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.Do Your Christmas Stopping Early ictory TORY DAILY KECO tL. 11. NO. 93 HICKORY, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING DEC. 14, 1916 Price Two Cent Hia MB GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS ARE RECEIVED BY WILSON No Difference in Official Text From Unofficial Version Grew Tells Why Berlin Offered to Stop Fighting Now President Wants to Put Stop to War. Ly Associated Press.) ' Washington. Dec. 14. The note' :: eying the proposals for peace by iintral powers which the United itis L- to transmit to the entente vM'ints arrived during the night 1 is Iving prepared for President' .Nou's examination j w The document was said to be sub-! .';u;:ial!y the saiiu as published in' ::.( imnt'lcial dispatches from Berlin' i:; i f report of the Overseas News .W-'ir-panyinjr it was a confidential : r-v 'i" from the American charge at; M understood to be an outline airs which led up to the German i:lto!!or's speech in the reischstajr . the pending peace proposal. deportation of Belgians arrived at The actual transmittal of the peace, the state department this morning prvtl'tr now brings up the important; is understood to contend that question of whether President Wilson the United States has not been ac wilt decide to act as intermediary or curately informed as to the reasons whether he will accompany the trans-; for the deportations, which are mittal with some expression of hope! claimed to be necessary for social that the belligerents can accept the: and economic reasons, terms. I There is a prevailing opinion here that the president wants to do somc thit;,' of the sort and is looking to -on;,, leacue of nations to enforce peace after the war. I: is possible that some means will he taken to establish more definitely the temper of the allies towards the als before the president acts,1 is understood there will be no !::f .n its transmission. . WELLS DIES RESULT OF Mrs. Harry C. Wells died at her hoa.e in East Hickory at 5 o'clock this morning at the result of burns sustained when her drcsi caught t re from the dining room stove yes '.'rday afternoon shortly after 4 '''clock. Although learn'ng over the table cutting out a dress four tr five feet from a King heater, a spark of flame leaped from the Trr-ft and set her clothing on fire. Mrs. MRS BURNS , ,7 i .,;.,!,., . V Lincke declares the present odminis- wLi&araf.wbr u not yH mmi" with l"r and. that catching fire, falling i "n tnc floor and having 'ier 12-year-1 "M daughter throw water on her. j Members of the famibly wera at, : Ioh.s to acfonnt for the accident. Nori "uM M,rs. Wells, who wai fonsciou3j mm to a few minutes of her death, ft n t who talked freely, despite her "T'at uTerimr, explain the accident. She '.va terribly burned, even her inner irarments being consumed. It was only a question of bouts until lenth would relieve her sufferings md she welcomed the end Mrs. Wells was -'4 years old and wan a daughter of Mr. Dan Keever. Sh m survived by her father, hus- id, eight children and six broth and sisters. The oldest child, Harry A., is 21 and th- yojntresit, a ";ri is six months. The brothers ; -r Messrs. A H. an 1 C. E. Keever t Hickory and Mr. Lester Keever ' f California: the sistsrs are Mrs. R ''. Nichols of Winston Salem and Mms'-s Mary and Bertha Keever of ili'kory. Mrs. Walls was a member of the i'r' sbyterian church w,s an unusual ly active and bright woman and "as a devoted wife and mother. She loved her church and her life was ''insecrated to good deed.i. The funeral will be he'd from the residence tomorrow morning at 10 M'clo' k by Rev. J. G. Garth and inter i'!fnt will bo in Oakwood cemetery. WILSON GETS VOTE IN WEST VIRGINIA (By Associated Press) Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 14 Al though Chatf-les E. Huighes carried West Virginia by a plurality of 2,--71, the Official county, nearly com pleted shows that President Wilson gained one electoral vote. f'olonel S. A. Scott, Republican elector who was placed on the tick et following the resignation of J. W. Dawson, was defeated, receiving n smaller vote than Orland DeDew.1 Democratic elector. SAYS T IS NOT WELL (By Associated Press.) Wlishington, ,Dec. 1-1). Germany reply to the American protest against : NFWSPAPER FELLOW !E E (By Associated Fress.) 'Rocky Mount, Dec. 14 M. W. Lincke, editor of the Nashville (N. C.) Graphic, who, after he had criti cised through his newspaper the city government for its failure to provide municipal improvements, was elected mayor of Nashville and told to "run the town," has mdae good. Nashville last week placed its electric ligh't plant in commission, the waterworks plant will soon be in operation and the town now boasts of more than four miles of paved sidewalks which improvements all were began dur ing the administration of Mr. Lincke. Prior to the town nominating con vention two years ago, Mr. Lincke attacked the board of aldermen for the failure to provide such improve ments He insisted that despite the fact the moneyed interests declared the town was too small and influential citizens said such improvements were "luxuries for larger townsy Nashville must have them. The convention, much to his surprise, un animously nominated Mr. Lincke for mayor. The editor then made a canvass of the various wards of the town, select ed candidates who had ideas similar to his own and whom he believed would make good aldermen, and with his entire ticket was elected. Mr. ITALY RECEIVES F PEACE (Bv Associated Press.) Paris.Dec. 1. The peace proposal of the central powers have been de livered to the Italian government. No definite information has been re ceived as to their' contents. BRITT-WEAVER CASE fRv Associated Press.) iRaleigh. Dec. 14 The appeal of Representative Blritt, Republican, from the decision of Judge Adams denying an injunction against the board of canvassers in Buncombe county, was r;!nr argued in the state supreme oo'"rt today. It is hoped the court will hand down a decision before January 19 in this case, as it is said it will have a direct bearing on the temporary re straining roder prohibiting the state board of ;anv.ssers from counting iha vnt nn t'-.at date. If the state board is allowed to count the vote of Brncombe county, Zebulon Weav er, Democrat, will be elected to con- gress FRESHEN INFORMED MAD TOWN MOV PROPOSALS 0 ARGUED RALEGH MERCURY FALLS TO T iWith the temperature registering 14 degrees above zero during the night and the thermometer hovering around 16 degrees at 8 o'clock this morning, to say nothing of snow promised for this section by the Wash ington bureau, Hickory was in the center of the cold wave today. Weath er Observer Harb's thermometer showed it was cold during the night; in fact the coldest in two years, when the mercury dropped to 11 de grees. The weather will be somewhat milder tomorrow, it is claimed, but on top of that might be a heap of snow. The air felt like it during the greater part of the day, and no doubt the mountains are covered with the white . mantle at this time. 'The lowest temperature reported this wear was 19 degrees a few weeks ago. Yesterday the mercury registered 20 degrees'. OF (By Associated Press.) Ottawa, Dec. 14. -CanadaTfe atti tude toward Germany's peace propos al is contained in the following official cablegram sent to London: "Canada stands with you and the empire for vigorous prosecution of the war until complete victory is at tained." GOVERNORS SPEAK Al (By Associated Press) iNorfolk, Dec. 14 The Southern Commercial Congress today entered upon the last day of its annual con vention here with governors, editors and foreign diplomats as the speak ers. London, Dec. 14. In the house of commons today the financial under secretary announced that the admir ally had under serious consideration the question of arming merchant ships. GOVERNORS MEETING L (By Associated Press) Wshington, Dec. 14 The ninth an nujal governor's conference opened here today with more than a score of chief executives present to discuss state administrate subjects. The ex ecutive budget was one of the prin cipal miatters for discussioni. Governors on hand when the con fertence besran or expected include Craig of North Carolina, Manning of South Carolina and Stuart of Virgin ia. ' FUNERAL OF MRS. LAWRENCE .Funeral service for Mrs. A. S. Law rence, whose death occurred Tues day morning, was held from the res idence at 11 o'clock this morning by Rev. J. D. Harte, interment following in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Lawrence who was 61 years old, is survived by seven children, one daughter and six son3 Mrs. George Sherrill of Cald well county, M!r Robert Lawrenoe of Hickory, Mr.j Will .. Lawrence of Chester. Pa.. Messrs. Frank and Su fi ene of Hickory, Mr. Samuel of ! Chattanooga and Mr. Roy Lawrence of Hickory. She is also survived by wo brothers and one sister Mr. John Dixon of Greensboro, Mr. Cicero Dixon of Liberty, and Mrs. John Cude of Friendship. FOUR N DEGREES CANADA FAVORS PROSECUTION WAR CLOSING SESSION ENGLAND TO ARM MERCHANT SHIPS? NAT NA CAPITAL ALLIES PREPARE BRITAIN TO (By Associated Press) London, Dec. 14. Fully alive to the dangers of delay in dealing with what he termed the unsatisfactory situation in Greece, Lord Robert Ce cil told the house of commons this af ternoon that the allies were about to present certain demands to the Greek government for the purpose of clear ing it up. f FREE-WILL HAPTIaTS TO BUILD ORPHANAGE (By Associated Press.) Wilson, Dec. 14 The executive committee of the board of trustees of the Free-Wiill Baptist Orphanage to be established at Middlesex will be gin the construction of a $10,000 building in the early spring, it has been announced here. The Rev. B. B. Beans of Middledex has donated forty acres of land to the institution and the trustees already have pledges of $5,000 with which to begin work. The orphanage will accomodate fifty persons. I HAS PAST SENATE (By Associated Press..; 'Washington, Dee. 14 The immi gration bill containing the restrictive literacy test for admission of aliens which has caused three presidents to veto such a measure was passed bv the senate today, 64 to 7. The bill passed the house last session. TRAIN RESERVE OFFICERS AT A. AN DM. COLLEGE West Raleigh, Dec. 14. A reserve officers' training corps, under pro vision of the antional defense act, will be established at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechainc Arts beginning with the next college year. All students who are citizens . of the United States, 14 years old or over, and whose bodily condition indi cates thait they are physically tit to perform military duty are eligible for the corps. (Members of hte na tional guard are not eligible, but authority to otbain their discharge has been secured from the war de partment. Three hours weekly of of theore ical and practical military training, prescribed by the war department, are required during the first two years, and five hours weekly for the last tow years. .Members are al so required te attend two camps of four weeks each during the four ac ademic years. In return the student complying with these requirements will be furnished commutation of rations (about $80 per year), uni form, etc. COTTON FUTURES (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 14. Bullish over night spot advices and relatively firm cables encouraged an opening ad vence of 16 to 14 points in the cot ton market today and prices sold 23 to 30 points net higher shortly after the call. The easier turn in the stock market led to increased Wall Street selling and before the end of the first hour prices showed reactions 10 to 14 points. The market closed steady. Open January 18 25 March 18.51 May 18.75 July 18.79 October 16 80 Close 18.37 18.64 18.84 18.94 16 91 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 18 1-t Wheat $1.75 CHICAGO WHEAT (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 14. Biearish selling took a new grip today on the wheat market. After opening two cents lower to 1-4 cent advace with May at 1.67 to 1.63 and July at 1.47, the market turned easily. jHimnnnnHntimnmmnnHnimntmn THE WEATHER tnxnssnt For North Carolina: Partly cloudy in eastern; snow in western portions. Tonight not quite so cold; Friday rain or snow and warmer, moderate north east to east winds. SQUELCH $28,000,000 GREECE EACH DAY IMMIGRATION .n!!iiiii:iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif!iiiiiiigng 1 MARKETS I (By Associated Press.) - London, Dec. 14. Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons this afternoon that the daily average expenditure of Great Britain in the war had risen to 5,710,000 pounds. Mr. Bonar law said the actual ex penditure had exceeded the estimates owing to increases in armament and the loans to Great ritains Bailies. 'The chancellor said: "Financially we cannot hope to go on indefinitely on the present scale, but we can go on, and it will not be from financial causes if we fail to secure victory." NO NTOXICANTS FRENCH PEOPLE (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 14 Total prohibition throughout France of the consump tion of such alcholic beverages as brandies and liquers has been decid ed on. This is shown in the text of the official journal reporting Premi er Ekiand's remarks in parliament STOcriL::SHARPLY ON PEACE REPORTS (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 14 Apprehension over the effect of the Teutonic pro posals on the earnings of munitions and steel companies caused another severe break in the stock market to- day. After an earlier decline, stocks during the noon hour were literally poured out. iNew York, Dec 14 The stock mar ket sold off sharply soon after the strong opening today sequential to the receipt of tne news that Washing ton haa received the full peace pro posals from Germanv. War shares fell from two to four points. PLANS TO RAISE E (By Associated Press.) (London!, Dec. 14 A supplemen tary estimate issued today provides for an aditional 1,000,000 men of all ranks for the army service during the present financial year. The ori ginal estimate was for 4,000,000 men. The Christmas box for the soldiers on the border will be sent off Satur day, but there' still is time for per sons who wish to contribute to send their chickens, turkeys or cakes to Mrs., J. Worth Elliott. Already a number of packages have been re ceived and more are promised, and no doubt the members of Company A will have a fine treat Christmas day. IS WITHOUT PEACE PROPOSALS (By Associated Press.j London. Dec. 14. Andrew Bonar Law said in the house of commons this afternoon that no proposals for peace had been received by: the en tente allies. He added that the en tente allies rquired adequate indemni ties for the past and adequate assur ances for the future before they woujld consider peace!. 0 ONE M UN MO MEN SHIP CHRISTMAS BOX saturdvy LONDON SPENDSlOPERATIONS CONTINUE i ON VARIOUS Allied Countries to Make Joint Answer to Ger many's Proposals Fighting in Rumania in Progress England Prepares to be Ready to do More Work. ALLIES TO CALL (By Associated Press.) (Washington, Dec. 14 The embas sies of the entente allies here today reflected the view that Germany's peace proposals will not be rejected without examination, but that the al lies in reply probably will call for a statement of proposed terms so that they may not be placed in a position of unqualifiedly rejecting these. TO PREPARE PUNS (By Associated Press.) .Raleigh, Dec. 14. To consider plans for the annual convention in Morehead City next summer and the Newspaper Institute next -winter, a meeting of the executive committee of the North Carolina Press Asso ciation will be held here in January, according to Edwatrd E. Baritton, pres ident of the organization. Mr. Brit ton states that he will issue a call for the committee meeting within the next few days. Plans for the convention at More head City already are under way. Mr. Britton proposes that one day of the meeting be devoted to business and the remainder of the time to pleas ure turning the convention into a "vacation for the hard worked news paper . man." The real work of the association he expects hereafter will be confined to the annual mid-winter institute. During the convention a More head City, the president proposes that the visitors spend one day in New Bern and it is planned to ask the treasury department to place a coast guard cutter at the disposal or. the editors for the excursion. The press association has been in vited to hold the institute next win ter at the North Carolina Agricul tural and Mechanical College in Ral eigh and at the University of Chap el Hill. The executive committee will select one of the two places at the coming meeting, its decision later to be ratified or rejected by a referendum vote of the memjbers of the organi zation. . (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 14 The propos ed national prohibition amendment today was ordered favorably report ed to the house by the judiciary com mittee. The proposed universal suffrage bill was reported without prejudice. AMERICAN MILLS E (B(y Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 14. Cotton man ufactured during November amount ed to 584,082 running bales, compar ed to 514,743 a year ago, and for the four months 2,227,375, compared with 1,978,635 a year ago, the cen sus bureau announced today. Cotton on hand November 30 in consuming establishments 2,191,799 bales compared with 1,613,641 a year ago, and in public storage and at compresses 4 098,928 bales, compared with 4,981,939 a year ago. (Cotton spindles avtice during No vember numbered 32,753,937, compar ed with 31,488,723 a year ago. GERMANY FOR SHOWDOWN PRESS MEETING PROHIBITION IS FAVORABLY REPORTED E MOR OTTON WAR FRONTS (By Associated Press) WJhile the warring nations are awaiting definite developments from the presentation of peace proposals by Germany and her allies, the op erations on the various fighting fronts are proceeding. The imme diate future so far as the peace olfc-rs are concerned is indicated to be tak en up by the entente allies among themselves before making a joint answer to the central powers. Interest in military development s still centers in Rumania where the armies of Field Marshal von Macken sen are continuing their progress de spite rain and snow and poor roads. Whether the Rumanians have es tablished themselves along the line of the Biuzeu on the southern Molda-' vian frontier does not appear. The Germans, according to last night's official statement, have reached the Buzeu river. It appears that the Rumanian evac uation of southern Wallachia is vir tually complete as the German war office announces that Great Wallachia south of the Tchernavoda-Constanza raiload, has been cleared. Beyond a French attack in France and a Serbian attack in Macedonia, there were no developments on the war fronts. Great Britain is on the eve of tak ing further war measures. In the house of commons a vote of credit of 400,000 pounds was moved, bringing the total war credit up t 3,532,000, 000 pounds. Likewise a supplemental estimate provides for an additional 1,000,000 in the army, raising the number from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 men for the fiscal year. The empty stocking fund has now reached a total of $116.50 and the prospects are that the amount will reach $200 before the end of the week. It will require exactly $100 Captain Coy estimates, to provide baskets for the poor Christmas day. That does not include the Christmas tree or the winter relief fund. .The Record has reported $103 so far, and today Captain Coy announc ed the following contributions: Friend, Mr. (N. A. Abernethy, $2.50; Mrs. A. ourbonnais, $3, and Mr. W. X. Reid, $3. The following articles are desired ' for the free hristmas baskets: ' 75 chickens, 75 lbs. coffee, 75 lbs. butter, 200 loaves bread, 200 lbs. su gar, 5 cases can goods, 2 cases milk, 15 bushels potatoes, 75 pies or cakes, 2 cases oranges, etc. Each basket will be uniform contain the same articles. and ISHT L (By Associated Press.) Newport News, Dec. 14. The mys tery surrounding the collision in low er Chesapeake Bay last night in which the merchant and marine liner Powhatan were hurt by falling beams that she had to be beached was clear ed up early today when the British tank steamer Telena arrived here and proceeded to the docks for re pairs. She was not badly injured. (Four negro mess attendants on the Powhatan wereh urt by falling beams when the Telena struck her. E ON HIGH COST BILL (By Associa'-d Press.) (Washington, Dec. 14. The Bore land resolution ordering the federal trade commission to investigate all angles of the high cost of living in cluding the producing capacity of the United States violations of the anti-trust law, received a favorable report today. EMPTY STOCKING FUND GROWING SLOWLY BRIT ANK HP POWHATAN INER FAVORABL REPORT
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