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'FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY. AND FOR TRUTH."
Single Coplee, 6 Ceito,
VOL. XXVII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, .DECEMBER 15, 1916.
NO. 24.
CONGRESS TAKES UP
DEFENSE MEASURES
AGITATION FOR DRASTIC MEAS
URES FOR NATIONAL DE
FENSE IS DEVELOPING.
DANIELS BEFORE COMMITTEE
Secretary Will Ask for Appropriation
to Hasten Battleship Construction.
Would Compel Steel Companies to
Give Govern nPreference.
VVrsSW F C-
tress asdiCtTled "EirarDfV'Vto- imat-
ters relating" to Poth the army frfriyl-
navy which are expected to be proauc
ktlv o,gitation fosjrvemore drastic
measures of national defense than
have yet been seriously considered.
Secretary Daniels, be&K.1,jim',e
naval committee adv(PTBgispn
which would corapelvteteel' oomprfs
and other nrivate concerns to
preference to governinent orders .Iq'!
military supplies. ije will submit. 8$
new section for tbJpeiding riayal ap?
propriation bill -,'j.s purpose in
order to hasten'baitiekhip.. construc
tion, which he.dlaceil Avas beitn:;,
layed by commfct'cl;alork in th.yjas
of private iijideVs- and in the', Steel
plants ..vgg&yV ' ',
SecretarSr? '"Baker wpi'e Speaker
Clark in response.. toayHouse resolu
tion1, that 7V3WuTof the grand to
tal of 163,800''tfational guardsmen tak
en into the Federal service up to Aug
ust 31 wre wtthout previous military
training. Rejections , of enrolled
guardsmen for various causes operat
ed later to Increase the number of
raw recruits to approximately 60 per
cent of the force. v " rv
In this connection also, armj officers
charged with the duty
events of the European war, botfh polit
leal and military, made preparatio
to contend before the congresslofKu
military committee that the; funda
mental reason for the cabirf prisia in
England was the volunte&.UtaVy
policy there prior tWfr?
the conscription acUIbViiPerience
of Great Britain Is viewed by these of
ficers as the strongest of arguments
for the establishment of universal
training in the United States, as'urg
ed in the report of Major General
Scott, chief of staff, and to which the
entire American staff is committed.
Another aspect of the National
Guard situation came from Quarter
master General Sharpe who told of a
$25,000,000 deficiency incurred by the
war department to equip and pay state
troops now in the Federal service. If
an average of 75,000 men are retained
on the border until June 30, he said,
the deficiency will be $50,000,000. The
universal training advocates are ex
pected to use these figures in contend
ing that prohibitive cost would be the
result of the present system , if the
nation needed a great army.
COTTON PRODUCTION ESTIMATE"
PLACES YIELD AT 1111b00.
With Publishing of Report Cotton
Took Tumble of 'Nearly $5.00
Per Bale.
Washlngtoni-rFurther reduction in
the estimate size.pf this year's .cot
ton crlfthfjded in ne depart
ment dlrsTlnivk final report put
ting the praductidn at,, 11,511,000 equi
foUulite;, exclusive; of
linters. That Is 126,T)00 bales less
than forecast afterJ fitionW
report in ucioper 4
gures 4fpr comparison,
16. v 1915r.
rtn uaronna.. w&.uuw o
Sttth-Caw480O.Qaaia32al
Georg'ia " . .;..T. . . 1.815.000 !? I
lotida" MfX,
17
Alabama ... 525,00
Mississippi 800,fli
I 9535
Louisiana 440,60
341,063
Texas 3,77500 jj- 3,227,4$,0
Arkansas l,145,6tor' 1 8I'6,0'02
Tennessee 378,000
Missouri . . :f d,60tJ '
Oklahoma j . .835,pooj?P
California fjX. . ..1 60,Jowi
All others . . - 8,000 flf
303,420
7,999
m,55f
49
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS ;TO r f
FO L LO W W ARfcCO N.S I QE R E p
Norfolk, Va.-IbrenisMvh4ch'fhe'
Jnited States faces in its relations to
he warrine nations?;and iwhich will
year
wrJo
mi
me with interntal mt0ei,
Kion after peace, were th dominant! "w .
lotes of the discussion at the opening
session of the eighth anrms conven-
"ion of the Southern Commeytial Con
. . i n i.Opjti
gress. TD6 speaKers inciuutj( oenaiu
Duncan U. Fletcher or Florida, prqsi-r
nresi-
dent of the congress; John Sketton
Williams and others.
J.J. C0RNWELL
.. J. J. Cornwell, Democrat Js .the flov"
ernor-elect of West Virginia.
GERMANY LIABLE
IN ARABIA
E
ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SINKING BRITISH LINER
4VITHOUT WARNING.
4 k
NYSENDS NOTE TOU.S
Note Over Incident Received by U. S.
Officials Places Submarine Warfare
a 'Clear-Cut Serious Basis.
No Quick Action.
Washington. Germany's acceptance
of responsibility for the sinking 'with
out warning of the British liner ,Aab,a.
with the explanation that her subma
rine commander took the vessel for
an auxiliary warship, has brought the
Issue over submarine warfare to a,
more serious and clear-cut basis than
anything that has happened since the
threat of the United States to break
diplomatic relations- after the torpedo
ing of the channel-liner near Sussex
last April. c
The German note, which was nade
public by the. state. department, -says-if
official data is ' furnished showing
that the vessel was dn ordinary pas
senger steamer,. "this then would be a
case of regrettable mistake-"from" which
the German government 'w'uld prompt
ly draw -the appropriate consequences"."
It, is ssumed" here ''tija't i the .pfcper
quences -would;.be .an. jsxpsjaji of - re
gret and offer ofwepaBatlo'ifopAny in-.
Jury ' or danger suffered byAthe Abler? ;
leans on board, : . 5r'-?"
The note has been ' referred , to
President' Wilson, who Is . considering
personally a review of recent German
submarine' activities to which,' the
Arabia case comes as a climax. j"here
probably will be' no ttnmediate a
as the state deparfttfIi$firsf:
on,
ust
clear uo 'beyond question. .;the
.' i fact
act
aUkia af.ihiBj4inecli9me. ithe
attack. Then it will be for th I
lowed.
InJ"fitfW qu04iSi. thePernJan ex
PanCJ reWbasflweak. and
unsalisfafory, TOweighx being at-
a ys nut
n$&ttz&?M&mm&&s&rt. -th
Arabia was painted like a transport
WH 'ollowTOg a route ttsuanyvraK-
n by .transports, anq tqaitae suDma-
rine.cqmmander sajjr ,naDy Chinamen
I but no wcmjien and-Jpiiln aboard liSrr
IhJ&T? eallzpg, hovernat n; oniciai
data finally establishes the ihn'ooent
character of the. vessel, in view of the
.SutAc caW 'VfrtuaBy online ifctloh
femains o tQV.thejMniid States,' and
sideejion ixi
dbeen given
position.
iMANY YOUNG WbMEN
j JRECOGtiliE "OLIVER OSBORNE"
New York. Five more persons', in-
efcrig one young woman whom he
recognized in Charles ' H.
Wax the man they had known as "Oli
ver Qsborne" or under some other
.name. Wax, who is held under $50,000
iailjs, amateria! witness in a Federal
WAaftmxak hroiiht here f mm Chiraeo
, lift h . nf JflmM w. Oa-
an aUorney. who has been
accused by Miss Rae Tanzer of breach
AS
ns to m
81 I 1 V,
woui'fsn
ANNOUNCES NEW JS&JLABOB
British wm'mmssk
OFFICIAL WAR CABINET, Cl-
PRISES MANY STRONG LEAD-
BALF0UR
Earl of Derby is Wa'r.S'ecrer'rtAi
Bonar LawUed f iJMfrSl
Leaaer anawn0wriy:r .vvm
. .1 1 Jit vs;
Hfft pejetj4 tpijd-kegularl
T .rn A (n Offioiol a nn mi n nam out
'predJie'f, D'iviS'AByd-George; Lord
JfreddiU,odthe'Cciji&;iU Earl Cur-
'rTbn.'rtiof also will be Government
ITeadeTiri the House of Lords; Arthur
Henderson, Minister without portfolio,-and
Andrew Bonar Law, Chan
cellor of the the Exchequer, who has
been asked by the Premier to act as
leader, in the House .-ff Commons and
also as member of the war Cabinet
without being expected to attend reg
ularly. The other members of the Min
istry, who are not in the war Cab
inet, are:
Lord High Chancellor, Sir Robert
Bannathyne Finlay.
Secretary of State for the HomW
Department, Sir George Cave. "0
Secretary of State for Foreign Af
fairs, Dr. Arthur J. Balfour.N
Seccretary of State for the Colonies,
Walter Hume Long.
Secretary of State for War, the Earl
of Derby. i
Secretary of State for India, Aus
ten Chamberlain.
President of the Local Goveiment
Board, Baron Rhondda. 1
President of the Board fit Trade,
Sir Albert Stanley. -
First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir
Edward CSrson.
Minister of Munitions, Dr. Chris
topher Addison.
Minister of Blockade, Lord Robert
Cecil.
Shipping Controller, Sir Joseph Pa
ton Maclay.
President of the Board of Agricul
ture, Rowland E. Prothero.
President of the Board of Educa
tion, Herbert A. L. Fisher.
First 'Commissioner of Works, Sir
Alfred. M. Mond.
Chancellor F. Duchy of Lancaster,
Sir Frederick Cawley.
Postmaster General, Albert Illing
worth. '
ZONE SYSTM;FO,APEfi'5'
1 PROPOSED IN POSTAU Bl
Rates of . Second Class Matter to be
Greatly Increased Under iftw Ter
ritorial Divi4l6n.i03pat Bostgge !
on Local ' Letters.
.Washington. One cent postage
Wal first class' mail" dffies
the-1
ion J
Ion,.the rate, on 1
I matters of the first tias
P
in any v4S5&jfyfmZ
or 1
letter
.distric
a.jfolie'systm of rateojr , - Jtffl.W Mt JC fiXJJ I
tJntfef"
the limits of tb:Wtoffice; i rtrfMgletes .the cpiuvues.tvby the Teu,
ral. delivery ais
... ..... l J l- - .1
atjrici.. would Je, ,c
5 . i .'irAO.
.cut
in half.
The zone proposal for handling
ftewspa'perV;':
ao'w jay a flat rate it. one .vcen.t
p-ounV is regarded $ one . bZtS.
most radicat changes in postage rates
m; -years. It divided' the country into
eight zones, with rates chargeable
ranging from one cent for 300 miles
to six cents for IMO miles or more.
The bulk of daily newspapers, the
committee believes, will not be affect
ed, because they do not circulate be
yond a 300-mile radius.
DEUTSCHLAND DUE BACK
IN U. S. EARLY IN JANUARY
vNew London. Conn. The German
commercial submarine Detusihland,
which arrived in home waters, will
make another trin to this port with
in the next few weeks, according to a
statement by Paul G. L. Hilken, vice
president of the Eastern Forwarding
Company, American agents for the
undersea craft. He added that the
submersible would aiake regular trips
a? long as the war continued.
? FRANK B. KELLOGG
fciwrw.rjB1-iP t :
wf i?f!mmmmmi f 1 'JM-sS . t n. 0Jffc6. HesbrLHAsquIth H. As.
'Ji t tiff m r 4t m i?T7Tr.i';:' JxW . W.-r-,j, 1. .. .ti"r;-. c -.i is- . '
f " 7 r
' New JhMojBraph of , Frank B. KeU
Jogg, vyvas elected United States
senator '"from Min-nesotajj defeating'
Daniel W. Lawler. Mr. .'Kelloga a
Republican.
TEUTONS TAKE BUCHARESt
TEUTONS CAPTURE CAPITAL OF
RUMANIA AS CLIMAX OF BIG
DRIVE.
I'tSnd of Conquest Comes Just 100 Days
toeai Conflict. Important
Railway
Junction Also Surrenders.
Bucharest, the Capital of Rumania,
is in the hands of the forces of the
Central Powers..
Exactly 100 days after the declara
tion of war by Rumania against them
finds the Teutonic Allies in control of
about 50,000 square miles of Ruman
ian territory virtually one-half of the
Kingdom running from the Transyl-.
vanian Alps northwest of ther-Capital
to the Danube south of It, nd- a large,
part of Dobrudja, and probably still
on the heels of the retreating Russian
and Rumanian armies which have,
been endeavoring to hold them back.
Simultaneously with. the. announce
ment of the fall of Bughafest came
$$Vuw.s of- the 'capture of the 1m
p'WaiMrailroad junction of Ploechti,
north of the Capital, the conquest of
which places in the hands of the "in
vaders Uie last railspad iiithe wet
and ivl io' them -the head of the
'Iftie't. running northward to Jassy,.
where the Capital of Rumania is new":
Rre43Bs'tO:vtre.'
KTabceSlnt. -Qf i the . capture . -of
(.MAechtfe-wnjffIcUl
(radthat if our. .divis-
dcj were (in a naz-
tftgloH .diie.
I Li
rrraa fT t n A ft fillfflf.Fll
atAn..
iiSTl T. wi
von Mackensen forced a crossing, of
the Danube' afTd- on "Novemher 24 iet
foot "on Rumanian soil, effecting a
junction shortly afterward with Gen
eral von Falkenhaven's armielir'driv
ing through Wallachia from the west,
there seemed little doubt of the ulti
mate fate of the Rumanian Capital.
The relentless pressure of the Teu
tonic invading armies-, with their pre
ponderance of heavy artillery proved
too much for King Feidlnand's forces
once the Rumanian from was broken.
WARNING TO WATCH FOR
U-BOATS AGAIN FLASHED
New York. Another warning to
tae merchant stea uers of the Entente
Allies to beware Ce-man subma
rines was sent b dilea.-t by wlreles
bv a British cru'.--..- o.T Sandy Hook.
a, 'vu.f t:f m ..pf, pf and In Planter of
OFFICIALS
HALT LABOR VOTE
WILL
Effort Being Made to Draft Substitute
For All Forms of Compulsory: Arbi-
tration W.hich Will Be Agreeableto
-tion; program vp'rtSbaUlr " will"" awaj.'the
result; qF determined efforts, '-labor
leaders' :fo draft a substitute for 'all
form's. of compulsory arbitration which
will-.ie agreeable to their, followers;
employers and-the.-admin.istiaV.ion. '-
Thedeterminatiop. of the president
"to undertake -malfihgvimp.03sJible by:
such law a- ifiiatioi as he faoed last
Septenib'er" iiMherailro'ad dispttte.has
aroused iaDor to. tne greaisi acuyuy.
The . uhofftcial ailiadce""' between the
I American Federation of Labor and th'
four railway- 'brotherhoods arranged
recently-at Baltimore is bearing its
first fruit' in conference between rep
reientatlve? of "!both organizations to
draft a plan that will shelve all compul
sory arbitration.' bills. Congressional
leaders " are . inclined to go slowly on
the ffresident's program pending an
nouncement of. labor's proposals, pro
vided 'flyiare-' . revealed during the
preseTesfoft of Congress.
SamUei popijiBrs, president of the
Americaja t Federation of Labor, said
that 'conferences already have taken
place' beiween brotherhood and Fed
eration leaders, but that no concrete
nlin J1 oon or Ir or? nut Pnno.fiviQts
tfSS AJlfft some plan can be drawn
tliatiwill make congressional action
unnec'es'sary. -. . .
"(5fganized labor," he said, "always
will oppose any form of compulsory
arbitration."
workers is drafted, it is undersTeM,
it will be .sulimitted to representatives
of therailroads and other employers
and to. fche nrpsldent. Arnrnval of It:
Pprtfbebly would mean that Congress
would .eliminate the compulsory arbi
trat;ii5ri feature from-. a"ny legislation
enacted.'' ' '
'DEPORTATION OF BELGIANS
; BY GERMANS IS PROTESTED.
United States Declares Germany's
Policy to Be "Contravention of Hu
mane Principles of International
Practive."
Washington. The American Gov
ernment's formal protest to Germphy
against the depofation of Belgi-Al.1
. this
"statement,' and so far . as ..'could '"Be
learned there has been-.no- feplyl from
Germany. -AH infbrmatiojv oailablq,
jOSEP.KuiVAHrEtl., JR.,
'. " uAni'p1siii l-tj y r- r-1 c-
ior lorcea lapor, as a-violation, or
princfpTSI qhurianity, was made . f JT
JIy -lite i'petrtvaent : It vfaT'
a .- j . . .. . . .
however; 'lndfcateehtt.'tne aepfta''e:'?IIaft,rpwi. So-?arl -tipng;ifre'
c6-ntinu1igTVnFit known & .bf ff 5 J?Ione Gen-
JnuiXfa'' td4V!ffe&t. ; jfi .t-.e-inch rifles
i;iheniOAn,a.aV; "... - -
nOtTit'vidlatiewk(f;ternatioqal ls.4
of the .Standard
L'
tUL3 ail i
an-
:fcheife
'president.
and William "f::Mc:Combs was Wjle'
ifcatrsjaji'Trf .e advisory committee.!
f'tetters' ftoirb) -President' Wilson and
'ilf-l Mt?CMiflek: thanking' the organi
3W.JtC4jyrf campaign work, were
read af -thV-nlee'ting.
.I'-V-tr iiai-U .
Vtf'ENcftiiifHIP WITH CREW
.-' t. .'6W7?f8 LOST SAYS PARIS.
, Par-fcriWie French battleship Suf
fern'.twnwjV;'lf ft November 24 for
L'Oriervt: French naval station in
Brittarty' " f-'as, . not been heard from
since the .5iinJter of Marine consid
ers the vessel lost with all on board.
The Suff'ern' was reported to have
been damaged by shell fire when the
Allies tried to force the Dardanelles
and she was sent to Toulon for re
pairs. She was of 12,750 tons and
had a staff of 18 officers and. 700 msn
SEN
ASIJUITHJESIGNS
RULED THROUGH EIGHTS TORMY
YERS OF DOMESTIC AND
FORE ION HISTORY.
ITAW 0FFER commission
King Summoned Unionist Leader,, An-''
. drew. Bonar Law,, to Palace and' Of-
fe,r' Him Premiership. Ends Day of
Political Excitement.'
VEh'icTi ..'be-'bad -"heiai-thrftueh eight
1 sioriitZ'iittt of dorrlestlc'lind foreign
m&wty, auu me Jjt'rumeai, crisis
found, a Volution wbujjifras been con
Sifeered the least 'prel5$ble of practical
allei'nlltlyfea.' The "'Unionist leader,
'Andrew Bona'r La'wv'"was summoned
to the paleVjtirqgtliately after Mr.
Asquijh h'd . dBia'ed, and the King
offered him thJe" ."Prime Minister's
commission, which he had just accept-
eu iroiu. ivir. asijuilu s uaaus.
,The .Premier's decision to resign
f anevise the King to summon An-
qveyf sBonar Law to form a Cabinet
Wks, -taken, after a day of extraordi
narylalitical excitement and activity.
There were constant comings and go
ings ;or the -political leaders between
Downiffg' s'tfeet and the various Gov
ernment departments. Mr. Asquith
met several Unionist leaders in con
sultation, including Earl Curzon, Lord
Robert Cecil and the Earl of Derby.
Noticeable absentees from this con
ference were A. J. Balfour, who is
ill, Andrew Bonar Law, J. Austen
Chamberlain and Walter Hume Long.
Later the Premier met his support
ers, Including Viscount Grey, Lewsi
Harcbuft; Edwin S. Montagu, the Mar
quu'is "of Crewe, Reginald McKenne,
Walter. Runciman, Lord Buckmaster,
H. Samuel, Lord Reading and Arthuf -Henderson.
The meeting lasted for
more than an hour and it is supposed
that Mr. Asquith, .explained that he
fefaced by alidost insuperable ob
stacles to the reconciliation of the con
flicting interests and intended to ten
der his resignation.
Almost Immediately' the Premier
drove" to the palace and had an aud
eince with the King.
AMERICANS SAVED WHEN
SHIP SINKS NEAR SPAIN
Big Italian Steamer, Palermo, Laden
With Horses and War Munitions
Is Torpedoed.
Madrid, via Paris: The Italian
steamship Palermo, ff,203 toha?. gross,
with 25 Americans on board ;has been
torpedoed off the Spaitfsh'bast.
One sailor, reported to be an Ameri
can, was wounded by a shell and died
in a hospital at Palafrugell, ' Spain,
where1 -the survivors were landed.
Three others were seriously wounded
by the torpedo. .
Tt.&Jiw Srk-The Italian steamship
Palermo left New York November 15
,pr Genoa, and Snexia and was last
reporiea as pasn uiuraiutr on iwr.
2f'x.She carried. irLo ; passengers but"
had' oh board 47 Anjerican horse tend
ers. ?ln additio.;t;a;.biOr.ses she car
ried a generai,jMpow ;t, ; ";
.The ship was artied, it was said
lULNSS.ijAUSEQ.'JiY OPERATION
Vf AWOvrNjQ, .ARCHBOLD
SjCf'M '
i'f -2 '' W-P7?Stt
Tarrytown. N. Y. A noted figure In
the
world's petroleum industry waa
LPil ,on Jersey and off!
. , ,
pns;?neu ai nra noiuw uere aiier an
illness e two weeks subsequent to
'tni .'ofrfttjon for appendicitis
Jflt :a Archbold is survived by hia
wiiiy'i on John F. Archbold of
'fnvjlie. Ga.; and two daughtres.
MfsxO'. Van Beuren of Newport,
R ff"syid Mrs." Armar D. Saunderson,
of Ly'ndfiurst, England.
John D. Archbold was almost as
closely identified with the history of
the Standard Oil as John D. Rocke
feller himself. Of the first nine trus
tees of .the "trust" formed in 1882 he
alone remained in this capacity until
its dissolution in 1911 at the order of
the United States supreme court, and
it was he who was ramed to engineer
the dissolution, aftei which he became
president and director of the Standarl
Oil Company. He was the most activa
and aggressive fighter In the oil com
bine and invariably represented th
Standard Oil on the witness stand
DS WHEN
A"
St