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City EDITION
P u 1 1 Tie leferraph ic Re ports of the United Press
VOLUME I.
Greenville, N. 1913
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Matnsbwrg9 JPa, Has Dollar Fhre Earlg TMksM
BOtSHEVEIItl WOW PREPARING TO
f.lME DEFENSE AGAINST GERMANS
NEGOTATIDOS ARE BROKEN OFF
GERMANS APPARENTLY PROPOSE TO REMAIN ON OESEL ISLAND
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LONDON The Bolsheveiki are making prep
aration for a defeipe against Germany.
THey have brokei off peace negotiations due to
the Jact that Genrfany has refused to withdraw
her troons from Poland and other occupied por
tions of Russia.
This is in accomance with a ..sen sational dis-
aptch which is printed -in-the Daily News written
by Arthur Ransome, this neper's correspondent
at Petrograd. ; Correspondent Ransome says: j
"I have reliable information regarding the!
breaking off of peace nferbtiations. When thej
honesty of theBolsheveiki purnose-has been es-t
teblished beyM. auestion the CentTbwer to'
make a more detailed statement of their terms
-than that whiclf has already been published, in
cluding the demand that the German Garrisons
be retained at (Riga, Libau and Other stratgetic
points. This trie Russians are uncompromising
ly against. This declared self definition of the
people of Poland as well as those of the other oc
cupied parts of Russia, is stated t obe impossible
until the ast German soldiers had left.
The Germans have asked for time to consider
this refusal by the Russians. They have also
beereed that this $tage of the negotiations be not
published. The Russians have refused this plea
and have already left Brest Litvotsk. The Red
Guards are now "being sent to reinforce the front
and other preparation is being made for defense."
GERMANY WILL NOT CONSIDER
BREST IITOI'S!! DECLARATION
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This photograph of the German on Oesel Island, near the mouth of the gulf of Finland la the firtt to arrive In
America and Indicates, by the shelters the soldiers are building, that they Intend to stay there through the winter
at least. At the right of the illustration Is a German soldier signaling to a transport In the harbor.
WORK OF I
IES IT IS
THOUGHT CAUSED NORFOL
IFIRE
SUSPECTS NOW UNDER ARREST
$250,000 FIRE AT IIARRISBURG
DESTROYS MUNITION PLANT CO.
(By United Press)
Bfg Attraction
Here For Tonight
The White's Theatre will have as its
attraction tonight "The Beauty Shop,
HARRISBUKGr Fire early this morning ae- .comedy written by channing poiiock,
stroyed a part of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Rennow wow and chanes j Gebest,
V , ... their other two efforts having been
KP-nmno 1 nmnanv s munition rianx, uiiiuiiiy, m,n--
and "My Best
now working on a big government contract forjonr."
mnTT,r nlinllc TVi Vklo7 wvnoH miihP Pfllflt ShnT). While like all musical comedies, in
the Cplinder Rough Turning Shop, with a loss
estimated to be $250,000.
BIND GU
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ESS ALLIES ACCEPT
j (By Uiited Press)
PETROGRAb Germany will not consider the
Brest Litovsklleclaration as binding unless the
Allies accept tjie invitation to negotiate general
peace. '
This information is according to a statement
made by M. Pav of Lovitsk, a non Bolsheveiki
delegate who has just returned from the confer
ence. " . ' "v"1 ?
FATE SEVEN AMERICANS OUT OF
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PUT COUNTY GOES OVER THE TOP
1 RED CROSS CHRISTMAS DRIVE
(By H: E. AUSTIN)
Manager Xmas Campaign
The Pitt County Chapter of the
American Red Cross closed its Christ
mas Membership Campaign yesterday.
members as follows:
Arthur 10, Ay den 03, Ballard's Cross
Roads 49,' Bethel 154, Falkland 18,
Fountain 53, Farmville 100, Grifton 133,
Grimesland 5, Pactolus 40, Simpson 11,
The allotment for Pitt County was Stokes 79, Wlnterville 17, ureenvuie
twelve hundred. The reports in hand (colored) 30.
today-form the Chapter and sister aux- As the result of the drive through
illaries show that twelve hundrel and out the Nation over 15,000,000 Christ
sixty nine were added to the member- mas members have been added to- the
ship of the Pitt County Chipter as American Red Cross. -
the result of this drive. Rountree's I wish to thank all who contributed , Look Like Lillian Russell,'
that it is not overburdened with any
great amount of plot, it having been
written for laughing purposes only, the
book contains many bright lines and
funny situations, and the score in
cludes at least twepty distinct song
hits, it must be said that 'The Beauty
Shop" is one of the most elaborately
mounted and extravagantly costumed
attractions taking the road this sea
son. ' There are seventeen characters in
the cast each and every part having
been entbrusted to capable placers,
many of whom are well known in the
musical comedy and vaudeville world,
and has for a background, a large
chorus, mostly girls, many, of whom
are noted for their havjng been with
Broadway productions. J
Among the most popular of the songs
are "In A Beauty Shop," "I Want To
Saturday
and Gom Swamp were the only aux
iliaries that failed tcssecure members,
Greenville Chapter secured four hun
dred and seventy six Christmas mem-
there.
The Auxiliaries have reported new and humanity.
to the success of the Campaign in Pitt j Afternoon On Broadway," Sometime,"
TIME CAPTURED
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WITH AMEMCANARMY IN FRATE-The
-fate of Seven American prisoners 'out of twelve
taken in a raid on the American trench by the Ger
mans on November 3 is unknown r: -v;
A picture of the five Americans has been pub
lishedin a German illustrated newspaper. What
has become pf the other seven, the bulletin makes
vnfi to the fate of the missing men,
but a few are still hopeful that they yet may.be
county; especially those ladies who in
spite of storms and cold and the de
mands of the Christmas season were
faithful to the call of their country
NORFOLK The city is now quiet; after the:
greatest fire m the annals of this modern city.
J. M.,Walthal, Frederick Bisler, Otto Burch andV .
wife, Hugo Schmidt, Ida Wintermantel, M. Wih-: ?v
termantel, John Emmes, William Wilhelm, Jacob.;
Antonio are now being held as suspicious charac-; ::)
ters. j . 'v-f
The work of re-building thacity is made mored
difficult due. to the extreme" cold weather and the"; ;1
labor shortage also the lack of material. Thfe'V
dense snowstorm adds to the difficulties. "
The $2,000,000 fire in Norfolk started by explos- ' S
ions, which first originated in the old Granbyr1
.Q3iejto oloekyesterdamorn-;
mg-. It started with a distinct explosion and,the ; f
entire structure, three stories, was swept away;'
Shortly before 7 o'clock an explosion occurred onf.
the sixth floor of the Monticello Hotel, reducing;; V
the building quickly to a shell. About noon yes-V);
terday, when the hotel seemecft obe practically
under control, an explosion occurred in the Lenox; ;
building-, a six-story structure, and thisSbuilding
was quickly gutted. - i: ' A-
During the afternoon yesterday the police'.."
rounded up over a score of men and women as- -suspects,
but all but ten or twelve of these, includ-
ing two women, were released. The others are r
being held for further investigation. The pre"-A ,
vailing opinion in naval, military and business
circles is that there had been an effort robai?ly;v
organized, to destroy the business-sectioXpf theV:
city. The only tangible evidence was that ableast ? :
two, probably three explosions occurred at about'?:
the time the fires were discovered. . 5 . - :'
Early in the morning yesterday one fireman
was willed and seven injured when the roof of the I '
Monticello Hotel caved in. Last niehtthree men?
were in jured, one probably seriously.' VJarnes -West,
a fireman, suffered a fractured skull smfi bfa- V
condition is precarious, j T. A. Cronin, an enlisted ?k -sailor
and James D. Lobn. a marirm. watp Knlvv?-
hurt, whether or not others were bnrfpAJpnofh V'
the debris is not known, t the various emergency '
stations aAbout 20 have been treated for minor
injuries. - , - - . ; -v
The suspicious persons arrested as WsneVfS inS'?1
eluded Hugo Schmidt and H. K. Lessing, said to :
be Germans. They have been turnedber to the:A
Department of justic aegnts. Thre is no question V'
Saturday Jan. 5
Is Youi Chance
"That is surely going, to be a great
sale conducted by the Atlantic Coast
Realty Company next Saturday, Jan
uary 5, when the Anderson - Farm on
Fifth Street extension, owned by O. L.
Joynejv is to be auctioned off in -one
acre' lots and small farms. This sale
starts at 10:30 a. m. At 2 :30 p. m.
this same, company will sell 30 high
'.class Mots for colored people, the W. fe.
Dail block, adjoining the Knitting Mill
property, just off of Dickinson Ave.
nueL ' VWs in indeed -a great oppor
tunity. , 'WShat a fine opportunity this
will be to secure property that is valu
tOnk 4t isni - own Bihft half
Let Us Hope His
Forecast True
Greenville was visited by' another
snow storm today; It began tu fall in
the early morning and did not stop un
til about noon. During the, night the
tump-jrature moderated a litt'e but not
enough to keep back - th. snow fluke.
Tcb second , snowstorm tin Is Greu
iiJe praci'lv-without w.vj.l 'r caal
t .-d worse still, the chancp? are s-'im
for an adequate supply. Tli weather
n.an gives out some encouragement by
forecasting that there will be snow
again tonight in the northern portion
but warmer in the eastern ; "portion.
This means that this -section is prom
ised' rising us
Jau inr a iihli 'Tiinf iMillratfnn lrill
"Was In September," "The Tale Of A
Mermaid," "When The Creditor Comes
to can- aii Dressed pp And No the officials think, that all of the fires were of in-'"
Place To Go," "The Sunshine Maxixe," POT1lQwy ' C WAC Wr$3 OI m
"I Love You Just The Same" and many ir; .ti ,5
others. The fire area is bounded bv the nQTirYiranf y
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Tazewell Streets, Monticello and City Hall ave-"'
Seats now on sale at the box office.
Curtain rises promptly at 8:30 o'clock.
nues on the east side of Granby street and on the .
Thursday, savs the prophet, in west side trom JbJrodks avenue.to Tazewell street
true.
all probability, will be fair,
again hope so.
White's Theatre
TONIGHT v
"THE BEAUTY SHOP"
(Musical Comedy)
The Biggest and Best of the
' ' easorf '
Seats on sale at Wx o3ee
Let us extending back about 150 feet to a lane, which
number of other large structures. On the west
side of Granby street, the Lenox, Carpenter and
iaz,eweii uuuum, an six stones nign.were com-
pieteiy gestroyea or pracncaiiy wreckecL On the
east side of the street the Monticello Hotel and the
old Granby budlinig were swept awav; The DiVte
son building and big commercial structure beVVi
tween the Granby Theatre and the hotel; were
damaged only by water.- t ; -0
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