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-J- V H;WtlM!r Van' data- coaecralag "" tha weather wflt fou today oa Pag Seven. server Best Advertising I Medium In -""North Carolina Ob . . . VOL. CI- NO. 23. P e jL N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1914. PRICE SCENTS FIERCEFIGHTIi SHIPPIMGmTortTS Scenes of-British Rald-nd the Manafjcrsof It . D N W ESTER M FH 0 HT I OHALLLTHESE COFJGRESSAIDTO PLAGE OLD GLORY THIIiDCAMPAIGH poirExoenw OF iOi DOIIJu a J . Allies Make Snail Advance In France and Belgium at Some Points" ARMIES OFtflCHOLAS HOLD LIKE GIBRALTAR Germans Retire From Attack On Bzuta River and Shift To Heavy Artillery Fire and Os casional Infantry Charges Farther South: Russians Claim To Have Annihilated Several Regimeits Almost To The Man With Their Bayonets; Fleet of Aero planes Bombard' Dunkirk ' TB tit AMoetaftd lrM) London, Dee. 10, 10:20 p. m. Since the Kuiailan defeat of the Austrians In tJulicia, which, while not Irre )arW la likely to affect the whole Austro-German campaign In the Eust. there hua been In Important develop ment on either front. The R!s, a,l,th,pugb. .tnakUMtno dra- "iriatic attacks on the German lines, are steadily hammering away with, their artillery and when opportunity offers iuah their linea a few yards forward. A French eye-witness de scribing battles from December It tt. 24 srives a Hood idea of the-fighting and records Ruins, which, while each la only in yards, amount in the aggre gate to a considerable' advance at many points. v JKIicht Man to Man. A few Inxndred yards tn "Flanders wer taken by . primitive methods. Having the) breeches of their rlllea choked with mud, the allies used them as clubs and In many cases fought the Germans with their fists. lo one little French village within sound of the guns. Princess Patricia's light Infantry, the first of the Cana dian contingent to no to the front, is billeted, waiting Its turn to go into the trenches. The men were accord ed a. splendid reception by their com rade in arm and the French villag er. German Hctlre on Baura. With the defeat of the Austrian In Galicia and South I'oland and the re tirement of the Germans across the Itzura, I'etrograd believes the turning point has been reached in the battle of the I'ulish rivers. The chief dsht Ing now la taking place on the I'lllca. where the Germans still are on tne offensive and shave brought up bla Kuntt '. losses in thee battles have reach ed enormous figures In dead, wound '! and prisoners and must have been largely Increased by disease, for the men fought under dreadful cllmaite conditions and In mud, for which I'o land is notorious. Kusniana Slaughter (crtnaiw. i'etrograd, Iec. 30. The following official statement was issued from ifenerul headuartera today: "Along the whole front of the ar mies operating in the left bank of the Vistula, there has been a lull except in the region of lJollmow. In owlodz. and south of Malagoszcx, where fleree- fighting persists: "Taking the offensive from Boll mow, the Germans, under a heavy inlenne lire from our guns, made an HNiuit on Hourgadc," Hrrrjtmow. and our trenches near Goumin (Gombln). but our troops, by ah Impetuous Countey-alta-ck, slaughtered with their bayonets all of the enemy ex cept a fen, who were made prisoners. "In this engagement we captured German machine guns and lntiicted .enormous louses on the enemy, who brought Into action successively in (his region regiments from divers army corps. "Near lnnwloda, our troops took jiossession of German trenches south of l'o-sfiade. which they entered and engaged In determined lighting." I "South of Malagoszcz an attack which the enemy delivered after a lengthy cannonading was repulsed by our artillery. Near the village of Bohkinetx the enemy captured our entrenched position but was dis lodged and overthrown by our counter Utack. Troops Advance In GaliHa. . "In West Glicla our troops 'are rirtiiTlnmly-hum i y.iMi. rxyn we stormed several fortified works of the enemy; making prltton th of 44 officers and l.&oo soldiers and capturing eight machine guns. "Southwest of liiikla our triors dis lodged the Austrians from positions shich they had strongly organized. They fled In a panic. "W have realized also an Import nt success south of Lisko near Gor Janko. "We have repulsed c ur.ter attacks by the enemy in the farpathlsns at luok Pass and also new sorties by lh I'rxemysl garrison." Aeroplane's Oter Dunkirk. Ixindon, Deo. II. l:IS a. m. - Jiewt. reached Dover last night that a suadron of.eveii aeroplanes flow over Dunkirk yesterday (Wednesday) and Cropped bombs. Aastrian Oflkial Keport. Vienna,' Dec. SO. via London. De "" rainbef JI. II: OS a. m -Ah ofBcJsl state(neiit issued by the War Depart ment today, arives the following sum mary of the war situation: "In the Carpathians our troops de- " llvered ah attack north of I'zsok J Pass and occupied several heights. Our counter-attacks to the north of ; Lupkow Pass tOallcia) have brought to a standstill the Kussian advanca. . "Further weat the enemy attacked - some 'of lh passes with small forces. - North of Gorlice (Gaticia. northeast of kak Hry.it and on tie lower course of the Nlda, the Kussian attack failed - in the region to the east and south tCouUflued oa I'M Three.) Senate Commerce Committee lis Heartily in Favor of The Ship Purchase. Bill SECRETARY REDFIELD SENDS STRONG LETTER Now Is The Time To Strike For Maritime Commercial Inde pendence, It Sets Out, By Placing American Goods in American Bottoms; This Would Assure Us a Fair Chance in The Markets of The World; South America Is Calling Uncle Sam, His Wares and His Coin (Br tl.f AJofU!d I'ivmI Washington, D C. Dec. to Ini tiating the aggressive light to be wi:g. ed In Congress lor passage of the government ship purcha-w bill to fre American commerce from European war Hmltattons. majority members of the senate Commerce ( ummitte to day filed a report recommending the measure In vigorous terms and trans muting a,.X0nMnH.ialory letter from Becretary of Commerce Itedneld. The committee report. Tiled by Act ing Chairman Fletcher, nuoted the re port submitted ycKterday by Mccretrles' McAdoo and Hedqeld showing enor mous increases - in ocean, transimrta- tlon rates since" the war began and at tendant fulling off in o'ceai, tonnnge fucllitles The committee predicted that enactment of the shin imrcliase -bill would -go far to relieve that situa tion. ..'.. "LnquestMMiaWy," said the" Ttrpnrt, if we hnd ailclitlxnal ships under the American the situntlon would rap Idly Improve" itnd much of the dlxtress of producers, buslnttss men and -hunkers, not only In the South but through out the country, would be relieved. The need Is urgent." The Xeed'MiMi Vrgvnt. Secretary Kerifleld In his letter. written to Senator Fletcher to accom pany the report, declared that for years the United states ocean ship ping had been in the hands of Its com netitora. "like a dcoartment store wit host any delivery system except such as competitors were willing to supply." The result was ennily to be foreseen. he argued, when twenty vears ago American goods displaced German products in second place among Hoiith African sales, and American Iron and pteel entered into keen competition abroad' with Ger man and Knglish products 'You .camiiit imagine Germany or England continuing permanently to transport on. favorable terms lo us American goods on any such scale as sertouKlv t ireaten German ana English markets." the letter con. tinued. - t)strlcli-I.lUe Capers. IJke an ostrich with its head In the sand we have put our' money and merchandise at risk of the European war. American capital iiniesieu in ships under European flags can be nd has been destroyed :y ?lie aois of hostile cruisers Two vessels under foreign nan on their way to be trans ferred to our Ibig. were thus sunk. American capitnl In goods transported In vessels under forelpn flics, which were, not owned by American capiat has been lost or Injured when such vessels have been sunk ir held U and American goods for which Ameri cans long since paid are tcday lying In foreign harbors. We know now that our commerce. while ocean borne, 1 1 subject to war risks not of our inaUlnc. Icit by tfch'ch we suffer. The ttm- has been when war risks shut off the movement of American wheal and del? veil ihe movement of Amerlcun rot'on and It Is quite within tl-.e range fif prob- bllily that such a time may reoccur. An American tnerc.liHnt maritio is a necessity, and cannot be baj Horn enough to i:levo us from ihn Jcoimrdy in which we have stood ami i.i which in some measure we now stand Commercial Hands of Ntoi. Indeed, so vital Is the present time to America that it seems as If we were in the very transition from be ing a debtor to a creditor nation, ant' the1 possibility opens to our lending that hand of financial fellowship to our fellow republics tn Ijitin America which they so much ne,i and by whieh we should tie them t iurso!ves in commercial hands of st"l w'dch ill inlliw In ihs " ana t all our people. h.ive tsran koIch. Not only are our good hampered by absence of shipping.- but tht y also are hampered by the, rates Which aie" out of our control but which are no charged -in such shipping a. like place. Our competitors, who control our ocean terminal facilities for such and .ma-mcre are ocean s: Hinsh; companies as related to r.iil'v.iys) have seen nt for tneir own profit ta advance their rates rropi one-haif id double or more. 'lli':r aro ports in Europe today that aiwlv seek our un and we Know m,i: o-ir r-uiten in the rlouth desire to sell their col ton arid the price, abroad is. such as our producers wnuld be thankful to receive. Between these two stands the excessive rate and the scarcity of ships. The reasons must be mighty nd compelling wnicn oouia leau any one to interpose between the food of American commerce seeking to be free and the needs of foreign buyers kin for our products the mt.rt of any one or two or;Tntrre groups oT our people: W AGE K Vi KM t NCHANGKD. Nays Kccrtary Daniels, As Result atMiu-wll' inquiry. I Hf Ui- Awrtunl l raal Washington. D. C. Dec. 10. Sec retary Daniels announced today that, after thorough investigation, ho "had come to the conclusion tha labor conditions affecting;' wages through out the country, have not experienced any essential chaxse during the past vsar-and he JiaA..lttfiTeror ..aecwed to continue the same schedules at the nfy yards during the cominK year," Washington Is Sure That An Amicable Agreement an Be Reached NOTE FRIENDLY, BUT FIRM AND EMPHATIC English Cabinet in Special Ses sion Begins Considering The Protest; England Still Much Disturbed and Divided On JJM Course British Will Pur sue; Note Sets Out That Thirty Ships Have Been Un lawfully Detained and Many Cargoes Scared Off The Waves' By British Policy (Br Um AirUld Vnm ) Washington, V. C, Dec. 30. While the American note to Great llritaln protesting against interruptions to the commerce' of this country con tinued' today to absorb official Wash ington, there was confidence that diffi culties f the lust five months eventu lly.WH bs-anjlcaily- adjusted, - Already -tho dlscuwian had turned to measures the United States could take in ca-operatlon with Great I'rltaln to reduce the necessity for extended search on the high eeaa. It became known that Treasury De partment agents, acting wit If the State Department, had inspected one cotton car?o aild that the Inspection hud aaiMled the British Embassy and fu rllltaled progress of the shipment to its destination. - . . i The belief was held In official quar ters that an understanding might be reached whereby cargoes could be certlned before their departure and thus made Immune fr.im detention. Friendly Hut Emphatic. High oillcialH of the Washington' government Were somewhat surpris ed the American note had been re garded as "brusque" tn some Ion don quarters. They said the British cabinet, after a single reading of the document, must be convinced that the 1'nlteil t ales had spoken In the most friendly spirit, though none the less earnestly and emphatically. Those familiar with the note's contents say it Is a matter of fact uml frank state ment of the difficulties experienced by American shippers and the failure of the " British government to moot the protests which have been mad. Damage lias llccn Great. In all thirty American ships and cargiws, their value totalling millions. have been daintained. The note points oui specincuny. nowever, that reim bursements ulone cannot cure the sit uation, as the Ilritish fleet's activity has restrained many American ex porters, who fear risks involved in shipments.- With respect to cotton shipments he case of one or two illegitimate cargoes, it is recognized, has caused tne itritisn government to suspect all shipments. The I nited States has not evidence that there has been contraband con cealed In cotton cargoeH, but England has made two spedtlc complaints and the American government has Issued &' warning that one fraudulent ship ment must produce embarrassment to cargoes generally. becretary lfryan declined to give1 any dtalls of the note today. lie de- sclbed It as a general statement sum marizing the American position In several specific cases- Neutral illplo. mats were not given a copy of it, but were informed that the first news paper report of It was accurate. They Were told that the State department still regarded the note as confidential. , The Points of ITtite-t. The general pointsn which the note complaints, and which have been theb asis of several specific protests hitherto are substantially as follows: 1. American cargoes have been searched on the high seas a bellig- ent right that is not denied hut the ships also hate been diverted to ports for further examination, a circum stance held not Justified under inter, national law unless full proof of hos tile destination Is presented at ths time, (serious loss, especially to per Ishable goods, has resulted from such delays in a ship's voynge. i. Great lirltaln has regarded absn- lute and conditional contraband as In the same class. The ireneral under standing In International law has been that absolute contraband Includes ar- t1rTl'''rnifWtW'ff''Tf'f'',,W'IL'',''yiyill'w tieHWef ent force and directly destined to It Conditional contraband. Including foodstuffs, comprises articles suscep. tlble for use by an army or navy, but it must be proven that these products are destined for armed forces. Neutrals llaio flights. J Irrespoctive of the controvert over what constitutes absolute or conditional contraband In commerce between a neutra land a belligerent country the note sets forth that In respect to commerce between two nutral countries, there ought to be no quKtlon of contraband at all, for not of war. Since the civil war the United States has upheld the doctrine of "continuous ' voyage" which per mitted seizors of a cargo ever. In Its journey between neutral ports, pro vided eventually it was oesiincc ior a belligerent. The American note. however, takes the position that proof of such hostile destination must be shown at tlms of seizure. 4 The -American government con tend that a consignment sent to no specific consignee, known, as a "to order" shipment Is pot of Itself sus picious. It claims that this may be an Important circumstances In prov ing a case, but la of no nherent valie unless other facts are adduced, also, at the time, of detention or seizure. British Cabinet Meets. London. Dec ito The British Csfblnet met In special session tofay to -consider the Ainerlcr.n govern ment's protest. against delay to Amerl- (Coutlnued from page three.) The Russians Held Like a Stone Wall Before The Capital of Poland GERMAN RETIREMENT APPEARS UNDER WAY Failure of The Austriai Army That Crossed The Carpath ians Unhinged All The Plans of The German Campaign. lrWasElajinedJaxid The War So Far As Russia Was Concerned; Russia Now 'Commands The Principal Gateways To Hungary Over The Carpathians fRr llw JUMirlalMl rreusl I'etrograd, Dec. JO Via Ixmdon. 0:15 p. m. The Husslan view of re cent developments In I'oland Is that a definite check has been administered to the Germans. Their evacuation jf MUtrxewtce. five miles north of Ho chaczew. Is regarded by military crtt lcsas "rliiKiiui dHWjo,, liio curtain un We" third German advance toward Warsaw." At a tremendous loss to themselves the Germuns had succeeded In estab lishing a foothold In Mistrsewlce, on the east Jjank of the Iizura. but three weeks of persistent sledge hammer at tacks failed to penetrate the Husslan Hue before Warsaw. When It became evident 'that the -Austrian advance from the Carpathian mountains hud failed, the Germans evacuated Ui village. The Austrian Carpathian operations evidently formed an Integ ral part of the general German plan for the Warsaw campaign. Heavy artillery la being brought up by the Germans along their center be tween Sklvr..iewlce and tne I'lllca river, but this is regarded as purely a defensive move to prevent breaking of the German line by Kussian Infan. try operating there under the cover of artillery. l-notllelal reports from the Warsaw front say that in comparison with the heavy artillery duels, infantry opera tion are mere, epbwdei v Hold Gate-way to' Hdhgary," In Gallcla th Kusstnns have taken the Important town. of Gorlice, fifteen miles south of Tirrhow. where the West Calician Austrian army recently was halted and prevented from Join ing that of General Hoehm-Ermolll. advancing from Sanck-l.isko" Gorlice is the Junction point of several rail roads runlng east, west and south through. the Cnrpaihiau ulstrb-t. Pursuit of the retreating Austrians In the Sunck-I.isko district has been curried as far as Yasllsk. on the ex treme Austrian left. Yaslisk. now In possession of the Husstitna -curnmunda the most important highway into Hun gary. Hungarian prisoners arriving at Kiev state that their commanders In addressing the troops previous to the advance, said the result of the cam paiun would be reoccupatlon of lum ber by the Austrians and thf capture of Warsaw by the Germans and that subsequent operations directed bv the German general staff would decide the war. AuMrlan Cmalgn Falls. " Imlierg. Dec. 10. (Via London S:35 p. m.) The simultaneous attack of the Austrians in Western Gullcln and from the Carpathian's has proved a failure. Cnofflcial rejiorts state that Austrian looses were enormous, and that the Russians have taken as many as 60.000 prisoners. Including many Germans. Train loads of guns and war booty pass daily tbriumh Ix'niberg. Assistant Attorney General Will Visit Raleigh; Several Other - J Officials Coming . (W.i: n:i.vKBTox.) WsshtnKton.'-O C. Dec. 30. As sislsnt Attorney General Samuel J Graham will represent the Department of Justice at the opening of the new Kedefal building In Italeigh January 1 S lie arcepte today the invitation of the Tiab'igh bar association, am. Mrs. Graham will accompany .'hlm. Former Governor John Hurke of I'orth Dakota, new I'nlted States Treasurer will represent the Treasury Department. Secretary of the Navy Jorephus Daniels and Airs. Daniels will also attend the banquet in llaleigh on thr rveniiig of the 1 H's GET GJKNTLKMEN GAM HLETIS. Police Justice After Professional ( rooks at Wilmington. 1 Sptdai to T1j Xtw aiwl Ohsrrwr ) Wilmintrton. Dec. SO. Hob 8need and I'nt Patterson, well knrwn young men,, have be n arretted on charge of gumbling and await trial In Jus tice Harriss' coiirt. Justice Harrisr says that he has Information to the effect that there are uite a number of men In Wilmington having no means of a l.vclihood, who live entirely through thel success In pokrr and other games of chance. Justice Harrisaaya that he learns that these men are especially active around Ihe "pay day-s" of the large employing concern's of the city, and that many young wage earners, get their salaries degileted through games with the pro fessional gamblers. He says that the arrest of Sneed and al'tK-r. u is only the beginning; that. oth. aie to be brought into court to an er a simi lar chaxta. . GRAHAIvlTO ATTEND FEDERAL OPENING e?U J5 -.!!5-rS- vfeyA ytf "ir& jBrykny - t oak. f v true Adnilj-al Jellicoe. commander In chief of the British fleet, and Sir David Henderson, chief of the itoyal Flying Corps managed the raid of the Ilritish battleships on Cilxbaven, one head quarters of the German fleet. In an swer to great demands in Britain for action, which followed the German at TEN BILLION IN This Year Broke All Previous Records For. Value and Production DESPITE COTTON LOSS More of the Fleecy Staple Than Ever Before, But Value Loses' Three Hundred Mil lions; Bumper Wheat Crop. "Com Still King In "The Na tion; Live Stock Big Item nr th' Aa.4tH Vrtm t Washington. D. C. Dec. 3u. Amer ican farm products during 1914 eclipsed all records for value, with a total of ttlinont ten billion dollar. Sec retary Houston announced today that the value of all farm crops, farm anl nial products and farm animals sold and slaughtered agilejiUUd JUJII2. 936.000. Thut was J3,00U.oii(i niore than the grand total for 1 1 3. the pre. vlous record year. It was more than double the value of all farm products in 1SSS. Crops this year were valurd at $. 044. 480.000 and farm animul products at l-3.R28.45B.V00. The value of ciops Wall slightly less than In 1I3. on ac count of the reduced value of cotton. The corn and wheat crops, however, were the most vatnaMe ewr produced. They brought Ihe year's crop value total to only. $8,27'.OO0 less than the total for lust year, despite the loss of more than JHOO.uou.Olo in the mine o cotton. Animals Mora Valuable. "The estimated value of the ani mal products of the farm In 114," said Ihe Agricultural Outlook today, "is distinctly higher than In 113. which wus Itself a recoid year In the value of this class of products. Thlr Is due to general, but slight Increases In production, except for sheep and swine and In prices, more especially to a small Increuse In the average farm price or eggs, and to a more consider able Increase In the farm price of cut tle and calves sold and-einughtered. "It must be. borne in mind that the amounts of these estimates do not stand for wealth produced nor for cash received, nor for protlt. nor for income in any sense. Each product is valued,-us In the c nsus. w hen It reached commercial form, and the grand aggregate of all Items is to b regarded as an Index number, or from a relative rather than from an abso lute point of view' i..ltS fif- cf'ks last year were estl. mated at JZrTs.ODu boU. sab .',r '"'NT stock, I2.S lil..000.gu0. a total of 84H.000.O00. The estimated value of total sales per . farm was $M'J. and sales per capita of rural population (excluding tirwns). 13X. The value of the principal farm crops this year was: Corn. I'..0"2.. f.H9 000; wheat. ;.0 00; h.iv. I77,9,000; cotton. $5 1 . 1 S.OoO. oat, f 49,431.00: potatoes. lm. 609.00oS barley. $105. 103.000; tobacco. $101:41 1,000; swtet potatoes, (41. 294.000. rye, I1I.01S.000. sugar beets, $27.90.000: rice, $2 I S4S.00O: . flax seed, (19,540.000 and buckwheat. $U,- S 9 2.000 Production Itr-cord Reokon. In the production of these fourteen principal, crops, the r aggregate was about ten per cent larger than In 1913 and six per cent sma.ti-r than in 1 which year stands as the one of the greatest aggregate production In the I'niled States. This year two Import ant crops exceeded' previous records wheat, with 1. 000. 000- bushels, fol lowing the tttS record tif "T4.t0. 000 bushels; snd rotten, with 14.9iii.0OS hales t preliminary estimate, the pre. vlous record being 15. C1. 000 bales lo 1911. The value per acre of all enumer ated crops averaged about (1(44 this year, compared with IK.52 In 1(13 and $1( 15 In 1912 Hank of rYance Bark. e,i iihni"i n n! Paris, Dec. . 10:i:o p. m. A decree wastlliObftshe1 frtSajr abfoSt Ing the covernment'a trder of Sep tember Zd. transferring the bai,k of Fiaaor from i'aris to Bordeaux. - FAl P 0 DUCTS tack on the east coast rules, they sent e -ht warships and a number of aero- plunes against German port. Horn lis w,'i' dumped, but according to the German account there was no damage. In fact, that account has It that the only damage was that tn the British vessels which were repelled by the Germans. E Iowa German Declares in Con gress That-War Could Soon Be Stopped NEED GERMAN FRIENDS Some Day The Pacific May Give Grave Concern and Two Members Declare It Might Be Well For United ' States If She Shuts War Ma terial From Allies i By II AMurtitw! hte Washington. D C. Dec. 30 That the I nlled States could end the Euro piao war In three months by cutting o(T export of war materirel was the assertion f - Iteprewntnttve- Ynttmer. of lows, today before the House For elgn Affiilrs Committee With Hepre snt:uie Hartholdt. he endorsed a resolution" io authorize the President in his discretion to prohibit such ex ports. ( "I resident Wilson." he: said. "sua. ponded the embargo on export of 'i'H nnd munitions to Mexico in the interests of true neutrality as against neutrality on paper." The right of Congress to imp'ose an embargo, he said, was fully establish, ed ami the only question at Issue was one of "national policy." "1 maintain." said Representative Vollmer. "that this resolution la In line with the historic reputation of this nation as the greatest advocate of peace. It Is not in line with that reputation to supply the Instruments of murder to European nations k "We are now In the position of send ing dollars fur llelglum and dum dum bullets for Germany." " Itciireentatlve Vollmer emphatical ly declared: "Germany cannot he beaten. In this war. Her people are united and determined to light to the last drop of blood. If this war con tinue It will go 'on and on until the world i.i driiTped down to bankruptcy. . Keep Eyes on Jaaii. "There Is only one nation whose lines of national Interest are hoelesS ly opposed to ours. I do not hesitate to pr-illci that Japan proposes to hold hot only Kuio Chow, lot : of the era which she has seized, Shs desires to secure the unoiiioe,, . bilitie.i o fthe raiddly developing trade of China, as against the world. Soma d.iy this Is' ue must be (ried out In the I'.i' iiic and It may be to the Interest of this country to have a powerful friend at her side." "l'o you think the German govern ing nl expect us seriously to pass such a resolution as this?" asked Chairman Flood. '"-TTII'tlf W'BT'H ll Ml'll.l llllil lllllll been In Germany say," replied Hepre sentallve Vollmer. "that the- Ger mans look with grae displeasure on Kliip'mrijM of arm to the allies." Itepr tentative '.Hartholdt told the crsrriniUtce that by "dollar neutrality. " tho, Ivilol States was alienating the friendship of Germany nnd Austria. "Thrrt friendship has' been un broken since the !ieg.i:inlng of t hi? Kiivrrtmi'tit." he said- "We ought to .reserve It. The alliance of Great Dr.Lsin "villi the Yellow raw l not a vood omen for our future in ths lcific. e are now s-llnif our n- . trsiity fdr- Isntish gold. Mr. ll:irthldt a.-s-rted shipments of munitions since the war began ag gregated $ i r.o.ooo.ooo. "I am convinced " he said, "that by cutting off the exportation of these war supplies we can bring the war to a close very soon.'.' KXirK BLADE bWALIIWED Mayor of Anderson Ale More Than . Oy stent. , tn UK AiHljted I'rs4 - Anderson. 8,, C, Dec -30. Waking Tuesday nlxht with sharp ,palns in hbt stomach after eating heartily of ny'sters from the shell. Mayor J. H tlodfrey corsulted a physlcbih, a-luj the result that an X-ray nhotograp shewed a broken knife blade two and one half Inches long and one half Inch wide In the Mayor's Intestines. Th blade was broken off In the opening of the "" "oysters arid " unconsciously swallowed by the. Mayor while , im bedded tn an oyster. , lie is. reported to be la bo danger.: . UM EMBARGO 0 Al Congressman Says Postmaster at Raleigh Is Not To Blame ; For Carelessness ALLEGED PRACTICES THE FAULT OF CLERKS Mr. Briggs Warned Them, , Says Mr. Pou, and His Duty Ended There, As They. Are Under Civil Service; Believes Mr. - Brtggs-a Man of High Character and That He Should Be Given a Square Deal; If There Is Any Re moving Done It Will Not - Likely Be The Postmaster W. E. VKLVEHTO.V. : Washington, D. C, Dec. JO. Rap resentative I'ou told First ' Assistant Postmaster General Itoper today that he dors not think Postmaster WUIla ' U. Hrtgga of Kalelgh. should be re moved and that the recommendation " " of Postofftcs Inspector Gray for ra' ruoval should not have been mada on J Ihe allegations in the report. Mfl I'ou read ths report through today .-, and declared he can find nothing tn It warranting the removal of Mr. lirlggs. Clerks May lie Keniovcd. The inspector's report prefers -charges against clerks" In the office and some uf these will probably be re moved by the department, but Mr, -Itoper requested .Mr. luu to give no information about the chars&s-agaiost , the clerks. As the report la refused to newspaper men, it la not known ' who the clerk are or what charges are made against thern. " AIT the T" charges against Mr. Ilriggs, however, v are niade also against certain clerks who are responsible for the actual .. practices alleged. Mr. i'ou thinks the " postmaster Is not responsible, except very Indfrectly, for these practice by his clerks. Mr. Ilriggs Commended. ' "There Is no sbggtsilon of wrong doing by Mr. Uriggs," says Mr. Poo. "The charge Is that he has been guilty of gross negligence. Italeigh 1 a very . imprtaalfriee-. - Mrniomr -are- paid ' out to rural carrier and to other per sons during the term of a postmaster. . He eannot do the work hlmsulf but must depend upon others. His subor- ' dl nates are nut appu.r;tcd by the post master but are taken from tho civil service eligible list. To remove from office a man of high chuiaclnr like Mr. lirlggs because he did nut or could not force the employes under him to do their duty property to my mind would be a very grent wrong. "A careful reading of the report of the Inspector led me to the conclusion ' that a reminder from the Inspector or from tht? department would hiive been all the circumstances Justified, ao far i as Mr. ltrlggs Is concerned. When the negligence of the clerks was called to his attention he directed them to per form their duty properly. He could do no more unless It were to warn them of the possible consequences of . failure to do their duty. Favors Square DeaL "Simple Justice would not warrant the removal of Mr. Brings. I con sider the conclusions of the Inspec- "i tor unnecessarily harsh. No feeling; of sympathy should protect any man n the discharge of official duty, but every man Is entitled to a square deal. Mr. Hriggs has done nothing wrong. To remove him or any other man from - office because he was unable to en force punctilious performance of duty by the clerks In his offlce.'durlhg tho, closing months of his administration would, iii my .Judgment, be very u Just. - "A good dealhas been said about -the source of these charges. I think it should be known that no one tiled any formal charges. Mr. lluglcy. busi ness manager of the News and Ob t server, was ask"d to" give certain $h formation. He complied, and that ap pears to be the only connection he of his paper had at any time with, this matter. No Partisan Politics. "So Demi-crst tiled any charges . against the pommnster and so far as I know or hove heard no partisan politics have entered Into the matter at all. Whitt action. If any. tho de partment will take. I. of course, do not know. I "do know this, however, Mr. Roper.' the First Assistant Post master General is not only a very able official, luit he Is 'absolutely fair and foes as well ns" friends." No itemoval Likely. It Is not believed likely that Mr. Prlcrs wll be p.-ryioeed or that his resignation will be requested.. In tho " ' first .lat e. hot r-aclv to recommend bis successor. In the next place, his time is so nearly out that . ' little would be gained by put- tine In some one else nt this time. The? natural dlavs In getting a new ' rrnn appointed would be Increased oy the attitude of Mr, I'ou. Then thw t -uuestlon of whe!her-or not the charges arrant! wmwil ! lo I'f i iuisni"i"g. In view of thi other features of tho - cose, th" ht rm-'oTv usually the fnost . Important. Is of secondary conse quence so far as Ihe department is concerned In this rase. Charges A-ralnM Stlva Man. Charges against Jcbn H. Wilson. - who hos been nominated for post aster at evlva. were received by Senator Overman tcdav. Several af- fldavlts allere that while W?son was connected with frmrarY in Rvlva ho failed -to credit collections to Indi viduals who paid him mnny on their accounts wt the 1rm. Tern charre hive been referred fo a sub-commit-tee of the Pens'" committee on poet olflces and po-t roads. Iotrevces AdvaneveL The Doetofflces st nohersenvfll. Martin coohrsTi Matthews. Mck lhbrg county, win h advar.ced from fourth.- to presldental class January 1st. - - Reprewitstlre Pmall said today that he probably will not make a recom- (ConUnued. fzosa page three.) 7
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