VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15.1917
NO.'
STARS AND STRIPES
FURLED IK BELGIUM
Brand Whitlock Ordered to
Lower Flag of American
Legation at Brussels
strained Relations : costkue
And at any ;MomentBreakin
Mdv. dome 7 in View nf
.;. , j , y , - - - , -w
ft.
Official Washington
A By ROBERT J. BENDER
Unlted Presa Staff (Correspondent)
mshlngton. Feb. 15 The near
peaceful ; relations with, i Germany
were' stretched to the napping
i i a- xtr. MnvvAwnm ant mntkiv
point WBtin IU1B (ummiuvu vw..
ed confirmation from the legation
at Brussels of the newg that Brand
' mmock,;? American Minister : .to
Belgium, had been forced to lower
the Stare and Stripes. This con'
Urination brought tne unuea eiatee
Immediately nearer ; to . open hostlll
, Offlclals Ie.fed ;tht !cVasJptt,
v stttutlna , a" possible, affront and
onsidered ,ltj nother in Jhe rapidly
accumulating Infringements, upon
American rights. They y. admitted
r marines sojM to-; make ,;the most
effective strike t America In case
- "' T-. ta. ! a -rnvA aA Alan si Aft
OI, War, , ii id i mu w .
expedient to ' cain; time" while Ger-
-many financed the peace mfere
ment in America and got Actionljn
ibis direction. , i ; . '
V- nrvli tin., la hslnor era I nail fin
many. tests t thevefflclency ..ot, .her
Submarine warfare.; Jf "unsuccessful
she tninks ene.wiu-De 7.oe w
TOT1aAn w will BtOD. If YOU Will
".make peace.;, f ?. J.
Gerara, ,. iorwanung . mis . - warms
over the sea, used a news agency
n' order to mould public; opinion;
Same ' weeks ago Gerard complained
. to 5 the lorelgn Office that ' Geramns
were searching the .wltes jot Amer
ican consuls V at the border., "t
Warnemund. the" wives' or ,A three
American t consuls) were I totally.) strip
pod, bathed , and ; , examined .4 Inter-
HSLllJ Because lunpwiou ui vr-
11
I
T
HIS OF 111
-t-t" v j
RIGOROUS , RULE
Treed from
0P'5 GERMAN- CENSOR UNITED
4 P'n, E'S 8- CORRESPONDENT
- TELLS INTERESTING STORY
None
Tying documents
American "c6nsulB haye"'
Berne since the arrival, of
hassy train. ,
of the
reached
the em-
IS
y
GE
PLAYS FOR Ilil
(WHILE SHE TESTS HER 8UBMA-
RINE WARFARE AND 6E3SEM-
tNATES PEACE PROPOGANDA
' IN AMERICA
I : :6jfCARi:.SL, ACkERMAN Z
,(United ,Preu8 Staff Correspondent)
. Wits, Gerard at Berne, Feb. 15
German (Censorship J eliminated " the
joker. la ilthf-ext,. of .the -treaty
which German - officials I demanded
Gerard 4 - sign, lUratonlng - thaj
4they wou'd hold American corres
pondenMi 9 postages ;j It was thai
German ships should not be -forced
to 1 leave American
harbors
' CARL S. ACKERMAN
. (Copyright,, 1917,. United Press)
Paris,' Feb".,' 1& Warning against
the dual menace of German subma
rine activities . In ; American ' waters
and against German peace propagan
' da which may realy be a play fot
time ' was , sounded ', ' today Jby
,-th'e situation at Berlin. - "
'Germany's attempt- to. negotiate
orders , tnrougnout tae Swiss Mm-
7 ister Is viewed as an attempt to
forestall action- by Wifaon; until
Germany "could dispose of her sub
tBot it clearly showed the intent oi
Germany.
Whitlock wajefusad communlca
iion with War n and American
Belgian Relifi, Workers were" d
talned. - :": --v ;
The message hinted . that soon
ether facts . would be received
-which might bring about a . de
mand for errtacatlon at once.
unless
.granted safe conduct from Germa
ny's enemies and permitted tp re
tunc to Germany or some" neutrai
.V. Oher real developtasnts ' conceal
ed by censorship In recent montht
were anti-American-speeches at the
Reichtag, .antl-Wjlson andi 7 antl-Ge
rard propaganda financed hy prom
inent German leaders, cilery attacks
by Streaseman and . Heydebrand -on
the President, and . tba" frequent
statements of , army, and ; navy offl
cials that the United States might
as, well, enter the , war because she
uaa airoaay vuuwa uerM;ii vanuu"
The attitude of the foreign office
Just before . Gerard ,;''left Berlin
was that Americans ( are very eici
table and If ' Germany' could con
trol all dlapatches for a tew ;3ays
Americans would , "forget, all j -about
the submarine blockade ' and .bring
pressure to bear onWUson"' to.Vre
main neutral." , -
! Before! Gerard- left" Germany 'he
was' requested "not j to allow 'news
papermen accompanying him tcy tel
egraph . v anything "'except ; news
which the . Berlin censors might a
prove.i ' .: -j-f.J
The, output of "munitions his dou
bled since Hindenburg has htfen In
command. . Everv, one - lg making
war jW. pupplies. 4 i s Hindenburg1!
dream of seperate peace ,1s dwlnd
ling and. the Germans '. are united
against, the expected great offen
elve of the enemyr. v Offlcla( say
that ' this is the ; last ; , char.ee tO
win or lose,, and that .when It if
over the BOolaPst peace leaden
will again, force themselves for
Following the' striking of the Lym
Lan M Law, ; which . has been ; declar
ed an "Illegal act , there seems
today -ifti'o tope' ' that " hostCitleg
can do avoided . s , However, one
group of administration leaders con
tend that the Incident-may not end
critically, as Whitlock ' Iimay have
been merely requested to lower the
flag.- - -' ' " ' 1
The Lyman taw, American
schooner, was sunk, .yesterday In
the Mediterranean by an Austrian
submarine. No - lives were lost
and the vessel apparently was warn
e1.
FLin SEGHIO
III Ml G!TY
CHICAGO LANDLORDS . TAKING
STEPS: TO DRAW COLOR LINE
Report Bill
Favorably
Waahino'tcn, Feb," 15 The TCebt
Bl for. National Prohibltlo- ( with
amendment was reported ' favorably
IN BEST
MENT8
V' v.
CHICAGO -APART-, x9 the House today.
S
(By United Press)
Chicago, - Feb. 15 Solution of the
race segregation problem, ' m&de
acute";?!: la.r'rnt'T-naonthi
by the steady influx of southern ne
groea, s the tlm of - action taken
today ty -.representatives of . the
owners of SO.000 of the 100,000 bet
ter class apartments . In , Chicago.
-Segregation atatutes, , ' slmlla tc
'the. one lnitorce in St. Louis, will
be Invoked. ; - "We believe the In
terests kof. Chicago demand that, -the
white , people, shall ,ot enroacb, .up.
on the colored or the ycoiored upon
the .white", 1, (cj.J Ackley, rjnem
ber of 1 the comm.Ittje appointed - to
perfect plana, for immedlate action,
aaid,4'Therefore iwe strongly urge
the segregation" of' the races. . Ac
tion taken to St, ..Louis' recently
has been decreed constitutional, by
the supreme court . It Is perhaps
the greatest piece of .racial , legisla
tion since the fourteenth amend
ment." The real estate ' men
have also determined upon " May -1
as the date for a general 15 pei'
cent increase in all Chicago
tals. ; -''
FR Ef I Gil C 0 H S ER VE
NATION -..TAKES, . ANOTHER
NOTCH IN" BELT TH AT WASTES
i OF WAR MAY", NOT " DEPLETE
HER RESOURCES
BETSY -IS CATCHIN
IE
E:PAWP.Si::
Merchants Co-operating in Move
mentlnyian
r to Pass Prosperity ground
ren-
BnlOBE SPAilS . -COLULIQIA
RIVER
inter-stAte' TRJCTl)Rt rfFOUR
MILES LONG' OPFN T6 TRAF
FIC WITH 1' BIG CELEBRA.
(By
United PresgM;j
. Vancouver,- Washington, . Feb
In a din of " steamboat
15-
whistles,
clanging belle i an I cheers" ; from
thousands of spectators, the new $1
Tfibjppo vlnteratiteu . hridge between
Oreigon ' and ; Washington was open
ed today. The. structure Is" one of
the largest in .the world, four miles
including approaches ' It spans the
Columbia river between Vancouver
and Multnomah ' counties, a tern
miles 'from Portland. When ' the
great central drawer was powered
into' "placed today ; 4' street4. Car
crowded with 1 officials 'and noted
visitors, slowly crossed;": That was
a signal for an outburst of noise
such aj-tbe, Columbia never
By WILBUR 8. FORREST T
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris," Feb., f 16 France i hitched
its belt a notch tighter today and
smilingly accepted ' the restrictions
placed, on meals by. the government
beginning witi breakfast. There
in France foBowed the action of
England and Ialy in conserving the
food supply,. ' Dinners - in ' restau
rants beginning-today ire restricted
to hors d'oeuvres or .soup, - .two
other dishes and cheese or' desert.
Instead of the, sixty or sevent)!
Items frbiji which ' French people
have been- accustumed to . select
their meals, ' the ; bill of fare r now
is restricted -1 nine conalstng of
one egg dish, two fish, three mea!
and three -vegetable. .., v.i :
; The : public generally - recognises
the. importance, of conserving , the
atlopal food supply and; takes the
government's action In good parti;
S'he , restrictions apply, to. all estab
Ishment8 where food la". jSold, . in
(eluding clubs, hotels, boarding
IIEI'J COHPHOII
IISS.DEEII KM
1
BUSINESS BEGUN IN 1882 by C
E KRAMER" AND ' LATE J. A.
KRAMER CROWN TO PRESENT
VOLUME BY EFFICIENT MAN
; AGEMENT5';'VJ"V;::..,:'' .
.f . c ., v - :' n ''
A new corporation has been form
ed to take over . the planing mill
business ' of Kramer Bros, ft Com
pany and also the , stock . of 'the
saw mill. ' '.; s-- : ,
; The name of the new Company
' The ntfme of the new 'corporation
is Kramer Brothers - Company,' and
its directors are A. yL.' Kramer, J
P Kramer. and F. K, Kramer.
j The officers are A . K.f V Kramer
president;', H. G.; Kramer, vice pres
Ident ; J. . H . Kramer, secretary ;
and F,( K Kramert .-treasurer, ; . .
The ' property?, of, th.e: yj pining
miljl and,., the stocky of the eaw ; mili
ha; been--purchased y i;the iew
' company from the pld,- and) the- bu
' With dawnof Mondav morrJ. (
Febuary 19th,Pay-Up Week bo :! 1
In the United States of Amerk i,
and more important sUH, la e::
beth City.
Like Thrift Day,; which was cel
brated a few weeks ago. this isn't
-,an ordinary "spree", with clot 2 1
stores and closed banks, and t!.3
reckless expenditure of hard-earned
savings. Indeed it's a combina '
Uon of "Sareity First"! Prepared
ness", Good Business "efficiency",
and so pnf through the "vocabulary
of modern 2 terms . expressing iti
welfare of the country.
Friday's issue, of this paper botli
a,emtweekly and the j daCy will
carry the big double page advertiaa
ment of Elizabeth : City firms
oo-operatlng la' Pay-Up Week act!
Titles, V ."-.' y.-VvVv. 1
v The ; windows'" " Of "; these" , same
stores are dlsjfaylnr in attractively
varied designs the placards and
Slogan ,; of : PayUp - Wee. ' One
TeaHy .needs to -see thies?. windows
to catch the spirit of the movement
They are most inviting and positive
houses. v .
Managers must,. submit bills, of sines., will' continue at the former
mo iw uMt iv , mq, .BuiuurAuea j place or ousiness on martin street,
in Tlr etcejrjrT Ioca-
Or eerved; t., A. copy . of. .. thA re 1 Ud ' : , v-
stnctioni must nang.in eacn p:ace.
The order prohibits -absolutely all
puddings and provides strict econ-
The new company-will conduct
a general retail and' wbolesa ' lum
Saw iSllcilttAaa -.
omy Of four, milk, exgs, sugar and . (.,",- ,
i,L. 4 aA 'JZ::: ! The planing mP.l of Kramer Bros
e-steftuacsj
Salad counts a course
Unless served with other food
i
WAR ODDITIES
heard befoW.A Vocessloar' of "-flag f f '
bedecked automobile, followed the
car k arid anoth?r long line fof ma
chines started -4t -the same time
from the Washington ,flide. They
passed in the middle. While tlje
crowd was assembling an old
weather beaten ' ferryboat, the
."Cily of Vancouver, slipped out - of
t berth ott Its -laBt trip across-the
Columbia. The brhjge-had super
seeded it, ( '
Bravely adorned with- flags - and
bunting, the litte craft chugged
s!bwly under the central span, its
funnel dwarfted by the towering
steel framework,. Its whistle toot
ed a horse farewell as it . bucked
the' muddy Icurrent for ths last "time
; Today's ceremonies wfll be te
peated more formally in June.. At
that time Governor Lister, of. Wash
ington and Governor ... Whitcomb of
Oregon are( to . participate, deroga
tions w.ill comQ ' from,; the . whole
northwest, including . British ;, Colum
bia, and if plans materialize a
fuotilla of government, destroyers
will -pass in review under the Cen
tral span., ' ; .: ' t.. . v- ' ' .
ward.11 Germany has been Inform
ed ; that, the ' President represents
the munitions interebts, but that
Confess represents "the peop-'e and
will not support war German pro
pognndlsts iior- month have, been
centering their effdrtg In convinc
lnir- America thrt '. war is .; terrible
on the theory that . Americans- are
cowards and wUl back out of war.
They were delighted at the refusal
of other neutrafs to weak jr rela
t'-"n a Wl!son urged.
j London, Feb, 15 Five . inches . of
live nerve from the newly amputa
ted leg of one British Tommy was
rushed across the city to another
hospital and grafted onto the - ends
of another broken nerve in another
soldiers arm, The operation.- suo;
oessfully repaired the circuit . -and
the arm is rapidly becoming nor
mal. "-Sj u;ir
!
, UNION' MEETS AT MO YOCK
r Following . Is fhe program of , the
Camden-Currltuck Union ; fMeeting
which will be He'.d April 27-29 , at
Moyock Baptist Church :? ;. -
FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH
11 A.M. Introductory Sermon-
Rev.'E. J. Harrell. : ,
v.
P. M. The Authority of the
Church Covenant:. ",
(a) As resides in the membership
;' collectively D. p. Harris f .
(b) Involving the vowa ? of each
one who enters Into the ' Cov
enant N. H. Sheperd. '
SATURDAY , APRIL 28TH
10, A: M, TheScope .of the Cove
nant. , , - -
(a) The. support of the church as
la.d down therein.' J;: K .Hen
derson 'i . '
(b) Home religion . as : prescribed
in the covenant W. j. , By-
. . rum,. ,
Iv P. M. (
(c) Conduct before the world as
set forth' in the- covenant S.
-N. Hurst. . - , - ,
.(d) Our - obligations as set ' forth
- in the covenant,: not , obviated
, ; by any ,han? of location B.
C.) Henlng. , ; , ,
. '; SUNDAY APRIL; 29TH
11 A.; M. The Extension : of the
Klnsdora of God to , the Utter
most parts, of ( the !( Earth W.
J, Byrum.".,, ';". ','X
' The. appointedypeakers are , . 0
ead - off m the . discussion . after
which there will be given an op
portunity to anyone who wishes to
participate in any of the discuss
to do se. ' s . .
and Company was begun by O. IS.
Kramer and the late J. A. Kramer
fa ' mz, A.f K. Kramer and J. P.
Kramer aferwards ' connecting, them
selves with the business from' which
the" Kramer Brothers Company was
organized. The business' has- grown
to its present volume through the
efficient ' management and carefu.
attention to business of ' the mem
bers of, the firm. ";
1 The saw' mill of Kramef Bros" '
Company on Riverside ' Drive f was
recently purchased !by D P ' White
and several of the large , holdings
of Kramer Bros ft COmpan were
recently purchased by' D.- E; Wil
liams at South Mills for Seligman
Williams ft Ball. v r
Shielding Shadow -
- Again Friday Nigh1
Tonight at the AUcrama the at
traction ? is 'vVThe Right Direction,'
a '- new .'" Pappi-Paraomunt photo
play in. hicrv.iVivlan Martin as
"Polly" is a character of marvelous
appeal. ' -pr i x::r-v;t p'i.ri.
Cut adrift with lier little broth
er, Billy Boy, she makes' a little
mother of . such genuineness;, thai
the heart interest touches , of - the
baby . boy and the faithful tramp
dog 'Rags'' form but a J dellghtul
back ground to this wonderful char
octerlzation. j -,'v ,j';..-. ,'
On Friday ".-night .the Shielding
Shadow, which failed to arrive last
week, will be shown, and those who
have ; been , following this "- interest
ing story will have the opportunity
of again picking up the thread- '
To Advertisers
The double page, advertisement ot
Pity-Up Week will apear In Friday's
issue of the ' Daily "' Advance.' ' All
merchants co-operating " in ' this
movement are entitled to a '2
inch two coflumn "adv. " Any ! firms
who have not sent' in their cop?
for this adv. should do so at once
No copy taken after eLjht o'clock
stop
J
In
iy Impel the passer-by to
and 'Pay Un., ',
i Just as ahe npulse to "give,
gets hold of the Chrstmas shonDor
in the midst' of holiday decoration
the Idea permeates the mind -of t' .
-down -town throng at this new
tive season to "Pay Up" and. get
stralghrwith ithe world. . -,
I''tet's ; pass ",. : prosperity .around"
is one t of . the . happy'; slogans . of ,
Pay Up Week andj the merchants
themselves f are carrying this part
of, the plan j;ven a step further ;
than'the Pay Up, idea suggests.' In
connection with paying . tip,., they ,
are offering "specials" during Pay ,
Up ; Week, , " Customers X ... paying
back accounts may also , take , ad t
vantage of nin and seasonable ban
gains and thereby . profit doubly by;
the deal.w. -;;'";"v'' '
! "And- i SnHl t t ihia Mmi
means something,'; ; said ; . one of
the city's leading grocers as he
handed ,1 advertisement .for
Pay Up Week. , it means that the
merchant is " selling below the mar-,
ket pjice because he .bought early
and wisely and tbe .customer, gets
i Mil in reducing the' high cost, of
living." , ; ?
And so, the good work is ' begun,
Elizabeth City's merchants have co
operated in the 'great'- Nationa)
Movement which .' was designed to
work for the welfare of community
state and country, ' , '
' There Is needed, besides the' good
will of the weather man,' the hear
ty response of of town and coun
try customers,
( ; ' . -'Ji'..-.
' ' eSSHNSMMMHSIMMMlMMMMMSI ' , '
' , , '
Bluebird Feature ,
Friday Matinee
. Tonight, program at i the ' Ne
Theatre features "TheV Danger
;SignaT,; a' George KHene drama of,
modern life with. Ruby Hoffman in!
.Friday afternoon's, matinee will
show a Bluebird feature, 'Bettina
Loved a Soldier.' .. - '
Loved'a Soldier.' ' This'- play ia
founded ' on the ' Saturday Evening
Post story of 'Canavan' who had
his Way', and the play ig said to
have proved even
than1 the story.' ' "
more
popular
WEATHER OR NO
Fair tonight and .; Friday wi' 'i
tower temperatuies. , Strong sou' i
winds shifting to northwest.
Procrastination is the motbr t
laventlon. .