WASErtXGTOTT, H. C., WEDNJfSDA Y J&ISRNOON, DECEMBER
K UMBER 10,
BONAR-LAW REFUSES
TO SERVE AS PREMIER
LLP MCE
HA* BE HAM
NEW KMIER
BolleTed That the Tank of Reorgan
izing the British Cabinet Will
' Pall Upon Trim, .
(By United Press) '
x LONDON. ? -That Androws Bohar
t Law, the Unionist leader of the Brit
ish cabinet, has definitely declined
the profer from the King, -made last,
night, that he form a now ministry,
^Was authoritatively stated today.
Apparently Law's decision In d
clinlng to accept the premiership
t ? and form the new cabinet Is constru
ed to mean .that Lloyd George will bo
called upon to perform the task.
There seems to be little doubt but
that the latter will accept and that
he will be the next prime minister.
King Summons Lloyd Goorjje.
LONDON. ? King George today
summoned Lloyd George, whose, res
ignation as minister of war forced a
shake-up in the British cabinet, to
the palace for a conferen<^>. Such,
summons at this time is loaned upon
here as an indication that Lloyd
George wjll be offered the Premier
ship.
Lloyd George, early today, also
conferred with Bonar Law, who re
fused to bocome premier.
Cafcfj^tt >|cmbcrs Summoned.
? LONDON? Kin- George this af
^' HerBOOti stiinttfbncd coalition eabinot
members In council at the*palace to
discuss the situation.
RESofii
OF PEACE ARE
INTRODUCED
Want , #fnrtse and S-nnto Committees
to Confer so That the Peoplo
' Slay KWw. .
WASHINGTON. ? Resolutions,
calling for an immedlate>fconferenco
of the Sonate committco on forolgn
relations and the House committee
o% foreign aifr-'vrs with the President,
to formulate plans to bL-ln/; ajiout
pcaco nugoUaflonn among the war
ring nations of Europe wore offered
In the House today by Representative
Llndenbergh.
The resolutions also provide that
If It 1b impossible To obtain speedy
action toward ending the war, the
committees report back so that Con
gress may then proceed to regulate
'potntnerce and business. f
>*The people- should hot he forced
Under existing .circumstances to
contribute 'any longer to the ejpen
jlve carrying on of the Inhuman and
senseless wars that are now raging,"
declares Llndenbergh. *
Hero Prom R(oiint* Ci^ek.
C. R. Gallagher and daughter and
W. R. Gallagher and his daughter
are In tft* city today from Blounts
Creek.
THE LADIES AID SdClETVi
of the Plrst Baptist Chnrch win
eondnet a Christmas Pair hi the
Rodman bfJldlng on West Main
street besoming Thursday night
< at 9 o'clock and conUnnlng
the week.
1 1-?-2 tc-fp
H'ADOO CRIT1CES
miniKE for
PUBUCJtflLIMKGS
WASHINGTON. ? In his annual re
port, to Congress, Secretary McAdoo
criticises the "pork" system and
pleads for a more sciontlllo; business
like method. His observations are
based on a study of the public build
ing question for the past three and a
half years and experience gained In
the administration of the law* rela
tive to the designing, construction
sad operation of public buildings
through the supervising architects' j
office. : '
"I am convinced." he decrees,
"that the methods pursued by the
Congress for the past 15 years of)
providing federal buildings through ;
Bo-ealled omnibus public building!
bills have resulted in the eonstruc- j
tlon of many public buildings in |
'small towns and localities whore they ?
are not needed, and at a coBt which ,
is clearly unjustifiable by sny actual ?
j requirements^ of tho communities In i
wl^ch' they are erected. Tho conclu
sion Is Irresistible that authorisations
for public bullldngs in those small
communities are too frequently dic
tated by local reasons and without
.regard to the best Interests of the
government.
I ?In the past rwo decades,*' he con
; tlnues, "the Congress has authorized
and Appropriated approximately
$180,000,000 for public buildings
and tho major part of this great sum
has been expended on costly struc
, tures in small localities where neith
er the government business nor tho
convenience# of t?e peoplo Justified
their construction, and VhUe~the in!-'
, tlr.l cost of thecs buildings represents
j a largo waste of public funds, this is j
|not the worst of It. The most ser
| lous aspect is this: the annual op
, oration and maintenance of these
I buildings impolb on the treasury a
[permanent and constantly increasing
I burden.
"Thene are now more than 1,000
I federal buildings to be operated and
^ maintaned and this number Is being
' Increased at the rate of a pew build
ing overy fourth day In the yoar.
Meanwhile, tho cities and larger
towns have outgrown their govern
| ment buildings and nearly every pop
ulous center in the United States in
j today ncutoly in need of additional
J space to moet the demands of gteatly
| Increased and constantly Increasing
i government business.
{ To such an extent has tho govorn
Imont business outgrown the old
J structures in tho cities that tho ren
| tals for outside spaeo now amdunts
approximately to $3,000,000 annual
ly. This capitalized atlhrco per cent
represents $100,000,000 snd is doub<
less the amount required to provide
the facilities sorely needed for the
prompt, efficient snd oconomlcal con
duct ?f " the public business in the
great centers and large cities of the
country.
"Common senso and business Judg
ment would bwid to demand that,
structures for the transaction of the
Government business should be au
thorised only In localities whero they
are imperatively needed and that
buildings should not be erected whore
I publie necessity cannot bo sfiowri."
MAOHIX* GUXS AND BTTKTXR
GO TO AMfi&JCAN ARMY
EL PASO. ? Thirteen motor trucks
loaded with 3-Inch shefls, ,22.000
rounds of rlflo ammunition. 180
miles of ground wlro for field tele
phone*. machine guns snd other "Mil
itary supplies, left for the Am erf MA
army fleld headquarters In Mexico
y<*WterdiT,' so wmy officers arriving
here from Cotaaboi, N. M.. the fleld
base, reported today.
There was ^nifRsl activity In both
the Ofdnance and Quartermaster D?
pai^pents at the Columbns base,
they said < . - '
CONGRESS TO
BE GOVERNED
BY PRESIDENT
Mr. Wilson and Cabinet to Jlalce j
Recommendations Regarding
Food-Priccr Regulations.
(By United Press)
WASHlNGTOX.-^-AcUoa by con
gress on any. food-price regulation
will await a recommendation from j
tlio President and his cabinet. Sucb
recommendation will bp based on
reports, some of which Mr. Wilson
has already been receiving for sev
eral days from various povernmental
departments that are conducting the ?
investigations.
This plan, it"ls stated on tho beat
of authority, has tho approval of j
congress and will get tho full sup- ,
port of Democratic congressional ,
leaders. They believe that they caa ?
talco care of tko food embargo agl- 1
tntora until a detailed plan has been j
decided upon. '
WOMEN SPESr $50,036,15
? <By*t7n!ted Press) t
WASHINGTON. ? Tho National
Woman's Party expended $50,036.15
<}urlng tho campaign, according to a
statement tljat was filed with #thc
House toduy. The* have a balancc
,of $1,000 to their credit of thr
amount which was collected. $24,284
total lull wm lb amounts of
$100. or more.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
IN COMMUNITY TREE
?
Many Citizens Have Expressed theii
Willingness to Assist In
tho Work .
Continued and increased Interest
continues to be manifested in the
Community Christmas tree project
and a number of prominent residents
of the city have expressed themselves
as being ready and willing to do their
part in making it a success.
While no loea^on for the tree has
been definitely decided upon, several
places have beon suggested and it is
not belioved that any difficulty will
bo encountered In this direction. 11.
B. Charles, superintendent of the
light and water department, has al
ready announced that ho would b?
willing to provide the tree and light
t. It is probable that a meeting will i
>0 called next week at which time It j
Till bo formally decided whether |
Washington is to have the treo or:
not ' I
1MCNDSEN* 1SUYS FIFTY
TONS OF FOOD FOR DASH
CHICAGO'. ? Fifty tons of food
were pureshsod hero today by Cap
tain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of
the South Pols, In prepartlon for his
expedition to the North Pole. Pro
vlsrons will be taken, ho said, for n .
?lx-yea* stay Ija the' North. The sup- S
plies includo ten tons "of canned
mosif %nd twenty ton# of flour. ? .
? ft.
IT, ft. jrCTKJKS JjOHJS R1CTHT
to rv8pkx;> MttiHWtne
WASHINGTON, ? Fed eral Judges,
thb Supteme Court held today, do
not possess Inherent power exercls-d
for a eenttrry without authority, to
Indefinitely suspend execution of,
criminal sentences Imposed la their
respective courts.
"Of coarse, there Is a discretion
lodged In every court," Chldf Jus
tice White %ald. "hut that's a Judi
cial discretion, a (Mscrettoa to .en
force the law? not to refuse to en
force it."
SIMMONS IS
OPPOSED TO
FOOD pASCO
rMlaeej 93-_r.ll .y-rlvo tn Washington.
Congressman Small Sluted for
V V. Chairmanship.
WASHINGTON ? Senator Simmons
Bali today that lio 1b bitterly opposed
to Congress passing a lav/ putting an
ertbat^ on* foodstuffs going to for
eign countries. The. senator thinks
tbo fanners and other producers arc
not responsible for tho presort high
cost of living and that they are en
titled ,to get a fair prlcc for what
thoy hare to sell.
Senator Simmons !s strongly of the
opinion that commission merchant,
or ponfcfotlfcr "middleman" Is* more
^or leas 'responsible for the high cost
'of llvlHS? whlqh so much Interests the
public kt this time. He will volt
usralnot^ny plan to place an embargo
on shipments from this country and
le prepaid to even fillbustc-r In order
to pnjjfeit such a law being passed,
altsncs Small 'Arrive.
M!?sea M.iry Belle and Kathcrlnc
Small. Cair^htors of Representative
and Mrs. Smajl. rearhed Washington
today and will remain until the lat
ter part of the month.
Small for Chairman.
Thero is overy Indication now that
Representative Small will become
chairman of the rivers and harbors
committee next December unkss the
Domocrats fall to have a majority in |
that body. Every ono hero believes
now that tho Democrats will have,
son trdJ, land, If this is true, there 1b!
10 doubt about another big chair- 1
aiarshlp being annexed by a North!
Carollnlpn. The state" now has prac-,
*!eally every committee that Is worth }
living and the river and harbor as
dgnmo&t ^vill about make a "full
Iioubo."
The chairmanships hnve been :
'urncd over to North Carolina con-,
Treasmen and senators mainly be
cause tho people of tho state have
iot "traded horses" too ,often. By '
?teeplng their Ronator3 and congress
men hero for a long tlmo they have
been able to rise to a point where
their services are valuable and con
sequently tho stale Is honored by her
-eprcsentatlves being placed at the 1
top of nearly all b!g committees.
AURORA S0CIE1Y NEWS
AURORA, N. C.? The most|briI-l
1! tint social function of the season |
up to the present tlno was the party
given Thanksgiving eve to tho Wo- '
man's Clcb by Mlr-s Adelaide Watson
and Mr. R. T. Doaaer at tho Bonner1
residence^
The guests wero received by Miss
Watson assisted by tho Misses Bon
ner. Tho library and reception hall
were boautifully decorated with cut
flow'crs and pottod plants.
I Miss Kathleen Pike wo
for the boct reading of ono of Undo
I Remus' poems and Mrs. L. T. Thomp
son won the literary prize, a silver
bonbon spoon.
tn the midst of on Interesting
programme the guests were Invited
to the dining room which was dec
01-atcd to represent an old timo Pur
Itnn Thanksgiving scene. In tho cen- ,
tcr of the table, there was a "Puritan
church and figures droned to rep-'
| resent Puritans going to church.
There was a little lake back of W\e
jchnrch with ranors floating %brfut.
Also, to remind one still more jforcl
|bly of Thanksgiving, thero were tur- (
koys fof placo en pis. Delicious
Thanksgiving refreshments were .
?enrcd. I
Stttertatncrl at Can Is.
Mr. and Mrs. Ohas. Dl*on, Jr.. en
tertained at cards Thanksgiving or-j
enlng In honor of Dr. and Mrs. V. ,
I Brickhouse Oasklns.
To fllvo Dinner Party.
I Mr. and Mrs. t?. T. Thompson will
give a dinner party Tuesday evening
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Small
Thompson who have Just returned
from. a honeymoon trip to Northern |
fltlm.
WAR DEPARTMENT
TO PRESS
iitJSu. SERVICE
WASHINGTON ? A bill for unl
ive raal compulsory military borvlcc
will be'lntroduced at the present ses
sion of Congress and will bo backcd
by the War Department. This was
learned today from an official of the
War Department, who said:
"For the next flJty years we will
have to compete In caae cf wa." w.th
armies trained In battle. I believe
that to be successful in such a com
petition wo must have universal
military training. Tako our boys at'
the age of eighteen and give ih.-m c
year's actu&l service with the colors. J
in addition to six months blackboard
training, and when the necc.?s.ty
comes you will have a trained reserve
army of millions."
The bill will provide for the *o.^i
pulBory military education of all
boys In public schools between four
teen and eighteen. It will also re-'
quire that soon after the age of
eighteen every boy shall p.tss from '
?wo to throe weeks fit least !n ci.mp
service precisely like that of the
Federal army.
URGES CITIZENS TO !
ATTEND CONVENTION
'
C. A. Flynn, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, today received a
letter from officials of tho Sauthern(
Commercial Congress, urglns Wash
ington to send a big delegation to the j
convention of the Congress, which :
!r to be held In Norfolk on December
10 to 14. Part of the Invitation reads'
as follows:
?This organization herewith ex
tends to you. and cach member of
your organization, a cordial invita
tion to come to Norfolk that you may
hear aud coino in contact with some
of the greatest men of our country.
Can you come and WILL you coni^? .
Bring your family and stay a while."
1NTI-SUFFRAGETTKS
DENOUNCE PRESIDENT ,
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. ? Denunciation
and hcckllng of President Wilson '
wnwmade today bj, speakers at the
national convention of the National '
Association to oppose sulfrnge.
HEARING AGAINST GRAVES
IS AGAIN' POSTPONED I
(By Un'ted Press)
WASHINGTON. ? The hearing
against Armemrd Graves. ma*;<*rj
spy, for blackmail chargcs. has again
been postponed until Mnrch 10 be
cause of the inability of the govern- >
ment to secure sufZc-Ient testimony.
Visitor from To\n*.
| H. A. Tunstall, of Dnlhart. T?*<as.
is visiting bis s'ster. Mrs. C. R. Gal
lagher, at Blounts Creek
Improved Store Front,
A largo black sign, with gold let
tering. was erected over the store of
I. If. Morris today and greatly adds
to the attractiveness of the front of
this establishment. The slpn benrs
tho nnme of "I. H. Morris." with "dry |
goods" at ono end and "millinery"'
at th?? other. Tt extends clear across
the front of the building.
Notice of Receiver of Gm Plant. |
1 have this dny been appointed
Receiver by the .Federal Court of the
property and business of the Wash
ington Lighting Company and will
fotftiAuo to operate the gn* plant by
[ol^icf of the Cbqrt until further no
tice. v Wotnpt payment la roquestod
Of til billa due the Company and
fcetttement should be made with Miss
Margie Blonnt. at tha Company's
j office. No other person Is anthorlzed
to receive br pay out money in my
name or to accent or Incur any obli
gation on the part of the Company.
| This December 4, 1?16.
OEOROB T. LEACH, Roeel"r.
|1?^
with the cwpitki: < r.ttn
Am:. st, ti.k of
rkhihtoxce win. hue
I1EEX IIHOKEX.
GERMANS ON 10 RUSSIA
Iljr CAM, .\i KKUMAX.
(L'nltod I'rpsi Siiil i\)!rt's[n>n.!f.ii)
With (hi Ot-t'Kiua a::. ilea ut l\t
eail, Kniiianla. - J'.i- f.-u- v?r Hu?h
aiest Will !>-.? wliliij iV* n xt
by
?!
few days. !>? sjn'i ,t; ?
She Itur.i.tnian* ran o::!>
paacy of the rar-i'.al
To aa observer u:' ih
maa achievement ::i Tli
up? .: ent that the Gi-rt:
In tills movement Js now appj
Its tdimax, nn?t only v.\;h re
Bucharest alone but for a
ulterior purpose. (J rmany\
Is first to destroy ihe Ruisuni n nr
my aad then pri-pAre ::i taarili r>n to
ward Russia with pcrha; s Odessa a3
the filial goal. Every ?: fi >: i 1.-' ii'j'.v
t #!np; made to vanqi'Lith the Ruman
ians as quicltly as poc-.b!n and hup*
reserves have been c;? 1 3<- i rp- n to
complete this \Vi;h rap
ture of Duclmrc-ft, t1 e Rumanian
"backbone will Se.hr - V..T..
the Teutons.
c c.i* Gor
unni*. it :s
.a oiTta.?.\o
h. 14
J to
ct
Rrnnnnlnm Compelled tr? Retire.
"? PETRQGRAD. ? .An oPIrdal an
nouncement w?s mailt1 today of tJ;o
continued German attach* on R:?rh*
nrrat from the nori'\ \vhi- h w:mo
successful. Docause Ru!?-iai:n
rront was pierced hy (Ju.; aita'k. tl^a
Ruinanlaas vccre forced to ic'.'.rc.
FRESH TROUBLE
!ii|
1
ISrltlsh Refuse t?? S:if?j?Ty Coal Fx
CfptiiiK to Vrs?.ls Engaged In
Allied Trrwlc.
fRy V , fed Prr*n)
WASHINGTON. ? Fr. f>. trv!.l?
wo* stirred vp t">t!?y between thn
Un'ted Rt'itcs nn1 Knglnnd n* Ihn
remilt of tho n ?! r l#?'! rert?s*?l to r.ip
ply coal at her s*af;*>rsfi. do**!nrr thn
Ifloh", lo my shins ^T^ep* t *1 nt?e rn*
Raped In commerce heneflM-] i-? the
allies. The Sttle n-?pr?rfro?nt in
tends to do ?ll !t enn l-> ?|ier ?' n
pollry, b"t I'Uln l?r>p? 1? held f"?r
any material change for the present.
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