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TBS POST RECEIVES IN ITS OFFICE DAILY LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF HIE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT EXCELLED BY ANY NEWS PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST: RAIN TONIGHT. PROBABLY COLDFR THURSDAY. I . ' ' tfPEAK OUTZ LET POST WANT ADS ACT. AS TOUR 8POKE3 M AN WHEN YOU WANT HELP. WANTTO SELL, OR WANT TO BUY, THEY GO HOME. VOL 12. NO. 302. SAUSBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DEC, 27, 1916. PRICE TWO CENTS GERMAN AGENTS ATM HAGUE Despatches Say That German Agents Now in The Hague and Making Arrangements. OFFICIAL TEXT NOT YET RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON While the German Reply is Some what Disappointing it is Taken as a Step Forward. Washington, Dec. 27. Offi cial information has been re ceived here that Sweden has addressed a peace note to the belligerents and sent copies to neutrals urging consideration of terms for peace. (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 27. A dispatch from The Hague to the Exchange Tele graph Company says that Germany's agents have arrived at the Hague to arrange for the arrival of Germany's delegates to the ipeace conference suggested in the note which the Ger man government sent to President Wilson in reply to the note sugges tion a peace conference. German Official Note Not Received. Washington, Dec. 27. The Ger man reply to President Wilson's peace proposal has not been officially re ceived early today, and officials are withholding comment pending the re ' ception of the official text of the re ply. Despite the disappointment felt because Germany did not acceed to the President's suggestion and laid down no general terms for considera tion the reply is considered as a step in the way of peace. The United States undoubtedly ex pects Germany to transmit the sense of the note to the auieji nation anu the immediate outcome depends on whether or not the entente belliger ents will modify their determination not to enter into any negotiations un til the terms have been laid down. In. diplomatic negotiations of such magnitude and scope officials do not look for results to (become immediate ly, on the other haai the way will be slowly paved. The next move will not be deter mined until after the official text of the German reply has been received and carefully studied at the White House and likely brought ibefore the cabinet meeting on Friday next. Must Await Allies' Reply. Washington, Dec. 27. Same offi cials point out that the United States could do nothing further and could not deca'e upon its course until the allies reply to the note. Their answer has Ibeen forecasted by entente diplomats here as a cour tonii wfroenition of the President's purposes and ideals but will prcl':albly be a firm reiusai to enter -""-ference without having the terms ad vanced first. Officials acknowledge disappoint ment over Germany's failure to re ply directly to President Wilson's suggestion that the terms be laid down but are inclined to holi to the belief that the door to negotiations will necessarily remain open until the al lies themselves close it. Officials decline to make any state ment that might be considered as offi cial but are evidently inclined to view the situation' as hopeful as possible. German Terms Under Seal. Washington, Dec. 27.-The view persisted in Teutonic circles today that Germany's reply will be followed by a highly confidential oral or writ ten communication containing the terms upon which the Central i owers will make peace. The German embassy which re peatedly made ft appear , that the Cen tral Powers were not ljkely to make phbltp the terms had received no of ficial advices from Berlin tod.ay, but definite information regarding the' intention of the Teutonic allies is expected. ' " It was reported in press dispatches from Rome that Germany had pre sented to the neutral nations whose services' were asked in forwarding the peace suggestion that sealed packets containing the terms and this was the subject 'of much comment in diplo mat "V1ps. r The Rprae report had' it tfhat the .ioiardedto Germany'! enemies un ions WievSn their reply to the note -of the Central Powers of December 12th tpecihcalry requested the terms. Second Preabyteriaa Exercises. - The Christmas exercise by the children of the Sunday school of the . Snd : Presbyterian church will be held this evening In the church. The public is invited tq attend. An ap propriate . and interesting program be rendered. ' ' ' ' ,' - Mr. John Morgan, of Atlanta, a for mer Salisbury coy, is visiting rela- tires here. i SCIENTISTS RETURN FROM SOUTHERN STUDIES. iUM.UUfc IMMIIIIMI.MMII II . i UH',IIU feaSaSS&'Ci 1 aW - u A lit - RAILROADS ISSU E A DECLARATION Notify Workers That They Will Ignore the Adamson 8-Hour Law Until Court Passes on It. MANAGERS DECLARE THEY WILL AWAIT COURT ACTION Will Do Nothing to Anticipate or Nuhfy the Workings of Court Relative to Law. The notable commission of scien tists headed by Major Genral Gorgas. which was sent to South and Centrai America by the Rockefeller Founda tion some time ago to study tropi cal diseases, has just returned. The results will not be given for publi cation except in the form of a report to the foundation. Besides Dr. Gorgas there were Dr. William R, Wrightson, Dr. C. C. Lyster, Dr. E. R. Whitmore, Dr. H. R. Career and Dr. J. Guitcras. (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 27. Pending the decision of the Supreme court of the United States on the question of the constitutionality of the Adamson 8 hour law, railway managers declare that they will not be a party to any action that might tend to nulify or anticipate in any way the court's pro ceedings. Railway workers have been notified that the Adamson law will foe ignored after January 1st and "until such time as the issue has been finally de termined by the court." This notice constitutes the first formal t'ocluration pending the de cision and states that there will be no compromise on waes and other mat ters at issue .between the two parties. SAN LUIS POTOSI CAPTURED IiY VILLA FORCES, REPORT HOLIDAY BUSINESS 22 HORSES, 6 AUTOS LIVELY AT ALBEMARLE BURNED City Enjoy Its Best Business Period During the Holidays Just Closed One Man Cut Attempting to Stop Fight AKbemarle, Dec. 26--01d Santa cer tainly did rememiber this little city gloriously this season with the heav iest Christmas business Iby far, in the history of the town. Of course, business has been unusually goo here for several months and especial ly during the fall days preceeding December, but since aibout the 18th of this month (business commenced to rise far above the high water mark and since about the 20th it literally "Iblowed itself" to a joint ibeyond the wildest dreams of the most optimistic man in the city. In fact many of the merchants almost cleaned up house and this morning the show win dows, or at least many of them, pre sented an appearance the same as though they had been strudic by a hand of burglars, or swept by a good sized cyclone. One dry goqdst and notion man sold out his stock so com pletely that he had the folues yester day ibecause the trade continued to the point where the demand was far greater than the supply. The writer has made it a point this afternoon to visit many of the leading merchants of the city and to. asfc about the Christmas trade, to ie answered in every case. "A record breaker." And still it keeps up, today being an ex ceedingly busy day, with the streets thronging with humanity all day, al most eual with that of Saturqday. The peace and good order which has always characterized Albemarle in the past has prevailed throughout the holidays, daspite the (fact that the city has been filled with out-of-town shoppers from Ba.Jin and other near by places. Very few cases of drunks or arrests f.or disorderly conduct have occurred, possibly the only case to create any excitement of notice be ing a little fight which occurred in front of Snuges Drug Co., last ni?ht whn T. P. Baumfoardner, ho was said to have (been attemoting to quiet the row was slashed with a knife by some person who made his escspe in the large crowd with out being caueht by the police (force. Mr. Bsumeardner's wound - was at first thought to be serious, but an exami nation was found to be alight., Noted Southern Woman Short Story Writer Die m Texas. -Montpomery, AlaV Dec ZSMrs. Lillian Zimmerman, widow of David Zimmerman, aged 87 years, died at Boerne, Texas, Christmas ni?hi, ac cording to relatives here. Mrs Zim merman, as LU Ryn, wis one of the best known Southern newspaper wo men, her best work havinr beon done on the Birmingham News. Sha ac quired wid reputation as a short story writer. Buggies, Roughness and Other Pro perty Consumed Monday Nnght in a Disastrous Blaze of Unknown Origin. Concord, Dec. 27. The big livery stable at Stanfield was totally des troyed by fire last night about 8;30 o'clock with all contents. There was no one in the stable at the time it took fire, all being present at the Christmas exercise at Locust, about two miles distant. When Mr. Elias Smith, one of the owners, saw the fire from Locust ho went home as fast as possible, but too late to save his property 1 Two horse drovers had their horses in the stable, an in all 22 head of horses and mules were burned to death. Six automobiles nlso were de stroyed by the flames, as well as all the buggies, roughness, etc., contain ed in the stable. Nothing whatever was saved, and the loss is $10,000 with no Insurance on anything. When Mr. Smith reached the stable and opened the front door the whole inside was in flames, the fire having caught in the rear. One horse ran out, but his ears were burned off and his eyes burned out, and he had to be shot Thirteen of the horses belong ed to Mr. Pugh, a drover of Virginia I and five to his partner. All of Smith Bros, horses were out of the stable except two, as was also their auto bile, in use by those who attended the Chsristmas exercise. Of the six automobiles burned two belonged to Mr, W. H. Taft, of Mi. Gilead, and one each to Messrs. Joe Honeycutt. J. H. Mullis, James Tay lor, and Luther Thomas. The store of the latter nearby caught fire from the heat of the stable fire, but it was soon extinguish ed. - ' . . It is not known how the fire originated. El Paso, Tex., Dec, 2(i. A report was received late today by sources known to be close to Francisco Villa and by government agents saying that Villa's forces captured San Luis Pot osi yesterday. Many foreigners who left Torrcon before Villa attacked that town recently went tq San Luis Poto- si. No details weic available. San Luis Potost is southeast of Tor reon on the National railroad line be tween Agues Calientes and Tampeco. Tarn pi co is believed to be Villa's ob jective in order to obtain a port through which he can import supplies. Villa was reported to be between Tor reon and Chihuahua preparing to at tack Chihuahua soon. In anticipation of this attack, Gen eral Francisco Murguia was repoted to have ordered General Francisco Gonzales, former commander in Juar ez, to proceed south at once to rein force the Chihuahua jrarrison. SNAPSHOTS OF MEMBERS OF PRESIDENTS CABINET ft V -i . i f . , - -it' ' o-.'l FARM LOAN BANKS OPERATIONS OtJ Oil n mai a rnn nuiiiH tiMii mi IMI NEWTON ft JBAKER jfcecrAur- or war FIN E MILITIA INVITED TO (RALEIGH. Local Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Requested to Participate in Inauguration of Governor Bickett Lieut. D. B. Murph, in charge of the local military company, 4th Co., C. A. C, has received a notice -from Lieut. J. L. Page of Raleigh, re questing that the Salisbury company attend the inauguration of Governor Bickett and participate in the mili tary features in connection with the induction of the new Governor into office. It states that transportation will be furnished but that members will be expected to defray their own expenses while in the capital city. In quiry is made as to the nu miter of men the company can carry in the event it is decided to accept the invitation. There will be a regular drill meet ing of the company in the armory to morrow night at which time the mat ter of attending the inauguration will be ta'ken up and a decision reached. It js not known just yet what r.ay the inauguration will take place, as it iS to set by the legislature, but it is expected to be either the 10th, 11th or 12th of January. There will be many State military companies to be present and many of the Salisbury boys have already expressed a dssire to be among the nhmber. CHRISTMAS AT TABERNACLE. INCREASE FOR R. R, MEN. Chesapeake & Ohio - Road to Give Additional Raiae U Office Men and Dining and Parlor Car Employes. - ,. (By Associated Press.) ' .- Richmond, Va, Dec 27- President Stephens of the Chesapeake Ohio railroad today issued a circular stat ing that in view of tha 'success and prosperity of the road, tha company had decided that "effective January 1. 1917. a 5 per cent increase is salary would be given eeefc employe in the service of the company in offices at stations and in dinin end parlor cars whose compensation is -not cov ered by an agreement and' who has been in the service at least a yetr and whose salary has not been ad vanced since January 1, 191." Rev. W. A. Lambeth Recites "Christ mas Day in the Morning," Substi tuting This for a Regular Sermon Monday Evening Exercises. Sunday morning instead of preach ing from a Biblical text Rev. W. A. Lambeth, pastor of First Methodist church, recited Grace Richmond's beautiful story, "Christmas Day in the Morning." This was so sympa thetically done that the congregation was visibly affected and before the preacher had finished there was scarcely a dry eye in the Tabernacle. At the evening service Mr. Lam beth spoke on "The Five Christmas Chimes of Bethlehem." Monday evening the Sunday school Christmas exercises were held and the audience packei the large build ing. The exercises throughout show ed splendid talent and training and each member was received with much applause.' - , . At the clo of the evening all the children in the audience were invit ed forward and received gtfta of con fections, this not being confined to members of the Sunday school Many Delegates Are in Baltimore Planning for the Conference for a Union of the Two Branches of the Church. (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, Dec. 27. The Southern Methodist church representatives in the joint conference on union with the Methodist Episcopal church met here today for reorganisation. Bish op Warren Chandler was selected to succeed the late Bishop A. W. Wil son, of Baltimore, as chairman. The joint commission will meet to morrow and begin its deliberation in an effort to agree on a general basis of co-operation for the union of the two bodies. The commission repre sents more than 6i300,000 members. It is made up of ten Bishops, and 20 ministerial and 20 lay delegates from all sections of the United States. This conference Is regarded as ranking in importance with the Balti more conference of 1781 when the Methodist conference of America was born. If the commission agrees on a plan these plans will be submitted to the various conferences and then to the individual denominations.' Cities for the Establishment of These Institutions Are Chosen, Washington, Dec 27 Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S. C; Louis ville, Ky; New Orleans, La.; St. Louis, Mo.;. St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kansas; ' Houston, Texas; Berkley, Cftl j Spokane. Wash ington, have been chosen by Farm Loan Banking Board as sites for the new Firm Loan Banks. H The twelve districts into which the country is divided as announced by the farm loan board today included District No. 2, Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland,' Virginia and the District of Columbia; District No.. 3, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Field Marshal von nockenseu is Reported to Be Making; New , Headway in This . Theatre. RUSHING TO GRAIN AND OIL STOREHOUSES ON DANUBE DEATH FROM CANCER INCREASING. Cancer is now considered to Ibe one of the most frequent causes of death, 54,684 people in the Unite: States having died from this disease last year. It is of greater frequency at ages over forty than tuberculosis or typhoid fever. One woman in eight and one man in fourteen over forty years of age died of this disease, and yet to a great extent it is preventable. As to who are likely to have cancer and what are the signs of its ap proach, a bulletin from the American Society for the Control cf Cancer, says "Cancer patients are often persans who have generally , enjoyed good health, have never 1een seriously ill and who at the time of the onset' of the disease were apparently in robust health. This disease is so insidious in its approach ami so often without nam tn tne nrst stages mat toe pa tient often fails to py serious at tention to. the sign of danrer. Sta tistics independently gathered by many surgeons prove that the aver age cancer patient waits a year or more after observing some suspicious condition bofore seeking the treat ment which is then often too late. This disastrous delay is the main if not the sole obstacle to the successful treatment of cancer at the present time. ' ' ' "The only cure for cancer is to re move every trace of the disease. The only sure way to do this is by a surgi eal operation.: It taken at the begin-; ing the majority of cases of esncer are. curable. All cases win end in i health if left alone. Records of ouri best hospitals prove that the chances of cure are very high with early per ation, and that these chances decrease with every day of delay. Early diag nosis is therefore, all important. Board Swamped for Loans. Wshlngion,""t)ec.'' 27. The banki will be established as soon as prac ticable. Each will have a capital of 1750,000. Application for loans have been pouring into the board in great volume recently and it is estimated that a sum more than 20 times In ex cess of the combined capital stock pf the banks could be used in makiift foans. ;-. Almost the nrst work of the banks after approving and issuing loans will be the issuance, of farm loan bonds, a new form of security in this coun try. .The (bonds will be issued In de nominations as small 4s $25 and will bear interest at a rate one per cent. less than the interest chrged farm ers on land. ' What 'this rate Mill tie has not been definitely determined It is limited by law to a maximum of 6 per cent' It is expected that it will not exceed 6 1-2 per cent and subse quently may be lower. Loans on farming land will be lim ited by law to SO per cent, of the val ue of the land and may be payable in from 6 to'4(J years. As fast as loans are made bonds will .be issued to cover them so that at no time under the present plan will the banks' capital be tied up in loans to the detriment of other applicants. Clearing of All Russian! ; From ble Possibility Dy uermani. (Uy Associated PrfS.) While the peace discussion proceeds active military operations except as in such remote fluids as . those in Eypt nd the Tigris ore being vig orously prosecuted only on the Ru manian front. In 'thin war theatre the latest re ports show Field Marshal Von Mack enven malflng now headway in the advance toward Braita, the great Ru manian grain and oil storehouse i the lower Panubo, with his. forces lit tle more than thirty miles from this objective. ! ; " v v . On the other sldo of the Danube meanwhile Uic Teutonic Dobrudja nrmy is hammering awny at the hridgehead of Mntchin, almost direct ly opposite Brail. . The clearing of the remaining Rus sians from Dobrudja, thus has becoine u possibility not only by direct at tack but through the advance end of Wallachia, which if - successful in reaching Bralla will bo able- to take the Matcfain position under artillery fire in the flank and rear from across thn Danube. ' On the Franco-Belgian front the artillery has been active (n some sec tors and, aviators have been busy but the infantry arm of the service on both sides is being held well to its position except for occasional tienoh raids and patrol enterprises. Some 'possible developments' of in terest are Indicated from the Verdun region when heavy1 bombardments east of thq Meuse is reported by .Per ls. - - s.'i'i$-s:)f- FLEET OR ALLIED ' V WARSHIPS ARRIVES CHARLOTTE MAN ARRESTED. (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, Dec; '27,r-. P. Leith, charged 'with misappropriation of funds of a local stone company and who disappeared Several weeks ago and was locted in Toronto, Onada, and who wa arrested and delivered to Un ited State! officials was brought here' last night and lodged in Jail, When arrested be had enlisted in a company of mUitla and was training for ser vice in Europe. ' ; . " No News From Maryland. Nantucket, Mass:, ; Dee. 26v The radio stations at Biasconset and at Newport, R, T, listened in vain thru out the day and night for further Number of BmU a, Known Officially Aa Commerce ;: Protectors, ' On American Bide. , ( ' Boston, Mass.,' pec. 26. The pres ence on this iiido of the Atlantic of a formidable fleet of allied warships was indicated definitely today; v The vessels sre known officially as. com mcreo protectors. They are .heavily armed and - disguised. For obvious reasons their exact disposition is not revealed but. the arrival recently in American waters of this newest tinit of the British and French admiralties was made known from a source that -hardly can be mistaken. " i " For some days skippers of trans- Atlantic and coastwise steamers have been bringing to Now England ports reports of strange appearing craft making their way westward. - They iii.hu; iiu rcpiy u Biennis na coma nor. be approached. They steered a' va grant course and were described va riously as of the fashion of merchant men, transports, light cruisers and ev en of submarines. Pierced together . these reports fitted in with tho sus picion now : apparently confirmed of shipping men.' It is said the fleet arrived safely at Halifax, N, S., a few days ago, but nothing then becam known generally about it, because of the strict censorship maintained. ' The commerce nrotactoni urn Hevrihiwt ma inrge and powerful but capable of fair speed. They were designed, it is said to meet the . German ' U-boat danger nnd in anticipation of an attempted raid off the Canadian coast similar to that made bF the U-63 off Nan tucket on October 8. . ' ? v ; .: r . , . ; Tho arrival of the disguised war ships was fo'Jewed almost immediate ly with the announcement by the Brit ish premier, Lloyed George of the plan for' the. nationalization of Brit ish shipping.' It is understood ,that the commerce protectors will not He in wait for submarines, at strategi cal points,' but that they have been provided In sufficient number to act CotbM Advanced. The cotton market opened at an ad vance of 7 to is points ana alter some irregularities:' active months soli for 10 to le points above last night's close, with January selling at 16.92 and May at 17.51. , crate. SsenTou? L"T I"--.. .inv,, Itsrt l sea boats- will be most likely to op- miles east of San:y Itook. The coast guard cutter. Atushoet and Gresham were on the way to the steamer's aid but were not expected to be able to reach the position given until tomor row. , '. . y '-.V V- ' Strenrtheninr Effect in Wheat. , Chicago, 'Dee- 27. Assertions that a largf 9 mount . of "export business red bcJB done at the seaboard had a screngthsning; eff'jst on the wheat market here today The opening pri ces whch ranged from 1-2 dcclino to 3-4 edvaneewithMsy at 1,69 to 1.69 1-4 and, July at U7 S-4 to 1J8 1-4 were followed by a moderate general setback and then a' substantial ad vance all round. ; j Greek Liner Detained. " New York, Dec 2& The Greek line steamship Patris with six hun dred psssengerS aboard. bound from Piraeus to New York, is detained by the British at Gibraltar, it was learn ed today from N. A. Galanos, loel agent cf tho line. ;MWe have been officially Informed by the British government that the entente allies have declared a block, ade against Greek shipping," aaid Mr. Galanos. '.The Fatris, we pre sume, will be detained ' until th hlockadOs lifted." : ' The' Hrer is feveral dsya everdje here. -,." .
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