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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINATHURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 21. 1917
N0.151
American Destroyer
Sinks German Submarine
Add Folks "Back Home" May Rest
Assured That American Navy
i Flotilla is In The Very Midst Of
; Things
j Ti. (Br United Press)
U Base of American Navy ..Flotilla,
Jltogland, June A Germs sub
;;anarlne fii rammed and sunk br
.'Vn American destroyer today, after a
i German-born Americas blue Jacket
U nd spied out tbe aubmeriible, accord
Irig to tbe belief of the crew of cer-
: tain American aea watchdog return-
- ing to port. ;
' (; , The folki "back home," in the Unl
'' ted States can be sure that the Amer
:, lean flotilla is In the thick of things
; K : aere. Yesterday a German .U-boat tor-
y pedoed a ship at the Tery gates of
the baa port of the flotilla as two
.American ships were convoying it.
SUFFRAGE PIGKETS
1111106 SSCREU
. TO II GOU
ORCHARDS SHEERED QFF AT
THE GROUND ANB TOWERING
ROW8 OF ROADSIDE J TREES
METHODICALLY FELLED
... (Br J. W. PEGLER). "
(United Press -Staff Correspondent)
With The British Armies. Id The
Field. Mar 12 (By Mall)--, Whole
towns erased by dynamite, orchards
sheared off at the jground and tower
ing rowa of road-side trees methodi
cally felled -these scenes of merci
less destruction Illustrate -'why the
British . soldier wants retribution
against the Boche-i;;'-'v'
Tommy goes ahead repairing the
roads and clearing the, debris . from
village streets, admitting that it was
military good sense for the enemy to
obstruct the lines of pursuit
But the Germans said they did
these things to prevent the conceal- j
ment of troops. And the soldier reas
ons is this way; The Boche aeroplanes
never get over anyway to observe
where the troops are , massing. So
Will Beleat Kaiser
With
CHAMCEFOR
E
E00DG0HTR0LBILL
(By United Press)
Washington, June 21.
Screaming ' 'traitors' ' an' angry what difference could it make wheth-
mob Several thousand Strong er they have concealment? Also, the
attacked the suffrage pickets Botb w" careful t0 ru,n chardsj
at the White House gates, to- rlTT" ' '"V"
day, npping down their ban-; whtt.t the angw,r? smt9 im.
ners and trampling them in the Peronne Cathedral refutes th J plea
of military necessity. Dynamite tlew
out the east wall and two sides and
brought the dome crashing amid the
prostrate stone columns. Tod y- the
interior is a mountain of hi eless
wreckage. On its sagging balcony the
PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE
: HAS MADE ITSELF FELT AND
L i BILL MAY PASS IN TWO WEEKS
$DWARDS-JACOBS .
South Mills. June 11. A wedding
of nnusuat Interest took place at the
Baptist church at South Mills Wed
nesday when Miss Nell Jacobs became
the bride of Mr. Oplo Gray Edwards.
The eeremany was performed - by
Rex N H. Shepherd in the presence of
a Urge' number of friends and rela
tives. The church' -was beautifully decor
ated with potted plants and cathe
dral candles. A large w-ite arch with
gates which opened as the, bridal
pair advanced to knee; at the altar
formed the setting tor the ceremony.
Miss Helen Williams sang "The
Sunshine of Your, Smile," Just before
the bridal party "entered the church,
to the strains of Lohengrin's bridal
chorus, played by Mrs H M Jacobs.
The maid of honor, Miss Lola Ja
cobs, sister of the bride, wore yellow
taffeta With a large picture hat and
carried sweet peaa. Currituck, June 21. On Tuesday
Mrs Walter Hargrave, dame of afternoon, July 3. at 1:00 in the Cur
honor, wore blue chiffon over lace rltuck school auditorium the better
and carried sweet peaa. ment Associations of Crawford town-
The groom entered with his best ship will meet, ana on Wednesday af-
man, Mr Frank Hargrave, and thejternoon, July 4, at 2:00 in the chapel
bride was given away In marriage by at Poplar Branch the betterment as
her brother, Mr H M Jacobs, of Roper, j sociatlons of Poplar Branch twonshlp
She wore a travelling suit of mid- will meet. All the betterment ladies
night blue with hat to match. Her of Crawford township are requested
flowers were a corsage bouquet of to be at the Currituck meeting, and
Miles of the valley and sweet peas. ! all the betterment ladles of Poplar
Battle Planes
Noted J tVench Airman Revealo
Allied Plan for Accomplishing
this feat With A
MEETING OF
BETTERMENT ASSO.
(Br United Press) V
. Washington, June 11. The Invasion
of Germany, carrying the fights Into
the Kaiser's territory through the air
with success deemed a certainty by
Allied war heads, Is the plan of the
Allies It Is officially known here.
Lieut Amaury Delta Grange, a not
ed French airman of ' the French
Commission, today in making this rev '
elation to the United Press empha
sised the Allied general staffs regard
for the capability or America to sup
ply the "air preponderance,"; , which1
will make possible Ihe shattering of.
Teutonic battle lines. ... . .. . .
'This win bring victory many
Immediately after the ceremony Mr Branch twonship are requested to be manth. nearer Ind-mi nnthinr u im
and Mrs Edwards left for an extended at the Poplar Branch meeting. These poMibU we hold h, mMtOTy of
bridal tour of northern cities. They meetings are not for the betterment -.- ji n i .
IT
K ,in Untied ProeM
Washington. June 21. Opposition
to the food control bill is giving way,
talk "hank- home" are making
: their pressure felt,
v " As the House settled down for de-
. bate today under the five minute rule here
; talk was heard In the Senate of a
' compromise to appease the bitter an
' ronlatn of the bill and there are
t bints of its passage in the next two
?;'Weeks.
street.
The police reserves were call
ed out to quell the rioting. Ten
thousand people witnessed the
scene.
Mrs. Lee Richardson, leader pipe organ sings the ghost ot a Wee-
time anthem as the May breeza goes
soughing through the va)vesj Tbe
pipes jangle as a brick is dislodged
and tumbles to tbe floor. Fair, away
the guns boom.
The British, never
church. iThe remaining west wall is
not scared by shell fragments. It was
of the mob, was arrested. The
Suffi continued to erect fresh
banners defiantly.
Lucano, Switzerland. June 21.
The former king ot Greece, Constan
tino, and his family have planned to
depart from Lake Thun following
shelled : the
h obser-
dejnojBjtrattons against them during ieft .ending lobarilper Britis
their two'daVs slay here. "Wherever "rVrK
they go they are hissed on the streets A( thfl outgklrt8 o! the town
mm
BESTED
BOLOGNA
lies
Peronne Cemetery where the Boche
' dug In among the dead. Corpses were
BEARS ALL EARMARKS thrown into bonfires and the vaults
OF A REVOLUTION occupied by Germaa officers as dug
- outs. Two trench lines run straight
will be at home at Spring Hope after, ladies only. Every man, woman and
July 15th. child In reach Is Invited.
The bride is the attractive and' Papers and reports will be read
popular daughter of Mrs Addle Ja-aad discussed and two addresees de
cobs of 8outh Mills, and the groom livered. Each betterment is asked to
is a prominent young pharmacist of have one member prepare a paper
Spring Hope, son of Dr and Mrs Ed- sating what the association has done
wards of that place. j the past year. A circular letter la be-
The out of town guests at the wed- ing sent to each association asking
ding were Mr and Mrs H M Jacobs that this be done. We hope to have
of Roper; Mr and Mrs L Prltchard of an educational good time at each
Portsmouth, Mr and Mrs Walter Har- meeting. Come and bring your friends
grave and Mr Frank Hargrave of
Tarboro.
ROPER HAS COMMUNITY
GARDEN
RUST GSELL
Herbert Leslie! Rust of Hopewell
Va. and Miss Helen Josephine Gsell
of Norfolk, Ya., were married Thnrs-
! : (By United Press)
V Rome, June 21. Alfredo Cochri,
wanted by New Yoric authorities on
the charge of murdering Ruth Cru
ger, the seventeen year old school
girl, was arrested in Bologna by Ital
Jan'authorlties this afternoon In res
pbnse to requests from the State
department.
(By United Press)
Berne, June 21. The movement
which has resullted in the downfall
of the Austrian cabinet bears all the
earmarks of a revolution in incipi
ency, according to private advices
from Vienna. The formidable move
ments for secession have now united
into one powerful anti-government
plan.
FORTUNE TELLERS
REAP HARVEST
RUSSIA REPORTS
ft- ARTILLERY ACTIVITY
(By J. W PEGLER)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London. June 10 (By Mall) The
old crystal ball has been brought out
of storage and polished up for new
revelations, and the oulja board and
planchette have a new coat of shellac
through the cemetery.
Military necessity made the enemy
smash the door of French family
tomb where six dead had slept for
many years. The coffins remained ex
posed. Two English guard regiments with
a little feud between them went into
the cemetery on the heels of the
Boche. The first arrivals found one
coffin bored by a machine-gun bullet
from the direction of their advance.
This message was on the white-washed
wall:
"The Boche may have dug-outs
here but be didn't shott the hole in
the far-off coffin."
To which the late-comers scribbled
this reply:
'Neither did they write on the walls
you blackguards."
Strewn with the fragments of head
FIFTY MILLIONS
HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED
i
f (By United Press)
Washington, June 21. Fifty mil
Hons of the hundred millions has
been subscribed and contributions
t0 continue to flow into the Red Cross
PLEDGES CO-OPERATION
WITH THE ALLIES
for tlu clairvoyant business is boom-, Btone and battlefle,d Junk ,r6 count.
lug In London.
.(' London, June 21. Delayed Itus- ,
sian official statements ot the past J&TJST HAVE COMPLETE
,three days give weight to General , NATIONAL FREEDOM
Brusiloff's pledge that Russia will '
nght. The Petrograd war office re
ports "fusillades of artillery activity
on all fronts."
NOT A PRUSSIAN
CAN BE FOUND
Rome, June 21. "Peace- without
the victory of civilization and com
plete national freedom is Impossible
and would merely be the forerunner
of an inhuman scourge of war."
This was the keynote of Italy's war,
aim as expressed by Premier Boselll-
He
(By United Preas) 1 ve opening in parliament today.
With British Armies Afield, June was greeted with cheers.
21. Some time within the last twen-j
ty four hours the German nTe re" 1 EVERYWOMAN'S TO HAVE
treated out of all territory west of
the river Lys and from near Werenton
southward.
British patrols reported today that j or thj monthg of June July &nd
they failed to encounter a single Prus ugt M N,na Iotland
sian in this section. I ,,,.. B..i--,mon. mob..i
will give one half of every yearly
subscription to the Red Cross work.
The June number will be a Red
Cross number and will be featured by
articles by Dr Archibald Henderson,
Katharine .Hopkins Chapman, of Ala
bama; Capt L R Crawford, Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., and Mrs Lindsay Patter
son. There will be a picture of a mem
ber of Manly's battery in costnme of
the,60's, a sketch of the battery and
the little maid's anfeetry will be giv
en. . " ' .
GERMANS PENETRATE
FRENCH TRENCHES
v
Paris, June 21. An extremely vio
lent attack thrown against French
position east of Vaux Haillon by fresh
t German troops from the Russian
front penetrated the French trenches
today.
i V WEATHER :. v
I i " Partly overcast, , probably . local
thnndershowers in Interior tonight or
Frldayj gentle variable winds.
Y Frank Llverman of Norfolk,- fa.,
was in the city Wednesday. , .
less bead -work wreaths, placed by
mourners In days of peace. "A Notre
Chere Grandmere," said the inscrip
tion on one. Grandmere's grave may
In' one of those pried open.
At the edge of the cemetery was a
very little fjravi', carpeted blue with
f'MRCt-tr -not!'. The hc-adatone said
Wnddal 't1 wp-i enly tour yeara old.
The Boihe had. ml touched it. Near
by, a row of woodi-n "iron 'irosses,"
each inscribed "Ui.scr Kr merade,"
gave proof that the German cadaver
factory lost some raw material thru
sentiment.
At Arras the Cathedral and the
Hotel de Ville are smashed beyond
possibility of restorations. Only a
small corner of the hotel survives as
a memory of that grand specimen of
Spanish architecture.
Bapaume is a hideous shell, altho
the Australians have cleared up the
streets. Here an Australian, peace
fully tending a cooking stew told
how the Boche hate goes mad at
times.
secretary of (he Chamber of Com- den.at his residences Selden St.
merce of the live little city of Roper,
was in the eity Thursday morning.
"One of the most Interesting sights
at Roper these days," said Mr Jacobs,
'is our community garden."
"We secured some land this spring
and got about twenty-Eve families in
our town interested in the commun
ity garden idea. All ot us went
work and with such good result that
garden produce has been plentiful in
Roper all the spring. Prices on garden
truck in Roper as a result have been
comparatively low. I
"I think that Roper's community (By United Press)
garden is an excellent Illustration of Athens, June 21. The Official Ga
what the people of any community Iett today published a letter from
can do by a little co-operation." K,n& Alexander to Premier Zalmlg
Rnnidan hnlnr sprretarv nf h Pledging CO-OperatiOn With the Al-
Roper Chamber of Cmmerce, Mr Ja-j1,e8-
cods is also a member or the washing
ton County Food Commission. He REPORT MADE OF
thinks that the community fairs, held SUBMARINES WORE
throughout the state last year, have!
done a great deal to Increase food and (Rv United Press)
feed production throughout the state. I New York, June 21. German sub
Washington county is showing mark- marines have sunk 2,000,000 tons of
ed progress in this respect this year, j British shiDDlnz alone since the un
declared Grange convincingly.
J "Let America contribute the air
preponderence," as she can and then
indeed the "divine right" rulers will
sue for real peace. . , s,
"We can destroy their' munition.
works, their mobilization depots' and"
factories. nNr. :
"We can destroy the bases of their;
submarines. i.'
We can make scrap heaps of the
great German navel bases, make the
Kiel canal utterly useless, and ' rett
der Impotent the huge guns at ilell
ogoland and make possible the storm
ing of that fortress by your . battle,
fleet and ours. " v
"Germany has declared certain
sones forbidden. We will declare for
(bidden sones 100 miles behind ' the4
M. 1 . . . ...
uerman irnes, gi ve -cmiiantnns t
depart and then with super-raids be
hind the lines we will effect a decis-
ive victory." . ''.Vl'V
"It will take four machines td the?
Germans one to accomplish this, how
ever, and at present air craft Is sed
almost exclusively as an instrument
of Information. ;.:
"With a thousand battle planesj
America can blase the trail for demt
ocracy straight to Berlin."
LIEUT. GARDNER
ADDRESSES BANKERS
H G Kramer has returned " front
Wrlghtsville where ne attended "the
Banker's Convention and reports :
very enjoyable trip. '
An address by Lieut Governor
Gardner featured tbe .meeting otif
Convention Tuesday night.
LITTLE GIRt; DEAD
limited warfare campaign was inau
gurated on February first, according
he said.
Roper was so much pleased with
the community fair held there a year t0 maritime experts.
ago that they formed a fair associa
tion with Mr Jacobs as secretary. The
association Ib planning a fair for
Roper this year on a much more ex
tended scale. The fair will last two
nvg Bnd will be managed on such a
bi .iIo as to attract wide attendance in
this .'!!' '-.
WILL RECEIVE
FULL SUBSCRIPTION
DESTRUCTIVE TENANT
MAIC2S MILLIONAIRE
v3y United Press
Washington, June 21. Every one
who purchased up to $10,000 worth
of Liberty Bonds will receive their
full subscription, the Treasury De
partment announced today.
I By United Press)
Rio tie Janeiro, June 5 (By Mall)
De Marques da Sllva rented his house,
in a surburb of this city to a negro
family. His tenants left recently with
out paying the rent,. and, adding in-
SUFFRAGISTS WILL
NOT CEASE ATTACKS
(By United Preis)
Washington, June 21. The suffra-
! gists propose to flaunt again before
the White House their banners at-
Verna Elizabeth,' the two year Ol4
daughter of Mr and Mrs O T Twiddy,
died Wednesday at the home pf he?
parents on Parsonage Street -' '
The funeral service was conducted
in the home Thursday afternoon at.
four oclock. ' ' ', ',, 1
Interment followed In Hollywood)
cemetery, 'f ' '
CONFERENCE AT . V
CITY ROAD CHURCH
H. H. BOONE DEAD
A telegram was received here by
friends Wednesday afternoon an
nouncing the death of H. H. Boone at
Benson, Mr Boone was formerlr with
the Standard Pharmacy ' here ' and
has many friends in the city. -
suit to Injury, stole all the electric tacking4 President Wilson.
wiring and plumbing fixtures in the Though counselled by the police to
house. They even tore up an under- j refrain they declared they'd go thru
ground lead pipe leading to the water
main.The doctor sat on the veranda of
the vacated house contemplating the
iniquity of tenants in general when
he noticed a peculiar metallic gleam
in the trench where the pipe had been
torn out. The gleam was caused by
mercury odztng from the clay. The
mercury mine will probably make
the doctor a. millionaire. -
WO Oaither Is attending the Bank
ers Convention at Wrlghtsville.
with their program come what may.
RUSSIA WILL WAGE
IMMEDIATE OFFENSIVE
The Reverend O T Adams, presid
lng Elder of the Elisabeth City pis
trict, will hold the third , Quarterly
Conference for City Road at- ' City,
Road Church Thursday night. All the
oflichl members are urged 4o"be pre
sent and tbe people ot the church and
community are cordially invited to at4
tend. . ,f
(Br United Press)
Petrograd, June II. AH members
of the Russian Workmen's and Sol
diers Congress todar unanimously re
solved upon an Immediate Russian I the summer all
U. D. C. MEET THURSDAY
The D. H. Hill Chapter, IT, D O
will me t Thursday afternoon, . at
four o'clock with Mrs George Wil
liams on Road street
The change of date was made OrJ
account of the Chautauqua, kr But.
gess will be present and give re
port ot the Confederate Reunion
held in Washington, D. C.; Jane 6U
As this will be the flhal meeting for,
members am . re.
offensive.
V
J quested to be present