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ON, X. C. FRIDAY AFTEHXOON, DECEMBEB 8, 1018.
rOLtntX EIGHT
xnresn iot.
WITHHOLD
FOOD FROM
THE URGE
MARKETS
CHARGE IB HADE THAT SPECU
LATORS ARE LARGELY RE
SPONSIBLE FOR HIGH
- . PRICES. . .
WVESTIGATioN IS HADE
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. ? The government'
h as "damaging evidence" of wide
spread and Illegal speculation In the
food markets of the country, a high
offldal, Intimately connected with the
iood-prlco, probe today Informed the
United Press. Details were refused
except when this ofllclal explained
that the investigation tends to show
"gross abuse of transportation facil
ities." He also declared that the In
quiry further tends to show that
"certain Interests are able to control
to roue extent the movements of
large numbers of freight cars and
that they have been acting in a vlc
lou*<and Illegal collusion" to with
hold food supplies from the large
markets, principally among them be
ing Chicago.
BIG EDITION
TO BE ISSUED
ON MONDAY
"When Is It coming out?"
That Is the question which is be
faff asked generally today with ref
.{? erence to the big Christmas edition
that la to b* issued by the Daily
News.
And the answer is, ? MONDAY 1
On Monday afternoon, readers of
the Dally News will find awaiting
them an edition that will be larger
than anything ever before attempted
6} Beaufort county. It will be filled
with Christmas gift suggestions from
the leading merchants In Washing
ton. Every page will contain some
thing of tnterest.
It will be an edition which, will be
used by hundreds as their - offlclal
shopping guide.
Just three more days to wsltt
OPERATE ROATUNE
UP TO GREENVH1E
' VfarginlA'Oarollna Navigation Com
pany .te. Operate Several
Boot Line*. '
< NEW BERN.- ? Virgil Walker, gen
v. agent for' the Virginia-Carolina
Navigation Company, who are plan
ntytvto operate a line of. steamers
between New Ber% and Baltimore,
stated this morning that tbt* corn
pan had completed all arrangementa
for the. operatioa of A llie of boats
bftweea New Bern and K inn ton and
fr#p3 New Bern to Trenton.
These boats which wilt be of light
drMgfct, will beeper* ted (n connec
tion with the line to the North ?nd It
U ttIM th.l they will Oil a loaf
full Want.
Ik Addition to thla tha company
wIT oparata a Una between Waahlnc
tota and Orararllla. , i . \
BTmnCRTBE TO THB DAILY NKWB.
Will RAISE 150,000 BB1S.
' OF POTATOES AT iBlORA
' -
' With last year's crop placed at
TY.OOt barrels. It U expected that at
least 150,0 04) barrels of potatoes wlQ
'be raised in the Aurora section next
aeasdtt.' This information was siren
out "By a' resident of Aurora who Was
In the crty today.
It U stated that practically erery
tkttabt Id that section Is. preparing:
to IhtrdUe his acreage.
SENATOR OVERMAN IS
OK JOINT COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON. ? Senator Orer
raarf of North Carolina, will hare
charge of the inauguration of Presi
dent Wilson March 4. He has bten
appointed chairman of the joint
committed oi the housa and sonaf
wbica will make arrangement tot
the secoad inauguration of President
Wilson.
Fi.ur years a?o 8eaator "irumaa
was the ranking Democrat on the
committee and the then Chalrmr.n
Hate, out of respect to the North Car
olina senator, allowed him to hare
full charge of the affair. This time,
however, Mr. Overman has been se
lected by his Democratic colleagues
to head this Important committee,
and he will acfeompany the President
to and from the White House when
he takes the oath of office on the
capital steps.
6,000 MILITIAMEN
TO BE SENT HOME
j WASHINGTON. ? 81* thousand
national guardsmen, -wllfji^v . sent
|home from the fcordSr immediately
for msater out, It .was announced to
day. This will be the largest move
ment of Its kind. No troops have
been designated to take their place.
While It Is not known which of the
troops are to bo relieved from bor
der duty, it has been deflaltely an
nounced that the North Carolina sol
diers are not Involved.
Here from Aurora.
Mr/ and Mrs. John Chapln, of
Aurora, are speeding today with
friends In the city.
Him FOR GOLD
IN BUNCOMBE CO.
ASHEVILLE. ? "Gold dfggmg- In
tho west." How that expression most
bftvs *t'ned the b?y? of '49 and later
i those who followed the cold, bleak
and often b?rren trail* to ths'lCUp- ]
dikp, many never to return, otheis to
come back, old, broken and braten
men. wMle the chosen few remained,
jand lined their ' feofcieta with the
must precious metal In the world, j
not today "gold dlgfclng hi Hri weat" j
may mean that men In western North i
Carollra are hunting lor the t^lkrw |
metal, and. as for that matter they
are. and right here in Buncombe
county, at that.
W. <*. Procter,, who has done many
things In hij life, lx now located on I
tho banks of the historic Boaverdam
creelr. near Candler, Mr. Procter,
who was in Ashevills recently, says
that ? e has been working his mine
for #everti months now, in fact he
say s that h's visit to Asheville Is hl3
first In about six months. He Is sink
leg d rhalt and will soon Install ma-'
ch-.nery and fully expects to go Into
the business of mining gold on a
regular reale. , \
With the exception of what Mr.
Proctor la now doing, fcold mining
In Buncombe Jas been al a complete
standstill for-many years, in fact the
yellow metal seems to Jiave never
flourished In this county any great
extent, although many lnen have
spent many weary moments hunting
down rumors that gold -Jiad been
found hers or there In various sec
tions of the county during the past
SO or more years.
GOHON REPORT
tin-.
" v ?
, (By United Press)
WASHINGTON.? The cotton gin
ned from the 1916 crop, prior to De
cember 1 amounted to 10,359,346
bales as against 9,703,612 last year,
the census bureau reported today.
Round bales are Included and
amount to 177,662 as against 93,362
for 1915. Sea Island cotton. Includ
ed amounts to 101,620 as against
77,165 for last year.
North Carolina, 567,145 as against
612,793.
South Carolina, 832,121 as against
1,021,843. V
Virginia, 23,261 aa against 13,126,
QUI AHD ORDER REMLCE
CHAOS IN BUCHAREST
With Von Falkenhayn's army at
Bucharest. ? A military government
has established in the city and order
and quiet are fast replacing the con
fuBion and cbaoa that prevailed when
the Gormana entered the city. The
Rumanian population have returned
to their work and are allowed to go
unmoleited about their dally tasks.
Bucharest Is often referred to as
"The Parla of the East." In a mill- ;
tary sense the city was clasaed as a|
fortress of the first rank. Thlrty-slx
armored forts and batteries were ar-i
ranged hi a polygonal line ?bout the
city, which was also protected by an
outer circle of forts. f
As' the capital of Rumania, Buch- ?
arest waa the winter seat of the royal
family. It was also the home of the
country's Parliament. Supreme court.
Appeal court, Ministries, national
banks, Chamber of Commerce andf
p/lncipal educational institutions. Jt
IS sometimes called "Tho City .9!
Jay," and Is really ht^lf oriental.
Among Bucharest's most Impor
tant industries sre petrtteum refin
ing, extraction of vegetable oils. Uy?-.
nine, brandy distilling, furniture
making, manufacture of machinery,
metal ware, nails, wire, cement, pa
yer, starch, cardboard, textiles* soap,
candles, pearl buttons, ropes, glu
cose, leather goods un?l armfr sup
plies.
The population of Bucharest In
1?00 waa 282.071. Among its resi
dents were included 42,1/4 lews and
ftt.061 aliens. The clt f ItAe eblefly
on the left bank of the Dtmbovltza.
With Its suburbs It Is scattered over
twenty square miles of the valley
| traversed by that river.
It occupies the $lto of an ancient'
fortress, dating back to Roman times.
'In the sixteenth contury It was cap
tured and burned by the Turks, but
soon rose from Its ashes arid waxed
greater. Tur^s. Russians and Aus
trlsns fought for It In the eighteenth
! century. In 1828 the Russians cap
tured It, and again In 1853-1854 It
I was -occupied by the Csar's troops.
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
PLANNED IN AEROPLANE
| NffW ^fcK^-rjSyrjHUlng to make
a transatlantic flight In an airplane
carrying four men with an attack on
Ruth l,aw> nonstop cross-country
America^ recbrd by a flight from
Chicago ShlflUl.TNwE, M preliminary
wnlng LIftut- KVl Nyege
g*e*rd.a Norwegian, roecntly of the
Fwech SgjBB6e, yid Capt. Hugo
SundstedU for^rly pf the Swedish
navy flying corps, arrived hore today
on tho Aspague to begin preparations
for their attempts it record smash
ing.
They said they planned to start
their flight acrosrthe ocean In April,
going flrst from New York to St.
Johns, Newfoundland, and thfcnce to
fcoOte point on th?.w?st coast ot Ire
land.
SUBMARINE
ISSUE AGAIN
?COMING UP
APPARENT THAT GERMANY ELVT
f' VIOLATED SOME OF HER
PLEDGES MADE TO
UNITED STATES.
WANT COKPLEtF SHOWDOWN
5*7
(By United Press)
i WASHINGTON. ? The present In- 1
tentlona of the administration with
respect to the German-American sub
marine situation is to get a complete
showdown of Just how ttr-reuchinj
the German pledges to America are.
ThJs was revealed through the State
'Departments' Indication that this
government Intends to engage fur
ther through probably brief diplo
matic negotiations.
Groat Britain has notified Secre
tary Lansing that the Marina, which
was sunk by a German submarine
several weeks ago, was not under
British requisition or charter. Lan
sing therefore believes that the sub
marine question Is seriously compli
cated since American rights are In
volved in both the Marina and Arabia
cases.
SHOOTING AT GOLDSBORO:
EPSTEIN TRIAL CLOSES
GQLDSBOTIO. ? ? Yesterday after
noon about S o'clock Charlie Farfour
shot, and It 1s thought last night,
fatally wounded Joe Hallow, in the
rtor-a -of his brother-in-law, with
whom Hallow waa employed as a
clerk. Last night no reason could be
learned that caused the shooting. It
is said Charlie Farfour had been
acting "queerly" of late. He is the
?brother of George Farfour. a prom
,Inc?3t met chant of this city.
The jury eelected to try the Ep
stein case. In which Hyman Epstein
Is charged with the killing of Leon
ard Edwards, and who is now being
tried for his life in Superior court,
will probably get the case Friday af
ternoon, the evidence being declared
all In at the afternoon session of
rouvfc yerterday, and during a brief
Ireccts counsel arranged the order In
which argument will be pursned to
?day.
NORFOLK-SOUTHERN IS
ENJOYING PROSPERITY
NEW BERN.? That the Norfolk
Southern railway is now enjoying
one of the greatest eras of prosperity
In its history is the substance of a
statement In Now Bern yesterday by
General Superintendent J. D. Stack
who waa among the visitors hore.
Superintendent Btack declares that
during recent months business In
both the traffic and passengor de
partments has increased wonderfully
and that the company is anticipating
still better business during the com
ing two or three months.
All along the lines of the Norfolk
Southern, he said, is there evidence
or prosperity and the people seem to
be contented in cvory Way and are
doing their part toward making bat
ter conditions permanent.
, V -r **
AND THERE ARE STlll
MANY MORE NOV. 10188
(By United Press)
NEW ENOLAND, N. D.? Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Mortenscn's three children
wore born Nov. 10. 1914, Nov. lo.
1911, sad Nov. 10, 1916. They were
married Nor. 10. 19 IS.
<u.B9cni*n to trb D?iL.Y raw*
CLIMBS BACK IIP UDDER
SHE ClIMBf DOWN TO
^ VEMS (CO
idf?* ?
(By United Press)
CHICAGO. ? Pretty llttlo Mrs. R.
ifayne Luther, 20, has climbed back
jp the ladder she climbed down In
ier elopement two years ago an J to- 1
lay Is back with Mother, waiting for j
he trial of her divorce suit, some 1
lay within tho next wo weeks. I
Ever since the then Mlaa Dorothy 1
Klewer climbed out of her bedroom :
window Into the arms of her 23 year |
>ld lover It has been stipulated br
her parents that sho could return
5ny by climbing back up tho ladder
ind begging forgiveness from thf
window sill. Weary of dancing school j
*nd cabaret life lp Denver, and her ]
loneymoon long since waned, she
dnally gave up and did It.
IIOYD GEORGE BUSY
GETTINC UP CABINET
LONDON. ? Lloyd Georgo stands
assured of success In his foundation
nf a new government. The very
promptness with which he has sur
mounted all obstacles In the way of
:uch "reconstruction" has served to
iol!illly the nation behind him.
All doubt of Lloyd George havlnr
complete support for his new govern
mcnt in parliament was swept away
when Liberal party members formal
ly passed resolutions to support the
new regime in the prosecution of the
war. This action means that Lloyd
Si-orge Is not only backed by the Un
ionists and Llberallals, totalling 324
voted out of 670 In the Housa of
Commons, but also the Liberal block
votes, totalling 260 more.
PARDON FOR THOMAS
8IR0NCLV RESISTED
NEW DETRN". ? A hundred or more
letters protesting against the grant
ing of clemency to E. S. Thomas,
white man. now serving a sentence
on the roada of Craven county after
| having been convicted of an attempt
l ed criminal assault upon a young
lady well known here and which oc
curred In a Pullman car at Raleigh
some nuvhs ng?. were yesterday *i."
ternoon forwarded to Governor Craig
from New Bern.
Thomas haa been on the roads less
than three months. Ho was sen
tenced there only for one year and
New Bornlans thought that this **n
tence was far too small. Now repli
cation has been made for his pa.-dnu
and the local citizens are going td
fight this to a finish.
During the next few days It Is
understood that a number of the
leading cltlsens will pay Governor
Craig a personal vlBit and urge him
not to endanger the safety of the wo
men of the state by granting a pat
don to Thomas, whoso crime has
been classed as diabolical.
CUT OFF RETREAT
OP THE RUMANIANS
BERLIN.? The German advanco
on the line beyond Bucharest and
Polesstl Is proceeding so rapidly that
the Rumanian forcce on the mourn
tain frontier have had their retreat
cat off.
^ :
or (imm Plant.
fcWfc this day been appointed
li<6elra*fry the Federal Court of the
property and business of the Wash
ington Lighting Company and will
to operate the gas plant by .
oHPtr otthm Court until f'o-ther no
Prompt payment Is reqnestod
fofr 'all Jtflls due the Company and
lettfomtfct should be made with Mlro
Margie Blount, at the Company's
office. No other person Is authorised
to receive or pay out money In my
name or to aecept or Incur any obi: j
ration on the part of the Company.
This December 4, 1918.
GEORGB T. LEACH. Receiver.
.If-I-lUfp.
GERMANS
PLANNING
FOR NEW
OFFENSIVE
| I.ARGE REIN FORC EMENTS IT A VB
BEEN MOVKI) TO MONAST1B
FliOU THE RUMANIAN
FIELDS.
RUMANIAN ARMY INTACT
(By United Press)
LONDON. ? Fresh ciota ila of th?
: German occupnury of Bucharest hart
| added to the bo lief that the Ruman
ian retirement was matcrfuliy exe
cuted with minimum Josses. Tho
Rumanian nr:i?y Is still Intact and
with reorganization and re-equip
ment, may again become a formid
able force.
1 German* Plan New OTenslve.
LONDON. ? The Germans alr>ng
he Monastlr front have been strong
y reinforced. These reinforcements
iave presumably been diverted from
he Rumanian theatre of w:y. It is
Relieved that the Germans are pluo
?.Ing a powerful offensive afcalnft the
Trench, Serbian. British and lulian
forccs In Macedonia.
TTTE CRIP OF EVIL" AND
KEYSTONE COMEDY TONIGHT
Ano'.her of those interesting cj.!
sodes of "The Griji of Evil" is on the
sc-ern at the New Theatre ton1?ht
rind there will nfcio ba another of
'.''ose laughable Keystone corner's,
entitled "A Dash of Courage. " 'n
trofIuclQ.it Harry Gribboa, "known all
o*cr the United Suites as a makr 6f
mughs. Tonight he will bo seen at
hib bost.
REV. R.L GAY
STILL ON JOB
NEW BERN. ? A prohibition rally
will be held in the Presbyterian lec
ture room Sunday afternoon at four
o'clock, at which a number of short
talks v." Ill bo made by interesting
speakers, Including Rev. R. L. Gay.
r* hi secretary of the North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League. The oicrtfnq
h being held In aerorrlance with
plans outlined at the National con
tention of tho Woman's Christian
jTtmperanco Union. Delegates from
I all temperance oru intentions are now
pothered in Washington, D. C.. and
'it. Is the plan to have all unions biid
. a mass meeting at four o'clock Sun
j dry frfternoon nnd unit? prnvert
? with the delegates In Washington
, for national prohibition.
TODAYS PROGRAM
....AT-.
New Theatre
4
"TTTF. fJRIP or E\UM
Two R?r! Serial Feat'lro
Triangle Keystone
"A DISH OF riH RUiK*
Featuring Harry Oribbun.
ADMISSION ft c and iOr
8bow ?tartft at 7:4ft *hary
Matin**, dally at 4 o m.
Our entire stock is complete and ready for Christmas sales. Shop early aud get the
advantage of the beautiful gifts before stpck is picked QVQT* - Calais Clothing Co: