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FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1916.
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FOHEIGIl RELATIQriS
GIVOIJOISCUSSIO'I
Congress Will At Least
Have Talking: Part in
the Affairs
Efforts of Administration Lead
ers to Slop the Debate
Proved Futile
f Indeed.
Washington, Jan. 7. The itona of
8 foreign relations affair broke out
'gain in Congres today despite tne
efforts of administration leader to
.prevent it Both the House and the
Senate discussed it in a heated debate
. this afternoon.
In the Senate Senator O'Gorman,
-f New York, attacked the British
-ejrdera in council, saying that they
bad kept over two hundred neutral
' . ahipe off the sea.
,J Be elicited a reply from Senator
' Kelson, of Minnesota, who said that
, the German submarines and nine
were responsible for the driving of
neutral shipping from the sea,
EepresenUtive "Cooper, of Ohio, son-in-law
of Col. Roosevelt, rushed to
. the rescue of the German-Americana.
All efforts of the administration lead
ers in the House to head off the dis
cussion failed. It became apparent
that Congress would have at least a
talking part in regard to the foreign
relation of this government.
Opening the debate in the Senate,
Senator O'Gorman said:
"More than two hundred vessels
fcsve been taken off the sea by a policy
Which the State Department has de
nounced, and which is a vitiation of
4;very clause of international law."
. Senator. O'Gorman referred to the
-ction of England in bJucading the
is'orth Sea ports, of obstructing Amer
ican and other neutral tewswtf.
i Senator Nelson, &f S :.-; ta, re
plied to Senator O'Gsrmas aivl said:
"The report of the coBsmeree em-flnt-ssion
show that Norway i heavy
hippcr. To my certain knowledge
what the Senator baa said it not true.
Everything in Norway from a motor
boat up is busy carrying product
from other countries. The only in
terference that has been felt wa the
Cerman submarine, and an occasional
mine.
Senator O'Gorman replying to NI
on said that lie did not mesn to be
(taken as saying that twu hundred
easels had been held up continuous
ly, but that the right had been ac
corded England to search ship wher
ever she found them on the high sea
nd to take them several hundred
rnlles out of their course.
ARE ORDINANCES OF
K1XSTQN,T0VN VOID?
Kinston, Jan. 7. That the whole
eode of city ordinances of Kinston, is
fold is the startling statement that
Judge T. C. Wooden, of the recorder'
court, will make "In the city council.
Council Monday night called upon
Judge Wooten to Vxplain certain
phases of the conduct of his court. He
firepared a reply to a letter from the
clerk to the council today, Stating that
some ordinances in the municipal code
are obsolete, and that for violations
of others punishments are uncer
tain," for which reasons he has tried
offenders under State statutes. Coun
cil, among other things, wanted to
know why the recorder did not abide
by the local ordinances. Some of
the city laws, Judge Wooten says,
date back to the eighteenth century,
when Kinston was a cross-roads vil
lage. TWO NEGRO WOMEN
ARRESTED LAST NIGHT
Two negro women, who had evident
ly partaken too freely of a cheap
brand of spirits frumenti, were ar
rested last night and taken to police
. headquarter for the purpose of sober
ing up.
They were, however, able to give
bond for their appearance at court
today, and a the effect of the -boose
was dying out, were allowed to go
home.
SCHOOL PRESENTED
WITH CHAIRS
Colored State Normal Here Has
Received Gifts .From
Its Students.
At the State ffonnal colored School
here Wednesday the school was pre
sented with a handsome set of ros
trum chairs by the higher classes.
The chair were accepted on the
part of the school by Mr. H. I Cook,
one of the director of the school, and
a forceful address wa made by Rev.
Joel S. Snyder.
This is the third time that such
an event a this ha occurred. The
first graduating class presented the
school with a handsome and large
United State flag. The second class
presented it with handsome new ce
ment step.
The principal of theehool. Dr. E.
E. Smith, formerly United States
minister to Liberia, expressed himself
highly pleased with the way the
classes were showing their patriotism
to the school.
This school now has between three
and four hundred student and car
ries them to the twelfth grade.
WIFE BEATEB CIVKX
FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE
Columbus, Ca., Jan. 7. J. W.
Barnes, charged with assault to mur
der and assault and battery on his
wife, was found guilty in the Musco
gee Superior Court with recommends
tion to mercy of the court. Barnes
ra alleged twice to have attacked his
wife with a knife and to have beat
her. "
Judge Gilbert sentenced Barnes to
serve live year on the State farm.
Cotton.
The price of cotton on the local
market yesterday ranged around 12
cents.
HIS MATES PAY HIM
TO TAKE A BATH
An incident has occurred, at the
Donaldson Military School, which is
said to be true. One young fellow
op there, it is said, did not take a
bath for a long spell. Several of bis
comrades became sure at him because
he had not taken a bath and tried to
hire him to do it. Finally he agreed
to take a bath every night from now
until the close of the spring " term,
provided his mates paid his way to all
the shows that come along. He will
attend "Sari" Monday night.
FRENCH GEN ERAL DIES
FROM AMPUTATION OF LIMB
Romiremonl, France, Jan. 7. Gen
eral Serre, who was in command-of
one Of the divisions of the French
army in; the Vosges, died today from
wounds received in a recent engage
ment. It was necessary to amputate
a leg, ana tne general ditt not recover
from the shock.
PEACE SHIP TYPIST
QUITS; PLANS SUIT
Washington, Jan. 7. Rexford J.
Holmes, chief of the stenographic
force of the Ford pence pilgrims,
cabled friends from Copenhagen that
he has severed his connection with the
expedition, '
He said further that he will insti
tute suit unless an "abject apology"
is made for alleged slanderous re
marks by Louis Lochner, secretary of
the expedition; lime. Rosika Schwira
mer and Gaston Plaintiff, financial
manager of the party, since Henry
Ford left it-
KING COLE." PITCHER
FOR YANKEES, DEAD
Bay City, Mich., Jan. 7. Leonard
J. (King) Cole, pitcher for the New
York American League team, died
yesterday after an illness of several
weeks. He was formerly with the
Chicago Cubs.
JAPAN WOULD RESPECT
FREEDOM OF ISLANDS
Washington, Jan. 7. The positive
statement that Japan will respect the
neutrality of the Philippines if they
are given their freedom, was made
her tonight. "
TVEIITY REPUBUCS
PMjESPECTS
First Social Function
Since 1914 at White
House Last Night
Diplomats and Delegates
Pan-American Congress
Were Present at the
Affair.
to
Washington, Jan. 7. Twenty re
publics of the Western Hemisphere
joined hands here tonight to pay their
respect to the first lady of the land,
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, mistress of the
Whit House, who made her bow to!
Washington society as such tonight
for the first time.
The occasion served a dual part in
ushering into Washington the social
season of 1914 and in anuaugurating
a new social regime at the White
House. It was the first formal func
tion held there since the death of the
first Mrs. Wilson nearly two year
ago,
Among the guests were the dele
gates to the Pan-American Scientific
Congress and their wives, the diplo
mats and their families and a bril
liant array from the winter colony
here.
The guests were presented to the
President by Col. Hart, who, in turn
presented them to Mrs. Wilson.
At 9:30 the bugle of the marine
band sounded and Col. Hart, followed
by the White House aide, escorted the
President and Mrs. WriIson down
stairs.. They were followed by the
cabinet officer and their wives. After
the procession reached the rope lead
ing from the gVeen room. Col. Hart
presented the Brazilian minister and
his wife, Madam DaGama, and the
staff of the Brazilian embassy, and
other diplomats of the Pan-American
countries.
The State dining room was hand
somely decorated with pink carnations
and a brilliant array of American
fashions were shown.
HEAVY FIGHTING
ON GREEK FRONT
Engagements Sharp With the
Bulgar Troops,
Reported.
Paris, Jan. 7. Fighting has been
resumed along the Greek frontier
with the Bulgar irregulars, according
to a messegae' received here tonight
from Saloniki, , '
The statement says: ;:.
"Terrific fighting has been in pro
cess along the Greco-Bulgarian fron
tier. Heavy losses on both aides are
reported."
RALPH PARLETTE WILL
BE IIERE TUESDAY
Ralph Farlette, ' meriea's foremost
lecturer, will be at ti.e Graded School
next Tuesday night. Mr. Parlette
comes as the fourth member of the
Lyceum course. Sor twenty years he
has been on the platform as a lecturer
and his lectures are increasing in de
mand. . . ,
It is said, that he lectures to more
than 125,000 people annually, and that
he is not able to fill all the engage
ments which he is offered.
JITNEY BUSES ARE
. VERY POPULAR HERE
Jitney "buses are becoming the most
popular form of transportation now.
and Fayetteville is not behind the
swing of the time.
The local company has been oper
ating for several months and has now
found it necessary to increase . its
stock in order to meet the demands
of the public. j
REPLY RECEIVED
REGARDING FRYE
Note About Sinking of
the Willian P. Frye
Public Today.
Is Said That the Note Meets the
Point Raised By
the United
States.
Washington, Jan. 7. Germany's' re
ply upon the representations made by
the State Department over the sing
ing of the William P. Frye by a Ger
'man auxiliary cruiser, was received
here tonight and will be made public
tomorrow, it was announced at the
State Department tonight.
It was said that the note meets the
point made by this government when
it sent a note to the Cerman foreign
office, and that a commission of German-Americans
will be appointed to
deVe the indemnity, '
SINGLE DAY'S
COLLECTION BIG
Over $1,600 in Taxes Taken in
c
on Record Day This
Year.
It was stated to a reporter for the
News yesterday that the largest tax
collection that has been made in a sin
gle day here this year was a little
over sixteen hundred dollars.
While it is expected that later a
single day's collection will run into
the several thousands, the collection
of sixteen hundred, is not so bad.
It is generally known that the peo
ple who pay the largest amount of
taxes wait until late in tho year to set
tle,' so this explains whj? the collec
tion have not run so high so far in
this county.
CONSCRIPT BILL
18
Six Months' Imprisonment For
Failing to Give Correct
Information.
London, Jan. 7. The" (text of the
conscription bill was made public here
tor.;ght. The penalties for failing to
give correct .formation include six
months' imprisonment without work,
or' a fine of two hundred and fifty
dolf;irs. ' - ;
BRUNSWICK TAKES UP
WHARF RATE FIGHT
Brunswick, Ga., jan. 7. A confer
ence is to be held within the next
month between officials of the South
ern Railway and Mallory Steamship
Company and a committee from the
Brunswick board of trade, to consider
charge of discrimination brought by
the transportation companies against
the Macon-Atlantic Navigation Com
Pny by charging exorbitant wharf
rates for handling its freight.
This company operates a barge be
tween Macon and Brunswick, in com
petition to the Southern,
DEBATERS OF RIVAL
COLLEGES TO MEET
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 7, Gaines
ville has been selected for the third
annual debate between speaker of
Piedmont College of Pcmorest and
Young Harris College of Young Har
ris, on January 28. The subject will
be, "Resolved, That an alliance of the
American countries should take the
Charles S. Reed and Herman Alli
son will represent the affirmative for
.Young Harris, and Messrs. Tucker and
Walker the negative for Piedmont.
MADE
KING GEORGE
ON DEATH BED
Lady Reports that the Condition
of the King
Serious.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 7. That tha
King of England is in a critical con
dition and may not recover from in
juries received when thrown from a
horse while reviewing troops in
France during the early part of Octo
ber and that Great Britain is in a
bad way politically and on the verg
if a revolution that may be precipi
tated by the lower classes at any
time, is the report in an uncensored
letter just received by Sidney Ormand,
former newspaperman and now pri
vate secretary to Mayor Woodard, of
Atlanta, from his sister, Mr. Alice
Ormand Campebll, who is in London.
Mrs. Campbell refer to the rigid
censorship of news regarding the
condition of the King, a subject that
the newspapers do not touch upon,
leaving the general impression that
he is anything but well. The source
of Mrs. Campbell's information is
Lady Trowbridge, a sister of the
Countess of Dudley, who is close to
the royal family and a daily visitor to
Buckingham Palace.
The story related to Mr. Campbell
by Lady Trowbridge is that while in
France the King had been riding a
rather gentle horse, belonging to the
Count of Dudley, but on the day of
the review was furnished by the gen
eral staff with a nervous and highly
excitable mount. The minute the
King was in the saddle the anmial
began to prance in an alarming man
ner. Rearing on its hind legs, the
horse slipped in the mud and fell hard
on the King, breaking all of his ribs
on one side and crushing and displac
ing several organs. The softness of
me grouna is n.,.a reponuue lor me;whk.h it ia? be KOVerned. They also
British ruler being alive today. I .he rulea which merchanU
According to the story told by Lady
Trowbridge, the Kine is now being j . . , ,. . . 1
u 1 1 j . . i.. , , i , i ins announcement as published re
held fast to ms bed by nP5 m ordur i,. , .
to allow the lacerations to heal before
an X-ray picture is taken in an effort
.o ascertain jusi wnai n is poss.me
for the surgeon t do for him. It can-
not be even predicted, the letter con -
tinues, that the King will ever re
cover.
In discussing the imminent revolu
tion Mrs. Campbell declares that it
is about to be precipitated through
fbo. fnil.no t, V .,..) U t I
. nil UVCI IIIIICIU
to conscript hist spring, when such a
movement would have been prac,tica(.
4t is wo mie now ior tne eilort to
be successful, she says, as the middle
and lower classes are holding back in
"appalling numbers." They are fur
ther being goaded to desperation, she
points out. by the recent decree allow
ing the drink house? to open but five
and a half hours a day from noon to
2:30 p. m., mi i from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m.
During this tima ihe Lira are filled.
and there is some talk now 'of further
curtailing the freedom of the proprie
tors it condition that. sh-uM it arise.
fully expccto-l t.i brinjr on the
crisis. , t
The upper" . have never hesi
tated to ViiUintecr, concludes Mrs.
Campbell. The rtouer i-f England has
irons; to the slaughter, she says.
Among nil her friends in London she
ay- th-.-re is not a smff'.e family
where tnery i;ttgibk male in the fam
ily is not either dedd, wound.ed or on
the tiring line.
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THE NEWS
WITH
GERM CLEAR
Expecfed Early Settle
ment of Issue Now
At Stake
Germany Instructs Submarines
to uaey ine Law
Disavow the Lusi-
tania -Act.
Washington, Jan. 7. Important de
velopments m me xoreign reiauuii
the United States today denoted that
the general situation is improving. -
The general intimation tonight la
that the situation pending between
this government, Austria and Ger
many will be adjusted satisfactorily.
Today the German element inti
mated that it approved the settlement
of Coun von Bernstorff, the German"
embassador, which he has been nego
tiating with Secretary Lansing.
The plan of settlement went to
President Wilson's hands tonight. It
is expected that the agseement will
be announced within the next forty
four hours. t .
Count Bernstorff called on Secre
tary Lansing today and presented bis
with a memorandum to the effect that
Germany has instructed its submarine
commanders in the Mediterrean to
observe the rules of international war
fare. This was taken to mean thai
if a German submarine sank the Per
sia, Germany will disavow the act,
punish the submarine commander and
pay indemnity for the American live
lost. , g
President Wilsoand the cabinet
today discussed the": new problem of
submarine warfar and the rule by
i. .nj , i,,
1 ,w ... , mst .nHstWt-or of
jthe day Count Bernstorff was very
optimistic of an early settlement of
Lj, the difficulties existing between
Lui. ..,, i ';
,.,. u,oJ.
It can be stated authoritatively.
however, that the plan of settlement
does not include a disavowal of the
act. It is assumed that the Ameri
can government has accepted the em
phatic representations of the Germaa
government that it cannot disavow
an act that was , carried out under
orders.
Germany, it was said, is willing ta
pay indemnity for the act.
GERALD1NE FARltAR, ILL,
CANCELS ENGAGEMENT
St. Louis, Jan. 7. Gerakline Far
rar, prima donna, who was to have
appeared at a cuncert here tonight,
was prevented from doing so .ac
count of a severe cae of the grip.
She remained in her private car ia
the railroad yards today. A locomo
tive was attained to the car to pro
vide, heat. It was aid tonight that
his condition was improved.
WILLIAM WALDORF AS TOR
IS GIVEN,, TITLE
London, Jan. 7. Baron Astor, of
Havercasfle, Kent, ia the title which
has been bestowed upon William
Waldorf Astor, since he was made
baron on New Year's Day by the
King.
MOUNT VESUVIUS IS
AGAIN SPOUTING LAVA
j Naples, Jan. ?. Mount Vesuvius is
! again on the rampage. During the
jiUKht the activity increased, explos
jion following explosion. There were
j continuous rumblings. The volume of
' smoke is increasing. Enormous quan
tities of rock and lava are throwa
j 1,000 and 1.500 yards.
) Professor Malladra announced that
jthe crater is rapidly filling, excluding
any danger for the present.
EXCHANGE LEARNS CHINES
GENERAL W AS KILLED
London, Jan. 7. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Pekin, says that General Chang Sua
has been assassinated. .