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. P. VO ASPIRANTS FOR V;
f RESIDENT OF SENATE
0. Max Gardner, of Cleveland,
, and F. P. Mobjood, of Guil
ford, Rival Candidates; L H.
Allred, cf Johnston; T. C.
Eowie, cf Ashe; A. A. Sea
. we!!, of Lee, and Emmett R
. Wooten, of Lenoir,; Striving
r For The Highest Honor- in
The Gift of The House; Fore-
, cast of Legislation Likely To
" Come Up For Consideration
By. The .Incoming L'egisia-
' ture :. '' ' " . ,
The next Speaker of the ItlS
House W Representative of North
Carolina u seen Hi th lobby" of tUe
Yarboraagh Hotel hut night but what
lila nam la, Is loft to th conjecture
-of tba reader of thl paper.;
AH four of the cand'datea fur (he
- honor. Meaara. I K. Al.red, of Johns
ton; TJ C. Bowie, of Ashe; A. -Ai T.
.Sea well, of Lo. ... knl ' tmmHt K.
Woolen of Lenoir wore proeent in tha
flesh, an active, smiling and debonair,
- each, oivo confident' that tba lightning
would strike in hi vicinity and that
tonight 'When the Democratic caucus
meet It would aet the aa! of approval
en hi icandldacy and tomorrow he
would be the presiding ofheer of that
groat body of men, bl-eniilally chosen
. by- tha sovereign people of the State
-- to help enact laws conducive to the.
-welfare ami proerreaa of this -grand
old commonwealth. Friend of each
man claimed . (hat 'their candidate
would be the winner. ;t -R
a mora war rife lust- night of
eornblnstlAn that mVrfce, be nude
..-, whew-ehd th strength, at ana. e
',! might b thrown to thai of
candl.
other but It I aaie to say that all four
. men win go Into tha caucua - tonight
ana Devoted far. en the first ballot.
Tha friends of on of the candidate
declared laat night - that hie man
Lacked only a few votes of having
enougn member pledged to p it Mm
over on the first ballot and that with
tba aupaort of th member who have
Mot a i yet committed . themaelvcs,
would elect hla man.
Thla view waa combatted by an
other candidate, who aaid that hia
man, toe, had pledge enough to en
aura hla election on tha aecond bal.
Int. that ha -would lead on-tha first.
and after thla one of tha ether caadl.
datea would withdraw and tbua Inaura
hla election on the aecond ballot.
Two of th candidates were seen to
gether but night In earnest consulta
tion and It Is believed by noma that
something In the way Of a combina
tion would be sprung after tha first
battut. .All this, however, la mere
conjecture and as there are many una
and downa In the political game It
need aurprlaa no one just what will
'take place tn the caucus tonight.
Hnrabmhlp Contest, Spirited On.
The contest while spirited one. la
of tha friendly kind and whlla three
.Of the moat, excellent gentlemen In
tha race1 are bound to be disappointed
at the outcome there will be no after
effect ar heartburning and the de
feated men will tak t their defeat
gracefully and like men. - .
To be Speaker of the House of Rep.
resetitatlvea of tha groat State of
North Carolina la an honor of which
any man might be proud, and tba
ambition to servo tn this capacity is
a laudable one, hence' the contest Is
not on of the "down In tha mud"
kind but a contest among "gentlemen.
. A- member from one of the Pied
mont counties of the State, when
naked last night who he waa support
ng for the Speakership, remarked
that hia mind waa open and this Is th
way quit a number of the member
- are situated. They have not declared
themaelvea-and may not do so. and
no one will know how they are going
tu vote until the roll la called and th
ballot Is cast tonight
Democratic Canaan TombrbC
lit lautue wl twnvtm tonight In
the Hall of the Mouee of Representa
tive, a chairman and secretary- will
fc selected and the business of elect,
ing th Speaker and tba other offi
cers will be gone Into at once. For
the lesser omces there la a small -army
"of candidates tor most of the poril
trSiisT Th principal clerk la ons ex
ception, T. Q. Cobb of Morgantoa,
clerk of the laat House having no op
position for" th place so far aa
known. '
Kor reading clerk of tha House
Messrs. D. P Delllntrer of Gaston and
John D. Berry of Wak are making
aa activs campaign.
For sergeant at arms af House
there ar a number of candidates,
amoag whom are J. H. storing, of
Wake; O. C McLan of Buncombe, L
J. Hrlttaln of Guilford and others.
On the Senata aide the contest for
the different office la not so strenu
ous Liuet. Gov iMuightrtdg. big of
brain and big of body is hare ready to
all that body together. - Th Sen.
.ate.:' too will hold a caucua tonight to
elect Its ' officers, For .President pro
tern ther re only two candidates,
Mesm-a. O. Max (iardner of Shelby,
and F. P. Hobcood ef iireenabore.
K- O. Self of Jackson county, chief
clerk of the lant tlenate has no oppo
sitton and will be re-elected. 1. H.
Uurnetta of Troy, reading clrk of th
last ttanat i also a candidate for re
elect ten and la belna opposed, l-y Hub
ert K. Lee of Harnett county,. There
era many other candidate for thla
place" also. " ' - '
Hci-geani at .Vrms of Sena : .
Th rgeant at arms of th Ben
ate seem to bs mora sought , after
than any otaer Npnsitlon there being
(Continued on I'aga.Thrac.I
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Da1d ' Mcfe. Acci 'zntai'i
Shct-Ey- Henry Rulnt-
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. (HeaMel t The Km m Otrtw.J
Loulsburg, Jan. 4. ifld McKlnne,
tha sIxtMa-year-old aun of Mr. F. B
McKinne. cashier of th First National
Bank, wag acoideut&Hy ahot End In
stantly killed thl afternoon at 1:1
o'clock by ll-nry J?ui:m, th ten-year-ol
son of Mr. W. II. Kuflin. president
of th same bank.
The accldfiit oJ-curred whll th
two boy were out hunting about on
mil . from Loulxburg. A rabbit
Jumped up in front of them, Th
youniter . boy, who was behind th
ot her, stnned to run forward to shoot
the rabbit, but stumbled. Aa ha did
su the twenty-two calltrre rifle he waa
.carrying was dixcharged, tba ball from
11 entering the head of th older boy
at the baaa of the brain and causing
UiMHlit Ornth. n
ivii waa th only child of hla pa
rents -and waa a blight and lovable
boy. The sympathy of the community
aura out to Mr. and Mrs, McKlnne aa
well aa to Mr. and lira. Kufnn. The
funeral will take place tomorrow aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock. .
BIO DONATIO AS IN WIIX.
VGita n-xtre fiare GewnMly to Toang
Houii-ii and lrehtertaaa. f
(Br aw jiiipiii t Pies.)
New Tork. - Jan. 4. Mlra Grace
Hoadley Dodr. tha philanthropist,
who died In thl city Iiecember 17th,
last, left more than $l.l.u to pub
lic and religious Institutions under her
will, nled today for probata. Bequest
Inrlnd. $600, 00 each to "Teacher
Colletre of Columbia University and
the National Board af tha Young Wo
men' Christian Aesociatioa of tha
United States. - r
The value of tha astat is estimated
at more than $t.eao.eo." ;Othr be
queHts lnclud a.oa to tha imirt
cm.n College for Girl at Constanti
nopla, Turkey; IJS.eo ta tha Presby
terian Board of foreign mission, and
the same amount to tha Presbyterian
Hoard of Home Misalona, and (IS,
o to tha World'a Htudent Christian
Federation, for benefit of Ita woman'
department, -
1 PICKETT lKtCTOR DIES. '.
Dr. Cluusrellor rVoanlmmt la Soatiicra
... Medical 1rcl.. . ,.
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Wahinrton. D. C, ' Jan. 4. -Dr.
Charlea W. Chancellor, who - had
charge of tha medical force in Gen
eral Pickett brigade In the civil war.
died here lata, lant night, il year old.
He Was'horn In Ppotuylvu t.li county
ta Vtrglrrtrn - Aftuf tutf afu" becam
dean of tha- medical achool at tha
old. Washington University, and waa
consul at Hsvrs for several years.
SLAYER OF FOUR
KILLS HIMSELF
William Nichols Blew Out His
Brains After Murdering Vir
ginia Family
(ay a .ineiieesi nwa)
Luray, Va., Jan. 4. A coroner's
jury. Investigating the murder of Mrs.
Charles E. Burner and her .three lit
tle children In their mountain horn
five mllea from her sometime on
Saturday night, today returned a ver
dict that they cam to their death at
th hands of William Nichols. Tha
body of Nlchole was found thla morn
ing In tha home of Westley Price,
where -he had blown hla head off with
a shot gun.
It developed at the Inquest that
when Mr. Burner-left hla . home on
Saturday evening. Ntchola remained
at the Burner home to look after the
stock. What happened after that
and before tha murder never will be
known. ' " . "
' Nichols, It la aaid. had been paying
unwelcome attention to Mr. Burner,
aad Jealousy over, the return of tha
husband, recently released from th
Stat oouvlct force, la assigned as tha
Gruesome details were given at tha
Inquest. Hamilton. S years old, tha
oldest child, bad bean struck with aa
ax. the Made penetrating tha brain,
two flngera were cut off, and the
body mutilated. Walter, 4 yeara -old.
was pulled from tha bed and hia face
split open from, ear to ear and ona
of his hands la missing. The year
old baby, found in Ita mother arms,
ha.l' beenvmedr'ty-A' hlow"tt in
head. Deep gashes cover tha entire
body of Mrs. Burner, s. -
Nichols Is a son, of Christopher
Nichols, of Rappahnnock county, and
recently aerved thro years la tha
-Virginia psnllntlry for forgery.
After the murder rticnoig went to tne
horn of Price, who was away on a
visit, forced hla way tn with an ax.
found Price' ahot gun aad lew-tUa
brain out.
ITALIAN WOMAN
HURT IN FALL FROM
' COAST LINE TRAIN
Kocky Mount, Jan. 4. Mrs. K
Ixiperne, mother: of Gulstppe lvr
so, said to be a wealthy epons ex
porter, of Tampa. Fla, either reaped
or fell from aa Atlantic Coast Line
train near Pembroke yesterday and
sustained Injuries front which lt ta
believed aha will die. ' She waa taken
to a hospital at Flore no, 8. C. ,
According ta railroad official, who
brought tba now of the accident here,
Mrs. Loperno, with her two daugh
ters, was traveling from Washington,
D. C to Tampa. When bear Pern,
broke, Mrs. Leper no suddenly arose
from her seat, rushed to the platform
and either leaped from the train or
fell headlong to the ground. Tha
train waa stopped and aha waa
picked up and carried to Florence.
Neither Mrs? Loperno nor her two
daughter could apeak English and
It was not until noon today that their
nam, was learned. It la said-they
only recently arrived ta New Tork
from Italy. '
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Week A:d :
CO'.:: .IMPROVEMENT--' KOV.
State-Department -"Advices
- More Hopeful; Iturbida Com
mended For Protecting; For
; eigners; Carranza -Refuses
To Pardon Chieftain . Who
Threatens fiis Brother " ' .-.
(Ut as JkmwUU Pew.)
Waahlnrton. D. C Jan. 4. 61r
Cell itprliia-Kice. the PritiKh ambas
sador) transmitted to the fetate De
partment today, a copy oi a mail re
port frum Charee Hohler, of the
Hritl-h leaation in Mexico City, saying
cotidmona there a week ago were de
plorable. ,
HiKh commendation waa glvefl to
Rduurdo 1 turbid, former governor of
the Federal district, for hia efforts In
saving th lives of Briton and Ameri
cans when the Eapta forces entered
the city. Since then iturbtde has suc
ceeded in getting out af tfes hands ef
the bands of tha Mexican otllcials wha
threatened to execute him, and. ac
cording to official reports received to
day, a b now In th United state.
tiinc Charge Ilohler'a report was
sent, conditions have Improved, ac
cording to Hla I Department advices.
The Mexican convention reasse mbled
today and discussed credentials ef
delegates. .
Neither the war nor State Depart,
ments had any further advices as ta
the situation at Naco, but th belief
prevail Uiat aa adjustment - of th
difficulties there would reached on
the arrival of General Joan Cabral,
with !. Gutlerrea troopa.
lesaa Carraaxa a Hostage).
- Kliseo Arredondo, head of th Car
ranaa agency here. Issued a etatemant
tonight utnmarixlng duipaU hs from
Vera Crua contlrmina reports of tha
capture of General Jeu4 Carianaa,
brother of tha first chief, by General
Alfonso SanUbanea, In ttan Ueronlmo,
Ht at of Oaxaca, onv December luth.
Then general and hi son and nep
hew, are being held aa hostaa-ea, but
hla enttr ataff baa beea executed by
Santlhanes, -ho has been Cerransa'
commander ef th Isthmus of rehaun
tapon. The statement aayst
"Tbl first chief has received word
from Hantlbanea that If he will par
don hi troHchery and allow -him to
retain hia mllltry own, he win re-
)"atf""' i-'i '"" u.ud bta i reia-
tivas." lis .makes.
threat theX unless
hia condition are met he will execut
Gea. Jesus Carraaaa and at eon aad
onephtw. -' -
lareaaae Heveaxes rarooav
"Carranaa's reply was:
"'Such traltoroua conduct can re
ceive ao pardon.. If my brotheCa
death Is a neceesaryN step toward the
triumph of our principle and tha es
tablishment of peace I am willing
that he died. And I know that my
brother will b willing to. aacrtfica hla
Ufa for hia country,
"The ftrat chief, as oon as ha was
awar of the plight of Gen. Carran
aa ordered troops to the Isthmus. This
morning they routed Santlbanea'acoU
umn near San Oeronlme and the tral
tor with It men fled to the town of
Chihultan In the mouataina or Oax
aca ' . T""- V
Caetoaaa Oflloer Arrested.
Eagle Pass, Tex.,- Jan. Enrlue
Bressda, collector of cu stems at
Ptedraa Neras, tha - Mexican tow a
across the border from here was ar.
rested there late today. At. th nam
time Carranxa official began aa in
vestigation of alleged smuggling of
corn, wheat and livestock from Mexi
co through Piedraa Negraa to Tx-
8TRIKERS MAT BE EVICTED.
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CrMa Seeana N carina: ta Ohio Mining
Dketrtc.
Clevelond. O., Jan. 4. Eastern Ohie
coal operator at an adjourned meet
ing tomorrow will decide to break off
all negotiations with the United Mine
Workers Union, will plan to evict
atriking minor becau' They" have
paid no rent inee the strike waa
called the flrsto f April last, and will
decide to make overtures to tha min
ers aa Individuals'"" to work "open
chop" under the scale rejected by tha
miners erganixailon. in the opinion
today of those in touch with tha situa
tion. Operators declined to make
ojcial statement but It waa learned
authentically that sentiment express
ed by operator at today's session In
dicated thla action.
, There are IM4 miner working In
Central and Southern Ohio on the 47
cent a ton anti-screen baste, a Ua-
Ohio operator offer 44.41 cents a ton.
AMERICAN HARK U39T,
Norwegian Steamer Rcacwra Crew tn
Stonr Sea,
KTfkwalir- ;dtlantJanT-TVlli
London, : p. rn Seventeen per
sona, the entire crew ef the American
bark Pilgrim, with ths exception ef
the mees boy who was drowned, were
landed here today by th Norwegian
steamer Tholma, . from Mobile, which
sescued them In mid-AUantie three
weeks ago.
The. Pilgrim, from. -Newport News
for Bueenee Aires, encountered heavy
weather and was thrown on her beam
ends through the shifting of ballastr
Her masts were cut away, -out tnis
failed to right heir and mountainous
seas swept ths bark's boats away.
In response to the slgnala ef dis
tress sent up by the Pilgrim, the Thol
ma. bound to Copenhagen, steamed aa
close as she dared venture aad - the
craw of the disabled, vessel awanv-te
the Norwegian boat. Tba Pilgrim re
cently had taken American registry,
formerly being the Britum bark Gael
BIO FIRE AT CBARIXITTE.
Two Baalaeaa Buikflnga
Charlotte. Jan. '. Fife whtclTerlg
Inated in tha dry cleaning establish
ment of Bea Vonde tonight at T:t
o'clock, destroyed the Hen Vonde
buildings and another adjoining, occu
pied by Overcash anil Brother, con
tractor, and Tomliirsoa -Icpret-'ng
Company ' and ' Meesner and Drene,
'r-hemurta. Tba loan- la estimated at
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BIAI TACTICS
Ths MprjtngiJTfLmesk-F.m
.'th Usual Course
THE I EN ATE WILL ACT
Que :t;:, 1.1s Now Unfinished
Puc'nks; The Same Old
OL; Raised By The Same
f Crow J Who Permitted The
- American Flag To Disappear
From Mastheads
iKySee Isi iiiiirsei
Washlnttna, D. C-. Jan. 4. Govern
ment pun hase of ships as proposed la
the administration bill to create a
hipping board to finance a 114,000,
ahlppUia; eerporatlon and expend
not to exceed thirty million dollars
for tba purchase or chartering of
ocean Carriers, became today the fore
moat Issue be for Congress.
By a. V"t of 41 to ft. th Senate
mad th ahip purchase- bill ths un
finished bualnaas. to be supplanted
only by a; proprtetioa bill. This ao.
lion, on imtloar of Senator Ftetcher.
acting chairman of th commerce
committee, precipitated a showing on
th part of opposition Senator v Which
gava certain; todtoaUene -thai there
rare break era ahead for the proposed
tegiatetion. . Charging that, aa effort
" being made ta rush the bill with
andue haste,- Republican member,
among them Senator Gallinger, Lodg
and Koot, served notice that tha meas
ure would be fought to ths last ditch.
Minority remrf the comment
eommlitee f ed a report written by
Senator N'cisoe, ' Perklna.' Smith of
Michigan, and OMver, asserting that
the plwn pr- ftoaed would not relieve
hippins r lltlons becau it would
get i i (ugh to do any good. It
point.- i .! te dangers of interna
tional i ' .ii'-ationa arising, declaring
that . -t y craft set afloat by the
governs -ut would add ona more risk
f ovr t,, ,t.g drawn Into the present
war,"- ' -i-.,
- '. ' Su L Ote Thno To Act.
Senator r h-tcner. who has charge
o tne bin ana who recently eonfer.
red with Trident w'llaon concerning
It, urged tha measure m a lengthy
speecii. af r rpebteean Henateca hart
d tiu tincisneetrto-p f cppoH
sttien.. Ma declared the war has pro
duced a .hip famine" and. that the
interests oi all people In th United
States demanded that the government
take Immediate action to supply ship
to carry American products demand
ad la tha markets of Uurope and South
America. He Instanced the fact that
cotton sold at It cents a pound in
Germany when It was bringing seven
cents In the United State. Germany
would eenaum 0t,u,vt pounds ef
cotton If she could get It, he said,
and the South had fifteen times that
amount to sell.
For Cpeasserctsl IauVrooViece,
Fletcher declared, England had ,
aad Germaay !. vessels In tha
overseas trade, while the United State
had only six. H said that American
merchant gave annually to. foreign
ship owners t0.a,t m ocean
freights. Charter rate here had in.
creased., la soma cases' per cent
atace tha war began, be added, and
aaipa unaer tne American nag were
not obtainable at a ay price.
' The emergency bill opening Amert.
can registry to foreign built craft.
Senator Fletcher asserted, .had not
met th needa of American -teianufaf.
turera. , He read lists of the iti ahipa
which transferred their Hags to show
that none was a flrst-claaa cargo boat,
that over l per cent of thee were
hips of companies which needed them
for their owa business and conse
quently added nothing to th factli
ties for "the transportation of general
cargoes.
Secure Honest Manifest.
We must see to It," ha aaid. "that
a war .between other countries shall
knever again cripple our industries for
lack or snips. - - -
Aa amendment to tha bill submit,
ted by Senator Stone. - designed to
prevent secret shipment of contra
band to foreign-porta, would author
bee the President to .designate from
time to time porta where custom
collector would be required to ln-1
apect ail cargoes before loading.
Heavy penalUea would be imposed
upon shippers and vessel masters for
violations of tha provision
Diecuasina of the bill was deferred
argeney dencteocy appropriation bill.
Other appropriation - measure protv
ably will be taken up a they corns
from the House. Republican leaden
Insist that many weeks will be con
sumed In debate on the measure.
of Objection."
Id tha minority report, the govern
ment, ownership feature of th bill
waa dlatued at- length and objee,
tlona to such a policy were enumer
ated aa follows:
"Subtraction from tha field of pervl
Sofia endeavor, destruction or indi
vidual Initiative and motive for ef
fort .the constant tendency ta maxi
mum costs, multiplication of govern
ment employees and official, increas
ed opportunity for corruption, label
problem, administrative and execu
tive Inefficiency, restriction of the mo
tive to invent aad Improve the facili
ties of service, eta, and In general It
may be said that Industries reach
their hlghsst perfection and greatest
efficiency when allowed te develop la
the free play of ecumenic forces." -
Gahdeat .Arranged. j
A group f leading Republican Sen-
atora met today" to discuss the legisla
tive program and plan for preventing j
nasxy scuen em im st pui' iiwi
Present were Senators Gallinger.
Root, lodge. Weeks. Brandegee and
other. It waa agreed that the appro,
priatloa bills would reuira considera
ble dlscuaslnB.
-There will be plenty to talk about
besides ship purchase.' - said Senator
Oalllnger. "Perhaps 'th . Democrats
will put thetf program through, out
If they see some of their supply bills
In danger they may not be ao anxioua
about new tegialalioa.
CONGRESS URGED BIG NAVAL PARADE
TO SHUT OFF ARMS MAY BE POSTPONED
German and Irish Americans
The President
FOR REAL NEUTRALITY
Is Is Claimed That The Allies
Should Not Be iGven Arms.
To Crush Germany With,
When That Nation Is Isolat
ed; Committee Hearings End
Today
(Hrue oerlm reejei
Washington. D. C Jan. 4. Hear
ings on pending resolution to restrict
the export of arms and r. unltlr ns' to
European belligerents began today
before the House Foreign Affair
committee.
Delegations from New Tork. Phila
delphia. Chicago and Baltimore, rep
resenting German-American and
Irish-American organisatlona, ap
peared before the committee. All
urged Immediate act-hm un Represen
tative Barthojdt's resolution to em
power the President to stop exporta
tion of war supplies. They Insisted
that the United States waa not ob
serving strict neutrality because the
allies aton Could obtain "supplies. - -
Tomorrow's sessions will conclude
the hearings. Witnesses will include
a delegation from St. Louis aad Kep
resentattves' Merv, of New Yorb,and
Lobeck, of Nebraska; ""1 ..
C. J. Hrxamer. of Philadelphia,
president of . tha German-American
Alliance, presented memorial adopt
ed by that organisation in .many
States' urging ths adoption of one -of
the resolution.
tree Trade Channel.
"The prlnelpdevil growing out of
ne suuaiimv u in oamage oeing
done to our commerce," said he. "We
should demand that our neutral trade
be allowed to go on without Interfer
ence and that England be not allowed
oj.rf?J!llsjaL
thst are of no direct use In war to I
Italy, Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden, and Hwltserland, or any other
country that dabilre to buy our
gooda "
Beeolutlons presented by the Ger.
man-Amerioan Alliance delegation In.
chided a letter written by Mr. Heka-
mer to President "Wilson, da'ed De."
oemner i, "in tn interest or neu
trality," aaylng that one of the a
tlona engaged In tba war, "could not
get munitlena from thl country.
"Our faHur li keeping strle nau
ii silly beowmea.ttwtelty,'' th letter
oontUiusd. ."an unfriendly. If not
inimical, act .against and particular
natioa. - .
" Consider the Germane,
"You oannot Imagine, Mr. ITesi
dent" he wrote, '"With what chagrin
and bittern es It fill th American
of German descent ta see the
source of this great country which
they have helped to build up placed at
the disposal of enemies who, with
their overwhelming forces, have pro
claimed It their avowed purpose - te
cruah our anoeetral home.
"Since the attitude of our govern
ment enable Rngland to cut off
most necessary upplle from the civil
population of certain -countries, do
you; ...not; think, Mr. President, that
thereby the assertion that t..a neu
trality of th United States la only a
matter of form, and doea not exist.
are just i near- t
IIFXD FOR PASSING 8AW.
Jkll Delivery 1're-vrnted Greensboro
Incinerator Nearly Ready.
f Retrial e TO Mesa Mat tit I
Greensboro,' Jan. 4. At a hearing
This morning Andrew Montgomery
and Mattie lsetey, negroes.
bound over to the next term of crimi
nal court on the charge of passing a
aaw to Data Shaw, a negro In the city
Calaboose. Shaw had been out on
bond and hla bondsman Waa the late
David Stern. After the death of Mr.
Htera hia bondsmen turned Date ever
to the city authorities. Lent night tha
saws were found In his cell and an investigation-Indicated
that hia caller
were the two negroes arrested. Ths
saws had not been used when discov
ered. The lncinefator ordered sometime
ago by the city commissioners will
soon be completed and ready for use.
The Incinerator or crematory la guar
anteed to be odorless, no matter what
la burned in It It Is located on North
Buffalo creek at the rear of Greene
Hill cemetery. The capacity I fifteen
tonj of trash and refuse a day.
FARM SCHOOL DISCONTINUED. '
AshevffleT'TTan. .-otfcea nave"
fieen sent to the student of the Ashe
villa Farm School advising them that
they will not be ' expected to reum to
the institution ot resume their dutic
of the present term. The announce
men carries the -statement that It is
necessary loTllacontirnnC The work on
account of ths fact that the maini
building of the school waa destroyed
by firs during- the Christmss holiday
with a loss of 44.e to the institu
tion. Th majority of th student
will go to. Hot Springs wher they
will rontlnu their work at th achool
at that place which ta supported by
ths horn mjasion board of th .Pres
byterian church, U. 8. A., which main
tained the school near this city. Ed
ward P. Child -and Jame Rogers,
field luperintendent and superinten
dent respectively, - are now at New
Tork In conference with the member
of the board with a view to rewriting
a decision regarding the rebuilding of
the main structure.
GKM.RAI, JVMAN He CARR
OFFKKn tIM KFTWARl
For Information 8nm4ent to Con
vw Dynandtrrs of The Mltrtbcal
Mooanwat.
The following trtcgram waa re
4ved by the News aad Observer
yesterday! H
"I will sire one hurulrrd dol
lars reward for tnformatT aufll
ceent to conrict the party or panic
who dynamited tfeo Mltfbelf Mm
off Moemt Mltcteeu.. -.
"JtLIAJI a. CAtrJ."
Governor Goethals Reports
SlkiWay-Debar- Great-
Dreadnoughts
nr
Washington, D. C. Jan. 4. Th
possibility of a postponement of the
cruise of the International fleet from
Hsmpton Roads to San Francisco
through ths Panama Canal In connec
tion with the formal, opening of the
canal and the expoaltlon waa aug.
gested today during a conference be
tween Secretary Garrison and Col.
Goethals. Governor of the canal aone.
Though the great earth slide at
fuouracha apparently have, been con-
quereu. n ann movemeaia con
tinue In th neighborhood of Gold
Hill. At that point the super-Incumbent
masses ot earth on the side of
the canal, by their great pressure,
are continuously forcing rock and aoll
In great quantities In the canal prism.
The movement la sufficiently exten
sive to require the continuous em
ployment of dredges to maintain th
channel.
While this can be done to meet tha
needa of the present number and slxe
of vessel that are applying for pass
age. Col. GoetheM report that he
could not guarantee that there would
be a channel broad eaough and deep
enough for the great dradnoughta
which will mnke up tha naval parade
by the date they are expected -to ar
rive at crptohal next spring.
The mastery of th earth move
meat at .Gold Hilt la considered only
a question of time, when the earth
must find Us equilibrium. Col. Goe.
tha la, however, is unable to promts
that thla period of stability will, be
t tallies by-the-ttme; -the wwvet fleet
is schedule to reacn tne canal.
Aa the program Of the fleet from
the time it gathers at Hampton Roads
to it arrival at San Francisco la- pre
scrlled' by law, the official are now
cnnalderlng whether It will "he necea-
sary to secure special legislation lb
case it is decided to abandon, or post
pone the cruise becapaa of condition
in tne canal.
Chile to Send Fines,
Santiago, Chile, Jan. 4. Chile ha
decided- to send the battleehlp Cap
tain Pratt Ita finest vessel, to take
part In th International naval parade
through tne i'anama fanai.
NO DECISIONS ANNOUNCED.
Suptevne (wart Adjourns to Honor
Memory of Marshal.
Ur tea Henrtam ttaavt
Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. The Su
preme Court announced no decision
today., and adjourned until tomorrow
in respect ta tha memory or J, M
Wright, for twenty.ee ven year Jt
aaarbhal. Wttd 'war TMried tminr. "'-rr-Th
court today appointed Frank K.
Oreen." new deputy marshal, to suc
ceed -Mr. Wright Green began as a
page. ... - .. - . -
'' ' .
Cownittee-l,amed-to, Investt
gate Right of Recess
Appointments
Washington, D. C Jan. 4. Differ
ences between President Wilson and
some Senator over Federal appoint
ments culminated today in ths Sen
ate Judiciary committee ordering an
inquiry into the authority of the
President to make a recess appoint
ment to fill a vacancy created during
a session of Congress. Senators Cul
hereon, Rsed, Walkh, Brandegee and
Borah were named to conduct the ii
vestlgatlon.
Thla action followed the decision of
the committee to recommend rejec
tion of -the appointment of Kwing C.
Hland, of Kansas City, to be United
States marshal for the Western Mis
souri district. Bland was given a re
cess appointment to the marshalahlp.
After the present session began his
nomination was sent In and Senator
Reed has been fighting Ita confir
mation.
Soon after the meeting of the Ju
diciary committee.' the Senate in ex.
ecutlve aession unanimously rejected
the nomination of Mrs. Marjorte J,
Bloom, to be poetmlstresa at Devil's
Lake, North Iwkota. Three month
iro the Senate refused to enflrm the
ame.jiamlnatln, and after Congress
adjourned the President made a re-
t-...i..- I at month he a n In
sent In Mr Blno'm'a nomlnaUoa ,
first nomination w.is made arte the:
appointment or ner nuaoana to ip
office had been rejected.
THEDAt IN CONGRESS.
Waahington, D. C, Jan. 4.
neNaTK:
Administration ship purchase bill
was made the unfinished business
a narty vote. -
' The Judiciary committee Consider
ed without action several nomlna
tlona In contests between the Presi
dent bud the Menate. -
Land committee began preparing
report on the water-power atle leas-
ins bill.
Considered nominations in execu
tive session.
Adiournsd at l:6i p. m.ito noon
Tuesday. i
Hlll'bKt
Mlsreliansous bills considered.
Foreign axalrs committee ' heard
delegations supporting proposals to
tirohibit exports of wsr material.
Representative Gardner urged the
military committee to act on nia pro
posal for investigation of ihe national
defenses. . .
Senate bill for a new 1400.449 fire
proof assay office la . New Tork
passed
Passed "Senate bill authorising Issue
of gold and silver coins commemorating-
th Panama-Pacific expoaltlon.
Iheaaed Mos bill to standardise grain
grades and provide for Inspection of j
grain In Intrastate1 commerce. j
Adjourned at (:St p. m to neoa
Tuesday. ,. 1
wtmm
PATRONAGE ROW
BRITISH BOMBARD
IMPORTANT PORT
'OF SOUTH AFRIC:,
German Vessels in Nairobi
Harbor Disabled and Much '
Damage Done
STEIN BACH, ALSACE, 4 v .
CAPTURED 6Y FRENCH
House To House Fight of Days
. : Ended When Germans Arc
Pushed Out; Russians Ap
pear To Be Sweeping Buko
wina and Pushing Austrian
Galician Armies 'Over; The
Carpathians; Turkish Troops
Ravage fersia; Much Inter
est in Next -Step of Italy in
The Balkans;. German Sufcn
marine . Reports Sinking
Formidable
. ( an SisiiUii reeal
Sab-obi. lwtUsh) F-sM AiriraTvU
Pinion, JM. eVtJiIT h aMbt
fsritadi hattieahla fxUain aaat kesi
tiulata tnr havwTnrrtrd tmt pnreiewa. -
apmuns auraiaex imr i-s naassaa.
raphal of 1'iinn Vjmt Afrirn, Tba
wanawpa Bosatwntvtd tne town, tnfliv
Ine raiaadib esliln - an
veeeeta la the harbor were disabled.
rwim r.smfiewies and twenty aa.
lno lbrHaah learn aeaa bllLaaf ..J
ix wonntiod.
Dar-rJislaasa, Uie beet bedlt town
on the mast of Cenaaa Kaat Africa,
be a military eta Una erita aa eacrl
ceUewt karbnr, forty sallrs swath ef
Kauri her. It la the t-ewaiaas wf an
important caravaa roene, tba rent
eecejee ,ot a governor and has large)
cosasaert isi Interewta. . The white pofe.
aaienei m isww was remaxeteai . at
l,avOs tne total popalaUoa at a
than tu.ooa, . .. .
Fle-htlng Appear Ilalled.
London, Jaa. 4.-l ax
news from too battle fronts Indicate
UtUo bfUvtty. tren htU eeeeently betiur .
raforx-cxl by aad meat hew. bu-lnbe b, .
a lthige Jn upper Alwr. la lu ()
ykne or tlrtr 1-rcnch, after hme to
bouse Btfbtins. Ibis luaa CcrUa ad.
aula,
'lite lay was -asarked by artllU-rr
dant, with ooeduaal lefaniry dl -
for alight galas, bat the Ita l roan ti.
Olee to the era eras alxaost calm.
fee ma a bcailqasrtm aM-larea the
sHaatiow en tne . Kastera front re
saalim aeecbaaged aad aothliuj bas
enctsnd London to coaaradM't Uiu
. Note Foremost Subject.
Politically the AaMWtraa Bote still
orrajplra a proanlnent posxtJon, diveii
Ing atteeetloa with apernlattoaa aa to
what Bamanln aad Italy WUI do. Tlee
IbitlMtl aneaerr, Mv la expected, will be
snot to Washing-toe later this e-k,
It to audrratootl bnre that Great Brit
sin hast iinbid sorb a satisfactory
nadiimasding wttia Italy with regard
to the U-aiuwual peace of cantrnbaad
that Bate cargnra - destiae) for that
eoatstry have been ouned alnre De.
reaabrr 4. Brltbdl omctais oereare
that tna rrllet of tlas Assericaa abin
ptnar from the present rrgulaliomi eV
pre His largely - on the awearaaceo of
nmtral slates burdrrtns; on bcilig-cr-rut
roaatrira that they-wiil ant assist
la aapptying tiermany. Aastrta or
Turkey with food and war munbiowa, ;
French Win la Alaaca.,'. '
Parts. Jan. 4. (14:44 p. m.) Tha
following official communication wag
issued by ths war office tonight:
"Th only reports which have
received up to the present have refer
ence to upper Alsace, where engage
ments of a very violent nature con
tinue in the regiou of Camay (Bean
helm). ; i - t
"lst night our troop lost then re
gained tha territory around the churelt
at Stein bach. Thla morning they oc
cupied th entire village,
"The German work to th west of
Camay captured by ua yesterday were
lost (or a brief period., following;
very violent counter-attack, but the
Germans were not able to maintain it
and this, position remains in our
hands."
Vienna Official Report.
Vienna, via Amsterdam to London,
, Ja e.-4U ,,p... aai-Tha ...following,
fmcial communication waa issued this
evening: ' '
In sever battle In tha dlatricx
enuth of (loellca. fought under the
wont weather coadlUona, - ear brave
troooa aaaured themselves, through
gatUnaVpuaeewrtoTi of 'bj .high line of
hllia a oase lor xunner operauona,
"In th Carpathian ther baa
been ao change,
-In th upper Ung Valley, there
nave been only small engagements.
"During ths battles la the Northern
theatre at Christmss time ws cap
tured thirty-eevea-etOeera ai.d ll.l
men." '" , '
Hebaearine flank Forntklabhx
BerUa. Jan, 4 (Wireless to Say-
vllle ). An official announcement
made nubile through the o facial press
bureau today says:
"A German submarine beat report
by wireless to the Admiralty la Ber
uM . w - ft i K . - iMTMinM and aunk la
the Knglish Channel off Plymouth thw
llrltt-th battleanip- rornuoaoie
1 he submarine was pursued br
Rrltisb destroyers, bat escaped Bo-
da maged.' v - -
Raaatana Sweep Babowlna.
rriruiiw. - - -
commamceulon -Issued from genen-l
headquarter tonight follows: -.
.. r . i L ...... v a . . tmltArtiiL
Lmiins " i m r .
Change took place oa th left hen
of tn v unue. n meuiy exuvue mr..
have been the usual artillery ease
ments and secondary action.
More desperate ngnung toon put-e
.. (ConUnuad an JPntre re,