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TX T Observer .; '.' v..- - - '-'- ' -. "jfjei sa.m Th WwUmt ruH data 'uwiiraliif the weather wftl be found today ', "a Pg Three . ; : ONLY 3 '''MORS ;Vr " " Shopping Day. , ' Until ChrbtmM " iiiniei VOL CL NO. 14. RALEIGH, N. Ct TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1914. i-JPMCfcB CENTS Mr i i i in U i i r nil ill - ' y , . 'T. i i - ' . B W Srf SvW IWII Sal Willi w Bases ses ssaw a assises p)w a w w I v-- BY EITHER SIOE - HIDING Plfti LIQUOR UESTIOlfe , T t - -in i . . . ' 1 ' Battles Being Fought Amid ' Deep Snow in Bitter Cold CONTRADICTORY REPORTS Germans in Poland Are Again Making Fierce Attack To ward Capital and Russians Are Opposing Them With an Army Fifty Miles Long; Seri cus Fighting in Armenia I Br Un Aariaie Trim.) London, Dec, II. 10:40 p. m. In Poland and Gallcla battle are being . fought between the Russian and the German and Austrian allies amid deep now In bitter cold. In ''Belgium and - Northern France the German and the . French, British and Belgian alUea are . contesting- to the mud fields, foot by loot. No news of any decisive gain ram rrom either arena today. The Hue sian and German claims continue, di rectly contradictory. . i Germans Making Final Attack. ., The Germans in Poland attain are making a fierce attack toward the capital and the -Russians are opposing :ihem on the easL bank, ol Ihs. Jiaurm river, JO miles west of Warsaw. Grand DUke Nicholas army here holds tit tural strategic 'line forty mile -lone, running roughly, north ' and south along the east banks of the bxura and Kawka rivers. Krmsisna 3lm -Kr, Yhe Fetrogrsd official report claims that the German force in North Po- i..jua- ih huwhu ir in ooun dary Into East Prussia in a north wet' erly direction.' It asserts also that the ..Jtustriaa advance through the - Car pathian passes -to the north has been checked and attacks of the Prxemysl garrison to break through the lines have been repulse According to this report the Auatiians have been driven into the fortifications with heavy slaughter. . . . . - The Austrian communication claims accesses In the Carpathians but ad mits that the Russians again occupy Gallcla and South Poland In force. Apparently, therefore, the Cracow and : - Prsemysl Investments are proceeding and have not been broken. Seriona rich ting tm , , Serious fighting between the Rus sians and Turks around Erse rum Tur kish Armenia, has heel stopped by six-foot snowfall-and Intense cold, from which the Arabs are Buttering hltteriy. - ""..- JoTres Cteesrvt Order. -. - Berlin publishes what purpoptet . z an - order- issued by uea. J orxrs. oom msnder In chief of allied forces to - the west dated Dec. IT. exhortlne the soldi r snd ilnB them Hie- hour ' has com to "clear the Invader from -France." r A late Paris official bulletin des cribes small gain all along the line, narticul&rly in the center between the Argonne and the Meuse.' British ships again have been " bombarding Zee brugge and Meyst. as well as the coast beyond Ostend, where the Germans have established many shore batteries. Hungary Growing? Reellens. Political development In Hungary, whose people are reported to be deep ly discontented because they think that Germany and Austria are falling to give Hungary a fair share of pro tection are the subject of much specu- . latlon and deep Interest in England, DEMON OF DESTRUCTION INVENTED BY HAMMOND Mew Projectile Will Scatter Mixture of Molten Steel snd Fames Dhk'b Are Deadly. (Hr Uw lirlinl rna) Gloucester Mass. Dec 21. A new projectile which would scatter a whit hot mixture of molten steel over the - object of attack and fill the atmos phere with a deadly gas. making It Imoosslble for fire lighters to approach - has been Invented, by John Hays Ham mond, Jr., according to astatement -' made by the Inventor tonight The . missel may appear soon In the Ku t ropean war as some of the belligerents are negotiating for Its purchase, he ' said. I The United 8tates Is conducting experiments with the projectile at t Jiandy Hook, he added. The missel VI designed for use In siege guns. Mr. Hammond explained that it carries an alumlnothermlc mixture which, five second after the projectile Is dis charged turns the steel Inside to white hot mixture at a temperature of 6.400 degrees fahrenheit. When the projectile hits, the inven- - tor said. It explodes. Its white hot con-r"1fnt-nnng "Whatever ThflajnabT' ma. . terial It strikes. ' N.s To avoid the possibility of -quench ing the flame. Mr. Hammond said he - . had equipped toe projectile with chamber filled with hydro-cyanic acid the fumes of which are deadly.- HARVARD FOOT HALL SCHEDULE. Five of the Nine Date Are Filled By (Br U aarlaua' I'll Cambridge. Mass.. Dec. II. The 1 IS Harvard football schedule, of ficially announced today. Includes the most radical changes ever made by the crimson. Five of' the -nine dates are filled by new team. ' Cornell takes the place of Michi gan; Carlisle supplants Taft'; Uni versity of Vlnrlnla displace Wash ington and Jefferson; Colby IB taken Mts Instead of Bates, and Maesacha etts 'Agricultural College displace Hpringfleld T. M. C. A. The Tale, Princeton. Brown, and Pennsylvania (State games remain. . All contest except with Princeton, which wlH be- played at the Palmer stadium, are to be held at Cam bridge. , Coraefl'a fetsadaleV . Ithaca, N. Dec II The ltll Cornell football schedule pjinonneed today, contains; gmm wit h Harvard at Cambridge.' October tltn. Col yate, Pituburg. and the Carlisle la Alan are -dropped. Obertln, Oettyw bor. and Williams being substituted. Virginia ' Polytechnic Institute and ! WsiHinmiw M tiw trt new corn ers. The Michigan and Pennsyhranka games sr retained. ' -- .-'-: Turkish Army 'Said To Be Well Supplied With Munitions ofWar Berttav Dec It. CBy wireless.) While a German bulletin yesterday gave only scant details regarding op erations In Russian Poland, th Aus trian communication supplies data showing that the eastern movement of the Germans through Poland and th northward movement of the Aus triana through Gallcla are proceeding steadily and In some regions rapidly. Special dispatches from Austrian general headquarters say that the Aastrians advanced some days as much as thirty miles, yet the official bulletin declares the Russians are re sisting with heavy force on the lower Donajec, In Gallcla, where heavy fighing Is In progress.' This also Is trus north of Lupkow Pas in the Carpathians. , The Turks continue to transport troop acroa. the. Black Sea to a point near Batum without encountering the Russian fleet. The Turkish army Is said to be supplied with modern equipment. Including armored trains, automobile, aeroplanes, and heavy mortar batteries. Constantinople reports uprisings of serious dimensions in the Sudan. It Is alleged that the ruler of Dar Fur with I MOO men is starting to attack the British Province of Kl Kab. be longing to the Egyptian Sudan, and that -the Moslem population -f Abo-I Raia has risen' against the English. A train transporting Hindu troops from Suakin to Khartum is said to have been stopped by ltedouins and prevented from proceeding. ; VOTE ON IMMIGRATION - BILL IS POSTPONED If Asncnihncnr to Strike) Owt Istrracy : Tret -fc. Adopted, Entire .Mearare '-May-'Bef'Deifcatcd. , (Br uw UKiml rm.) Washington. D. ,C. Dec. 11. Post ponement, of action on the immigra tion bill pending in the Senate, until after the Christmas holidays, i; mad virtually certain" today when Senator Lewis of Illinois, after a con ference with President Wilson, gave notice that he would offer an amend ment to strike from the measure the proposed literacy test for aliens. As soon as Senator Lewis made his announcement, champions of the bill sought to have further discussion on th bill delayed until after the holi days. Parliamentary tangles were encountered, however, and on motion of Senator Smith of South Carolina, the measure was temporality laid aside to be taken up again tomorrow; The fate of thr hilt. 1 was declared by several Democratic Senators, to day. la In doubt as a result of Presi dent Wilson's opposition to the liter acy test. In the opinion of its spon fs,--striking out -of this- provision would mean defeat of the bill, because no- substitute method - of restricting has been agreed on. WILSON Sl'PKKIOR COCRT Only Jail Cases Will Be Tried Xlnctv-Nlne sura on Docket, Wilson, Dec. 11. December term of Wilson Superior Court convened this morning with Judge Garland 8. Ferguson on the bench. On account of the near approach of Christmas, only the Jail cases will be trl-d. sub missions heard and Dona renewed after which court will adjourn for the holidays. The next term convenes on Monday. January 4, 116, with Judge Bond presiding. The way in which the Jail cases are being disposed of it is now thought that by Wednesday night the whole bunch will have been disposed, of Jo Powell for forgery gets two years on th roads; Kltxa Woods rd plead guilty to larceny and will work In and around the court house for six months; Jsck Thomas plead guilty to larceny and drew two months on the roads; Jesse Harris, who entered the home of Mrs. Nancy Uinn, In Black i reek townsnip ana- stole u and a pistol, will work on the roads four years all of the moneys except n wa returned to Mrs. Glnn the bal ance having been spent by the depre- aaior. A true bill for murder was found against Lester Epps, and the case comes up Wednesday. INFORMATION WANTED. Great-Britain Addresses) Note of In quiry to Mate Department. (By UN lrlmrl rmil. Washington. D. C. Dec A Great Britain his addressed a note of In quiry to the State Department in re gard to charges which that govern. ment alleges Colonel Goethsls had admitted- were- -bwsetenr ttgWrtst " the conduct of certain British colliers In the waters of the Canal Zone. The communication Implied that the Brit, ish ship captains were harshly treated. So far Secretary Daniels has not learned Just what led to the recent divmantling of the radio apparatus of a British collier at Panama, even the nante of the ship being unknown. He hsa ordered a -full reDort which will we-iata-neoT tne IS Late Department. avat experts suggested today that radio messages sent by British war ships In the Cargbean directly across the -Isthmus to "other British naval vessels - in -the Pacfle, mlaht have been attributed by th -operations In th naval wireless tower en the Isth mus to British . collier iq canal waters. ' TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS. C. 8. Army Onsrcrs Have Arrived at t sii Capital. (Br um Mniud n ! ) Berlin, via Th Hague, to London. Dee, 11 rll:I p. m. Lieutensnt-Cok one! Jos. K. Kuhn. Mat D. a Anita-tea, MaJ. Clarence C. William. Cap tain Wilson, H. Burt, Captain Samuel G. tihartle and Captain Samuel D. Rockenbach, U. 8. Army o meets, have arrived here from the United State by way of Munich. They bop ta ob tain permission of the German gov. eminent to observe operation at the front. V. B. Bupuswe Cowrt Take Rccc. . -CBt tta As In I Pnsar ' "Washington. D. C. Dee II Th Su preme Court today took a rcg until Jan. 4. ' Under New Rule House Wil Take First Test Vote On Hob son Amendment Tody PROVISrONSOF RESOLUTION Supporters of Bill Are Claiming a Majority of Members of House While Opponents of The Measure Are Equally as Certain of Victory; Ready for Struggle (Br UM AsMrtstad Ftsm.) Washington, Dec II. Legislative weapon's were furbished up today for the final struggle In the House tomor row over the Hobson constitutional amendment for national prohibition. The fight will begin at 10 o'clock to last until the roll Is called, on th resolution to submit the amendment to the Senate Legislatures for ratifica tion. Opponents of prohibition were cer tain tonight that It would be Impos sible to muster the two-thirds ma jority of the House necessary to send in jomt resolution -to the Senate. Supporter of the resolution claimed -ubtatla majority," which at least would assure victory In the prelimi nary skirmish. The vot will be taken on the special rule presented by Chair man Henry of the rules committee .for the consideration of the Hobaon reso lutlon. - - - Vow After Two noun Debate. The rule will be voted on after two hours' debatsv-and - It wdfiotidn "ts vir tually conceded as many opponents ol the resolution Itself have announced they Intetid to vot for th rule to open the way for final action on the ques tion. Under term of the rule, eight hour of general debate will be allowed qn tne resolution All efforts to arrive at a division of time have failed and Speaker Clark will endeavor to allot tlm as squally as poasiDie to both aides. What Resolutloa PronOara. Th Hobson resolution firopesee a constitutional amendment as follows: "Section 1 The sale, manufacture for sale, transportation for sals, ex portatlon for sale, and importation for sale, of Intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes In th United States and all territories subject to th Juris diction thereof r forever prohibited. "Secton 1 Congress shall have power to provide for th manufacture. ale. Importation and transportations ol Intoxicating liquor for sacramental, nwdtclflal, ' mechanical, pharmaceuti cal, of scientific purpose, or for us In the arts, and shall have power to enforce this article by all needful legislation." - - - Alcohol a Xarcotle PeJso. The resolution carries, a preamble t-etting forth that science ha demon strated alcohol to be a narcotic poison. and reciting it evil effect. There were some S00 member of the House In Washington today and prohibition leaders asserted Hielr con fidence that well over , one-half of these would vote for the resolution. ARMY AVIATOR DROWNED WHEN MACHINE WRECKED Eighteenth Man to Give Up HI Life r His country in intcrcHt of AvI atlon Since (Sr .ihm Aiwodittd rna) Oceanside, Cat, Dec. 21. Lieut F. J. Gerstner, observer in one of the slit- United States army scout ero- planes that started today on a flight from San Diego to Lo Angeles, was drowned In ths sea. ten miles north of here Capt. L K. Mutter, pilot of tne wrecked machine, wa rescued by Capt. L. W. Patterson, another army aviator.' whose aeroplane had been wrecked near where Lieut. Gerstner met nis aeatn. Muller was badly bruised by the fall. Gerstner s body was recovered. Four of the six machines cameto earth near here. The other machine reached Los Angeles In safety. Stormy weatner and baa air currents were blamed for the poor success of ths trial trip The areoplane were to have made the night back from Los Angeles to morrow to report the number and disposition of troop maneuvering In tne vicinity or Han Diego. The con test was for a trophy. Washington, D. C, Dec 11. Lieut. F. J. Gerstner killed today at Ocean- side, was the eighteenth aviator to give nis lire in the Interest of .gov ei iiiiient -sviation ' since 'Lieutenant Selfrldge fell to his death at Port Myer. va, in livs, testing the first army aeroplane. Fourteen army of ficers, two naval officers and two civilian instructors make up the toll. Lieutenant Gerstner was only' II years old. He was born In Michigan, and was appointed to the Military Academy in 10. On graduating in 111 he wa assigned to th tenth cY-',XjaA receptly.jML.wss assigned Vo the aviation school at Sad Diego, CaL ''"-"" Spanish Treaty Ratified. (Br m JutxisMd rna I Washington. D. C Dec II. Span ish Ambassador Riano and Secretary Bryan today . exchanged ratifications of the investigating commission peace treaty recently agreed to between thv United State and Spain. The treaty became effective frm tsu dete SsnaU Fir at Hendersosx. (SstrUI Is .is Hess ss Otamr.l Henderson, Dec 1 1. Fire erlginat Ing from a stove In th Eaai Cafe yesterday afternoon shortly after Ave ociock Dunned on th roof of that establishment, but owing to th rain and the prompt work of the Hender soa. lire department the fire wa con. fined te thl on building. . A-alD Capital Flpntshnscnt. , - (Br om iiiisnii rml Thewnls. Aria, Dee. 11. Oov. OeeJ w. f Hunt! annouaced today the- he had eceepted th presidency of ths Antl -Capital Punishment Society of America, recently , efwanlxed with headquarters in Chicago . IN WAR ZONE ""Al'SlRLt- Vlenns, via London. Dec 11 11: IS p. m. The following official commu nication was tsbuea toaay: "In the Carpathians our attack In th district of Upper Latoresa, ar pro greasing welL To the northeast of Lupkow Pa, on the front north of Kroanow and Tuchow and - on the Lower Dunajee river sever fighting continue. "Th situation in North Poland la unchanged." ( FRANCIS. Pari, Dee.' tl 10:1(1 p. in. The following official communication wa iasued by th war office tonight: "The British troops have attacked and this morning regained moat of the trenches previously lost. Before Llhona ths enemy delivered four suc- oeaelve attack for the purpose of re capturing the trenches which w had previously won In that region, but all of them were repulsed. "In an attack to the northwest of Pulaalenn. south of Noyon. we hav gained a foothold in . th enemy' trenches of the first Una and hav mad progress In th wood of Saint Mard. "There ha been no other report of any not on the day operation. GERMANY, Berlin. Dec. Xl. By Wireless to London, 4 p. to. The following offi cial Statement wa Issued late today: "French attacks yesterday at Nleu nort iUeleiuml were repulsed. - "Between Htchebounr lAfreue and the Canal of La Hesse we attacked the"- position)--f " th" Angto-indian troop, stormed and captured their trenches and dislodged them from their positions With heavy looses. W oaotured one niece of artillery, flv machine guns, two mln thrower and 170 Anglo-Indians Including ten offl. ceari. " The trenche we lot to th enemy December II, near Notre Dam D Lorette, have been re-capiureu, Rem given -out for publication by. the official brea our indud: Bulgaria ha notified VlennsX. NUh and Bucharest of ths departure of Hungarian steamers of! the Danube with war material for Bulgaria. "Commercial circle in Genoa again have protested against "the selsure of cargo boat by British wr ships. Th Corrler d'ltalia de mand energetlo steps by the Italian foreign minister in th case of the Italian ship Verona, bound from New York which had been arrested by a British cruiser." nutirilA. Petrograd, Dec 11. The official communication Issue today by th Russian general headquarters aeye: . ,1a the region el MLawa ( Norther Poland) -the -tlermane hwvw fallen back toward th line of Lautenburg- Neidenburg (acroa the frontier Into Bast Prussia. I "On the left, bunk of the YUtula there is no incident of importance to report. In Gallcla the Austrian orrrnatv 1 being greatly hindered by our troop and the operation In this re gion have taken on a character ex tremely favorable to us. One of the Austrian divisions which was operat ing, in the vicinity of Dukla Pass was easily defeated by bayonet . charge made by our troops. The enemy left on the battlefield five hundred killed and w captured ten officers and moro than a thousand soldiers. "The attempts of the Prsemysl gar' rlaon to break through the Bloua line nave been definitely repulsed. The garrison was forced back Into the line of fortifications with heavy Th following official communtca Uon was Issued tonight from th headquarters . of In army of the Caucasus: In the direction of Van. on Decern her 20, engagement occurred which resulted in the defeat of the Turks. among who there were a great num ber of wounded. During the pursuit of ths enemy we captured a piece of mounted artillery with 00 other pieces of equipment. In the direction of Sary-Kamysh there have been several engagements of no importance. SERIOUS RACE CONFLICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA Three Negrne Already Dead and a tiencral Clean Up of the Ulach hec lion I Planned. ' H U AaMdaia FMSI.I Greenville, a C.Dec 21. Green Gibson, a negro, and two of hi sons are dead while four white men are known to have been wounded more or lea seriously, In Oconee county, the result of the stabbing of Julhis Ma- rett. a feat days -agov allecew-'to -hgvr been done by a Georgia negro, now in Jail at ToccoaT Ga el wing to th poor communicating facilities details are meagre. As near as csn be learned there was a regular pltrhed battle when several shotguns snd other firearms were brought "into play. i It - was learned that late Sunday night ths white-people had gathered and were planning; a regular clean-up of"tie-TieKro section? though" the out come has not been learned yet. It will be several days before full nar- tlcular are known. STRAIGHTEN OUT DIFFKRENCEH. Efforts Being Made to Get President and henator Together. Washington, D. C Dec. 11. Ef- forts to straighten out difference be. tween President Wilson and some Democratic - Senators of the Senate over federal appointments; were made tonight at a conference between the President and Attorney General Greg ory, several of the contested appoint ment cam under Mr. -Oregofy'e Jur isdiction Rod he was consulted" by th President a to th legal standing of men given recess -appointment and later rejected by th Senate Mr. Gregory declined te ay what eon el u ton bad been reached at the confer, ence.- . 1 Aid For Besftsass. Charlaatne- L N C flMvil . Aahln carrying approximately (. innrn of food and clothing, contributed by th people or sooth Carolina for the Bel gian sufferers, will all from Charles ton. Jan. 21. according to announce ment made her today.. REV. L. P. HOWARD KILLED BY TRAIN Durham Minister Meets Tragic De;ath While Away in Search of Health (spatial is Ts Durham, Dec II. News reached here thl morning of th , death of Rv. Leslie P. Howard, pastor of th Memorial Methodist church of this city, Hs was found dead on a rail road track three mile from Kingston, New York, about this morning. Th body was terribly mangled, and Mr, Howard had been dead, for sev eral hours when the body was found. A telegram from th coroner of Klnlstosjcsays that he was killed by being run over by a West Shore rail road train, which passed that place about 11:4 Sunday night. Mr. Howard has been 111 since the latter part of August. H ha been In the sanatarlum In Kingston for th past two months, and his friends her understood tht he was getting along very well, his- condition being such that there was a hope that he would soon be able to return te his pas toral in Durham. The first that was known of his death was the receipt of a telegram telling of the death Of the Durham minister and asking what disposition should be made of the body It seems, according to the telegram, that Mr. Howard went out of the sanatarlum about midnight. Ho was missing for some time before the. hos pital authorities knew about it, and rhen 'hey were -mibl to And him. Sine coming to North Carolina from hi home in Alabama, Mr. How ard has spent more time In Durham than any other city In North Carolina. Ha was at Trinity College for four year, taking hi--bachelor degree there In ltOI, and getting th mas ter's degeee- the following; year-' Fol lowing hi graduation from Trinity, he taught Englir.h In the city school for a number of year. His first charge after Joining the conference was at Rocky Mount. II remained ther two years, and was then transferred to Morehsad City, w here he remained four year. lit also seved another thurch In th con ference four years, and wa sent to Durham . following; th conference tf lilt , Mr. Howard wa -an Indefatigable worker, and this strain probably caused the breakdown In hi health, which made it necessary for him to give p the pastorate and seek the rest cure. He left Durham th latter part of August., and finally went to a sanatarlum In Kingston. H wa married to Mia Ann Ooodaon soon after he Joined th con. Terence Vive. She with two children miration on nomination of E. G. Bland a Th body wilt b shipped t Dur- arn tonig ht and th interment .111 do maa at Ma.pi ilewood cemetery- MAYOR IS BITTEER. MVwrtM trough, OTIMal (YHulemm Ger man Attack-bn His Town. (Br Uw AMorlatri hml London, Dec 21. (11:0 p. m. ) The mayor of Scarborough, ' replying to Winston Spencer Churchill me sage of sympathy at losses sustained through the German bombardment of Scarborough says: "It la evident that the enemy did not. dare -fee- our- -fleet; nd-o at tacked an undefended town. In this way Scarborough haa taken her part In the struggle. While we de plore the loss of life and property, mourn for our dead and sympathise with our wounded, we nevertheless are ss fully determined as ever that the -war must be fought to a success ful finish. "Our surprise at the attack was greater, as we had been led to believe from the conduct of the plucky com mander of the Kmiien that German sailor understood something about the glorious traditions of the s Some newcomers Into honorable profession first lern the trick and lastly the traditions Aa their com manders get older In the service they will find that the Iron cross Dinned on their breast will not shield them from the ahafta of shame and dis honor. CANADIANS TO FUONT. Shortly See Active Service In France. ' (Mr Um AaWlatnl ITaaa I Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 21. Reports that Canadian force at the Salisbury plain ramp, England, are to go to the rront a reglmrnta and not a army divisions of 12.000 men, ar discredit ed in a statement today by 53 si. Gen. Samuel Hughes, minister of militia. The war office asked for a second army division," said General Hughes. "There ts no foundstion for th re port that the division ar to be scat tered among the British force. l"ex per -hrr shnrtrr thut therffrtt Ct nadlan division -has been sent to France and that the second division, which we are completing, will follow as soon as sufficiently trained." TTRKeTY FOR THfc PR12IDKNT Oklahoman Sends Bird To Grace White Hoeuw. Table. IBv is I lalnl ft-raavt Washington. Dec 11 --PresidMil Wilson will spend Christmas day quietly with his family In the White House. - - presents for the President and his family have begun to arrive from all parts of the country. Herbert Cuch of Oklahoma, baa sent him a turkey bearing a tag with this inscription: "This is a turkey on which you can declare war without fear.' TO USE COTTON CODE. Anahnwsndor Page Arranging Book Fof American Use Washington, D. C. Dec. 11. Am saador Pag today reported that the British government waa arranging to allow the -use of Meyer's Atlantic cot ton rode, ttth edition. In f orelgn tele gram and that public announcement would be mad as soon as the date of I the admission was settled. It would not be practicable. It aid to follow the use of more than one cotton rode.'' Meyer waa In most general use In the cotton trad. I ' 6 ill Troop ea More. Amsterdam, via London. Dec. 11. 11:lt p. m The newspaper Tijd ay the German hav evacuated Mlddel kerkr Ther ha been considerable movement among the Germaa troop la Was Flaadar. 1 1 FU FR Wfl RFHnilsF THll'l I (TCP! II (.1-1 1. II IIIIIIUIIUUUL. I llllll IsllULU III BILLPASSESHOUSE-tSUPREIVIECOURT Measure Intended To Benefit Agricultural Interests But Is Not Compulsory ' . IBs las in mil 1 1 hwt ' Washington. D. C.. Dec II. Th Lever cotton warehouse bill, before the Houae for months, was passed to day. Ill to IT. Ths maacur provide for federal licensing of cotton and grain warehouses, and la a substitute for a Senate Jplll restricted to cotton warehouses. The bill now goes to conference between -the houses. Th bill, approved by the alminla tratlon. was the subject of brief de bate. It sponsors contending that if would greatly enhance confidence In agricultural products. Its opponents claimed It was unconstitutional. "This bill." said Representative Lever, "will result In the establish ment of uniform warehouses and pro vide uniform warehouse receipts for agricultural product throughout th country. It will glv a certainty and value to warehouse r"lpt which will make liquid th evidence of owner ship of agricultural product. It will enhance the value of warehouse re oelpta as collateral on which loan may be aought by producer. It will give greater negotiability to agricultural receipt for agricultural product. "Th measure will bring together more closely agricultural product and banking capital. It will result In larger storage facilities for agricul tural producla and , will erw as an Incentive to farmer to store their pro-djHHs.-a .thefy -eeve -miliimui of dollar of weather lose each year.' It will furnish tar the farmer for the firt time In this country the machinery through which he nnt only. may know the class or trade of his product, but -Its eemmetclBS- yalli."Tt will put him in a position to msrket hi crop when the demand is strongest snd ths price highest. It la a farmers' bill and a most far-reaching forward step n our cumbersome system f market?' Ing." - The bill la not compulsory In any way. THE DAY IN CONGRESS (Br the Aaaarlan jfeai.l Washington, Dec 11. SENATE: Resumed consideration of Immigra tion bill. Land committee decided to do water-power site leasing bill hearings next Wednesday. Judiciary committee deferred ac- i nitea mates marsnai tor western Missouri. -- . Adourned J.:ll p, b nooa. Tuae dy- ..'"'- - HOUKRr Agreed to meet at 10 a. m. Tues day and remain in session until pro hibition constitutional amendment Is disposed of. 1'rgent deficiency appropriation bilWarrylng 730.105 was reported Administration bill for establish ment of military schools In various States. Introduced by Representative MrKrllar, of Tennessee. Passed Lever warehouse hill, l'axsed urgent deficiency bill carry in 4,7A,fr Adjourned t I:1K p. m. until 10 a m. Tuesday. NUMBER VACANCIES IN 4TH CLASS POSTOFFICES F.xsmlnstiotM To Re field In North Carotins January 10 and 10 In K i iire hiigime i,ti. (W. K. YFLVF.RTON.) Washington, l t'j - Dec. 21. Owing to the fact that a proper list of candidate has not been Secured to fill, a number of the portoffices in North Carolina aa a result of the State-wide examination held a year ago. the department haa announced that other examinations will be held In the State between January 10 and 10. The Civil Service Commission will conduct examinations for postmaster at Arden, Btxby. Crestmont, Ivanhoe, Unaka. and Plnehurst (examinations will be conducted by poetoflice Inspectors at the following places: Aurellan Springs. Aulryville, Doom-i er. Cherokee. Catharine I-ake. Clar endon. Clark. Colfax, Chocowlnlty, Cooper. LHiway. Knglehard, Klktoa, Fairfield, Korney, Clrndon, Gumberry, I nee, Jarvisburg, Lasker l-emon Sprinp. Macclesfield- Manchester, Misenhelmerv- Merry Hill. Merry Mount, Moyock, Neuee. Orrum, Otto, Parmele. I 'Ine llsll. Poplar Branch Richardson. Scott Hill. Severn, 81 ma Sofia. Stonewall. Supply. Tomahawk. Wag rm WsJuOeldV '.1'slonvUle;- lampoeiu Ktowan. Halisville. Glou cester. Kntghtsdale, Lpray, Nealsvllle, pendleton. Salemburg. Cummock, Wilson's Mills and Walkertown. KCIIO OF IIUF.RTA". Cost Money to Keep Troops at Vera -T. (Br UK isMiM Proa. I WjLshinctnn. Dec. 21 The House twiir puseea an urgent qeniiency bill carrying .(.. including 1554,. 171 to cover unexpected expenses in. curved by the army In the occupation oi era itui. uunng the debate Re publican Leader Mann attacked th administration's Mexican policy. -xnjs bin. ne said. Tarries half million' dollar to pay th expenses of our troop at Vera Crux, sent ther lo obtain a salute of 31 guns, which haa not V been given.". Msodc Keritnt at Lucerne. taeartal.te Tee sm imi Oliml.l Lucama. Dec. II. The rruslc'clsse of the Lues ma high school gave a re- oltal here Friday night which was much enjoyed by a uerge gathering of friends of the school. The recital was under the direction Of Miss-Mariel JWedfordl instructor of -nrustc -rtri' the school. Plans Have Been Cheeked. - (Br jlamiiil fnl New 10ft. Dec. 21 Plan oi eomsnitte recently organised by American physicians and surgeon to relieve a reported shortage of medi cal supplies la Belgium hav bees checked because of . the poastbiHty that the belllgereat natiqas may con sider " Kuch upplie contraband ef war, tt was' anoouhevd toniguc Slayer of Stanford White Will . Be Returned To New York : State : K ".. VICTORY FOR, JEROME Alleged Madman Will First Be Tried For Conspiracy'and if Found Sane Will Be 'Pun ished, if Insane Will Again Be Placed Behind The Bars' of Mattewan v?- (Br Ike a Siliil Praaal Washington. Dec. II. Th right et New York State to extradit Harry K. Thaw from New Hampshire wa upheld today by th United Sutee Hu prem Court In an unanimous opinion reversing Judge Aldrich of the Pdral district court of Nsw Hampshire. Justice Holmes, speaking for the court declared the case was "too clear for lengthy argument" and swept aside an -ivorelevant all contention of Thaw's counsel. Conspiracy" to escape from Matteawan Insane asylum, to which ' h was committed after killing Stan ford W hite in 1101, Is the charge on which Thaw stands Indicted- in New York... On this indictment, once the prisoner is again In the hands of the New. YorA autbaritie wiU begin-anew - -Thaw's battle against being returned to Matteawan. Just what th 11 n of action' then may. b taken wag not known her today. After thirty days, unlee counsel ... ftrr bottr sides Join in asking for ear- Her action, the Supreme Court: will Issue a mandate to Judge Aldrich to Bet aside his decree In habeas corpus -proceeding, which ordered ThaWa re leaaft -hy the New Jiampshlr author!-, tie. Thl wiU -cause Thaw, now at liberty under guard of a federal- court custodian, to be turned over to the. State of New Hampshire and pave the way for his Immediate xtredltlon te - New York. ., Thaw's counsel sought his freedom on the ground that th Indictment against him charged no crime; that If he waa insane, a the New York authorities contended In placing hint ' In th asylum, he could not be guilty i of the crime of conspiracy, for which hi extradition wa Bought. . . .- Question For State Court. Th Supreme Court bald In effect that the question of th prlsoaer' sanity or Insanity was one to be de cided by th New York State court and th only question before th Su preme Court wealth legality of the1 extradition of a prisoner bo charged. ', Legal authorities who have followed ' the case predicted today a wide field of controversy would be opened up ' when th NW York court wer reecho ed. In thl connection It was recalled that during th argument, recently. Chief Justice White Intimated that lm mediate Imprisonment of Thaw In ' Matteawan without trying htm on the conspiracy Indictment might give rise to another habaea corpus proceedings , In the federal court. NfwA'orsvJDnc2.1. Court' decision In the case of Harry K. Thaw mark the end of sixteen month of litigation to get Thaw back a prisoner again In the Matteawan State Hospital. With the aid of five conspirators Thaw got away from the institution in au Automobile and made for the Canadian border. He was caught two days later Just after he had crowed Into Quebec in a farm wagon. He waa arrested and taken to Coatlcook. Uuebec. where he was. kept In Jail pending efforts of the New York Stat) authorities' to have him deported. ,'. Thaw immediately engaged connect who, by various court process, blocked efforts of the New York State) representative. While- the legal pro- ceedlng were In progress the Cana dian authorities summarily decided that Question by removing Thaw from Jail and thrusting him across th border in u automobile. That wa on Sept. 10. Thaw found himself In Vermont and at liberty. A newspaper man who had followed him permitted him te use hi automobile and' the two cross ed ths Vermont II n Into New Hamp shire. Her Thw. at Colebrook, wa again arrested. He was taken to Con cord. N.'H... where litigation decided nliurt him todav waa besrun. William T. Jerome, who actra a deputy Stat Attorney General, Bald that as soon a arrangement could be Dcrfected. Thaw would be brought to thl county and tried on th con spiracy indictment before he wag ye turned to Matteawan. .... . . . Mother. JUiara The OCcwsv-. Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec 21. "1 cannot believe If exclaimed Mrs. William" Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, when informed today of the decision of the I'nited State Supreme Court. Mrs. Thaw Immediately called ner son , at Mancheater. N. H., on th tele phone. She declared tnu ngnt naa not yet ended. WUham A. Stone, former Governor of Pennsylvania, and one of Thawj lawyer altlh had apet'ted"r Mlffeieiit decistpff: . .' 'J I Hua Not hi rut to Say. ' Msnrhester. N. H?T Dec 11. Hairy K Thaw received without comment today the announcement of th 8u- . nreme Court' action. He baa been staying here for the lust three months. CHILE PROTKHT8 Say. German Are Too Active) AJong ner pnons. 1T)r Ue- lainl rsal - Washington. D. C. Dec II. After a searching Investigation of activities . of the German fleet in th Bout hern Pacific recently. Chile ha protested formally to Germany against alleged German violations of neutrality in Chilean water. Th protest transmitted br" th Chilean minister at Berlin sets forth that the German ships prior to their successful engagement with Read Ad miral Craddock' British squadron. - stayed a long a flv day at on island owned by Chile and transferred- supplies at another small Island after a stay of seven days.' Th protest is understood to b couched In vigorous language, demanding reparation. At the, asm time, the Chtleon gov ernment . ha pretested -to . Great Britain, charging that th British eruiaer Glasgow . recently 1 took eoal front vessela ta Chilean watr,-:
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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