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ELIZABETH CI1X : FORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL, 5 1917
NO. 84
HOUSE SOUNDS
BATTLE
CRY
No 0uestion ot Hearty Support df
President Wilson and Pass
age of War Resolution
By CARL D GROAT
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, April 6 The House
will probably pass the War resolu
tion before night. The resolution
passed' the Senate last night, and
as soon a8 action is taken by the
the House. Congress will be ready
to receive the administration's
plans for the conflict. The Presi
dent must sign the bill, however,
before.it becomes effective.
The House today sounded the
battle cry in fact.
All Indications point to the wil
lingness of this body to make war
against Germany a reality within
twenty-four hours or less.
due up no
I1M
BiGGES
Soon after convening the war re
Solution was brought up for de
bate. Chairman Flood of the
Foreign Relations Committee de
clared that there wag but one
course to pursue, that the United
States was compelled by the acts
Of Germany to enter the colassol
war. that the time for argument
had passed and the time for ac
Uon had arrived.
Other speeches, fiery with pa
triotism.' called upon the members
of. the House to hasten the passage
of the war ressolutlon. 3
Some pacificism developed but
there was at no time any question of
the. ultimate outcome, the hearty
upport of Wilson and the passage
of the resolution.
Coneressman Cooper, a prominent
pacifist, opposed party control of
time deba'e and indicated that
there wcre a dozen speeches
against the resolution waiting to
be made.
Reading unpublished portions of
the Zimmerman letter. Represents
tire Ifller declared that the Ger
man plot included the establish
ment of submarine buses at Mex
ican ports .
He also revealed that Germany's
plan was to use reservists in this
country In an aggressive move
against the United States along
flhe tlexlcan border.
For Military
Training
Washington, April 5 A universal
compulsory military training bill
providing for immediate raiding of
an army of 500.000 men, was intto
duced by Senator Chamberlin, chair
...
i man or the military affairs com
mittee.
Under the provision of the bill
the President wi I he empowered
to cal! out all physically fit men
of the aie ofiwenly at once. As
the necessity arises, men of 21. 2
and 16 could be called.
The means of registering all sin
gle men between 20 and 23 Is de
Jprminedd under thls bill. Th-j ques
tlon of exemption In being discuss
ed by the committee nn labor of
the Council fo National Defense.
The co-operation of municipal -ov-ernments
will lie sought.
Germans Will
Garble Message
Washington, April 5 If the pres
idents message iH given out et all
to the German people, it will be
garbled to suit the purposes of the
Prussian autocracy, allied diplomats
4
nere preaiciea.
These diplomats declared tin
Alft-cTVin Its discussion of the dif
ference Vtween the imperial gov
ernment a'M ' the people - it : rules
v'.'h a mfti:. tic hand, ttiat the
rV li
rstu
rover vf ' i
PARIS NEWSPAPERS EXPRESS
ED REJOICING THAT AMERICA
WOULD ENTER THE CONFLICT
AND JOIN ALLIES ON WES
TERN FRONT
(By Unites Press
x Paris April 5 The Paris news
papers dug up their biggest type to
express the general rejoicing over
America's entering the war
The greatest Interest Is expressed
over the possibility of an American
expeditionary force to Join the Al
lies on the Western front, particu
larly Roosevelt'g division.
Premier Ribot in the chamber
of deputies read France's formal
salutation to Amerli
5i
Reports are
Unconfirmed
"Buenos Aires, April 4 Reports
persist that a British cruiser has
sunk the- German raider. Sea
Adder, but these cannot be con
firmed.
Lodge Will
Kot Prosecute
Washington, April 5 Senator
Ixidge will not prosecute Alexander
Bannwart, pacifist, who knocked
the veteran Massachusetts down
and wa8 himself floored tlurlng an
argument for peace In the Senate
office building.
Lodge gave pressure of pullle
business and an apology from Bann
wart, as his reason for dropping the
case. at!jj
Will Organize
Negro Regiment
Ask Increase
Army and iavy
HIDEOUS COUNTRY
LEFT BY GERf.lANS
Washington, April 6 Secretary
JVJcAdoo today asked. Congress for
about tlhree billions of dollars
the army and nary. Secretary VARIOUS NAMES GIVEN IT.-SA-Dantel.
asked an Increase in the HARA, FIELD OF A THOUSAND
navy personnel from 150,0000
lne corps to 300,000..
mar-
Interest Turns
To Eastern Front
London April 6 With th capture
of St. Quentln considered as a
foregone conclusion, interest turns
momentarily to the eastern .line in
the belief that preliminary rumors
of the massing of reserves on the
Russian front are now confirmed.
The German offensive may be start
Ing there in the first impact which
forced the Russians to give way
near Stockholm in Kovel sector.
IS VIOLEIIT
ANTAGONISM ESPECIALLY BIT.
TER AGAINST SEPARATION OF
THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
By JONHN GRANDENS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, April 5 Bitter criticism
by the Oerman.ur pwih ol
what ' is termed Wilson's "bad
faithf" and charges are mad? Jhat
England -commanded" the Indict
ment of the Kaiser's dynasty. Also
iuRistance that there Is no cause
for war between Germany and the
United States feature9 newspaper
comment on the speech of Ameri
ca's" executive Just received.
Antagonism is particularly vio
lent against the President's separa
tion of fhe German Government
from the German people
Six Hospital
Ships Sunk
London, April 5 Six Allied hos
pital rfhlps have been mined or
mink by submarines since the op
ening of the war. Secretary of the
Admiralty McNamra told the House
of Commons today.
Washington, April 5 America
will be represented almost Imme
diately In the field against Germa
ny by a colored regiment, or at
least by a colored company, if Geo
Washington, nepro doorkeeper at
the gates of the United States con
sulate has his way. Washington
asked Consul General Skinner for
permission to start recruiting a
body of American negro fighters to
day. Skinner Is Inclined to favor
I he plan.
WfishlnutoTi was a member of (h
colored regiment during the Span
ish American war. and savs he (an
recruit a Fln.:le company of colored
warriors her.
Call Wilson
Second Lincoln
London. April 5 President Wil
son wa8 called a "second Lincoln t
in editorial comment on his war
message by the Evening Star.
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HogsReach
New Record
o. Ar"!l r Hor9 reached
Closing in
On St. Quentin
Paris. April 6-"The French
troop,, made a reconasance of the
ground north of Gauehy andd Moy
-luring the night' as far as tV Ger
man line which they found occupied
in force." declared today's official
statement describing the closing Id
on St. Quentln. Detailed Inter
mittent sheling on the ast and
west of the Somme wns also re
ported, as well, as German counter
nttafkH on the front from Fafaux
to Margival. Attacks northwest gf
Rhelms were repulsed.
The capture of the vll'ates Rone-s'-.ov.
Basse and Boulogne are re
ported as today's British forward
movement on the western front by
General llalg.
The Ktmlish and Russian troops
in Mespotnnia have effected a june
tlon and Persia has been cleared
of all Tnrkkish fofces.
Jess Willard
Wants To Fight
Washington. April 5 Jess Willard
today wired President Wilson that
he was ready to fight for America.
WEATHER OR NO.
Storm moving east, strong sou
therly wlndg of gale force, shifting
Thursday night to westerly, (' Fair
n"'i rn'.'i.f I"rHiy,
SHUDDER, AND PLACE
WHERE NIGHTMARES ARE
MADE
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With the British Armies Afield,
March 9 (By Mall) With Tomlin
son of the London "News Leader",
Bean, of the combined Australian
papers, and "Anzac," staff colonel,
I have just explored the new Saha
ra, that hideous country abandoned
by the Germans lest their troopers
go mad. x
The British gave it the name
Sahara, Crown Prince Dupprecht's
men, called It by another the
graveyard. But I should give i
another still the tit Id of a thous
and shudders the place where
nightmares are made.
Take your map of France and
find Bapame. To "he wet and
South of that place lie8 the new
Sahara. If your map Is a large
one you will find It covered with
the names of hamlets, villages and
towns, but today all these tvre
gone. No trace of them is left,
and as one stands In the middle of
this blUhted country, no spring of J
grass, no sign of a tree, no weed,
flower or shrub greets the vision
as far as the eyeB can see. There
Is on'y a greenish black, soil, fresh
ly churned upland beshattered by
shells, ranging in depth from five
to sixty or more feet .
. Of jaiurae, one, .cannot ride
through this country.' Nor for that
matter can one walk. One can only
slip and s'lde and stagger along
ever In danger of ftlllng l:ito fun
nel shaped quagmires from which
escape Is imponsll'Ie wltflout aid. I
know of two correspondents who
who' came near losing their lives
In just such places, more perilous
far than the dre-tded quicksands.
Horses and mules on account of
their weight and the difficulty of
helping them once In the toils Of
the ooze usually are drawn down
t0 their death.
"Look, out for the bayonet!" Is
a common cry of warning as you
stumble through the mud and thous
andg of rifles are burled in the
ground and frequently only the
thrusting blades ot their bayonets
Sre sticking out. The great waste
of war Is everywhere evident.
Wrought and twisted rifle barrols.
splintered stockks, cartridge clips
full of cartridges In uncountable
number, uirexploded shells o all
calibers, hand grenades of every
size and shape, trench morter
bombs, aerial torp does, brass shell
cases, abandoned stores of live
shells, knapsacks, cartridge belts,
articles of clothing, steel helmets,
fatigue caps n"d what not. Hitter
the rurface of the new Sahara and
one can only Invglne fhe amazing
quantity of stuff which must lie
beneath It . '
You miuht think the view from
here depressing, and It In. for It
was while lighting alnn here that
the Germn gave the name of "the
graveyard . "
But th field of a riousand shud
ders lies further on. Up towards
the bloody butt of Warlencourt, Llg
nY-VliI''!'". and til -rcubcu's. one
reaches hell's own acres. The water
covering the plinie in thtf eraer bedi
hai become gruesomely red. exactly
like blood, for some uncanny reason
and to the noisome sme'l of miles
of muck iq added an unmistakable
stench. Intuition would tell you the
causp of It een were not the fiodloM
lying about plainly to be seen. They
lie singly in all kind's of attitudes,
or In groupes. or piles. Tbey aTe
on moutiddg or at the bottom o'
she'l holes, in fragmMs cr so
entire as to resemble merely very
tired and muddy soldiers gone to
sleep regardless of time or place.
Here ran the German lines dur
ing December and January following
the battle of the Somme. - Thefj
were no communicating trenches
leading- back; the , BrltWh, gmashed,
them "as they du?,' and to get Into
or out rf f " fretno?t positions frit
MissBelleMorgaii
Miss Belle Morgan of Providence
township, this county, dfed at the
home of her father, S. N. Morgan
Wednesday nigfot. The funeral
was conducted at the home by Dr.
B. C. Hening, who was called,
from Norfolk to the service. In
terment followed in the family bu
rying ground.
A"8 M?'a w youn woman
of exemplary life and christian
character. Her family is one of
(he most prominent in the county.
Increase Navy
Facilities
Washington April 5 The Navy
Department will immediately spend
the $18,000,000 emergency appro
priation for Increased navy yard fa-
ODD FELLOWS ELECT
DELEGATE
At regular meeting tonight. Ellz
abeth Lodge, of Odd Fellows will
fleet a representative t0 the
Grand Lodge which meets In
Raleigh next month.
SIX HUNDRED NEW HAT8
Mr. O. F. Gilbert, proprietor of
Mitchell's Department Store, has
returned from New York City,
where among other purchass made,
he bought 2 bl samp'e llne9 of
Spring hat. 6on of them. These
are wotrh coming to see and to se
lect from. adv
WILL GIVE ESTER DANCE -
The Elizabeth City Cotillion Club
will give its Easter Dance on Mon
(fay evening. April 9th. In the Rob
Inson Hall. This will be the so
cial event of the poFt Lenten 'a-
son and a number of out of town
guests will be piesent.
tlon had ,to be brought up In the
Bame way and a shell never raised
falling In this area and every now
and then the darkness was swept
by machine guns, those holddlng the
line often went hungry and spent
weary days andd nights, waiting for
relief partleg which never "came.
When a German fell In the open,
he lay where he fell. When he fell
in the trenches, he was buriedd In
the side of the trench providing
the walls were firm enough; If not,
his body wa thrown outside. The
bodies of so'dlers who fell in this
sector during November are only
now fcelng buried and by the Eng
lishthe Germans were unable to
get at them.
In the pitch b'ack darkness, many
a solddler fell In the awful funnel
shaped death traps In the mud to be
'eft to suffocate In the terrible mix
ture probably already holding bodies
of prevlou,, victims. BV day, while
shells fell on and about them, kill
in I the living and disinterring the
already burled, dead faces stared
at the Kalser'u men from every side
and at night" crisped hands, stick
ing out of the mud tripped and threw
those who had to venture Into the
oen. Iron nerved troops f!t
preepy. They were afraid to be left
nlone in the dark. Showers f
fire were sent into the iir to shed
llr;ht about the trench, but those
only served to throw a horrible glay
iver the unhurried dead Faces
twitched, nerves, Wal'ed and p-i'n-ors
pay some soldiers went mail
This new Sahara U t'be wonder of
nrtlllerv. One wonderH while stand
Ing by a clean warm muzz'cd, gun
a It blazes away what Is hannen
Ing at the other end of thi Bheir
project orles. I have ven. Immed
iately the Germans went nut I went
In and the product of the Intensive
gunnery, th" drumfire nf arti'lery
which I havo seen and heard thru
nut week lay before me the nw
Sahara. And In the middle of this
awful desert was the field of
a thomand shudder", nlhtmarelar
ho .ultimate horror plao ui wi
Hem. . v ... ( ..;
! People? ask why tha Germans re
tired.", Tib ym wonder wb filer "ft?
Here xoM have an inkllngbui only
on !t.U?:n?t-f whit thl Pnthh
DOCTOR ROYSTEn
goesi or id:
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BANQUET FOLLOWS PLEASIND
ADDRES$ BY ONE QK STATE'S
PROMINENT PHYSICIANS 7s
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Dr. Hubert Royster of Raleizli;
Secretary of the (Stte Board of M.
dical Examiner! was guest of honor
.Wedneaday nlgihb of . the Paiu6'
takn tamden, Dare Medical Society
pi an elaborate jeven connet4a.
quet served at the Souflienf Kotol.
Preceeding the banQuet, Df. Roy '
ater, who is a verv nleasinr sneak.
er, delivered an address which -il '
today being spoken of la Ugliest
terms by the physicians who wer
present . Dr. Royster was ' hr
to deliver thig address at the pe
dal Invitation of the society. l
Those present were Doctors W,
W. Sawyer, R. L. Kendrick, Johll
Sallba, O. McMullan, I. Pearinf, 2
Fearing, R. B. Davls.l Wr A. P ,
ters. E. W. LiBtcr, W. L. Stevens,
C. O. Ferebee, C. B. Williams, H.
T, Aydlett, and O. E. Newby.
Jury List Eor
June Term
The following lg the Jury Lilt
for Pasquotank County, North Ca
olina, term of Superior Court! t ,
ginning June 4, 1917. ' .. .,V .
FIRST WEEK . ' :
Oeo. W. Cartwrlght, Mt.vjkl-.'v
mon; Ji. C., pell; Enoch Speight;
bt W. fjartwrlght, Mtf Hermon
William Morton; Job Ferebee; Jno
Webb; T. Delos Crary; W. H.WU
son; Lemuel Jackson, Providence;
Ned Rhodes; J. H. Hale; B. ,0
ftavis; W. J. Willams; Vlctotl 11.'
Jenkins; II. C. Orlce; Timothy
Temple; Joseph Roach; Joe White, ,
(Pearl street); John Berry; H. 11.
Cartwrlght; J. H. Oard, Jr.; T. J.
Meades; Milton Ives. Vt'
SECOND WEEK '.
W. II . Bunch; R. C. Winslow.'
W. A. Jennings; W. C. MorrisetteJ (
J. T. Temple. Providence; WlUlam
W. Sawyer; R. N. Davis; Ci
Long; W. K. Carter; Gilbert DAv '
Is; W. T. Swain; Walter Hugh
C. W. Hollowell; W. H. SCOtt,
Salem; J. P. Thompson; S. O.'
Mullen; L. ,R. Bundy; Q. Pike;
V. N. Williams; W. E. Rough ton;
J. E. Humphries; - J. N. WoodJ
A. It. Baker; O. F. Seymour , '
THIRD WEEK
Robert Meads; J. A. Meadl,'
Nixonton; R. O. Hooper; W. 'H.
Munden; C. S. Bell; N. B. Broth-
ers; M. O. Morrisette; T. B. Jof '
dan; W. A. Cbappell; J. P. Green
laf; William Lowry; W. C. Over
man: H. W. Dailey; Cason Morrl
sette; W. C. Barnes; O. N. Wlnt j
low; E. F. Aydlett Jr; R. T. Ven
ters; J. C. Modiln; Oeo W. Whit
Elizabeth City; W Jr Skiles; J. 1
H. T. White; S. W. Beasley; A
Wescott. . ' '
WEEK OF PRAYER
This afternoon's prayer service at
HIackwell Memorla' Church was led
by Mrs. J. 'U. Lambert. The
meeting Friday afternoon will be
led by Mrs. It. T. Venters, th
subject being
tunllles. "
Our Outlying Oppor-
LAST MEETING FRIDAY
i arlll) adrJw tsw sunk ol
Friday aftt-rnoon the last meet
Ing of the Mother's Study Circle . '
will be held at the First MchodJpt
church. A large attendance is de, : '
sired at this last meeting which!
sums up. briefly the work of the ,
very Instructive course studied by1
the memberg' for the past months.
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MILLINERY WEEK
MITCHELL'S
AT
"Millinery Week starts jMomor
row,- says Mr. O. fv Gilbert, t"at ,
Mitchell's Department ,', Store. ; I
K could not get and adv 'ready to an
nounce these big millinery values
as they should '. be, because I am
Just bnck from ehothcr buylrt tr'-
to New 'York ! h-iv r-