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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27. 1917
N0.157
Fill SOLDIERS
F
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II
S TROOrS PASS tlTHEK GOING
TO OR FROM THE FROST THEY
DEDICATE A DAY TO THE. CUL
TIVATION O F REDEEMED
1 FIELDS '
1 (By HENRY WOOD)
JUnlted Press Staff Correspondent.)
' ,7 J1 With the French Armies, June 27.
' r Less than three months ago, the
French armies took back from the
Germans oyer 1,000 square kilomet
of French soil, blasted, blackened
; and devastated as rnough God hlm
j .elf had Just passed over It his moat
;l l terrible scourge,
j i v ' Today, under the magic touch ot
the. French armies, who know both
low to fight and to work, this thou
' aand square kilometers of redeemed
. France, la blossoming and blooming
y Ilka a rose.
j : To a person' who passed through
thla district the day after the Ger
man hordes had passed, and who
1 passes there today, tne change almost
V rBurpassea human belief.
, V The contrast la so great that one is
: tempted to believe that other ele
mens than merely those of the
" French mind and tne French arm
. tvhave cfntered into the transformation
. ; One Jumps impulsively to the convic
tion that Mother Nature herself had
leant a helping and lavish hand in an
effffrt to recompense the smitten dis-
trlct from the sufferings it had un
dergone.
Enterin this sunay, smiling, ver-
dibit niii
1BMELY SUBMIT
LX SPITE OF DESPERATE DESIRE
TO MAIXTAiX PEACE WITH
GERMANY WILL RESENT FUR
THER DESTRUCTION OF MER
CHANT VESSELS
(By United Press)
London. June 27. Norway has
reached a crisis in its relations with
Germany, Judging trom Information
received here, and' will not tamely
submit to Germany's arrogant de-
SUB
II
E BF VOTE
! QUESTION OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS
HAS NOT EVEN BEEN RAISED
IN WORLD'S NEWEST REPUBLIC
mauds in regard to her commerce '"d writes for the scores of
(By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD) -J
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Petrograd, June ST. Mrs. C. Rus
sian People stands side by side with
her husband in this revolution.
She speaks at meetings, votea.leads
little
Per
sWrig Regulars
c
v.
newspapers that have spurng up all
over Russia, Just as If she were an
ordinary male human being. In the
and hipping in spite of her desperate
desire to maintain peace.
Germanv ha s already sunk a
third of this nation's ships and the simple, chtld-Uke Russian mind, no
terror of the submarine campaign la Question seems to have arisen as to
increasing. A systematic plan Is being . the rights of women. When I asked
attempted to smuggle bombs into j whether she would vote in the new
Norway, plant them in merchant men' "sia. the Russian women realized
timed so that they will xplode at ' immediately that I was either an
gea i Englishman or an American.
"Why there's no question about it,
j said one Russian woman shrugging
I her shoulders. "We've had bigger
GUARD NEGRO FROM
ICF IS
UTTERLY DEAD
BUT THE RED CROSS RECRUIT IS
LIKELY TO IMAGINE THAT
THERE IS LITTLE OF IT IN THE
WORK SHE IS REQUIRED TO DO
(By United Press)
Washington, June 27 Romance in
Red Cross war nursing is not alto
gether dead.
But disappointment faces the beau
tiful American woman who fancies
herself, holding some dying soldier's
head In her lap, taking his last words
for his mother or perhaps sending
A French Port, June 27.. The First j)etachmcrt c
American Troops Landed Today on French Sell
' They Are General Pershing's Regulars.
The Journey, They Report, was Made . Wlthoui
Untoward Incident. v. j " .
May Suspend Shipment
01 Carolina Produce
him tn a anIHIor'p i-awarr) with a loaf
mTTTnaiinmmn t wnrnvn hno-a faht fnr , Ruaoln than the
j. nit 121. j. xjii xi x n nam u kl
rignt o' women to vote, we ve lougiu
side by side with the men for human
rights with no question of sex involv-
(By United Press)
Mobile. Ala.. June 2T. With the
courtroom crowded with spectators, ! ed- We've gone to Jail, and we've died
each of whom had been searched for and we've even taken our turns at
concealed weapons berore entering assassinations. Only on Angle-Saxon,
the room, the negro taxi-driver, Fish- i if you'11 pardon me for plain speaking
er Brooks, today faced his second day would tn,nk of raising such a ques
of trial for the murder of Mrs. Julia tlon."
May Hess of Jacksonville.
Troops of machine gun reserves
guarded him from threatened lynching
dant district for the first time slncH
the German devastations, a person's
first startling question to himself is
'Dld the Germans really destroy any.
, thing? Wasn't it all merely a myth?
lt seems hnmatrfy Impossible, that the
change there apparent could be
wrought in less than three months.
- Nothing has been done towards res
toring the ruined towns, villages and
farm houses. But the original impres
sion of unuterable devastation creat
ed by them la immensely softened by
'the fact that they are now almost
' hidden in waving grain nelds.smlling
vineyards and blossoming orchards.
, The French soldiers worftlng under
the direction of French generals, who
7know other things than mere military
operations, have found the means of
saving thousands of trees.
Throughout the entire district de
vastated by the Germans there were
,. thousands of trees that the close pur
. 'suit of the French kept the Germans
!. from having time completely to cut
down. Instead, the Kultured Tree
. the trunk 6f the trees, which with a
t few days' exposure to the sun would
be sufficient to kill peach,plum,apple,
i uyilWl BUU cuvi 1 J liccn luai uau uwu
half a century attaining their then ac
' tual productiveness.
" 'These trees presented the earliest
problem. The wounds were merely
t bound up like the wounds of a sol-p-dler.Thousands
of Army surgeons and
Red Cross ambulance drivers and
stretcher assisted too In this work.
The circles where the bark had been
aw
LEADERS
11.
Work hard toil-generally out of
sound of the cannon is the part of the
trained nurse at the base hospital.
For her assistant or aid and un
der this classification falls the greater
number of volunteer American women-
there Is even more bemeaning
toil
The answer was calculated to make "u" iOUwor ...u yBU uib
1 most nnmnnal ibbii. for wnunrinri anl.
diera are the part of the nurse's aide.
Cently reared high school girls who
ai present do no dish-washing, scrub
blng and Cooking, desiring to serve
Red
Cross work
If they volunteer they soon are dis
illusioned. They turn sick at the atom
ach when told their duties may in-
an Anglo-Saxon feel like a wlfe-beat-
er.
I approached four of the women
who sat at the various committee tab
lea around the duma building and
plainly put to each W of them this Mr country The th,nk of
question :
"Madame, have you ever been in
jail."
They had all four of them. They
Hundreds Of Tons Of Food Waste
At Norfolk Docks While Labor
ers Strike. Talk Of Enforced Em
ployment Under Quard.
RUSSIAN AGITATOR IN
LEAGUE WITH LEOPOLD
EVEN' ULTRA-C01VSERVATI8T8
SEE DANGER OF ISOLATION mi, nor in the spot-llpht manner In
PEOPIjK OK THE which Mrs. Saneer and the blrth-con-
FROM THE
WORLI
(By JOHN GRAOENS)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Berlin, June 27. Agitation for the
immediate liberalization of Germany
is growing daily.
todl theinjtortes wfth proud smiles. clu(le carrying out slop jars, amputa
They had not been prisoners In the tu(l ""Sers, reet, arms and legs -or
Cat and Mouse fashion in which the , scrubbing away traces of hemmhor-
sufragettes of London have been Jail -1
If patriotism overcomes even these
Ghocks and the girl still wishes to
trol advocates in New York have lin-lBerve Uncle Sam. Bh "till faces
long, hard course of training. Even
then she may not be among . those
chosen to' nurse American soldiers.
The standard set up by the American
Red Cross is very severe. Special
training and fitness for war nursing
fered for a few weeks at a time be
hind bars but in the way of the Rus
sian Czar, with cold, dark cells and
silence; little food and long, lonely
hopeless years of waiting.
"Has any woman In Russia ever
Ever the newspapers wnlch have , been put in Jail for demanding Wo- ,wo ei"" 'n aaauion 10 tne nign
been heietofore strongly conservative men's rights?" I asked one of theseje8t Personal attributes and strongest
in their tendencies are now urging women who had been Jailed for a Physique.
reform. A number of leaders of Ger-.part in the Stolypln assassination. She The Rod Cross has been preparing
man thought, heretofore reactlonar- was sitting in the office of the new j for this war for years. It now has an
ies, are now apparently in favor of, national peasants' union, presiding! enrollment of 10,000 trained, gradu
greater reforms. jover the book in which the Incoming ated professional nurses, sufficient to
Such newspapers as the Vorwaertz peasant delegates irom every part orimrw iur me war-nursing require
socialist organ, the Tageblatt and the Russia were entering their names.
Vosslche are pointing the way. I "Never! Never!," she said emphati
The following statement of Prof. rally. "That's one crime that has nev-
Otto Huntze, ultra-Conservatlst, is re er been charged against the Czar. But
Igarded as significant:
meats of an army or 1,000,000.
Professional nurses may s 111 ap
ply to the Red Cross for enrollment
but they are now not likely to be
jwe Russian women haven't been like; needed for another year at least.They
"We Prussians cannot stand alone the American and English women.The
In the midst of Europe and the whole rights of all human oelngs, men and
world and resist liberalization. We women, have been at stake In Russia
are threatened with a dangerous iso
Ifitinn from tl) world's peoples.
must be between the ages of 25 and
40.
fully prepared slum))..
Today tlies: Krafts aro in full leaf
and blot.som.the roots appear to have
cut away was first covered witn a been entirely saved and by this pro
special grafting cement, and the en-; cess years have been saved in restor
tlre wound then carefully bandaged ' ing the dowucut orchards of France.
;,up with the same bandages; On every hand are alsn to be seen
that had been prepared for human carefully ciiliivated and sown fields
limbs. loach bearin;.' its nice little painted
Of nurse's aides there may be some
and men and Women have been fight-; reeded sooner but untrained volun
j fng Ride by side for them. All of us teer women who really hope to serve
men and women, have considered our! in American hospitals In France
selves as human beings without any should immediately begin preparing
ex differences. Now that the revo- 'themselves to pass the Red Cross
lulion is won, men and women are examination. Nurses' aids are now
Rtill side by side. Nobody lias raised , being selected by tHe Red Cross but
the nnerMon of women's rights in the, t lie young "hair-brained" high school
revolntlen until you American and r'irl-voliinteer however patriotic and
Knrlisli newspapermen came along." sincere, stands small chance of being
"Hut are you women sure that you eh-. sen, principally because of ber
(By United Press)
Washington, June 27. That King
Leopold" of Bavaria, commanding the
German forces, conspired with the
German agitaotr, Lennln, toward ac
complishing a general peace without
annexation or Indemnities was thede
duction from the State Department
message received here today.
The message said that Lennln had
spoken before the the Russian Work
men's and Soldier's congress on
June 22nd in favor of separate peace.
Kerensky then read a speech which
1
(By United Prew) ,
Norfolk, June 27. With hundred i
of tons of food going to waste at th
docks here Government Agenta ar
at a loss to relieve the Jtuation. .
The Norfolk' freight nandleri itril. ::
is aggravated by the general", labt-r
shortage and seems likely to result 1 1
the entire suspension of ahlptnents I r
truck and garden produce from Vir
ginia and the Carolinan io New Tor; ,
Philadelphia, Boston and other cas
ern cities. v -
Boston steamers will sail witho
cargoes tonight unless they are loa
ed by soldier volunteers as were twj
steamers last night. i
Ffye thousand labt-ert are need el
immediately here It is declared.Labi -
virtually duplicated Lennins, lndi-was already exceedingly scarce caui
eating that Lennln had received a 'tog much delay and lost In ihlpplr
wireless and deliveerd It as a speech
This revelation greatly stirred the
Congress.
NOTICE TO THE PATRONS
OF
NORFOLK & CAROLINA
TELEPHONE &TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
This is to notify the patrons of the
above named Company that under the
existing laws we are compelled to
have the various reports which we
have to make to the Federal Govern
ment and to the State In on time or
we will be penalized for failing to com
ply with the law.
We therefore request you to have
your rent In the Company's Office, 519
Kust. Fearing street, not later than
the 10th of each month. Upon yo
I .II,I UK to comply WK WILL BElthe WOfkhoUSe rfl.t.hw tfiati
me mies fi sv.rt "heir hM v
THATi T V uaTBMCt.
perishable produce when the ttril
yesterday afternoon of 200 men
the docks brought affairs to crisis.
Talk is current here today of en
forcing employment under the guar JL
of soldiers.
sotFonnl
BEJEIIED
Washington, June 27Ccr
yicted of "obstructing traffic,"
in militant demonstrations t'
the White House gates, six sui
fragists of the National V7c
man's Party today .Ceclarc
that they would serve tne alter-
ur i native sentence of three days i
)i.',(U ... li .
DISCONTINUE
FROM
So great was the lni-r.-oer of trees
Saved in this way that the available
supply of grafting preparation was
quickly exhausted. Tr was then used
as a substitute and finally even a
loamy clay. Substitutes for surgical
bandages also had to be found and in
the end it was discovered that moss
twisted and tied about the dressed
wound was as effective as anything
else.
A much more serious ji-oMem of
mrse presented itself where the
trees had been entirely rut or sawed
down. But here French genius solved
the problem.
The stumps protruding usually two
or three feet from trie ground were
.-''flrt trimmed off in n scientific man-
- - .
rv:A ,'4ner so os to conserve tho sap and pro
in ' i-i nui tne
Tp w
t '
vv
sign:
"Terrain Cultivate Par TArmey."
(Ground Cultivated by the Army.)
As the troops pass, either to or
from ho front, they stop and dedicate
u day to the cult ivat ion of the redeem
ed fields. Thy next day they pass on
and other trocps resume the work.
It is doubtful If any one soldier will
ecr again sec t ho fields lie has work
edor help gather the crops ho lias
cultivated, lint he works just as wil
I ' j i " v knon;r; that It is alt for
Fit uce nnd nil for lie ultimate vie
to rv.
No more convincing' denial of the
Cennnn's claim that they abandoned
this territory of their own free will
and not under irrevocable military
will lie allowed to vote in the new
government?"
"Why just as sure as the men are.
The question isn't, even raised, I tell
you. It hasn't occurred to anybody
that women might NOT vote."
pressure could be imagined than a
death of the roots. This nllmpso at the wonderful produc'lvo-
as then treated with the uoks of these growing fields nnd blos-
tho.CU's. a. sketch of the battery and
lag paste and carerully bandaged rnming orchards. While their abun
tne cut aown trees lying at tne,(iutieo crop will tie welcomed ny an t li. o . 1 1 til o maid's anieptry will be glv
budded from , the sap and life France this coming Bummer f.nd fall, en
remained in It aftsr being cut there can be no question but they .
. urancnes inati Bnowea great would nave been a tmiusana mines . XUTP ATTTITP
1 . - i. 1 s I .il - i m ' . I . , HUAAiWU
iueia,ui uuus auu omer mgns oi more vitauy necessary ,io aiarving.
I'tlonnl
youth.
Women who aspire to reach the
front as nurses' aids must pass ex
aminations in llie Ked Cress courses
i'l First Aid, Hygiene and Home Care
of the Sick, Home Dietetics, and
i Preparation of Surgical Dressings.
EVKRYWOMAX'S TO HAVE ' ! The American woman who wishes
RED CKOSH NUMI1EH to hcl in this war can lend a hand
i i ether work than war nursing. She
For tho months of June, July and should immediately get in touch with
August Xir. Nina IHiIland Covington,
editor ru' K very woman's Magazine
will give one half of every yearly
subscription to the Hod Cross work.
The June number will bo a Red
Cross number and will be featured by
arMi'bs by Dr Archibald Henderson,
Katherine Hopkins Clrtipman, of Ala
bama; ("apt h R Crawford. Fort Ogle
thorpe. Ca., and Mrs Lindsay Patter
son. There will be a picture of a mem
ber of MnnlVB battery In costume of Wednesday. Immediately after
ceremony they lei t lor Norfolk and
COMri-XLED TO
' .Vv,.;: " j Prominent nationally in' suffr-
Ji.fco nmylr oil .1.
! Owing to conditions brought about! & a"
I bv the present war we are unahlo at i
A-
any piJce to puicliaso more instru-
WOMAN'S PARTY. WILL
. rlGKT IN COUETC
li' locill Uell
rnie town.
Cross chaptei
her
ni' nts, and if wo should be compelled!
to tale out, your 'phone we will be; Washington, Juno 2J.-America'a
unable to reinstate you until condi- ! ,iiita,lt besiegerrt of the White Houb-ti.-ns
change. Therefore, tako notice,( Uv(jnty flVe of them, were docketed
and gove, yourself accordingly. j tor lriai today. At the outset, -the fcat
All telephone rents are DrK and onalt W oman's Darty announced It
I'.A YAHIjE on the FIRST 1)AV OK ( determination to fight the casa'j'n th
EACH MOXTII In advance at the high courts In case of conviction,
Ci mutiny's ollice. j
Norfolk & n.!Ina Telephone & Tel- FOOD CONTROL BILL
crapli ( o., ,
C. V. CHICK.
General Manager.
PRITCHARD JONES
Mr. K,";relt Vernon 'Pi itchard and
Miss Hdltli lolia Jones were 'married
by Hev. I). P. Harris at :i-s resiGenco
tho
other points In Virginia and upon
their return will be at home in Nixon
ton.
The bride is the daughter of Mrl
and Mrs, Wm," Jones of 'tfils' city and.
vitality Were then cnt Tiermany had'she bein able to hang i Probably fair tonight and Thursday the groom is the son' of Mr, and-Mrs,
.. n - i i.. i .1. . ...a. , I - ' , vt m.i-Am . . ' . " 1 1 o nit..j ntii' '
' fed into the enre- onto them.
1
Centlo Variable winds.
H. 8. Prltchard of NixontOn?
RUNS
AGROUND
IN DENSE FOG
INCREASES ITS SCOP:
Washington, June 2 1. The Sena t
.V nVuliural committee toaay furth
i:ierea.'ied the s"opo of the food coi
trol bill to make it include copp'
mid it:; products, lead, lumber), at'
timber. -'"JV"
(Ily Pnlted Press)
i AWARDED CROSS
Newport. June 27. - I ho, Pnited
States (.ruiser, Olympia, Admiral'1
Dewey's flagship In the battle of Man-
lla Huy, Is In a precatious position Ies of Austria has appointed '&
off Block Island, Rhode Island, where Martinto, former premier, to. bo C
It ran aground this morning. lernor General of Montegro
i The chief machinist's muto, Wil
liam N. Babb, was killed by a falling
hatch. There were no othor casualties.
" OF ST. STlPIir
lleilin, Juno 27. Emperor C!
awarded him' the grand cross or
order of St. Stcbhen, according
Vioniia advices.