlzzl i lUlley, both of Nixontoa, ' Pasqtic tank county, were married by Ju -ties of the Peace J. W. Munden t bis residence on Selden street i: 4t fi!stj) It Jn tfcloiS!, ;;-'

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