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In tbe column! of ' thl paper you will find the advertisements of alert, progressive merchants and manu facture r who are telling you some thing they believe yon ought to know. - WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, warmer in central and east portion tonight.' gentle to moderate variable winds. VOL. 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1919. NO. 192 M TREATY ACTION IS HASTENED . Indication That Determined Fight Will Be Made On The Floor to Eliminate League (By Associated 11-688) Washington, Aug. 14. Action on the peace treaty is being hastened by the Senate Foreign Committee with Indications that a determined fight will be made on the floor to eliminate the League of Nations. Senators Borah and Johnson will advocate its repudiation by the Sen ate. Fall wants to strike out all ref -erences to American participation on the varlouB commissions of the League which would superl ntend re construction in Europe. ASKS FOR 15 MILLIONS The Navy will ask for $15,000,000 more to repair ships. HAS NOT RECEDED While President Wilson is grati fied at the Senate Foreign Commit tee's efforts to speed up the Treaty, he has not receded from his position against reservations. The President will start on his tour as soon as the Treaty is ratified. CAIaL ON WILSON The Senate Foreign Committee notified the President that it wished to call upon him to discuss the Peace Treaty. CALL THREE MEMBERS The Committee will call three mem bers of the American Peace Delega tion who resigned because of dis agreement with the Conference de cition. FOOD LIBEL CASE GOES TO JURY Judge Instrvc's That Charges cf Fro-Gcrnjapism And Self ish !--.t vvcntion Bsea Proven H nave Not (By Associated Press) Mt. Clemens, Aug. 14. The Henry Ford libel case went to the jury to day, the judge instructing that the plaintiff's charge of pro-Germanism and selfish interest advocating inter vention in Mexico had not been proven. RUMANIAN TROOPS ABOUT TO LEAVE (By Associated Press) Amsterdam, Aug. 14. Rumanian troops are about to leave Budapest following the receipt of a note from the Peace Conference, a Vienna dis patch states. DISCUSS CANADIAN LADUK rn.VfDI4E.ma (By Associated Press) Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 12. The in dustrial future of Canada may be in fluenced to a marked degree by the meeting of the National Industrial Conference to be held here Septem ber 11 to discuss labor problems in the Dominion. Building contracts said to amount to millions of dollars have been held up pending some action by the fed eral government or an agreement be-' tween capital and labor which would tend to restore Industrial tranquility. The cpnference will be attended by representatives of the Dominion and provincial governments, employers and labor leaders from all branches of industry. Subjects to be considered will in clude the right of employes to organ ize, recognition of labor unions, col lective bargaining, and the suggestion by the Royal Commission on Indus trial Relations that a bureau be es tablished to promote the organization of Joint Industrial councils. Labor features of the peace treaty also will be brought up for discussion. EPIDEMIC AVERTED Mexico City, July 22. (Correspon dence of The Associated Press.) Ad vices from the state of Yucatan are that threatened epidemic of yellow fever has been Averted by hygteolc measures and a quarantine. MRS. OTELIA GODFREY DEAD Mrs. Otelia Godfrey died suddenly at nine o'clock Thursday morning at her home on East Cypress street from heart failure. She was a native of Camden county but had lived here for many years. In October she would have been sixty nine years of age. Her husband was the late W. O. Godfrey. She Is survived by one son, H. G. Godfrey and five grand children. The funeral will be conducted at Blackwell Memorial church Friday afternoon at four o'clock, by her pastor, Dr. G. W. Clarke. Interment nil! be made in Hollywood cemetery. threaten expel all Strikers (By Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 14. The expulsion of all striking shopmen from the In ternational Union is threatened in a telegram received here from B. M. Jewell, president. WARN GERMAN GIRLS AGAINST AMERICANS With the American Forces in Ger many, July 21. (Correspondence of The Associated irebs.j rosters written in German and warning Ger-Ifly man girls against associating with Americans appeared recently in eral public places in Coblenz and other towns on the Rhine, the ftirls eing urged to refrain from making the acquaintance of soldiers regard- ess of the fact that the treaty of ieuce naa oeen signeu. At various umes posters nave oeen nut in) threatening indiscreet cms with lunisliment of one kin;! or anothen. American ofileers who have inves tigated say the Germans are deter- nineil that Kills who a-socij'.e with he soldiers shall have their na:n'i ir.owu to the populsl ion s:ul that ;everal rscret societies have been I'oruied for that purpose. IniUJixi-ueo ailicers say that on seve.'al o.-ra ,.'ons (ho names of nirls who tire' on the records of the German poi'ee for as sociating with Americans have been read to the congregations at Sunday morning church services. In other villages the practice of posting the gills' names in public places was in augurated some time ago. The officers assert that blacklists of the girls' names have been pre pared and are being kept for future use, after the Americans are gone. every farmer to make sure that he to prepare for Germany's submarine can promptly get the needed poison- campaign, Viscount Jellicoe said "The DETAILS LYNCHING ' jing materials when he needs them, lesson I am trying to preach is prep- OF JUAN GAL VAN And merchants should be ready for aratlon for war. I would like to say - - J the orders. jvery seriously that it seems to me Mexico City, July 26. (Correspond-1 We may escape, I certainly hope the concluejon is forced upon us ence-ofThe Associated Press. H De- 'so. Nobody kij6ws but It may be that tbe British Empire deepnds now tails of the lynching of Juan Galvan, 'that the mid-summer generation of more than ever upon naval suprem a prominent resident of the village this Insect is normally much larger acy." of Zaragoza in the state of San Luis than the later ones and that the next ! Leaving Sydney early in July, the Potosl, have Just been received In the generation will come under unfavor capital and El Democrata, in publish- able climatic conditions apd may en ing the story, declares this is the first counter such death-rate as to be in lnstance ot lynching recorded in significant but they haven't. en Mexico, countered It yet, except Where Galvan was publicly accused by the poisons were used, pastor of a church in Zaragoza of ; I see one hopeful sign. As this being the person who robbed the present generation of worms were a gentleman In the engraving bus Image of a virgin in one of the maturing many died from diseases, in ess on Broadway, New York, was churches of gold and Jewels valued I have found hundreds such today, greatly annoyed by the tardiness of at 10,000 pesos. The words of the Let us hope that these diseases will one of his skilled engravers, curate inflamed his hearers, who play havoc with the next generation J balling him into the office one dragged Galvan from his home, built of worms, reducing them to harm- morning he said, "Mr. Brown, I get a funeral pyre and upon it tortured lessness. But It Is folly not to be here at 8:30 every morning and Jook the unfortunate man until he died, ready to use poisons in case they ap- over my mall; at 9 o'clock I look out The curate has been detained by the authorities as the author of the crime. CAN'T LET GO ANY SEA POWER ! Sydney, Australia, July 9. (Corres pondence of The Associated Press.) -It would be crass stupidity on the . .v o u ,, part of the British people to relin- quish any sea power tney possess, recently declared Acting Naval Min 1 Acting Naval Min- lu,u"' ucrc' luo v0-" oi vne in "Sltuatea as Britain Btltutlon 18 the development ister Poynton; is with all the trade routes converg ing An Ann nnlnt T.nnHnn It In fth- , . , . . . , . solutely necessary that she should have sufficient ships in her fleet to keep those trade routes open." FOURTEEN MUNITION WORKERS KILLED (By Jjteodated Press) Cologne, Aug. 14. A unntloni prase approves Viscount Grey's ac- her home' at Oceana, Va., after spend dump exploded here killing fourteen eeptance of the temporary aabassa lug some time visiting Misses Carrie workers and injurylng many. dorshlp to the United States. I Burgess and Carrie Brite. THEW0RM0N SOY BEANS More Information Derived from The State Tests Being Made Near Elizabeth City By FRANKLIN SHERMAN (State Entomologist) Temporary Headquarters: Flora Farm, R. F. D. 1, Box 30, Elizabeth City, N. C. ( In the fields under my observation the injury is now lessening and the ( plants are rapidly putting on new, growth. I have stated in these articles that we should now have a two or three week interval with less worms, but also stated that there would be'eral. half hPl n fr mom hnra rf "stragglers" meaning worms and parent moths which would not go witn the ebb and flow of the tide, so to speak. This is now evident. To day (August 12) when I believe the majority of them to be in the pupa (chrysalis) stage, I am nevertheless finding hundreds of the parent moths in the fields, these having completed the change and Issued, ready now to lay eggs. Walk thruogh your worm riddled soy beans and notice the numerous smoky-brown moths ("mil- ors or "candle-flies") which spread about an inch from tin to tin. which up or dart to one side , escape Now some ot these may be of other sev-'SDecie bnt acoonline to mv "r,.tnh- t., . .!..... ... tut u ... , I uiai juu riru, buuu U3 JUl UttSl'I IPuU. are tlie parent n )f sov.honn Worms. Assertion timt th ,,..' colnu from grasshoppers, bettles, etc. ire wholly erroneous thev co c. i :.i y moths, such a; de- rrribed. The moths are alreauv be ginning to come out in my cage; And yet llje e thousands of miller; are only the r.lrazRlvrs, and unless all signs 11 th y will berime iiKTea,-;-hv-Cv numerous until about the ltltli or J Mil. ; . i:i..ii r and t ! ' ( ; ; i h,:!ei II' (s:i;:r!; the -if) if is lay a normal number of if ,i 'normal number of i, anil if a normal number of the warm come true wi live, if all these if.; wJl have anal'.ii'r very dt.vt rucl ive gcnrrat.on. The abund ance in which the moths tire now ap pearing is a bad sign. insect epi demics usually collapse as suddenly and as completely as they arise, so I will not postively predict another generation as destructive as the last, but the present indications point that way. Certainly I strongly advise pear in numbers. - CPANKU.MlTYirAN BANK PLANNED Mexico City, July 28. (Correspond- ence of The Associated Press.) A Spanish-Mexican bank with a sub-1 crlbd cPItal 01 .to" ml1,onriIpe88 ' and headquarters in Mexico City is i J ' ' oi Mexican resources ana to increase commercial activity -between this country and Spain .... ...... Representatives of the bank will have offices ln Ha vana, New York and several Euro pean cities. j ' I BRITISH PRESS APPROVES ! 1 (By Associated Press) London, Aug. 14. the British SIMPLE BURIAL FOR CARNEGIE Without Eulogies, With Simple Ritual, Laid to Rest in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (By Associated Press) Lenox, Aug. 14. Andrew Carne gie's funeral was held todav at Shadow Brook, hla country home. There were no eulogies and no pall .bearers. The service was the simple ritual of the Presbyterian church, by Dr. William Pierson Merrill, pastor Of the Brick Preshvterin n rhnroh nf New York where the Carnegies at- tended. j Sixty persons attended the fun- household. I The body was taken to Tarrytown for burial in Sleepy Hollow Ceme tery. The floral tributes were many. PREACHES POLICY OF PREPARATION Sydney, Australia, July 9. (Corres pondence of The Associated Press.) Admiral Viscount Jellicoe preached a policy of preparation for war in some of the speeches he has dellver- ed here while visiting Australia to inform the Australian eovernment ' rnnPOrn I II tr maMnro I f nnv.il nnllnif "4"-" u ir. v uooiu no usnu jjiuiu uu 'such subjects us the League of Na- lions or the nuestion of limitation !f armaments, I trust it will never be forgotten that the existence of the British Kmplre depends absolutely upon the safety of its sea communi ( at 'ons." said Viscount Jellicoe at Sydney, where he addressed the N'ay League. I'.el'ore the war, be sa'd. Cv at i'.rilain suffered fraai a hit k of in: ;;l!;c!en: ships to guard tha long lines of communication between Lon don and Australia and. ho add si, "it is up to the nritish Kmpirc to see that we are never in waul of sulliei eat policemen afloat in the future." Speaking of the "deadly risks run in the last live years," Hie Admiral said, "one can only hope that in tho j future snllicient provisions will be made both by the mother country and by the overseas dominions to insure the impossibility of defeat of the Hritish navy." After giving some information to show how lohg it took Great Britain Admiral started on a month's tour to northern Australian ports and ot the coast of New Guinea and adjacent Islands. WHO ARE YOU? the window and see Mr. Rockefeller on his way to the office; at 9:30 Mr. J. P. Morgan passes on his way to the bank; at 10 I see Mr. Vanderbilt going by; at 10:30 Mr. Taft passes come ln. Who the .... are you?" Type Metal Magazine. KOLCHAK'S FORCES rwvfc'v'1 inn CONTINUE RETREAT (By AsNociatod Pre) London, Aug. 14. Admiral Kol chak's forces continue their retreat ln the Ural Mountains. Tbe Bolshevik! drove the Cossacks back sixty miles south of the Urals and are endeavoring to separate them from the main body. It is admitted here that these re- verses are a serious blow to the policy of the Entente In Russia. 1 Mrs. May Land has returned to FUKERAL L. C. RELFE The funeral of Mr. L. C. Relfe was conducted at the grave in Hollywood Cemetery Thursday afternoon by Rev. Lloyd, pastor of the Methodist churoh at Durants Neck of which the de ceased was a member. Mr. Relfe died at eleven o'clock Wednesday night after a lingering illness at his home at Durants Neck. He is survived by his wife and two children, Mrs. Walter Newbern of Powells Point and Mr. Nathan Relfe of Durants Neck, also by one sister, Mrs. B. L. Banks of thiR ritv TWO NEW CASES TYPHOID FEVER Dr. Peters Urges That Every Precaution Be Taken in First Ward To Prevent Serious Epidemic "Typhoid In the First Ward is alarming," says Dr. Peters, City Health Officer. ' "Since my recent statement to the public -thru this newspaper, there have been two new cases, making a total of eleven cases in tho First Ward since July 1st. "The State Hoard of Health has sent the local Health Department a number of Bulletins containing In structions for preventing the spread of typhoid. I hope that the people will obtaUi these and consider seri ously the instructions. "And one add'tional suggestion if you live in tho First Ward and have not been vaccinated for typhoid, see your physician and bo vaccinated at once. "The dairymen and those distri cting milk iJiould he very careful 'i ml hot ;'."(!, never leaving them in nines where there 's a case of t y- phohl, and if any lell at such home l'berty to remov t he t phoid mud it "Thai IS ( I II. ;;i ; typhoid season and bottles they I belli have bee ere not ; iinlil aft an is over. I i ely i a rly in I he Willi eleven cases in so small a territory since July 1st, it seems reasonable to sttpposo that lit' every measure is not taken to pro- vent the spread of t lie disease we may later on expect many more cases and possibly many deaths." SURVEY ROUTE AERIAL SERVICE Sydney, Australia, July 9. (Corres pondence of The Associated Press.) Survey1 of the route of the first section of the projected aerial service or 0ne B1 Unlon sha11 oontrol Dor between Sydney and London was re- organfeations In Winnipeg. The cently completed. The .section ex-1 "truggle is the outcome of the gen tends from Sydney to Darwin, which Btrlke wh,cn took P,ace ln Ma' Is on the north coast of Australia and relatively near the Malayan Archlpelaogo. The service will be carried on by a Sydney company. From Darwin the route will cross the sea to the island of Timor pro- 1 ceed along the Malayan Archipelago; to India and thence run to Bagdad or Port Said probably the latter. From charter of the Winnipeg Trades ana Port Said It will cross Europe to Lon- j Labor Council and announced that don. The survey of the second sec- effort would, be made to form a tlon of the route, from Darwin thru iew council in lnnlpeg to Include the Malaya to Delhi, is now going on. I local organizations opposed to the It is expected that the first flight One Big Union plan. Among the or will be made within the next few , ganizations which rejected this idea months, and It is planned to have the of having One Big Union were the proposed passenger and commercial aervices in full operation In about two years. If the company succeeds Lon don will be reached regularly from that the split in the labor ranks was here In 6 1-2 days. precipitated by the alien element and The Sydney-Darwin section is 2,- y thai tle ne Big Union organized 000 miles. But the survey party at Calgary demanded thaWhe gov travelled about 4,000 miles ln order ernment release all "political prison to select the most satisfactory land- ers" interned during the war. Fad ing places or relay stations. ral ministers have charged that a When the flights are in full swing heavy percentage ot the One Big business between Sydney and Lon- Union membership was composed of don will be greatly facilitated from aliens. the fact that letters may be answered i Eniest Robinson, secretary of the within two weeks of their despatch Winnipeg Trades and Labor Coun from here. ell, has announced that the One Big ' Union will immediately supply chart Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Miller, ot Bux- e to the local unions to take the ton, N. C. have been the guests of Pce of those revoked by the Ameri thelr son, Edson Miller, for the past can Federation of Labor. Winnipeg three days. Mr. Miller is keeper of labor leaders.supportlng the One Big Coast Guard Station 18S at Buxton. Union have promised to support the . movement to organize similar unions ' ' in every city in the Dominion. Miss Katharine Hinton who, for. - the past six weeks, has, had charts' Milton Sanderlin and Mrs. Bettie of the Primary Department of the Sanderlin of Belcross are in this city. Tyrrell county Sumjraer School, has, -been appointed to a similar position ( Vaster Bobby Beit ot Kitty Hawk In Pamlico eonnty Summer School passed through the city on his way which opened oa the 11th. from Norfolk Thursday. HARD AFTER THE - FOOD SHARKS Following Conviction of New , York Profiteer, Government Redoubles Efforts (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 1 4. Followlnc the conviction and fine of the first profiteer in New York, government agencies are redoubling their efforts to bring food sharks to justice and more convictions are expected In tha near future. 11 CENTS FOR SUGAR The Attorney General transmitted to the Senate the opinion of Food Administration officials that eleven cents a pound was a fair price for sugar. Members of the committee on reducing living costs are doubtful that the government can fix the price except during actual war. . ' The Department of Justice hopes to reach sugar profiteers through licenses, regulations and tbe power of the Food Administration to cancel licenses. .. The Agricultural Department , has asked for $600,000 to campaign against living costs. . ' ' GRAYS AND CUBS CROSS BATS TODAY The Xilrays aid the Cubs will play the second game of their new 7-game scries this afternoon at 6 o'clock on " the West Main Street diamond. It 1 is announced that the batteries wIH he Woodley and Henderson for the Grays, and Dixon and Caddy for the Cubs. Two umpires and an official' rorekeeper will lie on hand to take , care of the technical end of tho game and a couple of cops to keep onthu- siastie rooters from climbing over, the 1 : i t : . i 'xfy that oilicially aep ,!:es tin; diamond from the grand" sl ind. A lia.h! cad interesting base hall game is promaed for this after- j noon. LABOR CONFLICT IN MANITOBA (lly Associated Press) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 11. A conflict Is in progress here between union labor men pver the question whether the American Federation ot Labor, the Dominion Labor Congress ' June, involving iuuor sua cayuiu throughout the Dominion. A short time ago the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council voted to, Join One Big Union by a vote said to be 8,841 to 705. .. - . I I . I .1.. as a resuu or mis acuou, ino vv minion Labor Congress cancelled the ranroaa Drotnernooas mu iuo auibi- 'can Federation of Labor. Some Canadian newspapers aBseri
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