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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 13. 1917
N0.173
Kornilolt Cuts
Germans In Two
German Generals Flee Precipitously
All Communication
Being Cut Off.
(By United Press)
Washington, July 13. General
Koenllloffs army in the Dneister
Carpathian sector has cut the Ger
man army in two, says a cablegram
to the Russian embassy here.
- Communication has been cut be
tween the Germad generals, Bothmer
:nd Klrbech, who are in precipitous
Threat, the message siaie.
KAISER'S DEGREE
ORDERS ACTION
ORDERS IMMEDIATE KKAMINC.
OF BILL PROVIDING FOK I'M S
SIAN REFORMS IN ORDER
THAT THEY MAY RE El I'KC
TIVE RY NEXT ELECTION
A STRANGE STORY IN
AUGUST COSMOPOLITAN
Cynthia Stockleys "Blue Aloes,
which begins In August Cosmopoli
tan, is one of the weirdest and most
mysterious stories that has been pub
lished In years.
It has much of the dark, brooding
qualities of an Kdgar Allen Poe
story treated by a modern writer. Her SUI)1Tme COurt
experiences In South Africa entitles
ARE E M
III HE ONLY
(By United Press)
Washington, July 13. Frankfur.
ter, Keppel and Llppman.
German sounding as these names
may be, ther owners are working 18
hours helping America beat the
Kaiser and Keppell's parents are
iih.
Felix Frankfurter, Walter Lipp-
mun and Frederick Keppell are Sec
retary Baker's confidential advisers.
All left lucrative positions to enter
America's service.
Dr. Keppell was dean of Columbia
university hen the war broke out,
but he got a leave of absence, hur
ried to Washington and joined Bak
er's staff. His hours are 9 a. m. to
12 midnight.
Felix Frankfurter had war depart
ment experience as War Secretary
Stimson's right hand man under
Tat. When war came he was a law
lecturer at Harvard and was also
handling important cases before the
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
IN CAMDEN COUNTY
her to write authoritatively of this
part of the world.
It is profusely illustrated by G. Pat
rick Nelson. ai.il begins in
Cosmopolitan.
The Camden County Council of
Defense will hold a Patriotic Cele
bration at the Camden County Court
House, Saturday July 14.
A number of addresses will be
made, some of which are: an address
on Health by Dr. R. L. Kendrlck, an
address on Hog Cholera by Dr. F. D.
Owen, an address by a lady on can
ning, preserving, and economy in
cooking, an address "The American
Eagle," by Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus.
The ministers of the county will make
addresses of ten minutes each.
The American Flag will be raised
on the Court House. The public is
cordially invited and requested to at
tend, as matters vitally interesting to
all will be discussed.
FS1E IF CREW
I. W. W. Members
Wanted Nowhere
Turned Back Westward at Column
bus Citizens of Arizona Towns
Will Reject Them Again.
AT CHRIST CHURCH
(Bv United Press i
Bangor. Me., July 13. Tho five
masted schooner. Mary W. Bowen,
of the Fall River Line, was torpe-
Walter Lippman's chief task with
Baker is solving econmic war pro
blems. He has written several books'11'"'11 ''' ,he enemy, according to pri
on diplomacy and economics and
"u'-u .was odting a magazine wl
' Sam jumped into the ring.
A TRENCH TALE
MORE THAN 5,500,000
MOTOR CARS IN U. S.
i I iv t'.ii' il I'r i ,-,.,'-..
His shrapnel wounde in arm and ..i, ;.,..,,, i i v l i at fi
3v United Presr. 'shoulder, though not dangerous were w,,ro i .o,;:. more motor
A sterdam July 13 Tho official somewhat extensive, and lie was new-v,,rs n,uis, , in ,h(. i n it .,! Stales
t t the Kaisr's decree ordering ' back from the hottest kind of light in mr HI1 j11(.r,,as,. , 4;; ,)Pr
. . 1 fnrm ij. Prussia, accord- ing; but it was not at all the fighting , T1(, p.oss ,,, f ortl
tJieilUiat iw , . , rfl1., Vnirllah nfllenr
I was most concerned to talk about.
I "How are we getting on? Oh, there
vate advices received here today. The
uf.li.u.n.,!. ll-.,o V.,... I.
CIl t Ucle muo iiuuim uuiu itrw iuik
o a British port under Captain Mac
I Donough. Tho fate of the crew is un
known.
(HEW REPORTED RESCUED
Washington, .luly - The Amer
ie: .1 I :ik. Hhiiebrnnde. of New Or
leans, was submarined July 1(1. Her
( rew was rescued. The crew of tho
lioweu was also res -ued.
cars, including commercial cars, was
I'.Ti 1 2, D'.M'i ; the number of motor cy
cles regstered was 250,820.
SWAGGER STICKS
'VRIST WATCHES
(By United Press)
Washington, July 13. General
Parker, Commander of the Southern
Department, has been ordered by
the War Department to maintain law
and order in the Arizona L W, W.
disturbance. ":
The trouble cultlmlnated yesterday
at Bisbeee, Arizona, when the de
portation of more than a thousand
members of the organization of In
dustrial Workers of the World was
undertaken. The I. W. W. had threat
en to destroy the wheat crop In their'
7 PH 1 for Industrial rlr.. 1. 1
Sunday July 15th the Sunday School' " . V. """ J " r 7
. . . the claim to be their aim. It u
thought .too, that Teutonic Influence
and finance was behind the move
ment. and the citizens of Blsbee acted
accordingly. . '
the trainload of deported I. W,
The services at Christ Church, Rev.
II. S Osburn, Rector, July 16th,sixth
.Sunday after Trinity, are as follows:
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. Morning
Prayer and Sermon at 11 A. M.Union
Services at 8 P. M. at which the Rev.
Dr. B. C. Henning will preach, and
I) which all are cordially invited.
AT FIRST METHODIST
At the First Methodist Church
will meet at 9:30 A. M., and the Ep
worth League at 7:15 P. M. I
At 11 A. M. the Pastor, Rev. J. L. j
Cunningglm. will occupy the pulpit
and will preach on "Christian Disclp-
li hip." The public is cordially invited.
At tho (lose of the service a con
t'eionce of the membership will lie
held for a few minutes to consider a
question pertaining to the New
Church. Every member Is urged to he
present.
At 8 P. M. the congregation will
worship at tho Union Services to he
held at tho Episcopal Church
AT CITY ROAD METHODIST
ing to dlspatcnes reacum m-i
HoHin Is as follows:
" , ... etn.e Ministry I "How are we getting on Oh. there , rectered was 250.820. ' P-v United Press
d to me In accordance with my ( i nothing to worry about in that di-l sta((JS collocte(1 m registration and1 Washington. July 13. Uncle Sam
m 8 . appeal i herewith decide rectlon. The Job just nom is getting n,.Pnse r(PH $25.8fi5,3G9.75. Of this wears a wrist watch and carries a
LmJtiirv io same that the'rid of Bodies: and I can tell you it's $23,910,811 was applied directly to te dwarf walking stick these days
hill lterlng the electoral law of the'Koing on at a great rate. I fancy It construction, improvement, or main- because these devices are -part of rfrty "Rfrart-Mntrrodtftt Church, Sunday
f non.itles be submitted early i would startle even our people, let tomuu.e ()f Ule road8 in 43 the modern soldiers regular equip- July 1 5th. The public Is cordially In-
"UUOD ' , , Q mBV he 'alone tlie people in Germany, if they
ao that the next elections may ne '
- iT, nor nn av n r i H p . r I., ai... a. .tfT.i,i ,
pw r1" " ny ine umce 01 l unuc roaos.
for'at which the Huns are being laid .
out. Of course 1 know nothing about 'pjfjji DEMAND FOR
ii":";r,,::,,,i;:ei:rn,,,1,1;;: aluminum creases
ther dead lie on the ground. If their
.1,,, frntl, r,f H thevM ' IMCagO. 111.. J U I y 1 , - - I HO I 11110(1
W.'s arrived at Columbus, New Met
ico last night and they were not al
lowed to detrain. They turned wet
ward again.
doi ;lah takeh up arms
Douglas, Ariz., July 13. Two hun
died citizens armed with' revolver
and sawed off shot guns are awaiting
the arrival. of the westbound train
from El Paso, carrying large nam
hers of the I. W. W.'s.
RISBEE HTANDS FIRM
Blsbee. Ariz., July 13. Not one I.
to
vith the new
11 cm " v
franchise. Let all arrangements
this purpose be made."
The decree refers exclusively
the State of Prussia.
London, July 13. German dis
patches prophesy that the German
government will accede to the Reich
tag majority demands for election re
forms and the statement of Ger
many's war aims before the vote of
-credit is asked Saturday.
ANNOUNCES QUOTA
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
states, according to figures compiled ment.
j Nowadays most of the stalwart
young Americans in United States
army khaki tell the time by taking a
peek at their left wrist, and an in
creasing percentage of tho officers are'
lugging nifty little "swagger sticks
Or Frank Siler of
vlted to hear him.
people knew
revolt and call of the whole business.
But instead of tho truth Well, look
at the official German casualty lists,
republished in our patters from (heir's
For the month of April. Prisoners
.ri:'.:t And wo and tho French too
forty
States will require 5(1.000 tons of alu
minum a year for aeroplane and
motor vehicle construction to carry
on the war against Germany, ac
cordng to Dr. F. C. Weber of Chi
cago, a chemist and experimental in-
(Dy Uultt
Washington. July
Baker announces
draft quota as
ginia is.71'5
lina 10.081.
li
Press)
1 ;, - - Seci''"itry
North Carolina's
ti74. That of Vir
i, of South Cant-
REM 68
BMEFOOTED
OR IN THE NAME OF PATRIOTISM
.WEARS WOODEN ANDAUS
WITH A LEATHER TOE UUARD
' (By United Press)
' Berlin, July 13. Bank clerks here
today discarded their shoes as a pa
triotic example to their fello,w cltl-
I" teino nH ii'iiraa nf llpOIllo IliaV HOW
,i
thousand of them during that vcntr
month Of curse. 1 know tho lisl does
not say that il includes all the casual
ties (It'll (Kiuireil during April; but
only Unit if- tit" April lis' But you
can L'ticv- what the people in Cer.
m:1i are meant to think altotit it
.i-.-aiie-l 40.00(1. And the figures
in killed and wounded wruld startle
then! a ren! deal more; c-.pei tally
It.' l.;':le.l.
The shoe stores have begun sell
ing wooden sandals with leather toe prediction that Wlllard
guas.
7
imp
U ..L1 it' It !
WUl THRU
( I!y United Press)
New York. July 13. Tho pacifist
li'-av: weight ehamiiion. James Wil
lard. fohably is all though with tha
fight game. Never a lover of the
game which game him fame and his
fortune. Willard has purchased a cir
( nr, f i t oil his managers, and now.
presumably is ready to call it off.
Terer is. nothing startling in a
Is through.
He could hardly afford to risk pub
lic censure thuogh taking on some
This amount of aluminus. Weber
says, cannot he obtained from hau
xite, its present source. We must use
kaolin, or lireclav, which the Ger
mans have been using since their
source of French bauxite has been
cut off. Welter says this country's
imply of kaolin is practically lnex
lia.it il-!e. The largest deposits are in
IHoiss.
,'. e'i'i h;s submitted his theory to
fee Society of industrial Engineers,
which in turn will take It up with
the Council of National Defense.
FIHGTH PLANE
W. W. can ever return to Blsbee.
Greensboro ,,. , .. ,, . . .
., i in uib euici. nere roaay, louownig
( ol ege wll occupv the pu pit of the fll . ... . . ' .
-L -. .. a...,...the deportation of the 1.200 I.W,
W.'S. " " "V..iri.
MAY TAKE OVER MINES
Denver, July 13. The operation V
of all mining properties at Lead
vllle may be taken over by the gOT
ernment In the event of the failure of
Mr Thomas Hutchinson Stone of federal mediators to reach a settle-
West Point. Vs., and Miss Mary KHz- merit with the miners. A strike ha
Mince of Rumfonl, Va,. wer been chIIa.I fnr atr.io
.... vHiuiuu; uuiQPI f C V
STONE PRINCE
abetli
married Friday morning by Justice tlement is reached before that time.
of the I'eac, .1 W. Miinden,
residnce on Seidell Strict.
at his
APPLICATIONS ARE
COMING IN FAST
This trouble Is bolleved to be ft
part of the I. Wr. W. disturbance that
has swept over western states thU'
week.
KILLS PILOT M OBSERVER OE
HO( ME MACHINE. SERGEANTS
PARSONS AND WILLIS DOWN
THREE ENEMY MACHINES
Paris. July
ed his eighth
inc. killed ili
of l iie I'. i( lie
! it i ' i it I'm i
1 :: Lit in Thaw down
enemy pla lie today, bay -
pilot and l li ohserver
1 1 ; : 1 1 1 1 in
Branch Manager, II T. Greenleaf,
of the Officers' Training Camp As
sociation, stated to a reporter for
this paper this morning that he Is
now receiving iiiite a number of ap
plications for admission to the sec
ond Officers' Training Camp at Port
Oglethorpe.
Prospects are that there will be n
rush of applications at
5U AGITATED
BY USE
iah
BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS
Sei m ants I 'a i soiit
ed three enemy mai
lie.
and Willis down
tines in hot Itat-
tnent and Mr Greenleaf advises all
who Intend gelling In their appli
ed ions to in I al once.
(By United Press)
Stockholm, July 13. Sweden la
o last mo- violently agitated by the news of the
ARE DENIED BREAD MINUS ARMS HE
CETS BACK JOB
i i:- rniicd Pr ss)
l,,,doii. July i:'..- When a Ger
man explosive bullet, near Ypres last
( Bv United Press)
London. June ?,0 (By Mall)-- Kind
ness to animals Is asecondary consid
eration when your country's at war.
an American women in London learn
ed at the expens" of two pounds ten .summer, blew away Lieut A. A. E.
shillings. Even at that she had a story liutclielor's left arm, the Saskatoon
that left few dry eyes in the court- hoys who made up his battalion said
room. good -live to him. as they thought for
Charged with fending considerable pood. Today Lieut. Batchelor Is on
qsantities of bread to birds and sbulr- his way hack to his battalion, wear-
K Is in her garden, an offense under ing an artificial arm. The task of
tin- new Defense of the Hallm Act, convincing tho War Office he could
she told the following story: handle his old job. he said, was th
"I am seventy three years old. For hardest thing he has had to do since
seventy years I'have always fed birds tho war began.
HOTEL INSTALLS
AUTOMATIC CALL CLOCK
American export restrictions and the
newspaper, Tidnlng, bitterly attack!
the United Stato.4, characterizing the
emtiargo as "an attempt to force
Sweden into the war in the name
d( nio( racy."
Tho 4u-.llul. I t---
..... ...,,,.-,,, ,-i'M,. an a wnoio ,
are united in the desire for commer- '
An automatic call clock has Just cial and political neutrality and do :M
been installed at tho Southern Hotel, not wnnt to outer war at all, except
Kliahetli City's up to the minute If it should he necessary in order to
Hotel. . iiy-iunu i iiHir own son against foreign
This clock reminds tho nlcht clerk aggression.
of anv call and Indicates the room -
occupied by tho guest. It keeps ring- ERITISH REPULSE
Ing until the clerk gives the matter
his attention.
,1
TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO SOLDIER SON
GERMAN RAIDS
FAUST EMHE
OS CLDTHES
nn it animals I have lout two sons in
of the lesser heavyweikhts, and of . D , ... .
, war, one at San Juan Hill and the
(By united Prtss)
the few men available, there isn't a
one would woudn't be able to give
King Jess the fight of his life.
The action of the champion In get
ting rid ofi Tom Jones and Jack Cur
lry is commendable In a sort of way.
for its eliminates the syndicate which
put the world's champion to work in
other at Gallipoli. I am alone in the
.world Rtnl the little creatures are my
only friends."
! Somewhat to everyone's surprise,
however, tho Judge fined her the max
llmiim for a first offense and warned
lir that a repetition would be severe
ly dealt with.
"HER" NEW YORK
a circus instead of sending him out
Washington, July 13. The Wo- t0 fight which was expected of him I vrrTOTTVP
non'a Committee of the National bv a nubile erateful for Wlllard's 'IuIITING OUTSIDE
Council of Defense asks American success in bringing bark the world's
women to "wear the clothes -.you lttle to the white race.
v have," so that man ower now engag-
Roy Larson returned Friday from
ed on' feminine fads may be released
for war aervice and to abandon 'keep- ocean View and SfclVlC where
. tin Jnrlth th StVles" during the ha Soi tioon iom.
v . . . if... ,. .... ,
Note the punctuation In " 'Her'
New York." the Pathe Gold Rooster
play, starring Gladys Hulette, to be
shown at tho New Theatre.
The extra quotation marks are
rightly around "her" because the
New York in the story is wholly and
absolutely in the proprietorship of
Poebe Lester, the lovely little coun-
GATES OF PEKING try girl, played by Miss Hulette.
She first sees it rising in a glor
ious mirage from out a cornfield
(By United Pressl
London, July 13. Success of the
i British raid south of Ypres and the
Mr. John Q A. Wood left this .ft-' I - ' -
ernoon for Washington. D.'C. where, "u
ho will say good-bye to his son, John I
Wood, who expects to leave soon for OIIjIj ritUVlU fi
France. Young Wood is a member of I
thn Engineer Corps and is expected
the call to active service In France.
(By Unite PraitT
: Tien Tstn. July IS. Fighting la wherein she Imagined she was In
going on today Just outside the gates 'her"'1 New Toork, rubbing - elbows
""Inn 1 of Peking between the Monarchists with peYirpq rf clltteri""' it
FEDERATION LABOR
TO SAVE HOMES
(By United Press)
Denhury, Conn., July 13. The
settlement of the Danbury Hatters'
enso without selling the homes of
141 workers is to be discussed this
afternoon and It is said that the Fed
eration of Labor will ray the Lowed
FOR AIRPLANE FLEET
(By United Prss)
Washington, July 1!. Chairman
Dent of tho committee on military
al'fulrs Introduced a bill today pro
viding for an lmmenso airplane fleet,
with an approprlaton of siv hundred
and forty millions. ,
WEATHER
: Probably srinwer t"""!-M