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i'fer Aft iW-1 ft ) .. ,. r'-'w.. -. . t WEATHER. 'HE ADVERTISEMENTS in these columns give practical, Increasing cloudiness Monday, follow-' E-d by rain. Tuesday fair, colder. helpful, suggestions for . holiday buying during the rush this week. VOL. XCIX-NO. 84. 'TVaXMINGTOK, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1916 WHOIiE NUMBER 39,798 Wis LEWIS CONGRESS TAKES TO FIGHT REPEAL FURTHER GAINS ARE MADE TO- BY THE FRENCH IN THEIR '. it VILLISTAS ENCOURAGE PEACE DRIVE IN VERDUN REGION i '. :Se & '''' ' " S. . . RUMOR OF MUTINY HAS PLAN CESS SATURDAY GUN CO TRDVERSY AMONG ill Extend Until January 2; Members Already Planning " for Their Vacations, . pO LITTLE WORK THIS WEEK sj,eppard Prohibition BUI Will Be Be fore Senate Again Today -Legislative Appropriation measure In the House Washington, Dec. IT. With a holi day recess planned to begin next Sat Wday and extend until January 2 con gressional leaders do not hope to ac-i complish anything bef ore; adjournment except the passage of a few appropria tion bins in the House and possibly the disposition of the Sheppard Pro hibition till for the District of Colum . jjia in the Senate. . '' Consideration of railroad legislation and corrupt practice, election .measures already having been deferred - until nest month, members already , are plan fl:ng their Christmas vacations, despite the effort made by Speaker Clark and others early m tne session to ao away with the usual ten-day recess. Prohibition for the District of Col ombia -will be before the .Senate again tomorrow with amendments providing for a referendum and Senator Smoot's Bubstitute which would not only bar manufacture and sale of liquors for beverage purposes, but also prohibit Importating liquor for personal use. A' vote on the bill and amendments may be reached tomorrow.. , . . 1 Resuming consideration of .the legis- . .. .. ..3 4- 4 a V.411 tAmATATir thA House probably will pass it not later than Tuesday. Discussion of the. No lan $3 a day minimum wage bill for n Federal employees; which will be" offered, as an amendment,-' may require several hours. Having, disposed of tnis measure, the District of Columbia Ap propriation measure, to be .reported-tomorrow, will be taken up. The Judiciary- committee's , favorable report on" the Webb nation-wide :prohl vtinn man.Kiir rirAbablv. will be' sub mitted at the end of this week by Rep resentative Carlin, of Virginia, a mem i;r of the committee who recently be came converted to the dry cause. A rule for consideration of the resolu tion will not be asked until . after the recess. The Federal suffrage amend ment resolution has been received by the House and a rule-probably will be asked on it early in January also. The House Ways and Means commit tee is working hard in an endeavor to find funds to finance the government next year, and it had its hands full. Chairman Kitchin - says - he - is at his nits end to discover some , new sources of revenue. . v- TWO FAMILIES OP WEALTH ARE INVOLVED IN MURDER Snyder, Texas, Man Shot . by' Divorced Wife and Her Brother. Snyder, Texas. Dec. 17. Two fami lies of wealth and wide social promir nence in the Southwest-were involved in the killing yesterday of ; Edward O. Eimmons, a prominent cattle man. Syd ney Johnson, a brother of Sims' divorc ed wife, Mrs. Gladys Sims, .was ar rested. Witnesses of the shooting told the sheriff today that a dispute over the to Sims children precipitated the af fair. Since Sims and his . wife were divorced several months ago, the child- fen have been claimed by both father Smother at alternate periods. Sims recently married again. Yesterday Sims stopped his au torn o We in the business district? near that of his former wife, and, it is. alleged, Wed to take the children from their mother. Mrs. Sims fired several shots from' a Hnall pistol, witnesses asserted, wound ing Sims twice. About the same time i heavy discharge front a shot gun was "fid into Sims' right side, .causing al most 'instant death. Johnson later -surrendered. Mrs emis was not arrested and no charges ere filed against her. , She is a daughter of W. A. Johnson, president the First National Bank of Snyder. BxCE VIRTUALLY PENNILESS, IS SOW PARTNER OF MORGAN nas ( ochran Has Made Rapid Rlso in Financial World in 16 Years X ew York ar 17 TVinm a h f?nfv ldn. President of the Liberty . National nk, of this city, who come to New ork virtually penniless 16 years ago, ""i become a partner in the firm of T, morgan & Company on January I, it ----IUU1EUL ' ur. Crrl i J Oi TI...1 "nn., March 20, 1871, his parents hav- lng movprl tr tv.t dle- At the p era nt 90 1Tf nnr.Kran m iew xotk city wnere nis nrsr rZ yrnent was "with a real , estate 'vn -vv . .... lj . nenrv v i in Vinson, men ii OI tne rst wauonai uans Tn, a member of J. F. Morgan & v """v. aiscovered' coenran ana se r. vvr&cnxci. wiiu w ai u jt avow r-UV lo am ntm m a plan to reor- 6aIilZe thn Ac m n tJi- MSA i, . - . - in it r w a. fcrs sas..v ill 1 . ' - i a r n n . ... nd . " " 'r,, " ine lourtn year. He wm oe tne W t v. partners in tue una .Mulslti 6c company, ah.... : ; w ja. jjec. 17. -A.. B. Steele "uriii.- . . . " tlar, auu Iormer presiaent or tne j. 'to. anr s A - t? n j Officially Condemns the Weapon ' and Assumes Responsibility for Its Rejection. TESTS NOT SATISFACTORY Statement Says There is No Official Record That Colonel Lewis Ever Offered His Gun to the ... r . Government. . Washington, Dec, 17. Official con demnation of the. Lewis machine gun, extensively purchased for .the British and Canadian armies, is expressed in a formal statement issued by Secretary Baker, assuming-full responsibility for the .action 6f the War Department with respect to the much-discussed weapon, and directing that controversy among army officers over it cease. "Whatever responsibility attaches to the condemnation of this gun "as a ser vice gun belongs to the War Depart ment," 'the statement asserts, "and not to the chief of ordnance or the ord nance department. The proceedings of the boards which tested the rifle have been,- in each case, duly approved by the Secretary of War." The statement shows that the inspec tor-general was directed to investigate the whole matter of the treatment of the Lewis gun, named after its inven tor, a former army officer, when "the controversy reached the stage, where open letters from high ranking army officers were published." A board of officers already had agreed with previous boards that the gun was not suitable for extensive purchase for the army. " "v ' , The inspector geheral's conclusions are reported in today's statement. In addition to the two paragraphs already quoted. It finds no official, record that Col. Lewis ever offered'shis gun in any way tQ the United States government: that tne American . Arms' Company in 181&;de -the ouiy offer oflOQgunsiat 'ir.OOv'- each.1 with license fbrgoVern ment manufacture on a royalty basis that testa : of the gun were conducted by regularly constituted, boards, that the- Savage Arms Company in April of this , year wrote General Crozier, chief of ordnance, expressing entire satisfac tion with the work of the last board; that the gun,'s. failure to pass Its en durance test caused its exclusion from field tests, and, finally, that: "The records do not show any hostil ty on the 'part , of General Crozier of the ordnance department to the Lewis gun, but do show that the department, by direction of its chief, arroraea tne owners7 of : the gun every possible -facility in placing it before the testing board." , NEW CHURCH AT WINTERVILLE Baptists to , Erect $25,000 House , of WorshipPresent and Future Needs Wlnterville, N. C. Dec 17. The Bap tist church, preparing to rebuild on the site ..of the high school maintained by the . denomination here which was de stroyed by lightning, last summer, will cost more. than $25,000, it is expected. Spare rooms will be included to take care! of a growing enrollment. MUST TRY TO PREVENT EMSIIIE ALLIED REPLY Frankfurter Zeitung Discusses the ' Proposals for Peace. Says If There is to Be Restriction of Shipbuilding by Naval Powers, i the United States Must Also Come Under Terms. Amsterdam, via London, Dec 17. The Frankfurter Zeitung, in an article on the peace proposalssays: "Germany must try ' to prevent the Entente from giving an evasive answer. We expect a wide clevage of views at the outset of the negotiations but great apparent . divergencies of opinion will have less significance when the oral ex planations are offered. The standpoints of both parties are already partly iden tical as regards the general fundamen tal aim's of the -war, and the German note must be Understood as meaning that part of the German proposals re fer to the re-establishment of interna tional conventions for- the avoidance of international conflicts and guarantee international, peace." . ' Referring to the Possibility of alle viating the burden of armaments, the Zeitung Expresses the 'belief thatan agreeemnt to. this effect is possible, ow ing to the sufferings caused by war. Discussing the naval question, the paper explains that Germany's .fleet has been built- only for defensive purposes and continues: ,. ' '-' -' "If German ship building: Is to be re stricted in the : future, other naval pow. .... inrtiiidine 'the United States, must An ' likewise. The regulation of sea traffic might properly be under inter national organization. . . c 1 , The Zeituns concludes:" "If the peace offer is not accepted and. Germany is forced to fight until her victory Is complete, theft the peace will be of quite a different kind." Its Author Says Congress Would "Spank Both Sides to the Con troversy, if Necessary.' IS STRICTLY A LABOR LAW Mr. Adamum Says Roads and. Employ ees May Settle Their Own Wage Disputes Talks of Agreement Said to Be Proposed Washington, Dec 17. Reports that railroad and brotherhood heads in peace conference have planned to pro pose the repeal of the Adam son Act and the substitution of- a working agreement of their own making for it, today aroused Representative Adam- son, author of the law, to declare that Congress would "spank both sides to the controversy if necessary." Mr. Adamson, who -is the House rep resentative of Presvaent Wilson in railway legislation matters, is willing to co-operate - in any plan employees and employers may evolve for the in terpretation of his law as applied to working conditions,- but' will vigorous ly oppose repeal of it," as he thinks will the majorities of both houses. "Congress will not agree to any re peal of the Adamson 'law", he said to night. "The' measure was passed in good faith, and it -Is a constitutional enactment regulating " hours : of labor and not wages. Let the roads and their men settle their wage disputes. If it becomes necessary to spank both sides, we'll spank them; . though I hope that wont be-necessary." Representative Adamson . says the result of the , presidential - election made . the employers more eager, for peace' than they were last fall and'that the growing belief that the President stands for a compulsory, arbitration law has put the brotherhood leaders in . a; conciliatory frame of "mind. Be lief, is current in congressional cir cles that the foremost feature of the final agreement will ,be an 'interpreta tion oi tne. AasTO9ais.Wi.auBl,i rtiiry. -to-bo lit sures that- the suit;-to test the act's constitutionality, now before the Supreme Court, rriay be withdrawn. Repeal of the law, it is thought, hardly will be suggested. FOtlR-YEAR-piiD BOY KILLED WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE Five Others Injured In Fatal Accident Yesterday Near Gastonla. (Special Star Telegram). Gastonia, N.i C' Dec -17. Gamewell Smith, aged four, was instantly killed, his father. BarnetJ Smith, a well to do merchant of Kings Mountain, and the tatter's wife were Jadly. bruised at six o'clock this evenln'g when Smith's car turned turtle a mile west of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Fry, also of Kings Mountain, who were riding with them were more or less "seriously injured, i The party had been to York, S. C-, and were en route home when the acci dent occurred. Fry was driving, having asked Smith to let him try his hand at the wheel, and stating that he had had experience running autos. They met another car. In passing it the young driver apparently became excited and put on full speed. He lost control of the machine and it left the road and turned over twice. A two-year-old baby of Smith's, which was in its mother's lap, was also badly bruised and may be injured internally. The dead boy's body was brought here and will be shipped to Kings Mountain tonight. SAYS RADIUM A FAILURE AS CURE FOR CANCER AND TUMOR Report on Tests Made by Dr. Wood, of Columbia University 5 Washington, Dec 17. After exhaus tive tests upon rats, mice and guinea pigs, the use of radium as a cure of cancer and tumors has been found to be a failure, according to the annual report of Dr. Francis Carter Wood, head of the Crocker Caneer Research Fund of Columbia University, made public tonight. "It is unquestionably possible to pro long life in a few instances," Dr. Woods says, "and to make the patients more comfortable by the judicious and intel ligent employment of large quantities of radium. "On the other hand, it is equally certain that the use 'of email quantities, say 20 to 50 miligrams of radium element,- often results in a rapid extension of the 'tumor so that the pa tient's condition is worse than if he had been left alone." , ; MEXICAN BANKERS ARRESTED British: Subject, and Eight Others Held at Mexico City Laredo, Texas, Dec. , 17. William Mitchel, a British subject, manager of a Bank -of London and Mexico, with Rafael Sandoval, ;Wilhelm Happer, Mi guel Castillas, Gustave . Montaudon, Federlco Proai, Vincente Echemgaray and Francisco J. Livera, members of the board of councellors of that bank, are under aYrest in , the City of Mex ico, according to newspapers received tonis-ht. No cause for the arrests is given, beyond the." statement that the men declined, to oDey an oraer or ueii eral Carranza. . ; ' PRESIDENT GIVE S 2,0OO Sends Personal Check to Help Pay Off V Democratic Campaign Debt Washington, ,:" Dec- 17. President Wilson has sent a check for $2,500 to Treasurer Marsh, of - the . Democratic National c Committee as ' his r.contrlbu-. tton toward; meeting; the, deficit in the committee's campaign 'luna. . f General Salazar Reported to Have Separated From Villa and Joined Murguia. CAMPAIGN IS KEPT SECRET General Trevlno .Passes Through El Paso Villa Forces "Nearer Persh Ing'n Force Than at Any Time Since Chlhuah-ja Fight Chihuahua, Me.x., Dec. 17 During the strict secrecy kept by General Murguia in his ' campaign against Francisco Villa, rumors have reached here of the separation of General Sal azar from Villa and or his uncondi tional . surrender to 'government' forces. Another rumor has it ' that Villa's fol lowers had a battle -among themselves at Santa Ysabel over 'the division of spoils taken from , Chihuahua City. General Murguia, after a visit to his forces in the ..field, returned ' here and again disappeared. TREVXNO AND ; PARTY PASS THROUGH CITY OF EL PASO El Paso, Texas,'"; Dec 17. General Trevino, until recently commander of the Carranza forces fn Chihuahua City, arrived here today and left tonight for Eagle Pass, on his way to Quere taro. General Trevino's brother, Fran cisco Trevino, late civil' governor of Chihuahua, and several staff officers accompanied him. . - Other Mexicans who arrived? here to day reported Villa was at - Matachio, north of Guerrero. , This is the near est to the territory - occupied by the Pershing expedition of any point at which Villa has been reported since the fall of Chihuahua City. WILL RECEIVE CARRANZA'S ACTION ON PROTOCOL TODAY Philadelphia, Dec 17. Without knowiftg whether General Carranza had .ratf ned the protocol signed at Atlantic. City, the . American ' members of the -x4esgC3eWear -rtrtemsmSssiinv Secretary of the Interior Lane, Judge kGeorge Gray and Dr. J. Mott arrived here tonight to get from the Mexican commissioners tomorrow the answer given by the Mexican executive. Secre tary Lane, chairman of the American group, informed them in an informal meeting tonight of the communication he had received from the Mexicans in which Carranza's representatives had said that they would submit tomorrow his "comments" on the protocol, which had been placed before him by Alberto J. Pani, one of the commissioners. The Mexicans arrived late tonight, but 'declined' to say what answer Car ranza had made or to discuss the char acter of his comments. JOHN H. WHITEHOUSE, M. P., FAVORS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Liberal Member of Parliament Deliv- , ers Address in New York New York, Dec- 17. Formation of a league of nations, to Insure lasting international peace following the ter mination of the present -war was en forsed here tonight in a speech by John Howard Whltehouse, liberal member of the parliament. Mr. Whito house is here studying educational methods with the view of .Introducing them, in England after the war- "We must find a way to make this the last war, and the United States can be of great help" in promoting this suggestion at the end of the war", declared Mr. Whltehouse. "America has the opportunity, the will power and the humane - Instinct to bring about the organization of such a lea gue. It will mean a great test to the public opinion of America and it gives the United States the opportunity to think out suggestions for international peace in the future. "The establishment of this world league must follow ' the cessation of the rivalries in armaments. One re sult of the league would be to ar rest rivalry in armaments, and finally bring about world peace". LEAVES WORLD COURT. John W. Hill Elected Chancellor of Lin coln Memorial University. Akron, O., Dec 17. The first public announcement 'that John Wesley Hill, head of the World Court Movement, has been elected chancellor of Lincoln Me morial University, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and has resigned the general secretaryship -of the world court to ac cept, was made by Rev Mr. Hill today, while a guest of PV.A. Seiberling, a trus tee of the university. The announcement was accompanied by a statement that the trustees and faculty are planning a great Lincoln birthday celebration at Cumberland Gap, on February 10, 1! and 12. STEAMER. STILL ASHORE Norwegian Tramp Sticks Fast Despite Efforts to .Float Her Brigantine N. J., Dec.- 17. TheNor wegian tramp steamer Juno,: which went ashore off Little Beach Life Sav ing station early- yesterday, was still hard' aground - ' tonight The coast guard cutter -Mohawk, and a tug made several ineffectual -attempts during, the day to pull the 'Juno into deep water. Another tug has- been summoned from New - York. . The captain and crew of 23 men remain aboard. ' St. John, N. B., Dec 17. Word of the. total wreck of Cthe British schooner Laura E. Melanspn, off the coast of New Brunswick, in Saturday's storm was re ceived here tonight The mat .was the only member of the crew, lost; - V Berlin Admits Lobs of Viljage of Bezonvaux and the Wood to the West Mackensen's Armies Cross the Buzeu and Oalmatuiul -- Rivers in Rumania, Capturing 1,150 Prisoners and Much fe Booty Russian Positions Stormed. The French cbntinuihg their great Offensive in the Meuse sector of the Verdun front and have made further gains. The British also have made progress and succeeded in Saturday's engagement in raiding enemy trenches near Ransart and southwest of Myts chaerte, gaining a foothold in both cases. The German war office admits the loss to. the French of the village of Bezonvaux arid a wood to the west of pthat place, but asserts that the French thrust further to the northward broke down before the German forces on a height north of Bezonvaux. The' new French lines at Vacherau ville and Bezonvaux and in the Chatn brette region. have been heavily bom barded by the German guns. North of the Ancre river in the Somme sector the British detachments attempted to enter German trenches but were repulsed. Teuton Cross Two Rivers. " The Teutonic armies under Field Marshal von Mackensen in Eastern Wallachia have crossed the Buzeu and lower Calmatuiul rivers, and, in addi tion to taking 1,150 prisoners, captured great quantities of , railroad rolling stock with innumerable vehicles of oth er kinds. The pursuit of the Russian and Rumanian troops in Dubrudja con tinues and the Teutonic -forces now are close to the forest district in, the north where it is expected the Russo-Ruman- I TWELVE ABOARD LOST Went Down-in Snow Storm Friday Night Off Jersey Coast. The Nethtis Was Being Towed by the Tug Garibaldi to New York Cap tain of the Tug Tells of the Disaster. New York, Dec-"n.-r-tfhe" Brazilian bark Nethtis, with 12 "men on board, was lost during the" snow storm Friday night off Barnegat, on the Jew Jersey coast, according to Captain Moroeh, of the tug Garibaldi, on her way here from Maranham, Brazil, to be converted into a steam vessel. ; ' The bark was lost, according to Cap tain Moroeh, through the breaking un der the strain of the wind and high aeas of the chain tackle to which the tow line was fastened. This occurred shortly before 7 p. m. and for seven hours the tug searched through the blinding storm for some trace of her tow, repeatedly sounding her whistle and burning lights to attract the at tention of the men on board the help less craft. The quest was unavailing, howevery and at day light Saturday the tug came on to New York to report the loss. Coast guard authorities and life saving stations along the north Atlantic coast were asked to watch for the bark and her crew. The Garibaldi, with her tow, started from Maranham October 13, touching at Barbados and San Juan for coal and supplies. Less than 0 miles of her 6,000 mile voyage remained to be cov ered when the bark was lost. The'Nethtis is not registered in avail able shipping records, but Captain Mo roeh s'aid she was a vessel with three masts, of a size that would permit her being made into a steamer. The 12 men on the bark were Brazilians. WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE District Attorney Marshall Will Not Seek Re-Appointment New York, Dec. 17. H. Snowden Marshall, United States district at torney for the southern district of New York, 'announced tonight that he will not be a candidate for re-appointment when his term expires on May 7, next, but will return to prsvate practice. The United States Supreme Court is still considering Mr. Marshall's appeal to prevent the House of Representa tives from punishing him for contempt after his controversy with the commit tee of that body having impeachment charges against h.im under considera tion. The charges against him were the outgrowth of his activities in bringing abuot the indictment of men active in Labor's National-Peace Coun cil. TO RAISE LINER POWHATAN. Merchants and ; Miners Steamer Sunk ; v in Twenty Feet of Water. - Norfolk, Va.i Dec. 17. Tugs and barges connected with local wrecking concerns this afternoon began the act ual work of raising the Merchants' and Miners' liner Powhatan, sunk Wednes day night off Willoughby Beach, fol lowing a collision with the British tank er Telena.' ' "TMvers. have completed the task of stopping up the great "rent in the ship's side. The "Powhatan will be raised with pontoons,: pumped out and carried to the Newport News ship yard for rebuilding. The wreckers are con fident" they-will be able "to float : the steamer now resting in"20 feet of water. BRAZILIAN BARK WITH ian armies will offer a stiff resistance. Petrograd admits the capture by the Germans and Bulgarian forces of the village of Testmele, in Dobriidja. Russian Positions Stormed. . Desperate encounters marked the fighting in Volhynia where the forces of Prince Leopold are declared by the Berlin war office to have stormed Rus sian positions on a front of 600 yards north of the railroad between Kovel and Lutsk, capturing five officers, 300 men and several machine guns and mine throwers. A thrust by the Russians near Illuks was repulsed. This result was accom plished only after three desperate at tacks, according to Petrograd. Southwest of Valeputna, in the wood ed Carpathians, the Russians after re pelling an attack by large German forces at the point of the bayonet, cap tured a height. - More active artillery bombardments marked the fighting in the Austro Italian theatre. These and patrol en gagements are the only events an nounced in this sector. The government of Schleswig, Prus sia, has declared civil conscription of school boys, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen. The boys will be used for railroad and similar work. Berlin, Dec. 17. (via Sayville) The correspondent at Stockholm of the Lo kal Anzeiger telegraphs that during the meeting of the last Rumanian crown council it was resolved that the (Continue on rage .Eight) FORTY PERSONS LOST SPAM! The Pio IX Was ; Sunk "in Storm Off Canary Islands December 8. . Eleven Survivors . of lllT Fated Vessel Arrived Yesterday at New York Aboard Steamer Buenos Aires, Which Went , to Rescue. New York, Dec 17. Eleven surviv ors of the Spanish steamship Pio IX, wrecked in a storm and sunk several hundred miles off the Canary Islands on December 8, arrived here today on the steamer Buenos Aires. Eleven oth ers were reported to have been save by a French transport. Forty of the crew, including the captain, were drowned. Nine of .the men on the Bue nos Aires were picked up from an im provised raft and two of them from a ladder. Had it not been for two small electric flashlights, it was said the men brought here, also, probably would have been drowned. The Buenos Aires, which had responded to an SOS call from the Pio IX, failed in an effort to attach a line to the sinking ship, owing to heavy sea. She was compelled to draw away for her own safety. All the life boats on the Pio IX had been smashed in at tempts to launch them and night over took the survivors as they were bat tling hopelessly in the raging sea. .A light flashing from the surface of the, sea attracted attention on board the Buenos Aires. A boat was lowered and two of the survivors was picked up from a ship's ladder, with which they had leaped iri the water. Soon after a similar light was observed and nine others were picked up from an impro vised life raft.' , A wireless message the last from the Pio IX received by the operator on the Buenos Aires later in the night, announced that the ship was sinking rapidly. The message closed with a, "good bye." The Buenos Aires remain ed in the vicinity until day light but no trace then was seen of the vessel. The Pio IX was bound from Galves ton and New Orleans for Spain with a cargo of cotton and staves. Her first wireless call said she had sprung a leak and that a terrific northwest gale was raging. The Spanish consul general v here, it was said tonight, will obtain return passage to Spain for the survivors brought here. RUNS BRITISH BLOCKADE German Steamship Reaches Stavanger From Norwegian Port. Berlin, Dec. 17, (via, Sayville) -r The German steamship Prinz Friedrich Wil helm, which has been anchored at Odde, near Bergen, Norway, since the beginning of the war, has arrived at Stavanger, according to a dispatch from Christiana to the Frankfurter Zeitung, ''after having broken the British block ade outside Bergen." A line oftwo British destroyers and three torpedo boats, the message adds, was crossed by the steamer. . GOVERNOR TRAFFIC OFFICER. Operates Semaphore While Christmas Fund for Poor is Raised. Nashville, Tenn., Dec 17. Governor Tom C. Rye today "operated a traffic of. flcer!s semaphore on a down town cor ner, holding up traffic while business men and young ladies sold papers to occupants of vehicles to raise a Christ mas fund for the. poor. Over $4,400 was raised. r- Believes Big Sum to Help Europ ean Non-Cbmbatants Would' Have Powerful Influence. SUGGESTS $500,000,000 FUND Frederick C. Waleott Addresses Lars Number of Senators and Represen tatives - Action of Allies Awaited With Interest. Washington, Dec 17. Frederick C, Waleott, of New York, who recently investigated conditions in Poland xiid Belgium for the Rockefeller Founda tion, told a number of Senators and ;, Representatives who met tonight at the home of Miss Mabel T. Boardman, of -the -Red Cross, that . a fund of $500,000,000 collected in this country and offered for relief of non-combatants' in Europe would-be a powerful peace influence at this time. He said such an act would tend to create popular demonstrations for peace among civilian populations of warring nations, because they would be anxious for the assistance in rehab ilitating their homes and restoring nor. mal living conditions. Mr. Waleott suggested that a tund of that size should be raised oy com bined popular contributions and con gressional appropriation. Considering the wealth of the United States, he de clared, it was not an exorbitant sum to give. Since 1914 the estimated aggre gate income of the United States has been $80,000,000,000, he said, and the combined offerings for war sufferers has amounted to $40,000,000, or one twentieth of one per cent of the income. With the forwarding yesterday of tlie notes of the Central Powers proposing peace negotiations, tEe United States government performed its role of in termediary and took the only imme- , diate step contemplated by President Wilson. Official and diplomatic quar ters here are now awaiting with'pro foundest interest some word indicating what nature of replies may be expected from the Entente powers. ' - .- v .It is believed that the speech before the British partiament. tov be made Tuesday by Premier Lloyd -George,' will set forth England's ' attitude and the ' hope is generally expressed here that the' premier's illness will not prevent him from speaking. ", No further light was shed today on the purposes of the American govern ment. There is every indication, how- ' ever, that the President does not in tend, to make another move, at least until he is fully informed as to the re ception accorded the Teutonic proposal.' TEUTONS ADVANCE IN EAST WHILE FRENCH GAIN IN WEST Berlin, Dec. 17, (vla'Sayville). Teu tonic armies invading Rumania hay crossed the Buzeu and lower Calmatu-' iul rivers, in Eastern Wallachia, ac cording to the statement issued tbnlglit by the German headquarters staff. An earlier statement said French forces yesterday continue their attack ' on the east bank of the river Meuse, in the Verdun region, and atter a violent struggle captured Bezonvaux and the wood to the west of that village. The French advance was checked in front of German positions on heights- north of Bezonvaux. Attempts of British de "tachments to enter German trenches near Hannescamps, south of Arras, were sanguinarily repulsed. The state ment reads: "Western war theatre: Army group of Crown Prince Rupprecht Near Han nescamps, north of the Ancre river, English, detachments protected by a strong fire tried to enter our trenches. They were sanguinarily repulsed. "Army group of German Crown Prince On the east bank of the Meuse the French yesterday continued their; attack. After a violent struggle Bezon. vaux and the wood to the west of the village remained In their hands. Their thrusts, which were continued further to the northward, broke down in front of our positions on a height of the" ridge north of the village of Bezon-1 vaux. GERMANY DOES NOT WANT CESSATION IN FIGHTING.. London, Dec. 17. Telegraphing from Copenhagen. " the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung as saying: - "Germany does not want a cessation of fighting, but merely a conference at which all the belligerents shall open-. ly state their peace proposals. "A conference will be held at The Hague about January 15. While the conference is in session, all the belli gerents will be allowed to continue' military operations." TELLS WHY CENTRAL POWERS DID NOT MAKE TERMS KNOWN Berlin, Dec. 17, (via Sayville) ?Some sections of the foreign press, and espe cially newspapers in hostile countries" said the Overseas News Agency, '-having decla-ed that the Central Powers ought to hnve added definite peace pro posals to their peace offer, the Over-, seas Agency asked a distinguished Ger man diplomatist for bis opinion on this point. Pi&; answer was; ' " The German note .,- to the Entente tji'vetuments contains a very definite communication as to the spirit of th nrac- conditions which the Central Powers would bring to the proposed negotiations. " The Central Powers base these pro posals on the conviction that their own rights and just claims today are not in contradistinction to the rights of other nations. In addition the Central Powers declare- they do not want to annihilate or destroy anybody and -that the peace proposals will be of such a nature as to guarantee the es tablishment of a lasting peace. . ; To go' further ln'outlthlrig the peace (Continue on Page Eight), i'.' f. r.. '-t:: 4 . SIM; t V I S )
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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