J News Without -.k BIs , Views Without Prejudice w '"V I I 1 I IW1 U l V The Only Dc-iocr-u.: Newspaper Published in Elizabeth City VOL.6 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 8. 1917 N0.13S (Sereral Pershing Safe' in England Receives Ovation At British Port And Is Whisked Away On Special To London British Port, June 8. Major General John J. Pershing, Commander of the first American expeditionary force to France has arrived in England, accompanied by his staff. A tremendous ovation greeted the arrival of the Ameri cans and a special train is waiting to whisk them away to London-Included in General Pershing's party are a number of nurses and army engineers. Distinguished British officers accorded the commander of the first American expeditionary force the warmest welcome. The ship bearing the party was met a hundred miles from the Irish coast by a British flotilla. GEr. PERSHING A MILITARY GENIUS COMMANDER OK FIRST EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE 18 A DEMON FOR DETAIL AND WILL SEE THAT HIS FORCES . LACK NOTHING TO MAKE THEM EFFICIENT SIX HIDE! SS TAKEN RUSSIA S FATE IS IN BAIAII AMERICANS MUST FACE FAIRLY FACT THAT UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS WILL NOT FIGJiT .(By United Press) Washington, June 8. 8omeone once said that genius is a matter of detail. If that someone was right then MaJ. Gen. John J Pershing, who will command America's first expedition ary forces in France is a military gen ius. He Is a regular demos for - de tail. An inspection is a military formal ity not popular in the Army and an BRITISH CONTINUE DRIVE SUC CESSFULLY. GERMANS WAGE COUNTER OFFENSIVE ON THE FRENCH SECTOR OF GREAT FRONT (By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With The British Armies Afield, June 8. Six thousand prisoners to date have been taken in the great Flanders offensive. 8o complete is the success with which the drive Is pro gressing. .. The British cavalry is still in action and on account of the use of the cav alry there is nothing to indicate the (By WILLIAM SHEPPERD) Petrograd, June 8. Russia's (ate is hanging In the balance between Czarism and mobism. . America and her allies mus-pface this fact squarely. Under present concltlons Russia WILL NOT FIGHT. Conditions may change. There is a possibility that order may be- evolved out of chaos. But there is nothing to indicate such an evolution. There is no man a tower of streng th in the turmoil on whom hope has centered. Russians patriots are working day and night In a desperate effort to res tore order and set up a government. WOUNDED TIDE WANTS UCE SOLDIER OF SOUTH JUST RECOV ERING FROM THIRD WOUND ANXIOUS TO JOIN THE AMERI CAN FORCES WHEN THEY AR RIVE IN FRANCE LIES. C. L. HEATH DEAD The funeral of Mrs C L Heath, who died Friday morning at one o'clock at her home near Selden Street was conducted Friday afternoon at four o'clock. Mrs Heath was th caughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Meads and was married to Mr Curtis L Heath twelve years ago this September. She was 32 years old, and a member of the First Baptist Church. Besides her mother and father and husband she Is sur vived by three children, a sister, Mrs Bill Chorrie. and two brothers, Victor and Stanton Meads. Interment was made in Hollywood cemetery. VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF The jury in the case of Chappel vs. Price today brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. This was a claim of delivery pro ceeding the plaintlfr desiring author ity to take possession of property set our In a chattel mortgage. The case of Britton, administrator, vs. The People's Navigation Company is now being tried. WAR TOO BIG TO RISK I , LESS THAN ALL TO WH! WW-sip--MaaafHnvMa Young Canadian Wounded Early In The Fighting Does Not Yet Fed That He Has Bit But Is Anxious to Get Back to Trenches i GERMANY FIGHTS BLOOD M RACE) "This war is too big for any one to say or feel that he has done his bit until it Is won." So spoke Jack Stenson, a quiet-man nered young Canadian now visiting friends in the city, to a reporter for this paper this morning. Stenson was In rue nrst contingent leaving Canada for the fray. He was wounded in the first ras attack madei by the Germans and after spending j0XE six months in a British hospital, he returned home to offer himself again for service In the trenches. Rejected In Canada he is now in the United States hoping to flnor a place among (he fighting men that Uncle Sam will first send into active fighting in France. ,' Failing In this purpose he will offer his services to Uncle Sam as an in structor in bayonet fighting IMIIFFAFflCF 18 - BUSILY If im;; w S'E HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DELEGATES MAKE RE PORTS AND HEAR DISCTRsrnva OF EPWORTH LEAGUE , PRO BLEMS , - w wmuu.ou uu botcuij uyu aeie gates are'attendlng the Epworth Lea gue Conference in session at Clt Road Church this week. Tonight the conference will be ad- One has dreed by Rev A D Wilcox of Golds- London, June 8. Introducing Mr. I-Tnrrv MrMfrh&pl nf Aiipnatn Cla Wlaf Inspection by Gen Pershing Is always tomp.eie reaK aown or the German hag bpen 8trafed tnr,ce y thj Ka,g antclpated with fear and trembling. trench lines. ' er's missies, but he hasn't taken the 'Thorough" hardly describes it.Last' i-onaon. june s. Across tne munt September Gen. Pershing conducted wedge five miles broad at the apex the an inspctlon of 3000 troops stationed British are still forging ahead smash t the base of the Mexican punitive 'n8 Germany's steel grip on Belgium, expedition in Columbus, N. M. ' At nght the fighting is intense. The It occupied five hours and when German lines are bent far back by the completed the General knew the fit-: Initial shock of vast mine explosions, ness for immediate field service of she" "re, artillery and dashing blows nvaTv man in thn rnmmund (,f infantry. The Germans are massing . , . . . . ,, every man in me comuiaou. ; u coo.., ncj,e(j D8 brow as he went over the "Shave off those decorations," was their reserves fiercely to oppose every t()p jn a cnarge ui .I.. - at an tt f Va llrirlah aHimnstn I a frequent oraer to tnose cuiuvuung ; " -v ".. uui.c. beards. ; Paris, June 8. Germany has ap- Dirty rifles aroused the General's parently started a counter offensive ire. "That's a line looking instrument, along the great sector of the French Been using it for a hoe have you?"ifrnt. All attacks thus far have fail ed. count yet and all he wants is another shot at a spiked helmet. Mac learned the game in the Sec ond United States cavalry. He joined the Fifteenth Canadian Battalion in June. 1915. A machine gun bullet hit his leg in the fall of that year. Back from the hospital, a shell fragment be would ask. Down the line he went, his eyes taking; in every detail. Take off your uniform when you sleep," he would snap. "Don't you ever wash those pants?" Without stopping to eat or for a moment's reet he kept at his task through the infantry, the signal troop the ambulance and hospital units and along the long line of motors and drivers In the truck companies and the aviation corps. Pershing knew what he had in men And equipment every minute he was , in Mexloo.' And he saw that his men f-eited nothing. And so la France he' will know every minute what he has' in men and equipment and he will see that they lack nothing to make then efficient soldiers. For Pershing,' "In the phraseology, is a hound for de tail." ffl OFFICIALS I-P KF.UJ AC'S fii.vtcc : f a "I.;: M.Wr V. Rack once more from "bligty," Mac took a stretch and a yawn in view of the German trenches and a bullet bored his Jaw, removing five teeth Today, in the hospital, this soldier of the south is just getting on his feet again. He wants to join the Americans when they arrive and his ear is eag er for the welcome sound of "Dixie." THAT IS EXCUSE PUT UP RY GER MAN OFFICERS FOR THE KILL-ue 8a'd K there was any one there. INO OF THE WOMEN AND CHIL DREN OF FRANCE (By WILBUR 8. FORREST) (United Press tSaff Correspondent.) Paris, June 7. "We aro not mak ing war solely against the French army and French territory but against Frenchmen generally, your women, children and everything that belongs to the French blood aud race to do something," ha explains. ooro; H18 "inject will be "8unshine Stenson'a home Is at Hamilton, a and Moonshine." , , town of a little over a hundred thou-i Tn,s "fternoon at :30 the dele- hand Inhabitants in Ontario. "I might : BBteB were iaKen n n automobile not mind staying at home so much,irlde over the c,ty- iu iuui uju b bbbbiuu reports. nut one man nas enlisted for every""" -re unanimous in ten persons in the city. That means not,n&" much improvement in effl 10,000 soldiers from this one town lency and Interest In local league alone. I have hardly a personal friend I wor,t- -' ; left in it." I Devotional exercises were ondoct- n- i n ft ii... Sd hv RaV H P niaaa nt T .kftpn ,ttA mi ruu luio oieuBuu iciv nauimuu - ihviv nw Tuesday evening and arrived In Elli- ured that much time be given to abeth City Wednesday on the night Blb,e 8tudr without wnlcb there could express. They are now the guests of be no hPe ot -igheet life 5 ,'. Mr and Mrs G W Parsons on East1 Mr8 H B Branch of, Wilmington Burgess street. spoke on "Christ the man, as liven la 'It is fine to see how seriously the.Luke'8 Q8Pel- Thjs Is what the German command-' States are taking the stern business ReT c M Culbreth of St Louis con- Thej havs octea tne social setvle department. ln officer in Noyon told Senator I of war," says JUr Stenson, Noal. mayor of Noyon, before the Germans sacked the town. Shortly be fore the destruction began, the com mander summoned Joal and demand ed that he name specific instances of atrocities and vandalism com mitted by the Kaiser's troops. Noal put in 15 minutes the time allowed naming instances after in Htiince with full details. The crimes charged included rape, burglary, as sault, arson and murder. After having listened, the comman- dWlrondeitttortlre tiuiw1 'tneyaW Tb- JVPn.fwencj!, opened tbuwdajr been In it. And the hospitals which n,B w,th devotional .xerclses br they are establishing are already of RT 0 T Adams. Mayor Sawyer wel- . immense value to the allies." Asked what he thought as to the duration of the war Mr Stenson said that he looked for two years more of it. "America will hav.; plenty of time to get into the fight before it Is over, then," said t he reporter. i "Oh, yes!" was the answer." Amer ica must take France's place In sup plying man power for the fighting der excused such conduct by saying i lines. In this respect France is about his countrymen were warring against at the end of Its resources. The gaps "French blood and race." One of the Instances cited was the case of little Andre Labot, a child who was beaten with a cane for falling to salute an officer, then forced to salute a dummy draped with a German uniform until he-fell exhausted, and finally bayonet ted and killed. 11.10 IZ AMONG MEN IV M-'LWNG HHIPS .IIS VKCHANT1 .: ;j nr.! r 1 MinncnnntQPn MUu ui niiiLiiiun OF 111 PROBLEMS STATUE TO LEE AT GETTYSBURG (By LY.:t : IY Washington, June . - - !)i: . cr : i among the men who are bu ships to enable the United State lj I be prepared to keep her allies sup. plied with food came o a head today , when General Goethals, In charge of I tho work, relieved from duty F. A. I Eustis, Assistant General Manager of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation and F II Clark, consult ing engineer. The two officials discharged Issued statements last night charging Gen eral Goethals with derayin construe tion of the wooden ships. Chautauqua This Year Will Turn People's ' Attention M SW rf Personal Efficiency and Individual Fconomy to Meet War Needs. Washington, Juno 7. I" &O00 Chautauqua tents and auditor. uu ' this Hummer, an Brmy or the cou -try's best speakers will pnach practi cal patriotism and seek to train the national mind along lines of most ef fective service. vt ixMHo'. il "lytriene, conservation of food, and eimllal - f lid Dr. Pear- . in nt bendH every Yv tion of the phy- ti e United States, IBy United Press) Gettysburg, Pa., June 8. Beside that field of. waving wheat across which General Pickett led his memor able charge against the Union Lines at the Bloody Angle there was un- MOUNTAINEERS PLOT TO RESIST CONSCRIPTION " liiii' t' : T effort to i ' ' ! fiicnl resources , we will do our part In mobilizing the mind of America." ! 'We will help to mobilize the minds Tho Hpnakera wno wni undertake or America," said Dr Paul M Pearson, tMs campalgn lnclude Vice-President i secretary of the Chautauqua Mana- Mar8nal, Frank DiXon, Mrs LaSalle Kur'a association, yesterday at a meet (;orbee 1McUetti Dr Thomas E Green, fug of the executives of five thousand Hon percy A,den (), the Brltgh Par. ( liantauquas. I llament and Special Commissioner of In each town visited this summer Agriculture in charge of England's In we plan to have a rousing, patriotic tensive wheat raiing scheme, Dr. Car day when the best available speaker olyn E Oelsel of Battle Creek Michi gan, Dr Lydla Allen DeVilbiss, chief Hy (By United Press) Roanoke, Va, June 8. Desultory wni indicate methods of efficient Hv- veiled today a bronze statue to the guerilla warfare developed in this me and food conservation and out- of the Kansas Bureau of Child valiant commander of the South's for section on account of harbored re- nne avenues of service for men and glene, and many others. ces, General Robert Edward Lee. Isentment for Federal enforcement of (women not lnlisted for military ser- In their session the Chautauqua j draft. Mountaineers for two nights vice and the Red Cross. j Managers pledged their support to the have fired from ambush on the Natl-1 "Good Health of the individual per President and Congress, offering their lonal Guard patrols and today the De-'g0n under the extraordinary high pres services especially towards tha effl parttnent of Justice sent Us agents mire conditions of these was timet Istcient and democratic organization of into - tbe section following tne dls- a most important adjunct of prepar- jthe industrial ana social force of the WEATHER mads from now on In the French ranks must be filled with Americans.' It was about the end of September 1914 that Stenson left Canada on one of the ships of the big transport fleet of thirty three vessels that took over the first contingent of Canadian fight ing men. It was the Intention to take the fleet into Portsmouth, and pre parations had been made there for corned the delegates in behalf of the city. Rev C B Culbreth and Rev, J L Cunningglm in behalf of the local Methodist churches, v R Pugh in be half of City Road Epworth League and T J Markham In behalf of First Methodist Epworth League. The response was made by Rev J M Ormond of Hertford. An address by Rev H B Hill on 'Th Kvangellstlo Message of the Bible" followed and the meeting closed with' a reception in the Sunday School an nex. ., I . FEDERAL SERIVCE FOR. . COLONIAL MILITIA (By United Press) . Washinglon, June 8. The native militia and other armed forces on the I'hillplnes may be called Into Federal - 1 J M A - - taking care of the new troops.But the service uuuer an amendment iq activities of the German submarines national defense act passed today. t v caused a change In plans at the last -- - mhiuto and the fleet's deetinatln was changed to Plymouth. There no provisions for the troops had been made and it was a week before Sten son got off his ship and into a train ing camp. He had had tjiree years military training in Canada in the all zed and their panie was pitiful to , see." -'i . It was under these circumstance . that 1100 Caitadian found them selves In the way of the advance of 20,000 Germans. What it meant to u : you can Imagine when I tell you that 1 Canadian organization corresponding of the 1100 only 112 an8Were(i the' our Natonal Guards; but it was not roii caii next moinlne until ho had had four months In a training camp where the routine work was 'worse than the trenches' that he was sent to the front and put into trenches under fire of the big German guim. 'I was struck by a shell fragment first. Then the gas got me and finally a bullet wound, enough for one ' day's work I think. , "After nightfall when the attack slackened I crawled off the field some how. I was given hhsty attention at the dressing station, which the GerV mans, as habit was, had under fire. A few hours later I was sent to the base Asked about the sensations of a raw soldlor under fire, Stenson said: I 'Why I was scared of course. One can not rec I comrortaDie wun sixteen ... i incn Biioits Dursting in nis neignoor-, i108,,ital and from there to England, ' hood. The experience Is too much like wlKM.(1 i stnyf,(i ln tho hospital for sbt an earthquake. It is my personal opin- months while mv wounds healed. 1 i Ion that tho man who says he Is notot mck (o Canada ln October. Since scared Under SUCh Circumstances Is then I httV tried to rat tntn tha rnaV either a liar or a fool. And there is no particular harm In a man's being scar ed so long as he sticks to his post and does his duty." Stenson got Into the trenches ln February. It was on the evening of April 23, 1915 that he was wounded the day on which the Germans first used a screen) of poison gas to coVer their attack.- "None of us knew what had hap pened," said Mr. Stenson." but It was the Algerian troops against whom the Probably local thunder showers to-. closure of a widespread plot to resist d ness, and we have arrange a most country and the unification bf the dl-new method ot attack was most luc ent and Satnrdav! moderate winds, rnnscrinllon. thorough-golnr campaign la methods versified element of our population. cessfdL. They were completely demor- dian army four times. - "If I am accepted In the United States I should like to go over with the first troops that will see service. I suppose, though, that Pershing and his regulars will get off soon- if they have not already left. "We 'will of course not know they are gone until wo hear of their safe arrival in Eng land." ' ': , Before the reporter got to hi type writer with his story the wire had flashed over the country tbe new of the arrival In England of ' General Pershing and his staff.

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