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. V ; ... V ' - WEATHER FORECAST. North Carolina r-air ; Sunday, Monday fair and somewhat warmer. VOL. XXII. NO. 351 . Answer to -Germany's Peace Proposal tianded to Amer ican Ambassador. REFUSE TO CONSIDER ANY PART OF OFFER. Invasion of Belgium Stressed In Answer as Living Exam ple of insincerity of Central Powers to Stick to an Agree ment or Promise. Paris, Oec. 30. The entente ally governments handed to the American ambassador tonight for transmission' I ' - V tllilcll 1 uncio iuch alio v-i ;t to Germany's proposal for a peace . .. 1 conieiTiico The full te-; of the ans- ver follows: ' The allied governments of Bel simn. France, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Ru Russia and Serbia, united for Japan. mania, Russia ana serDia, unitea xor the defense of tlie liberty of their people and faithful to agreement taken not to lay down their arms sep arately, have resolved to reply col lectively to the pretended propositions of peace which were addressed to them on behalf of the enemy govern ments through the intermediary of t'ae United States, Spain, Switzerland and Holland. 'Before snaking any reply the allied powers desirg particularly, to protest against the two essential assertions of the note of the enemy powers that pretend to throw upon the allies re sponsibility for the war and proclaim the victory of the Central Powers. ' The allied governments cannot ad mit an affirmation doubly inexact and which suffices to render sterile all ten tative negotiations. "The allied nations have sustained for 30 months a war they did every thing to avoid. They have shown by their acts their attachment to peace. That attachment is as strons todav as' it was in 1914. Rut it is not unon the I word of Germany, after the violation of its engagements, that the peace broken by her may be based. "A mere suggestion, without a state ment of terms that negotiations should be opened is not an offer of peace. The putting forward by the " Imperial government of a shani pro- , losal lacking all" substance and pre cision would appear to be less an offer of peace than a war of manou v re. It is founded on calculated mis interpretation of the character' of the struggle in the past, the present and 'be future. "As for the past, the German note takes no account of the facts, dates ''nil figures which -establish that the war desired, provoked and declared by Germany and Austro-Hungary. "At the Hague conference it was a German delegate who refused all pro posals for disarmament. In July, 1914, i was Austria-Hungary, who after having addressed to Serbia an .unpre cedented ultimatum, declared war up lier in spite of the satisfaction wiiicli had at once been accorded. "The central empires then reject f'l all attempts made by the entente bring about a pacific solution of a Purely local conflict. "Great Britain aueeested'a confer ence, France nronosed an internation-i a 1 commission, the enmeror of Russia! asked the German emperor to go to arbitration and Russia and Austria- Uunearv r-amp n ; on nndPrstandine -- w . , II IIM I MvC r3 Ufl M v.,u.B .UU11.11111U uiui iii iii ml ui II" IIP M- " B VJ; II 1)11. I I II Hi 1 r I I tt I I 1 . t 1 I J I f f I 'I I - g I 0 - I I . I I I I v IA I Iflr I ZEMIKfll 1 I I I I I I I 111 IB! 1 I 1 n n il H 1 II M - M II H II . H II ' II II II II II II . f i i iiiii-ii . i a i i ii i i i an aai e u c ibi . 'a a v n - r ' i mr , i i n u ri m h h h u h n h n ii . n 11 l n t ii i r .1 f .11 . .Fi , . I f I I I I I I V ffJ Ml U . BH -1 1 Bit If fa li-ii b II f- I X on the eve of the conflict. But to all biltr tne Building Lot, the $100 in I "lose efforts Germany gave neither, Gold the victrola, or the first Dia-1 answer nor effect. imond Ring. "Belgium was invaded by an em-l This second diamond ring is in ' Hue which had guaranteed her ,neu- tralitv and whlh haA thp. assurance ' to proclaim that treaties were but for WOrk . done during the last two test, and during that time the aggres 'scraps of paper' and that 'necessity weeks of the first period. It was-pur- sive candidates will push their cam knows no law.' . , , j erased from A. O, Schuster, the well-' paigns with greater energy an yigor "At the present moment these Wm ' taown local jeweler, for $60, and is than during the daysof t contest Offers on the part of Germany rest on guaranteed by Mr. Schuster. The that have passedl Those who were the war map of Europe, alone, which ' stone is pure -white ;,and is mounted inclined L to take it easy . for the past represents nothing more than a su- in tne popular Tiff any. style Betting. J P'-rficial and passing phase of r the sit-j The contest for this, special prize uu - "r;nf." . KWBmg.c . x v oii tho .nn.i renewed 'energy and determination. "ation and not the real strerigtti of th" belligerents. V , terms would be only to the adyan- tage of the aggressors, who after im-j agining that they would WSh heir goal in two months, discovered after i iv.o years that they could never at- - . - ; - TV i J, -vi uuli i nu i tun i u I i wa ;bB Wi . U Lai IVta U II HLLaH . . T T-;l A I . .1 o. -i. - ' ' It,': : 1 win.ii 1 it runvcs. f.n .ti ri kcp". ....' PRESSED BY EF.RH1ANS One Village - and Several Heights Captured by Per sistent Fighting. Petrcgrad,' 30. The Russian wdi onice iaie toaay issued the fol- rn"! vx c mum(vjuiw uuuuei, m iuu' region north and south of the valley the River Oituz. the Teutons the River Oituz. the Teutons launched persistent attacks: They succeeded in occupying several , ' heights and pressed back our troops Sliehtlv to the east, tlnr forees pro " : ; . . sna and east and south of the village Losmego. Uyxt.u vi. i-uc mo5c ui uui- The Teutons are conducting stub- jborn attacks on the upper part of the River Kamna, on the Moldavian NS CK frontier, to the west of Soveha, near tice to deal with the immediate crisis, the source of the .'River"Suchitza and It was stated at the commission's of along the River Putna to the west of fices that the report probably will be the station of Rosa. ' ready in two weeks. With considerable force s and as sisted, by , heavy and light artillery they continued obstinate attacks on the front northeast of Rimnicu Sarat, directing their main blow along the railway. They "succeeded in taking possession of the village of Lordest- chi, on the River Rimnicu Sarat and I pressed back eur detachments nearjtion, in a statement today says that, the village of Zalestsi, fifteen versts ne understands the department of jus- northeast of the city of Rimnicu ( hcg wni take drastic steps aeainst the Sarat. - South of the Danube attacks were repulsed with great losses. The supreme -test between Teutons and Russians in the great struggle is at hand. In the last 36 hours the Teutons have smashed . ahead on tne whole 120-mile front, from the Oituz river' down to -the Danube. As a re sult their center stands at Slobozia, only 6 l-Smiles from the Sereth river. General von Kerok, who yesterday started the great steam, roller on its .way by his sudden eastwara mrusi from the mountains around Sosmezo, i ii i. special rriz:e iu Candidate Who. Turns, m Kl Mnotr Fnr New Sub-, irxuov i scriptions During Next Two Weeks. Another diamond ven away for tw ring is to be given away for' two weeks work m The Dispatch contest This second v-ri-nv in to he awaraea uie SSKe who turns in the largest mnncv fnr new. subscrip- . K0iTOop Mondav. January 1,1 innm-piim ninnnnnin ninin U HhK H K tih i ! rnn Tiflin mirrpP5 ininiif run iiiiiu uuLLii3 vtfuim I 1 T . . QviA Rativ .January 13.at 9 p. motions turned ..in during. -thV diamond ; Jes not win either the Over-; ksi the Tnrd Aut.omo4 Xci - ilU AUtUUlUU"V, ,r I every way as beautiful and valuable D nffprprl as a sDecial prize sUrts. in-the mna.e tests are on an equal footing. any other contestant. All money for ; subscriptions turned in up to last. Saturday will in no way figure mjhej winning of this second special prize. , Vhis fact should ?pen wjeeauve ': LMINGTON, NQRTH PAPER PROBLEM . STILL UNSETTLE! Commission Fail s to Cau se Agreement Between Mill Owners and Publishers. i -Th nmt Cf the Federal Trade Commission to briD& abUt a" agreement between newspaper puDiisners ana manuiac- turers of news print paper, whereby thp. the nriee mirht. he lnwprp.rt pnd an equitable distribution of paper sup- plies effected appeared to have fail- o " " " -v ed today. tj,0 u . Luuiuuoaiuu ouuuuuvcu ai,o in- icuiitMi ui pruueeuiug Willi iia luvesu- gation oi me economic aspect 01 tne i Uews print paper situation and report-jsnow ing to consn-ess on the Jteneral aues- tion without going much further into plans for a settlement of the paper crisis leaving the department of jus- Meantime publishers are understood to be going ahead with plans to build their own paper mills and suppply themselves" with-news print on a co operative production basis. Frank P. Glass, of Birmingham, he had in handr Trnlght" Tlepresen- greatest possible . eed Jn handling :erican section of the. Mexican commis Alabama, vice-president of the Amer- tative Wood 'said: t the President's railroad legislation, ision, headed by Secretary of the In- ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa- alleged paper combine. Mr. Glass also anticipates relief from congress. FRANCE ACCEPTS U. S. RED CROSS HOSPITAL. Paris, Dec. 30. Justin Godart, un der secretary of war for medical ser- . n iJ 1 . . J l . 4 1.,. vice, -lormany acceyieu iuuc,y ui temporary hospital installed by the American ambulance service at La. unappene &tation. j 8 .... ' is twenty miles from the middle ( Sereth. ; lL u uuu6l - - - an opportunity for anyone, even one who has .not bf6 m.the .C.l&t't enter ana wortt ior twu weetio auuj win the diamond ring. ; i All subscriptions turned in toward ' the diamond ring will receive votes . aecordine to the regular schedule, - - - a v 'i XL. O"! ET JZ ll Vuu w c & reT-in1 nf th P.OTlTRSt.. WhlCIT wuu v"" v " ' . . k II H H EH 1 1 I is 140,00Q extra votes fqr each Hbment an the mogt distinguislled worth of subscriptions: Special ballots issued on subsenp- ring offer, and pilots, issued on 1 5.. "yj? Ip "Clubs" do not liave to be voted be-;,WALN. 11NIU VILLA lrAr. : j fore tne .ciose oi me beuuuu uu of the competition for the ring. They may be held until the last day of the contest and their value will remain tne same Only fo Only four weeks remain of the con-, ' riurin thesl next four weeks the (, . . around and The p . each and Je tent JBtof possible in order to win one or the (Continued on Page Seven.) iGESTGIRGUCATION IN WHJVlINGTbN f CAROLINA; SUN DAY -MORNING, DECEMBER 31. 1916. f j w ww I W T VAt W V A A 11 W i , , . - - - i . n - ! : : - " : HE WILL BE ON HAND WHEN HOUSE MEETS, House Committee Chairman Continues His Telegraphic bquabble,With Frenzied Finance" Exponent. j Washington,. Dec. 30. Chairman 1 j Henry, of the House committee on Wilson today demanded that con . rules. continued his ' teleeranhic ir... tut unA " . squabble with "Citizen" Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, today. The sharp reply of Lawaon in whichthat gentle- man assured Rpnrspnti ivf Henry that ne would pr d UU1U u" Ll UUU1 he arrived in Washingtdn, but that he would be on hand when the House , . convened Tuesday, drew from Henry . , .. . unomer leiegram aenianaing: "rinn't rl rH ra Come to taw' and 1 your faand- The issue is -clear. I Yu have libeled congressmen and Public officials and I predict that you cannot make good. Let me know if i may expect you. . Following the filing of this dispatch rmes committee cnairman next paid his respects to Representative Wood nf Tnriia'na nnthnr lution seekins the invrttieAtinn nf the rumors of news leakages. i He demanded that. Representative wooa snouia cajt upoa film or write him. a letter outlining the facts which ' "I shall write no letter to Chair- man Henry. Between now and the convening of Congress on Tuesday I shall call unon htm nnd nrpspnt fnr his consideration the ' aggregation of evidence which I "have in' hand arid the list of witnesses, some of them men in high position and all of them! high in . the confidence and esteem ' of the adninis,tra,tion. against whom suspicions tantamount to indictments impeaching their integrity ijow lie. "If Chairman Henry wants to get facts regarding thq question of who participated '" in this Wall Street , melon party he will not stand in the j way 'of a full and free investigation of these charge's and allegations. Of courggf he cannot expect that any of (jle participants in the raid on the ; properties of these shareholders are j going to dash to Washington with 1 pleas of 'guilty as indicted.' He is too perspicacious a statesman for that, but on the other hand, I cannot believe that in his high position as j chairman of this important .commit I tee he is willing to lend himself to as j sisting in smothering an investiga- tjon simply because there is danger j I that its dragnet may produce evi v i . , .i who' for the past few? years, have sat in ine xiign places. "Regardless , of . Representative Henry z am sur- tnat the other mem- Qf committee w-u digpiay a somewhat different attitude towards tht Tipr-ossiTir nf n. thnrniidm nmnp fnr l . n ""T" r "T " 1 crats who would like to have more I juLima.it) ueuiiis ui lii stintis oi urea.iL- - a a .1 i i it... . f i i fasts in' the Biltmore Hotel in New York which preceded, the peace panic nrl in i.thw.h h im natininont! QnH in wKir-h tho ivan Ta rt ioinanf a ... . . ... were a- hieh official of the erovern- speculators in Wall Street." 0.nn r A P-D A M7A TDAnPQ El Paso, Tex., Dec. 30. Villistas laid a trap today at. Jiminez into which-two thousand unsuspecting ! Carranza troops walked and were badly defeated. . The column-of jMurguia troopsDe lieved Villa had abandoned Jiminez and boldly marched into it, "intending to preoccupy the town. Villa's troops were waiting outside the town and when they had! the Carranzistassafe- trip. - , ly bottled up they attacked like a The boat commenced to ship; water whirlwind - and a sanguinary battle and the Russian crew threw in muni resulted tions. When the Skagerak was reach- i. The sWprMurgakaj troops who , thouirht-Villa was eh route to Monte, stubborn resistance for a short while and .then fled, leaving ; many dead bhjngf m, v:2iany were wounded spnirhotfef sio?,, ahd, refugees report ,hat thev raUwty ' station at Jeminea 'is ifille4 .: with . Villa- wounded. EXTREME MEASURES BE USED IF NECESSARY. Organized Labor Strongly Op- posed to Quick Action- Filibuster Is Now Threatened. Washington, Dec. 30. President &i coo laoniuu auu. ya,-,z 111 juio uauuo 1 tie-up of the commerce of the country! through a general railroaOd strike.! The President personally visited the' capitol and notified Senator Newlands, tnat he must haye speedy action in! pmi(n.P(!c hi-rniimad nmm in-- ....j, v. a v, ,UttUIU6 luc yiuyuu " -" I "compulsory investigation of inter- state strikes." This measure would enable the President to halt at once any ireneral riLiraa( ctnke and to keen it sus- pended until a complete investigation of the questions at issue could be made. It would effectually block any sudden crippling of the transporta- tion facilities of the country. It was I I i ..T1 o w thD Prpdpnt iAB force was put forward by the Car- tft hnlt n RtrilrP m . difficulty of the differences " r. . rr.- . Senator Newlands promised the He made the significant statement I that: - J "In my judgment action of congress will be very decisive insofar as anv . attempt to tie up commerce is con- cerned.' (Continued on Page Eight) U-BOAT CAPTURES Russian Boat Loaded With 1,000 Tons of Explosives Driven in Big Storm. (By William Bayard Hale, Staff Cor respondent of the International News Service.) Wilhelmshaven (Via Berlin and MUNITION Sayville, Dec. 30). A story with .be, withdrawn. . enough dramatic thrillers to havef It was held by Counselor Polk that tpmntpd thp tmn nf Rnhprt Tennis i the ' Question of the continued pres- stevenson is that of the capture of'ence of the American military, force me ttussian ammunition carrier, ou- chan, by a German U-boat. The ship was halted in the White Sea. not far from a Russian port -for which it headed and forced to return with the U-boat and proceed under its own steam to. the German naval hase. ....... accomplished that stamps the enorts of one of the most daring bits of naval seamanship chalked up to thej credit of the German U-boats, which t thus far in coniunction with the' Ger-! nUr r7merZ W clea ' off the naval honors of this war. protocol are laid before him. The matlc circles generally, that secret ne The Suchan was sighted in a blind-1 Carranza objections are set' forth in 'gotiations, along the lines of the Ger-" ing snowstorm. rne u-Doat com mander, upon discovering that she carried a cargo of 7,000 tons of as sorted explosives, concluded it was better to. bring her in and not send her to the bottom. The captain was taken off and seven men from the submarine were put in command of the vessel. It is here that the pluck of German sea manship was put to a nerve-wracking test, for the hurricane was insane and the boat was rolling heavily. She was not only repeatedly taken out of her course, but the bunkers held barely enough fuel to complete the ed the Suchan" had twenty tons of coal left to finish the voyage in roll- ing Seas. That . was barely accom- plished, for when the vessel was docked the- bunkers showed hair a ton left. - j The value of the cargo is estimated at $5,000,000 hImn 1 ON PESS A IT A O Forward as Central Diffi culty of Problem. COMMISSION URGED TO HAVE SOLDIERS LEAVE. To Take This Action, Presi dent Would Have to Consider Entire Situation. Washington, Dec. 30. Withdrawal, Of the Pershing punitive expedition from Mexican soil again tonight be came the center of the tangled Mexi can situation in Washington. As in all recent Mexican "crises" the Persh- ranza representatives here as the cen- I . ' . - . . ' A- ;we.en the two countries. The Am- terior Lane, and other administration officials, received the suggestions that all troubles be ended by Withdrawing Pershine with little favor. It was made clear that before any move in this direction is taken, President Wil son will be called upon to consider the entire situation.. The state department was visited by Charles A. Douglas, Carranza's American legal adviser and counselor, ! who went there in his official' capacity for the first time in many moaths. Judge Douglas spent some time with Counselor Frank L. Polk and urged the withdrawal of the troops on the basis of helping Carranza with his problem of rje-habilitating the Repub lic. It was 'explained to Counselor I Polk that the American troops, in-the opinion of the Carranza' government, are serving no good or useful purpose in onger remaining on the Mexican soil. It was requested that in the in terests of harmony between the two Republics that the Americans should on Mexican territory was not before i the state department. It was the prov-j Wilson's efforts to bring ahout lasting ince of the joint International Com-1 peace and put an end to the suffer mission to define the duration of Gen-ing of war." . . . eral Pershing's stay, he said. Sub- German embassy sources were em- sequently there was a conference jtween Secretary of the Interior Lane . . was presumed to be on the same sub- ject Secretary Lane today forecast the action of tl refused to the American erHnn nf the, -mint prnnroissioTi hpfnr " r " nnnniHatnrv laneiiaffA and this fact leaves some hope with the commis- would result' in long delays. DIph sioners that the negotiations may be matic Washington generally tonight. ', resumed with hope of early adjust- abandoned hope of early , peace, but ment in accordance with the Ameri-j' (Continued on 'Page Seven.) can demands. The diplomatic fiction1 . ' . that the troops are not officially in CAPTAIN KILLS SELF ; Mexico because the . consent of the Carranza government for their, entry has never been obtained Is responsible ."Lrr .6 Pershing expedition from vol" ranza note w .rr ..yt. Guard, just -before he killed himself , ALLEGED DUMMY PAY with his service automatic pistoL He ROLL MAN IS ARRE1STED. had been removed from his command , - , by Col. R. J. Goodman and ordered Kew York, Deb. 30. George Gil- to jreport for further orders at Hart-v lette, Yale graduate, was held in ford. I , ", - r : $10,000 bail by Recorder Carsten, in Captain Ladbury ended this life in v Hoboken, today, on a charge of em- the State armory. He returned re- : bezzlement. Gillette was arrested in cently with his company Jrom Meri Newark. Friday, after it was alleged can frontier service, r.. Captain Lad- he paded the pay-roll at the Reming- j ton. Arms Metallic -Cartridge Com pany's plant, .where he was employed as superintendent. THREE SECTIONS. , i PRICETIVE CENTS. Weary Diplomatic Struggle to . Keep U. S. Peace Plan Alive '-y, However, is Anticipated : "LOOP HOLE" MAY BE LEFT IN NOTE TO U. Si ' 'a Bernstorff Believes Refusal to Consider Germany's Offer ::' Won't Affect Note. To Wil-V son. . ,; '.'. Washington, Dec. 30 Washlngt6p. tonight saw the doom of all hope for " immediate peace in the 'rejection by ; the entente allies of Germany's peace ' overtures. Peace advocates .settled, down to contemplate a long drawn , out, weary diplomatic struggle to . keep President Wilson's peace nego- , tiations alive until the "psychological" l peace moment arrives. They were convinced that immediate success ' Is impossible, and that their hopes must rest upon the ability of President Wil son to maintain secret confidential negotiations with both sides through the coming months. " , Supporters of the President's peace -plan, while admitting the blow to . ; their hopes delivered in the entente - note to the. Teutonic powers expressed ' the belief tonight Oaf the entente re- be-'my .esiaent, wnue uniavor able, would .leave material "loop holes" for the couttnuan.ee for - the President's neg'otiatlons. They point ed to the entente profession of "at tachment for peace," and, the sugges tion 'tn the note that Germany in her proposals does not "bespeak the nec essary guarantees" for the future, as hopeful indications that the entente may be more pacific in the tone of the reply to the President's peace note. The German view of today's note . as reflected here tonight was that; "nothing more was to be expected Ambassador von Bernstorff, declared ' that he believed the entente's refusal . to consider the German proposals .; would in no way effect the President's' negotiations. , v ? v Thisjiote," he said, "Is a reply to : Germany and her allies. It should not be construed in any way as a re ply to the President's peace proposals, The President's negotiations stand on- their own feet, and a rejection of Ger many's peace proposals in no way means a rejection of the President's request for a statement of , peace -terms." - ; Count von Bernstorff 's attitude to- " ward peace was clearly outlined in . his new year's message to the Amer ican people, saying: ' - , "My. hope for the . new year is that It will crown with success President " be-jPhatic today in the declaration that Germany's peace proposals are m tne hands of the United States in .clear and definite form, and that Germany has met the spirit of the President's peace demand. The ambassador , was J optimistic as ever as to the final out- come of the President's move,; !al- though he took the view, as did diplo- . ." . . man confidential communication WHEN TRANSFERRED. jtaf c e6 j0..ThIg i h-1. after twenty m serrice.". wrote Captain Henry F. - Ladbury, Company I, First Regiment, National bury had written "his final comment on the "same bit of papetwhich bore his colonel's orders relieving him of his command. ' :V V, (Continued on Page Seyen) those candidates - who hayp done lit- ( , .( - X