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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING; MARCH 7. 1917
NO.3
REASONABLE CLOTURE
DEMOCRATIC
PROPOSAL
Compromise Provides For
Two Thirds Vote and De
bate Limited to One Hour
For Each Senator
BITTER FIGHT AGAINST STONE
10 Till 10
OF I Hill
WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES
ORDERS FOR V REGIMENTAL
COMMANDERS TO PREPABE
TJSTS OF SIXTY MEN fOR OF.
FICERS
!
Washington. March 7 With a
view, to training an army' of a mil
lion men if needed, the War De
partment today baaed ordera for
regimental commander on the
border to prepare lists of sixty men
from each command who could be
appointed officers as high aB the
rank of Captain to do training
work. -
Body of
Little Son Here
.President Has No Bitter Feeling
Against Senator But Regrets Lat
ters Position
(By United Press)
Mashington, March 7 "Reason
able cloture," or a compromise to
modify the debate rule of the Se-
t..lA u-a a ncrrnpll linon in E COn-
uc.iv o r - -
ference between Wilson and the De
mocratic senators at the White
House today as the formal proposi
tlon to lie presented to the '..pub
licans. fW
The Democrats met with the Re-
pcbllcans hi a coanuuu
at eleven o'clock and suggested
the compromise.
If thig step is successful, an ex
tra session of Congress will proba
" ' bly be 'called by the President very
a I .ni th armed neutrality
J j measure will be introduced imme
dlately at Wilson's suggestion.
The compromise provided for a
two thirds vote and for debate
limited to one hour for each sena
tor. The concensus of cabinet and
congressional . opinion 18 that the
outlook Is favorable for tha change
In rule.
The President will probably with
hold personal action in arming
American merchantmen until he ha3
.rain given Congress opportunity
to act
8TONE IS IN BAD
A bitter fight against again re
electing Senator Stone chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee
was made by members of his own
party today hi spite of the inviolate
seniority rule which has always
prevailed .
One of the most prominent Dem
ocratic senators is authority for
this statement. He admits how
ever thnt the fight" has not taken
definite shape.
While the fight against the re
election of Senator Stone wi'.l un
doubtedly he hittfr and will per
haps call forth murh condemnatory
comment on the floor or the Se
nate, many senators admitted to
day that the effort will be futile.
President Wilson has no ill feel
ing against Stone but regretg the
grave error he has made
WALSH INTRODUCES RESO
LUTION Senator Wa'sch Introduced the
resolution at the opening of the Se
nate today for the appointment of
seven senators to redraft the , t
providing for unlimited Senato de
bate. IS PREPAREDNESS MEASURE
Cleveland. March 7 Callin ; for
a national movement to ouft Sena
tor Stone ag Chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee, Cleve
ijjfd newspapers today declared
((.nit such a movement is necessary
fca a preparedness measure.
Finds Cure
For Paralysis
GIRLS OF ALSACE
t
rarains
. Mr. and Mrs. J. W Randolph
came on Monday morning . bringing
tha body of their little Bt year old
son. Walter Davis, who died at
Golds boro on Sunday of typhoid
pneumoila, forowlng measles.
The funeral waa conducted Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mr.
and. Mr. Brothers by Dr. B. C.
He&nuTgv Mrs. Jesse Prltchard
sang "Asleep in Jesus" very softly.
Interment was made in Hollywood.
Mr), and!. Mrs. Randolph lost their
only otter child a little over a
year., ago from scarlet fever, and
they sympathy of many friends in
the city la extended them in their
sorrow. -. -t W
Ward-Nowell
AND WEAR AGAIN THEIR
MUNION VEILS WHICH
BEEN LAID AWAY
THIS -OCCASION
COM
HAD FOR
By HENRY WOOD
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies. Thann.
Alsace. Ff 2. (By Mail) Just
about the happiest irls In the
world today are the girls of Alsace
who year8 ago, following their first
communion, secretly hid away
their white communion veils to be
worn again in we'eoming the
French troops back to Alsace
'Should that happy event ever come
Today these girls in that portion
of Alsace which has bean reoccu-
pied by the French, are supremely
British Near
Bagdad Today
1
(By United Press)
Lodnodn, March 7-The . British
1 have . approached almost within
' range- of Bagdad - t- . .
(By United Press)
Chicago, March 7 Dr. Uaximill
ian Herzo expectg to have perfect
ed a sure cure for infantile para!.
"8l8 before the fatal hot summer
months, he announced today.
"Already." said Dr. Herzog, who
has made an exhaustive study of
the cause, prevention and cure of
the disease which caused s,, many
deaths and i ffiucn distress"" lasTfMpW -IJBCttTnjr'tller'' '"re -- Brhr
dreams have come true.
the younger ones had on-
ears to dream and to
wait, but anion, 'st 'he lung lines
of white robbed and white veiled
Sir's and women, who welcomed
the French troops on their arrival
at Tbann in August, 1914 there
were some ,who had cherished their
communion veils for forty years.
And now taat this happy dream
h8 come true, the white commu
nion veils are ugain being laid
away for another happy dream
that promlfes not to be so long in
coming. This is the marriage
between Alsacian girls and the
French soldiers who havp redeem
ed their province for France, and
already in the town of Thann four
of these marriages have already,
taken place, when white veils worn
at the first communion, then to wel
come the French soldiers back to
Alsace, were finally worn for the
third and last time nt the marriage
ci remony which s -niho'lzed anew
the union of Frame ami Alsace.
The brides In these happy events
hand the additional pleasure of hav
ing the civil marriage ci remony
performed by a ga'lant French Cap
tain, who having lost hlH rlzht arm
in the fighting to redeem Thann,
now serves as the French military
mayor, while the religions ceremo
ny was performed by French
priests who came ih tfie.wake of
the French army
i -
summer, "the microbe which causes whose
infantile paralysis has been definite- Some of tl
ly (so'ated and experiments are be- '.v a few y
ing made to located and experi
ments are being made to locate an
antitoxin which effectively stamps
out the disease among sheep and
yiU!e.
"We hope to have perfected an
effective antitoxin for human beings
by summer."
The Chicago health anthorltles
have enlisted prominent physicians
Dacteriologfsts. nurses. women's
clubs and civic organizations in a
concerted effort to check the di
sease before it get8 a start
Chicago this year.
J. Warren Ward of Wlnfall and
Miaa Myrtle No well were married
by Dr. B. C. Henning Tuesday
night at 9:45.
Mr. Ward is a prominent mer
chant of-Winfall, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. G. Ward. The bride
Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen 'Nowell of Perquimans
County. Mr. and Mrs. Wafd left
on the early train Wednesday for
a tour of northern cities.
Program For
New Theatre
A Bluebird feature, "The Silent
Rattle." will be shown tonight at
the New Theatre. A number of
Elisabeth City people went to Nor
folk to se this picture some time
ago. and pronounced it an unusually
Price of Hogs
Takes Big jump
(By United Press)
Chicago, March t Jumping from
fifteen to twenty points, hogs today
reached $n.Wt per hundred.
I
PJlfJAOVf DATE
iiun
MANY LOCATING AT MONTEREY
WHILE OTHERS FIND EMPLOY
M,ENT IN GOVERNMENT MUNI
TION FACTORIES AT MEXICO
CITY
(By United press)
Washington, D. ('., March 7th
The numberof German reservists
hurrying from the United States
Inintc Mexico recently runs into
the hundreds it was officially
learned today.
Information In the hands of the
government shows that many are
locating at Monterey while others
are taking employment In Mexican
government munition factories at
Mexico City.
One of the highest government
officials here today declared that
Unquestionably Germany had a
hand In the Cuban revolution and
at the same time was working at
Costa Rica and Haiti.
EXFCtlTIVflf lnuui.... .
ww m mil IKK. AL5J
FIX ... POLLING i PLACES . ANa
'. POLL HOLDERS 'ikin Uurt
RULES GOVERNING CONTEST
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Thursday' Aprn'M. ls'the day" of
the municipal Democratic Primary.
The time limit for the tentrancfl
of candidates In the primary
pires three weeks earlier; that ' la,
on Thursday, March '22nd, at C
m. '
The polling places are as followV
First Ward H. G Godfrey's itori
Second Ward Fleetwood! stortl
third Ward N. A. Jone, stor
Fourth Ward R C Abbott's Ware
house, r j, i - ,
Following are the poll holders:
EVIDENCE OF
GEO I
ioolt 'feaTrVe ftw?rirrTiavfpTr5 6y-
It nr thin nfAn.M, mHnn M. I . ' I
tn
Society Girls
Hold Circus
New York. March 7 Sevi n hun
dred and fifty nifty damsels in n
three ringed circus, with animals,
red lemonade, pin! popcorn, crack
erjack. sideshow, ballyhoos arid all
the regular trimn.ings In the sight
New York Is pr -paring Itse'f Tor
this afternoon. They're regular
girls too, lots of them society girls
and lots of them not. They're stag
ing the circu8 in Madison Square
Garden 'for the benefit of the vaca
tion association and the show is
hacked by such society leaders as
Miss Anne Morgan. Mrs. August
Helmont, Mrs. Robinson Smith and
others. Chief among the attrac
tions will be the bevy of girl
clowns, for which Sam McCracken
searched the country for months.
He declined to sign any of these
girl clowns who did not demon
strate that) they could look, stand,
walk, talk and just natura'ly lie.
funny. The circus wl'l give peT
formances every day for four days.
it at this afternoon's matinee were
of the same opinion
Thursday Night
At Alkrama
Thursday's attraction at the Al
krama is "The Happiness of Three
Women."
The story of "The Happiness of
Three Women" has t0 do with the
adventures of Billy Craig, a young
attorney. His fiancee the wife
of a jealous husband and the loving-
helpineft of a bank cashier,
are the three women whose happi
ness Crulg holds In the hollow of
his hand. For a time it would
appear that he must either sacri
fice bis fiance", and incur the
wrulh of a jealous husband, or
send an Innocent man to prison.
How inatterH are straightened out
by the quirk wit of a woman must
naturally be. seen to be enjoyed.
The players are: House Peters,
Myrtle Stedman. I.. W. Steers, Dal
sy Kobinson. Win. Ilutchason, Lu
cre Ward, Milton Brown.
MR GILBERT OF MITCHELLS
MAKES 8TATEMENT
Advertisnig Men
At St. Louis
ON WAY HOME
(By United Pres
St . Iiouls. March 7 Ten thousand
advertising men at the national
convention of the Associated adver
tising Olubg of the world here In
.June will outline plans not only
to promote, but t() compel absolute
honesty In advertising, both among
newHapi rs and advertisers them
selves In the United States.
R present live .1. M. Clayton of j
Fnglehard. Hyde County, is in the TEACHERS MEETING 8ATURDAY
city on his way home from the The l'atqnotank County Teacu
Sfale Le "is'at'ire. arriving in the ers' Association will meet Sat-
clty on the ear'y train "Wednesday
and missing his boat by a few
hours. "'VWVf
WANTED To rent good house
with ; all modern 'conveniences, Ap
ply to J. E. Sharps, - 819 Hiton
Building ' V v'; N'w'f tfmch
urady morning, March 10th, at
10:30 in the High School Buile" :.
Miss Linda DeLon is President c
the Association and Miss Nina Wid
geon ig secretary. , Superintendent
W.'M. Hfnton meet with tho - As
sociation and directs its study, dur
ing th'o year. :
Beginning Thursday, .March 8th
we will start a series of special
" WEEKS" and the FIRST will be
our SILK WEEK. Everything In
silks will be on sale at some very
special price. Kvery one of these
weeks the buying public will expect
nomethln great. Next will be af
ter the Silk Week Millinery Week,
then will come Underwear Week,
or Wash Goods Week, then will
come Hosiery or Shoe Week, Dress
Goods Week etc.
We are Just going to make things
lively around here just like the
Big City, stores. Watch the dally
papers. Each new Feature ween
wl'l start on Thursday of each
week ending on Wednesday nlnht.
Subs Report
Work Done
Berlin. March 7 th
From Marrh 1-3 reports of sub
marines have arrived indicating that
chips totalling ,2,4uO tons were
sunk, it was officially announced to
day. : :'....'. '
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LEADERS OF CUBAN REBEL
lion Contains statement
"germany promised 'aid"
First Ward
i
Second Ward
Third Ward
H o Oodftay.
Pat Doiief
L. B. Thornton,
J. H. Aydlett
M.
M, Sawyaf j
N A Jones
Fourth Ward Kenyon Ballaf ,
M B Simpson
Immediately after the retultg ot
the primary have been announced a
caucus will be held in each ward. .
for the election of the Democratic
Executive Committee. ' V
The present executive committee J
consisting of W. T. Love, 8. - B.i
Parsons, James Anderson and W.
L. Small nt in the office of W, -L.
Small, chairman, Tuesday after'
noon and Wednesday afternoon
making the foregoing appointment!
and rulings. ,
Quite a number of candidate!,
have already informa'ly announced
their candidacy for a place on the
board of "aldermen 'and the outlook
i that the primary wi'.l present
a number of interesting contests.
fBv United Prenyl
Havana, March 7 Direct evidence
of Germany's aid in the Cuban re
bellion was found today when exam
InMlon was made of papers found
after the arrest of Dr. Louis Oc
tavk) Divlno, a well known Liber
al leader, and two members of the
Cuban Congress.
According t0 the police the pro
clamation was signed by the revo
lutionary leaders and the copy
which was unearthed at Dlvlno's
home contained the statement
that "Germany promised aid "
Drop of Poison
Was the Method
(Bv United ProsB)
London. Manh 7 Sulitlg poison,
an inlinltesslmal drop of which
would cause death if introduced in
to a wound, wus revealed as the
means by which the four plotters
against the life of Premier Lloyd
George soinht, to accomplish their
end In the testimony offered at the
trial of the four plotra today.
ill RESIGN
CHAIRMANSHIP
EDI80N WANTS NAVAL EXPER
IMENTING LABORATORY LO
CATED AT ANDY HOOK
Annapolis, March 7 Thomas A.
Edison may resign aa chairman of
the .Naval Advisory Board If the
Naval Experimenting laboratory Is
not built at Sandy Hook it was re
ported here today when the inven
tor filed a minority report with
Secretary DanlelH favoring teh New
York site.
GEMWI PB
LAUDS SENATE
REGARD8 FILIBUSTER AS THI
PROPER 8TEMMING OF PRES '
IDENT WIL80N-S UNREASON
ING AMBITIONS
Amsterdam, March 7 LaFollettO
and Stone were lauded today la
o ctal and pres8 comments as rt
sentative of "the best spirit of' ,
America." according to dispatches
received h re, summarizing the Gef
man editorial views of the Senatt
fillbuster. ' .;v
As n whole, the German press '; ,
guards the filibuster as a proper.,
"stemming of Wllson'g unreasoning
ambition" and voicing the sober
sentiment of the American people '', fy
who do not propose to Join in tho
insanity of war. " -,-
WEATHER OR NO
Some men are so busy listening
(or succe, t0. knock at their door
for eucceaa to knock at their door
oa the1 telephone, 'v ' ,
PAYS MAGE
10 BOH
OAKLAND HA8 HOLIDAY , IN .
CELEBRATION OF THE WIZ
ARD'8 BIRTHDAY AND ADOPTS ,
DAHLIA AS OFFICIAL FLOWER
(By United Press) - ,
Oakland. Cal., March 7 Luther
Burbank. the wizard of Santa Rosa,
is 68 years old today. In Celebra
tion of the event Oakland has vlf -tually
declared a holiday; and most
of the population will tfathet to at' )
tend, the setting out of a Burban'K
Oakland dahlia, said to "be the' lar .
gesl white dahlia ever produced.
The Burbank Oakland dah'i henCfr ,
forth will he . Oakland's offlclla
flower. A bulb from the new dah
lia will be presented also to each .
of the otlur 27 cities In the United,
States named Oakland, California's
return of the compliment i. paid by
tft other Oaklands "in presenting
her each with a live oak tree to
bo planted besideg Oakland's ofZ
lal oak In tha City Hall Flaza.