Hine Americans Involved lDior
In Raider's Activities
According to State Department Dis-
patch keceived From Consul :
AtrPernambuco
RADNORSHIRE TELLS STORY
Log of Victim Ship Gives Inter
esting Details bfJRaiderV
Action
CopywHflht 1917 United Preee
.Washington, Jan. 19 Nine Amer
leans were Involved In the German
raider", activities in' the South At
lantic, .according to a State Depart
ment, dispatch from Consul Stewart
'at Pernambuoo.
i
Buenog Aires,1 Jan. 19. The Ger
man' raider ia still-at large If this
morning's reports from Rio De Jan
eiro are correct. k
' i She .' has Increased her scoite of
-merchantmen victims by gix, and It
is thought that she la hot alone in
' her depredations, .but .has transform
. ed one.br moie of her prizes into
raiders likeberself.
- Meantime the "greatest, of . sea
hunts ia on in the ; South ' Atlantic.
The Relief grows that, thje raider
is In the Moewe.
. TOOK MOVIES OF VICTIM3
The 1 log of the victim, Radnor
shire, showed, that the Raider took
moving pictures of her sinking vic
tims . She had ' a consort, appar
ent!? a, captured ship manned by a
Oerman crew. ,'
She confined the Radnorshire's
rew under the decks for 'five days,
with Hindoo and roughnecks, but
gave orders to spare al passengers
-, and all vessels carrying Urge car-
She sent the Hudson Mara as a
prlsc-n ship off to Pernambuco ith
barely enough water and" food for
the crew and passengers .
. She sank-' the vessels by explod
ing, bombs on either side.
HEAL ETATE VERY ACTIVE
Register orDeeds J. W." Munden
Is known far and wide as a busy
man and he has never "been quite
Vo busy ag one find him these days.
That statement naturally brings the
question. "How manycoaples has
tie Issued license " for this month T
The answer to' that In the words of
Mr.-Munden .himself Is "Fewer
than in any January since I have
teetu in office.".1 Mr, Munden is
, busy these days recording deeds,
deeds of trust and so on. Real es
tate has probably never been so
active In the history of the county,
especially ruraj real estate. Farm
ers are being offered such fancy
- prices for their lands that numbers
Of them are selling out and put
ting ' their' money In- the "bank .
s There it will stay 'on interest'
awaiting what the farmer regards
.an attractive investment opportuni-
NEW FIRM AT OLD 8TAND
, The new insurance flrm' Grlce
Whlihiirst Agency, Inc., will occupy
the nnnrters formerly nsed by ,
C, Fright, JAweler on Tolndexter
" itit - '' "..".
Mr. Bright moved to' the,IIinton
Building aext to'' the . pnstofflce In
' November.".'
J R Wilder of "Shlloh was In th
clty Friday on buhlness.
r' -l . - ' -;i of OH Trap
Save Time On
Congressmen
(Cy United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19 The Roose
veltian practice of teeing a maxi
mum number of Congressmen in
a minimum space of time, has been
adopted by President Wilson. Mem
bers of Congress arent very keen
about the new .system.
Instead , of "going . la A Individually,
and, spending from five minutes to
half an hour with the President"
alone, Representatives and Sena
tors go in a group of from three to
twenty, Roosevelt adopted this
practice when he was president.
The President passes from one to
the other disposing of all of, them
In jig time, as" compared) with the
old system, v
In addition the President sees
his callers now in the afternoon
making it even more difficult for
Congressmen to get In for they
have to leave the floor of the cap
itol in ,prder To 'confer with the Ex
ecutive. . ' "
But the President Is behind In
his' work and he has to clear up his
callers quickly in order to get to
the stack of government papers
piled high on Ms desk. s
Here Saturday
. Mr. R. J.t McDonald who 14 In
charge of the . Raleigh , Playgrounds
la to be Jn Elizabeth City Saturday
The general public la invited es
pecially to - the - High .' School
Grounds where there will be gath
ered between 400 and 600 of. the
boy and girls with whom Mr. Mc
Donald. will demonstrate some ot
the work that can be" done on the
playground to make the boys and
girls happier and healthier. 4
Mr. McDonald has the reputation
of being one of the foremost Play
ground Directors ; la the country
and It ia hoped that the Interest of
the parents will be shown by their
presence. -
FASCIOATJOfl OF
THE WHITE SftLE
A VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP
ECONOMY, OVER THE WAVES
OF WHITE JOBS
Plllllllll
'ill
SAVINGS . BANK ENLARGES
QUARTERS
The Savlnga Bank and Trust Com
pany i8 enlarging Its quarters, add
Ing .half of the. store room formerly
used by Fowler and Compkny for
their Jewelry Department.
Fowler and . Company will keep
the passage way and the other half
of the room selling out' their jewel
ry department gradually and using
the Polndexter display window and
passage way as, a , convenience, ; for
shoppers who wish to get to the
main store without going around to
Water street. .'
Work has begun on remodeling
and the Savings .' Bank will soon
greet its increasing number of cus
tomers with a "new front" and
more adequate room for its grow
ing business. r
MAY ADO FOUR CITIE8
(By United Press)
Toledo, O., Jan, 19 Four more
citlea may, be, added to the sixteen
represented in the National Ama
teur Baseball Federation,'; which op
ened its second annual - meeting
here today. '
The tour desiring admission are
Washington, , Richmond, - Memphis
and Baltimore. ' "
The federation will divide Its
territory into four sections of five
clubs each, known as the eastern,
central, western and southern : di-'
visions. , ,. .
The. cities now represented' in
this parent body of amateur base
ball are Johnstown, , PitBbnrgh,
Akron, Canton, Dayton Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo. De
trnit, ' Chlciifto, Louisville, ' D.'."ns,
l1,-q Jl'iiinBH, Birmingham, end Now
By MARGARET MASON
.(Written for the United Press).
With mines andyt Boats acting up,
- This much jconsoleth me: -Since
I can't' go to sea to sail,
I'll go to sale to sea.
New York, Jan. 19 If you still
have a little money left after. Xmas
and New Years dot -worry, ox
won't have "it" after t&e Jarfcry
white sales. . . - v -
In nautical tactics they spsak of
trimming the sails but In shopping
tactics it la the sales that trim you
Fortunately, however, ag you note
'the set of a washable satin chemise
in the privacy of your boudoir mir
ror you have the consplation of
knowing that they trim yea in more
ways' than one.
January white sales have become
as established a custom in all the
pest shops as Furniture sales
in "August. I don't quite, eee ' how
they have the face to call them
white sales anymore however.- The
daring cut of some of the- newest
lingerie has . certainly caused a
blushing pinkness to .prevail and
the alleged white sale Is no longer
pure white or pure or. white."
Things ar beginning" to look A
bit black for the white ssJe What
with all the present erase for thhe
black Chantilly lingerie, c noboddy
would ever be afraid te go to pod
In the dark if 'it was In one of the
exquisite new black Chantilly nigh
tes. They are almost as light as
they are dark anyway, if not more
so.
A streak of yellow often appears
on the purest silk combinations and
mauve, cerise and Copenhagen dis
rupt" the pink perfection of many a
combination and chemise.
For those ; that have pfnk silk
yearnings and only pink cotton earn
ings the pink batste lingerie this
season is really lovely Isaw a
bird of , a pair of pink wash crepe
pajamas dotted all over - with love
ly blue birds and a pink ertpe
nightie covered with blue and white
butterflies that Was decidedly a fly
little garment
The whte sales 'not only offers
covering for your back but for your
.bed and' board as well.
The linen sheets hemstiched em
broidered, tnonagramed and . inset
with laces are marked down suffici
ently to tempt the -tightest set: of,
tight wads and. as for the table lin
en well no one can resist it.
Either your table linen must -be '
chastely and elagantly plain or it
must be profusely and lavishly or
nate You can see that 'at the. first
glimpse at the wL'ite sales
The war time reneloper'in Bel
Kium , and . France ar6 busy turning
out -gonsamer faces and umbrodlers
while their war' lords are away, The
results are table cloths, doiles, liinch
cloths, napkins and luncheon sets
that are fairy Hke in .their "fragile
beutls. Over Colored clofh of sat
in .those lacrg and embroidery
wtMlts of art show to advantage at
ANCIENT LANDMARK AFTER
MANY ' " NARROW - ESCAPES
GOES" UP IN,. . FLAMS(i AT
ABOUT MIOMGHT
A charred framework of standing
timber is aU that is , left of the
plant of the Pailin Milling Compa
ny on Water street which was - de
stroyed by fire Thursday, night' be
tween midnight and one o'clock.
The ; jingle of the telephone
at. Mr. A. S . Neals . residence
on church street brought him news
of the fire at fifteen ' minutes to
twelve o'clock. The alarm was
turned in a few minutes later.
; By the time Mr, ' Neal reached
the scene the entire building which
was an old woodenj)ne, was wrapp
ed in flames and it went up in
smoke like a tinder box.
"Powder could not have burned
quicker" said Mr. JJeal next morn
ing.
'The loss Including the stock of
grain and feed on hand, is estimat
edat $10,000, which was only part
ially covered by insurance. .
Mr Neal, who owned the stock
on hand and " was operating the
plant, estimates his individual loss
$2,600 with insurance only to ap
proximately one fourth that amount
There was, no Insurance on the
building or the machinery.
The destruction of this . property
by fire marks the passing of one
of the: city's landmarks. The
buHding was nearly half century
oi4 .itad bad., ma ny . barrow . escapes
from' fire whenv buildings on all sid
es of It had been swept away.
It formerly stood on Polndexter
Btreerojn the site of the building
now occupied by P. DeLon.
W J Bryan
In Indiana
(By United Press)
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan 19 Wil
liam Jennings Bryan came to In-,
dianapolis today to help the dry
forces to abolish the saloons
In the HooBler state. He will ad
dress a ststewide gathering of
dry democrats. ' 1 ' -i
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE1
It sounds too good to . be true
that's what one man said when he
heard that Weeks A Sawyer would
would sacrifice their entire stock of
men's shoes in the Whale ef a Sale.
See thei ad for prices on the back
page. adv.
I
a set color scheme. Just to carry
but ttfae dolling out of the festive
board a .step' farther,, centerpieces
of gold and silver gause heavily em
broidered in gold or silver threads
are a brand new conceit.
For more conservative and digni
fied taste the, plain damask cloths,
bordered in broad sati" , strips and
monogramed In ' two . places with a
stripe bordered monogramed nap
kins to match cannot be improved.,
Of course an elaborate lace and em
broidery piece is used in the center.
A very original and artistic house
wife. I know dresses her dining ta
ble up for breakfast,, home cjfaners
and informal luncheons in natural
colored crash cloths hemstiched and
marked in Chinesey monograms of
blue , with napking done 'the same.
With these distinctive cloths she
uses a service of the blue and white
Chinese Canton china,-
Naturally she fans them made to
order or makes" them herself and
the white sales are showing "wond
erful bargains In linen crash and
natural linen by tho yard. ;
- 'i ;.r
Certainly with its smashing . of
prices and crash by the yard It is
no wonder evry female tlwn days
bcnrsi find h"-U iha ra! , f ( ,
Senate Disaprovesol :
Dr. Grayson's Prom
Precedent Smashed fWben Pre
' dent's Friend and Physician Pace
His 750 Colleagues
Dr. Owen
In Gates Co
Beginning upon Monday, January
22nd, and continuing tor a period
of eight days, Dr. F. D. Owen, the
Federal Government" Inspector in
charge of the hog cholera coopera
tive work in North Carolina will in
stitute a campaign in Gates county
to assist the farmers of that county
to control nog cholera. " .
Statistics recently gathered by Dr
Owen at the request cf the United
States Department ,'of Agriculture
show that Gates county has a total
of 16 201 hogs, and the best availi
ng figures for last year show that
the fBrmers lost 4,050 hogs from
cholera, or practically 25 per cent.
If expressed in terms of dollars this
means that Gates county . lost about
$40,000 , tfom this one .prventabjle
cause JUone ' ' ' '
- Dr, Owen will hold meetings .at
the following places and dates, and
every farmer, whether he has re
cently lost swlnev or not, "should attend-the
one nearest to him, for no
one can tell at what farm cholesa
will next appear.
Monday, Jan. 22nd., Court House,
Gatesvllle, 2 p.m.
" Tueiday, Jan. 13rd., Roduco
School House, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24th. Reynold-
son School House, S p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25th., Willeyton
School House, 3 p.m.
Friday, Jsn. 26., Parker School
House, 2 p.m. 1
Monday, January 29th Drum Hill
School house, 3 p. m.
Wednesday January 31st Eure
school house, 3 p. m.
Tuesday January 30th Spring
school house, 3 p. m.
At these meetings the nature' of
the disease will be . explained, and
the methods by whijjh the ' United
Statea Department of 'Agriculture
has In the past controlled the di
sease in other statea and counties
will be fully gone into, and efforts
made to secure the same results in
Gates County.
Also, Dr. Owen will come prepar
ed to vaccinate the hogs of any one
who desires the work done, provid
ed he has Veen previously notified
of the same and address of the
owner, and. the., number . and weight
of the animals. The owner will
be required to pay for the serum
ussd, but the services of Dr.' Owen
will be free of charge. His' ad
dress Is Elizabeth City,' N. C. ,
The cost of 'immunizing "' or vac
cinating an animal depends upon
its 'slxe, and tuns about" ten cents
in pigs up to about 75 centg for the
largest animals'. '
SAYS WATER SURVEY. Yi ; 1
WILL TAKE 603 YEARS
, (By . United Press)
. Washington ian. 19. A row
expected in the Senate over the c
flrmation' of the "President's pre
tion of Dr, .Cary T Grayson, his ;
sonal friend and physican, to t
rank of pear Admiral. ; Tha cc
matlon la expected to go thro:
in spite of Republican oppo3itIors.
. The promotion means the ov. -leaping'
of several grades. ,
Thd recorda show tha Dr. Cr. ..
on jumped above 75J men of wb
140 are in his own branch of t'
medical service. - This is the lar.
Jump on record with the pon.
exception of military nromot!, .
based on war distinctions, ,
PRESIDENT HURRIES CONGRJ
The President wants Congrepa i)
hurry its work. As ' some of tM
senators have expressed' it, "t? s
president is applying the Jash" 1;
tlie attemp to prevent an extra e
ton. .. . .. ,-
Fpr two hours" today, 'PreslL i
Wilson" urged the Senate "ste-c -
committee to speed up In tb (
to avoii an extra session.
When asked it failure to :
railroad legiplatlon . would e '.
tate an extra session, the Presld. t
replied that, he never answered a
hypothetical question. v
Administration leaders are ienrj-
tient with the leak InvesJgat:. i
and say tha,t It is distracting frc.i
the pursuit of more serious business.
NO PROSPECTS PEACE
There are no Immediate prospects
of the President-making any op" i
move in the International peso
game. There appears to be notr':-
that he can do at present. Accorl-
Ing to officials, he is awaiUna- devt I-
opment, and will , take no act! i
that might be construed as but;: -in
on the fuss. .
President Wilson feels that r
recent exchange, between this El
ement and belligerents matrS.; -t
dde4 momentum o th.8 peace t'
cussions and that a .Uctless L:..'
now ight. retard instead t,t yn-
the coming of peace, It is bcliev; I
inai ne wni, continue his confl.1
Hal soundipgs of belligerent coun
tries in order to keen In intim-M
touch w(th developments, bearing ci
pence, ana work outplani for some
form, of international sactlon t rA
vent or at 'least limit fnti.r-
nu iaite advantage of the first on.
portunlt that arises tn ,t .
Port to be illgerents fpr ihe pons!.!-
oration or peace.
The discussion to have ' a ionf
ence on Monday . of international
lawyers to discus, a league to en
force peace is exnectaii ie
the "proposition which, the Presidsnt
may present the world as the pre
ventative inst fu- ture wars.
- GOT DEER IN DARE ' ''
(By United Press)
San Francisco, Jan. ISh It . will
tak 603 yearr 4 to make a complete
survey of the waters" of Alaska.
California,' Washington and Oregon,
according to . estimates - madp bv
Supt, B., Lester "Jones of the, Uni
ted, States Coast and Geodctio sur
vey. The estimates are based on
progress made -with he, present; fa
duties It will take 333 years' to
complete the ! survey of , Alaska
water and .170 years to" chart ; the
waters - of Washington. Ore.,'on and
Calfornla, ,be Says.
WANTED TaMn t.'-'Ws in rrl-
Messrs . Tom ; Prltchard, Amos
Owens and Sam Henderson have
returned from . a successful deer
hunt;in Dare Couniy.. ( They left
last, .week for East Lake and re
turned, . Wednesday,, having killed
two dper Jn the trip. ; , .
FIRST CATCH OF SHAD
Messrs Tom - Owens and John
Outlaw are. expecting fancy prices
for twelve shad which they cau, ' t
in Albemarls Bound Weduc
and shipped to Northern nnrl.f-.
This is the first catch of th0 f
son reported here '
TH V.