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VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORJH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING; JUNE 22. 1917
no.i::
5
Hundred Million Mark
To Be
Ear
Exceeded
.' -'V.
-
Seventy Five Million Mark Confi
dently Expected To Be Passed
Today And Many Cities Are Just
Now Reporting.
(By United Press)
, Washington, June 22. The hun
dred million mark will he greatly ex
ceeded by Monday night If returns
, continue to pour In at the present
irate.
The seventy five mlllloqf mark Is
confidently expected to be passed to
day. Miss Katherlne Stlnson wllUomor
row bring Buffalo's cneck to Wash
. lngton by aeroplane, stopping a.t Al
" bany, Governor's Island and Philadel
phia. Reports, reaching headquarters to
,. day show that cities are vieing with
other of similar size in the race.
COTTON EXCHANGE ' c
ISSUES 7JINING
(By United Frif :
Kew YorkV June 12,7-rligh Cotton
prices and 'er.louBaojftrj,ln Coa
tracts," has cauaad the boaxdf man
igeri of tie New Yorit-J Cotton Ex
change to Issue a warnlnf reg.uest.
lng members to" use extreme caution
in the acceptance of Urge orders from
parties not directly connected with
the cotton trade."
II S MEDICOS
REPLACE HIM
lit RECEIVE
m 0
THOSE INTERESTED IN TRAINING
FOR OFFICERS AT FORT OGLE
THORPE SHOULD CONSULT MR.
H T GREENLEAF
Mr Harry T Greenieaf. Jr. of this
city has been designated to receive, ap
plications for the Officers Military
Many that have been tardy are now ' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe.
reporting progress. The north central Georgia, for this city and surround
division of the country leads, the mid- lng counties. This camp includes men
die Atlantic comes second, the West i who will be 20 yean and months
, to third, New England fourth, and the ' old and not over 44 years old on
. South fifth. i August 27th, 1917 and men who are
Many cities have gone beyond their over 81 are preferred.
"Military training," says Mr ureen
leaf, "is not so essential as mental
training and experience of handling
men as this camp will Cum out men
pf high tUnding and experience to be
commissioned as Lieutenants and
higher grades. The camp will open
fAugusTlT a'nfrTlmi iappthaurt-- wlU
train for 3 monms. Appucaiiwu win
6e received up to July 16th". If you
are interested or if you have made ap
plication once before and were not ac
STARS AND STRIPES ROW FLYING
OVER SIX GREAT BASE HOSPI
TA1J4 SCATTERED OVER WAR
ZONE OF FRANCE
, apportionment.
-.4
,
.liCOIII OFF its
PCPP m VC T im
r i in in i i i in ii ii i i
PORTABLE WIRELESS OUTFIT
NOW USED WITH .GREAT SUC- cepted be 8ure t0 get ln touch with
CESS ON ITALIAN FRONT IS me ftt once ThlB tll tt flne opportunity
AMERICA'S IXR THE ASKING , . an n, hl,h character and
old al-
I
i ' IstandinK and over 3t years
(By United Press) (though men under that age will be
. New York, June 22. The one man J t.onsi(,ered lwho nave had good busi
portable wireless owtnt weighing but ' training."
'twelve pounds recently Invented by
Marconi and now used with great
Bucce; a on the Italian front is Amer
ica's for the asking, Marconi has an
nounced. The apparatus is capable of sending
-and receiving messages for a distance
of two to three miles and reduces the
necessity of a signal corps in danger
ous front trenches.
(By United Pres)
With the British Armies Afield.
June 22 The American flag now flies
over six great base hospitals widely
scattered over the war xone.of France
American hysicians have replaced
British Medicos. American women
nurses are now moving silently along
the bed flanked aisles ministering to
the wounded.
Commanding officers have confer
red the rank of major on the noted
red the rank of majc$r on all the not
ed civil surgeons nowwork in these
hospitals. (
U--n
LEAVES TO SELL PATENT
' t Ray Kramer, Manager of the, Al
krama Theatre, left friday afternoon
(for Washington; D C, to make Ota
' final arrangements aoout securing
patent for a transfer twitch which tea
THE o:
? v ' ' " inveniea. i urn -swiicn w an BBpoc-tii r '(
AMERICANS WANTED BY HUN-'uily raluable lnTentioa' to moTinlBRmH AIRMEN RECEIVED E
DREU& TO PLAY THE MOST nlcture theatrea oneratinc two ma J
THRILLING AND FASCINATING 'chines as it efiablei the operator to
GAME N THE WORLD Switch tha cdrrtot falUnUneously
.from one michln M the other and
doea away with about half the equip
ment otherwise flWessary when two
THUSIASTICALLY NEWS C
AMERICA'S FROJTECT TO ECII
HUGE SKY ARMADA '
(By J. W. PEGLE3) t .
United Press 8taft Correspondent.)
London, Jane ,12. Americ.
choolboys the high-school felloe :
(By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS)
(Unitedress 8Uff Correspondent.) machines are used
4 WiUCThe British Armies ln The Mr Kramer's invention has been
rield, 'ne 22 Wing officers out thoroughly tried out. having been In. . .
here are more than ever convinced constant service at the Alkrama thea- . h 'ArT,a tft ,'-,
that the war will be decided largely tre for the last six months. The sV&'Sg n "
in the air-For that reason, news of ent. was applied for some time o'Mti,..r,m. 4
ine Ainericma project ia uuuu. uu " i" uuu nuiuuu tur
man a huge sky armada was received securing the patent are now necessary
enthusiastically today. The airmen These Mr Kramer expects to make on
were agreed that the United States this trip. He thinks that he has good
is capable of an enormous and rapid prospect of selling the patent as soon
production of machtnes. Moreover, as it is secured,
they hold Americans are fitted natur-.
ally to be top-nc-tch-flyers only
needing two ro three weeks actual bat
llefleld experience to make them
headliners in the fighting game. i
H G KRAMER IS
CI 1 IfJlll
lllll
That the Germans are' alive keenly
to the importance or the air branch
of military science Is revealed in a
report found on a German officer re
cently captured. It covered the period BANKERS MEETING WHICH CLOS- Tnejr wouId lT th Germans : five
of the Somme battle. i fca trrtH Ki.rcrrinv tw nvvt. hundred more machines to combat
v j . : in. nAh. - LI. . I
There Is work and room and nee l
aplenty for them on the western froxt
And, Just as the British have founi
most of their best airmenv In - C 1
prep schools and, colleges, they ta
Here the best American flyers : .
come straight from the campus and
classroom. ' ' .
A British officer, high ln war ofT.cs
councils thus summed it up today j
"Suppose the United States within
six months Is able to fly 600 machines
on the western, front manned by tho
sort of fellows who make' the foot"
ball, basket-ball and baseball teams.
i j.h:r,
AtWKt ' ' VSR
i&f told inlJrKRESTlNG ADDRESSES AND
nans, if it X ''HOSPITAUTY
to'flv oWJl VvV
can lire
PLACED Oil TRIM
The report frankly admitte
the British and Fren1
of the air. The Germans
serted, were unable to fly off if
.enomy lines and GermAibQllon. (
forced to remain hM(PqjMj
ground. Thus, at deciaiifV . taif
the fighting, the
was harrassed by warpianes rswop-, fsirml
ing low constantly and macnine-gun
nlng men in the trenches.
,4 -WAS FEATURED BY IN-
(By United Press)
L5ndon, June 22 NlcholKf Rtmnrn
off, former Czar, will be placed on
trial, according to reports from two
members of parliament returning
from Petrograd.
Minister of War Kerensky ,is quot
ed by them as asserting that papers
' aerma . VtrSjCtmii
the PrlssiJJ: ' ,
r J"?'-yjG Kramer, cashier of the
nl , r Trust Company, who
t Vcdnesday night from the
vention. at wrightsvuie,
received a telegram ln-
ng him of his unanimous elec
tion as Executive Committeeman of
the State Bankers Association, repre-
The German helplessness, the re- nt,n the F,r8t D,8trlct Th p0Bl
port continued, was aggravated by t,on ta one oI "Ponsibility and jm
knowledge that artillery was unable Portnce, for at various times thru-1r-strp?ort
them. Tne-4aoment ee. ,0lgy.ia.commteemen are
clared the allied flyers so outriumber- wwpiBlo ueclae miueYs bf lin
ed and outmaneuver the German air- PrUnc tor the association and the
nlsnea thst the latter vn Were on. banking fraternity.
able to hold the air about their own
heavy artillery positions. The British
and French machines constantly hov-
Tonight At
The Alkrama
Clara
"The Price She Paid." with
Kimball Young as the star Is the Seli
nlck Picture Feature at the Alkrsma
tonight.
INVESTIGATE REPORT This Photo drama or the life of a
07 GERMAN CAPTIVES boaut,'ul young woman is from the
I Immensely opulsr novel by Davis
Graham Phillips, ti outlines the pro
blems ln the life of a young woman
used to luxurious surroundings, who
finds herseir almost without resour
ces. After a disasterous marriage she
' ermines to become an opera sln-Kt-r,
ati'l the difficulties she encoun
ter, fnin n scries of scenes of unusual
i.iti tpr'.. How she finally reaches In
d client' mi fiecilom Is an Inter
esting st'-iy.
j Pearl White is the other prcs Mo"
' on tonights bill, of course she is in
j Pearl of the Army, and her versatil
ity Is given an exceptional opportun
ity to manifest its self in the truly
i patriotic picture tonight.
I Remember tonights feature hill is
have been found proving that the ered overhead, dropping bombs or
former Cxar with other officials plan-,Kiving their own artillery acurate ran
ned separate peace to deliver Russia Ha.
into Germany's hands.
PIERCING PUBLICITY ,
The German report also admitted
bases, ammunition cepots supply col
umns, cavalry supporting the troops,
divisions ln reserve everything and
AFTER SLACKERS 'tverybo(ly' narrag8ed by the amed air
men, often completely frustrating the
defense at critical Junctures.
Iu short, the German report was a
confession that an army is powerful!
unles something approaching equality
Is maintained ln the air.
(By United Press)
Washington, June 22. Piercing
publicity Is being used to round up.
the few remaining slackers who evad
ed registration.
General Crowder has directed reg-
The others officers elected at this
session were: President W B Drake,
Jr, Cashier of the Merchants National
Bank at Raleigh; Vice-President Jas
A Gray, Jr, Treasurer Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company, Winston Salem;
J B Ramsey, Presluent First National
Bank. Rocky Mount; Erwin Sluder.
Vice President Battery Park Bank,
Ashevllle; State Vice President Nati
onal Bank Section of Americas Bank
ers Association, A M Dumay of Wssh
Ington to succeed W O Galther, Jr,
cashier o fthe First National Bank of
Elizabeth City; Secretary-Treasurer,
W A Hunt of Henderson.
An interesting feature of the Con-
The Boche cannot Increase his output
of machines very mucn more whllo
America can send machines and pilot
almost without number. Together we
could swamp the Germans. We could
make daily raids far into the Hla
terland, the land that is thick with
ammunition dumps, stores and head
quarters. ""'r.'"i.ifcit
"Now we cannot spare machines cr
pilots from the flgntlng front to
'make such raids on the biggest scalo.
But we are strong enough in the air
to keep thejBofisje on toe defensive.
Imagine Jhf difference to the Germs
commni if, 08 or a thousand or f
thiindra Aeroplanes and pilots
that last named" km't too big a fig-. .
were to arrive fresh and eager for
the new game. We'd ny all arounl
Mm.
"American schoolboys . are very
much alike the English and French
boys. They are 'sports.' They play foot
ball and delight in taking chances.
That kind of a fellow makes the real
airman. 1
'The German air forces have had
a few stars, but generally we have
'topped their morare.' They can't
stand the pace. because they haven't
the sporting Instinct. - ; '
'Send on your school boys." .They'll
find the air game a great one' tha
greatest game of all." ' j
(By United Press)
, Washington, June 21. Investigat
ing the report that a British steamer
had arrived at Norfolk Virginia, witlii
prisoners from a German raider, Com
mander Belpnap, naval chief, today;
ascertained that the British merchant,
man, Edith Cavell, has arrived a'
Norfolk but that officials had nr
heard the report concerning German,
captives. The matter is still being lnr
veetlgating. p '
1 vention was the address by Treasurer
Thus, the experts here agree Houston of the Farm Loan Bank at
that With prompt action American Columbia. S C. savs Mr Galthnr who
lstratlon boards to post complete al
phabetlcal lists of the men registered can throw the balance so completely returned today
in each precinct and has urged news
papers to print the. rolls of honor,
COLORED NORMAL
OPENS JULY 2nd.
to the allies that the Prussian airmen
will be unable to cross the line from
the sea to Switzerland totally blind
ing the enemy and placing him at
The hospitality of the Wilmington
bankers was royal. A Dutch supper
was given the visitors on the first
evening of their stay, on the next
such a disadvantage that a decisive evening a special theatrical perfor
hlow can be struck on the ground. mance was given, and on the third a
Other German data recently taken Krand bal1 a' Lamina pavtlllon.
admits the allies outnumbered the !
GERMANS ASSAULT
FRENCH POSITIONS
(By United Press)
Parts, June 22 Another mighty
German assault, the second In two
days gaalnst commanding positions
on the French front, was launched
yesterday on the East Mont front.The,
War office reports 'the enemy pene7
trated the front trenches after heavy,
artlllerylng but were driven out"
lii.it tl:
Oliubll .
COriGRESS ftFTER
THE COAL BAROHS
the greatest ever offered In any c,tT ! fJJlJPf EXCURSION
oi tne unuaa niaies ai nve aim ieu
cents.
FOREHAND KEMP
SAVS THAT SEEING
IS BELIEVING
f: ,
Mr Walter 8 Forehand of South
Mills ajid Miss Lillian Kemp of Berk?
ely, Va. were married Friday after
noon at one-thirty at the home of
Paul O Sawyer on W Cypress street
by Rev C B Culbreth.
AT CANJf MEMORIAL
Mr 8 E Chubbuck who is here this
. week for the special sale of Instanta
neous and automatic water heaters
Conducted hv the fJftn Pnmnan anil
th. ., .v The services at Cann Memorial,
uw uinuutstvtui vi Bf ucvibicb iuai IUO '
sale of the heater, fs almo.t In- Presbyterian Church, Bunday June 24
.... .... tw lare as follows: 11 A M "The offence
cess of their heating. 'A visit to the '
; office of the Gas Company where this ,
most satisfying of all modern con
veniences Is telng demonstrated will
- -convince one immediately," says he
and extends a cordial invitation to
L r" ' City people to see the dem-
of the Cross. 8PM "Coming to Ones
Self." The public la cordially invited
to attend.
the North Carolina colored teach
er's Summer School will convene at'UermanB 'n aeroplanes by ten to one,!
the State Normal 8chool, July 2 to tn tfle battle of the Somme. This
27th. The School will be presided ratio, airmen here.agree, ought to be!
O 'er by Principal P W Moore. An in- maintained hereafter.
v tiui.,:: Is extended all teachers tc(J The .Germans evidently have an
r-,tlI1(1 inkling of what the future has' ln
.inailKenicl'iS liav. been made SO, afore for them. Thv urn utrnlnlnir
livnur exjiniBt i will be reas-, ..very means to increase the aeroplane
'licit. So hastily are their machines
.. jji n :waQayg that they tend to fall
to pieces as soon as the strain of
acrobatics in ; it i-m them. And
ncrohptl8 udw an essential to-aerial
fighting.
The North River Line will run the' If Anierca itrfk-s wuile the iron is
first excursion of the season to Nags hot. Germany will be driven from the preparing to attack ln
TWO niiiiins
ABE ARRESTE
MEN IN DEFIANCE OF ORDET.3
AGAINST PICKETING "WllITi:
HOUSE ' THEY PERSIST 1T3"
FLAUNTING BANNERS
WILL ATTACK RAMPARTS OP
COAL TRUST IN FORCE THIS
WEEK NEW BILL MAY BE
PART OF FOOD MEASURE
TO NAGS HEAD SUNDAY
Head Sunday, June 24th. sky
The general agent states that the
passengers wll be given every conven- j
ience possible.
The steamer, Annie L Vansciver. j
will leave here at eight o'clock Sun
day morning and returning will leave
Nags Head at 5:30 In the afternoon.
(By United Prossi
Washington, June 22 Congress Is
force this
S OB 0 F BELGIUM
SATURDAY AT
NEW THEATRE
TflLO IN SEW
supply during the war.
The vastly Important part that the
railroads play in the distribution of
coal will also be thoroughly probed.
ITrtt ht aaal. . .Jk 14 1 ILL
'tha fcrnban hoort f ICnrnna " annlr ' "' "l "V" 11 l"J""Oie
Jout it. sorrow in the Senat, Chamber Pposed bill will be Intro-
v3y United Press
Washington, June 22.
week the ramparts of the coal trust.
The senate and Interstate Com
merce Commission have met and laid
plans for hearings on a Joint resolu- are &a,n ln Prospect.
tlou of both houses of Congress pro-
( By United Press)
Washington, June 22 Following
the riots of the last two days strict
orders were Issued the suffrage pick-
Jets against flaunting their banners or
standing about the White House.
8hortly after the Issuance of this
order three patrolmen and two police
women, after trying to'peacefully dis
suade Miss Lucy Burns', militant lead
er, and MIss'Katheme Morty of Bos
ton from unfurling a bis; yellow ban
ner at the gates arrested the two wo
men and took them to headquarters.
They were released shortly after
ward with the warning not to obstruct
traffic. At the suffrage headquarters
new denunciatory banners, were pre
pared and sensational developments
If this be treason," displaying
vldlng for Government regulation of ' President Wilson's own words before
the sale, transportation, distribution ' the wwte House "then let Mm
and requisition of the country's coal make the n,08t of tner r tn0
words on the banner or Miss AIlcs
Paul, leader. '
Belgium,
Charlie Chaniin which failed to ar
riv- last fiaturdav has alreadv arriv- today while a great throng in
ed, so there will be no dlsappoint-
. .. 1 ' "t 'ments. This Iss, brand new two reel
Mr and Mrs Alson Seelet of Peters-1 subject) Come early and avoid the
burg, Va, are visiting , Mr Seeley's rush., There will also be, a five reel. terness and misfortune, tha like of
the
galleries listened.
Baron Moncheur chief of the Bel
gian Mission, related hfs story of bit-
duced as an amendment to the food
parents, Mr and wrs A Seeley oh. Paths subject which will pe announc- J which had never been heard hf the
r'ttves Tfrppt. 'j 'ed in the paper tomorrow. , 'Senate before.
measure.
WEATHER
RECEIVED WELL BY
PRESS AND PEOPL"
4
(By United Press)
Rome, June 22. All doubt as t
the permanency of the Boselll cab!:
appears swept away, Judging by t'
enthusiastic reception of Italian r
Generally fair tonight and Satur
day: not mnch change in temperature . papers and people or the vsr
light tontle variable winds, 'stated to the chamber y"