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THE POST RECEIVES IN ITS OFFICE DAILY LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT EXCELLED BY ANY NEWS, PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR TON'ICHT A-ND SUNDAY, NOT MUCH OUVftB IN TEMPERATURE, MODERATE NORTHWEST WINDS. a n US r Post SPEAK OUT! LET POST WANT ADS ACT AS TOUR SPOKES. MAN WnEN TOO WANT HELP, WANT TO SELL, OR WANT TO BUY. THEY CO nOME. . VOL. 12. ,NO. 310. SALISBURY. NOITH CAROLINA. SATURDAY. JANUARY fi. 1917. r i AWSON DECLARED I -; m j Iawithdw CHIEF BENEFICIARY rgga ; THE bono sun : fib; U 'f'rk ( X-S?W&- Hearing on the Peace Note 'Leak' Besomed Before the House Bales Committee Today. HARBISON SCORES WOODS FOB NOT INVESTIGATING Says the Indiana Representative Should Have Made Effort to Learn Something of Curtis. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. . Representa tive Chijperfield, of Illinois, a mem ber of the rules committee in the Houe declared today bi fore the "leak" investigation heading that Thomas W. lawson, of Boston, had been the chief beneficiary of the market decline which followed the peace note and that his earnings ag gregated 4300,000 Harriaon Closely Questions Wood. Washington, Jan. 6. At the be ginning of today's Hearing Represen tative. Wood, of Indiana, author of the leak inquiry resolution, was re called i to the stand. Representative Harrison, Democrat, asked him why he had not satisfied himself as to the identity of "A. Curtis" who wrote the Iettr giving alleged information Mr. Chipplefield objected to this line of questioning. "Representative Wood is not the author of the charges under inquiry here," aaid Mr. Chipplefield, "and his motive cannot be impugned. I thirf'-t we are'' losing sight of the fact that these scandalous charges were made by Thomas W- La.won, of Boston, and it is rny understanding that Law son was the chief beneficiary of this fall of the market. His transactions, I am toll, aggregated $300,000 on this market. I think that Representa tive Wood would have been derelict in his duty if he had not brought this matter to the attention of the House. Mr. Wood is not the father of these charges. If anyfeody is it is Lawson." (Representative Harrison replied that Wood's first resolution was intro duced before Mr. Lawson made any statement. The committee by a party vote sus tained the decision of Chairman Hen ry that Henderson's line of question ing was proper. Representative Woai explained that there was nothing m the letter from Curtis" to indicate his ad dress arid he answered by addressing ihe letter to "A. Curtis, Wall Street, New York." He did not know wheth er Curtis had received it. "Don't you think that after mak ing' the charges - which you did in your resolution" asked Mr. Harri son. . "I have made no charges," Wool interrupted. "Well, we may have a different op inion about that," Harrison replied, "but don't you think after you intro duced your first resolution in insist ed upon it in a second resolution that you should have made an effort to ascertain who this nun 'A. Curtis' was and the soundness or genuineness of his standing in New York or wher ever he lives?" Representative Wood exlaine: that he questioned several Consrress- men and had been informed that there was a stock broker in New York nam ed A, Curtis. (Representative Harrison declared that in bis opinion Representative wood should have made further in quirr nd stated that the identity of Curtis had not yet been '-isclosed. "The committee has been led to be lieve," said Harrison, "that Wood had information tending to show that some high official of the government had leaked.'" "His first resolution was introduced before he ever heard of Curtis," said Harmon. Woods stated that his second reso lution was entirely separate from the first one and was based on new in formation and statement made 'by Thomas W. Lawson. Trend of Investigation "Turns. Washington, Jan- today's "leak" investigation the trend turn ed to the investigation of Wall Street ticket servic which supplies news x,tips to brokerage houses. Seven men employed by Wall Street Journal aril Central American which , furnishes service to another Wall street finan cial newspaper were subpoenaed and ordered to bring their records , with tfcem. The managers of the two ja- . per were also summoned and to . ' bring alt dispatches sent the two pa "Vpera by their . Washington correspon- Vdents on Deeernber 20th, the day of the. market crash. - ' Representative Harrison declared ! he believed the so-called : leaJr waq i- through represent tivea of .those pub lications whe with- seven newspaper men, bad been informed eonldenially by Secretary Lansing that a note had been dispatched to Europe, Secre tary Lansing, however, at that time, ' declired the Bete did not concern Thomas, W. " Lawson, the well knon Doston financier, who sprung the sensational "loak" story, is now said to hnve been the chief beneficiary as a result of the information. Sen ator Stone is chairman of the For eign relations committee in the sen ate. peace but would not disclose its con tents. Representative Gardner cf Massa chusetts put in the lecords today the dispatch sent over the Dow Jones ticker forecasting a peace note ten hours before it was published. He declared that the reaction in the stock market fluctuations at the same time wnen the ticker dispatch was received through proved there was a leak. Representative Gardner said he placed Secretary Lansing and Tumul ty entirely alcove suspicion. Tumulty Immediately Demands An Apology. Washington, Jan. 5. When Secre tary Tumulty learned that Repre sentative Wood had mentioned his name he issued a formal statement demanding a public apology and de nying flatly that he even knew of the President's peace note before it was made public. "I have not been at the Biltmore in a year, never talked about peace with Mr. Baruch before or after the peace note was sent, and never lunched with him in my life," Mr. Tumulty declared. "I think Mr. Wood owes me a public apology for mentioning my name at all merely on hearsay and rumor." AN ENDORSEMENT WORKHOUSE FOR NEGRO ROYS. Bunch of Five Sent Up This Morning From County Court Two Other Defendants Fined. In the county court this morning a 'junch cf five nezro boys, iboys who have given the officers more trouble than many grown up criminals, were up for vagrancy and assault on an other negro. The cnargc was not a serious one and heavy , judgments were impossible. However alt were given 30 days each in the vagrancy case arc: two 90 additional days in the assault case, while three others were given 60 days additional in tho assault case. Two negro men working with a construction force at Spencer were fined $10 each and costs or 30 days in an affray case. The Poteat case coming up yester day afternoon from Western Row an and in which assault and using pr'ifane language on the highway was alkpred and which gave promised of creating much attention fizzled out and a plea of guilty was made ari judgment sirpended on payment of costs. House of Representatives at Raleigh Pass Resolution Relative to Bond Matter Getting Down to Legisla tive Businees at the State Capital. Raleigh, Jan. 0. The legfslature is getting organized and ready for business, with a numoer or local Lulls being poured into the hopper for hasty baking. Upon receipt of a message ifrom the Governor conveying the infor mation that the President of Cuva had advise: Senator Overman that the repudiated bond suit vas being dropped ,the House passed suitable resolutions which tlpproved of the course taken by Senator this matter. Senator Brenizecs Resolution. Raleigh, Jan. S.iSenalor Jlrenizer of Mecklenbur? contributed to the legislative hopper today one of thr most significant and important reso lutions yet offered at this session, in volving the State's finance il policy as to the amendment of its institu tions. It would be supplemental to the Oates .solution jj,Ased vter cay for a special committee to inves tigate as to the advisability of creat ing a central state purchasing agent or board. Mr. Brenizer would have this com mittee to also investigate and report Scitnliir Ovitiiiuii'h lle-ol;i!iou in t!u Senate u l.urcely Responsible foi th,. Art inn Tuken by the RepuSIb Further Hunt W ill Conn- Out o, the Transaction. W a "--h in .ft tin, Jan. .--lr. Clurlet M.tTv.u-1 iVtorU.s t uua:i mini -tier tc Wahinuton, formally notified Sena tor Ij?e S. Overman, of North t'aro lina, toilay ii : t the republic of Cuba had revoked the decree allowing cer tain pecyle in Ciua to sue the state of North Cuiolinoi on the repudiates catttl'Bg bonds and the cane which I wns to have ?cn heard in the United j States Supreme court Monday .ill 1 ; stricken from th rce-H.- oVoppc for once and all times. I Credit is given senator Overman I of North Carolina, 'for settling thi; I great suit. But for the sen .itor'n res ! olution, calling fur an investigatior ' j and his forceful ? pech, delivered i j the senate this wc?k, the suit wmil. I prote'bly have been press. d and ha. the court decided against the state other suits would havj followed whicl w6ul! have aggregated KonuHhinj like $43,000,000 and interest. Wnen minister O-srcedej read wha' Senator Overman said about the suit ha asked the North Carolina senatoi to call at his residence. He sail the republic of Cuoa had been grass ly imposed upon and urged him to de lay action on his resolution until hi could cable his government. Simatoi Overman na: willing to do this an today Minister Cespa:es received i cable from Cuba advising him thp.1 the decree had been revoKrd jnid tha' the suit would be dropped. The cablegram from t!i CJ:n government, which by the waj is long one, is now being translated by clerks in the Cuban le;rition, and r full and complete copy, will be deliv ered to Senator Oveimsn tomorrov or Monday. At the same time it is expected that Dr. Cesper'es will give Senator Overman information, indeec1 if not the name or names of the gen tlemen who have been peihllinnr thr bonds. HF.RNH AUDTS- KAKEWfcll. A1TF AH ANTE IN SALISBURY TONIGHT - i PRICE TWO CENTS ' v " ;:; CUBAN S HUE DROPPED MONDAY President Menocal of Cuba Di rect! By Decree That Prooeed i injrs End At Once. - ! $400,000,000 OP SUCH ' I BONDS IN THE SOUTH - 4 "v NUMBER OF KOKBEKIES. Kemdono- on South Church Also Entered Believed Strange Negroes. The announcement of the' Hirry robbery ThurK. ay brought brouiht out ie fact Street to I!. lielk night that Overman m i several ro' 'u rie, or attempted r;vb- icne-, have licen perpetrated in tnu city within tho pa?t week. The hom? ur a Mi. Hartman on South Church street was entered eaHy Tuesday night and a man discovered in the house but he mide his escape. Othe attempts have been reported to thr officers. It is believed a party of ne groes stopping over here on their wcy to Hadin are lespoiisibie for these nbbcries. Kev. M. L. Ridcnhour, former pas tor of Bethel and St. Paul Lutheran churches, near Salisbury, who recent ly resigned to accept a call to the pas torate rf St. Stephens- church n The last uppcarancu in this city Is nnounroil of thd Worlds greatest irtiste, Mnie. Sirah Bernhardt fresh om new triumphs at the Empire Theatre, New York City where, for several weeks, acting as high as -ten I'jrformances a week she has electri led the big citv as it never has before been witnessed, and the marvel of it ill is the entire indifference that this erriblc strain seems to have upon her trength and netivity; aha appearing n no less than four different plays at ?ach performance, all of the above which was thoroughly exemplified by tn elderly lady who was leavwfr the the'tre at the conclusion of the "per formance when she aptly exclaimed: 'Marvelous und jubtcdly tha greatest woman in tho world." Mine. Sarah Bernhardt i.-i accom panied by her own special company from. the Theatre Sarah Bernhsrdt, Paris, and n singular coincidence is, that her leading man this season, Jean Angelo, who received special permission from tho French govern ment to make the tour with Madame, is none other than the son of the Angelo who wus her lending man when she first came to this country in 1880. Each Dlav to bo presented will be embellished by .tho properties, scenery and costumes from her Paris theatre,. The plays to be t given here are; Cleopatra," "From 'the Stnsre to Iho Field of Honor," "The Husband Luck," and "Camille," E as to the advisability of "the creation Stanly county, moved his family to HAD A BUSY YEAR Only Two Previous . Years Exceeded the On Just Past in the Building of Vessels Here Exceeded Only by Great Britain. (By Associated rYess.) Washington, - Jan. 6. American ship yards in 1916 pat out tonnage exceeding but twice before. A bu reau statement shows the construc tion of 1,163 merchant vessels ith a tonnage of 520347 and 50 vessels of 40,000 tons for foreign flags. In . 1908 the tonnage was SU.OOO and in 1855, when the American mer chant marine -wis the largest in the world, American ysrds turned out 580,000 tons of wooden ship. " seports , shew that the United states is leading all t&e worU ia hip truiiding swept Gre6 - Briteia end American yards art crest ' feeimd Birtain.- - -v . . and establishment of a special hoard of appropriations to which all appli cations for appropriations by the in stitutions and d.-partments of state khal! be mde and hich shall make such recommendations in regard to such applications as it may deem pro per. And also uppn the ar'visability of the creation and establishment cf a State board of control with powers to supervise all State institutions. If this committee, decides to report fa vorably upon the advisability of such Calls for Such ipurposi and r-Jiort them to this seseion." The Brenizer resolution passed all its readings in the Senate without opposition and vra sent to the House. Lieutenant -Governor-elect Gardner, who is selecting the Senate commit tees, has named James A. Gray, Jr., of Winston-Salem, as chairman of the finance committee and ne is or ganising for a careful :"ministr.ition of the committee woiOr, the most im portant of the Assembly. Others df this committee are: Scales, Holdejr ness, Matheson, Warren,, Slue, Ever ett, McCoin, McNider, Gough, John son, Person, Tucker, Pollock and Dewc jse. that place this -week from Franklin near liethel church, Multi-Millionaire Automobile Manu facturer Will Proceed With Erec tion of $12,000,000 Smelter Hunt on the Detroit River. (By Associated Press.) Petrbit Mich., Jan. 6 Henry Ford, President of Ford Motor Company, was today allowed to procsed with th? coistrjction of a $iU,()00,ono smelt: on the Detroit river noar this city. Tha three circuit Jacges present at the injunction suit against Ford by Dodge Brothers accepted a bond of '$10,000,000 to secure the Da go Bros, from any possible loss. EKTEXTE REPLY IN BERLIN. Canadian Statesman Dead. (By Associated Press.) OtUwa, Jan. 6. Sir Frederick Wil liam Borden, who was minister of military defenses in the Laurier ad ministraton from its election until ts election until its defeat in 1911, s dead .tccordrtg to dispatch teceived here from Canning, Neva Scotia. Man Loses Right Thumb. Or. and Mrs. E. D. CtVia, of Chins Grove, were" in Miliary today. Mr. Cavin had the misfortune to lose hie right tnumb hifli Wis smashed off Christinas wsV 4 ' earryinx his arm in shnv Londcn, Jan. 6. The entente r-ply to the peace offer of the Central powers was presented to the Gentian foreign office by the American embassy m Fri day, according to s Center dis patch fronr Berlin by way of Amsterdam, ' ,. WAR CONFERENCE. Tha French, British - and Italian premiers, - rmporttnt -military sobordinates and en tente ministers are holding a war conference in Rome, says a today's Assnrtsted dispatch. Irnduale ef Lutheran-CoUeyo in Ja pan and Calh en Dr. Klnard, a Member of the Foreign Mission Bonrd of the United State. Mr. ILtjime Inadami, a native of Jaan, speut a day in the city this veek. In company with some of hi? student friends he vailed on Dr. Kin ard who is a member of the Foreign Mission Boaid of the United Synon -if the South. This Synod lias u flourishing mission-staton and school n Jppan from which this man comes. Mr. Hajime Inar'cans a a graduate if the Lutheran Insttution. "Kyushu Gakuin" of the United fcynod of the '"outh. This schnol is bcated In the ,iy of KumaT.ite, Jiupan. Mr. Ina lomi is now studying in Roanoke Collrgc, Va. He will taxe advantage f the cr'lege and theological semi nary ol n-is cnurcn in una country, md then return tn Ja")an to preach he got. pel to his own people. He "eeln that the .larger scope of know- de from th? western world will givo him greater efficiency as a minis- j or. He is already possessed rf a wido lam-'c of general knowledge, i ninn f fin.- intellectuality and Christi-.in jTrathy i f you! nnd spirit. His vUd.iIh ge of political, civil, educa tion and religions affairs in this coun ry after a brief residence will ehil-l-jn'TH mcit young Americans. P Whut Would oa Think or One Town for Salisbury, Spencer and East Spencer Every Now and Then One Hears This Suggestion Made by Some One. We are not discussing the matter, only the facts". There is an agitation in this com- Sonator Overman Withdraws- His Resolution and Says Cuba Has Acted Very Graciously. Cuba's uit in tho Smreme court against the State of Karth Carolin involving the collection of over tvro million dollars in bonds issued r-uring reconstruction days ami later repuJU ! ate;!, will 1k withdrawn Monday, I Pr udent Monacal, of Cuba, by de !e:ce, slopping tho proceeding, j The decision would have stood as u ' j precedent in possible similar ciSen aguinnt ftoutriern states. It is estl niatJ.' that about ?.KM,01)0,000 worth . of uch 'Lontls :-re issued and later repudiated. " . s S.-nator Overman of North ' Caro lina today withdrew, his resolution which directed that Cua be ssiel if or h nsmes of th original holdjrs of the , bonds. Senator Overman : charged that private bondholders were respon cihlo for the Cuban suit, v "- "Our slater republic has actai very ; graciously and quickly tn ravokl'i the decree for the suit and ia .very" indignant over telntc Jmioosed . on sakl Senator Overman. "It has t"? s . a frameup." ' ,- ' vh Senator Overman "declared tno t bonds were Issued during recanst,'.: ' , lion days by carpet'jaggern uj 1 scoundreli and that the State hud never rcceivel a. cant of benefits M.tRRV TO MANAGE . i :- BOSTON RED SOX. munity for the contoildallon gf Sali? bury and Spencer, together with Easl I r.&try made it known that he desired Worchester, Mass., Jan. 6. John J. , Barry, second baseman pf th Bos ton Americans, tonight accepted tho manxncnt of that team succeeding Willhm Carrigan. : --i Boston Jan. Crrllarry H.j Fraree, I remdent of the jloston Americahs, said Barry lind accepted..' The con tract will drawn up tonnrrov. Us " duratioti has . not besn fixed, Imt Mr. FraKee ssftiti that hfi would 1st Barry 'siffn for any number '"of yetrs with in reason" and that he would be (hn, sole manager; with, , trie .privilege of chnoiiing his o?n assistants. ; , " Before Mrmouncing, hi $cteptancer Spencer. A'citiien of Salisbury having bus iness in this office this morning openod up fio matter by asking, "What jo you Jthinfi of the consolidation of tie three towns?" Iljd not heard there wasnuch talk, tp continue to play at the second ::a3e position, snd" Presfdent 'Frazeo giantod the request. . j, . Pla".s far tho S.iring training tri yvlll bo mndo at a . conference be tween Mr. Frazee and Huh'J. Ward the owners of the club, and Manager the "jiwapnper man replied and open- Barry tomorrow The team will train ed both ears-to get me menf. ; at- Hot Springs, Ark., and play a . "Ifes, there is such a . iscussion," i ies of exhi'aition games 'before the came the response, "und such a con- open!ng cf the league's season. " HQlidation would 'nean some good sixe The new leader of the " Jted Sox, town." who is 29 years oh", lias been promi- Every now and then some one aent as un infield mertbar of warld brings cp this subject. It has nova- cl ampionshto teams in -both Boston taken on serious form, has never and Philadelphia. It Was to the MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT TO PROFESSOR MITrHRI.L. reached tho stago where nction could be expected, but tho idea in in the minds of some of the folks of tho community and every now and then son one puts the thought, ints words. j As we said in the outset, we ara , and t'cmeritsonly reporting the fact that again the matter comes up. Would Erect Memorial Costing lSl,. 000 cn Highest Eastern Peak. Durham, Jan. S.--General Julian S. Carr. commissioned by Governor Craig as agent for the people f North Carolina in erectln? on the ?ufnmit of Blue Ridge mountains, a monument in mennory of Dr. Elisha Mkrhell, made public today, his am bitious (program. He : ccntirrphtes the expenditure of $151,000 and ten groups, and orgmlzations arc einjr solicited to subscribe $101,000. The Unit?d States government ani the Noitr Carolina legislature will be appealed to for ' apprcpriaticms of $30,000 jointly. . . The various organizations snd the allotment of each are thus ret forth: (University of North Cirolina and the twelve North Carolina colleges, $10,000; boys and girls of North Car olina through the public and private schools, $10,000; eolored children of the stste, $10,000; alumni of Tale university, of which Dr. Mitchell wai an alumnus, $10,000; wsmen of North Carolina, $10,000; the American As sociation, of Scientist, $10,000, in number $100,003; churches, north and south, and particularly ths Prerbyter ian church of which Dr. Mitchell as elder and minister, $10,000; Western North Carolina, throuzh its count! cities and public-spirited citzens, $10, 090; ralways, hotels and tourists, $10,000; other patriotic and generous citizens, $20,000. - . When this sum has been n?tcrib-; . th stats of. North Carolina snd the national government will be asked lo aid with donations of $2",000 each. The campaign will begin at an early dato and every person in the state U ured to siibscribe somrthing, if it be enly a penny. ; ' , Revenue officers J. H. McKenzie, F. C. Tolbert and W. C. Lisk went to StiLaville this morning on official business. " American League clul in the htter city that he went from Holy Cross. ' in 1D0K to win a'place in whnt later became the famous "$100,000 iafield" ' of tho Chairjpion Athletics. ; t ? When that machino was broken op '! in 1915, Barry, , a leading shortstop," beu-me second basirman witi fhg Bos ton-Americans, to whom he brought fresh strength for the struggle that gained them the world titl of th.it year. He is believed to be the on-' ly majsr league player who has ever shared in the nfeipU of zix world's ' ' rcries. '. , r Least reason, Barry Aas injured and could take no active .part jn ths world's aeries games, hut was a mem- . be? of a board of strategy organized , by Manager William" F. Carrigan - SUBSTANCE NEAR BRAIN Cause the Human Scientists St f Growth In BcdY Is Located by l-nlversity of California "Tcthe lin" Is IU Name and it is Located In he PitnltSry Body essV) : (By Associated Press1 BarUh, California Jan. 6.-Scien-tisu.at the University of California have discovered a substance that pro duces growth in the human body, it was t announced teasy. . leweun is what they call it and it is located in ths pituitary body at the base of ths brain snd by retarding or accelerat ing its functions it may. be possible. according to the scietnists, to control the statue of human beings. ' ' "" Announcement of the discovery was mads by Dr. T. B. Robertson, proges-, sot of biochemistry in the university.) What's the Matter With Milwaukee. ' . r (The American Issue. ) " Social workers of Mirwrukeei- un der the auspices "t of the City' Club, have conducted a health inveetigation ' in that city. -Their findings ipclude the statement that la per cent of ths ; people in Milwaukee were HI on'Oc-' tober 28; that sickness. results in a '' wage loss - of $3,000,000 annually to the . cityf that Jess than- one-half of the persons sik were under a doc tar's csre; that , less than one-fourth -of the sick had iprompt medical at' tention, and that the poor are serio-.u-ly Sickj three times as f rotraently a.-. the Weil-to-do, The investigators rrr ommend mors 'complete and proraj' medical cart and some means of pro- , tecting workers against wag lo3 thrtugh sickness .' I Milwaukee is made famous, they tell us, kby a certain trand of bear. Brewers advoct beer as a great health beverage. In fact, to reai some of their ads one would believe that beer is a panacea for all ilia. It is hailed as liquid bresd, a great nerve builder. What's the matter with i!.1wnike. famous for its breweries ani t! ns?
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