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THE WEATHER Fair aad warmer Meaeay; Tuesday rmla I at west, fair la east. The Mews smd Olbserveir Best Advertising Medium in 'North Carotin VOL CV. NO.-.2. RALEIGH, N., G, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE TO CONSIDER CORRUPT PRACTICES MEASURE WEDNESDAY Sub committee Finishes Revi ion. Goes To Fid! Commit . tee Today ELECTION SPENDING UNDER LDIITATION Million and a Half All a Na , tional Committee Could Spend in a Presidential Con test; Dection Betting and . Advertising of Betting Odds Made a Felony (By .The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 1. Campaign con tribution to a national political com mittee would be limited fo one and one balf cents per capita of the total papu lation of the Vnited States in the re vised corrupt practices bill completed tonight by a Senate elections sub-committee to be referred to the full com mittee tomorrow and placed before the U.. Hitj W -..1 Senator Heed, Walsh and Kenyon drafted the bill in collaboration with Bcnator Owen, author of the original awasure ilerjateu in ine oenaie ai lengin before the holidays. Senator Owen said vonignt leaders -vjt twin Tmrries nan Creed to expedite passage of a bill Jong the lines proposed. The per chpita basis would limit total contributions to any national committee in a presidential campaign to approxi mately I.SiO.OW; no individual would ! permitted to contribute more than 5,0ofl ami contributions by corporations to aity campaign fund would be pro hibited. Another important provision would prohibit eontributio-ne to a national ' committee within ten days of general election, and require a complete report of contribution and disbursements to .: te filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives ten days before the election. Make Betting; a Felony. Election betting and advertising of 1 1.1. ....1.1 I.a m.o.I a a falnnv and drastic previsions are proposed with' relation to political advertising in newspapers and ether publications. The bill provides that a' person or cor ps ration withdrawing or threatening to withdraw patronage, advertising or otherwise,' f torn any publication for the purpose of influencing its attitude shall 1 guilty of a felony. Newspapers or leriodicals charging for political ad rertising in excess of normal eommer eial adveriisiui rates, or refusing non liHlnu Dolitieal advertiscmenta offered at such tates when it opens its columns to other political advertising, would be denied the use of the mails for thirty tiara. Further, the measure provides that no publication snail pumisn graiuiiousiy any political matter during a campaign except that written by its own em ployes, unless the matter ia signed by the real aame of the author, and tnat no political advertising matter intend rd to influence an elect it on shall be published unless marked aa "paid ad vertisim matter" with the name of the candidate or committee presenting it attached Financial contributions to State and county political committees also would basis. Statu committees would be re stricted to five rents per capita up to the first SODWO inhabitants, three cents up to the second 500,000 and two eents per capita over the nrst million, t ounty committees . would be limited to three - cents per capita for the first 85,000, two rents per capita in excess of 25,0K) to , JOO.000 and one cent above 100,000. ExBeadltnre Limit. "Candidates for United State Senator aad -Representative at large would be limited to campaign expenditurea of $$.rxt "Weirlfc-1tw4e-lt-;oae' million population, and not to exceed two aiilis additional f oi each inhabitant ia xeess or one million, insiriei canai dates for the House of Bepresentatlvea would be limited to aa expenditure of - 2Jirtt-eases;--8enatortt urn "Con ' greeaioaal candidates, however, would not be required to account for personal exrtense. which would include traveling, hotel, postage, stationery, telegraph and telephone charges. The bill would limit all personal eon tributions to a Congressional or Sens ' torial campaign to $100, and all other Individual political contributions to any thing but a recognised political com mittee to $50. It would be unlawful t v ai Hmlidnrs tn make nratnlsea of appointment to political office. Transmission of State political funds from sne Ftats to another would be limited to tlflQQ for each Senator aad Kepreaeatative aad members of tjoa greaa would be prohibited from solicit' Jag campaign fsnds. State committees could eoatribute to national committees provide the contributions did not swell the national fund above the legal limitation. The "purposes for which disbursements - of campaign funds may .be made, aa . M . L 1 . L . LIU 1 1.. I . 1 : expensft or candidates, speaaers, xicm fnra of nolitieal eammitteea wad their assistaata, fees for entering candidates on ins oaiiox, sier airs, Hiepeoue, teie graph, postage, freight .and express charges, printing and stationery, office rent aad public advertising. V. . "7jT"taf Bsc la at the Caaul. . Special Leaned Wire.) r Washington, Jan. 1. The North Caro linians registered St Washington hotels today were: E. N. Pettie, Raleigh ; B. B. Cameron, Mrs. B. B.. Cameron aad Mine .Mollis llollow,' Wllmingtoa : R. D. Zim merman, Salisbury; M. F. Bo lick, Con-' over; H. U.Worley, Charlotte; A. IL Hark. Jr.. Monroe; J. A. t'cthrell. Kocky Mount; H. U Harris, JBocky Mount i O.I A thin, B. r. X'aiaier and U C. 8mith. hwiiabarjr. - j BUSINESS CONTINUES Generally excellent Chairman of Reserve Bank o New York Gives Out Opti mistic Statement (By the Aasociated Press.) New York, Jan. 1. Trade and indus try in general have "continued active and practically unchanged, notwfth standing developments in the European war situation, the disturbance in money rates and the very unsettled stock mar kefs" according to information obtain ed thrdugh special reports from numer ous firms and, corporations in the but few days, ' it was stated here today by Fierce Jey chairman of the Reserve Bank of New York. ' Retail stores are reported as handling an "unprecedented volume of holiday trade," .Mr. Jay's statement says, while collections generally are stated to be very satisfactory. Materials are stated to be still scarce and the deiveries of goods somewhat hindered by a short age of freight ears. The labor situs tion, he says, has been considerably improved by the closing down of certain outside activities and by workmen seek ing sheltered employment during the winter. . The demand for newsprint paper, Mt, Jay's annpiiaccBient-.decIfcrca,.''eJei anything heretofore known, exceeding for the first time the producing ca pacity of tho mills." This is accounted for, he says, by increased advertising and circulation. "Everythiiig entering into the manu facture or paper, ne adds, nas in creased in price, foreign orders are large and imports of foreign made paper have fallen off considerably," Short crops and a large demand have caused prices of food products to rise, ne says, while seasonal conditions pre vail in other lines. MINOR ENGAGEMENTS ON ALL BATTLE FRONTS EXCEPT IN RUMANIA Inroads Into Latter Kingdom Being Kept Up BfThe Teutonic Allies I saociated Press War Summary.) Bombardments and minor patrol en gagements continue to prevail on all the fronts except Kumauta, where tho Teu tonic allies are keeping up their in roads into the. Kingdom. The Russians and Rumanians are being steadily driv en back from the Transylvania Alps and lower Moldavian region, their line in the lntter district now resting half way between Rimnta" Karat and f oka hany. Around Braila, on both sides of the Danube,1 the invaders have further driven in the defenders of the terri tory. Near Fokshany and thence south east to the Danube, Petrograd reports. the Russains and Rumanians have taken up new positions without pressure from the Teutonic allies. In Dobrndja, the invaders, "A but V lions strong, have forced the defenders to give ground. In the Verdun sector east of the Chamhrettes farm, the Germans at tempted a strong surprise attack against the French positions but were repulsed, according to Paris. In the region of Ypres and Loos considerable artillery activity baa prevailed. On the front in Russia comparative quiet prevails, while in the Auatro Italian theater the usual bombardments are in progress. No reports have been received from the Macedonian theater, The British government has appoint ed Earl Granville aa diplomatic agent to the provisional government of Klipthe rios Vanizelos at Balonikl. THREE BOYS KILLED AS EARTH GIVES WAY nelling Out Cave On a Ricer Ban$ (By The. Associated Press.) Newport News, Va, Jan. 1. Three small boys were killed her this after noon when a section of the river bank in which they were tunneling gave way, sending ions of earth down on them, The water had eaten into the bank, leav ing an overhang, under which the lads were tunnelling a cave. The boys are: Frederick Hanford, Jr, William Har- tang, Jr, ana James Warren. The victims are bobs of prominent citizens, - The boy did notmva at their homes ia time for their evening meal aad a search was' Instituted. The cava was discovered' aad further Inquiry led to the disclosure that the ehildrsa had been playing la the neighborhood. It required a score of men mora than aa hour to remove the earth. Two . of the boys were.foaad tocethar aad the- other a short distance awav. Oae had his seek broken and tht others died ef suSoeatiottj r ----- - -'-r- STATESMEN RECEIVE NEW-YEAR'S GREETINGS Washington, Jan. 1 la tho mail of each Representative and Senator today aws a postcard , bearing , New Year's greetings from the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and a verse eon taming these lines: "And what so good a gift can be ' AM freedom f Wont yo set us f reef . Vote for the Federal amendment" Suffragists held a- reception at the new national headquarters ef the asso- eiatioa today. - ; SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT IX ES AS S0LONSGET HERE Murphy's Manager Claims That Rowan Man .Will Win By Twelve Votes ROBERTS AND PAGE BOTI CONFIDENT OF VICTORY Lobby Talk Gives Murphy a Shade, The Best of The Con test; "Cousin' Harry Stubhs Again Present ; ' Caridi dates For Positions Roll In; Cau ses Tonight With managers for Walter Murphy Henry Page and Gallatin Roberts claiming victory in the race for speaker ship of the House of Representatives this, the eve of the coming together of North Carolina s General Assembly dawns with the puzzling question still in doubt. The party caucus, in which : - w WALTER MURPHY , ta t b decided th all-absorbing quee tion. ia to be held tonight. Walter Murphy, of Rowan, through his man ager. claims that he will D elected oy at least 12 majority. Gallatin Roberta' manager and Henry A. Pago a both, also, my that their respective candidates will win in a walk. While few of the Representatives had arrived last night, the various candl dates were of tiro opinion that enough were present to foretell the result in the speakership race. Walter Murphy, known as "Pete ' Murphy in his own home town, wearer of red socks in It-1 eigh, and a football star at the Univer flty when be was there some years ? J ff . HENRY A. PAGE o wa,..Qr. appeared. .to..Jieprfctly. satisfied with the situation just before midnight. He said that fully 00 per cent of the Representatives bad pledged him their support b." letter. L4ut nsght. according to his manager, at least a I own others called at his room to assure him of their support. Mr. Murphy's manager said that almost the entire ''A ' '.J CAlXATllf ROBERTS ; : Bowie following had lined no for lis candidate. - - r .r, The consensus of opinion aroond- the bdtel lobbies last night was that Murphy had shade better of the argument. though it was remarked that many Rep- remniauvss were sxiu m arrive, - , Henry A. Page, -of Aberdeea, is tas Ceatlaaed ea Page MaO ' HERE'S DUFFY, WHO WOULDN'T LOWER : ; M FLAG FOR U BOAT COMMANDER t . v, 1 I' ' fit- h i jC" ' v . ; ,r j - a- - ,"fi vf ffcrrrr - 3 r r-) A ": ' f I Capt, John U Daffy of New York, stockily bnilt, sqitars jawed, weather tanned, arrived ia New York from France. Until November 28 the captaia was in command of the American steam ship Chemung. On that day a torpedo from aa Austrian submarine sank his ship ia the Mediterranean off the coast of Spaia. But Daffy would not lower the American flag at the order of the submarine's eommaider. The captaia was sot at alt dismayed by his experience, and he said that be would -take out another vessel just as soon as he could get onrt,, He has made several trips to Archangel during the war, and submarine do not scare him a bit. "The Chemung went down with her flag flying," said the tsptaia. "We were out from New York with a general cargo and off the Spanish coast ia the Modi terraneaa when the submarine came along. A shot aerosi our bows was the signal for us to atop, and we did." In response to a signal from the sub marine Third Officer Jacobsen rowed to her, carrying with him the ahip'a papers. The commander was for arresting the skipper, but apparently he was satisfied with the destructioa of the steamer. There was no argument over the low ering of the flag. The submarine com mander aigaaled for the flag to be lower ed, but the skipper paid no attention. Ha Bad Ma erew of thirty-four rot into! mau peats, an tot Sag was snapping from the staff Bathe nulled away from the aide ef tl OKmcd lUer; ' "We- were hardly eat of Mage, when the submartae opeaej Are ea the Che mung," said the skipper. "Me attenfpt- GERMANY IS TURNING OUT MANY THOUSAND ; OF GUNS EVERY WEEK II T FOB REPLY TO WILSON E No Further Peace Move Until Entente Answers Suggestions of President EXECUTIVE SEES STONE Discusses Foreign Affairs With Chairman of Senate Com mittee On International Re lations; Not Believed That He Sought Action From Congress CHPTAiN sJOHN L DUf fV, WHO- KEPT THE. CHEMUttO'S cd to sink the ship by shell fire, but as this bad apparently u effect and the vessel continued to ride -high out of water, the commander nent a torpedo into her. Hhe sunk within two inintiten. When the Chemung went dowu the submarine circled about ami picked up the two small boats. lines were passed by the submarine, and fur two hours she towed the boat toward the shore. Then the Spanish steamship BaJvadore wmer came la sight aad the men on the submarine cut the towliae, and a few seconds later dived beneath the sea. COL. GARDNER BARS LIQUOR FROM CAMP Carolina Officer Demonstrates Prohibition For El Paso Observers (By A. L. FLETCHER.) 1 Paso, Texas, Jan. 1. To Colonel Cardner, commanding the First Regi luent, belongs the honor of putting in t effect the nrst prohibition measure ever enforced in this extremely wet section. He has isined an order for bidding the bringing into his ramp of any kind of alcoholic drinks and also forbidding drinking in camp. This ap plies to both officers and men and will be rigidly enforced. Maj. W. R. Robertson, First Regi moiit, has been granted leave of ab senre for thirty days and will accom pany his wife and children who have been here for ncveral weeks to 8t. Pe ersburg, Pla. Corporal Wade T. Ball, Company K. .''bird Regiment, died this morning at the base hospital at Fort Bliss from Meningitis. His fnneral will be held tomorrow and his remains will be ac coinpunied to the home of his parents at Ahnboro by Bergenat Hal Walker and Corporar Boy Iawkihv,both of Com pa y K. The Thirty First Michigan left last flight for home 'on" three special trains. Major Giemenger, of the field hospital snd Capt. Terke Coleman, Company K, th.rd regiment returned to ramp today a'.trr leave of absence spent ia North Carolina. NEW CHILD LABOR LAW IS IN EFFECT IN S. C .'. (By the Associated Press.) Columbia, 8., C Jan. 1. The new South Carolina child labor law prohibit Ing the employment of children under fourteen years of age ia the textile es tablishments of the 8tate became effec tive today aad automatically about 2,400 children ceased to be employed tn , the cotton mills of the State, according to figures furnished by the State Depart ment of Agriculture. The old law made the minimum age limit for employ tent twelve yeara, Textile manufacturers have been pre paring to meet the new law. They have gradually been curtailing the labor of children in their mills, natil the flrst ef this year there was aa approximated decrease ef 1,000 as compared with Aagust 1, Win. . Enforcement of . the law is ia , the handa'of the Department of Agricul ture's factory inspectors. One Haadred Presasd In FleeeV . (By The" Aaeoelated Press.) , London, Jan., --0 hundred per- in Clermont, flood -whir street and blaeea. ayL ' Brisbane. covered. clonic tral Qu 57 n Sri, Aastralia, by way the main ' in lew-lying Mepateh from 're -been re ed by ey- 1 S7,00OPf.EEVllUM OM BUNCOMBE BONDS Central Bank and Trust Co. Ready To Turn Over That Amount (Special to The Sews and Observer.) iianeviue, Jan. i. More light was thrown on the bond situation here today when the Central itau. and Trust Com pany, whieh it seems purchased the KUM.OOO Buneoml! .county bonds re cently sold at private sale by the com missioners announced mat acting as agent for the county, it has sold the bonds for a premium of fM.wu nd that after deducting the usual eontmiaion of one per reat for action as agent for the county, it is ready to turn over $7, 3)2.70 to the county in addition to the par valne of the Iwuds. The bank proceeds according to an al leged agreement made with the county commissioners regarding the sale of the bonds, although uo record of any wick agreement was made' at the -meeting when--the- bonds ' were- sold : - The first- statement -Mewed. Iw th- commission err following tho expose of the sale, like wise mentioned nothing regarding any agreement-.- '- The second statement, however, declared that the local buyers would refund all premium secured on the bonds, less the usual commission to the county. The announcement today that the Central Rank and Trust Co. would re fund a large portion, of the premiai obtained for the bonds was the first of ficial information as to what institution here had purchased the bonds The retund coming nt tliia'-pttftll'timr time when the people were ripe for an iBveftication of county affairs has cre ated much comment The statement of the laiik restoring the money to the county is brief and to the point. p It follows: "We beg to advise that we have placed to your credit $307,392.70 aa per following statement: . ; "Par value of bonds, $300,000; pre mium, S9,uuo; 31 days interest at a per seat, $1.70; total. $31092.70, less 1 per cent commission, $3,000; total, S3O7.2Jtt.70." UNITED STATES L-BQAT GIVES DEMONSTRATION (By tho Associated Press.) Havana, Jaxu ,X-rTh- United States submarine Xt-a, one of the four which arrived here from Key West on Satur day, gave an exhibition off Morro Cas tle ' this morning, followed by many launches and watched by thousands of persona who stood along the sea "wall. The euhmariue left the harbor at 10 o'clock with the chief of the Cuban marine aad the speaker of the house on board. . Hhe described a ' wide circle ea the surf are of 'the water and then submerged. After returning to the hat-1 bor ah made. annther trip with army effieera aa pi sMCera, (By the Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 1 President Wil son late today went to the eapitol and spent an hour discussing the country's foreign affairs with Senator Stone, chairman of the Foreign Relations Com mittee. Their talk covered a wide Tang"-fc.'?ut it is understood that, much of the time was devoted to the situa tion growing out of the unfavorable entente reply to the peace proposals of the central powers, which the Presi dent bad been studying during the day. Aside from transmitting the entente note to Germany and her allies, the l-nited Ktatea will take no further formal- action in the peace movement at least until the entente governments have replied to the communication of Presi dent Wilson addressed to them. If the note to the Teutonic nations had been forwarded tonight the Htato Department did not disclose the fact, although it had been officially stated that it would be dispatched as soon as checking for errors in cable transmission could be completed. Hope For Peace Not 'Increased. 'Cable reports from Paris announcing that the entente answer to President Wilson had been prepared and woua! be the same In effect as that to the belligerents did not increase hope here for a favorable outcome of the negotia tions. It is known that the German em bassy believes that unless the note to President v llson opens the door for a further advance by its government, the war . will' go on another year at lenst. Ro far as could lie learned the Presi dent, during his visit today to Renator ritone. sought no action from eongress relating to the peace movement. After wards, however, it was learned that ad ministration leaders in the Senate were preparing to sound sentiment on reso lution introduced just before, the noli day adjournment whieh would declare it to he the sense of the Senate and the action of the President in address ing his note tn the belligerent powers represented "the overwhelmis public sentiment and esrnest desires of the people of the 1'nlted States." Senator Ilitcluotk submitted two resolutions on the subject on successive Making Mighty Manufacturing Effort For The Campaign ; of 1917 UND7ERSAL LABOR ' ' IS BEING REQUIRED Preparing New Immense Sap ply of Cannon of All Cali bres From Field Guns Up To Gigantic Howitzers To Meet The'Admittedly Great Effort .. Which The Allies Will Mak (Contlnned on Page Nine.) FRANCE PREPARES TO COLLECT MORE TAXES (By The Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 1. Parisians began the New Year by studying the new war taxes, instead of making the usual ex change of visiting cards and calls. Both houses of Parliament, in a special Hun day session that continued until New Year's eve, worked on the new syitem of ts :s in order to make it effective at the beginnig of The salient features of ths new order of . thing. .W.ltula.. a three cent instead of a- two cent domestic ptajr ( a 10 to 20 per cent increase of the tax on to bacco and cigars: and a tax of from 1V16W "ceStihies on theatre" tickets, graduated according to the price of the seats, more costly telegrsms and in creased charges upon beverages and cer tain provisions. , The official new year ceremonies were limited to calls by the presidents of the Senate and Chamber upon President Poincare, who returned the visits. Oth erwise tlje festivities were mostly con fined to families having soldiers at heme en leave : At the front every soldier received extra rations of ham, wine, champagne, eignrs and oranges, while tho officers received double rations. FARMER KILLED AS RESULT OF "REMARKS' (Br The Associated Press.) Quincy, 4liss.. Jan. 1. E O. Mize, member of the eounty board of suiter- visors and a prominent farmer, was shot and instantly killed here tins af ternoon by Mrs. Winston Tobbs. The tragedy occurred at the railroad and, according to stories told -county omcers, waa the result or remarks made tiy Mise several months ago. Mize leaves a widow and four ehd drra. Mrs. Tubbs has a, husband and two children. ' THEY WERE ON AMERICAN VESSELS BUNK BY GERMANS New York. Jaauary 1 One hundred Snd twelve men who were on American steamships torpedoed and sunk by Ger man submarines la European waters, arrived here today on the Spanish steam er. Alicante, from .Barcelona. Seventy nine were en board the Columbian, at-, tacked but November on a voyage from France to Italy. Thirty-three escaped Sea-the Chemung went down off Cape ta, Spain, in the tame month, (By ths Associated Frens.) -t Berlin, Jan. 1 (via wireless to Th Associated Press via!-v., 4,0 i. r' thousand guns per ..weLc,. ..jkorJ . be the measure of tie Trty,p faeturing effort whieh vrrrsKy W making for the campaign, of iirlf-aa effort upon whieh the entire manhood,' force of the nation which jaa be eparlM from the front aad their regular ee enpations is being concentrated under Fjrst Quartermaster Von Ludendorf t Universal labor service law.-;" Counting four months before the - probable renewal of the world war la full vigor on all ' fronta, these figures mean a new Immense supply of cannon, of all calibres from field guns up to the gigantie howitxers, to meet the ed mlttedly gigantic effort which the en tente allies are expected to make la this the third year of Kitchener's prophesy to turn the scale of .the war.: Along with these guns the German factories are turning out correspond ' lngty stupendous quantities of ammui , lion, and the production of maehibs guns, each of which virtually rrpla-v a platoon of men, has been placed on rale far beyond that of the past year..,- ' The campaign of 1917 will, it ia e ready evident, be fought aa a widest ' teusion and development of the Sowv battle, with even a heavier concen .- -tion of artillery over a fa wider front and with tinea literally, bristling with machine guns. Confidence thvir oppeaeBts will be nable UTi T2T through this wall ef steel aad Are is not only expressed by the higher com manders, but also is manifested right down into tho ranks of the common ' people. To produce great mssses of war mate rial thousands of skilled men have been brought and are being brought back from the front and placed in the Krupy and other munition factories. These men are replaced iu the ranks by levies set free by the universal labor service bill and by a widespread coming out " of able-bodied- men from hitherto ex empt occupations. Another expected development of 1017 ia a change la the center of gravity on the western front, ihe Homme battle has awept its way ' into comparative quietude and while . the military cxperta here naturally are unable to predict with certainty the plans of the Anglo-French leader, re cent advices point to a transfer of the entente allies' main efforts to another region most likely that of Verdun, where the French energies recently baro been concentrated on extending to" its original size the sally port west of? the Meuse the most obvious point stjj : that nearest to the heart of Germany'; for the effort to roll back the tide of; t invasion, or, ia case of minor success,'. a point whence operationa uto the rich; iron peliu would bo possible,. o.. ,-.. The military experts here point out that the employment of British troopsV in large numbers at this point ef tho. battle lino would be hampered by great' transportation difficulties and assert that the French reserves are inadequate' for any great unsupported effort. They . express the fullest confidence that with the balance of artillery strength fully 4HteMiiftti&frK be -by spring, Germany will be able to prevent ' any. JH'riutts .advance at-thia saliewts 7- ihe Aew Year, aa far aa internal can ditions are concerned, will be a year of -privations.' The increased harvest of grain! is offset by a disappointing po tato crop, so that despite the food sup . plies captured in Kumania. no Drosoect of an increase in the total ration can ' bo L.dd out "for the present, though perhaps later it may be found Domible to provide an extru allowance of meat. LMetary experts declare, however. 'that tho present ration is entirely ad cq unto to "support lite and maintain working vigor, except in the case of those oc-', ' eupied in heavy work, for whom special ' - . provision is now being made under the appeal of Field Marshal Von Hinden burg, chief of the general staff, to the rural population for contributions. If is maintained that while life within the blockade may possibly become in creasingly unpleasant, the military ef ficiency of . Germany will not be' diminished. ' '- " In foreign affair the New Tear, of ' coarse, dawns under a sign of- peace overtures. The entente' official reply -thereto has not yejbcen received, but little expectation is entertained here that it will be favorable or that, even assisted by the United States and other neutrals, the peace movement will for . ' the present have tangible results. There ' is considerable, discussion regarding Germany's probable plans in ease of, ah " expected positive refusal' of .the"" entente power to .enter upon a eon foresee. v v"- Deny Hamburg Riot Reports" . ' (By The Aasociated Press) 5: Berlin, Jan 1. (Via Bayville) A rs-: port published by the Londoa Expres ' that a thousand person were killed or, wounded in riots tn Hamburg on' De- ' eember 7, 8 and 9 at denied br the Oversea New Agency whieh say' -At KamBarg this lae ideal waa ab solute! unknown." " J
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