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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25. 1917
NO. 161
Cllliulffi
v. ClilTIS'll ATTACK
AND VIVlOLY , DESCRIBES THE
BRITISH DEALING DEATH TO
ADVANCING GERMAN HORDES
- ; ( By William Philip 8linme)
. .(United Prea, Staff Correspondent
Willi .The British Armies Afield.
April 25. Yesterday I stood from
where British soldier sprayed
death on advancing German hordes.
, .The sole civilian present, 1 aw
. ..
' what Is one or tne rarest bibuw m
this armageddon troops on both
sides maneuvering in tne open.
While "now and then the battle
field was .hidden under the smoke
and gas explosives, 1 saw Guemappe
taken and the ridge south of the
; Cojuel river cleared cl the enemy.
I saw the Germans In mjissed for
matlon counter attack before Mon-
' chy, fighting like fiends, only to be
hurled back, in broken bleeding rem
nants. It was a perfect day for fighting,
i There was scarcely a cloudy in the
V sky. It was the first real spring day
of the year.
i It was at dawn on such a day that
he British attacked.. They spread,
sfover a wide front to the north and
;J south of Scarpe.
7 About 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
the Germans began a terrific bom-
bardment of Monchy. For hours the
' British positions were buried under
4 clouds of white, yellow and black
( amoke.
Shortly after 4 o'clock I saw thou
V sands of Germans pour from be-
hind Vert wood, massed for attack.
While they paused briefly the Bri
tish got their artillery on them.Then
1 the Germans charged. .The terrific
CouncU'WfflE?
: Well Attended
There' i every Infllcatlonr. Say
the Reverend Herbert Oihura; rec
tor Ot Christ nhurca, thai the E
ptseopal Council of the Diocese of
Eastern Carolina to be held m Ella
abeth Citr ' May Uth, I will be
largely attendded. The Council is
composed Of ; clerical and lay dele-'
gate from about forty parishes and
missions, . and besides these there
will be delegates here 'rom the wo
men's organisation! throughout the
Diocese. The dehmteg1 and vislt-
ors will be entertained as far as I
possible la the hStaes c-t the. people
of Christ Church,1 And accomftt Is
already at work making definite ar
rangements to that end, . , ; .
' "All services and meetings ofthe
Council will be open to the public,
and the people' of Elizabeth Clty are
cordially Invited to attend. " .
BEUEIIL SII1IIS:
lff,D TO REVOLT
i . y
POPE IS INFORMED BY MCSSEN
f GERS IN GERMANY, THAT .CON
DITICS IN TEUTONIC-: OpUlt
; TRIES CLOSELY APPROXIMATE
REVOLUTION ,-' .
Rome, April 25. The Pope ' has
been Informed by papal nuncies In
Teutonic countries that the general
strikes In Germany and Austria Hun
gary have brought about conditions
that closely approxmlate revolution,
according to reports in t'atlca cir
cles. The nuacies asserted their .belief
in the possibility that a general re
volt to back the demand on the peo
ple for peace may develop
BESS cuvipoy
TO BE-
H 0
10
SEEN III THIS
BrtttBlrflrw" tore gww iTwrtrht4het lwUatwadeyMweeteB-1 J aiMlhere . Itfc,JrjUW 'K1 W,
ranks. But they stuck to it ani
i struck oblknielv at the British lines.
For half an hour longer the com
batants were hiaden under a vast
cloud of smoke. The Germans plant
ed a barrage to the west on Monchy
in an endeavor to cut off reserves
I, for the forces they were attacking,
v Meanwhile the air swarmed with
planes. Some fell,' fighting glorious-
ly. Then, of a sudden, the British
took the advantage in the fighting
and by tremendous battling stormed
i Guemappe. It was a sudden brilUant
( etroke.
K. Further to the southwest of Mon
1 chy the Tommies cleared the ridge
south to the Cojuel.
With in thirty minutes after thev
"went over" the paraphet along this
Y line, I saw them return with hun
l dreds of prisoners hoth captives
and captors coming back through a
death dealing German barrage fire.
, Heavy fighting took iilace all
along the line all day. Night saw the
British with a net gln of ground
mate at two thousand. TIiphp twn
, Mhousand were being slowly taken
the rear throu hga sunset haze
of smoke.
DISTURBAHCES III
GERIII CAPITAL
STORMY SESSION OF REICHSTAG
TUESDAY IN WHICH GOVERN
MENT WAS CHARGED WITH
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOOD
CRIIS
Amsterdam A ril 25. The new
anti government socialist twrtv pre
cipitated tttmultvous disturuances in
-yesterday' u)eeting of the Reichstag
acrordinp? to Berlin disratcnes.
Socialist labor leaders enarged the
Government with., responsibility for
the food crisis and demanded that the
situation as to the Government's
maladministration on Wednesday.
Amid tempestuou, debate the reso
lution waB rejected. Later Bdvne,
declare that there will be no fur
ther meeting of the Reirhstag until
May 2nd.
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VVATHER OR NO
AtTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRA
TION BY SOCIALISTS AT PE
TROGRAD SHOWS SERIOUS RE
SULT OF TEUTON PROPOGAN-DA
Bv PniteU Press i
London, Ap'ril 25. Germs n propa
ganda is centering in Russia to
such an extent as to arouse appre
hension and evince the necessity of
immediately finding a way of effec
tively stamping out such pernicious
influences.
An organized anti-American dem
IDE
FOR
ran
tack the American embassy at
Petroprad. The demonstration wai
led by radical socialists.
BUTTLE IIOl'J IS
IT STMID STILE
FIERCEST FIGHTING OF WAR
MARKS VIOLENT ATTEMPTS
OF BOTH SIDES TO GAIN NEW
GROUND
(By United Press i
With British Armies Afield, April
25. Frightful losses were inflicted
on the Germans vainly counter at
tacking at Gaverelle today.
From a rane of three hundred
yards almost point blank the British
artillery poured concentrated fire up
on the massed German, arnks. The
attacking forces were litera'ly com
pletely cut to pieces. South of Scarpe
the British are advacing steadily to
the north of the river, but the bat
tle as a whole today Is at a stand
still sta'-'e, marked 1 y the most des
perate fibting of the war and by
iolent attempts of lioth sides to
Min ground.
RAID TURKISH HARBOR
London, April 25. Official reports
POLLING 105 VOTES, IN r SECOND
PRIMARY TUESDAY AGAINST
H. G. PARKS 86 VOTES
Mr. J. L. Pritchard was re-elected
Alderman from the Fourth Ward in
the primary yesterday, defeating his
opponent Mr. H. G. Parns by a
vote of 105 to 86. The first primary
resulted in a tie between these two
candidates, each polling 85 votes.
As thevotes began to be counted
Tuesday night it looked as if the
seend contest might be almost as
close as the first, as first one candi
date would lead and then the other,
STUDENT AT STATE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGI-
' NEERING v ENLISTS IN THIS
BRANCH OF , UNCLE SAM'S SER
VICE ' J
West Raleigh April 5. Theman
M. Gregory of Elizabeth City, Is one
of the four students of the State col
lege of Agrkultuie and Engineer
to" enlist ; in the' aviation 1 section of
the signal corpe of the regular 6er-
ice this week. One of tbe otheis
was the gritty. Httle,half back of the
football eleven, N. D. Pleson.
Mr, Gregory was a sophomore civ
11 -engineering student, and was con
eldered onepf the l est all-round
men in college. In spite of tho fact
that he spent much of big spare time
working to', help pay his way thru
colleeg, Mr Gregory bpd become
very popular with the students and
war also making good grade3 in his
studies. The highest, honor to be
conferred upon a student of his
clasg by the student body was a
awrded Mr. Greogr&j'when he was se
lected one of tbeji.wo assiftant foot
ball managers for next fall. The
loss of this young man to tbe Col
lege is sincerely regretted, but ad
miration for him has been increased
by his answer to the patriotic summons.
Pasquotank Mill;
i Increases Ray
: The directors of the Pasquotank
Hosiery Comapny held 'a called
meeting at the milt Tuesday after,
noon and voted a ten per cent Ja
creaee in the pay of their opera
tives, effective from Monday, April
30th. The raise will increase the
annua! pay roll of the company by
about (2,500 a year.
This raise was made by the direc
tor In order to enable their opera
tives to meet the Increased cost of
living due to the war prices now
prevailing. Similar action, taken by
the Elisabeth City Hosiery Company
becomes effective at the same time.
SAVE Gill ' ,
ARGUMENT
not more than two or three votes
between them .until the last quarter
of the race, when Pritchard began
to steadily forge ahead, showing
that his supporters had cast their
ballots early.
This was one of 4he most strictly
conducted primary contests ever
held in this city, as the friends of
each candidate felt that the contest
would be close and wanted to cast
every safeguard about the voting
and the counting of the ballots. The
poll holders sat behind the baJlot
boxes and the space around the
voting booth was roped off to keep
onlookers at a distance. Only one
voter was allowed to enter the en
closure at a time. ' '
Following is the report of the
Democratic executive committee:
Returns of the Second Primary
held April 24th, 1917, in the Fourth
Ward of Elizabeth City, North Car
olina, at which Primary the Contest
ing Candidates were J. L. Prlthard
and H. G. Parks.
We, your Poll Holders, liej leave
to report as follows:
That J. L. Pritchard received 105
votes and H, G. Parks received
votes. We su'mit herewith to the
Executive Committee a list of those
who voted in said Prlnnry.
E. R. Outlaw, Jr.
M. R. Simpson.
Poll-Holders.
From the foregoing report of the
IV1 Holders, We, your Executive
EXERCISES END
: FRIDAY IIICttT
6TATteMLTWOEfT WILL
BE ADDRESSED BY REV. H. S.
QSBURN AND EX-JUDGE TURNER
from Petrograd report the destruc
tion of the Turkish harbor works at Committee, find that J. I.. Pritchard
j " "'c '"'cintu M: voies ana n. i. Parks
received Rf. votes, and we hereby
declare J. J,. Pritchard the duly nnro-
TurklHh vessels in port there In a
raid by Russian milters, destroyers
and submarines.
More than thno housand prison
ers have been taken since the re
sumption on Monday of this week
of the Prltlsh drive and General
HaiK reports further advances today
in spite of bitter Geiman opposition.
Most progress was made between
Cojoul arid Scarpe and east of the
Harlncourt wood where Hilhelm was
taken.
The French official statement re
.ports violent ' fighting a'onit t he
whole French front with alns in
the Aisne and Champagne sectors.
HELD UNDER BAIL
(By United Press)
New York, April 25. Catherine
Anthony and Helen Board man, social
wofkei-a were held under 2,00t ball
Probsblv (liowers tonlehL " Warm. I for placlnr Dtacartla . sutlnir "Thnii
r 'in no., i rtlon. , Thursdiy Jtfr.j Shalt; Not. Kill! . betide!', recruiting
fth lu...::nast and east winds. " 'posters.
roUblv vTiO'
t !
V
inatcd candidate for Alderman in
the Fourth Ward.
W I,. Small.
.1. B. Anderson.
V. T. Love.
P. B. Parson.
Executive Committee.
Hundred Gallons
WhiskeylSeized
(By United Press)
Durham. April 25. A hundred
gallons of whiskey were seized in a
raid early this morning. The four
persons from Raleigh arrested gave
their names as D. J. White, J, c.
Olenn, Roy Utle and Bessie Car
roll. White pulled a gun but was
overpowered. by the sheriffs forcee.
The whrskey wat Jbelng . relayed
front a point between Raleigh end
The Commencement exercises of
the colored State Normal school will
come to a close Friday night with
the graduating exercises held in
Roanoke Institute Chapel.
The commencement address will
be delivered by Rev. If. S. Osburn
of Christ Church. Mr. Osburn's sub
ject will be, ' Education and Moral
Power." ''
Hon.-R. W. Turner will present
the diplomas.
The Principal of the school, P.
W. Moore, will announcs prizes won
by students during the year, and the
remainder of the program will be
given by the pupils themselves,
valedictory, salutatory, essays, .chor
uses, anthems, and quartetts.
This marks the close of the twenty-sixth
year of the school and a
year of successful achievement in
the life of the school.
The exercises have 'continued thru
the week, beginning last Friday
night. Prominent leaders of the
coolred rate have been present and
addressed the students, concerts
have been slven by the students In
various departments of the school,
and exhibits of industrhil work have
been an Interesting feature of the
commencement.
Twenty-six members of the Nor
mal Department will receive diplo
mas this year, and twelve members
of the domestic science department.
Asked To File
New Schedules
(By United Press)
Washington, April 25 To obviate
delaym filing a complete new sche
dule of rates, the interstate com
merce commission today authoribed
the railroads to file supplementary
reports of their schedules in their
appeal for the proposed , 15 per
cent Increase to cover added ex
penses arising from the operation of
an eight hour day.
WHICH IS BEING
jVl-RONGLY URGED BY GOVER
NORS OF MANY STATES NOW
Friday At
New Theatre
.rTTjr"' ? Durhsra.
Illinois is
Mobilizing
Bv United Pres
Springfield, 11'., April 25. I llnols
one of the middle western states
which will be'anked to bear the
brunt of supplying the European as
well as the American armies with
foodstuffs, is mobilizing for duty.
The state board of agriculture
urgos Illinois farmers to raise 20
per cent more corn this year than
in former years. They also will be
urged to employ only that class of
laborers not of military age or hav
ing a defect that would make them
unavailable for service. V. V ' "
"Mrs., C.r A Cooke, ind
Henry H. Walthall, who will ba
seen in the Truant Soul at the New
Theate, 'riday, April 27th, will be
remembered as The Little Colonel in
the Birth of a Nation. This is not a
War PciuVe, but a -picture that wrW
Bet you to thinking and after you
have seen it you will yourself con
sider it as Menry H. VValthall'g great
est Masterpiece.
The Truant Soul after it was
completed and run for the first time
the Board of Censors congratulated
Mr. Walthall personally. After you
have seen this picture, ybu will
agree witli tbe Board of Censors,
"The Truant Soul" was written by
the world-famous author, Victor
Rousseau. It portrays a man in
death grapple with humanity's great
hidden menace, gripping the specta
tor and holding him tense in hjs
seat from tlie opening scene to the
end. It tearrles you with the charac
ter down to the depth of degrada
tion and despair to the loweBt pit
of Hell. It lifts you at the end of
the heights supernal, showing what
a woman's love can do for a genius
who hag drunk of the dregs of life.
It Is a photoplay that shows all
the horrors of a man of fine sensi
bi'ities tormented by the demons of
drug. It emeregs from the blackhess
of a Poe t0 the sublimity'of a Tenny
son. Mr. Walthall has poured his Whole
soul into this production. He has
given everything that his experience
and his genius has to offer, and he
says: n "HfjJlf! J
"It Is my masterplec"
The story i sthat of a great sur
geon a genius, a man of fine nl-.
stlncts, but who has a hidden second
nature. He performs yonderful oper
ations, he does Inetslmabie good for
manklnkd. But sudden periods come
over him when he reverts to the
primitive type. He is possessed of
temporary atavism. lie sinks into
the lowest kind of vice. Jfe is crenel,
heartless, vindictive, unscrupulous.
He reverts to the cave man to the
animal, where might is paramount,
and he blasts lives and love without
conpunction. He Is the personifica
tion of Pr Jekyll or Mr. Hyde, but
Rousseau has woven an entirely dif
ferent story around the character.
The Strang reversion grows until
the once noted surgeon- has sunk to
the lowest Uepths. He is confined rn
a sanitarium. There a wonderful wo
man a nurserecognizes hi, genius
sympathizes w This terrible des
pair, and nurr him back to mental,
! ral and pislcal health. He wins
I I'e and love at last.
, ; (By United Preaa) ', .
New 'York. 'April 15. Oovernorl '
of many of the country'a 'TweC,
states are heartily in favor of war t
prohibition for conservation of food
material Others are ncm-commitaL '
holding back and "awaiting develop -
menta," a canvass by the United ;
Press showed today. . '..y '
Most of the war prohibition lentl- v,
ment seems to . be In the west, al- ...
though ' governor Brumbauih of ' .
Pennsylvania, came out flatly in , '
favor of It. . ' -
"I favor prohibition to conserve -,
the grain supply; as well as ' for ' .
other consideration,", said Brum ' .
bsugh. "Grain conservation was one
of ; the impelling reasons which led y
me to telegraph President v vvuson ; i
that 'every consideration of heilth ' : ,
and economy' warranted me In iff,, t
ing war prohiDltion." '.-! '
"I think it would be better to uae !.
zrain for food Instead of using V It".
for making whiskey," declared gov-
emor Marcus N. Holcomb of i Cpft ,. '
nectlcut. "I dont want to Wf
this time whethea I believe it would
be advisable to declare prohibition 4.
dariftg the war." -
Governor Washington Lindsay of
New Mexico, asserted he believed Ut -, (
national prohibition now and for all ;' t
time. In his opinion, congress cer, '.
tainly ahoull prohibit the use.1 of'' '
grains in Manufacturing liquori'ahd
during the war period. (
One of the strongest advocatea of
the war prohibition move Is gover
not Boyle of. Nevada. wtliVWita. t.
"I heartily approve of the plan to
invoke national prohibition at thll i .
time and I have o wired tlie Pre f
Went." he IdfOur foodatuffl ;-
should all be applied to . beneficial
and fiot injurious uses. The nation
has plenty of useful work for thbaa
now engaegd in the manufacture and
sale of liquors."
"Whatever action the federal gov
ernmeht takes In uthe matter of
war time prohibition to save grain
will meet with my endorsement."
said governor Burnqulst of Minne '' -'
sota. He added that he aws already '
taking steps to conserve' his state' ,
grain and food supplied.
Governor E. L. Philipp -ot WlscOtt
sin was non-committal. He believe 1
mattftrQ have, tint HnvalnnAd annurh i
for him to venture on opinion. "
Whlln rnfunlnir tr iHsrusa nrnhlhl , ..
tlon, Governor Ferguson of feiat , ' ,v;
flatly declared he would stand with
V
Fresiaent Wilson In any sucn steps
taken for the national defense. GtfY
ernor Lowden, of Illinois believe - J
the resopnsibillty rests with the
proper officials in Washington, and " .
Is keeping "hands o." ' V
nt Mow Vnrlr an ffnvainn fPa11 n
Massachusetts refused to commenL
daulihter.
Mis, Anrd4 Cooke and lfrg.' J,''.E, ' I Mr, Tui Co, formerly of ' thU
.iijose of neicross.arp tl::!t"ri're!a- :city bnt now of Balttmo-e,' is here
fives In Norfolk.
is week on business.
( Jr
I.
Urges Banks
To Go-Operate
(By Unlteix lfwi " 1
Richmond, AprtiiaS- The gover
nor of the Federal Reserve Back ha ,.'
appealed to the State banks and '
trimt comapnles t0 co-operate more
fully with Richmond institution '
and to do their part In the mobilisa
tion of the nation's financial resour
ces, In this appeal he said: Congres
has creared a machine to meet all 1
emergencies, but we are slacker '
In making use of it."
Final Details
Are Discussed
(By United Press)
Washington, April 2B.rinal de-
talis ot the first loan of two hundred
millions to Great, Brithn ere dis
cussed In 'conference '-today of Lord
Cunliffe, Sir Cecil Rprin?-TMce an.1
Peereta-y MAdoo.