(B j Unltort Prai) ;"3
WASHINGTON. ? Fo/ the ?un*
reason that vGroat Britain and her
allies did not flatly reject the peace
proposals of the Teutonic power*,
they will not flatly turn down Presl
cording to the opinions of diplomats
here of two of the most Inrportant
synffc jtfcr *ow eirists sjrtllft!
States for the ftktent? cause. V *v
These allied diplomats, however,
admitted their ' chagrin" over the
President's suggestion of speclftcn
tlons for the war objectives neces
WASHLNOTON. ? Congress will
give President Wllepn free and un
trammefled rein ?n his attempt toj
And eotamon ground upon which the
European belligerents may meet to
formulate plans for a lasting peao*.
PEACE NOTE
Mrs. Maggie McOowan died, this
morning at f:16 o'clock at the home
of her brother. L. H. Ross. The
funeral services will be held tomor
row morning at 11 o'clock from the
home. Rev. C. M. McBntyre official- 1
erment will be ?t Oakdale
J. 9V Blnkley. of Qreenvflie. Is
t today In the etty. attending
DIPLOMATS HERE SAT THAT
ENGLAND WOULD LOSS WHAT
SYMPATHY SHE HAD
HERE.
'(BrTTottoi
, jjfe'
dU minimi i? ?n I.. I mm
r- ?*rr tntetec <Sop?*J. dp?, two
i MO, aocordlBt to ayotl takfpn
tod?) I V ?? l iJtod Pw??i TV?e
two are B>pmuiuihei HkboU .
OC South Carotin* and HsU of
Both .m Mlavad
to b? di?.H??ed with the n>
?nard M ni koU
the. balance of pomr and it la
bo! Wed that they will
to? la favor of mtreml train
in*.
fBfip,?' - .. ^
The statement showed that' the
bulk has a capital atock of 910.000,
a surplus fund of tt.500. undivided
profits of $3,339. and deposits of
I100.C2S.16.
The net earnings of th" bank for
the year are glvea as I3.037.6C.
Two new contributions were made
to *bo Associated Charities fund to
day. It is hoped that the list will
be materially increased tomorrow.
Following is the report of the fund
to date:
Previously reported $ 94.50
Eureka Lumber Co. . J . 25.00
J. E. Adams v 2.00
Total 9124.50
Itfraf B. R. Hodges, of 6ld Ford.
die#nuddea)y lest night. The funer
al services will be held this after
noon. Rev. C. M. McEntyr*- Will of
ficiate at the burial services
(By United Preaa)
RICHMOND, VA. ? Captain Wil
liam 0. Matt K dead and Firemen
Abram Poda and J. L. Back are aer
louslj Injured aa the result of fall
ing from a ladder la a *100,000 are, 1
which Is rating here aad which haa
destroyed aeraral buildings.
IFOM TRAD! OF D. S.
Will BE 57, 147, 000, (
(By United Proas)
WASHINGTON. ? The proepects
lira that the United States foreign
trade for the rear win total |7,?oo,
000,000, tt waa announced by the
Department of Commerce today The
-Jlrit ?toreo
io tr.wMoo.wo.
HALCYON CLUB DANCES
The Halcyon club today announr**
its dances for tho holiday*. The 1
danc'm will be held at the Elks' Hall
on the following dates:
Christmas dance, December 17, j
Levin's orchestra of Raleigh.
New Year's dance; January 1, My- !
cr-Davls ordifrstra of Washington.
Returned from 8t- Mary**.
' .MIsS Mamie Latham Richardson
has returned from 8t. Mary's College
to aporid the holidays with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richardson.
CLARK TO BE CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT IN 19201
(By rarhr lL Aa)an)
WA8HINOTON. ? RepreeentalWe
Coward Poii, o ( North Carolina.
clOM personal (rlenda of Prartdckt
WHeon, and ?ho man whoa the
President aela?t?d to lead hie light
against the McLaioore reeolutlon, to
day aUrted a boom (or GhMife Clartt
(or Prakldant la 1?I0. when h? gave
the Dally New an eiclualTe ? n**r
view daetarlng (of the ap?ak?r (or
President In 1M0. 8p?ak?r Clerk*
*ae. Mr. Poq ears. will not M-naltt*t
him. He polntod to the fact that. the
Missouri statesman Is now aa active
u moat men at 50, and he baa no
apprehension aJoag this line.
Because of Mr. Poti's known Influ
ence at the White House a great
deal of atteatloa will be paid to his
I statement today declaring for dponk
?V Cftrk a# tlie Democratic caadldato
Clatk was done a great Injuattte at
BaHlmora four raara ?< wb?? hi*
, tKkrty failed ti. d~-iara htm nomlnat*
i ?d utter Ira ba<t held a majority (or
a dot an or th? ballots,
la confident alao that Hid
M SMMtratle and Sat
win S* iM1KH( npealt??r?t
without DCWci oVU.
WE HAVE JUST RBCBIVBD PROM
THE U. S. TkE ASU&Y
A new supply of new crisp
$1.00 and $5 Bills
Md Wirt tak* In ?ar o t?r trim** '
Savings And Trust
JNO.I
?
92 ml CHI Of All
1 S. SPENDS IS FOR
WAR, sws ml
WA8H1NOTON.4-More thxn nine
ty-two' per cent ?4 the expenditures
of the United states government dur
ing the neat fiscal year will be to
P4/ the cost of waf or ia preparing
for possible wergild Claude Kltch
la, majority leader of the Honaiu4o?
day.
"The estimated Expenditures for I
the Army and Navy* for fortifications. I
j armaments, battleship* and men wlll|
require seventy
revenues from
pendltures are
the defense .
"Then the _ . ,
to those who hare
past ware will brta
ditures oh iceouni
nearly nlnety-th
}per cent of the|
ftlon. The
whit we call)
i
for petition* I
participated In |
the total expen
if war up to |
cent."
GUARDSMEN WONT BE
HOMETILL NEXT WEEK!
DAL/LA8, TEX.? jHone of the six
teen thousand natrenal guardsmen
ordered home will oe ahle to leave
the border before.jwi middle of next
week, according to railroad officials.
DENVER TO CELEBRATE ,
COMMIT CHRISTMAS
auditorium tomorrow night to cele
brate Denver's first community
Christmas. ^ Extensive plans hav?
been made for the affair and the en
tire city will play Santa Clr.us to
Denver's kiddles.
The program will consist of a mu
sical and literary entertainment and
the distribution of /rifts to about
10.000 children from an Immense
Christmas tree placed upon the stage
of the auditorium
100,0110 PITTSBIMRS OUT
WITH 3 MIlllON TO SPEND!
P1TT8BBROH. ? Ona hundred)
thousand men and hoys with $3,000."
000 in their pockets gave the Christ- '
mas shopping symphony a grand fi
nale today.
They are the workers In the big
j steel and munitions plants of the
[Pittsburgh district ? probably the
highest-priced army of Skilled and
unskilled workmen In the country
tod*y.
Nearly all of them were paid with
in the last 24 hours, but this was the
IhalMioliday when they were expeot
ed to oanh in at the stores.
Hundreds of those who received
fst envelopes are mon whose earn*
Infs have been above $B,000,/or tho
year. At ? heeftng in Turtle Creek
ttly, three workers' told Justice
jl$ that they had made, respec
y/M.W: I4.B0*; $4.8 00 As
of the "boy,"? 1< to >1 ? r?
from 15 to U?. D?r day th.
Whd ekes out 'only *bout U.509
")ch * ttocb.
TBS ATTACK ON IMPORT AWT
CITY WAS BEGUN THIS MORN
ING AT DAYBREAK.
BAM NOW RAGING
(By United Preaa)
EL PASO. ? Villa force* attacked
the city of Torreon at four o'clock
thla morning. The battle for tho'
!>onae8Blon of the city le now raging.
Torreon 1b one of the moat Impor
tant eltiea held by the Carranaa
forcea and thoy are making a des
perate attempt to repel the bandlta.
Villa la In personal command of the
attacking forces.
The Carranaa forcea hare been ex
pecting the attack for the last week
or more and have a large number of
men employed In defending the city.
MINSTREL SHOW TO
~ K tt TONIGHT
Price A Bonrlli to Appear at the New
Theatre tot One Performance.
Taking all in all, tho greater New
York Minatrela will prove a genuine
treat In the "way of amusement for
the "Tired Business Man" who needt)
a good laugh to keep hia system in
trim, for the chase of the elusive
American Dollar.
Go to the Now theatre tonight and
take tho family, have a good laugh,
onjoy the aongs, dances, and feAta of
the acrobats and novelty artists. It
will be well worth your time. And
the admission prices are within eaay
reach of all. The scenery and cos- 1
tunica are new, and a feature to any
minstrel show, and the many song
numbers, both ensemble and solo,
Include the sweet melodies of tho
Sunny South, and the popular bal
lada of the da>.
BIG ORDER
FOR TIMBER
(By United Prees)
DURfHAM". N. C. ? A contract waa
today signed for the exportation of m
mlWon feet of wtihe oak timber to
OTaatov, Sndtland, for th? construc
tion of a thousand mile* of rall
roads. Tire purchase price waa
IIIMOO.
aid all those tn distress
a number of the colored
people hava contributed to the
Christmas fond -40 aid those mo tu
bers, of their own race, who are In
distress.
"Will!? Edwarda. wife of Edmund
Edwarda, this morning vial ted
number of peraons and raised the
aum of $3.70. Thla amount will bo
naed in helping those rases mention
ed In tbo Dally News during the last
rew days and for any other esses
where colored persona are tn ne??d.
The Aasoclated Charities will have'
^herge of distributing the goods pur
chased. The following contributed:
Willie Edwards . . .N .$ .60
Edmund Edwards 60
Edmund O. Farrow 25
Dr. J. M. Lloyd 60
Theodore Bonner 60
Dr. W. T. Bc*bo 60
Gould Howard 25
Ed. Moore 15
W. 0. Saunders 26
Wllemlna Edwards 10
Mildred Edwards . 10
Total $3.70
16 l?ED SI
. TRAIN WRECK
(By United Press)
PEKDLETON, 8. C. ? Sixteen were
Injured, some perhaps fatally, when
a Blue Ridge train wae wrecked near
here. One car turned completely
over. Thlrty-aeven passengers were
on board of the train.
BANKERS 10 MEET HERE |
Win Hold Thnlr Convention In thla
City February 22. Many Dele
gate* Expected.
Tho bankers !r. the First Congres
sional dlatrlct. , <mprlalng Group 1
of ths North Carolina bankers, will
hold their convention in Washington
on February 22.
The membership of this group con
sists of 76 banks and practically all
of them ars expected to attend the
convention.
Local bankers ars already making
preparations for tho entertainment
of the visitors.
BRITISH SHIP SUNK
WITHOUT WARNING
(By United Press)
LOTS' DON. ? The British steamer,
Urusla. waa torpedoed unwarned. It
If stated. 8lx Americans were on
board the vessel, but none were kill
ed. The crew of the Ursula manag
L ed to take to the life boats before
tbo vessel sank.
KING URGES
EllANDTO
CONTINUE
THE WAR
MADE SPEECH IS PARLIAMENT
BEFORE DISMISSAL. MUST
VINDICATE RIGHTS.
NOTE IS "SOAKING IN"
(By United Press)
LONDON.? Dismissing parliament
today Until February 7. King Georg??"
added the weight of his words to the"'
stern reflection of the allies of Oer
man-made peace.
"A vigorous ptoMcutlon of
war must be our Hlfcgle endeavor
until we have vindicated our
rights that have been so ruth
lessly violated by the enemies
and until we have eatabllihed
the security of Europe on a Arm
foundation."
Letting Note "Book In."
LONDON. ? The government's wit.'":
dom la allowing President Wltaon'a *
note to "Boak In" for twenty-four
hours. Is readily apparent. It saved *
a too recent violent aengnclattntfT^j,' ..
America. Today, although the Brit-"
ish people are practically unanimous
in deploring Wilson's action, there ?
was none of the sweeplngly vtolea^.,
denunciation as there would have
been If first Impressions had been al
lowed full play.
HARRIED WEDNESDAY
Mr. O. C. Hodges and Miss Minnie /
Whealton were married at the
home of the brlde'sf^arents Wednes
day afternoon at four o'clock. A. ^
number of Intimate rfrlends and rel
atives were present to wltpess the
ceremony. Rev. Charles M. McEn
tyre, pastor of the Christian church,
officiated.
ADTBRTISB IN TW? DAILY NVWI
TODAYS PROGRAM
, ? at ?
New Theatre
PRICE A BONELLPS
GREATER NEW YORK
MINSTRELS
Price*: 85c, r>oe, 7Sc, SI.OO ^
Curtain rlstt at 8:80 ?
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