MEXICAN AMERICAN
COMMISSION ENDS
FORMALLY ADJOURNS ITS SES
SIONB AFTER FOUR MONTH
CONFERENCE.
PROBLEMS UP TO PRESIDENT
With Dissolution of Commission, Set
tlement of Mexican Problsms Art
In Hands of Wilson.—Recommend
Withdrawal Pershing's Troops.
New York.—The Mexican-American
Joint Commission. which failed to ef
feet an adjustment Of the question* at
issue between Mexico unl the United
States after » series of conferences
that began.four months ago, was for
mally dissolved.
"Secretary of Interior Lane and the
other members of the American com
mission. Dr. J II Mott and Judge
George Gray. told the Mexicans that
they had recommended to President
Wilson the dispatch to Mexico of Am
hassador Fletcher and the withdrawal
of the American troops.
The Americans Impressed' upon th»
Mexicans that with the dissolution ol
the commission, the Mexican problem
reverted to President Wilson They
were careful not to leave in the minds
of the Mexicans the conviction that
President Wilson would accept the
recommendation that an accredited
diplomat be sent to Mexico and that
General Pershing's fofce be with
diawn, but the intimation that hi
would do so was conveyed,
Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexi
can commission, and Ignaclo Bonllljis
and Alberto J Paul, the other mem
hern sbld they expected to leave with '
In a week or ten days for Mexico,
The session continued through
most of the day. The Americans ex
plained that they regarded furthes
discussion by them impracticable
SENSATIONS RIFE WHEN LAWSON
RESUMES STAND IN 'LEAK' PROBE
Tells Committee Its Chairman, Henry,
Was Authority.— McAdoo's Name
Brought In.
Washington Thomas W l.awson, j
hailed before the House Utiles Colli
mitee to tell what he knew or had |
heard about it stock market leak on |
President Wilson's peace note or be ;
punished calmly declared that the j
mysterious Congressman who told :
him a Cabinet Officer, it Senator and j
a banker were engaged In a stock j
gambling pool was none other than '■
Representative Henry, chairman of the !
committee.
Then, before his hearers had time!
to recover from the shock, l.awson I
sprung one sensation after the other I
by ' declaring that the Cabinet Officer |
referred to was Secretary McAtloo;
that the banker was II Pinev Klsk I
uf New York, anil that he knew the |
Senator only by the Initial "O."
To Complete lli> explosion,., l.awson j
went on to charge that Paul M. War |
burg, of the Federal Reserve Hoard, I
had knowledge of the leak machinery, j
i repeated a rumor thai Count von j
Hernstorff, the C.erntaii Ambassador,
bad made two millions In the'stock !
market, anil to mention a list of well- j
known men whom he thought should
be questioned
Mr l.awson said he had been told !
that Malcolm McAdoo. the Secretary's |
brother knew of the leak, as did C
D Harney & Co. and Stuart 3. Gib- |
boney of New York. A Mrs Ruth j
Thomason Viscount I of ibis city, he [
said, had declared to him In the pros- |
once of her attorney, that Secretary j
Tumulty received his "bit." and that j
W. W Price, one of the White House
correspondents, was "the go-between |
for Tumulty and others."
DECLINE NOTES IN
PRICE OF COTTON.
New York A decline of s.l a hale ,
In cotton tinder last week's closing J
prices, was the outcome of heavy sell"
ins on this market due to weather j
conditions over the belt and small con
sumption Aguros from American mills
tor December, announced by the cen
sus bureau
ENTENTE REPLY BARS FUR
THER POSSIBILITY FOR PEACE
Berlin. Sundy, via Sayvllle.—Dr.
Alfred Zimmerman, the German For
eign Minister. Informed the Associat
ed Press that in his opinion the En
toll* reply to President Wilson's peace
note bars the possibility for the pres
ent of further German steps to bring
about peace.. In particular, he said.
It precludes any direct announcement
bjr Germany of her peace conditions,
in answer to the terms set forth In
the latest Entente note.
NITRATE #LANT CLAIMS TO
BE PROBED BY SEC. BAKER.
Columbia. 8. C. —Columbia's flght
for the Government nitrate plant Is
be ins poshed energetically and plans
aro forming to send a committee to
Washington to formally Invite Newton
D. Baker, Secretarf of War. to visit
Colombia and look over what she has
to offer for obtaining the nitrate plant.
Word has been received from Wash
ington that Secretary Baker will visit
Colombia to the advantages of the
location here. .
CONGRESSWORKSTO
AVOID EM MEET
MEMBERS ARE DOWN TO HARD
WORK IN EFFORT TO FINIBH
LEGISLATION.
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LEAK" PROBE HAS INTEREST
Senate la Considering Water Power
Leasing Bill.—District of Columbia
Prohibition Bill, Passed By Ssnate,
May Strike a Snag in the House.
Washington.—While public Inter
est In Congress is centered upon the
so-called "leak" Investigation, the leg
islatlve machinery of both houses Is
grinding away, and members have
settled down to hard work In an earn
est effort to lear the decks and avoid
an extra session.
The senate still is considering the
public lands waterlpower land leasing
hill, but It may be side-tracked any
day for either the legislative or In
dian appropriation hill.
Ilearlags on the nominees for the
shipping boar«jn continues before the
commerce committee. When the
nominations reach the floor, Senator
LaFollette will protest against some
of the shipping Ideas of Bernard II
Maker, the Haltlmore i.omlnee
The Interstate Commerce Commit
tee Is preparing to report on the
President's railway legislation "pro
gram after holding extonslve hear
Ings The so-called "compulsory ar
b.(ration" feature of the hills will be
modified, if It Is reported at all, It Is
understood.
The senate bill for prohibition .n
tlii District of Columbia, passed re
cently. Is about to be considered by
the DlsTrlcl Committee of the house
Hentlment In the committee Is said to
he unfavorable to It unless there Is a
provision for a referendum vote In
the District, House leaders say, how
ever, there will be a vote on the bill
regardless of what may be the action
of the District Committee
SAILORS ARE COMPELLED
TO ABANDON U. S CRUISER
Three Hundred Jack Tars Fought for
Lives Against Heavy Sea on
California Coast.
Eureka. Cal. — Shortly after 8 o'clock
at night the last member of Hip crew
of the cruiser Milwaukee, which went
ashore near here early In the day.
was landed on the beach Not a life
was lost, and but one iiuin was hurt In
Ihe rescue of the. hundreds aboard the
stranded vessel.
In a light for llieir lives against a
heavy sea, more than three hundred
l.'nited Slates sailors were brought
ai^lufrrbreeches buoys from the
Milwaukee, which' rolled In the surf,
with possibility of belrtg a total loss,
on the northern California coast where
she struck shore In a fog.
llueakers were spraying over the
warship's superstructure, and the In
cessant pounding of the waves was
driving ilte vessel further ashore In
the sand. The Milwaukee false bot
tom was flooded in an effort.to anchor
her, against the wash of the sea. Na
val officers ashore said It was hardly
possible thai the cruiser would ever
tloat again.
The Milwaukee Is stuck on the
sand only a few hundred yards form
the submarine II :i, which grounded a
mouth ago, near the entrance to Hunt
bold! bay. The cruiser was attempting'
to salvage the submersible at the time
of the accident. Within forty or fifty
miles oil llils part of the coast, six otli
er vessels have struck shore during
the last fear years, and none of them
have been saved.
CENTRAL POWERS HAVE
WELL-DEFINED GOAL.
Fieri 111, via Cal villa,—Further com
ment on the note of the Entente Pow
ers to President Wilson lays empha
sis cn jhe decisive character of the
dsclratlons which clear the air, the
newspapers say. and give the Central
Powers a well-deflned goal—-defense
agat3st the plan of their opponents
for re-maklng the map ot Europe.
VILLA CHIEFTAIN AND
FORTY MEN KILLED.
Chihuahua Clty.\ Mex.—The Villa
Chief Morena ami sixty followers
were killed In the flght January 10.
140 miles north of Parral, according
to details of that action received
from Gen. Pablo Gonzales, com
manding the Government troops in the
Held The Carranza troops lost Col
Loitano and three officers and eight
men killed besides a number of
wounded. They captured s J small
number of prisoners.
FORMER OFFICERS OF
VILLA ARMY IS SHOT.
Mexico City.'—Marcelo Caraveo, a
former Vina general, who was Impris
oned In Chihuahua City by General
Trexlno and liberated when Villa at
tacked the town last September, was
shot at Teotitlan, del Gamlno, Oaxaca.
General Caraveo, soon after being lib
erated by Villa, surrendered to the
i.-ranza authorities and was brought
. ■) Mexico City and confined In the
penitentiary. He had escaped from
be rjenltenllary last week, -
THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
I y„r, BLAME THE WAR
/ V - -
ui»y i ig-.i.;
ALLIES SEND PEACE NOTE
r
PEACE BUCH AS WOULD BE SATIS
FACTORY IMPOSSIBLE AT
PRESENT.
•
Separate ty)te From Belgium Gives
Bame Answer.—Germany issues
Statement Placing Further Respon
sibility of Bloodshed on Allies.
. -t
Washington.—The l-:»i t «»nto Allien,
replying li I'rc-MUlyiit Wilson's peace
notn in a Joint communication, ex
press the belief tliHt.lt In Impossible at
I lie present moment to- attain peace
thn: will assure them reparation, re
stitution and audi guarantees an thay
consider are essential
In a separate note the HelKlan Gov
eminent expresessi 11h desire for peace,
hut declares ahe could only accept a
settlement which would assure her
reparation and security for the future.
Both of the communications made
public by the StHte Department are
dated January 10. and were transmit
ted In translations from the French
text through Ambassador Sharp at
Paris
The Knlentr. reply to Prealdent
Wilson'a peace note In regarded in all
quarters here uk putting an early peace
practically out of the question, hut still
leaving an open door for the Prealdent
to make further efforts The official
view on first consideration Is that It
constitutes a complete answer to the
President's note.
The Oernuui diplomats regard the
reply as even more neve re than they
expected They declared it evidenced
"that the enemies of (Jerniany are wag
ing a war of conquest to crush ami
dismember her The Germanic Al
lies, they declared, never would agree
to any such terms.
President WilsonV next move, which
now becomes the tenter of attention,
'will not be. decided upon until a care
ful and detailed studv of the replies
of both the Central Powers and the
Kntente bus been made.-
H\HRY K. THAW ATTEMPTS
TO END LIFE WITH RAZOR.
Attempt at Self-Drrtruction Comes as
Sensational Climax to Hunt For
Thaw by Detectives.
Philadelphia. Ilarry Kendall Thiiw,
who with two so-called body guards,
Is under indictment in New York for
an alleged attack on a 19-year-old
high school youth last Christmas, at
tempted suicide in a house in West
Philadelphia by slashing his ijhroat
and wrist with a razor.
T! aw's attempt at self destruction
was the -climax to a hunt which be
gan here Tuesday, following the an
nouncement by UistrH't- Attorney
Swann of New York that he was
wanted to answer a charge of at tal k
ing Frederick Gump, Jr., of Kansas
City in a New York hotel, and as a
sensation it rivaled the wealthy Pitts
burger's shooting of Stanford White
on the Madison Square roof garden
and his later escape from Matteawan
Asylum
SUBMARINE MENACE NEVER
*Q GREAT TO SHIPPING.
London.- The submarine menace
to the merchant service is far greater
now than at any period of the war, and
It requires all of our enetrgy to com
bat It," said Admiral John R. Jelllcoe,
first sea rtfrd, in a speech at a luncheon
given in his honor in London. Admir
al Jelllcoe said the menace must and
would be dealt with. Of that he was
confident, but the British would have
to make good their inevitable losses.
JERSEY MUNITIONS PLANT
IS WRECKED BY EXPLOSION.
New York.—The plant of the Cana
dian Car & Foundry Co.. one-half mile
east of Kingsland, N. J., in which
were stored hundreds of thousands of
three-inch shells destined for the Rus
sian Government was destroyed by fir®
and a aeries of explosions which con
tinued for three hours.* So far as
could be learned, no one was killed
or Injured although it was said 17
' workmen are missing. No estimate of
the loss wai attainable.
BILL IS FIXED BY HOUSE
AGREEMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS
IS REACHED BY HOUBE COM
MITTEE.
Virginia Will Rtcdve $438,434; North
Carolina'a Part Is $709,775; and
South Carolina Will Get $356,000 as
Her Share.
Washington.— Final agreement on
til'? annual rlvern and harbora appro
p.laticn bill was leached by the house
committee. The measure carries $38.-
1&5.338. of which something over $lO -
000.000. la'ftf* - hew projects and the
remainder for continuing or maintain
ing existing projects.
Chairman Sparkman will report the
hill at once with the hope of having
It taken up as soon as the pending
postoffice bill is disposed of. An ad
verse minority report will be made
by Representative Freer of Wisconsin.
The bill carries $438,434 for Vir
gitila. of which $311,434 is for new
projects; and $355,000 for South Caro
llna. of which $120,000 is for new pro
jects. These figures do not Include
$1,000,000 for the improvement of the
inhiid waterway between Nbrfolk and
Beaufort- Inlet; and $3,000 for the
maintenance of the Inland waterway
between Savannah and Beaufort, S. C,
The new projects i.re as follows:
Virginia -Norfolk harbor $270,000,
Tangier Channel $16,434, Pagan lliver
$25,000
North Carolina—Shallow Bag I.Man
teo) Bay $28,000, Beaufort harbor $15.-
'.IOO. Scuppernong River $31,800, North
east Itlver $25,375, Ncwhcgun Creek
$5,000. Thoroughfare Bay $5,200.
Soutli Carolina—Charleston harbor
$70,000, Congaree River $50,000.
Appropriations for improvements
or Improvements and maintenance are
a follows:
Virginia Matfaponl lUvcr $2,000
Pamunkey River $3,000, Rappahan
nock River SIO,OOO, N'atizmond River
$6,000. James River $56,000, Appomat
tox River $50,000.
North Carolina —ShalU>w Bag (Man
teo) SSOO, Cape Lookout harbor of
refuge $425,000. Beaufort harbor $4.-
500. Beaufort Inlet $14,000, Morehead
Cllv harbor s2", WO. Roanoke River $2.-
500, Scuppernor.g River $3,500, Pamli
co and Tar Rivers $4,500. Contentnea
Creek sl,ono. Neuse River $2,000.
Trent River $4,000, Waterway from
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet sls.
000, Northeast River $3,000,
River $2,000. Cape Fear River at and
below Wilmiugton $115,000.
South -Carolina —Wlnyah Bay $150,-
000, Charleston harbor $50,000, Great
Pee Dee River $5,000, Congaree Rlvar
$30,000
NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN
—r IN POLITICB OF RUSBIA.
i_
New Premier, Prince GollUtlne, a
Strong Reactionary, Makes Signi
ficant Statement.
Petrograd. via London. —The politi
cal situation during the last two
months, for which the word "crisis"
soems entire:y inadequate, has taken
a new turn with the resignation of
Alevander "frepoff from the Premier
ship and of Count Ignatleff, Minister
of Public Instruction, and the appoint
ment of a new Premier. The official
announcement of thia chgnge, which
has fallen upon the country, continu
ously excited and emotionally exhaust
ed by the drama of swift changes and
vllmaxes, hardly created the effect
which would have been natural under
other circumstances.
This time, the tide has suddenly
shifted and is running strongly in the
reverse direction. Prince Golitaine,
who succeeds Trepoff, is a member of
the extreme conservative group
REMARKABLE HEALTH
RECORD FOR GUARD.
„ San Antonio, Texas.—in aA army of
more than 150,000 National Guards
men and regulars, only 274 deaths
have Occurred In the last seven
months, according to the annual re
port of the chief surgeon of the South
ern Department. Of the deaths 108
were classified as cauaed by violence
while 166 were caused by disease.
Those figures, it was declared, prove
the generally healthy condition of the
army as a whole while in service.
EXPLOSION WRECKS
! MUNITIONS PLANT
J"
MILLIONS IN MUNITIONS AND
POWDER ARE LOST IN PIG
FIR*.
TWELVE INJURED. 2 HISSING
j
Plant of DuPont Company at Haskell,
N. J„ la Almoat Totally Destroyed.
—No Eatlmatc of the Loaa is Ob
tainable.
New York.—Four hundred thounmd
pounds of powder was deafoytd by
Are and explosion at the Haskell.
J., plaut of the du Pont Powdtr Com
pany. Officials of the company de
clared. after checking up the mem
bers of the night shift at the worka,
that only two men were nii.«*ing.
Twelve other* were cut by flying
debris, but none of them was serious
ly hurt. No estimate of the loss was
obtainable.
Until Investigation if completed no
further statement will be made as to
what evidences of incendiarism have
been found, an officer of the com
pany said
It was explained that the danger o:
(Ire or°"of explosions from purely ac
cidental causes was reduced to a min
imum by the fact that no completed
ordinance was on hand at the plant.
The officers said the propelling
charges for the shells were not at
tached until they reached the
fleld. and that the same was true as
to the detonating caps ~by which the
trlnitrotuluol in the shell bodies is
exploded.
The - stat >m«M said the Kingsland
plant was used for the assembling,
packing and preparing of these shells
for shipment. Large quantities of
these shells have been shipped to
Russia.
"The buildings destroyed were val
ued at $7k0,000. The value of the
contends aestroyed amounted approxi
mately to $16,000,000, of which $6,-
000,000 belonged to the company. The
company was protected to the amount
of about $3,000,000 in insurance on
buildings and contents. The rest Is
a total loss.
"So far as we have been able to as
certain. no one was killed or seriously
injured as a result of the Are and sub
sequent explosions,
"An examination into the circum
stances attending the origin of the
Are in building No. 30 has created the
impression that It Is possible, if not
probable, that the tire was of incen
diary origin "
SITUATION AS tO PEACE UP
AT SESSION OF CABINET.
Entente Reply Gone Over In Detail.—
In President it Only Hope of
Peace.
Washington —At the Cabinet meet
ing the peace negotiations were dis
cussed only in general terms, but
afterward Secretary Lansing remained
for a conference with the President,
and It was understood they went over
the Entente reply in deiail.
The attitude of President Wilson
toward the replies of the warring
nations to his suggestion htat a» op
portunity be given for comparing
peace terms remained undetermined.
Preliminary discussion of the ques
tion was begun at the cabinet meet
ing and at conferences between the
President and Secretary Lansing and
between the President and Col. E. M.
House, who spent the day at the
White House.
Informally, officials expressed the
opinion that the problem facing the
President is how to reconcile the con
flicting attitude of the Central Pow
ers and the Entente Allies on the
question of comparing terms. The
Central Powers having offered to dis-,
cuss peace at a conference of repre
sentatives of the belligerents and the
Entente Powers, though virtually de
clining to agree to a conference, have
given their broad terms publicity. It
was suggested that the President
might Seek a new method of having
terms compared.
SILENT SUFFRAGE "SENTINELS"
SALUTE PRESIDENT WILSON
Washington.—Although the temper
ature was 11 degrees below freeiing
and a cold wind was blowing, the 12
suffrage "silent sentinels' 'again took
up their picketing of the White House
to impress their cuase upon President
Wilson. When President Wilson re
turned from golf, the silent sentinels
stood at salute with their right hands
raised to their hats. The president
smilingly returned the salute.
REMOVAL OF THAW TO
1 NEW YORK TO BE FOUGHT
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Phlladelhpla.—Plans for the remov
al to New York of Harry K. Thaw,
who recently attempted to commit sui
cide as he was about to be surrender
ed to the New Yopk authorities on
chargea of kidnapping and assaulting
Frederick Gump, Jr.. of Kansas City,
aa soon as he is able to leave the hos
pital. were discused at a conference
here between counsel for Oliver A.
Brower and representatives \pf the
Thaw Interests.
I NEW GOVERNOR
I IS INAUGURATED
I J i
INAUGURATION Of GOVERNOR
BICKETT ATTENDED BY, BRIL
LIANT CEREMONY.
Oath of Office Admlniatered By C«'»f
I
Justice Clark. —Inaugural Addresa
Followed By Luncheon, and Recep
tion.—All SUte Officer* Preeent.
Kaleigh.—Thursday was truly *n
! epochal day for Raleigh and North
Carolina, marking as It did the pac
ing of the Craig Administration and
, the Induction Into the high office of
Governor Thomas W Blckett and the
adjustment of the state legislature to
! the new conditions as lo legislation
, brought about by the immediate opera
! tlon of the constitutional amendment
J latifled at the last election.
I The Craig Administration passed out
with its revord of road building and
general business progress, and Mr
Bickett, the new transition of tenants
Into landlords, making country life as
' comfortable as town»llfe and an appeal
! to sustain Interest in every worthy
: individual and collective enterprise
The Inaugural ceremonies were m >st
successful In every de.tail. closing
with a brilliant reception at the Man
! sion by Governor and Mrs. Bickett
and the other state officers and their
wives to members of the General
Assembly and citliens in general,
and the v all ill the auditorium tha
pleasures of whioh were shared by
hundreds of society folk from every
quarter of the state and from neigh
' boring states
Retiring Governor Departs.
Governor Craig went to the U'ii
station Thursday afternoon, escof'> v
| by member* of his personal military--
staff, and bidding them and hostf of
I bther friends good bye. boarded the
1 westbound Southern Railway trsia
i for Asheville. The others returned to ■+
| the Capitol and at 7:30 o'clock ra
i ported at the Governor's Mansion as
military aides for the reception grac
| ing the advent of the Bickett admlnis
-1 (ration.
j tratlon. After luncheon at the Mansion
I there wad a reat period for Governor
! and Mrs Biskett and party, and then
j from 8:30 to 11 o'clock there was a
) brilliant reception, which Governor
and Mrs. Bickett. other state officers
and their wives in the receiving line.
Taking the oath of office in the
I presence of nearly 10,000 people and
j delivering his inaugural address in
| most eloquent and forceful manner,
! the induction of Hon. Thomas Walter
I Bickett Into the governorship ol
i North Carolina was most successful iti
j every detail.
The special train from Louiaburg
bearing the Governor-elect and his
party and hundreds of citizen.* of
Loiiisburg and section reached the
i city on schedule time, and was met
by the local committee appolnte 1 for
j the purpose. A procession was quick
! ly formed and proceeded to the Gov
j ornor'a Mansion, where Gov Locke
Craig and the stale officers and oth
i ers awaited (hem. Kroni the Mansion*
i the procession moved to the Yar
borough Hotel and thence-to the city
Auditorium.
At the Auditorium.
The party then proceeded to the
Auditorium, which was filled to stand
j ing room capacity, excepi for the top
| most galleries The Immense ro«-
| trum was occupied by the inaugural
party and distinguished citizens. The
i A. & M band was in the pit and ren
j dered music, most notable of this ba
j ing "Auld Lang Syne," played sweetly
I Just after the oath of office had been
| administered to Lieut. GOT. Max Gard
ner. who Is an alumnus of A A M.,
of whom that institution ia especially
I proud.
The oath of office was administered
j to the state officers, with the excep-
I tlon of the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, by Associate Justice W A.
Hoke, of the Supreme Court, starting
with Commissioner of Insurance
James R. Young and concluding with
Secertary of State J. Bryan Grimes
Then CBlef Justice Walter Clark re
lieved Judge Hoke. Announcement*
of the various officials and tbetr elec
tion were made by Chairman J. E.
Pegram, of the committee on Inaugu
ration.
When the announcement of Gover
nor T. W. Bickett waa reached, Chair
man Pegram Introduced Governor
Craig and he declared the election of
Mr. Bickett aa Governor, and called
on the Chief Juatice to administer
the oath of office. This was done most
impressively. The new Governor ad
vanced to the speaker's stand and
began his inaugural addreas, speak
ing In distinct, measured and force
fu Hones, and elecitfng outbursts of
thunderous applause as he proclaimed
one and another of the great devel
opments that he proposes for the
whole people of the state.
The big auditorium stood when Gov
ernor Craig was presented to intro
duce the new Governor and when Mr.
Bickett came forward to take the
oath of office and reveive at the hands
of Governor Craig the Great Seal of
SUte
Chairman J. R. Pegram and his
committee scored a success In every
detail of the ceremonies. On the
committee were Senators Person.
Scalea, Holderness and Representa
tives Beasley, Holding, Newell. Rob
erts. of Buncombe and Wlnboroa.