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With Allies and America
Lord Northcliffe Gives United Press
;' Frank Interview as. to. worn-,
ings of British Censorship ,
IBMARiFSTsERlOUS
But Idea That Geroan Submarines Can Win War
' 7 He Asserts Preposterous
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINaTf&PAY EVENING. MAY 4. 1917
MAYG.' FITZGERALD
Ths OrJy Democratic
Published in Elkibeth
City
no; 1)1.
ttrttlnn has
Sensing a nation-wlde doubt M rl sue
heen telling the All ZcL Press today
ceBses and the campaign on the west ir . BrU(ah
is: ztzzs zxt
HddlUon the Jjtf?Z
servedly Brian's TuZitl was painted
democracies, while th Irish atatemeut of Eng-
out .and a request maae ur "
land's attitude. ,hd to the inquiries by
A. an indication of the the United
the ritlsh office. JSai own line, evidently at
Press today over the British governm f
the suggestion of the foreign office. ,
I
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v - s i ,
;
; , ! . -'
St? ! 5V v-: r- , h vt
Situation KowJTense
victories, Vhlcli have put trie pro
posed Berlin-Bagdad pVoposition out
of action, are merely satires on the
truth. 'I
"The whole situation of the war la
ht in anu ni me r''".
except v
nw ii? to tneir many yeaio "i
ation Vere successful iu certain areas
tho-iigli they lost all their colonies
and had their ships driven from the
hpiih. Last year was the year of final
preparation by the allies, but during
1916 the flght,resembled that point m
a tug of war when neither side "seems
able -to pull the other over the line
Trulnv TlirkflV is Oil its last legs, AUS-
fria and Hungary are crying out tor
and Bavaria are
ucatf cnv - "
fllscontented.
"Through the United Press I have
nnlnied out at various
periods of the wafr that In my Judg
ment the struggle will be a long o
I have not altered my Judgment. A
tyranny tljat has taken so many years
i )
(By E U
(United ress f Cen
v "inr mp -f 4. America is get
-?Tm J complete facts of
'every news far.ture
of the British ewlN
. . .v.. iivelopments,
i of -mbarino e-
, and may expect to receive them very
80on. The submarine
Btrongest card Germany has played,
' w it will never win the war.
bUTtregolng is on authority of
the man whose prophesies and state-
Cnron the war have came to carry
.m0re weight than thos o any other
figure in the Wiled countries-Lo.d
''NCXo is Jrobably the ..ar
e9t facer of facts in England . He
nlver dodges. Today the United I Press
t sparely up to him the prooi
tTon of the gathering doubt and dis
trust in America resulting from the
-S that British officialdom has not
ie-en frank wth America in "" gather'Btrgth and has fortified
, ent of Bubmarine lo98ea" truth ! luelf by every possible mixture of
lblv had not Deen
rLm the allies successes on the
We.'!nrregard to the loss of tonna'ge
ibcime
"there is no doubt that the fmur.
J Lious. The government dos not
i
brute force and science Is not easily
broken.
"i was talking Ufday with an
American citizen who left Austria
with your ambassadorial train .three
weeks ago He tells me that the Prus-
prevent our newspapers from counted the entrance of the United
o. nor prevent mei 1 ntxtna into the wur, being Charaac-
dents trorrf saying so. The gowrniD , " ca u,nnrnnt f the speed with
in 1 believe, very soon puuu
At Russian Capital
orkmen ; and Soldiers at Logger.,
heads With Authorities -of New
Provisional Goveroftentand Gravq
Consequences May tyesult, .
PLAV.NQ -OttMAlMl IN TH!::CH.ME3 NORMANDY - COM .C OPERA
-j." Br- BUBtM i' r.Artw w. . .
nmm for
OOISLMITTWIH HAVE 1WEN Al
fOlNTKI) AND AUKANGRMENT8
MADE FOR DISPOSING OFSEA
SOX TICKETS
cum
DOUBT US TO
1i
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FIRED
SHOT
: CRISIS IS APPARENTLY AVERTED r '
PetrOfrad, May 4.,-- dramatic speech appealing
to the patriotism of tha workmen 'and soldiers was da-'
livered this afternoon from the balcony of the Govern
ment building,. Apparently the crisis has been staved
off,-
1
ME SlCilED
EITHER GERMANY IS
PritLTriTY, C'ARIE
- i
OR IS
ThAeatened with anarchy
I'NIiEHS MATTERS CAN RE AD
JUSTED ' . '
DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO HAKE
........ .w.ni I V- Itiuci
Ml I'll Tit IB I "in i -
K FN H AT It N A L VAWTER CASE I'ca's war preparations or Germany, is
bkMAAllUAAb vtvii l-ntuallv beset bv the worst of Inter-
-AnTMl'Rr MATIN -
(United PresB Staff CorrespondenO
Copenhagen. May 4.Either Ger
many's war managers are playing the
shrewdest publicity game for the
purpose of causing relaxation in Amer
...in ua nhift to make vour
Ml facts and figures. a u , ,aratlon9. um on the other hand,
they can arrange the matter with rthe AuHtrian8 aIld Hungarians great
Frepch and Italian allies. regretted luiving como to the part-
"I do not hesitate to say in my, Amerlcai and
anVimnrine men- I ?
newspapers mai i" .
ace Is the greatest difficulty we have
. . ....i tt,st the
hart so far but 10 i"".
lunmantno m i
their nowspiipers were peinmieu i
say so.
"You nskPd about Ireland and I
appreciate the utimulus that would 1e
given the campaign in America were
the Irish 'quewi fo settled. There is,
however, no lllllculty between Fing
.. i it vhould be re-
war can bo won by th
preposterous.
Certainlv there can be no complaint
of lack' of frankness or of even cen
sorship in the reports of the United
k ... k . ,.;nfrw1 Prooa nor-
Press ana u- - . , -. . .. .,,,., f. hQ
. respondents at the Brltisn cronw in numbered that nio i"hj -.v.
i .r of the war, I waa one .,,. lhe uit(!r proteatante and the
. J ' .,).. Kfivniest critics. o.,n. iiHntliwest CathollcB. Mr.
ttat the present t ldy1 George is devotinr? a great
nroeress t)t the amntini of time in an ftffort to bring
dally rppw"" " " v ... i
British advance as published her- about uniou among the Irish people
In the United States are of the frank- themselves, e hope no less than
8t statements made by any of the you for an early and satlnafctery set-
belligerents.
"The very act that the Germans
. - n 1.a4i- hlllfrt loSBB in
L and our methodical captor. of'complete undorstandlng of the fact
men muu . . ... t ha Tiolted Stated Is
their undergrouna iotw i - imiwhvj r ,1
' around Arrks .bould tonvlnce Amer-jtne mcfst IVl'V"
tlcment
"Throngliout the British dominions
and In France and Italy, mere is
The Guarantors of the Chautauqua
Association for 1917, met lir ftne
Court HouBe last night at gelght
o'clock with thirty-live members pre
sent: v
Dr. B. C. Hening was made Tem
porary Chairman ami Oil l'ugh Tern
nnrarv Spcretar'y.
rru fninwlni' nfllcitrs were eiecicu
I lie luivn'wo "
for'1917:
G. R Little, President.
Dr B C Hening, Vice President.
J CUJf Sawyer, Secretary.
W G Gaither, Jr., Treasurer.
The following Chairmen of the
respective committees were elected:
Ticket Committee, C R Pugh
Advertising Committee, Geo. T..
Twiddy.
Junior Committoe Mltr, ''Tattle
Harney.
Hospitality Committee, J W Wil
cox. Ground Committee, J B Lelgli; W
J Woodley; C E Kramer.
Parade ComtnJttee, Misr. Mxriou
Woodley.
Tent Decoratlcm'. M Leigh Hticep.
Upon motion duly recorded and
carried it was decided that each
nnnrantor should be given his pro
portionate number of tickets at the
nnpninit of the ticket campaiR.i. anu
fny frr the jiumber of tickets which
he expects. to use in his own ramuy
Wn tic- nt receives the tickets;
that ho fhall be expected to use hlu
effort b to sell his remaining quota of
tickets until Friday, June, 8th, he
. f,..Qr.ltnr nf fhniitniKillli on
lore me i" "ti'n
Wednenduv the lilth.; that on Frl-
i ,t i.
. .. 0T nil tIMtftlH Will I'O
oay, j in1" "i"
nettled for with thetlckot commit
f(!P From that date until the opening
of Chautauqua the ticket committee
will strive to sell the remaining un
sold tickets. -
(hi... fnllnoMnir rpRnUtlOUH WOP
l nil ..-ci -
adopted: . .Jf.
That all who,SRll tickets fibMl keep
. roenrd of oil persons rftuvnaseil and
a purchasing tickets, by slng the
blanks proviaed by tno i;uauiauiu
monwealth attorney with Heth's bro
ther.
it is thought possible that in the
lrebuttal the defense wjll enlarge up
on Mis. Vawter's statement that, sne
had her finger on the trlger when the
hot was fired which killed Heth,
thfs statement doubt
(Bv United Prena) .
Chriastianburg, May 4. The de
fense in the sensational Vawter case
A,lntlni1 fit
rested touay aner uie mav
U 10 allow a tmuiinuv v.
actually beset by the worst of Inter
national diasoimions.
Private advices, apparently authen
tic, emphasize the seriouBnesH of this
situation in Germany und Austria and
successor to Foreign Secretary Zim
merman. The idea is that Bernstorff
will attempt a reconciliation with the
United States.
The near approach of u crisis is
Indicated in that bad feeling growing
between Prussia and Austria. Anar
chy is feared unless the people are
Bhown Borne signs of peace and hope.
ainc bv thfs statement aouov
eceatea as io wuu Th feellnir urowlllE that the 8llb
nistol and the difficulty oi oj:nvict.u" , .... .,....
. marine campaign hub uui i'iuuuioh
. ..nil m- , niiFHH HH t
WttB II1CICUJ '
Mrs. Vawter was unnerved oy yes-
tordnv'B ordeal on the witness-sianu
when it ws over and today remained
nt home in bed. The. two witnesses
tndRv testified that Vawter was not
drunk on the evening of the killing.
TO MINE ENTIRE ' ,
NORTH SEA
the results anticipated.
Hamburg, with its vast shipping In
dustries now approves tlf? course of
the foreign office in opposing subma
rine ruthlessness. Hamburg holds that
Germany' commercial prospects will
be injured for years and that the
shipping Industries demand that Ger
many announce change of policy.
(Hy WILLIAM G. 8HEPPERD)
(United Press Staff Correspondent) 7
Petrograd. May 4-ODen ruoture
between Department Heads or. ' th
Provisional Government head vnl '
cbmimirteeB representing the , work .
men and soldier came toflar Iwhefl.
ttte cnmmltinB riomonrfall ttmt ti
.... ... ,
government take the workmen and,.
soldiers Into their full confidence.- t
For some time, the tension, has been r ,'
growing and the flrst clash, between ,
the two faction.1 earn ye'steMajr. y
The greatest Indignation, has beet!
aroused am' ns the workmen and sol-
dier j repTeR'. rroUlves p .the announce
tent that - the PvovIsionarlw'Tl'v
ment intended to staml by the Czar's ',
contracts with his illles. '
At yesterday's meeting of the Ru".
sian Council with the Foreign Minis .
ter two thousand soldiers with loaded ' -rifles
from the Petrograd garrison r
guarded the building where the meet ;
lug waa blng held. Thousands "of
citizens gathered In a gigantic dem' 1
otistratlon against Foreign Minister
Mulikoff. Speakers from the soldier
and sailor delegations exhorted the -
people to Join them In their demand
that the Government take all the peo '
pie Into their connderrce. A monster -.
mass meeting 1h planned for tonight'
There Is no disguising the tensity' of i
the situation. The soldiers and work's
fien declare that they will not ap
rove any loans to Russia until thoy
are fully apprised of the complete war
aims of the 'Entente. They disaf)pro i.
vigorously of the statement credited
to Mulikoff that Russia's aim IS Mr,
crush Germany and Austria. -1
Washington, May 4. The
Allies LITTLE FOLKS
are considering iiihuuh .....
North Sea in order to thwart the Ger
man submarines.
DENY MINISTER ,
DEMANDED PASSPORTS
ENTERTAINED
BRITISH ADVANCE
15 THROl'JIl
BACK
Poplar Branch, N. C, May 2. The1
"Little Folks" of the first and sec
ond grades of Poplar Branch High
School, tutelage of Miss Inez Heid,
London r-.av 4,-lferlin dispatches delightfully entertained a targe and
deny that th Chilean minister has appreciative audience Saturday even
demanded his passports. April 28th and was pronounced
T a suceeiifl from flrnt to last
THIRTEEN MORE I T,u' I'ramatlzatlon of the Tar Baby
ACT? TSTfTTirri TTP which won the prlao at the County
GERMAN RESERVES FLU NO VIO
LENTLY INTO NEW ..HIUTWH
FOlt'E SLIGHT GIVING OP
GROUND CUT LOSS IS COMPEN
SATED RV OTHER GAINH
(Bv United Tressl
London, May 4. With tremendous ,
weight the German-reserves werr
flung violently Into line today and
the British' advance was forced to fall V
back Hllghtly. ' :
British troops from advanced post" ?
Hon captured Yahalh it is reported. :
Lniwlnn. Mav 4. Thirteen
survivors of the American Steamer.
Rockingham have Been picked up
Only two are lost. .
Commencement, was given ugaiu.The i Tll(l lu,.,mni1, Wever revealed pro
in
arOUnu Arras mvuu v" - y j . , t
,.,.. titt our succeflsea hav been',ince the days of August, 11. m
iieat as to tause them to hide their IBr that our government quite, un
J''r,luw . .... i.-.'.- -.rl.1 A.,.Ai ; urk of frankmms be-
, ;"(inl losses in oean. '
' "in-Vln" 4 ottter b00ly- 'a ' ' " tween aI11"
.rW ' V . wlflnlnir' IhAlThof know too
lack of frankness b-
woold be dipterous.
" 5V wilnt. th I Thv know too that In any case truth
rnrmm, nre frsnknewi ltsetr, irv r anu mo n i
f even bucIi facts a, the a w-kr two, WA that truth wp-J
nuCl.' by foHr boys and four girls
dressed in th costumes of long ago,
was especially charming.
Refreshments were served and the
total receipts amounted to $5p.00
This amount will be added to the
treasury of the Betterment Society
which wll be used In various wr.ys for
press In an entirely new sector uuui
that which the British drive centered
for the past 48 hours.
Awotiafion for that purpose.
" That each Guaranto rshall pur
chase and pay for as many tickets as
be may reesonamy w . - fld
ror sai . ny t i f thankg t0 M(M Rod (or the
Vir -
rtimros which I bellove will very short
ly hf made public. I know of nothing
In the way of news of importance
eilbw on land or sea tbat baa bee
withheld by the RxlUsh enorBhip
i!iri in ni'any 'monthBv -except the de
tails of one or tw signal nuccesvs
with certain new war instruments the
1? tbe goverfient l
ex w
The following committee appolnt-
tnontu have been made:
TICKET COMIlTTEEf
Dr. C II Williams. J.W wiicox. j
Sawyer. S? Btalllngsi CbaS Morgan,
J B Leigh.', r :, . . ' : . '
ADVERTISING COMMITTEE:
Joe Winslow. W P Wood. H Q Kra
mer, C R Wilkinson. s .
IMriTAMTY torrTFF:: .
work and time which she has no uft.
sparingly given to horn Softool and
community.
rffkTJRtTTP fiT.ATISF.
" ' aMMai '
J -'(By' United Press)
Ws.if"'" M-ir 4.. Tlin Homo
ARMLSTICE ON
THE BATTLE FRONT.
Meantime a virtual armlstico exlBtl.
along almost the entire RuBBlaa
front. Not a shot nan been llred by ,
either sldo for more than a month
and on , the entire Husso-Gorman
front there Is no real activity of any
soro. At many pluces the Russians
and Germans are fraternizing, moot
Ing unarmed In no-mans land. This IB
tearnod from soldlera here from tha
front j .
'EhoTt
WEATHER
tonleht. Faturdar i"i-'T